I just want to say that when I spoke about how adaptations in general (but specifically ATLA) strip rage away from the characters, I was, of course, talking about Katara and Zuko, but I was also talking about Aang. His guilt and shame about running away is wrapped up in the pain and despair at being the literal last airbender,
which can trigger destructive anger
and in relation to how the monks handled the news a hundred years earlier
which is also wrapped up in his struggle with the avatar state, which also acts as a mirror to Zuko's turmoil, which also --