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BrightLight from the Southern Water Tribe. Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#10726: Jan 12th 2021 at 4:16:48 PM

I wonder if Ozai would prefer coffee to tea.

I've seen that idea used in fanfiction to contrast him even further to Iroh.

Edited by BrightLight on Jan 13th 2021 at 1:17:37 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10727: Jan 12th 2021 at 8:51:15 PM

Does coffee even exist in the Avatar verse?

We actually see Ozai sipping tea during the Day of the Black Sun.

My headcanon is that Ozai actually loves tea just as much as Iroh, but he doesn't really like to admit it. It might be one of the few things besides Firebending prowess that the brothers have in common.

Edited by M84 on Jan 13th 2021 at 12:54:44 AM

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#10728: Jan 12th 2021 at 9:00:54 PM

Additionally, Ozai asked Zuko to bring him tea when he was in prison in The Promise.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#10729: Jan 12th 2021 at 9:58:40 PM

I dunno if it exists. It'd just be a bit funny if he had that preference. Maybe that's what led to their first falling out.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10730: Jan 12th 2021 at 10:24:52 PM

According to supplemental materials, their first falling out might have been Iroh beating Ozai at Pai Sho. Ozai was very much a Sore Loser who would literally flip the board in a fit of rage when he lost.

Edited by M84 on Jan 13th 2021 at 2:25:07 AM

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#10731: Jan 12th 2021 at 10:27:41 PM

Judging from the tone, it seems Iroh had a virtual victory monopoly over Ozai on Pai Sho, which contributed to the theme that Ozai is almost always second-best to his brother, and he resented that.

It foreshadowed just how childish Ozai's big endgame strategy was. Always solving your complicated problems and potential defeats just by burning it all down. Nevermind the problems of ruling a world of ashes.

Edited by Shadao on Jan 12th 2021 at 10:30:12 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#10732: Jan 13th 2021 at 6:14:19 AM

Yes it does, that drink the earth general gives Aang to induce the Avatar state is strongly hinted to be coffee.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#10733: Jan 13th 2021 at 6:50:31 AM

Nah, it seems more like a particularly strong herbal tea. He outright says it's a "rare chi-enhancing tea."

Edited by M84 on Jan 13th 2021 at 10:52:21 PM

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#10734: Jan 13th 2021 at 8:20:33 AM

I think the gag was that it was very high in caffeine, which is probably why I associated it with coffee.

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#10735: Jan 13th 2021 at 10:41:54 AM

Avatar: The Last Airbender cast worries Netflix remake will be “redundant”

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Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
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#10736: Jan 13th 2021 at 10:46:17 AM

I got the kyoshi books as a gift last december fo my birthday.

I have not had the chance to even open them. sad

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#10737: Jan 13th 2021 at 12:59:16 PM

I had a friend who got them. Their apparently darker and violent then the show but not too much. Basically what you'd find in a ya novel aimed at around 15 year olds.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#10739: Jan 13th 2021 at 1:49:38 PM

Live action remakes of cartoons almost always feel redundant, to be honest.

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deuteragonist Since: Dec, 2013
#10740: Jan 13th 2021 at 3:41:50 PM

Call me crazy but I can't help but think a Netflix adaptation of Danny Phantom would be a much more ideal than ATLA. And probably a lot less expensive production-wise.

I get that Avatar is more popular by a very wide margin, but DP has a pretty devoted fanbase that would gladly show up for a reboot—especially if it's actually good.

miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
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#10741: Jan 13th 2021 at 4:04:55 PM

[up][up]Uh I just don't like the idea. It i dunno feels like it's supposed to be for people who find animation to be "inferior" to "real live action entertainment" which I hate.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#10742: Jan 13th 2021 at 4:08:37 PM

Exactly.

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#10743: Jan 13th 2021 at 4:10:36 PM

About the Ozai beverage of choice: why not just plain water?

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#10745: Jan 13th 2021 at 5:10:21 PM

> Call me crazy but I can't help but think a Netflix adaptation of Danny Phantom would be a much more ideal than ATLA. And probably a lot less expensive production-wise.

It would run into the same difficulty of adapting a cartoon into live action and it would be just as expensive production wise

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Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#10746: Jan 13th 2021 at 5:15:28 PM

[up]Urban fantasy doesn’t require nearly as elaborate sets. It’s why that makes more sense than say...YuYu Hakusho (which Netflix is also doing).

deuteragonist Since: Dec, 2013
#10747: Jan 13th 2021 at 5:40:24 PM

Urban fantasy doesn’t require nearly as elaborate sets. It’s why that makes more sense than say...Yu Yu Hakusho (which Netflix is also doing)

Wait...what? *sighs*

[up][up]I think the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a pretty good example of what a DP reboot would look like production-wise. Avatar is pretty hard fantasy and the locations would take a lot of work. Bending is probably the biggest obstacle outside of casting, though.

miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
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#10748: Jan 13th 2021 at 5:43:46 PM

[up][up][up]Youd Only need a few scences in the ghost zone honestly. The rest could be done with costuming and some cgi in the real world shall we say.

Easier to do then say having to go out and build sets like here.

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#10749: Jan 13th 2021 at 5:56:39 PM

Anyone got any favorite fights in the show?

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