why Toph aged like milk 🥛 while Bumi aged like wine 🍷 #shorts

Why is it that Elder Toph, Katara, and Zuko seemed so much older than Iroh, Bumi, and Pakku?

#avatar #tla #thelastairbender #lok #legendofkorra #shorts

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[thedelordhimselfgokublack]

Zuko is 80. Iroh is 55. The fact that he can even generate any fire in the south pole while in his old age

[koelee]

Toph and Zuko were both still incredibly impressive for their age (around their 80s). They were much older than Iroh who was in his 50s during TLA. Bumi is the most impressive here, at 112 years of age, but he's kind of an outlier since we haven't seen anyone else reach that age apart from Kiyoshi, who learnt the secret to immortality.

Aged down to their 50s as well, I could definitely see the Gaang fairing as well as Iroh did during that age.

[gaboseries]

“The stress of war makes you age better.” -This guy.

[toplobster]

In fairness to Zuko he was fighting at night in the north pole as a firebender. Didn't work out well for him when he tried that when he was young either.

[mkvenner]

Toph was carrying the whole team that’s why she had back problems

[CelloCircle]

they’re all in their 80’s, iroh was like 50

[n.c.]

A couple things.
1. Uncle Iroh was in his late 50s to early 60s in ATLA
2. Zuko was in his late 80s to early 90s in LOK
3. Aang died at the biological age of 66 because the years frozen in the avatar state took a toll on his body
4. Gran gran was in her 80s and lived her youth during war time. Times of stress take a significant toll on your body and INCREASE aging. Wolf cove was reduced to a tiny village with limited resources and she watched the fire nation completely decimate her people. She new Hama and watched Hama get taken away along with every other water bender in her tribe. She went through a genocide of sorts. Gran gran definitely didn't live during peace time.
5. Master Paku lived in the northern water tribe that not only thrived during the 100 years time but was a complete nation with resources and a sense of safety. Even though he was around the same age as Gran gran, his living conditions were significantly better than hers.
6. Katara and Toph were were 12-16 years old fighting a war against a nation that had essentially taken over the world. They faced near death plenty of times and lived under constant stress. They slept outside in the elements, frequently had to move around, and scrounge up enough resources to keep themselves fed. That's not peace.
7. King Bumi is an anomaly, he attributes his old age to healthy eating but we don't actually know how he lived so long. Outside of guru Pathik or avatar Kyoshi, it's not common to see people that old and even less common to see them thriving at that age.

[lizzardgamer]

King Bumi is the only one who aged like fine wine. Aang died when team avatar was like 50 or 60. Korra is 17 in the first season. Katara was in her 80s in the first episode. They didn't age like milk, they aged like people who weren't King Bumi. Zuko was at least 90 by the time they got to his fight with the youngsters. Bumi was waiting for his friend, had gone completely insane and was probably directly related to Kioshi (nephew or cousin) the oldest living person.

[ignaciolasa]

I mean, Zuko was older in the legend of Korra, than Iroh when he took back Ba Sing Se

[mattwho]

Katara “I’m too old to fight”
Toph “My back hurts”
Zuko “For Honour!!!!”

[spectre]

As many others have pointed out, not only was Iroh only in his 50s while Zuko was 80, Iroh was using the power he got from Sozin's comet in order to take back Ba Sing Se whereas Zuko was able to firebend in the snow when he was barely able to do that much when he kidnapped Aang in the seige of the North

[shiroyasha]

Zuko was like:
-in his 90's
-In the middle of snow
-In a dark environment
-against a stronger form of bending against fire
Iroh was:
-in his 40's
-in a much better environment.

[Smartness_itself]

The one who impresses me the most is Bumi. He was still so strong at the age of 112 years.

[BATM_Media]

That's fair, they grew old from inactivity while others grew old while still fighting for their cause.

[ztank]

“You don’t stop playin cause ya get old, ya get old cause ya stop playin”
— Uncle Drew

[catlovercami]

Aged like milk????

Bro, they look like senior citizens. That's a realistic depiction of a senior citizen. And Toph and zuko STILL kill it with their bending!

[shinozaddy]

Zuko was in his 80s while iroh was no older than 65. Thats a major difference.

[countrycoffeecup]

Well, Iroh was actually much younger in ATLA than the Gaang was in TLOK.

[Boogie_Tang]

It’s only because the animators didn’t want the old characters to outshine the new ones

[Animeiscool-sdkk]

Ah yes let’s compare a 80 year old to a 55 year old so fair.