Woooo another fan [:Damn you guys have gotten me hooked...i had never been interested in anime before but it looked really interesting so i started from Avatar: The Last Airbender and watched like 10 episodes in one night :/
Woooo another fan [:Damn you guys have gotten me hooked...i had never been interested in anime before but it looked really interesting so i started from Avatar: The Last Airbender and watched like 10 episodes in one night :/
I said some bit about this a while back, but the creators have messed up a bit with metalbending. It turned into a bit of a plot convenience this season, same with fire breathing. I'm willing to accept fantasy reasons for anything, but if there starts to be a scientific explanation brought in, it better be 100% logical.I'm pretty sure it was that the ice was disabling him, not causing him to fall through its weight.
And yeah I know avatar physics are weird but it just bugs me in particular that they resort to using real-world shit in a way that's not really.... sensible. Like fuck firebending apparently packs force to it (as you see in pro bending matches or just Mako in general) but I'm willing to accept some bullshit explanation for that; the metal-related inconsistencies bother me in a way I can't define.
Azula's form is very different from that of Iroh and Ozai, who practice a more traditional firebending style. Unlike the traditional firebending style, which relies heavily (relatively) closed stances and strong strikes, Azula's fighting style relies heavily on agility and precision. When she firebends with her hands she utilizes two fingers instead of the often seen open palm/closed fist more commonly associated with firebending (outside of the season finale, where she does, which can probably be explained by power overload), enabling her to compress her flames more tightly. The blue fire is a result of that high compression and her natural prowess.I'm almost 100% sure that someone referenced azula's fire bending and emotions (iroh probably). If her flames are blue just because she is a prodigy then the fire lord and iroh would have shown blue flames too at some point because I think they were at azula's level.
That is a tricky thing to get into, just because the fire is compressed (or rather the oxidizing material) it does not necessarily mean that it will be at a greater temperature because it may be the same amount of molecules reacting. The only thing that will change is the heat distribution but not the temperature. Not to mention that increasing the pressure by concentrating more oxygen may affect how well a substance combusts so its not that simple. Nice observation though .Azula's form is very different from that of Iroh and Ozai, who practice a more traditional firebending style. Unlike the traditional firebending style, which relies heavily (relatively) closed stances and strong strikes, Azula's fighting style relies heavily on agility and precision. When she firebends with her hands she utilizes two fingers instead of the often seen open palm/closed fist more commonly associated with firebending (outside of the season finale, where she does, which can probably be explained by power overload), enabling her to compress her flames more tightly. The blue fire is a result of that high compression and her natural prowess.
Azula is one of the greatest fighters in the series but there's no way she's as outright powerful as Ozai/Roku/Korra. Rather, her power comes from precision.
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Not sure if ATLA really takes in all of that science and stuff. It IS a kid's show, after all. But I do like your reasoning and such. And yes, nice observation. I never even noticed that o.oThat is a tricky thing to get into, just because the fire is compressed (or rather the oxidizing material) it does not necessarily mean that it will be at a greater temperature because it may be the same amount of molecules reacting. The only thing that will change is the heat distribution but not the temperature. Not to mention that increasing the pressure by concentrating more oxygen may affect how well a substance combusts so its not that simple. Nice observation though .
I guess technically you could say Aang did if you count lightning redirection. Although yeah, never on his own.also so far no lightning bending avatar has been shown yet. I like that Korra was the first metal bending avatar, but it would've been cool if she learned how to use lightning as well.
My guess is that she wasn't yet skilled enough to realize THE POISON was metallic, or she was just too panicked to think about it. I don't get how Jinora knew THE POISON was metallic though. Honestly, I thought Kya or Tonraq was going to use healing to cure THE POISON or remove it from her.WAIT. If Korra could metalbend, why couldn't she metalbend the poison that Zaheer used?
ASPLOSIONS :DFirebending sub-mastery -> lightning
-ability -> ???
What do you think the firebender's ability is? I can't think of or remember anything from the anime that showed something like this. I think the dragons were the first firebenders but they didn't much. All I know about firebenders is that their strength comes from their emotions; specifically anger (Azula and her blue flames). Also their powers are strengthened by that comet. Maybe their ability is the ability to fire breathe which doesn't seem to require any exaggerated movement? Maybe the combustion man's ability was like a specialized form of fire breathing (bending without movement)?
I won't disagree that the robots might have been unnecessary, but I'm not sure wood is good enough for unbendable substance. Katara was able to break out of a wood prison with sweat and all Gazan needed were some pebbles. Pretty much any bendable substance in the hands of a competent bender can be used to break wood, and I wouldn't be surprised if the more physically fit characters could break out without bendables unless the wood was incredibly thick. Platinum and the purity physics might not have been the best idea, but I can't see wood replacing it in terms of tough utility material to use. Its not as malleable, tough, or versatile as an unbendable metal.Can we just face the facts that those robots were stupid and added little to the show and that platinum never would have been introduced without them? We didn't need an unbendable material, we have wood. We didn't need a hard to fight juggernaut, Amon & his chi-blockers were already menacing and we'd get planes soon enough. Also Aftermath was the worst episode of Air (and until a Breath of Fresh Air, the worst episode of Korra).
That makes sense, I hope this is the case and we finally see Zuko's daughter. I also hope they don't pull some shit and make her the villain...we've already had enough Fire Nation Royalty villains in the first series and we've even had a Queen as a villain in this show already too (plus I want Zaheer to return in some capacity). Although that could be another "reference" to the first show I seriously hope they don't do it.The Article said:In terms of what fans can expect with Book 4, a brief revisit to the other seasons provides some hints. While Book 1 focused on Korra's Airbending, Book 2 started with the Water Tribes Conflict. Book 3 was based off the Earth Kingdom, so many feel that Book 4 will open in the Fire Nation.
damn that's gonna b great no more waiting every week lolApparently season 4 is going to be released in January 2015: http://www.breathecast.com/articles...-13-episode-season-4-airs-january-2015-19125/
Sounds awesome
Edit: also apparently the whole seasons going to be aired at once http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/08/29/the-legend-of-korra-book-3-4-au-release-date-revealed
She saw the poison when they were putting it in. That looked like liquid metal from the moment I saw it.I guess technically you could say Aang did if you count lightning redirection. Although yeah, never on his own.
My guess is that she wasn't yet skilled enough to realize THE POISON was metallic, or she was just too panicked to think about it. I don't get how Jinora knew THE POISON was metallic though. Honestly, I thought Kya or Tonraq was going to use healing to cure THE POISON or remove it from her.