AANG LEARNS EARTHBENDING! Avatar The Last Airbender Season 2 Ep 9 REACTION | ATLA 2x9 

Well, that, and he may have had more consistent access to earth than water. Why he didn't just take a page out of Katara's book and carry around some filled waterskins, I'm not sure; maybe it would've weighed him down too much to fly or do all those airbender acrobatics he's most proficient with?

"that's rough, buddy"

He didn't run, or redirect, or any funny business. He stood his ground, refused to be moved, and forced his enemy to yield to his overwhelming force. Even a wild animal immediately realized it was outmatched, turned around, and fled the area, recognizing Aang as the winner. Good stuff

I always thought it was something else: He is not disappointed that Zuko couldn’t do it. Zuko’s failure confirms to Iroh about the turmoil. I think that is what worries him and that’s why he reacts that way.

@@victorjaneiro3562For sure.

I feel like Zuko might be my favorite. But it's absolutely a struggle between Uncle and Nephew

sokka my favorite he too funny

Uncle iroh is everyone’s favorite!

Ozai is my favorite. I like villains!

Very funny, ahahahaha wahahahaha XD😂 not

Zuko didn't learn waterbending haha maybe you mean lightning

@@marvelsandals4228 Lightningbending is waterbending used by a firebender.

​@@marvelsandals4228lightingbending, at least in the way Iroh does, is waterbending form/principles applied to firebending. And that's why Iroh become so well versed at firebending, it's cause he traveller the entire world and incorporated teachings from others bends into his knowledge.

The parallels of Zuko and Aang in this show are plenty. The storm in season 1. Incorporating the other styles of bending here. They keep coming and they keep on coming

Yes, Sensei is Japanese for teacher/master/doctor and Sifu is similar in Chinese

yes and the earth kingdom is heavily based on chinese culture IRL.

In other words, the only way to protect your "cub" (or in this case, your friend) is to stand your ground and be the bigger, stronger saber toothed moose lion. Be so stubborn that a wild animal runs away from YOU after being defeated. You don't have to kill it, but you have to bear your fangs and say "NO" you will not get any closer, if you do, I will push you back with extreme force. That whole scenario snapped Aang out of his usual airbender attitude and proved to him that when the chips are down he does have what it takes to be strong and brave, when his friends are in danger.

All water benders use earth style when they use ice.

Effectively the Chinese Sensei

Although the fluent speakers I've heard pronounce it more like "shirfu."

Azula's first words to Iroh was probably "go die".

@@TheMrPeteChannel she was evil coming out the womb. I think her first words to iroh is "Azulon going to kill you. Really he is."

I never took Toph telling Aang to go splash around as a weakness she saw in herself. She was quite adaptable in trying out different teaching techniques and altering the plan throughout the episode. I took that as her recognizing that Aang wasn't ready mentally, and at worst was giving up on him for the moment, but I don't think that's the case either. She recognized he needed a break but didn't want to say it outright and/or needed some time to think up a new approach (which ended up being trying to push his boundaries by taking his bag of nuts and all that.) The other parts are spot on though.

Episode one they emphasized it's not magic within the first few lines of the show Also you read way too much into that. She's just a spoiled only child who didn't emphathize much with others, but she really didn't care about aang giving up to "protect her ego". The only time she's done anything close to that is denying she cared about her parents Also, she literally is the greatest bar none

This makes perfect sense, especially about the discipline and mental mindset to being a bender. With such heavy eastern inspiration, it's natural there would be a lot of focus on discipline, balance and directing of energies. Much like any discipline and art form, there's always more to learn and improve on, and throughout the show there's anyways another lesson and knowledge to be gained.

@@ILikeCHEEZ9 And you're using too narrow of a definition of "magic" in a casual conversation. Bending in magic in normal, real world, casual conversation. She definitely did care about teaching Aang, which is why she kept trying different strategies. OP is just wrong in that she didn't think him not being able to pick it up in a single day was a failure on her part. And there is a dispute in who is the greatest. Bumi is in the conversation. (Without spoilers, apparently there's even a comic or novel or something that brings up that question about the two, likely created because there is some dispute)

@@gerrya2133 you know i had a much longer writeup explaining myself and my perspective on the episode. I felt like it was too much of a summer and only kept that part about Toph possibly being insecure. It’s and interpretation. I though i would put it out there. Yes i know about how in many eastern stories people work for their gifts. I am eastern asian believe it or not. Often when i comment of reaction videos, i try to post hot takes, less popular opinions or more obscure observations. Not that I don’t appreciate or even agree with many main stream options but it makes the comments more interesting if there is potential for disagreement. The point i was trying to make is after trying the conventional Tooh tried the unconventional to get Aang to earth bend. She then tried being a dick to insight him and get hime to stand up to her by wacking his staff around. After that failed she capitalized on an organic situation Aang found himself in, fighting the saber toothed moose lion. And upon victory she encouraged him telling him he can do it. And he does. Good characterization for Toph.

100% agree

facts

Ehhhhh, younger sister.

I wasn’t

saying she's crazy and needs to go down doesnt necessarily mean....kill your sister. Honestly that whole line Zuko has about getting along with his sister is an obvious joke setup. It makes no sense on its own. There's no way either of these men believe they should be making peace with Azula at episode 9 of this season. So, it's a bit of a break from the actual logic they have about her. Jokes can do that. However, "taking her down" essentially means giving her an L. She needs to be defeated or repelled, and she can't be reasoned with in terms of actually dissuading her or being left alone as fugitives. He knows her and she needs to suffer a defeat in order to be avoided. So, in a perfect world, he and Zuko would turn her away or possibly injure her so she can't attack, bend, or bring them in for punishment. Iroh really gives no commentary on Azula on a serious level.

Azula is that kind of evil, which doesn't need redemption. She works well as a baddie, and on top of that she is also beyond mentally unstable, putting her a serious danger to society, meaning redemption is not her thing. It's too late for her to recover, especially after the series ended. We love Azula as she is, a saddened, deeply hurt cool psycho baddie, not a goodie goodie person. Screw the redemption comics

@@Eh.........I hard disagree azula isn’t beyond redemption. Most of her actions are driven from being a daddy’s girl. Plus she is 14 years old and never experienced anything outside her father, conquering, and training. You can tell from the ember island episodes where she doesn’t even know how to socialize when she wants to. In Zuko alone she even goes on about how her dad would be so much, better always hyping him up.A good arc for her wouldnt necessarily be redemption but, discovering who she is without her father and a nation. Yes she is crazy but, crazy people can do stuff for the greater good. Since there was a Naruto reference in the vid I’ll make one as well. Azula could very well be like the foundation or anbu black ops from Naruto. If she used her manic personality and skill for people instead of just a whim and conquering. There are so many places they could go with her character and none of them are bad even a redemption arc although I prefer her to become like a black ops who is manic but for herself and not for daddy or a nation or a someone who escapes and tries to slowly rebuild what Ozai and sozin wanted. If they had a series that takes places after this and before Korra. I can see Azula plotline where Zuko finds his mother and brings her back to the fire nation and Azula is confronted by her and she sees just how broken she became and Azula gets a talk from her mom about how she needs to let go of her defeat and her father to figure out who she is without that. That’s just my personal fan fic though. For this series specifically I think it’s perfect she was a villain the entirety but, it’s easy to see how the could do so much more with her character because there were plenty of signs of it in the series.

All hail the Melon Lord! 🍉

no she doesn't

​@@smdownh9yes she does. That is when he's not out bending her.

@@TheMrPeteChannel no she doesn't she is just calm and has different teaching style mainly because she is a water bender and Toph in earth Bender. and she can't be babying him when he out bends her because that is when she is the baby

Yeah. That’s why I was kind of annoyed with Katara. Aang is learning a completely different style and philosophy. She shouldn’t have kept interfering. Or even trained him at the same time as Toph. They should’ve had a schedule (at least realistically speaking. Lol.)

She already finished recording Season 2

@@coltchan7380 Then I guess it'd be more accurate to say she _wasn't_ ready for it.

@@HazySkies considering how she loves Appa, i can't imagine her reactions to his kidnapping or the "Appa Lost Days" episode

I warned her to stop!

thats creepy

If you need more Melon, just watch Anthony Fantano too

Dragon Ball Z has never been on this channel.