#ATLA boiling rock

[demaparbat-hp]

That infamous prison escape.

[wileycap]

I don't think I've seen anybody talk about how absolutely insane The Boiling Rock is from Hakoda's perspective.

Imagine getting captured, and your son tells you that you won't be apart for too long. That's sweet, but obviously your son has no resources to spare for organizing a breakout. You hope that the Avatar can defeat the Fire Lord soon - that's the earliest time you could hope to be rescued.

You get put into a temporary holding facility until the guards can sort out who is who. After a while, they put you on a prisoner transport to the Boiling Rock. Your captors try to intimidate you by telling you that it's the highest security prison in the Fire Nation, probably the whole world. It's far away from the capital.

You arrive at the Boiling Rock. It really is in the middle of a boiling lake. There's only one way in or out, and it's a gondola that takes you above the boiling lake. You meet the warden. They take you to your cell. You settle down to wait for the end of the war.

And 15 minutes later Sokka comes in like "hey dad I'm here I got the prince of the Fire Nation and an Earth Kingdom ninja leader gf ok let's go I'm busting you out"

[thorcep]

Zuko and Suki had an awakening in the blimp after boiling rock

[dranktwocoffees]

im so late to this trend

[beeturtlle]

Maizula nation please where r u

[novaneondream]

@candle-scm you did this to me

[lizardlicks]

crack idea chit sang gives the boys prison tattoos

[aangarchy]

We all saw the post about how insane the boiling rock episodes are from Hakoda's perspective but what about Chit Sang

Like imagine you're a notorious fire nation criminal, you've been in prison for it for about a decade. You like provoking guards, even though it ends with you in a cooler most of the time. You've spent a few years trying to come up with an escape plan but everything you can come up with ends with you falling into a boiling lake so you kind of give up.

Then after having spent the night in a cooler again you walk across the main hall and hear this young man wearing a guard uniform talking about using that same fucking cooler as a boat to go across the boiling lake. Of course you force them to let you join. The plan fails miserably and you end up getting caught. You don't tell the warden anything. You find the teenaged guard again, and now another adult has finally joined, turns out that's the kid's dad. Whomever this kid's dad is must have done something real bad to end up in this prison, and looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree seeing his kid is impersonating a guard to free them all, but you don't really have time to figure it all out. You get a new plan, you capture the warden and make it to the gondola. This kid has some serious balls. Halfway there though the gondola gets stopped and the princess of the fire nation runs up to you guys. These kids pissed off the royal family and you're really reconsidering joining these guys because who the fuck pisses off the royal family and lives? Great, you think, that's it, but no those three fucking teenagers you're escaping with all climb the gondola in order to fight her. Absolutely insane. Miraculously you make it off, and escape on the princess's very own war balloon. Again, these kids have some balls.

Then finally you fly away from the prison you spent a decade in, having your first taste of freedom. You ask these kids where we're going and the one in the guard uniform mentions they're flying to the western airtemple ruins to join his friends. Alright fair enough, you don't really get why teenagers would be spending their times in those ruins. In the meantime you've realized the scarred kid is the banished prince of the fire nation, no wonder his sister came chasing after your group. After a few hours you land and you finally set your feet on free ground for the first time in years. You get ready for introductions and the first person to walk up to you is a twelve year old bald kid with tattoos who introduces himself as the fucking Avatar. You accidentally joined team Avatar as they're trying to end the war.

[sulkybender]

Boiling Rock is really so moving when you step back to think about it.

Because Sokka is brave, but not reckless. This is the one completely reckless move he made, impelled by love and guilt and the desire to protect the people he cares about.

So who comes with him? Zuko, the most reckless person we know.

Zuko, who knows exactly what it’s like to feel like you’ve failed the people you care about. Who doesn’t know where his uncle is, only that he couldn’t save him. This is Zuko wanting to prove himself, wanting Sokka to trust him, but it’s also a vicarious prison break. This is what he couldn’t do for his father figure, but maybe he can do it for Sokka’s.

And it’s the planner being reckless for once, and the reckless guy being forced to actually plan, even if neither of them come in with an exit strategy. They’re just building the bridge as they run across it the whole damn time.

They’re so stupidly brave and loving. They’re the best.

[muffinlance]

I have this headcanon that Azula and Ty-lee carry knives on their person, both have never used these knives, but they carry them in case Mai needs them.

Absolutely canon, we love this for them

[charlesoberonn]

[rose-bunny-28]

I know people are gonna flip their lids at me. But I think this scene was Zuko showing off to Sokka.

Like, he could have just smiled and been like "Yeah." But nO, he had to show off he could breathe fire before answering.

And I know someone is gonna say "Well, he was in the freezer, so he was trying to warm himself up"

He didn't have to do that at all! He just chose to because he felt like it.

Either way, he was definitely showing off.

You all can decide if it was a "I'm gonna show off to impress you" or a "I'm gonna show off to impress you because I like you" That can be your interpretation.

Edit: I'd like to add this cocky smug grin he does

[sokkas-therapist]

NOBODY BOTHER ME the writers of the Boiling Rock episodes said that Sokka and Zuko fight like an old married couple

[hugrsstuff]

[were-wolverine]

fellas is it gay to help your former enemy save his father from the most dangerous prison in the country even though both of you could definitely die and his dad might not even be there ??

[leafsfromthevine]

no thoughts, hold hands for 30 seconds (i counted)