u/Perpetually_Ashamed

Some details about the EP2's plot were leaked online, and these were the measured reactions some folks had. Which is kind of funny since IMO it was a good episode, it has gotten from what I've seen positive response overall...despite that everything people despaired about in the leaks came true.

This post is mainly just a little reminder to the fandom to when it comes to leaks, take a step back and take a breath before descending into rage and despair. Judge an episode by watching what happens in the episode, not what leaks say will happen in the episode

Airbending definitely got the short straw when it came to subtypes. Flight is cool and all, and stuff like soundbending as described in the novels sounds neat, but it's a shame we never saw something like that in any of the shows. And I refuse to recognize astral/spiritual projection as a subtype of airbending. That feels like what any person, regardless of what type of bender they are (or something even non-benders should be able to do) if they're spiritual enough should be able to do.

But we actually see Aang in the show being able to alter or send out air blasts of varying temperature. The most obvious example would be how Aang handled the volcano eruption in The Fortune Teller, but we actually see in The Earth King Aang freezing water completely solid just with airbending. Like there's no doubt here that Aang is using air bending, not water bending. Aang sends out a blast of wind from his staff which freezes the water, and the airbending sound effect is used.

An airbender should effectively be able to do something like Cone of Cold, and if you can cool your air blasts, I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to heat them up to throw out some scorching winds.

Just my avatar shower thoughts here, but I definitely think it is an area of airbending that is underutilized.

Looking to buy my first Espresso Machine, and after doing some perusing these are the ones that I found to best suit what I am looking for. Yet I don't know which to settle for

The Bambino Plus I've basically only read good things about online, and it is more compact which would better fit my kitchen, yet I would need to buy a grinder which from what I seen seems to be another 200 euro to add onto that.

The Barista Express comes with a grinder which is an obvious plus, but I've read here and there that the grinder isn't all that great and it would take up a lot of counter space.

EDIT: When I say that a grinder is a plus, I mainly meant that an inbuilt grinder is an economical positive. As it effectively reduces the money I have to lay down with 200-300€. But from the comments I can see why laying down an extra 200-300 would be worth it.

I'm doing a dragon communion build, with a focus on fire damage and physical damage. So I am wondering if I should replace any spell here with Flame Grant Me Strength. I am thinking about switching out Flame Fall Upon Them, because while it can hit hard if you aim it right against big enemies, I find aiming it effectively kind of annoying and bothersome at times. So what's the best spell set up here?