History Headscratchers / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheAvatar

*** Also - while the Kyoshi did cause death it was clearly in combat situation. If solder kills during war other solder he is not charged for killing by any side (as long as he adheres to rules of war). Hence capturing Avatar could be considered at most POW (except the war ended few hundereds years ago).

** But she could have used her aribending to push him backwards away from the falling rocks, or her earthbending to hold them in place, or any number of other things. She feels responsible because she could have done something to stop it but didn't.

** I specified "earth or firebender" because Katara was already a waterbender, so them having a waterbender child could just be traced back to her.

** Technically, the Avatar didn't ''give birth'' to Kya. But as bending is, yes, genetic, it seems that Kya still works as proof. Note, however, that none of Aang's kids picked up Earth or Fire bending. I'd say it's more based on his birth nation than anything else.

** You mean like [[https://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Kya Kya?]] Then yes. Otherwise it's unclear since Aang only had two children who had bending capabilities (and one who didn't at first) which mirrored his and Katara's. But seeing as bending seems to be partly genetic, it could be possible.

* Could the Avatar give birth to a bender of an element other than their birth one? Likesay, Aang giving birth to an earth or firebender, or Roku to a waterbender, and such and such.

** The White Lotus looked over Korra's training and are said to be allies of the Avatar. It's also known that the White Lotus isn't limited to any one nation, even back near the end of A:TLA. So it's implied at least that the White Lotus know what signs to out for, and in particular, trying to narrow the list down to the number of children born on the day (or assuming Aang's vision of Roku's death wasn't instant, 9 months after) the last Avatar died.

** In the sequel series, Avatar Korra's animal companion is just a common polar bear dog, and we've never heard of anything suggesting that Kyoshi had a pet badgermole or anything. I'm thinking that the "Avatar has a pet that's also the original source of their bending" thing just happened to be a coincidence between Roku and Aang. An Avatar doesn't ''need'' to have an animal companion, and if they do, there's no limit to what animal it can be. We've seen other people from the Fire Nation riding dragons, after all - Sozin and Zuko both come to mind - and having a sky bison seemed to be tradition among the Air nomads. So their having companions was probably a cultural tradition among their people rather than due to being Avatars.

** The White Lotus looked over Korra's training and are said to be allies of the Avatar. It's also known that the White Lotus isn't limited to any one nation, even back near the end of A:TLA. So it's implied at least that the White Lotus know what signs to out for, and in particular, trying to narrow the list down to the number of children born on the day the last Avatar died. (Assuming Aang's vision of Roku's life to his is instant and not over a 9 month period.)

* How did the Fire Sages know that Roku was the next Avatar? The monks gave Aang some sort of test, and Korra was bending earth and fire at four years old, so what did Roku do to prove himself amongst all the other people in the Fire Nation?

* So, did any other Avatars besides Korra (and Wan, I guess) ever find out about the Avatar's connection to Raava?

* So, did any other Avatars besides Korra (and Wan, I guess) ever find out about the Avatar's connection to Rava?

** Exactly. That's likely why the temple visit was needed, so Roku could communicate with Aang freely afterwards.

** In the sequel series, Avatar Korra's animal companion is just a common polar bear dog, and we've never heard of anything suggesting that Kyoshi had a pet badgermole or anything. I'm thinking that the "Avatar has a pet that's also the original source of their bending" thing just happened to be a coincidence between Roku and Aang. An Avatar doesn't ''need'' to have an animal companion, and if they do, there's no limit to what animal it can be.

** So what changed after Aang went to the temple? Roku is able to communicate with Aang when it's not on the solstice and when he's not at the temple.

** IIRC, that visit with Roku happened to be the first proper time they could converse. Perhaps before then, Aang couldn't freely communicate with his previous lives which might explain why he needed to appear at the temple during the solstice, when spiritual energy is most abundant.

** IIRC, that visit with Roku happened to be the first proper time they could converse. Perhaps before then, Aang couldn't freely communicate with his previous lives which might explain why he needed to appear during the solstice when spiritual energy is most abundant.

** IIRC, that visit with Roku happened to be the first proper time they could converse. Perhaps before then, Aang couldn't communicate with his previous lives which might explain why he needed to appear during the solstice when spiritual energy is most abundant.

* Why did Aang need to be at Roku's temple on the solstice in order to speak with him? Roku contacts Aang multiple times throughout the series with no apparent prerequisites.

** It's probably a continuity goof as the statues hadn't been featured until the second time he went into the state. An alternative answer would be that they weren't aware of the first time it glowed, which would entirely be within the realm of possibility.

** It's is probably a continuity goof as the statues hadn't been featured until the second time he went into the state. An alternative answer would be that they weren't aware of the first time it glowed, which would entirely be within the realm of possibility.

* If Aang going into the Avatar State makes the eyes of his previous incarnations' statues glow, then why didn't the Fire Nation know he'd returned when he went into it while escaping from Zuko's ship?

** Another thing to consider is that in order to master the Avatar State, it's best to master the four elements as well. Without the disciplines and teachings learned from the four elements, the Avatar will have a pretty hard time mastering the Avatar State. Roshi tried forcing it before he learned all four elements and he just wound up going on a rampage. Aang only finally mastered it by the end of the series after he had a somewhat good handle on the four elements.

** Another thing to consider is that in order to master the Avatar State, it's best to master the four elements as well. Without the disciplines and teachings learned from the four elements, the Avatar will have a pretty hard time mastering the Avatar State. Roshi tried forcing it before he learned all four elements and he just wound up going on a rampage, and Korra despite using it frequently never figured out how "master" it because of her lack of spiritual training. Aang only finally mastered it by the end of the series after he had a somewhat good handle on the four elements.

** Another thing to remember is that in order to master the Avatar State, it's best to master the four elements as well. Without the disciplines and teachings learned from the four elements, the Avatar will have a pretty hard time mastering the Avatar State. Roshi tried forcing it before he learned all four elements and he just wound up going on a rampage, and Korra despite using it frequently never figured out how "master" it because of her lack of spiritual training. Aang only finally mastered it by the end of the series after he had a somewhat good handle on the four elements.

** Because the Avatar State isn't something to be relied on too often. It's first and foremost a self-defense mechanism intended to help the Avatar in moments of life and death scenarios, but even then there's a big risk that the Avatar during an Avatar State could be overwhelmed and killed. If it was used simply for mundane tasks all the time then it's likely that the Avatar State wouldn't be honed to survival as well. Finally, it is taxing on the body if used too much. Aang had spent a full 100 years in the Avatar State and was biologically 66 years old by the time he died, which when compared to Roshi and Kyoshi before him lived longer than that. And keep in mind, Aang died rather peacefully whereas Roshi's life was only cut short thanks to breathing in toxic fumes and dealing with sweltering heat on two volcanoes: there's no telling how much older he could've gotten otherwise.

*** If you paid attention to Aang's Chakra training, you'd realise that in order for the Avatar State to be controlled you have to open all the Chakras. Like the Guru said, the Chakra is like a river and the day to day worries and such are clouding it. If you unlock them all then the energy flows. Considering that Aang was not only locked out of controlling the Avatar State but also just flat locked out from using it at all, this would then mean that the river hasn't just been clouded. It's been flat out blocked from flowing at all.