I always feel bad for Wan Shi Tong. He only wished to collect and share knowledge. And people betrayed that trust. It’s no wonder he acts so jaded towards visitors now
@@ВихнаждHe collects knowledge his whole life because information makes him happy, and if someone wants to use his library, they can as long as it is so that they can learn humane things, not like how to be better than someone else
@@Foufx What difference does it make why I came to the library? And if he suddenly decides that he doesn't like what I do? Well, for example, if he kills me for studying frogs because he doesn't like frogs?
@@Вихнаждthe last visitor before the avatar literally used his knowledge to try to kill the moon spirit and potentially destroy the world as we know it to satisfy his ego. Yeah it matters
@@aaliyahbrown5739 Not true. There are plenty of arcs that are 1 episode long. We just don't call them arcs most of the time. But just because we don't call them that doesn't mean they don't count. An arc is called an arc because it fits the criteria of a stand alone story in that it has all the typical benchmarks most stories have. Rising action, climax, falling action, etcetera.
What I really love about this episode and the writing here is that writers waste no time. Aang spends the first half of this season finding an earthbending teacher. And then as soon as he starts to physically learn earthbending, in the next episode they introduce the plot of the solar eclipse and Appa being kidnapped. The reason Wan-Chi Tong turns into a dragon at the end is because in western myth owls are seen as symbols of wisdom but in the east, they’re unlucky. Dragons are symbolic of wisdom in the east. So the writers thought they would get the best of both worlds by having the knowledge spirit turn into a dragon at the end. Ruff you are right. In the comics, we meet a group of people who are not airbenders but ascribe to airbender philosophies. Some of them even get the arrow tattoos. And I don't know if you caught it but the firebender who found the library was Zhao. It's where he learned the location of the moon and ocean spirits.
Bruh, she held up a library the size of the taj ma hal, only earth bender we know of who could do that eas kyoshi and that fire nation avatar who used earth bending to bend 5 volcanos worth of lava!!!
Toph holding up an ENTIRE BUILDING BY HERSELF for an extended period of time is honestly one of the most impressive feats of bending that we see in this show. There are other things later that people often credit as her most powerful earthbending moments, but this has to top it for me. It really shows that she’s genuinely a full earthbending master already
6:57 I have to say, as a disabled person, joking about your inabilities is pretty fun, especially when people close to you get comfortable enough to respond in kind. My new nickname in my family has become wheels since I started using my wheelchair, humor helps to make others more comfortable about it and helps me have an outlet to make jokes and lighten the mood around my disabilities. That’s one of the reasons why Toph is such a well written disabled character, that’s totally something people in her situation do, and her using earth bending to adapt and change the way she lives her life isn’t all that far off from how real people use various different methods, meds and equipment to make their lives easier!
I get you. I have severe back pain, which causes me to use a walking stick. Sometimes when my Mum sees that I'm struggling, she calls me hop-a-long. It always makes me smile. =)
FYI, ancient persia had icehouses in the desert. They would let water freeze at night in wide shallow trenches, then break the ice and store it in a very well insulated room that was half underground.
Sokka really is sold short for most of the series when low key the entire Gaang AND CO would be dead multiple times over if not for him, even before Book 3 which rides his d*ck hard.
@@OutOfPocket-h9eExcept worse, cuz y'know, Aang is LITERALLY the only one left. That's like if Anne Frank was the only survivor of the Holocaust, but aside from her, the Jews were all extinct.
Avatar did such an amazing job with all the spirits, always found Wan shi tong interesting. 6:57 the joke in the final episode has to be my favourite one, it just fit the ending so well.
Hector Elizondo voices Wan Shi Tong, and his portrayal of such a sinister librarian is amazing. I'm unable to watch the part where the Sandbenders kidnap Appa. That just hurts my soul.
1:05 in the comic following the end of book 3 Aang has a fan club that got the Arrow’s tattooed on their heads…he wasn’t a fan(because you need to earn the arrow) they later are called the Air Acolytes named by Aang himself
Fun fact, the system of dates follows the format of the ancient Chinese dating system, so you’re actually able to figure out how many dates they checked. It’s been determined that Aang and Sokka checked four months worth of dates to find the eclipse. Keep that in mind for the future. They checked four whole months worth of dates.
Wan Shi Tong is my favorite ATLA character and is still one of the scariest things in this whole series, alongside Koh and Hama. His voice work is incredible… as well as Boom’s accidental prediction with mentioning the real library lol And thus begins the Lost Appa arc! Your reactions did not disappoint haha
With bending, the 4 elements are essentially, like, the base forms. Under each element, there are “sub-elements” like Lightning. Sand and Ice aren’t really considering sub-elements. Ice is just water at a different temperature and every water bender can do it. It’s essentially the same with sand but since most earthbenders don’t bend sand on the regular, it’s not something that most can just do easily. Sand is especially difficult for Toph since she can’t feel where everything is as well. Every element has sub-elements/skills. What makes it a sub-element is that not everyone who can bend the main element can do the sub-element/skill. It’s something either you can or can’t do. As of this episode, these are the sub elements y’all have seen so far: Healing - sub skill of water Lighting - sub element of fire Spirit projection - sub skill of air Seismic sense - sub skill of earth Lava - sub element of earth (you see Avatar Kiyoshi do it on that Kiyoshi island episode)
The last book I finished was actually "The Shadow of Kyoshi" and I'm just about to start "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter". But I never go to the library, I just buy books online, that way I can display them in my room.
When Wan shi Tong first said their was a fire bender who visited his library for answers about defeating a war or trying to bring destruction. That fire bender he was talking about was Admiral Zhao from book 1 and even Wan Shi Tong library was mentioned in the last two episodes of book 1 which I found it kinda cool and I first didn’t notice it
It kinda would be a more dead giveaway in the modern time for them, but technically before Aang froze himself plenty of airbenders in general had the arrow tattoo. It was usually a way to sorta mark someone that had pretty well mastered air bending. So just having them wouldn't necessarily mean you're the Avatar as they were more of an Air Nomad thing than purely an Avatar thing, but after the 100 year freeze and stuff it definitely is a bit more of a giveaway for Aang as the Avatar.
@4:00 for what it is worth, ice actually takes a while to melt, for the same reason that it takes a good while to boil. It takes a good amount of energy to get it to change phase, so large blocks of ice can last a while and a thick walled cup will probably also last the day, especially if they are all together like that keeping their local temp colder then the outside and surrounding air.
the last time i was inside a library was like 6-7 years ago when we have an activity in highschool about how to find sources to be use as references in research papers. and 3 years ago i also went inside in the university's library when we had to use it for MOBA tournament as an activity of the school for the sports events hahahaha
So to clarify, there are just four different types of benders: water, earth, fire, and air. Any waterbender can bend any water, any earthbender can bend any earth, etc. The quantity and precise movement of the element being bended depends on personal power/skill. Toph and Aang are both earthbenders, they could theoretically bend sand just as well as they can bend big rocks, it's all considered earth. And the sandbenders themselves could bend the big rocks that Toph bends, if they wanted to. It's just a different skill set. Moving a whole bunch of tiny grains of earth requires an earthbender to move a little differently from how they would move one huge chunk of earth. Water: liquid water, ice, snow, clouds, perfume, swamp plants with a high water concentration Earth: rocks, sand, dirt, mud Fire: fire, lightning Air: air, wind
Hey I'm new and I gotta say, I love your inner dialogue you guys have amongst each other and I like that you guys actually pause your videos. You all are great and congrats on 100k!🎊🎉
God, here we go, the loss of Appa.. like I don't think you guys realize yet just how tragic this arc's gonna be, it hurts so much :''( (When I showed ATLA to my mom, who has a really big heart for animals, it was absolutely KILLING HER the entire time Appa was gone, I had to constantly reassure her that he wasn't gone for good or else she wouldn't have wanted to watch anymore) Also I'm glad you guys recognized that Toph was doing everything she could, like damn, she was holding up that ENTIRE LIBRARY to save everyone's lives while also trying to fend off the Sandbenders to protect Appa despite not being able to tell where exactly they are because the sand makes everything fuzzy for her..
This was always one of my favorite episodes. I used to catch random episodes after i got home from school and this is the one that convinced me to go to the beginning and watch the whole thing.
"Owl hearing is certainly more sensitive than that of other birds, particularly at frequencies of 5 kHz and above. Barn Owls have been shown to use sound frequencies above 8.5 kHz to direct and make an accurate strike at a prey item." Yeah, wan would definitely hear Sokka even if he would whispering. x3
Yeah the whole thing about Professor Zei and his final little "I could spend an eternity in here" moment was basically him being like "yeah, this is where i've always wanted to be, i'm boutta die in here and become a library spirit and i am cool with that" - just heavily IMPLIED instead of outright stated.
The glacier is a wonder because it doesn't melt. I assume the ice has special properties to prevent it from melting. The reason it looks melted here is because the bar owner chipped and carved at it to make those drink cups.
It's been a few months, but we try to go to our local library fairly often. Last book I read was A Court of Thorns and Roses, which is basically Beauty and the Beast, but with fey.
I think the last book I finished was Shadow of Kyoshi. It's a good read, takes place 400 years before this series so the closest it comes to spoiling things is that he tells you a bit more about the last Earth, Water, and Air Avatars before Aang.
I've seen someone with all 4 Avatar nation symbols tattooed on his back another with a portrait of Aang, I've seen dozens of Dragon Ball ones including someone with the Majin Buu M on his hand, and a person with a crazy Naruto Shippuden tattoo.
I used to work at the library 😊 even if you don’t read, the library has many resources for other things. The Orlando Public Library even has recording studios. Just need a library card! Always free.
Ironically the last book I read and finished was 'The Shadow of Kyoshi' and I am currently making my way through 'Avatar Legends Core Book' for the Avatar Legends TTRPG.
An air nomad gets its arrow tattoos when they have mastered the airbender. Aang mastered it in his 11 year. And he invented his own air sphere that the used to ride on. For a normal air bender it would take years of mastering air. Its like in bleach how Bankai takes 10 years to master but Ichigo mastered it or received bankai in just 2 and half days.
The way I see it this is how bending works in this universe. The fire benders not only bend the fire itself but also have the ability to manipulate (hot)heat; so anything hot they can bend like lightning and hot gases etc if they are skillful enough. Water benders are similar, they can bend the water (and anything that contains water) but also manipulate (cool) heat hence why they can change the state of water to ice and steam. I won't go into earth and air since that is spoiler territory.
Thank you so much for these reaction videos! I'm always waiting when is the notification going to pop up on youtube about the new episode of Avatar. Could you please consider reacting to the legend of vox machina? Even if you don't know anything about DnD (Dungeons and Dragons), I think it's a fantastic show. And seeing what you enjoy watching, I think this show would suit you all!^^
I didnt watch your reaction to this episode until you finished season 2 because I knew I couldn't stop myself from bingeing your reactions until Appa was safe.
I stopped using the library about 25 years ago when I was a teenager because multiple librarians at different places accused me of not returning books I know I did. It wasnt worth the hassle so I just bought all my books ever since.
0:35 last book I read was The Rise of Kyoshi, part of the Chronicles of the Avatar series. So far there are 2 books about Avatar Kyoshi and 2 about Avatar Yangchen. The ones I've read have been really good, though I haven't read the newest Yangchen book yet bc I'm doing a reread of the other 3 first. If y'all want to see bending be used to kill I definitely recommend the books because they get a little creative with it
The only times I go to a library now is to vote 😅 I also love that two out of the three people watching this show are left handed. The odds are incredible and it’s wonderful 😂
I'm left handed and I remember when I was in school i was one of the only ones in the entire school. Especially all my glasses. We used to play baseball for PE and i'd try and use a right mitten for my left hand and the coach after realizing this asked if i was left handed to which I said "Yes." And so he ended up ordering left handed gloves. I'd even use right handed scissors they had with my left. And writing in spiral notebooks was always anyways goes I had to rest my arm, reach over the spial part.
I'd like to point out that "shade in the desert is still like 90˚" is actually not true. The drier the air, the more difference there is between sunny and shady, so in a super-dry environment like a desert, shady areas can stay comfortable all day even if the sun is intense.
The last book I have read are: Percy Jackson&the Olympians (pentalogy) The Kane Chronicles (trilogy) The Heroes of Olympus (pentalogy) Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (trilogy) I have not finished reading The Trials of Apollo (Pentalogy)
Ep 19 of me asking for a Transformers Prime reaction after a series is finished on this channel. And I'm awaiting confirmation no matter how many times I'll post.
So much like earthbenders can lava bend because it is adjacent to Earth and adjacent to fire I believe fire benders should also be able to lava bend or at least some version of it maybe summon the fire within the Earth and create lava and bend the fire within the Earth. Also chat GPT says that lightning is often adjacent to air I would say that would be the mix of air and fire
When/if you get the chance I recommend looking up some ancient refrigeration videos on yt that show not too disimillar architecture from that displayed in this episode. Just a 🤓recommendation, I think it’s neat
It wasn't an impossible conclusion to say that fire benders loose their ability to firebend during the solar eclipse, though the only clue that we got at this point was Zuko saying in the final of book 1 that morning sun empowers him. That being said, when I first watched this episode I sorta felt that Sokka is making a huge leap in logic and that it will bite them in the ass later. The title of the article was "the darkest day in fire nation history". Imagine if that wasn't actually anything bending related but just a surviving piece of paper from an astronomy related essay. Like "oh, on this day it was the darkest day due to the solar eclipse which is a true marvel of nature". Like... I don't really get why they all consider "solar eclipse means no firebending" to be 100% true when they had no clues suggesting that. Afterall, if just the absence of the sunlight caused firebending to go away, wouldn't that mean firebending is turned off during the night?
Well the death of the Moon Spirit in Book 1 is later referred to as "the Lunar Eclipse", so... I dunno, might be a difference between the Sun being on the other side of the planet and being blocked by the Moon. It probably doesn't apply here because spirits but in real life moonlight is just sunlight reflected. Again, here the moon is a literal deity but still.
0:26 to answer, I haven't been to the library in a long ass time, at least 10(+?) years. But that's not to say I haven't been to a book store! I was just at one last week
I mean knowledge on a knot is better than a wanted poster (tho still valid, it's technically a piece of future history), granted it's more of a sample than a manual but it's still decent
The episode has such a good balance in showing how strong AND weak can toph be, she can't see on sand, and she was holding the library. Also put sokka as a clever man rather than the fool of the group
The Force is strong with the Library episode, big desert, antagonistic sand people, paired with how Bending is like the Force anyway. Add on top the creepy knowledge seeking owl (Wan Shi Tong, which means Who Knows a Thousand Things) and the tragic case of Appa being kidnapped due to Toph being severely - but masterfully written - limited in the sand and sinking library. The scholar's fate isn't quite a nice one too. But we have lore, much like Zhao found info on the Moon spirits (as he mentioned in Book 1), the Gaang find an opportunity to strike the Fire Nation early, at a time where their firebending is lost: the solar eclipse I liked the left handed scissors, writing however left handed that's the smudgy bitch
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I always feel bad for Wan Shi Tong. He only wished to collect and share knowledge. And people betrayed that trust. It’s no wonder he acts so jaded towards visitors now
He's just a jerk, nothing more
@@ВихнаждHe collects knowledge his whole life because information makes him happy, and if someone wants to use his library, they can as long as it is so that they can learn humane things, not like how to be better than someone else
@@Foufx What difference does it make why I came to the library? And if he suddenly decides that he doesn't like what I do? Well, for example, if he kills me for studying frogs because he doesn't like frogs?
@@Вихнаждhe wouldn't have books abt frogs if he didn't like frogs 💀
@@Вихнаждthe last visitor before the avatar literally used his knowledge to try to kill the moon spirit and potentially destroy the world as we know it to satisfy his ego. Yeah it matters
This library is where Zhao learned about the moon and ocean spirits, which led to the siege of the north pole at the end of Book 1 😄
And his downfall pfft
And here it begins.....THE SADDEST STORYLINE ARC IN AVATAR😭😭
The pain when watching it
False, the saddest arc is the propaganda play. Because it lasted only one episode when oh my god I want more😂
@@colt1903 that's not an arc if it is only one episode😭
@@aaliyahbrown5739 Not true. There are plenty of arcs that are 1 episode long. We just don't call them arcs most of the time. But just because we don't call them that doesn't mean they don't count. An arc is called an arc because it fits the criteria of a stand alone story in that it has all the typical benchmarks most stories have. Rising action, climax, falling action, etcetera.
It wasn’t toph’s fault
Wan Shi Tong is one of the most intimidating Spirits in the Avatar series, but the number one spot goes to Koh, the Face Stealer, at least imo.
I mean he's based on a barn owl and they're already intimidating so it works for him
They’re both strange, otherworldly beings, but Koh is just downright terrifying
Koh has no right to exist 😂
my vote would have to go to father glowworm.... from the kyoshi books
@@Itachi-Uchiha that.. feels un fair
What I really love about this episode and the writing here is that writers waste no time. Aang spends the first half of this season finding an earthbending teacher. And then as soon as he starts to physically learn earthbending, in the next episode they introduce the plot of the solar eclipse and Appa being kidnapped. The reason Wan-Chi Tong turns into a dragon at the end is because in western myth owls are seen as symbols of wisdom but in the east, they’re unlucky. Dragons are symbolic of wisdom in the east. So the writers thought they would get the best of both worlds by having the knowledge spirit turn into a dragon at the end. Ruff you are right. In the comics, we meet a group of people who are not airbenders but ascribe to airbender philosophies. Some of them even get the arrow tattoos. And I don't know if you caught it but the firebender who found the library was Zhao. It's where he learned the location of the moon and ocean spirits.
Toph is so strong it's ridiculously awesome. That owl is terrifying
Bruh, she held up a library the size of the taj ma hal, only earth bender we know of who could do that eas kyoshi and that fire nation avatar who used earth bending to bend 5 volcanos worth of lava!!!
@animeandgames6397 the firenation avatar with the volcanos is avatar szeto❤(if you wanted to know that)😊
literally arm wrestling a great Spirit
I like your profile pic. Serperior is cool.
@@izzye3833 thanks
Toph holding up an ENTIRE BUILDING BY HERSELF for an extended period of time is honestly one of the most impressive feats of bending that we see in this show. There are other things later that people often credit as her most powerful earthbending moments, but this has to top it for me. It really shows that she’s genuinely a full earthbending master already
kiyoshi splitting an island was calculated to be something like 200 nuclear bombs of force
@@pieperson444 she did that casually too.
"I'd like to spend my vacation AT THE LIBRARY!!" Underrated sokka line😂
6:57 I have to say, as a disabled person, joking about your inabilities is pretty fun, especially when people close to you get comfortable enough to respond in kind. My new nickname in my family has become wheels since I started using my wheelchair, humor helps to make others more comfortable about it and helps me have an outlet to make jokes and lighten the mood around my disabilities. That’s one of the reasons why Toph is such a well written disabled character, that’s totally something people in her situation do, and her using earth bending to adapt and change the way she lives her life isn’t all that far off from how real people use various different methods, meds and equipment to make their lives easier!
I get you. I have severe back pain, which causes me to use a walking stick. Sometimes when my Mum sees that I'm struggling, she calls me hop-a-long. It always makes me smile. =)
I guess you could say... You're wheelin' it
FYI, ancient persia had icehouses in the desert. They would let water freeze at night in wide shallow trenches, then break the ice and store it in a very well insulated room that was half underground.
9:07 Sokka is a craftsman. He made a dragonfly out of rope in a few seconds, and is immediately insulted.
Also, he’s a sailor. Being able to tie knots is a valuable skill when it comes to sailing.
Sokka really is sold short for most of the series when low key the entire Gaang AND CO would be dead multiple times over if not for him, even before Book 3 which rides his d*ck hard.
Zhao Did Mention he learned about the moon spirits at a secret library which was some extreme forshadowing for this episode.
Yea he even mentions the library is underground too
Toph's blind jokes will never get old
I never see them coming
Just like those kids Aang used to play with.
@@OutOfPocket-h9eExcept worse, cuz y'know, Aang is LITERALLY the only one left. That's like if Anne Frank was the only survivor of the Holocaust, but aside from her, the Jews were all extinct.
@@Francis...what kids
Just like iroh's son
Avatar did such an amazing job with all the spirits, always found Wan shi tong interesting.
6:57 the joke in the final episode has to be my favourite one, it just fit the ending so well.
Lol Eric and Boom saying " nothing special about being left handed" and then a few seconds later, " Woohoo, high FIVE!"😂😂😂
🤣🤣 right switch up had me laughing
Hector Elizondo voices Wan Shi Tong, and his portrayal of such a sinister librarian is amazing.
I'm unable to watch the part where the Sandbenders kidnap Appa. That just hurts my soul.
1:05 in the comic following the end of book 3 Aang has a fan club that got the Arrow’s tattooed on their heads…he wasn’t a fan(because you need to earn the arrow) they later are called the Air Acolytes named by Aang himself
Wa Shi Ton is the most unintentionally scary character in avatar. Probably responsible for a lot of people’s phobia of birds
I think I repressed him in my mind because I forgot about him until rewatching and immediately went "Oh he creeps me out for some reason".
This episode probably has the biggest 180 between fun/exciting to tense/depressing.
Yeah. This is the tipping point for the rest of the series. There were ups and downs before, but it gets real serious.
Fun fact, the system of dates follows the format of the ancient Chinese dating system, so you’re actually able to figure out how many dates they checked. It’s been determined that Aang and Sokka checked four months worth of dates to find the eclipse. Keep that in mind for the future. They checked four whole months worth of dates.
What an eventful episode, setting up the Eclipse and the Missing Appa storyline.
Also cool callback to Zhao.
Wan Shi Tong is my favorite ATLA character and is still one of the scariest things in this whole series, alongside Koh and Hama. His voice work is incredible… as well as Boom’s accidental prediction with mentioning the real library lol
And thus begins the Lost Appa arc! Your reactions did not disappoint haha
Hama is NOT scary, bruh. 🙅🏻
15:10 I always felt like he's going to the spirit world with the library. So he becomes a spirit and doesn't need food.
With bending, the 4 elements are essentially, like, the base forms. Under each element, there are “sub-elements” like Lightning. Sand and Ice aren’t really considering sub-elements. Ice is just water at a different temperature and every water bender can do it. It’s essentially the same with sand but since most earthbenders don’t bend sand on the regular, it’s not something that most can just do easily. Sand is especially difficult for Toph since she can’t feel where everything is as well. Every element has sub-elements/skills.
What makes it a sub-element is that not everyone who can bend the main element can do the sub-element/skill. It’s something either you can or can’t do.
As of this episode, these are the sub elements y’all have seen so far:
Healing - sub skill of water
Lighting - sub element of fire
Spirit projection - sub skill of air
Seismic sense - sub skill of earth
Lava - sub element of earth (you see Avatar Kiyoshi do it on that Kiyoshi island episode)
Not really a SPOILER spoiler
but there are more to come.
The last book I finished was actually "The Shadow of Kyoshi" and I'm just about to start "Yumi and the Nightmare Painter". But I never go to the library, I just buy books online, that way I can display them in my room.
7:30 Dangit, now I'm imagining Wan-Shi Tong having Hooty's voice lol
This was one of the first Avatar episodes I stumbled upon at random, before I started watching the series as a whole.
6:52 I keep saying this every time I see someone watch the ep is a huge missed opportunity for a audible sponsorship
Fun Fact: This is Michaela Jill Murphy's (Toph's VA) favorite episode in the series.
Owls can hear a mouse from HUNDREDS of yards away, and they’re completely silent when flying.
Wan Shi Tong now: mysterious, knowledgeable, intimidating
Wan Shi Tong later: "- and inside the box, there is a tiny man -"
When Wan shi Tong first said their was a fire bender who visited his library for answers about defeating a war or trying to bring destruction. That fire bender he was talking about was Admiral Zhao from book 1 and even Wan Shi Tong library was mentioned in the last two episodes of book 1 which I found it kinda cool and I first didn’t notice it
Billy went to the library in June
Sand is earth, erode a rock for long enough and you tend to get sand, tiny pieces of earth stuff
The arrow tattoos are air bender master tattoos. They’re all but extinct because the airbenders were wiped out.
It kinda would be a more dead giveaway in the modern time for them, but technically before Aang froze himself plenty of airbenders in general had the arrow tattoo. It was usually a way to sorta mark someone that had pretty well mastered air bending. So just having them wouldn't necessarily mean you're the Avatar as they were more of an Air Nomad thing than purely an Avatar thing, but after the 100 year freeze and stuff it definitely is a bit more of a giveaway for Aang as the Avatar.
@4:00 for what it is worth, ice actually takes a while to melt, for the same reason that it takes a good while to boil. It takes a good amount of energy to get it to change phase, so large blocks of ice can last a while and a thick walled cup will probably also last the day, especially if they are all together like that keeping their local temp colder then the outside and surrounding air.
This is the episode I remember the most. The next one, with the cactus joke is another banger.
the owl Washington was one of the most epic spirits of the show
the last time i was inside a library was like 6-7 years ago when we have an activity in highschool about how to find sources to be use as references in research papers. and 3 years ago i also went inside in the university's library when we had to use it for MOBA tournament as an activity of the school for the sports events hahahaha
So to clarify, there are just four different types of benders: water, earth, fire, and air. Any waterbender can bend any water, any earthbender can bend any earth, etc. The quantity and precise movement of the element being bended depends on personal power/skill.
Toph and Aang are both earthbenders, they could theoretically bend sand just as well as they can bend big rocks, it's all considered earth. And the sandbenders themselves could bend the big rocks that Toph bends, if they wanted to. It's just a different skill set. Moving a whole bunch of tiny grains of earth requires an earthbender to move a little differently from how they would move one huge chunk of earth.
Water: liquid water, ice, snow, clouds, perfume, swamp plants with a high water concentration
Earth: rocks, sand, dirt, mud
Fire: fire, lightning
Air: air, wind
Hey I'm new and I gotta say, I love your inner dialogue you guys have amongst each other and I like that you guys actually pause your videos. You all are great and congrats on 100k!🎊🎉
God, here we go, the loss of Appa.. like I don't think you guys realize yet just how tragic this arc's gonna be, it hurts so much :''(
(When I showed ATLA to my mom, who has a really big heart for animals, it was absolutely KILLING HER the entire time Appa was gone, I had to constantly reassure her that he wasn't gone for good or else she wouldn't have wanted to watch anymore)
Also I'm glad you guys recognized that Toph was doing everything she could, like damn, she was holding up that ENTIRE LIBRARY to save everyone's lives while also trying to fend off the Sandbenders to protect Appa despite not being able to tell where exactly they are because the sand makes everything fuzzy for her..
This was always one of my favorite episodes. I used to catch random episodes after i got home from school and this is the one that convinced me to go to the beginning and watch the whole thing.
"Owl hearing is certainly more sensitive than that of other birds, particularly at frequencies of 5 kHz and above. Barn Owls have been shown to use sound frequencies above 8.5 kHz to direct and make an accurate strike at a prey item."
Yeah, wan would definitely hear Sokka even if he would whispering. x3
1:13 A Dutch windsurfer shaved and dyed his hair to look like Airbender tattoos for the 2020 summer Olympics. Pretty cool!
Yeah the whole thing about Professor Zei and his final little "I could spend an eternity in here" moment was basically him being like "yeah, this is where i've always wanted to be, i'm boutta die in here and become a library spirit and i am cool with that" - just heavily IMPLIED instead of outright stated.
The glacier is a wonder because it doesn't melt. I assume the ice has special properties to prevent it from melting. The reason it looks melted here is because the bar owner chipped and carved at it to make those drink cups.
It's been a few months, but we try to go to our local library fairly often. Last book I read was A Court of Thorns and Roses, which is basically Beauty and the Beast, but with fey.
I think the last book I finished was Shadow of Kyoshi. It's a good read, takes place 400 years before this series so the closest it comes to spoiling things is that he tells you a bit more about the last Earth, Water, and Air Avatars before Aang.
I've seen someone with all 4 Avatar nation symbols tattooed on his back another with a portrait of Aang, I've seen dozens of Dragon Ball ones including someone with the Majin Buu M on his hand, and a person with a crazy Naruto Shippuden tattoo.
I used to work at the library 😊 even if you don’t read, the library has many resources for other things. The Orlando Public Library even has recording studios. Just need a library card! Always free.
Ironically the last book I read and finished was 'The Shadow of Kyoshi' and I am currently making my way through 'Avatar Legends Core Book' for the Avatar Legends TTRPG.
"I bet some people on the planet have the avatar tattoo."
Look for Kiran Badloe 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He changed his hair for the olympics.
7:00 I was born with no sense of smell and I make anosmia jokes most of the time. I'm on the board with Toph here 😂😂
Just as a point of clarification, those arrow tattoos are worn by the Air Nomads, not specifically the Avatar.
I like how they called back to admiral zaho searching research about the moon spirit
An air nomad gets its arrow tattoos when they have mastered the airbender. Aang mastered it in his 11 year. And he invented his own air sphere that the used to ride on. For a normal air bender it would take years of mastering air. Its like in bleach how Bankai takes 10 years to master but Ichigo mastered it or received bankai in just 2 and half days.
The way I see it this is how bending works in this universe. The fire benders not only bend the fire itself but also have the ability to manipulate (hot)heat; so anything hot they can bend like lightning and hot gases etc if they are skillful enough. Water benders are similar, they can bend the water (and anything that contains water) but also manipulate (cool) heat hence why they can change the state of water to ice and steam. I won't go into earth and air since that is spoiler territory.
Zei really searched for Knowledge his whole life, Rip
Wan Shi Tong had Tea with Iroh for sure
Thank you so much for these reaction videos! I'm always waiting when is the notification going to pop up on youtube about the new episode of Avatar. Could you please consider reacting to the legend of vox machina? Even if you don't know anything about DnD (Dungeons and Dragons), I think it's a fantastic show. And seeing what you enjoy watching, I think this show would suit you all!^^
I didnt watch your reaction to this episode until you finished season 2 because I knew I couldn't stop myself from bingeing your reactions until Appa was safe.
I stopped using the library about 25 years ago when I was a teenager because multiple librarians at different places accused me of not returning books I know I did.
It wasnt worth the hassle so I just bought all my books ever since.
This is definitely amongst my favourite episodes. Every time a spirit appears its always a banger
Since this is the half way mark of the entire show. I like that they made the gaang for forward with fights instead if the usual escape route
Last book i read was a donald duck comic in the high school library while i was skipping class😂
3:45 made me cackle, dude has clearly never been to a desert before, 90 degrees is lucky
Fun fact Toph held the library up while Sokka and Aang checked for months on the planetarium.
0:35 last book I read was The Rise of Kyoshi, part of the Chronicles of the Avatar series. So far there are 2 books about Avatar Kyoshi and 2 about Avatar Yangchen. The ones I've read have been really good, though I haven't read the newest Yangchen book yet bc I'm doing a reread of the other 3 first. If y'all want to see bending be used to kill I definitely recommend the books because they get a little creative with it
Sorry for rambling lol I just want everyone to know about the books!
I love every episode involving spirits. It always gives off such Spirited Away vibes.
The only times I go to a library now is to vote 😅 I also love that two out of the three people watching this show are left handed. The odds are incredible and it’s wonderful 😂
No, the Darkest Day happened sometime way in the past. Iroh "lost" because he gave up and broke down after his son died.
So many times they do their predictions and i have to laugh so hard for how accurate they are 😂
Last book I read was “Where the Red Fern Grows.”
6:19 "Guys who put,put my fox on the Y axis"
-if you know you know
Did you know the arrows are actually for air benders who’ve mastered air bending so they get the tattoo to symbolise their a master
I'm left handed and I remember when I was in school i was one of the only ones in the entire school. Especially all my glasses. We used to play baseball for PE and i'd try and use a right mitten for my left hand and the coach after realizing this asked if i was left handed to which I said "Yes." And so he ended up ordering left handed gloves. I'd even use right handed scissors they had with my left. And writing in spiral notebooks was always anyways goes I had to rest my arm, reach over the spial part.
6:55 Toph is so capable the others tend to forget she is blind which she probably appreciate
I'd like to point out that "shade in the desert is still like 90˚" is actually not true. The drier the air, the more difference there is between sunny and shady, so in a super-dry environment like a desert, shady areas can stay comfortable all day even if the sun is intense.
The last book I have read are:
Percy Jackson&the Olympians (pentalogy)
The Kane Chronicles (trilogy)
The Heroes of Olympus (pentalogy)
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (trilogy)
I have not finished reading The Trials of Apollo (Pentalogy)
the last time i went to a library was highschool, but the last books i read was the Dorohedoro manga
Ep 19 of me asking for a Transformers Prime reaction after a series is finished on this channel.
And I'm awaiting confirmation no matter how many times I'll post.
I think there was an Olympian who buzzed and dyed his hair into an arrow like Aang's, can't quite remember
So much like earthbenders can lava bend because it is adjacent to Earth and adjacent to fire I believe fire benders should also be able to lava bend or at least some version of it maybe summon the fire within the Earth and create lava and bend the fire within the Earth. Also chat GPT says that lightning is often adjacent to air I would say that would be the mix of air and fire
When/if you get the chance I recommend looking up some ancient refrigeration videos on yt that show not too disimillar architecture from that displayed in this episode. Just a 🤓recommendation, I think it’s neat
It wasn't an impossible conclusion to say that fire benders loose their ability to firebend during the solar eclipse, though the only clue that we got at this point was Zuko saying in the final of book 1 that morning sun empowers him.
That being said, when I first watched this episode I sorta felt that Sokka is making a huge leap in logic and that it will bite them in the ass later. The title of the article was "the darkest day in fire nation history". Imagine if that wasn't actually anything bending related but just a surviving piece of paper from an astronomy related essay. Like "oh, on this day it was the darkest day due to the solar eclipse which is a true marvel of nature".
Like... I don't really get why they all consider "solar eclipse means no firebending" to be 100% true when they had no clues suggesting that. Afterall, if just the absence of the sunlight caused firebending to go away, wouldn't that mean firebending is turned off during the night?
Well the death of the Moon Spirit in Book 1 is later referred to as "the Lunar Eclipse", so...
I dunno, might be a difference between the Sun being on the other side of the planet and being blocked by the Moon.
It probably doesn't apply here because spirits but in real life moonlight is just sunlight reflected. Again, here the moon is a literal deity but still.
This is the moment where the show gets darker...
0:26 to answer, I haven't been to the library in a long ass time, at least 10(+?) years. But that's not to say I haven't been to a book store! I was just at one last week
I'm currently reading 48 laws of power and then reading the Kyoshi books
I mean knowledge on a knot is better than a wanted poster (tho still valid, it's technically a piece of future history), granted it's more of a sample than a manual but it's still decent
Me (hearing the professor speak for 2 seconds): Carth Onasi, is that you?
The episode has such a good balance in showing how strong AND weak can toph be, she can't see on sand, and she was holding the library. Also put sokka as a clever man rather than the fool of the group
Also she’s never had to bend sand before so it’s not something that she currently works well with.
Almost there to episode 12-13 the 44 minutes episode The secret of the Fire Nation
Poor Own Spirit, my man was just vibing with his book
You guys be ready. This arc will be a tearjerker because of Appa.
The Force is strong with the Library episode, big desert, antagonistic sand people, paired with how Bending is like the Force anyway. Add on top the creepy knowledge seeking owl (Wan Shi Tong, which means Who Knows a Thousand Things) and the tragic case of Appa being kidnapped due to Toph being severely - but masterfully written - limited in the sand and sinking library. The scholar's fate isn't quite a nice one too.
But we have lore, much like Zhao found info on the Moon spirits (as he mentioned in Book 1), the Gaang find an opportunity to strike the Fire Nation early, at a time where their firebending is lost: the solar eclipse
I liked the left handed scissors, writing however left handed that's the smudgy bitch
Those tattoos are Master Airbender tattoos. If an airbender becomes a Master, they will get those tattoos
5:44
I will freely admit: Toph got me there first time I saw this ep.
last book/current book I read is a Terry Pratchet book. Not gonna tell which one but its neat.
Last book I read was Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
VERY Gritty Dystopian Cyberpunk Detective/Nior Series
The last book I finished was Wild Seed by Octavia Butler.