"It doesn't matter if I could have foreseen it or not. I'm supposed to fix it."
The Avatar is held to unrealistic standards because the Avatar usually reaches those unrealistic standards. The Avatar is the guardian and the guide of the world, a bridge between physical and spiritual that protects humans and spirits from each other and themselves.
The world remembers the Avatar's successes and forgets its failures over the generations because the stories of success give hope. So the successes grow and grow into a legend no living person can live up to, and yet they are always raised thinking that they should be able to.
"I'm not good at it. I keep messing up. I'm supposed to be better."
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The Avatar is held to unrealistic standards because the Avatar usually reaches those unrealistic standards. The Avatar is the guardian and the guide of the world, a bridge between physical and spiritual that protects humans and spirits from each other and themselves.
The world remembers the Avatar's successes and forgets its failures over the generations because the stories of success give hope. So the successes grow and grow into a legend no living person can live up to, and yet they are always raised thinking that they should be able to.
"I'm not good at it. I keep messing up. I'm supposed to be better."