Yeah outside of the Fire Nation I'd Say Katara is more famous between her connection to the Avatar, being the Mother of Tenzin & Bumi (how famous he is could be interpreted as bs stories/Hyperbole) & also the fact she herself is an accomplished Waterbender & healer. Tbf the latter most seems to only pertain to water tribe & lotus members so how far spread her power was known is debatable.
I honestly can't remember one person pointing out Zuko's abilities minus how wise he's become.
Originally posted by Rikudo sennin
Unlike Zuko it wasn't her rich family that got her a legacy. It was her revolutionary findings in earth bending.
Indeed. For the longest time, people didn't even know Toph was a Beifong. At first people knew her as the Blind Bandit. And later she was just Toph. And while her family was rich, it wasn't so influential that it was what got her famous. Like you said it was her pushing Earthbending forward a few decades in the course of a few days.
Originally posted by Rikudo sennin
Unlike Zuko it wasn't her rich family that got her a legacy. It was her revolutionary findings in earth bending.
Zuko's family isn't what made him famous or shaped his legacy either though. Zuko was an outcast, he was embarrassingly exiled from his family, nation and position. Zuko didn't have a legacy until he saved and redeemed the Fire Nation and started his reign.
Originally posted by Wei Phoenix
Zuko's family isn't what made him famous or shaped his legacy either though. Zuko was an outcast, he was embarrassingly exiled from his family, nation and position. Zuko didn't have a legacy until he saved and redeemed the Fire Nation and started his reign.
He didn't save anything. He just picked up a nation that was relatively fine minus it's reputation and together with his nation proved they are allies to the world once more.
Originally posted by Wei Phoenix
He taught Aang fire bending, he fought beside Aang to defeat his father and the Fire Nation, he restored glory to the Fire Nation and quelled everyone's fear of his homeland. How did he not save it?
The dragons taught him more than Zuko did frankly. The second point goes for all members of team avatar. The most he did was change the fire nations reputation. The fire nation was still the most powerful nation at the time so they didn't really fall from glory.
Originally posted by Wei Phoenix
And Aang wouldn't have learned anything from the dragons without Zuko. Power doesn't bring glory to Zuko, his home lost it's glory when it became a tyrannical nation.
Actually it was Aang's idea to learn then perform the dragon dance for them so in the end it was Aang who save their lives and taught BOTH of them.
Yeah and Zuko plus the people of his nation re-established their bonds with the other nations.
Originally posted by Rikudo sennin
Actually it was Aang's idea to learn then perform the dragon dance for them so in the end it was Aang who save their lives and taught BOTH of them.Yeah and Zuko plus the people of his nation re-established their bonds with the other nations.
Zuko already knew fire bending, Zuko was teaching him first IIRC. It still took both of them to do the dance so neither would have learned a thing without the other. I still don't see the point you're trying to make.
It didn't actually take both of them. Iroh learned it by himself. There just so happened to be two of them, so the dragons taught both of them at the same time. And yeah it seemed like it took both of them to get to the Sun Temple, but again Iroh did it by himself because he was the only one who still knew dragons existed aside from the Sun People up to that point.