• Light/Dark
  • Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.

The Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation has reportedly released character descriptions for Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko.

Kalentan

Kalentan

Member
Oct 25, 2017
44,638
From the article.

[AANG]
Male, Asian. Lead Character is 12, male, of East Asian or South Asian heritage. Aang is a typical twelve-year-old boy. A bit goofy, a bit nerdy, restless in school, always eager to join his friends for fun and games. He's nimble, energetic, and quick in the schoolyard. Adopted at birth, he's struggled with questions of how he fits in, but his slaving parents have worked hard to make him feel accepted, and so he's grown up to become generous, kind-hearted, and cheerful. He's also been gifted with an incredible mystical power he doesn't really understand, but it could be the key to saving the world from a global conflict. It's a responsibility he's reluctant to accept because it'll take him away from his family, friends, and everything he knows. All he wants is to just be a regular kid. SERIES REGULAR
[KATARA]
Female, Native American. Character is 14, female, of heritage indigenous to North America.
Smart, athletic, determined, and hopeful, she's had to keep her family together ever since her mother was killed in a mysterious supernatural event several years ago, a trauma that haunts Katara every day. Recently, she's started to develop strange new powers that both intrigue and scare her. She's looking for someone to help her understand these changes. But she's also started to find hope in the thought her new skills could lead to a brighter future for her and her family. SERIES REGULAR
[SOKKA]
Male, Native American. Character is 16, male, of heritage indigenous to North America.
Carrie's gangly and strong older brother, Sokka, is a teen who's been forced to grow up too fast. Since his mother's death, he's had to become the leader of the family. Which has led him to butt heads with his sister, who resents his overprotective nature. He's concerned about her new powers, worried they might put her in harm's way. Despite everything, he and Katara have a natural rapport, and they trust each other. He has a sharp, sardonic wit, which he often uses as a defense mechanism during uncomfortable situations. But it also makes him entertaining and likable. SERIES REGULAR.
[ZUKO]
Male, Asian. Character is 17, male, of East Asian or South Asian heritage. In excellent shape, focused, and driven, Zuko has been driven to be an overachiever by his overbearing father, a career military man. Failure is never an option, and it doesn't matter who you hurt to get to the top. Zuko has struggled to reconcile that philosophy with his kind-hearted nature, and that conflict has made him intense and guarded, which is why he comes off as brusque and arrogant. When he discovers he's developed mysterious powers and is competing with Aang for a key role in their project, Zuko's father tells him to stop at nothing to win. And if he doesn't, he shouldn't bother coming home. SERIES REGULAR.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
 
Jarmel

Jarmel

The Jackrabbit Always Wins
Member
Oct 25, 2017
19,297
New York
knightedgemedia.com

Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' TV Series Character Descriptions & Logline Revealed

Casting had begun early last month for Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series. The project is being cast by Marco Polo and Shang-Chi casting director PoPing Auyeung in Vancouver, Canada. The series will be showrun by Nikata writer Albert Kim. Who took it over after the original...
knightedgemedia.com knightedgemedia.com

Katara's background is a little wut but it doesn't sound like they seriously aged them up.

Psxphile said:
I can see the tweet just fine?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
It was dead for awhile
 
Tuck

Tuck

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,581
"ever since her mother was killed in a mysterious supernatural event several years ago"

Excuse me?
 
Jarmel

Jarmel

The Jackrabbit Always Wins
Member
Oct 25, 2017
19,297
New York
Wait hold on I just reread the backgrounds.

What the fuck.

It sounds like bending doesn't really exist in this universe????? What the fuck. "Mysterious powers" so pretty much nobody knows how to bend outside like 5 dudes? I guess that's one way to save on the budget.
 
RatskyWatsky

RatskyWatsky

Are we human or are we dancer?
Member
Oct 25, 2017
14,931
These descriptions are sus af. Zuko and Aang are from the same school or something? Aang isn't from 100 years in the past?
 
EvilChameleon

EvilChameleon

Member
Oct 25, 2017
23,793
Ohio
Wonder how cost prohibitive it would be for CBSViacom to pull the plug on this, especially since the creators of the Avatar universe got Avatar Studios now.
 
kmfdmpig

kmfdmpig

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
19,354
Why does it say that Sokka is "Carrie's" brother? Are they planning to make Katara a nickname or something?
 

Deleted member 3208

Oct 25, 2017
11,934
I'm kind of lost here. Is this really Avatar or a late April Fool's joke?
 
Balbanes

Balbanes

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,213
"When Zuko discovers he's developed mysterious powers and is competing with Aang for a key role in their project, Zuko's father tells him to stop at nothing to win."

Ummmmm
 
Zeno

Zeno

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,150
The Dragonball Evolution of Avatar.

Edit: Also, this is almost certainly fake.
 
Last edited:
Jarmel

Jarmel

The Jackrabbit Always Wins
Member
Oct 25, 2017
19,297
New York
Zuko has struggled to reconcile that philosophy with his kind-hearted nature, and that conflict has made him intense and guarded, which is why he comes off as brusque and arrogant. When he discovers he's developed mysterious powers and is competing with Aang for a key role in their project, Zuko's father tells him to stop at nothing to win.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
wtf is this shit
 
Xterrian

Xterrian

Member
Apr 20, 2018
2,795
Monk Gyatso??? Please tell me they didn't fucking get rid of him.

Also, Katara's mother killed in a supernatural event? No mention of Ozai permanently scarring his son and banishing him?

Call me over dramatic but fuck it: this is gonna be trash.
 
sredgrin

sredgrin

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
12,276
Guessing fake or a very mangled translation of some sort.
 
N64Controller

N64Controller

Member
Nov 2, 2017
8,330
Wait until you read about their Toph.

Maybe they will do a crossover episodes with the zany adventures of the Wesker Kids.
 
RockmanBN

RockmanBN

Visited by Knack - One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
27,950
Cornfields
Jarmel said:
knightedgemedia.com

Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' TV Series Character Descriptions & Logline Revealed

Casting had begun early last month for Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series. The project is being cast by Marco Polo and Shang-Chi casting director PoPing Auyeung in Vancouver, Canada. The series will be showrun by Nikata writer Albert Kim. Who took it over after the original...
knightedgemedia.com knightedgemedia.com

Katara's background is a little wut but it doesn't sound like they seriously aged them up.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Seems like the ages are what they should about be. Wasn't there a rumor of them aging Katara up for Zuko?
 

Deleted member 68874

Account closed at user request
Banned
May 10, 2020
10,441
Why are they making it sound like bending isnt a thing in the world?

No wonder the show creators dipped.
 
.Detective.

.Detective.

Member
Oct 27, 2017
9,661
HomelyFeistyHamster-size_restricted.gif
 
Fleck0

Fleck0

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,447
This sounds like it could almost take place in present day?
Aang isn't a monk?
a 12-year old and a 17-year old are competing for a "project"?
 
Sign My Guestbook!

Sign My Guestbook!

Member
May 26, 2018
24,006
I'm sorry

Zuko and Aang are on a project together? Like a science slam or...? Competing for the same prize?

What the fuck is this? This can not be real. Or the descriptions are purposefully bizarre.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.