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* If this theory is correct, then the next Fire Nation Avatar could be ''the Fire Lord'', since all Fire Lords as of Zuko are descended from Roku.
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** But the whole Winter Solstice Arc is about the fact that the spirits of the other Avatars live on within the Avatar, and in season 1 finale of LOK Aang was able to interact with Korra to restore her bending without Korra being unconscious, so it's possible that Appa and Fang are the same situation.
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Kyoshi... I don't know. She had... fans? Fan the flames? Maybe a tribute to a dead lover.
Earth > Fire
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* I'd put this as Jossed, the story of the first Avatar showed that Wan could only carry one element at a time, and Raava had to carry the others, until they fused and he truly became the Avatar, meaning that without a spirit merged with them a person can only get one type of bending.
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[[WMG: The gender of Raava changes based on the gender of the Avatar.]]
Firstly, the only real change Raava and Vaatu would have from changing gender is their voice, they are otherwise genderless beings. But there is actually a line of logic here. In the season 1 finale, when Aang enters the Avatar State, just before he merges with the ocean spirit he speaks in a deep voice, a voice that doesn't align to any of the past Avatars we hear speak in the series. Now it could be argued that it was the Ocean spirit, but that doesn't make sense as they hadn't merged yet, therefore the most logical option is that it is Raava's voice.
Now why then, in the flashbacks, was Raava female to the male Wan? well I have 2 theories there.
1 - Raava only began changing genders when Wan died and was reincarnated, Raava was already female when they merged with Wan, so they remained female until they reincarnated, at which point they were effected by the gendered nature of humanity.
2 - Raava may have become male when they merged with Wan, or even been male when they met, but we witnessed his story through Korra, and she heard Raava and Vaatu as they are now, for her, instead of as they truly were for Wan.
Obviously if the theory is true to keep their mirror opposites deal, Vaatu would, presumably, change genders when Raava does.
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[[WMG: The Avatar has a bank account that
that all Avatars have access to]]
When banking was invented, the then-incumbent Avatar would have gotten a bank account with monthly compound interest to fund his or her travels, so as to better do their duties (travel in pre-Industrial times was highly expensive, so only the wealthy made any travels). Each subsequent Avatar would have made deposits when practical and withdrawals when necessary.
*If the Avatar's bank account hadn't been looted by the Fire Nation (or was paid back in full by Fire Lord Zuko), Aang would be sitting on an ''enormous'' mountain of cash at the end of ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', and Korra would have had enough money for a buyout of Future Industries in ''The Legend of Korra''.
When banking was invented, the then-incumbent Avatar would have gotten a bank account with monthly compound interest to fund his or her travels, so as to better do their duties (travel in pre-Industrial times was highly expensive, so only the wealthy made any travels). Each subsequent Avatar would have made deposits when practical and withdrawals when necessary.
*If the Avatar's bank account hadn't been looted by the Fire Nation (or was paid back in full by Fire Lord Zuko), Aang would be sitting on an ''enormous'' mountain of cash at the end of ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', and Korra would have had enough money for a buyout of Future Industries in ''The Legend of Korra''.
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*Bumi lived at least 112 years and Pathik for at least 150. Benders having very long lives wouldn't be out of the question.
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Koh had 'killed' Kuruk's Fiance. As Kuruk's immediate successor, Kyoshi might have had lingering grudges against Koh for wronging the previous Avatar.
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*The known order is Earth Male, Fire Male, Air Female (Yangchen), Water Male (Kuruk), Earth Female (Kyoshi), Fire Male (Roku), Air Male (Aang), Water Female (Korra). M->M->F->M->F (->M->M->F). The next set of Avatars may be an Earth Male, a Fire Female, an Air Male, a Water Male, an Earth Female, a Fire Male, an Air Female, a Water Male, an Earth Male, a Fire Female, an Air Male, a Water Female, an Earth Male, a Fire Male, an Air Female...
[[WMG: The Avatar Cylce might work in sets of eight.]]
Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Earth. Each element getting one male and one female Avatar in each set, the sequence of the genders in each set of eight Avatars being sorted at random. As of ''Legend of Korra'' the current sequence is 3/4ths done.
*Roku was the Fire male. The Fire female has not been born yet.
*Yangchen was the Air Female. Aang was the Air Male.
*Kuruk was the Water Male. Korra, the incumbent, is the Water Female.
*Kyoshi was the Earth Female. The Earth male has not been born yet.
[[WMG: The Avatar Cylce might work in sets of eight.]]
Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Earth. Each element getting one male and one female Avatar in each set, the sequence of the genders in each set of eight Avatars being sorted at random. As of ''Legend of Korra'' the current sequence is 3/4ths done.
*Roku was the Fire male. The Fire female has not been born yet.
*Yangchen was the Air Female. Aang was the Air Male.
*Kuruk was the Water Male. Korra, the incumbent, is the Water Female.
*Kyoshi was the Earth Female. The Earth male has not been born yet.
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**Which means that [[spoiler: Korra being permanently cut off from previous Avatars after losing the connection to Raava permanently damaged the Avatar Cycle, Korra is as weak as Wan had been post-Book-2, and subsequent Avatars will be substantially weaker than Aang, Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, or Yangchen]].
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* Avatar Wan lived 10,000 years ago. Considering that Ghenghis Khan's descendants make up 1% of Earth's population and Ghenghis Khan lived 800 years ago, ''almost everyone'' being descended from Wan is a possibility.
[[WMG:Kyoshi had a grudge against Koh]]
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*Raava seems to be the Avatar's MoralityChain.
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* Jossed as of LoK season 2, which reveals that the first Avatar was created, not born.
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* Semi-confirmed as of LoK season 2. The Lion Turtles gave people the power of the elements (including Wan), but it was his partnership with Raava, the primordial spirit of light, that initially enabled him to handle more than one element at a time.
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* Semi-confirmed as of LoK [=LoK=] season 2. The Lion Turtles gave people the power of the elements (including Wan), but it was his partnership with Raava, the primordial spirit of light, that initially enabled him to handle more than one element at a time.
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* Semi-confirmed. The Avatar Spirit, as of LoK season 2, is revealed to be Raava, the primordial spirit of light. Eliminating her would possibly free her dark counterpart Vaatu, who would utterly destroy the world.
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* Jossed as of LoK season 2. Wan's ancestors aren't discussed, but before he started WalkingTheEarth, humans were separated from one another and couldn't travel from city to city. So all of his ancestors would have been from the same city he came from.
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* Jossed as of LoK [=LoK=] season 2. Wan's ancestors aren't discussed, but before he started WalkingTheEarth, humans were separated from one another and couldn't travel from city to city. So all of his ancestors would have been from the same city he came from.
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** Volcanic eruption and lava bending have only been done by Avatars. [[spoiler:This one is retroactively Jossed in LoK's Book 3, where one of the villains, Ghazan, is a lavabender. Team Korra member Bolin also becomes a lavabender by the end of the Book, and is the sole practitioner in Book 4.]]
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** Volcanic eruption and lava bending have only been done by Avatars. [[spoiler:This one is retroactively Jossed in LoK's [=LoK=]'s Book 3, where one of the villains, Ghazan, is a lavabender. Team Korra member Bolin also becomes a lavabender by the end of the Book, and is the sole practitioner in Book 4.]]
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The old masters were great teachers, but not for the Avatar: Pakku treated Aang like any other student (which sounds fair until you realize that Aang does need special attention since he has to master the elements much fasster than other students do), Yu didn't even know that Aang was the Avatar until Toph's parents sent him to track her down, and Jeong Jeong couldn't teach him becuase of the circumstances.
So just who Katara, Toph, and Zuko reincarnated from? My guess is that they follow the same Avatar cycle. In "The Guru" it is implied that Katara is the reincarnation an Air Nomad (whoever formally taught Roku). It also was pretty much stated that Toph was destined to be Aang earthbending teacher so she would be the reincarnation of Roku's waterbending teacher and that leaves Zuko as the reincarnation of his earthbending teacher. Of course that means the Zuko must have died just before Tenzin was born, which is unlikely since it's been confirmed that he's not dead.
So just who Katara, Toph, and Zuko reincarnated from? My guess is that they follow the same Avatar cycle. In "The Guru" it is implied that Katara is the reincarnation an Air Nomad (whoever formally taught Roku). It also was pretty much stated that Toph was destined to be Aang earthbending teacher so she would be the reincarnation of Roku's waterbending teacher and that leaves Zuko as the reincarnation of his earthbending teacher. Of course that means the Zuko must have died just before Tenzin was born, which is unlikely since it's been confirmed that he's not dead.
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The old masters were great teachers, but not for the Avatar: Pakku treated Aang like any other student (which sounds fair until you realize that Aang does need special attention since he has to master the elements much fasster faster than other students do), Yu didn't even know that Aang was the Avatar until Toph's parents sent him to track her down, and Jeong Jeong couldn't teach him becuase because of the circumstances.
So just who Katara, Toph, and Zuko reincarnated from? My guess is that they follow the same Avatar cycle. In "The Guru" it is implied that Katara is the reincarnation an Air Nomad (whoever formally taught Roku). It also was pretty much stated that Toph was destined to beAang Aang's earthbending teacher so she would be the reincarnation of Roku's waterbending teacher and that leaves Zuko as the reincarnation of his earthbending teacher. Of course that means the Zuko must have died just before Tenzin was born, which is unlikely since it's been confirmed that he's not dead.
So just who Katara, Toph, and Zuko reincarnated from? My guess is that they follow the same Avatar cycle. In "The Guru" it is implied that Katara is the reincarnation an Air Nomad (whoever formally taught Roku). It also was pretty much stated that Toph was destined to be
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Yangchen gave a long speech that excused the Avatar from the Air quest to let all love and connection go. One can infer that she learned this from personal experience. Like the nun of Canterbury Tales, she is wearing an a figurative pendant engraved with "Amor Vincit Omnia (Love Conquers all)." She also implies that she had to kill someone.
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** All of these are a matter of power and not technique. Moving landmasses and creating storms is basically the same as moving a boulder or creating a gust, it just takes a lot more power. As for the special techniques, such as lightningbending, lavabending, bloodbending or metalbending, Avatars don't seem any better at it than some normal benders (Aang didn't learn any of those, for example, and Korra only learned metalbending). Which is understandable, because Avatar is basically JackOfAllTrades on massive amount of dope compensating for being MasterOfNone (or just their native element).
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* This theory doesn't work, because the [[http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Unnamed_fire_Avatar Fire Nation Avatar before Roku]] was also male.
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*** This still works, as Katara and Aang started formal waterbending training at the same time. Katara just picked it up much faster.
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