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    meninwhite

    [1]Sep 28, 2006
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    Why did they have to choose Aang!? He never wanted to be the Avatar! Why not chose some one who doese! And you know what I would do I would say No I wont protect these jerks! The Earth Kingdom and The Fire Nation are evil! There is no such thing as destiny!! He was destend to have powers but how he use's them is diffrent this is his story not someone eles!
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    Mndi

    [2]Sep 28, 2006
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    Far as I know Aang has no choice, cause the Avatar spirit was born into him, they reincarnated(sorry don't know how to spell it) in his body. He was just the Avatar and no-one else. Its not like you can apply for it, you just are the Avatar or not.
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    riz992

    [3]Sep 29, 2006
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    None of the Avatars really have a choice and i don't think they would choose that job anyways. Also someone needs to bring peace to the land.
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    mister001

    [4]Sep 29, 2006
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    meninwhite wrote:
    Why did they have to choose Aang!? He never wanted to be the Avatar! Why not chose some one who doese! And you know what I would do I would say No I wont protect these jerks! The Earth Kingdom and The Fire Nation are evil! There is no such thing as destiny!! He was destend to have powers but how he use's them is diffrent this is his story not someone eles!

    It's an animated series on tv and the creators of this serie created this character with these characteristics to be the leading character on the show and since the show is called the avatar the leading character will be the avatar....

    They way your talking is as if this character is walking somewhere in Rl it's just a made up boy!!!!

    Also the personality that the creators of this show gave to this character is one of the entertaining things on this show.
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    Lame-O

    [5]Sep 29, 2006
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    mister001 wrote:
    meninwhite wrote:
    Why did they have to choose Aang!? He never wanted to be the Avatar! Why not chose some one who doese! And you know what I would do I would say No I wont protect these jerks! The Earth Kingdom and The Fire Nation are evil! There is no such thing as destiny!! He was destend to have powers but how he use's them is diffrent this is his story not someone eles!

    It's an animated series on tv and the creators of this serie created this character with these characteristics to be the leading character on the show and since the show is called the avatar the leading character will be the avatar....

    They way your talking is as if this character is walking somewhere in Rl it's just a made up boy!!!!

    Also the personality that the creators of this show gave to this character is one of the entertaining things on this show.


    And now you also have at least sympathy for Aang, that although he doesn't want to be the Avatar he still is going to do as they're expecting of him. If Aang was a person who thought highly of himself, who act's like being the Avatar is nothing, you would just think it's a jerk
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    cg_619

    [6]Sep 29, 2006
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    yall need to stop being so sensitive to aang hes a CARTOON!!!!?? not a real person
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    dumbTVnut

    [7]Sep 29, 2006
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    who is the best person to trust with power? The guy that does not want it!
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    mister001

    [8]Sep 29, 2006
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    yep thnx for posting forgot that part
    really my mind is racing faster then my fingers can type...
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    KilalaRose

    [9]Sep 29, 2006
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    meninwhite wrote:
    The Earth Kingdom and The Fire Nation are evil! There is no such thing as destiny!! He was destend to have powers but how he use's them is diffrent this is his story not someone eles!
    Since when is the Earth Kingdom evil? Sure, they're strange, but not evil. And not everyone in the Fire Nation is evil, either. Plus, as some people said before, Aang didn't have a choice. He wasn't "choosen" by the monks. the avatar spirit was born into him.
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    Airawende

    [10]Sep 29, 2006
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    Wow. Someone missed the whole "reincarnation" aspect of the show
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    jena911

    [11]Sep 29, 2006
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    meninwhite wrote:
    Why did they have to choose Aang!? He never wanted to be the Avatar! Why not chose some one who doese! And you know what I would do I would say No I wont protect these jerks! The Earth Kingdom and The Fire Nation are evil! There is no such thing as destiny!! He was destend to have powers but how he use's them is diffrent this is his story not someone eles!


    it doesn'tmatter if he wanted to be the Avatar or no,he is
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    TopSail

    [12]Sep 29, 2006
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    Like many people are saying, no one CHOSE Aang. It's no one's fault that Aang is the Avatar, and the whole pity factor of the show is very clever. It makes you pity both the good guy and the so-called bad guy. Because as the plot unravels Zuko becomes a more developed character and you pity him, but at the same time you pity the hero, Aang, whom Zuko is trying to capture. So really the writters are putting you in an interesting situation. Which leaves you with one question: "HOW THE HECK WILL THIS WORK OUT?"
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    SatelliteFusion

    [13]Sep 29, 2006
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    TopSail wrote:
    Like many people are saying, no one CHOSE Aang. It's no one's fault that Aang is the Avatar, and the whole pity factor of the show is very clever. It makes you pity both the good guy and the so-called bad guy. Because as the plot unravels Zuko becomes a more developed character and you pity him, but at the same time you pity the hero, Aang, whom Zuko is trying to capture. So really the writters are putting you in an interesting situation. Which leaves you with one question: "HOW THE HECK WILL THIS WORK OUT?"

    Ahh, the pity factor. Still, I don't think Aang would have said no to being the avatar if he was asked when he was more mature. I think he was a great 'choice'
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    Fronzel

    [14]Sep 29, 2006
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    No one chooses to be born.
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    Spike815

    [15]Sep 29, 2006
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    dumbTVnut wrote:
    who is the best person to trust with power? The guy that does not want it!

    Good point. Besides, if Aang was some power hungry freak it would ruin the show.
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    eneterprise

    [16]Sep 29, 2006
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    to make the story more intereste?
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    dumbTVnut

    [17]Sep 29, 2006
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    The whole perfect hero concept went out of style in the 1960's since then we have all these flawed, trotured and anti-hero characters.
    Fronzel wrote:
    No one chooses to be born.


    Life is a sexually transmitted disease (thoughts of a misanthrope)
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    niceguyposer

    [18]Sep 29, 2006
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    KilalaRose wrote:
    meninwhite wrote:
    The Earth Kingdom and The Fire Nation are evil! There is no such thing as destiny!! He was destend to have powers but how he use's them is diffrent this is his story not someone eles!
    Since when is the Earth Kingdom evil? Sure, they're strange, but not evil. And not everyone in the Fire Nation is evil, either. Plus, as some people said before, Aang didn't have a choice. He wasn't "choosen" by the monks. the avatar spirit was born into him.

    That's right. Just because Germany in the 1930s-1940s was run by Hitler and his Nazi puppets, does that mean the individual German citizens were evil as well? No. They were just unfortunate enough to live in a country run by a bigoted, bloodthirsty dictator.
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    gilvatar

    [19]Sep 29, 2006
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    OOH OOH I KNOW I KNOW, if it wasn't Aang then there would not be a show.
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    metalcurtainrod

    [20]Sep 29, 2006
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    gilvatar wrote:
    OOH OOH I KNOW I KNOW, if it wasn't Aang then there would not be a show.

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