Fang wasn't just a mount, he was a friend and animal companion for life, just like Appa is for Aang. Imagine in the same scene, instead of Roku and Fang, it's Aang and Appa instead. Fang choosing to die beside Roku is especially heartbreaking.And then Aang turns around and starts looking for Roku in the void. and then it cuts to baby Aang, and Roku fading away. The guy was left to die by his former best friend, and then to top it all off, his dragon curls up around him just before the ash covers them so that they can die together. It's Played for Laughs since the guy was a jerk before, but you can't help but feel for the poor sap who gets his house destroyed and burned down at the end just because Zuko, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee needed to vent some frustration.She was right, of course, but it still hurt!' (She then looks into the dying fire, looking like she would cry if there weren't people around). The struggle with trying to explain why he's angry is very reminiscent of people with anger and abandonment issues, and his final reaction is utterly heartwrenching.Īzula: 'I could complain about how Mom always liked Zuko more than me, but I don't really care. When the girls are probing Zuko about who he is angry with, it honestly does sound like they are concerned and trying to get him to open up (even Azula).She leads him away, saying this place doesn't have good memories. Normally, Azula would be teasing him and calling him a 'dum-dum' for giving into weakness. Azula comes to find Zuko in the vacation house after he's kicked out.Zuko decides to burn it as firewood, and no one protests, not even Ty Lee.

They all had some sort of emotional connection at some point.

Zuko sits below his father and Azula sits below her mother in stark contrast to the parental favoritism we usually see. And look at the family portrait of Zuko's family.Especially one with Uncle Iroh holding a happy baby Zuko as his son Lu Ten builds a sandcastle laughing. Even though this was a mostly funny episode, the scene with Zuko walking to their old vacation house and remembering all the happy times he and his family had there when he was younger was really heartbreaking.To add to it, Azula feels guilty and apologizes, surprising Ty Lee. When she reveals that she grew up feeling like she didnt have an identity, it makes Azulas remark even more painful because Ty Lee just wanted someone to care about her for who she was. Weve seen how devoted of a friend Ty Lee is to Azula, especially since Azula hasnt been the nicest person in the series, and for her to be told by this same friend that the boys she flirted with dont care about Ty Lee really hits a sore spot for the cheerful acrobat. The scene where Azula makes Ty Lee cry.Although Sokka is normally the comic relief of the show, the episode really emphasises how hard it is being The Team Normal amongst three of the most powerful benders in existence and the impact it has on his self-esteem. Sokka feeling he can't contribute and admitting that he's just ordinary compared to the others incredible powers.Katara must have had flashbacks to her mother and feared that this boy would lose his mother at a young age like her. The scene where Katara gives a little boy one of her fishes, which he then takes to his sick mother.Worst of all is the inactivity from Ozai in trying to help his people as well as the army not doing anything to help the village whose water they are polluting with their factory. The water is polluted and causing harm to the villagers and the aquatic life, supplies are low, and people are sick. As we see later on, Zuko will find himself deconstructing these values. Keep in mind, what is taught in these schools is exactly what Zuko was taught and his whole life he grew up believing these values. History is violently rewritten that all the ugly details of their conquest is left out, with all the emphasis on the war being for the Fire Nations greatness. Speaking of, Aang finally sees the indoctrination Fire Nation kids are put through.

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