Like and comment or, well I can't say, but I'm just telling you it won't be good if you don't.

16:55 That blanket trope is a thing because when you experience something incredibly traumatizing, physically or emotionally, your body pulls in blood from extremeties to your core. It makes you feel cold, and keeping the person feeling warm/safe helps prevent them from going into shock. That's why they're sometimes called Shock Blankets.

Sokka's boomerang is basically a special ability at this point. He can somehow crash a violent looking bladed metal boomerang against people's heads without splashing their brains on the ground and only knocking them out. That's as magical as bending.

"People use bending to open doors" Throwback to that time when Katara shouldn't know how to open doors 😂

This comic series honestly felt the most like a proper A:tLA episode. It was well paced, genuinely mature, and the funny moments weren't overtly silly and out of place. None of those yahoos from the Metal Bending academy, no silly tangents, just straight forward conflict and story.

Another reason I could see to not take away her bending that I'm surprised they didn't bring up, is that in a way it might further the idea that non-benders are inferior to the supremacists. I could easily see them using the logic that "if being a non-bender doesn't make you inferior, then way is taking someone's bending away a punishment?" Obviously that logic is incredibly faulty for very obvious reasons, but supremacy itself is faulty logic. This whole thing is an incredibly interesting quandary though. If I was in Aang's place I would definitely take her bending away, but I don't think I'd be right to do so. I think what Aang did was probably the correct choice, just not one I think I could've made. We even have the idea that "bending isn't the problem, it's the mindset" reinforced in Legend of Korra. In that, Aang did take away Yakone's bending, but he just ended up teaching it to his sons and further spreading his poisonous ideas. So yeah, great dilemma, and I'm still not 100% sure what to think.

6:01 That happens a lot in real life too. It’s easier to create a simple scapegoat than address the the complex reasons for failure. She blames Earth Kingdom stagnation and surrender on a weak, non-bender king while ignoring everything that lead to it. As far as she’s concerned the strong benders defending the kingdom from the Fire Nation were “Stabbed in the Back”.

When Katara asked Aang to do things right really reminded me of the time Katara wanted revenge for her mother. They had a similar talk and I loved to see the roles reversed, even if Aang was definitely not as angry about the situation. Also loved your Avatar Mode voice lmao.

Imbalance is my favorite of the comics. The characters really feel like themselves and the interactions between them felt true to their dynamics. In the previous comics, there would be weird lines or moments that contradict things previously established. There’s none of that here.

Of all the pseudo-flying moves, Toph running um a wall is the least surprising The Dai Li just straight up stick horizontally on sheer walls with earthbending

13:55 Keep in mind, she was using a style that actively counters Toph's very way of seeing.

I can imagine the chi-blocking police force becoming the foundation for Amon's chi-blocking followers if/when they get replaced by the metalbending police force, thinking that chi-blocking isn't seen as effective at metalbending thereby becoming resentful of the city council.

Toph lost because this is basically the first time in a very long while that she fought against a very competent earth bender that knows her tricks. Fighting against someone purposefully evading detection, while on a rooftop that dampens your senses? I can see that being a more even fight.

I really like how it plants the seeds of divide for S1 of korra

The after-math of adrenaline and high emotions literally makes you feel cold. It's a real, physiological phenomenon of the fight or flight response. Anxiety chills.

Man, I love the art style in these 3 comics. Makes everyone look slightly matured up; closer to their adult selves.

I learned a very good explanation for the Dai Li switching to Azula's side in that scene that makes it a fantastic display of Azula's cunning. It relies on two quite reasonable assumptions: 1. The individual Dai Li agents are loyal only to themselves, and act in whatever way will ensure their own safety. 2. Azula is a competent leader to the Dai Li and could feasibly replace Long Feng. If we assume this, then there are two relevant details to explain that scene: Long Feng gives a clear order to actively arrest Azula. Azula gives them no orders. The explanation is simple: In that scene, each Dai Li agent is waiting to see who is going to win the power struggle before acting. No agent is willing to choose until they can be certain that they will be on the winning side. No agent wants to perform Long Feng's order because doing so is risky. But that also makes it a self-fulfilling prophecy. Each agent is waiting for someone else to act. But waiting means not obeying Long Feng's order. And if you do not obey Long Feng's order, it looks like you side with Azula. Thus every agent looks like they side with Azula. This is why Azula gave no orders. If she did, then waiting would no longer mean automatically siding with her. Since she didn't, Azula simply had to get Long Feng to admit defeat, at which point her victory is completed.

i love the relation that sokka and aang have here, especially seeking counsel from him, not because the non-bender side but because they compliment each other trough philosophy, sokka is a very logical and scientific guy and aang is a very empathetic and balance person.

I always thought chi-blocking was supposed to be rare because it was hard to learn, but Suki's teaching a bunch of fucking random people in less than a day? Idono man

I think one of the reasons chi block isn't as widespread is because thanks to bending benders move alot of different way with their bodies, boosted by bending and chi block is close combat while bending is more versatile where it could be used up close or a distance. Ty lee was the best at it cause her agility abd speed meant the could close the gap quickly between the herself and her target but not everyone can move like that

The one thing that feels weird to me is about this comic is that it sets up why Suki would be the first chief of police of Republic City, not Toph. So the direction that went, with metalbenders taking over the police force, and comparatively less radical equalists (at least in that they weren't going full segregation), seems like a step backwards. There seems to be a story there.

5:30 I guess Bumi taking back Omashu on his own could convince her in that aspect. As well as the unique way Ba Sing Se fell almost instantly. With all the generals gone, the king gone, it likely looked like the king used all his power to protect himself and run. Now you have two instances where people could speculate since outside of Team Avatar, nobody could've known about how these things went down, not to mention the intell on the day of black sun. Suddenly one day Ba Sing Se fell, and suddenly one day Bumi single handedly took out a city of firebenders.

This kinda handled the Amon situation better then Korra did just because Amon was revealed to be a Bender doesn’t mean that the civil unrest would just end there would definitely be people angry about the situation and even more then that there would be people who don’t even care that Amon is a Bender and probably follow him regardless

Oh gooooooods Lileng's motivation is entirely the kind of messed up leaps of logic that IRL bigots use to justify their actions. The writers (and artists) did a PHENOMENAL job on this one. I was really rooting for Ru to get chi-blocking, and honestly I don't blame them for showing just how little that actually helped for a total civilian against a really really good bender. REAL solid work the whole way down.

Honestly, I like a lot what they did with Liling. It would have been so easy to give her a backstory where she had a traumatic experience with a non-bender but instead she has a completely stupid argument to hate them, because that's just how racist people work: they aren't looking for a valid argument to hate on a specific race, they just want an excuse that justifies the hate they already have in them.

I subbed when you were on “Bato of the Water Tribe,” and it’s been an amazing journey going through all the official avatar media with you! You’re the only YT channel my girlfriend has ever enjoyed enough to actively watch, so OA has become a staple of our household. :) I’ll stay subbed for any and all non-ATLA stuff you’d like to make, and I’m excited for all the material you can review once these new shows and movies keep coming out.

16:49 blankets are used for shock victims. Usually body temperatures will drop with the onset of shock. To combat that blankets are used to trap body heat.

Boomerang is officially the strongest weapon in the universe taking down the likes of zuko, combustion man, azula and ya ling

I'm happy that Aang didnt take her bending, because there isn't a single doubt in my mind that she would've no-life herself afterwards if he did

i would like to offer something of a reason why it wouldn't occur to aang or the others that regular civilians wouldn't be ready to stand up and fight. of the gaang, they've all grown up under the shadow of fighting being just a part of life. aang may have led a peaceful life up until being trapped in the iceberg, but over the course of the series as he matured, fighting was just a fact of life. sokka and katara grew up in the shadow of a war that had been going on for a century, and toph found fighting as an outlet to express herself. idk if any of them could even comprehend the idea that those who haven't been surrounded by it might not be ready to drop everything and fight on a dime. maybe toph could, but she isn't really one to dwell on that stuff

Her logic is super flawed because benders can have non bender children. Do you expect all the mothers and fathers to exile their own children?

Always a good day when Overanalyzing Avatar posts

I always assumed what Leling took from Ba Sing Se's fall was: Non-benders cannot keep us safe, and to BE safe we need a place that doesn't leave us weak in any (nonbending) way

The blanket stuff comes from warming/cooling blankets from first aid packages.

Suki and the Kyoshi Warriors can also be credited for spreading chi-blocking in the United Republic.

my only gripe with this comic was the maze trap thing really, like its so silly. i get trying to make themselves a choke point to be easier to defend their stuff, but i think they handled it in a very silly way. a bunch of metal walls surrounding the factory and a tight corridor leading to the entrance would honestly worked almost the same, just hide suki and the new trained chi blocker behind the walls to ambush them from behind as soon as they try to cross.

Crack theory: Sokka is a pure bloodbender and can only move by bloodbending. My support is when he got chi-blocked it made him go limp and it wasn't just a thing to make him numb

"I've been through some shit blankets" is possibly the best line out of this channel so far.

Isn't Toph still 1-1 against her, which means she had the opportunity to learn about Toph's fighting style? I imagine other people would have a chance against Toph too if they were at least good enough to not get bodied instantly and had a round 2.

The trama blanket: basically after intense trama the feeling of "warm and cozy" mimics that of a hug which does release hormones in ur brain. It helps people calm down.

I feel like they could have connected her hatred of non-benders to the Kyoshi warriors being defeated by Azula, enabling her to infiltrate Ba Sing Sai, ended in the Fire Nation taking the city. Makes more sense then hating non-benders because the Earth King who let the city fall was one

Ngl we need a compilation of all of OA’s compliments to his patrons. They get an audible laugh out of me nearly every single time.

Fire nation messenger: “ Fire lord zuko, team avatar put down a domestic terrorist in Crain fish town. Zuko: and they didn’t invite me = (

Thank you for narrating these so us Tophs out here can enjoy comics. I can’t normally read comics because they’re so visual, and I love hearing you narrate them!

With all the crazy movement techniques torn down in this series, wait til this guy hears about Dust Stepping.

It's things like this that I hate. If this lady was using tech, they'd destroy the tech she used; but because she was born with the tech we can't take it.

Liling trying to bury her helpless non-bender daughter alive gotta be one of the darkest things depicted onscreen in Avatar. She makes Ozai scarring Zuko look like a slap on the wrist.

13:36 I figured Toph was taking it easy on her because she didn’t want to destroy the factory again

Guess it would make sense this is where Republic City would be. Aang was literally standing on top of the factory in the same pose he was in for the big ass statue out side of the city in LOK, or my brain is epic levels of smooth and not remembering correctly.

12:22 There are as many mentions of Korra in Overanalyzing Avatar as there are Bloodbending episodes. Thought we wouldn't notice, didn't you? 12:31 Toph does the same move Aang does against Sokka's sneak attack in the Runaway. 16:25 I think this is Aang's most Badass moment ever. Dude strikes an awesome pose, calls her trash, and says that this town is under his protection. I think this comic is probably the best among the set. It really felt like everyone got a good and equal part to play, except Katara, she was mostly just there for Aang to relay his feelings to at some points. Sokka gets to show how he's the smart one in the group by spitting some philosophy at us. Aang gets a new challenge to overcome on his road to being the best Avatar he can be. I love how those two felt like the primary motivators of this conflict aside from the actual antagonist. It makes me kind of surprised that Aang and Sokka are so underutilized in Legend of Korra. yeah they're both dead and all, but we never even find out how they died. Welp, can't run from your destiny any more. Finally the Avatar is reincarnating - And we've gotta deal with it. **sigh**

I’m all out of over analyzing content again. Time for a 3rd rewatch.

If there's one thing I dislike about the Comics at this time (well, something most people don't talk about) is how Fire Benders have next to no stigma against them living in the Earth Kingdom. Yeah I get that they're part of the Colony areas, but even then, anyone coming to visit these places should probably be predisposed against Fire Benders, no?

Taking someones bending away could be seen as akin to handicapping them. Bending is an extension of their selves. They can no longer interract with the world in the same way. Its not justifiable under most circumstances. This idea would be elaborated on in Korra of course but its cool to see them address it here.

7:15 There's a steam engine in this shot that's similar to Stephenson's Rocket, one of the first steam engines. I would think that's a good reference, but we've seen much more advanced steam technology in Avatar, including a steam engine that looks like it would come from at least the late 19th century (compared to the Rocket built around 1820). This little engine is basically the equivalent of someone today working with a computer from the 1970s.

5:15 that motivation is somehow worse than "because I can"

That fighting game joke at 13:19 got me lol. didn't know Overanalyzing Avatar was a FGC fan.

I for one absolutely LOVE the new art style. I love the shades. I like the seemingly 3d character models they used. The colors and landscapes just screams peak Avatar animation, something very LoK looking

Skilled in "art of youdontgettoplayanymore" XD

God made Benders and God made Non-Benders Boomerangs made them equal.

Man I love this channel. I was really invested in your videos covering these comics. Glad you didn’t stop creating after the original series’ end

10:21 EXCUSE ME, SOKKA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE ON THE LEFT OF THE CROWD?

4:18 I love how Mr Overanalysing grills EVERYONE. Like if he were a character in the series he'd walk up to buildings that intentionally had the colours errors from a previous chapter and he's like, "IS NO ONE ELSE SEEING THIS THING, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE BLUE, IS IN FACT BROWN??"

Some benders try to sneak away towards this inconspicuous barrel, but it was conspicuous all along 😂

MOM BRING THE POPCORN OVERANALYZING AVATAR HAS UPLOADED TWICE IN A WEEK

Bro please continue making as much content on atla as you can, this is my comfort channel

ok this was such a good comic and video. aang bringing up how technological advancements affect war and the ability to go to war was my favorite part. thanks for sharing these, theyre really thoughtful videos and i know alot of work goes into creating them.

I'm glad these videos are back. Your content is my favorite on youtube.

Love these! I always come back for your content!

I love the parable of the Fire Lord and the Banished Prince!

Oh hel yeah dude, I love these videos. Seeing another one so soon is great.

So glad you're back

I just watched the part 2 today and now I get this, perfect timing

Those Blankets are called shock blankets. Bassically they're used (In real life too) to help calm down someone who just had some shit happen. After being nearly burried alive, I'd say she needs it.

STEPHENSON'S ROCKET AT 7:22 LETS GGGGGOOOOOOOOO

To your point on the main characters being untouchable, a lot of anime handle this problem well (One punch man season 1, mob psycho 100, yu yu hakusho) by making the main characters handicapped in some sense (for Toph it would be something like her feet were injured so she can’t see at all) and then that forces characters to come up with creative solutions to the problem. Or the second option is to have there be a conflict that is outside of fighting entirely (for Toph here that could be her parents are watching and she doesn’t want to prove them right that she’s just turned into rough hooligan without their guidence so she can’t really fight back)

Very happy that Part 3 came out so soon after Part 2! Another fantastic video, and I loved it! Probably my favorite trilogy alongside The Rift as well! Now I really hope you do the one-shot Avatar comics: Katara And The Pirate's Silver, Toph's Metalbending Academy, and Suki Alone. Suki Alone is easily the best, at least regarding drama, though it has a few frustrating contradictions with the show (Kyoshi Island was clearly portrayed in the shown to not be isolationist). Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy has some very nice scene for Toph's character, and also for her students, but it isn't that substantial in the end. Katara And The Pirate's Silver is the least substantial of them all: a fun side-quest for Katara, and it's always fun to see her being badass as she is, but that's it. Azula In The Spirit Temple, which comes out in the end of this month, promises to be easily the bests of the one-shots!

Man, the gap between benders and non-benders does seem like a great divide

That was really quick, holy!

the taking away bending conundrum is so interesting like would taking away a person's bending take away their power truly? do these people rise to power using their bending or is it just their title as a bender? if you take away the bending of someone who is trying to spread the word that nonbenders are weak would you be helping their point by turning them into a nonbender as a means of handicapping/punishing them? if someone would rather die than be a nonbender are you just pushing them to further radical isolated mindsets that may end up in their own and others destruction?

hey just wanna chime in to say, the "ive been through some shit" blanket isnt so much a trope as an actual thing that emergency medical workers do for survivors who dont need immediate care. its a nice gesture and a good excuse to initiate some human contact just to reassure someone that they are safe now. i think it triggers a part of our brain thats associated with loving parents and warm hugs and things like that. also its always given by someone who calmly asks in a warm tone if the person is ok and then assures them that its all over now and they can calm down. (also if your experience a serious shock, i think your body temperature can drop but dont quote me on that)

I think it might've made more sense if Yaling also had an unusual bending power to match Toph (i.e. Lavabending). Part 2 has Yaling do that weird steam/water thing with the statue, so it'd sorta make sense. Also, Toph encounters a lavabender in the comics anyways, so it might've fit better here. Not only does Yaling counter Toph by staying in the air, but she'd be able to literally melt her metal shields.

I hope he reviews the Relics comic. It really answered questions about the air nomad genocide

Can’t get enough of your videos

ive been waiting for this

I very much appreciate over analyzing all of the comics. I've never read them, but I heard they existed and was always curious if they were a good read. I had fun listening to a page-by-page summary.

The issue of Toph losing the fight is not because she lost _a_ fight, it's because she lost a 1v1 against a completely random earthbender who did _nothing_ during the war. The show would never do that. When Toph lost fights, there was a creative reason beyond skill in her and her opponent's abilities. Afterall, she's 'the greatest earthbender' and she can't be that if she loses to some rando just because it gives Sokka something to do. Having her lose this fight is just lazy writing inviting more and lazier(?) writing.

17:11 is it safe to assume that Suki probably recruited Ru to join the Kyoshi Warriors.

Blankets are used to treat shock both physical and mental.

I am so happy to be able to watch this series

love this channel!

Since Aang didn't consider taking Liling's Bending as moral even after all the stuff she did, how bad of a dude was Yakone for Aang to take away his? Liling was trying to insight rebellion and subjugate an entire group of people, while from what we've been shown Yakone was just a Mob Boss. Which means either Aang changed his perspective on taking away people's Bending, or Yakone was involved in some REALLY evil stuff. And he did show that with his Bending it was impossible for anybody who isn't the Avatar (or another Bloodbender) to stop him. So whatever he was responsible for must've been seriously up there on the messed up scale! Edit: I understand that taking his Bending away was the only way to contain him, but you have to remember. Toph, her Officers, and Aang all turned up to take this guy down off of witness testimonies alone of him being a Bloodbender. He must've been accused of some serious shenanigans for the Avatar himself to show up just on word alone of the risk of him being a Bloodbender. He'd already been accused of who the Hell knows what, and he's also stated to be the ruler of the underworld of Republic City, one doesn't get a title like that without getting their hands dirty (or in this case his Brain) None of them could've known how powerful he was before hand, otherwise they wouldn't have come at him in the open where he could openly retaliate (He showed that he and no problem going after the Avatar, so the idea that he was afraid of pissing off Aang as to why he went quietly doesn't really track), or have had his trial in a room full of people. Of which Aang was one. Which means that they thought his reputation and his Bloodbending accusations were enough to warrant his arrest. Because they basically had no evidence of him being a Bloodbender besides people's words, and it wasn't until Sokka basically said "Well stranger things have happened" did they actually get him convicted. If their plan was to always take away his Bending due to him being dangerous Aang would've done it immediately after meeting the guy. So they most definitely had to have had some reason to still bring him in, Bloodbender or not. Which led to him trying to escape but getting stopped by Aang. And then he actually escaped and got plastic surgery. TLDR I'm not trying to say is that Bloodbending wasn't the reason he got his Bending taken, what I'm saying is that it could've just been the straw that broke the camels back in terms of his crimes.

Gotta love these

If I was ang I’d be using the taking bending away thing on any villain that has to be locked up. Maybe if he practiced it he could be able to give it back in time too

I love your videos man, i dont really have anything else to say

Perfect timing!

Love your videos

Your channel is gonna go so hard once the new movies start dropping.

Tying this conflict into an earlier book by making ling a fire bender forced from her home (a more recent fire colony) by non benders would've been more interesting

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I actually take a different stance on not taking away her bending. I don't believe she is mentally well to have such a power, she wanted to bury her own child with her powers, and Aang refuses to take away her power cause it is a part of her? That's like not taking away Sokka's boomerang if he was captured cause it's apart of his personality. She is still using her power to cause harm. If she was a blood bender then she would have to be locked up in a certain way as to not allow her to blood bend anyone, when Aang could easily just take away her bending, resulting in a safe solution.