Talk:Avatar/@comment-108.13.174.66-20120304204151/@comment-218.153.93.97-20120312101401

Well, it'd be kinda boring if you ask me- for one thing, the fact that it was stated that "before the era of the Avatar, people bent not the elements, but the energy within themselves," so we know the Avatar probably emerged around the time the four elements were coined. That means some forms of bending technique seen later in the series would not be present, and not as advanced, if they are, giving the naturally talented Avatar more of an unfair edge than he would already have. On top of this, the Avatar State is stated to be the combination of all the past lives an Avatar has had. The first Avatar is literally the first of his kind, so... how do you expect him to go into the Avatar State, for one thing? It'd be kinda... dull, really. If Aang were just a bald boy with tattoos all over his body who has no special attributes other than having the potential to master every element, the series would start off pretty slow.