Talk:Aang/@comment-81.250.82.162-20101205145802/@comment-3068994-20101205184637

Aang's parents had a storyboard laid out for them by Mike & Bryan; but they cut it. I'm guessing they had no time to include it, dangit, they were going to do something with them...but we have no idea what. In one flashback during The Avatar and the Fire Lord we get to see his parents; who are both Air Nomad/benders, as well, according to their appearance.

The temples are kept segregated by gender, east and west are female, north and south are male. However, as King Waterbender suggested, Air Nomads really got around a lot. We sadly do not get any true examples of this, but Aang's experiences should be proof enough to the very Nomadic life that they live. When choosing a bison for a personal pet, he and others travel to the Eastern Air Temple if I recall, where the women tend to them as they choose a pet bison for life.

Some of Aang's travels, to hit on the topic of their traveling behavior, include how he knew about/had friends with people from Omashu (Bumi) and the Fire Nation (Kuzon). He knew about locations that were obviously outdated to find Koi Fish, Hog Monkeys, hopping llamas, and he knew about penguin sledding, he knew about Ba Sing Se and he further shows Air Nomads traveling by saying they did not like Ba Sing Se's way of life, so they were all aware of it.

The best suggestion as to their reproductive habits is that during their travels, they would unite with one another, possibly away from the Air Nomad Temples. Regardless it would occur. Hence, the two would care for one another, but they would not live together as the society kept them segregated. This would not stop them from taking time to travel with one another when not at their temples, is my presumption. This is furthered by showing that Aang's parents are side-by-side in his flashback.

In their culture, children are not raised by their parents. Children are removed from their parents and handed over to the monks to be raised by the community as a whole, to instill air nomad beliefs that all life is equally important and to be cherished, not simply grow familial attachments and place family above others. Arguably, Gyatso was not obeying this with his caregiving for Aang. As such, later, when he was attempting to allow Aang to be a child and have fun, the council decided to remove Aang from Gyatso's care and .... interestingly .... move Aang to the Eastern Air Temple - a temple reserved for women.