Talk:And the Winner Is.../@comment-99.181.158.184-20120514025533/@comment-61.6.228.140-20120514095755

Aang and Korra are not the same; he was a scared little boy who had to undergo a journey of epic proportions in a world that was waiting for him the return for 100 years. She lives in a technology-dominated world where people aren't even impressed by the Avatar anymore, and that is reflected in her own lack of spirituality.

Korra's "fighting skill" is quite good,but unlike Aang she is not fighting benders as much as she is fighting a new enemy that is deliberately training to fight benders. She fought the Triads quite easily and wiped the floor with her Firebender training partners in the first episode- but fighting Equalists is another story, since she has no experience fighting them. Eventually she will learn how, but she hasn't even settled properly in Republic City yet.

Like Tenzin said, bending isn't only for fighting, which is going to be a theme in this series as long as Korra can't Airbend. Aang was forced to fight all the time because of the Fire Nation's aggression ,but even he had peaceful episodes like the Fire Nation School or the dance party. The two Avatars are different in a lot of ways- Aang is a non-violent person in a violent world, Korra is a fighter in a world that has stopped fighting amongst each other for a long time (until now, with the Equalists).

Aang could enter the Avatar state before he could even Firebend, but it was always in an extreme way and with an external stimulus. Only the last episodes had him actually using the Avatar state properly with total control on his own. Before that, it was almost tragic when he went all glowy, because bad things would happen afterwards.