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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All Comments (21)
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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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DON'T DO THAT IN THE FIRST MINUTE MAN, I WASN'T READY.
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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 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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“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 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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"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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"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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I like Uncle Iroh's advice to Korra, “If you look for the light, you can often find it. But if you look for the dark that is all you will ever see.” ― Iroh
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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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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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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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Iroh is such a well written character that it's often you forget that he's that, a character that someone wrote because you can feel and understand all his pain and experiences to the point of where we talk about him as a real person and not fictional.
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The scene of iroh crying about his son hits hard. Iroh couldn't help his son and became determined to be better and help others. I had a cousin that was like my brother. He died in a car accident because he didn't have his seat belt. I told him to put on his seat belt before he got in the car but I should have been persistent. Now i live my life being cautious and studying survival, medical, and repair topics to never be useless again.
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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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Can we do Azula next? Villain therapy about favouritism, expectations, and having a kid that only understands relationships as a power difference. Toph, helicopter parenting and dealing with disabilities. Sokka, inferiority complex and discovering your own talent. Katara, having to be a parental figure after losing one. And then a bonus feature starring cabbage man obviously.
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21:28 This line hurts so much more when you remember the last two times Zuko failed this father figure he burned half his face off then tried to kill him This is the first time since his mother left when he was a child that he’s had a parental figure that he can fail without fear
