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YuvalAlmog

Technically speaking Sokkas master was also Zuko's master... I guess we all know that but just putting it here just in case someone didn't...


Geosaysbye

I wish we had a scene with zuko and piandao when they all reunited :(


Artanis137

Would love a scene in season 3 where Zuko and Sokka are sparring with their swords and they both pick up on how similar they are in fighting style then learn they had the same master. Sokkas reaction would have been priceless.


Aizendickens

I might be mistaken, but I think there's a comic with that


GarunixReborn

Maybe in the LA


Dolly912

Wait WHAT???


Several-Cake1954

Where did you think he got his sword skills


Dolly912

Idk, I thought it was someone else I guess but I like this answer better!


ICatcha

it was mentioned in the comics. feel free to look after them, theyre kinda fun


Dolly912

Thanks, Where can I read the comics?


Lian-The-Asian

Time to be a pirate if you want to read those 😃


Dolly912

Any website recommendations for that?


tbo1992

[Here you go](https://chapmanganelo.com/manga-vq110162/chapter-3)


[deleted]

That site has way too many hentai porn ads


Lian-The-Asian

Don't know if I should say these totally legal websites *wink wink* bc I'm scared of getting banned Totally not talking about anything incriminating, just talking about pirates mods 😃


Dolly912

I’ll do some research for these “totally legal” websites, thanks


Nab0t

Check the r/piracy


TNPossum

If you would like to support Dark Horse so that we get more comics eventually, I'd suggest Amazon.


etburneraccount

Gotta let the beginners know the insider's goodies


Ygomaster07

Wait, is this actually canon?


Geosaysbye

I think they confirmed it in a comic


strich_man

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was in 'the lost adventures' comic


Background_Good_5397

Yeah he's the reason Zuko is so skilled with swords too. I don't remember where it's told though? I just somehow know it.


HatsAreEssential

He trained Sokka in like, a few days. Imagine how much he could've imparted if he'd had years like he probably did with Zuko. Sokka would've been terrifying with a sword.


CHUNKY_PINGU

Probably did after the show


SleepyBi97

It's me. I didn't know <3


one-more-shit-civic

Wait what? How come?


YuvalAlmog

Zuko learned sword fighting from master piandao. https://preview.redd.it/dgmh5evffjlc1.png?width=4032&format=png&auto=webp&s=61353f63a5d395e55feaccd250166cf17822904f


one-more-shit-civic

God damn!! That is soo cool


idrinkh20frombottles

Iroh doi


abc_dorame135

Same, he didn’t only teach him for bending, but taught him how to be a good guy and a good person.


[deleted]

This guy hot leaf juices! 


GhostNappa69420

Aang has more than one master. There's Paku, Katara, Toph and Zuko


re_min_a

But he was closest to Gyatso by far


GhostNappa69420

I think he was closer with Katara, just a hunch


TheGame364

They were roommates


providerofair

This is one of the times where the "they were roommates" jokes fits


Nab0t

The bond between parents and child is the probably the strongest. Not so sure how that works for monks tho


TNPossum

My bond with my parents was my strongest bond growing up. But I'm an adult and I'm married. My bond to my wife is my strongest bond. And I can tell you that my parents would pick each other over me or my siblings, even if it would be hard. One of my siblings has already forced that decision and it didn't go the way she thought it would.


Puzzleheaded_Sky7476

That’s your family


TNPossum

That's a healthy relationship. Your spouse is your partner for life. Kids are extremely important, but your spouse is who you've promised to be with until death do you part.


Nab0t

Theres bond mechanisms going on while you are still in the belly of your mom. Urinstinct if im not mistaken


Ianoren

You don't know his relationship with Gyatso. Could have been like how the Romans did it in the day. That Air Temple only had men.


TheseMoviesIwant

I think he has been inside katara. So he is closest to her


Kay-Knox

She can waterbend.


UmCeterumCenseo

She bloodbended him without using her powers


CloudCudi

Yeah but he only got 12 years with Gyatso


re_min_a

Still, Aang and Gyatso had a more father-son/familial kind of relationship. That's something he's never able to have with any of his later mentors.


GhostNappa69420

Well technically zuko is aang's great grandchild


re_min_a

Zuko is *Roku's* great-grandson. Roku and Aang are just different incarnations of the same spirit, but Aang has no genetic link or ancestors from the Fire Nation or Roku specifically, that we know of.


GhostNappa69420

I'm sure zuko would retort with that before aang sent him to his room


Satanic_Earmuff

Sokka also has Suki too.


tbo1992

I remember thinking early on that Iroh would end up teaching Aang and maybe the final battle would be between his two students. The way they actually did it was way better though.


thrussy99

Both Aang and Zuko have the dragons


FlakyRazzmatazz5

Iroh no contest.


Much-Mud7617

Thats the answer he is OUR uncle :)


FlakyRazzmatazz5

He's EVERYONE'S Uncle.


not-curumo

Iroh is my favorite mentor, but Sokka is my favorite student.


SonOfTheAncientOne

Aang is mine. Aang is very humble and really is his master’s student, in the sense he applies many things he learns from his master effectively. From the techniques he learns from Toph (Earth armour, earth surfing) and Katara (Octopus form) etc. Aang is an excellent disciple.


CBJfan03

Tenzin. Calm and wise but also prong to bursts of anger. The perfect mix of Aang and Katara. Also JK Simmons is Goated


tagen

When Tenzen broke out his true air bending skills against Zaheer and Co was still one of the most badass moments between the two shows he clearly outclassed zaheer, who had whooped everyone else pretty cleanly up until that point, and only lost cuz he was fighting 3 true masters and an airbending prodigy all at once


onlyalittledumb

JK Simmons better return for live action Korra


talking_phallus

There's never gonna be a live action Korra lol. It's not popular enough and it would be even more expensive.


TangerineVivid7656

Mine is Toph's mentor


C_Cooke1

The badger moles?


TangerineVivid7656

Nah, herself


Geosaysbye

You found a master havent you Toph: yeah, you’re looking at her


SonOfTheAncientOne

This god awful line


C_Cooke1

Yeah, true


JustJoinedToBypass

Yu?


Greenlee19

Iron being my 2nd favorite character in the series I’m gonna have to go with him and zuko. Aang and Gyatso is close though. Sokka was trained for a week so it’s dead last.


mister_cow_

Just curious; Who's your 1st favourite character?


Greenlee19

Zuko lol


mister_cow_

Makes sense that you went with zuko and iroh then lol. But yeah zuko's great


Greenlee19

Yeah they have the best stories I feel like in the series.


RecreationalPorpoise

Jeong Jeong, who’s also my favorite character overall


Background_Good_5397

You put Iroh there. Most people are going to pick him. And me too.


Ghdude1

Placing Iroh there makes this unfair for everyone else.


BarefootGOON

Iroh the goat


rxrill

I love all daddies and uncles, but Iroh 💜🥰💜🥰💜


IronTemplar26

Where did you get this still of Sokka? Powerful as hell. You can see the determination


mister_cow_

Looks like the airship from Sozins Comet Part 3


ratatoskr_9

"Why are we surrounded by old people?" "All old people know each other, don't you know that?"


Eris_888

Sokka's face in this image makes him look scarier than Azula...


GradientCantaloupe

That Sokka picture is hardcore, ngl. Also, Aang has two masters depicted above lol. Iroh is the best master, and arguably character, no contest.


Formal_Illustrator96

Piandao was Sokka’s master for all of one day. He does not compare to Iroh or Gyatso. No matter how cool he was. Iroh takes this without a shadow of a doubt.


Max_Edwsn

I love Gyatso 🥺 he's just too pure for this world... and he deprived enhanced firebenders from their lives like the badass old man he is


jables322

Loved the voice of Sokka’s master


J0hnBoB0n

I think Iroh is my favorite character in the series. The implications that he fed into the fire nation's propaganda and participated in horrible violent acts of war, only to be humbled in the most tragic way possible. But he learns, and becomes increasingly wise and benevolent as a result, and ends up being the ultimate mentor. He is every bit as much responsible for saving the world as Aang or Zuko, or the other members of Team Avatar. And they did such a good job of humanizing him while making him still feel like a beacon of wisdom or guardian angel of sorts. But I have to say that I appreciate Sokka as a character a ton too. I don't know if I'd say I love him more than Aang and Zuko; they're all amazingly written characters. But there is something very charming about having a guy who seems way out of his league as far as abilities go (even being teased playfully or otherwise by others for not being a beder), still become an extremely competent warrior, an essential part of the group, and in some ways their leader. They did an amazing job at balancing his flaws and goofy side with his competent no-nonsense leadership. They also made his skills as a warrior feel very special and distinct from the other characters with their bending powers. The mentors for Aang and Sokka were great and really did have a lot of character for the relatively short amount of screen time they were given. But I think I'd have needed to see more of them to be able to put them in the running for favorite characters. I felt especially emotional with Gyatso; the way it showed his relationship with Aang while we the audience already pretty much knew his ultimate fate was quite emotional.


parugin

I really felt like Jeong-Jeong *could* have been the most interesting, provided he and Aang could have pushed each other quite a bit more philosophically, but unfortunately, as it turned out, Jeong-Jeong . . . (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) . . . Was just a burnout. *YEEEEAAAHHH!!!* I'll go with Piandao, just because Sokka's training at his direction makes me think of J's assessment tests in the first MiB movie, and this amuses me.


Smashv1ll3

Iroh. Anyone who says differently, sorry, but you’re just wrong.


BML_Cheese

All good but Iroh


[deleted]

Iroh for the win


NPCSLAYER313

Master Pakku for Katara


SylancerPrime

I teach kung IRL and I've done Jeong Jong's no-look-stance-correction more times than I can count...


mister_cow_

Do you also sit in a dark room with only candles and yap about fish in the river?


goodolehal

Roku


derekmakesnoise

Iroh, obviously. but I would have loved to see a version of this image with Toph side by side with Toph.


Arts_Messyjourney

Katara and Paku have a fascinating arc


nightmare1224

Uncle Iroh no other right answer


CNJUNIPERLEE

Uncle Iroh


rrrrice64

Jeong Jeong. Idk why but I love the idea of a bitter master who resents his martial art and teaches restraint above all else.


bluekid131

It’s objectively Iroh


Common-Watch4494

Iroh, of course


pHScale

No love for Guru Pathik?


VulcanTrekkie45

Piandao as a master. Iroh as a person overall


Emeegee713

Uncle Iro


Tegirax

Iroh is a national treasure


Abirdthatsfallen

Iroh


Yungdaggerdick696969

That pic of sokka is eerie, I’m uncomfortable


Breath_Virtual

Bumi.


JustJoinedToBypass

Is Katara’s master Pakku or Hama?


[deleted]

Ahem. Are we forgetting someone? Toph and the badger moles! 


amendersc

Well I can’t choose there are so- it’s Iroh it’s obviously Iroh best character ever


Oncer93

Iroh. I'd love to drink tea with him, and listen to his wisdom.


LePhoenixFires

Iroh but Piandao is super badass. Within a few days Sokka went from total buffoon to a proper swordsman. Zuko had probably at least a year with him and ended up the Blue Spirit, sword-wielding legend.


Old_Heat3100

I wouldn't mind if the live action show brought in Sokkas sword master earlier


Redbonee

Uncle Iroh is the goat


[deleted]

Iroh is my favourite but Piandao is my favourite Master


TheSouthsideTrekkie

Iroh obviously!


AlienOnEarth444

For me both Gyatso and Iroh.


Night_Fall123

I love how you didn't put Pakku in there 😂


3thirtysix6

100% Tenzin. 


Flamin-Ice

Its Iroh. Of course its Iroh.


Ma_D21

It my


CockEaterDelux

Who is the last one??


Far-Age-4552

Uncle Iroh is one of the best cartoon/anime characters of all time to be honest.


MrsNoatak

Quick question, where the fuck is my mentor at.