Did Aang's no kill rule advert the Red Lotus' members executions?

Not insinuating that they should or shouldn't have been executed, there's pros and cons to both sides. Since the White Lotus is seemingly influenced by Aang's principles, could it be that they were against executing the Red Lotus members because of his moral stance against murder?

For all I know, it may have not even crossed their minds, but I doubt that. For how dangerous the Red Lotus members were, I'm sure that this discussion would have come up. Tenzin and Katara and Sokka (if he wasn't dead by the time) could have been ones to argue against it. While Tarlok would have been less compelled, he'd likely trust them to decide on what is right.

I hope that this gets addressed some day in some media form.

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u/MengShuZ — 1 day ago

Dying while in the Avatar State does not end the cycle (theory)

Ever wondered where this idea might have stemmed from? The only way to find out for sure would be for a previous Avatar to have actually died while in the state. If not, then the idea should be considered speculative.

What I think might be the case, though, is that if an Avatar dies while in the AS, it might just delay the next reincarnation for a long time as Raava's spirit heals/regenerates. This could have happened at some point in the past with a previous Avatar, and the information just becoming misconstrued over time. Even if that's the case, though, that’s not to say the damage wouldn’t be catastrophic, as a lot can happen over centuries without an Avatar, just look at the Hundred Year War as an example.

And this might be what happened in Seven Havens. The narrator, likely Jae, talks as if it’s been centuries since Korra’s time and the beginning of the cataclysm. So maybe Korra actually died while in the state.

Could be wrong! Maybe the origins of this idea will be explained someday. Would love to hear your thoughts.

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u/MengShuZ — 3 days ago

Real World Years Equivalent of the Past Six Avatar Eras

Hello! I came up with this idea last week, but didn't see to posting it until now. This is just my rough graph estimating the real world year equivalents of the past six Avatar eras. I didn't go any further back than Yangchen's era, since we still don't know when she was born. The years shown are only estimates, and purely speculative. Not meant to be taken seriously!

I used Republic City during the events of LoK as the reference point, as I believe it to be heavily based on the Roaring Twenties. So if we assume LoK Books 1-3 take place during the late 1920s, then we can assume Korra's birth year to be sometime around 1910. From then on, we can just calculate the rest.

The technology is actually fairly accurate, even during the time of ATLA, which already showed signs of early industrialization. It's also important to note that the world of Avatar is primarily inspired by East Asia, which, during the historical periods that inspired the setting, was less advanced than parts of the Western world. However, there are still some Western influences present, especially later on.

If Seven Havens does end up being just a few years after Korra's era (we still don't know), the level of technology could very well be close to how it was in the later 20th century.

u/MengShuZ — 18 days ago
▲ 6 r/Pikmin

Custom Olimar design for a hypothetical Smash DS concept and potential hypothetical Pikmin DS game

Hello. I made this custom Olimar design for a hypothetical Smash game that would have come out on the Nintendo DS in the year 2005, and also for a potential Pikmin game that would have released in 2007. It's a bit high poly but I will be making a low poly version sometime soon like I do with all of my models.

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u/MengShuZ — 1 month ago

My Netflix Subscription ran out while watching season 2...

My netflix subscription ran out right in the middle of Team Avatar arguing... kicked me out... now I don't get to find out what happens next. I guess that's it... Team Avatar broke up and the Fire Nation wins and Appa stays locked up.

But at least Iroh kept his tea shop : D

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u/MengShuZ — 2 months ago
▲ 0 r/ATLA

NATLA: My Netflix Subscription ran out while watching season 2... **spoilers**

My netflix subscription ran out right in the middle of Team Avatar arguing... kicked me out... now I don't get to find out what happens next. I guess that's it... Team Avatar broke up and the Fire Nation wins and Appa stays locked up.

But at least Iroh kept his tea shop : D

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u/MengShuZ — 2 months ago

Imagine if at the end of OoT Remake, Ganondorf wins.

And basically it's just the version of OoT that took place in the Fallen Timeline.

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u/MengShuZ — 2 months ago

What if Nintendo announced that it was changing its logo to blue during the direct?

You also have to send your Switch 2 over for a recolour otherwise it gets soft locked.

u/MengShuZ — 2 months ago
▲ 230 r/dbz

If Dragon Ball Took Place Throughout Real World Years

Hello! I had an idea for this in mind for a while. Basically, Dragon Ball would begin at the tail end of the year 1984, same year in which the manga began. Goku would have been born 12 years prior to that. The series would span throughout the next 50+ years.

The peaceful world saga would be in 2019, and the events of GT (non-canon to DBS) would occur in 2029-2030 (in the funimation dub it'd be in 2024-2025 but I prefer the latter).

Edit: I made an error with the subline featuring Future Trunks, it's supposed to say "Future Trunks Saga". My bad. Was half asleep when I made this.

u/MengShuZ — 2 months ago

My Milktanks bring all the boys to the yard and they're like it's better than yours...

u/MengShuZ — 3 months ago
▲ 6 r/supersmashbros+1 crossposts

I made a mockup trailer for Smash Bros. VI.

A parody of the Avengers: Doomsday Announcement trailer from last year.

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u/MengShuZ — 3 months ago
▲ 2.4k r/GTA6

Where is everyone...?

I'm waiting in front of GameStop until it opens because they said that the game comes out today but I'm the only one here. I don't get it. I thought that everyone was excited for this game...

u/MengShuZ — 3 months ago

More character-centered movies!!11

Arghh!111 Why are there not more character-centered movies!?!!1 Just the idea of the fact makes me angry!111 Rahhhh!111 **goes into a rage frenzy**

Ahem. I apologize for my outburst. It was childish and unprofessional.

With all due respect however, I think that having more of Ash's companions be the drivers of some of the movies would've been cool.

M02 or M05 for instance, being themed around water, and with some adjustments to the story, could've centered around Misty. I think Brock could've gotten a movie too, he was a main character for 13 years after all. Dawn could've had a central role in M11. M15 being dragon themed could've been Iris' movie. Anyway, there are a variety of possibilities.

The movies are still great, but I think that M06 and M09 are good examples that having someone other than Ash be in the spotlight works very well in terms of telling a good story and character development. I know that we got that with the AC movies, but I'm talking about Ash's companions!

u/MengShuZ — 3 months ago

Did Michael Keaton's Batman turn into Val Kilmer then George Clooney's Batman because of Flashpoint?

This is a weird premise I admit and you're probably confused on what I mean exactly so I'll try to explain it as best I can. I recently watched Batman and Robin for the first time, and understood why George Clooney portrayed Bruce at the of The Flash (2023), Up until now, I had no idea that he had in fact played the character before, and didn't understand the reference.

Is this supposed to be the same Bruce from the 1997 film which is in the same continuity as the original Batman film series?

Basically, I'm suggesting that reason why Bruce looks different throughout those four films is because of time travel shennanigans. That would basically suggest that the Bruce that we see the end of The Flash (2023) is the same Bruce from those films, only older since it'd be a few decades later.

So in the movie, Barry meets Keaton's Bruce/Batman, then at the end he fixes the timeline, and now Bruce/Batman looks like Clooney. So now basically Barry lives in the same timeline as the original Batman films, that's the gist.

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u/MengShuZ — 3 months ago
▲ 59 r/sonic

Sonic (Visions) Model Concept Sheets

Hello. This is a concept sheet for a Sonic model that I made recently. It's supposed to be a hybrid between Sonic's Classic and Modern incrnations. The model itself is 1608 tris. I also made this short animation with it. Look out for a Tails model in this style soon.

u/MengShuZ — 3 months ago

I Remade Part of Sonic CD's Intro in Retro Style.

Hello. I'm a 3D animator who styles his work around retro/2000s aesthetics, mixed with a modern touch. Recently, I remade part of Sonic CD's intro using a recent Sonic model that I worked on. If you're curious to see more of my stuff, here's a link to the original short on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IrUAblto3d0

u/MengShuZ — 3 months ago
▲ 36 r/zelda

This is a custom Link design for a hypothetical game codenamed "Ocean Dreams" that would have been released in a parallel timeline. I’ve been wanting to create my own iteration of Link for the past few years.

This iteration of the hero would've been born in the future of the Adult Timeline, following the events of WW, PH, and ST respectively.

If you're more curious about the model, I talk about it a little more here: https://youtu.be/wG4WupjgGgc That version however features the old one, as I recently altered the eye scaling for the current model as a few people pointed out that they originally looked too big.

Hope you like it!

u/MengShuZ — 4 months ago

Everyone's been ranking their favorite Zelda games, but I decided to go a different route....

u/MengShuZ — 4 months ago

Disclaimer, this is just fun speculation.

That being said, I think that we can all agree that the use of time travel tends to get kind of broken. So, I thought up a little fan-theory as to how it could work without contradictions. Could also work for other series as well.

Basically, time travel isn't really time travel, it's more so closer to interdimensional travel.

So let's say you travel to the year 2006 (20 years ago), you're not actually going back to 2006, but travelling to a universe where it is currently 2006.

Basically there are infinite universes, where every possible outcome and event is already mapped out. So in this example, you'd be going to a universe set in the past where you happened to pop up at that same time.

When you return to your present (back to 2026), you're just hopping into a universe where those changes already took place, one where you might have also decided to time travel during that time, so you'd be taking the place of that universe's version of you.

If that's the case, then your old universe, that one where you originally came from also still exists. So in the Arrowverse itself, at least before the events of crisis, there are universes where the Flash travelled back in time and didn't come back.

It follows the logic that past, present, and future, all exist at the same time. Sort of like how it's depicted in Spiderverse, where there is a universe set in 2018, the 1940s, the 31st century, and 2099, but they all exist simultaneously.

That's also why when the Flash goes to the future, he can exist at the same time as his future self, which is in reality, just an older, alternate version of himself.

One last thing, when a character hops into a universe set in the past, they're not creating a new universe, they're going into an already existing one, since there are infinite universes set throughout different times.

There might be a few holes, and I'm sorry if you disagree, but I just wanted to share this. It's fun to try and make sense of things, but please don't it too seriously.

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u/MengShuZ — 4 months ago