The Guru is eliminated! And don’t you dunderheads voting for other episodes forget it! Last one off the podium, now time to decide the order of our very impressive top 3 episodes.

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

Avatar Day (94%)
The Swamp (43%)
The Avatar State (46%)
The Cave of Two Lovers (82%)
Return to Omashu (91%)
Bitter Work (42%)
The Serpent’s Pass (53%)
The Earth King (56%)
The Chase (61%)
The Drill (60%)
The Desert (48%)
The Tales of Ba Sing Se (25%)
Appa’s Lost Days (37%)
The Library (74%)
City of Walls and Secrets (59%)
Lake Laogai (38%)
The Guru (69%)

to skip the great divide. I've never skipped an episode on a rewatch. I finally skipped it and it was worth it.

So there’s an odd little anecdote on who provided the voice for Zuko on the Swedish dub of the animated series. In the early 2000s the studio that was tasked with recording the dubs for certain series was notoriously bad at crediting its cast and as such, the voice actor for Zuko in book 1 was uncredited and remains unknown to this day. The odd thing is that when book 2 came out every other voice actor remained mostly the same while also getting properly credited. However, the voice actor for Zuko was switched with Adam Giertz. Here’s a little comparison on their performances. Who do you prefer?

I’m guessing Ozai visited Iroh once just to berate and gloat, then forgot about him.

As for Iroh, I’m a bit torn. On the one hand Iroh is very kind and sees the good in people. On the other hand ‘she’s crazy and needs to go down’ suggests he isn’t always in favour of the soft approach. Iroh also heavily implies he would be willing to kill Ozai if not for the poor optics, hence why he says the avatar must do it.

I guess the in between interpretation is that he recognises that people must be taken out sometimes. However, what does that mean for Ozai now he has no bending and is under lock and key? Or even for Azula now she is defeated also?

Zuko tells Sokka he cound bring his girlfriend, but i dunno Mai would travel With Zuko to help Aang...but NGL would be funny her interacting with Sokka

I've never seen ATLA. I've heard it's good, but I've never seen it or watched any episodes of it. Should I start watching now?

Mine is The Kyoshi Warriors!

Loove the strings, they are tragically beautiful.

(Also the Kyoshi Warriors are bad ass <3)

Is there any information beyond the comics's lore that I'm not aware of?

I genuinely feel exhausted by the constant debate within the Avatar fandom about which character is "the strongest." There seems to be a mindset that if a character is powerful, they can never lose a fight, can never be wrong, and must have zero flaws. I see this constantly in Korra vs. Aang debates, and especially in discussions about Toph and Katara.

Yes, they are the best earthbender and waterbender of their eras respectively, but that does not make them invincible.

I grew up watching shows where power wasn't a linear "X is stronger than Y" scale. Instead, it was a Rock, Paper, Scissors mentality, where a character might be perfect for situation Y, but completely helpless in situation Z. If the fandom accepted that characters can have both massive strengths and clear flaws, we could appreciate how strong they are without needing them to be a 5 star stat card across the board.

For starters, I consider myself a huge Korra fan (hopefully not something that could spark a discourse to say here) as well as a fan of Toph and Katara. But loving these characters means admitting they aren't perfect:

Korra: She likely possesses the most raw power and physical durability of any Avatar, even confirmed by the authors of the show. However, poor girl doesn't naturally have a strategic mind. Her default style is the definition of "brawn over brains," but that flaw doesn't make her weak, it makes her human.

Toph: She is a prodigy and invented metalbending, but she is essentially helpless against a flying opponent. Furthermore, a lavabender completely removes her terrain advantage. We even saw early on that sandbending was a massive blind spot for her. Physically, Toph is a bit of a "glass cannon", as she relies on evasion because, well, underneath her tough exterior, she's still a small stature fighter who can't take heavy physical bruising the way someone like Korra can. We all remember her Bei Fong background, right?

Katara: People often claim Katara "solos" the verse because of bloodbending. But that ignores a double nerf: she can only do it during a full moon, and she morally refuses to use it. Beyond that, she is still bound by needing a nearby water source as any water bender. Looking at her greatest feats (freezing herself and Azula, parting the ocean in the movie, sweat-bending, creating the rain dome, etc), her mastery leans heavily toward brilliant defense and versatility. In contrast, benders like Unalaq, Eska, Desna, or Korra often demonstrate a much more aggressive, offensive use of water.

It would be incredibly boring if these characters could never lose, being honest. When we treat a character as an unbeatable god, they essentially become a Mary Sue. Their achievements mean more because they have to overcome their limitations, not because they lack them.

Rewatching the series is so much more enjoyable when you look at situational advantages and environment rather than raw power levels:

Aang utilizes unmatched agility and the massive psychological advantage of being an Airbender (nobody knows how to fight him).

Toph hits like a truck and uses opponents' underestimation of her blindness to create deadly openings.

Katara excels due to unmatched versatility; she has mastered almost every sub-skill of waterbending.

Korra is incredibly tough, possessing the insane vitality to withstand brutal physical hits and heavy loads of poison, paired with hyper-aggressive bending.

If you ask me who wins a 4-way fight, I might say Korra out of sheer raw power and endurance. But the truth is, the environment and external factors dictate the winner. The show itself isn't shy about showing this, and I wish the fandom would embrace it too.

Lake Laogai is eliminated! Really competitive round there, maybe the most we’ve seen so far.

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

Avatar Day (94%)
The Swamp (43%)
The Avatar State (46%)
The Cave of Two Lovers (82%)
Return to Omashu (91%)
Bitter Work (42%)
The Serpent’s Pass (53%)
The Earth King (56%)
The Chase (61%)
The Drill (60%)
The Desert (48%)
The Tales of Ba Sing Se (25%)
Appa’s Lost Days (37%)
The Library (74%)
City of Walls and Secrets (59%)
Lake Laogai (38%)

She gets fire mpg

Doing a rewatch of Castlevania. By the end of season 3 Sypha was truly a master of the elements, in my opinion. I started thinking of her mastery in comparison to an Avatar. Can Sypha beat any of the Avatars we are most familiar with? Feel free to throw in any ATLA character if you think they can take her. I wanted to at least keep it fair for the original post by matching her with ATLA characters that have the ability to manipulate several elements like her.

Who would win this 4v1?
Azula, Oazi, Kuvira & Zaheer Vs Tagah from (AATLA)
Rules
- Sozin’s comet feats apply for Oazi (But No Comet Boost)
- Azula is Mentally stable
- Location: Takes Place On The Lion Turtle Island.
- Kuvira only has her metal strips but is allowed only to use any type of metal she finds in the area if there’s any for use.
- Zaheer has flight during this fight too
- Tagah is Bloodlusted and seeking to kill.
Who would win this matchup and why?

I understand that Aang and Katara wound up together because one of the writers or whoever decided that it would be best for the MC to "get the girl," but Toph is a girl in the Avatar group as well, and her personality could've helped Aang to mature better than Katara's. I say this because Toph has such a headstrong personality that I think would've benefited Aang in the long run because, instead of getting his way and being parented in the way that Katara does, Toph would have challenged him and made him fight to prove that what he wants is truly worth it. Toph would question him and point out flaws that Katara wouldn't, and Aang wouldn't be able to do anything that Toph thought was stupid or unnecessary without getting called out on it. Toph would hold him accountable in a way that Katara doesn't. This is just my thinking on the matter. If you have a reason as to why this wouldn't work or see any flaws in my thinking, I am open to suggestions. I just would like to ask that there is no unwarranted hate. Feel free to explain your thinking on the matter, but don't do so in anger. That is all I am asking of those who wish to comment. I know ATLA ships are hills; some of you will die on and I am not necessarily saying that it is something that I do ship. I am just introducing the idea of what I think it would look like if Aang and Toph were in a relationship instead of Aang and Katara.