Avatar: The Last Airbender, Legend of Korra, etc

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Mako: Here Korra, you forgot your coat.
Korra: Thanks Mako!

*Cut to Asami, looking like someone shot her puppy*

Well, should be interesting to see what Amon gets up to next.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Assuming he--

Ah, crap!

Have you seen the season finale yet?

[Zaleramancer]

Yes.

Because explosions that leave no bodies are totally a method of permanently killing people.

He's to good of a villain to just be killed off like that. He'll probably show up later, once everyone's found out he's "Dead".

I'm certain his bending will be removed at some point, just for irony.  

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Well, yeah, I know that, but you don't know it left no body.

Not to mention, no_name read somewhere that there'd be a different villain in the second season.

Then again, that may not be reliable. Ah, well, who knows? I think I'll just be happy for whatever they decide to do. Cause personally, there's a lot I'd like to see, but I know they probably won't get to it all.

[Philote]

I'm already disappointed that they changed him from being a non-bender, so I just hope they at least leave him dead.

[Vespert]

To me, the finale seemed rushed and there were some unexplained things:
How did Bloodbending allow Amon to block people's bending?
Why did it not prevent Korra from unlocking Airbending?
How and when did Tenzin and his family get captured?
How can Aang's spirit energybend?

[Zaleramancer]

My guess is some kind of rewiring of their Chi Paths or something.

Possibly because she couldn't airbend at that point in time, and the rewiring above forced it out. That, and she really needed it at that point in time to save Mako. Emotions can inspire new strength.

No idea. Should be interesting to find out.

Spirit Magic. ~0o0o0o0o0o~

[Zaleramancer]

Guess who these two are.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

I heard something about there being one distinct villain per season, so I think Amon may be permanently done.

Personally, I think it was a fitting end. He saw bending as an evil, and bending was his very undoing. His father sought to use his sons to avenge him, and they ended up disgraced just like him. Not going down in some honorable blaze of rebel glory, but just as shameful as their father before them.

I rather like the idea that another villain will be coming for season two.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Yeah, the finale did seem rushed, they could have maybe given it two or three more episodes. However, as a superhuman ability expert, I think I may be able to clarify some things.

Vespert wrote

To me, the finale seemed rushed and there were some unexplained things:
How did Bloodbending allow Amon to block people's bending? Bending is accomplished through, among other things, accessing numerous chi paths. Remember Guru Pathik and Aang? He taught Aang how to access these different paths, and it was believed that, if he was fully successful, he would be able to master the Avatar State. Likewise, if you interrupt them, you interrupt Avatar abilities. And since Waterbending can be used to heal (purportedly to open chi paths, as stated when people thought healers could restore Tahon's bending), it can also be assumed that interruption of chi paths, and thus interruption of bending powers, may be done by Waterbending as well.

Why did it not prevent Korra from unlocking Airbending? My belief is that the answer is very simple. Since Airbenders aren't exactly around all over the place for study, it's probably not known what pressure points, or chi paths, may be blocked to block Airbending. So, while the others were blocked, the last element, that Korra had yet to unlock, was uninterrupted when, at last, she unlocked it.

How and when did Tenzin and his family get captured? My guess is, there was some smaller, faster transport sent out after Tenzin's family after they caught Lin trying to sabotage their ships.

How can Aang's spirit energybend? My guess is, this is just a representative action to satisfy viewers with an epic depiction of a spiritual experience (for those of you who don't completely buy the workings of the spirit world, without being able to see them). In actuality, her current state left her willing to accept any solution to her problem, whether mortal or supernatural, and so she probably was just more willing to hear from the spiritual side of herself (her previous incarnations), when they had been trying to contact her all along. Having been given the chance to make contact, Aang manifests to her, along with the rest of the Avatars, and she gains access to the knowledge that they all possessed (including Aang's knowledge of Energybending, which was passed on to him by the Lion Turtle). In all actuality, though, the spirits of past Avatars cannot still bend, otherwise, they might still be roaming about, policing the world on their own, along with the living Avatar.

I think more perplexing questions might be:

"Why haven't Fire Lord Zuko, Kya (Tenzin's sister), Mai, Ty Lee, Azula, Ozai, Iroh, etc made an appearance yet??? And why did Bumi take till the very end of the first season to make a cameo???"

"How did Princess Yue's physical body BECOME a SPIRIT???"

And, MOST IMPORTANTLY:

"WHERE IS ZUKO'S MOTHER, URSA???"

Though, even the second question about Yue, I have a theory about.

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 Hehehe...Pabu.

But, why does Naga look like she's a guy in drag? Not because of her physical size (I've met plenty of Amazons in my personal life), but she has feet like Kyoshi, and her face actually looks kind of masculine (at least the chin does).

[Philote]

Amon went from being "The Solution" and an actual threat to the Avatar, to just a manipulating bender who did not even fit in with his own revolution and who was easily defeated.

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Sounds like Hitler to me. Just with better results on the side of good.

It's what makes his end so fitting.

[Philote]

My idea for an interesting Avatar series:

The third Avatar completes its training and successfully becomes a fully realized Avatar. Without any major threats in the world, this Avatar trains its spiritual side and eventually enters the Spirit World to deal with the problems there. As I think it was mentioned in ATLA, the Avatar is unable to use bending in the Spirit World, so for most of the series the Avatar journeys to open up the sources of bending in the Spirit World and deal with the malevolent Spirits along the way. At the beginning, the Avatar would be able to still Energy bend, and since the Avatar would be in the Spirit World, Aang and Korra would be able to materialize, at the same age as the current Avatar, to assist him. The series could also reveal more about the origins and purpose of the Avatar. At the end, with the sources of bending in the Spirit World open, bending has changed in the real world, making way for the Fourth Avatar Series.

[Philote]

Still not satisfied, they could of made it so much better if he was actually a non-bender and stuck to his goals.

The way they did the relationships didn't seem to flow well either.

[Vespert]

Shadowulf1 (Wulf) wrote

Bending is accomplished through, among other things, accessing numerous chi paths. Remember Guru Pathik and Aang? He taught Aang how to access these different paths, and it was believed that, if he was fully successful, he would be able to master the Avatar State. Likewise, if you interrupt them, you interrupt Avatar abilities. And since Waterbending can be used to heal (purportedly to open chi paths, as stated when people thought healers could restore Tahon's bending), it can also be assumed that interruption of chi paths, and thus interruption of bending powers, may be done by Waterbending as well.

That makes sense. Then, maybe advanced healers could unlock chi paths blocked by advanced Bloodbending. The reason why they couldn't heal them lay be because they weren't used to deal with such a technique... Hmm, no, then there wouldn't be much reason for Energybending if highly-trained Waterbender could mimic its effects.

My belief is that the answer is very simple. Since Airbenders aren't exactly around all over the place for study, it's probably not known what pressure points, or chi paths, may be blocked to block Airbending. So, while the others were blocked, the last element, that Korra had yet to unlock, was uninterrupted when, at last, she unlocked it.

Ooooh, I like that reason!

"Why haven't Fire Lord Zuko, Kya (Tenzin's sister), Mai, Ty Lee, Azula, Ozai, Iroh, etc made an appearance yet??? And why did Bumi take till the very end of the first season to make a cameo???"
Maybe because they all died (with the exception of Kya, of course). At least, it would make sense for Ozai, Iroh and Bumi since they were adults during ATLA. I hope Azula's dead, or at least forever confined within an asylum. And it was Aang's son, Bumi, who appeared at the end. Not Bumi, Aang's weird friend.

"How did Princess Yue's physical body BECOME a SPIRIT???"
Maybe because it would shock children if they saw Sokka holding Yue's corpse? Just like how adult Aang didn't perform Energybending on Korra the usual way: to avoid showing him putting his hand between her breasts

And, MOST IMPORTANTLY:

"WHERE IS ZUKO'S MOTHER, URSA???"
Obviously, she's dead by now. 

Though, even the second question about Yue, I have a theory about.

If there is a second season, I hope to see more of General Iroh. He didn't do much during this season and he only managed to have his fleet destroyed and himself captured.

And another question.

Why does Aang's memorial statue depit him as a child and not an adult, since he obviously died as an adult?

[Philote]

I think it shows him at his age when republic city was founded, since it shows him older than he was during the series.

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Vespert wrote

Shadowulf1 (Wulf) wrote

Vespert wrote

To me, the finale seemed rushed and there were some unexplained things:
How did Bloodbending allow Amon to block people's bending? Bending is accomplished through, among other things, accessing numerous chi paths. Remember Guru Pathik and Aang? He taught Aang how to access these different paths, and it was believed that, if he was fully successful, he would be able to master the Avatar State. Likewise, if you interrupt them, you interrupt Avatar abilities. And since Waterbending can be used to heal (purportedly to open chi paths, as stated when people thought healers could restore Tahon's bending), it can also be assumed that interruption of chi paths, and thus interruption of bending powers, may be done by Waterbending as well.That makes sense. Then, maybe advanced healers could unlock chi paths blocked by advanced Bloodbending. The reason why they couldn't heal them lay be because they weren't used to deal with such a technique... Hmm, no, then there wouldn't be much reason for Energybending if highly-trained Waterbender could mimic its effects. Hey, my reason, was just speculation. I didn't say I had a definite solution. Not to mention, Energybending likely has WAY more uses than just those we've seen. I wouldn't be shocked if bending styles did have some conflicting capabilities, like Energybending and Firebending being able to produce electricity

Why did it not prevent Korra from unlocking Airbending? My belief is that the answer is very simple. Since Airbenders aren't exactly around all over the place for study, it's probably not known what pressure points, or chi paths, may be blocked to block Airbending. So, while the others were blocked, the last element, that Korra had yet to unlock, was uninterrupted when, at last, she unlocked it.Ooooh, I like that reason!

I think more perplexing questions might be:

"Why haven't Fire Lord Zuko, Kya (Tenzin's sister), Mai, Ty Lee, Azula, Ozai, Iroh, etc made an appearance yet??? And why did Bumi take till the very end of the first season to make a cameo???"
Maybe because they all died (with the exception of Kya, of course). At least, it would make sense for Ozai, Iroh and Bumi since they were adults during ATLA. I hope Azula's dead, or at least forever confined within an asylum. And it was Aang's son, Bumi, who appeared at the end. Not Bumi, Aang's weird friend. I just wish I could see Aang's kids more in the series, and the others (probably dead by now) more in flashback.

"How did Princess Yue's physical body BECOME a SPIRIT???"
Maybe because it would shock children if they saw Sokka holding Yue's corpse? Just like how adult Aang didn't perform Energybending on Korra the usual way: to avoid showing him putting his hand between her breasts HA! true...

And, MOST IMPORTANTLY:

"WHERE IS ZUKO'S MOTHER, URSA???"
Obviously, she's dead by now.  I meant, I wanted to have some reference to her. What happened to her after her exile, before she died, etc.

Though, even the second question about Yue, I have a theory about.

If there is a second season, I hope to see more of General Iroh. He didn't do much during this season and he only managed to have his fleet destroyed and himself captured. Me, too. I like the potential for his character. I'm sure he'll get more airtime.

And another question.

Why does Aang's memorial statue depict him as a child and not an adult, since he obviously died as an adult? It doesn't show him as a child, I don't think. He looks more like he's in his teens/early adulthood. Maybe that's when he came up with the idea of Republic City.

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He lived about seventy years after the End of the Hundred Year War.