A:TLA THE PROMISE ANNOTATIONS
Jin's Thoughts on The Promise
MASSIVE SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!
Part 1
Notes:
I have utmost faith in the quality of the art and the intentional writing of the script. ATLA has proven over and over again that it does not do things accidentally. All through the series we see cleverly inserted references to real life politics and situations. And since this comic is approved of by the creators and they had a hand in writing the script, I will assume that these things are intentional here too, and I will treat them as such. But more about that later.
Sum up: You put an over-compensating 17 year old, a naive 13 year old and a man-child in charge of the fate of the world. This will end well. No, really.
But back on topic:
There are several issues I take with their approach:
1. I do not think dismantling - at least the older - colonies is a good idea. Kicking people out who have lived there for up to 150 years is not okay. That is 4 generations. No one seriously considered kicking everyone out of Hongkong in 1999, and that was 'only' 100 years. This is vengeance and not justice. And definitely not a 'peaceful and harmonious' solution.
2. Aang thinks he's a neutral party is all of this and does not seem to understand that most of the FN, including the colonies, will not agree on that.