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I haven't seen the video, but what I remember from the episode is that Jet seemed more like an adventurist/wrecker than a committed revolutionary, who wanted to satisfy his bloodlust while trying to appear as one of the "good guys."
The neoliberalism notwithstanding.
Basically yeah. It's about showing that he just wants revenge and is willing to kill people just to satisfy that. I mean, the whole show is neoliberal "don't kill the bad guy" pacifist shit where Aang won't even kill magic fire Hitler out of principle.... but like also.. it's a fucking kids show? Are we really going to Marxist critique a damn kids show for not killing the bad guy?
Revenge is good and it is the right of colonized peoples to seek revenge for the atrocities the colonizers inflicted upon them.
Sure, because we can have better stories. Iron Widow is a Young Adult novel that's about fighting systemic oppression by brutally killing the bad guys.
Disclaimer I did enjoy Avatar quite a bit and that's why the flaws rankle me so much. There's a lot about it that's good. I just wish it had committed harder to supporting revolutionary liberation then undermining its own framing by libbing it up.