Zuko and Azula's relationship is *extremely* complicated. I think at the end of the day, they do have love for each other, but due to how they were raised, it's impossible for the two of them to coexist with one another.
I think they love eachother but they both acknowledge that they have to put it aside due to their ideals. Zuko and Azula just can't both be on one side and so they fight eachother, no matter how unconfortable for them it is
I feel like they are genuine times between the two. Like when azula tells zuko not to visit Iroh and be careful, I feel like she actually meant that based on her body language.
In the comics it was made clear that Zuko loved Azula very much, and it was implied that Azula may have returned a little bit of affection towards Zuko but was just too broken to express any of it.
@@NoOne0527 well the fact that she said "Be careful dumb-dumb" implies that she knows he might continue doing so and didn't talk him out of it and only for him to be careful not to get caught by anyone. Kinda like a sibling telling another to be careful when they sneak out the house. And since she gained Litterally nothing for people to believe that he's conspiring with Iroh is a good enough example that she was genuinely trying to keep him out of trouble
This is one of the best and most underrated episodes of an animated series imho. The development of the "villains", revealing their emotions and delving more into the psyche of Zuko. Just urgh, love this
i don`t thik is the best, but even when they do it wrong, they do it right(like "the great divide", i don`t think is a bad episode). It has his cringe moments, but there are fucking hilarious moments. The best part is defenetly the firelace one. The development to that scene could be better and more natural, but just for that scene, it compesates. (Sorry for my english, i`m from Brazil :P)
+MrShaiya96 what are u saying?? Avatar is considered by lots of audiences and critics the best animated show ever most critics put avatar at number 1 for animated shows so what do u mean by "u haven't seen that many animated shows then"
MrShaiya96 I have seen way too many animated series to count 😅😂 Its just my opinion, I think this ep is one of the most underrated and one of the best of any series I've watched. Just my opinion tho! 😊
Which is exactly why so many people reject her character. If you take the time to read between the lines, you’ll find she and Zuko actually have a lot more in common than you realize. Remember, they’re both teenagers. Kids. I don’t really see anyone encourage true emotional attachments in the Fire Nation, or at the very least, show affection externally to their significant others. Keep in mind that Zuko’s mom didn’t want to marry Ozai in the first place, she was forced to. Even if Ursa had grown up with him like Mai had with Zuko, she still would not have wanted to marry Ozai. The teens, especially Mai and Zuko, have been repressing their emotions down because they’ve been told it’s not appropriate or seen as scandalous. And since Mai’s father is a well-known political figure, a scandal about his only daughter caught in a romantic trist with the crown prince definitely looks bad on his part. Does Mai still have her problems? Yes. But nobody is perfect. Especially when you’re from the most hated nation in the world. Neither are Ty Lee or Azula or even Zuko. They all have their quirks and pet peeves. But more than that, they’re human as well. This is my opinion, so keep it kind pls and thank you.
10:48 That scene between Zuko and Azula made me a fan of Azula. Not like a fan that hopes she wins and defeats the Aang gang, but a fan that finally understands her character. She's a terrible person without a doubt. But for a few moments, her voice is soft, almost sad, when she says, "I thought I'd find you here." She listens to what Zuko says and even looks at the house for a moment as if she's remembering it all. "Come down to the beach with me. Come on, this place is depressing." Something can't really depress you unless you have feelings about it. Then, the whole "my own mother thought I was a monster". This episode does a lot to humanize the villains. That's why I can't hate it as much as some people. I know for many, this was a terrible episode. Not for me though.
@32287489543 it can feel a little forced, and the cringey teen angst is strong with this one. I like the episode, but even so, rewatching the bonding sesh at the end can feel like rushed development. It all happens so fast, with problems brought up and resolved soo quickly. It just feels like a bunch of insufferable teens whining at each other. Because it is. It's still good tho, as it does bring context to ozais angels. The best part of the episode is zikos angry at myself bit tho, because that was a problem that has been festering for awhile, so it's satisfying when it's resolved. I loved this episode the first time I saw it, and it's lost its luster with each viewing. Unlike the rest of the show with is amazing every time.
This is my favorite episode! Not only humanizing the enemy but showing that truly you are a product of your upbringing. Everybody was who they were because of the easy their families were built. People complaining about teenage angst, they had no childhood. They were warriors, and political elites that even as children had to act appropriately, something adults struggle with. It shows that even in a country attacking the rest of the world, the children are traumatized in their own right, at a young age Azula had to excel well beyond everybody else to get even a bit of her father's approval. Growing up that amplified, and built her entire personality especially her ruthlessness and perfectionist attitude. This is more explored in the avatar mangas.
"perfectly" Yeah, that's not subjective at all. Don't get me wrong I liked the episode, but I would argue it's more about characterization than actual character development of the characters.
Nina Travis i don’t think anyone in zuko’s family was perfect. Azula was born a bit off, but Ursa neglected her and left her for Ozai to twist her into a sadistic fighting machine
I kinda blame her because of that but I also understand that it must be hard for her to put up with Azula assuming Ozai already set her up to be what is
Honestly that's the only thing I can't justify in Ursas favor. She really did neglect Azula and so very clearly played favorites between her two children which is something you should never do. She said things like "what is wrong with that girl?" As if "that girl" wasn't her own daughter. She could have reached out more and tried to be a positive figure in Azulas life.
Zuko was loved by their mom meanwhile Azula was loved by their father. The only problem is their father is super evil and callous so it only makes sense that Azula would follow suit. Especially since the more loving parent was incredibly hard on her. Plus you have to remember Zuko didn't turn out great either a lot of why he has good in him is due to his Uncle's influence on him otherwise he probably wouldn't have turned out that different than Azula.
Her father was the more 'loving' parent I thought, and he doesn't really do love. Her normal parent (mum) did not love or trust her kid, all that makes for f-ed up kids. All in all, I don't think many children could have survived a childhood like Zuko and Azula had, and still come out okay at the other end. The only reason Zuko is not like his sister is because of his mum caring for him and making sure he was normal-ish, and his uncle trying to keep him on the straight and narrow. Azula being a such a good firebender is what made Ozai pay attention to her, and inflict his 'parenting' on her. It's at least in part what made her who she is.
I like that unlike Blind Wave and with the exception of Nahid, they got that Azulas moment of weakness was genuine and how her upbringing affected her. As funny as Azulas cringe moments are they also show how she sacrificed all basic social skills to become the perfect daughter for her father, in pursuit of affection.
"my own mother, thought I was a monster" ..i felt pretty bad for her :/ i really love the emotions in this episode I love the point that Nahid brought of them humanizing azula. A lot of people believe she's a black and white, storybook villain, but to me this episode really separates her from a lot of other villains.
Janvi The fact she's a sadist who gets a thrill about killing and hurting people and is also a sociopathic liar cancels out any sympathy she would otherwise deserve.
Rick Jones I don't think the purpose is sympathy as much as opening the question of if she could have been, if not a product of her upbringing, worse for it and giving her an element of humanity that hints at her ultimate end.
+Rick Jones Well, she is a sociopath via nurture rather than nature. As a kid she was indoctrinated and emotionally abused by her father, while her mother left her in the dirt to care for Zuko. She is still only 14 years old for fuck's sake. Azula is a victim of her upbringing. I believe that qualifies her for sympathy.
ingenjannik I love this idiotic argument that Ursa basically neglected her. There is NOTHING in the series that says that. The only thing that's actually stated or shown is that Ursa was closer to Zuko because his dad was PHYSICALLY abusive and ACTUALLY neglected him, and she thought Azula was a monster, which she was. She tortured animals for fun. There is NOTHING to suggest Ursa didn't try and help her too. And where does it end genius? Ozai's father was an evil man who favored Iroh and wanted Ozai to murder his son, his own grandson. So does Ozai deserve sympathy? Because it's almost the exact same situation. When do personal responsibility and choices come into play? Yeah, Azula had an evil man for a father. Did it help her? No. But no, it's not all her parents fault she was a sadist from a young age. And again, if Azula deserves soooooo much sympathy, Ozai does too.
Zuko is *not* emo. Emo is pretentious, melodramatic, and self-centered. Emo wears a 'uniform' of black, but it's trendy black from Hot Topic. Zuko has legitimate reasons to feel as he does. He was punished for doing the right thing, then praised for doing the wrong thing-and he knows it.
Pieces109 by definition, Emo literally has no connection with the color black. I’ve had to tell people this my whole life, apparently I’m the only one capable of a google search 😂
Violet and black are my favorite colors. I’m not emo, I just think black is a cool color. But I’m not obsessed on being crazy and depression. These colors symbolize something for me. Something that feels special. Violet because it was my original favorite and because it symbolizes royalty, Rome, Morgana in Merlin, a lot of other characters, and the greatest of them all-Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano. Black because my hair is black and my eyes near close to that color. Black because I love nighttime and it’s not so colorful it burns my eyes out. It’s hard to explain, but those colors are really important to me. Not to mention darker shades of colors look like a pretty cool theme. I love all colors though.
combustion bending is a type of firebending done by concentrating your chi from your mind and letting loose the power of bending it's like bending with your mind, how do I know it's a type of fire bending well it's fire duh and second firebending is always done by breathing in the power of firebending comes from the breathe not the muscle it is an effective form of bending but combustion bending is very dangerous bcos it's fire like jeong jeong said fire is alive it needs control
This episode really shows Azula knows nothing about being a normal teen. This girl is 16 and her life is training to be a fighter fighting the avatar being royalty. Kinda sad.
I don´t think Zuko is an typical "emo". He is just in a deep phase of discovering what he is and what he wants. He is not emotionless, in fact he clearly has emotions and shows them. Mai has more likely an emo-personality... Anyway, great episode, great reaction and i´m exited for what is coming next.
The firelord took Azula under his wing much more than Zuko because she was a firebending prodigy. Zuko wasn't. Ozai saw power in azula, and he used it, and I feel like he twisted her into a sadistic person. Wouldn't be surprised if he was seeing his own dynamic with his brother in his children, and it's plain to see Zuko was more like his mother Ursa while Azula was more like Ozai. He was grooming her for the throne since she was a small child, shaping her to fit his idea of power and strength. TL;DR: Azula's disposition isn't because she's naturally a evil (sociopath perhaps?) it's a result of the way she was "raised", though I hesitate to use that term
If she was a prodigy then who won the agni ki? Zuko would've won if Azula didn't cheat. What happened to Zuko is a result of Iroh in a way since Azulan (Ozai's father and the firelord) wanted ozai to pay the same price Iroh did by losing his son in the war. Ozai, with no regrets, punished Zuko as a result of his thirst for the throne and his father demands. It's probably why Ozai went through with Ursa's plan to poison Azulan and become firelord.
@@Eventzz0 I read this a few days ago. Azula is the kid that at 4 or 5 years old is told they are gifted. Their parents push them because they believe they're special. Then around 15 or 16 when the kids that work hard can catch up they start hitting their first walls while trying to still be better than everyone else, while everyone else is use to walls. So its extremely hard for them to break through. Basically when she started running into the gaang in book 3 she wasn't special anymore, or the strongest. The agni kai loss was just the cherry on top. Zukos hard work finally paid off.
@@SeraphSeph 100% accurate. It's a really fucked up experience to go from thinking you're the best at a young age, then suddenly you hit like 13-15 and you get outclassed and hit all these walls of things you just don't understand. Social skills, happy life experiences, and more normal kid bondings that you just threw away at a young age in pursuit of the perfection you were always told you were. Then you see those you looked down upon handling these things with ease while also surpassing you at what you prided yourself in and it stresses you out inside, but to look cool you just turn that stress into hate and you push everything including your future away. And like with every character that has ever described me - I hated them as a kid. I could see their imperfections because I knew mine and hated them as I have/had no idea how to fix them.
Zuko won because he was a firebending prodigy as well at that point. He became much better at firebending after learning the more pure form/technique that wasn't fed by anger and ambition.
Things I remember most from this episode in descending order: Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, that really compelling deep stuff in the end, 8:24-8:33, and that man who made quite a _boom_ with his entrance, built up with some _sparks._
Jon Mercano Believe it or not Tai Lee, Mai, and Azula's swimsuits were originally drawn to be even more revealing, but they decided it would be too much for a "kids show" plus somewhat out of character for Mai and Azula.
This episode really shows how much Zuko and Azula are a product of their environment. As a young child we saw that Azula was kinda cruel but not more than some normal kids then Ozai favored Azula and twisted her into a weapon. Zuko on the other hand was punished for doing the right thing and was very isolated however eventually he left the sphere of control of his abuser (ozai) and iroh managed to guide him. Azula did terrible things but she also never got the help that she needed.
True. Albeit she was definitely a mean kid so to speak, but a good deal of kids are more mean than the others but eventually, with right teaching from parents, grow out of it and can even turn out as very empathetic people in life. But instead of that, she had Ozai to praise her for bad behavior and for looking down on others, which shaped her into the bloodthirsty cold person that we know. Someone obsessed with being on top and convinced that fear is stronger than love. She crumbled when that worldview was not just challenged, but proven wrong. She believed fear was the only way, cuz that's what she saw. Her grandfather, her father etc. Her uncle crumbled during the war on ba sing se because of his love for his son and his grief. She believed her mother feared her and didn't love her. Then Ursa killed Azulon and went into exile because of her love for Zuko. She left both of them, out of her love for Zuko as far as Azula would've been concerned (even though we know she was going to take both of her children away from Ozai to save them, she DID love Azula, she just didn't understand her and didn't know how to respond to her the way she did with Zuko). But then comes the final blow. Mai's betrayal. "you miscalculated. I love Zuko, more than I fear you". To Azula this is the exact situation that her mother did to her. Since she believed that Ursa feared her, to her thinking that she loved Zuko more is a logical conclusion. And now Mai threw those ideals straight in her face. And then seconds later, Ty Lee displayed the same thing because she saw Mai standing up to Azula for the first time in their lives, and it would make Ty Lee see that they don't have to fear Azula. They don't have to obey her. And the moment Ty Lee saw that, she stood by her actual friend's side as well. Two people whom Azula tried to control through fear, just proved her entire worldview wrong. Which started her downward spiral. She kept clinging to that ideal, yet she kept sending away every one of her followers, the dai li, everything, out of paranoia. Even if she denied it, she knew now, that no matter how much she makes people fear her, it isn't a guarantee that they'll obey her anymore. And so.. in the end she was alone. Her father threw her to the side. Her friends chose each other and Zuko over her. Zuko had strength, had friends, had love in the end. He was lucky to be born, yet he had everything in the end, while she had nothing.
I think the "Terminator" guy is using some sort of super-specialized Firebending. Remember, Iroh said Firebending comes from the breath and this guy always inhales before he fires a shot. Maybe the tattoo helps to focus the blast or something?
The Avatar I fucking hate Azula. But it's not like I think her character sucks, it's just that they did such a good job creating a villain out of her that I hate seeing her on screen lol. I don't know how to explain it. I feel she the perfect bad guy, but I hate seeing and hearing her.
airanator1212 Omg yes I can completely agree with you, she is a great villain but I hate her soooo much, like she was already a devil sense a little kid.
Zuko was loved by his mother but he desired his father's attention. Azula was adored by her father but deserved her mother's attention. I think it al comes down to Azula not getting enough love.
I feel so bad for Mai, man. She's pretty neutral as characters go, not bad, not great, exactly as important as Ty Lee, but people hate her solely because she gets in the way of their ship
Preach it. I'm not going to say Mai is an amazing character, but she was a cool one, and to see the amount of hate she gets because of shipping is ridiculous.
If it's one thing, these guys don't even read comments and are already far ahead in the series. Check some of these comments that are a month old. Thanks
renatosinoski I personally consider that technique as more of a imperfect lighting bending energy separation (just like the one Suko had in season 2, when Iroh was teaching him how to create lighting but he failed and it exploded on his face).
Bending works through your Chakra. The guru named each one and their flow. This metal guy uses an advance form of bending. It is like lighting bending, but uses the Chakra in your stomach directly instead of having energy go through it like redirecting lighting. He gets the energy through his breath, then forces it out through constricting his stomach.
"[Azula] is a product of her upbringing...her mom didn't love her." This episode provided the first hints of a deeper Azula. :D Even if her moment around the bonfire was very short and followed by humor, it still was real. ;) Azula isn't naturally "evil." She is her father's daughter.
And by what I heard a redemption story for her had been planned originally. So yes, certainly a change for her was possible. And still is, if the Netflix series is great.
I'm sure many have pointed this out but I'm too lazy to read the comments lol. The combustion man is a firebender, combustion bender if you will. It's a sub-element of fire, just like lightning, but extremely rare. All Chi is located in the forehead, where his third eye is. The third eye is just a tattoo but that's where he creates the explosions. I think it was comfirmed that he can't firebend normally.
John Cena This is the sad truth for this and blind wave. They fell to the dark side. They know the avatar fan base is VERY devoted and give alot on patreon to watch the videos early.
HacaPotato lol what dark side? They have lives outside of RUclips and these videos are very time consuming to make so they have every right to make money off of them if people want to pay to watch them early
HacaPotato Blind Wave didn't switch to one episode a week. They kept doing 2 episodes. They just didn't go up to 3. They didn't even want to do 2 in the first place, so only one for Korra.
This episode is one of my favourites because it shows how the villains react under non-threatening situations and how they interact with the normal world
I have to say, "The Terminator" has got to be my all time favorite very minor character in the series. I just love how everything just combust around him, with a loud boom and sparks just start flying, man. 😉
Zuko had a nurturing mother, and Iroh as a wise father figure meanwhile Azula only had a cruel dad who liked her power and a mother who saw her as a monster.
This episode is amazing and frankly underappreciated in my eyes. Such a refreshing change of pace and the dynamic between the "villians" are really interesting to watch. Wish we got a follow up episode to this.
22:49 Remember what Iroh told Zuko in Book One, Episode One, 'The Boy in the Iceberg': "power in firebending comes from the breath". Later in the series Jeong Jeong and The Guru reconfirmed that teaching, and Iroh repeated it. This episode is extremely underrated. It really highlights Zuko's inner conflict.
Normies, I am not sue about your feelings about parenting but a mother showing that much distain for a child is appalling. Azula was a bad egg and thrived on getting on Zuko's case all the time. She would bug him and he would complain to his mom who already wasn't too keen on Azula. Azula was a prodigy when she was a toddler and Ozai abandoned his son as soon as it was clear Azula was better than Zuko. But for Ursa to show that much dislike, that her child grows up thinking of herself as a monster, thus feeling she might as well fulfill that label, was wrong. So she kept getting closer to her father and trying to emulate him in all things, including making Zuko's like miserable. Also Azula was jealous of Zuko being a boy, thus was more likely to gain power and the throne.Ursa and Ozai wee not seeing eye to eye over their children. So they grew up as rivals instead of siblings. But to be honest I still feel, all these years later, that Azula doesn't always lie. Azula wants to put Zuko down to make herself feel better and she will throw him under the bus if needed, but a few times in the series her advice for him wasn't bad.
Zarola Ursa did care about Azula. She thought of Azula the way she did because of Azula‘s actions. Naturally she is going to give Zuko more attention because he already was neglected by pretty much everyone. Don’t try to paint Ursa to be the bad guy when there is nothing we can go off on. From what we know Azula already had these tendencies from a very young age. You make it sound like Ursa made her a monster wich ain’t the truth. I know your comment is old btw.
Hilarious and yet subtly moving episode, anchored by Zuko's agonizing realization that he royally fucked up. I wouldn't call him emo, though. That seems misplaced and dismissive of the characters very believable inner turmoil. He's angry, so very angry, and mayhaps the Normies can't quite grasp how alone and conflicted he really is at this point in time. He's been full of rage for years.. That being said, I love their reactions and hope they post more of these videos than just once a week.
God this episode had everything. Funny-angsty-teen stuff, those sad Zuko flashbacks + the "I'm angry with myself", the lowkey epic fight against crazy metal man... I loved it. I can't wait to see your reactions because it only gets better from now on. Also: 9:34 "Zuko is emo as shit" thanks Nahid for voicing my thoughts throughout the entire episode lmao (also #2: Rana is me everytime Mai and Zuko are near each other ew get that away from me)
With Azula, I feel that she has more depth that what we have seen of her (I have watched the entire series 3 times, and I love Azula (Toph also)). From this episode, you can gather that Azula and her mom had a very strained relationship. So without her mother who would she have gone to, oh right, the other member of the family that encouraged her (her father). If her father burned Zuko for just speaking out, not even directly to him, imagine what he would do to his daughter if she did not live up to his expectations, she is a 'prodigy' after all. Also look at how Ozai acts and then look at Azula, if she was raised mainly by her father, who acts very cruel, dangerous, powerfull, etc. You would see a lot of similarities, Ozai raised her from a very young age to be a weapon. So seeing her trying to act like a normal child makes me feel pity for her. I promise, once you get to the end of the series you will feel sorry for her. (Then again I am a huge Azula fan) Also I love your reactions.
Azula wasn't a bad egg from the beginning. Their mom was forced into the marriage, she thought Ozai was a monster and tried to protect and love Zuko, but this led to her not being able to give poor Azula enough attention, drawing her to Ozai and making her feel like a fighting machine instead of loved :(((
Its a very rare and specialized form of fire bending (called "combustion bending") where the bender completely focuses their chi into shooting highly concentrated energy blasts. It is very powerful but also involves a lot of risk to the bender. If they don't completely focus their chi the blast can happen inside (or very near) the bender's head.
He is right. Azula was personally coached by Ozai to be a war machine from the very beginning whereas Zuko was ignored by Ozai as he thought Zuko wasn’t his.
I wish you guys would release two episodes for Avatar a week. It makes sense with new shows like Thrones or Rick and Morty being weekly but Avatar has been done for years and even Kora has been done too.
Something I just realized is that the area where Aang fights Combustion Man is like a smaller version of the final battle arena. So in a messed up sort of way, Zuko sending him after Aang helped him train for the final battle.
During Zuko's brief flashbacks, there is one with Iroh holding a baby/toddler (who presumably is Zuko) and there is also a kid with them. That kid was Lu Ten (Iroh's son). Its a nice touch that they put him in there, many people might not even notice. I make videos about Avatar, if anyone is interested.
Hahaha, Suraj loves to highlight Nahid's 'I think' reactions. Also #TyLeeThick! Aso, even though the action was limited in this episode, it was still very well choreographed! Kudos to the people behind action scenes, they always find ways to get creative with bending routines.
I'm always surprised when people are confused about the terminator's bending, like it's clearly an explosion, so my first thought on my first watch of A:TLA was well duh, combustion=heat=firebending
The guy chasing Aang and the others is a special type of Fire bender called a combustion bender. He literally bends explosions thanks to that eye tattoo. It also requires immense amounts of focus and really good aim which is why he takes a deep breath before blasting someone.
Three years late but two interesting but little details to note. We've seen Aang's wound on his back from Azula's lightning. But here we saw an identical wound on the bottom of his foot. Whe lightning strikes, it grounds through the fastest route. Ang was hit in the back, so the lightning went out of his body through his feet, burning it along with his back. Then there's Zuko. We've seen Zuko shirtless back in book 1 and he was RIPPED as hell. In this episode he is extremely scrawny with ribs showing. He starved for months after he and Iroh became fugitives on the run while in the Earth Kingdom. Which would lead to him losing a lot of his muscle mass due to not being able to intake enough food to maintain it, thus explaining his way skinnier frame in book 3.
Zuko and Azula's relationship is *extremely* complicated. I think at the end of the day, they do have love for each other, but due to how they were raised, it's impossible for the two of them to coexist with one another.
I think they love eachother but they both acknowledge that they have to put it aside due to their ideals. Zuko and Azula just can't both be on one side and so they fight eachother, no matter how unconfortable for them it is
I feel like they are genuine times between the two. Like when azula tells zuko not to visit Iroh and be careful, I feel like she actually meant that based on her body language.
In the comics it was made clear that Zuko loved Azula very much, and it was implied that Azula may have returned a little bit of affection towards Zuko but was just too broken to express any of it.
Carlos Alejandro Alvarenga I think she only said that because she knew that Iroh could change Zuko and get him to join the Avatar.
@@NoOne0527 well the fact that she said "Be careful dumb-dumb" implies that she knows he might continue doing so and didn't talk him out of it and only for him to be careful not to get caught by anyone.
Kinda like a sibling telling another to be careful when they sneak out the house. And since she gained Litterally nothing for people to believe that he's conspiring with Iroh is a good enough example that she was genuinely trying to keep him out of trouble
This episode singlehandedly made me want a series with Zuko, Azula, Tai Lee, and Mai.
Michael Henry Same
Michael Henry I know this is old I’m sorry I can’t help it, but *Ty Lee
More like a sitcom or a gossip show-the good kind, obviously
The Kardashians but with psyco princesses and hothead princes. It would fit with the whole spoiled rich kid vibe 😂
The Kardashians? Haha
Azula trying to socialize is the greatest thing ever. It's the best kind of cringe. xD
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One of my favorite bits of the whole series. It really makes me feel sorry for her.
@@staticshotaop561 ALMOST in sync 10:40
Suddenly she´s just a teen who doesn´t know how to talk to people. Very human and lovely to put that in for the main antagonist.
@@stevethea5250 Dude, WHAT?
This is one of the best and most underrated episodes of an animated series imho. The development of the "villains", revealing their emotions and delving more into the psyche of Zuko. Just urgh, love this
Broccoli Rocks "of an animated series." Guessing you haven't seen too many animated series...
i don`t thik is the best, but even when they do it wrong, they do it right(like "the great divide", i don`t think is a bad episode). It has his cringe moments, but there are fucking hilarious moments. The best part is defenetly the firelace one. The development to that scene could be better and more natural, but just for that scene, it compesates. (Sorry for my english, i`m from Brazil :P)
+MrShaiya96 what are u saying?? Avatar is considered by lots of audiences and critics the best animated show ever most critics put avatar at number 1 for animated shows so what do u mean by "u haven't seen that many animated shows then"
MrShaiya96 I have seen way too many animated series to count 😅😂 Its just my opinion, I think this ep is one of the most underrated and one of the best of any series I've watched. Just my opinion tho! 😊
Mega Tron RESPOND..
Anime are animated series, too, bro. And avatar doesn't even break the Top 10.
I love how Mai explains that she’s basically Toph if she hadn’t taken control of her life.
Wow nice observation!
Which is exactly why so many people reject her character. If you take the time to read between the lines, you’ll find she and Zuko actually have a lot more in common than you realize.
Remember, they’re both teenagers. Kids. I don’t really see anyone encourage true emotional attachments in the Fire Nation, or at the very least, show affection externally to their significant others. Keep in mind that Zuko’s mom didn’t want to marry Ozai in the first place, she was forced to. Even if Ursa had grown up with him like Mai had with Zuko, she still would not have wanted to marry Ozai.
The teens, especially Mai and Zuko, have been repressing their emotions down because they’ve been told it’s not appropriate or seen as scandalous. And since Mai’s father is a well-known political figure, a scandal about his only daughter caught in a romantic trist with the crown prince definitely looks bad on his part.
Does Mai still have her problems? Yes. But nobody is perfect. Especially when you’re from the most hated nation in the world. Neither are Ty Lee or Azula or even Zuko. They all have their quirks and pet peeves. But more than that, they’re human as well.
This is my opinion, so keep it kind pls and thank you.
@@Ravenclaw75908 And after the war they split hahaha your comment is dumb
The creators confirmed they get back together and have Izumi
@@justicea3579 source?
10:48 That scene between Zuko and Azula made me a fan of Azula. Not like a fan that hopes she wins and defeats the Aang gang, but a fan that finally understands her character. She's a terrible person without a doubt. But for a few moments, her voice is soft, almost sad, when she says, "I thought I'd find you here." She listens to what Zuko says and even looks at the house for a moment as if she's remembering it all. "Come down to the beach with me. Come on, this place is depressing." Something can't really depress you unless you have feelings about it. Then, the whole "my own mother thought I was a monster". This episode does a lot to humanize the villains. That's why I can't hate it as much as some people. I know for many, this was a terrible episode. Not for me though.
@32287489543 it can feel a little forced, and the cringey teen angst is strong with this one. I like the episode, but even so, rewatching the bonding sesh at the end can feel like rushed development. It all happens so fast, with problems brought up and resolved soo quickly. It just feels like a bunch of insufferable teens whining at each other. Because it is. It's still good tho, as it does bring context to ozais angels. The best part of the episode is zikos angry at myself bit tho, because that was a problem that has been festering for awhile, so it's satisfying when it's resolved. I loved this episode the first time I saw it, and it's lost its luster with each viewing. Unlike the rest of the show with is amazing every time.
Nicholas Singleton I like this episode, the only episodes I skip when I rewatch the series is the great divide (obviously) and the fortune teller.
This is my favorite episode! Not only humanizing the enemy but showing that truly you are a product of your upbringing. Everybody was who they were because of the easy their families were built. People complaining about teenage angst, they had no childhood. They were warriors, and political elites that even as children had to act appropriately, something adults struggle with. It shows that even in a country attacking the rest of the world, the children are traumatized in their own right, at a young age Azula had to excel well beyond everybody else to get even a bit of her father's approval. Growing up that amplified, and built her entire personality especially her ruthlessness and perfectionist attitude. This is more explored in the avatar mangas.
And this is why Azula is one of my favorite characters.
“Of course she was right, I am a monster”
This episode alone has more character development then like every cartoon out right now
Gabriel Tzukishiro I do, and he's right.
+Gabriel Tzukishirk why u getting mad?? He didn't say anything wrong if anything he's right
Not really, plus this character development was done in big part through exposition, which is less than ideal.
babehunter1324 Unless it's done perfectly, which it is here.
"perfectly"
Yeah, that's not subjective at all. Don't get me wrong I liked the episode, but I would argue it's more about characterization than actual character development of the characters.
If "The Headband" was based on FOOTLOOSE, "The Beach" is based on THE BREAKFAST CLUB.
Mokkari77 lol you mean The power 105 show?
TheAdamSmasher Multiverse Yeah Azula is clearly Charlamagne
footloose is cringey and shit for a femela or betamale
Also The Guru = Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Mazdak Amirani What the fuck are you talking about?
Best line ever “ my own mother thought I was a monster... she was right of course, but it still hurt” made me laugh but understand Azula so much more.
Ursa loved Azula, she just didn't understand Azula. She also didn't put up with a great deal of Azula's shit.
Nina Travis i don’t think anyone in zuko’s family was perfect. Azula was born a bit off, but Ursa neglected her and left her for Ozai to twist her into a sadistic fighting machine
Also the comics reveal a lot about how fucked up the parents relationship was, that heavily effected the children as well.
That could also do with Ozai constantly going between Ursa and Azula
I kinda blame her because of that but I also understand that it must be hard for her to put up with Azula assuming Ozai already set her up to be what is
Honestly that's the only thing I can't justify in Ursas favor. She really did neglect Azula and so very clearly played favorites between her two children which is something you should never do. She said things like "what is wrong with that girl?" As if "that girl" wasn't her own daughter. She could have reached out more and tried to be a positive figure in Azulas life.
I just realized how much Ty lee was dragged in this episode : ((
her circus ass got *S N A T C H E D*
"circus ass"
I'd be all up in that circus ass.
Dragged?
THE Berrby roasted, but make it gay
Fire nation Stiffler: "It's a great place... if you like sand"
Azula: "I don’t like sand, it’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere"
Joey Deguelle 😂😂😂😂😂😂
where does that phrase come from?
@@gumballwatterson5037 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.
Take a seat young fire bender
Zuko was loved by their mom meanwhile Azula was loved by their father. The only problem is their father is super evil and callous so it only makes sense that Azula would follow suit. Especially since the more loving parent was incredibly hard on her. Plus you have to remember Zuko didn't turn out great either a lot of why he has good in him is due to his Uncle's influence on him otherwise he probably wouldn't have turned out that different than Azula.
Marche800 How was Ursa incredibly hard on her? She reprimanded Azula when she said something messed up. She acted like a parent.
Her father was the more 'loving' parent I thought, and he doesn't really do love. Her normal parent (mum) did not love or trust her kid, all that makes for f-ed up kids. All in all, I don't think many children could have survived a childhood like Zuko and Azula had, and still come out okay at the other end. The only reason Zuko is not like his sister is because of his mum caring for him and making sure he was normal-ish, and his uncle trying to keep him on the straight and narrow. Azula being a such a good firebender is what made Ozai pay attention to her, and inflict his 'parenting' on her. It's at least in part what made her who she is.
Marche800 he would have turned out different than azula - remember 1x3 or 1x12?
Azula is a psycho bitch...and much, much worse than zuko ever was
Azula is a textbook psychopath. Pretty simple really.
Ozai never loved azula he _favoured_ her. There's a difference
Zuko : You like him, don't you?
Book 2 EP 19: The Guru = Empire Strikes Back
Book 3 EP 2: Headband = Footlose
Book 3 EP 5: The Beach = Breakfast Club
Book 3: The Avatar and the Firelord = Star Wars Prequels
Book 3: Southern Raiders = Kill Bill
Book 3: Ember Island Players = The Last Airbender Movie
@@_stayoung_ Excuse me... Ember Island Players is 10x better than the movie
Age old joke, the Gaang hated how they were portrayed in the play/movie.
Mica Andy fr at least they knew how to pronounce the names.
no, empire strikes back is the crossroads of destiny
I like that unlike Blind Wave and with the exception of Nahid, they got that Azulas moment of weakness was genuine and how her upbringing affected her. As funny as Azulas cringe moments are they also show how she sacrificed all basic social skills to become the perfect daughter for her father, in pursuit of affection.
Well said
"my own mother, thought I was a monster" ..i felt pretty bad for her :/
i really love the emotions in this episode
I love the point that Nahid brought of them humanizing azula. A lot of people believe she's a black and white, storybook villain, but to me this episode really separates her from a lot of other villains.
Janvi The fact she's a sadist who gets a thrill about killing and hurting people and is also a sociopathic liar cancels out any sympathy she would otherwise deserve.
Rick Jones I don't think the purpose is sympathy as much as opening the question of if she could have been, if not a product of her upbringing, worse for it and giving her an element of humanity that hints at her ultimate end.
Gabriel Tzukishiro Why? Because I'm not some crybaby bitch who whines that Azula had such a hard life and nothing is her fault? Dumb ass.
+Rick Jones
Well, she is a sociopath via nurture rather than nature. As a kid she was indoctrinated and emotionally abused by her father, while her mother left her in the dirt to care for Zuko.
She is still only 14 years old for fuck's sake. Azula is a victim of her upbringing. I believe that qualifies her for sympathy.
ingenjannik I love this idiotic argument that Ursa basically neglected her. There is NOTHING in the series that says that. The only thing that's actually stated or shown is that Ursa was closer to Zuko because his dad was PHYSICALLY abusive and ACTUALLY neglected him, and she thought Azula was a monster, which she was. She tortured animals for fun. There is NOTHING to suggest Ursa didn't try and help her too. And where does it end genius? Ozai's father was an evil man who favored Iroh and wanted Ozai to murder his son, his own grandson. So does Ozai deserve sympathy? Because it's almost the exact same situation. When do personal responsibility and choices come into play? Yeah, Azula had an evil man for a father. Did it help her? No. But no, it's not all her parents fault she was a sadist from a young age. And again, if Azula deserves soooooo much sympathy, Ozai does too.
"She can firebend without flaming" 😹
That's Azula for you
Zuko is *not* emo. Emo is pretentious, melodramatic, and self-centered. Emo wears a 'uniform' of black, but it's trendy black from Hot Topic. Zuko has legitimate reasons to feel as he does. He was punished for doing the right thing, then praised for doing the wrong thing-and he knows it.
Being emo has nothing to do with the color black. That’s being Goth.
Pieces109 by definition, Emo literally has no connection with the color black. I’ve had to tell people this my whole life, apparently I’m the only one capable of a google search 😂
+Michael Jordan L
Violet and black are my favorite colors. I’m not emo, I just think black is a cool color. But I’m not obsessed on being crazy and depression.
These colors symbolize something for me. Something that feels special. Violet because it was my original favorite and because it symbolizes royalty, Rome, Morgana in Merlin, a lot of other characters, and the greatest of them all-Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano. Black because my hair is black and my eyes near close to that color. Black because I love nighttime and it’s not so colorful it burns my eyes out. It’s hard to explain, but those colors are really important to me. Not to mention darker shades of colors look like a pretty cool theme. I love all colors though.
When I use the word ‘emo’ I mostly, if not only, use it as an abbreviation for emotional.
Combustion Bending...
No...
It's sparky sparky boom bending
Wtf is this comment a month ago? Do they post their reaction episodes on patron that early??
it's blowing-things-up-with-your-mind-bending
in short: Mindblowing XD
combustion bending is a type of firebending done by concentrating your chi from your mind and letting loose the power of bending it's like bending with your mind, how do I know it's a type of fire bending well it's fire duh and second firebending is always done by breathing in the power of firebending comes from the breathe not the muscle
it is an effective form of bending but combustion bending is very dangerous bcos it's fire like jeong jeong said fire is alive it needs control
+Kim Hanna they're 6 episodes ahead on patreon (uploaded part 2 of black sun today)
This episode really shows Azula knows nothing about being a normal teen. This girl is 16 and her life is training to be a fighter fighting the avatar being royalty. Kinda sad.
*14
She's 14
Edgar Retana How was she trained to fight the avatar when until just a few months before Ozai and everyone thought the Avatar was gone forever?
shes 14
BabyMoon185 nice
I don´t think Zuko is an typical "emo". He is just in a deep phase of discovering what he is and what he wants. He is not emotionless, in fact he clearly has emotions and shows them. Mai has more likely an emo-personality...
Anyway, great episode, great reaction and i´m exited for what is coming next.
emo means emotional.
You literally got it backwards.
zuko is emo. mai is goth. get it right
The firelord took Azula under his wing much more than Zuko because she was a firebending prodigy. Zuko wasn't. Ozai saw power in azula, and he used it, and I feel like he twisted her into a sadistic person. Wouldn't be surprised if he was seeing his own dynamic with his brother in his children, and it's plain to see Zuko was more like his mother Ursa while Azula was more like Ozai. He was grooming her for the throne since she was a small child, shaping her to fit his idea of power and strength. TL;DR: Azula's disposition isn't because she's naturally a evil (sociopath perhaps?) it's a result of the way she was "raised", though I hesitate to use that term
Kaecey the panda No. TL;DR would rather be "Azula's not a psychopath but sociopath."
If she was a prodigy then who won the agni ki? Zuko would've won if Azula didn't cheat. What happened to Zuko is a result of Iroh in a way since Azulan (Ozai's father and the firelord) wanted ozai to pay the same price Iroh did by losing his son in the war. Ozai, with no regrets, punished Zuko as a result of his thirst for the throne and his father demands. It's probably why Ozai went through with Ursa's plan to poison Azulan and become firelord.
@@Eventzz0 I read this a few days ago.
Azula is the kid that at 4 or 5 years old is told they are gifted. Their parents push them because they believe they're special. Then around 15 or 16 when the kids that work hard can catch up they start hitting their first walls while trying to still be better than everyone else, while everyone else is use to walls. So its extremely hard for them to break through.
Basically when she started running into the gaang in book 3 she wasn't special anymore, or the strongest. The agni kai loss was just the cherry on top. Zukos hard work finally paid off.
@@SeraphSeph 100% accurate. It's a really fucked up experience to go from thinking you're the best at a young age, then suddenly you hit like 13-15 and you get outclassed and hit all these walls of things you just don't understand. Social skills, happy life experiences, and more normal kid bondings that you just threw away at a young age in pursuit of the perfection you were always told you were. Then you see those you looked down upon handling these things with ease while also surpassing you at what you prided yourself in and it stresses you out inside, but to look cool you just turn that stress into hate and you push everything including your future away. And like with every character that has ever described me - I hated them as a kid. I could see their imperfections because I knew mine and hated them as I have/had no idea how to fix them.
Zuko won because he was a firebending prodigy as well at that point. He became much better at firebending after learning the more pure form/technique that wasn't fed by anger and ambition.
Things I remember most from this episode in descending order: Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, Ty Lee in that white swimsuit, that really compelling deep stuff in the end, 8:24-8:33, and that man who made quite a _boom_ with his entrance, built up with some _sparks._
I think you forgot to mention Ty Lee in that white swimsuit.
SHIT THAT'S RIGHT!!!!
Jon Mercano Believe it or not Tai Lee, Mai, and Azula's swimsuits were originally drawn to be even more revealing, but they decided it would be too much for a "kids show" plus somewhat out of character for Mai and Azula.
+Jonathan Dean *mandatory 'This isn't a kid's show' comment*
Jonathan Dean Are these original designs available anywhere?
Micky- "O i don't think its gonna be R and R on the beach"
Me- "Oh yes"
Also 2:47
wait what's R and R
whats R &R?
R & R means rest and relaxation. So Micky didn't think it would actually be them just hanging out at the beach.
This episode really shows how much Zuko and Azula are a product of their environment. As a young child we saw that Azula was kinda cruel but not more than some normal kids then Ozai favored Azula and twisted her into a weapon. Zuko on the other hand was punished for doing the right thing and was very isolated however eventually he left the sphere of control of his abuser (ozai) and iroh managed to guide him. Azula did terrible things but she also never got the help that she needed.
True. Albeit she was definitely a mean kid so to speak, but a good deal of kids are more mean than the others but eventually, with right teaching from parents, grow out of it and can even turn out as very empathetic people in life. But instead of that, she had Ozai to praise her for bad behavior and for looking down on others, which shaped her into the bloodthirsty cold person that we know. Someone obsessed with being on top and convinced that fear is stronger than love.
She crumbled when that worldview was not just challenged, but proven wrong. She believed fear was the only way, cuz that's what she saw. Her grandfather, her father etc. Her uncle crumbled during the war on ba sing se because of his love for his son and his grief. She believed her mother feared her and didn't love her. Then Ursa killed Azulon and went into exile because of her love for Zuko. She left both of them, out of her love for Zuko as far as Azula would've been concerned (even though we know she was going to take both of her children away from Ozai to save them, she DID love Azula, she just didn't understand her and didn't know how to respond to her the way she did with Zuko).
But then comes the final blow. Mai's betrayal. "you miscalculated. I love Zuko, more than I fear you". To Azula this is the exact situation that her mother did to her. Since she believed that Ursa feared her, to her thinking that she loved Zuko more is a logical conclusion. And now Mai threw those ideals straight in her face. And then seconds later, Ty Lee displayed the same thing because she saw Mai standing up to Azula for the first time in their lives, and it would make Ty Lee see that they don't have to fear Azula. They don't have to obey her. And the moment Ty Lee saw that, she stood by her actual friend's side as well.
Two people whom Azula tried to control through fear, just proved her entire worldview wrong. Which started her downward spiral. She kept clinging to that ideal, yet she kept sending away every one of her followers, the dai li, everything, out of paranoia. Even if she denied it, she knew now, that no matter how much she makes people fear her, it isn't a guarantee that they'll obey her anymore.
And so.. in the end she was alone. Her father threw her to the side. Her friends chose each other and Zuko over her. Zuko had strength, had friends, had love in the end. He was lucky to be born, yet he had everything in the end, while she had nothing.
ALL ABOARD THE 'AVATAR AND THE FIRELORD' HYPE TRAIN!!
Umar Yousaf here
Can't wait to see their reactions to the puppetmaster too.
Huddaman are they Mexican
+k milton They're Indian, but the girl, Rana, is Arab
CHUUUU FREAKIN CHUUU BASTARDS!!! ( Those are train noises)
Zuko and Azula are so mean!! They burn without their powers.
I think the "Terminator" guy is using some sort of super-specialized Firebending. Remember, Iroh said Firebending comes from the breath and this guy always inhales before he fires a shot. Maybe the tattoo helps to focus the blast or something?
Mayhemm007 a year late but it has something to do with imperfect lighting bending like when Zuko tried it and he kept blowing himself up
Covered in ash dude this isn’t canon stop sharing this
I was laughing non-stop! (+Azula only said, that her mother favored Zuko, not that she didn´t love her.)
Angemon well she did ignore her and the fact that the show tried to paint their mother as a saint which she isnt at all.
She did say that her mother thought she was a monster, and that it still hurts her.
The Avatar She was a monster. Better to realize that than to pretend Azula was some perfect little angel.
her mother WAS a saint compared to the family around her.
Timeyin Sholaye she wasnt really.
YES! MY FAVORITE EPISODE! ZUKO AND AZULA ARE THE BEST!
The Avatar I fucking hate Azula. But it's not like I think her character sucks, it's just that they did such a good job creating a villain out of her that I hate seeing her on screen lol. I don't know how to explain it. I feel she the perfect bad guy, but I hate seeing and hearing her.
airanator1212 Omg yes I can completely agree with you, she is a great villain but I hate her soooo much, like she was already a devil sense a little kid.
When Combustion Man first attacks, absolutely no music is playing. It’s pure SFX.
This just gives me the feeling of, “Oh shit.”
I prefer sparky sparky boom man
Zuko was loved by his mother but he desired his father's attention. Azula was adored by her father but deserved her mother's attention. I think it al comes down to Azula not getting enough love.
The Beech: Legend of Rana
Chesler Park have fun being arrested broski
Chesler Park lol XD
I feel so bad for Mai, man. She's pretty neutral as characters go, not bad, not great, exactly as important as Ty Lee, but people hate her solely because she gets in the way of their ship
Preach it. I'm not going to say Mai is an amazing character, but she was a cool one, and to see the amount of hate she gets because of shipping is ridiculous.
Yeah, totally. If you look beyond her constant silence and sarcastic demeanor, she actually has just as much depth as the rest of the characters.
What ship??? Zuko is canonically with her. There is no other ship
@@jagerzaku9160 probably zutara they were a pretty popular ship
I remember the first time I watched this episode I cried during zukos rant , the emotions man
The third eye is a form of fire bending where you can blow things up with your mind if have said thing in sight :D + sparky sparky boom man
If it's one thing, these guys don't even read comments and are already far ahead in the series. Check some of these comments that are a month old. Thanks
They wanted to know in the episode how sparky sparky boom man could do what he could do, just elaborating :3
In fact, it is a subcategory of fire control, when it has master air and fire genes
renatosinoski I personally consider that technique as more of a imperfect lighting bending energy separation (just like the one Suko had in season 2, when Iroh was teaching him how to create lighting but he failed and it exploded on his face).
renatosinoski Not true, it's a style of firebending
Bending works through your Chakra. The guru named each one and their flow. This metal guy uses an advance form of bending. It is like lighting bending, but uses the Chakra in your stomach directly instead of having energy go through it like redirecting lighting. He gets the energy through his breath, then forces it out through constricting his stomach.
"She can fire-bend without flames" My favourite quote of this videos 😂😂😂😂
Ive always loved the fight when the metal man attacks, how its quiet and they just jump into action
"Ba Sing Cray" That's going with me to the grave.
I believe ty lee and azula had something going on. At least once.
What
I'd wanna know and see it. They sweet.
@@bmgmist273 lmaoooo this comment and your reaction was everything
Wtf
"[Azula] is a product of her upbringing...her mom didn't love her."
This episode provided the first hints of a deeper Azula. :D
Even if her moment around the bonfire was very short and followed by humor, it still was real. ;) Azula isn't naturally "evil." She is her father's daughter.
And by what I heard a redemption story for her had been planned originally. So yes, certainly a change for her was possible. And still is, if the Netflix series is great.
I'm sure many have pointed this out but I'm too lazy to read the comments lol. The combustion man is a firebender, combustion bender if you will. It's a sub-element of fire, just like lightning, but extremely rare. All Chi is located in the forehead, where his third eye is. The third eye is just a tattoo but that's where he creates the explosions. I think it was comfirmed that he can't firebend normally.
That explosion bending is a sub level for fire bending.
Kind of like how metal bending is a sub level for earth bending.
Starch March also like lightning
I think it was made by a fire ender learning techniques from a Airbender just like how fire benders discovered lightning from water
@@SlashDashPro actually no. Its just from an overdeveloped chakra. His third eye was overgrown, and his fire bending manifested through his third eye.
subtype*
Zukos.....speech.....was.....everything!!!!😍😫😍😫😍😫
ok so since game of thrones is over, can we PLEASE go back to two episodes a week??
Good job inc. Never gonna happen, best tear that band-aid off now.
Sorry but they can't. They have to milk this for the patreon revenue.
John Cena This is the sad truth for this and blind wave. They fell to the dark side. They know the avatar fan base is VERY devoted and give alot on patreon to watch the videos early.
HacaPotato lol what dark side? They have lives outside of RUclips and these videos are very time consuming to make so they have every right to make money off of them if people want to pay to watch them early
HacaPotato Blind Wave didn't switch to one episode a week. They kept doing 2 episodes. They just didn't go up to 3.
They didn't even want to do 2 in the first place, so only one for Korra.
So is Rana Ty Lee now instead of Katara?
If so then Sokka x Ty Lee is now confirmed! (in a roundabout way)
Rana looks like June.
she'll be back at katara when things between her and zuko start lol
+P M so never?
3x16
P M That's not "starting anything" mate.
This episode is one of my favourites because it shows how the villains react under non-threatening situations and how they interact with the normal world
I have to say, "The Terminator" has got to be my all time favorite very minor character in the series. I just love how everything just combust around him, with a loud boom and sparks just start flying, man. 😉
i agree! him and guru pathik just cause..guru pathik is amazing!
Zuko had a nurturing mother, and Iroh as a wise father figure meanwhile Azula only had a cruel dad who liked her power and a mother who saw her as a monster.
"She can fire bend without flame" easily the greatest comment about any show in the history of ever.
This episode is amazing and frankly underappreciated in my eyes. Such a refreshing change of pace and the dynamic between the "villians" are really interesting to watch. Wish we got a follow up episode to this.
Love zuko and Mai together.
Azula's arc in Season 3 is only rivaled by Zuko's in Season 2. So excited to see it play out.
22:49 Remember what Iroh told Zuko in Book One, Episode One, 'The Boy in the Iceberg': "power in firebending comes from the breath". Later in the series Jeong Jeong and The Guru reconfirmed that teaching, and Iroh repeated it.
This episode is extremely underrated. It really highlights Zuko's inner conflict.
Combustion bending is an extension of fire bending
Normies, I am not sue about your feelings about parenting but a mother showing that much distain for a child is appalling. Azula was a bad egg and thrived on getting on Zuko's case all the time. She would bug him and he would complain to his mom who already wasn't too keen on Azula. Azula was a prodigy when she was a toddler and Ozai abandoned his son as soon as it was clear Azula was better than Zuko. But for Ursa to show that much dislike, that her child grows up thinking of herself as a monster, thus feeling she might as well fulfill that label, was wrong. So she kept getting closer to her father and trying to emulate him in all things, including making Zuko's like miserable. Also Azula was jealous of Zuko being a boy, thus was more likely to gain power and the throne.Ursa and Ozai wee not seeing eye to eye over their children. So they grew up as rivals instead of siblings. But to be honest I still feel, all these years later, that Azula doesn't always lie. Azula wants to put Zuko down to make herself feel better and she will throw him under the bus if needed, but a few times in the series her advice for him wasn't bad.
Zarola Ursa did care about Azula. She thought of Azula the way she did because of Azula‘s actions. Naturally she is going to give Zuko more attention because he already was neglected by pretty much everyone. Don’t try to paint Ursa to be the bad guy when there is nothing we can go off on. From what we know Azula already had these tendencies from a very young age. You make it sound like Ursa made her a monster wich ain’t the truth. I know your comment is old btw.
Combustion bending is another variation of firebending similar to lightning generation
Hilarious and yet subtly moving episode, anchored by Zuko's agonizing realization that he royally fucked up. I wouldn't call him emo, though. That seems misplaced and dismissive of the characters very believable inner turmoil. He's angry, so very angry, and mayhaps the Normies can't quite grasp how alone and conflicted he really is at this point in time. He's been full of rage for years.. That being said, I love their reactions and hope they post more of these videos than just once a week.
The whole time I was watching this episode for the first time, I was going “AZULA NO-“
He's combustion bending which is a very rare and advanced form of fire bending.
God this episode had everything. Funny-angsty-teen stuff, those sad Zuko flashbacks + the "I'm angry with myself", the lowkey epic fight against crazy metal man... I loved it. I can't wait to see your reactions because it only gets better from now on.
Also: 9:34 "Zuko is emo as shit" thanks Nahid for voicing my thoughts throughout the entire episode lmao (also #2: Rana is me everytime Mai and Zuko are near each other ew get that away from me)
Normies are the best! After you guys finish watching Avatar, please start watching the next gen! #LegendOfKorra
Adieboy I prefer blind wave but normies are good too
kazir roberts What does that have to do with The Normies reacting to Korra?
Adieboy #Trash
@@luminaryprism75 Nah
"Nothing ever happens in this remote location"
- Literally every fire nation guard who's about to spot the Avatar
With Azula, I feel that she has more depth that what we have seen of her (I have watched the entire series 3 times, and I love Azula (Toph also)). From this episode, you can gather that Azula and her mom had a very strained relationship. So without her mother who would she have gone to, oh right, the other member of the family that encouraged her (her father). If her father burned Zuko for just speaking out, not even directly to him, imagine what he would do to his daughter if she did not live up to his expectations, she is a 'prodigy' after all. Also look at how Ozai acts and then look at Azula, if she was raised mainly by her father, who acts very cruel, dangerous, powerfull, etc. You would see a lot of similarities, Ozai raised her from a very young age to be a weapon. So seeing her trying to act like a normal child makes me feel pity for her.
I promise, once you get to the end of the series you will feel sorry for her. (Then again I am a huge Azula fan)
Also I love your reactions.
Fan Of Fun Agreed Im a huge fan too
Azula is such a kween omg
This by far my most favorite episode of all time
Got work at 8am, stayed up till I got this notification. It's nearly 1am. Worth ittt
I had the same and I live in the netherlands
Hey Babe I'm now at work! 😂 I'm in England 👋
Azula wasn't a bad egg from the beginning. Their mom was forced into the marriage, she thought Ozai was a monster and tried to protect and love Zuko, but this led to her not being able to give poor Azula enough attention, drawing her to Ozai and making her feel like a fighting machine instead of loved :(((
Its a very rare and specialized form of fire bending (called "combustion bending") where the bender completely focuses their chi into shooting highly concentrated energy blasts. It is very powerful but also involves a lot of risk to the bender. If they don't completely focus their chi the blast can happen inside (or very near) the bender's head.
Something that's recently occurred to me is Zuko is what Jon Snow would be like if he were raised as a Targaryen Prince.
8:49 Oh my god, I only now noticed that guy's troll face as he points and laughs at Zuko. That's such a great hilarious detail.
My own mother.. thought I was a monster.. She was right of course but it still hurt. -Azula
Been waiting for this to hit RUclips. Love your avatar reacts. Going to watch it again.
we have finally achieved maximum zuko hair.
He is right. Azula was personally coached by Ozai to be a war machine from the very beginning whereas Zuko was ignored by Ozai as he thought Zuko wasn’t his.
Wow. Tai Lee ACTUALLY got some character development. Incredible.
This is the episode where Zuko realized he done f***ed up last season. And Azula trying to socialize is hilarious.
I wish you guys would release two episodes for Avatar a week. It makes sense with new shows like Thrones or Rick and Morty being weekly but Avatar has been done for years and even Kora has been done too.
They still have to edit the episodes. It takes time. Stop being so entitled.
AAAGh That line gets me everytime. Not to mention Firebenders are people too. Ugh, such fun character development.
Rana does have the best face lmao Great reaction as always!
“She can firebend without flames”
Perfect quote.
Its cumbustion bending, just like metal is to earth this is connected to firebending
Something I just realized is that the area where Aang fights Combustion Man is like a smaller version of the final battle arena. So in a messed up sort of way, Zuko sending him after Aang helped him train for the final battle.
One of the best episodes of avatar EVER!
During Zuko's brief flashbacks, there is one with Iroh holding a baby/toddler (who presumably is Zuko) and there is also a kid with them. That kid was Lu Ten (Iroh's son). Its a nice touch that they put him in there, many people might not even notice.
I make videos about Avatar, if anyone is interested.
Normies, its combustion bending! It's a unique power.
Hahaha, Suraj loves to highlight Nahid's 'I think' reactions. Also #TyLeeThick! Aso, even though the action was limited in this episode, it was still very well choreographed! Kudos to the people behind action scenes, they always find ways to get creative with bending routines.
Ty lee loved the bonding with her friends. I really wanted to see her at Korra :(
3:54 the guy’s voiced by Scott Menville, who voice’s Robin in Teen Titans original and awful remake
I like Ty lee, she is my first favorite character in the avatar the last Airbender.
Ty Lee smiling makes the world a better place.
You like how adorable Ty Lee, now imagine there are 6 copy carbon of her
The voice of azula said "you look sharp champ...etc etc spiel" and I DIED 😍😍😍😍😍😍 grey delisle is so cool in real life
I'm always surprised when people are confused about the terminator's bending, like it's clearly an explosion, so my first thought on my first watch of A:TLA was well duh, combustion=heat=firebending
The guy chasing Aang and the others is a special type of Fire bender called a combustion bender. He literally bends explosions thanks to that eye tattoo. It also requires immense amounts of focus and really good aim which is why he takes a deep breath before blasting someone.
The person walking with Zuko and Azula in the memory wasn't their mother. It was Ozai.
13:38 I love how they saw it from a mile away😂😂
I fucking loved this episode especially the beach scene
Three years late but two interesting but little details to note.
We've seen Aang's wound on his back from Azula's lightning. But here we saw an identical wound on the bottom of his foot. Whe lightning strikes, it grounds through the fastest route. Ang was hit in the back, so the lightning went out of his body through his feet, burning it along with his back.
Then there's Zuko. We've seen Zuko shirtless back in book 1 and he was RIPPED as hell. In this episode he is extremely scrawny with ribs showing. He starved for months after he and Iroh became fugitives on the run while in the Earth Kingdom. Which would lead to him losing a lot of his muscle mass due to not being able to intake enough food to maintain it, thus explaining his way skinnier frame in book 3.