History Has Its Eyes on You - Avatar Animatic

Shoutout to the random firebenders that helped an old man with his impromptu musical number

Iroh randomly bursting into song with the guards choreography while Zuko looks on in confusion is something I would entirely expect from him. And I love it! This was very well done

The scene where he finds his son, the straight ugliness of death, no romantisizing it absolutely beautiful. Bravo.

Okay, listen, this is fantatstic. But I will never not be able to imagine Iroh rehearsing this with the poor Fire Navy Soldiers "Okay, guys, Listen, when I finish the first verse you guys come marching out... no, doubke file, three on both sides..."

"Uncle, this was not what we agreed to when I authorized music nights."

Imagine the guards talking about it later like "y'know, I always thought Zuko was the dramatic one of them"

This is perfect. So fitting for the characters & their stories, and the fade from Iroh’s fallen son into the picture is particularly powerful.

“Uncle I just said we have no more tea”

This is one of those things "i didn't know i needed to have until i got it" moments 😂

Everything from the framing to the details to the choreography to the expressions is so well done. Absolute shivers

I simply love the line “You have no control Who lives, who dies who tells your story.” It always give me chills in any antimatic incluidng this one. When Iroh does it (1:03), it shows Zuko’s non burned side of his face. In a metaphorical sense, Iroh is telling that to the “good side” of Zuko. The one that is willing to listen to him and not obsessed with retrieving the honor his father took from him. Well done!

Pov: If avatar was a musical and iroh was just a little more emtionaly unstable No but seriously the facial expressions are fantastic your great at conveying emotion

I could totally see iroh randomly start singing and getting the gaurds to go along while zuko just sits there so confused

i went from being so sad at iroh’s dead son to giggling at the guards dancing. i love him practicing a number with them and being all dramatic with the fire. simply perfect in every way. and this song always gives me chills. this was paired pretty well together.

i'm crying this song fits the story so well that before i read the description i thought it was a storyboard of a scene that didn't end up in the show

Zuko's expression at the end there. 🤣🤣He's just like, "What the Hell, Uncle?!" 🤣🤣 Absolutely beautiful. Couldn't have illustrated Iroh's regrets and message better. It shows his regret for what became of his son, his love for Zuko and his wish that Zuko could get his head out of his butt and see the same light he did. That he wouldn't have to make as many mistakes as Iroh did before learning the truth.

… can we just talk about how even the freaking soldiers had choreography I mean it was like walking side to side but I just think it was very funny because Steven just some random day. It was like a yo-yo we should get some choreography.

Honestly, the part where Iroh tells Zuko “I know that greatness lies in you” is such great foreshadowing. Throughout the whole series its clear Iroh knows that Zuko has so much potential, that his nephew can be the one to end a cycle. The one to right the wrongs of his ancestors. And its great foreshadowing to the reveal that Roku is his other great grandfather. To Zuko it would read as his uncle seeing potential in him. And they’re also words he’d need to hear, his own father was terrible and cold to him. Iroh believing in him would heal Zuko, even just a little bit. But its honestly foreshadows the great potential that Zuko himself would’ve never seen, that no one but Iroh would’ve known.

i've never seen iroh so pointedly emotional like this. I have seen him angry, sad, happy but nothing quite like this.

The song fits really well and I love this overall. The fire nation soldiers dancing was kinda funny, which seemed contradictory to the tone of Iroh and Zuko, though? and while Iroh's expressions were impressive, I think they looked a little too angry for his character? also how dare you make me see Iroh finding Lu Ten 😭 But I'm shocked this has so few views. Seems like the sort that would have at least ten times as many if not significantly more.