u/Efficient-Cat7473

Trigger warning for SA

I haven’t watched Jody’s debut episode in a while but from what I can remember , towards the end they find her sleeping in the kitchen. When asked why she prefers sleeping alone , she says something along the lines of ‘ I don’t like people breathing near me , it makes me think of things I don’t want to think about’ . Is this implying she was a victim of SA and child molestation ? Especially when Gina’s faces seem to drop after she says this. If she was a victim of SA , chances are one of her mom’s boyfriends abused her that way.

Was this storyline initially planned for Jody but later dropped after the family got more involved as it was too dark for a kids show ?

"By the 4th century BG, most people believed lightning generation to be mere folklore or something lost to history,^([3]) though Rangi stated in 296 BG that there were a few elderly people living in the Fire Nation who had witnessed it." Lightning Generation - Avatar Wiki

The elderly people of the fire nation would've been alive during Szeto's time. Kuruk was the only the avatar for 33 years and we don't know how long Yangchen was alive for but some people in the fire nation live long lives. Sozin lived to 100 and Azulon lived to 95 so some wealthy fire nation citizens were old enough to be alive during Szeto's era and witnessed lightning bending.

However since by the time of Kyoshi , no one knew about lightning bending meaning it could've been outlawed. Why would it be banned though ? Did Szeto consider it too dangerous ?

Question about Jody in her debut episode

Did Szeto ban lightning bending ?