Talk:Air Nomad Genocide/@comment-173.32.209.222-20110429052333

since it would take waaayyy too much typing to explain why the genocide makes sense. the air nomads are called the air nomads for the reason that they all live at the temples. they are nomads in the spiritual sense. they are basically like buddhist monks in that they are highly spiritual and do not believe in living in the world like the other nations. bending ability is directly tied to spirtualism in the avatar world. not always and it kinda depends on your element. airbending traditionally does require a spiritual detachment and earth bending requires the least spirituality. which is actually why as you go from the other 3 nations to the air nomads you see a massive jump in the bending population. plus airbenders need to be able to fly to get to the temples which means when they have families, benders have families with other benders, its a simplistic form of evolution.

so to explain this real quick.

the air nomads name is a spiritual one not a literal meaning for nomad. they all lived in the four temples due to the spiritual nature of their bending.

they all got ambushed and killed for these reasons folks, its not really a plot hole. really the only potential plot hole is the balance after tenzin dies unless they do create a new nation of airbenders.