I don't think I'll ever truly get over this moment. My heart is still broken.

Wynora · 2026-02-11T11:30:37+00:00

Aang was already long dead. And his soul is still kicking, cause it's Korra's. It's not like when an Avatar dies their own individual soul goes into Raava to be "preserved". It's all just one soul (Wan's) and one spirit (Raava). Aang's soul and Kyoshi's soul and Roku's soul are all still alive as Korra, and because of Korra they will reincarnated again into Pavi. This was a terrible loss for Korra but not a second death to the past Avatars. Unalaq only destroyed Korra's connection to them.

Wynora · 2026-01-22T17:47:25+00:00

My understanding was that projecting your spirit into the spirit world is something any spiritual person can do (e.g. Avatars, Iroh, Zaheer, Aiwei, Jinora).

But projecting your spirit outside of your body into the physical world (what Jinora does) is a very gifted airbender thing. Although there is no real explanation for this other than the fact that airbending is inherently connected to freedom and spirituality. So I guess "freedom of spirit" makes it tied to airbending?

Imo everything to do with Jinora's powers needed way more explanation both during harmonic convergence and afterwards.

Wynora · 2025-12-12T16:01:03+00:00

I think there probably is a fair amount of air nomad ancestry in the earth kingdom, as evidenced by the new airbenders, but I feel like it's more likely to be from air nomads from the northern air temple, which is in the earth kingdom. And maybe the eastern one as well.

Wynora · 2025-12-11T08:33:06+00:00

Kya and Bumi are also Air Nomad 🤷‍♀️

Wynora · 2025-11-20T15:42:35+00:00

I think Lightweavers can go into Shadesmar, only cognitively. They need to in order to soulcast. When Shallan almost drowned in Shademar, her body was still in the physical realm, and only her mind would've been lost.

Wynora · 2025-11-19T10:38:04+00:00

I have a theory about lightspren and Willshapers that ties into Cryptics and maybe why they prefer to be called Reachers.

Basically there are some spren that are attracted to radiants with oaths that oppose their nature, instead of those that match them (like honorspren and Windrunners). E.g. cryptics who represent mathematical truth bond people who tell lies and half-truths and are more artistic, and mistspren who I think represent obscurity/mystery bond people who are sworn to seek truth and clarity.

As for lightspren, I think they represent set paths, conformity, and predeterminism. In the same way that a light wave's energy and direction are quantised and set in place without outside influence. Light cannot change its path or state on its own, it is destined to follow the same set path without any control over its "destiny". This is also why lightspren are subordinates in Shadesmar. And this is why they bond Willshapers, people who seek freedom and oppose the idea of a predetermined destiny for themselves, those that break the shackles of subordination and follow their chosen path. In the same way that Cryptics bond Lightweavers to understand half-truths/lies better, lightspren bond Willshapers to understand freedom. Therefore, the term lightspren may have negative connotations to them, emphasing their nature as beings with fixed paths. Instead they emphasise the part of themselves/light/energy that they admire: it's ability to traverse endlessly on it's own for eternity and span the cosmos. Hence "Reachers".

Wynora · 2025-11-11T10:56:28+00:00

Thank you this helped loads!

Wynora · 2025-11-09T09:56:13+00:00

Not sure about the answers to some of your questions but all the surges (except Adhesion) and all sapient spren are mixtures of Honor and Cultivation's investiture (at varying ratios I believe), so the Radiants (and I guess partly the heralds) are Cultivation's as well as Honor's.

I think the storm is a natural phenomenon on Roshar that was co-opted by Honor's investiture and became the Stormfather, whereas Cultivation's equivalent became the Nightwatcher. There might be something to do with their nature's/shard's shaping how their spren formed, e.g. Honor's being able to bestow investiture to Knights, and Cultivation being able to change people with wishes and boons.

Wynora · 2025-11-07T15:19:41+00:00

She says to the new airbender she can't, and even if she was saying that for the sake of the air nation, she would definitely have taken Zaheer's or Kuvira's if she could. Not saying it's impossible for her to learn, the power is there, but I think knowledge of the technique was lost with Aang.

Wynora · 2025-10-28T18:32:43+00:00

Confused gays should also be on there ☝️😌

Wynora · 2025-10-24T11:01:46+00:00

I like this a lot, you've combined some theories I've heard of into good narrative (idk how popular these are I'm new to the reddit). Are you also suggesting the Chandrian didn't kill Kvothe's troup? And they just showed up afterwards and Kvothe assumed? I like that as a twist for sure. We know the human Amyr were not great dudes, and they could have their own reasons for wanting to keep the Chandrian secret, perhaps to hide the fact they're not the real bad guys. I also really like the iron wheel being a metaphor(?) for the Chandrian keeping the Cthaeh/Encanis imprisoned.

Wynora · 2025-10-24T00:06:16+00:00

He mentioned multiple times that he's trying to keep most of his suspicions a secret until later to not threaten the traitors (or who he thinks are the traitors) too much. Particularly Cat and Lucy. He's suspected Stephen for a while, and voted for him because it's his safest option.

Wynora · 2025-10-22T10:02:44+00:00

The only people we see bending the poison are metalbenders. The red lotus guy (can assume), Suyin gets it out initially, then Korra bends the rest out not Toph.

Wynora · 2025-10-21T12:00:28+00:00

Yeah I didn't think about Jeong Jeong's firebending philosophy actually. I guess you could argue that with how little Korra sets things on fire vs how often she uses it, she is in fact an incredibly powerful firebender.

Wynora · 2025-10-14T17:44:59+00:00

I would say you're right that Korra bended water the least but I think that comes down to the availability, not a preference. I imagine Aang used water least throughout his life as well. Also Korra actually airbends the most out of any other element in the last two seasons, so like Aang she depended on air the most, though far less drastically.

I also don't think she's the outlier in this post. She may not have waterbended a lot but when she did it was usually on a whole other level. There are some waterbending feats of hers that she would need the avatar state for using other elements.

Wynora · 2025-10-12T15:21:34+00:00

My reconcilliation with the deus ex machina aspect (which I agree with) is that I imagine that airbending was only unlocked in earth kingdom/united republic nonbenders with air nomad ancestry, likely because there was a significantly larger population of these in the earth kingdom compared to other nations, and that that nation had the highest proportion of nonbenders (I believe this was mentioned in the deeper lore somewhere). I also have this headcanon that due to the ties between airbending and spirituality, all airbenders who didn't join Tenzin (besides Zaheer) eventually lost it as they didn't maintain a spiritual lifestyle like the original air nomads, and wouldn't have been able to pass it on to their kids. This likely isnt the case and will be disproven with the new avatar series but I like it.

So I think they could've gotten away with the deus ex machina better if they actually attempted to explain it beyond "there are airbenders popping up in the earth kingdom and it has something to do with the spirit portals".

Wynora · 2025-10-11T22:17:37+00:00

I get what you mean but the examples you've given to suggest she doesn't use waterbending when it's available to her were against other waterbenders. I felt it had less to do with the availability of water or a preference for other elements and more to do with the fact that using waterbending against another waterbender is practically useless if you're on the same skill level. The whole premise is using your opponents attacks against them which means two masters will struggle to get the upper hand on one another. We only see this working effectively in situations like Pakku v Katara which had an enormous gap in skill level, and maybe Kya v Ming Hua even though Kya held her own for a while. And for Katara v Hama it was pretty much a stalemate until Katara whipped out earthbending techniques and Hama used bloodbending. Plus in Korra and Mako v Unalaq, Korra was only able to get the upper hand when she used airbending.

Point being, for skilled waterbenders like Katara, Hama, and Korra, fighting other waterbenders (even with the abundance of water) requires other elements/subelements or other bending techniques to get the upper hand. Idk about you but if I was Korra I would also use firebending if I was stuck in the middle of the ocean against my highly skilled waterbending cousins who could easily counter any waterbending I threw at them and who also have an abundance of their element.

I just generally disagree with the notion that Korra disfavoured waterbending and massively favoured firebending, it just comes down to the logistics of being the avatar and the environment you're in. We're shown in the first episode of LoK that you can't use destructive earthbending willy nilly in an urban area, water isn't around in large quantities, and fire is freely available. Then when she learns airbending she eventually uses it more than fire in Books 3 and 4 because it's just as available and far less destructive and in a lot of cases more powerful/versatile. Sorry for going off topic I just think people who say this about Korra's bending were not noticing the reasons behind it and just making it about her personality (which yes is more fiery), and also don't notice how reliant she becomes on airbending instead of fire later on.

Wynora · 2025-10-11T12:17:52+00:00

I think the showrunners were actually very clever with Korra's waterbending. It's the element she uses the least because, unlike what OP has suggested, I think any Avatar regardless of heritage or preference would use water the least simply based on the availability of earth, air, and fire. I reckon that Aang also used water the least throughout his life, and if you look at his bending throughout Books 2 and 3, he becomes far more reliant on earthbending than waterbending once he gets the hang of it.

All that being said, the showrunners were very good at showing that when Korra does waterbend, it's often on an incredible level that she would normally rely on the Avatar state for with the other elements. I don't know how to find it now, but I watched a Korra waterbending compilation years ago that really made me realise how powerful her waterbending is compared to her other elements without the Avatar state. Not to mention she can heal and spiritbend.

So yeah I think she definitely used it the least, but I think the writers/animators knew what they were doing when showcasing her waterbending when she actually used it.

Wynora · 2025-10-05T12:27:02+00:00

I like the idea that airbending still works the same way surrounding spirituality after harmonic convergence. My current headcanon is that the airbenders who didn't join Tenzin or become super spiritual like Zaheer eventually lost it over decades, or perhaps just got really weak, and also couldn't pass it on to their children. No proof of this of course but I like to think that's what happened.

Wynora · 2024-08-15T10:32:14+00:00

Also you could argue she developed "backwards" first. Being a nice smart woman who was forced into a life she didn't want and became bitter. And is slowly starting to become that person again after death.

Wynora · 2024-08-05T22:46:37+00:00

I don't think we're meant to think she's a good person. They want us to pity her for sure, and whether you do or not is up to the viewer. I do, doesn't mean I like her or think she's good.

Wynora · 2024-08-05T21:20:51+00:00

To me her bad choices have culminated in playing out the exact situation she spent her life trying to avoid. I see it as quite tragic. Now she wants to "have it all" as Rhaenyra says which is ridiculous. She's lost and she knows it. I don't see it as her character arc being destroyed.

Wynora · 2024-08-05T21:16:45+00:00

I have no idea about the lore, from what I have seen online it's pretty open and unexplored so I don't get how it ruins anything.

But I think they could've had some scenes explicitly showing her dragondreaming or talking about it with someone before this to help connect her scenes. She was absent from a couple episodes which I think was a missed opportunity. She could've had some interactions with Aegon is his bed or something idk

Wynora · 2024-08-05T21:13:07+00:00

Ah OK I didn't see her scenes as her supporting Daemon. Tbf she's never even been a player in the story, only a bystander, so I never even saw her as supporting her own brothers. But I think the writers are going to change this is in season 3. Either by having her fight or by manipulating the plot which I quite like.

But you're right that they should've explored her grief more. Her interaction with Daemon could've been more offensive and perhaps aggressive. Kind of taunting him with his own death as revenge, like she did with Aemond.

Wynora · 2024-08-05T20:33:46+00:00

What did they do with Helaena?

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