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Yeah capturing him alive was definitely preferable. You wanna avoid rolling heads whenever possible although at times it can seem enticing. What I found odd was the deep turmoil in Aang over the prospect of killing Ozai. It is consistent with the character but I wouldn’t have worried about it personally.
Within the story’s ontology (as with most stories involving monarchies sadly), Ozai is not only the king by law but also a very poweful bender and his legitimacy as the king is derived from his talent. So taking away his bending is more effective than in a real world so to speak.
Yeah, Aang’s reluctance to kill Ozai is kind of comical. It makes sense in the story, and you have very good points about Ozai suffering psychologically and socially after being stripped of his power and imprisoned rather than killed and martyred, though.
Lest we forget, it is a children’s cartoon from the US. Having the 12 year old hero of your animated show unambiguously take a human life or even be clearly planning to do so as the finale is not something the network would have approved even if the lib-as-fuck writers wanted it.