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The basic premise of the Avatar is that they reincarnate very generation to bring balance to the world. This means that every Avatar is technically the same person since they are merely the same soul inhabiting different bodies since that is how reincarnation works in general.

The problem is that there are times when the past Avatars seem to be able to operate independently from the current one. The first time we see this is in "Escape from the Spirit World", where Kuruk is still actively hunting Koh even after he died and his spirit was reincarnated into Kyoshi, Roku, and Aang. Roku in "The Promise" comic series knew that Zuko is his great grandson even though he died almost a century before Zuko was born.

Kyoshi appeared to Suki at the Boiling Rock without possessing or being close to the current Avatar, Aang; in the comic "Suki Alone". In the movie "Legend of Aang", Sonam was able to cut herself off from the other Avatars, showing that deceased Avatars have influence over the connection to the spiritual lineage after their deaths.

This seems to indicate that previous Avatars have a level of autonomy after their deaths and can exist separately from the current one.

The basic premise of the Avatar is that they reincarnate very generation to bring balance to the world. This means that every Avatar is technically the same person since they are merely the same soul inhabiting different bodies since that is how reincarnation works in general.

The problem is that there are times when the past Avatars seem to be able to operate independently from the current one. The first time we see this is in "Escape from the Spirit World", where Kuruk is still actively hunting Koh even after he died and his spirit was reincarnated into Kyoshi, Roku, and Aang. Roku in "The Promise" comic series knew that Zuko is his great grandson even though he died almost a century before Zuko was born.

Kyoshi appeared to Suki at the Boiling Rock without possessing or being close to the current Avatar, Aang; in the comic "Suki Alone". In the movie "Legend of Aang", Sonam was able to cut herself off from the other Avatars, showing that deceased Avatars have influence over the connection to the spiritual lineage after their deaths.

This seems to indicate that previous Avatars have a level of autonomy after their deaths and can exist separately from the current one.

In the original Black Flag game, during El Tiburón's death scene, Edward mentions that the two of them had a previous encounter even though we never actually see it. Originally, Edward and El Tiburón were to have a confrontation at the end of Sequence 2, which would end with Edward losing the fight. This scene was likely cut due to time constraints, though the fight appears in Black Flag's novelization, and Edward's final lines to El Tiburón still refer to it.

The remake didn't include the original fight that was supposed to happen at the end of Sequence 2 between Edward and El Tiburón, but the latter's death scene is still unchanged. The creators of the remake could have included the first fight that was supposed to take place in the original game, or they could have changed El Tiburón's death scene so that Edward never mentions a previous encounter.

This oversight stands out quite a bit since Bartholomew Roberts's death scene in the remake was completely altered by making the references to Juno more subtle and him not asking Edward to destroy his body after he dies. This was likely done in order to fit the game's more standalone narrative, rather than feeding into the modern-day narrative as it did in the original.

It would have made more sense for the creators to have done the same with El Tiburón's death scene if they didn't plan on including the first fight between the two characters at the end of Sequence 2. It's possible that they simply forgot since El Tiburón is a very minor character in the story.

In the original Black Flag game, during El Tiburón's death scene, Edward mentions that the two of them had a previous encounter even though we never actually see it. Originally, Edward and El Tiburón were to have a confrontation at the end of Sequence 2, which would end with Edward losing the fight. This scene was likely cut due to time constraints, though the fight appears in Black Flag's novelization, and Edward's final lines to El Tiburón still refer to it.

The remake didn't include the original fight that was supposed to happen at the end of Sequence 2 between Edward and El Tiburón, but the latter's death scene is still unchanged. The creators of the remake could have included the first fight that was supposed to take place in the original game, or they could have changed El Tiburón's death scene so that Edward never mentions a previous encounter.

This oversight stands out quite a bit since Bartholomew Roberts's death scene in the remake was completely altered by making the references to Juno more subtle and him not asking Edward to destroy his body after he dies. This was likely done in order to fit the game's more standalone narrative, rather than feeding into the modern-day narrative as it did in the original.

It would have made more sense for the creators to have done the same with El Tiburón's death scene if they didn't plan on including the first fight between the two characters at the end of Sequence 2. It's possible that they simply forgot since El Tiburón is a very minor character in the story.