And then they wondered why no one wanted to make a Korra toyline.
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Well, maybe he can, but not easily. I can think of one time he cut something with wind — against the buzzard wasp in the desert — but that was a powerful move that took some effort. Every other time he wants to cut something, he just uses waterbending.
Apparently, you can cut things with airbending, but not as easily or as effectively as other types of bending. Which does make sense, since airbending is cannonally the most passive type, and Razor Wind isn't actually a thing in real life.
So it does. Allow me to rephrase, then; Razor Wind is a thing that rarely happens under very specific, extreme circumstances. Certainly not the way it's used in fiction, where a simple kick makes a blade of wind. High pressure water, on the other hand, has been used to cut things for years.
Hey, I noticed this on the trivia page:
- Asami was not going to last past Book 1; she was supposed to be join the United Forces. This is why she does not appear on any promotional material or even the official Nick website. Mike and Bryan also joked about her becoming romantically involved with Iroh II.
Edited by TheMountainKing on Jul 11th 2018 at 6:25:34 AM
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It wasn't expected to go past book 1, and Bryke clearly didn't plan for it enough, but it's not like the studio forced them to extend it. All we know about Asami was that she was supposed to be revealed as an Equalist spy halfway through book 1. They scrapped that pretty early on, but they kept some design elements. In particular, she looks like a classic example of Evil Is Sexy despite not being evil.
Giving it another look, a lot of the What Could Have Been entries seem dubious. The only one I know for a fact is true is the aforementioned "Equalist Asami", because it was in Bryan's "Korrasami is Canon" post, but some of the others seem odd (Bolin was going to have a romance with Zhu Li?).
One thing I like about the Avatar-verse? Angry spirits non-withstanding, there's no "magic vs. science" dichotomy you see in other fantasy works like this.
Avatar was chock-full of machines and vehicles that could only be operated by people possessing mystic arts. And every time they found new forms and applications to their art, like metalbending, it ultimately lead to new technologies.
And while Korra did have mecha-tanks, mecha-suits and shock gloves to "even the playing field" between benders and non-benders, it also had lightningbenders providing power to generators, specially designed suits for metal and airbenders, and a giant freakin' robot piloted by metalbending. Even opening up the spirit world, the definition of mysticism, only created new technologies, albeit very dangerous ones.
Hey everyone, I brought up in the Violations of the Spoiler Policy
thread that I don't think the fact that Korra and Asami become the Official Couple should be spoiler-tagged, due to how:
1) It's not really a spoiler in my opinion, just a character trait that doesn't affect the plot significantly.
2) It's openly accepted as fact in Turf Wars.
3) Other couples in the Avatar-verse (Like Aang and Katara, or even Korra and Mako) are not spoiler-tagged.
And 4) it's nearly universally known, anyway.
What are your thoughts?
By the way, the Avatar Wiki
says that the DVD Commentary for "Endgame" is where "Asami was originally going to join the United Forces" comes from. It doesn't say anything about Asami not being featured past Book One, though.
Edited by Primis on Jul 23rd 2018 at 5:41:38 AM
Well:
- 1) It doesn't necessarily affect the plot but it does involve the main protagonist's eventual, supposed romantic arc. It shook me because I didn't think Nick would actually allow a same-sex relationship in a cartoon. This is my reaction it - now think about the people who were actively shipping and arguing about ships.
- 2) I don't really know what Turf Wars has to do with it - I'm a fan of the show and I've never read it, and the comics aren't exactly mainstream. I'd almost forgotten they existed.
- 3) I think TLA is so old at this point it's kind of whatever, but it probably should be spoiler-tagged. Korra and Mako... I'll admit the "rules" are sketchy here.
- 4) I don't think that's a great reason. What are we basing "is universally known" on? A couple of forums with at least 20-30 people talking about it? This fanbase is vastly larger than that.
I guess it's fairer for me to say I'm not actually going to stop you.
Edited by Soble on Jul 23rd 2018 at 5:52:47 AM
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