#sozin's comit

[atomicfanboy]

The emotions I feel every time I watch Sozin's Comet and see Sokka jump to cover Toph on the airship

[valentinegoblin]

Um Actually, it was not the finale, but the third-to-last episode, Sozins Comit: Part 2 - The Old Masters

Um, Actually - Tumblr Edition

I have a bunch of incorrect statements about different cartoon series. You need to find out what's wrong about them and correct me.

All answers must begin with the phrase "Um, actually".

Statement 1:

The Ghost and Molly McGee is a lie! Or rather, the title is. Scratch, the titular "ghost" is no ghost at all but rather a wraith, a living human who was separated from his soul by passing through a ghost portal. After years away from his body, all memories of his life faded except for his childhood nickname.

[haytsun]

realized zuko isnt misogyny, he just the anti-azula, those misogyny only toward to her, lol, just imagine, if zuko find out azula wasnt his sister, do you think the fanfic / official would ever let zuko be azula‘s iroh, even tho azula were his sister, in the show the sozin comit the way he looked at her like how he looked at katara's mother killer( i dont think thats a brother want to save sister look, even is the situation)🤭im not a stan of fire sibling can be normal sibling with good relationship at post war, i believe they can resorted/fix some damages, but when they start killing each other(zuko start from b2 wanted kill her, azula start after zuko b3 betray fn again)is never recover from like never happen(also most fanfic make like the sibling relationship likr azula were the only one who done wrong make me sick), zuko wished azula were the imaginary sweet sister like kiyi, while azula didn't care what type brother zuko are were, but she do wished what type of prince he were

“if a woman shows emotion, she's being manipulative. if she doesn't, she's a psychopath. if a woman gives detailed testimony, she's lying. if she doesn't, she's not reliable.”

isnt this zuko thought of azula, while the gaang do influence by zuko thought toward azula at somepoint, so the gaang are this view, also with woman against woman. also have realized people want zuko to have more sister is like female-competition like to prove which female is the best sister to him, so funny

[homietaur]

I feel the need to say this but it is so obvious that FireLord Sozin was Gay and most probably had a crush on his straight best friend Roku.

The first thing that brought that up was thinking abt how it couldve been possible for only 3 firelords to have rules over the fire narion over the last 100 years. And thru flashbacks in Zuko Alone, we know Ozai only recently ascended to the throne as firelord a few years ago. Seeing as Sozin was already old by the time he comitted the air genocide, that woupd mean Firelord Azulon would've had to rule for ALMOST 100 YEARS!!!

But something about that didnt make sense to me. So I went and looked up the exact ages for Sozin and Azulom and came upon something pretty interesting... Firelord Sozin died at the age of 102 in the year 20 AG. When Firelord Azulon took the throne he was only 20 years old. Meaning Sozin was 80 YEARS OLD when he had his first born son to an empire he was planning to expand.

Now idk abt any of y'all, but if I were a monarch of a prosperous kingdom, I'd probably wanna have a few heirs before I hit 80 dont you think? It would be pretty much normal for any king to have multiple grown children by that time and yet Sozin waited until he was 80... Almost like he did it purely out of necessity and not out of passion like most people have kids. He probably thought his end was coming near and decided to have a child to carry on the legacy.

Ofc he lived for another 40 years after that but still, kinda strange how we also dont ever Sozin mention his wife or even see him with any woman ever throughout the series. Do with that information what you will but I have my own ideas on why exactly this is the case, and none of its straight.

[weoffendedshadows]

#atla meta#avatar: the last airbender#aang#atla#kataang#mcleanspipers. analysis series#requests#sozin's comet#i love my son#i'm not gonna end it like this#analysis#parallels#otp: penguin sledding#mcleanspipers#mine#also thank you!! i'm glad you enjoy them <33

i'm going to shamelessly say that i've read all your metas and i was wondering what you thought about aang being able to unlock the avatar state in the end with his fight with ozai & if you think it's a cop out in the sense that lots of people make that an argument for why katara/aang shouldn't have ended up together bc the reason he had to give katara up in the crossroads of destiny in order to unlock his chakra was bc his feelings for her were unrequited? (1/2)

(2/2) do you think they made that the case in the crossroads of destiny to let katara have a new love interest (zuko) bc she didn't feel the same way for aang, and aang was supposed to really let go of katara in the end in order to unlock the avatar state, or do you think him unlocking it the way he did and not giving up katara was all intentional? (sorry this is so long & might not make sense)

i’m gonna work a bit backwards and address the arguably second part of your question first, and then talk about my main point because it’s something i’ve wanted to talk about regarding aang for a while now. 

so, first: in the way canon was constructed with its pacing and development, zuko being katara’s love interest is laughable. not only are seeds of maiko sown in early s2 but katara makes her interest in aang clear from the very first episode, in my opinion. like, in jet, katara falls for a heroic leader boy, and moments before that was insisting that aang was the leader of their own group. aang is her first friend her age and the first ever bender she ever meets. they can relate to one another’s loss of culture and the loss of a parent. if canon had been constructed differently, and every opportunity to reaffirm kataang (ie. tui and la are ocean and moon - the sky - like. come on) hadn’t been used, then maybe it could have gone differently. but toph was also supposed to be a boy and so was azula and katara’s name got changed, etc. basically: by the time canon shaped up to be what it was, ZK, if it was ever considered, was clearly off the table. 

it is also a common misconception that aang didn’t let katara go in “the crossroads of destiny” even though he did. that’s why he entered the avatar state in the first place and azula was able to kill him in it. he let her go. she did not halt that development. full stop. 

but as for aang, katara, and the avatar state in a deeper look... 

Let’s talk about Aang and the Avatar state. As we learn in 2x01, it is a defense mechanism, putting the Avatar at their most vulnerable and their most powerful. It is induced either by spiritual communion (with Roku, Kyoshi, or the ocean spirit) or by trauma until the Avatar can learn to control it and enter it at will.

The very first time we see Aang he is in the Avatar state, and by breaking him out of the iceberg, Katara frees him from it. Then, when he falls in the water near the end of the next episode, it is Katara crying his name that activates the Avatar state. This is reflected even in the episode titles. In 1x01 by bringing Aang out of it, Katara finds “The boy in the iceberg”; in 1x02 my causing Aang to go into it, “the Avatar returns.” 

Then, at the Southern Air Temple, the avatar state is initiated by immense trauma, grief, and pain. Not only are Aang’s people dead but his father figure is too. Katara, like I said, can relate to both sides of this loss, although arguably less, as more of her people (nonbenders that is) are alive. 

Katara is able to bring him out of it - “You still have a family! Sokka and I, we’re your family now!” - but that was already established, imo, with this exchange in the pilot: 

Aang: A hundred years! I can't believe it. Katara: I'm sorry, Aang. Maybe somehow there's a bright side to all this ... Aang: I did get to meet you.

Already, this girl means this much to him (and Katara more than returns it with her “Fine! Then I’m banished too!” we stan a ride or die best friendship) and Katara smiles. Aang has been through immense trauma and loss, but Katara is the bright side, the silver lining, to it all and he quickly knows it.

We see this time and time again. Thinking Katara was dead (and that, in Aang’s eyes, it was his fault) activates the same traumatic trigger response in 2x01. When he loses Appa, Aang by and large loses himself until it reaches a boiling point until Katara, the only one who’s confident he won’t hurt her (and she’s right), mourns with him and brings him out of it, because: “For the people who love you, watching you be in that much rage and pain is really scary.”

When Aang sees his grief out before him, the love his people had for him has been transformed into the love he has for Katara. Again, we’ve seen this earlier in the show. She’s become his best friend, his teacher, his family, and the girl he loves.

Aang: I thought I was trying to be strong. But really I was just running away from my feelings. Seeing this family together, so full of happiness and love, it's reminded me how I feel about Appa... and how I feel about you. [Katara sheds some tears. Aang and Katara embrace, Katara's eyes still watering.]

But love is a form of energy, and it swirls all around us. The Air Nomads' love for you has not left this world. It is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love. [The smoke in front of Aang forms a face and shows the first thing he saw upon waking up from his iceberg: Katara. Back in the real world, Aang is starting to cry tears of joy.]

So Aang, understandably, is hesitant about “letting go” of his strongest earthly attachment. This is not the first time she’s impeded his growth as the Avatar, either. Aang refuses to firebend after he accidentally hurts her and he risks his waterbending training for her. Katara is also his biggest asset as the Avatar, giving him hope the same way he gave her, and helping him along his waterbending/earthbending journey as much as he helped her with waterbending and believing in her. 

I’d just like to take a moment and say that while Katara is Aang’s biggest source of comfort, she is not a crutch. He is very aware that she’s flawed. He’s independent and open with other people in his life. He comforts her as well, like after Jet’s death or when she needs a hug at the end of the season one finale. He takes responsibility for his own actions, to the extent that he shuts down in “The Serpent’s Pass” treating his emotions as collateral damage. But when he comes out of it, he acknowledges his own faults and treats Katara with respect, love, and gratitude. 

However, Aang does decide to let her go in order to access the Avatar State in “The Guru”.... at first. There’s little doubt in my mind that, although incredibly difficult, he would have gone through with opening the final chakra if it hadn’t been shown that Katara was in danger. Learning how to master the Avatar state was important to him. We know from Aang’s own fears regarding the Avatar state (“It was scary. I was scary” and “I hurt all of those people”) that not only is the Avatar state often activated through pain/fear/grief/trauma but that being in the state itself is a source of trauma for him. He is scared about losing control of himself. He is scared of hurting people. 

So seeing Katara seemingly in danger and/or hurt is understandably enough to make him choose her - for the time being. Then, when Aang sees her directly in danger in front of his eyes in the crystal catacombs, he realizes that in order for them to win this, he has to let her go. So he does and enters the Avatar State.

This is important for a number of reasons: 1) Aang has let her go and ascended, which means that 2) he’s done the emotional and spiritual work to get there, ergo 3) Aang is in many ways a fully realized Avatar by the end of season two. If Azula hadn’t shot him in the back with lightning, he would have been able to go in and out of the Avatar state at will all throughout season three and have full command of himself while he was there. But because she does, that pathway is physically blocked.

So Aang having it physically unblocked also makes sense; he’d already conquered it spiritually and emotionally in so many ways. He’d already done the work. However, Aang being forced into the Avatar State in Sozin’s Comet provides a dual purpose. Like I said before, over half of Aang’s experiences in the Avatar state were due to trauma. Previously, Katara was the one who could pull him out of those trauma induced states.

This time, however, when Aang is forced through fear of his own survival and the world’s into a trauma induced Avatar state, he pulls himself out of it. 

This time, for the first time, when Aang is pushed into the Avatar by his breaking point, he is able to overcome it on his own because he has mastered himself. That’s why him being forced into the Avatar state is important in the finale, that’s why him still having control over himself is crucial. He is more than his trauma and pain as the last airbender. He is more than just the Avatar, following through on a violent destiny that he did not choose. He is able to overcome the manifestation of his trauma, in both its trigger and its consequence. He let go of his attachment to Katara a season ago, but he refused to fully lose himself after sacrificing so many other pieces, and as a result, proves his spirit is unbendable. 

So then, when he enters the Avatar State for the last time in the show, it is the first time he willingly enters and willingly leaves it. And he uses the same element that he first bent in it: water, this time to heal. Just like he has.

[moonpeaches]

💗 - rate maiko?

Hmm, 6/10? I don’t hate it but I don’t love it? Personally I don’t like their dynamic romantically, it’s obvious they care deeply about each other though (Zuko’s face when seeing Mai at the end of Sozins comit, the episode that I think is before day of black sun that I forgot the name in English for but like it’s the fruit tart one, and just the whole boiling rock thing). These are just my personal opinions on it from my point of view not trying to start any arguments here!

[smallblueandloud]

okay, i know i said yesterday that i’m not a huge fan of zutara, but i would do anything for someone to do an edit of “you must not let the lightning pass through your heart, or the damage could be deadly” paired with zuko taking the lightning for katara in sozin’s comit

[savdragon]

Need help finding a fanfic!

It is a Zutara fanfic, about ember island where the gaang was at Zuko’s family house. Azula turned good and joined the Gaang. But sozins comit had an affect on firebenders that made them feel more sexually active?

Anyone recognize this fic? Please let me know!!

[woeismyhoe]

A friend of mine made me realize this little parallel between Avatar and Kungfu Panda...

Sozin comitted genocide against the Airbenders to eliminate the next Avatar who was the only threat to his war.

Shen comitted genocide against the Pandas to eliminate the prophesized panda who would defeat him.

[themomentofdavyprentiss]

"Aunt Wu told Katara that she would marry a powerful bender, and Aang is the most powerful bender ever!! This is why Kataang makes sense!"

Well for one thing she said "a powerful bender" not "THE MOST POWERFUL bender" and you could argue that almost every bender shown in the show is insanely powerful. But if you wanna go down "THE MOST powerful bender road" then alright. But I'd make a case that the most powerful bender in the show isn't Aang. It's not even Zuko. Besides Katara, I'd argue that the most powerful bender in the show is Azula. From the age of eight, she was shown to be a fire bending prodigy, compared to Azulon himself. AT THE AGE OF EIGHT SHE WAS COMPARED TO THE FIRE LORD IN TERMS OF STRENGTH AND POWER. She was able to conjure blue flames, and summon lightning at will by the age of fourteen, maybe even younger. Can you imagine what she would've been like had she had a stable frame of mind and never had the breakdown she experienced???? Fire Lord Azula would have been the most terrifying and destructive Fire Lord in Avatar history, even over Sozin or Ozai. We only see her lose three battles during the show. The first, in 'The Chase' , could be argued that it isn't even a loss; it's a retreat after being cornered by FOUR benders, one being the Avatar. And even before her retreat, she still held her own for a long time before then. The second, during 'The Drill' was a loss, absolutely, but not because she was bested in a battle of bending. Aang got the upper hand by destroying the drill, but she still kicked his ass when it came to a one on one bending battle between the two. The final one, and the only one where she actually lost in comparison to another's bending, was of course during the Agni Kai in 'Sozin's Comit Part 3/4'. Beforehand, Iroh KNEW that none of them could take her alone. Zuko only fought her one on one because he believed she was unstable and unfit to properly fight, not because he thought he was stronger than her. And even then, it took both him AND Katara (Who above everyone else, I'd argue is THE MOST POWERFUL BENDER in the show. But you can't marry yourself) to take her down. So really... Aunt Wu's prediction doesn't prove shit. It's a great support/defense for a crap ton of ships, sure. But it's absolutely not an 'end all be all' argument ending point for Kataang, or even Zutara for that matter. Unless you're arguing for Azutara, I don't think Aunt Wu is as strong as an argument as you'd like to think.

[taradiddlez-blog]

< see that new icon? IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

MY ZUKO FEELS OMG.