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tellhulla · 8 months ago

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It's an admittedly minor thing but something that bothers me a lot about the atla comics (and LoK) is the air acolytes

Why are they all new characters?

Where is Theo, the guy Aang himself said carries the spirit of the air nomads? Where are the hippie nomads from season 2 who were already living a very similar lifestyle to Aang's people?

Are the acolytes even nomads? They seem to just live in the temples by the time of LoK, How is that passing on the air nomad's legacy? How is it keeping the culture alive when they aren't practicing half of the culture?

Why didn't Aang ask the mechanic to make gliders like Theo's for the acolytes so they could fly too? If they have re-domesticated the ski bisons by the time of Korra why don't the acolytes seem to have any? It's not like you need to be an air bender to fly on them so why it's only Tenzin who has one and not the acolytes or even Aang's other children?

It's such a poorly written mess

#atla #avatar the last airbender #lok #legend of korra #atla comics #theo and the hippies not being air acolytes bothers me the most if I'm honest #it's makes so much narrative sense for them to be #it's such a waste that they are not #Aang on the show: wow this Theo guy is certainly has the spirit of an air nomad #I'm so impressed I'm willing to teach him ancient air nomad secrets #and tell him about the air nation's culture #Aang on the comics: Theo who?#Aang on the show: wow this guys are nomads just like me!#I'm so happy to see there's still people who live the way me and my people lived even after a century #Aang in the comics: Chong and Lily who?#anyway if Aang really wanted to keep his way of life alive it makes more sense for him to reach to people who already live a similar way #the writers really dropped the ball there #missed opportunity #imagine if by the time Korra came around there was a real air nation #made out of people who may not be benders but who were flying nomads just like Aang's people #with bisons and gliders #Tenzin and his children would still be the only benders but the culture would still be alive #instead we got groupies #what a disappointment

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