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Post by Musogato on Jul 18, 2014 18:37:04 GMT -5
Discussion for the sixth episode of Book 3: Change, Old Wounds.
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Leaf
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Post by Leaf on Jul 22, 2014 16:12:36 GMT -5
How come Aang wasn't the first metalbending Avatar when he personally knew Toph since childhood?
Seems like eventually she would have taught him the technique.
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Post by ILZ on Jul 24, 2014 1:38:10 GMT -5
My theory is since not even every earthbender can metalbend, Aang just wasn't able to do it. I'm just thinking back to how much trouble he had with earthbending since it was his natural opposite element.
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Post by Musogato on Jul 25, 2014 22:29:47 GMT -5
@ ILZ, That makes sense. Although he did become a good earthbender by the time he fought Ozai and even did that earth-sensing trick that Toph uses (unless I'm misremembering that?), maybe the impurities in the metal were just beyond his level to find.
Poor Lin! Having to carry that anger all that time and be reminded of it every time she saw her own face. I'm glad we learned the backstory on her scar and that the issue got aired out; it'll be interesting to see how/if they write Lin differently from now on. Hopefully not too differently, though. Lin is still Lin.
But between this and the explanation for Korra's seclusion, and Mako & Bolin's family, I'm really loving this pattern of addressing previously overlooked points. It kind of makes me want to watch the earlier seasons again, and see what other things could be answered further down the pipeline. (And of course renew my hope for Koh.)
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Post by Paraiba Ocean on Jul 26, 2014 1:54:29 GMT -5
Maybe metalbending wasn't something he was interested in, either? idk. I feel like Aang had more pressing concerns, regardless of his friendship with Toph, that superseded his interest in metalbending, such as trying to establish the United Republic in order to try and placate relations between Fire Nation colonists and Earth Kingdom territories - as well as the weight of being the last airbender, and trying to bring balance and peace to a nation that had been devastated by war for the past 100 years. Plus, I can imagine that when he wasn't delegating peace or wielding diplomacy, after the birth of Tenzin, Aang spent a great deal of time trying to impart his culture onto his only airbending child.
To me, in considering all of that, perhaps the idea of learning to metalbend seemed trivial? Of course his difficulty with learning earthbending probably didn't make him anymore interested, either.
lol and I hear you there Grey DeLisle. I recognized her the second I heard a young Lin Beifong speak, and after hearing Ming Hua use her pipes a few more times, I heard her there, too.
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