lizbee | Avatar meme, day 2: Least favourite episode

My least favourite episode is ... "Jet"!

Now, I'm not saying I didn't consider "The Great Divide" or "Imprisoned", or even "The Painted Lady" (even though the "WHY DIDN'T KATARA JUST LISTEN TO HER BROTHER LIKE A GOOD GIRL UGH SHE IS SO SHRILL" response to that episode gets makes me all defensive of it and her). I even considered "The Swamp", which is pretty much the only episode of season 2 I'll avoid.

But no, for sheer enraging quality, it has to be "Jet".

See, the thing is, I don't like Jet that much. MEME SPOILERS! He's going to turn up later as my least favourite character! I like him better with Zuko, and I even read Zuko/Jet sometimes, even though there's a general tendency for writers to go on and on about how Zuko never liked Mai and no mere girl could understand his angst, and also ladyparts are icky, and m/m slash, why you gotta be so awful about the ladies? (The only time I've ever considered writing Zuko/Jet, it was as a sequel to my earlier girl!Zuko fic. GIRL!ZUKO MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER, OKAY?)

Anyway, for the most part, I don't care for Jet.

And I also don't care for episodes where the main characters meet someone charming, and he wins them over EXCEPT FOR ONE LONE SKEPTIC, but the charmer persuades the others that the ONE LONE SKEPTIC is just WRONG or maybe JEALOUS, and it's all horrible and divided until everyone realises that the ONE LONE SKEPTIC was right all along. Apparently some viewers were surprised when Jet turned out to be morally inept, but it was pretty predictable for me. (In real life, one of my superpowers is Spotting Awful Men From A Distance. For some reason, I have much more trouble spotting jerkiness in women, and usually have to have it pointed out to me. Something to discuss with my therapist, if I had one.)