Avatar: The Last Airbender | Book Two: Episodes 9-13 | Unedited Reaction (Patreon)

These episodes kinda hurt. A lot.

The gang finally found some seriously important information that could help them win against the Fire Lord at Wan Shi Tong's library only for that huge victory to come with one of the biggest losses yet.. APPA 😭 I don't think I fully understood until this episode how deep Aang and Appa's connection is.And it makes perfect sense.. Appa is one of the last living connections to the world he lost.Watching Aang's fear turn to anger and then swallow him whole..It felt so human it hurt.But I think what I loved the most about those episodes was Katara. I have so much more love and respect for her after watching her calmly keep everyone/everything together when it was crumbling apart. They're all exhausted, scared, grieving.. But yet she somehow still holds it all together. And when Aang disappears into that insane storm of grief and anger, she doesn't try to talk him down.She doesn't run away, either.She walks towards him and holds him. 🤍Sometimes love can't fix what hurts. But it can sit beside you until you find your way back to you. And Katara is clearly the quiet heartbreak of this little family.Meanwhile, Zuko seems to be finding his way back to himself for the first time.. Kind of. Iroh is full of so much wisdom and I hope that he's finally absorbing it instead of dismissing it. So much of who he is was built from things other people placed on him. Prince, banished son, failure, Fire Nation. And now look at him.. A refugee in the very nation his people have spent generations trying to tear down. There's something poetic about Zuko. He still feels caught between worlds, but for the first time I'm starting to wonder if the person he's searching for isn't Aang anymore. And maybe it's finally himself. WILL THE REAL ZUKO PLS STAND UPThis stretch felt like everyone growing in ways that they probably don't even realize yet. Aang learning what grief can do to him. Katara becoming the person everyone reaches for when they need it. Toph slowly learning to let others in, kind of lol. Sokka being a leader, planner, mastermind and still keeping the Rizz flowing on the side lol. And Zuko. Finally beginning to ask who he is when everything he's used to define himself falls away.And maybe that's why I love Book Two so much.These kids have come so far & I see myself in every single one of them in one way or another.We lose pieces of ourselves so we can discover new pieces. And it's messy, painful, chaotic, and scary.But it's also necessary to keep growing to who you're really meant to be.Thank you for your support on Patreon!Relax and enjoy 🍿🌿SYNC ALONG LINK: https://youtu.be/SklipQjmmW4I watched this on Netflix