History Webcomic / TheLegendOfGenji

This webcomic is a {{rewrite}} of a short-lived 2017 ''Avatar'' fan comic that ran for two-and-a-half chapters on Website/TapasMedia before being [[OrphanedSeries abruptly discontinued]], then later [[https://tapas.io/series/The-Legend-of-Genji/info deleted]]. The reason for this was that [[https://www.instagram.com/mackyish/ Macky Neal]], the webcomic's creator (as well as the only person who had been working on the comic up until then), became dissatisfied with her work and brought in a new creative team to redo the series. For those interested, the original fan comic can still be found on Website/{{Tumblr}} at the following links: [[https://mackydraws.tumblr.com/post/157421824694/first-few-pages-read-either-here-or-on Old Prologue]], [[https://legendofgenji.tumblr.com/post/158135007191/mackydraws-d-first-part-of-chapter-one Chapter One part 1]], and [[https://legendofgenji.tumblr.com/post/161433692226/mackydraws-update-chapter-2-is-starting Chapter Two part 1]]. The old prologue and first chapter can also be found [[https://www.deviantart.com/freestyletrue/gallery/all here]] on the creator's former Website/DeviantArt account.

The webcomic debuted in 2022 with its first chapter, "The Avatar Returns", being divided into five parts that were published on a biweekly schedule from April 16th to June 18th. The comic is primarily hosted [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-legend-of-genji/list?title_no=194154 here]] on Website/{{Webtoon}} for free. It is also available as a [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHymzaCV7nx_xK7GGkfXJLrApyOfuLDUN motion comic]] on Website/YouTube.

* OffModel:
** At the end of "The Avatar Returns: Part II", Genji is wearing fingerless gloves as he takes out his landlord's eviction notice from his pocket. However, his gloves suddenly vanish in the next panel where he's reading the note.
** In "The Avatar Returns: Part IV", the scar across Malik's left eyebrow goes missing during the scene where Malik is conversing with Genji as they are walking outdoors. This error is exclusive to the version of the webcomic posted on Webtoon as the [=YouTube=] version has the same panel with the scar included.
*** That same scene also features a panel where the dark brown bandages that Malik usually has wrapped around his right bicep suddenly disappear.

** Genji has this dynamic with Luan. Luan is a fake Avatar who spent most of his life being groomed for the position and believing that he was the real deal. Genji is the real Avatar, but grew up unaware of his true destiny and is completely unprepared for the responsibilities that come with being the Avatar. Luan comes from an upper-middle class family in Gaoling and lives near the Earth Federation Royal Palace, while Genji comes from a poor sandbender tribe and lives in a rundown apartment in Jinsha. Luan is an international celebrity with a OneHundredPercentAdorationRating in the Earth Federation, while Genji is a nobody whose sandbender heritage alone would probably earn him scorn from most of the Federation's citizens. Luan was given the best education that money and fame could buy, whereas Genji dropped out of his school. Luan strongly supports the Earth Federation and the policies of its president, whereas Genji feels nothing but contempt for both.

* AdaptationDeviation: In the original iteration of the comic, Genji tries to tell his mother about the eviction letter he received from their apartment's landlord, but [[NotNowKiddo she is too tired to listen]] and asks him to wait until tomorrow morning. Here, Genji is the one who decides to hold off on telling his mother about the letter because he can see how overworked and exhausted she already is, and doesn't want to ruin her day by adding on more stress.

* AllForNothing: Genji spends the latter half of "The Avatar Returns" desperately trying to raise money to pay off the rent for his family's apartment. He first tries his luck at an [[FightClubbing underground fight club]], only to get curb-stomped by the more experienced fighters. Seeing no other option, he accepts a shady job offer to (albeit unknowingly) smuggle explosives to a group of sandbending rebels. For his help, Genji is paid with enough cash to afford his rent and returns home... [[spoiler:only for his apartment to get destroyed during a terrorist attack. Even worse, said attack was carried out by the aforementioned rebels using the very same bombs that he delivered to them.]]

This webcomic is a {{rewrite}} of a short-lived 2017 ''Avatar'' fan comic that ran for two-and-a-half chapters on Website/TapasMedia (which has since been [[https://tapas.io/series/The-Legend-of-Genji/info deleted]]) before being [[OrphanedSeries abruptly discontinued]]. The reason for this was that [[https://www.instagram.com/mackyish/ Macky Neal]], the webcomic's creator (as well as the only person who had been working on the comic up until then), became dissatisfied with her work and brought in a new creative team to redo the series. For those interested, the original fan comic can still be found on Website/{{Tumblr}} at the following links: [[https://mackydraws.tumblr.com/post/157421824694/first-few-pages-read-either-here-or-on Old Prologue]], [[https://legendofgenji.tumblr.com/post/158135007191/mackydraws-d-first-part-of-chapter-one Chapter One part 1]], and [[https://legendofgenji.tumblr.com/post/161433692226/mackydraws-update-chapter-2-is-starting Chapter Two part 1]]. The old prologue and first chapter can also be found [[https://www.deviantart.com/freestyletrue/gallery/all here]] on the creator's former Website/DeviantArt account.

** Parts 1 and 2 of "The Avatar Returns" are a revised retelling of the first chapter from the discontinued Tapas comic. However, there is an additional scene not found in any the original version that takes place inside the Earth Federation Royal Palace shortly after Luan's celebrated return to Ba Sing Se where he and the White Lotus members accompanying him meet with Bao Jun and the Dai Li.

* TheUnmasquedWorld: Despite Aang and Zuko keeping their promise to not tell anyone about the Sun Warriors, it eventually became impossible to keep their ancient city a secret from the rest of the world due to the industrial boom making traveling and communicating across the globe a lot easier compared to before the Hundred Year War. By the present day, the Sun Warriors' existence is widely known to the public and their territory is protected under Fire Nation law to prevent any outside interference.

* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Downplayed with the Earth Federation, which is more akin to a somewhat democratic plutocracy with expansionist tendencies. Their elections are tightly controlled by big corporations and the upper classes, while minority groups like the sandbenders are often disenfranchised.

* TheEmpire: The Earth Federation fits all the criteria for this trope despite technically being a democracy. It is the largest and most populated country in the world, has control over an entire continent, and consist of many different ethnicities with a single "main" ethnic group having complete dominance over the rest. It is a militarized, expansionist global power that invades the territories of weaker tribes to culturally assimilate them and take their natural resources. Finally, they have a tense relationship with the [[TheRepublic United Republic]], seek to make their army the strongest in the world, and the goal of their current administration is to establish a global hegemony.

** Maya's character bio mentions that she enjoys reading comicals (the in-universe term for comic books) about a superhero called [[Franchise/Batman Wolfbatman]] in her spare time.

** Maya's character bio mentions that she enjoys reading comicals (the in-universe term for comic books) about a superhero called [[BatmanParody Wolfbatman]] in her spare time.