Gyatso told her about the new Fire Avatar named Roku who wasn’t a bad guy—but might never be a good one if he never learned to stop overcompensating for his obvious lack of self-confidence by making rash decisions and trying to make himself look like this big, bad Firebender.
I feel like I’m being told Roku’s characterization more than I’m actually seeing it. And the story isn’t making commentary on the fact that the way Roku thinks in his POV is different from how others perceive him so this seems more like a fault of the writing than a deliberate inconsistency. Roku hasn’t been putting on a tough guy front this whole time, in my opinion. Not through his actions, at least, in my opinion.
