Avatar: The Last Airbender fans say unpopular series is “not for critics”

Fans of Netflix’s adapatation of Avatar: The Last Airbender have defended the series by claiming its not for “critics.”

Netflix‘s adaptation of the popular animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender has gotten some pushback since its recent release.

Fans of the original work have taken issue with the live-action’s portrayal of certain plot points and character arcs, despite some actors from the series pushing back on these claims.

However, despite its unpopular reception, some fans of the Netflix show have come to explain that the show is more for the fans than certain “critics.”

Last Airbender fans claim the show was made for the fans

Currently, Netflix’s adaptation of the hit cartoon is sitting at a 75% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, despite intense backlash online upon its release.

The audience score could be due to the fact that some of the biggest defenders of the show claim it was made for the OG fans of the series and not its detractors.

“The new ATLA is for the people not the critics,” one Twitter user wrote, with another echoing the sentiment saying, “This live-action of Avatar: The Last Airbender is for the new fans who wants to jump in to the series.”

However, this hasn’t stopped the majority of Netflix viewers from expressing their supreme disappointment when it comes to the latest adaptation of this project.

“I am starting to see why the original creators of Avatar the Last Airbender left Netflix,” one fan wrote upon completing the series.

Original series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko famously walked away from the Netflix adaptation in what they called the “the hardest professional decision [we] ever had to make”, as Netflix didn’t want to honor the version the duo “envisioned or intended to make.”