[ SECRET POST #4963 & 4964 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4963 & 4964 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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03. [SPOILERS for season 6 of 'the blacklist']
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04. [SPOILERS for Avatar the Last Airbender]



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05. [WARNING for discussion of rape]



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06. [WARNING for discussion of homophobia/biphobia]



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07. [WARNING for discussion of sexual assault]



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08. [WARNING for discussion of transphobia]



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09. [WARNING for discussion of rape]























Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 52 secrets from Secret Submission Post #711.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 (warning for pedophilia, suicide) - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's really not all that hypocritical. There's a difference between actions taken in life-or-death situations, as when attacked by mooks, and a premeditated plan of attack that HAS to end a war by taking out one specific person.

With Zhao, arguably the ocean spirit had more to do with that than Aang; I always saw it as a possession sort of thing, and at any rate, his season 1 Avatar State was always pretty uncontrollable, so I wouldn't say it's accurate to lay Zhao's death at Aang's feet. Additionally, given Aang's general fighting style and outlook, it's safe to say he likely at least TRIES for nonlethal in most combat situations, though obviously YMMV on that and we don't see the aftermath.

Either way, though, that's still different than knowing that you have to do something and planning in advance to permanently stop one single person. Killing Ozai was the assumed plan, and the ONLY way to stop the war. All of his past lives agreed. All of his friends and allies agreed. Aang refusing and finding another path was a kindness to himself, a way to honor his lost people, and an end to a century of violence, not hypocrisy.

[(Anonymous)]

SA - forgot to add: I'm usually the first person to roll my eyes about the "I can't kill this person!" trope when a character has clearly killed people before (looking at you, DCTV Arrow and Flash), but I really don't think that's the case here at all.

[(Anonymous)]

excellent assessment, and I agree wholeheartedly.

I always assumed it was the ocean spirit itself that killed Zhao so it never occurred to me people might have read that differently, but you elucidated the contrast nicely, anon.

[(Anonymous)]

I was always under the impression that it was pretty clear Zhao wasn't dead when the spirit separated from Aang, but at this point I will totally cop to not having specific memories of the scene