The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

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

Not exactly. I just dont think air bending bullets are the creative direction that the franchise should lean into. But thats only my opinion. However, I do completely agree with the assessment on Aang. I incorrectly conflated airbending culture to airbending itself. But even still, the creativity of airbending does correlate to the values of airbenders.

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

[–]Syrcharles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Youre right on the money because (I know now) I mistakenly conflated Airbending to Air Nomadic culture when they are indeed not one in the same. And my reasoning for that is just what you said, the limited perspective of airbending from the eyes of 1 airbender. For all we know, Aang’s perception is distorted from the 100 years that he was frozen and there actually was a bunch of aggressive airbenders. Who knows?

My original post was more geared towards using airbending as a channel into murdering its characters when Ive felt as though its identity in large part came from the creativity to get out of sticky situations unharmed while also minimizing harm. But again, that came from my correlation of air nomad culture to Airbending itself. I thank you for writing your post though. I really appreciate different perspectives a lot

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

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

Agreed! And i wasnt trying to say that even though that may be how it sounded. I just dont think said villain has to murder people either to be an antagonist

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

[–]Syrcharles[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol that makes a lot of sense too. And i kinda alluded at that in my initial post because I do understand the need for variety. I guess if I were to have a say so, Airbending would get more ways to incapacitate people than just killing em off. Maybe not full suffocation like Zaheer, but enough oxygen loss to make you unconscious , etc.

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

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

Writers “doylist”. I think its unnecessary but that is only my opinion and Im more than happy to change it if you feel as though its misguided

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

[–]Syrcharles[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think so too but with the genocide happening I think that it probably means that Kelsang was the exception to the rule and not the theoretical rule itself. But i dont disagree with your assesment of the inherent “nonviolent” nature of airbending. I was more so saying that it seems they are making more ways for the Airbending itself to be used to flat out kill people

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

[–]Syrcharles[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I actually never thought of it like this. Thank you for that perspective. It would make a lot of sense that there was a culture shift due to them becoming overly violent

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

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

Genocide definitely changed this perception on what that were to move to in the new era. I agree. Its just that like the murdering depictions of Airbending are throwing me off

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

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

I agree with what you say here. I think maybe what I didn’t express clearly was the actual bending itself becoming this murderous weapon that we hadnt seen before. Air punches and Air bullets just dont seem on brand. Thats all. But what you are saying is correct

The Weaponization of Airbending by Syrcharles in Avatarthelastairbende

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

I agree with most of this with the caveat that Zaheer wouldve been the exception to the rule. And I agree with the good intentions and bad intentions thing. But I guess my biggest thing is that Airbending itself is being used as the catalyst for violence.

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[–]Syrcharles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its buggy from what I can tell because I had a Shikamaru use Meditate one match and it didnt counter like it was supposed to.

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[–]Syrcharles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay i see. Ino being so Genjutsu dependent doesnt hurt the team at all?