this is not a duet

The fact that both of zukos abusers used lightning against zuko and instead of learning to use lightning himself like he could have he learned how to redirect the lightning and let it pass through him and then straight clean out of him… Do you ever think about how that is literally physically representing how instead of absorbing his father and sisters abuse he lets it pass through him and instead of soaking it in and letting it destroy him he redirects it away from himself… I just want some peace in my life

“airbenders are able to warm themselves with only their breathing”

ok so this explains why katara and sokka were bundled up in parkas galore while aang was just walking around in his little jump suit like it was a perfect summer evening. I’m so glad this was cleared up. I literally thought Aang’s optimistic attitude is what kept him warm, heavens. 

So you remember the firebender prison? And how Zuko kept his bending at full strength when he was put in the freezer box, which disabled anybody else put in there? That’s because Iroh taught him that airbender trick, just like later he taught him waterbending moves to deal with lightning. Iroh was secretly master of all four elements and passed it on to Zuko without him noticing.

AVATAR IROH

Weren’t Iroh and Ozai, like, the grandsons of Firelord Sozin? It makes sense that Avatar Roku would have taught his friend useful moves from different bending styles. Maybe those techniques got passed from Sozin down to Iroh (who would have been more open to learning them than Ozai) and then to Zuko.

Aang energy bending vs. Amon ‘energy bending’ requested by anon

Whether or not Amon actually posses the power to take away someones bending, these two scenes were possibly the greatest paralleles between any two shows I have ever seen. In one, Aang has stuck to his beliefs and has found away to end the violence, with out any. This moment was arguably the climax of the entire series, and a revelation for Aang himself. Until now, energy bending was associated only with this dramatic but good scene. In the other scene, Amon has taken this power, or something similar to it, and twisted it to fit his own beliefs. The concept of energy will never be the same.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t in tears while making this gif set.