Posts tagged Avatar The Last Airbender

Anybody what to question me while I wait around for a plane in the early hours of the day.  I’ll have my computer, so I’ll be writing if I can, and there is free wifi at the airport so, I’ll be on Tumblr. 

I’m accepting small fic requests and questions.

So any one what to submit small fic requests to my ask?  Or questions?  It’s always open.  So will you leave something for me?

I’m bored out of my mind and I’m in the mood to be typing and writing and all that snazzy stuff.    So I’m taking the first three prompt ideas to hit my ask box.  I’m only taking three right now because my brain sores and i can never write anything short.

So anyone interested?  Send me an idea and I’ll write it.

cacklinghenhouse:

Does this sound even vaguely familiar? If it does, congratulations, you’ve been paying attention.

The Equalists have a very legitimate point. Benders call the shots. I know we’re only two episodes in, but have we seen any powerful authority figure yet in this world that isn’t a bender? When a bender and a nonbender come to blows, unless the nonbender is one hell of a talented martial artist, the bender is going to come out on top. 

Benders are born into privilege. 

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In a way, I think the creators lightly touched on this subject with Sokka in Sokka’s Master, and a few earlier episodes.   Sokka was surrounded by benders through out the whole series, but it the team in a way teased him (mostly Toph) for that.  In The Chase Toph clearly doesn’t count Sokka as a person, but it’s in a way a similar reason that Sokka would most likely lose to a bender.

However is Sokka’s Master the creators addressed the problem a bit more head on.  Sokka knows his not fabulous and he can’t stop fires in the amazing way his friends and sister can.  Of course, Katara comforts him and everyone knows Sokka is special in his own way.  However Aang points out that Sokka is “the meat and sarcasm guy” not really giving any skills (in a way that he is trying to cheer Sokka up).

Zuko even fought without bending for a while in Zuko Alone, however, in the end he rarely seemed to fight like that, that fire came out.  Still he gave the earth soldier “thugs” a good beating even without his bending.  That was until he took on the earthbending on.

Avatar as always been about the bending and natural world, but there were many strong non-benders as well.  Ty Lee blocked peoples chi and stopped them from bending, Suki was a strong warrior, Ursa didn’t seem afraid to do anything for her son, Kya as well.  Non-benders had important roles and so did benders.  In ATLA, the show wasn’t really about benders and non-benders, and when they sort of touched the issue it wasn’t the same as with Korra.

In The Legend of Korra, there are slightly more non-benders being suppressed.  I don’t think benders have “privileges,” but rather they abused their rights.  The metalbending cops aren’t favoring anyone, bender or non-bender.  However, the gangs are a clear sing that benders have miss used their gifts against the non-benders.  There are probably more homeless non-benders than actual benders (do to probending) however, I think many of the benders in the gangs were on the streets and power and in a way oppressed. 

My headcannon for bending is it’s a gift from the spirits, and doesn’t matter who the parents are.  Katara was the only waterbender in her family and for a clear reason, seeing as how she was the one to free Aang from his iceberg.  Toph, though blind, is an earthbender to most likely teach Aang and invent metalbending.  But there was also something else I noticed.  The Fire Nation royal family seems to only have firebending offspring and Fire Lords.  In think in high positions, non-bending is frowned upon.  But it raises the question of who the Earth King, not once did he earthbend. 

I really look forward to seeing how the issue is dealt with.

(Source: scramblednoodles)