Plain and simple, I HATED how Avatar's third season came out.

Aang never got much development, and he's in a stereotypical monk's robe (although, his usual outfit got hacked to pieces by Azula).

Among other things, Katara let her hair down, even after Day of Black Sun, to symbolize what kind of character the fans thought she was like, rather than the kind of character she really was like.

Speaking of Katara, not much development of her, except for The Southern Raiders, which felt sort of half-baked anyway (and I'm not saying this because I'm a Kataang, mind you). She seemed to boil over for no reason at all, and never showed weakness at all (very out-of-character, and Mary-Sue-ish to boot).

Speaking of Kataang, there was even less development in the third season than in the second or first, even though they pretty much covered MaiKo, which makes the final moment seem... I don't know... Out of nowhere.

After the finale, I was more concerned with "what really happened to Kya" instead of what happened to Ursa. That's how lame The Southern Raiders was.

Early on, the episodes seems to focus entirely on Zuko, with the Gaang moments just being filler. Why not two or three eps centered around Zuko, then?

I really hoped we'd get to know Téo, Haru, and The Duke after Day of Black Sun. I also think Hakoda's showing up after The Boiling Rock was unnecessary (which it was).

Ty Lee's scene in the finale. Enough said. We see so much of her as an actual character in Book 3, and she essentially gets swept under the rug (or her character, at least).

I can't help but wonder: do you think Paramount based their judgment of the show solely on this last season?

The show essentially went from a fine fusion of different animé (meant for the younger set, but written in a way like that for older viewers) to another teen-angst animé...

*sigh*...

Your thoughts?