r/AvatarMemes • u/biggerppgfan • 12d ago

ATLA doesn't matter how fantastical your fantasy world is, the scars are staying realistic

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u/ghost-church 12d ago

Jesse what the hell are you talking about?

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u/Live_Angle4621 12d ago

I guess about that Zuko’s scars should have healed in real life (why live action versions don’t look right singe they are more realistic).

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u/_Deny_005 12d ago

I mean, that's easily a third degree burn, they don't just "heal" 😅 Maybe they don't stay that red, but they would still be noticeable with no problem. The weird thing is his eye and ear still functioning, as they could have literally melted in real life

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u/wrchavez1313 12d ago

It wouldn't still look black and red though, I think that's what they're referring to as "healing" it would be a skin tone and slightly pinkish scar. But couldn't still be black and vivid red.

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u/rmorrin 12d ago

IVE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW HE STILL HAS AN EYE 

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u/Thendrail 12d ago

Might be a tad much to show Zuko with half his face sloughing off his skull on Nickelodeon.

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u/rmorrin 11d ago

For that show they could have easily been like yeah missing an eye

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u/Braveheart4321 11d ago

As a firebender his skin is fire resistant, so his eyelid protected his eye source: my ass

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u/Aduro95 8d ago

I think its because the fire was tightly contained. Ozai seems to have gathered heat on his palm and pressed it up against Zuko's face, rather than hitting him with a fire blast.

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u/capucapu123 11d ago

Fire bending technique to protect the organs we're not aware of maybe

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u/Live_Angle4621 11d ago

They do heal. Just because they won’t look like they used to before burn doesn’t mean there is no healing process. Which didn’t happen with Zuko in animation, as old man his scar is exactly the same. Expecially the redness should be gone which is so clear in the animated version

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScarsAreForever

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u/YourMuppetMethDealer 12d ago

I mean, wasn’t there an implication that Katara’s magic water could have healed Zuko’s scar?

And I genuinely hope that’s true since that would mean Zuko deliberately chose to keep that scar as a reminder of who he has become

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u/Valirys-Reinhald 12d ago

That was with the water from the spirit oasis, and even then Katara didn't say it would work. Just that if anything possibly could, it would be the spirit water.

Incidentally, the spirit water did not get rid of Aang's scar from the lightning, it just brought him back to life.

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u/PCN24454 12d ago

For that, I think it’s because she used up all the water just trying to revive him

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u/Aduro95 8d ago

I think its a more meaningful if it would have worked. Zuko could have chosen to heal by doing the right thing, but he chose to keep trying to impress his father instead.

Although later on, he is so spiritually healed that he doesnt't need the scar to be erased. His father's disapproval means nothing to him. Ozai is the lowest possible authority on honour. If anything, Zuko should be proud of a scar he got standing up for his people.

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u/Correct_Doctor_1502 12d ago

I don't think it would've worked personally

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u/JusticeNoori 12d ago

Avatar Legends? Do you mean the show or the ttrpg?

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u/pengpenguiness 11d ago

Oh my god not the normal distribution graph