Surely this wasn't the case early on. Didn't he need to receive specific training from that monk dude, err guru who hung out by himself in the empty air temple? I thought he was pretty impatient at times, but yeah for sure towards the end of avatar he became extremely spiritual.
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Surely this wasn't the case early on. Didn't he need to receive specific training from that monk dude, err guru who hung out by himself in the empty air temple? I thought he was pretty impatient at times, but yeah for sure towards the end of avatar he became extremely spiritual.
Yeah, Aang was always more of the spiritual type. It could be seen by his visits to
Question though: How could Korra do every type of bending when she was small? Wouldn't she have had a hard time with at least fire bending? Does that mean Aang was just kind of~ and that Korra is more adept at it?
I thought there had to be the selection test? What happened to that?
Edit: ^^
the spirit world, and his interactions with the Guru. Who, by the way, commented on Aangs speed in releasing his chakra's
Question though: How could Korra do every type of bending when she was small? Wouldn't she have had a hard time with at least fire bending? Does that mean Aang was just kind of~ and that Korra is more adept at it?
I thought there had to be the selection test? What happened to that?
Edit: ^^
He only needed to recieve training from the guru because he had damaged his Chakra's, and needed help opening them again to induce the Avatar state. He was always naturally spiritual.
Prequels? Nothing he said is prequel related. The Force has always been an innate thing implied to be related to lineage. It's not a coincidence that the son of Anakin Skywalker (even before it was decided to make him the same character as Darth Vader) was a powerful potential Jedi.
There's no way to believably claim bending in Avatar does not owe something to Star Wars and the Force. It's not the only inspiration, obviously, but these guys are basically elemental Jedi run through a kung fu movie filter.
I think Korra is having a easier time because she wants it, while Aang didn't want the powers at first, so he was probably resisting a lot because deep down he didn't want it at first
QuiteWhittle
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I was just writing this....there is no special "avatar gene".
And if I'm not mistaken, it's not instantaneous either. The avatar spirit has two weeks to find a host(before its birth).
Korra has an easy time because she's awesome incarnate.
And the thread title is fixed! Piece by piece, this is starting to come together.
Professor Beef
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I want more episodes like the one detailing the life of Avatar Roku.
It does in regard that force powers are hereditary and that there is also a spiritual side to it.
Much like bending.
Soakedjunk
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I can't frakkin' wait for this. I was in love with the original when it came out. Bring it on!
If only Nick wasn't so irresponsible. You could have had more time.
not their fault, I believe all press websites have super easy passwords
Foxy Fox 39
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Soooo good.
I really loved Tenzin's kids. Especially the "Sokkaang" one.
The only problem I have is the credits aren't as good as the original's. It's nice but I LOVED the credits in the original Avatar.
Yeah. I forgot which E3 it was but the same thing happened with Nintendo. It was even a similar password and username except replaced with "Nintendo".
Yeah. I forgot which E3 it was but the same thing happened with Nintendo. It was even a similar password and username except replaced with "Nintendo".
Professor Beef
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The last known being to use energybending was the lionturtle, who passed it on to Aang. So no, you don't need to be an Avatar to use it. Your heart and mind have to be completely pure in order to use energybending and not get killed by it, however.
I'd imagine the passwords are deliberately dumb so that members of the press can access the site easily. Although in this case...
Ah, that's right. I completely forgot that
it was passed on to him. Interesting.
They don't have to have these sorts of logins though. Just because everyone else does it, doesn't mean they have to.
Of course, with the ease of login, maybe they did it on purpose.
Foxy Fox 39
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There was something like this for IGN awhile back and it was just as easy.
Foxy Fox 39
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Panthalassic
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Watched the first episode, after much internal conflict. It was amazing. All the callbacks and the music and the animation were all great. I laughed and teared up a few times too, especially when
I eagerly await the next episode.
the music when Korra took Naga out for a walk started playing, and Katara talked about how all her friends were dead, and the Toph statue.
I eagerly await the next episode.
Foxy Fox 39
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Was that aang in the starting? When tenzin says, "earth, fire, air"
Was air aang? Cause he had a chin strap!
Was air aang? Cause he had a chin strap!
Yes, I believe it was him.
I really like the peaceful mood of the credits.
shadyspace
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I STILL have problems with the level of technological development that has taken place over only 100 years. I have to actively work my suspension of disbelief on that one.
Eh, it's perfectly realistic. Just compare a year like 1880 to 1980 and boom, suddenly there's cars and skyscrapers and TVs and rocket ships and stuff.
Going from 1890 to 1990 in automobiles and you'll see it's not that weird. Plus everyone's working together now. It's pretty easy to do amazing stuff when you can basically use and manipulate the planet's resources so easily.
It's 70 years and the only major thing that they did is make tall buildings (earthbending helped) and cars otherwise the fire nation and others were already pretty advanced. Again, just look at this past century or a little further back for examples. What changed from 1870-1940?
It's only been 70 iirc, and from what I'm gathering,
that's what the big dichotomy is. A bending focused state vs one that's better for all; holding the common society's advancement back to make sure it never advances from reach etc..etc..
shadyspace
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Qing dynasty must have been pretty badass. It's clear that in the Avatar world which was very tribal, focused on bending, and in the middle of a war that technology was not sweeping the world eventhough it was being steadily developed. When peace time came you had an explosion of development and innovation.
HOLY SHIT, I was just strolling through Off-Topic and stumbled upon this gem of a news bite. Saw the first episode and it was every bit as awesome as I expected. However, between this and DC Nation, I'm kind of annoyed that Saturday mornings are becoming relevant again. I haven't gotten up before noon on a Saturday in like a decade if I didn't have work to do, an errand to run or some sort of special event. I'd rather not change that habit if I can avoid it 
Also LOL at that epic troll near the beginning. You know the one.
Also LOL at that epic troll near the beginning. You know the one.
thetrin
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Can you imagine the exponential scientific advances humankind would go through if we had magic?
Dat Music
Yeah when Korra
took Naga out for a stroll
The Dutch Slayer
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Just finished watching the first episode:
And it wasn't even in HD
And it wasn't even in HD
Edag Plata
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Can anyone help me find this first episode?
The Dutch Slayer
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took me 3 min of using google to find it so just be a little creative and use it. you'll find it.
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