Hello everyone I hope you are doing well. So, I was thinking back on Vaatu and Raava in terms of their reception years later and as we know, it's less than positive for a good chunk of the fandom.
But what if ASH does this?
With how messed up the world is in Pavi’s era and Raava caring about the Avatar so much, adopts this scorched earth policy in terms of making things right even if it gets morally questionable. One example being her trying to get Pavi to kill Nisha because of Vaatu residing in her and Pavi pushes back because they developed the close sisterly bond they almost didn’t get to have. This is to show how theres evil in good.
As for Vaatu who’s absolutely in this weakened state, finds himself attached to Nisha because of Unalaq’s actions and while he HATES being connected to her, ultimately comes to care about her. It doesn’t have be squeaky clean in terms of caring about her, but him being with Nisha and going through so much together could lead to him bettering himself. It might not be a full redemption, but it could indeed show that theres good in evil.
I just figured this would be really cool to see happen and I also think that this could really help with their public reception in the eyes of the fans.
Until then, we won’t know for sure until next year. Take care everyone and thanks for reading!