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I just realized zuko is doing for katara and the others what iroh did for him in the beginning. He supported them to go out and complete their personal mission, he helped but followed their lead as they made their own choices. He's patient and wise, two things he had to pick up from iroh
Zuko took his own advice. "Zuko, you have to look within yourself (when Zuko betrayed the fire nation in s3), to save yourself, from your other self (s1-2 Zuko); only then will your true self, reveal itself (end of season 3 zuko)"
@@dustinherk8124Ngl… that advice hits once you put it like that. Lol
Zuko falls to his death*
Melon: Appa is so cute
fun fact: before tai lee and mai's betrayal, Azula had a particularly fighting style, striking fire blast with her fingers, symbolizing her perfectionist personality giving more weight to precision. In this episode you can see she does fire bending with her fist, symbolizing she lost that part of her
Fun fact! After the tent, Sokka could be seen playing with a lei flower, which is a play on words that he got laid. So yea, the two lost their V-cards before they face into a war thinking it'll be the last time they'll be together
You hear that creaking sound? That’s the sound of Azula unhinging.
Still my personal favorite episode of the whole series. Most importantly by not ruining it at the last minute with some 'always forgive' message, but the much more important and barely mentioned in a cartoon one that it's ok to not forgive people. And the cliffhanger line is still peak.
definitely one of the greatest episodes of the show, and of the generation.
She forgave zuko so nah
@@croc2112 Yeah she CHOSE to forgive Zuko, but blatantly and directly said she didn't (and likely would never) forgive her mother's killer. That's still the important message I said in my first post; I never said it was "never forgive anyone, ever".
That was quite refreshing to hear from a cartoon back then, even as a teen (if I'm remembering when this aired correctly).
@@seki108 still forgave him
@@croc2112 Yeah, she forgave Zuko but not the other one. Message still the same. Choosing not to become a killer herself doesn't mean she forgave Yan Ra.
Zuko always failing to read the room lol. first he thinks suki wants to talk to sokka and then he walks in the tent with sokka holding roses in his mouth with honeymoon suite and ask him about his most traumatic memory
7:18
The flowers are called Leis. According to the writers, it's a very subtle way to tell us Sokka got "lei'd" and Suki got "deflowered"
Katara having trouble dealing with her anger is a constant thing that I never really thought about until now.
Remember ep 1 of this season? She kept exploding at her dad due to her buried resentment over being abandoned
And there were lots of small moments throughout as well, notably the one which freed Aang
She's been fighting with Toph here and there since season 2.
She challenged the water bending master in season 1 out of sheer stubbornness.
She blew up at Aang in season 1 when teaching him water bending.
She blew up at Sokka ep 1, which is fine they even found Aang.
She’s the first person to (blindly) trust and the last one to forgive
Katara bottles up her anger until she blows up, probably because she was forced to grow up too quickly when her mom died
1:25 "She is angry!" As Azula has a huge smile on her face.
In the morning after the tent scene, Sokka can be seen fiddling around with a lei that was given to him by Suki. So, in a way, he got lei'd. And she, giving away flowers, was... what's the word... unflowered? disflowered?
deflowered
Sokka is a master Backbender after all...
Master... Please teach us the way...
In her mind, Katara had built up Yon Rha as some kind of epic monster, he symbol of every wrong the Fire Nation had done. When she finally tracked him down, she found a pathetic worm that was completely beneath her. She knew his death would bring her no satisfaction. Ironically, letting him live was a far greater punishment. Yon Rha would live out the rest of his days as a pathetic, broken worm of a man, barely even a shadow of his former self.
I’m glad they handled it this way. The worst possible scenario would have been to find him happily married with kids that loved him.
Showing that a monster like him can easily lead a double life despite his crimes (like many people did in the past and even criminals do today) would have been pretty grim for a kid’s show so definitely better that they didn’t choose to go for extremely harsh reality here…
Fun fact about this episode in an interview with the creators they confirmed that Sokka got laid. They said that they tried to hint at it with a pun involving a flower lei. Sokka got “lei-d” and Suki was “de-flowered”.
16 boy and 17 girl obviously...
17:10 ah yes. The life changing field trips with Zuko
I love how you didn't notice Zuko falling into the abyss at 2:02 😆
You are absolutely right. Azula is mad because she d realized she had no friends and no one on her side. Mei and ty lees betrayal led Azula to realize that everyone and I mean basically almost everyone in her life has loved Zuko more than her and eventually been driven away from her. Including her Mom, her uncle Iroh, Mei and ty lee. Everyone who s been close to her, truly loves zuko more than her and only fears her
That’s why Azula was more focused on Zuko than Aang this time. Zuko keeps taking people away from her.
It’s kind of her own fault for relying on fear and manipulation rather than love and trust. Clearly her father has been a horrible influence on her.
13:00 Also there is a theory going around that the water bender they were hunting wasn’t Katara, but it was Hama. Because up to that point, they had orders to capture, not kill. Yet after Hama escaped with blood bending, they had orders to kill her.
That theory is dumb. They we'r obviously looking for Katara. She literally outright says it in this episode. Plus Hama wouldn't have gone back to the water tribe after escaping, she would've gone straight to the fire nation.
@@DarkShadow-hy6iq You’re using what happened as proof, not logic. Katara says she was the one they hunted because she likely doesn’t know they weren’t after her *specifically*. Just that they were after the last Southern Water Tribe bender. The Fire Nation also couldn’t have predicted Hama didn’t return home to instead remain in the homeland. Hence their assumption of being one left. Plus, why would their orders be to specifically kill a little kid with no experience or skill? When their previous orders were to capture them?
Hama escaped only to remain in the Fire Nation and cause damage while they hunted her down back in her home tribe.
@@Kyzen_Wrell Hama escape decades prior to the raid in the tribe. I highly doubt the fire nation would care about her at that point after so much time has passed. Also, why would they need training to kill a little kid? It's not like they actually knew who the waterbender was. Form their point, it could've been anyone. I just know they weren't looking for a lady that escaped them like 40-50 years ago.
@@DarkShadow-hy6iq How many decades exactly? Also Katara’s village wasn’t the only one in the Southern tribe. It’s just as guaranteed they systematically hit each one over the years till they found the last one. “It’s not as if they knew who the water bender was.” To their knowledge it was a master for the bender to escape prison. How else do you plan something like that? They never said Hama escaped immediately and she said it took time to develop the skill. So it definitely wasn’t a short stay.
As for the source- who informed the captain? Who was the source? Why was it specifically only one and with no description? You don’t send them on a wild goose chase without something to go off of. Hama is the only piece of the puzzle that fits.
@@Kyzen_Wrell it's definitely not Hama. Hama looks like a young woman when she escaped the prison, and we know Hama was the same age as Gran Gran. Katara looks around 8 during the raid, the timing doesn't match. That means Hama escaped at least 50-60 years before the tribe was raided. As for how they knew there was a waterbender there, it's confirmed by the writers that Hakoda went around The Earth Kingdom looking for trainers for Katara, and the Fire Nation just so happened to hear about these rumours.
Zuko just trying to 100% the companion quests out here.
Azula is insanely menacing for a 14 year old
Something to think about. The fire nation stopped taking water benders as prisoners due to Hama's escape and dangerous use of blood bending. So Hama is indirectly responsible for the death of Katara's mother
Revenge, darkness and moral dilemmas. Avatar, a children's series. 10/10.
10:28 that look of surprise for zuko is him realizing "woah, she can do that?" but also its "wow, she really could end me if she wanted too." xD
also fun fact, or theory but the reason why Yan ra didnt take kataras mother as a prisoner was because of Hama, when she escaped with her blood bending it made water benders too dangerous to keep around as prisoners, hence "im afraid im not taking prisoners today"
'You'll get revenge, and then what're you left with?"
A dead/destroyed enemy and a measure of closure; it might not "be enough", but its more than you had before then.
"A dead/destroyed enemy and a measure of closure; it might not "be enough", but its more than you had before then."
At the same time you lost the moral high ground by sinking to the same level. How can you call yourself "victim", if you are willing to cause the same harm so someone else? Just because you think you have a good excuse and the other person "deserved" it? This is literally the same excuse every sch00l sh00ter uses.
Sorry, but I'd say the thousand years of philosophy against vengeance have a stronger case than some random TH-cam comment, idealizing revenge.
Zuko’s face when he realizes Katara could really end his destiny anytime she wants
Anytime (once in a month)
Seriously, why everyone always forget the main condition of bloodbending.
@@rakhatthenut3815 Understandable, since the creators forgot it too when making Legend of Korra. Like so many other things too.
@@rakhatthenut3815blood bending, yes once a month. But powerful bending from a master, every night.
@@LegioXXI
They didn’t forget that lol. Yakone and his sons were just skilled. That’s like saying they forgot Toph was the only metal bender.
@@rakhatthenut3815 But Zuko doesn't know the condition.
First, apologies for the late reply (been sick for the past week)
Avatar Extras
The Southern Raiders
Since Zuko embraced his destiny, his firebending has become more powerful.
3:24 Katara repays Zuko for saving her earlier. Now they are even.
Katara's mom died when Katara was only eight years old. This episode is the first time that Katara and Sokka's mom is first shown in the series. And the last time that Katara saw her.
The Southern Raiders are an elite Fire Nation group and their ships are designed for attacking coastal villages.
10:18 The fact that Katara would willingly use bloodbending on another individual (even though she herself said that she would never) displays all of the anger and grief that she had suppressed over the years since her mother’s death. And with a great performance from Mae Whitman too.
12:27 - 13:00 There is a theory (amongst fans) that the reason that they didn’t take Katara’s mom as a prisoner was because after Hama escaped they decided to just kill new southern water tribe benders in case they also could bloodbend.
5:18 When Zuko walked in on Sokka 💀🤣 Your reaction was hilarious.
10:17 - 11:01 Katara bloodbending was insane! I believe that was Zuko's first time seeing it in action.
I love how amazed Zuko is, as well as how quickly he’s like “well, that’s a thing.” And continues the interrogation.
I don't remember where I heard this, but the "one waterbender left in the Southern Water Tribe" the Fire Nation was looking for wasn't Katara, but Hama. There was no reason the Fire Nation would know anything about Katara, being so young, and Hama said she had escaped the Fire Nation, so it's possible they went to her tribe to see if she fled there. In a way, Hama is the reason Sokka and Katara's mom died
14:59 this reaction was me so many years ago i love it 😂😂😂😂
i would say Azula has other motivators for her firebending. She is completely devoted to her father, and by extension her nation and the drivel they've been feeding her since childhood. This is the case for most Firebending military I imagine, like Zhao. However, rage is a part of it, but it's a rage tied to underlying goals. Like anyone, what is their anger tied to? Whatever they care about....and that thing can trigger rage like any other emotion. The anger can get out of hand or be controlled. For Zuko, he had a lot of anger and emotion towards his goal, but he had a motivating goal and that's the important thing. All that anger just went with it. When he shifts gears, he loses perspective on how deep his mission goes. It takes him a bit, and some grander insight into Firebending and the world helps too. He has a clear head, a powerful motivator so he begins to close the gap between himself and Azula. Azula is now in Zuko's position...on the verge of losing everything, her worldview. She has her father to please and a mission she keeps losing, so her motivation is still strong, but its desperate. She still has the advantage of her perfectionism and hard work and extreme focus, the things that lend her that blue fire and sharpened technique, but she's becoming more feral with it all.
This season displays how powerful Katara is. It can be subtle, since it's not the focus, but she gets terrifying when she lets go.
I completely agree about Zuko taking these trips with the gaang. Redemption arcs are obviously not unheard of. But it's so rare for a show to have the audience watch the character actually put in the work to EARN the trust he is asking them for.
10:25 It’s actually not a full moon. Katara is THAT talented
Appa hates fire. Appa hates tunnels. Tell me he hates ponds and I'm calling him airbending supremacist 😂
Sokka the backbender strikes again
Earth benders should have a similar ability, Bone bending. considering calcium is the 4th most abundant material in the planet's crust.
My favorite theory of the show is that the water bender from the Southern Tribe they were looking for was Hama. When they heard of her blood bending they immediately went to neutralize that threat. Her mom matched the age and description of Hama so they killed her.
hama is gran-gran's age, not kya's. gran-gran (kanna) can be seen next to hama in the raid flashback in the puppetmaster.
This is probably one of my favorite episodes ever.
You know.... Toph "sees" by the vibration of the Earth... so a Tent doesn't do anything... meaning that she is basically forced to "watch" Suki and Sokka having fun ^^*
The true back bender emerges
I love how ruthless Katara is here, but her choice in sparing the man who murdered her mother was a powerful moment. The question of whether she was too weak to do it, or strong enough not to, is chilling.
Well if this show wasn’t for children it would have ended differently realistically
@@khedaingush2285 Nah, that's not the Katara we know about
Zuko probably thinking “shit, that could’ve been me” when she starts Blood Bending
My favorite chapter. I love Katara so much. She has the biggest heart ❤️ It’s really understandable why she was mad of Zuko: she was the first person who trust in him and due to betrayal from Zuko, Aang passed away for a while. I just wanna say: Katara is my favorite character we don’t have to forget that we are seeing this beautiful story through her eyes, she is the person who tells us this amazing story since the beginning in chapter one. Thank you for reacting to this great series.
“The crazy is coming out right now”
You have no idea how right you are 😂
I can fix her
No one talks about how sokka was gonna completely obliterate katara with that snowball 💀
Firebending is based on passion/purpose. For Azula, she is her own purpose. She's a megalomaniac. She thinks she's the best and deserves to be empress of the world. That's why she so powerful
i love how pathetic they guy was in the end, like an avatar version of seymour skinner. and of course the memes around the conept as a whole.
Katara: aang i'm gonna kill this guy, you can't convince me into forgiveness!
2 days later.
Aang: so how'd the trip with zuko go?
Katara: he tricked me into peace and forgiveness.
once again reccomending Samurai Jack, Steven universe, and The Owl House.
There's a theory that the reason Yan Ra believed that Katara's mom was the water bender is that the one he was looking for was Hama. The idea was that she was believed to have escaped and gone back to the Southern Water Tribe, and since she had demonstrated the ability to blood bend, they wouldn't have given her a chance to escape again.
Only problem with that theory is that it makes 0 sense, since hama is part of gran grans generation lmfao. Idk who came up with that theory, but they very clearly missed some pretty obvious details in the story😂
From what most fans say Yon Rah killing Katara’s mom was a direct result of what Hama did. The knowledge a waterbender from their south tribe was so dangerous that even the rumor of one waterbender left they killed instead of captured would have drastically altered the plot of this episode. Also the Sokka thing they’re kids fighting a war not sure if they will live to see tomorrow so you gotta enjoy what you can. In the end it was about Katara getting to the root of her survivor guilt her mother died for her and for so long she has held on to that pain by forgiving herself she started to forgive Zuko.
Hi Melon This was a fantastic
Episode
Zuko and Katara adventure together is one of my favorite moments in this chapter
And when I was younger and I first saw the part Were Katara told Sokka that he didn't love there mom the way she did I thought dang Katara that was way too harsh
But at the same time I couldn't be angry with her like others Avatar the last Airbender fans because she was blinded by revenge and that makes you do stupid things
I also love that Katara and Zuko hug at the end so adorable and the conversation between Aang and Zuko was good too
Azula has no one because to her father or her empire she is simply a tool thus she is now the more tragic character moving forward from here
oh yeah the descent into madness is beautiful and tragic to watch. like a train crashing.
Sokka was about to show everyone and especially Suki why he is the Backbender, but Zuko got in the way.
I don't know if you ever do/ have done cosplay, but you cosplaying azula would really be awesome, especially since you kinda have the natural hair for it already
i love how frustrating this episode feels at the end, Katara still has a lot of anger and a very open wound and she definitely didn't get the closure she needed, and the viewer can feel that too, and we know she didn't because we know revenge is not how she gets closure
and we never find out why sokka needed momo for a week.
Toph is crying while sokka and suki was "at it" cuz the rumble makes her unease that night that's why sokka wants to have momo for a week to console her from that event.
LMAO
Just wanted to say that she just gets prettier every time... 🤯
Give your secrets to the world!!!
(Also, one of the best episodes of Zuko's redemption)
She absolutely does not need to forgive. Dude killed her mother and got away with it. Not taking revenge =\= forgiveness
They were looking for waterbenders because if the AIR avatar was long dead, therefore the next one would.....
The water bender that the Southern Raiders were looking for, was Hamma
If I remember right, Katara never apologized to Sokka for that “you didn’t love her like I did” line. Which is fucked
Sokka has a lot of things he didn't apologize to katara for too, and why would she apologize when she's right?.
Why should she???? Like sokka ever apologize to katara him being sexist in the very first episode of season 1 😏
They could have done it off screen at some point?
sokka was abouta clap them omega suki-cheeks right next to the other sleeping campers
the real waterbender he was looking for was hama, not katara.
What was your favorite Zuko field trip?
This show got amazing writing.
Someone mentioned that Zuko did for Katara what Iroh did for him, but I kind of disagree, and personally, I thought this was kind of a bad episode for Zuko.
When Iroh was going along with what Zuko wanted he at least lightly tried to redirect him, but Zuko just agreed with Katara's revenge. To the point where while Aang was trying to get her to reconsider, Zuko actually mocked him.
A few episodes ago, Zuko learned that his Firebending should not come from a place of anger and revenge, yet here, he basically encouraged Katara to take her revenge.
I understand that Katara needed to face that man, and I even think that Zuko was trying to do the right thing
But, I think he needed so much for Katara to accept him, that he slipped a bit here.
He encoraged and enabled her, I just don't see how you can say you care about someone in any copacity of you enable them to fall that far.
You should watch the last four episodes at once.
15:12 I don't think Aang did either.
A zuko and Katara adventure this is gonna be crazy. But this is something both of them need 🔥🌊.
15:26 no he can't this is Aang destiny. He has to face Ozai
i wanna buy that top for my girl wish i knew where you got it
SHEIN lol
Gracias
One of the best episodes though
W vid and reaction 💯
5:18 Jaja
What I like about this episode is that Zuko is going to great lengths to mend his relationship with Katara, but he's also straight up being a toxic influence on her in this adventure. She starts BLOODBENDING in front of him and he barely bats an eye. He's so "in her corner" and supporting her so unconditionally as his friend that he's pushing her towards something she would regret. Despite Zuko's development, he's not a perfect hero. He genuinely thinks he's doing the right thing here, and Katara, the MORE emotionally compromised of the two, is the one to realize that what they're doing is wrong.
💯🎼Awesome🎼💯
Lol, one thing that always bothered me unnecessarily:
Sokka: "the flag had sea ravens"
Zuko: "Gasp! The southern raiders! Who could have ever guessed that the battalion specifically tasked with raiding the southern water tribe were the ones who raided the southern water tribe and killed your mom?!"
Because Zuko raided the water tribe too. Plus, Zuko must have had suspicions but needed confirmation
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I love almost every character in this show except for Katara
She has such a childish attitude, it's hard to relate to her.
I mean, she does sometimes as do a lot of the characters. All the characters make mistakes, even childish but grow as characters as they learn from it. I would say Katara most of the time is very supportive and motherly and keeps the team together when times are rough. But I lowkey also kinda find her boring so she’s not my favorite either lol
Azula is the toxicness I need in my life 😊