The Boiling Rock - Tumblr Posts
I don't think I've seen anybody talk about how absolutely insane The Boiling Rock is from Hakoda's perspective.
Imagine getting captured, and your son tells you that you won't be apart for too long. That's sweet, but obviously your son has no resources to spare for organizing a breakout. You hope that the Avatar can defeat the Fire Lord soon - that's the earliest time you could hope to be rescued.
You get put into a temporary holding facility until the guards can sort out who is who. After a while, they put you on a prisoner transport to the Boiling Rock. Your captors try to intimidate you by telling you that it's the highest security prison in the Fire Nation, probably the whole world. It's far away from the capital.
You arrive at the Boiling Rock. It really is in the middle of a boiling lake. There's only one way in or out, and it's a gondola that takes you above the boiling lake. You meet the warden. They take you to your cell. You settle down to wait for the end of the war.
And 15 minutes later Sokka comes in like "hey dad I'm here I got the prince of the Fire Nation and an Earth Kingdom ninja leader gf ok let's go I'm busting you out"
Zuko’s Doubts: Or, how I learned the true meaning of honor
Throughout the last half of ATLA’s final season, we see Zuko questioning his honor, and dreading the thought of facing his uncle who he believes will never forgive him (or, if he does, it will take a while for him to be fully forgiven). We see that even though Zuko has redeemed himself to the audience, he is still burdened by feelings of guilt, and shame which have followed him since leaving Ba Sing Se.
Each time Zuko voices his doubts, and fears regarding his uncle, he’s assured of his uncle’s love, and forgiveness by all the members of the Gaang except for Aang. Despite the support of his friends, it’s not until Zuko’s final confrontation with his uncle, and the aftermath of their meeting that we see that Zuko is finally able to forgive himself (hey, there’s a chakra!), or at least that’s what I speculate.
So, let’s begin!
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What do you mean this isn't how the boiling rock ended????
Part 13 of re-drawing atla screenshots
"how do you know?"
"because I'm a people person."
just a redraw of my favorite atla frame :)