r/TheLastAirbender

I was just thinking about it and I realized that, in order to waterbend the same body of water at the same time must be a really intimate thing to do.

Think about it: the two benders need to coordinate their movement and imprint the same amount of control on the body of water, not so much that they will overpower the other bender but not so little that they risk being overpowered.

I don't know, the more I think about it, the more intimate it sounds. I would even dare to say that I could see it as a way for two waterbender to flirt.

Am I the only one thinking that?

I've always wondered something specific about Korra: "Is she the youngest avatar?".

The Aang series made it clear, that the avatar is found through the toy selection ceremony. That for some reason, the avatar always chooses the same 4 toys. However, this appears to occur slightly before puberty.

However, Korra, is an exception. She was wielding 3 elements by the time she was 4. Which poses a massive problem.

At no point was she able to experience a normal upbringing in he formative years. Unlike Aang, or Wan, they had time to form an identity, a series of personal experiences WITHOUT the burden or expectations of being the avatar.

Thus, in a way, she had no childhood. Because for as long as she has known, she has always been the avatar first, korra second.

Imagine having every choice, experience, decision, success being attributed to a person who isn't you, nor do you know, but you are expected to agree anyway? Imagine if you are expected to succeed at something because someone who died 200 years ago was also good at it?

That was her problem with Tenzin's constant disparagement of her, "Aang was a master of airbending BEFORE he was the avatar, and he taught me how to airbend, so how can you consistently fail to understand airbending for 15 years! It can't be hard, you are just choosing to fail".

Especially when you consider the fact that airbending relies of freedom and burdenlessness to grasp, let alone excel at.

It also explains why she is so irresponsible, immature, and head-strong. Because she didn't have an upbringing that was conducive to teaching responsibility, maturity, or using anything other than brute strength, effort, and cunning.

In a way, she is almost the opposite of Aang, like Yangchen and Kuruk.

Aang was strugglbound, humble, and most like the avatar the world needed him to be before he knew his fate.

Korra was strong, arrogant, and had to fail nearly every step of the way to learn what it meant to be THE avatar.

They are almost perfect mirrors of one another.

And I can't help but think of it along the lines of how her being found, and nearly assassinated, and essentially sheltered in isolation, and how profound of an impact this would have on her ability to not only navigate life, but even her ability to perform as the avatar.

Just seems like a massive opportunity to not take. Especially if they’re gonna be living in the wilds. Imagine how much of a boost it would give to your chances of survival.