The meteor sparked a fire that made him feel useless though. It was just by chance that he found Piandao and decided to take swordsmanship lessons from him, which then sparked his idea to make his sword out of the meteor. Unless Yue can see the future; which there's no evidence to say she can; your theory doesn't make sense. Almost everything in the episode happens by chance. There happens to be a meteor that falls close to team Avatar. They happen to put out the fire with bending making Sakka feel useless. They happen to find out that Piandao is a master swordsman and could train Sakka. They all convince Sakka to go train. Piandao then decided to let Sakka create his own sword, rather than gifting him one. And finally the meteor is not only still there after a week or two, but it's made out of an alloy that can be forged. That's a lot of coincidences that Yue would have to foresee and hope play out for her plan to work. Otherwise she just makes Sakka depressed. Say she did send the meteor. Look at the scenario like this. Yue sends meteor. It crashes and starts a fire. Sakka is pushed aside because he's useless. Sakka then enters a deep depression and stops being the funny plan guy. Yue's plan fails.. This scenario is just as likely to have happened as the one that actually happened. In fact the only reason this scenario didn't happen is because this is a kids show and everything has to turn out ok for Sakka in the end. They HAVE to give Sakka his confidence back. He can't just be depressed and useless for the rest of the show. Yue didn't send the meteor to Sakka..
@@seanakinskywalker2619 It came from space...she is in space...lol. But seriously that would be so great if it was from her. She saw him feeling like he was useless as part of team Avatar and sent him a gift to cheer him up.
yeah it really helped Sokka to lose a lot of his insecurities. To understand that humility is a strength, because it keeps you willing to learn and to make the best of what you have to learn. or rather, Piendao helped Sokka to learn humility when he only new humiliation. Sure Sokka got a cool sword for show (I actually dislike that part. i know it is a physical mark for his growth, but I think the episode would've been better without that. if Sokka just learned to accept himself without a physical mark) but what he truly got was a new outlook on himself and the world, understanding he is NOT inferior to his friends because he can't bend.
@@Metalhammer1993 thats a fair point, but you can rejoice that later he gives that up to save toph lifes, and keep the develpment without the physical mark... dont know how that makes you feel, but thought i shared...
I love the fact that the space sword represents Yue, while the boomerang represents Suki, and in the finally when he losses his space sword, and Toph asks if the boomerang came back and he says, "No, Suki did," is so amazing, and just goes to show how detailed and perfect this show is, and the character arcs are, and it demonstrates that Sokka has let go of Yue.
As someone who loves history, I love going to museums and seeing artifacts, but as some who loves history, I hate seeing artifacts in museums. I recall a quote from Atlantis The Lost Empire: “If you gave back every stolen artifact from a museum, you'd be left with an empty building."
It should be there by choice of the culture though. My culture (Maori) has had to jump through hoops to have our items of historical significance back from England due to being stolen and gifted to the crown during colonization.
Wow this did not go where I was expecting it to. I came here expecting “a little piece of Sozin’s Comet broke off and arrived earlier than the comet.” This is better than that.
@@kirkstone5778 That plus the fact it powers the fire benders. Wouldn't expect an actual ice comet to do that unless it's a frozen material that isn't water, like a comet made of nitrogen or whatnot.
I was rewatching Big Hero 6 today and I was wondering if you guys could do a theory on what Fred nicknamed Tadashi. Tadashi says Fred comes up with the nicknames but we never hear what Tadashi’s is. I’m genuinely curious.
As a casual ATLA fan at best, "Sokka's Master" remains my favorite episode because it's a straight-up good story you could probably enjoy without knowing the details of the world-building and stuff. Then you proceed to give us the actual world-building lore behind the episode. Is that irony?
When you said it was heartbreaking I thought the theory would involve Yue somehow sending the meteorite to Sokka. You know, cause she's the moon, in space😂
To quote Commander Rourke from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, “If you gave back every stolen artifact from a museum, you’d be left with an empty building.”
I still feel like Sokka deserved one really cool fight with the space sword where he uses it to save the day. It’s cool he gets it, but he almost never gets to use it on screen!
He did some good choppin with it for the several episodes he had it, if he needed it to win a specific fight it would’ve some off as plot convenience. I still love how he saved himself and toph with it without any hesitation
Azulas fire being blue is like a torch burning. It's concentrated so it burn hotter. She bends with her finger tips, concentrating the chi to just two finger tips, it's going to come out hotter and faster than a normal firebender.
@@synjata8670 well then let's go along with my reason, I always wanted to continue the story I grew passionate with writing after I saw this series as a kid.
@@kallyb1998that's not exactly true, even when she literally throws a wall of fire from her foot the flames are blue, it's not about concentrated flames (which can still be red, that has nothing to do with it) but about what really makes the fire blue.
During the final battle Sokka's sword fell from a great height in a stone landscape. Sokka's sword is the new sword in the stone and the non-bender who will pull it from the rock will be King of Sarcasm and Meat.
@@Slender_Man_186 those are filler, but they're necessary for fleshing out the earth kingdom and fire nation as actual ppl with conflicts and emotions rather than just good guys and bad guys..... the fire nation school dance party episode also fits this list
What I thought I was going to get: A heartwarming theory about how Yue sent Sokka the meteorite What I actually got: An interesting but non the less heart wrenching history lesson about how terrible the Inuit people were treated
Someone had a video on that. They said it’s because the tattoos are along the chi paths and the avatar state sends large amounts of chi or something like that
I think the show itself explained that already. The air nomads were more spiritual than anyone else, to the point that everyone of them was a bender. They understand chi paths, which they marked with the arrow tattoos which were inspired by "the original airbenders", sky bisons.
My favorite episodes are Zuko Alone and Sokka's Master. Neither of them feature the Avatar. Really says something about the show and how it treats its characters
@@karlhyetravelerofworldsnot really a flashlight, more like a soft baton... Star Wars lightsabers aren't called that because they are made of light, they are called lightsabers because they aren't heavy... the "blade" is just a magnetically contained tube of hot plasma... they don't have edges, so they aren't really swords. They are hot soft batons.
Sokka was so underrated, but he was my favorite by far the whole series. I love the little history lesson too!! Adds to my degree of useless knowledge!
Such a cool and touching history lesson. I don't even know how I'd feel when the son found out that they faked the funeral... 😔 Sokka is doing great even as a non-bender. Avatar just has amazing characters overall!
i was pretty skeptical going into this one. "they find a meteorite, sokka makes a sword. what else is there?" and then you started talking lol something new to deepen my appreciation of avatar
The attention to actual historical stuff really shows that the creators of ATLA really cared about this project. They certainly went above and beyond. They made sure to pay the history budget.
I am so happy that they gave Sokka a purpose in this episode. Yes, he's the leader, the guy with the plans, plus sarcasm, but in this episode he finds his strength and what he can truly add to the group while they're getting ready to fight Ozai and end the war so it's perfect.
I personally think its like a chunk of the sozins comet, wich in my eyes makes it more poetic. What the fire nation use as a weapon is also able to be used against them in another way, just maybe not the way they think. It gies so well with sokka’s outside the box kinda personality
Before watching this video, It can either be a: historically, iron from meteorites have been used for swords, providing benefit over bronze, and provide a great source of relatively ‘clean’ iron b: gift from the moon spirit
Could you do a video explaining why Soka doesn't have his own children or ever gets married? Maybe take a look at the theory that Suyin may have been his daughter?
He could've had children or gotten married; we just never see it/them on the show. I always think creators who carry on their story are wise not to pair up all their characters or give them children (especially not at the same time - I'm lookin' at you, Rowling). That's truer to life. Not everyone finds the right person to marry or is able to have children, even if they want to. As for Suyin, it's entirely possible - Toph and Sokka have some chemistry on the show and in the comics. I know when Korra first came out, people thought that Lin was Sokka's daughter, but the fact that she and Tenzin dated made that theory gross (they would have been cousins). I think that's why they worked her dad's name into the show.
Our boy Sokka was so dissed in LoK!!!! One tiny flashback with him and he’s dead for the rest of the series! Everyone else gets full on cameos and kids but nooooo nothing like that for Sokka. I would’ve been okay with not knowing if they hadn’t given everyone else so much attention😭
The natives from the island where I grew up, fought for France during both WW. After the second one, it took YEARS for France to take them home. They had to take part in a « travelling circus » and put on display, people paying to just see them. I said circus, but really it was a zoo, they were like animals in cages... and many died. This just shows how much this kind of things has happened all over the world and how horrible human beings can be...
I feel ashamed, I've been forgetting to keep up with your show, and suddenly I see Avatar content from you on my home page and I realised how long it's been. Going to have to watch some more back logged vids
This was so interesting but also really sad to hear about, I love watching your videos they’re so in depth and you clearly put a lot of work into them ❤️ (also some cuts have to be made and sometimes it’s gots to be the maths budget)
This is honestly such a great and continuing debate in the art/ museum community. On one hand you can argue, it allows for more universality and more eyes to view, learn and accept it. On the other hand, more often than not, treasures are stolen from one place to be put on display somewhere else for profit. It’s always interesting and much more eye opening to hear both sides and learn the stories behind it.
Interesting story, I didn't know that Robert Perry stole a meteorite. I do remember hearing old Chinese folks tales of famous swords being made from the metals of meteorites like in the 3 kingdoms period and just figured Avatar took that idea!
Swords made of meteorite iron is pretty common in fantasy, Attila the hun even used one supposedly Also the dark coloration of the iron tends to come from the presence of irridium
Theory: That meteor and the others we see in that episode are part of a larger constellation of rocks that regularly have close encounters with earth (or whatever the planet is called). One of these rocks, the largest one, is known as "Zosin's comet".
Sokka is by far the greatest of the Avatar characters. Not only did he hold his own along side the benders, but he mastered the non-bending martial arts from all four nations! He planned a bold assault on the Fire Nation capital that very nearly succeeded, and in the end, he led a team of three to take out an entire Fire Nation airship fleet. All without the ability to bend.
I would argue that Zukko is the greatest Avatar character, strictly because of his incredible character development, redemption arc and internal struggle
@@jchahda2270 I would agree that Zuko has the best overall character arc, but still hold up Sokka as the greatest based on accomplishments and overall growth.
The attack on Fire Nation's Capital didn't NEARLY succeed, they attack was successful but the grand plan failed because it required the Fire Lord to be there and he wasn't because they had an information leak and a group of traitors on the other side... the goal wasn't achieved, but the assault was perfect.
I've been thinking about this video for a while, now. I think it might be my favorite of yours yet. The perspective you present on this history is really refreshing, you've managed not to whitewash the facts, which is just really nice to see compared to, say, what I grew up with in american history class. I hope you continue to do more videos like this!
I'll be honest - I'd be instantly subscribing if a new SuperCarlinHistory channel popped up on TH-cam sometime in the future - the way that story was delivered made it really enthralling.
And here I was, thinking the theory was that the meteor was a part of Sozin's Comet and got there a little early or something. It's also a shame Sokka dropped the sword. I wonder if he ever found it....
@@xcrunner8943 he’s definitely the best but a close second imo is zuko I remember first watching and I absolutely hated zuko but i grew to love him Specifically later zuko not evil zuko
It's the sword in the stone that Arthur got, he just said he was supposed to be the King of England when he was in fact the new King of Sarcasm and Meat. 😂
I’m a minute in. It’s gonna be that Yue sent it, isn’t it? I love these guys, and I love avatar even more, but they joined the fandom far too late for these theories
J: "It might be the heaviest, both physically and emotionally." It's not, on either point. So many artifacts in museums have really messed up acquisition stories. And there are a lot of really huge things people decided they wanted elsewhere.
Speaking as a museum studies graduate student, thank you for bringing up the importance of museum collection ethics. We need to make a lot of changes to rectify our past as colonial institutions.
Dang. That’s so heartbreaking. People in history never seem to fully deliver on their promises (if at all). Thinking about it tho, meteorites are insanely cool
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I like the fan theory that the meteor was a gift from Princess Yue
I realised that connection quite early on this video, shame I didn’t see that until now
It definitely doesn't have many legs to stand on as a theory but nothing really disproves it that much so its my personal headcanon now
The meteor sparked a fire that made him feel useless though. It was just by chance that he found Piandao and decided to take swordsmanship lessons from him, which then sparked his idea to make his sword out of the meteor.
Unless Yue can see the future; which there's no evidence to say she can; your theory doesn't make sense. Almost everything in the episode happens by chance.
There happens to be a meteor that falls close to team Avatar. They happen to put out the fire with bending making Sakka feel useless. They happen to find out that Piandao is a master swordsman and could train Sakka. They all convince Sakka to go train. Piandao then decided to let Sakka create his own sword, rather than gifting him one. And finally the meteor is not only still there after a week or two, but it's made out of an alloy that can be forged.
That's a lot of coincidences that Yue would have to foresee and hope play out for her plan to work. Otherwise she just makes Sakka depressed.
Say she did send the meteor. Look at the scenario like this.
Yue sends meteor. It crashes and starts a fire. Sakka is pushed aside because he's useless. Sakka then enters a deep depression and stops being the funny plan guy. Yue's plan fails..
This scenario is just as likely to have happened as the one that actually happened. In fact the only reason this scenario didn't happen is because this is a kids show and everything has to turn out ok for Sakka in the end. They HAVE to give Sakka his confidence back. He can't just be depressed and useless for the rest of the show.
Yue didn't send the meteor to Sakka..
Agree
@@seanakinskywalker2619 It came from space...she is in space...lol. But seriously that would be so great if it was from her. She saw him feeling like he was useless as part of team Avatar and sent him a gift to cheer him up.
I love this episode because it’s like Sokka’s time to shine and he makes his own sword and trains with a master, so he’s basically a Jedi
It so much like becoming a Jedi 😮😮
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yeah it really helped Sokka to lose a lot of his insecurities. To understand that humility is a strength, because it keeps you willing to learn and to make the best of what you have to learn. or rather, Piendao helped Sokka to learn humility when he only new humiliation. Sure Sokka got a cool sword for show (I actually dislike that part. i know it is a physical mark for his growth, but I think the episode would've been better without that. if Sokka just learned to accept himself without a physical mark) but what he truly got was a new outlook on himself and the world, understanding he is NOT inferior to his friends because he can't bend.
@@Metalhammer1993 That was deep but so true
@@Metalhammer1993 thats a fair point, but you can rejoice that later he gives that up to save toph lifes, and keep the develpment without the physical mark... dont know how that makes you feel, but thought i shared...
I love the fact that the space sword represents Yue, while the boomerang represents Suki, and in the finally when he losses his space sword, and Toph asks if the boomerang came back and he says, "No, Suki did," is so amazing, and just goes to show how detailed and perfect this show is, and the character arcs are, and it demonstrates that Sokka has let go of Yue.
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"Water!"
"Earth!"
"Fire!"
"FAN AND SWORD!!!"
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Boomerang!
The true avatar cycle
@@dilebu 7 boomerang will always return
Sadly the boomerang and sword die in the Battle Of The Total Eclipse. Right??
@@swymaj02 Sadly yes, but I believe he finds the sword again in the comics?
I feel like the math budget was going to get paid but then Ben saw a sword online and instantly picked a sword over needing math.
a smart choice if you ask me
That's the better option
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"Try Lee. There's a million Lee's."
"I'm Lee."-Zuko
The Fire Nation should start background checking everyone named Lee.
It's Lee from the Tea Shop!
You know it’s kind of racist. He is racist towards Fire Nation.
@@aurafox1 Ty Lee does not improve
@@Christopher-do9un But He is from the fire nation. So is it really racist if it is from your own culture? Honest question.
As someone who loves history, I love going to museums and seeing artifacts, but as some who loves history, I hate seeing artifacts in museums. I recall a quote from Atlantis The Lost Empire: “If you gave back every stolen artifact from a museum, you'd be left with an empty building."
Yes! I was going to comment that quote but I couldn’t remember it off the top of my head. It is simple yet profound, because it is true
It should be there by choice of the culture though. My culture (Maori) has had to jump through hoops to have our items of historical significance back from England due to being stolen and gifted to the crown during colonization.
“How long does one have to wait till it turns from grave robbing to archeology?”
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Is there a typo here or is it just me?
This history lesson was absolutely heartbreaking.
It's a really cool background for Sokka's sword. I wish he could've kept it.
Maybe he went looking for it after the fact and found it? And boomerang too.
@@forestgrump4723 With that brain of his, he could probably memorise just where they could've landed. I hope Toph would help him too.
I took an indigenous studies class. That whole class was truly heartbreaking.
Well he got his boomerang back.
Wow this did not go where I was expecting it to. I came here expecting “a little piece of Sozin’s Comet broke off and arrived earlier than the comet.” This is better than that.
That is probably the in universe answer.
Comets are made of ice and gas, meteors are made of metal and rock. So no, the meteor isn’t Sozin’s Comet
@@chaosstatus unless the people in this universe dont know the difference between the 2 and the fact Sozin's meteor doesnt sound as cool.
@@kirkstone5778 That plus the fact it powers the fire benders. Wouldn't expect an actual ice comet to do that unless it's a frozen material that isn't water, like a comet made of nitrogen or whatnot.
@@chaosstatus most comets have rocky cores so....... And it is believe that meteor shows come from disintegrated comets.
A native culture that is based around a meteorite sounds like real life Wakanda
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some inuits in greenland found 3 meteorites in the ice and made all there tools from that iron
edit:made before he mentioned perry
I came for the ATLA theory,
Stayed for the history lesson 😎
Precisely
Stayed and saw that the U.S is the fire nation.
@@abramrexjoaquin7513 More like Europe is the Fire Nation & the US is just a brainwashed colony. 🤦🏽♀️
I was rewatching Big Hero 6 today and I was wondering if you guys could do a theory on what Fred nicknamed Tadashi. Tadashi says Fred comes up with the nicknames but we never hear what Tadashi’s is. I’m genuinely curious.
Doesn't have one because fox owned his super hero character at the time of production. It would have been Sunfire.
@Hopeful Mayhem Oh. Out of interest, why would it have been Sunfire?
@@khadijasenghor286 Tadashi was Hero's dad in the comics and that was his super hero name. Same has the other nicknames in the movies.
@Hopeful Mayhem Oh, makes sense. I haven’t read the original comics so thx :) Have a good day
@@khadijasenghor286 you too.
As a casual ATLA fan at best, "Sokka's Master" remains my favorite episode because it's a straight-up good story you could probably enjoy without knowing the details of the world-building and stuff.
Then you proceed to give us the actual world-building lore behind the episode. Is that irony?
When you said it was heartbreaking I thought the theory would involve Yue somehow sending the meteorite to Sokka. You know, cause she's the moon, in space😂
To quote Commander Rourke from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, “If you gave back every stolen artifact from a museum, you’d be left with an empty building.”
Came for the Avatar lore, left with real-life historical lore.
Well done, SuperCarlinBrothers.
I was for sure certain this was going to be about how Sokka's old girlfriend who turned into the moon gave him a present FROM SPACE!
Sokka’s old girlfriend turned into the moon? That’s rough, buddy.
well she's the moon therefore has no power over outside object's
@@Epic_747 maybe she send the moon rock to outside hit the space rock to his old boyfriend
I still feel like Sokka deserved one really cool fight with the space sword where he uses it to save the day. It’s cool he gets it, but he almost never gets to use it on screen!
Well he is the only one to make Azula show fear in a fight and it was with that sword
it's a shame he ends up losing it too, he barely gets to have it at all
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Would've been cool to see him with it in Korra
He did some good choppin with it for the several episodes he had it, if he needed it to win a specific fight it would’ve some off as plot convenience. I still love how he saved himself and toph with it without any hesitation
Azulas fire being blue is like a torch burning. It's concentrated so it burn hotter. She bends with her finger tips, concentrating the chi to just two finger tips, it's going to come out hotter and faster than a normal firebender.
Maybe she's just gassy
I think you're on the wrong vid. That was the topic of the video from a couple weeks ago.
Writers already explained why her fire is blue...spoiler it's anti climactic
@@synjata8670 well then let's go along with my reason, I always wanted to continue the story I grew passionate with writing after I saw this series as a kid.
@@kallyb1998that's not exactly true, even when she literally throws a wall of fire from her foot the flames are blue, it's not about concentrated flames (which can still be red, that has nothing to do with it) but about what really makes the fire blue.
During the final battle Sokka's sword fell from a great height in a stone landscape. Sokka's sword is the new sword in the stone and the non-bender who will pull it from the rock will be King of Sarcasm and Meat.
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I like how the brothers are subtly trying to hint to Netflix what parts of the story they absolutely need to adapt
Uh, all of it? Aside from The Great Divide, the Painted Lady, and Daydreams And Nightmares, there’s no filler.
@@Slender_Man_186 those are filler, but they're necessary for fleshing out the earth kingdom and fire nation as actual ppl with conflicts and emotions rather than just good guys and bad guys..... the fire nation school dance party episode also fits this list
What I thought I was going to get: A heartwarming theory about how Yue sent Sokka the meteorite
What I actually got: An interesting but non the less heart wrenching history lesson about how terrible the Inuit people were treated
Avatar Theory: Why do Aang’s tattoos glow along with his eyes?
Good question. Maybe because their spiritual symbols so they glow during spiritual activity?
Someone had a video on that. They said it’s because the tattoos are along the chi paths and the avatar state sends large amounts of chi or something like that
I think the show itself explained that already. The air nomads were more spiritual than anyone else, to the point that everyone of them was a bender. They understand chi paths, which they marked with the arrow tattoos which were inspired by "the original airbenders", sky bisons.
@@SonicLover47 I watched that video I am pretty sure it was by the channel called the amagi ( I think that’s how it is spelt”
Rava thought it would look bomb asf 😂
My favorite episodes are Zuko Alone and Sokka's Master. Neither of them feature the Avatar. Really says something about the show and how it treats its characters
True. Which is why I still watch all the episodes. 😄🍿
What do you mean, they don't feature the avatar? Aang is in Sokka's Master.
That’s not a space sword.
“reaches to belt and removes hilt”
THIS-
“ignites lightsaber”
-is a space sword!
I legitimately laughed out loud at your comment and read it in Dundee's voice lol Space Dundee!
Technically that's a glorified flashlight
Plot twist: Sokka swords is actually made from pure beskar
@@karlhyetravelerofworldsnot really a flashlight, more like a soft baton... Star Wars lightsabers aren't called that because they are made of light, they are called lightsabers because they aren't heavy... the "blade" is just a magnetically contained tube of hot plasma... they don't have edges, so they aren't really swords. They are hot soft batons.
And my hatred of people grows. This story wasnt sad, i felt no sadness atleast, it was enraging, appalling and straight up infuriating.
Iroh to Suko: "I was never angry with you. I was sad, because I was afraid you'd lost your way."
Sokka was so underrated, but he was my favorite by far the whole series. I love the little history lesson too!! Adds to my degree of useless knowledge!
I love it when you guys do atla fan theories! They are always so great.
Such a cool and touching history lesson. I don't even know how I'd feel when the son found out that they faked the funeral... 😔 Sokka is doing great even as a non-bender. Avatar just has amazing characters overall!
This is more “The INSPIRATION behind Sokka’s space sword”
i was pretty skeptical going into this one. "they find a meteorite, sokka makes a sword. what else is there?" and then you started talking lol
something new to deepen my appreciation of avatar
The attention to actual historical stuff really shows that the creators of ATLA really cared about this project. They certainly went above and beyond. They made sure to pay the history budget.
I am so happy that they gave Sokka a purpose in this episode. Yes, he's the leader, the guy with the plans, plus sarcasm, but in this episode he finds his strength and what he can truly add to the group while they're getting ready to fight Ozai and end the war so it's perfect.
You should sort Avatar Characters into Hogwarts houses.
Agreed
Aang- Hufflepuff
Sokka- Ravenclaw
Katara- Ravenclaw
Toph- Slytherin
Zuko- Slytherin
That’s what I think
I agree about Aang, Sokka and Toph, but I'd sort both Zuko and Katara into Gryffindor
@@taylor_green_9 yes I agree
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I personally think its like a chunk of the sozins comet, wich in my eyes makes it more poetic. What the fire nation use as a weapon is also able to be used against them in another way, just maybe not the way they think. It gies so well with sokka’s outside the box kinda personality
No flippin way this just came out I literally watched the episode where he made his sword a couple of minutes ago
Space Swords? Sokka training under an old master? Sounds like Star Wars to me!
This is one of my favorite episodes
Agreed
Thank you for the history lesson. This is the kind of story that is left out of children's history books.
I love how this is 3/4 history lesson, and only 1/4 theory. I’d like more of these.
Came for the Avatar theory
Stayed for the Grizzlyeagleshark shirt.
Before watching this video,
It can either be
a: historically, iron from meteorites have been used for swords, providing benefit over bronze, and provide a great source of relatively ‘clean’ iron
b: gift from the moon spirit
Could you do a video explaining why Soka doesn't have his own children or ever gets married? Maybe take a look at the theory that Suyin may have been his daughter?
He could've had children or gotten married; we just never see it/them on the show. I always think creators who carry on their story are wise not to pair up all their characters or give them children (especially not at the same time - I'm lookin' at you, Rowling). That's truer to life. Not everyone finds the right person to marry or is able to have children, even if they want to.
As for Suyin, it's entirely possible - Toph and Sokka have some chemistry on the show and in the comics. I know when Korra first came out, people thought that Lin was Sokka's daughter, but the fact that she and Tenzin dated made that theory gross (they would have been cousins). I think that's why they worked her dad's name into the show.
@@kmbehrens14 I also think the video could also address why we don't see Suki or the Kyoshi warriors in Korra.
@@Kaylascurves I agree.
Our boy Sokka was so dissed in LoK!!!! One tiny flashback with him and he’s dead for the rest of the series! Everyone else gets full on cameos and kids but nooooo nothing like that for Sokka. I would’ve been okay with not knowing if they hadn’t given everyone else so much attention😭
The natives from the island where I grew up, fought for France during both WW. After the second one, it took YEARS for France to take them home. They had to take part in a « travelling circus » and put on display, people paying to just see them. I said circus, but really it was a zoo, they were like animals in cages... and many died.
This just shows how much this kind of things has happened all over the world and how horrible human beings can be...
Cant wait for the Avatar Studios to release new Avatar content..aka more content from the carlinbros!
I love when they cover topics that relate to historical events so we can learn as well as talk about the tv show or movie
He's got a looot of favorite avatar episodes. I'm starting to suspect.....that he really likes the show.
I feel ashamed, I've been forgetting to keep up with your show, and suddenly I see Avatar content from you on my home page and I realised how long it's been. Going to have to watch some more back logged vids
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I love these avatar theories, keep up the great work!
Honestly Boomerang and Space Sword are the best weapons ever
Boomerang took down Combustion Man in one hit.
Space Sword never had a moment like that...
@@azerdraco3146 I believe you mean Sparky Sparky Boom Man
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That's his name only to his friends ...
Hence why Team Aang changed to Combustion Man
Reminds me of the million artifacts stolen from my home country, Egypt, and scattered all around the globe.
Thank you for the video.
I literally just finished watching the episode when Sokka gets his space sword when I saw this pop up on my feed. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
The government is watching us!!!!
Yes. And the corporations. So, same thing.
Even when I muted the video, I could still hear Tofi carrying up the meteorite.
Master Piandao is my favorite character in Avatar. His backstory alone is amazing.
How come we barely talk about the legend of korra on this channel 😂
Ps. Can we also get into Lord of the Rings and Percy Jackson series
This was so interesting but also really sad to hear about, I love watching your videos they’re so in depth and you clearly put a lot of work into them ❤️ (also some cuts have to be made and sometimes it’s gots to be the maths budget)
This is honestly such a great and continuing debate in the art/ museum community. On one hand you can argue, it allows for more universality and more eyes to view, learn and accept it. On the other hand, more often than not, treasures are stolen from one place to be put on display somewhere else for profit. It’s always interesting and much more eye opening to hear both sides and learn the stories behind it.
Sokka has a space sword...
Jedi’s have a space sword...
Sokka is a Jedi!!!
Long ago the jedi lived in harmony
But everything changed when the Sith attacked
I got so invested in the real life story I forgot this was a video for avatar for a second lol
Interesting story, I didn't know that Robert Perry stole a meteorite. I do remember hearing old Chinese folks tales of famous swords being made from the metals of meteorites like in the 3 kingdoms period and just figured Avatar took that idea!
I read a lot of books, but haven't heard of Name of the Wind.
Cause that sword design looks REALLY unique with the handle lol
😹 I love how sometimes we get a crazy ride around the cannon lore, and sometimes we get a few history lessons.
Matthew Henson was the first non-Inuit person to make it to the Pole. He was the first of their party to reach the spot, being a porter for Peary.
Peary: unfortunately for you history won't see it that way
Swords made of meteorite iron is pretty common in fantasy, Attila the hun even used one supposedly
Also the dark coloration of the iron tends to come from the presence of irridium
In real life as well, there are plenty of documented uses of meteoric Iron and Nickle in history.
It’s not the heaviest emotionally. Just one of the collection.
Sokka stand out the second best character first one being Iroh
Theory:
That meteor and the others we see in that episode are part of a larger constellation of rocks that regularly have close encounters with earth (or whatever the planet is called). One of these rocks, the largest one, is known as "Zosin's comet".
Sokka is by far the greatest of the Avatar characters. Not only did he hold his own along side the benders, but he mastered the non-bending martial arts from all four nations!
He planned a bold assault on the Fire Nation capital that very nearly succeeded, and in the end, he led a team of three to take out an entire Fire Nation airship fleet. All without the ability to bend.
I would argue that Zukko is the greatest Avatar character, strictly because of his incredible character development, redemption arc and internal struggle
@@jchahda2270 I would agree that Zuko has the best overall character arc, but still hold up Sokka as the greatest based on accomplishments and overall growth.
The attack on Fire Nation's Capital didn't NEARLY succeed, they attack was successful but the grand plan failed because it required the Fire Lord to be there and he wasn't because they had an information leak and a group of traitors on the other side... the goal wasn't achieved, but the assault was perfect.
I've been thinking about this video for a while, now. I think it might be my favorite of yours yet. The perspective you present on this history is really refreshing, you've managed not to whitewash the facts, which is just really nice to see compared to, say, what I grew up with in american history class. I hope you continue to do more videos like this!
Avatar has interesting ideas for inspiration from mythologies...like many others. COOL 😎
I'll be honest - I'd be instantly subscribing if a new SuperCarlinHistory channel popped up on TH-cam sometime in the future - the way that story was delivered made it really enthralling.
Wow, that was both tragic and also giving me really strong Wakanda Vibes
Glad I’m not the only one that thought of Wakanda
Really good job on this vid bro- double thumbs up! i loved the history lesson you laced in there.
Calling it. It’s a present from Yue.
Oh, ok. Guess it’s a history lesson not a theory.
Still great!
And here I was, thinking the theory was that the meteor was a part of Sozin's Comet and got there a little early or something. It's also a shame Sokka dropped the sword. I wonder if he ever found it....
In Legend of Korra we see a photo of older him with it, my personal headcanon if Toph found it for him
Finally an answer to this question. Also Sokka is the best character in the series. Change my mind
your not wrong, that's why we shouldn't change your mind
@@archiethomas3911 hahaha😂😂 thanks
I don't wanna change your mind
@@xcrunner8943 he’s definitely the best but a close second imo is zuko
I remember first watching and I absolutely hated zuko but i grew to love him
Specifically later zuko not evil zuko
@@matthewsnowdon8530 yes I agree
You guys are amazing and I love your videos!! This is one of my favorite episodes too. I hope you have a great rest of your day! ❤️
I wonder what ever became of the space sword, we never saw it again after Sokka dropped it. 🤔
It probably ended up in the ocean after aang brought in the tide to quell the fires
I believe they actually went on a quest and found it.
It's the sword in the stone that Arthur got, he just said he was supposed to be the King of England when he was in fact the new King of Sarcasm and Meat. 😂
That dude was like “why should you help me,well here’s the thing I’ll give you guns”
Fun fact, sokka in Finnish means the pin on a grenade
Match him well, containing the imminent explosion of the team...😂
Is this the month we get videos on the kingkiller series? I’m so glad you guys are reading and enjoying them! I love them!!
I’m a minute in. It’s gonna be that Yue sent it, isn’t it? I love these guys, and I love avatar even more, but they joined the fandom far too late for these theories
Heheh...
I forgot this was about atla for a second
that said i love it when you guys incorporate a history lesson
Me: reads title
Also me: yaaaaaassss
i swear it when i finish a series, you guys post a video on it... I LOVE IT!!
I literally just watched this episode last night, super weird 🤣🤣
oh man what good timing!
Crazy😃😂
@@xcrunner8943 a platypus?
@@BelcarrigFarm Perry the Platypus!!!!
“You’ve never not seen anything like this.” Can we talk about how clever this line was?
I just finished watch a list of the top 11 Avatar episodes
J: "It might be the heaviest, both physically and emotionally."
It's not, on either point. So many artifacts in museums have really messed up acquisition stories. And there are a lot of really huge things people decided they wanted elsewhere.
Speaking as a museum studies graduate student, thank you for bringing up the importance of museum collection ethics. We need to make a lot of changes to rectify our past as colonial institutions.
Dang. That’s so heartbreaking. People in history never seem to fully deliver on their promises (if at all). Thinking about it tho, meteorites are insanely cool
And here I thought you were gonna say Yue sent it
Matthew Henson. Peary's assistant who was also an explorer is actually the one who "reached" the north pole first. Peary took the credit.
Fun fact: A sword forged from real meteorite steel will not be black, but rather a very bright silvery colour due to its ultra high nickel content
Wouldn't be black if it's high on iridium though?
Sokka master is literally my second favorite Ep
Glad ATLA has made a reappearance!!!
Shoutout to that great Grizzly Eagle Shark T-Shirt.