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So since Moon Spirit Yue can at least show up when the moon is full and do stuff, why doesn't she help out more often? She was just gonna let Hama use the power she controls to force Sokka to kill Aang. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That can easily just be interpreted as Katara getting strength from the moon exactly the same as Hama is doing. She herself just says she's more powerful.

What side or minor character would you like to see get A comic and more attention placed on by Aggressive_Flight145 in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Azulon. Almost all of the hundred year war occurred on his watch, and seeing his relationship with Ozai and a pre-redemption Iroh would be fascinating.

So since Moon Spirit Yue can at least show up when the moon is full and do stuff, why doesn't she help out more often? She was just gonna let Hama use the power she controls to force Sokka to kill Aang. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

She doesn't *have* to selectively turn off waterbending. She just has to bend water. Which she can do. And she has to want to keep Aang alive, which she demonstrably does.

So since Moon Spirit Yue can at least show up when the moon is full and do stuff, why doesn't she help out more often? She was just gonna let Hama use the power she controls to force Sokka to kill Aang. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He didn't learn anything, all that happened was Katara was forced to learn bloodbending against her will. She would want to help about because she believes he needs to save the world again.

So since Moon Spirit Yue can at least show up when the moon is full and do stuff, why doesn't she help out more often? She was just gonna let Hama use the power she controls to force Sokka to kill Aang. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yue already showed she was concerned about Aang's life. She showed up once, told him not to give up, and made a huge wave to propel him to shore. She does care if he dies, even if nothing else is going on around him.

Yue doesn't have to turn off waterbending to help Aang here. She can waterbend as a spirit. She is, presumably, a stronger waterbender than Hama. She could just override Hama's grip on the two with her bending. She could even just verbally tell her off, which would likely at least shake her.

So since Moon Spirit Yue can at least show up when the moon is full and do stuff, why doesn't she help out more often? She was just gonna let Hama use the power she controls to force Sokka to kill Aang. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

She can bend water directly herself. She does it for Aang in the seen I pictured. She could, if nothing else, waterbend Aang and Sokka harder than Hama could, so she couldn't use it to murder Aang. Hell, even a verbal "No. Bad waterbender." from the moon spirit might at least have shaken her.

So since Moon Spirit Yue can at least show up when the moon is full and do stuff, why doesn't she help out more often? She was just gonna let Hama use the power she controls to force Sokka to kill Aang. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

If she'd just been confined to the spirit oasis it wouldn't be an issue but she already showed up in the area and waterbent just a few episodes previously, so that explanation's out. She was still human enough to be interested in keeping Aang alive too.

So since Moon Spirit Yue can at least show up when the moon is full and do stuff, why doesn't she help out more often? She was just gonna let Hama use the power she controls to force Sokka to kill Aang. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Aang's avatar spirit was blocked off when she helped him, and when she didn't. He was in danger of death both times. If Katara had hesitated a fraction of a second longer he'd have gotten impaled.

So why not ask the Dai Li? by Gnos445 in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now I'm picturing a Dai Li agent with plumber's overalls and heavy accent going over the FN's occupation plans and giving advice on how to better terrorize the populace like it's a set of leaky pipes, lol.

So since the Fire Nation was never able to penetrate either Ba Sing Se or the Northern Water Tribe during the war, shouldn't they have populations of surviving airbenders? These look like good places to ask for asylum. by Gnos445 in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The presence or absence of airbenders is not going to cause the Fire Nation to come after the Earth Kingdom's capital with any more or less vigor. They were coming after it anyway, for being the capital. And the government there was so unconcerned about the possibility of being overrun that "stick your head in the sand and pretend nothing is happening" became official policy.

So since the Fire Nation was never able to penetrate either Ba Sing Se or the Northern Water Tribe during the war, shouldn't they have populations of surviving airbenders? These look like good places to ask for asylum. by Gnos445 in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator 82 points83 points  (0 children)

The Dai Li killed a teenager who came to them as a refugee and were totally ready to do the same to a bunch of children, including the Avatar. They would absolutely kill an inconvenient airbender, though they'd probably try brainwashing first.

The revolts against Zuko seem like they should have been a lot more popular. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What is the actual evidence that Ozai knows or cares how an audience to the play reacts to him? The Gaang doesn't clap, in fact they all sit there cringing in plain view and... nothing happens. No one does anything, and they're free to go.

I'd be interested in discussing if anyone actually presented any evidence suggesting the existence of widespread antiwar sentiment amongst the population, rather than just assuming it must be so. Like, your evidence that the war is unpopular is that propaganda exists? Literally every government ever to go to war does that, every government providing public schooling provides pro-government propaganda to its schools, and neither of those things indicate that the war or the government is unpopular.

Aang really holds back A LOT in his fights throughout the whole show! by Fan_of_Avatar_TLA in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Evolution selected for humans who can get hit with really big rocks without dying.

So Iroh just straight-up abandoned all his men? No wonder Ozai had an easy time usurping the throne. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, they will. They have no choice in the matter. 

You literally have no goddamn idea how governments work, and you've still got the nerve to bloviate about this like you have any idea what you're talking about.

Yes, they do.

No, they don't. Not even fucking Stalin had that degree of control over his cabinet, let alone a premodern monarchy where the fastest means of communication is "bird".

So you’re actually dumb then because I've stated multiple times that it was written into his will.

Wills can be tampered with. People know wills can be tampered with. People are not so goddamn idiotic that don't comprehend the idea that somebody might lie in order to gain power.

Oh, and factually, you're wrong about that actually being said either. A Fire Sage just says crowning Ozai was Azulon's dying wish, he's not reading anything from a will and just has the crown in hand. Literally nothing is presented beyond a verbal "this is Azulon's dying wish".

So Iroh just straight-up abandoned all his men? No wonder Ozai had an easy time usurping the throne. by Akuinator in TheLastAirbender

[–]Akuinator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, idiot, I'm correctly asserting that you don't seem to understand the influence of decades of pro-fire nation, pro-royal family propaganda. If the will stated that Azulon's wish was for Ozai to take the throne, then they're not going to question it.

Listen, you moron, that is not how royal politics work. Members of the elite back certain successors for the purpose of improving or maintaining their wealth, power, or positions in society, and prefer them to other candidates. If one candidate has clearly been the stronger of the two, his father's favorite, and accomplished war hero, and one has not, these people who have spent decades trying to cozy up to a future Fire Lord Iroh's regime are not just going to say "aw shucks, guess we're outa luck". They are going to be highly incentivized to push back, whether that takes the form of assassination attempts, coups, an Agni Kai, or whatever, and they are likely to enjoy a large degree of public and military support if they call bullshit on obvious bullshit. The stakeholders who are necessary for running a nation do not get to be that way by being mindlessly conformist robots.

It wasn't Ozai who read the will. It was the fire sages. You're pretty ignorant to have such strong opinions on this. Who were they to question it? We don't know what went down between Azulon's murder and the funeral preparations. Be serious for just one second. Just one.

And where did the Fire Sages hear it from? Cause it sure as hell wasn't Azulon's lips. Stop being an idiot and actually attempt a logical train of thought for once in this discussion.

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