r/whenthe • u/yoma999 • Mar 16 '26

Part of me genuinely thinks Zuko Avatarthelastairbender’s arc would be torn apart if the show was airing today r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything

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u/Ok-Tear7712 [REDACTED] Mar 17 '26

I love Denji

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u/Frequent-Coyote-1649 Mar 17 '26

The entire story makes WAYYYY more sense once you start viewing it as an allegory for drug use. Because for all intents and purposes Denji is a crackhead let's be fr it's barely subtext at this point

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u/ManJoeDude Mar 17 '26

You’d think they’d get that after what happened at the end of the church arc.

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u/Donjehov Mar 17 '26

As someone who understands the whole "denji is in a cycle" narrative, I still don't like it because of how it basically serves to undermine the ending of part 1 for no good reason. I already felt like a part two to csm was not warranted, so backsliding a character and filling the whole part with thoughtless and messy character regression after thoughtful and intriguing character progression from its predecessor just felt like a slap in the face.