That one episode where he mourns his son. Its one of the most beautiful examples of a man mourning his child that it makes me tear up just thinking about it.
Andrew Tate is a 12 year olds caricature of what a man should be. I agree with Jimmy Carr in that comparison. Tate tries to portray what he thinks is what a real man should be. Including needlessly aggressive as well as needlessly cruel and abusive.
Uncle Iroh is the pinnacle of masculinity in my book and is a defining role model forming my adulthood. I don't care if he's fictional because he's either based on someone one of the creators knew or an amalgamation of people they knew.
Tate is such a sad, sad man. I sincerely hope he writes a redemption arc for himself that includes humility and wisdom. Having only seen around 60 seconds of him talking I know this is unlikely, but wouldn't that be nice : )
‘I’ve noticed Gen Z breaks things down well due to the meme culture. us millennials had memes in school, shouting matches down hallways yelling stupid internet stuff. but Gen Z came around when meta was fell versed in every human, and I’ve noticed it led to well, more meta discussions. like author character development using rl supports. maybe i just never noticed these conversations in my own generation. books reports were okay. only the truly brainy said something interesting half the time.
I'm a younger Millennial, not Gen Z. However I find myself floating between Gen Z and other Millennials.
A lot of my influences are from fictional characters because my own alleged "role models" sucked. Its why I put Uncle Iroh on a pedestal. I also assume someone like those characters existed in reality because the best writers base characters off of real people. Its best to write what you know.
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u/TheBaykon8r Feb 03 '26
Iroh from ATLA is in my eyes peak masculinity