Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1

[sherkahn]

Where does one START?

It's true to the series, and all the voices and feelings are there. Since Sozin's Comet, the characters have had some growth. Some forward, others....well, like Aang says, it gets complicated.

But of course you cannot have ATLA without moments of awesomeness.



and that awesomeness has a name.
Toph Bei Fong.



For the uninitiated, that little girl is the Greatest Earthbender in the World, and is blind.
Imagine having the brass to launch yourself into hundreds of feet into the air just because you heard a familiar sound, with nothing to guide you at all.

Sooo, as most of you have read from spoilers or the end of previews, Zuko is having issue healing the scars that the Fire Nation has caused, as the people in the colonies refuse to leave, having been there for generations since the start of the war. After a few assassination attempts, one of the would-be killers is caught. And the confrontation on those who would have his life leads to complications.

This is exemplified with this scene.




So Zuko stays in the colony of Yu Dao, giving his personal protection to the soon-to-be-uprooted Fire Nation colonists from the local Earth villages and the assembled Freedom Fighters, who are once again ready to take arms against the Fire Nation.

And the fragile peace comes even more so...

Comments

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

I like the hair, but his face looks really sunken in to me. =/

[janegray]

It's meant to look like that. In the comic, Zuko is extremely stressed (strife, protests, terribly difficult decisions, and six assassination attempts in a year), and hasn't been able to sleep or eat well for months.

[kurenai-tenka.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor thing. I was wondering if it was intentional, since everyone else looks great.

I really need to buy this.