Pu-on Tim
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| 浦安添 Pu-on Tim |
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Middle-aged |
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Male |
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Black |
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Brown |
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Playwright |
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The Ember Island Players (mentioned) |
Pu-on Tim is an acclaimed Earth Kingdom playwright. He is best known for his play based on the life of the Avatar "The Boy in the Iceberg", considered to be his seminal work.
[edit] Biography
Writing "The Boy in the Iceberg" almost drove Pu-on Tim insane. He would spend weeks at a time on the road, staying up for days, researching leads, and following the Avatar. He literally has hundreds of scrolls filled with notes about the Avatar. It's as if he's managed to talk to every person the Avatar came into contact with. Pu-on Tim often describes the experience of following the Avatar as a painful and blurry dream. But in the end, Pu-on Tim couldn't be happier with his unbiased view of the Avatar and his companions. He calls "The Boy in the Iceberg" his "masterpiece". Sadly, other critics have been less kind about the play, calling it merely "watchable". But in its short time in the theater this play has truly made an impression. In fact some of the audience members like the play so much, they'll even dress up like their favorite characters. It's not uncommon to see several "Prince Zukos" excitedly watching the play.
[edit] Trivia
- Pu-on Tim's name consists of two parts: "Pu" (浦 pǔ), is a Chinese surname meaning "beach", and is one of the Hundred Family Surnames. On-Tim (安添, ān tiān), his given name, roughly reads as "increasing peace". The character 安 (ān) is also used in Aang's name.
- Oddly, when Sokka reads the poster aloud, he does not reverse the order of Pu-on Tim's family and given names, as he does with Toph's.
- Pu-on Tim can be seen on the bottom-right corner of "The Boy in the Iceberg" poster.
- The ending to "The Boy in the Iceberg", in which the Fire Nation gains total victory in the war, is especially odd considering the playwright is from the Earth Kingdom. Because he was performing the play in the Fire Nation, it is possible he was pressured to write a pro-war ending by the Fire Lord's government.
