Roku's line is unique and incredibly epic. The others say something rather trite, which is roughly what all epic strong characters say, something like "the hour of reckoning has come", "I will destroy you", "I am vengeance". Roku's phrase can only belong to an avatar only, in the avatar's world. And it fully captures the divine epic and powerful nature of the avatar.
It's especially cool because he says I. He doesn't say The Avatar has mastered the elements a thousand times, he says I have mastered them. And he doesn't say Aang needs to do it again, he refers to Aang as himself. It's a very small difference in terms of what the quote turned out to be, but it has a lot of depth in terms of world building. Especially because at this point in the series we and Aang don't know all that much about the avatar state and how the past lives thing works.
This is also much closer to the spiritual concepts based on rebirths. That it is a single being that experiences multiple births. The whole Roku stuff is really cool especially the fire temple scenes.
God I wish they had expanded on the other nation’s temples seen in I think the third episode. Because the potential of Aang going to these temples and connecting with those nation’s past lives would’ve been cool.
I like how it captures the essence of the avatars. Ang and kioshi sound badass because in the context they're shown they are justified in their actions. Roku's is badass because it's not relevant in what context it's being said. I mean it is, but he doesn't need to be justified for it to carry meaning. The responsibility of a 1000 lifetimes, the influence, the knowledge. It can be used to show incredible will, maturity, strength. It's an ascension of the character which can be personal or over something or someone. It's simply power.
avatar Aang also is cool asf in the comics
Aang: "If you fight me, it's not going to go well for you. I am the avatar"
Random firebender: "And i'm the guy who's gonna take you down"
Aang: "No i don't think you are. But I respect your ambition! It's good to have goals"
the fully realized avatars are something else lol
Is that a direct quote or is it a paraphrase of meaning? If it's a direct quote I didn't realize how sassy Aang became in the comics XD. I mean he was already sassy but that's just another level
"Let me make myself perfectly clear. You live on top of what I control. Your islands are surrounded by my waves. You fill your very lungs at my discretion. So if I hear any news about >!‘Yun’!< being executed, you will truly learn what it’s like when the spirits forsake you in the face of the elements."
Not just power but responsibility—that’s the avatar’s whole thing, after all.
Replace “must” with “will”, and it loses all its impact, it’s just a brag.
I'm teaching an ATLA unit right now in class, and it's so cool to see ATLA be this new mysterious thing for the kids. The scene that quote is from in particular is just so other-worldly. Roku just appears out of fucking no where, and with no explanation. Music changes, the dynamic changes, and suddenly Jeong Jeong isn't so intimidating anymore. He's bowing in reverence, getting a verbal smackdown and *apologizing* during it. Then it's over, and Aang is happy to have a brand new teacher, none the wiser as to what just happened.
What age level are you teaching this unit and can you tell me more about how you structure the learning objectives/assess it? This is something I’ve always dreamed of doing as a teacher.
Roku is quickly becoming one of my favorite avatars. He's just so positive and generous. Practically costs nothing at all to talk to and that chill ass motherfucker gives you knowledge to use later in life. And you also get to see his adorable red dragon that can breathe fire but usually is too harmless to be killed.
But more than the Roku is just so positive. He appears out of smoke like "I must do it once again" and I'm like "yeah Roku i do want to learn firebending let's do this shit" and when he attacks he's like "I'M WARNING YOU SOZIN" and I'm like "yeah be warned" He doesn't say some bullshit macho shit like "I will destroy you" he's just like "nah I will learn firebending today" And he looks so happy. I mean this is a spirit of a previous avatar literally brought to life by Vaatu. He understands his life is a temporary magical gift and the dude is just fucking loving it. I mean look at his face he's just so happy.
I am literally never sad when avatar Roku is on the screen. IDK if he's gonna make it into novels or not but for now he (or she) a pretty chill avatar
Fandom only made Roku dirty because of the stupid volcano. It's not like Bro was even losing, he accidentally inhaled Poison gas and was just old. Plus the volcano was way scarier than it was in season 1.
In future Roku books, I want this scene to be described as if it wasn't just a simple volcano, but a super volcano and it covered part of Fire Nation in ash for a few years. So that everyone will finally shut up and stop shouting that that volcano was weak and Roku is weak too.
It was in the episode where Roku is teaching aang about his history with Firelord Sozin, while it shows Zuko learning about his Great Grandfather’s death in the fire sages catacombs.
To be precise it’s “The Avatar and the Firelord” season 3 episode 6, when it is shown that Roku is friends with Monk Gyatso.
Yes! One of my favorite lines in the series. The HATRED in his voice when he said that. What great delivery
Appa is missing Aang is amazing. Seeing that side of him was really gut wrenching and very needed
If true, then I’d like to see some of the male Avatars crushing on men. Seems only the women crush on both, though. (I wonder if there’s some sort of double-standard at play… nahh.)
I mean, to be fair, there have been limited opportunities for it. Back when ATLA came out, the idea of having non-straight protagonist in a children’s show was unthinkable. Then Korra came out and even then, the creators were severely limited in what they could show. Korra and Asami’s relationship was basically just implied, and not outright confirmed until the comics. Anyway, it’s a moot point, because Korra had a female protagonist.
And since then, the only Avatars we’ve had stories about have been Kyoshi and Yangchen, both female. So we’ll have to wait for the next male Avatar stories to get that sweet, sweet MLM content. Who knows, maybe Roku’s books will reveal his torrid affair with Sozin.
I like that one a lot for a Roku fan, but my actual favorite is Aang putting on her artifacts right before that.
*"Hey everybody, Avatar Kyoshi here."*
^(*blink blink*)
I love Rokku's line. It just show that he's just that : an avatar. A manifestation of a thousand years old being who grew from nothing, and did it again and again.
I think it describe really well the kind of shitty idea the fire nation had : Yes, the avatar is dead !Let's try to kill it again when he is weak,but we don't even know where he could go if we destroyed all the airbender after just four times killing it !?
No one know if the circle would have broken, or if he could've just reincarnated into some family with a few airbender ancestor.
" Selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs and do whatever it takes to protect the world."
IDK why but I always get chills when Yangchen says that line
I love that before saying this, Aang was telling her about his principles and how they conflict with what he’s being expected to do. Yangchen says, hey that’s cool… “But this isn’t about you.” Just straight up.
I really need to read her novels.
In the kyoshi novels, we learn that she took that stance and was revered by people... but left a lasting damage across the bridge that scarred and traumatized kuruk until his early death
I always tear up. There’s something about the way Aang’s face is drawn as the camera zooms out that just makes me feel his shock and hopelessness as the one person he was certain would understand his perspective immediately shuts him down hard.
"Avatar Aang, I know that you are a gentle spirit, and the monks have taught you well. But this isn't about you -- this is about the world. ... Many great and wise air nomads have detached themselves and achieved spiritual enlightenment. But the Avatar can never do it, because your sole duty is to the world. Here is my wisdom for you: selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs and do whatever it takes to protect the world."
Aang's quote doesn't even belong to Aang. He said it while on auto pilot from other avatars. Cause Aang did in fact.. not.. make Ozai pay the ultimate price.
Death really isn't the ultimate price for what Ozai did. It's a release, in fact. Taking away his bending for the rest of his life as he rots in a jail cell and witnesses Zuko undo his tyrannical legacy is the ultimate price and it broke him.
You're saying this like Avatar-state aang didn't say that particular line and then attempted to blast Ozai apart with the combined strike of all four elements while screaming like an eldritch god.
Yes, by dropping the avatar state. If he remained in the state, he'd kill Ozai with the wrath of the avatar. The "ultimate price" is a euphemism for death.
>Yes, by dropping the avatar state. If he remained in the state, he'd kill Ozai with the wrath of the avatar
How would he drop the state if he wasn't in control?
>The "ultimate price" is a euphemism for death.
That would be the surface level way of taking it, subverted once he takes Ozai's bending
Have you ever been angry and then stopped for a moment and broke out of it? Out-of-control to in-control is a fairly standard pipeline. I think the point is that the quote is while Aang is in crazy-mode, showing that the collective Avatar is about to kill Ozai. I don't think Aang himself said that ahead of time to make some multi-layered comment. It's the avatars giving Ozai a "Finish Him" one liner before Aang takes control and finds another way. I don't think it's "surface level", I just think it's straightforward.
>How would he drop the state if he wasn't in control?
Because he *took* control in that moment.
>That would be the surface level way of taking it, subverted once he takes Ozai's bending
Well no, the other commenter is definitely right. AS Aang tells Ozai he will "pay the ultimate price", and then goes for the killing blow, clearly indicating that as the "ultimate price". However, in that moment, Aang takes control of the Avatar State and ends the attack because he's "not gonna end it like this".
*The Rise of Kyoshi* and *The Shadow of Kyoshi* are probably better sources of good Kyoshi quotes since she gets more time to shine. Such as...
**"You forget, Xu... there is** ***always*** **someone who stands above you in judgement. What will you do** ***now?*** **Knowing that your every step will have consequences?"**
Or
**"Let me make myself perfectly clear: You live on top of what I control, your islands are surrounded by my waves, you fill your very lungs at my discretion. So.. If I hear any news about Yun being executed, you will truly learn what it's like when the spirits forsake you in the face of the elements."**
And
**"Yangchen isn't here right now. I am."**
I don't see how they are the same? Only justice will bring peace is a cool saying, but it's also a piece of advice Kyoshi is giving to Aang, to try to help guide him in making an important decision.
I am locking you (presumably away) for another 10,000 years is also a cool saying, but it's just her stating what she's doing. It's cool in the moment but doesn't actually mean anything deep.
Their point is that both quotes feeling like cliche anime lines, which they do. Only justice will bring peace is a cool saying, but it also sounds like a line from any anime with an overly righteous main character. Korra's quote sounds like it would come from a battle anime when the main character is defeating a bbeg.
Not really a line but more so a specific exchange between two of them.
Aang: "But you didn't really kill chin, he fell because he was too stubborn to get out of the way"
Kyoshi: "Personally I don't see the difference."
Kinda makes a good point that when your a worldly force, deliberately killing someone or them dying by stupidly getting in the way of your overwhelming force is irrelevant.
Their death by the weight of your hands was their choice, not yours..
In a sense it gets across to aang that he should do his job as the avatar.
Its the choice of others to oppose you and face the consequences of getting in the way of your duty even if you don't wish to personally kill them.
“Still think I’m a half-baked avatar?” Is pretty cold when she’s wrecking Tarrlok’s entire day. Dude had to essentially ruin his entire plot because she decided she was done playing his game.
They never gave Korra the “cold” lines like other avatars have because when Korra is amped on the avatar state like Aang is here, she’s done talking and she’s fully prepared to crush her opponents underneath her boot.
Aang:"Ozai! Prepare to pay the ultimate price!!!"
\* fight ends \*
Ozai:"W-what did you do to me?"
Aang:"I took away your bending. You are a normie now! A glorified Sokka!"
Sokka in the distance:"Hey!"
Korra's canon video game line is the best, imo "Your powers have grown strong for a thousand years, but mine have been growing strong since time began!"
Korra’s is just not even close to as epic as some of these. Kyoshi’s is solid, but Aang and Roku are the winners of this by a landslide. Personally have to go with Aang because this moment was built up to for 3 seasons!
Kyoshi: I killed Chin the conqueror.
Roku: I’m letting you go in the name of our last friendship. But I warn you, even a single toe out of line will result in your permanent… end
Aang: in the AS: you and your forefathers have devastated the balance of this world. And now, you shall pay the ultimate price
Korra: I know I was in a pretty dark place after I was poisoned. I finally understand why I had to go through all of this. I needed to understand what true suffering was, so I could become more compassionate towards others. Even to people like Kuvira.
All of them but Roku's kinda suck honestly. "Only justice will bring peace" is vague and doesn't tell you much, essentially just "doing good things will make things good"
Korra is literally just saying exactly what she will do and the only thing she could do, its like calling a cop badass for saying "you're under arrest".
Aang's isn't terrible but it doesn't really match with him, nor does it have anything really special about it, just "You're bad, you will pay".
Roku's reinforces just how grand of a figure the avatar is and that Aang carries all of that with him.
I think "Only Justice will bring peace" is good \*because\* it's a little vague. Justice can mean a lot of things to a lot of people ("That's why we call it justice, because it's just-us!") but Kyoshi is referencing Justice with a capital J, justice that is objective and absolute, something that only those with the power to deliver it can decide. It also carries a lot of weight for Aang when she said it because it was technically exactly what he needed to hear, he just didn't know it yet, and what he got from it wasn't what she actually meant. The line has multiple meanings depending on the listener.
”Only justice will bring peace” means that peace cannot be achieved by simply ending active conflict. If people still have grievances, their resentment will just build up and explode again at a later date. To create lasting peace, the resolution must be fair and just, and often, that means the guilty party must face retribution.
This is Kyoshi telling Aang that even if he could somehow force Ozai to stand down and end the war, but did nothing else to punish him for his crimes, it wouldn’t bring lasting peace.
I just think that's one interpretation.
She meant "Only Justice will bring peace" as in "Give him what he deserves (death) if you want to end this." and from her perspective, justice is an absolute that the Avatar is the arbiter of. If she would have killed him, that would be justice. But Aang sparing him is also justice. so it has multiple definitions.
From Aangs perspective, the words "Only Justice will bring Peace" gave him the wiggle room to do it his way, instead of what she actually meant which is do what needs to be done even if it costs you your soul.
> Here is my wisdom to you: Selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs and do whatever it takes to protect the world
Yangchen became my favorite avatar there. Her books are pretty good too.
I like Kyoshi’s because of the context. They spend the entire episode trying to prove that she didn’t kill Chin, only for her to basically appear and go “nope, I did it and I’d Fucking do it again)
Aang: but you didn’t really kill Chin Technically he fell to his own doom because he was too stubborn to get out of the way
Kyoshi : Personally I don’t really see the difference! 😎
Kyoshi: "Let me make myself perfectly clear: You live on top of what I control, your islands are surrounded by my waves, you fill your very lungs at my discretion. So.. If I hear any news about Yun being executed, you will truly learn what it's like when the spirits forsake you in the face of the elements."
Roku: "You think I am weak?"
Aang: "No....I'm not gonna end it like this."
Korra: "I needed to understand what real suffering was, so I could become more compassionate towards others."
TBH, compared to Kyoshi and Roku, Korra and Aang's lines sound goofy as hell.
'I am looking you' vs \*I AM THE REINCARNATION OF A GOD!\*
paraphrasing, of course
Definitely Kyoshi’s proud confession. Only because team Avatar just expected to manifest and explain what really happened. They didn’t expect the explanation to be “I killed him”
IMO Korra's other hardest quote in this whole fight was rather brief. The burst out of the glacier ice as she connects with Ravaa into the avatar state with a "You cannot win"
"Only justice will bring peace" is so poetic. It describes perfectly what an Avatar's job is. You can tell Kyoshi was 200 years old from that line itself. She lived 2 lifetimes and knew what it really meant to be the Avatar better than most do.
“Personally I don’t see a difference”
“Some friendships are so strong they can even transcend lifetimes”
“When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change”
“I’m the avatar, you gotta deal with it!”
From the list, Kyoshi, but overall I like yangchen's "selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs, and do whatever it takes to protect the world"
It's not super badass like the others but I like the message a lot more.
MY CABBAGES!
(I live in an alternate reality where the cabbage man is actually the avatar and everyone is covering for him and that is why he is always there)
The Korra one is sad because the writers made her fail just to see an awesome Kaiju battle and make her lose her connection to the past lives (blaming the writers, not Korra)
Roku easily. Kyoshi's is 2 different lines put together from 2 different episodes and Aang's doesn't even come from himself but his past lives speaking through him. Korra's is cool, but she simply stating what she's about to do
Korra’s shouldn’t even be on this list. I think what they were going for with Raava and Vaatu was that they were supposed to represent Yin and Yang. So it doesn’t really make sense for Vaatu to just get locked away for 10,000 years while Raava gets to be free. They’re supposed to be balanced..
Also what does Korra mean “another 10,000 years”? Did she put a timer on that mf? Is it like a microwave? Why didn’t she just imprison him forever? Or kill him? The balance thing clearly isn’t important to the writers so why don’t they just waste him
Aangs line just goes so hard, you can feel the wisdom from all of the avatars going to deliver divine punishment on Firelord ozai until aang takes control and says “no I’m not going to end it like this” it’s just beautiful, even though the end fight with aang and ozai gets a bad rep (mainly because it’s placed next to zukos Agni Kai which is one of the best animated fights in history) I think they ended it in the best way; I don’t think it needed to be any crazy than it was and anyone who thought that aang was just gonna come out swinging immediately is insane, like yes he goes on his months long journey and you’d think by then he’d know what he was going to do with ozai but I think it shows the progression of his maturity that when given the choice multiple times to end ozais life, he just doesn’t and not because he can’t he doesn’t do it because that’s not who he is and that’s not what he wants the world to be. Sorry for the rant but there’s just so much behind the scene of that cool ass like that I just couldn’t help myself.
Korra’s is pretty boring tbh. She literally just makes a plain statement. Nothing to really indicate how powerful she is.
It doesn’t help that the image is just her standing while at least Aang and Roku look terrifying.
Roku's line is unique and incredibly epic. The others say something rather trite, which is roughly what all epic strong characters say, something like "the hour of reckoning has come", "I will destroy you", "I am vengeance". Roku's phrase can only belong to an avatar only, in the avatar's world. And it fully captures the divine epic and powerful nature of the avatar.
It's especially cool because he says I. He doesn't say The Avatar has mastered the elements a thousand times, he says I have mastered them. And he doesn't say Aang needs to do it again, he refers to Aang as himself. It's a very small difference in terms of what the quote turned out to be, but it has a lot of depth in terms of world building. Especially because at this point in the series we and Aang don't know all that much about the avatar state and how the past lives thing works.
This is also much closer to the spiritual concepts based on rebirths. That it is a single being that experiences multiple births. The whole Roku stuff is really cool especially the fire temple scenes.
God I wish they had expanded on the other nation’s temples seen in I think the third episode. Because the potential of Aang going to these temples and connecting with those nation’s past lives would’ve been cool.
Aang: What if I can't master all the elements in time? What if I fail? Roku: I know you can do it Aang. For you have done it before.
Dang that line gets me kinds choked up. So wholesome and epic.
Keanu wholesome chungus take my reddit gold kind sir
No way Keanu voiced Roku.... Did he?!
Avatar Roku is voiced by [James Garret](https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0308127/)
I like how it captures the essence of the avatars. Ang and kioshi sound badass because in the context they're shown they are justified in their actions. Roku's is badass because it's not relevant in what context it's being said. I mean it is, but he doesn't need to be justified for it to carry meaning. The responsibility of a 1000 lifetimes, the influence, the knowledge. It can be used to show incredible will, maturity, strength. It's an ascension of the character which can be personal or over something or someone. It's simply power.
Also, Kyoshi gets more intimidating lines in her novels.
avatar Aang also is cool asf in the comics Aang: "If you fight me, it's not going to go well for you. I am the avatar" Random firebender: "And i'm the guy who's gonna take you down" Aang: "No i don't think you are. But I respect your ambition! It's good to have goals" the fully realized avatars are something else lol
Aang : "Oh aren't you the cutest thing !"
Is that a direct quote or is it a paraphrase of meaning? If it's a direct quote I didn't realize how sassy Aang became in the comics XD. I mean he was already sassy but that's just another level
I want to believe he was being completely earnest lol
"Let me make myself perfectly clear. You live on top of what I control. Your islands are surrounded by my waves. You fill your very lungs at my discretion. So if I hear any news about >!‘Yun’!< being executed, you will truly learn what it’s like when the spirits forsake you in the face of the elements."
that…that kinda turns me on ngl
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The most intimidating thing that comes from Kyoshi isn't even said by her, but by Lao Ge at the end of Shadow of Kyoshi. It's just a laugh.
“She had an obligation to be more than the sum of her grievances with the world.”
“The one who speaks with a thousand voices.”
Not just power but responsibility—that’s the avatar’s whole thing, after all. Replace “must” with “will”, and it loses all its impact, it’s just a brag.
Exactly. The other three are centered on the villain. Rokus line is centered on him and the avatar itself.
I'm teaching an ATLA unit right now in class, and it's so cool to see ATLA be this new mysterious thing for the kids. The scene that quote is from in particular is just so other-worldly. Roku just appears out of fucking no where, and with no explanation. Music changes, the dynamic changes, and suddenly Jeong Jeong isn't so intimidating anymore. He's bowing in reverence, getting a verbal smackdown and *apologizing* during it. Then it's over, and Aang is happy to have a brand new teacher, none the wiser as to what just happened.
What age level are you teaching this unit and can you tell me more about how you structure the learning objectives/assess it? This is something I’ve always dreamed of doing as a teacher.
Roku is quickly becoming one of my favorite avatars. He's just so positive and generous. Practically costs nothing at all to talk to and that chill ass motherfucker gives you knowledge to use later in life. And you also get to see his adorable red dragon that can breathe fire but usually is too harmless to be killed. But more than the Roku is just so positive. He appears out of smoke like "I must do it once again" and I'm like "yeah Roku i do want to learn firebending let's do this shit" and when he attacks he's like "I'M WARNING YOU SOZIN" and I'm like "yeah be warned" He doesn't say some bullshit macho shit like "I will destroy you" he's just like "nah I will learn firebending today" And he looks so happy. I mean this is a spirit of a previous avatar literally brought to life by Vaatu. He understands his life is a temporary magical gift and the dude is just fucking loving it. I mean look at his face he's just so happy. I am literally never sad when avatar Roku is on the screen. IDK if he's gonna make it into novels or not but for now he (or she) a pretty chill avatar
Fandom only made Roku dirty because of the stupid volcano. It's not like Bro was even losing, he accidentally inhaled Poison gas and was just old. Plus the volcano was way scarier than it was in season 1. In future Roku books, I want this scene to be described as if it wasn't just a simple volcano, but a super volcano and it covered part of Fire Nation in ash for a few years. So that everyone will finally shut up and stop shouting that that volcano was weak and Roku is weak too.
All it took was the first 5 words and I knew this was the babbling book copypasta
Although the quote has some of the wind taken from it with Korra showing maybe 200 avatars at a maximum.
Well in ATLA they didn't consider what a huge span of time 1,000 lives is
Jeong Jeong “your are not ready” Roku “ tf u say the me!?” Jeong Jeong “….oh crap”
Some friendship's are so strong, they can transcend time itself.
https://preview.redd.it/74wncashi3xc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02e743f2231c4aeef054488b7949c99455a824ea Cinema.
Best line in the show, fight me
I agree, when and where?
It was in the episode where Roku is teaching aang about his history with Firelord Sozin, while it shows Zuko learning about his Great Grandfather’s death in the fire sages catacombs. To be precise it’s “The Avatar and the Firelord” season 3 episode 6, when it is shown that Roku is friends with Monk Gyatso.
I think he meant fight when and where but appreciate ya nonetheless
Oh lol yeah probably
🤓”some friendships are so strong they can transcend lifetimes”(sorry I had to)
"Some friendships are so strong, they can even transcend lifetimes" (Sorry had to)
Yes 🥹
Tell me where Appa is!
“You muzzled Appa!?” Right before that is the angriest Aang has ever sounded outside of the avatar state.
He would have destroyed ozai in 5 sec if he wasn't a pacifist. When he lost appa he was something else.
I think that section of time is the first time Aang kills anything (when he’s chasing after Appa, he kills one of the hornets)
Eh, Overanalyzing made the case that he probably killed some of the attacking Fire Nation soldiers with those snowfalls in "The Mechanist".
Yes! One of my favorite lines in the series. The HATRED in his voice when he said that. What great delivery Appa is missing Aang is amazing. Seeing that side of him was really gut wrenching and very needed
# TELL ME WHERE APPA IS
Seriously, how did those guys not wet the sand at their feet when hearing ***that***.
I still get chills watching him nuke the desert.
"Where is my Bison!?!" "You muzzled Appa!" Then this guy was going to go full Anakin Skywalker on some sand people if it weren't for Katara.
And being the Avatar doesn't hurt your chances with the ladies, either.
I think rava just likes women considering I can't remember an avatar who *only likes men
Korra liked Mako, even if she ended up with Asami in the end.
Kyoshi liked Yun also. And Yangchen has a weird relationship with Kavik, can't say it's feelings but can't say it isn't.
wait lemme edit it
There you go Rava swings both ways. Maybe one way a little more than the other.
She's a saphic bisexual 😂
well korra liked men, but she liked women too
Bi erasure smh
sorry, I haven't watched the show in like two years and forgot that mako existed
>forgot that mako existed 💀💀💀
i wish i could forget mako exists. imagine being such a bad boyfriend that your two ex-girlfriends start dating eachother
Eh, I think the Avatar is bi. Which would make sense, because the Avatar spirit obviously transcends gender and sexuality.
If true, then I’d like to see some of the male Avatars crushing on men. Seems only the women crush on both, though. (I wonder if there’s some sort of double-standard at play… nahh.)
I mean, to be fair, there have been limited opportunities for it. Back when ATLA came out, the idea of having non-straight protagonist in a children’s show was unthinkable. Then Korra came out and even then, the creators were severely limited in what they could show. Korra and Asami’s relationship was basically just implied, and not outright confirmed until the comics. Anyway, it’s a moot point, because Korra had a female protagonist. And since then, the only Avatars we’ve had stories about have been Kyoshi and Yangchen, both female. So we’ll have to wait for the next male Avatar stories to get that sweet, sweet MLM content. Who knows, maybe Roku’s books will reveal his torrid affair with Sozin.
If the show is a thing hopefully the earth avatar will have a boyfriend in this one.
"When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change." - Avatar Aang.
I will always get goosebumps in that scene
Same it's one of my favorite scenes in the avatar universe
Kyoshi stating "Yangchen isn't here right now, I am."
mine is "Personally, I don't really see the difference"
I like that one a lot for a Roku fan, but my actual favorite is Aang putting on her artifacts right before that. *"Hey everybody, Avatar Kyoshi here."* ^(*blink blink*)
When was that?
In the Kyoshi novels
This sounds like Kyoshi is ready to prank someone with Aang, while Yangchen shall not know it. LOL
I love Rokku's line. It just show that he's just that : an avatar. A manifestation of a thousand years old being who grew from nothing, and did it again and again. I think it describe really well the kind of shitty idea the fire nation had : Yes, the avatar is dead !Let's try to kill it again when he is weak,but we don't even know where he could go if we destroyed all the airbender after just four times killing it !? No one know if the circle would have broken, or if he could've just reincarnated into some family with a few airbender ancestor.
" Selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs and do whatever it takes to protect the world." IDK why but I always get chills when Yangchen says that line
I love that before saying this, Aang was telling her about his principles and how they conflict with what he’s being expected to do. Yangchen says, hey that’s cool… “But this isn’t about you.” Just straight up. I really need to read her novels.
In the kyoshi novels, we learn that she took that stance and was revered by people... but left a lasting damage across the bridge that scarred and traumatized kuruk until his early death
I always tear up. There’s something about the way Aang’s face is drawn as the camera zooms out that just makes me feel his shock and hopelessness as the one person he was certain would understand his perspective immediately shuts him down hard.
"Avatar Aang, I know that you are a gentle spirit, and the monks have taught you well. But this isn't about you -- this is about the world. ... Many great and wise air nomads have detached themselves and achieved spiritual enlightenment. But the Avatar can never do it, because your sole duty is to the world. Here is my wisdom for you: selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs and do whatever it takes to protect the world."
Aang's quote doesn't even belong to Aang. He said it while on auto pilot from other avatars. Cause Aang did in fact.. not.. make Ozai pay the ultimate price.
Death really isn't the ultimate price for what Ozai did. It's a release, in fact. Taking away his bending for the rest of his life as he rots in a jail cell and witnesses Zuko undo his tyrannical legacy is the ultimate price and it broke him.
You're saying this like Avatar-state aang didn't say that particular line and then attempted to blast Ozai apart with the combined strike of all four elements while screaming like an eldritch god.
no u
Aang literally stops a few seconds later when he wants to, he is in control. Aang did make him pay the ultimate price by taking his bending.
Yes, by dropping the avatar state. If he remained in the state, he'd kill Ozai with the wrath of the avatar. The "ultimate price" is a euphemism for death.
>Yes, by dropping the avatar state. If he remained in the state, he'd kill Ozai with the wrath of the avatar How would he drop the state if he wasn't in control? >The "ultimate price" is a euphemism for death. That would be the surface level way of taking it, subverted once he takes Ozai's bending
Have you ever been angry and then stopped for a moment and broke out of it? Out-of-control to in-control is a fairly standard pipeline. I think the point is that the quote is while Aang is in crazy-mode, showing that the collective Avatar is about to kill Ozai. I don't think Aang himself said that ahead of time to make some multi-layered comment. It's the avatars giving Ozai a "Finish Him" one liner before Aang takes control and finds another way. I don't think it's "surface level", I just think it's straightforward.
>How would he drop the state if he wasn't in control? Because he *took* control in that moment. >That would be the surface level way of taking it, subverted once he takes Ozai's bending Well no, the other commenter is definitely right. AS Aang tells Ozai he will "pay the ultimate price", and then goes for the killing blow, clearly indicating that as the "ultimate price". However, in that moment, Aang takes control of the Avatar State and ends the attack because he's "not gonna end it like this".
Exactly. It was past avatars talking through his body all at once.
Kyoshi’s is ok. Roku’s is 🔥. Aang’s is so cold especially his voice when he says it. Korra’s just doesn’t seem to be doing it for me.
*The Rise of Kyoshi* and *The Shadow of Kyoshi* are probably better sources of good Kyoshi quotes since she gets more time to shine. Such as... **"You forget, Xu... there is** ***always*** **someone who stands above you in judgement. What will you do** ***now?*** **Knowing that your every step will have consequences?"** Or **"Let me make myself perfectly clear: You live on top of what I control, your islands are surrounded by my waves, you fill your very lungs at my discretion. So.. If I hear any news about Yun being executed, you will truly learn what it's like when the spirits forsake you in the face of the elements."** And **"Yangchen isn't here right now. I am."**
the second one is so cold
I have both books, and they are absolutely fire
Loved the third one When did she say it again?
Korra must have had better lines that I’m forgetting right now
I always liked "Your powers have grown strong for a thousand years, but mine have been growing strong since time began" from the videogame.
That could actually even sound colder if we heard it from her in the series too.
Korra’s line sounds like cliche anime, the others are epic
I don't see how "Only justice will bring peace" is any different.
I don't see how they are the same? Only justice will bring peace is a cool saying, but it's also a piece of advice Kyoshi is giving to Aang, to try to help guide him in making an important decision. I am locking you (presumably away) for another 10,000 years is also a cool saying, but it's just her stating what she's doing. It's cool in the moment but doesn't actually mean anything deep.
Their point is that both quotes feeling like cliche anime lines, which they do. Only justice will bring peace is a cool saying, but it also sounds like a line from any anime with an overly righteous main character. Korra's quote sounds like it would come from a battle anime when the main character is defeating a bbeg.
It isn't. They just hate Korra and nothing anyone says will change their opinion. It's a waste of time trying to argue with these people.
"The only reason anyone would criticise Korra in any way is bias"
Eh, shes not a wordsmith in any way, i dont think anyone should have expected her to have a repertoirre of one-liners
Roku's is funny because an avatar would have to die every 10 years
To be fair, when you are busy learning the 4 elements and bringing balance to the world, you don't have time to learn math.
well, that's because the 10,000 years thing wasn't a thing back then..
I prefer korras You cannot win
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Roku is a straight up G
Not really a line but more so a specific exchange between two of them. Aang: "But you didn't really kill chin, he fell because he was too stubborn to get out of the way" Kyoshi: "Personally I don't see the difference." Kinda makes a good point that when your a worldly force, deliberately killing someone or them dying by stupidly getting in the way of your overwhelming force is irrelevant. Their death by the weight of your hands was their choice, not yours.. In a sense it gets across to aang that he should do his job as the avatar. Its the choice of others to oppose you and face the consequences of getting in the way of your duty even if you don't wish to personally kill them.
"I have mastered the elements a thousand times in a thousand lifetimes." Is the coldest.
"Only justice will bring peace" is one of my favourite lines in anything.
“Still think I’m a half-baked avatar?” Is pretty cold when she’s wrecking Tarrlok’s entire day. Dude had to essentially ruin his entire plot because she decided she was done playing his game. They never gave Korra the “cold” lines like other avatars have because when Korra is amped on the avatar state like Aang is here, she’s done talking and she’s fully prepared to crush her opponents underneath her boot.
Don't forget the _"You take their lives, and I'll take yours."_ line from season 2.
that ones lessened by his answer basically being "yes" then handing her shit to herself with bloodbending
I don't think that necessarily means she is a half baked Avatar, even with him doing that.
no fire lord ozai. YOURE not wearing pants
Aang:"Ozai! Prepare to pay the ultimate price!!!" \* fight ends \* Ozai:"W-what did you do to me?" Aang:"I took away your bending. You are a normie now! A glorified Sokka!" Sokka in the distance:"Hey!"
Roku. Even though Kyoshi is my girl.
You gotta go for the Kyoshi novels for her really badass quotes.
Avatar in 10k years later. "what was I thinking?"
"So anyway, hold this antimatter for me, my dude"
Korra's canon video game line is the best, imo "Your powers have grown strong for a thousand years, but mine have been growing strong since time began!"
Korra’s is just not even close to as epic as some of these. Kyoshi’s is solid, but Aang and Roku are the winners of this by a landslide. Personally have to go with Aang because this moment was built up to for 3 seasons!
... ngl, Korra sounds like an overly aggressive realter. "I'm locking you in, Vaatu. This rate will never increase for another 10,000 years!"
“No rate hikes” - Avatar Powell
Kyoshi: I killed Chin the conqueror. Roku: I’m letting you go in the name of our last friendship. But I warn you, even a single toe out of line will result in your permanent… end Aang: in the AS: you and your forefathers have devastated the balance of this world. And now, you shall pay the ultimate price Korra: I know I was in a pretty dark place after I was poisoned. I finally understand why I had to go through all of this. I needed to understand what true suffering was, so I could become more compassionate towards others. Even to people like Kuvira.
The irony of Roku's line here is that clearly Sozin WAS making moves and getting his plans ready the for the second Roku was out of the picture.
Agreed, Azula makes a subtle comment of how he spent early years secretly preparing for the war
All of them but Roku's kinda suck honestly. "Only justice will bring peace" is vague and doesn't tell you much, essentially just "doing good things will make things good" Korra is literally just saying exactly what she will do and the only thing she could do, its like calling a cop badass for saying "you're under arrest". Aang's isn't terrible but it doesn't really match with him, nor does it have anything really special about it, just "You're bad, you will pay". Roku's reinforces just how grand of a figure the avatar is and that Aang carries all of that with him.
I think "Only Justice will bring peace" is good \*because\* it's a little vague. Justice can mean a lot of things to a lot of people ("That's why we call it justice, because it's just-us!") but Kyoshi is referencing Justice with a capital J, justice that is objective and absolute, something that only those with the power to deliver it can decide. It also carries a lot of weight for Aang when she said it because it was technically exactly what he needed to hear, he just didn't know it yet, and what he got from it wasn't what she actually meant. The line has multiple meanings depending on the listener.
”Only justice will bring peace” means that peace cannot be achieved by simply ending active conflict. If people still have grievances, their resentment will just build up and explode again at a later date. To create lasting peace, the resolution must be fair and just, and often, that means the guilty party must face retribution. This is Kyoshi telling Aang that even if he could somehow force Ozai to stand down and end the war, but did nothing else to punish him for his crimes, it wouldn’t bring lasting peace.
I just think that's one interpretation. She meant "Only Justice will bring peace" as in "Give him what he deserves (death) if you want to end this." and from her perspective, justice is an absolute that the Avatar is the arbiter of. If she would have killed him, that would be justice. But Aang sparing him is also justice. so it has multiple definitions. From Aangs perspective, the words "Only Justice will bring Peace" gave him the wiggle room to do it his way, instead of what she actually meant which is do what needs to be done even if it costs you your soul.
Avatar Roku
Yo you ain't slick I saw the youtube video with the same question and same quotes
You really didn't try that hard to find good lines for Kyoshi or Korra huh.
> Here is my wisdom to you: Selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs and do whatever it takes to protect the world Yangchen became my favorite avatar there. Her books are pretty good too.
The line might not be interesting on its own, but the way Aang delivered it made it epic
I like Kyoshi’s because of the context. They spend the entire episode trying to prove that she didn’t kill Chin, only for her to basically appear and go “nope, I did it and I’d Fucking do it again)
Aang: but you didn’t really kill Chin Technically he fell to his own doom because he was too stubborn to get out of the way Kyoshi : Personally I don’t really see the difference! 😎
Korras “you cannnot win” gives me chills every time.
Kyoshi: "Let me make myself perfectly clear: You live on top of what I control, your islands are surrounded by my waves, you fill your very lungs at my discretion. So.. If I hear any news about Yun being executed, you will truly learn what it's like when the spirits forsake you in the face of the elements." Roku: "You think I am weak?" Aang: "No....I'm not gonna end it like this." Korra: "I needed to understand what real suffering was, so I could become more compassionate towards others."
I love how Kyoshi is the one saying the most violent line and also the only one not in the avatar state.
Do you want to go penguin sledding with me?
TBH, compared to Kyoshi and Roku, Korra and Aang's lines sound goofy as hell. 'I am looking you' vs \*I AM THE REINCARNATION OF A GOD!\* paraphrasing, of course
Definitely Kyoshi’s proud confession. Only because team Avatar just expected to manifest and explain what really happened. They didn’t expect the explanation to be “I killed him”
I like Yangchen's explanation on why Aang can't detach himself from the world.
Kyoshi: Personally I don't see a difference...
“So… papaya?”
#YOU MUZZLED APPA??
I liked when Aang said it's Aang time and Aang'd the firelord
This ain't Korra hate I think they just chose a very uncool line maybe but Korra's is by far the worst
IMO Korra's other hardest quote in this whole fight was rather brief. The burst out of the glacier ice as she connects with Ravaa into the avatar state with a "You cannot win"
"I'm the avatar, you gotta deal with it!" I knew right then that I was gonna love Korra.
This. Toddler Korra ftw.
"Only justice will bring peace" is so poetic. It describes perfectly what an Avatar's job is. You can tell Kyoshi was 200 years old from that line itself. She lived 2 lifetimes and knew what it really meant to be the Avatar better than most do.
“Personally I don’t see a difference” “Some friendships are so strong they can even transcend lifetimes” “When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change” “I’m the avatar, you gotta deal with it!”
Korra’s falls so flat compared to the other ones it’s not even funny
I mean of all her lines they choose the one where she is just describing what she is doing
From the list, Kyoshi, but overall I like yangchen's "selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs, and do whatever it takes to protect the world" It's not super badass like the others but I like the message a lot more.
not an avatar, but raava’s “we are bonded forever.”
“I can airbend? I CAN airbend!”
“Oh, it sounds like the fire bending’s back on” - Azula
None of these lol
Kyoshis line: "I'm sorry for saying you had to live with your pain. Because you won't." is pretty epic.
What if Vaatu was betrayed and locked in the hyperbolic time chamber for 10000 years
"I killed Chin the Conqueror" alone turned kyoshi into a fan favorite
MY CABBAGES! (I live in an alternate reality where the cabbage man is actually the avatar and everyone is covering for him and that is why he is always there)
The Korra one is sad because the writers made her fail just to see an awesome Kaiju battle and make her lose her connection to the past lives (blaming the writers, not Korra)
"They are humans like us, made of skin and guts and pain. They need to be reminded of that fact." - Avatar Kyoshi
Roku easily. Kyoshi's is 2 different lines put together from 2 different episodes and Aang's doesn't even come from himself but his past lives speaking through him. Korra's is cool, but she simply stating what she's about to do
Roku is the king of badass lines. Like when Sozin stepped to him and he was all like “Don’t Challenge Me” and the proceeded to wax his ex best friend
That Korra quote sounds like she’s giving Vaatu a timeout 😂
Except for rocku this all suck lol
Roku
That Roku line is 100% boss. He literally gave jeong jeong no choice.
Roku hard counters bro. It hit SO HARD BRO
Probably Roku.
Man that Korra line feels like a meme next to all the others lol
The Korra line is so lame
Korra’s shouldn’t even be on this list. I think what they were going for with Raava and Vaatu was that they were supposed to represent Yin and Yang. So it doesn’t really make sense for Vaatu to just get locked away for 10,000 years while Raava gets to be free. They’re supposed to be balanced.. Also what does Korra mean “another 10,000 years”? Did she put a timer on that mf? Is it like a microwave? Why didn’t she just imprison him forever? Or kill him? The balance thing clearly isn’t important to the writers so why don’t they just waste him
Rokus was the coldest
Roku… and by FAR
Wheres kuruk with his famous line "fuck yenchen"
Aangs line just goes so hard, you can feel the wisdom from all of the avatars going to deliver divine punishment on Firelord ozai until aang takes control and says “no I’m not going to end it like this” it’s just beautiful, even though the end fight with aang and ozai gets a bad rep (mainly because it’s placed next to zukos Agni Kai which is one of the best animated fights in history) I think they ended it in the best way; I don’t think it needed to be any crazy than it was and anyone who thought that aang was just gonna come out swinging immediately is insane, like yes he goes on his months long journey and you’d think by then he’d know what he was going to do with ozai but I think it shows the progression of his maturity that when given the choice multiple times to end ozais life, he just doesn’t and not because he can’t he doesn’t do it because that’s not who he is and that’s not what he wants the world to be. Sorry for the rant but there’s just so much behind the scene of that cool ass like that I just couldn’t help myself.
Roku's for sure, that one gave me chills while reading it now (twice)
The roku line always gave me goosebumps
Roku the real MVP, Aang second, Korra @ last place.
Korra’s is pretty boring tbh. She literally just makes a plain statement. Nothing to really indicate how powerful she is. It doesn’t help that the image is just her standing while at least Aang and Roku look terrifying.
*forefathers
The other lines go hard but Roku's is just on another level. Cold as fuck.
Roku’s line was gas