So I realised, looking through the artikulo on this page, that there are quite a few lists of 'most attractive females' on Avatar. That got me a-wondering: Why are there fewer, if any, for the boys? I thought, maybe, the people who wrote the artikulo might be predominantly guys themselves who didn't feel comfortable with expressing any attraction to animated boys, but were fine to do so with the girls. But no - most of the writers seemed to be female, and straight. The hows and the whys may confound me, but I thought to myself: Maybe, to balance things out, I should write an artikulo on the guys in the ipakita I found most attractive.
Then I hit something of a snag. Being a straight male in his very early twenties, I found the same thing happened when I tried to determine which of the men in awatara I found attractive. A thought would stand at the forefront of my mind, and wouldn't get out. That thought was: 'They're guys, and they're animated. Since when has that been your type?'
It was a fair point. Not to make this artikulo all about me, but I've found the people I've been attracted to on a physical level tend to be madami female. And three dimensional (in the literal sense). Also real. Furthermore, the majority of girls I've been properly attracted to had something that couldn't be described or captured in their looks; it was always something in their personalities that made their appearance, their movements and their voices that something special, something that was beyond the physical that shone through and made them stand out.
Essentially, I worked out that I couldn't in good conscience make up a listahan of something I have no genuine belief behind. As such, I decided to keep the focus on the lads, but this time just look at what it is about their characters that I find so engaging when I watch this show.
After that VERY lengthy introduction, this is my tuktok 5 favourite guys on Avatar: The Legend of Aang. Or Last Airbender, depending on which side of the Atlantic you sit.
5: awatara Roku
A bit of an odd one, perhaps. Certainly, we only get one proper episode to capture his full life story, but what a story! I loved watching his friendship with Sozin grow, then deteriorate, then seemingly return only for the apoy Lord to stab his oldest friend in the back, and leave him to die. Well, 'love' in the way that it tugs your heartstrings, pulls you further into the story and provides you with a better appreciation of this mentor figure who has been guiding Aang throughout the series, with a tangible sense of regret that is only explained in the third season. Roku began as a character that we expected Aang to emulate, to grow into, but instead ends up warning his susunod incarnation against just that. He provides Aang with both a cautionary tale against what he could become, while providing him with a bar to aspire towards. Not bad for a guy who was dead for the whole series.
4: awatara Aang
Yeah, I'm putting Aang here. This is definitely NOT because he's a bad character, far from it - he wouldn't be on the listahan if he were. I just prefer three other guys in the show. As for what was good about Aang - well, he was such a paradox in many ways. Mature beyond his years, having grown up as a monk and being taught to develop his spiritual self, he was so often the one the group would look to for information and payo despite being the youngest sa pamamagitan ng a few years, barring Toph. And yet he could also be very immature, childish, occasionally naive and silly - all the things you'd expect from a twelve-year-old boy. As such, he provides a perfect example of the fantastic Pagsulat of the show, which brought to life characters with so many layers and dimensions that you believed they could be real. Aang was a very likable protagonist as well, smart and wise enough that he didn't make irritatingly dumb decisions that left you slapping your face in frustration, virtuous enough that you wanted to see him succeed and yet flawed enough to relate to him. He rarely, if ever, delved into the realms of irritating. And his final moral dilemma at the end was a fantastic one - but while I am so glad that they were able to find a way for him not to kill, I would have liked a bit madami set-up to the whole thing. All the same, Aang is a fantastic character, fully deserving of the lead in this ipakita and a protagonist any ipakita would be lucky to have.
3: Sokka of the Watertribe
Man, the number of times this guy made me laugh in the series! Something I probably should have mentioned in Aang's section, I pag-ibig characters that can be funny in a natural way, and Aang certainly had his moments of comedy - but let's be honest, Sokka was the guy you'd go to for a laugh. Sarcastic and goofy, he was even renowned in the group to be the joker, as well as in the cringe-inducing play in "The Ember Island Players". I pag-ibig that the writers were able to make fun of the archetype of the comic relief character sa pamamagitan ng having him be considered sa pamamagitan ng the other characters as comic relief. Some of the most memorable moments include his getting high off cactus juice (and I still can't believe they managed to get away with that!), the poem battle in Ba Sing Se, and his promise to the Universe to give up meat and sarcasm (both of which he feels to be his defining qualities). For all the laughs, though, there was so much madami to his character. For one, while he and Katara would get under each others' skin, he shows clear affection for her on a number of occasions and even attacks Aang after she is accidentally burned while he first trained in firebending. For all his goofy behaviour, he feels a great deal of responsibility to the group which is likely to do with his father leaving when he was a child to fight the apoy Nation, and telling him he was to look after the tribe. His family relations and sense of occasional helplessness in a group of powerful benders ipakita much madami to his character than simple comic relief, and it makes him a joy to watch throughout the series.
2: Zuko, Prince of the apoy Nation/ apoy Lord of the ... apoy Nation, I guess.
A tagahanga favourite, and understandably so, this is one of the most fascinating character studies I have seen in any TV ipakita at any time. The trope of a villain turning good and helping the hero is one as old as storytelling itself, but the way it was done with Zuko is so beautifully done it's impossible to say that it doesn't feel completely fresh and original as you watch it. Part of the reason for this is that Zuko spends a lot of time in all three seasons pagganap as both an antagonist and secondary protagonist, until the segundo half of season three. This means that sa pamamagitan ng the time of his turn to the good side, we have at least as much of an understanding of this character as we do any of our heroes, including Aang, and we find it almost baffling when we see that they are initially distrusting of him. Many point to "The Storm" as being the moment at which his character was shown as being madami than just the villain of the series, but I think it was as early as the third episode, in which we find him going up against Zhao, and we find ourselves rooting for the guy who was and is hunting for our bayani intending to capture them and bring them back to the apoy Nation. Part of that is due to Zhao being an arse, but it's also partly down to the way Zuko handles himself and his relationship with his Uncle. It's a fantastic way in which the writers subtly foreshadow the role of Zuko in later episodes, as well as providing the at-the-time villains with madami sides than just the stereotypical pure evil villain. It has to be said, Zuko's messed up relationship with both his father and his sister is both twisted and fascinating, while his relationship with his mother is heartwarming and all the madami tragic when she leaves his life. Yeah, "Zuko alone" is one of my favourite episodes in the whole show, even though it only focuses on one character - and that is all down to how well this character was written. Dante Basco does a fantastic job bringing him to life, and I REALLY want to see (or hear) madami of him in Legend of Korra. Zuko's betrayal at the end of the segundo series made it all the madami thrilling for me, since the obvious thing to do seemed to be to have him sumali the group. It was a bravo ilipat sa pamamagitan ng the writers, but I think the scenes between Zuko, Azula, Ty Lee and especially Mai made it all worth it, in my mind. And his confrontation with his father? I can't speak for everyone else, but I was practically cheering him on as he faced down his father and swept away all the lies and deceit surrounding his whole life, placed there sa pamamagitan ng both Ozai and Azula, and emerging from the room his own man. Truly a fantastic character that drew a fantastic parallel with the protagonist, and was just... yeah. Fantastic all around.
And at the tuktok spot...
1: General Iroh the First of the apoy Nation
Man oh man, where do I even begin? This is the guy I want to be when I hit retirement age, I don't even care if he seems fat or old, he's flipping badass through and through. As with Sokka, he seemed to serve as comic relief early on in the series, to lighten the mood in the scenes with Zuko. As the ipakita progressed, we learn that Iroh is far and away the wisest man in the awatara Universe, full of knowledge on the Spirit World (having been there once himself), history and the peoples of the world, provides great payo and makes excellent tea. While I'm not much of a tsaa drinker myself, I am British, so I guess there's something that genetically resonates in me on that subject. As I've said, I pag-ibig characters that are funny - and Iroh is hilarious, through and through. I also pag-ibig mentor figures - Gandalf, Yoda, Old Obi Wan, Dumbledore, the listahan goes on - so when I say that Iroh is my favourite mentor figure in fiction, that should say a lot about how high he ranks in my estimation. madami than his wisdom, the guy is arguably the most powerful apoy bender in the series. Yeah, I know he sinabi he didn't know he could beat Ozai - he totally could. You know it, I know it, the friendly giant kabute knows it. He takes out Azula pretty easily in the beginning of the segundo series, has the power to create lightning and invented redirecting it - that's some serious skills right there. And most important, he was the one that got me choked up on two occasions on this show. I never cry at films or TV (though I'll admit, Les Miserables came close to making me snap) so just getting me choked up once is a huge achievement on the shows part. The first was in "Tales of Ba Sing Se", where we see Iroh going for what seems to be a picnic while helping out strangers. It's then revealed the picnic is actually a memorial for his son who died before the show's first episode. The segundo was Zuko and Iroh's reunion in the finale. If you've seen it, I don't need to explain why it gets to me. If you haven't, go and watch it. Right now. I dare you to feel nothing at that scene. So much build up to that reunion, and the payoff was amazing. As was Iroh in general. Not just my favourite guy character in the show; my favourite character in the ipakita full stop.
So yeah. That's my list. I got a little sidetracked from time to time, but I got there in the end.
This ipakita was fantastic, and while I will be the first to praise it for its wonderfully written female characters, an artikulo on the equally well-written blokes just seemed like it had a place on this page. Hope you enjoyed it.
Then I hit something of a snag. Being a straight male in his very early twenties, I found the same thing happened when I tried to determine which of the men in awatara I found attractive. A thought would stand at the forefront of my mind, and wouldn't get out. That thought was: 'They're guys, and they're animated. Since when has that been your type?'
It was a fair point. Not to make this artikulo all about me, but I've found the people I've been attracted to on a physical level tend to be madami female. And three dimensional (in the literal sense). Also real. Furthermore, the majority of girls I've been properly attracted to had something that couldn't be described or captured in their looks; it was always something in their personalities that made their appearance, their movements and their voices that something special, something that was beyond the physical that shone through and made them stand out.
Essentially, I worked out that I couldn't in good conscience make up a listahan of something I have no genuine belief behind. As such, I decided to keep the focus on the lads, but this time just look at what it is about their characters that I find so engaging when I watch this show.
After that VERY lengthy introduction, this is my tuktok 5 favourite guys on Avatar: The Legend of Aang. Or Last Airbender, depending on which side of the Atlantic you sit.
5: awatara Roku
A bit of an odd one, perhaps. Certainly, we only get one proper episode to capture his full life story, but what a story! I loved watching his friendship with Sozin grow, then deteriorate, then seemingly return only for the apoy Lord to stab his oldest friend in the back, and leave him to die. Well, 'love' in the way that it tugs your heartstrings, pulls you further into the story and provides you with a better appreciation of this mentor figure who has been guiding Aang throughout the series, with a tangible sense of regret that is only explained in the third season. Roku began as a character that we expected Aang to emulate, to grow into, but instead ends up warning his susunod incarnation against just that. He provides Aang with both a cautionary tale against what he could become, while providing him with a bar to aspire towards. Not bad for a guy who was dead for the whole series.
4: awatara Aang
Yeah, I'm putting Aang here. This is definitely NOT because he's a bad character, far from it - he wouldn't be on the listahan if he were. I just prefer three other guys in the show. As for what was good about Aang - well, he was such a paradox in many ways. Mature beyond his years, having grown up as a monk and being taught to develop his spiritual self, he was so often the one the group would look to for information and payo despite being the youngest sa pamamagitan ng a few years, barring Toph. And yet he could also be very immature, childish, occasionally naive and silly - all the things you'd expect from a twelve-year-old boy. As such, he provides a perfect example of the fantastic Pagsulat of the show, which brought to life characters with so many layers and dimensions that you believed they could be real. Aang was a very likable protagonist as well, smart and wise enough that he didn't make irritatingly dumb decisions that left you slapping your face in frustration, virtuous enough that you wanted to see him succeed and yet flawed enough to relate to him. He rarely, if ever, delved into the realms of irritating. And his final moral dilemma at the end was a fantastic one - but while I am so glad that they were able to find a way for him not to kill, I would have liked a bit madami set-up to the whole thing. All the same, Aang is a fantastic character, fully deserving of the lead in this ipakita and a protagonist any ipakita would be lucky to have.
3: Sokka of the Watertribe
Man, the number of times this guy made me laugh in the series! Something I probably should have mentioned in Aang's section, I pag-ibig characters that can be funny in a natural way, and Aang certainly had his moments of comedy - but let's be honest, Sokka was the guy you'd go to for a laugh. Sarcastic and goofy, he was even renowned in the group to be the joker, as well as in the cringe-inducing play in "The Ember Island Players". I pag-ibig that the writers were able to make fun of the archetype of the comic relief character sa pamamagitan ng having him be considered sa pamamagitan ng the other characters as comic relief. Some of the most memorable moments include his getting high off cactus juice (and I still can't believe they managed to get away with that!), the poem battle in Ba Sing Se, and his promise to the Universe to give up meat and sarcasm (both of which he feels to be his defining qualities). For all the laughs, though, there was so much madami to his character. For one, while he and Katara would get under each others' skin, he shows clear affection for her on a number of occasions and even attacks Aang after she is accidentally burned while he first trained in firebending. For all his goofy behaviour, he feels a great deal of responsibility to the group which is likely to do with his father leaving when he was a child to fight the apoy Nation, and telling him he was to look after the tribe. His family relations and sense of occasional helplessness in a group of powerful benders ipakita much madami to his character than simple comic relief, and it makes him a joy to watch throughout the series.
2: Zuko, Prince of the apoy Nation/ apoy Lord of the ... apoy Nation, I guess.
A tagahanga favourite, and understandably so, this is one of the most fascinating character studies I have seen in any TV ipakita at any time. The trope of a villain turning good and helping the hero is one as old as storytelling itself, but the way it was done with Zuko is so beautifully done it's impossible to say that it doesn't feel completely fresh and original as you watch it. Part of the reason for this is that Zuko spends a lot of time in all three seasons pagganap as both an antagonist and secondary protagonist, until the segundo half of season three. This means that sa pamamagitan ng the time of his turn to the good side, we have at least as much of an understanding of this character as we do any of our heroes, including Aang, and we find it almost baffling when we see that they are initially distrusting of him. Many point to "The Storm" as being the moment at which his character was shown as being madami than just the villain of the series, but I think it was as early as the third episode, in which we find him going up against Zhao, and we find ourselves rooting for the guy who was and is hunting for our bayani intending to capture them and bring them back to the apoy Nation. Part of that is due to Zhao being an arse, but it's also partly down to the way Zuko handles himself and his relationship with his Uncle. It's a fantastic way in which the writers subtly foreshadow the role of Zuko in later episodes, as well as providing the at-the-time villains with madami sides than just the stereotypical pure evil villain. It has to be said, Zuko's messed up relationship with both his father and his sister is both twisted and fascinating, while his relationship with his mother is heartwarming and all the madami tragic when she leaves his life. Yeah, "Zuko alone" is one of my favourite episodes in the whole show, even though it only focuses on one character - and that is all down to how well this character was written. Dante Basco does a fantastic job bringing him to life, and I REALLY want to see (or hear) madami of him in Legend of Korra. Zuko's betrayal at the end of the segundo series made it all the madami thrilling for me, since the obvious thing to do seemed to be to have him sumali the group. It was a bravo ilipat sa pamamagitan ng the writers, but I think the scenes between Zuko, Azula, Ty Lee and especially Mai made it all worth it, in my mind. And his confrontation with his father? I can't speak for everyone else, but I was practically cheering him on as he faced down his father and swept away all the lies and deceit surrounding his whole life, placed there sa pamamagitan ng both Ozai and Azula, and emerging from the room his own man. Truly a fantastic character that drew a fantastic parallel with the protagonist, and was just... yeah. Fantastic all around.
And at the tuktok spot...
1: General Iroh the First of the apoy Nation
Man oh man, where do I even begin? This is the guy I want to be when I hit retirement age, I don't even care if he seems fat or old, he's flipping badass through and through. As with Sokka, he seemed to serve as comic relief early on in the series, to lighten the mood in the scenes with Zuko. As the ipakita progressed, we learn that Iroh is far and away the wisest man in the awatara Universe, full of knowledge on the Spirit World (having been there once himself), history and the peoples of the world, provides great payo and makes excellent tea. While I'm not much of a tsaa drinker myself, I am British, so I guess there's something that genetically resonates in me on that subject. As I've said, I pag-ibig characters that are funny - and Iroh is hilarious, through and through. I also pag-ibig mentor figures - Gandalf, Yoda, Old Obi Wan, Dumbledore, the listahan goes on - so when I say that Iroh is my favourite mentor figure in fiction, that should say a lot about how high he ranks in my estimation. madami than his wisdom, the guy is arguably the most powerful apoy bender in the series. Yeah, I know he sinabi he didn't know he could beat Ozai - he totally could. You know it, I know it, the friendly giant kabute knows it. He takes out Azula pretty easily in the beginning of the segundo series, has the power to create lightning and invented redirecting it - that's some serious skills right there. And most important, he was the one that got me choked up on two occasions on this show. I never cry at films or TV (though I'll admit, Les Miserables came close to making me snap) so just getting me choked up once is a huge achievement on the shows part. The first was in "Tales of Ba Sing Se", where we see Iroh going for what seems to be a picnic while helping out strangers. It's then revealed the picnic is actually a memorial for his son who died before the show's first episode. The segundo was Zuko and Iroh's reunion in the finale. If you've seen it, I don't need to explain why it gets to me. If you haven't, go and watch it. Right now. I dare you to feel nothing at that scene. So much build up to that reunion, and the payoff was amazing. As was Iroh in general. Not just my favourite guy character in the show; my favourite character in the ipakita full stop.
So yeah. That's my list. I got a little sidetracked from time to time, but I got there in the end.
This ipakita was fantastic, and while I will be the first to praise it for its wonderfully written female characters, an artikulo on the equally well-written blokes just seemed like it had a place on this page. Hope you enjoyed it.
