I'll like it more if there was an I lore reason why he's explaining it It feels off seeing Zuko break the 4th wall by directly explaining to the audience
I thought water benders for a brief second cause Iroh mentioned that’s what inspired this technique but then again I think Katara would’ve if that were possible 😭
This honestly makes sense since, I think, Iroh also said that the lightning has to go through the stomach to be redirected. And a firebender's strength comes from their stomach, unlike other benders. So it makes sense why only firebenders can redirect lighting.
@@quequekhariyep. Earth is solid, water is liquid, air is gas, and this one is actually really on the nose, fire would be plasma. The funny thing is, lightning and fire are both literally plasma- fire is literally the air being ionized by the energy from oxidation and lightning is literally a plasma line connecting an electric charge in the sky with a grounding agent.
While it is fun to consider the parallels of lightning and fire in our current-day understanding of such natural phenomena, I wonder if that may be somewhat misguided in understanding the context of Avatar’s lore. Fire, Earth, Water, and Air were recognized as the four fundamental elements in the western world for literally thousands of years, and there is a rich and vivid history of cultures, magic beliefs, medicine, metallurgy, and experimentation all based on that. Modern science and understanding doesn’t give you the same context to bending and the elements that the context of the avatar world itself would hold.
I mean I am sorry to Dante Bosco for people thinking his Zuko is A.I.. I mean if we play devils advocate, taking it as a compliment about how accurate his pitch is
@@Team_minato667 No, the other commenter was right, you used the wrong word. Sense has nothing to do with the context since is used in, which is time. That's light trying to replace the word "right" with "write."
It’s so cool to hear this knowledge from zuko himself. That’s awesome but if nostalgia. Thx for this sir and I’m glad you still have your awesome Zuko voice.
I always thought only firebenders could channel lighting (take it and shoot it back) but I thought anyone could learn to redirect it like Iroh did to Azula's lighting the first time we saw it happen. He did say he learned the technique from a waterbender, so I thought that non firebenders could redirect lighting back out of their body in the same direction rather than channeling it back in the opposite direction.
@@taylorhillard4868 Iroh just meant that he copied the movement and principle behind it, like when Korra applied airbending techniques to her pro-bending matches without actually bending air.
OK, hear me out: Yes, only firebenders can redirect lightning through their bodies but what about waterbenders forming a water canal in the air in front of them (with which they have no physical contact) through which the lightning strike flows?
They theoretically could! But they wouldn’t be able to control ANY part of it. They’d just be able to create lightning, after that it could just strike and hit anywhere
Zuko is not a lightning master, but he is a speed master. He can run as fast as lightning. Even lighting master Jay Walker sayed that speed is not the element
They have to direct the energy through the stomach, which is the fire chakra, so it makes sense only a fire bender could do it. A firebender's chi is also what becomes fire, as described by Iroh in the first episode. So it makes sense that firebenders and manipulate the chi more than other benders. Other benders make their chi flow in a certain way to manipulate the elements, but only firebenders use it as their bending
Earthbenders can redirect lightning by bending a metal cable as a wire. Waterbenders can use a water tentacle as a wire. Airbenders can redirect lightning by pulling air from the surroundings of the firebender. Vacuum is a powerful insulator.
And earth benders can bend water by making canals, cups even. See how pedantic that logic is? Fire benders are the only ones who can chain lightning unaided by another element.
The first two wouldn't redirect the lightning, just ground it. For the vacuum... interesting idea, since lightning is the electrons looking for the shortest path to ground, if there was a vacuum suddenly in its way, would it just go to a different ground source? And for the earthbending one, you don't need a metal rod to ground the lighting, just regular earth will do, though apparently the lightning that's shot by firebenders is much more impactful than natural lightning, since I think I remember it can destroy things
Just throwing this out here: Waterbenders (who would be as powerful as Katara) can create lightning. In a natural way, controlling storm clouds, but they can't control the lightning. They can just "recreate" it.
any evidence for this? because water benders cant control water that far away proven by katara on the volcano episode and on the episode when appa got lost when she asked aang to move the clouds so they could trick people to leave the island and when she asked aang to fly up in the air to get water from clouds (it was too high for her to get it from the ground) so unless this was retconned there is no proof water benders can do this
Right, electricity in a storm is generated by the friction of many pieces of ice crashing into eachother a lot. Same goes for sand in sandstorms. So while Firebenders can generate electricity manually by seperating the positive and negative energies around them (protons and electrons), if Water and Earthbenders can understand the science behind it, they’d be able to generate electricity by extension.
The actor who played Zuko in the live action did an amazing job portraying the character, but hearing Dante's voice just brings back so much nostalgia. He will always be Zuko.
There is a new movie about the gaang in their upper 20s lower 30s and I wish they brought the old cast bc most of them still sound the same but just more mature so it would make sense
I like to imagine that earthbenders could simulate ground current using their own bodies (Only reaching the skin, like how ground current only reaches the surface).
Thank you Dante Basko! It makes sense logically. Lightning bending is a form of firebending as described by Iroh. It’s only logical that only people who could bend that element have the ability to redirect lightning.
I think Iroh did mention he learned the "technique" from a water bender. Kinda like Kotara learned ice discs from earth benders. They'd studied the move/technique and made it their own
Dante the fact that you still sound like zuko and it feels like it's ACTUALLY zuko narrating this is incredible. That has to be one of the most impressive things as a voice actor, to use a characters voice for something in the real world and have it seam like the character is actually PART of the real world. You are a legrnd
It's so funny how dante basko still has his Zuko voice...so cool
Wait he's the voice behind zuko ?
@@_ABDUL-RAHIM. It wasnt obvious enough when you heard his voice in this vid?
Yes its him. He also voiced zukos grandson iroh in legend of korra.
@@hiyokikuran6145 i didn't recognise him at first, been several years since i last watch this series
That's just his voice tho. Remember that movie Hook? Yea same person, same voice
That's his actual voice. He always sounds like Zuko
The way it felt like I was being taught by Zuko himself 😭
That’s what I was thinking
That's whats happening 🤦♀️
you are
Oh wow, Zuko's VA. That's amazing haha.
Prof Z in the class
The voice of Zuko giving us lore? We need more, maybe with other VA’s
Tophs voice actor have reaction video to atla
@@MrEnony I know, I like lore more than reactions, though it is nice to see what the VA’s think of the show
@@javier.alvarez764 even still, give me more. Also this feels like something Dante would actually do
@@javier.alvarez764It's not Ai lil bro
I'll like it more if there was an I lore reason why he's explaining it
It feels off seeing Zuko break the 4th wall by directly explaining to the audience
The thought of other benders redirecting lightning has never once crossed my mind😅
I thought water benders for a brief second cause Iroh mentioned that’s what inspired this technique but then again I think Katara would’ve if that were possible 😭
@@XxdextriousxX That's fair lol
They might be able to use water instead of their Bodies,as it’s highly conductive.
me neither
@@XxdextriousxX It's easy they just trap the lightning with water not in contact with them and then throw the electrified water at the target
His voice is perfect
Like young zuko's voice
@@pineaplehead5020that’s Dante Basco. Zuko’s voice actor
@@naniwa111no. He's just a random small podcast youtuber 😅
@@DBT1007No, that is in fact Zuko's voice actor
@@DBT1007 that IS zuko's voice actor. look it up
"Non firebenders would be in for a literal shock"
Thats rough buddy
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
I see whatcha did there 😉
😅 brilliant
His voice healed something in me😊❤
His voice is hypnotic to me
What did it heal? 😏
@@lorddoma6637 not his scar 💀
imagine zuko handling a lightning redirection class in a fire nation school
"Today Sifu Hitman taught us this crazy lightning game he calls 'Shock Potato'. If I didn't know better, I'd swear he was making a joke."
It would probably be a class only reserved for the most skilled firebenders. They would probably have a waterbending/healer on sight for emergencies.
Those that can, do. Those that cant, teach.
@@AdachiVsLifeSo you’re saying Iroh “can’t”? Lol
@@satan4518 he teaches by doing.
I love the fact the cast reads/tells us these facts about the show. The world and lore of Avatar is so phenomenal.
I also love the fact that
This honestly makes sense since, I think, Iroh also said that the lightning has to go through the stomach to be redirected. And a firebender's strength comes from their stomach, unlike other benders. So it makes sense why only firebenders can redirect lighting.
I thought they draw strength from the breath, no? He tells zuko that in s1
@@eireyouok101 Yeah but the breath starts from the stomach. That's what he told Zuko to do instead of relying on his muscles
@@lilunette9319 That sounds perfect. Wish the show confirmed it tho. 😅
Where do the other benders get their strength from? Maybe they can redirect the lightning through there!
@@heathertoomey7068 Earth, base of spine. Water, prostate/womb region. Air, heart centre. It's based on the chakras
Zuko explaining about the lightening redirection is soooooo wholesome.
Loved it too! Didn't know this even existed so seeing this page is AWESMAZING!
It's because fire is not their true power , but energy. Fire is just the most common physical manifestation of bending
That's always what I thought too. Each bending style is based on a state of matter
They’re channeling their chi.
Just like in fire force, where sound counts as fire
@@quequekhariyep. Earth is solid, water is liquid, air is gas, and this one is actually really on the nose, fire would be plasma. The funny thing is, lightning and fire are both literally plasma- fire is literally the air being ionized by the energy from oxidation and lightning is literally a plasma line connecting an electric charge in the sky with a grounding agent.
While it is fun to consider the parallels of lightning and fire in our current-day understanding of such natural phenomena, I wonder if that may be somewhat misguided in understanding the context of Avatar’s lore.
Fire, Earth, Water, and Air were recognized as the four fundamental elements in the western world for literally thousands of years, and there is a rich and vivid history of cultures, magic beliefs, medicine, metallurgy, and experimentation all based on that.
Modern science and understanding doesn’t give you the same context to bending and the elements that the context of the avatar world itself would hold.
That moment when the Father Lord saw his entire life flash before his eyes when Aang was about to redirect his lightning.
you mean the fire lord
@@koenigkorczakno. It's a meme.
@@Rippersauc3 and I'm disappointed that you didn't know how it continues
@@koenigkorczakthat's what I said.
@@Rippersauc3 aaaghhh you ruined it! 😂
I mean I am sorry to Dante Bosco for people thinking his Zuko is A.I.. I mean if we play devils advocate, taking it as a compliment about how accurate his pitch is
Bro never lost his touch for zuko
@@Ozpawn 🔥
i mean....he didnt do a voice for zuko thats just his voice....he sounds the same in rufio which was prior to being zuko
He never lost zuko in his voice. Its wild
Yea I Always Thought This I figured sense it was A sub element Of Firebending That it Was something for Only Firebenders
Since* 😊
@@thisguyhd6591 Theres two Versions Since Is More For something that happened Awhile Ago Sense Is Something Like common Sense
@@Team_minato667 No, the other commenter was right, you used the wrong word. Sense has nothing to do with the context since is used in, which is time. That's light trying to replace the word "right" with "write."
@@triplek-dysongamingwithdan7771 Says the guy who Used light As like Lol
Wait, isn't Zuko the one who made this video. 😮😮
Yes, dante bosco is the voice of zuko and also voices general iroh in legend of korra
@@hasicazulatv2078and the American Dragon Jake Long
The part of Aang redirecting the bolt to the sky instead of the Firelord is something else, shows a pure heart for some reason makes me tear up
i love you, Dante Bosco!!!! You have been an inspiration to me, from Hook to Avatar to Jake long!!!
It’s so cool to hear this knowledge from zuko himself. That’s awesome but if nostalgia. Thx for this sir and I’m glad you still have your awesome Zuko voice.
You're really saying that like you think we're all gonna go out and try it, lol
Well wouldn't we? 😂
@@urullereurol2216 We all just climb to the top of a mountain like Zuko demanding the lightning strike us
Uh... 😗🎶
Man this guy has an iconic voice
Omg his voice is nostalgic. Thank you for bringing Zuko to life!!
Let go ....
Enter the storm....
...and become electricity.
Center yourself…
Become one…
With the breath…
Of the wild…
And begone with the thunderclap.
@@christopherfleetwood5252 I love the Kirin reference. The first time it happened is easily one of the best moments in the series.
🎶I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROACHING...🎶
@@transcendent7lucidityis op’s quote also a reference to sasuke’s kirin or unrelated
@@eebbaa5560 I have not seen it as being a reference to Sasuke’s Kirin, so he would have to make that clear if it is the case.
Ugh... I love his voice so much ❤
Since lightning is created by firebenders it makes sense only them can redirect it.
only they
I always thought only firebenders could channel lighting (take it and shoot it back) but I thought anyone could learn to redirect it like Iroh did to Azula's lighting the first time we saw it happen.
He did say he learned the technique from a waterbender, so I thought that non firebenders could redirect lighting back out of their body in the same direction rather than channeling it back in the opposite direction.
@@taylorhillard4868 If I remember right, he learned how to redirect the lightning by watching how water benders moved when they were water bending
@@taylorhillard4868 Iroh just meant that he copied the movement and principle behind it, like when Korra applied airbending techniques to her pro-bending matches without actually bending air.
@@koenigkorczakor when zuko used other bending styles against azula
Dante still makes me smile when I hear his voice. Rufio!!!
"Lightning is very dangerous!"
Uncle Iroh
Dante will forever be the best to ever do it...man is awesone
Dante Basco voices Zuko perfectly!
How blessed are we to have Dante Basco voice this bending lesson. 🙏🙏
Thank you, Prince Zuko
Wow! This guy has Zuko’s voice. That’s impressive
Zuko narrating how firebending lightning is made awesome
I’m glad they still have Dante doing content for Avatar after almost 20 years, such a talent
Zuko educating us about Fire Bending
Zuko is a real stand up guy taking time out of his firelord duties to drop some knowledge on us
OK, hear me out: Yes, only firebenders can redirect lightning through their bodies but what about waterbenders forming a water canal in the air in front of them (with which they have no physical contact) through which the lightning strike flows?
They would have to be really fast to get it set up in time, and the lightning will still arc if not straight up go through to the waterbender
They theoretically could! But they wouldn’t be able to control ANY part of it. They’d just be able to create lightning, after that it could just strike and hit anywhere
That would do it 😊
or if a metalbender makes a lightning rod?
I would imagine the lighting would just exploded on contact with the water
Dante Basko is so awesome! I still get excited like a kid when i hear him using his Zuko voice
Zuko is not a lightning master, but he is a speed master. He can run as fast as lightning. Even lighting master Jay Walker sayed that speed is not the element
I love this guy.. he is so cool...
Yoooo I thought that ai for a second. Yoooooooooooooo
I love these things we learn from the creators from the OG actors
They have to direct the energy through the stomach, which is the fire chakra, so it makes sense only a fire bender could do it.
A firebender's chi is also what becomes fire, as described by Iroh in the first episode. So it makes sense that firebenders and manipulate the chi more than other benders. Other benders make their chi flow in a certain way to manipulate the elements, but only firebenders use it as their bending
Dante basko really born to be voice actor..his voice really special
But how will they handle the heat of the lightning which is why fire benders are the only ones
Love you Mr. Basco
Thank you voice of General Iroh
It's the voice of zuko
@@eliashriki2775it's also the voice of Iroh from Korra
@@brandon.h9624nope, only zuko
@@brandon.h9624BUTT he was Zuko first. Hehe
To be honest, This Zuko voice is quite captivating. I really love it!!!
I think it's a kind of voice that can make people ran to the stage
Earthbenders can redirect lightning by bending a metal cable as a wire. Waterbenders can use a water tentacle as a wire. Airbenders can redirect lightning by pulling air from the surroundings of the firebender. Vacuum is a powerful insulator.
That would be the loose interpretation of the context.
But by technicality sure.
No, no, and no
And earth benders can bend water by making canals, cups even. See how pedantic that logic is? Fire benders are the only ones who can chain lightning unaided by another element.
The first two wouldn't redirect the lightning, just ground it. For the vacuum... interesting idea, since lightning is the electrons looking for the shortest path to ground, if there was a vacuum suddenly in its way, would it just go to a different ground source?
And for the earthbending one, you don't need a metal rod to ground the lighting, just regular earth will do, though apparently the lightning that's shot by firebenders is much more impactful than natural lightning, since I think I remember it can destroy things
Love how respectful he is throughout
I refuse to believe this. Even when I comes from the source I refuse! It's better my way! 😂😂😂
and you are allowed to vote??? -.-
I can't tell tou how much of a treat it is just to hear your Zuko again
Just throwing this out here: Waterbenders (who would be as powerful as Katara) can create lightning. In a natural way, controlling storm clouds, but they can't control the lightning. They can just "recreate" it.
any evidence for this? because water benders cant control water that far away proven by katara on the volcano episode and on the episode when appa got lost when she asked aang to move the clouds so they could trick people to leave the island and when she asked aang to fly up in the air to get water from clouds (it was too high for her to get it from the ground) so unless this was retconned there is no proof water benders can do this
@@bullymaguire206Maybe like, Kyoshi in the Avatar state during a full moon but no one else
Right, electricity in a storm is generated by the friction of many pieces of ice crashing into eachother a lot. Same goes for sand in sandstorms.
So while Firebenders can generate electricity manually by seperating the positive and negative energies around them (protons and electrons), if Water and Earthbenders can understand the science behind it, they’d be able to generate electricity by extension.
Firebenders can bend lightning
Water benders can bloodbend
Earth benders can bend metals
Airbenders ...?
@@midaz7 can fly
The actor who played Zuko in the live action did an amazing job portraying the character, but hearing Dante's voice just brings back so much nostalgia. He will always be Zuko.
Zuko had the best character development arc in atla!
Awesome!! Love Zuko.
Beautiful voice of the new fire lord.
Metal benders are the only ones I can see doing it if done properly or at least blocking it
You know what else I didn’t know? That I needed the entire cast to do ‘did you know’s ‘!😂❤❤❤
It’s official, we finally believe because we heard it from Zuko himself😊
BRO THIS IS A SHORT THAT I DID NOT KNOW I NEEDED TO SEE. THIS WAS SO COOL. THANK YOU DANTE.
Zuko......❤️❤️
That voice though❤
Zuko's voice 🥺🤍
The fact that Zuko is telling me this makes it Soo much better!
This guy has a very distinctive voice. Everybody can tell his Zuko voice.
He still got the voice!
You know there's so many sub-2 bending forms that all the elemental have the potential to make that they don't know
There is a new movie about the gaang in their upper 20s lower 30s and I wish they brought the old cast bc most of them still sound the same but just more mature so it would make sense
I’d love to see a dual bending person. Make them a descendant of two avatars.
Thank you master Zuko 🙏
I never realized. Because Iro said he learned it from watching water benders. Still cool to know
Hearing you explain this makes me want to see a whole few episodes of a 20-40 year old Zuko teaching this to his class 🔥
I really like this they need to do this more Cuz there are so many questions that they can answer
To be honest, this feels like this should be in a bonus features of a atla DVD because the way he talks feels like that, and it feels so nice.
i was smiling when i hear zuko voice 😂😂 just iconic
I like to imagine that earthbenders could simulate ground current using their own bodies (Only reaching the skin, like how ground current only reaches the surface).
Skilled Water benders could maby
Can't help but think of Rufio every time I see/hear him
Honestly if other shows had their voice actors do lore videos, those fandoms would explode. This is awesome
Should have opened the video with “hello, zuko here”
Thank you Dante Basko! It makes sense logically. Lightning bending is a form of firebending as described by Iroh. It’s only logical that only people who could bend that element have the ability to redirect lightning.
I believe this primarily because Zuko is the one narrating this vid.
Will forever be Rufio and Zuko. Thank you Dante Basco.
I actually learned something new
We need a mini series on RUclips called “Zuko Teaches” or something along those lines, where he tells us about things in the avatar world
Could’ve said in the beginning.
“Hey, Zuko here.”
Exactlyyy 😂
I remember practicing these movements at home as a kid. I felt so prepared going out during storms
I love how they're officially setting the record straight on things like this.
Thank you for clarifying Zuko
Its hard to see him and not immediately think, "Ruffio Ruffio RU FI OOOOO!" 😂
I do believe there might be a few ways to work around this; for example: Metal benders using conductive metals and Water benders using water
Thanks for the helpful info, Zuko!
I think Iroh did mention he learned the "technique" from a water bender. Kinda like Kotara learned ice discs from earth benders. They'd studied the move/technique and made it their own
That's what I was always thinking, and it makes perfect sense. Thank you for officially validating my headcanon! 👍
Zuko taught us as precaution any lightning bender appear in real world
Ughhhhhhhh!!! Zuko voice actor is my fav actor in "Take the lead" movie.. He just so cute.. 🤭💕
Even with the new Netflix live action, No one will ever replace dante's zuko voice
Dante the fact that you still sound like zuko and it feels like it's ACTUALLY zuko narrating this is incredible. That has to be one of the most impressive things as a voice actor, to use a characters voice for something in the real world and have it seam like the character is actually PART of the real world. You are a legrnd
If Zuko had not learned to redirect lightning from his uncle, he would have died directly.