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ALL POSTSKatara lied but Toph could not detect it? How curious.
<p>As we know that Toph could detect one lying, she couldnot detect Katara lying about Appa being sick. That is totally strange! And there was ground below them when she lied so Toph should have known that she was lying.
</p><p>Another thing. What did Aang eat for food? We know that he is a vegetarian. Where did he get his food? Or maybe I think he had, for survival, started eating non veg?
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<p>It could be that Toph was tired, as seen when she rubs her eyes. Also, Toph does not suspect Katara of lying and is not prepared to listen to the earth.
</p><p>About the second question, I agree with Boomubbles.<span style="font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;line-height:18px;"> </span>
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<p>Aang probally ate fruits tubers nuts, berries, possibly eggs if he could get them at a market same with rice, noodles etc. I can't think of one non air- nomad who didn't eat meat safe for avatar Wan . Maybe the sun warriors didn't but I'm not sure
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<p>I would be very shocked if the sun warriors did not eat meat.
</p><p>Though on that note, I think it'd probably be easier for him to scrounge up vegetables, fruits, & eggs (which we know he eats, because egg custard) than for the rest of the Gaang to hunt.
</p><p>But I don't think they had to do that often, as we know they went to markets. Though it's not really clear how they obtained money. Donations? I suppose they could have stolen from the Fire Nation soldiers. That money would at least be usable within the colonies.
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<p>Katara didn't want to receive donations once, but i think thye did anyway. And seeing their mindset of "stealing from pirates is okay", i can see them doing that.
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<p>Neo Bahamut wrote:
I would be very shocked if the sun warriors did not eat meat.
</p><p>Though on that note, I think it'd probably be easier for him to scrounge up vegetables, fruits, & eggs (which we know he eats, because egg custard) than for the rest of the Gaang to hunt.
</p><p>But I don't think they had to do that often, as we know they went to markets. Though it's not really clear how they obtained money. Donations? I suppose they could have stolen from the Fire Nation soldiers. That money would at least be usable within the colonies.
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<p>Your probaly right about sun warriors considering their Aztec based. Anyway King bumi supplied them for the first half of book one. After that I'm not too sure. </p><p>I don't think aang would eat wild eggs because he would have to disturb the mother plus the eggs would be fertile so it would be considered killing at that point. I think he only ate farmed / market eggs where it's clear that the eggs are unfertilized and the mother wasn't attached to them because their never going to be alive. </p>
<p>Your probaly right about sun warriors considering their Aztec based. Anyway King bumi supplied them for the first half of book one. After that I'm not too sure. </p><p>I don't think aang would eat wild eggs because he would have to disturb the mother plus the eggs would be fertile so it would be considered killing at that point. I think he only ate farmed / market eggs where it's clear that the eggs are unfertilized and the mother wasn't attached to them because their never going to be alive. </p>
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The sun warriors seemed like a vegetarian culture.
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Lol. This discussion...
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<p>Also remember that Toph's ability to detect whether one is lying or not isn't infallible.
</p><p>In the case of Katara, it may be that Toph simply didn't <i>care </i>what Katara's reasons were in that particular instance. Though TBH, it's been quite some time since I watched ATLA so I don't remember the details of that particular incident.
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<div class="quote"><i>DrachenRitter42 wrote:
Also remember that Toph's ability to detect whether one is lying or not isn't infallible. <p>In the case of Katara, it may be that Toph simply didn't <i>care </i>what Katara's reasons were in that particular instance. Though TBH, it's been quite some time since I watched ATLA so I don't remember the details of that particular incident. </p> </i></div>
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It is infallible on Katara though. But i think Toph not caring is the best answer. </p>
Also remember that Toph's ability to detect whether one is lying or not isn't infallible. <p>In the case of Katara, it may be that Toph simply didn't <i>care </i>what Katara's reasons were in that particular instance. Though TBH, it's been quite some time since I watched ATLA so I don't remember the details of that particular incident. </p> </i></div>
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It is infallible on Katara though. But i think Toph not caring is the best answer. </p>
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<p>I watched the episode again and again and the way conversation went it made me think that it really isn't right to say that "Toph didn't care" or "Toph didn't suspect because katara <i>thought</i> so".
</p><p>I think Katara was good at lying in this episode. Hadn't Azula lied to Toph during "The day of black sun" episode by saying "<i>I am a 600ft platypus bear with.....</i>blah blah". And Toph said, "Alright, I admit it you are good at it."?
</p><p>Maybe, Katara was so moved to help the poor people that she lied and thought that she lied for purpose of good and thus there wasn't any <i>nervous physical reaction body </i>or <i>trigger of a chemical reaction in the brain</i>.
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