Did ‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Just Confirm Zuko’s Bisexuality?

By Anna Menta Published July 25, 2026, 11:00 a.m. ET Hey, so I’ve got a question about the Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender movie that began streaming on Paramount+ today: Did it casually just confirm that Zuko is attracted to men? The Avatar Aang movie is directed by Lauren Montgomery, and written by Tim Hedrick and Christopher Yost, from a story by ATLA co-creators Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, as well as Hedrick, and Kenneth Lin. The story follows a now-adult Aang (voiced by Eric Nam), who discovers a new-new Airbender frozen in ice named Tagah (voiced by Dave Bautista). Tagah is a big, tall, buff, muscle-y, manly, man. When Toph (voiced by Dionne Quan) asks for confirmation whether this newcomer is attractive or not, it’s obvious the answer is meant to be yes. But I was not