Ohhhhhh...

how-do-you-do-the-do:

Okay, guys, I’m an idiot. When I was a kid, I thought Zuko got shot in the stomach with lightening and was really confused about how he survived, but I was soooo wrong.

He survived because he DID redirect it. He catches it with his left hand

But he had to jump to catch it so he isn’t grounded. He has
to try to direct lightening around his heart into his stomach while he’s
falling.

And as soon as he hits the ground, he directs it out his
right hand

I always wondered why his burn scar didn’t look any
different before and after Katara healed him. Then I realized, the visible superficial burn wasn’t the issue. The whole time he was falling, he was
trying to control lightening that was literally burning him from the inside
out.

Damn, son, that’s fucking
metal.