I know this must already be posted on tumblr somewhere, but have you guys read the official expanded lyrics for “Leaves from the Vine”– the Brave Little Soldier Boy song that Iroh sings for his son on the anniversary of his death??
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it’s interesting that Iroh’s past is never explicitly put on screen but all the pieces are there to paint a picture of man who grows from a perfectly constructed general to someone who denounces war in the face of great loss
his story is one of redemption just as much as Zuko’s is as he tries to once again save new sons from the machinery of war that dehumanizes, desensitizes, and ultimately destroys them


















