Mark Spoils: Mark Watches 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' S02E07 - Zuko Alone

Friday, May 27, 2011

Mark Watches 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' S02E07 - Zuko Alone

Yeah. I couldn't find a non-spoilery video for today.

Zuko
+1 for not going after the couple
+1 for sucking at nailing stuff
-1 for chucking stuff at turtleducks
+1 for knowing that Azula is up to no good even as kids
+1 for trying to help Mai with the apple
+1 for giving Lee the little sword lesson
+1 for giving Lee the dagger
+1 for defending Iroh to Azula
+1 for trying to impress Grandad and make Daddy happy
+1 for knowing that Azula always lies
+1 for going to get Lee back
+1 for kicking serious solider ass

Ursa
+1 for scolding Zuko about chucking stuff at turtleducks
+1 for trying to cheer Zuko up
+1 for the sad farewell to Zuko

Soldiers
-1 for being assholes
-1 for stealing Zuko’s grain
-1 for telling the family about their son
-1 for taking Lee to make him join the army

Lee
+1 for taking Zuko in
+1 for being so happy to see Zuko

Lee’s Family
+1 for knowing how to get Zuko to accept food
+1 for letting Zuko have his privacy
+1 for going to Zuko for help

Azula
-1 for being manipulative even back then
+1 for hating dolls
-1 for wanting their dad to be Fire Lord
-1 for dissing Iroh
+1 for being a little overachiever
+1 for being a prodigy at firebending
+1 for staying behind to listen
-1 for mocking Zuko about his death
-1 for teasing Zuko about Ursa’s disappearance

Tai Lee

Mai
+1 for having a crush

Iroh
+1 for writing his family nice letters
+1 for giving the kids gifts

Ozai
-1 for wanting to skip over Iroh to be Fire Lord

Azulon
+1 for wanting to cut through the bullshit
-2 for making Ozai kill Zuko

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psycicflower 114p · 722 weeks ago

I look forward to Mark's keysmashing.
This episode raises so many questions like what the hell ever happened to Ursa? I was wondering though, do we know for a fact that Azulon wanted Ozai to kill Zuko, or was it just Azula lying? Also do we know how Azulon died/who killed him? Is it all speculation or have TPTB confirmed anything.

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Amanda · 722 weeks ago

I'd say a big -1 goes to Lee and/or his family for rejecting Zuko after he helped them. :/

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@infernalserpent · 722 weeks ago

I kinda want to give the turtleducks their own +1 because they're so goddamned adorable.

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Meenalives 90p · 722 weeks ago

I would give Ursa at least +1 for being willing to do anything to protect Zuko.

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anniemate 79p · 722 weeks ago

Thanks to the Internet I'm completely unable to look at this episode title without thinking "FOREVER ALONE" D:

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hpfish13 115p · 722 weeks ago

I'm so excited for this one!!! Tis my favorite episode!

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echinodermata 118p · 722 weeks ago

Are Mark's sites down for everyone else right now? I can't access either, although I could maybe 45 minutes ago.

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echinodermata 118p · 722 weeks ago

Mark tweeted:
"HOLY SHIT. Someone named Matt just donated $250 and put me over $3000. MARK READS MY IMMORTAL IT IS."

Second tweet:
"Actually it was @IAmNidoking. Everyone thank him for making this a reality and donating to a totally rad cause. THANK YOU SIR!"

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alexamarie0813 86p · 722 weeks ago

oh god one of my absolute favorites. i can't wait for his reaction to it :D

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Openattheclose 99p · 722 weeks ago

I'm so excited for Zuko Alone. I'll only be able to drop a quick comment today and then I'll have to dash, grr.

So much is revealed about the Fire Nation royal family, but the Iroh implications are what really get me. He was laughing about burning Ba Sing Se to the ground! It really makes me wonder if the ATLA world would really be any better off with Iroh as Fire Lord. It's sad, but Lu Ten's death kind of needed to happen for Iroh to become the BAMF that he is.

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echinodermata 118p · 722 weeks ago

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Dragonsong12 · 722 weeks ago

Spoilers for season 2 finale?

soo.....over/under on how angry/upset/sad/dissapointed Mark will be at the Season 2 finale?

I personally love that they took that route with Zuko (so it's story isn't a straight line from good guy to bad guy - they let him mess up!) but when it happens it's like a punch in the gut since he was making so much progress.
WHY DON'T YOU REMEMBER YOUR MANTRA FROM THIS EPISODE, ZUKO? "AZULA ALWAYS LIES!"

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thefireandthehearth 91p · 722 weeks ago

Hairstyles and count as spoilers, yes or no? Someone posted pictures of Zuko with his hair and outfit a la Season 3.

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@infernalserpent · 722 weeks ago

Oh, God, I so feel for Mark after reading that. :(

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Danel · 722 weeks ago

Something I noticed on my rewatch that I never noticed before is the way that Zuko's relationship with Lee foreshadows his eventual relationship with Aang. The interconnected details just astound me, like the way that the travellers Zuko doesn't rob here are the ones that the Gaang will later help through the Serpent's Pass. Or the way that for all that the Rough Rhinos seem irrelevant in Avatar Day they appear again - I already remembered how Iroh knew them, but not that they killed Jet's parents.

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Hyatt · 722 weeks ago

Aw, crap; tried to make a joke about Ba Sing Se being a hoax, but took it for granted that the Gaang was heading there. Too close to a spoiler?

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echinodermata 118p · 722 weeks ago

Huh. So I made a gif for this episode where Azula pushes Ty Lee. It's included in my comment.

Someone just linked my gif in their own comment for this episode, with commentary on the scene.

Is it just me that finds this weird? I didn't post this gif anywhere else on the internet, so they had to have gotten it from my comment. I dunno, maybe I'm overreacting. Yay someone liked my gif enough to want to use it? (on the exact same post I posted it?)

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SpiderHyphenMan · 722 weeks ago

Season 3 finale spoilers in reply to this post

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Tauriel_ 109p · 722 weeks ago

I've just finished this piece of art (inspiration came from a discussion in one of Mark's reviews, I forget which), and I simply HAVE to brag... :D Please forgive the narcissism.

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chichichimaera 93p · 722 weeks ago

@Tauriel_ I was going to say that he got his shortness gene from Grandaddy Sozin. :) Also it's interesting to see that all of the FNRoyals have an 'z' type component to their names except Iroh. Sozin, Azulon, Ozai, Zuko (which is, incidentally, an anagram of 'Kuzon' with the 'n' missing), Azula... So was Iroh's name more of Ilah's choice? And was he setting up a new naming practise with Lu Ten?

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psycicflower 114p · 722 weeks ago

I was wrecking my head trying to think where exactly I knew 'People Are Strange' from and it was only in bed last night I coped it, The Lost Boys! How could I forget.

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