All posts by MysticNerd

<p>So... how do you guys think characters would react to this relationship, not how religion relates to it? </p>

Final answer: Black is a skin color. There are several black people in the avatar world.

<p>I don't think I explained energy bending well enough here is my response to everyone who didn;'t get the same idea s I did of what it is: </p><p>Actually in chemistry, if you cange the positive enrgy of atoms... possibly. Alchemy in the avatar world? It would be interesting if people had been studying gthis in the avatar world. To recap what i had meant ot explain energybending is the abilty to bend in the energy within an element. As we see in wans story, bending an element is this given form and technique, making it like a martial art, and makes it more entitled to the element. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Avatar Vyakara wrote:
Guty Pathik is a pretty good example of a self-taught Energybender. While he couldn't alter Bemding, he could certainly alter energy. I see some practicality here... <p>Bending and Energybending are different, fundamentally, in their means of altering the world. Bending requires you to reach out and act like the element you want to bend to your will, literally become your element by mimicking its chi flow. Energybending is about altering that chi flow into something else, and that can extend to human beings. Which makes me wonder if Energybenders can turn lead into gold...but that's just silly, nobody in their right mind who could control energy and alter the human body would be able to change <i>matter</i>, right? </p> </i></div>
<p>Actually in chemistry, if you cange the positive enrgy of atoms... possibly. Alchemy in the avatar world? It would be interesting if people had been studying gthis in the avatar world. To recap what i had meant ot explain energybending is the abilty to bend in the energy within an element. As we see in wans story, bending an element is this given form and technique, making it like a martial art, and makes it more entitled to the element. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Kitty8033 wrote:
well all matter consists of energy so u could say benders are only bending matter in an energy type of phenomenon while energy benders are only bending it in thier purest form, u could sya that if the avatar got removed of his or her bending by blood bending and had energy bending left , and had kids so possibly a new generation of energy benders could come.</i></div>
<p>Iinteresting... </p>

<div class="quote"><i>SaitamaBro wrote:
<div class="quote">MysticNerd wrote:
Your history is wrong ifyou think that people are homophobic because they are from an older time or maybe that's not wehat you're saying. Here's a little history lesson about LGBT respect. Rome and Greece both had bisexual gods, gods of transgender and gay people, and same-sex people. In Egypt and ancient America, they'd look at you weirdly if you treated someone different for being LGBT. I've heard people say that the bible actually isn't against gay people. The eastern world had the same stuff as Greece and Rome. The only people that would be homophobic in the avatar world would be the western water nation which would be a mix of medieval countries (France, Germany, and more), the UK, and Vikings. The UK and Vikings invented homophobia. Homophobic people would be strange in the avatar world. I'll be posting something about what I think each chzracters reactions would be soon. </i></div>
He's really just saying he doesn't like LoK, only ATLA.
</div> <p>wasn't talking to a specific person. I was trying to inform peopleon history and LGBT respect since that seems to be what we're talking about as a foundation for our talk currently. </p>

<p>Happy Valentines Day! </p>

<p>Your history is wrong ifyou think that people are homophobic because they are from an older time or maybe that's not wehat you're saying. Here's a little history lesson about LGBT respect. Rome and Greece both had bisexual gods, gods of transgender and gay people, and same-sex people. In Egypt and ancient America, they'd look at you weirdly if you treated someone different for being LGBT. I've heard people say that the bible actually isn't against gay people. The eastern world had the same stuff as Greece and Rome. The only people that would be homophobic in the avatar world would be the western water nation which would be a mix of medieval countries (France, Germany, and more), the UK, and Vikings. The UK and Vikings invented homophobia. Homophobic people would be strange in the avatar world. I'll be posting something about what I think each chzracters reactions would be soon.  </p>

<div class="quote"><i>TheAvatarNate wrote:
^I am an avatar jew, I like the first series and ignore the sequel haha.</i></div>
<p>I don't get the simile </p>

<div class="quote"><i>SaitamaBro wrote:
<div class="quote">Falconfly wrote: <p>Currently, it's negative, but there is evidence that historically, in pre-muslim times, it was acceptable. In mythology proper, there are instance of male gods in same-sex relationships or at least intercourse (Mitra & Varuna and Agni mating with Soma/Chandra being the most obvious), in modern days either ignored or nonsensically dismissed the same way early same-sex christian marriages are by homophobic christians. </p> </i></div>
I'm not surprised, seeing as today there are christian homossexuals who want to get married in the church.
<p>Nate: </p><p>Yeah, there are Shiva and Shakti that represent the union of female and male. This is actually a pretty old concept and there is even ritualistic sex as a form of worship to some gods. </p> </div> <p>Are you refering to the kundalini which was part of spiritual practices as in yoga and sometimes reffered toas sexual energy? I've heard of sxual practices, ut never as worchip to gods. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Hasdi wrote:
<div class="quote">Falconfly wrote:
there is evidence that historically, in pre-muslim times, [homosexuality] was acceptable.</i></div>
You know, there is a reason why Islam is part of Abrahamic religions. Particularly, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and its associated "lessons" are acknowledged in the Torah (Judaism), the Bible (Christian) and the Quran (Islam). If these holy books are like a movie series... <table style="border-spacing:0; border:1px solid black; background:#; -moz-border-radius:6px; -webkit-border-radius:6px; border-radius:6px; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; margin:.5em auto .5em auto; width:auto; text-align:justify; color:black;" class=""><tr><td>"<i>The Torah(or Old Testament) is like the first movie, and the New Testament is the sequel. Then the Qu'ran comes out, and it retcons the last one like it never happened. There's still Jesus, but in the Qu'ran he's not the main character anymore, and the messiah hasn't shown up yet.</i> <p>Jews like the first movie but ignore the sequels, Christians think you need to watch the first two, but the third movie doesn't count, the Moslims think the third one was the best, and Mormons liked the second one so much they started writing fanfiction that doesn't fit with ANY of the series canon.<i>"
</i> </p> </td></tr><tr><td>— Anonymous </td></tr></table><p>In the end, it is what people take from religion, not the religion itself, that makes it evil. Like Zaheer, one can make bizarre interpretation of any sacred text to fit one's own political narrative. </p> <center></center> </div> <p>That is actually the best explanation of abrahamic reeligions I have found. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>TheAvatarNate wrote:
<div class="quote"> <p>SaitamaBro wrote: </p><p>But through a discussion in another thread i came to the conclusion that the Avatar world is closer to Hinduism than Buddhism. I didn't read all the thread(i plan to, later) but what is the hinduist take on homossexuality? </p> </i></div>
<p>There are many types of Hinduism. but, most do not seem to care about it. </p><p>some of the hindu gods even possess qualities of males and females. </p><p>and some of the gods posses different incarnates (avatars) as different sexes. so......I don't know what that would make them haha. </p><p>
I feel like the avatar world is a pretty good mish mash of many eastern religions. </p> </div> <p>They even have two foms that each is a gender.  </p>

you become a spirit? You embue spiritual energy in your spirit?

<div class="quote"><i>Deist Zealot wrote:
As I've said in a couple of other threads: we don't even know if overt homophobia exists in the Avatarverse.  If anything, the casual Korrasami at the end implies that it may <i>not</i>.</i></div>
<p>I don't think they are homophobic in the eastern world. For instance, Buddhists don't see any difference between gay and straight </p>

<div class="quote"><i>CommanderZeta wrote:
... Matter bending, anyone?  <p>EDIT: I guess if you want an example, maybe something along the lines of alchemy from Fullmetal Alchemist? </p> </i></div>
<p>That goes too much along the lines of chemistry for avatar. Also, that really isn't how bending works. I like that anime, though (because it about alchemy). </p>

<p>Airbending buy being very air nationish during harmonic convergence, and I would have an air-swipe </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Avatar Vyakara wrote:
Only inside the Tree of Time. They never went into any detail how that worked, either.</i></div>
<p>Maybe thats the only place with enough of more spiritual energy to actually meditate into something happenning. </p>

thanks. "Mystic" I like that.

<div class="quote"><i>TheAvatarNate wrote:
<div class="quote"> <p>MysticNerd wrote: You used the non-existance of some races as proof of the nonexistance of whites and blacks. A black in the avatar world is someone with dark skin in the avatar world. </p> </i></div>
<p>no no no. I said REAL LIFE races do not exist in the avatar world. because it is a fictional world completely separate from our own. so people aren't white (which is slang for European) or Asian or black (which is slang for African). or anything </p><p>they are simply water tribe, earth kingdom, fire nation, or air nomad. maybe there are few smaller ones. those are the races of the avatar world. </p> </div> <p>I see your point. This conversation is pointless because we're talking about skin color and not the equivalent of an actual ace like african. I was thinking the same thing a little while ago </p>

<div class="quote"><i>TheAvatarNate wrote:
<div class="quote"> <p>MysticNerd wrote: </p> <div class="quote">TheAvatarNate wrote:
they are cartoons existing in a fictional universe. <p>they aren't white or asian. BECAUSE ASIA AND EUROPE DO NOT EXIST IN THE AVATAR WORLD. </p> </i></div>
I'm tired of people saying black is a race. It is not a race, it is a skin color. </div> <p>....where did I say that? </p><p>and "black" is just slang for the African Race (in the USA). in Australia it is slang for the Aboriginese (a different race). </p><p>but, yeah. several different races have black skin. </p> </div> <p>You used the non-existance of some races as proof of the nonexistance of whites and blacks. A black in the avatar world is someone with dark skin in the avatar world. </p>