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I would LOVE to see a film that would follow the premise of the adult Gaang revisiting the Earth Kingdom's capital and doing different activities in the city for a day, just like in the original "Tales of Ba Sing Se". The tales could be different from the original; The Tale of Katara and Aang, where they go to a ball, but this time they aren't jumped by Dai Li? Maybe The Tale of Zuko and Toph, where she gets her life changing adventure? Or The Tale of Suki and Ty Lee, where they try to stop some asassins? A peak fan service moment of The Tale of Iroh, where he revistis Lu Ten's grave on the 15th anniversary of his death and meets the guy that tried to rob him in that alleyway, now an upstanding citizen? I have no concrete concept of how would the final film look, but I think the general concept is pretty neat. Also, the tales could be much longer, since it would be a film and not just an episode of ATLA.

Do you like the concept or not really?

This time he was the one to ask me to post it, that little maggot is really proud of himself.

He doesn’t have a Reddit account (he’s 13) so I decided to post it for him with his consent. Do yall like it or nah? It’s based on Tame Impala’s album cover.

I am not here to invalidate the critique of the episode, because you do you. With that being said, I was seriously suprised that the episode is considered one of the weaker ones in the series, because I love it! It's actually one of my favourite episodes in season 3. The location looks really nice (yes, I know the river is full of shit, and yes, I still think the location is pretty), the portrayal of Katara, Aang and Sokka is really cool and the general atmosphere at the end of the episode is lovely.

This episode isn't only about Katara and how she is an empathetic person who refuses to leave behind the people who need her help, but we also get cute moments of Aang and Sokka. Aang decides to help Katara in blowing up the factory of the Fire Nation right after calling her pretty without even knowing it's her, which was a super cool moment for my Kataang soul. Sokka decides he will help his sister, because despite not caring that much about those fishermen, he sure as hell isn't letting her confront these fire nation soldiers alone. That's it. That's the episode. Pretty location, few cute moments, few good jokes. Despite of heavy theme (enviromentalism and starvation) the episode still manages to maintain a light atmosphere (although of course there are darker and sadder moments, like the ones in the village). I love it so much, because it is very season 1 coded if you know what I mean. Season 1 was mainly about the Gaang doing side activities and was more adventurous, season 2 was more about change and maturing and finally season 3 was mainly about everyone meeting their destinies. While all of these are great, The Painted Lady was a nice reminder of season 1 and the time spent on doing side quests without rushing to complete the main one.

I guess what people dislike is that the first half of the episode bores them, but I think that the destruction of that factory is a great payoff for the first half of the ep. In summary, I love it. In my opinion, big moments in the show would be meaningless without small episodes like this highlihting the relationships of the characters.

Important note; as I am posting it, it is currently 00:35 AM so I might have accidentally written some bullshit, but that's just a part of the deal ig.

The tittle is pretty self explanatory. Are there any ATLA mods available right now? And if so, how do I install them?