Republic City Dispatch

I’m still with my friend Julian on Asami overall.

: )

I’m sure we’ll get to this on next week’s podcast, when we are supposed to. : )

-Da7e-

Yes.

-Da7e-

I like this theory, but I fear it because it smacks of Midichlorians (Star Wars). There’s water in blood, so I get it, but let’s not name a new thing that gives us bending that’s also in the blood. So I can’t disprove you, but I’m not sure that is where this is all going.

-Da7e-

I’m sorry I missed that. That’s my thought. It sounds relevant, but it also sounds like a brillant art directing choice from a lighting angle, so it might not be plot centric. But it could be.

The closer we get to the end, the less certain I feel about a bunch of my feelings about where these answers will come from.

-Da7e-

I think you are not far off from what we’l see, realisitically.

Although me, Da7e, also thinks that it would be interesting to end the season with Korra bend-less. If the next book really is “Spirit” like we’ve been theorizing, I wouldn’t mind Korra to have to go on a spirit-world-hopping journey to re-claim her bending and title as the Avatar.

But that’s a lot of theory that I have nothing to base that on. It think it’s more likely we get what you’re talking about. 

I don’t know when they told the Korra team there would be a second season and I don’t know how that extension changed the ending of what was to be the original mini-series. For instance, if the ending didn’t change with the annoucement, there’s no way that my theory is happening. If they realized they’d have a whole ‘nother Book to discuss some stuff they thought up here, the Spirit World could be fully relegated to next Book and we’ll get an Empire Strikes Back ending here.

I want your version.

-Da7e-

Whew!

Yay Asami!

But I’m still iffy on watching that teaser too many times. There’s a whole ‘nother episode between here and there.

Hopefully it’s not 24 minutes about making a giant Amon mask to put on the Aang statue. It must take a long time to make those things without any Earth Bending.

-Da7e-

Correct. Book One: Air is 12 total episodes.

Episodes 1&2 were aired at the same time and episodes 11&12 will be aired on the 23rd as a one-hour block. 

Episode 10 happens this Saturday.

-Da7e-

Korra and Mako by FlyingRabbitMonkey

Awww, but I did it both ways just to piss you off this time! : )

-Da7e- 

By Chloe C.

We agree there was some oversight this Sunday morning when we all tried to remember things about Tahno. : )

HOWEVER – “balance” and “Equal” are similar ideas and Korra isn’t connected to the Spirit World at all like Amon keeps claiming that he is (or was, or was given power by), so if Amon is some sort of Evil Avatar, the decision he’s made that we’ve labeled “Evil” is that the best way to bring balance to the world is to make everyone the same and take away these random super-powers that have invaded the world.

You are correct that the Avatar is not about bending, especially as we’re seeing more diversified bending run rampant while no one talks about the spiritual world.

Where the Evil Avatar theory still stands in my mind is in the thought that bringing balance to the world could be getting everyone to get along (like Aang did) OR taking away everyone’s bending. They would both bring balance, just not a peaceful balance.

Then again, Kyoshi was a very aggressive Avatar, so I think the whole “Good” and “Evil” labels are fairly Aang centric. Roku and Kyoshi both saw a lot of violence in their time, even if Roku was trying to turn a blind eye to it, he could have prevented 100 years of war by killing his friend. He just didn’t.

But it would have stopped the Fire Nation before Ozai was born, and is it a failure of the Avatar to allow the world to become that unbalanced because of a personal decision?

I’m sure we’re in the “bending is good” camp, but that’s only because we’ve spent the most time with good benders. If Amon’s story is true and the Sato story is true, and the Mako/Bolin orphan story is true, I think it’s pretty reasonable to have the opinion that the world would be better without bending.

I don’t empathize, I sympathize.

-Da7e-

Yes. “Turning The Tides” is on 6/16 at 11AM.

-Da7e-

Absolutely no information as of now. 

-Da7e-

I try bringing this up on this week’s podcast episode and no one seems that interested in doing the actual math.

The only way I can think about this having consequences is if Tarrlock was born with the ability to waterbend after his father had his bending taken away. If people who were once benders can still have bending children, that makes Amon’s struggle much more pointless.

But, either way, I don’t think the specifics of age are that important to the plot of the show.

-Da7e-

I’m told via my iTunes subscription that it’s up there. 

It’s also up on AMAZON. 

-Da7e-

PS – when Amon was like “Electrocute the box” did any other science geeks immediately think: “Silly Amon doesn’t know about a Faraday Cage?”

In about an hour!

Reeeeeennnnnddddeerrrrriiiinnnngggggg….

Beyond the post earlier today describing my job, my girlfriend recently started watching A:TLA for the first time, so I’ve been doing a little geeking out in person, on the original series.

Otherwise – just time and its limits. We’re all using our passion for the shows to motivate us.

But by all means tweet at @Devindra and @MisterPatches to tell them to start answering some Tumblr questions. : )

Tell them the taskmaster sent you.

-Da7e-