#atla best episode

[bestepisode]

The Storm

Sokka accepts a job from a local fisherman to make money and the man accuses Aang of abandoning the world. In the large, ensuing storm, Aang recounts to Katara the events of his dark past. After being told he was the Avatar, Aang was ordered to be separated from his mentor, Monk Gyatso. Upset, Aang ran away from his home where he encountered a deadly storm, causing him to fall into the water, activating the Avatar State, trapping him within an iceberg. Meanwhile, Iroh tells the ship's crew Zuko's story. After speaking out of turn at a war meeting, Zuko was punished by being forced to fight an Agni Kai against his own father. His refusal resulted in him getting his scar and being banished for perceived cowardice. Meanwhile, Aang learns that Sokka and the fisherman are trapped in the storm; he rescues them, earning him the fisherman's respect. Zuko spots them, but lets them go, instead opting to escape the storm.

Zuko Alone

After deciding he would be better off on his own and leaving his uncle, Zuko continues his journey alone and ends up in an Earth Kingdom town, where a young boy named Lee brings him home for dinner and subsequently bonds with the banished prince. Zuko helps defend the family from rogue Earth Kingdom soldiers who terrorize the town and has flashbacks of his youth when his mother was still around. Zuko's identity as the banished Fire Nation Prince is revealed when he firebends, and the boy and his family reject him because of it.

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#atla #avatar the last airbender #atla best episode #atla best episode 4 #the storm #zuko alone #zuko #prince zuko #sokka

[finnamin]

So we put on a mask. It's not hard to understand why. What's hard is knowing that sometimes, the mask is who we really are.

Zuko in 1x06 - Masks

#zuko #atla #natla #atla live action #atla netflix #netflix atla #avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender netflix #atla spoilers #natla spoilers #atla netflix spoilers #this episode absolutely wrecked me and these scene transitions were lovely so I had to share them #I haven't made a full gifset in probably a decade and it's changed so much I feel ancient lmao #hopefully these don't look like ass - i tried my best lmao #my art #my gifsets #the amount of time I spent trying to pull a quote to go with this #I don't think this one fully fits but i don't care anymore lmao #mine

[abisalli]

"If we knew each other back then, do you think we could have been friends, too?”  Or: Zuko gets surprise-hugged

#Avatar The Last Airbender #atla #zuko #aang #my art #digital art #do not tag as ship thanks #they're best friends your honor #every time I watch the blue ghost episode I'm like orz orz orz frens #I just think Zuko deserves to be hugged more and Aang deserves to hug Zuko randomly

[zuko-sokka]

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER 1.03 — The Southern Air Temple

#atlaedit #atladaily #avatar the last airbender #atla #animationedit #animationsource #lmaooo i love them so much!!! best dynamic ever :') #zuko #uncle iroh #prince zuko #avatar #atla zuko #atla iroh #mine #gifs #atla episodes #book 1

[marchlione]

atla writers who write aang like a bratty child in the northern air temple episode instead of seeing the pain of a genocide survivor watching his people's sanctuaries being disrespected and desecrated<<<<<<<<

#atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #aang #when he sees gliding from a distance he has hope that at least some of his people survived #and then he has to realize that those aren't his people #they're just poor imitations #then he sees these people that from his perspective are treating his culture as an accessory of just some cool trick #and they don't even have the decency to respect the place? #buldozing over it like his people meant nothing? #and aang can't do anything about it because these people are victims of the war the same as his own long dead people #and by the end of the episode he has to come to terms with the fact that there are no other air nomads #but at least their sanctuaries can provide sanctuaries to others #and that these poeple on gliders aren't trivializing his culture or playing dressup with it #they are in some ways keeping it alive as best as they can #treating him like a brat for being understandably (and imo rightly) angry is horrifying

[staliaqueen]

Mal's Avatar: The Last Airbender rewatch: The Desert 2.11

#atlarewatch #avatar the last airbender #atla #katara #aang #toph beifong #sokka #the gaang #gifs #avatarthelastairbenderedit #atlaedit #kataraedit #useramys12 #tusersimone #userthing #smallscreensource #i LOVED katara from the beginning and relate to her in many ways but this was the first episode where i REALLY connected to her character #her holding onto hope and being the only one to hold the group together in this impossible situation #where aang is grieving and toph is depressed and sokka is drunk on cactus juice... #one of her absolute best moments truly and kind of underrated

[sukiluvvs]

tanjiro🤝sokka

first response to danger being to shield their sister with their body

#we on a demon slayer rewatch again❗️❗️ #my sister didnt wanna watch natla and the new kny episode isnt on hulu yet so this is the next best thing #kny #tanjiro kamado #nezuko kamado #atla #sokka #katara #sukiluvvs

[cienie-isengardu]

Zuko’s stealing habits in Book 2: Earth

Rewatching ATLA made me realize how Zuko stealing food in Book 2: Earth is always related to Iroh and never directly to his own hunger. 

Let me explain.

There is no doubt that being a fugitive takes a toll on Zuko and he absolutely despite that Iroh begs strangers for money, like he did in “The Swamp” [s02e04]. But once he use the Blue Spirit mask to steal food from people in Avatar Day [s02e05], we don’t see him eating it - and as much as there is no reason to think he didn’t do that offscreen, it allows the visual storytelling to highlight that the food was intended for Iroh.

Iroh was suspicious about where the food came from and what Zuko did to get it, but once he took a bite, it is easy to tell that whatever Zuko stole was something pretty good. We have no idea if he picked that food specifically for its taste or if it just turned out to be good luck.

Before Iroh even had a chance to eat, Zuko already walked away from the man while not taking anything at all from what he gave to his uncle.

Later in the same episode, the next time Blue Spirit was shown, he was attacking some rich guy and stealing money. His activities lead to improving Iroh and Zuko’s living conditions, as we can see they have now meat and Iroh got a whole new tea set.

We again do not see Zuko eating anything from what he stole - and again, no reason to think he didn’t eat at all, but the visual part is focused on Iroh’s comfort represented by the new tea set, as Zuko is still not a fan of tea himself at this point of story.

So, Zuko was stealing to improve his and uncle’s situation which shows how much he cared for Iroh to provide him things the older man enjoys but also how much Zuko disliked their new life. However, what is interesting, in “Zuko Alone” [s02e07], Zuko didn’t steal at all, even though he was in a much worse state than in “Avatar Day”.

After a long journey, we literally can see how much he lost weight/strenght due to fatigue and hunger

but despite having an empty stomach, he resigned from a chance to steal the food once he noticed that it was intended for a pregnant woman.

Later, Earth Kingdom’s family offered him a free meal for keeping their kid out of trouble - something Zuko refused at first. The mother made a deal with him, he will help her husband repair a roof and they will offer him in exchange meal and a place to sleep and this is the agreement Zuko accepted.

Considering Zuko’s skills and experiences as Blue Spirit, he could easily get money or food during his journey the way he did in past, but as far as this episode showed, he did not and ultimately fought only to protect people who were kind to him - and who once learning about his Fire Nation ethnicity immediately asked Zuko to leave.  

Zuko again stole food in "The Serpent's Pass" [s02e09], when he reunited with Iroh and both were sailing to Ba Sing Sai on a ship full of refugees. Here they met Jet who told them how the captain ate well while refugees got only rotten scraps and invited Zuko to help him break into kitchen.

When alone with uncle, Zuko openly complained about their situation, however once Jet approached them, Zuko kept his back to the man and did not try to interact much. It was actually Iroh first, who got interested about what kind of food the captain ate and Jet’s answer made the older man literally drool at the mere mention of meat.

Zuko was still turned back to Jet and it is hard to tell if he saw his Uncle’s face or not but as he traveled with the man for three years and knew Iroh liked good food, I think it is safe to assume he was aware about Iroh’s reaction. Visually speaking, Zuko didn’t jump up at the first occasion to satisfy his own hunger but he joined Jet to steal the food after Iroh’s wistful reaction.

Later, when Zuko and Jet stole the food and it was shared between refugees, the episode once again does not show us Zuko eating anything, only drinking presumably tea, while Iroh was holding a bowl with meal in his hand.

Similarly, the arrangement of dishes we can see during Iroh talk with Smellerbee and later, with Jet shows no empty bowl or plate placed directly before Zuko, only the cup of tea. The bowl from which Iroh ate can be seen on those screenshots much closer to Iroh. Again, not saying that Zuko did not eat anything at all from what he and Jet stole, but the visual aspect of this scene is more focused on Iroh eating warm, good food than on Zuko’s hunger.

And I think this is pretty interesting insight into Zuko’s character, how he wants to provide Iroh the best food (comfort) available, even if to do so he must become a thief while he won’t steal food when he is alone on his own and in much worse state and how he is reluctant to accept a meal offered to him for free - even though he complained in “The Swamp” how people should provide for him because he is a price. There is a lot to unpack here about Zuko’s pride and sense of honor and the desire to feed his uncle so Iroh won't need to beg for food or money from strangers.

#atla #avatar: the last airbender #zuko #uncle iroh #zuko & iroh #rewatching atla made me realize a lot things i either didn't notice before or forget #like i have no doubt that zuko eat the stolen food but it is interesting how the episodes always focuses on iroh eating but not zuko #zuko commits crimes so iroh isn't forced to beg for money and to provide the best food he can #but won't steal just to fill his own stomach and even if he was thinking about it in zuko alone #he didn't want to attack a pregnant woman #and funny how this woman will meet later gaang who will help to deliver the baby and again meet iroh and zuko on train to ba sing sei #neat detail

[luffypeach]

if there's something that drives me absolutely crazy about oda's worldbuilding is that characters from past arcs don't just stay in the past. if luffy and the strawhats managed to get that much stronger in 2 years, then why wouldn't other characters and past villains do so as well? one piece is an ever expanding universe, where a characters' existence doesn't just revolve around the protagonists, that's how this world feels so full of life.

#everyday oda being the goat #they way he HONOURS his characters #he's the best #one piece #op #one piece egghead #one piece anime #one piece 1099 #op 1099 #one piece episode 1099 #egghead spoilers #egghead #rob lucci #one piece lucci #atlas #vegapunk

[miko-honey]

NOOOOO YOU CANT LIKE YUGIOH DUBS ITS SO BAAAAD Haha funny life alert reference go brrrrr

#this episode genuinely has some of the best 4kids dub dialogue I've ever seen #“Ok now this is my idea of a good time boys we should do stuff like this more often” - Jack Atlas #yugioh 5ds #I can't forget “I'd give that dive a 8.3”

[ki-flor]

Chaotic good duo

#Zuko #Aang #Atla #One of the best episodes I wait to see in the live action

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[queen-boudicca]

The rashomon job is the ember island players of leverage

#no i will not elaborate #i mean you don't need me to tho #the departure from the form #the peak comedy #the conflicting interpretations of events #the way it's arguably the best episode? #anyway i love them #leverage #the rashomon job #atla #the ember island players

[mbat]

btw why were roku and sozin gay

#atla #this is partially a joke #but i got vibes when i saw the backstory episode again LOL #sozin got all fire-nation-is-best because he hated that roku spent 12 years at the other nations away from him /j #my post

[allgremlinart]

opinions that will get me shot dead in the street... hm... hm let me see... oh yeah... I like the animation in Korra s1 better than the animation in atla

#imo best animation for both was atla s3 and tlok s1 and pitting those against each other... #im SORRY ok I just really love the personality of the korra animation 😔 they had so many great stylistic frames #and the fight scenes were so fucking clean... I just love that I can tell what artist worked on what animation... like sure there are some #budget hiccups but... korra s1 animation my beloved... #s2 had some production hiccups but when they went back to their og studio it was really nice... even the stiff episodes had #some nice sequences... animators you're so cool. thats all

[cantankerousreviews]

#the best part was Aang praising Zuko's intelligence for the sword trick #YOU'RE BOTH IDIOTS #avatar the last airbender #atla #aang #zuko #the amount of times the episode ignored Aang can bend earth is boggling the mind