The Team Avatar Psyche

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It has officially been 13 years since Avatar: The Legend of Aang has graced our television screens. The Nickelodeon show is without a doubt, one of the best--if not, the best animated television show in history. It has raised a lot of bars in storytelling, characters, and world-building. But most of all, it has proved to us that cartoons do not necessarily have to be mindless violent forms of entertainment for children. It can have substance and meaning, and we can draw a lot of important life lessons from the story of Aang and his friends.

The characters are iconic. Everyone stands out in their own way and their different personalities are not only amusing but also empowering. Individually, they are compelling; but put them all together as Team Avatar, they become ten times better. The writers behind this surely knew how to write character arcs. It is no certain that everyone in a group have their own role to contribute. Each character teach us something very important about ourselves. Team Avatar is in a way, a symbolism of what a wholesome individual and the characters are simply the parts. They represent parts of an individual's psyche, the Avatar psyche. What is the Avatar Psyche? Well, Team Avatar has always been about saving the world from the tyranny of Fire Nation. In essence, it is a noble heroic kind of individuality, that always strives to do the right thing in the end. Now what kind of parts do these characters play in any psyche?