The finale was great! The end was such a pleasant surprise.
I hope they make a new series, but I kinda also want to stick with Korra and friends too. At least to answer more questions than Avatar did by its end. I would also accept a show centered around Bolin, because he's the best.
Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
I hope they make a new series, but I kinda also want to stick with Korra and friends too. At least to answer more questions than Avatar did by its end. I would also accept a show centered around Lin Bei Fong, because she's the best.
The finale was great! The end was such a pleasant surprise.
I hope they make a new series, but I kinda also want to stick with Korra and friends too. At least to answer more questions than Avatar did by its end. I would also accept a show centered around the genetics of bending and the activity of Tenzin's penis, because his donger is the best.
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Except that Asami will be dust and bones unless Korra dies an untimely death.
Still neat comic.
Really depends on your definition of untimely.
Lots of completely natural ways for a person to die.
When disease hasn't been a highlighted factor in an Avatar's total life span and only death has, I assume that Avatars are inherently highly resistant to disease and other stuff (sans Death).
A good example of this is Korra's ability to withstand mercury poisoning, retain said mercury poisoning (though in smaller quantities) and be able to walk again.
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Except that Asami will be dust and bones unless Korra dies an untimely death.
Still neat comic.
Really depends on your definition of untimely.
Lots of completely natural ways for a person to die.
When disease hasn't been a highlighted factor in an Avatar's total life span and only death has, I assume that Avatars are inherently highly resistant to disease and other stuff (sans Death).
A good example of this is Korra's ability to withstand mercury poisoning, retain said mercury poisoning (though in smaller quantities) and be able to walk again.
We've got a sample size of 4 here.
None of the other thousands of avatar's life stories (well, death stories) have been told
just sayin
i reckon this story could work naturally
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Yeah, longevity hasn't been an explicit Avatar power. Bumi and Sozin were both ancient too.
The reasons for longevity within the show has been very vague. I wouldn't read in to it any more than "We wanted to make it clear this character is extra-fucking-ordinary."
The reasons for longevity within the show has been very vague. I wouldn't read in to it any more than "We wanted to make it clear this character is extra-fucking-ordinary."
Plus Kiyoshi's super-old age is partly because they fucked up on realizing the time scale.
I'd imagine that early death would be an unfortunate side effect of being expected to reign in an entire planets worth of crazy benders in order to maintain balance.
I mean, bending allnfour elements can only go so far wheb facing armies.
Man, I was nervous when they we're describing Gaara's powers. Anime is hax to the max, and I'mma let you finish, but Toph Beifong is the greatest Earthbender of all time. :biggrin:
Finishing Season 4, it kind of strikes me as odd that Kuvira was 100% right?
I mean, she was driving that fascist bandwagon, but without that she was actually pretty justified?
She was right that Lin should have stepped up and aided the Earth Empire and she was right that Republic city WAS actually just putting a puppet prince on the throne with their handpicked advisor's actually doing the hard work, basically making Republic City head of the Earth Kingdom?
If she didn't go full Stalin it would have been a....well, way too complicated issue for a kid's show to handle!
That was the point of the series though. The villains are not wrong. They lack balance. They have allowed one aspect to so dominate them that they lose perspective and become complete shits. That is why Korra deals with Kuvira the way she does. This series was never about the big quest to stop pure evil, but about bringing balance to their goals. Amon, Book 2 villain, Zaheer, and Kuvira are all right up until they hit nut bag territory.
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Yes what may confuse is that the main character, to whom you might look to for guidance on how to interpret the bad guys actions, has had an attitude up until halfway through the last season that could be accurately summarised as "Not working? Punch them harder!"
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This is my piece for the upcoming The Legend of Korra / Avatar: The Last Airbender Tribute Exhibition at Gallery Nucleus, opening this Saturday, March 7th, 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Mike and I will be there doing a signing for the first half of the reception (there are a limited number of spots in the signing line, but I’m not sure how they are working that), and hanging out for the rest. I think there will be a raffle, and plenty of cool stuff to purchase. A bunch of the crew members from the production will be there too (hopefully including some ATLA folks), so it is going to be a fun family reunion for us. I can’t wait to see all of the incredible artwork.
As for this piece, I used and modified Emily Tetri's production painting of Harmony Tower (designed by Lee Jung-Su). Otherwise, I drew and painted the rest of it. I based the turtle-duck boats on the charming swan boats I saw while visiting Ueno Park in Tokyo. Gallery Nucleus will be selling the above artwork as an exclusive print, in a limited edition of 100, to be released on opening night (and I’m pretty sure I’ll be signing them). I will be donating 100% of my share of the proceeds to an LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline.
I hope to see you Saturday! Get there early, as the lines for these Gallery Nucleus openings wrap all the way around a city block. If you can’t make it to the opening, the show will be hanging for two weeks. There is an event being planned for the closing as well. More on that later.
Is it just me, or is Toph the only person other than Raava who understands that Aang and Korra aren't two different people, they're one person in different incarnations? Everyone else has been like "I knew your predecessor, Avatar Aang" and then Toph is like "I knew you back when you were Aang."
If Toph doesn't say something along the lines of "Do or do not, there is no try" in episode three, I'll be sort of vaguely disappointed. Especially after "wiggle your big toe" in E2.
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Yes what may confuse is that the main character, to whom you might look to for guidance on how to interpret the bad guys actions, has had an attitude up until halfway through the last season that could be accurately summarised as "Not working? Punch them harder!"
but then said person fails to simply punch harder and tries to get all philosophical about it.
They are different people. They're linked, well, were linked, by Raava but they aren't the same person.
Raava herself tells Won that they were bound forever. Later, when Won is dying, Raava talks about how they would never give up.
Where in the canon does anything come up that supersedes Raava's opinion on the matter?
Yes, as a group. They would not give up.
Every avatar is a unique person. Raava is the reincarnated spirit that connects them all.
The uniqueness of each Avatar doesn't mean that the Avatar's spirit isn't reincarnated. The impression I got was that Raava and Won's spirits are continually reincarnated. Though the Avatar doesn't reappear again and again with the same personality or memories (without the use of the Avatar connection), that doesn't mean it's not the same spirit, and that there aren't some remnants of their former self that is preserved.
For instance, the Avatar selection process involves showing a child a selection of objects and seeing which one resonates with them. A personal connection to those objects belonging to previous Avatars seems more likely to come from a spiritual link on the part of the Avatar, and not on the part of Raava. The times we've observed this process, the Avatar hasn't tapped into their previous memories the way we've seen them do throughout the series.
The Avatar selection process also seems similar to one of the tests used when it comes to finding the next Dalai Lama reincarnation.
Toph would be correct if Korra and Aang possess the same spirit, and upon death it's sort of reset, only for a new person to grow. Which is what I think is happening, and what falls in line with certain Buddhist teachings on reincarnation, as a process that occurs without a continued stream of consciousness. Given the show's very deliberate reference, I think it's quite likely its take on the Avatar's rebirth is similar.
A point of hindu-flavoured rebirth is that individual persons are illusory. Depending on sect, rebirth doesn't concern persons.
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I do like that the show is introducing people who would normally not be exposed to these kinds of non-Western concepts and traditions, especially early on. It may not be perfect in the execution, but what is?
Pre-convergence, it doesn't make an appreciable difference if Aang is Roku or not, as Roku's mind is preserved intact and can manifest wholesale, even speaking to bystanders and casting spells.
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I hope they make a new series, but I kinda also want to stick with Korra and friends too. At least to answer more questions than Avatar did by its end. I would also accept a show centered around Bolin, because he's the best.
Except that Asami will be dust and bones unless Korra dies an untimely death.
Still neat comic.
Even if they make it to old age death beds don't seem to be the final location so much as death fields or death craters.
Really depends on your definition of untimely.
Lots of completely natural ways for a person to die.
When disease hasn't been a highlighted factor in an Avatar's total life span and only death has, I assume that Avatars are inherently highly resistant to disease and other stuff (sans Death).
A good example of this is Korra's ability to withstand mercury poisoning, retain said mercury poisoning (though in smaller quantities) and be able to walk again.
We've got a sample size of 4 here.
None of the other thousands of avatar's life stories (well, death stories) have been told
just sayin
i reckon this story could work naturally
Plus Kiyoshi's super-old age is partly because they fucked up on realizing the time scale.
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Kinda get the impression they didn't really think through the time scales that much.
still you get 100 people in the same room yer gonna need a big room
let alone some poor schmucks head
I mean, bending allnfour elements can only go so far wheb facing armies.
I mean, she was driving that fascist bandwagon, but without that she was actually pretty justified?
She was right that Lin should have stepped up and aided the Earth Empire and she was right that Republic city WAS actually just putting a puppet prince on the throne with their handpicked advisor's actually doing the hard work, basically making Republic City head of the Earth Kingdom?
If she didn't go full Stalin it would have been a....well, way too complicated issue for a kid's show to handle!
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Well, the first episode at least.
I'm finally going to be able to watch season four!
Is it just me, or is Toph the only person other than Raava who understands that Aang and Korra aren't two different people, they're one person in different incarnations? Everyone else has been like "I knew your predecessor, Avatar Aang" and then Toph is like "I knew you back when you were Aang."
If Toph doesn't say something along the lines of "Do or do not, there is no try" in episode three, I'll be sort of vaguely disappointed. Especially after "wiggle your big toe" in E2.
Raava herself tells Won that they were bound forever. Later, when Won is dying, Raava talks about how they would never give up.
Where in the canon does anything come up that supersedes Raava's opinion on the matter?
but then said person fails to simply punch harder and tries to get all philosophical about it.
Yes, as a group. They would not give up.
Every avatar is a unique person. Raava is the reincarnated spirit that connects them all.
The uniqueness of each Avatar doesn't mean that the Avatar's spirit isn't reincarnated. The impression I got was that Raava and Won's spirits are continually reincarnated. Though the Avatar doesn't reappear again and again with the same personality or memories (without the use of the Avatar connection), that doesn't mean it's not the same spirit, and that there aren't some remnants of their former self that is preserved.
For instance, the Avatar selection process involves showing a child a selection of objects and seeing which one resonates with them. A personal connection to those objects belonging to previous Avatars seems more likely to come from a spiritual link on the part of the Avatar, and not on the part of Raava. The times we've observed this process, the Avatar hasn't tapped into their previous memories the way we've seen them do throughout the series.
The Avatar selection process also seems similar to one of the tests used when it comes to finding the next Dalai Lama reincarnation.
Toph would be correct if Korra and Aang possess the same spirit, and upon death it's sort of reset, only for a new person to grow. Which is what I think is happening, and what falls in line with certain Buddhist teachings on reincarnation, as a process that occurs without a continued stream of consciousness. Given the show's very deliberate reference, I think it's quite likely its take on the Avatar's rebirth is similar.
A point of hindu-flavoured rebirth is that individual persons are illusory. Depending on sect, rebirth doesn't concern persons.