ATLA From Firelord Ozai's Perspective Is Hilarious

[@Nomsynho]

Why do I say "Avatar The Legend of Aang"? In the UK it's known as the Legend of Aang, because "Bender" is a derogatory slur for homosexual, and also because that M Night Shamalan movie seriously sucked balls and I want to remove that from my memory. As such I will refrain from using the American title

[@rolay7730]

They didn't change the name for the live-action one?

[@MarleyMothBard]

did they change all the dialogue within the show as well to remove other places where 'bender' was used? or was it still used? just curious

[@justkashi9481]

​@@MarleyMothBard no, nobody from the UK calls it legend of aang, that's just something people on yt do 😂😂

[@JojoJere]

The next thing they're going to make a derogatory slur in the UK is "Yankeee" at this point 💀. Yall's

[@Nomsynho]

@@justkashi9481 I mean when it was airing in nickelodeon in 2005 it was 100% Legend of Aang, they changed it to the last airbender much later down the line

[@VoidWalkerOblivion]

"A single guy defeated all the warriors at our jail and broke the avatar free. With only a pair of swords." "Yes, my lord." "If only my son were this competent."

[@robensmonteau161]

I love this comment.

[@bunthewiser]

In the business, we call this foreshadowing.

[@raphaeladdai3393]

Damn💀

[@boguslocus]

Best comment

[@JanPeter-n8b]

Yes xD

[@youtubeviewer4472]

In fairness, in Ba Sing Se, the drill had to face against TWO twelve year old children.

[@Anndreya05]

This has the same energy as "Okay, TWO copper pieces"

[@diegestrandetekokosnuss5865]

Technically the drill did not fail. It breached the wall and made a giant hole. And for what ever reason the earth dudes did not do anything about it, even after the drill and the firenations soldiers were defeated by twelve year olds. The only thing they did, was building a mini wall around the drill. No wonder they take L after L, if the only thing they can think of is building walls. 🤦‍♀

[@retii5047]

"my life is in the hands of an idiot?" *In calming voice* "No no no no no. TWO idiots"

[@JAYDOG1337A]

@@diegestrandetekokosnuss5865 Taking apart something that big would take a while, and it was specifically designed to not be destroyed by Earth Benders, even Toph was doing jack shit to it. So they'd have to take it apart by hand, piece by piece.

[@peterroe2993]

Two children with two working eyes.

[@giantclaw138]

Don't forget Toph's portrayal in Ember Island Players, implying that everyone reporting portrayed Toph as a buff dude to avoid the embarrassment of losing to a blind girl

[@stevelandmartin-khan2430]

The single greatest joke in the entire show

[@_M41KU_]

Which is also a gag for what Toph’s original character design was going to be like

[@shaoronmd]

no no no... not "blind girl" it's "little blind girl"... then this little blind girl went on and was half the reason the airship fleet was destroyed

[@syrelian]

@@shaoronmd *breaks your door* *rolls over it* *is now a metal armored horror against all that you knew to be right*

[@zevfeitelson]

For the videos sake we can assume since azula was there the report might be a bit more accurate The people interviewed by the writer of the play were largely normal people who heard the story from eye witnesses

[@CoraTerrion-lp7ki]

Ive always loved to perspective of the firebenders as a whole. Imagine you are a random ass fire nation soldier just driving your airship, as far as you know there is nobody on your ship, and also as far as you know metal bending doesnt exist. Then suddenly there is a knock on your cabin door, it falls down, and the littl blind girl standing in the doorway rolls over the door and it becomes armor. That shit would be horrifying

[@shadesinsertlastname1631]

defeated by eldritch horror child

[@josefabianodavidgoncalves8586]

Not only that, she climbed around the room. That is a devil child

[@Firehawk376]

And then she's on the ceiling, wrecking your shit.

[@FlamingNinjaBoi]

Would have been hilarious if they cameo'd that exact event in the second series as some kind of legend passed down for generations. That one time a small blind girl LITERALLY ABSORBED PART OF THE AIRSHIP to knock it out of the sky.

[@victoria6137]

​@@FlamingNinjaBoi I'd be so funny to watch evolution of that story! Cause humans love to intentional and unintentionally exaggerate things. So I love to imagine one day the grown up avatar crew hears about a giant iron golem who descended from the sky and smitted the fire kingdoms sky ships and all just slowly turn and look at Toph 😂

[@ilikewater1575]

I feel like the funniest part is that The Firelord has possibly never heard of Sokka before 😭

[@medical-cyanide1526]

It is mildly more amusing that at most is some sparse field reports that barely mention him. Technically knows he exists but not consciously so

[@JadeLeFlame]

he was in the play tho, im sure he had to have watched that

[@AceWolf456]

@@JadeLeFlame Do you remember every extra in a movie you watch? Do you recall all the names of the individuals on the Avenger's flying base?

[@locoludwin3228]

​@AceWolf456 a play is different than a movie because there are no extras everyone that shows up has a role to fill, even if you are casted as tree #4, so yes, people can manage to remember the names of up to 27 characters in a play depending of how much attention they paid

[@sirBrouwer]

@@JadeLeFlame how do we know if Ozai even watched that play that is aimed that the plebians. Most likely that was covered by some lowlife in one of the departments.

[@pauciloquentflibbertigibbe5217]

Forgot the report that Omashu, which you'd been occupying for monthes, was single handedly taken back by a one hundred year old man during the eclipse.

[@ninjag-o-g3150]

112 year old man*

[@phoebusapollo8365]

@@ninjag-o-g3150 do we know that Bumi is the same age as Aang?

[@floofcloud6163]

​@@phoebusapollo8365 the show has Bumi appear in a flashback and he looks about the same age as Aang. He has to be around 112

[@zikli9249]

Bumi's imprisonment has to make everyone feel like he's just messing with them: 1) He surrenders without a fight 2) Gets rescued by the avatar who broke into the city (and back out with all the citizens) 3) Unrescues himself, using his own earth bending 4) Sits in a coffin for months watching you finish building giant statues 5) Casually takes back his city by vandalizing the expensive giant statues you built and using them as weapons to singlehandedly destroy half the city in under a minute (I mean its the eclipse, but that doesn't make earthbending any stronger). Everyone else is fighting a war, Bumi is taking an excuse to go on vacation.

[@FlamingNinjaBoi]

@@zikli9249 Bumi out here being the embodiment of "I'll give you a head start."

[@pembertr0n]

“Oh also, m’lord, Ba Sing Se was liberated during the comet.” “What!? HOW!?” “Ah, sir, it seems it was Iroh, and his… uh, poker club.”

[@marissabulso6439]

Poker club 😂😂😂

[@Bookdragon11]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nerolia_gaming8030]

omg "poker club", so true! xD

[@ketashi6941]

I like to imagine that this messenger climbed up the stone pillar where Ozai is lying powerless on the ground at the time, just so he can deliver this one final message of disappointing news.

[@AliceErishech]

@@ketashi6941 Well at least he had one competent subordinate.

[@drasticdaniel]

Ozai casually has the worst year of his life

[@DisKorruptd]

Worst year of his life so far.

[@SkitsyCat]

The worst year of his entire ancestral line, actually.

[@hyperbiscuit2284]

6 months*

[@RedFloyd469]

And then he spends the rest of his miserable life locked away in a tiny cell, with not even enough energy left in him to do normal human activities like walking around. Yeah. "Worst year of your life SO FAR" seems more fitting.

[@robertharris6092]

Ozai is born into leading a world spanning empire. Then a few years into his rulership everything just goes to shit and his entire empire colapses in the span of a year.

[@oomreni5820]

You skipped the painted lady. Which is essentially: "My lord, one of our steel factories has been destroyed by a ghost."

[@Nomsynho]

I thought about this, but I figured it wouldn't make it up the pipeline

[@maxbaker7841]

​@@NomsynhoTrue, NOBODY would want to admit that shit.

[@nellylenaj3601]

The cackle I just cackled🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bacillusanthrasis267]

​@@Nomsynho goddammit.

[@enviousshade1770]

​@@maxbaker7841well spirits are real in there world so it's very believable

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

Ozai: "You may not return home until you have captured the long lost Avatar." Fire Sage: "My Lord, the Avatar Statues at the Fire Temple have all come aglow! The Avatar has returned!" Ozai: "...You're joking."

[@TheNeraum]

we scorched the air nomads 99 years ago, I banish Zuko 2 years ago, and NOW the avatar reappears?! what are the chances

[@bignoob4890]

I think he just wanted zuko gone

[@aster1760]

​​@@bignoob4890 Quite litterally yes. He sent him away knowing full and well his own pops was responsible for whiping the Air Nomads COMPLETELY off the face of the earth. Ozai had every reason to believe he was sending Zuko out on a fools errand indefinitely, so too did Iroh, to the point Iroh expressed it several times in the opening to the series.

[@purplepedantry]

​@@aster1760 And that's what makes the reappearance of the Literal Avatar to be even more hilarious xD

[@skibsii]

ozai hit zuko with the ol "go to the store and buy me some blinker fluid"

[@catwithaknife6742]

god it's absolutely hilarious to think about the info gaps that ozai would have had, like he doesn't get any of the arcs, from his perspective zuko went from some delusional, anger-issue ridden lapdog to denouncing everything he was raised to believe and BENDING LIGHTNING within a week.

[@Theology.101]

Yeah but he got a hair cut so he could expect it

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

You ever wonder if he knew about the avatar state or what it could do? It makes sense he would have a big team of historians and researchers to learn about the avatar but he was also really confident he could beat Aang. I like to imagine he had exactly ZERO context at the end because no historians really understood the Avatar State well enough to record when it happened.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Also the fun bit, some of the info might be arriving out of order too, so he might find out about the lightning bending, Then find out "oh by the way your son is working with the Avatar"

[@pabloc8808]

@@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63 I think about this for every character that sees the Avatar State... no one has seen it in 100 years. Even back in the day, the Avatar doesn't use it all the time, so it's like one of those rare natural phenomena that only happens in certain places in the world: you can see videos or pictures but you don't fully understand unless you're there. So when the bald 12-year-old starts to glow and goes Minecraft Creative Mode, they must be like "oh so THAT'S what it looks like"

[@olandir]

@@pabloc8808 This makes sense especially when you think about the people who wanted to purposefully cause the avatar state, like that Earth Kingdom general, he immediately regrets that choice. Or think about Zaheer in LOK. He knew enough about the avatar state to know that killing Kora in that state would stop the avatar cycle but he still was not prepared for how powerful the avatar state was and that was AFTER Kora had lost her connection to her past lives.

[@seabass819]

the firelords entire POV is just a series of "what the shit?!"

[@SebastienGendron-uk4po]

That's an interesting way to look at it. I always imagined Ozai reading the reports of soldiers fending off and losing to two teenagers and a bald kid. 5 chapters in, and the avatar is confirmed to be alive along with a flying bison. He wouldn't be able to discern truth from fiction when he learns a blind girl is earthbending and is a teammate of the avatar without the knowledge of her seismic sense. How did he wrap his head around the idea that the avatar destroyed an entire fleet in the North Pole single handedly but would rather take his time learning the other elements instead of going full avatar state and ending him (without the knowledge of the consequences of being vulnerable in the avatar state)

[@fumikagetokoyami.]

Fire nation pov: "What the shit!?" "How did he do that!?" "How!?" "Why!?" "Do you think it's too late to switch sides?"

[@zerumsum1640]

Ozai's reign once Aang woke up is literally russian history: "But then it got worse..."

[@10RexTheWolf01]

Kinda lame since he didn't do anything until the end of the series. Like how different would things be if he had stepped in half way through?

[@KaypainBeats]

😂😂🤣

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

so his perspective is winning his whole life until he has one really unlucky year

[@setin8720]

And he's just wondering the whole time "WHAT IS HAPPENING?" But he never suspects the truth.... his ancestral load of negative karma for all their evil family deeds has hit a critical mass, all coming flooding in this one year.

[@justice8718]

@@setin8720 Karma is Satan. Job clearly shows it’s fake.

[@bricknolty5478]

@@justice8718 go to heck

[@arishachoudhury_]

i mean i wouldnt say winning his whole life, hes secondborn and had to earn the firelord title by killing azulon

[@im4ft622]

​@arishachoudhury_ in other words, he won the throne

[@pierreclausse2166]

Something else funny to think about is that when the moon spirit was killed, the sky was probably red everywhere so that must've been a weird night too

[@Nomsynho]

That is under the assumption that it was night in the firenation at the time, and I don't know if ATLA has timeszoned

[@aster1760]

​@@Nomsynhoit's all 1 super continent with a few neighboring islands. Even if it was a large enough continent for timezones, they wouldn't be drastic enough for everyone to not see the approaching moon suddenly turn randomly into a blood moon for a few hours. I'd imagine most people just thought the spirits were SUPER pissed for some reason, and were probably shitting bricks for several days after the fact.

[@frozenfoxgames5300]

​@@Nomsynho To be fair it's still possible to see the moon during the day.

[@lustforlike]

​@@aster1760 Canada covers 6 time zones but tries to pretend it's only 5, Russia covers 11 and pretends it's only 10, and China covers 4 and a half but pretends it's just 1. Even with the smaller continents, a difference of 4 hours is definitely enough to be the difference between the moon being visible or not - the red moon was shown close to the horizon. Besides, the map is an entire world. There are clearly ice-covered northern and southern poles. When Earth was mostly a single continent, that single continent was large enough to have the moon (or sun) set in one part and rise in another.

[@denvil6489]

@@frozenfoxgames5300 If the moon is visible during the day then it won't be visible during the night... there's only 1 moon

[@Artistwithpurplehair]

Ozai: "I'll have Zhao's head for his incompetence!" General: "Admiral Zhao has vanished and is assumed dead".

[@venonatfarh]

apparently hes stuck in the fog of lost souls as seen in LOK

[@echo8335]

@@venonatfarhtrue and he be insane

[@javonyounger5107]

When you think about it, many of the stories in cartoons and anime must be surreal for the villain. Imagine being one of, if not the, most powerful person in the world in terms of personal strength and influence, and having the biggest threat to your rule be some teenager and their buddies.

[@Speed001]

All of Shonen

[@alexthegreat1395]

​​@@Speed001Naruto agaisnt every adult villian he faced

[@oomreni5820]

shoulda learned the power of friendship

[@stormhawk4277]

Star Wars

[@kryllykomar6851]

*scratches neck* You got any more of that friendship?

[@ONEPEAKFRFR]

I always love it when like a powerful godlike being is not only beefing with but LOSING to middle school-aged children lol

[@Nomsynho]

Literally not even just a godlike being but a fucking WHOLE NATION was losing to a bunch of middleschoolers. Honestly, after making this video I couldn't help but feel that being captured and escaping was a bit of a running gag in this TV show... The firenation is ASS how the hell did the airbenders lose to them?

[@bartaz6124]

@@Nomsynho I mean it's not like any other nation is competent here, Earth Kingdom is just taking L after L, Northern Waterbenders can only fight on the defensive in their own territory and they still nearly lost if Avatar didn't do his magic fish thing. Southern Waterbenders were captured in mass (they literally fought on walkable water, like how). It's not that hard to believe that airbenders were incompetent as well.

[@Nomsynho]

@@bartaz6124 fair enough bro, I mean you aint wrong... It's surprising that whole world functions

[@sdagoth3037]

That's also the plot of Youjo Senki in a nutshell. And Tanya and Being X *really* have beef.

[@bartaz6124]

@@Nomsynho I mean there's a reason why avatar is needed, without him every government would just fold under no pressure

[@AliceB0]

"Azula, did you do something with your hair?" 😂😂

[@Nomsynho]

I'm so glad someone said something about that...

[@george36615984]

That hair bit was one of my favorite parts 😂

[@endcorruption993]

Timestamp?

[@jesusfreak4463]

Right at the end 20:02

[@azidal3755]

I had the misfortune of taking a sip of my drink right as I heard that and I choked on it.

[@WilliamSyler]

3:41 "Is there more incompetence to report?" "Yes, my lord." The best way to be safe in that position is to commiserate with your boss and hope he doesn't shoot the messenger.

[@ram89572]

Nope the best way to report is to get the new guy to do it for you

[@arthurmoore9488]

There's a reason "Don't shoot the messenger" is very high on the evil overlord list. Ozai here is actually doing better than many real life dictators.

[@pitioti]

​@@arthurmoore9488Not shooting the messenger, futhermore YOUR messenger is a crucial way of keeping getting reliable info. Else, they will start lying/hiding stuff to avoid getting shot, indeed

[@Krokmaniak]

That's why jesters existed.

[@curtisleblanc5897]

19:20 " Did that blind teacher have echolocation? " >I emit a sonic wave from my mouth. AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@avonthefoxboi1391]

"There, I got a pretty good look at you!"

[@sketchyskies8531]

That part of the episode made me scream with joy

[@oomreni5820]

You know, now that I think about it, she does shout alot. Maybe they actually believed thats how she works, because the reports portraid her as being kinda loud xD

[@davidhong1934]

​@@sketchyskies8531 Are you sure you weren't just trying to use echolocation?

[@PerfectAlibi1]

I understood that reference ^^

[@gregthepeglegpregdreg]

Ozai: at least the Avatar could never get a fire bending master The nefarious banished prince:

[@BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly]

Not to mention the two dragons and the tribals he thought the fire nation had hunted/integrated to extinction.

[@Burn_Angel]

Karma DOES bite you in the butt in the end, huh?

[@rivershen8954]

"we do a little tomfoolery"

[@tm_35]

"Hes running circles around us" reminds me of Zukos "he's clearly a master of evasive maneuvering"😂

[@SilverSabrétooth_168]

Just admit it, we're completeley lost.

[@Fire-Manz]

Ozai: Just kill me now Aang: I can't physically but ... Oazi: but what Aang: You know that blind earth bender? isn't some buff dude Ozai: ... Don't you dare Aang: She's ... Yes SHE! isn't that much older than me if that. Invented metal bending to. Ozai: How tall is this cliff?

[@dudono1744]

Best move from aang would be to lower the cliff

[@Flamenco_Oscuro]

My personal head canon is that every time the servant says new information, it’s a new servant cus the fire lord definitely would’ve kill his servant who gives him any bad news

[@sfsin3380]

That why the one servant waited several days to tell him about the drill so he'd either have the good about Azula plan or they'd only lose one servant over the whole mess.

[@j0hn00]

I don't know if I agree with this actually. I don't think Ozai is stupid enough to just casually murder his most loyal informants and servants. Azula, absolutely. But Ozai is cool and calm enough I think that even in the wake of mind bogglingly bad news, he would still keep his temper and not lash out at the wrong person

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

@@j0hn00 He definitely murdered a few of them for lying. “The hell do you mean his eyes were glowing? I’ve already seen the propaganda. He didn’t learn to firebend like a master in a fucking day!”

[@smiltastic]

​@j0hn00 as ozia casually almost murders his son and then exiles him for breathing.

[@j0hn00]

@@smiltastic Zuko was useless and bothersome never doing as his father expected. Ozai's informants likely were extremely useful and did exactly what they were expected to do

[@therealsilverking4802]

First my son captured the Avatar: Then he escaped. Then my general captured the Avatar: Then he escaped. Then my soldiers captured the Avatar: He escaped with other prisoners. Then my daughter captured the Avatar: He escaped. Then my son and daughter teamed up, defeated the avatar, conquerred the earth kingdom and we brought them home and threw them a parade: Turns out they both lied and the Avatar escaped. Finally, I have the Comet, the invasion force and I have the avatar 12 feet in front of me... I CAPTURE THE AVATAR!: He escaped, went super saiyan and kicked my *ss. You know what.... Zuko... just.... you're fire lord now....

[@seikuo36]

Redirected my lightning, went super saiyan, kicked my ass, took my bending and got me locked up, Aang took everything from bro, his power, his authority, his pride, damn Aang, take his pants and marry his daugther to further rub it in

[@vanzeralltheway8638]

"I might have lose everything, but you cant govern the nation and fix your mistakes. And where that lead you to? Back to me" -ozai, in prison (From what i remember of the comics after the show ends. Zuko frequently visits ozai to ask for governing advice and his mother whereabouts)

[@raymondfisheriii791]

@@vanzeralltheway8638he eventually stops, and he mainly asked him about that because Iroh was on a world vacation, and Ozai was still manipulative as all hell.

[@vanzeralltheway8638]

@@raymondfisheriii791 Really? Good for him then. I gasped in disbelief when i know that. Like, dude, look at his smirk, and he is obviously gaslighting zuko every chance he gets !!

[@arthurmoore9488]

@@raymondfisheriii791 Didn't Zuko also make Iroh temporary Fire Lord for a while? Just think about how different that transition of power, even temporarily, is compared to Ozai. Especially because it legitimately was temporary.

[@deeoliver6634]

Note how the firenation’s goal in season 1 was to capture Aang alive. After season 1, they’re doing everything they can to kill him. They didn’t take him seriously until he single handedly destroyed the siege of the north fleet.

[@arishachoudhury_]

that's hilarious in a way, it would be easier to have to search for the avatar all over again than it would be to capture this one. although i guess it makes sense, the southern tribe has no waterbenders and i feel they'd be able to have used sozins comet on the northern tribe instead, meaning that there wouldnt be an avatar. then again genociding a country to kill off the avatar didn't work out so well last time

[@deeoliver6634]

@@arishachoudhury_I wonder what the plan was after they captured him. Hold him till the Comet comes or till he dies naturally?? Even if they killed him, the next avatar wouldn’t have enough time to stop them.

[@arishachoudhury_]

@@deeoliver6634 hmm they could've destroyed the water tribes, like what they attempted on the day of the comet with the earth kingdom, to ensure there wouldn't be a waterbender after aang? i think they'd try to keep him alive long enough to make sure there weren't any waterbenders left alive, but they aren't exactly the best at that so most likely just keep him alive for a really long time so that the fire nation has a solid grip on the world. wouldn't be that hard because of the comet. alternatively - they could trigger the avatar state like that general did and it would probably be easier because they genuinely would hurt his friends. then kill him in the avatar state. ofc they'd have to have some of his friends to endanger, and it's unclear if anyone really knew that killing the avatar in the avatar state breaks the cycle. azula seems pretty triumphant after killing aang which could be because she knows she's killed the avatar permanently, but also could be because she doesn't think the next avatar will stand a chance against the fire nation so she doesn't worry about that. i guess maybe torturing him for information? idk what, since he isn't exactly part of some rebel group or anything that the fire nation would care about.

[@arishachoudhury_]

@@deeoliver6634 i think they just can't be bothered hunting out the avatar every like 12 years so they just wanted to keep aang alive so they wouldn't have to worry about the avatar's whereabouts

[@samueldozier5672]

​@@arishachoudhury_I doubt triggering the avatar state when aang didn't have enough control to stop it would be a good idea for actual enemies. He almost killed an entire battalion because his crush disappeared. Imagine the destruction he causes if he sees her actually die and he doesn't have any part of him saying "don't do this" kyoshi wouldn't have needed to come out she might've stepped back out of our boys way

[@Blackoutdmc]

Oazi was playing a DnD character that watches how everything that can go wrong, DOES go wrong.

[@KAMUPhobies]

he rolled a 19 once during his final stand against the energy bending, but aang got a nat 20 anyways

[@NousagiCaptain]

@@KAMUPhobieslmfao bro

[@rosesske2551]

Murphys law character.

[@Biohazbird]

Evil campaign goes wrong

[@JessicaMartinez-mu7xo]

Not only did he break out from zhaos hold but he broke away from the yuyang archers which were their most advanced archers🤣🤣🤣

[@Nomsynho]

OH FUCK I FORGOT ABOUT THE ARCHERS WHEN I WAS RECORDING

[@templatename2143]

The yu yang can pin a yu yang to a fly from a hundred trees away without killing the yard

[@akitamayne1507]

Zhao*

[@SebastienGendron-uk4po]

​@@templatename2143 A fellow "overanalyzing avatar" fan I see 😊

[@0biwan7]

@@Nomsynho messenger: the archers captured the avatar with ease. their execution was precise and flawless. they turned the avatar over to your admiral and then the avatar esacped. ozai: of course he escaped from the admiral (months later) ozai: those archers did a really good job, how about we get them to capture the avatar again? messenger: actually about that.... ozai: what is it now? messenger: it seems like our administration has totally forgotten about them and has no idea who they are or where to find them and does not even know they existed. the only people who have any knowledge of them appear to have perished in the seige of the northern water kingdom.

[@dragonlord3376]

Bro imagine kicking your kid (who you hate) out of your house and telling him he's not welcome back until he finds Jesus in the flesh, who obviously hasn't been seen in centuries and is more like a myth than an actual person. Then almost *immediately*, you find out that Jesus is real, and is coming to kick your ass, and then everything just goes downhill from there. I would be flabbergasted.

[@a-s-greig]

It's a D&D-level plot at that point.

[@loophole2.025]

17:37 "the avatar just redirected lightning, the last person to do that was zuko, oh God can't believe that child actually taught the avatar that, all he's has done is disappoint me, and now he has the audacity to get in my way." I Wished you made this point across.

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

"He managed to be absolutely useless for 16 years and then somehow teaches the one firebending technique *I* don't even possess to the one person capable of defeating me. That's got to be personal."

[@chaosfan]

Him: only if he learned fire bending by the dragons Me: tecknackly that wouldn’t even be a thought because Iroh killed the "Last one" so Ozai wouldn’t know there are dragons left

[@MrRyanroberson1]

that's the joke, like "learning to fly from santa" to explain how someone could cross the ocean in 12 seconds

[@JooJingleTHISISLEGIT]

i.. i'm sorry.. i'm sure you did this on purpose or otherwise don't care but.. it's 'technically'

[@sir_slimestone3797]

"The Avatar turned into a giant koi fish and wiped out the fleet", that gave me a good chuckle

[@gregoireboux874]

20:02 "Azula, did you do something with your hair ?" is the best ! XD

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Azula meanwhile completely lost it internally, unable to even answer that...

[@rashkavar]

Azula: *incomprehensible shriek of rage, fear, shame and a dozen other emotions* Ozai: "That about sums up my day too, dear."

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

In fairness, the hot air balloon was a massive find for the fire nation, as it allowed them to reverse-engineer it and even improve on it to make the massive airships Ozai was going to use to destroy the world.

[@Nomsynho]

Yeah I know, but it was just a funnier joke in my mind to parody because of how they got absolutely destroyed in the final episode

[@Dismiazs]

I just realized that ATLA happens pretty much in a year. Props to fire nation RnD team that managed to not only reverse engineer a hot air balloon, but also creating a full fleet of them made of steel complete with full experienced crew. There are some questionable things like, what would they do if it's not sozin comet time and the fire benders's fire can't reach the ground but other than that, firelord dude gotta raise RnD team salary

[@Margaret-yv9ed]

Great plan, until some random Water Tribe kid’s like: AIRSHIP SLICE!!!!!!!

[@ziziorens348]

​@@DismiazsI think they could've repurposed the drill's schematics to get it done so quick, since, you know, the drill was pretty much "hollow" like the zeppelins.

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

1. Absolutely love this, subscribed. 2. From Azula's POV: emotional abuse, lie, more emotional abuse, lie, conquer the enemy capitol through lying, RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGEEEEE.

[@hiddenflare6169]

2: and apparently there’s time for a beach episode, but yeah that’s basically it.

[@alexbrewer9930]

And he escaped… AGAIN? Well, air is the element of freedom…

[@marissabulso6439]

😄👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 love it!

[@tamarpeer261]

The minion could've told Ozai that the avatar was killed during the avatar state. Meaning that Ozai not only thought the current, very evasive avatar was dead, but also that no 6 month old baby water bender will ever come after that

[@cuentista7211]

He would have been happy to know that no 12 week old child would be easily escaping his best people and prisons. 😂

[@AyoolaLadapo-hg7vs]

Plot twist: 6 months old infant dog walks the fire lord and saves the world!!

[@UnKnown-b3p8w]

Ozai 12 months before Sozens comet: "this is gonna be a great year! I just know it" Narrator: "it was not, in fact, a great year..."

[@orenbell1645]

Also he was only firelord for 6 years. Sozin ruled for 78 years. Azulon for 75. Then Ozai took over and was almost immediately deposed by a child

[@aazhie]

😂 there were some RL Kings like that too, but poor guy got utterly humiliated

[@gtcproductions4097]

Azula was even less if I recall

[@HunterStiles651]

​@@gtcproductions4097 Girl was Fire Lord for all of two hours, though tbh it doesn't really count because Ozai effectively stripped the title of any political power when he crowned himself Phoenix King. He only gave Azula the title to keep her in line.

[@tiablue9106]

I could be wrong but didn't they mention in azulon's funeral scene that he was only fire lord for like 23 yrs? which always seemed not right, but I recall them saying smth like that

[@Mark73]

Someone who thinks "Phoenix King" sounds cool has no business commenting on how goofy the four elements circling around Aang looks.

[@Jedai_Games]

To be fair, Phoenix King sounds cool.

[@Eloraurora]

I just love the image of him sourcing party decorations and getting fitted for his fancy new helmet while Zuko and Azula are off on the island.

[@Theology.101]

he’s a big fan of Warhammer Fantasy and he’s a high elf player

[@gaiusfulmen]

Honestly I kind of dig the element bubble

[@anikafemiladensing884]

Penis King

[@dragonslayer3552]

And then you go to prison see azula and your like "why are you here ??!! You were supposed to carry on my legacy as the new fire lord" And she is like "well... I lost to zuko and a waterbender girl while I was empowered by the comet"

[@Nomsynho]

neeeehhhh could've done that but I thought the hair joke was just a lot snappier of an ending

[@ObviusRetard]

Ok but at least it looked really cool while I was fighting zuko

[@TwilightWolf032]

@@Nomsynho And just you wait till Azula and Ozai learn that Katara didn't even use her Blood bending. XD

[@jasonfox7084]

@@TwilightWolf032 Ozai: “I’m sorry, Blood-what?”

[@theesquad4722]

No no no, not Katara, "The southern water tribe girl"

[@pyrorocker13]

12:55 i prefer the idea that Ozai knew exactly where Zuko learned that technique

[@pyrorocker13]

17:39 and in this moment he realized that Zuko taught it to the Avatar!

[@lost_times]

It'd be better, but I guess that if Iron had created that before his son's death, he'd teach his family since he wasn't a good guy by then (but Azula and Ozai were caught off guard by it). Since perfectionist Azula couldn't do it, I'm guessing he created this after he left the army.

[@marikakopr6307]

I'm pretty sure there's an episode where he accidentally redirected lightning from the sky and was shocked by it (pun half intended). My guess is he reverse engineered the skill from that

[@Zarvain]

@@marikakopr6307 He mention in show he learned to redirect lightning studying water benders, though that was likely his 1st big use of it. Glad it worked out as well as the theory said it would.

[@brolytriplethreat]

​@@lost_timesI mean Iroh was called "his tea-loving kookiness" by Azula, had already spared the last dragon, and probably already had ties to the White Lotus, albeit maybe not(given his high rank during the series, I'd assumed he was a seasoned member, but maybe it isn't all that hard to rise through the ranks?). It's feasible he would have already studied the Waterbenders and come up with the technique, at least in theory. Though odds are the _reason_ he came up with the technique is because he realized Ozai was dangerous. I mean, man immediately went to his dad like "yo Iroh is sad, can I be Fire Lord instead?" and then later had said dad killed (via Ursa) Iroh surely saw the signs. Aside from his tormented nephew dragging him into storms, the only real use for the technique is to counter Ozai or Azula, the other two known people who can generate lightning at this time. It's basically a novelty at best, a countermeasure at worst.

[@flightless8402]

As a child I loved villains. They put in so much effort in charisma, only to be stopped by a born talent. As an adult though, I've learned to love people like Iroh even more, people that faced challenges and try to grow.

[@arthurmoore9488]

Even as a young adult (read kid), I loved Iroh.

[@graygreysangui]

The older I have gotten, I wonder at how many war crimes he would have committed for his country, thinking he was in the right. The moment he realized he wasn't (as we know he spared the dragons.) If there was any time between the clarity and the day he got the news his son died in war where he had to continue to make choices for the good of his country but at the detriment of the others. I don't think he wanted to invade Ba Sing Se and was stalling as much as he could. We get to see Iroh when he is neutral, just supporting his nephew through a hard time in his life. Eventually, we get to see him be part of a secret society that wants to bring balance back to the world and end the war. We end with him being the kind, loving, and patient man Zuko needed who was ready to go against his brother. He is an example of a person who broke free of his toxic family values and succeeded at being a good person worthy of all our respect and love. He signifies not all is bad within a bad system. It reminds me a little of WWII Germany. Not everyone employed by the Nazis believed in the principles but were forced to join, either because they were too politically important to keep alive if they didn't (Von Trap of Austria, though he and his family escaped) or because they were the only ones hiring in an economy that bottomed out due to the reproductions of WWI. Iroh was born in it and wouldn't have known any different way until he went to the outside world or read scrolls like the ones Zuko found about his great grandfathers. Zuko has the best redemption arc of all time but there is so much depth to Iroh and who he was before the start of the show.

[@shipso6116]

Iroh always was, is and will be the best role model character there is for me.

[@CamCat13]

I'm saving this perspective for my fanfic lol. After his defeat, his bending taken away, and locked up in prison, imagine how angry he would be at the world, blaming his incapable forces and those meddling kids. Perhaps he would develop paranoia that all along, everyone was secretly on the Avatar's side, his own people wishing for his fall. If you want a job done right, you oughtta do it yourself kinda deal.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Not too far from the truth

[@cozyvrc]

Honestly if he had just found and taken care of the avatar when he first heard of his return it would’ve been a lot easier

[@13vatra]

Essentially what happens in the comics lol. Ozai does not take imprisonment well.

[@divoulos5758]

the avatar had plot bending clearly

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

Ozai: At last, I have made the Earth Kingdom surrender to my will by breeching the impenetrable Ba Sing Se, and with the imminent subjugation of the Northern Water Tribe, nothing will impede the dawn of The Phoenix Empire! Wait.... what's that sound? Some guy in the distance: MY CABBAGES!

[@blue_boo3171]

Ozai: "Ah, Cabbage Merchant, my best spy!"

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

@@blue_boo3171I like to imagine that the cabbage merchant isn’t even a spy, the real spy got crushed by rubble, the cabbage merchant just happened to give him vital info

[@robertdubard7959]

Now, THAT is a reference I find amusing!

[@luisfilipe2023]

Yeah prisons in the avatarverse are ridiculously easy to break in and out of

[@spencervance8484]

If your a main character then yes

[@jdogzerosilverblade299]

just like arkum asylum in DC XD

[@alexthegreat1395]

​@spencervance8484 I mean, Hama was a side character for one episode and managed to break free with her mastery of her newfound water bending technique when she had been captured

[@iridescent28]

also it took her decades to master​@@alexthegreat1395

[@na3rial]

I imagine it might be because they’re heavily engineered to keep people FROM that nation inside, rather than other benders. So fire jails are good for firebender capture but not as much for earthbender capture.

[@CFodd01]

9:25 in the recent webcomic (found on webtoon and still ongoing ALSO SPOILERS) the reason why ozai hates Zuko is because his mother said she wishes Zuko was not Ozai's son and was instead the son of her romantic interest instead and Ozai said "bet, I'll treat him as such"

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

W-wait... Are they STILL searching for his mother??

[@somebodyWhoExistsIGuess]

​@@-libertyprimev1-902 no, that was just the first arc. The comics are still ongoing with other stuff

[@brooke5300]

SPOILER FOR THE SEARCH COMICS So! There is a physically published comic about his mother Ursa! Basically, she was engaged to another guy when Ozai decided to marry her, and she never stopped being in love with her fiancé. She ends up convincing a fire nation messenger to take messages to him, and in these letters she says that Zuko is not Ozai’s son at all, but actually biologically the son of the fiance. The messenger ends up giving all of these letters to Ozai which leads him to believe this. If I remember correctly, Zuko IS Ozai’s son, but she pretends as though he is not because he is so gentle compared to Ozai, much more like the fiancé than his actual father. Ozai doesn’t n know this though. He believes this whole time that Zuko is not his son which makes things even funnier skdjajakwb

[@firelordnopanko]

@@brooke5300The way ozai treats ursa in that trilogy is so disgusting it makes me wanna cry

[@hawkcawcaw]

@@brooke5300 Oh I thought that Ursa did confirm that Zuko is Ozai's kid, but Ozai was like "Ok I see, I believe you. and as punishment for fucking with me in your private DMs, I'll treat him like he's not my kid! Even though he is! THE PERFECT REVENGE!"

[@SkyPerson]

I was confused as to why the servant was saying ZUKO killed the Avatar but then I remembered that Azula lied to have leverage over Zuko

[@kidflashclone]

Of course she has echo location. Ozai has seen the play!

[@Nomsynho]

I will be doing a video on the Ember Islands propaganda campaign and how an angry cabbage merchant provided most of their intel

[@kidflashclone]

@@Nomsynho you, my friend, have earned a sub with that idea

[@Nomsynho]

@@kidflashclone give it time that one will be in a couple weeks while I figure out how I want to do it, in the mean time I have Jack Horner from Puss in Boots coming up

[@dasirrlicht5415]

@@Nomsynho I sure hope you find a way to weave in THE Cabbage Theory into that.

[@kidflashclone]

@@Nomsynho You could even throw in the puppet show we see, evolving into how the villain from Nuk Tuk, (Unalaq?) was clearly based off of the fire lord in appearance. Just how propaganda evolves would be cool

[@samuelsoliday4381]

12:00 You know what, that's actually a really good point. Why didn't Zuko kill Ozai right then and there? Some fans, to this day, get on Aang's case for not killing Ozai, saying that it could've come back to bite him. But when you really think about it, Zuko had more opportunities to kill him and save everyone so much trouble.

[@Nomsynho]

Well when Zuko says "It's not my destiny" my guess is after all the shit that happened, after all the teachings of Iroh, and what happened with the moon spirit and all the other stuff, is that the Avatar is the one who brings balance to the world, and it's his duty to bring the firelord to justice, if Zuko kills the firelord, he will be labelled as a traitor and probably executed for Regicide while also turning the firelord into a matyr, but if he helps the Avatar defeat the firelord then nothing bad will happen it'll just be the Avatar doing his job

[@hufflepuffmcgonagallmeow5378]

@@Nomsynho I would also add Iroh's reasoning for not doing it, even if Zuko didn't think of it. At best it would look like the unwanted son killing his father to take over as Fire Lord. Even if Zuko puts an end to the war, it will only be seen by history as a power grab

[@samuelsoliday4381]

@@Nomsynho Maybe, but it's just kinda hilarious later on when you look at Zuko being very adamant towards Aang about Ozai needing to die when Zuko himself let him go when he actually had the chance. I also mainly wanted to mainly address the fans who specifically get on Aang's case for finding a workaround instead of outright killing Ozai.

[@small_and_dangerous2068]

@@samuelsoliday4381I mean, yeah both Zuko and Aang had their reasons for not killing Ozai. But Zuko’s reason was a matter of principle and understanding his place in the world. Aang kinda just… conveniently got a power that solved the situation. I’m not saying Aang’s desire to not want to kill Ozai is unfounded. It’s completely understandable. I think fans just find the solution to be a little too easy for Aang to have gotten.

[@cozyvrc]

@@small_and_dangerous2068it more that it came out of nowhere, not that it was easy. If there had been some build up or literally anything else said about the ability before the finale, I feel like people wouldn’t be as upset

[@DH-xw6jp]

Firelord: "there is no way he can learn firebending, the firebenders are under my control." Banished prince: "allow me to introduce myself."

[@SebastianJVW]

The "Hi, Zuko here." clip would really be perfect there.

[@teamaang7915]

​@@SebastianJVWthinking that too

[@randomstuff6355]

I genuinely have no idea how i stumbled upon this, but this is officially the best part of my day now

[@Nomsynho]

And this comment is now the best part of my day

[@hjohnson966]

Avatar the last air homosexual does sound like a pretty odd title, I can see why they changed it for the uk

[@Kriad123]

I mean to be fair, at that point he was the only one who was able to fly.

[@sirBrouwer]

not true. Appa and momo could also fly.

[@giantclaw138]

@tajomnyvideoman Could he only fly if he was comet-enhanced or was he already that powerful beforehand?

[@divoulos5758]

@@giantclaw138 judging from the profficiency of the flying, this dude could most likely fly even without he commet

[@phoebusapollo8365]

@@giantclaw138 i mean Azula could do it for a short while without the comet, Ozai may not have her perfect combustion but he most definitely has more raw power and proficiency than her, so I presume he can fly just like her but even longer

[@dancostello4872]

​@@phoebusapollo8365 Azula's was only unilateral propulsion, it wasn't true sustained flight like Ozai.

[@lockmonster05]

You should have started when Ozi's father had to get him a wife because he didn't have any Riz and couldn't get a wife himself.

[@Nomsynho]

💀

[@Djiimon]

To be fair, fathers choosing wives for their sons or husbands for their daughters was either the norm or a common practice for the overwhelming majority of human civilization.

[@SpeakersAsylum]

The lighting you used in this to mimic who is who, is honestly brilliant, I love that idea man, great video too! I laughed too hard the whole way through

[@Nomsynho]

Yeah I mean the idea was purely accidental at first because I messed up my green screen in one of my videos and people kinda liked it so I just ran with it, but thank you man. I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@NoHandle44]

I never realized how the Fire Nation almost won the war. They had the Northern Water Tribe within their grasp, they actually took over Bah Sei Sei. My god, how did I not notice this?

[@AgentFire0]

Because breaking a prison or destroing a factory doesn't impede the whole nation's advancement.

[@NoHandle44]

@AgentFire0 But a siege on the north and a coup of the earth kingdom doesn't?

[@justinm693]

13:36 - "...learn fire bending from the dragons..." Missed oppurtunity to add "...who are all extinct by now..." That would have been even more bad news. Minion: "My Lord, you're talentless son and the Avatar have become master fire benders seemingly over night. No one has seen the Dancing Dragon fire bending style since the time that fire benders learned fire bending from watching the dragons themselves. Fire Lord: "Dragons? Aren't they supposed to be dead? My coward of a brother killed... My brother... The traitor.... He didn't kill the last dragon, did he?"

[@briang3598]

Granted, his "talentless" son did absolutely dominate one of his admirals in a duel, and was the only person to overwhelm the Avatar at any point in the series, both of which were events that he could have eventually been informed of, even if through the grapevine.

[@chasetanner4822]

If you watched atla from ozai's prespective, the show would have a diffirent tone to it. Instead of race against the clock to master the elements as the avatar to defeat ozai. You as ozai get progessively more and more annoyed that due your own army imcompedence, your garenteed victory that was practically handed to you is slowly slipping out of your fingers and you can't do anything about it. I imagine the viewers of the show growing to hate this "avatar" character due to how they just keep finding a way to avoid being captured or defeated.

[@divoulos5758]

considering the avatar is a self righteous baby who is basically a liar, thief, murderer and a coward its not far fetched for him to get hate

[@adeade3978]

@@divoulos5758 Since when are you allowed to go into the net from your cell, Ozai?

[@divoulos5758]

@@adeade3978 i am using lightning pulses to transfer data through the telephone line

[@Thane1904]

​@@adeade3978 Fuck aang. Ozai was right

[@Giruga905]

Not gonna say it's the absolute funniest but my favourite scene i laugh at every time i see it is in the ember island players, when actor Zuko dies and everyone in the crowd is cheering while Zuko looks slightly mortified. And the gang just all look at him like, "You good?"

[@zeroxthesoldat4410]

This video really opened my eyes to why so many villains are beyond pissed every time their supposed "elite champions" and grand armies fail to take down a bunch of teens with a saviour complex.

[@Szafirprince]

14:27 "So you are telling me that an old man overpowered my whole guard platoon with bare hands? Why he has been waiting so long to escape? Surely he could ran away earlier considering his legendary fire-bender status"

[@midnightflare9879]

There was an episode, just before the eclipse, when Aang went crazy because of the preassure mounted on him. That means for one episode, Aang was a starving sleep-deprived crackhead.

[@Nomsynho]

Man I thought about it but there was just no way for Ozai to know yknow?

[@XRatedPoetry]

6:15 Don't forget even Ozai was pissed about dumbass killing that spirit

[@franciscohcoronado4947]

Ozai, during the Siege of the North: "Why. Is. The sky. RED?" Servant: "we, uh...w-we... uhhhhhh" _a few days later_ Servant: "...then Zhao killed the Spirit of the Moon and--" Ozai: "woah woah WOAH hold on, he... what?" Servant: "He killed the Spirit of the Moon, which by the way, explains why the Moon turned red a few nights ago, but luckily, the Spirit was restored and--" Ozai: "Okay good yeah but before we move on, could that have affected US?" Servant: "It... well, honestly, it could have destroyed the whole entire world" Ozai: "WHAT THE FUCK?!? What was that idiot THINKING?!?" Servant: "We literally have no idea"

[@shemidreamer8701]

EXACTLY

[@sofini19]

Not to forget that the moon spirit is the sister of the sun spirit, which means that the fire nation nearly killed their firebending gods sister, I don't think that would have gone over well.

[@elluriinaJKL]

Just imagine if Ozai knew that the Ocean Spirit gives life to people from the water tribes. How angry would he have been to hear that Zhao chose to kill the Moon and basically destroy the planet instead of wiping out nearly half of his enemies (okay the water tribes don't really do anything in the big scale later on, but still)

[@shemidreamer8701]

@@elluriinaJKL if the ocean is gone, his ship's don't work no more

[@mill2712]

Imagine if he found out THAT was the reason Iroh rebelled against the Fire Nation and threw the battle.

[@wardoggaming42]

This reminds me of the Robot Chicken skit where Emperor Palpatine gets a phone call from Vader reporting that his starfighter is spinning out of control in the middle of space and that a group of teenagers blew up the Death Star. It's always funny imagining how Villains feel hearing the power of plot armor, friendship, and teenagers absolutely denying their big evil guy plans. "What do you mean they blew up the Death Star? (Expletive) Who's "They?!" What the hell is an aluminum falcon?!"

[@thatonewitch]

I love the implication that Ozai knew the avatar was back since the first episode. Didn't think he knew until his general failed at capturing Aang

[@roderictaylor]

Ozai knew the avatar was back since episode 3, The Southern Air Temple, when Aang went into the Avatar state and every elemental temple lit up including the one the fire temple, and one of the priests there said, "Send word to the Fire Lord, immediately. The Avatar has returned."

[@jamcdonald120]

7:30 nvm earth, he shouldnt even know water yet. The south hasnt had a bender in 15 years and he was only in the north for what, a weekend?

[@Thane1904]

Becareful the avatar fanatics and katara stans will come after u

[@wiseforcommonsense]

Ha! Yeah all the information gaps

[@akaneshio6406]

20:02 That is SUCH a dad thing to say, I 100% believe he'd say that bahahaha. They sometimes notice if you changed something about yourself, sometimes not, but even then they are not sure what's different. My dad asked me a few days ago if my fall-time jacket (so very thin) was new.... I've had that jacket for YEARS (like maybe 5+) and I've worn it quite a few times in his presence 😆😆

[@Emperor_x8]

also the insane fact that your 14 year old daughter and 15 year old scorned son out preform every general you have

[@keronrussell9271]

Funny enough, it makes sense. Usually in Shaolin temples it's best for children to start training early (by 5? I believe) it makes them better fighters by the time they reach thier teens, and as pointed out in the series, they've been training for that long. Also, I suspect the soldiers in the army started training in thier teens to early adulthood since they seem to only know basic moves

[@youthoughtaboutit6946]

Always kind of wondered why the fire nation never just demolished the air temples in the intervening 100 years.

[@youtubeviewer4472]

in a comic, there were a lot of loose air benders that were traveling abroad when the air temples were hit. They set up ambushes to get the scragglers later and probably used the temples.

[@tzimiscelord8483]

​@@youtubeviewer4472 currently dying because this is exactly what happened to the Jedi in Star wars.

[@SebastianJVW]

Because most of them are an absolute pain in the ass to get to if you aren't able to fly. You're essentially having to send entire teams of labourers into some of the most remote parts of the world (sometimes even through enemy territory), to climb through extremely treacherous terrain with all their tools, all so they can destroy some empty buildings? What would they gain from destroying them, anyway? Until Aang came along the only person making use of any of them was the Mechanist (who works for the Fire Nation) and a single hermit.

[@devontajones-bs5ny]

“I hav half a mind to kill you right..BATAAHHH”🤣🤣 12:36

[@bioncalol6132]

I laughed real hard 😂😂😂

[@ebenezerolutomilayofagbemi2205]

Ambushing your teenage son is such an ozai thing

[@soupcube5962]

I really like this take of ozai as just an exhausted suburban dad

[@solacehealer7589]

I love how oblivious this makes him: he’s the big bad, but he’s constantly at the mercy of bad communication and incompetent cronies. Glorious.

[@ryangriffin1998]

Minion, in the cell across from Ozai: "Well, my former lord, now that I think about it, you haven't actually done anything, at least, nothing successful. You didn't successfully overthrow your father and claim the throne, your wife did. You didn't conquer Ba Sing Se, your daughter did. And the first time you went out to actually conquer the Earth Kingdom yourself, you lost to a twelve year old boy. In fact, the only fight you've ever actually won was against Zuko when he was a small child. And he wasn't fighting back. And now that I think about it, if he had fought back, there's a good chance he'd have kicked your ass."

[@bluelemon243]

Dont forget when he hear that the blind earthbender managed to bend metal What do you mean she was bending metal ? We use metal for everything, can she just go and destroy all are tanks just like that?

[@Arrakiz666]

It gets wilder. They used metal (and wood to an extent) _specifically_ because earth bending is ineffective against it, and earth benders were at that point the only force still putting up a semblance of a resistance. The news that they can _bend metal_ would send the entire officer corps of Ozai’s army into a frenzy. It’s akin to hearing about the invention of the nuclear bomb. At that point, all your invasion plans have to be scrapped, the enemy now possesses the actual trump card that auto wins then the war.

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

"What the fuck do you MEAN she bends metal?! She can't do that! That's not how this works! That's not how our WORLD works! She can't just go around and casually violate the laws of physics!"

[@NaiseiTatsu]

"Azula, did you do something with your hair?" That floored me, dude! HAHAHAHA

[@jonathandoetry7221]

I honestly wish the VAs for these characters would just dialog this stuff out with some official lines because the theoretical copium induced malding this man has suffered in your voice was hilarious enough as is

[@msf2399]

Y’know? I bet Mark Hamill *would* have a blast getting to revisit Ozai in that context. (Yes, I need to bring this up as often as possible: Mark Hamill, aka Luke Skywalker, aka The Best Joker as well as like 1/3 of the rest of the male of BtAS, voiced Ozai.)

[@tumypok1011]

0:46 that is a dangerous cut right there 💀

[@niklaskaltenhauser1704]

"There is noone in this world more deserving of that than you" 💀💀💀

[@Evan345gdf]

I don’t get it

[@foodannihilator8744]

@@Evan345gdfGlock glock 5000

[@Coolguy2F47]

Why?

[@GoonerMcGoon-hs8zl]

@@Evan345gdfglak glak

[@johnlox398]

Your impersonation of the Firelord is way chiller than the actual Lirelord x3 Funniest moment in the whole series? Zuko talking to the frog in the swamp, trying to get brave to talk to the gang from Aang. Hands down x"DD

[@markuhler2664]

Most likely Ozai was going through minions like shit through a goose, but I like the idea of him keeping the same dude because he understands this guy is just delivering news. Along the way the minion goes from thinking, "the fire lord is going to kill me," to "I feel so bad for the fire lord. Everyone around him is a buffon, at least until they commit treason against him."

[@TANGL3_BURR]

Now we know why Zhao wasn't in the play, because Ozai was just too embarrassed by his fails.

[@SebastianJVW]

Yeah, that's kind of what happens in regimes like that. You eff up bad enough and you get un-personed. Name stricken from the records, all evidence that you even existed is purged. If Zuko and Iroh weren't members of the royal family, you can bet your ass the same thing would have happened to them.

[@sargent_carrot6988]

yeah no, you have to realize how cracked Aang was. my age 12 he had mastered air bending, and within a year of exiting the iceberg, he had mastered the other 3 elements. heck, he mastered fire in like less then a month, because Zuko only appeared and taught him weeks after the eclipse. i am pretty sure Aang is known as a child prodigy, and if he was given more time, maybe just one more year, i am sure he would of grown strong enough to completely curb stomp Ozai.

[@Nomsynho]

Yeah that's why I added the bit where the Firelord is saying "No I mean everyone know's it takes decades for the Avatar to master the elements" because frankly what Aang did was completely absurd. In hindsight I should've put a small line from the firelord at the end "How did he actually master all of the elements in a year?!"

[@ladrok97]

@@Nomsynho Well he hasn't mastered all of the elemenets in a year. He just got from "none" to "advanced" really fast

[@epicureanbard]

"Don't forget the rubber ducks this time" gets me XD

[@tendoentiendo]

Mr “that scar wasn’t a result of poor parenting” here. Fun video, great premise 😂

[@lunsen402]

I do find it quite funny that Aang has the whole issue with killing Ozai. I mean it makes sense from a plot perspektive... that said in that fight alone he probebly killed hundreds of people downing that airship, and his friends killed even more taking out the rest of the fleet. There are many many times where he almost gleefully causes situations that would absolutly have people skiddle skip to the afterlife.

[@SebastianJVW]

They regularly show people brushing off stuff that would severely injure or outright kill any normal person, so it's pretty obvious that humans are built different in the Avatar-verse. It's entirely possible that he really hadn't killed anyone up until that point.

[@lunsen402]

@@SebastianJVW True that they brush of things that would usually kill people. Still would argue that them being literly blown of a mountain (When the gang defends the air temple) or crashing in a big airship probebly killed a lot of people. or harmed them so much they almost certinaly died.

[@pantheman2842]

Plus, while Aang did it with pacifistic intent, what he did to the Firelord is worse than death for him specifically.

[@BrettKolb-o9n]

How I imagine the final fight going in Ozai’s perspective: “Oh wow, the avatar himself made a moment to appear in my vast glory, very well, I will prove myself as the new Phoenix King and take him ou….he is running away scared, okay this is going to be annoying, but at least it will be easy…AND HE CAN REDIRECT LIGHTNI…well he’s not aiming at me THANKFULLY, BUT ALSO who taught him that, my disgrace of a brother, or my pathetic waste of a son…no what, who cares he’s still running, let’s just get this over with. YES!! I got him surrounded, let’s just finish him off, and…OH GOOD LORD, IS THAT THE AVATAR STATE, AND HE’S WILLING TO KILL AGAIN, I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE, OH CRAP, OH CRAP, OH CRAP, OH NO HE GOT ME, WELL AT LEAST I GO OUT WITH HON…he’s not killing me again… Alright I’m killing him n…HOW DID HE CONSTRAIN ME WITHOUT SE…WHAT IS HE DOING……… well that felt weird, TIME TO FIRE BEND AND FINISH HIM OF…I’m sorry, why is my fire bending not work…YOU CAN TAKE BENDING FROM PEOPLE NOWWW….and now I’m getting made fun off from the two weak non bending teenagers and a tiny girl. DID I OFFEND YOU GOD, WHAT DID I DO? Well at least my daughter kept the palace safe, after all the avatar was busy dealing with me and she is a powerful bender, there is no way she isn’t still protecting the palace at this moment. (Later in prison)…I’m sorry, my powerful daughter, a prodigy in fire bending herself, lost to my pathetic son, and his new water tribe girlfriend. That’s it, the universe itself is out to get me, BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER POSSIBLE REASON FOR HOW BADLY THAT DAY COULD HAVE POSSIBLY GONE. (Also yeah I know Katara and Zuko are just friends, but from ‘s perspective (or whoever he heard that story from’s perspective), they definetly see it that way)

[@Ghost-Toast819]

it just occured to me but maybe the reason that aang almost lost the tug of war when stealing ozais bending is because he did it during the commet. the commet makes someones firebending much more powerful as if its amping the spiritual energy that goes into the bending. it would only make sense that it enhanced his ability to fight back the bending stealing too.

[@SebastianJVW]

Well also because Ozai is himself a very strong-willed individual, with a singular focus and drive, while at the time Aang was still very conflicted. Ozai knows exactly who he is, he knows what he wants, and everything he's been doing has been completely in tune with his nature. Aang on the other hand has had to struggle against his friends, previous avatars, and even the Avatar Spirit itself pushing him to go against his nature and kill Ozai, questioning whether it's even right for him to defy them when everyone he knows and trusts says he's wrong. Should he be doing this incredibly risky thing to preserve his own sense of what's right, when there's so much at stake? There's also the characters' respective natures in play. Being domineering and pushing his own will on others comes naturally to Ozai, he's been doing it his whole life and he's very good at it. For Aang, it could not be further from the person he is. He's always convinced other people to do things through kindness and appealing to their better natures. He's never forced anyone to do anything, and now here he is having to literally bend another person's spirit to his will. It's easy to win a struggle of wills when you're an egotistical psychopath who's never had to question if they're in the right. Much harder when you actually care about other people and viewpoints.

[@spart0n654]

The funniest part to me of the series is how stubborn Aang is about not killing anyone but there's hundreds of examples through the show that the aftermath of things Aang did would ABSOLUTELY have killed a bunch of people. and I don't just mean in the avatar state either, I mean that included but there's more than just that

[@zacharyjackson7584]

I love this "reverse theme". Had to laugh at Aang being taught by a blind girl and her beating Azula

[@liechibubbletea586]

“That drill was very expensive you know, you would think that those walls were developed to keep out titans or something!” lmaoooo

[@MegaRedrun]

"the avatar has escaped" the fire nations catchphrase

[@AegixDrakan]

I'd assume Zhao covered up the debacle where he captured Aang and lost him. No way he wouldn't have been demoted to janitor after the Avatar escaped from his custody with the help of, from all appearances, a complete and total Normie with swords.

[@robertdubard7959]

Kudos on correct spelling of Zhao (at least according to the subtitles my version had)

[@chrisdutoit4526]

"Azula did you do something with your hair?" - Sozin in prison

[@avacornthelastponybender8583]

Ozai: "WHY CAN'T MY VAST ARMY CAPTURE A FUCKING CHILD?!" Minion: "Well my Lord, the Avatar seems to have an amount of Plot Armor the likes of which we've never seen before"

[@estonhall5364]

Plotbending is Aangs' real birth element

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

13:09 Rubber Turtle-ducks*

[@3Kings_Industries]

So ... many ... Rubber turtle-ducks

[@wethefreeproductions]

See this couldn’t be how it happened because we see how his kids act, no way he wouldn’t be full on babbling insane by the day of the comet.

[@VinceMouse]

Grabbing Ozai by the beard was such a power move.

[@paulcruz168]

Im pretty sure the firelord never heard of zuko or zhao capturing the avatar. Zuko tried keeping it under wraps at first and Zhao never sent that report.