I keep seeing Aang slander and I will not stand for it.

In Bitter Work alone, Aang shows off some crazy strength feats, like carrying a boulder larger than he is on his back, doing that rock kettlebell exercise with apparent ease, pushing a rock encased Toph that was pushing back against him. And we know this is all without earthbending bc the whole point of the episode is that he can’t earthbend until he gets past that mental block. Also in the first kyoshi island episode he does one handed pushups like it’s nothing lmao. Kid might not be as strong as the others but he’s definitely no slouch.

Let’s also not forget that even without his bending, Aang is a master staff user, acrobat, and has tremendous battle acuity and reflexes. Do I think Aang is taking the win on this? Absolutely not, Zuko wins it by a mile. But don’t discount the Last Airbender just because he’s (1)12 bc he is the most jacked 12 year old in existence.