Avatar The Legend Of Korra

[Valwin]

for those interested

 

[Gahars]

Rise from your grave, thread.

So, the show finally premiered (I skipped out on watching them online ahead of time) and it's awesome. Seriously, it's shaping up to be a great new step for the franchise.

So, everyone agree? Anyone disagree? Can you wait for the next episodes?

 

[Daizu]

Rise from your grave, thread.

So, the show finally premiered (I skipped out on watching them online ahead of time) and it's awesome. Seriously, it's shaping up to be a great new step for the franchise.

So, everyone agree? Anyone disagree? Can you wait for the next episodes?

Watched the first episode earlier. Missed the first like 5 minutes but I loved what I did see. So much nostalgia. I have a reason to watch TV again. It's definitely turning out to be interesting with this whole

Spoiler

bender genocide

thing.

 

[Gahars]

I am interested in seeing where the show goes with the Bender vs. Non-Bender conflict.

Also, related:

 

[The Catboy]

I finally got to watch the first 2 episodes, so far I am quite interested in seeing how this show goes. It almost reminds me of something like X-Men, with normal people vs the benders, I want to see how that turns out.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Bumi seems suspicious. He's not to be trusted.

 

[matt382]

Wow, I'm pretty behind. I've only seen up to a couple of episodes of Book 2 from the original Avatar... I need to get back into it :')

 

[Hyro-Sama]

HOLY SHIT. I just watched the third episode and I jizzed in my pants. SO FUCKING BADASS.

 

[Presto99]

HOLY SHIT. I just watched the third episode and I jizzed in my pants. SO FUCKING BADASS.

Uh, you're fapping to this?
Anyway, my sisters and I are really enjoying this. I think I like it even more, but it would probably be sorta weird if you didn't know the original story. So we're gonna watch the 3rd episode soon! And for me, I'd rather be staring at Korra the whole time instead of Aang.

 

[nryn99]

HOLY SHIT. I just watched the third episode and I jizzed in my pants. SO FUCKING BADASS.

Uh, you're fapping to this?
Anyway, my sisters and I are really enjoying this. I think I like it even more, but it would probably be sorta weird if you didn't know the original story. So we're gonna watch the 3rd episode soon! And for me, I'd rather be staring at Korra the whole time instead of Aang.

he has avatar-fetish.

anyway. watched 3 yesterday and i'm really intrigued by this Amon guy and his claims.
i wanna see more bending.

 

[KingdomBlade]

*snip
for those interested

Something wrong with that image. Katara is also Korra's mentor.

The chi-blocker fight scene was amazing. Though I find that the whole "Amon might have taken Bolin's bending" would have turned Bolin into Sokka. Has anyone else realized this?

 

[Pong20302000]

*snip
for those interested

Something wrong with that image. Katara is also Korra's mentor.

The chi-blocker fight scene was amazing. Though I find that the whole "Amon might have taken Bolin's bending" would have turned Bolin into Sokka. Has anyone else realized this?

well how about

Spoiler

At the end of Book 2 in the original series, Aang was killed by a lightning strike from Azula which caused Amon to be born as the new avatar since Aang died. However, Katara revived Aang with the water from the Spirit Oasis and he was all good as new. This caused Amon to lose his ability to bend the elements, but he was still connected and had the spiritual side that Korra does not. This explains why Korra does not get the spiritual side of being an avatar and how Amon actually was able to commune with the spirits to learn energybending

 

[nryn99]

*snip
for those interested

Something wrong with that image. Katara is also Korra's mentor.

The chi-blocker fight scene was amazing. Though I find that the whole "Amon might have taken Bolin's bending" would have turned Bolin into Sokka. Has anyone else realized this?

well how about

Spoiler

At the end of Book 2 in the original series, Aang was killed by a lightning strike from Azula which caused Amon to be born as the new avatar since Aang died. However, Katara revived Aang with the water from the Spirit Oasis and he was all good as new. This caused Amon to lose his ability to bend the elements, but he was still connected and had the spiritual side that Korra does not. This explains why Korra does not get the spiritual side of being an avatar and how Amon actually was able to commune with the spirits to learn energybending

where'd you get that?

 

[adamdbz]

if it's true that will be cool but he will be 80 years old if it's true

 

[EthanObi]

well zuko is confirmed alive! 83 years old. surprisingly he out-lived Aang.... Aang is 14 at end of book 3. add 70 and subtract 17(Korra is 17 as of book 1 air) and then you get Aang's age when he died...

Spoiler

aang died at 67 years old....(167 years old if you take into account him being frozen in a iceberg for 100 years.

while zuko was either 17 or 18 by the end of series.

 

[KingdomBlade]

*snip
for those interested

Something wrong with that image. Katara is also Korra's mentor.

The chi-blocker fight scene was amazing. Though I find that the whole "Amon might have taken Bolin's bending" would have turned Bolin into Sokka. Has anyone else realized this?

well how about

Spoiler

At the end of Book 2 in the original series, Aang was killed by a lightning strike from Azula which caused Amon to be born as the new avatar since Aang died. However, Katara revived Aang with the water from the Spirit Oasis and he was all good as new. This caused Amon to lose his ability to bend the elements, but he was still connected and had the spiritual side that Korra does not. This explains why Korra does not get the spiritual side of being an avatar and how Amon actually was able to commune with the spirits to learn energybending

Some problems with that:

Spoiler

1. Amon does not sound 80 in any conceivable way. Seriously.
2. That does not correlate with the line. For that to happen, Amon must have been a waterbender or at least someone from the water tribe. However, this contradicts his story. If he was born to a family of non-benders, he must have been a non-bender. However, considering that for some period of time in between Aang dying and Katara healing Aang, Amon must have been a bender.
3. His family was killed when he was 8, which is 7 years after the events of A:TLA. In those 7 years, it would be rather inconceivable for a firebender to go somewhere into the water tribes and burn a family alive. Not only that, but he lived in a farm. So that filters out the two tribes altogether. He could've been born in the colonies, but that's where peace was recently established so a violent outbreak couldn't occur right away. Plus, nearly all waterbenders themselves are in the Northern tribe.
4. That would mean that Amon and Aang both have the spiritual side of bending at the same time, while Aang possessed the physical aspect also. That means that, for about 54 years, 1 and 1/2 of an avatar existed which contradicts the "two halves of one whole avatar" idea.

My theory is that:

Spoiler

Amon doesn't actually have the ability to energybend. In reality, it's an extremely advanced form of chi blocking that can be broken, with extremely intensive healing.

 

[Pong20302000]

*snip
for those interested

Something wrong with that image. Katara is also Korra's mentor.

The chi-blocker fight scene was amazing. Though I find that the whole "Amon might have taken Bolin's bending" would have turned Bolin into Sokka. Has anyone else realized this?

well how about

Spoiler

At the end of Book 2 in the original series, Aang was killed by a lightning strike from Azula which caused Amon to be born as the new avatar since Aang died. However, Katara revived Aang with the water from the Spirit Oasis and he was all good as new. This caused Amon to lose his ability to bend the elements, but he was still connected and had the spiritual side that Korra does not. This explains why Korra does not get the spiritual side of being an avatar and how Amon actually was able to commune with the spirits to learn energybending

Some problems with that:

Spoiler

1. Amon does not sound 80 in any conceivable way. Seriously.
2. That does not correlate with the line. For that to happen, Amon must have been a waterbender or at least someone from the water tribe. However, this contradicts his story. If he was born to a family of non-benders, he must have been a non-bender. However, considering that for some period of time in between Aang dying and Katara healing Aang, Amon must have been a bender.
3. His family was killed when he was 8, which is 7 years after the events of A:TLA. In those 7 years, it would be rather inconceivable for a firebender to go somewhere into the water tribes and burn a family alive. Not only that, but he lived in a farm. So that filters out the two tribes altogether. He could've been born in the colonies, but that's where peace was recently established so a violent outbreak couldn't occur right away. Plus, nearly all waterbenders themselves are in the Northern tribe.
4. That would mean that Amon and Aang both have the spiritual side of bending at the same time, while Aang possessed the physical aspect also. That means that, for about 54 years, 1 and 1/2 of an avatar existed which contradicts the "two halves of one whole avatar" idea.

My theory is that:

Spoiler

Amon doesn't actually have the ability to energybend. In reality, it's an extremely advanced form of chi blocking that can be broken, with extremely intensive healing.

lol its good to hear all the theroies

Amon also held the throat Chakra compared to when Aang used the Heart

we could answer this easily

CAPTURE "Steven Jay Blum" and we shall torture him to leak what his character does

 

[Guild McCommunist]

My theory is that:

Spoiler

Amon doesn't actually have the ability to energybend. In reality, it's an extremely advanced form of chi blocking that can be broken, with extremely intensive healing.

Actually a really good observation.

A friend of mine (you know who you are!) said he found some very lengthy description of the differences on how Aang does it and how this new guy does it. That it's not the same and thus something is different. If anything it gives merit to your theory.

 

[Gahars]

Here is an image comparing the Energy Bending of Amon and Aang...

Spoiler

There was one that went into more detail, but for the life of me I can't find it anywhere (if I do see it around, I'll be sure to post it). It pointed out that Amon also places his hand on the back of the neck, which is around another chakra point... named Amon. That name seem meaningful yet?

I'm throwing my hat into the "Amon is blocking chi" pool.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Pretty sure it's chi blocking. The creators of the series said chi blocking has a history that's been forgotten. I wouldn't be surprised if Amon had came across this ancient history in his quest for vengeance.

EDIT: I think Amon is permanently sealing bending powers. Where as Aang stripped Ozai of his.

oh and Bolin > Sokka