Avatar: The Last Airbender + Legend of Korra

If you could choose what kind of Bender you'd be. What element would you choose?

  • Waterbender

    Votes: 20 29.9%

  • Earthbender

    Votes: 13 19.4%

  • Firebender

    Votes: 22 32.8%

  • Airbender

    Votes: 10 14.9%

  • Non-Bender

    Votes: 2 3.0%
  • Total voters
    67
Smashgoom202 said:
Makes it all the more hilarious to know that Aang revealed that they two guys in question were just toddlers and fighting over a stupid game... But really? the two brothers would hold a grudge over something like that? Seems REALLY stupid and forced...
Probably why it was all made up... Well, fair enough, since they would have continued fighting otherwise, which got on my nerves.
It's a neat twist, and the animation styles of the three stories was pretty cool.
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so uh why did you put one part of the spoiler in a spoiler tag and not the other?

i mean most people have probably already watched so it doesn't matter that much, but doesn't it defeat the purpose of putting things in spoilers??
 
Pearl said:
Smashgoom202 said:
Makes it all the more hilarious to know that Aang revealed that they two guys in question were just toddlers and fighting over a stupid game... But really? the two brothers would hold a grudge over something like that? Seems REALLY stupid and forced...
Probably why it was all made up... Well, fair enough, since they would have continued fighting otherwise, which got on my nerves.
It's a neat twist, and the animation styles of the three stories was pretty cool.
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so uh why did you put one part of the spoiler in a spoiler tag and not the other?

i mean most people have probably already watched so it doesn't matter that much, but doesn't it defeat the purpose of putting things in spoilers??
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People who still haven't seen A:TLA on this forum in it's entirety still exist :P

Some of the best moments of the series are better left if they're surprises to those watching.
 
Pearl said:
Smashgoom202 said:
Makes it all the more hilarious to know that Aang revealed that they two guys in question were just toddlers and fighting over a stupid game... But really? the two brothers would hold a grudge over something like that? Seems REALLY stupid and forced...
Probably why it was all made up... Well, fair enough, since they would have continued fighting otherwise, which got on my nerves.
It's a neat twist, and the animation styles of the three stories was pretty cool.
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so uh why did you put one part of the spoiler in a spoiler tag and not the other?

i mean most people have probably already watched so it doesn't matter that much, but doesn't it defeat the purpose of putting things in spoilers??
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Dunno... Probably because it was a last-minute thing, and maybe I was just subconsciously playing along with the joke.

Incidentally, I just finished the first season, I thought the season finale was awesome and I'm looking forward to the second.
 
season 2 is better just because its finale reaches a teensy bit higher on the epicness ladder

also, leaves from the vine
 
So I just started the second season, and there's one burning (pun not intended, you'll see) question on my mind...

This princess girl, Azula was it? Apparently she controls electricity... I electricity really the same as fire? I feel like that's stretching it a bit... even if the call-back to the uncle guy transferring electricity through is body in that season one episode was pretty cool. But she seems to be quite the perfectionist, almost like Zuko, though Zuko seems to imply that everything just seemed to come naturally to her... Maybe that's just his perspective. Speaking which, I think the whole Zuko/Azula B-plot of this episode is more interesting then Aang dealing with his Avatar State. Zuko is so anxious, so desperate to make his father proud, to be welcomed back with open arms, that he easily falls for Azula's ploy and shouts at his uncle, who really has been the kindest member of his family, especially to Zuko. I think I'm with Doug, in that Zuko might be my favorite character, second only to his uncle. Also, I assume those knots in their hair were a symbol of their relation to the royal family, and cutting them off is supposed to be symbolic of them leaving the family. I like it, it's subtle.

As for the main plot, well, it's certainly an interesting dynamic, and I totally understand both sides, and just how desperate the Earth Kingdom general is, but, eh, couldn't get too invested in that. Or rather, I find myself disliking the guy for trying to push Aang into his Avatar State, not fully understanding what it means or knowing fully of it's awesome power. I think he's a bit too eager to end the war, which is understandable, though I feel he crosses a line when he and his men start attacking Aang, hoping to trigger that state... And then he DEFINITELY crosses a line when he attacks Katara! I mean, really, what do you think will happen?! Do you really think an angered Avatar Aang is going to listen to the guys who just attacked him and his friend?! God, what a freaking dumbass! That being said, as always, the action and fight scenes in this show are great, as always!

Also, I like how the former Avatar, Roku, pops up whenever exposition is needed, and this is good information to know, for future reference. If the Avatar is killed while in his (or her) Avatar state, the Avatar will cease to be... So it's like a glass canon, powerful when used, but incredibly vulnerable; guess that's why is a defense mechanism.

Anyway, sorry to once again comment on episodes long past, I just really wanted to comment on this.
 
It's lightning (lightning's hot and burns things). You'll find that there are some benders who can bend variants of their elements.

Nabber said:
leaves from the vine
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Meh. I don't feel as though you-know-who (the person to whom it was directed) was developed enough for that moment to be as effective as it could have been. I found myself not reacting to it at all.
 
Smashgoom202 said:
Also, I like how the former Avatar, Roku, pops up whenever exposition is needed, and this is good information to know, for future reference. If the Avatar is killed while in his (or her) Avatar state, the Avatar will cease to be... So it's like a glass canon, powerful when used, but incredibly vulnerable; guess that's why is a defense mechanism.
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Roku is actually one of my favorite characters. I don't know why. There's something about him that interests me. Maybe it's the voice, maybe it's his epic scene in the winter solstice episode, maybe it's his backstory. Who knows. For all I know, it could be that his name is one letter off from Goku.
 
...why couldn't all of Korra be like this episode? Beginnings perfectly captured the spirit of the original series. I actually enjoyed it. It provided backstory that was interesting and expanded the series without being contradictory. My only real complaint is in the handling of Yin and Yang; they showed the dark spirit (can't remember its name) as evil, which isn't really the idea of yin and yang. They're supposed to live in harmony, not be locked away forever.
 
Okay, this one was pretty damn good.
An hour long special about the original avatar? Hell yes. I loved the backstory and the unique art style the flashbacks had. It was a cool explanation as to how bending and the avatar came to be. More lion turtles is a good thing. But does this retcon the whole moon spirit/badger mole/dragon/sky bison taught bending? I also loved the bit where Wan goes into the avatar state against Vatu and the original theme from the first series is playing. Now I'm wondering how Unalaq is tied to the dark spirits. Is Vatu manipulating him?

It was also great to see some of the past avatars. Especially Roku.
 
Michael Myers said:
Okay, this one was pretty damn good.
An hour long special about the original avatar? Hell yes. I loved the backstory and the unique art style the flashbacks had. It was a cool explanation as to how bending and the avatar came to be. More lion turtles is a good thing. But does this retcon the whole moon spirit/badger mole/dragon/sky bison taught bending? I also loved the bit where Wan goes into the avatar state against Vatu and the original theme from the first series is playing. Now I'm wondering how Unalaq is tied to the dark spirits. Is Vatu manipulating him?

It was also great to see some of the past avatars. Especially Roku.
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I'm pretty sure that the lion turtles gave the gift of bending, but the animals were what actually taught the art of using it. Before, they basically just threw fireballs without any real style.
 
Tharja said:
What happened during the first ten minutes or so? Missed it unfortunately.
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basically the fire sages put korra into some magic spirit water or whatever and she meets past avatars and discovers Wan who tells her to look for Ravi or Ravu or whatever

and then we see Wan stealing the bread in that clip we saw, and he decides to join a group of huntsmen who go into the spirit forest for food with the power of fire given to them by the lion turtle

something like that
 
I think that Unalaq is being manipulated by Vaatu to release him, with Unalaq's anger toward the Southern Water Tribe about the spirit festival allowing Vaatu to reach out to him. I see no other reason for Unalaq to have gone, but given what happened during Wan's time in that village of airbenders, he's probably not in control of himself (or is being made to think that what he's doing is in the best interest of the tribe, similar to how Wan was tricked into separating Vaatu from Raava).
 
Beginnings, Part 1 and 2
I was going to say this didn't serve a purpose, but it did in the end. So Unalaq is trying to free the spirit of Chaos? I wonder if he knows what it truly is or not.

Good god, Wan IS Aladdin. Giving the food to the animals? OK, maybe he's also a Disney princess.

Hey, the Lion Turtle! So glad they're bringing that back. I like this idea, that everyone has the potential to bend each element. It makes more sense. And makes it a lot less...racist? The fact that the people aren't inherently different, it just depends on their Lion Turtle.

Oh, ok, so the spirit of Chaos has to do with the spirits, not the humans? Because it's pretty obvious humans are the creatures of Chaos, right? My old theory was that since humans are naturally chaotic creatures, and spirits understand more, the Avatar is informed the 'right' way from the spirits, and then they teach the humans about it. Ah, well, the canon screwed up my theory.

So the Avatar is the embodiment of the spirit of peace and light and rainbows and all that. OK, sure. Fine. I accept that. I still like my theory that humans are the embodiment of chaos. Because they are. We can see that.

Overall, great episode. I didn't like the art style at first, but I got used to it. And after 8 episodes we FINALLY understand what the hell we're trying to do in this season. Korra just came at the wrong time, right? So the Harmonic Convergence is going to release the spirit of Chaos, and Korra needs to fight it. Stupid cycles. Why can't it just stay sealed up?
 
I'm not liking this twist, actually. You can't exactly go higher after you fight a god, you know.

Also, I don't see how different native people bending different elements is "racist". I'm sorry, but do you think someone that's born and raised in the South Pole should be a firebender?
 
Based Sora said:
I'm not liking this twist, actually. You can't exactly go higher after you fight a god, you know.

Also, I don't see how different native people bending different elements is "racist". I'm sorry, but do you think someone that's born and raised in the South Pole should be a firebender?
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Nah, of course not. It felt a little racist when people SEPARATED from each other BECAUSE they could bend different elements. Firebending Nazi superiority, anyone? (OK, they're not Nazis, but they DID think that Firebenders were superior)

Anyway, just for the hell of it, here are all the ideas I had for a future Avatar universe which have been proven untrue because of TLoK canon.

The nations were still separated, they just had much more communication with each other.
Aang's children didn't have tattoos because Aang didn't know the exact process in how they made the ink permanent.
There are a bunch of extremists in the Fire Nation who thought Ozai's ideas were the right thing, and want to bring back the Fire Nation dynasty.
The Northern Water tribe was the one that became industrialised, while the South Pole community was still small, because it's colder there.
Also, I decided the Earth Kingdom would become a constitutional monarchy.
...and that's about it
 
Based Sora said:
I'm still failing to see how that's racist...
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OK, maybe not exactly racist, but the way that only certain tribes could bend each element really formed a rift between the four nations. Did you notice how they always wear their nation's colour in TLA? (Although that's for the audience, as well). It basically meant, say "You can't be part of the Fire Nation because you aren't a Firebender and no one in your family is a Firebender". The origin story showed that the people could only bend one certain element BECAUSE they were together with the same Lion Turtle, not the other way around.
 
But there were plenty of non-benders in the Four Nations...minus the Air Nomads, who seemed to always be Airbenders.
 
Of course, but most of them still stuck to their tribes. Probably one of their ancestors was a bender in some way, so they knew what tribe they belonged to.
 
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