Aang being a bad dad is honestly the perfect flaw because air nomads weren’t meant to have traditional families. He only had Gyatso as a dad figure
2024-03-06 03:24:05
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bonniebell545 :
Aang is a survivor of genocide since he was 12 ofc he won’t be a perfect father
2026-10-05 00:28:40
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🪐PHD_in_Adorable☄️ :
Aang has always respected people's wishes when it comes to not forcing his ways onto people, I think he was just trying not to push them away by trying too hard to make them enjoy his culture.
2024-03-06 03:02:48
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Skz on top :
people also forget aang literally has NO frame of reference for what fathers should be or do. The closest thing he ever had was Gyatso- who he described as a friend, rather than a father figure
2024-03-06 03:04:00
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[NOBODY]🪣 :
Aang was a good dad, not a perfect one
2026-04-17 21:16:21
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🇨🇦KllarkAshwood🇨🇦 :
he also probably assumes they're uninterested in him.
2024-03-06 01:09:25
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tumbke 𓆩⟡𓆪 :
Also the fact that Aang died young makes it hard to fix his mistakes, when he could have still reconciled w his children later on in life when theyre all grown up :/
2024-03-06 02:32:44
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Ea Nasir :
Also he has an entire culture to revive in his shoulders. He’s going to do what he can to make sure his people aren’t wiped out
2024-03-06 01:19:08
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kracken :
aang was a distant father, not a bad father just distant
2024-03-06 03:03:12
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Maiara M Macario :
I think as well people forget that Aang would never be a good father, because Air nomads didn't have the culture of parents. The community raised the children
2024-03-07 09:35:24
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Tori :
By leaving Kya and Bumi out, Aang put too much pressure on Tenzin, and we also see how that negatively impacts Tenzin too
2024-03-06 01:58:13
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🐦⬛🐺🍎Jax Fox 🍎🐺🐦⬛ :
It just seems like a big misunderstanding & not wanting to force his other two kids into doing stuff they didn’t want to do
2024-03-06 01:11:07
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Lemon🍋Planter :
He's not a uniquely bad dad, he's a bad dad in the usual way: that no one's perfect and everyone makes mistakes
2024-03-06 01:24:03
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brk :
where does the notion that aang would have otherwise been an amazing dad even come from? he was a parentless child in the midst of war.
2024-03-07 14:39:20
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Lindsey Kemp841 :
Which makes perfect sense because Aang would never be the kind of father to force his children’s interests.
2024-03-06 01:21:36
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kat of the week :
it's wild that people think aang would be a perfect dad when he DIDNT EVEN HAVE PARENTS!!! he only had the monks!
2024-03-06 14:40:41
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Lelouch :
I think people forget that aang isn't a forceful person
2024-03-06 01:41:48
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Bob Sagget :
I'm sure it's been commented already but Aang also doesn't know the disconnect between teacher and father. He never had traditional parents.
2024-03-06 02:01:45
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crispyxchris :
i think also being raised in a culture where you don't know your parents and are instead raised by your community, aang's background doesnt really transfer to a nuclear family model
2024-03-06 01:09:02
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Bryson :
Aang was also big on preserving air nomad culture, so he had to pump as much of it into Tenzin before his passing to keep it alive
2024-03-06 14:11:38
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Queenie🍉 :
Also I’m sure that Kya and Bumi probably felt they didn’t deserve to know bc they couldn’t participate, which made them probably rough disinterested when Aang tried to tell them, bc they were teens!
2024-03-06 01:12:46
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Mohammed Shereen :
aang was a good father that had to rebuild an entire civilization by himself,had to build a society that treats benders and non benders alike in Republic City+being an avatar,that is A LOT for one man
2024-03-06 03:05:11
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zsealey420 :
I don't see Aang as a bad dad. I see him as a normal dad. from my view point having an older and young brothers. and being the middle child I see that my Dad has things he does or likes that my
2024-03-06 06:23:08
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🍜 Cen🦦 :
People forget that teaching Tenzin was a critical part of his job as the avatar. He's not just doing it for funsies, the air nation is on the brink of extinction Tenzin is the only hope Aang had then
2024-03-06 08:18:01
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Knight :
aang literally had to drill everything he knew into tenzen because one he died someone had to teach the new avatar airbending
2024-03-06 18:26:40
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