u/Astronomer_X

I remember when it got patched people were saying it was the first time they ever even saw the attack LMAOOO because Z Broly mains were spamming ki blasts and Ult’ing point blank.

Before the canon purists and ‘well ackshually’ people sprint at me I am 100% not asserting that I think the showmakers thought about it this way or that my headcanon is true but it’s just me making fun and thinking about how I would go about this.

We don’t know much about Guru Laghima except that he unlocked weightlessness by emptying and becoming wind and this was a legendary feat no other airbender until Zaheer did and it was thought impossible. Here is how I think he did it:

Guru Laghima had a muscular degeneration condition which meant that although he could sit up and move, these actions became more difficult as he grew up and eventually he got to a point where he couldn’t independently do most airbending movements without large pain or difficulty. He relied heavily on his nomad community to be taken care of and fed, and was still well respected for the fact that he spent prolonged periods meditating and in contemplation of life and meaning. Despite being born into a nomadic culture that holds freedom in high esteem, compared to his brethren he almost felt trapped in his body.

This was a massive struggle for his life until one day when meditating he reflected on the great love he had from his community throughout his life and the idea of movement as a whole and he determined that he was fully at peace with his condition and life and even if he could never move, all emotions about what could be were no longer important to him and he let it all go…he emptied and became wind. Hovering into the air seemingly with no gravital compression and capturing the awe of his peers, he completed his first act now wholly unbound from the earth…he assumed a cross legged pose for the first time independently, closed his eyes and silently meditated.

This is my headcanon for the Guru Laghima.

I’ve been thinking a lot about firebending and the sheer extent to which it was corrupted by the royal family.

A lot of people have issues with LoK making lightning bending ‘common’ or rather making a weaker easier to control electricity varient (if you view it that way) and it lead me to really realise how neutered the average firebender was during the 100 years war.

During the show, we never saw firebender soldiers do any impressive techniques, it was always just point and punch fireballs. Meanwhile the royal family were able to do the following:

• Zuko using swords to enhance his bending and forming whips that can cut through solid thick rocks

• Azula using blue flames and slicing through a building with them

• Azula sustaining flight without the comet

• lightning generation by Azula/Ozai

• Iroh’s invented redirection

• Sozin *redirecting heat* to cool down lava (which has vey nuts implications)

Outside the royal family, the most impressive firebender is Jeong Jeong for his firewall and he’s exceptional as an old master and white lotus. There’s also combustion bending but that’s its own thing.

We know the royal family corrupted firebending to neuter their population because when Aang and Zuko learned the original techniques from the dragons, they were dances…and dancing to music is *banned* in the firenation schools. Here is the basis of my theory:

Fire Lord Sozin getting son’d by avatar Roku left a massive psychological impact on him. For decades he had to live in the shadow of his ambitions whilst the man who threatened his life lived peacefully within his backyard. We know already that’s the reason he let Roku die in the end, but I think the dragons became his next target.

The dragons likely have near human sentience. In the masters episode, the dragons are said to ‘judge’ Zuko and Aang, and given that one guy expected them to be eaten, they clearly do determine the ‘worthiness’ of people before showing the rainbow flames. I believe that Sozin started dragon hunting as a tradition due to their firebending power and ability for people to learn firebending from them. This would help consolidate power within the Royal Family and guarantee for example no one can be beat in an Agni Kai or challenged from outside. After this point the army no longer required a high skill ceiling; they relied on the fact fire spreads because like Jeong Jeong said, a rock doesnt throw itself. Almost every firebending citizen could easily be weaponised without needing to actually be good enough to form any separatist or anti royal movements that had a chance to actually succeed because the knowledge to challenge the elites died with the dragons.

Characters whos name refers to a word about evil or general bad:

• Machiavelli in real life. This is a cheek in tongue first entry because the term machiavellian to describe manipulative deep scheming comes in reference to work he published so his name came before the meaning.

• Malificent - refers to the word malice which describes wicked intent

• Sinestro, the yellow lantern - name refers to the word sinister which describes something with evil intent.

• Bane the Batman villain - Bane is a noun word that describes something that causes extreme distress or misery

• Dr Nefarious from Rachet & Clank - nefarious describes people or actions that are criminal or wicked.

Switching out teammates in sparking zero is encouraged as a form Of combo synergy in the game. It would be cool if special teams had their own unique synergies that can encourage playing various themed teams and break up the DP meta.

For balance purposes I wouldn’t let this apply to fusions probably.