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Hasdi·3/20/2015 in Netflix series

General rumors, photos, professionally-intended leaks, discussion, occasional arguments, and that sort of lovely nonsense for Avatar: The Last Airbender / The Legend of Korra and the franchise as a whole.

There's been a poop-load of updates since the last thread, and likely to continue leading up to Smoke and Shadow Part 1 release on September 23, 2015. The preview is already out and you can discuss it on this thread.

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Omnibender·7/10/2015

Considering that we'll be likely to get more news in the near future, isn't it time for a new Rumors and Updates thread?

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Hasdi·7/10/2015

@teddybearlover: There was. Jenny@SDCC summarized it here and here. <div style="border:1px solid black; padding: 10px; background:white"> Time for fan questions!

Any characters you thought about bringing back from the original series but didnt?

<dl><dd>They got to do all the main things they wanted- revisit Katara, Zuko, Toph. BUT SOKKA- His story just never aligned with what went on with the present story. </dd></dl>

There were a BUNCH of questions submitted about Sokka-

<dl><dd>Bryan says “Eh, he had a job. He actually WORKED at a grocery store.” </dd></dl>

Which character was portrayed most accurately from how you imagined them?

<dl><dd>“I thought we did a pretty good job on all of them….” Speaking of Sokka, their idea for him was a little different, but once they started creating him he just evolved into something else. </dd></dl>

When did you guys realize the cabbage guy was gonna be a running gag?

<dl><dd>“We resisted it! It was not our favorite joke. We included it in Korra cause it was out of hand” Also, gave apologies to the guy who dresses up at Cabbage Guy every year at SDCC. </dd></dl>

How was the transition to going to a smaller staff on Korra?

<dl><dd>Liked it a lot, it just flowed naturally. They enjoyed having a smaller writing staff. </dd></dl>

Korra merch questions-

<dl><dd>The Korra statue will be available 2016. </dd></dl>

Avatar comics- how far are you guys planning to go?

<dl><dd>“Every year there’s going to be a synopsis.” -(That’s a joke guys). They’re not sure, kinda like TV, it depends on how many times it gets picked up, what stories they have to tell… </dd></dl>

How did Harmonic Convergence give airbenders airbending?

<dl><dd>The entire audience laughs. They think of it as a spiritual shift, the energy is resetting itself, finding the balance again. Bryan is bringing in science now and messing it up and is embarrassed. The earth has been shown to recalibrate itself slowly, drawing a concept from that. He didn’t get much sleep last night. </dd></dl>

Talking about the independent projects

<dl><dd>We’re not broken up, but we are working on other things. (Bryan leaned over and gave him a bit of a hug). Bryan said when he graduated he was afraid to be the artist alone, and it’s 17 years later and he finally feels ready to be alone just working and chipping away solo and see what he can do. Mike has always wanted to write a book, he’d always kinda filter out whenever he started though. Avatar and Korra was training on how to actually craft a story, got him ready to tackle an idea he’s had for a long time. </dd></dl><dl><dd>Bryan realized when he was working he was writing notes as if he was having a conversation with Mike, so he really helped Bryan as well. </dd></dl>

Going to do anything else with Korra?

<dl><dd>“We have an answer prepared!” </dd></dl><dl><dd>The spirit portal fades in, korra and asami emerge, the title announces </dd></dl><dl><dd>KORRA COMICS ARE COMING AND MIKE DIMARTINO IS AT THE HELM! </dd></dl><center>https://38.media.tumblr.com/65d7dfb63621e15c684a1db3a8814574/tumblr_nra4rf0Vk71t0cmeyo1_500.gif</center> </div> 
@Omnibender: It's getting close to 300 replies. I'd say a new thread next week. :/

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Tono555·7/10/2015

Who is Jenny? :/

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Teddybearlover·7/10/2015

sounds like the creators doesn't like sokka. he wasn't mentioned that much in lok. we saw him once and they mention him a few times in lok.

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Hasdi·7/10/2015

@Tony555 Jenny is an ATLA/Korra fan.[1] She was at SDCC blogging the panel. That much we know. .____.

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Tono555·7/10/2015

Oh. I thought she was part of the staff or something like that. Sorry for the trouble.

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Gsmith1030·7/10/2015

i know that news may be coming soon as soon as we get closer to smoke and shadow.

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Gsmith1030·7/10/2015

yep, i will get this closed and open a new one right awya, i think news is coming back, not as fast but it is coming.

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Neo Bahamut·7/10/2015

Does that include the #AskAvatar stuff? 'Cause that wasn't very many questions. <div class="quote">How did Harmonic Convergence give airbenders airbending? The entire audience laughs. They think of it as a spiritual shift, the energy is resetting itself, finding the balance again. Bryan is bringing in science now and messing it up and is embarrassed. The earth has been shown to recalibrate itself slowly, drawing a concept from that. He didn’t get much sleep last night.</div>
I'd like to see a more comprehensive version of what was said about this.

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Gsmith1030·7/10/2015

Link to the next thread down here. http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:1326795

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