An abuser literally stealing the light from inside you and gleefully destroying it in a way that permanently cuts you off from who you used to be is a HECK of an allegory btw
- never died
- didn’t have access to ancestral mentorship
- performed the strongest feat of any avatar ever
- restored the air nation to full glory (fulfilled a dream of an Avatar who passed generations before her)
- defeated the literal embodiment of evil
It’s never enough.