Name: Aang Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Gender: Male Age: Around 14 (Chronologically 114) Time Period: After "The Promise: Part One" Wing Color: Yellow center surrounded by orange History: Avatar Wikia Personality: (Please consider here things such as habits, likes and dislikes, thought patterns, experiences and so on. This section should be fairly detailed!)
Aang is a compassionate, free-spirited young boy who generally loves fun and adventure. He treats most people in the same casual manner, except for elders and mentors whom he tries to address respectfully. Otherwise he fails at manners. Most of his favorite activities involve riding various types of animals. He is fairly impulsive and often likes to do whatever comes to mind. Aang does know when to get serious, except for some cases where the stress has overwhelmed him to the point where he has tried to run away from them or put off the decision as long as possible. As an air nomad, Aang is somewhat of a free spirit and was raised to respect all forms of life, so he is a strict vegetarian and will explore all alternatives to violence in solving problems. His Airbender upbringing, however, clashes with his responsibility as the Avatar, which requires that he put the world before all else and not being hesitant to take lives in order to preserve peace. Aang has adamantly adhered to his refusal to take another life in honor of his spiritual upbringing and the fact that he was just a child, so that is the one part of being the Avatar that he could never come to terms with.
As a child, Aang was initially reluctant to accept his duties as the Avatar, as the associated responsibilities threatened all of the fun of his idyllic existence as a normal 12 year old air nomad. His initial attempt at rebellion resulted in him waking up a century later to find all of his people were dead, so he slowly came to accept his fate as the Avatar. Aang has somewhat of a survivor's guilt from what has happened to the air tribe and has not fully processed the loss. He copes primarily by living in the moment, as an extension of his optimistic nature. He is optimistic to the point of naivete, although his experiences in the war have chipped away at his innocence to give him some more jaded world views. He will sometimes play up his childishness to prevent himself from facing uncomfortable certainties, such as his suggestion of "gluebending" as an alternative to the idea of killing the Fire Lord. He has a very goofy and immature sense of humor which is often shared with Sokka.
Friendship is an important part of Aang's nature. As an air nomad and the Avatar, he has freely befriended people from different nations, both in the past and the modern era. He fondly remembers friends from the Earth and Fire Nations, and although in the present he has made at least one friend from each nation, he has become uncomfortable around firebenders due to all of the pain they have caused, including their role in the genocide of his people. The friends that Aang does have, he prizes. He was brought up in a non-traditional manner which lacked familial roles. Gyatso was still somewhat of a father figure to him, the closest thing Aang had to siblings were his peers whom he was raised alongside. Friendship is therefore the foremost bond for Aang, and it has taken on new meaning for him in the era which he has awakened in. His friends' moral support and belief in him has helped Aang to live up to his responsibility while lowering his stress. Katara's belief in particular was a very powerful drive for Aang due to the feelings he developed for her over the course of the journey. It helped that his friends were around the same age as Aang, as it allowed him to be himself and have fun instead of having to be the Avatar all the time. It was a bit of a double-edged sword, as they enabled each other's procrastination from time to time (particularly prior to the coming of Sozin's Comet). By alternating between playing around with his friends and making serious plans with them about the war or training alongside them, Aang was developing a balance within himself which Gyatso had similarly tried to nurture in the past. Aang's trust in others did fluctuate and is most easily seen through the evolution of his friendship with Zuko. Even though Zuko was the prince of the nation that killed his people, Aang initially saw a friend in Zuko, a shadow of one childhood friend long gone. Zuko repaid Aang's attempts at friendship with fire, which made him more hardened towards the idea and distrustful of Zuko, even when Zuko tried to join their group much later. Zuko's genuine reformation and the accompanying awkwardness managed to win them over, and Aang's attitude soon became more trusting again.
Aang also has a strong attachment to the remnants of his past life and is still quite familiar with past cultures that have been forgotten. He is very wistful to everything and especially everyone he has lost, so he holds onto all he has left very tightly. Disturbing some surviving element of the Air Nomads is an easy way to quickly upset and anger the Avatar. His bison Appa has been his inseparable companion since he was six, and together they were the only survivors of the old air tribe. Momo also has a special place in Aang's heart due to having lived at the Southern Air Temple and being a sign that not all life at the air temple was wiped out. He treasures both dearly, and their endangerment can push Aang to the edge as easily as that of his human friends. This was particularly evident after Appa was captured, and Aang had to face the possibility that he was gone forever. This caused Aang to become moody towards everyone around him and act with a mix of depression and raw anger. The incident also made him protective of Momo, to the point where he violently attacked a buzzard wasp in retaliation for trying to take it. Aang's zen lifestyle makes it generally very difficult for him to become actually angry. In addition to anger at those who endanger his friends and those who commit atrocities, he has also felt anger towards his self whenever he has failed, especially in the aftermath of his kinda-death at Azula's hands. Aang became angry not only at his own failure as the Avatar and the resulting shame, but also at the idea of hiding his identity and depriving the world of the much-needed hope that came from the Avatar's existence.
Aang also has fear and guilt connected with his untapped power. This is especially true for the Avatar State, where Aang has had no control over his actions in the past. The Avatar State is almost the opposite of Aang's pacifistic nature in that it is destructive and exhibits no emotion besides a vengeful wratch. In one case, he wiped out dozens of Fire Nation soldiers (including the mutton-chopped Admiral Zhao) while in this form. Katara's emotional connection to Aang has pulled him out of the state time and time again, and Aang's guilt towards his actions was also suppressed by Katara reminding him that he had no control over himself. Many of Aang's emotional problems were balanced during his training under Guru Pathik, who taught him how to unlock his chakras by releasing certain associated emotions. The one he had trouble with was forsaking his earthly attachments, which were his feelings for Katara. It was a struggle for Aang, especially since he felt like his attachment to her was what kept him going on his journey. Aang at first chose Katara over the completion of his chakra training, only to give his feelings up later on in order to attempt to save her from Azula and the Dai Li. His only known controlled Avatar State was over almost as soon as it began due to Azula's fatal lightning strike. Aang has not been known to attempt a controlled Avatar State since then. Aang and Katara's relationship has had some complications. Aang saw her as his "forever girl" and his strongest emotional pillar during the most trying months of his life, even if at the same time he was distraught by the idea that she did not feel the same way. He felt anxious and impatient about Katara's indecision from time to time, but he ultimately respected her decision to wait to think over her feelings.
He has become a happier person over the year since the war's end, with the world facing a new era of peace and his feelings for Katara finally being requited with two becoming oogie-inducing "sweeties". With the genocidal dictator out of the picture and the world generally moving towards peace, Aang has been able to enjoy his role as the Avatar and is eager to participate in even the most mundane activities such as helping colonies of people to move, always with a smile on his face. The only threat to this peace, both in the world and in Aang's mind, has come from Zuko, who managed to get Aang to promise to kill him if he ever became Ozai. Aang once more had that moral dilemma to work through, but in a more difficult way due to it being his duty to his friend, and Zuko's troubling behavior threatening to invoke the promise.
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Name: Aang
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Gender: Male
Age: Around 14 (Chronologically 114)
Time Period: After "The Promise: Part One"
Wing Color: Yellow center surrounded by orange
History: Avatar Wikia
Personality: (Please consider here things such as habits, likes and dislikes, thought patterns, experiences and so on. This section should be fairly detailed!)
Aang is a compassionate, free-spirited young boy who generally loves fun and adventure. He treats most people in the same casual manner, except for elders and mentors whom he tries to address respectfully. Otherwise he fails at manners. Most of his favorite activities involve riding various types of animals. He is fairly impulsive and often likes to do whatever comes to mind. Aang does know when to get serious, except for some cases where the stress has overwhelmed him to the point where he has tried to run away from them or put off the decision as long as possible. As an air nomad, Aang is somewhat of a free spirit and was raised to respect all forms of life, so he is a strict vegetarian and will explore all alternatives to violence in solving problems. His Airbender upbringing, however, clashes with his responsibility as the Avatar, which requires that he put the world before all else and not being hesitant to take lives in order to preserve peace. Aang has adamantly adhered to his refusal to take another life in honor of his spiritual upbringing and the fact that he was just a child, so that is the one part of being the Avatar that he could never come to terms with.
As a child, Aang was initially reluctant to accept his duties as the Avatar, as the associated responsibilities threatened all of the fun of his idyllic existence as a normal 12 year old air nomad. His initial attempt at rebellion resulted in him waking up a century later to find all of his people were dead, so he slowly came to accept his fate as the Avatar. Aang has somewhat of a survivor's guilt from what has happened to the air tribe and has not fully processed the loss. He copes primarily by living in the moment, as an extension of his optimistic nature. He is optimistic to the point of naivete, although his experiences in the war have chipped away at his innocence to give him some more jaded world views. He will sometimes play up his childishness to prevent himself from facing uncomfortable certainties, such as his suggestion of "gluebending" as an alternative to the idea of killing the Fire Lord. He has a very goofy and immature sense of humor which is often shared with Sokka.
Friendship is an important part of Aang's nature. As an air nomad and the Avatar, he has freely befriended people from different nations, both in the past and the modern era. He fondly remembers friends from the Earth and Fire Nations, and although in the present he has made at least one friend from each nation, he has become uncomfortable around firebenders due to all of the pain they have caused, including their role in the genocide of his people. The friends that Aang does have, he prizes. He was brought up in a non-traditional manner which lacked familial roles. Gyatso was still somewhat of a father figure to him, the closest thing Aang had to siblings were his peers whom he was raised alongside. Friendship is therefore the foremost bond for Aang, and it has taken on new meaning for him in the era which he has awakened in. His friends' moral support and belief in him has helped Aang to live up to his responsibility while lowering his stress. Katara's belief in particular was a very powerful drive for Aang due to the feelings he developed for her over the course of the journey. It helped that his friends were around the same age as Aang, as it allowed him to be himself and have fun instead of having to be the Avatar all the time. It was a bit of a double-edged sword, as they enabled each other's procrastination from time to time (particularly prior to the coming of Sozin's Comet). By alternating between playing around with his friends and making serious plans with them about the war or training alongside them, Aang was developing a balance within himself which Gyatso had similarly tried to nurture in the past. Aang's trust in others did fluctuate and is most easily seen through the evolution of his friendship with Zuko. Even though Zuko was the prince of the nation that killed his people, Aang initially saw a friend in Zuko, a shadow of one childhood friend long gone. Zuko repaid Aang's attempts at friendship with fire, which made him more hardened towards the idea and distrustful of Zuko, even when Zuko tried to join their group much later. Zuko's genuine reformation and the accompanying awkwardness managed to win them over, and Aang's attitude soon became more trusting again.
Aang also has a strong attachment to the remnants of his past life and is still quite familiar with past cultures that have been forgotten. He is very wistful to everything and especially everyone he has lost, so he holds onto all he has left very tightly. Disturbing some surviving element of the Air Nomads is an easy way to quickly upset and anger the Avatar. His bison Appa has been his inseparable companion since he was six, and together they were the only survivors of the old air tribe. Momo also has a special place in Aang's heart due to having lived at the Southern Air Temple and being a sign that not all life at the air temple was wiped out. He treasures both dearly, and their endangerment can push Aang to the edge as easily as that of his human friends. This was particularly evident after Appa was captured, and Aang had to face the possibility that he was gone forever. This caused Aang to become moody towards everyone around him and act with a mix of depression and raw anger. The incident also made him protective of Momo, to the point where he violently attacked a buzzard wasp in retaliation for trying to take it. Aang's zen lifestyle makes it generally very difficult for him to become actually angry. In addition to anger at those who endanger his friends and those who commit atrocities, he has also felt anger towards his self whenever he has failed, especially in the aftermath of his kinda-death at Azula's hands. Aang became angry not only at his own failure as the Avatar and the resulting shame, but also at the idea of hiding his identity and depriving the world of the much-needed hope that came from the Avatar's existence.
Aang also has fear and guilt connected with his untapped power. This is especially true for the Avatar State, where Aang has had no control over his actions in the past. The Avatar State is almost the opposite of Aang's pacifistic nature in that it is destructive and exhibits no emotion besides a vengeful wratch. In one case, he wiped out dozens of Fire Nation soldiers (including the mutton-chopped Admiral Zhao) while in this form. Katara's emotional connection to Aang has pulled him out of the state time and time again, and Aang's guilt towards his actions was also suppressed by Katara reminding him that he had no control over himself. Many of Aang's emotional problems were balanced during his training under Guru Pathik, who taught him how to unlock his chakras by releasing certain associated emotions. The one he had trouble with was forsaking his earthly attachments, which were his feelings for Katara. It was a struggle for Aang, especially since he felt like his attachment to her was what kept him going on his journey. Aang at first chose Katara over the completion of his chakra training, only to give his feelings up later on in order to attempt to save her from Azula and the Dai Li. His only known controlled Avatar State was over almost as soon as it began due to Azula's fatal lightning strike. Aang has not been known to attempt a controlled Avatar State since then. Aang and Katara's relationship has had some complications. Aang saw her as his "forever girl" and his strongest emotional pillar during the most trying months of his life, even if at the same time he was distraught by the idea that she did not feel the same way. He felt anxious and impatient about Katara's indecision from time to time, but he ultimately respected her decision to wait to think over her feelings.
He has become a happier person over the year since the war's end, with the world facing a new era of peace and his feelings for Katara finally being requited with two becoming oogie-inducing "sweeties". With the genocidal dictator out of the picture and the world generally moving towards peace, Aang has been able to enjoy his role as the Avatar and is eager to participate in even the most mundane activities such as helping colonies of people to move, always with a smile on his face. The only threat to this peace, both in the world and in Aang's mind, has come from Zuko, who managed to get Aang to promise to kill him if he ever became Ozai. Aang once more had that moral dilemma to work through, but in a more difficult way due to it being his duty to his friend, and Zuko's troubling behavior threatening to invoke the promise.