The Legend of Korra 3x7 Reaction & Review
Added 2023-09-20 22:03:00 +0000 UTCThe Legend of Korra 3x7 Reaction & Review | 'Original Airbenders'
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The Beginnings episode doesn’t quite contradict the lore. The Lion Turtles bestowed the ability to bend the elements to humans. They may have also bestowed the elements to the animals, but I think of Sky Bison like dragons - no one had to bestow fire, it was innate. Then, the humans, once granted the ability to bend an element, learned control and technique by imitating the bison, dragons, badger mole, or the moon. It’s the difference between air bending like Bumi in episode 1 of the season versus what he’s doing now with training and form.
Josh Lopater
2023-10-06 10:25:35 +0000 UTCthe original lore is trash think about it, the moon giving people waterbending lol
odane hamilton
2023-10-03 15:40:36 +0000 UTCIn that very same episode you see wan learn how to fire bend from a dragon so anyone that complains about the lion turtles being retcons either don't know what retcons means or just want to find any reason to complain about Korra
Brave4
2023-09-28 19:55:12 +0000 UTCI look at as the Lion Turtles were special species that could grant gifts. The Lion turtles pull from existing things and from those animals they used those gifts to grant to humans and the Reason the avatar can take away bending/or restore bending is because that is the Lion turtles natural ability to grant. I do not think they gave the animals their abilities.
Aushad Broades
2023-09-26 17:37:16 +0000 UTCYeah I agree with this… like people irl used to think the earth was flat, that the gods gave us fire, etc. the origins of humanity get lost and misconstrued all the time. Avatar Juan existed literally 10k years ago. Realistically I don’t think the true story of the avatar and bending would remain consistent and true for all that time
Franky E
2023-09-25 14:11:18 +0000 UTCWhat tabo said is correct but also you guys said maybe the Lion turtles couldn't bend the elements but they could give others them. That's also proven wrong when we see the air turtle floating in the sky. Or the earth turtle rising up from under the ground.
ParsivalXP
2023-09-23 08:00:46 +0000 UTCThe fact that the super eager student is named “Otaku” cracks me up every damn time. For those who don’t know, otaku is a Japanese term for a young person who’s obsessed with technology or fan culture(s) to the point where they have few social skills. …so the character’s name is kinda perfect 😂😂😂
Brittany Proffitt
2023-09-22 15:55:32 +0000 UTCi feel like it’s more accurate to say that dragons, badger moles, bison and the moon are the original masters.
Jabari Rozier
2023-09-21 16:10:15 +0000 UTCRegarding people saying that they "retconed" the og story with the Wan episode, it has been explained many times. Just because you can throw a punch and have a fist, doesn't mean you know martial arts. The same applies to the bending art. We see Wan learn how to use it as an extension of himself and not just a "power" given to him. They even talk about it in the episode and we see Wan learn from the dragons (the dancing dragon dance).
Stretercto
2023-09-21 10:25:15 +0000 UTCHope this answers your debate on the original airbenders: The lion turtles gave the power of bending to humans to defend themselves from the spirits just the same as they did to badger-moles, air bison, dragons, etc. Those animals were the original benders of those elements. Even if the lion turtles were not responsible for their powers, the fact that the power to bend exists is all that needs to be known. The lion turtles just knew how to give that power to other subordinates. Maybe the lion turtles were just able to give powers from that world to other beings. Those animals could've been holding the power to bend and the lion turtles copy/pasted with their godliness. There are many options that could be the truth.
Tabo Pugh
2023-09-21 07:30:50 +0000 UTCThe lion turtles gave people bending but the animals & spirits (moon and ocean for the waterbenders) taught the people how to use it.
Joseph Peterson
2023-09-21 02:34:47 +0000 UTCThe next episode is one of the best episodes in both series.
Mitch Krueger
2023-09-21 01:35:58 +0000 UTCboscos fookin dead
YounesCuppino
2023-09-21 01:07:05 +0000 UTCThe Lion Turtles granted the *ability* to bend, but the humans learnt how to use it from the various Animals.
Lindsay Mathieson
2023-09-21 00:18:47 +0000 UTCI can heat myself up too with a self-induced anxiety attack.
Toey
2023-09-20 23:11:41 +0000 UTCYou can learn how to heat yourself up with a meditation called "Tummo."
Biomation
2023-09-20 23:00:26 +0000 UTCRegarding the origin of bending between Aang and Korra, rather than being a complete change, I think it's more of an expansion and improvement on the lore. In Aang, they never really explained why Humans could bend. They just said that the animals were the first benders (Bager moles, Dragons, Bisons) and that they "taught" humans how to bend too. But humans would still have to be born with the power of the element before being taught (It was always implied in Aang that you're either born with it or not, and that the power of the element was hereditary). If we were to strictly stick with Aang's lore (that animals can create benders by "teaching" them), it would imply that the animals could grant power to someone that isn't a bender, like a dragon teaching Saka how to firebend (from which point all of sakas children will be firebenders). But again this doesn't make sense in Aangs lore, as again, it was always implied that you were born with power or not. The new lore solves this contradiction and works well with the old lore, as it can be both true that the animals were the first benders, AND the Lion Turtles gave humans the power of the element. Animals just taught humans how to control it better. I think they accounted for this in Korra when Avatar Wan learned how to master firebending from the dragon at the spirit Oasis - clearly demonstrating that Animals were still the first benders and that they taught humans. On top of this, even in Avatar the Last Airbender, Lion Turtles could clearly grant power to humans, and it was implied that there were more than one Lion Turtle - so I dont think it's too much of a change-up to suggest the the Lion Turtles in Aang's lore could grant the power of the element. So while I agree that the creators of Aang might not have orignally intended for the Lion Turtles to grant the power of bending, Korras lore expands well on Aangs lore without creating any contradictions. Just my two cents.
Toey
2023-09-20 22:52:40 +0000 UTCI think it’s key to remember that there was never a retcon. We see in ATLA that a Lionturtle can give someone a bending ability, ie teaching Aang to energybend. As with nearly anything there’s the mythology that comes from the truth. It’s very easy in my opinion to accept that the legends about the original benders came about as people ventured off and began learning for themselves. We even see Wan learn firebending from a dragon in the Beginnings episode. The two facts coexist because most likely how people learned to use bending, as Toph says “as an extension of my senses” probably was from the animals and in case of the waterbenders, the moon. To me it’s always felt like a lazy critique to say the whole thing is a retcon 😭
Andrew
2023-09-20 22:18:08 +0000 UTC
