If Varrick were real, he would have blown himself up because he had a hissy fit, threw his briefcase at the wall, but forgot there was a bomb in there.

Maybe it’s like original sin, and any general in the same army that destroyed 25% of the world’s nations, is automatically a war criminal?

A general isn’t just some regular conscript, or enlisted soldier.

LOK for sure. It’s different in a lot of ways, but from a production standpoint, I believe they were working season to season, so it was harder to plan out a coherent multi season story a la the original ATLA.

I found the live action unbearable within the first few minutes, but YMMV.

Can’t say I read graphic novels, but there are some YouTubers who have adapted some of them into graphic novel videos? Once you get used to the new voice actors, they’re actually kind of enjoyable, at least once I’ve seen.