You know what'd be nice?

[marikunin]

If in the Avatar: the Last Airbender universe, they'd introduce a girl who wasn't an extrovert. Yes, there's Mai but even she had her own confidence about her. It'd be nice if they had a girl that starts out with little or no self esteem & had to gain it from the ground up. Just saying.

Comments

[hymnia.livejournal.com]

Well...I'm not sure it's right to conflate introvert/extravert with self-confidence/lack of self-confidence. I think they are separate issues. But if you're looking for a character who is *both* introverted and lacks self-confidence, I would say there's a shortage of characters like that in general (male or female) in action/fantasy/adventure stories.

[ryntha-doghare.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this. Introverted =/= no self confidence. And I think there are a fair decent books around where the main hero has started off feeling insecure in their 'hero identity', though I guess not in Avatar, but that IS just the one universe.