Toph invented a whole new style of bending purely out of spite

TOPH METALBENDING IS THE COLDEST MOMENT IN ANIMATED HISTORY.

Find a guy who would choose you over cosmic energy, find a guy like Aang.

Petition for greer to start her own channel and film a series of watching ATLA for the first time, I really enjoyed her commentary

I like that Katara was literally saying "let me go" when Aang was trying to let her go

This episode cements Toph as the first Metalbender and the greatest Earthbender ever. 💚💚💚

Katara is Aang's center, she's his moral compass, she's the one who grounds him, she's Yin to Aang's Yang. I can imagine how difficult that is to let go.

How are you friends with someone who’s a voice actor for 17+ years and only watched one episode of the show they’re in? And not even an episode she voiced?? Like seriously?

Greer was a lot of fun! The fact that this was her intro to Zuko specifically is honestly hilarious, though. XD

“It’s not, it’s the real deal” 😙🤌 perfect line. “I am the greatest earthbender in the world. Don’t you two dunderheads forget it” 😂

"You may think youre the greatest earth bender but even you cant bend metal"

So the Eastern Air Temple was inspired by Angkor Wat in Cambodia which is a huge temple complex originally built as a Hindu temple during the 12th century but gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the century. When it comes to design in the show, yes it is mentioned in the official The Art of the Animated Series artbook that the creators did vacations and took lots of pictures before working on the seasons. For Book 2, they went to China in early 2005 and besides inspiration from the Forbidden City and Great Wall of China, their tour guide showed them an architectural park which helped big time as it showcased a vast array of Chinese architectural styles from a variety of ethnicities and eras.

Seeing Toph's seismic sense working overtime as the Guru explains metal is simply refined and purified earth was absolutely metal...pun intended. Such an incredible moment of the series. The word pathik (पथिक) means a traveler or guide in Sanskrit and can also refer to "knowing the way or path". Regarding the hands, the changing hand positions used by Aang while opening the chakras are actual positions used in real life, called mudrās, to open the chakras while meditating. The colors of Aang's visions for each of his chakras mirror the colors traditionally associated with the corresponding chakras, red for the first (lowest), orange for the second (second lowest), yellow for the third (third lowest), through to purple, which is the same order in which they are arranged in the visible spectrum.

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This is amazing !! I love actors who appreciate and love the work they do , it’s so fun to know u still have avatar in ur heart ❤❤❤❤

After having seen the whole show multiple times, this is probably my favorite episode. I love the guru and the scenes with him and Aang in particular.

neat guest! Ms Greer really should watch the series, sounds like she'll love it :)

This is a great episode. There’s so much that happens, and you feel tense for everything that is going to happen. I also think the whole chakras lesson part and Aang not learning to let go plays well into his character, and metal bending is pretty cool. But I’ve always saw this episode as only the first part, I’m ready for the conclusion.

The two guys trapped in the metal box totally die in there. They will never forget Toph for sure.

This episode proves why Tophs the GOAT full stop 🐐😤👏 out of THOUSANDS of generations worth of EarthBenders perfecting the techniques and skills Toph by the age TWELVE had a deeper understanding and connection to her element than EVER seen before, even by past AVATARS 😳 not only could she detect earth in soemthing that nobody could ever sense before but she single handily REVOLUTIONIZED the entirety of earth bending culture with this new ability. With all her feats ESPECIALLY the ones in Korra there’s nobody that surpasses her 🤷🏻‍♂️I can’t WAIT for the adult Gaang movie so we can see Toph in her prime wrecking people 😭🙌 I REALLY wish Michaela was still her voice tho NGL 💀