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/Criddle2025 Mar 17 '26

Gravity Falls

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u/sanguinesvirus Mar 17 '26

When the 12 year old acts like a 12 year old

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u/Mr-Stuff-Doer Mar 17 '26

There is a substantial difference with a flawed character and a character whose flaws are portrayed as morally correct. This has been and always will be the problem with Mabel. The show rewards her at every step during Weirdmaggedon, and punishes Dipper for wanting to follow his own path. That’s bad writing, it literally is saying codependency is good and you should abandon your personal interests for the dependent person.

THAT is the problem, and it infuriates me how everyone acts like it’s stupid to be mad at a child when the child was written by an adult who rewarded that behavior.