And this isn't the Korra times where lightning bending is common enough to be a factory job. Azula and Iroh were the only ones left at this point to know how to use it. So Zuko still has very limited opportunities to practice it.
Edited by Weirdguy149 on May 18th 2022 at 8:37:26 AM
The legend has returned.You know it just crossed my mind that the Avatar world has pretty much managed to avoid any major benders vs non benders conflicts. For the most part benders and non benders seemed pretty cool with each other with one group not trying to dominate the other. I think we see more non benders in positions of political power than benders throughout the series/franchise, or maybe I'm remembering wrong.
I do remember that both the Earth king during Aang's time and the Earth Queen in Korra's time were non benders and it makes me wonder how many earth bender politicians there are. Or maybe "earth bender politician" is an oxymoron since majority of the earth benders we see (and other benders for that matter) are out an about in the world either fighting or teaching.
Edited by clockworkboy on May 20th 2022 at 4:04:55 AM
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Have you watched Korra? The entire first season covers a benders vs. non-benders conflict.
I think positions of power are about evenly split. The original show has non-benders heading the Water Tribes and Earth Kingdom, but that doesn't mean non-benders straightforwardly occupy more positions of power. The Dai Li, composed of benders, effectively controls the Earth Kingdom. The Southern Water Tribe is only led by non-benders because...well...there aren't really any benders around in the first place. The Fire Nation, on the other hand, is completely run by benders. The Air Nomads obviously don't exist anymore, but it seems that they were led by benders when they were around.
Korra is a bit different. The council is mostly made up of benders in the beginning, but non-benders gain a lot more power as the series progresses.
I remember reading that Szeto, the fire avatar before Roku, spent most of his life as a politician and diplomat.
Edited by indigoJay on May 20th 2022 at 11:28:26 AM
There is no war in Ba Sing Se.The opposite for me. Seeing how the Avatarverse developed was big part of the appeal of Lo K and I'd like to see how things progress even further, especially with the Spirit Portals now open. Maybe the next Avatar lives in a sort of Solar Punk setting (to contrast with Lo K's Diesel Punk and ATLA's Steampunk)?
Also, I still want to see what the Fire Nation was like in Korra's time. It was the only part of the world we never got to see!
I’m open to both, on. One hand there’s 10,000 years in-universe worth of stories and lore that hasn’t been explored before Aang’s time, but I’m also really intrigued by the potential Science vs. Magic or straight up Magitek conflicts that could happen after Korra’s time.
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But isn't blood-bending also supposed to be a incredibly advanced off-shoot of Waterbending, even requiring a full moon to boost you?
Fire Nation landmines, Water Bending snipers, Earth Nation oxygen tanks for burial underground to make unstoppable ambushes...
That's the new ground, combining the modernization of warfare with the combined arms of element bending.
Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.I mean by Korra’s time you have airships, motor vehicles, and Humongous Mecha. So it would be cool to see where they go from there a generation ahead.
GUNDAMU GUNDAMUThing is, most arms development is in the direction of not needing Bending to work. After all, this was all kicked off by the Equalists. The only new weapon in Korra that explicitly relies on Bending too is the Colossus.
And it makes sense that most of the new weapons wouldn't need Bending. You want weapons that everyone in your army can use, not just the superpowered ones.
That said, I've already mentioned before that my guess is that the new arms race will revolve around Spirit power. The endgame of Korra already hinted at this with the Spirit Vine Cannons. And the sequel comics had an antagonist who was mutated and empowered by a Spirit attacking him. It's not a stretch of the imagination that people might start seeing the potential of Spirit power for new weapons.
Edited by M84 on May 21st 2022 at 12:17:47 AM
Disgusted, but not surprisedHot take: "The Southern Raiders" should have taken place before the "The Boiling Rock". Because as it is, it absolutely makes no sense that Katara still doesn't trust Zuko after he went to great lengths to save her father. Either that, or the dynamic between Katara and Zuko should have been done differently.
That seems like a pretty basic opinion that most people who paid attention would probably agree with...
It would however end up coming 2 episodes after he joins the group, so that wouldn't really work structurally.
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TBF, Zuko figured it out really fast too. Remember, he never had an opportunity to actually practice it after Iroh showed him how to do it. Iroh refused to blast Zuko with lightning since it was too risky and the stormy weather didn't hit him with any lightning either.
But when Zuko's life depended on it, he was able to pull it off on the first try.
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