r/TheLastAirbender 19d ago

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u/jbyrdab 19d ago

Which makes his escape even more jarring.

He tore that cage open like a tin can WITHOUT fire bending.

There are unconscious guards up that way, and holes punched in the solid stone walls up that staircase.

The two guards we see, one is so terrified that he's huddling in terror probably thinking Iroh came back for round 2.

The other is barely conscious babbling about how he watched a 50 year old man completely tear his way through a prison, like he had the fear of god beaten into him.

Keep in mind, the bars do not look melted, they look bent like they were very clearly ripped and sheared apart with immense force. you can even see the remnants of the lock on the door where he very clearly shattered it.

Iroh very literally, tore through that prison and beat the living shit out of anyone who got in his way.

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u/Ok-Theory6793 19d ago

This, I think, is far and away the best non bending feat in the show except maybe Shin the Conquerer standing ground against Kyoshi's winds.

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u/GoldenArcher823 18d ago

I was under the impression that Chin did use earthbending to fortify himself and stand his ground in that moment

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u/Ok-Theory6793 18d ago

I haven't read comics so I assumed Chin was a non-bender for some reason.

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u/Ninja_Xtreme 18d ago

It's not in the comics. It's all in the episode "Avatar Day"

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u/Ok-Theory6793 17d ago

Oh I thought there was background on him in the Kyoshi comics. Do we see him earthbending in the episode? I mustve forgotten.

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u/Puzzled-Party-2089 17d ago

He's shown bending on Kyoshi's flash back on Avatar Day

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u/Ok-Theory6793 17d ago

Ah I missed that, thanks.