Talk:Avatar

Is it true that normal people can become fire benders.

What, you mean in real life? Nope, I don't think so.

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I think someone took my Speculation edit a bit too literally: "There are no cross country people, and only the Avatar can more than one element." First of all, the "Earthbender mom and firebender dad" was only an example, though I can't see why it couldn't really happen - I mean, look at Aang and Katara (or Sokka and Suki, though they aren't benders). Secondly, the main reason, I think, why the Avatar can master more than one element, is the correct attitude and a state of mind. So technically anyone could, with enough travelling and lots of training, learn some foreing bending, though this'd of course be a lot more difficult for non-Avatars. It's all about how you're raised. Regardless, if Aang goes all Jedi-like and finds some babies with potential to be taken to one of the Air Temples for training, I can't make up a single good reason why they couldn't one day become great Airbending masters. Or they could learn some themselves, like Katara learned Waterbending (though this'll be a lot more difficult now with Flying Bisons near-extinct as well).

All speculation, of course. I don't think it's been officially stated how all this stuff actually goes, anyway. So you can't silence me, nan nan naa.


 * In an interview with Mike and Bryan at ASN, they said that what defines if a person is a bender or not is a mix of genetics and spirituality, if my internet was a bit faster I would go search for it but unfortunately it's not. Taking that into account, even if a person has all the spirituality part, they'd have to have the genetic part down as well, it's not a matter of finding someone who's enlightened, if that was the case Pathik would be an Avatar. 201.17.74.167 18:31, 3 April 2008 (UTC)