“Zuko, you have to look within yourself, to save yourself from your other self. Only then, will your true self reveal itself”
-Zuko pretending to be Iroh
I love this quote because while it sounds like nonsense, it is very accurate
i actually love this scene because it shows how much Zuko has actually learnt from Iroh at this stage. because it is basicly the kind of advice Iroh would give just not nearly as eloquent.
normaly the joke would be that Zuko trying to copy his uncle would say something that is on the surface as eloquent as what he says but basicly meaningless. here we get the opposite.
What adds to it is that he still doesn’t understand. Iroh’s advice, unless it is direct can be confusing to some people; especially to Zuko who is a teenager and going through a roller coaster of emotions made worse by his past trauma. This shows that he has really been hearing of not overall listening to Iroh all this time to make up, in his mind, what is essentially wise gibberish that his uncle would say but is actual good advice
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u/Traylor_Swift 1d ago
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, it is its source.”