Tarrlak is either the best looking geriatric…
…Or Tarrlak has daddy issues.
Barring some use of magic or something keeping him young (I don’t think anything like that exists in the ATLA world, unless he’s not human), but considering Tarrlak isn’t looking anywhere near as old as Katara? However, in those flashbacks, you see someone looking very Tarrlak-like apparently taking the Gaang out one-by-one? I’m guessing Tarrlak’s father was a bending supremacist, the Gaang took him out and now Tarrlak is continuing his dad’s work. At first willing to work with the Avatar — being the supreme bender, so to speak — but when she turned out having a stance not different from the previous Team Avatar, he’s going through the steps trying to neutralize her and her team as well. Just like his dad?
