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* In the first season, it's apparently autumn: the trees in the park where Korra met Gommu in the first episode are all yellow and brown, and it's apparently cold throughout the rest of the season, with light snowfall being visible on a couple of nights. This fits well with bending cosmology: Winter is the season of water, Spring is the season of earth, Summer is the season of fire, and Autumn is the season of air. Korra Book One is Air, following A:TLA's three other books, so it makes sense for [=TLoK=] to start during the Fall. Fast foreward to Season 2: it's mentioned that it's six months after the death of Amon, and ...it's right before the Winter Solstice. Either Avatar World has some serious climate change issues, or someone on the writing team didn't do the math.
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* In the first season, it's apparently autumn: the trees in the park where Korra met Gommu in the first episode are all yellow and brown, and it's apparently cold throughout the rest of the season, with light snowfall being visible on a couple of nights. This fits well with bending cosmology: Winter is the season of water, Spring is the season of earth, Summer is the season of fire, and Autumn is the season of air. Korra Book One is Air, following A:TLA's three other books, so it makes sense for [=TLoK=] to start during the Fall. Fast foreward forward to Season 2: it's mentioned that it's six months after the death of Amon, and ...it's right before the Winter Solstice. Either Avatar World has some serious climate change issues, or someone on the writing team didn't do the math.
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** It's also possible that people in the Avatarverse are using the word "platinum" as a super and convenient catch-all term for any super-refined metals.
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** It's also possible that people in the Avatarverse are using the word "platinum" as a super and convenient catch-all term for any super-refined metals.
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** The thing is, the Avatar state consists of two parts: previous Avatars' skills + raw power of Raava. Now, Wan fused with Raava at her absolute weakest, whereas Korra did so with Raava at her strongest. What the second Avatar cycle lacks in experience is more or less fully compensated by the sheer firepower it provides.
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** The thing is, the Avatar state consists of two parts: previous Avatars' skills + raw power of Raava. Now, Wan fused with Raava at her absolute weakest, whereas Korra did so with Raava at her strongest. What the second Avatar cycle lacks in experience is more or less fully compensated by the sheer firepower it provides.
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*** No one claimed the spirits are any less biased than the humans. The real problem is ''balance''. Humans take too much. Humans use to much, they do not give nature a chance to recover. Wildfires are caused far more by human carelessness than nature and thus far more damage. Look at what happened to Hei Bei's forest. That only happens because humans were literally destroying the forest. Sure you can say that Wan's people needed to clear some of the forest to make a home. The problem is they were not concerned with the amount of damage they could do and they assumed the spirits were attacking purely out of spite and not concern for the forest. Likewise, Aye-Aye didn't think the humans were destroying the forest for any good reason, assuming they were destroying for the fun of it. Both sides assumed the worst. What they really needed was a moderator to act between them.
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** The [=ATLA=] comics reveal that Republic City started as a mining town, so it stands to reason that mining for metals is one of its biggest industries and may even have access to large platinum deposits.
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** Because Tenzin wanted to break the news, in person, as he knew Korra would be upset. She likely would have been more upset/angry if Tenzin had just sent a letter. A letter likewise could be more easily misunderstood than a face to face conversation. Tenzin also visiting Katara and likely conversing with the rest of the White Lotus as well.
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** Combat-ineffective? Hardly. Just because its users are not as inclined to lethal blows doesn't mean that it's somehow less useful in combat. Also, in that part Korra is also ''dying of poison'', which is going to seriously limit her abilities. I don't think it's indicative of the Avatar State's actual strength. It's like saying a rifle became weaker because in one scene it was being fired by a healthy commando, but in the next it was being fired by someone with a broken hand.
** Not saying it isn't as useful, just not as effective at fighting compared to firebending (which can incinerate your opponents), earthbending (which could crush them or restrain them in a column of stone), or waterbending (which can drown them or freeze them in a block of ice). Airbending can knock people around, for sure, but even Zaheer's suffocation move seems to be a finishing thing, something he's not able able to do unless his opponent is already incapacitated. There's a reason he spends most of the fight at a distance while dodging most of Korra's attacks.
** Gyatso was found next to dozens of Firebender bodies -- firebenders who would have died ''amped up by Sozin's Comet''. Zaheer fought and beat Kya, a master waterbender. Aang beat damn near everyone he fought one-on-one before he picked up any of the other elements. The idea that airbending isn't effective in combat is belied by literally the entirety of both series. The reason he spends most of the fight dodging is because Korra is in the Avatar State and not dodging means death, not because Zaheer's airbending (which, again, he has used repeatedly throughout the series to ''trounce'' experienced, expert benders) is inherently weak.
** Maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't recall Aang winning very many direct confrontations when he was using only airbending. The one that sticks out most was his first encounter with Zuko, who had underestimated him and was trying to capture him alive. And I'll give you that Gyatso did take down a good number of firebenders in his dying moments (though I'd also argue that airbending has its own sort of natural efficiency against firebending, as demonstrated many times), but that doesn't change the simple fact that air, on its own, is less likely to cause significant damage than water, earth, fire, or a combination of them. I don't mean any disrespect towards air; it's just the way the world works.
*** Airbending's combat efficacy seems to be partly due to it's rarity. In ''Avatar's'' early episodes, the only person alive who'd seen an airbender in action was King Bumi (who thrashes Aang in their encounter). Only a handful of elite benders were shown capable of standing up to Aang, even without his Avatar abilities. In ''TLOK'', for the first half of the series, the only Airbenders around were Aang's descendants and Korra. Airbending is clearly OP as hell (ex: How Tarrlok only makes his move against Korra when he realizes she can't airbend, Zaheer being nigh-unbeatable, despite having no practical training and only theoretical knowledge of airbending.), but people clearly being caught flatfooted when confronted with airbending only adds to it's prowess.
* It should be remembered that Aang's Avatar State differed from Korra's not just by having the past Avatars' experience but also in that Aang never really mastered his Avatar State, so every time it triggered he went completely berserk and never held back. Korra on the other hand had full control and so wasn't going all out all the time, so she seems weaker because she's deliberately holding back.
** Aang had mastered the state the last two times we see him use it in ATLA: The Season 3 finale (when he triggers the state willfully, but is lightning backstabbed by Azula before he could act) and during the showdown with Ozai (Watch again: Once his chakra is unblocked, Aang is in full control).
*** Aang wasn't in full control either of those times. Mastering the Avatar state is more than just learning to trigger it at will. It takes time and experience to master it, even Roku never mastered it completely
** Yeah, Aang absolutely did master the Avatar State. In the flashbacks in this series we see Aang as an adult use it in full control.
** Not saying it isn't as useful, just not as effective at fighting compared to firebending (which can incinerate your opponents), earthbending (which could crush them or restrain them in a column of stone), or waterbending (which can drown them or freeze them in a block of ice). Airbending can knock people around, for sure, but even Zaheer's suffocation move seems to be a finishing thing, something he's not able able to do unless his opponent is already incapacitated. There's a reason he spends most of the fight at a distance while dodging most of Korra's attacks.
** Gyatso was found next to dozens of Firebender bodies -- firebenders who would have died ''amped up by Sozin's Comet''. Zaheer fought and beat Kya, a master waterbender. Aang beat damn near everyone he fought one-on-one before he picked up any of the other elements. The idea that airbending isn't effective in combat is belied by literally the entirety of both series. The reason he spends most of the fight dodging is because Korra is in the Avatar State and not dodging means death, not because Zaheer's airbending (which, again, he has used repeatedly throughout the series to ''trounce'' experienced, expert benders) is inherently weak.
** Maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't recall Aang winning very many direct confrontations when he was using only airbending. The one that sticks out most was his first encounter with Zuko, who had underestimated him and was trying to capture him alive. And I'll give you that Gyatso did take down a good number of firebenders in his dying moments (though I'd also argue that airbending has its own sort of natural efficiency against firebending, as demonstrated many times), but that doesn't change the simple fact that air, on its own, is less likely to cause significant damage than water, earth, fire, or a combination of them. I don't mean any disrespect towards air; it's just the way the world works.
*** Airbending's combat efficacy seems to be partly due to it's rarity. In ''Avatar's'' early episodes, the only person alive who'd seen an airbender in action was King Bumi (who thrashes Aang in their encounter). Only a handful of elite benders were shown capable of standing up to Aang, even without his Avatar abilities. In ''TLOK'', for the first half of the series, the only Airbenders around were Aang's descendants and Korra. Airbending is clearly OP as hell (ex: How Tarrlok only makes his move against Korra when he realizes she can't airbend, Zaheer being nigh-unbeatable, despite having no practical training and only theoretical knowledge of airbending.), but people clearly being caught flatfooted when confronted with airbending only adds to it's prowess.
* It should be remembered that Aang's Avatar State differed from Korra's not just by having the past Avatars' experience but also in that Aang never really mastered his Avatar State, so every time it triggered he went completely berserk and never held back. Korra on the other hand had full control and so wasn't going all out all the time, so she seems weaker because she's deliberately holding back.
** Aang had mastered the state the last two times we see him use it in ATLA: The Season 3 finale (when he triggers the state willfully, but is lightning backstabbed by Azula before he could act) and during the showdown with Ozai (Watch again: Once his chakra is unblocked, Aang is in full control).
*** Aang wasn't in full control either of those times. Mastering the Avatar state is more than just learning to trigger it at will. It takes time and experience to master it, even Roku never mastered it completely
** Yeah, Aang absolutely did master the Avatar State. In the flashbacks in this series we see Aang as an adult use it in full control.
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** Combat-ineffective? Hardly. Just because its users are not as inclined to lethal blows doesn't mean that it's somehow less useful in combat. Also, in that part Korra is also ''dying of poison'', which is going to seriously limit her abilities. I don't think it's indicative of the Avatar State's actual strength. It's like saying a rifle became weaker because in one scene it was being fired by a healthy commando, but in the next it was being fired by someone with a broken hand.
** Not saying it isn't as useful, just not as effective at fighting compared to firebending (which can incinerate your opponents), earthbending (which could crush them or restrain them in a column of stone), or waterbending (which can drown them or freeze them in a block of ice). Airbending can knock people around, for sure, but even Zaheer's suffocation move seems to be a finishing thing, something he's not able able to do unless his opponent is already incapacitated. There's a reason he spends most of the fight at a distance while dodging most of Korra's attacks.
** Gyatso was found next to dozens of Firebender bodies -- firebenders who would have died ''amped up by Sozin's Comet''. Zaheer fought and beat Kya, a master waterbender. Aang beat damn near everyone he fought one-on-one before he picked up any of the other elements. The idea that airbending isn't effective in combat is belied by literally the entirety of both series. The reason he spends most of the fight dodging is because Korra is in the Avatar State and not dodging means death, not because Zaheer's airbending (which, again, he has used repeatedly throughout the series to ''trounce'' experienced, expert benders) is inherently weak.
** Maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't recall Aang winning very many direct confrontations when he was using only airbending. The one that sticks out most was his first encounter with Zuko, who had underestimated him and was trying to capture him alive. And I'll give you that Gyatso did take down a good number of firebenders in his dying moments (though I'd also argue that airbending has its own sort of natural efficiency against firebending, as demonstrated many times), but that doesn't change the simple fact that air, on its own, is less likely to cause significant damage than water, earth, fire, or a combination of them. I don't mean any disrespect towards air; it's just the way the world works.
*** Airbending's combat efficacy seems to be partly due to it's rarity. In ''Avatar's'' early episodes, the only person alive who'd seen an airbender in action was King Bumi (who thrashes Aang in their encounter). Only a handful of elite benders were shown capable of standing up to Aang, even without his Avatar abilities. In ''TLOK'', for the first half of the series, the only Airbenders around were Aang's descendants and Korra. Airbending is clearly OP as hell (ex: How Tarrlok only makes his move against Korra when he realizes she can't airbend, Zaheer being nigh-unbeatable, despite having no practical training and only theoretical knowledge of airbending.), but people clearly being caught flatfooted when confronted with airbending only adds to it's prowess.
* It should be remembered that Aang's Avatar State differed from Korra's not just by having the past Avatars' experience but also in that Aang never really mastered his Avatar State, so every time it triggered he went completely berserk and never held back. Korra on the other hand had full control and so wasn't going all out all the time, so she seems weaker because she's deliberately holding back.
** Aang had mastered the state the last two times we see him use it in ATLA: The Season 3 finale (when he triggers the state willfully, but is lightning backstabbed by Azula before he could act) and during the showdown with Ozai (Watch again: Once his chakra is unblocked, Aang is in full control).
*** Aang wasn't in full control either of those times. Mastering the Avatar state is more than just learning to trigger it at will. It takes time and experience to master it, even Roku never mastered it completely
** Yeah, Aang absolutely did master the Avatar State. In the flashbacks in this series we see Aang as an adult use it in full control.
** Not saying it isn't as useful, just not as effective at fighting compared to firebending (which can incinerate your opponents), earthbending (which could crush them or restrain them in a column of stone), or waterbending (which can drown them or freeze them in a block of ice). Airbending can knock people around, for sure, but even Zaheer's suffocation move seems to be a finishing thing, something he's not able able to do unless his opponent is already incapacitated. There's a reason he spends most of the fight at a distance while dodging most of Korra's attacks.
** Gyatso was found next to dozens of Firebender bodies -- firebenders who would have died ''amped up by Sozin's Comet''. Zaheer fought and beat Kya, a master waterbender. Aang beat damn near everyone he fought one-on-one before he picked up any of the other elements. The idea that airbending isn't effective in combat is belied by literally the entirety of both series. The reason he spends most of the fight dodging is because Korra is in the Avatar State and not dodging means death, not because Zaheer's airbending (which, again, he has used repeatedly throughout the series to ''trounce'' experienced, expert benders) is inherently weak.
** Maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't recall Aang winning very many direct confrontations when he was using only airbending. The one that sticks out most was his first encounter with Zuko, who had underestimated him and was trying to capture him alive. And I'll give you that Gyatso did take down a good number of firebenders in his dying moments (though I'd also argue that airbending has its own sort of natural efficiency against firebending, as demonstrated many times), but that doesn't change the simple fact that air, on its own, is less likely to cause significant damage than water, earth, fire, or a combination of them. I don't mean any disrespect towards air; it's just the way the world works.
*** Airbending's combat efficacy seems to be partly due to it's rarity. In ''Avatar's'' early episodes, the only person alive who'd seen an airbender in action was King Bumi (who thrashes Aang in their encounter). Only a handful of elite benders were shown capable of standing up to Aang, even without his Avatar abilities. In ''TLOK'', for the first half of the series, the only Airbenders around were Aang's descendants and Korra. Airbending is clearly OP as hell (ex: How Tarrlok only makes his move against Korra when he realizes she can't airbend, Zaheer being nigh-unbeatable, despite having no practical training and only theoretical knowledge of airbending.), but people clearly being caught flatfooted when confronted with airbending only adds to it's prowess.
* It should be remembered that Aang's Avatar State differed from Korra's not just by having the past Avatars' experience but also in that Aang never really mastered his Avatar State, so every time it triggered he went completely berserk and never held back. Korra on the other hand had full control and so wasn't going all out all the time, so she seems weaker because she's deliberately holding back.
** Aang had mastered the state the last two times we see him use it in ATLA: The Season 3 finale (when he triggers the state willfully, but is lightning backstabbed by Azula before he could act) and during the showdown with Ozai (Watch again: Once his chakra is unblocked, Aang is in full control).
*** Aang wasn't in full control either of those times. Mastering the Avatar state is more than just learning to trigger it at will. It takes time and experience to master it, even Roku never mastered it completely
** Yeah, Aang absolutely did master the Avatar State. In the flashbacks in this series we see Aang as an adult use it in full control.
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** Thing is, TheScrappy is a trope that only applies to what the audience thinks. The show can try to portray someone as a complex character with meaningful and understandable motives, but it's whether the audience buys into that interpretation that really matters. Just like how someone can be a DesignatedHero even if the work tries to paint them as a genuine good guy.
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* Since this is about mischellanous Headscratchers and this one is an out-of-universe question, I think it's better to put this here instead of the Book 2 page. Regardless, isn't Unalaq's [[TheScrappy scrappy status]] a bit unearned? Judging by the series rather than what the fandom itself thinks, it is made clear by not just Unalaq himself, but also Korra and Toph, that he is not a one dimensional cartoon supervillain like the trope says he is, but a [[KnightTemplar well-intentioned, yet delusional person who started off with the best of interests but went to extremes in doing so]], just like the other [[BigBad, Big Bads]]. And it's not just a lie he made up to gain power, because he continues to genuinely believe in this rehtoric after he's revealed to be the villain, saying what Avatar Wan did by closing the human and spirit portals was not good
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* Since this is about mischellanous Headscratchers and this one is an out-of-universe question, I think it's better to put this here instead of the Book 2 page. Regardless, isn't Unalaq's [[TheScrappy scrappy status]] a bit unearned? Judging by the series rather than what the fandom itself thinks, it is made clear by not just Unalaq himself, but also Korra and Toph, that he is not a one dimensional cartoon supervillain like the trope says he is, but a [[KnightTemplar well-intentioned, yet delusional person who started off with the best of interests but went to extremes in doing so]], just like the other [[BigBad, Big Bads]]. And it's not just a lie he made up to gain power, because he continues to genuinely believe in this rehtoric after he's revealed to be the villain, saying what Avatar Wan did by closing the human and spirit portals was not goodgood and that the Avatar has only brought chaos, something he seeks to rectify by uniting spirits and humans together again (he would have no reason to lie about his motivations because everyone that heard his speech already knows he's evil, so there's no point to fool anybody). True, he intends to do all of this by fusing with the closest thing to Satan this universe has, but that's only supervillainy if you think Satan is evil, and there are some who don't see him as bad. Unalaq could be similar to them. Sure he reaches OmnicidalManiac status in the end, but only after the fusion and it doesn't change the fact he thinks his ideals are the right one, not just a TakeOverTheWorld for the hell of it, Muahahaha bad guy the fandom seems to paint him as. (That's more in line with Varrick's propaganda version, and we know Varrick CANNOT stand Unalaq and wants a war for profit so he can't make him look like someone with a point or good intentions). And there is also his point, which Korra agrees with, as well as Toph. So why do people say there is nothing complex about him?
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