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If you were in the Gaangs position you wouldn’t trust Zuko either. We as viewers know more about Zuko’s character development but the only thing the Gaang knows is Zuko betraying them in Ba Sing Se and sending a highly skilled assassin after them. Let alone all the additional hardships the Gaang endured due to the actions of Zuko and his crew.
Yeah it's very telling that Toph is the only one who was willing to consider him joining, as he wasn't really chasing them when Toph joined the Gaang. Her experience with him is just the fight in Ba Sing Se but contrasted with her knowing and liking Iroh, so she has way less of a personal stake in the argument
For a fun thing to do. Watch atla, but skip every scene the gang isn't in. No Zuko alone, only half of avatar and the Firelord, etc It really drives home how merciful they are to Zuko.
And Toph's comment on how Zuko was being genuine doesn't hold much weight in Zuko's defense for the Gaang either cuz Zuko was genuine back when he was in Ba Sing Se too but when the time came he made his choices and the Gaang plus pretty much the world suffered the consequences. Zuko had it rough but many other people who suffered from the war had it way worse and they were counting on Aang and his allies to saved them from the Fire Nation. Zuko not only betrayed the newfound sympathy the Gaang had for him but the whole world as well (and they made sure to show it through baby Hope's family, Jin and the teashop owner's fear and despair when the Fire Nation march into Ba Sing Se). The Gaang had every reason to distrust and hate him due to their history and how Zuko's action almost destroy the Avatar for good and could have led to the Fire Nation destroying everyone else.
@@hotuannam5346 Yea exactly. Zuko was genuine towards Katara yet betrayed them anyways. He quite literally helped Azula kill Aang. That's not a small matter.
Zuko struggling to be accepted even after changing is a good thing. Just because you changed now, It doesn't mean what you've done is all forgiven. It takes time.
Katara basically telling Zuko "If you slip up I will kill you" is something I would have never found believable in halfway point of book one, goes to show how much of a badass the writers have made her
@@ethelannNot really a Mary Sue when she has lost fights, has character flaws like the rest and actually deals with it in a realistic way. The only thing that’s “Mary Sue” about her is how quickly she became good at waterbending. But that’s just because nobody wanted to watch a shitty anime training arc for her where the show drags on
@@dhamin8168 also in book 1 and 2 she was ALWAYS training. It was not just really out of nowhere, you have a lot of filler moments where she's just on the river training. Also it's really annoying when fans say they nerfed aang so she can be better when most of the time while she was training on the river aang was just playing and doing dumb things and also he had to learn 3other bending so it makes sense that he is not at katara or Toph level (when he already is an air master)
Aang is from the Southern Air Temple, not the Western one. Thats why Aang was so close to the Southern Water Tribe after he froze himself for 100 years. We saw the Northern Air Temple in S1 with the gliders and invention of the hot air balloon. We saw the Eastern Air Temple with Guru Pathik when Appa searched for Aang. And now we've seen the Western Air Temple since it was close to the Fire Nation
15:44 I like how sokka says "He's clearly to dangerous to be left alone" When toph LITERALLY JUST said she went to see zuko 😭😭🤦🏾♂️. He was leaving y'all alone.
Fun fact: zuko was supposed to join aang and his team at the season 2 finale but the writers realized that zuko wasn’t ready cause I reckon he’s still carrying this guilt of his banishment and cutting off from his father and they just needed to find to right time for him to realize the error of his ways
It's crazy to even think about. If they did, it wouldn't be considered the gold standard of redemption arcs that it is. It's so much more true to life this way. Every payoff in this show is so damn earned.
"why where they all hiding, get involved". im imaginening the guy in the wheelchair to attack the guy half metal who can explode stuff with his mind. he is a real lazybone to not commit to the fight :D
21:36 Katara can feel the pain about what happened in Ba Sing Ze, she was the first person who trusted in him and due Zuko’s decision Aang almost died. Great reaction!
"Destiny is a funny thing... But if you keep open your heart and mind, i promise you will find your own destiny someday" This quote always be my motivation when i failed, thank you uncle Iroh
I love how he actually says “Hello, Zuko here” just like he practised😂 I’ve watched that scene so much I can literally say it with him word by word. My favourite part: “b-b-but anyway…”
I'm more fan of katara in this episode and "you won't have to worry about your destiny anymore" monologue is my favorite part especially at how it was done where Zuko has his happy flashback and even is smiling when he saw katara in the door for her to just say she would kill him lmao
I think learning bloodbending really killed a good portion of Katara's innocence and positive outlook; plus losing their father again and all their friends being locked up.
It actually was a good character development for her, she always kinda was a hot headed person, but her knowing that she needed to be responsible for the sake of everyone in their group, always kept herself in control, but after Hama she realized that she cannot simply defeat evil with good, she needed to admire that side of her personality in order to become stronger for her and to protect the people she loves.
I’m glad we got to see darker Katara develop cause 1. It is badass cause it definitely teases the idea that Katara, although the mature one, is definitely the most intimidating with the skills to match. 2. Unfortunately shows how much travesty of war has affected her.
Honestly, I think they loss in Ba Sing Se affected her the most. She was always quick to trust people and was even the first one to forgive Zuko and that character trait almost led to Aang's dead. I'm 100% she felt guilty about it because she, unfortunately, always seem to take everything on her own shoulders. The war took its toll on all of them but I think at this point in the story it affected Aang but especially Katara the most.
I think combustion man is not stopping as he is taking it more personally as they injured him, the last time, the interacted, so he’s more out for revenge than the reward
That and it's probably a pride thing. He always takes out his target, no matter what. Just because the one who hired him wants to call it off means nothing, once he's given a target, he sees it through to the end. No matter what.
It is 100% personal. Not only for humiliating him, but this is the best assassin in the business. Zuko could afford the absolute best. Combustion man has probably NEVER failed a contract. I'm sure he has no problem canceling the contract, but from his perspective, he had his target dead to rights, and he was easily dispatched by a tiny pebble. He probably didn't even know that was possible.
Actually, Zuko, Azula, Ozai and Iroh all have golden eyes. I think it's a fire nation trait, just like green for earth benders, blue for waterbenders and grey/brown for airbenders :)
This episode displays the shows incredible writing. Everything that happens and all the dialogue not only helps expand every one of the characters in the main group, but is also, above all else, totally believable. We all saw zuko joining the group in the future, but it would have been too convenient if he was just accepted into the group. Other good shows would have used Aang's need for a firebending teacher as justification and left it at that. But this show spends an entire episode exploring how each main character really feels about Zuko's redemption. It helps with everyones character development, but also makes Zuko's redemption feel really earned. Great and underrated episode
The Western Air Temple is such an interesting location for this episode. Zuko has to go down, to humble himself, to be able to go up in his life, he advances in his 'destiny' by retracting of everything he used to be. It's a 'conversion' or 'inversion', when he tries to be good, it seems to be impossible, like those buildings that have been built upside down.
The reason the temple can exist upside down is because the nuns who used to inhabit it didn't need stairs. They were able to fly between them. This protected the buildings from wildlife and the elements.
For the most part, with very few exceptions: Water Tribe folks have blue eyes. Fire Nation folks have gold/yellow eyes. Earth Kingdom folks have green eyes. Air Nomads have grey eyes.
there is this theory going around that zuko doesn't know the names of the group, he calls aang "the avatar" and for the rest of the group he used bad nicknames (at the time). for example in book one when the team was captured by the pirates zuko sais to sokka "shut your mouth watertribe peasant". in the next few episode you can see him learning the names through others. in "the southern raiders" episode (wich you guys appearantly have seen) zuko sais to sokka "Your sister. She hates me! And I don't know why, but I do care what she thinks of me" than sokka responded with "Nah, she doesn't hate you. Katara doesn't hate anyone...." that is the moment zuko learns katara's name, and starts calling her that. wich is super funny because we as viewers, expect that he somehow knows their names, but noone has mentioned their names to him. but that is why he starts off with "hello, zuko here" by telling his name, he might get to know their name"
Maybe but Aang outright said Katara's name to Zuko in this episode while gesturing to her so I disagree with when he learned Katara's name. Maybe you can make the argument that he wasn't paying as much attention to names when Aang was talking as he was to general content but I don't believe it.
Zuko was so fire this episode. Such a glow up and side of him we haven't seen before. We also see the Gaang almost like...from a perspective where they aren't the main characters for this episode. also on your comment about zuko's eyes, there actually are east asians with that color of yellow for eyes. sometimes greenish as well. very rare. possibly north west central asian
It was hard to watch Zuko struggle so much to try and make right by the Gaang. He really is ashamed of what he's done, and watching him do his best to fix his mistakes is really wholesome. The Gaang hasn't seen all the progress he's made like we have, so its understandable that they don't trust him at all at first, but I was so relieved once they decided to give him a chance.
Katara and Sokka have only known war with the evil Fire Nation their entire lives. There mother was killed by Fire Nation warriors. Their father has been off to war. They are basically orphans. Their village is in shambles. Zuko helped kill Aang. So, yeah, they aren't very trusting of Fire Nation warriors in general and Zuko in particular. The reluctance and mistrust are understandably valid. Hell, Iroh is doing his own thing, and he has largely left Zuko to figure it out on his own. One thing I never thought would happen has happened. Even Iroh has lost trust in Zuko. As cliché as it is, he knows that sometimes you have to set people you love free and hope they figure it out and come back to you. BTW, season one and parts of season two are the set up for the latter parts of season two and all of this final season. People go on about how the first season isn't as good. They were establishing a world and the people in it. It's meant to be a bit episodic and disjointed. It seems these days that movies and tv shows use character stereotypes because audiences, or executives paying the bills, don't have patience for worldbuilding and character development. So, just slap some protagonist, antagonist, side-kick, and comic relief paint on a few characters and get to the story.
Getting this right after the two parter is such a treat! Nothing but banger episodes from here on out I've been looking forward to you both getting here since the beginning
I used to hate that he backslid in the season 2 finale. However, as I’ve gotten older, it feels more real with the ups and downs. Redemption, addiction, grief, all of those very HUMAN things, are never linear. It was so important for Zuko to be given everything he thought he wanted. It would have been too easy to turn against his father when he was still banished. It means way more for who Zuko has become as a character when he actually has to sacrifice the life he wants to do what’s right. If he had to give nothing up, not confront his father and turn against his own blood, would it mean as much as if he hadn’t? This is why his redemption arc is the blueprint. So brilliantly done.
About eyes color, that represent where they came from. Fire nation have gold, bronze, or brown eyes, earth kingdom have green eyes, water tribe have blue eyes, air nomad have gray eyes.
Love your reactions! Thank you for being so dedicated to this series even though it doesn't have the highest number of video views - I do think it's such a classic, those numbers will grow, but regardless, this is such a good show that honestly so many more people should watch. You two giving it the love, dedication, and attention such a beautiful story deserves has been a fantastic journey to be on. I'm loving how connected you are to the characters - and I can't wait to see the finale!
There's more darker Katara, wait for it. It's like yesterday when I re watch the first season with you two and now we're almost at the end. You two are one of my favorite ATLA reactors
Katara is the darkest if team avatar, she's so directed by her passions and emotions. She's become very powerful, and whilst she's a good person she always as far as she can to help people, it's not hard to imagine her going too far in a fit of pain-driven anger, like Hama.
@@Sinewmire but the difference is that katara won't ever hurt innocent people bc of her pain. She will turn hama on steroids to protect her people and she won't have issues destroying the enemy but not innocent people
@sebastyann123 it's easy to expand the definition of 'bad people who deserve it for threatening your love ones' to 'enemy civilians'. It's quite a small step, but an important one.
Love this ep! Also, guys, I know it's frustrating, but the characters don't watch the show. 😂 They didn't get to see Zuko's character development. So they had no reason to believe he'd changed for the better, especially given the last thing they remember him doing was betray Katara and help Azula strike down Aang.
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Great reaction. I love this episode and this third season. Book 1 gives us the world & character building we need, Book 2 provides the struggle and set backs which then make the cathartic resolutions of Book 3 so impactful. Will be here for the remaining episodes, all of which are really good. I'm also glad you appreciate Katara's reaction. Some people are hard on Katara for it, but I love how fiercely protective she is of Aang in the last scene. She might be the worst person in Team Avatar to be on the wrong side.
I hate when people react badly towards katara bc of this bc it literally makes no sense for her to just be fine with Zuko. People are really dumb sometimes
Combustion Man's life is actually pretty dark. He has a metal arm because he blew his own arm off when he was young, and now he dies exploding himself.
I’m really hoping you guys won’t be hard on the gang here for treating Zuko how they do initially because it’s totally justified. Lol So it always irks me a bit when reactors get upset and act like the gang is out if hand
Funny you mention Zuko's eye color. If you notice they vaguely assigned different colors for different nations. It's not a hard rule but generally fire nation is gold/amber, Earth Kingdom is various shades of green, water tribe obviously blue and air nomads grey. There's cases where it's not 100% like Ty Lee has greyish eyes. But they did it to help differentiate the nations
FYI All firebending capable characters have yellow eyes. Non-firebenders just have dark eyes. All earthbenders have green eyes. (Toph’s eyes are different because she is blind). All waterbenders have blue eyes. Although not all blue eyed characters are waterbenders
This reaction and the one to the last two-parter were great. I love how you can really connect to each characters place emotionally. Unrelated but pudgey looks so good here! Love that color on you ❤
I've seen people bring up the show being predictable before, which I think is a fair thing to bring up. I think it really works in the shows favor though as it IS a kids show. For a lot of kids this might have been their first time seeing a lot of the tropes present in this show
Could you please keep the notification ring sound effect at the beginning or end of the video? Hearing it multiple times throughout each video is really distracting.
So quick fan theory here that's just fun. Zuko doesn't know anyone's name yet until he hears someone say their names. He doesn't know Katara, Toph, or Sokka here by name
The show to me seems to allow the viewer to grow with the characters and kinda join in on the journey, taking a childlike view in book 1 to getting more mature and serious, actually feeling the weight of what’s happening as we get to book 3. To the point we start expecting so much from it forgetting sometimes it’s meant for kids/tweens.
It doesn’t matter that Zuko didn’t mean it. He came to AANGs temple with all the other defenseless children swinging fire after he said he would stop being a menace. Soooooo? Control your fire not to hurt your friends. Just like aang had to learned with Katara.
22:00 imo, even though it's not stated, i think Katara was threatening Zuko with bloodbending... in a later episode, you'll see Zuko's reaction to Katara's bloodbending and when he realizes that she wasn't kidding around with this threat
It's also easy to forget that in regards to Azula, she didn't have a mother who loved her or someone like Iroh to mentor her. She's evil but is still also a product of her family and how she was raised
It’s funny that when Toph hits Zuko with her rock pillar before crawling away, we all know that if it was Jet in that position, he’d be dead. Zuko just winces/grunts for a second and he’s big chillin. 🤷🏻♂️
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If you were in the Gaangs position you wouldn’t trust Zuko either. We as viewers know more about Zuko’s character development but the only thing the Gaang knows is Zuko betraying them in Ba Sing Se and sending a highly skilled assassin after them. Let alone all the additional hardships the Gaang endured due to the actions of Zuko and his crew.
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Yeah it's very telling that Toph is the only one who was willing to consider him joining, as he wasn't really chasing them when Toph joined the Gaang. Her experience with him is just the fight in Ba Sing Se but contrasted with her knowing and liking Iroh, so she has way less of a personal stake in the argument
For a fun thing to do. Watch atla, but skip every scene the gang isn't in. No Zuko alone, only half of avatar and the Firelord, etc
It really drives home how merciful they are to Zuko.
And Toph's comment on how Zuko was being genuine doesn't hold much weight in Zuko's defense for the Gaang either cuz Zuko was genuine back when he was in Ba Sing Se too but when the time came he made his choices and the Gaang plus pretty much the world suffered the consequences. Zuko had it rough but many other people who suffered from the war had it way worse and they were counting on Aang and his allies to saved them from the Fire Nation. Zuko not only betrayed the newfound sympathy the Gaang had for him but the whole world as well (and they made sure to show it through baby Hope's family, Jin and the teashop owner's fear and despair when the Fire Nation march into Ba Sing Se). The Gaang had every reason to distrust and hate him due to their history and how Zuko's action almost destroy the Avatar for good and could have led to the Fire Nation destroying everyone else.
@@hotuannam5346 Yea exactly. Zuko was genuine towards Katara yet betrayed them anyways. He quite literally helped Azula kill Aang. That's not a small matter.
Zuko struggling to be accepted even after changing is a good thing. Just because you changed now, It doesn't mean what you've done is all forgiven. It takes time.
Imo, this is what makes this a great show instead of just a good one. Other shows would've just taken the easy route and let him join right away.
''A good deed does not wash out the bad, nor a bad deed the good'' - Stonnis le monnis
Who are you explaining this to? To the people watching the video? Yeah, they got that. They talked about it when it happened.
@@BornInsane0 He did join right away. It took one good deed for everyone to let him in. Literally less than 8 minutes.
@@SnailHatan I meant join with full support and grace instantly.
"Zuko Here" is one of the most quoted lines of the series. 😂
just after "that's rough buddy"
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Katara basically telling Zuko "If you slip up I will kill you" is something I would have never found believable in halfway point of book one, goes to show how much of a badass the writers have made her
yeah the writers made her a "badass" and a mary sue at the same time 😂
@@ethelann I recommend Overly Sarcastic Productions' episode on Mary sues.
@@ethelannNot really a Mary Sue when she has lost fights, has character flaws like the rest and actually deals with it in a realistic way.
The only thing that’s “Mary Sue” about her is how quickly she became good at waterbending. But that’s just because nobody wanted to watch a shitty anime training arc for her where the show drags on
@@ethelannYou call Katara annoying, then you show up with this dumbassery
@@dhamin8168 also in book 1 and 2 she was ALWAYS training. It was not just really out of nowhere, you have a lot of filler moments where she's just on the river training. Also it's really annoying when fans say they nerfed aang so she can be better when most of the time while she was training on the river aang was just playing and doing dumb things and also he had to learn 3other bending so it makes sense that he is not at katara or Toph level (when he already is an air master)
My favorite part is Katara threatening Zuko’s life. It felt so warranted because Aang literally died, and Zuko played a hand in that.
Same, my fav part too, especially after that they kissed 2 episodes wich was basically 1 episode ago becs ep 10 and 11 happened in the same day
Katara said "my water is sharp and my puppet strings are ready."
and that is why katara is my least fave in the show 😂
@@ethelann I think u misunderstood the comment
@@arfreda5912 understood what he meant
Aang is from the Southern Air Temple, not the Western one. Thats why Aang was so close to the Southern Water Tribe after he froze himself for 100 years. We saw the Northern Air Temple in S1 with the gliders and invention of the hot air balloon. We saw the Eastern Air Temple with Guru Pathik when Appa searched for Aang. And now we've seen the Western Air Temple since it was close to the Fire Nation
Zuko's transformation is definitely one of the best character arcs ever. It just feel so natural. Not just for Zuko but for everyone around him.
15:44 I like how sokka says "He's clearly to dangerous to be left alone" When toph LITERALLY JUST said she went to see zuko 😭😭🤦🏾♂️. He was leaving y'all alone.
I knoww😭 the logic is just impeccable
@@nouraouni2819 Got him messed up 😭
I mean, he also wanted to trick Zuko via saying they are taking him as prisoner and then really take him as prisoner. xD
@@farrex0 you on the wrong comment I think.
Fun fact: zuko was supposed to join aang and his team at the season 2 finale but the writers realized that zuko wasn’t ready cause I reckon he’s still carrying this guilt of his banishment and cutting off from his father and they just needed to find to right time for him to realize the error of his ways
It's crazy to even think about. If they did, it wouldn't be considered the gold standard of redemption arcs that it is. It's so much more true to life this way. Every payoff in this show is so damn earned.
It’s a sign of a good writer when they have made the character real enough to them to realize what they would be feeling in the moment.
"why where they all hiding, get involved". im imaginening the guy in the wheelchair to attack the guy half metal who can explode stuff with his mind. he is a real lazybone to not commit to the fight :D
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The worst she can say is "No"... And worst he can say is "Hello, Zuko here" 🤣
Hahaha poor Zuko. He really practiced his intro and still thought, "Hello, Zuko here!" was his best option
21:36 Katara can feel the pain about what happened in Ba Sing Ze, she was the first person who trusted in him and due Zuko’s decision Aang almost died. Great reaction!
Correction, Aang did died, he was dead. Katara resurrected him
@@nicolas._.2294 yeah you’re right! Basically he passed away for a while!
"Destiny is a funny thing... But if you keep open your heart and mind, i promise you will find your own destiny someday"
This quote always be my motivation when i failed, thank you uncle Iroh
I love how he actually says “Hello, Zuko here” just like he practised😂 I’ve watched that scene so much I can literally say it with him word by word. My favourite part: “b-b-but anyway…”
His stutter is so cute!
I'm more fan of katara in this episode and "you won't have to worry about your destiny anymore" monologue is my favorite part especially at how it was done where Zuko has his happy flashback and even is smiling when he saw katara in the door for her to just say she would kill him lmao
I think learning bloodbending really killed a good portion of Katara's innocence and positive outlook; plus losing their father again and all their friends being locked up.
After she met hama she turned more badass
It actually was a good character development for her, she always kinda was a hot headed person, but her knowing that she needed to be responsible for the sake of everyone in their group, always kept herself in control, but after Hama she realized that she cannot simply defeat evil with good, she needed to admire that side of her personality in order to become stronger for her and to protect the people she loves.
I’m glad we got to see darker Katara develop cause 1. It is badass cause it definitely teases the idea that Katara, although the mature one, is definitely the most intimidating with the skills to match.
2. Unfortunately shows how much travesty of war has affected her.
Honestly, I think they loss in Ba Sing Se affected her the most. She was always quick to trust people and was even the first one to forgive Zuko and that character trait almost led to Aang's dead. I'm 100% she felt guilty about it because she, unfortunately, always seem to take everything on her own shoulders. The war took its toll on all of them but I think at this point in the story it affected Aang but especially Katara the most.
I think combustion man is not stopping as he is taking it more personally as they injured him, the last time, the interacted, so he’s more out for revenge than the reward
Even if zuko don’t give him reward the fire lord will or azulla
Agree, i think its get more personal for him, i don't even think its about money anymore
And seeing how he is a Canon in a world without guns must have given him a massive ego
That and it's probably a pride thing. He always takes out his target, no matter what. Just because the one who hired him wants to call it off means nothing, once he's given a target, he sees it through to the end. No matter what.
It is 100% personal. Not only for humiliating him, but this is the best assassin in the business. Zuko could afford the absolute best. Combustion man has probably NEVER failed a contract. I'm sure he has no problem canceling the contract, but from his perspective, he had his target dead to rights, and he was easily dispatched by a tiny pebble. He probably didn't even know that was possible.
Actually, Zuko, Azula, Ozai and Iroh all have golden eyes. I think it's a fire nation trait, just like green for earth benders, blue for waterbenders and grey/brown for airbenders :)
One of the 'evidences' given for the theory that Ty Lee is of Air Nomad descent!
It's gotten from Sozin.
I read somewhere that the royal family has golden eyes while the rest of the fire nation have reddish brown eyes
This episode displays the shows incredible writing. Everything that happens and all the dialogue not only helps expand every one of the characters in the main group, but is also, above all else, totally believable. We all saw zuko joining the group in the future, but it would have been too convenient if he was just accepted into the group. Other good shows would have used Aang's need for a firebending teacher as justification and left it at that. But this show spends an entire episode exploring how each main character really feels about Zuko's redemption. It helps with everyones character development, but also makes Zuko's redemption feel really earned. Great and underrated episode
You’ve finally been introduced to the most iconic line in the whole show: “Hello, Zuko here 😀👋”
That's rough, buddy
We both know it's "that's rough buddy"
Yesssss haha
2nd most iconic. Number 1 is still ''That's rough, buddy''
@@richmaxmchalliwchester1984 yep couldn’t agree more 😭😂
The Western Air Temple is such an interesting location for this episode. Zuko has to go down, to humble himself, to be able to go up in his life, he advances in his 'destiny' by retracting of everything he used to be. It's a 'conversion' or 'inversion', when he tries to be good, it seems to be impossible, like those buildings that have been built upside down.
Happy to see both the characters and reactors recognize that Katara is the one Zuko really needs to prove himself to.
The reason the temple can exist upside down is because the nuns who used to inhabit it didn't need stairs. They were able to fly between them. This protected the buildings from wildlife and the elements.
For the most part, with very few exceptions:
Water Tribe folks have blue eyes.
Fire Nation folks have gold/yellow eyes.
Earth Kingdom folks have green eyes.
Air Nomads have grey eyes.
15:29 Sokka's reaction lol.There are obviously instances where Toph shows she has crushes on both Sokka and Zuko throughout the series.
You guys understand this show so much. I love hearing accurate commentary and reviews
Thank you!
there is this theory going around that zuko doesn't know the names of the group, he calls aang "the avatar" and for the rest of the group he used bad nicknames (at the time). for example in book one when the team was captured by the pirates zuko sais to sokka "shut your mouth watertribe peasant".
in the next few episode you can see him learning the names through others. in "the southern raiders" episode (wich you guys appearantly have seen) zuko sais to sokka "Your sister. She hates me! And I don't know why, but I do care what she thinks of me" than sokka responded with "Nah, she doesn't hate you. Katara doesn't hate anyone...." that is the moment zuko learns katara's name, and starts calling her that.
wich is super funny because we as viewers, expect that he somehow knows their names, but noone has mentioned their names to him. but that is why he starts off with "hello, zuko here" by telling his name, he might get to know their name"
haha that's actually really interesting and pretty funny 😂 very keen little detail there
Maybe but Aang outright said Katara's name to Zuko in this episode while gesturing to her so I disagree with when he learned Katara's name. Maybe you can make the argument that he wasn't paying as much attention to names when Aang was talking as he was to general content but I don't believe it.
Zuko was so fire this episode. Such a glow up and side of him we haven't seen before. We also see the Gaang almost like...from a perspective where they aren't the main characters for this episode.
also on your comment about zuko's eyes, there actually are east asians with that color of yellow for eyes. sometimes greenish as well. very rare. possibly north west central asian
It was hard to watch Zuko struggle so much to try and make right by the Gaang. He really is ashamed of what he's done, and watching him do his best to fix his mistakes is really wholesome. The Gaang hasn't seen all the progress he's made like we have, so its understandable that they don't trust him at all at first, but I was so relieved once they decided to give him a chance.
Katara and Sokka have only known war with the evil Fire Nation their entire lives. There mother was killed by Fire Nation warriors. Their father has been off to war. They are basically orphans. Their village is in shambles. Zuko helped kill Aang. So, yeah, they aren't very trusting of Fire Nation warriors in general and Zuko in particular. The reluctance and mistrust are understandably valid. Hell, Iroh is doing his own thing, and he has largely left Zuko to figure it out on his own. One thing I never thought would happen has happened. Even Iroh has lost trust in Zuko. As cliché as it is, he knows that sometimes you have to set people you love free and hope they figure it out and come back to you.
BTW, season one and parts of season two are the set up for the latter parts of season two and all of this final season. People go on about how the first season isn't as good. They were establishing a world and the people in it. It's meant to be a bit episodic and disjointed. It seems these days that movies and tv shows use character stereotypes because audiences, or executives paying the bills, don't have patience for worldbuilding and character development. So, just slap some protagonist, antagonist, side-kick, and comic relief paint on a few characters and get to the story.
Blud gets so defensive over Zuko 😂
Who? Lol
@@Crazy-pl1lo spartan im assuming
Getting this right after the two parter is such a treat! Nothing but banger episodes from here on out I've been looking forward to you both getting here since the beginning
I used to hate that he backslid in the season 2 finale. However, as I’ve gotten older, it feels more real with the ups and downs. Redemption, addiction, grief, all of those very HUMAN things, are never linear. It was so important for Zuko to be given everything he thought he wanted. It would have been too easy to turn against his father when he was still banished. It means way more for who Zuko has become as a character when he actually has to sacrifice the life he wants to do what’s right. If he had to give nothing up, not confront his father and turn against his own blood, would it mean as much as if he hadn’t?
This is why his redemption arc is the blueprint. So brilliantly done.
“Zuko here” is one of my favorite Avatar quotes 😂
Zuko and Theon. Yall are watching my two favorite character arcs of all time :) at the same time.
About eyes color, that represent where they came from. Fire nation have gold, bronze, or brown eyes, earth kingdom have green eyes, water tribe have blue eyes, air nomad have gray eyes.
i literally caught up and binged all y’all reactions in two days. can’t believe i’m caught up but i love these so much excited for the didnt and korra
Spartan definitely had more hope in Zuko clearly,and now he finally ends up teaching the avatar firebending
That dialog of 4 before zuko joining the team is the best.
The Western Air Temple is so cool looking, it always makes me wish Minecraft generated Cliffs like that so I could build it.
Love your reactions! Thank you for being so dedicated to this series even though it doesn't have the highest number of video views - I do think it's such a classic, those numbers will grow, but regardless, this is such a good show that honestly so many more people should watch. You two giving it the love, dedication, and attention such a beautiful story deserves has been a fantastic journey to be on. I'm loving how connected you are to the characters - and I can't wait to see the finale!
Katara said if you try to hurt my man i will kill you😂
There's more darker Katara, wait for it.
It's like yesterday when I re watch the first season with you two and now we're almost at the end. You two are one of my favorite ATLA reactors
Don't prepare them, let the time come and let them get surprised
Katara is the darkest if team avatar, she's so directed by her passions and emotions. She's become very powerful, and whilst she's a good person she always as far as she can to help people, it's not hard to imagine her going too far in a fit of pain-driven anger, like Hama.
@@Sinewmire but the difference is that katara won't ever hurt innocent people bc of her pain. She will turn hama on steroids to protect her people and she won't have issues destroying the enemy but not innocent people
@sebastyann123 it's easy to expand the definition of 'bad people who deserve it for threatening your love ones' to 'enemy civilians'. It's quite a small step, but an important one.
@@jodiejoynt2737katara is not dark she is just upset that all
Katara threatened zuko while channeling up the emotions she felt between aang getting shot with lightning until he woke up.
Katara's threat is made more menacing knowing she really can end Zuko on the spot if she wanted to. She is the puppetmaster's prodigy after all.
she became a "prodigy" in less than an hour 😂 she's mary sue af
Love this ep!
Also, guys, I know it's frustrating, but the characters don't watch the show. 😂
They didn't get to see Zuko's character development. So they had no reason to believe he'd changed for the better, especially given the last thing they remember him doing was betray Katara and help Azula strike down Aang.
The story is epic. Family, and how will and should reflect.
"Im beginning to wonder who is really the blind one around here." Such a banger line
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the "not as much of a jerk as you could have been" award is my favorite line in the series
They embarrassed the assassin last time they fought. He was determined to kill them no matter what.
Great reaction. I love this episode and this third season. Book 1 gives us the world & character building we need, Book 2 provides the struggle and set backs which then make the cathartic resolutions of Book 3 so impactful. Will be here for the remaining episodes, all of which are really good.
I'm also glad you appreciate Katara's reaction. Some people are hard on Katara for it, but I love how fiercely protective she is of Aang in the last scene. She might be the worst person in Team Avatar to be on the wrong side.
I hate when people react badly towards katara bc of this bc it literally makes no sense for her to just be fine with Zuko. People are really dumb sometimes
I'm shocked Pudgey hasn't done a little Katara cosplay for a video, she's got the hair for it! - and Spartan could grow a warrior's wolf knot
It's easy to do nothing... but it's hard to forgive.
It's not just hard, it's impossible
I will never forgive him
But I am ready to forgive you
You were right. Revenge wasn’t what Katara needed.
@@streamspoart2671 That line hits so hard, I love it
Zuko being awkward owns my heart ❤❤😭
Combustion Man's life is actually pretty dark. He has a metal arm because he blew his own arm off when he was young, and now he dies exploding himself.
I’m really hoping you guys won’t be hard on the gang here for treating Zuko how they do initially because it’s totally justified. Lol So it always irks me a bit when reactors get upset and act like the gang is out if hand
Katara made it clear to Zuko! NO BULLSHIT COMING FROM YOU!!!💪🏼
Zuko was so happy to learn the rules and consequences ahead of time for a change lol
Dont disrespect master Jeong Joeng 😂
Funny you mention Zuko's eye color. If you notice they vaguely assigned different colors for different nations. It's not a hard rule but generally fire nation is gold/amber, Earth Kingdom is various shades of green, water tribe obviously blue and air nomads grey. There's cases where it's not 100% like Ty Lee has greyish eyes. But they did it to help differentiate the nations
This id probably one of my favorite episodes. Season three was definitely the best.
And the episodes still get better and better lol
And so begins to close one of the best redemption arcs ever done in any series. This series really has it all.
FYI All firebending capable characters have yellow eyes. Non-firebenders just have dark eyes.
All earthbenders have green eyes. (Toph’s eyes are different because she is blind).
All waterbenders have blue eyes. Although not all blue eyed characters are waterbenders
While they are pale and cloudy Toph's eyes are still green, just a different green from the rest of earthbenders.
the beautiful episodes will keep coming now, so sit tight !!!
Combustion Man’s chi was blocked after getting it with Sokka’s boomerang. That’s why he blew up
This reaction and the one to the last two-parter were great. I love how you can really connect to each characters place emotionally.
Unrelated but pudgey looks so good here! Love that color on you ❤
I've seen people bring up the show being predictable before, which I think is a fair thing to bring up. I think it really works in the shows favor though as it IS a kids show. For a lot of kids this might have been their first time seeing a lot of the tropes present in this show
Sokka just one shotted him is crazy lmao
Team Avatar is almost complete!
Favorite Avatar location
You guys are very well spoken and I’m glad your enjoying my all time favourite show
15:34 Sokka's réaction 😂
Katara said I dare you to slip up one time so I can kill you where you stand lol
ikr she's so annoying
Hello, Zuko here.
i do understand katara but at the same time zuko never said he's on her side in ba sing se. all he did was tell her about his past.
Great grandfather.
the assasing was following orders from Azula and not Zuko, he just was used
If the live action is successful i can't wait to see the western air temple
Finally Zuko is were he belonged!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
and the bright new beginning of Zuko is a Awkward Turtleduck!
Could you please keep the notification ring sound effect at the beginning or end of the video? Hearing it multiple times throughout each video is really distracting.
So quick fan theory here that's just fun. Zuko doesn't know anyone's name yet until he hears someone say their names. He doesn't know Katara, Toph, or Sokka here by name
It’s a funny thought, and maybe he hasn’t heard Toph’s name, but I’m confident he hears Katara and Sokka as early as episode 2
The show to me seems to allow the viewer to grow with the characters and kinda join in on the journey, taking a childlike view in book 1 to getting more mature and serious, actually feeling the weight of what’s happening as we get to book 3. To the point we start expecting so much from it forgetting sometimes it’s meant for kids/tweens.
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@@SpartanandPudgey 👍💯
It doesn’t matter that Zuko didn’t mean it. He came to AANGs temple with all the other defenseless children swinging fire after he said he would stop being a menace. Soooooo? Control your fire not to hurt your friends. Just like aang had to learned with Katara.
22:00 imo, even though it's not stated, i think Katara was threatening Zuko with bloodbending... in a later episode, you'll see Zuko's reaction to Katara's bloodbending and when he realizes that she wasn't kidding around with this threat
Katara is a true ride or die girl
I knew you’d like this one 😉
It's also easy to forget that in regards to Azula, she didn't have a mother who loved her or someone like Iroh to mentor her. She's evil but is still also a product of her family and how she was raised
Her mother absolutely loved her and Iroh certainly tried to mentor her, but Ozai never pushed her away so she leaned into him instead
The show is awesum.
Especially the charakter archs of the figures.
But, Katara's path is... the best one.
You'll see 😉
if zuko do something against aang Katara will kill him
🎧
It’s funny that when Toph hits Zuko with her rock pillar before crawling away, we all know that if it was Jet in that position, he’d be dead. Zuko just winces/grunts for a second and he’s big chillin. 🤷🏻♂️
That's rough buddy, comes next!
W REACTION 🐐
the killer kill himself... this anime is great
Whenever I watch someone react to this episode, I have to go back to Yaboyroshi channel when they do this one cause it cracks me up every time.
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