Avatar was always political, there is no two ways around it. It's the rare animated show that actively knows it's politics, though, and actually discusses it in a way that feels mature and nuanced. And this is why the Dai Lee are so scary and ultimately one of the biggest threats of the show yet - it's not that they are this big, overwhelming force like the Fire Nation, but instead they feel more at home, just watching your every move. Ba Sing Se is a police state, and we get to see just how deadly and ultimately destructive that can be on a person on the person we least expect it to.
Poor Jet. Not only is he starting to finally come into his own as a character, but his fight scene with Zuko is downright masterful here and seeing him dragged away only to be hypnotized is disturbing stuff. The main group get more comedic relief, of course, but all of that only serves to highlight the point that not everything is right about the city of Ba Sing Se. After all - there's no war in Ba Sing Se. There is no war in the walls.
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Avatar was always political, there is no two ways around it. It's the rare animated show that actively knows it's politics, though, and actually discusses it in a way that feels mature and nuanced. And this is why the Dai Lee are so scary and ultimately one of the biggest threats of the show yet - it's not that they are this big, overwhelming force like the Fire Nation, but instead they feel more at home, just watching your every move. Ba Sing Se is a police state, and we get to see just how deadly and ultimately destructive that can be on a person on the person we least expect it to.
Poor Jet. Not only is he starting to finally come into his own as a character, but his fight scene with Zuko is downright masterful here and seeing him dragged away only to be hypnotized is disturbing stuff. The main group get more comedic relief, of course, but all of that only serves to highlight the point that not everything is right about the city of Ba Sing Se. After all - there's no war in Ba Sing Se. There is no war in the walls.