Avatarverse: a cultural conversation across three decades

I just saw Avatar Aang in theaters yesterday (I know, I’m very lucky). I can’t help but notice how the movie is doing its best to fit in the middle of the in-universe timeline of the Avatar world–after A:tLA and before TLoK, while simultaneously in conversation with the reality of the mid-2020s, over a decade after Korra ended. The Last Airbender aired from 2005-2008, Korra from 2012-2014, and…