Yeah, my phrasing there was bad. Eidos is not a good character because his [i]only and defining character traits[/i] are "he's an asshole" and "he's an expert firebender who kills people, because he's also merciless and evil and shit" (and he's supposed to be on the side of peace and balance). I said it could be done well. This is not doing it well. Ostarion's character has a very good, well-developed reason to be how he is, and he isn't merciless, stupid ("senseless decision making") or needlessly violent. In fact, I really like the idea of an airbender who wants to prevent something like the Genocide from ever happening again by denouncing pacifism.

As for me being the only one, though, you might be right. I can't speak for them, I'm only speaking from my own experience. Maybe I am going overboard here. I don't think so, but maybe.

As for the teachers not being chosen for their attitude, if Jinora knew that he was an [i]evil murderer[/i], I don't think she'd trust the Avatar to his tutelage.