During the day of black sun it is shown that all firebenders collectively lose their bending during an eclipse. in both the fire nation and omashu it is the same.

HOWEVER

eclipses don't work like that.

The assumption is because the sun is entirely blocked out for 8 minutes, firebender's power gets so weak to the point where it is non-existent. there are already problems with that.

• This assumes that sunlight gives firebender's power. which would also mean they would be just as if not more powerless at night, but thats not the case.

• The only way to mitigate that logically is to assume that the sunlight reflected at night allows firebending.

But here's the problem

• Eclipses, at least in our world, only block out a specific part of the planet because of the size of the moon in proportion to the sun. this area is actually quite small compared to the earth itself.

• This would mean it would only shut off for people in a certain area, not the globe.

• On top of that, omashu and the capital are very VERY, far apart. if we're using the map for reference, they would actually be on near-opposite sides of the planet, meaning it would be the middle of the night in omashu during the eclipse on the other side of world.

Then, coming back to the day-night problem. during the lunar eclipse (when zhao killed the moon spirit and literally destroyed the moon) the firebenders should have also lost their power if we're going with the assumption that firebenders can bend at night due to the reflection of the light from the sun.

This is the problem with staking the power system on celestial bodies, because they have to adhere to celestial patterns and conditions. it wouldn't be a problem or as confusing if firebenders didn't completely lose their bending when sunlight is block out.

Its pretty apparent when looking at the series that people can see airbending. at least high concentrations of it.

Of course there are times where it is invisible like when aang slows his fall, gets mad, flies with his glider...but most times when its used in battle, its clear people can see it.

The primary arguments for this assumption are the two episodes

• Imprisoned

• Blind bandit

Where uses of airbending were unseen, but honestly, I'd be more in favor for the many times airbending attacks or moves were seen and reacted to. one such example is aang's air-body attack on zuko, which he braced for. or the time he made an air funnel which sokka and katara put rocks into

Random thought I've had once or twice over the years.

Waterbenders clearly have control over the states of matter and can shift them almost instantly. on top of that they can bend steam/mist/vapor as well as ice just as easily as any normal water.

To shift states of matter there has to be heat (movement of molecules) so based on that, I have the following questions

• Can waterbenders precisely control the heat of the water they bend

• Can they theoretically use boiling water in battle

As far as I know there's nothing to suggest they can't. In fact there were several times waterbenders can control ice cold water and steaming water, turning it into either steam or ice instantly. this supports my notion

Earthbenders can manipulate earth. "earth" is a VERY broad term. from a basic point of view this can just mean

• Rocks

• Dirt

• Gravel

• Sand

• Crystal

• Metal

However when we get to crystal and metal it gets interesting. here are my points.

• I think what earthbenders can actually bend is silicon. which is the metalloid most found is standard rocks (correct me if I'm wrong)

• This is why they can bend sand and crystals easy.

• Metals are prevalent in all rocks at least a little bit (correct me if I'm wrong) but the earth:metal ratio is always in the earth's favor.

• This is why Its more difficult for earthbenders to bend metal since it is more of the metal elements and not enough silicon.

This is where confusion comes in

• Korra, Suyin, toph and a random lackey were all able to bend mercury with no problem, however mercury is a pure metal and should not be able to be bent unless it was mixed with something.

• What in the world is meteorite metal. We see even in atla this stuff has a strange property allowing it to change form like clay for a metalbender. we see it further in tlok with people like suying and kuvira, allowing it to fully liquify and morph. this is confusing since meteorites have the same makeup as normal earth.

• Perhaps its because it isn't refined, which could genuinely be the case. perhaps all ores can do that when they aren't refined but it just confuses me

Project Ember: Done by Bluesketchydoodles

I wonder what would be his version.

Sud would be the Toph of the group

Reviewing Book I of TLOK, I remembered why Pro-bending is so bad.

Unlike clandestine combats, Agni Kais or general fights, being a regularized sport, there is no risk of real harm beyond some minor injuries and dislocations; which by the standards of any sport is anything. If we look closely, they wear full body protective equipment and it is illegal to seriously harm any of the competitors. So there are no risks or tension since we know that nothing is going to happen to them.

The power system is broken. Taking Korra's Firebending test as a reference, she was already able to beat three firebenders alone during the day (and don't tell me that those three were not at the level of the Pro-bending competitors, because it was choreographically similar). However, during the tournament, we see that he can barely beat him in most fights even with the help of Mako and Bolin, and being at night (when waterbending is strongest).

Narratively it is of no use. Beyond introducing the co-starring duo of brothers, the Pro-control and the tournament are of no use. I don't help Korra on her way, it doesn't serve to develop her since it's the same thing she did locked up in the South Pole: fighting, otherwise she's still locked up on the temple island and the fight with the Equalists came to her by chance and anyway she would have met them sooner or later since Amon was going to look for her to use her anyway. So this subplot was of no use.

The part that makes the ending of "the desert" so said is the unspoken realization of just why aang is so upset.

Of course aang has just lost his pet and best friend. anyone would be deeply upset at that. especially since they don't know where he is at all.

However it could also just as easily be inferred that the internal reason for this outburst is that he just lost the last living remnant of his culture. this is what I wish the show focused on more instead of a few bits here and there. appa is not just his best friend but the last piece of his people he has. momo is there but momo was born after.

Appa was all he had left that he kept with him. having appa been taken or possibly killed would cause immense grief for him, resulting in his outburst. its like a rehash of aang's statement "i really am the last airbender" I don't think the weight of the genocide is felt or talked about enough. its literally an entire culture wiped out from the face of the earth. only one of them exists now.

*I wish they would have had a similarly deep scene in "the awakening" when aang's staff is burned. it is a relic that was destroyed, one that was made by the monks themselves and a big part of his culture.

Which character from The Dawn of Yangchen and The Legacy of Yangchen is your favorite?

(ONE CHARACTER)

In ATLA, we do have a lot of power houses. Toph, Zuko, Azula, are all extraordinarily powerful benders. Honestly, Toph could probably have an entire post dedicated to how powerful she is and why people need to stop pretending like it's nothing. But, LOK benders are way more powerful then most of the ATLA benders. Amon can psychically bloodbend, use bloodbending at any time of the day or night, and take away bending. Ghazan can create extraordinary amounts of lava. P'Li can curve her blasts and firebend regularly. Kuvira can bend gold. Korra can energybend in different and very confusing ways as well as metalbend, spiritbend, and has better chi-sensing. Zaheer can fly. Jinora can spiritually project. Opal on her own was able to keep a pretty strong tornado going. Generally, they're just stronger.

Filled with anger as well as hatred Azula’s fire is a weapon of pure terror that is to be dealt with under all circumstances especially towards her inner control of her own destiny she became ostracized by her family as her mother’s favoritism for her brother Zuko became the underlying tone of her attacks which she blamed him for her disappearance that too lead to psychosis as she was seen as nothing but that of a monstrous child. 

Aside note from another lens on a supernatural scale of the magick behind the origin of the name “Za-Za (Zu-Zu)” is that of the Demon King of the winds you can summon zu-zu on an Ouija board with that being said now how does this apply to Azula? In relations to her jealousy towards Zuko made Azula out to be the demon child that her mother was trying to protect from her father Ozai an because Azula always lies, Zuko is called:Zu-Zu as a child becauae she knows that he too is filled with anger and hatred towards his father that is filtered through his hatred and anger towards himself towards his own failures and shortcomings so he used that dark  rage to comsume his anger and hatred for the avatar after all he knew that he was a banished prince disowned by his entire nation that he was so desperate to prove to his enemies that he could be trusted with his own kingdom to make the fire nation a safer haven for all of the 4 nations. The annoyance of her nickname Zu-Zu reminds his sister Azula demonized her brother for loving his mother, a sign of weakness in her eyes as well as their Father’s non-existent lack of affection towards them as children they trained to be like their father’s & grandfather’s son Iroh, Dragon of the west however she was not able to protect her mother from the wrath of her father, she was not able to provide heat from her palms at a younger age which made her disabled or disappointed by her entire nation. Yet she proved that she can bend fire hotter than her father she is the only Fire bender that has blue flames, even using her own words to manipulate lies as a means to mock his father’s brother’s son’s death even her mother’s relationship with zuko was disgusting to her. She felt no remorse either, she completely destroyed her life when she choose to pridefully take down her brother as a means to show talent rather than skill in the battlefield, can she actually dominate an entire nation? As a fire bender Zu-Zu has a burn mark on his face has shown the discovery of his mother’s death as she was killed by her own husband Ozai in an attempt to save her son from being killed by the fire in the same way. Azula took pleasure in Zuko’s suffering which took place in silence more than she could possibly imagine in her capacity to be filled with hatred as Ozai’s star child is to be a true fire bender because she knows how consuming the element fire is. Azula will consume all that she can knowing it is in her nature in her father’s prime time of existence with the power of the 4 elements the avatar the bridge between the spirits and the world. Sozin’s comet knows this well that the power of fire is purging of the old world to control a new purification as in this has corruption in a man who has the ability to destroy all in order to control the nations. That is why the fire nation wore white on the day of the comet to signify perfection, in all its glory. Azula became Psychotic which drove her abilities to outshine zuko in everything he did but still she was evil she is the only fire bender to fly with her fire blending lightening techniques like no other fire bender could ever do without her relentless attack against zuko. She is the only bender who used lightening in every battle especially against Zuko & Iroh & aang which also showed her insecurities towards her opponents, her Dragon is a beast of envious power that also consumed her father Ozai when he fought the Avatar. She punishes others who are weaker in nature yet she could not fire bend at all as a child, which deemed her to be diseased by her father when he became Fire Lord Ozai because she rather be victorious with the blood of her brother on her hands instead of being a weapon for an entire nation of her own.

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