ATLA Rewatch Episodes 15 & 16
Added 2021-01-03 02:00:27 +0000 UTCTimestamps:
00:00 - Episode 15 Reaction
25:56 - Episode 15 Summary
28:44 - Episode 16 Reaction
57:21 - Episode 16 Summary
1:00:00 - Reacting to my reaction
Comments
Oh, I remember now... It did always rub me the wrong way, how Roku just pushes all responsibility onto Aang, even though this whole mess is a direct consequence of his own failure. Like, he knows Aang isn't ready and that there is a good reason for following the element cycle, but he makes the Deserter train him anyway, because he doesn't care about Aang as a person, he just cares about easing his conscience through him.
kingafreund
2021-09-21 00:41:42 +0000 UTCPossibly. Could also be that the journey for the Shirshu just happened to pass by there. But I agree that it is strange.
TJ Frangie
2021-02-11 08:30:01 +0000 UTCAlso, after reading the Kyoshi novels, the scenes with Aang learning the wide stance is very interesting because Rangi was always harping on Kyoshi to do the same thing, haha. "WIDER!"
jdthebud
2021-01-31 06:21:54 +0000 UTCDamn you scared me with that gasp lol.
jdthebud
2021-01-31 06:05:49 +0000 UTCOne thing that was odd to me is that the Shirshu goes to the healer and Miyuku the cat, but Katara never went there, only Aang. Just an odd continuity error there.
jdthebud
2021-01-31 05:49:48 +0000 UTCan interesting parallel i just noticed is also the "aang running away from the monks before hearing gyatso reassure him he wouldnt leave" and "aang leaving the tent before hearing sokkas and kataras reassurance they wouldnt leave him"
Fredo_Credo
2021-01-11 18:34:55 +0000 UTCDefinitely. Seems like he has recoiled from the danger he experienced in himself with fire bending. But he swung back in the other direction a little too far, and that's not the end of the story. Going with the theme of enlightenment, when the student is ready the master appears, and maybe that goes two ways: When the master is ready the student appears. One of the things that's so great about the episode is that Aang goes through Jeong Jeong's arc himself, and both of them end the episode with a better understanding of themselves.
Alex G
2021-01-04 03:45:20 +0000 UTCLOL that's good timing. She's always around trying to get some attention. Usually she meows to let me know she's about to jump on my lap.
Alex G
2021-01-04 03:43:21 +0000 UTCIn the past, it's been polls. I also keep track mentally of what gets recommended and how often. This time since Attack on Titan has been recommended by far the most, I am leaning that way, and might do a poll for the show after that.
Alex G
2021-01-04 03:42:34 +0000 UTCJeong Jeongs take vs what Aang learns with Zuko in the firebending masters is the best imo. I think Jeong Jeong is damaged and his self-hate is something to consider. He dislike himself innately and calls his abilities a burden. I think he is a GREAT character but he as a person is lacking - and Roku had to set him straight.
Drake Chuckle
2021-01-04 03:00:34 +0000 UTCI heard meowing while you were talking about Aang getting ignored. It's like your cat's saying "wow speaking of ignoring... aren't you forgetting someone?" 🐱
Kotryna
2021-01-04 00:01:08 +0000 UTChow do you chose what shows you watch next. is there a poll or do you take suggestions and then choose for yourself witch one looks the most interesting?
Leon Inglis
2021-01-03 19:17:00 +0000 UTCAang gives a callback to his disgust with sea prunes later in The Puppetmaster. I never noticed this before but I just rewatched it a few days ago and had been wondering where the reference came from
Alex Begley
2021-01-03 06:29:49 +0000 UTCHaha I had forgotten about the horse stance bit
Alex G
2021-01-03 06:22:18 +0000 UTCThese 2 are probably some of my favorite episodes in book 1. I do agree that I think it works better that Sokka was the one to go back. I feel like Katara would have been too easy and obvious. I'm not saying it didn't feel out of character but also I feel like it's easy for us to judge that based on the characters as a whole and not at the point they're at in that episode, which I think at the time, they still weren't entirely sure what they were doing with both Katara & Sokka at times imo, moreso the latter. Since in some episode, especially in early book 1, Katara did things and had ideas/plans that definitely felt like late Book 2/3 Sokka and vice versa. Side note the Kyoshi novels have ruined Horse Stance for me and seeing Aang do it in this episode, I could not take it seriously.
WolfWarrior623
2021-01-03 04:29:06 +0000 UTCYou cannot imagine the oohshyennnn
Alex G
2021-01-03 03:45:53 +0000 UTCJeong Jeong is by far one of the coolest side characters in ATLA. His intro scene when Aang channels Roku and has the whole fish in the river philosophy discussion is one of my favorite in all of ATLA. "You think I am weak?" *Jeong Jeong shitting his pants* "No, no, I did not mean that". Him coming back for the finale is just the cherry on top, but this episode is obviously where he truly shines.
benj
2021-01-03 03:44:05 +0000 UTC“You will be almost completely ignored in the comics” ahahahah poor iroh.
D DuB
2021-01-03 03:32:41 +0000 UTCI love how Jeong Jeong says "savagery"
Etsch
2021-01-03 03:08:40 +0000 UTCLol yeah I was pumped
Alex G
2021-01-03 02:49:05 +0000 UTCThat's right!
Alex G
2021-01-03 02:48:45 +0000 UTCThe moment you realized that The Deserter is the Jeong Jeong episode was great. 😂
Snarfield
2021-01-03 02:48:33 +0000 UTCThey all made mistakes. The important thing is they all did what they thought would correct them
Alex G
2021-01-03 02:48:25 +0000 UTCOH!!! Did you know the animal Jianzhu sent after Kyoshi and her gang was a Shirshu. Makes since why that town was decimated looking at the teeth of that animal yikes
hays collins
2021-01-03 02:44:27 +0000 UTCI kind of side with Aang more on in episode 15. Sokka was quick to dismiss him when he tried to connect and bond with them on their experiences growing up in the south pole. Don't get me wrong, I understand why Sokka and Katara was mad, but they definitely shouldn't have been mad enough to leave him and go with Bato. Especially since he willingly gave them the map, even though he held on to it for HALF A DAY. I done ranting now lol
R'Mani Leavell
2021-01-03 02:44:05 +0000 UTCYeah I agree, I think usually that is something Katara would do, I think it was probably a choice that was made since the focus was on Sokka and his feelings of abandonment.
Alex G
2021-01-03 02:36:13 +0000 UTCEpisode 15 is a strange rewatch to me. Katara feels out of character giving up on Aang so easily but it makes sense she would follow her brother. But then it ALSO doesn’t make sense how it was Sokka who told Katara they had to turn back for Aang. Katara had a much closer bond with Aang at that point and I think should have argued with Sokka at least a little bit.
Alec Campo
2021-01-03 02:29:52 +0000 UTCEven with the beginning of episode 15 is a little slow and not my fav I love the ending with the fight with aang and zuko. Probably my fav fight between the both of them
hays collins
2021-01-03 02:27:32 +0000 UTC
