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Now its time Toph learns to fly by metal bending propellers on her back or something

"There's only two world leaders on this bridge, I gotta get in on this!" - Zuko That's the peak laugh.

Given that Aang knew what penguin sledding was and ostensibly penguins only live in the south pole, Aang would be the only living person who could remember the south pole as it was, albeit as an outsider.

Love the idea of Zuko and Sokka having a special bromance, especially after their big fieldtrip in the show. Also, add it to the list of Zuko being a dork by admitting: "Guys, I used to be an evil prick myself, brah's gonna cut the bridge regardless of what we do...Fucking called it!"

I find it weird that Toph's students are just working in construction now. Are they getting paid for that or is it just like an unpaid internship? Toph really showing her rich person blood by taking advantage of free labor.

Sokka is the only good thing in this for me, also can we appreciative the fact Sokka actually found a way to prevent himself from being chi blooked after being ty lee favorite target

I do agree with Katara in the sense that everyone randomly throwing shade at the southern water tribe was kinda uncalled for. Like it made sense when it was coming from the northerners but Kuei too? What the hell man? Katara and Sokka saved your city man

Didn’t Zuko put out the fires from the candles in his room on the ship he had in season 1? I don’t think putting out fires is a comic exclusive ability.

I guess my take on the flying thing, for Aang, is that he can windburst to go in a relatively straight, shorter path with a lot of speed, but the glider is needed for prolonged, finessed flight. But who knows, that is just my personal head cannon

Throughout this story Katara just felt like one of those "talk a lot but don't actually say much" characters

this is like nightmare and daydreams tier writing. it's a good idea to have a character be conflicted over but in the end it barely mattered really. it persists through the whole episode and is resolved seemingly bc it had to be resolved by the end. oh well

this book feels like it was written by someone who just woke up

Katara here feels similar to what the show achieved in the first episode of Book 3. That scene where Katara was being unreasonably aggressive toward her father and it turned out she was projecting her anger about him having to leave. Here it seems like she's *really* mad that Hakoda is moving on from Kya, and that someone might be "replacing" her dead mother. Which is actually a good take, if they could have landed it. Katara has always been a good vessel for "I know I shouldn't be mad about this, but it still hurts and that's valid" situations.

I assume they imply Toph can’t hold the bridge well cause her earth-bending is weaker when she has to wear shoes like this and can’t fully sense her target like usual. I mean the sand made her senses fuzzy too but like you said she held that library up forever.

12:50 Not only is Zuko flying, but he's somehow doing it would burning the Earth King's scalp right off.

11:42 In the show, Tylee chi-blocked Azula during the prison episode, while Azula wore armor.

"sorry babe I gotta go, a grown make is talking about a comic based on a kids show."

Many of these comics really are good stories with interesting perspectives as Team Avatar tries to lead the world to healing after a century of war, and many of these conflicts are realistic. Most of them lack the polish of the show, however, and come off as half-baked at best.

9:18 Excuse me Zuko? Do you not remember when Aang offered his capture for leaving the Southern Water Tribe alone, and you accepted, and completely honored the deal? You should remember, it was the last time you visited this place after all. in-fact, I don't think Zuko ever did one of those "I am altering the deal" moments. The closest he got was when he tried to call off the bounty hunter. Hardly an evil move.

Given that Aang can semi-fly, how was the rope bridge a threat in the first place? They fall, he just flies down and gets them! And I don't mean the controversial flying he shows in the comics, even regular Aang could do that much. Also I'm still kind of blown away by how they missed the chainmail thing... I remember thinking the exact thing you said when I first read this comic and a friend I discussed it with brought it up independently too. Wouldn't anybody who thought about it for more than two seconds have the thought that chainmail feels different from human skin and flesh? Overall, I'd say this is probably my least favourite avatar comic, I think if the people who say the avatar comics are glorified fanfiction were specifically referring to this one then I might agree.

Zuko achieved flight without Sozin’s comet, momentum, at night, and in the Arctic. Zuko has become the most powerful fire bender, at least when it comes to mobility. I wonder if Iroh could do that, or if he taught him the god jump.

I think the reason that you couldn't really think of any symbolism for those 2 "secret" waterbenders is because they weren't there *symbolise* anything. I think the purpose of them was to just literally show how much the war took its toil specially on the Southern Water Tribe; even to the point of children being brought up to fear their own natural abilities and deny that part of who they are. I suppose in a sense it very subtly drives home Soka's point of the water tribe that Katara is holding onto is broken version of the south, and not something to be idolised.

Dang, you never miss. While I do like the Rope Bridge and the fact that Zuko fully clocks that "He's gonna cut the bridge anyway, duh, that's what bad guys do", I don't like how it played out. I was expecting the waterbending kids to be pivotal since they keep claiming not to be benders, and Gilak running ONTO the bridge to burn it when he could have just cut it there was just........Just why?

I'll have you know that I am not doomed to die a vague Disney death from a fall from a great height this week

i think what's going on with Katara and the waterbending girls is that all 3 are stuck in the mindset of old ways; Katara doesn't like the idea of her home changing and the girls are scared to be caught bending still. both are kinda stuck with some trauma from the war and how they had to function to survive, so any change to that way is scarier than what they had to live through because its so new

The Patron shoutouts are starting to get a "I'm not insane, I swear!" vibe to them and I'm here for it.

Azula has done that exact same no run-up fire-boosted jump at least three times in the tv series. It's not the same thing as sustained flight like we see Ozai and Jeong Jeong pull off during the comet.

In the next comic Toph is going to make giant rock/metal hands and flap real hard and fly

katara, zuko, and aang literally just flying in this comic is so damn funny.

11:37 what Sokka says is "chain mail" armor is actually lamellar armor

14:11 - I remember seeing a post about this, and wanted to share it on. Kya's betrothal necklace (which Katara is wearing) is glowing, or shining when she sees Malina fall.

3:39 Zuko: It's rough that you think I would stop, Buddy

I like the addition of the "I swear it's true" bits to some of the top tier patrons' complements. I don't know if that makes sense, but it's a new element to the jokes that I appreciate. (The complements are always my favorite part because it's exactly my sense of humor.)

Personally, while reading these comics, I never saw any of this as "flying". Just, like, "force jumping" and "featherfall". Little bursts and soft landing. To me, it shows off how much more powerful and capable these characters have become after the end while still keeping the "pulp meets wuxia" power-level.

My theory is that Aang may have independently eventually leveled up his combat and pursuit air bending so much that his powers began being capable of simulating flight in a different and less consistent way than the monks who attained it in the past through separation from earthly attachment. His “independent flight” ability is much less powerful and at his command in the ways we saw it used in Korra, but Aang was already a recognized genius level master air bender at twelve. He got his tattoos for inventing the air scooter. Which isn’t that far off from independent flight. That’s something maybe. You know? I mean yes there’s a ton of inconsistencies in the book. But that is my own kind of personal head canon I guess.

2:24 Sokka should be like 6-7 years old, since his father left to the war when he was young 4:08 omg guard face 8:30 No, if she use shoes she is blind 9:31 Dragonbone catacombs>>> bridge of no return 12:25 Sozin volcanic fire bend was more meme than this 15:38 Aang face!!! 16:03 Tea bending Iroh dream

I'm glad Zuko learned his father's rocket boot flight.

“Let go your earthly tether, enter the void. Empty and become wind” -Aang apparently

Well, of course, it wouldn't be a rope bridge scene without this happening. He's good.

12:28 this line had my crying. The delivery is just perfect

Gilak really went into a room, saw the Fire Lord, Sokka, and the AVATAR, AND TOPH! and thought, "yes, I will fight this fight"

I felt Toph was struggling because the rocks are perched on unstable snow she cannot bend. But even still there's clearly earth underneath the rocks somewhere she should be able to work with and the crumbling rocks she should also be able to just re-fuse.

Seriously, how does Gilak manage to run faster than Usain Bolt despite being a hulking 50 year-old man. Come on, Avatar!

I literally clicked on this so fast then realized I missed first too parts somehow😅. I’ll be right back

i think toph cant just see through the maze because 1. shes wearing thick winter boots (as mentioned in the last comic if i remember correctly) and 2. i imagine water is harder to see through than straight up stone, but thats just speculation

With his og plan, did gilak not think killing hakoda and then kidnapping kue would lead to war with the earth kingdok?

Its always a joy to watch his videos. it truly brings me joy, i have no other words. to see someone so passionate about something that built me as a child is so great. you are a blessing, overanalyzing man!

Katara and Aang aren't flying. Aang is going sideways and down. Katara is just going straight down and then into a wall. I don't want to be on any planes that "fly" according to that definition.

3:33 I'm actually ok with that. I feel like they both were almost perfectly complimented foils of each other with nearly all the same core traits. They even have the same character Arch; To overcome being buried alive by the shadow of your father's legacy. Them living such different lives yet being able to feel seen in that way by each other makes it even better.

these comics are having the same issue a lot of Korra had for me, that being despite it wanting to promote compromise no one cares until extremists show people their point.

I know it’s nowhere special to stick this comment, but I’ll say it anyway, if for no other reason than algorithm support: I absolutely love your little “end credits scene” where you describe the unique feats/abilities of your top patrons. Honestly, that part might be the highlight of your videos to me. The punchlines are just always so good, and the ideas are so unique. I really have no idea how one man is creative enough to come up with so many of these. Mad props for that, Mr. Overanalyzing.

2:40 As, there are no wild Apple trees in the area, I would say he stole it from a poor vendor...

13:35 I think it might be the type of hold. Every other strength/endurance feat she has is when she is pushing or otherwise putting her power INTO the earth in order to either hold it up or act like a wedge to keep it from going down. Here, she is pulling. We even see one hand in front of the other like she is pulling on a rope. I’m just saying, the forceful, stubborn, powerful element of earth is probably more receptive and easier to move when you are pushing and being forceful instead of pulling.

When people started to learn to fly in dragon ball. First it was a unique move, then an "advanced" technique, then its built in and everyone can do it. Imagine if these comics end up like that lol

The main thing I like about this trilogy is how it kinda helps to set up how common machines will get in a short time, In time for imbalance. The rift gave us the machines that could replace bending labor, but given they are not as effective and new, I feel, most readers will go it's not going to do that for a good long while. Then comes north and south talking about how the oil in the south pole could power all the machines to make benders obsolete.

"it would be worse" yeah man, this explains all the additional content to the universe after the series finale if you see them as canon

Ah finally. I have my overanalyzing dose

to be fair, the entire library's structure was made of stone while less than 10% of that rope bridges weight was made of stone, not to mention a bunch of people dangling from it.

my take on the water bending kids is its just the zuko and katara scene in crossroads of destiny where katara and zuko bond over losing their mothers to the fire nation. but in my opinion this scene only worked with the fantastic voice acting from the show and the setpeice. but still I think that the final scene is still really powerful like by comic book standards because in my opinion its really hard to make a tv show as amazing as avatar (in my case my favourite tv show.) translate well into a book.

Only thing I can argue is that Toph just wasn't able to sense through the ice for finding people. Bet she will be able to in the next comic though.

I mean Zuko did the exact same thing Azula did in The Southern Raiders, a fire blast to shoot to the side to not die from cinematic bottomless pit, it's just that Zuko was way closer to the top so he managed to get all the way up

man, that old man can run fast, considering he has a dead weight of unconscious Hakoda on his shoulders. xD

The bending system imbalances and progressions have definitely been interesting. At this point Im agreeing that it is wild, as well as some of the story beats. Always love the analysis and reactions though!

This guy’s voice is peak background noise for drawing

The issue with making the avatar a god is that when he can’t chase a 50 year old man that’s sus

So it seems like they had to buff everyone except toph, who they had to nerf

Overan: I guess Aang can just fly now! Zaheer: *cries in guru laghima*

3:22 I mean, he's Firelord Zuko in his PRIME.

I agree with the other comments that put this writing on nightmares and daydreams level. Also so many opportunities for side characters that could have been fleshed out more

I think the waterbending kids are meant to represent something about Katara. Like they only start bending openly when Katara recognizes that she misses the place she remembers spending with her mom, and it’s not really about tradition or anything. So like…. their bending represents her mental health? Something like that, I don’t think they’re actual characters in their own right

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, these comic writers either need to stop using the 3 issues structure or add like 30 more pages to each issue because some of these stories are probably held back from the smaller issue and page limits

holy crap i figured out why toph cant locate them in the tunnels she's wearing shoes so she cant "scan" the ground because even in book 3 when they steal the fire nation clothes she out the sole of the shoe and says "finally shoes for the blind earth bender" implying she can't wear normal shoes

I find it kind of hilarious that Pakku calls his literal stepson "Head Chieftain Hakoda". Speaking of which, the fact that Gran Gran found love again after being widowed years ago, just like her son, might have been brought up. The paralells would have been interesting to explore.

I'm glad these stories are in the comics, they'd be a lot harder to declare non-canon if they were parts of the show. But the again, the stories might have been handled better if they were in the show. The main antagonist would have not ran onto a bridge to set it on fire, that's for sure

Imagine bustin in with a dozen guys to stop a factory to take your mineral rights and you walk up and have to fight the fire lord and the avatar

3:34 Well Zuko did take a lightning bolt to the chest for Katara, we never saw much of their dynamic after that moment but it’d be logical Zuko would get a lot more familial with Sokka after that.

I don't think you're right about the flying thing, to be honest. Aang did the thing we've seen him do a million times, always in the Avatar state but we've also seen Roku do it normally. He appears to be pushing himself away from solid ground to fly, meaning that when he wants to hover in the air it's vertical, and when he wants to go forward fast he pushes himself away from a wall like we see here. Also, the higher he goes the harder it would be to maintain this column of swirling air so It's only really good for hovering small distances above the ground. I don't think it would work over that huge casm for example. Katara is just making a bridge here, it's connected to the cliff face. If someone broke the base of it that's it she's falling. Of course, the bridge doesn't have to be structurally sound all the way because she can hold it up with bending. But it's not like she can stand on a piece of ice and levitate herself. That would be like standing on a platform and trying to fly by pulling it up with a rope. But Avatar has always been inconsistent with whether Newton's 3rd law applies to bending. In the Kyoshi warriors, Katara pushes away a large amount of water propelling her and Aang backward so that would mean yes. Azula's rocket jump (which is pretty much equivalent to what Zuko did here) and Ozai's Iron Man flying would also imply yes. But they constantly lift large masses of water or rock without applying a strong downward force on themselves or shoot heavy projectiles at high velocities without being pushed in the opposite direction. Well, I guess Earth benders can redirect that force into the ground they're standing on and the same applies for water benders on ice and water benders making huge waves push and pull the water more sideways. Anyway... I don't think we've seen anything too egregious in this comic. But Zuko seems to have reached Azula's level in a technique he previously didn't know at all, which isn't really earned and Aang is just getting more powerful, which is fine since he's a demigod.

13:26 I think it is because she is still wearing the snow shoes

Do i hear a new tier list coming ?

That's exactly right. What you mean the south pole when we were growing up. That town was ravaged by war. Fragmented to dust.

Thanks for these videos and bringing more awareness to these comics they are still underrated to this day esp with how big ATLA has gotten. We would also appreciate an overanalyzing kyoshi and yangchen novels

Toph's seismic sense is severely dampened in the South Pole because she has to wear shoes, you forgot that

I feel like Sokka's and Katara's standpoints were backwards. Sokka was the one who felt like the man of the tribe and the great protector of his village. It would make more sense for him to feel sad at how much it's changed since he was gone. Meanwhile Katara wanted to learn more about bending and it's history and meaning and all that so I feel like she should like the idea of the south moving on from the past where she no longer has to do everyone's laundry. I don't know, that's just me.

Your sense humor never fails to crack me up! Absolutely love whatever content you put out!! You personality shines through so well Plus I've never read the comics so this deep dive is a great way to get the lore and info from them!

Finally, some DEATH!

Been watching since the drill video, still get excited when I see your new videos every week. Even after overanalyzing the show, I still have to say I love your videos.

On the subject of toph holding up the bridge: I think the implication isn't that the rocks are too heavy, but rather that the rocks themselves can't hold onto the bridge due to erosion, maybe?

I think all of the things that the crew can do that they couldn’t do in the show (I.e. flying and such) are because they have had more time to be better and learn new skills. The show only takes place over the course of a year and they all improved very fast in that time so I could see them doubling that progress and being even more crazy with more time.

comment number~ I've lost count of hoping he acknowledges Ty Lee's eye color was changed/retconned

It's possible that Toph couldn't hold the bridge very well because the pillars were actively collapsing or breaking apart into smaller pieces which she would have a harder time bending, or the ice that the bridge was anchored into was breaking. Toph may also not been able to "see" through ice, which is where the caves may have been (carved through a glacier). It's not probable, but I guess the chi blockers may have not been familiar with chainmail and not known if it would block chi blocking, and simply assumed it was armor or clothing. This is unlikely though. Also it's possible that the two waterbending children had time to realize that the South was a safe place, and since they almost certainly looked up to Katara, they would have felt comfortable telling/showing her their bending. However I guess it'd be a kind of superficial relationship? I think it's pretty reasonable, but that's just me. You're right about the "flying" and the entire cliché bridge sequence though.

I think the through-line for the young water bender girls and katara ties into what sokka said a little. He mentions how they are building the south now because it has been destroyed for so long, likewise the south is able to train and have their water benders bend out in the open after years of hiding that part of themselves away. So the two girls water bending shows that this part of their culture is able to come back and be rebuilt, like so many other things. Although, I don’t think all stories always need to be tied together in a nice theme. It’s not like that always happens with congruent events in real life. Although, I can understand someone wanting that in a story if they care a lot about good story structure.

I like the meal scene. It reminds me of Friday dinners with my family.

This guy is the best

7:39 Jet Propulsion. Jet Aang Propulsion? Propulsion Aang? PROPULSAANG!!!! Yeah that sounds right.

The most stupid idea I could think of; a group of like 20 men managed to capture a world leader because everyone fucking ditched him, funny as fuck tbh

8:40 i think Toph can't see them because most of the ground is just snow, and not to mention her feet being covered by her shoes for the cold.

I see zukos flight the same as azulas during the gondola fight

Sokka says he figured out chainmail! Reveals a Jack Of Plates XD

Ok don't ask why this is the one thing I got caught up on in this comic, but why does Katara say "we" when referring to Zhao killing Tui? Like no, you did nothing! that was all Yue, Aang and Iroh. You didn't help at all.