I was about to explain the Avatar state a bit but I just remembered this episode is about to do it itself 😅 so I'll just say the 'Water Tribe monster' was the Spirit of the Ocean merged with Aang, who was in the Avatar state, but the monster is not part of it, just a spirit manifesting its real form that was contained in one of the koi fish, as it got angry about the Moon Spirit's death.
KaijinGarou
2024-01-21 21:38:27 +0000 UTC
I think Iroh meant that if the Firelord went through all the trouble to banish Zuko to teach him a lesson, maybe he does care on some level. But that remains to be seen and definitely not Iroh's best line 🤣