Talk:Airbending/@comment-76.24.189.176-20120301022039

The biggest problem to me for airbending is that there aren't enough airbenders. So as a result, there can't be enough airbenders with varying philosophies beyond the traditional pacifist monk's view, and therefore there can't really be too many be varying styles and techniques. It made sense for the old show. It makes sense in the new show too, but now it's at the same time also kind of a problem in LOK because there isn't the same balance and variety that you have with other elements. It's unlikely, but I really hope it turns out that there are other airbenders alive besides Tenzin's family. They could either have the genes passed down through the gene pool from off circumstances and/or have there be a group of them that have been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time from before the war (kind of like how no one knew the Sun Warriors were still alive or how they thought Appa was the last sky bison but now he isn't). It's probably just wishful thinking, but the airbender recovery is taking quite some time. That won't change unless what we know about the population changes.