Talk:Bolin/@comment-71.92.36.247-20120425224608

Has the show's creators writen out their names in characters yet? If so, I missed it.

It would be sweet if the the character for "Bo" in Bolin's name could translate to "hope", written in Chinese or even Japanese. Since Bolin is the optimist, and was Mako's reason to endure chidlhood poverty and stay off the bitter criminal path.

Also leads to a sudden theory in my head: baby Hope from the Serpent's Pass (and who is Earth Kingdom BTW) grew up in Ba Sing Se after the War, where Fire Nation occupants and Earth Kingdom citizens offcially began to reconcile. Hope either married a Fire Nation immigrant (maybe even Tom Tom), or her own child moved to newly built Republic City and married a Fire Nation. She then became a grandmother whom Bolin could be named after.

Mako could be named in honor of the revered Lord Zuko of Fire Nation, whether directly descended from him or not.