Legend of Korra

Gusto

Gusto

Tenzin has two siblings, Kaya and Bumi, whose bending ability has not been disclosed. The fanboy in me assumes waterbender and earthbender respectively.

And yeah, given how Aang acted in the series finale, it's unlikely he taught the new airbenders (ie Tenzin) anything super violent. But Tenzin is not is not his father, and it might be interesting to see how he develops as the situation in Republic City unfolds.
 
Wahad

Wahad

Actually, it has been disclosed (though I don't remember where). Kya (named after Katara's mum, for those interested) is a waterbender, Bumi is a nonbender.
 
Piotyr

Piotyr

I would doubt that the child of an airbender and a waterbender could be an earthbender, so I assume Bumi is a non-bender.

Proof!
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

I suspect Bumi's probably involved with ether politics in the city or possibly technological advances in the world. They'll show up eventually.
 
Norris

Norris

...why is Tenzin the only light skinned kid of Aang and Katara? I mean, how does that work that two of Aang's children look full on water tribe while the third looks pure air nomad? I question Bumi's parentage!
 
Yoshimickster

Yoshimickster

What if it's Korra who comes up with a new style of air-bending? That would be awesome.

Edit: I just looked up Aang's kids and and it's...odd. One's an air-bender, one's a non-bender, an the other is a water-bender. Like a...value scale man.
 
David

David

Norris said:
...why is Tenzin the only light skinned kid of Aang and Katara? I mean, how does that work that two of Aang's children look full on water tribe while the third looks pure air nomad? I question Bumi's parentage!
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Kya and Bumi happened to inherit Katara's gene for melanin production levels, while Tenzin inhereted Aang's. I don't see how that's that much of a stretch.
 
Wahad

Wahad

Guys. Guys.

Korra has officially ascended the label "children's television" with the third episode. Without spoiling anything, this was some pretty heavy stuff.

The worst part about Amon's speech is that he's totally right! Benders get all the jobs, they have all the power (both political and physical) so what can a non-bender really do to get ahead in life? Of course, his methods make him the worst hypocrite to ever hypocriticize, but hey, I guess that's why he's a villain.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Benders get the blue collar jobs, and I guess that's fair for the lower class to be upset by, but I don't really see how non-benders can't keep up at white-collar jobs. The inventor of the Satomobile is a non-bender, and a very rich man.
 
Wahad

Wahad

figmentPez said:
Benders get the blue collar jobs, and I guess that's fair for the lower class to be upset by, but I don't really see how non-benders can't keep up at white-collar jobs. The inventor of the Satomobile is a non-bender, and a very rich man.
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He's also a genius. You know, what with inventing the car and all. What about the less business-savvy non-benders?
 
Wahad

Wahad

Earthbenders take that job because they do it in a fraction of the time for the same money. Sorry, try again.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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Wahad said:
He's also a genius. You know, what with inventing the car and all. What about the less business-savvy non-benders?
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You mean the accountants, engineers, writers, painters, file clerks, waiters, mechanics and other professions that won't significantly benefit from bending, if at all? With the time and effort it takes to master bending, it's not something that can easily be applied to each and every field.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Pez and I actually talked about this on twitter. When you get down to it, Bending only gives you an advantage if it's for a line of work that involves a technology that hasn't been perfected yet. Firebenders do things like help keep the power on via lightning bending and welding together stuff. Earthbenders keep the roads level and build foundations for buildings, when they aren't working the mines. Waterbenders are out flushing the sewers and fighting fires... but in the end, none of the Benders have jobs that pull in any kind of good money unless they are using violence (ether to protect, like the Metalbenders, or to extort, like the Triads).

I personally believe the whole Anti-bender movement is a smokescreen to distract the working poor from unionizing or voting out the current government, who really don't seem to be proactive in advancing the conditions of the poor.
 
Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

Wait, so let me get this straight.

  1. Amon has dead parents
  2. Amon has no superpowers
  3. Despite Amon's lack of superpowers, he can stand up to superpowered folk.
Amon is Batman.
 
ElJuski

ElJuski

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I'm actually really, really impressed with this show, and particularly with the third episode. A lot of that has to do with this delicious grey area stuff.

And, it takes really excellent writing to make me fear that Amon would actually take the brother's bending power. They're not pulling any punches here, and they could have easily gone that route, with the brother being ultimately pulled away from the others because he got sapped. Which, either way, is going to happen between those two, obviously. Still, the fact that scene could have gone either way was really, really impressive.
 
R

Raemon777

Yeah, episode three was a pretty hardcore second installment. Apparently when you remove all the funny filler episodes and a slightly older target audience, you're left with some scary stuff.

My favorite theories for Amon's identity:

1) Either Firelord Ozai, or a direct descendant (only person I can think of who we'd have a narrative reason to hide the face of, and who comes with knowledge that bending can be taken away, and a motive to do so to return to power)
2) Grandson of the cabbage merchant
3) Some other random guy, whose identity isn't important... except that he went to the spirit world at some point and got his face stolen by Ko. (Who may also have taught him to energy bend)
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Raemon777 said:
My favorite theories for Amon's identity:

1) Either Firelord Ozai, or a direct descendant (only person I can think of who we'd have a narrative reason to hide the face of, and who comes with knowledge that bending can be taken away, and a motive to do so to return to power)
2) Grandson of the cabbage merchant
3) Some other random guy, whose identity isn't important... except that he went to the spirit world at some point and got his face stolen by Ko. (Who may also have taught him to energy bend)
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I'm almost certain it's going to be someone in the government or ruling elite of the city, who has something to gain from the mob mentality Amon's been fostering (though the thing with Ko would be awesome). Whoever is behind this has to have a few things...

Wealth: The Antibenders have high tech weapons, gadgets, vehicles, and the resources to keep all of these things running. This is all very high tech stuff and requires lots of money. This indicates a large supply of wealth.

Connections: There is no way that such a violent and anarchist group would be allowed to operate in a city full of benders unless they had some way to make the cops look the other way (notice how the cop went after Korra, instead of the member of the known terrorist group?). This indicates that Amon has at least some influence over the cops.

This makes me think he's ether a friend, ally, or member of the Bai Fong Family.
 
Wahad

Wahad

figmentPez said:
This is very interesting, a comparison of the spirit bending done by the Lionturtle and Aang with whatever was done by Amon. It's got some very interesting speculation. I don't think what's being done is the same as what Aang did, and I don't think it's truly permanent.
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In theory, if the chi-points can be blocked, they can be opened up again. But given that Tenzin seems to assume Amon does what Aang once did, I wonder if there's even anybody in Republic city that knows how to unlock this specific type of blocking. So I think it could very well be a permanent effect.
 
ElJuski

ElJuski

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which, as the AVC article pointed out, pretty much has to, as we're already a quarter of the way through the season.
 
KCWM

KCWM

It's a cliche response, but I'm really excited for this season. I mean, everyone says they are excited about something, but there's been nothing weak, IMHO, in the first three episodes. It pains me that it's only a half hour long, especially with the projected short lifespan. It's a more mature version of AtLAB, but maintains the spirit of its predecessor.

This is the show I look forward to more than any other during the week.
 
Frank

Frank

It's a fine show and all that jazz but I just want to say just how God damned gorgeous the look of the entire thing is. The third episode made it clear just how much like shit Korra makes Avatar look in the presentation department.
 
KCWM

KCWM

Frank said:
It's a fine show and all that jazz but I just want to say just how God damned gorgeous the look of the entire thing is. The third episode made it clear just how much like shit Korra makes Avatar look in the presentation department.
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Agreed with the presentation. The animation looks great on my 60" TV.
 
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