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Her name is June lol
Yes indeed Ben is correct. The bounty hunter was June.
With Aang its understandable since he is still just 12 but because its pretty much a misundestanding for the sake of conflict that doesent matter beyond this episode it feels like more of a dick move than it really is. Sokka and Kataras reaction to it is also completley understandable since they haven't seen their dad in awhile at least. Its kinda funny that Bato is just trying to stop the unnecesary conflict because it won't really add to anything. Also he has the same va as Sully from Uncharted witch is always fun to hear.
With Iroh you can definatley tell that the jokes are a bit dated by todays standards ala Master Roshi from dragon ball and here its kinda weird since Iroh isn't this much of a horndog later. Well since we know that he won't do anything weirder we can give him a pass I suppose.
Also goddamn writers already pushing Zutara because that girlfriend comment was not needed and would Katara at this point even jokingly want to kiss Zuko.
Irohs line about only having one mystery left hits harder because of somthing that I won't reveal until THAT episode but goddamn is it bittersweet when you know.
Highkey one of my favorite fight sequences in the series. Unless I'm royally blanking on something, this is Aang and Zukos first REAL showdown. They fought a bit in episode two but Zuko was kind of no match for Aangs airbending mastery. This time they feel like real anime rivals. Appa getting his turn to have some action was really sick too, he's a total tank
Who else is super excited to see how they react to Azula???
This episode was really well done.. although Aang messed up pretty hard tbh.. and not so many people noticed that back then i guess. But i put some thoughts into it.
Aang our hero, in this episode
– Act completely immature and petty as soon as he isn’t the center of attention
– Actively lie to his friends, purposely denying them a chance to see their father again who they haven’t seen in years so they won’t leave him
– Actively lie to Bato, denying him the chance to return to his fellow Warriors who he considers family.
– Potentially compromise Water Tribe (and maybe also Earth Kingdom) military strategy for purely selfish reasons.
– Actively mock Water Tribe culture while doing so.
– (It’s worth mentioning that seeing their father would be no more than a temporary detour, and both water siblings almost immediately decided that it was more important to stick with Aang.) That’s all… well, really bad, but characters are supposed to have flaws, right? Sure, 100%.
But it isn’t really portrayed as a flaw. ☝
It’s portrayed as a completely understandable reaction to the situation. Most of the episode is from Aang’s POV, and we’re clearly meant to feel sympathy for him. And it’s nothing to do with having lost his culture, which I’ve heard a lot of people say in his defense for this episode: the shots are very specifically and intentionally shown that Aang is sad that he’s being left out and ignored. He is specifically shown to be annoyed by the lack of attention people are paying him.
Long story short: Character development thickens.
Honorable Mention: June is 10/10 🏳🌈 also that is what i call an animal sidekick, no offense Momo and Appa. 😉
The want for control is not a Western thing per se.
I think it's very much an age thing, this just means you're still young minded 😉
Yeah, Irohs' ability to keep calm in any situation is life goals.
I forget if we see Jun again, but I do remember wishing to see her more.
Sokka is simultaneously the smartest and dumbest character and somehow it works perfectly. (And I say that with the utmost love for him)
Oh wow, I never realized, but this is actually a big step in Sokka's "strategic" growth, in terms of being aware of & utilizing his allies' abilities (it's really the first time he actively relies on Katara's waterbending strength specifically to achieve their goal; he's already used Aang's airbending in the Water Prison).
June is voiced by the legendary Jennifer Hale (female Shepard from Mass Effect). Her Shirshu, Nyla, is a hybrid of giant anteater, wolf, and star-nosed mole.
When you think about it. Their dad was kinda terrible for taking all the warriors with him and leaving a very inexperienced Sokka as the only person there to protect the village. What a huge amount of responsibility to have him as the lone defender. I mean I understand taking your warrior to war, but you still need experienced soldiers to protect your home while your gone.
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This episode had one of the best fight scenes in this season.
Iroh laying down his game. Gotta love it.
June is easily my favorite minor character in the show and she occupies a special place in my heart, right between Harley Quinn and Juri Han…
Which totally doesn’t say anything about my taste in women, not at all, I don’t know why you’d suggest such a thing.
4:55 what did Miuki do to get in trouble with the Fire Nation before?
Also during the Aang vs. Zuko fight if you pay close attention there are a few moves that Aang copies from Zuko.
Aang is indeed an Airbending master. But if you recall King Bumi's comments from episode 5, he said "typical airbender tactic; avoid and evade." Aang's not used to using his airbending in a head-on, aggressive, combative way. This episode shows how much he's grown in that regard.
Nice reaction. June's design was visually based on a staff writer Lisa Yang, and her shirshu's name Nyla is also the name of Yang's Rottweiler. Also, Nyla is a triple combination of an anteater, wolf, & star-nosed mole.
It's not that uncle iroh isn't phased It's that he doesn't believe that catching the avatar is 1: the right thing to do. And 2: will actually help Zuko.
So he's happy to just chill, which is lucky coz he's way stronger than zuko and would absolutely take team avatar down, especially at this stage in their development.
Actually Momo defeats the fire lord in the final battle
We learn a lot about Sokka here – the root of his sexism is his father's insistance on "being a man". Really, he just wants a sense of worth, belonging and the love and respect of this father. Sokka learns to move past the toxic parts of his issues. His need to put others down, women in Sokka's case, stemmed from a feeling of inadequacy heightened by feeling that he was failing a key part of his culture – manliness in Sokka's case. The parallel between Sokka and Zuko is pretty clear.
We can clearly see in this episode from Sokka's work "ice" dodging that he's already grown a great deal in self-confidence.
The monastery fight is one of my favourites, especially the fight between Aang and Zuko over the well – the distinct moves and stances reminds me of classic Jackie Chan kung-fu comedies like Drunken Master. It shows us a little of Aang's limits, too. He can clearly handle Zuko, but Zuko, Nyla and Jun are a bit much for him.
A lot of people feel the main plot with Aang's hiding of the map isn't believable. I think that whilst perhaps a little simplistically told, we've already seen that Aang was traumatised both by his belief that he'd be separated from Gyatso by the Air Nomads, and of course, by genocide of his people. Aang's shame, rage and grief in The Storm about being taken away from Gyatso's care was enough to briefly trigger the Avatar state. I can well imagine that this poor kid, gripped by separation anxiety, would be terrified about the idea that his friends – his new family, really, might decide to leave him.
Appa is really all he has of his whole life before episode 1.
I feel like a lot of bounty hunters enjoy the dark side of it
Aang is a pacifist through and through. No violence unless absolutely needed to save your own life. It's really great just how hard he sticks to this.
Appa was going for not just blood, but bodies. He shattered that courtyard where Jun was. He wanted to start stacking bodies as soon as he had a reason.