Avatar: Korra

[Omegastorm]

OHohoh!

He's the "Faith" to Aang's "Buffy"(see BtVS)-- meaning he became the next Avatar (was born) when Aang "died" at the end of Season Three! But since Aang is still alive, no one searches for Amon... then Korra is called!

Maybe?

I hope not. I want Korra to be a story of Korra not a rehashing of Buffy.

o

[Personamanx]

I hope not. I want Korra to be a story of Korra not a rehashing of Buffy.

o

Has it in any way whatsoever been a rehashing of Buffy so far?

[MrMancha]

http://www.toonzone.net/news/article...ing-the-tides/

The second clip of Episode 10 from Nick.com given through ToonZone. Meelo proves further he is awesome.
Here is a YouTube version if vimeo doesn't work for some people (FYI it is split into two parts).

something was going with them at some point^^

[Theozilla]

something was going with them at some point^^

Yeah, there was, Lin and Tenzin used to be a couple. The show already revealed that in episode 6. Or am I misinterpreting your post or something?

[Ebon Phantom]

What's different? They both put a hand on people's forehead.

There's more to it then that. Both times Aang has done it, in addition to how the Lion Turtle did it, they touch the forehead and center of the chest. Meanwhile, Amon's trick involves him touching the forehead and back of the neck.

Aang gets caught two times with bloodbending and breaks it with the AS.
Amon gets caught and slows down then pops his avatar state to continue moving.
The two werent wildly dissimilar.

They were. Aang was effected and stopped before having to break it, completely freeing himself. Amon was effected but merely slowed down. There was no breaking it for him.

How old was Bumi? The dude still had an awesome shape.
How old was Guru Pathik?

And how old does Amon appear, not anywhere near 100. And again, there's the whole faking death thing.

[Omegastorm]

Has it in any way whatsoever been a rehashing of Buffy so far?

No not really except for a female chosen one but Korra has only passing similairities to Buffy and nothing more. Aang had more in common with Buffy then Korra does. I am not really worried that it will but I just hope that Korra will remain Korra and keep being original.

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[Surtur]

Also, I thought spirit bending had your own spirit in a fight with the other persons? Why have we not seen that happen?

Or is Amon's spirit just so utterly beastly that the struggle is over in less then a second? Which would mean when it comes to spirit bending he puts even the Avatar to shame. I guess it's not so bad, was Aang in the Avatar State when he spirit bended the Firelord? Would make more sense to me if he wasn't.

[Theozilla]

Also, I thought spirit bending had your own spirit in a fight with the other persons? Why have we not seen that happen?

Or is Amon's spirit just so utterly beastly that the struggle is over in less then a second? Which would mean when it comes to spirit bending he puts even the Avatar to shame. I guess it's not so bad, was Aang in the Avatar State when he spirit bended the Firelord? Would make more sense to me if he wasn't.

No Aang did not go into the Avatar State to Energybend in either case, but his eyes and glowed in both cases (the first one had his and Ozai's entire bodies glowing but that may have just been metaphorical, the second had just his eyes and tatoos glowing). But you are right that inn addition to the different hand placements, no part of Amon glows when he removes someone's bending.

[RonnieThunderbolts]

I beleive Aang is in the Avatar State when he takes away Yakone's bending, as his eyes glow as they do whenever he uses the Avatar state, and not in the way it was represented in the spiritual battle at the end of Sozin's Comet.

"The glow is the combination of all your past lives, focusing their energy through your body." As it was explained and demonstrated in the episode "The Avatar State" when Roku shows Aang past Avatars using it, the eyes can either only glow momentarily, or continuously. Kiyoshi and Kuruk were shown with their eyes flashing and then returning to normal before doing anything with the Avatar State. I believe that when an Avatar uses the Avatar State reflexively, without complete awareness and control, the eyes will glow throughout but if they are actively and consciously entering the state with full control of their actions, then the eyes will only glow when first entering the State.

I believe that Aang was similarly using the Avatar state at the end of Sozin's Comet and in the flashback in Out of the Past, if for no other reason than to resist blood bending in the flashback.

[eon001]

OHohoh!

He's the "Faith" to Aang's "Buffy"(see BtVS)-- meaning he became the next Avatar (was born) when Aang "died" at the end of Season Three! But since Aang is still alive, no one searches for Amon... then Korra is called!

Maybe?

Haha Yea exactly like that. Good comparison. I think Amon has links to the spirit world at least.

[BBeeryan]

No Aang did not go into the Avatar State to Energybend in either case, but his eyes and glowed in both cases (the first one had his and Ozai's entire bodies glowing but that may have just been metaphorical, the second had just his eyes and tatoos glowing). But you are right that inn addition to the different hand placements, no part of Amon glows when he removes someone's bending.

I think you're onto something, but I'm not so sure Aang wasn't in Avatar state when he dealt with Ozai.

[Theozilla]

I beleive Aang is in the Avatar State when he takes away Yakone's bending, as his eyes glow as they do whenever he uses the Avatar state, and not in the way it was represented in the spiritual battle at the end of Sozin's Comet.

"The glow is the combination of all your past lives, focusing their energy through your body." As it was explained and demonstrated in the episode "The Avatar State" when Roku shows Aang past Avatars using it, the eyes can either only glow momentarily, or continuously. Kiyoshi and Kuruk were shown with their eyes flashing and then returning to normal before doing anything with the Avatar State. I believe that when an Avatar uses the Avatar State reflexively, without complete awareness and control, the eyes will glow throughout but if they are actively and consciously entering the state with full control of their actions, then the eyes will only glow when first entering the State.

I believe that Aang was similarly using the Avatar state at the end of Sozin's Comet and in the flashback in Out of the Past, if for no other reason than to resist blood bending in the flashback.

Are sure Aang has to be in the Avatar State to Energybend? Because the art of Energybending is a precursor to the existence of the Avatar itself, even if it is only able to performed by the Avatar currently (not including Amon). Are you sure it is not just that both the Avatar State and Energybending cause Aang's eyes and tattoos to glow? (because when Aang first Energybended Ozai the first things that lit up were beams of light shooting out of his mouth and eyes, which may or may not have been a mental/metaphorical light show)

Either way my point still stands that when a Amon has removed another's bending in addition to the different hand placements, no part of Amon glows.

[RonnieThunderbolts]

I'm not certain he has to be in the Avatar State to energy bend, I think he might have been in the Avatar state both times for separate reasons (just to deal with Ozai during the comet, and to prevent from being bloodbent). I think he happened to be in the Avatar State during both instances we've seen him take away someone's bending, but I don't believe it is necessarily a requirement for Aang at all.

Either way my point still stands that when a Amon has removed another's bending in addition to the different hand placements, no part of Amon glows.

I completely and wholeheartedly agree with this point, Amon's never touches the heart/heart chakra like Aang and the Lion Turtle do every time we've seen it done, just the forehead point (he only grabbed Zolt by the back of the neck that we've seen, when he took away Tahno's bending he wasn't touching his neck at all). The forehead is the light chakra, the one "that deals with insight and is blocked by illusion," which, being that it is the only place Amon touches consistently, I think it is plausible he isn't even taking their bending away, but blocking their chi and their ability to bend through deception, or illusion.

[Theozilla]

I'm not certain he has to be in the Avatar State to energy bend, I think he might have been in the Avatar state both times for separate reasons (just to deal with Ozai during the comet, and to prevent from being bloodbent). I think he happened to be in the Avatar State during both instances we've seen him take away someone's bending, but I don't believe it is necessarily a requirement for Aang at all.

But didn't Aang deliberately force himself out of the Avatar State in order stop himself from killing Ozai, so would not the glowing from Energybending Ozai not be related to the Avatar State?

I completely and wholeheartedly agree with this point, Amon's never touches the heart/heart chakra like Aang and the Lion Turtle do every time we've seen it done, just the forehead point (he only grabbed Zolt by the back of the neck that we've seen, when he took away Tahno's bending he wasn't touching his neck at all). The forehead is the light chakra, the one "that deals with insight and is blocked by illusion," which, being that it is the only place Amon touches consistently, I think it is plausible he isn't even taking their bending away, but blocking their chi and their ability to bend through deception, or illusion.

He grabbed Tarrlok's neck to debend him too.

[nieman]

DAMN!!! This show is.....there are NO slouches. Everyone can hold their own