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** The Equalist Cause is ultimately doomed to self-destruction through the simple fact that they could never kill or depower every bender. So a few generations after Amon, things would go back to "normal" save for the fact that relations between non-benders and benders would be wrecked beyond belief. A constant state of paranoia if not outright war would destroy whatever society is left.
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** Some companion Fridge Horror to go with this observation; the reason Katara is considered the world's best healer probably has a lot to do with her mastery of bloodbending. She can do things with and ''to'' the human body that no one else can (excluding special cases like Yakone's bloodline).
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* Speaking of Hiroshi and his death...don't think too hard on what the recovery team found when trying to savage his body from the crushed hummingbird, assuming there's even anything that ''could'' be savaged. Let's just hope that Asami was spared of the image.

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* Speaking of Hiroshi and his death...don't think too hard on what the recovery team found when trying to savage his body from the crushed hummingbird, assuming there's even anything that ''could'' be savaged.salvaged. Let's just hope that Asami was spared of the image.
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* When Wan meets his old friend Jaya again, he is informed that Crazy Yao died along the way, but Jaya seems hesitant about elaborating on his exact fate. Yao is about [[BalefulPolymorph 30% tree]] and therefore terrified of fire, yet helped found a colony in the Spirit Wilds with a group of people who are highly aggressive and irresponsible with their powers... their '''fire''' powers. Jaya may very well have accidentally killed Crazy Yao through sheer idiocy! It's potentially worse than that. Jaya and his colony made it clear that they were indiscriminately attacking spirits. Crazy Yao may have been seen by them as part-spirit. You do the math.

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* When Wan meets his old friend Jaya again, he is informed that Crazy Yao died along the way, but Jaya seems hesitant about elaborating on his exact fate. Yao is about [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation 30% tree]] and therefore terrified of fire, yet helped found a colony in the Spirit Wilds with a group of people who are highly aggressive and irresponsible with their powers... their '''fire''' powers. Jaya may very well have accidentally killed Crazy Yao through sheer idiocy! It's potentially worse than that. Jaya and his colony made it clear that they were indiscriminately attacking spirits. Crazy Yao may have been seen by them as part-spirit. You do the math.
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** Not necessarily, Hama could still very well be the original bloodbender where once word-of-mouth spread of the technique (who'd expect those Fire Nation villagers to keep their mouths shut after such a traumatic experience), all it would take is other [[TheAce prodigies]] like Katara with a naturally [[PersonalityPowers aggressive/controlling personality]] no different than initial traits then enhancing them just like animal-breeding, and a lingering resentment toward Fire Nation people/anyone else in their way, then you'd have a whole [[NightmareFuel epidemic of sociopathic killer waterbenders]] [[ParanoiaFuel every full moon]] requiring Katara to outlaw the technique. All before you'd have an [[UpToEleven Ace of Aces]] in Yakone being the latest sadistic waterbender in the family that's [[IAmNotLeftHanded powerful/skilled enough to not need the full moon yet exploiting the belief by bloodbending every other time]]. [[FromBadToWorse Then]] take those same traits into the next generation with even earlier training and you have a son who's an [[SerialEscalation ace to the Ace of Aces]] that's effectively the Antichrist. [[FridgeHorror Spirits help us all that neither Amon or Tarrlok left any heirs to continue the cycle.]]

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** Not necessarily, Hama could still very well be the original bloodbender where once word-of-mouth spread of the technique (who'd expect those Fire Nation villagers to keep their mouths shut after such a traumatic experience), all it would take is other [[TheAce prodigies]] like Katara with a naturally [[PersonalityPowers aggressive/controlling personality]] no different than initial traits then enhancing them just like animal-breeding, and a lingering resentment toward Fire Nation people/anyone else in their way, then you'd have a whole [[NightmareFuel epidemic of sociopathic killer waterbenders]] [[ParanoiaFuel every full moon]] requiring Katara to outlaw the technique. All before you'd have an [[UpToEleven Ace of Aces]] Aces in Yakone being the latest sadistic waterbender in the family that's [[IAmNotLeftHanded powerful/skilled enough to not need the full moon yet exploiting the belief by bloodbending every other time]]. [[FromBadToWorse Then]] take those same traits into the next generation with even earlier training and you have a son who's an [[SerialEscalation ace to the Ace of Aces]] that's effectively the Antichrist. [[FridgeHorror Spirits help us all that neither Amon or Tarrlok left any heirs to continue the cycle.]]
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* A minor one, but consider the fact that Katara says she tried "everything within her power" to fix Korra, when she is a bloodbender.. could Katara have tried to use it out of desperation?
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** Even worse when you consider what kid Mako must of thinking about his firebending and that '''every single time''' he uses his firebending, he could be reminded of what happened...

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** Even worse when you consider what kid Mako must of be thinking about his firebending and that '''every single time''' he uses his firebending, he could be reminded of what happened...
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* On the tearjerker page Mako's reaction to killing Ming-Hua is discussed, but there is another factor to consider; we know that Mako and Bolin's parent's were killed by a Firebender, we ''don't'' know that he killed them with ''fire''bending. It is possible that Mako killed Ming-Hua with the very same technique that his own parents were killed.
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* The fact that Lin got Hiroshi out of prison ''after'' the mandatory evacuation began implicitly confirms that Republic City prisoners were simply left to die, trapped in their cells while the city was being destroyed.
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* Zaheer's previous quotings of Guru Laghima, and [[spoiler: his figuring out how to fly after P'Li's death]] brings up the question of how moral and friendly this Laghima really was. His quotes ring too much to the Red Lotus' ideals and becoming TheUbermensch, and [[spoiler: the fact he developed an ability that requires letting go of all earthly bonds implies he would have had to outlive, kill or forsake everyone he cared about. We could very well be dealing with an Airbender [[TheSociopath Sociopath]]. Whether Zaheer realized it or not, would make it even worse.]]

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* Zaheer's previous quotings of Guru Laghima, and [[spoiler: his figuring out how to fly after P'Li's death]] brings up the question of how moral and friendly this Laghima really was. His quotes ring too much to the Red Lotus' ideals and becoming TheUbermensch, an {{Ubermensch}}, and [[spoiler: the fact he developed an ability that requires letting go of all earthly bonds implies he would have had to outlive, kill or forsake everyone he cared about. We could very well be dealing with an Airbender [[TheSociopath Sociopath]]. Whether Zaheer realized it or not, would make it even worse.]]
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* Speaking of Hiroshi and his death...don't think too hard on what the recovery team found when trying to savage his body from the crushed hummingbird, assuming there's even anything that ''could'' be savaged. Let's just hope that Asami will be spared of the image.

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* Speaking of Hiroshi and his death...don't think too hard on what the recovery team found when trying to savage his body from the crushed hummingbird, assuming there's even anything that ''could'' be savaged. Let's just hope that Asami will be was spared of the image.

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*** There is a chance that Hiroshi's last deeds might become public knowledge and there might be some who will view this as RedemptionEqualsDeath. That said, the above is still very much possible given the magnitudes of his actions as an Equalist.
* Speaking of Hiroshi and his death...don't think too hard on what kind of state his crushed body is going to be in if it is even recoverable.

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*** There is a chance that Hiroshi's last deeds might become public knowledge and there might be some who will view this as RedemptionEqualsDeath. That said, the above is still very much possible given the magnitudes magnitude of his actions as an Equalist.
* Speaking of Hiroshi and his death...don't think too hard on what kind of state the recovery team found when trying to savage his body from the crushed body is going to be in if it is hummingbird, assuming there's even recoverable.anything that ''could'' be savaged. Let's just hope that Asami will be spared of the image.

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* Speaking of Hiroshi and his funeral...don't think to hard about what kind of state his crushed body is going to be in if it is even recoverable.

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*** There is a chance that Hiroshi's last deeds might become public knowledge and there might be some who will view this as RedemptionEqualsDeath. That said, the above is still very much possible given the magnitudes of his actions as an Equalist.
* Speaking of Hiroshi and his funeral...death...don't think to too hard about on what kind of state his crushed body is going to be in if it is even recoverable.recoverable.
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* The Red Lotus are ''very'' lucky that Korra didn't die while in the Avatar State. Either Raava would die with her and cause a ''massive'' spiritual imbalance that would have pretty much every spirit on the planet after them or only Korra would die and then they have a ticked off super spirit after them. Either way they would have been unable to enjoy their victory for long.

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* The Red Lotus are ''very'' lucky that Korra didn't die while in the Avatar State. Either Raava would die with her and cause a ''massive'' spiritual imbalance that would have pretty much every spirit on the planet after them or only Korra would die [[PyrrhicVictory and then they have a ticked off super spirit after them. them]]. Either way [[ApocalypseHow they would have been unable to enjoy their victory for long.]]
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** Of course Mako telling her he loved her could have been what stopped her from jumping in the end. I mean think about it; from what she says to Mako she thinks she isn't anything if she isn't the Avatar. He literally says her status as the Avatar doesn't matter to him. He loves ''her''. What would have happened if he hadn't said it? Worse yet, who would have ''found'' her?

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** Of course Mako telling her he loved her could have been what stopped her from jumping in the end. I mean think about it; from what she says to Mako she thinks she isn't anything if she isn't the Avatar. He literally says her status as the Avatar doesn't matter to him. He loves ''her''. What would have happened if he hadn't said it? it?
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Worse yet, who ''he would have ''found'' her?been the one to find her body!''

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* We see that Amon had all the Airbenders tied up before the crowd, he said he would rid the world of airbending. From what we've seen of Yakone (disregarding the wife's heritage), disabling bending doesn't stop the persons involved from having bender children. So how would he get rid of Airbending? By public execution of course, of children nonetheless. Not to mention how that would scar the children and how the crowd would just stand there to watch.
* The boat that [[spoiler:Noatak and Tarrlok]] were in was apparently pretty far out into the ocean [[spoiler:when Tarrlok decided to blow it up — no land was visible in any direction. This means that the entire world ''may never know that Amon is dead'']].

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* We see that Amon had all the Airbenders tied up before the crowd, he said he would rid the world of airbending. From what we've seen of Yakone (disregarding the wife's heritage), disabling bending doesn't stop the persons involved from having bender children. So how would he get rid of Airbending? By public execution of course, of children nonetheless. Not to mention how that would scar the children and how the crowd would just stand there to watch.
watch, ''cheering Amon on'' even.
** Thinking of the mechanics of how Amon could have performed said executions is quite chilling. He's a bloodbender, so it'd be pretty easy for him stealthily tear the vital arteries needed to either have his targets bleed to death internally, fatally damage the brains, or some other method to ensure a fairly quick but most likely painful and squicky death. Even worse, them falling to the ground afterward falls in line with what usually happens when Amon debends his victims, so Tenzin's kids, and ''possibly'' even the audience, wouldn't have expected genuine death until it was too late.
* The boat that [[spoiler:Noatak and Tarrlok]] were in was apparently pretty far out into the ocean [[spoiler:when Tarrlok decided to blow it up — no land was visible in any direction. This means that the entire world ''may never know that Amon is dead'']].
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** It's very hard to look at Ming-Hua in prison without seeing Hama. Both waterbenders are kept dehydrated, hung in cages, and Ming-Hua is suspended over an active volcano. And we the audience are told this is justice. ''Zuko'' tells us this is justice, because Ming-Hua is a dangerous criminal. But Hama was a dangerous criminal too, ''because'' of the the horrifying conditions of her prison. Seeing Ming-Hua held in conditions on par with the worst of what the genocidal Fire Nation had to offer becomes a disturbing AccidentalAesop of MoralMyopia and HistoryRepeats, as the Fire Nation under Zuko, ''Zuko'', seems to not only have retained the worst aspects of their prisons, but perfected them.

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** It's very hard to look at Ming-Hua in prison without seeing Hama. Both waterbenders are kept dehydrated, hung in cages, and Ming-Hua is suspended over an active volcano. And we the audience are told this is justice. ''Zuko'' tells us this is justice, because Ming-Hua is a dangerous criminal. But Hama was a dangerous criminal too, ''because'' of the the horrifying conditions of her prison. Seeing Ming-Hua held in conditions on par with the worst of what the genocidal totalitarian Fire Nation had to offer becomes a disturbing AccidentalAesop of MoralMyopia and HistoryRepeats, as the Fire Nation under Zuko, ''Zuko'', seems to not only have retained the worst aspects of their prisons, but perfected them.
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* Ghazan committing suicide rather than go back to prison. He'd been shown to be the most personable and easygoing of the Red Lotus, and it's downright disturbing to see the cold desperation on his face as he kills himself. Worse, it's hard to blame him. The U.N. [[https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/66/268 considers]] solitary confinement exceeding 15 days to be torture; the Red Lotus were held in solitary confinement for ''13 years''. They were held conditions legally defined as torture ''by the good guys''.

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* Ghazan committing suicide rather than go back to prison. He'd been shown to be the most personable and easygoing of the Red Lotus, and it's downright disturbing to see the cold desperation on his face as he kills himself. Worse, it's hard to blame him. The U.N. [[https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/66/268 considers]] solitary confinement exceeding 15 days to be torture; the Red Lotus were held in solitary confinement for ''13 years''. They were held conditions legally defined as torture ''by '''by the good guys''.guys'''.



** Co-executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos even alluded to this in the official Art Book when describing [[https://i.redd.it/95eg4zeuj6j51.png this]] semi-canonical[[labelnote:*]]drawn by storyboard artist Eugene Lee and included in the official Art Book, but Bryan Konietzko confirmed that Ming-Hua was born without arms [[/labelnote]]picture of them as teenagers.

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** Co-executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos even alluded to this in the official Art Book when describing discussing [[https://i.redd.it/95eg4zeuj6j51.png this]] semi-canonical[[labelnote:*]]drawn by storyboard artist Eugene Lee and included in the official Art Book, but Bryan Konietzko confirmed that Ming-Hua was born without arms [[/labelnote]]picture of them as teenagers.
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* When looked at objectively, the conditions under which Zaheer's cohorts Ghazan and Ming-Hua were imprisoned by the White Lotus are utterly horrifying. Even ignoring that solitary confinement is a method of torture condemned by human rights organization worldwide, Ghazan was locked up under the sun in a cell with no apparent door, suggesting that nobody ever intended to let him out, and Ming-Hua was locked at the bottom of a volcanic pit, surrounded by constant heat and magma. It becomes worse when you consider the logistical issues of feeding a captive waterbender who can bend without using arms-we got a look at the dehumanizing treatment that the Fire Nation employed against normal waterbenders and earthbenders in ATLA. How much worse must they do in order to contain Ming-Hua before hydrating her?

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* When looked at objectively, the conditions under which Zaheer's cohorts Ghazan and Ming-Hua were imprisoned by the White Lotus are utterly horrifying. Even ignoring that solitary confinement is a method of torture condemned by human rights organization worldwide, [[https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/66/268 worldwide]], Ghazan was locked up under the sun in a cell with no apparent door, suggesting that nobody ever intended to let him out, and Ming-Hua was locked at the bottom of a volcanic pit, surrounded by constant heat and magma. It becomes worse when you consider the logistical issues of feeding a captive waterbender who can bend without using arms-we got a look at the dehumanizing treatment that the Fire Nation employed against normal waterbenders and earthbenders in ATLA. How much worse must they do in order to contain Ming-Hua before hydrating her?
** It's very hard to look at Ming-Hua in prison without seeing Hama. Both waterbenders are kept dehydrated, hung in cages, and Ming-Hua is suspended over an active volcano. And we the audience are told this is justice. ''Zuko'' tells us this is justice, because Ming-Hua is a dangerous criminal. But Hama was a dangerous criminal too, ''because'' of the the horrifying conditions of her prison. Seeing Ming-Hua held in conditions on par with the worst of what the genocidal Fire Nation had to offer becomes a disturbing AccidentalAesop of MoralMyopia and HistoryRepeats, as the Fire Nation under Zuko, ''Zuko'', seems to not only have retained the worst aspects of their prisons, but perfected them.



* Ghazan committing suicide rather than go back to prison. He'd been shown to be the most personable and easygoing of the Red Lotus, and it's downright disturbing to see the cold desperation on his face as he kills himself. Worse, it's hard to blame him. The U.N. considers solitary confinement exceeding 15 days to be torture; the Red Lotus were held in solitary confinement for ''13 years''. They were held conditions legally defined as torture ''by the good guys''.

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* Ghazan committing suicide rather than go back to prison. He'd been shown to be the most personable and easygoing of the Red Lotus, and it's downright disturbing to see the cold desperation on his face as he kills himself. Worse, it's hard to blame him. The U.N. considers [[https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/66/268 considers]] solitary confinement exceeding 15 days to be torture; the Red Lotus were held in solitary confinement for ''13 years''. They were held conditions legally defined as torture ''by the good guys''.



* A ragtag bunch of TrueCompanions from multicultural backgrounds set out to topple repressive regimes and free people from oppression. Does this describe the Red Lotus or the [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTeamAvatar original Team Avatar]]? Had they not become so radicalized, they could have been heroes.

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* A ragtag bunch of TrueCompanions from multicultural backgrounds set out to topple repressive regimes and free people from oppression. Does this describe the Red Lotus or the [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTeamAvatar original Team Avatar]]? Had they not become so radicalized, radicalized (thanks in no small part to the conditions they were held in), they could have been heroes.

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* While the hallucination of Ming-Hua shifting into Vaatu is terrifying on its own, it becomes all the more frightening when one realizes that it's most likely not a hallucination at all. Remember how the cycle of Raava and Vaatu operates? When one is defeated, they are slowly reborn through the other. Now, think about how Vaatu gains strength, how he draws power from chaos and turmoil. In all reality, the hallucination of Ming-Hua shifting into Vaatu is the Spirit of Chaos reaching across his current imprisonment within Raava through the hallucinations to taunt Korra. As she grows weaker and the world descends further into chaos with the machinations of the Red Lotus, his strength grows and grows, until he is eventually free once more.



* While the hallucination of Ming-Hua shifting into Vaatu is terrifying on its own, it becomes all the more frightening when one realizes that it's most likely not a hallucination at all. Remember how the cycle of Raava and Vaatu operates? When one is defeated, they are slowly reborn through the other. Now, think about how Vaatu gains strength, how he draws power from chaos and turmoil. In all reality, the hallucination of Ming-Hua shifting into Vaatu is the Spirit of Chaos reaching across his current imprisonment within Raava through the hallucinations to taunt Korra. As she grows weaker and the world descends further into chaos with the machinations of the Red Lotus, his strength grows and grows, until he is eventually free once more.


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* Ghazan committing suicide rather than go back to prison. He'd been shown to be the most personable and easygoing of the Red Lotus, and it's downright disturbing to see the cold desperation on his face as he kills himself. Worse, it's hard to blame him. The U.N. considers solitary confinement exceeding 15 days to be torture; the Red Lotus were held in solitary confinement for ''13 years''. They were held conditions legally defined as torture ''by the good guys''.


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* A ragtag bunch of TrueCompanions from multicultural backgrounds set out to topple repressive regimes and free people from oppression. Does this describe the Red Lotus or the [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTeamAvatar original Team Avatar]]? Had they not become so radicalized, they could have been heroes.
** Co-executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos even alluded to this in the official Art Book when describing [[https://i.redd.it/95eg4zeuj6j51.png this]] semi-canonical[[labelnote:*]]drawn by storyboard artist Eugene Lee and included in the official Art Book, but Bryan Konietzko confirmed that Ming-Hua was born without arms [[/labelnote]]picture of them as teenagers.
-->'''Joaquim Dos Santos:''' If the story did not make you somewhat sympathetic to Zaheer and his gang, then maybe this image, which captures them in an earlier time, before life’s trials and tribulations have hardened them, will.
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** This method wouldn't have been effective if it wouldn't [[BodyHorror damage the lungs or throat]].

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