imagine you knew a dude and you were pretty chill with him, maybe you were friends but youre not really sure, but one day he just starts attacking you and gets taken away by the cops and you never see him again. a few months later you go to a play with your new group of friends and you find out via the play he died. thats how zuko felt watching jet die in the ember island players episode
zuko watching stage jet play around in some trees with the original trio: oh cool I didn’t know you guys knew jet. i met him once on a trip to ba sing se, we stole some food, got into the city, had a fight, and he was hauled off by the dai li and i havent seen him since lol
zuko watching stage jet get brainwashed and die: WHAT THE FUCK
Zuko’s having a minor crisis here and Sokka thinks he’s just referring to the play.