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A review of all the villians in avatar

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    -TheSecondSign-

    [41]Aug 14, 2008
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    LondonParisNYC wrote:
    -TheSecondSign- wrote:

    Zuko was more along the lines of an anti-villain (No, not an anti-hero) than a true villain.

    As was Jet, and the original Freedom Fighters.

    yeah but jet trashed that village and kinda reminded me of a sleezy exboyfriend

    Yes, but that's why they're anti-villains.

    Anti-villains can use various methods, including kind and good ones, to achieve a cruel end.

    They are also more often than not not actually evil characters, being more along the lines of angry or confused.

    Jet wasn't a complete psycho and Zuko clearly developed a very large conscious over the first two seasons, especially over the second one, and anti villains are generally given more development centered around WHY they're villains in the first place.

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    amdragfreak

    [42]Aug 14, 2008
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    CoolioVonJulio wrote:

    these are all the villains that appeared in avatar

    1)Zuko

    2)Iroh (though he was gentle natured he was still hunting the good guy)

    3)Zhao

    4)The Five Fire Sages (excluding Shyu, he was good)

    5)faceless Fire Navy Soldier #568

    6)Jet (though he fought the bad guys he was twisted and sick)

    7)Jane (technichally shes just a bounty hunter and was in it for the money, she still fought aang)

    Koh the facestealer

    9)Azula

    10) Mai

    11)Ty Lee

    12) Xin Fu

    13)Master Yu

    14)Sandbending dude who stole appa

    15)War Minister Qin

    16)Long Feng

    17)Dai Li agents

    1Ozai

    19)Combustion Man

    20)Sozin

    21)Azulon

    thats pretty much all of them, more if i forgot any

    discuss

    1. Zuko- Extremely misunderstood and tortured dude. I have never seen him as a villain at all. Unlike Zhao and Azula, his quest to capture Aang was his quest for acceptance and compassion. I really like Zuko and I feel unending sympathy for the poor guy; usually you don't feel for the villain...He's much more of a tragic character. In my eyes, Zuko is more of a victim than even Aang.

    2. Iroh- Like others have said, he was never really shown to be anymore than a good guy. I think it's quite obvious that he never believed in capturing the Avatar, he just encouraged it for Zuko's sake.

    3. Zhao- Yep.

    4. Fire Sages- Okay

    5. Faceless Soldier- WTH?

    6. Jet- Yes what he was doing was pretty sick and twisted, but he redeemed himself.

    7. Jun- Redeemed

    8. Koh- Actually, not much of a villain...

    9. Azula- Hell yeah!

    10. Mai- Redeemed

    11. Ty Lee- Redeemed

    12. Xin Fu- Sure.

    13. Master Yu- 'Kay.

    14. Dai Li- Damn sure

    15. Long Feng- Great villain in "City of Walls and Secrets" and "Lake Laogai", but became pretty weak afterwards. He desreved better.

    16. Qin- I think for the most part, he was there for a little something we all like to call comic relief.

    17. Sandbending Dude- I don't know if you can really call him a villain. That's kind of like calling Yon Rha a villain. It was a misunderstanding.

    18. Ozai- F**k yeah! Luke Skywalker's gone evil! Evil I tell you!

    19. CM- Yes, and he sucked. They couldn't kill him off soon enough.

    20. Sozin- Yeah.

    21. Azulon- Yep, that f***er is pretty twisted. Ordering his 10 year old grandson to be murdered...How cruel and vile can you get?! Oh wait, I'll just go and ask that question to Ozai and Azula.

    I didn't really make it past the 10th post here, but you left out a couple. You left out both Wardens, General Mung and Hama.

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    TitanPredator

    [43]Aug 14, 2008
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    Why is Zuko an anti-hero now? I never realy understood that.

    And who is the faceless soldier?

    Edited on 08/14/2008 1:27pm
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    -TheSecondSign-

    [44]Aug 15, 2008
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    He was never an anti hero.

    He went from anti villain to hero.

    Anti villains are not ordinary villains. They are confused or manipulated, and are not truly evil. They are often explored in different ways, and their character development usually follows why they're villains why they do what they do, and what caused them to be the way they are.

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