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Zuko: I don’t have Uncle around anymore so I’m gonna fumble my way through new friendships and get into some shenanigans Katara: why? Zuko: he’s like, 90% of my impulse control

Okay, this is true, but to be fair Zuko is also 75% of Iroh’s impulse control. Zuko is impulsive as all get out, but is able to get his shit together when everyone else around him is drinking Dumbass Juice (The Boiling Rock, Sozin’s Comet, etc.). Iroh is kind of the same way in that he took the liberty of ‘Angsty Nephew Wrangler’ for the majority of season 1 and 2, but Zuko did his fair share of carrying the brain cell between him and Iroh:

Example 1: Iroh is a shopaholic Stuff Gremlin and the fact that he was probably in charge of the ship’s funds should be very concerning.

Example 2:

Iroh: *takes a nap for ten fucking years and is way too comfortable being naked in public*

Zuko: please act like a human, I’m begging you

Example 3: almost immediately after becoming fugitives, Zuko was the one trying to find food and be productive while Iroh made the Big Smart Brain Decision to make a might-be-but-might-not-be poisonous flower on the off chance that it would make some dope ass tea.

And did he learn from his mistake?????

Example 4: “What are you doing firebending your tea?!” is a good fucking question, Zuko

What I’m saying is, that yes, Iroh was full of sage wisdom and did function as Zuko’s impulse control a good 90% of the time, but Zuko had to get his impulse control from somewhere.

(bonus: In which Iroh conveniently ignores his nephew’s crime addiction because it gets him snacks)

Iroh: ‘my nephew is obviously stealing these things and not talking about his issues, this habit he’s developing will lead him down the wrong path’

also Iroh: ‘okay, he can crime a little bit’

Jet: Hey, what’s good? Wanna Be Bi(tm) Do Crimes(tm)?

Iroh, internally: ‘Zuko do it, Zuko DO IT, I’M HUNGRY’

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this is the funniest thing i've seen all day

because can you imagine the gaang thinks that iroh is the mature one? they've not really been around him for that long apart from when hes got his game face on for the war

and with all the story's that zukos told them all about him, they would probably think that irohs the adult constantly running around after zukos shit

and then after the war ends they finally spend some time around the two of them together and witness zuko dragging iroh away from a cup of tea because 'uncle the maid saw somebody put poison in it before it left the kitchen you can't drink it!' while irohs trying to desperately reach for it like 'but its my favourite flavour!'

and the gaang are just like

oh

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i just realized this very moment that iroh has probably never lived alone, on his own, without support staff. he was a prince his whole life, and a war leader, so he’s smart and wise and great at handling people... but he’s always had people to take care of him.

iroh is clever, patient, tactically brilliant, empathetic, but when has he ever had to develop the kind of self discipline a refugee has? he’s never had to go hungry before: even in a campaign when rations were tight, he was the prince, he would have gotten enough. he’s never had to make a budget and stick to it: he’s a prince, he would have had secretaries and quartermasters to work with. he’s never had to go all that long without medical care: if he was poisoned, if he was wounded, someone would get him help. even when he was doing some traveling right after lu ten’s death, he was still a prince, still confident, powerful, rich.

old people learn things too! i think iroh learns a lot over the course of the show, it’s just a lot more subtle because he seems so sagely and confident the whole time.

valtsv

pacific rim was really like “our giant monster-killing robots are powered by the tender, intimate, powerful connection of soulmates - romantic, platonic, or familial” and i’ve never recovered from how the sheer brilliance of that concept made me feel

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like i’m sorry but these enormous metal robots so vast and powerful that they run on nuclear reactor cores welded into their chests can only be moved and controlled by the power of love??? how does that not drive you utterly insane just thinking about it???