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Post by fuzzy2wumpkin on Mar 20, 2008 8:42:34 GMT -5
I think this is true for several reasons.
1. The White Lotus has stated that they discriminate against none.
2.In "The Winter Solstice:Part 2" Avatar Roku stated that when the comet returns it will impossible to restore the balance. This means that the balance may still be restored from the way things currently are. What could the Fire Nation possibly due to mess up the balance so bad that it cannot be fixed? Air nomads must still be alive somewhere or the balance would already be damaged beyond repair, no?
3. In "Bitter Work" when Iroh is explaining how the four nations are actually "one" whole, he states the Air nomads are fun loving people. Then he says " That's probably why they have such a good sense of humor!" This must mean that he knows or knew a/some air nomads personally. Aang is eliminated from this possibility because at this point in the show the only time he had spoken with Aang was very briefly in the season 1 in "The Siege Of the Northern Water Tribe" part 2. As matter of fact no words were even exchanged.
4. Pai Sho furthers my theory. Why? Because Monk Gyasto happened to be playing Pai Sho the first time we saw him
I don't think that the Air benders are wiped because you never hear anyone in the Fire Nation that has high rank even mention the fact they were wiped out and a nation with as much propaganda as the Fire nation would practically advertise it to show their ruthlessness
Zuko mentions it in the first episode and he it has been shown that certain information is even held from people with as much nobility as the prince. The other person that mentions this Zhao when he was trying to convince Aang to give up hope which could easily be a demoralizing method.
Also Sozin said he wiped out the Air temples. Not the air nomads, the temples. People say none has seen air benders in 100 years. seen. Key Word: seen. It is possible that The Order of the White Lotus is assisting them and the only reason that the airnbenders haven't been wiped out is because high ranking fire benders are in the O.W.L. which has been proven by Iroh and Sokka's sword master.
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Post by fuzzy2wumpkin on Mar 20, 2008 8:59:20 GMT -5
i guess no one agrees
or disagrees for that matter
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Post by nymphadora on Mar 20, 2008 14:25:59 GMT -5
^^You didn't give much time for anyone to respond... The whole Theories section has been pretty slow recently. I think that's a really good theory. I particularly like the part about Iroh saying the monks having good senses of humor. I never realized that doesn't make sense unless he knew some. One of the creators said something about us seeing the O.W.L. again, right? That would make a lot of sense if we saw the Airbenders then. I just hope that the Air Nation doesn't totally die out. It would be horrible if there were only three nations and no Airbenders.
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Post by melloyello on Mar 20, 2008 17:24:12 GMT -5
That was a really well thought out argument! I've always hoped that they would have airbenders return, though I have had my doubts, since I thought there would be at least one hint by now of their continued existence.
When you look at FN technology, it doesn't seem possible that the FN were able to kill all airbenders. While the FN army was approaching (which they would be able to see from literally miles away), you would think the monks would load as many children as they could onto air bison, and send them to either the water or earth kingdoms. The air temples were attacked first, so the other kingdoms would have plenty of resources and sympathy for the refugees.
That being said, I do think Aang is the last remaining airbender. After the vicious FN attack, any remaining airbenders would've went into hiding, and they would probably not have taught their children airbending for fear they would be discovered.
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Post by Sakura on Mar 20, 2008 18:53:20 GMT -5
While the FN army was approaching (which they would be able to see from literally miles away), you would think the monks would load as many children as they could onto air bison, and send them to either the water or earth kingdoms. The air temples were attacked first, so the other kingdoms would have plenty of resources and sympathy for the refugees. That being said, I do think Aang is the last remaining airbender. After the vicious FN attack, any remaining airbenders would've went into hiding, and they would probably not have taught their children airbending for fear they would be discovered. Good point too! If the airbenders never taught their kids airbending, then the kids might've been exploding and doing wierd things with air, and the villagers would blame it on bad karma! The secret would be safe even from the kids, so they couldn't proclaim that they were airbenders either! O.W.L. is probably keeping watch/statinoed over cities where airbending children are, so they protect them from harm and maybe even raise them. Awesome!
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Post by mentalmishaps on Mar 20, 2008 19:30:23 GMT -5
Firstly, Iroh did not say that they had good senses of humor. He said: "Also, they apparently had pretty good senses of humor."
Secondly, ALL air nomads are born benders, so the parents wouldn't have to teach it to them. Much like Katara or Haru, they'd just to be out bending on their own.
Thirdly, I cannot remeber which DVD commentary it was, but the creators mentioned that sometimes damage is done to the world that can never be repaired. Roku was reffering to saving the world from FN domination.
Lastly, and I cannot stress this enough, the show is called: Avatar: The LAST Airbender. In the second Avatar magazine the creators even joked about this. Someone asked if we would discover any airbenders, and they said that a few episodes into season three they would be changing the name of the show to Avatar: One of the Last Few Airbenders (or something along those lines)
The bottom line is that the air nomads are gone. They may come back if Aang has children. The ability may begin to appear in other people (perhaps Ty Lee-ish people,) and the air nomads will be restored, but I'd be willing to bet bundles that there are no nomads in hiding.
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Post by fuzzy2wumpkin on Mar 20, 2008 21:36:57 GMT -5
We'll see about that
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Post by iRar on Mar 22, 2008 8:29:28 GMT -5
I believe this theory may as well be true, there could be un-tattooed Airbenders living in Earth, Water, maybe even Fire Nation territories.
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Post by appaspillow on Mar 22, 2008 19:05:38 GMT -5
I have had this discussion many times with my friends. I think that this is a good Theory to the exsistance of Airnomads, but also there are a couple other hints to Airbenders still alive. In the episode "The Swamp" Katara mentioned she didnt know there where waterbenders anywhere but the north and south poles. Later in the Episode "The Library" we see a diferent type of earthbenders, sandbenders,. Then we come to "The Firebending Masters" We see another race of firebenders who have been believed to be dead for thousands of years, The Sun Worriors. So How do we know that there wasnt another race of airbenders alive that are still alive and will show up in the next couple episodes¿ So we will have to wait and see what will happen I just hope that they start showing new Episodes soon or I will go nuts
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Post by fuzzy2wumpkin on Mar 22, 2008 22:27:40 GMT -5
i don't see how someone can ignore the possibility of surviviing airbenders
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Post by iRar on Mar 23, 2008 8:57:50 GMT -5
appaspillow: I'd be careful with the Firebending Masters part of your post, it's very spoiler-y
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Post by .....:~~LordToph~~:...... on Mar 23, 2008 9:53:11 GMT -5
I don't think that the Air benders are wiped because you never hear anyone in the Fire Nation that has high rank even mention the fact they were wiped out and a nation with as much propaganda as the Fire nation would practically advertise it to show their ruthlessness
Yep, the fire nantion uses a lot of propaganda.
But on the other hand It is called "Avatar: the last airbender"
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Post by earthbendingstyle on Mar 23, 2008 12:22:29 GMT -5
That was a brilliant argument.
Peopleare always saying that the Air Nomads aren't wiped out, and that gave some very good proof that they aren't, but we'll have to see and find out.
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Post by girlunderglass on Mar 23, 2008 20:26:00 GMT -5
This is a plausible theory. Taking into consideration that Iroh has never been much of what he is perceived as. The Dragon of the West who supposedly slayed the last dragon. The weak old man that is left to rot in his prison cell. Etc. Etc. I could easily see him taking part in a diverse group as the White Lotus- not caring about where the other members are from. It always seemed to me that Iroh was never for the war.. so tis being true would come of no shock. Well thought out, Fuzzy.
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Post by fuzzy2wumpkin on Mar 23, 2008 21:19:01 GMT -5
i sure wouldn't mind some karma for my first topic ever
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