Does Uncle Iroh ACTUALLY Give Good Advice? Therapist vs. Uncle Iroh
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Published 2024-03-19
How do you grow after making mistakes and enduring pain? What is your favorite thing about Iroh?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are reacting to Avatar: The Last Airbender again but with a twist. Jonathan is going toe-to-toe with Uncle Iroh… or agreeing with Iroh because he’s the GOAT. They talk about all the things that make Iroh so great, such as his humility and wisdom but also how he handles his mistakes and regrets. Alan dares Jonathan to find anything to criticize about Iroh. Will he come up with anything?
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Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker, and Alan Seawright
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DON'T DO THAT IN THE FIRST MINUTE MAN, I WASN'T READY.
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Iroh is a perfect example of a man who heals himself by trying to heal the world. Born to become captain but chose to row.
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“Be the person Uncle Iroh knows you can be” is something I saw on an internet post somewhere and it is genuinely one of my mantras.
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I love that Toph can tell Iroh is genuine from the start. With each passing moment of their discussion he breaks down her walls and she lets him. Very wholesome interaction 😊
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“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.” -Uncle Iroh
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"I was never angry with you. I was sad because I was afraid you lost your way." spoken like a true parent. Iroh is the surrogate father we all wish we had.
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23:58 "IN HONOR OF MAKO" Makoto Iwamatsu was an japanese-american actor, credited as MAKO. He was the voice of Iroh in the first two seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender. He died on July 21, 2006, at the age of 72 from esophageal cancer.
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"In the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength." - Uncle Iroh
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Iroh's speech is basically "If our nations were united, we wouldn't need an Avatar because we would all be the Avatar, together."
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My favorite thing about Iroh is, during the show, he doesnt really have a character arc. He's a character arc already fulfilled. He had the answers and learned the lessons. He wanted to help but not force his help on people.
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“I am so proud of you. And you did it on your own” -Iroh to Zuko. This is the kind of support I could only dream of from my family
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"I hated myself so much for so long that there's nothing anyone can ever say that is more hurtful than what I said about myself to myself." Someone finally put it into words.
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What I like about the scene of Iroh grieving for his son, is that it shows that Zuko isn’t a replacement. No one can replace his son and no one could probably replace Zuko
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I like the saying: "Good judgement tends to come from experience. Unfortunately, the experience tends to come from bad judgement."
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Iroh really is the perfect sage character. I don't think a lot of media has the stones to make a character that was TRULY a terrible person, who regretted his choices, reformed and found peace again
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The "Oh No" as the Leaves From the Vine scene came up, I felt that. Every time I watch that scene, it helps me release whatever it is I'm holding in, be it Anger, Frustration, Sorrow and Heartache, Confusion, Grief, etc. I'm sobbing by the end of it, but it helps me feel so much lighter
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In the "Tales from Ba Sing Se" episode, Iroh gets to help a little boy, then slightly older teens, then a young man. All the stages from baby to adulthood. All the stages a father gets to witness with his own children. Like Irohs son. Who he thinks he failed.
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That final scene between Zuko and Iroh really hits me in the feels. It’s a parallel to when Zuko got his scar. Last time he begged for forgiveness from a parental figure he was met with cruelty, this time he was met with unconditional love.
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I like Avatar because you can see yourself in every single character.... and feel and remember everything similar to what they go through. Is quite a deep story.
