'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Revisited
On July 19th, 2008, the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender came to an end with a kiss on a balcony and a pan up to a lovingly animated sky. I was eleven. I don't remember watching it, but knowing me, I probably cried. I remember liking the finale a lot. These characters that I had watched grow for so much of my childhood had had to fight for their happy ending almost until their final moments of screen time, and the peace they were left in felt bitterly earned.