crossposted from Twitter, this time!

Obviously, there are a lot of things about the bloodbenders’ story that I have emotions about, but despite my Tarrlok feelings, I think the one that gets me the most is creepy teenage Noatak’s sudden outcry of “we’re your SONS!” There’s just this sheer betrayal that cuts through everything.

And rightly so! It’s just … it feels important that even as he gets more warped by bloodbending and the way it amplifies his worst self, he can recognize and insist that what’s happened to them is wrong.