SANDBENDERS CAPTURE APPA!! AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Season 2 Episode 10| 100% BLIND GROUP REACTION

[@chance757]

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[@admiralthrawn7754]

Who are you?

[@fuminshoo1266]

@@admiralthrawn7754 The moderator who always saves us all from all those people that tend to ruin blind reactions with every kind of spoilers.

[@tesstickle6974]

@@admiralthrawn7754 The destroyer of assholes who spoil things

[@chance757]

@@fuminshoo1266 🤍

[@chance757]

@@tesstickle6974 i like this one 😈😂

[@hilarymajor3983]

Shout out to Sokka for realizing they need real intel to win the war, not just the Avatar. His determination to get the date of the eclipse is one of my top #1 favorite Sokka scenes. My boy is a strategist and thinks. He’s not just comic relief!

[@niiitjeeneeman3903]

well actually sandbenders are part of the earth benders. Toph said that she sees everything blurry because of the sand but that means that she can still see something. So sandbenders are part of them

[@brandonlyon730]

Yeah if you think about sand is basically just trillions of tiny tiny rocks.

[@AkinReacts]

Thanks for letting us know 🤝

[@alharairah2214]

Yeah, like how the guy who meditated in the swamp (Hugh or Hiu) used the water in the plants like subset of water bending

[@obieoguejiofor7994]

@@alharairah2214 or how water benders can use ice or fire benders using Lightning

[@horsegirl19951]

Poor Toph. She did the best she could. She made the right choice for her and Team Avatar.

[@AkinReacts]

She made the best choice she could save Appa and the team…

[@mzg6462]

Water benders that grew up in the swamp are better at bending the water in the vines, but those who live in the poles are better with ice . The same thing is with sand bending not all earth benders can bend it as good as the people in the desert. And of course lightning is a part of fire bending but not every fire bender can bend it.

[@90sflower95]

@@typical_ae no it’s true bro did u even watch avatar

[@jordanalford5290]

As a kid I thought Wan Shi Tong was aggrivatiing but as an Adult I'm just like He's just trying to live in peace with his books but people keep disturbing him. Kind of mad when you deep it.

[@chance757]

right? they literally broke into his home, beat his ass and stole his books 😭😭 my man wasn’t bothering anyone!

[@dashinhayes]

Just like sokka said about the swamp guy; just a man protecting his home

[@JadaCarlton]

I love how Toph embraces her blindness so much, that she's willing to make jokes about it. 😊

[@niyaodom1944]

Every last one of them looked; it gets me every time *XD*

[@Freshboii_tru]

@@niyaodom1944 You would too in scorching heat 🤣 they needed a tent on top of Appa if you ask me

[@devilishgenius]

The owl was just sitting in his crib minding his business. Then these kids trespassed, lied to him(proving his point that humans are selfish), stole his stuff and beat his head. Wan Shi Tong did nothing wrong. The professor seemed chill tho. He probably would have vibed with the owl

[@alexschwarz4749]

@Lady Seashell Bikini I don't think you can say that about spirits in general. If anything they see only in shades of grey. For us, there seems to be a clear right versus wrong here, with the fire nation being conquerors and the other nations being on the defense. In reality, war circumstances are often far more complex and it's simplified here for story purposes. Even with the simplified situation thou we only see it through the lens of the protagonists, adapting that as our perspective. From a truly neutral position, observing stuff from the outside Wan Shi Tongs take totally makes sense. It also goes along with the philosophies of other wise characters (not going to name anyone here) That the arts don't belong to anyone nation, but in extension to that, there's an unspoken agreement to not abuse said art/knowledge for war purposes.

[@oninaru]

All hail the owl god!

[@AkinReacts]

A creepy owl, Appa capture and sandbenders ??? This episode slapped fr 🙌🏾

[@nicekid76]

Since everyone else already commented on the sand bending thing, (like 70% of the comments lol)... I'll ask you guys if you think Wan Shi Tong is a "bad guy". Like these kids broke into your house, misused your stuff, lied to you, and beat you in your own house. Mind you someone else stole info from his house to kill the ocean spirit and burned a whole department of his library and he literally told these kids not to use it for violent reasons when he allowed them to stay. Personally not shocked he doesn't like humans especially after that.

[@AkinReacts]

I think Wan Shi Tong is the one who is in the right. Every human who he meets misuses the library which he loves for hate and destruction, honestly I respect him. 🤝

[@Malaika924]

I was lucky enough to witness a solar eclipse. It was amazing! The sky didn't go completely dark like it would in the middle of the night; it looked more like the sky you would see around 5 am with just enough sunlight to make long shadows on the ground. What was really freaky was hearing all of the crickets chirping so loudly in the middle of the day. When the sun came back, they stopped.

[@alharairah2214]

Also, when asking Siri about a solar eclipse - whether you can see a solar eclipse or not in the real world entirely depends on where in the world you are. As the moon passes before the sun during a total eclipse, the shadow cast occurs along a very narrow path (the path of totality). A partial solar eclipse is visible in a wider band outside the path of totality. Of course partial eclipses (with no total coverage) occur more often than total ones because of differences between the Earth's orbital tilt around the sun and the tilt of the moon's orbit around the planet. There are about 2 to 5 solar eclipses every year. Of course for a fantasy show (and a kids' show) they simplify the astronomy.

[@MJ_71312]

I remember watching this episode when I was younger and being terrified of the owl spirit. I had nightmares and everything 😂

[@AkinReacts]

No way 🤣

[@k0k0mlml]

Toph literally holding up an entire building................................

[@Bostonterrierslol]

Well tbf Aang is the ONLY airbender in the world. The tattoos kinda give it away. A little hard to hide those

[@tesstickle6974]

Yup

[@thefictionalscholar]

Toph was easily the MVP this episode. Not only did she hold up an entire sinking building by herself, she did it while on shifty sand and while attempting to help Appa.

[@AkinReacts]

I see no lies 😤

[@dwayneluke8984]

Just like zuko told katara you're rise with the moon, I rise with the sun.

[@AkinReacts]

Indeed 😤

[@richardsaid973]

"yup firebenders loose their fire during a solar eclipse" remember what zuko said to katara before taking aang in season 1? "You rise with the moon.....I rise with the sun". subtle foreshadowing, you love to see it

[@lilscooter93]

raphael: appa can hold his own gabriele: they're gonna eat him! what can he hold then???

[@cedeceekoriresu1792]

😂😂😂😂

[@AkinReacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cedeceekoriresu1792]

Appa is his only family from the life he knew so we can understand why Aang is crying

[@AkinReacts]

😔😔😔

[@petezahut2432]

Aang crying breaks my heart 😔

[@AkinReacts]

😔😔😔

[@Lara-gc9wd]

I used to have the Nintendo ds game of this book, and the level where you had to run away from the owl freaking terrified me. Nearly everything about this episode is stressful lol

[@AkinReacts]

Especially the ending…

[@ceeeceee8753]

I recently found my DS, along with that game when I was cleaning out my basement. I played it for a while and it brought back so many memories

[@ray_rayy24]

Since you guys enjoy Aang so much, next episode is going to be interesting. I’m curious to see how you all react to it. It’s one of my favorites in the series ❤️

[@jordanalford5290]

Also Sandbending is just a subsection of Earthbending. Kind of like how Hank was bending the water in the vines in the Swamp episode.

[@petezahut2432]

More like lightning bending

[@petezahut2432]

@Lady Seashell Bikini Toph is an exceptional earth bender not everyone can bend sand. And lightning was originally only taught to royals which is why it’s so special here. A lot of fire benders could learn it.

[@kpuda7722]

@@petezahut2432 Sand is just tiny, loose particles of earth. It's like bending steam for waterbending. It's a bit complicated, but I don't think one would have to be an elite master to be able to do it, just somewhat experienced.

[@Freshboii_tru]

@@kpuda7722 Right she never bended sand a day in her life until she stood on it.

[@RiseeRee]

I just wanted to show some love to the small details in the episode like the fact Katara read that one of Aang’s past lives was left handed, or that cool artwork of that giant lionturtle that Aang saw 💜

[@elyssaduran]

Ugh I cried when Appa was taken.

[@tori-ding6819]

sand bending is a subset of earth bending! similar to how the swamp guy bent the water in the vines!

[@AkinReacts]

Thanks for letting us know ✌🏾

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

"that's not an owl, it's a dragon" 😂😂

[@AkinReacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@alharairah2214]

Lol, Wan Shin Tong' change just reminds me of how Hei Bai (the forest spirit) changed from being a panda when he's chill to a six-limbed monster when he's angry

[@gunamalapoobalan9995]

Sand bending is a part of earth bending!! King Boomi changed earth to sand when fighting with Aang. Haru, the earth bending boy, crushed the stones to sand while talking about his father to Katara!!

[@J.07T]

Any earth bender can sand bend but because it's so soft and fine it requires a different mind set than hard solid rocks. Since these nomads live and travel through the desert, sand is pretty much their specialty

[@kelonpie]

We got a partial Lunar Eclipse in November 2021 in USA

[@DCHTOWN1]

Sand bending is a specialty within earth bending. You have to learn to bend sand because it’s looser and less steady then regular earth (rocks)

[@libra9633]

This episode messed me up Hard when I was a kid, 😆 You guys are now in for the Twists, On Twists of your lives! OHHH BOY!!! Cannot wait for the next episode!!!

[@AkinReacts]

The ending… 😔😔

[@libra9633]

@@AkinReacts No joke! The look on Aang’s face said Everything! My heart and soul was broken for that! I truly felt his pain. Not to mention I was like in my preteens when I saw this - Sooo yea, I was NOT a happy kid that day 😅

[@muffinpuffin1390]

solar eclipses don't happen every year, it's pretty infrequent (it only happens when the moon's orbit happens to put it in the path of the sun, during a new moon)

[@TransparentEclipse]

Thanks for the reactions guys, u know I appreciate it! Toph out here doing too much to the point where she couldn’t do everything. Sad day. Also, yes, sandbending is a form of earth bending. It’s just softer earth after all.

[@AkinReacts]

Thanks for letting us know 🤝

[@willwilliamson9580]

sand benders are specialized earth benders. kind of like the swamp water benders.

[@juliacalhoun9491]

I always get mildly frustrated by this episode, because I feel like Wan Shi Tong may have taken more kindly to Aang saying something like "the world is off balance, and I need information in order to restore balance, as is my duty as Avatar", but instead we just got "we need to beat the firebenders" with no added context...and while it may be the case that the owl wouldn't have given a crap about the Avatar justification, and would've still viewed it as just another petty human squabble, I still think about the "what if" every time I see this episode.

[@JAcevedo2580]

Here we go boys, it's getting real now!

[@tesstickle6974]

Hype!

[@AkinReacts]

It really is man 😔

[@sufferinsilence5817]

love the intro! props to whoever made it

[@AkinReacts]

Thank you 🤙🏿

[@NoBxndz]

OOU I can’t wait to yall react to the next episode! 🔥

[@justarandomchannel8150]

Appa was paying attention/understood when Toph was explaining how she 'sees.' He looks at her while she talks, then looks to the ground when she explains that's how it works. Smart boy

[@andrewtetteh6677]

I like to spend my vacation AT THE LIBRARY!!!!! thats an iconic line righ there from sokka 😭😬hahaha.

[@keagasourus9883]

Sand acts differently than earth so while earthbenders can also bend sand it takes a different technique

[@maryelizabeth1216]

"how about you study this L" HELPPPPPP

[@scrawnytony3174]

You’re treating a solar eclipse like an annual thing. June tenth is just the next time it will happen in your area. Eclipses are relatively uncommon, especially if it covers the entire sun. The most recent major total solar eclipse in the US was in august of 2017.

[@Freshboii_tru]

Yeah not every eclipse will cover the sun and neither will it always cover your exact area on earth, that in of itself is the rare part of it.

[@dhygin]

SOKKA THE BACK-BENDER

[@madalynstauffer9592]

I’m rewatching and I’m ahead in like mid season 3 and literally every episode something happens and I can’t help thinking “they’re going to LOSE it at this part”🤣

[@AkinReacts]

😂😂😂 we look forward to it 🤝

[@Chillixion]

sandbending is just earth bending but bending it like air, since sand is just very small pieces of earth

[@The.Twinkling.DingDong]

LMAOOOOO "sokka the backbender" THATS HOW WE CALL HIM

[@BrayBray11000]

sand bending is just a subsect of earth bending, like water benders bending steam or even vines, or fire benders bending lightning

[@thundermijo]

Ayee another fire reaction 🔥 In case yall didn't know, Wan Shi Tong's name in Chinese literally means "He who knows 10 thousand things" Also, I felt so bad for Toph in this episode, she can barely see and she was forced to give up Appa to save the Gaang.

[@YEOsCanal]

5:55 As a kid I always thought he called them "Sandbenders" as an insult because they live in the desert. Until I noticed they are earthbenders whose specialty is sand bending. (Basically countless tiny little stones)

[@nino1690]

Sand has a different consistency than earth, it is considered a sub-element of earthbending.

[@adrianvulpes9509]

Secret passage? Don’t you mean… SECRET TUNNEL!!!!!!!

[@AkinReacts]

😂

[@jonathanfoster4202]

I'm just giggling at their confusion as to whether sand is Earth or not😂

[@AkinReacts]

🤣🤣

[@giadagiusti5759]

Every single element has some subforms of bending and there are plenty of them. For examole, sandbending is a subform of earthbending and lighting is a subform of firebending...

[@doblekevin]

Remember Bumi bending that creeping crystal/candy? rocks is not the only thing earthbenders can control, you gotta open your brain to the possibilities.

[@tesstickle6974]

We can all agree that the owl is creepy af and kinda cool

[@NavW-or2rm]

Wan shi tong is cool and greatly misunderstood by alot of people

[@tesstickle6974]

@@NavW-or2rm absolutely!

[@SuperDecimator]

Sokka style is a form of backbending. He's got the most ladies in the series

[@AkinReacts]

❌🧢

[@tameramowry8810]

Honestly sokka is very underrated by the gaang and everyone else...he came up with sthg on the fly while everyone else gave the owl sthg created by someone else

[@Freshboii_tru]

I’m so confused guys, I’ve seen Avatar countless times and only now I realize Appa could’ve flew into the sky and avoided the sand benders -___-

[@Neo_wnd]

I know im Late, but i think he tried to protect toph 😕

[@hilarymajor3983]

Also, this is the library that Zhao mentioned in season one, it’s where he got the intel about the Ocean and Moon Spirits, Tui and La.

[@JadaCarlton]

Solar Eclipses are kinda rare....

[@Oreo_166]

4:56 Why *do* people use the word "back-bender" for Sokka for him being a ladies' man? Like how does that word, in any way, relate to him being a ladies' man?

[@mathies3598]

Solar eclipses aren't just once a year every time on the same day. It's on average a little less often than once a year on earth, but that could be totally different for other planets too. So it's not always during summer either, it's kind of unrelated to the time of year.

[@AkinReacts]

Thanks for letting us know 🤝

[@J.07T]

It is kind of funny how Aang is supposed to be somewhat incognito, yet he tells almost everyone he meets he's the avatar

[@AkinReacts]

For real 😂😂

[@shiveringtimber49]

And so it begins

[@campbell91988]

Sandbenders are just very specialized earth benders. It's kinda implied fine sand like the desert is different to work with than most other earth, so they specialize in it since they live there. Think like the weird water bender in the swamp moving the water in the vines earlier in the season. They just use a peculiar technique and live in a desert.

[@lynetteortiz9762]

Prepárense para los momentos sad... 🤧

[@rerebella9441]

Sokka the backbender has finished me LOL!

[@AkinReacts]

😂🤣🤣

[@951penalozahugo]

13:56 "Wow... Hey Siri..." 😂

[@AkinReacts]

😊

[@sunnybunny8393]

Love your reactions! I was looking forward to this episode

[@AkinReacts]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@cedeceekoriresu1792]

When are you guys dropping part 2?

[@chance757]

thursday

[@cedeceekoriresu1792]

@@chance757 ok thank you

[@chance757]

@@cedeceekoriresu1792 no problem. they post at the same time every monday and thursday.

[@SylverQrow]

Sand bending is an earth sub bending for those in the desert. To me it looked like they use a mix of water and air movements. For the sailer they use air movements but from the ground they use water movements cus of the consistency of the sand.

[@davidhasselblad3825]

Sand benders are just an off branch of earth benders who kinda forgot how to bend normal earth. So they only know and remember sand. Most of them were exiles who survived in the desert wastes.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

Sand is just tiny rocks

[@MACKS1313]

sand bending is earth bending but adapted for the desert, like how the swamp benders had a different style

[@swr5945]

heyyo a series reaction suggestion: Transformers Prime I think u guys may like it, reeally good UwU

[@ethanlibera4876]

So solar eclipse are semi random, they aren’t scheduled so while the next solar eclipse may have been June tenth it’s not always then, usually there’s on every year and a half on average, but sometimes a few years will pass sometimes only a few months, however they only happen in certain places, so usually they are over the ocean so only astrologers know, but now days we can predict when and where they will be so you can take cruises out to see them. If you ever get the opportunity take it, there awesome

[@thecontinent9192]

You guys are hilarious lol great reaction

[@AkinReacts]

Thank you 🤝

[@TheCustodians]

Usually i comment about how amazing ATLA is or how much I love it. And while I still could.....easily, I'd just like to say that Wan Shi Tong's library is evidence that The Avatar world would translate perfectly to a table top RPG. Also do you guys have a Twitter?

[@AkinReacts]

We have Twitter, Instagram and TikTok @AkinReacts to talk to us directly ✌🏾

[@TheCustodians]

@@AkinReacts Thanks😁👌

[@HD-tb1ht]

2 episodes golden deal

[@amiiboacid4785]

Bruh a solar eclipse is just when the moon covers the sun. It isn't a yearly event and June 10th was when the last one happened in America.

[@tesstickle6974]

For me it never made sense how Appa got abducted so easily by a couple of dudes. Appa's mass is in thousands! Couple of dudes wouldn't be able to hold Appa down that easily

[@chance757]

they had their bending to aide them

[@tesstickle6974]

@@chance757 so did Appa tho. Yeah, they used their bending to harden sand under them to not get knocked down easily but that doesn't change the fact that Appa weights a lot. If they maneged to imbed themselves into the hardened sand so hard that even Appa couldn't dissbalance or knock them down their legs would just get torn off

[@chance757]

@@tesstickle6974 it’s a kids show bud 💀 appa needed to be taken so he was taken

[@tesstickle6974]

@@chance757 yep

[@cedeceekoriresu1792]

Sand is a subdivision of earth

[@davidmichaelson1092]

The following episodes are variable...but some of the best are coming up. It is an extended series of episodes from, shall we say, A to B to C. But there are in between episodes. And solar eclipses can occur any time. Depends on the relative position of the sun, earth, and moon.

[@josegutierrez7898]

Yes sand bending is a subsection of earth bending because those benders spend more time in the desert. Aang is the last airbender no more airbenders except aang

[@Hope_808]

Do your parents like Ninja turtles cuz your names are like them Michael (like Michael Angelo) Raphael (like Raphael).....

[@AkinReacts]

Nah we’re named after Angels Angel Michael Angel Gabriel Angel Raphael ✌🏾

[@davidhasselblad3825]

Maybe it’s the opposite. I heard June 10th the sun entered a new age or some crap

[@J.07T]

This is the official half way point of the series btw

[@AkinReacts]

Yessir 🤝

[@randomaccount2.051]

Just out of curiosity. where are you guys from? Can’t make out the accent

[@AkinReacts]

We are born in Italy 🇮🇹 but we’re from Nigeria 🇳🇬✌🏾

[@randomaccount2.051]

@@AkinReacts thanks, love your reactions

[@kevinmorel2485]

is wan shi tong omniscient or not

[@dwayneluke8984]

Thats called SOKKA style Learn it

[@AkinReacts]

We will 🤣🤣

[@tazzygirl44]

ayooo wasss good mah boys????

[@AkinReacts]

✌🏾

[@kerrychristensen7204]

👍👍

[@AkinReacts]

👍🏿👍🏿

[@Space00000.]

Avatar is cool ,but when is kuroko no basket?

[@AkinReacts]

Wednesday bro 🤝

[@tesstickle6974]

I'm sure you guys right now are sad and angry: 100

[@AkinReacts]

Yh man that ending…