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“I may be out of my bending abilities because of your chi blocking” *pulls out glock* “BUT IM NOT OUTTA OPTIONS”

I still think they should stick to the martial arts fighting. It gave the magic system (bending) so much realism because it had rules. It wasn't just "fling your arm around and stuff happens", there were clear rules on which moves did what and it was consistent throughout the series. That made the series so much more immersive

A very interesting aspect for a futuristic setting would be Spiritualism, or rather the lack of it. As fighting styles become more and more refined and efficient for real life usecases, as in defeating opponents as quickly and easily as possible, a lot of what martial arts represent gets lost. That is the aspect of not only mastering fighting but rather mastering yourself, and, through discipline, controled movements and rigorous training learning the limits of your mind and body, and how to go past them. Bending is similar, in a vein that to truly master bending you must understand the flow of energy within yourself, the philosophy and meaning behind the art and the movements used to control your element, to be in touch with your inner world so to speak. And the lack of that is exactly what ive been noticing in Korra. For example the lightning that repuclican benders create and control appears to be far weaker then those produced by Benders of the past, who could, using their Lightning, on a good day explode the side of a mountain. The reason for that i believe is that while, as said, bending as a martial art is becoming more efficient as a means of fighting the spiritual and philosphical roots of the arts slowly become lost over time, as benders stop seeing it as a way of life but rather as a means to an end. So, while more people become more competent at doing things barely anyone takes the time to truly delve deep into what is truly possible, besides that which can be easily picked up and learned, and so, while more versatile, modern bending is rather shallow, and barely anyone is able to create acts of truly grand bending anymore. So, what id imagine for that setting is this: A futuristic city. Lots of people, lots of crime, violence, hopelessness and despair. Gangs vieing for control, using modern, refined bending arts to combat each other. In the midst of all of that we have the Avatar, who, despite beeing able to bend all elements, is more or less helpless in trying to bring peace, as even with the bending arts he learned he is no match for the fighting gangs, as they easily overpower him as the modern bending styles he learned are simply not enough to contend with that many enemies at once. Then something happens, which drives him to undertake an expedition to the roots of bending, on a spiritual journey with his companions, to rediscover their true nature and whats truly possible beyond the hyperefficient fighting styles of modern day. He reconnects with the past, and through this he creates a new school of bending, one that unifies the modern, efficient style with the ancient roots of the art, and creates something truly grand, with which he vows to bring peace to not only his city but to the entire world.

The thing is, Aang already showed that learned from the past is necessary to change the present (and ultimately the Future). I liked what they did with Aang a lot, and it felt like Korra was just going a more Marvel Route of things, where Bending became more of a Super Power you were just born with, rather than aquired/trained over a long time like in the first one. I fear the next one might bypass the training Parts completely and just give the new Avatar "upgrades" over Time, similar to David.

I think it would be damn cool if the next avatar would rediscover the old bending styles from Aangs time and gain advantage from that. A general rediscovering of the old times would be pretty interesting, maybe through the spirit world and Iroh, or descendants of Toph or other old Masters.

I think a better way to get to a cyberpunk era instead of doing the next avatar after korra they should go a full cycle later to the next earthbending avatar. This would also help solve the past lives problem so this avatar can have some past lives to look to for advice rather than just korra. Also this would end up being like 500 years into the future which would be much easier to explain the major advancements in technology, rather than ust 100-150 years later.

I think they might focus more on the crime aspect and the next Avatar will be more thuggish. The Avatars' main problem so far has been gaining maturity and getting support, but what if the next one doesn't have anyone to support them. Like if they grew up on the street and tries to avoid the role of Avatar while doing things their own way, not caring about what people think of them. There is also a chance of a Dark Avatar immerging.

I still think while lighting bending was more common in Korra, it seemed alot weaker than in ATLA. I remember Mako hitting someone with lighting and it didn't insta kill, more like just a stun. Where else in ATLA, it was depicted as a much more destructive technique, and an insta kill if you didn't dodge in time and didn't t know how to redirect lightning. So while the skill was democratised, its full potential was not passed down, only those who had intimately delved in its nature like the royal family probably did would be able to tap on its full destructive capabilities.

here’s the thing bending isn’t just the physical action its also about philosophy and mindset. In Iroh’s first scene he tells Zuko “Firebending comes from the breath, not the muscle “ lots of high level bending techniques are about mindset, for example true flight can only be achieved by letting go of all earthly attachments, the most spiritual nation (air nomads) had a near 100% bending rate. I think that this next avatar will have bring that connection to the elements back

I think it would be a cool idea to see how 200 years into the series would change bending styles and how things either take a turn for the better or worse

Y'know, although I originally thought they were just getting loose with it, you're actually making some very good points. Technology would progress and so would knowledge so it makes a lot of sense that these things that would be considered plot holes, actually would happen in that universe due to the expansion of knowledge.

Props to your editing skill at 5:20 i hadn't noticed that zuko has already been incorporating different bending styles into his own.👍

I wonder if this will be a series where they switch to more sub bending elements. The more metalbenders, the less earthbenders will play a part... the more lighning benders, the less fire etc... Maybe wont happen this series but i think it qould be cool to have an avatar focus exclusively on sub bending elements, and maybe have to re teach the "old" elements

Honestly, I'm hoping the new avatar won't take place until about 60-70 years into the future, because it would be cool to see an avatar struggling with not being connected to past lives and possibly even having Raava and Vaatu merged with their spirit. I know the latter is unlikely, but I just can't believe that a child's spirit was able to speed up Raava's recovery, and opening a new spirit portal didn't do the same for Vaatu. It would also be nice if a new series tackled issues that many people face such as anxiety, depression, toxic family or relationships, addictions, burnout, poverty, etc. and in my opinion setting the story in our times would make it easier for vievers to relate to the characters.

So your thumbnail reminds me of Brandon Sandersons Mistborn series. I wont go into the details of the magic system but one of the abiliteis is the ability to push or pull on metal. in the second series the world has progressed to having guns and things and you see really creative uses of the magic alongside technology, including people pushing on bullets to make them go even faster to take out multiple targets. Something like that in the avatar world would be wild

I love that they give us different eras and expand on how the world grows as time does. We never really get that in other fictional universes and it helps establish different eras to play with. When its all said and done, we'll have every genre of the Avatar to play with. Think of the games, expanded lore, etc etc.

Something I'd personally like to see is an avatar that decides to focus on those specific bending subtypes: combustion, lightning, bloodbending, lavabending, etc. Like, I just think it would be such an interesting change of pace to see an avatar (or another character) whose mastered combustion-bending, perhaps even borrowing techniques from other forms of bending to manipulate the combustion beam in more unique ways; curving the beam more sharply, splitting the beam, stuff like that.

Personally, I would love to see the roots of the mystical-side of the Avatar explored. The whole "keeping the peace between the worlds" concept was always so interesting to me, and people working together with spirits.

The most fascinating description of power sets in world building I have seen is from the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. Allomancy allows a user to burn a certain metal to generate a certain power. Most one have 1 power, with nicknames of what they are. Very well thought out and recommended

As both an Avatar fan and a shooting sports enthusiast I've long fantasied how bending would effect/be mixed with modern firearms usage. A lot of people don't know this but proper firearm handling IS a martial art in and of itself with hours of training needed to be proficient in using, applying, and being accurate with firearms. We have stances, reload techniques, trigger control, hand placement, recoil control, and various styles and systems of how we move our bodies for proper application of our weapons just like how masters of blades would train day in and day out. A gun is a tool, just like bending. The user IS the weapon. That being said, I'm curious to see what benders would gravitate to which firearm stance. Would Earth Benders prefer crouched or prone shooting techniques with light machine guns thus opting for more defensive infantry regiments? Would Water Benders prefer the chaotic flow of CQB and urban fighting techniques and thus have some of the best modern special forces brigades? Do Fire Benders rely more on vehicles and use techniques and firearms that emphasize motorized and mechanized warfare? Would Air Benders prefer long range attacks, breath control with sniper rifles, and calling in airstrikes to deal with most of their problems? Just some food for thought

Also people fotta realize how fast our real life civilization has advanced in just the last 100 years, imagine if we had benders we would be advancing 10x as fast. I do miss the classic fighting styles but it makes sense that society in avatar is advancing at such a fast rate considering all the cultural changes and nature of the world happened in ATLA and korra

The new avatar: "I have mastered every technique in bending-" The villain: I use the gun technique

With a futuristic avatar show I can imagine artificial bending being a thing. Or mutations from all the mixing creating more unique and powerful bending forms. Maybe even artificial avatars, who of course can't enter avatar state but have a way to bend all elements. Making the avatar not needed or even persecuted because they're afraid they'd get in the way. I think the avatar being unwanted or unneeded would be an interesting route to take.

Even though it wouldn't be nice to see evolved bend styles, but i can also imagine that bending styles get lost in future. For example levitating. In Kora it already was kinda a legend and only be achieved through letting lose of all physically, or some sort of mentality, which in my opinion seems to be pretty hard to do for some people. To just sit in silence for longer that 10 minutes and thinking of nothing, what i imagine to be necessary for some techniques. So yeah might be also an interesting idea :D

Reminds me of a scene from the comics where a young Azula complains that her firebending teacher said she was doing a form wrong but she defended herself saying her way made much bigger blasts.

If the next avatar will be living in a sci-fi world, here's some ideas: Fingerprints would probably be around. Criminal earthbrnders could use sandbending to forge fingerprints. Bloodbending may become legal but only for bounty hunters. Airbenders could test if they could bend too pure gases. Like Helium, Argon and Xenon. A similar form to bloodbending for firebenders, chibending can force a benders to bend instead of controling their body.

my personal opinion, i couldnt really get into the korra series bc the sheer amount of change that happened almost felt more like fan-fiction than actual lore to me. i really wanted to love it but a lot of what i loved ab atla was just shrugged off and kinda pushed me out of it. i really wanna love and get into the series again but im worried theyre losing sight of what made it so special

Dang. I was hoping the next Avatar series would follow both the Earth and Fire Avatars. Through some sort of hiccup during the reincarnation cycle the avatar had been reborn to two different beings. The prince of modern day Omashu and a Fire Nation orphan. They would look identical giving a Prince and the Pauper vibe. Their only difference being in their bending capabilities. While they are both the avatar, they can only bend half the elements and cannot bend their native elements. The Earth Avatar can bend Air and Fire, while the Fire Avatar can bend Water and Earth. Meaning they gotta work together to do more complex forms of bending and come up with ways to compensate their weaknesses when they are apart. Basically having to learn to fight as one since they are two halves of the same person. If something happens to one of them the other is at the same risk since they share the same spirit. Well we are still in the rumor phase so maybe they could still surprise us.

I think a cool idea would be implementing “artificial” bending like with cybernetic upgrades and some people becoming artificial avatars and seeing how that plays out

here is my take, They did it with Korra and people didn't like it, now they want to do it again... It makes sense that technology and bending is evolving, but all it really does is take away the magic from the magic system. Even if it is technically correct to assume it could play out this way... but being Technically correct doesn't mean it's correct. I say this will at best split the community even more than Korra, and at worst kill the magic and ruin it for everybody...

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I think Korra kinda cheapened the specialized bending like lightning or metal bending. Sure the application makes sense but it just feels wrong seeing something so highly regarded or uniquely developed like conjuring lightning to be nothing more than a work tool. Also how was it united in Korra? If anything it was united against the incompetence of Korra.

I just had a thought once you mentioned that brothers Mako and Bolin are benders of different elements. What if the next Avatar is an earth bender from a different nation? Or bends water first, even though is from and Earth Kingdom family of earth benders? Or part of the new Team Avatar was abandoned because they bend the 'wrong element' according to their family?

When the next series comes out they need to go into their own direction while keeping the spirit/ basics of the original. The original is almost perfect and probably can’t be replicated, so they really need to just differentiate from it, even more so than Korra.

I think the mixed martial arts is fine, I think Korra went overboard though in allowing everyone to do specialized bending. Like lightning originally wasn't just a lack of knowledge. It was a lack of a state of mind.

It’s so tough because LISTEN to your fans!!!! Original ATLA was AMAZING, unique, fun and captivating. Then you start getting into Korra and it’s ALL gone. The only good things were the level of fighting that happens, but how much better would it have been if it was original fighting styles still. I just don’t understand how millions of people can very clearly say “WE DONT LIKE THIS” and the creators ignore it and tank their entire series. Painful.

I have enough futuristic "cyber punk" shows to watch. I wish they would do an roku series or really anywhere in between aang and the first avatar. Maybe they could tie the spirit world ability ( a connection to space) to a new ability like premonition or clairvoyance ( a connection to time) where in the avatar has visions of the distant future that they must contend with in their time in order to save it. Plus i just really dig the ancient aesthetic and wanna see more of it

This could either go really well or really badly lol I have mixed feelings on this. I’m definitely interested tho. However, if they plan on doing another avatar after this one (of fire bending origin), they should definitely consider having something catastrophic happen to where everything resets back to even before Aang’s time. I just don’t see where else they could go after cyberpunk

So exciting ! I'd love to watch a modern day avatar !!! ❤❤❤

Bending will change and really can expand, since we are talking about the future there could be a plot that a mad scientist dicovered that with genes you can unlock other elements but would really be hard process , can also branch out as fake avatar but with legitimate skill, or plot like the avatar was never reincarnated and a group of scientist discovered you can force bending abilities scientifically so they did it cuz the world is in so much chaos

It would be nicer if they expanded the franchise by exploring the past more. Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk and others. One of the things I loved about the show was the ancient/archaic setting. Having us explore the past sounds more desirable.

I really don't want to see the avatar world in a cyberpunk setting... The main draw is the fantasy feel of the worldbuilding, not sci-fi.

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Im not super interested in a modern world version of avatar or a future version of it. I think the world they built for Aang and Korra is super interesting and I would personally rather see more of that. If I want to see a modern world I can just walk outside. I don't think people are watching these series to see a futuristic or modern world. I think they are watching to see the really unique "older" world that was created. That being said if the series heads in that direction I'll give it a chance.

It does worry me that the next avatar series will lose what made the original so special. Even Korra, I really struggled to enjoy the technology aspects of it. If anything realistically, a better story from Korra onwards would be benders are becoming rarer in society and old traditions died out and people depended on tech more. Then in future people with bending are seen more as hero types or enemies that normal folk want to control more. I know they touched on this is Korra, but I don't think they did this story well. Avatar was supposed to be seen as a 'god' in Aangs time. I believe this should have become more so in the future as bending dies out and tech takes over. Then it would make benders seem more special and more of a threat to normal humans. Just kind of like how superheros are seen in modern day adaption stories. I don't know we'll see how they tackle this. But I honestly felt the magic of it lost by Korras era.

I could imagine the Avatar being a crook & he just pulls up to some random ass dude with a glock saying "RUN YOUR POCKETS" 💀

I would like to see bending the fabric of spacetime continuum and gravity bending if you understand what I am saying. Also, the four fundamental forces of the universe for an avatar would be insane.

I really hope that the next Avatar focuses on a world where people just don't need an Avatar anymore. As you said, TLoK showed that not only was technology rapidly advancing, but the separate nations were also rapidly intermingling. Rare bending styles were also becoming more common. Hell, Korra needed to learn MMA styles because traditional styles just weren't enough to keep up. In Aang's time, the Avatar was basically a God. Even the Firelord powered by Sozin's comet wasn't enough to keep up with the Avatar state. In Korra's time, that power gap narrowed. People could defeat an Avatar state and giant mechs are also on the table now. If this keeps up, would the Cyberpunk Avatar even be needed by the world?

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I think the setting will look cyberpunk but that like inbetween Avatar and Korra we'll be impressed at what a short time it took for the Avatar world to get to this point, probably because bending is such a powerful tool.

I feel so old (OG fan I was 12 when the pilot aired in 2005) and would tell anyone else that mentioned ATLA about how each element is tied to an actual martial art (Ba Gua, Tai Chi, Hung Gar, Northern Shaolin) which is why the fight scenes were so sick and realistic. I know that in Korra they added some boxing and other styles but I seriously hope they preserve the martial arts in this show. This video is awesome and accurate.

Theres a REASON the bending forms had alot of motions, it was because those motions were NESSECARY to have the bending be effective, its what separated masters from novices. And LOK removed that.

I personally want part the next avatar's storyline to be reconnecting with their past lives. Lots of spiritual journey stuff (which I think could be interesting since Earth is one of the less spiritual elements).

What is one of the aspects of the new series is that these offshoot bending abilities are the norm in the original four are forgotten. Which could lead into a great aspect for a show, especially if it’s cyber punk themed, I’ve basically re-connecting with the world. Reconnecting with the roots. Tech could also be so advanced, that it’s actually difficult to figure out what kind of bender someone is. And with technology that advanced would you even need to be a bender anymore to reach such abilities?

ver nice, keeping up with the times

I totally understood Korras bending arc, her learning a more practical style! Was so legit!

I really want the theme of the next series to be the conflict between the spirit world and the human world, as the original avatar had to deal with that, but this time, it was because of humans adapting more bending abilities into their lifestyles

Personally I find the technological setting of Korra really boring, I loved the oriental theme of ATLA so I’d rather a pre Aang avatar

id love it if the new series went in the direction of a dystopian industrialization vs nature show where it starts off as a bleak cyberpunk society and by the end becomes like a solarpunk thing. reconnecting with nature and stuff

I was thinking the next avatar series would be a lot about spirits because at the end of Korra the spirit world kind of blended into the normal world, so I thought the next would be about the next avatar helping these two worlds learn to live together

It makes sense to do a cyberpunk style avatar especially since he's gonna be an earth bender. That means he can fight robots with metal bending and maybe create bone bending by finding the metal installed in future humans. Futuristic and bending seems like a deadly time to be alive

It would be really cool if benders in the future leaned further and further into the sub categories. So much so that they begin to be unable to bend the original element. Focusing their fighting exclusively on something like lava bending to the point where it essentially becomes it's own "element". which would work well with the new subclass symbols.

Its funny cause the way they are doing the technology development, right now Korras start is in the sort of the roaring 20s. And at the end of the series its a bit like the tech starts mixing with the 30s but also has futuristic machinery oddly enough like the mech suits

Zuko replicating moves that were specifically used against him is something I never even noticed on my first watch. This show is that damn good.

Honestly I would love the idea of mixing technology and bending. Example none benders can experience bending and peoples that can bend another element. Or you can have it where if a bender has one of the things that lets non benders bend an element it can enhance there bending ability by increasing the range of the attack

2:17 even Toriyama’s influences on animation is mentioned here, I love that. Rest in peace to the Legend!

It would’ve been so sick if they made it so people could have two elements at once because it makes scense for egsample mako and bolins parents have different elements so they could have given birth to a half earth and fire bender.

To me one of the only ways the could pull this of for me is that they ban bending entirely. And have them blocked by energy benders with a few who escaped the energy bending and that way make bending more special and feared again. The story could be about stopping the ban. And giving people back there bending. But lock away some subbending ability’s in some way. Also if the syberpunk style city leak is true. And it is distopian I would like to see a more ruthless avatar.

I honestly used to want to see more of the older world before aang with previous Avatars but I also love the concept of going at least 200 years in the future. Reason being is because yes the concepts would be amazing but it also still leaves the creators a lot of room to create more avatars in between those or Korra and the future. They would have a lot more creative options to explore

after this i hope we either get a prequal of an in-universe explenation for a universe soft reboot

Avatar in a cyberpunk style would be a great opportunity to experiment new things!

I’d be fine with it if they would combine their bending with tools to save energy (kinda), with the downside that many are not able to perform grand bending anymore. And then the issue is that grand stuff happens, or perhaps some natural desaster, and Someone such as the avatar is needed to use their grand bending abilities to deal with it. Like, you can’t stop a volcano with bullets, can you?

Honestly I hope they don’t go that rout , if they do I really hope avatar serves as a “messiah “ to bring back the traditional knowledge and ways , cuz so far I’ve always admired avatar in the way that it created its own lane , it wasn’t like western cartoons but it wasn’t like an anime , it had its own space , even with Korra and I hope they keep that balance and expand within that rather than becoming more anime-like with art style , more punch-like , shortcut bendings and giant robots …….IF they do that I hope , again , avatar serves as a messiah

One thing i think might be cool, is Chi machines, or spirit machines. We've seen in Korra how spirits and chi could be used to power machines, but now imagine if that same Chi is being used to power artificial life forms or further still, spirit creatures inhabiting machine bodies

I don't think the argument that bending techniques would advance to be quicker and require less effort is all that great. The question really is what is bending? It is people harnessing the elements through physical motion and spiritual advancement. Or at least that's what I've always understood it to be, and the episode where Aang and Zuko go to renew Zuko's fire seems to support this. So, that being the case how can you cut out physical motions from a move? Those physical motions are needed to establish a connection with your element. If you're spiritually advanced, maybe you can cut down your techniques some. But not every average person can do it. So I have no issue with, say, everyone lightning bending. That's just a matter of doing the correct moves. But the new earth bending via pro bending doesn't actually make sense as it disconnects from the element rather than estblishing a connection. In fact, it's one of the things where Korra's version suffers because there's no spiritual element or sense of connection to this people.

It doesn't make sense for bending to evolve the same as real world martial arts though. A wide stance makes a lot of sense when fighting an earthbender, they can shift the ground. Wide spinning attacks make sense when attacking an airbender who can dodge to the side to the side fast as the wind. And while bending styles will learn from each other, it doesn't change the fact that each element's capabilities and specialties are unique. Learning from other elements can help lessen their weaknesses and compliment their strengths, but it doesn't make them unimportant. Firebenders have limited options for defense, so being very offensive makes sense. Airbenders have limited options for offense, so being very defensive makes sense. Earthbenders can create and repair cover. Moving a lot (in either direction) is probably riskier than staying still. Waterbenders have alright options for mobility, attacking, and defending. Adapting each moment makes sense. A fighting style that makes equal use of all four philosophies doesn't make sense for anyone but the Avatar. Zuko learned a lot of useful stuff from waterbending, but in Ba Sing Se, when Zuko attacked with a waterbending move and the Dai Lee blocked, he was out of luck. Attacking like a firebender and going all in on offense probably would've made more sense. TL;DR: In real life all fighters have the same basic capabilities. That's not true in the Avatar world, so it doesn't make sense for them to fight the same as us or each other.

I'd love to see a much grittier avatar, something like kyoshi's story, dark and brutal

bro I can hear the feint parasyte music and its the only thing my mind can focus on sometimes

I seriously still remember watching avatar when I was 4 years old at the time and the combat system was amazing still is to this day

How do you think Kora leaving open the spirit portals will play into the next avatar series? Also, the development of atomic spirit bombs and spirit radiation seen in avatar wan

what i liked most about the fighting style in legend of Korra is that as the modern fighting style took hold so did the change in bending, bending became less powerful as they kinda detached from the roots of bending. aka the loss of connection to the spiritual world, causing the bending to get smaller but at the same time quicker and more efficient. long are gone the days of moving mountains and creating tsunami's that could wipe away entire coastal defenses. in came the more personal combat styles and bending where the scale wasn't the focus but precision and efficiency is these ties into the idea of a peaceful future in which war was not the major cause for change, but technology/ convenience is. Being able to be more precise and efficient also meant that you wouldn't get in trouble with the law for collateral damage caused by bending. it's the same as the human race losing it's ability to be self-sustaining at an individual level. no longer do we go out and hunt or grow crops to feed ourselves. we now go with the convenience of going to the store to obtain such means.

I never got how almost 10,000 after bending became commonplace, by the time of last air bender and the world only just has thermal power for ships, and has just got lightning, metal and blood bending. Then a few decades later lightning is made to seem common, metal is not common but not all that rare, which just seems odd, blood and lava bending being very rare made sense and would have for the other 2 also. But with the next time gap, you would imagine even further advances would occur in these 'rare' bending talents, making them all the more common

When Iroh invented lightning redirection, he told Zuko that he was inspired by waterbenders. How they let the chi flow throw them and out. Lavabending/sandbending is an earthbending bending style that introduces fluidity into earthbending. A lot of bending was invented by just using a elemental style on a different element.

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Gonna rewatch Aang and Korra's stories when the next Avatar comes out Also I wonder how they will link Korra into the new avatar since this means she lived for around 200 years if the next avatar would have been bored after her death. Does this mean Korra could have been a high rank official in her old age or will she end up more like Toph and spend her day in peaceful solitude?

You showed two avatars with firearms. The first was a woman with a doubled barrel shot gun. The second was a future avatar with what appeared to be a Browning 1911 automatic pistol (or was it a 9mm Glock?) Firearms, didn't appear in the series too offend and when they did they were quite primitive, with the except of that huge spirit powered laser cannon.

Imagine the fire benders could bend some form of electricity because it kinda relates to lightning but that’s kinda a stretch tho it would fit a cyberpunk setting or if people mixed together so much between element some people would only be able to sun bend (like how both air and water earth benders can bend sand)

It would be interesting if the next series has the avatar reinvigorate the traditional bending styles is a world where less and less people do “martial arts@ based bending. I could imagine if new technology made things like advanced guns where benders just had to channel chi into them to get elemental blasts Kinda like Peter Quills elemental guns. Or maybe shards that can channel elemental attributes like in naruto.

I believe it will be like BHA World... In the anime, there is a hypothesis for the end of times. Apparently with each generation the quirks people are born to grow stronger, complex, and dangerous; it's said that if one baby is born with a really powerful quirk it might end the world because of the lack of control over it... Now, I imagine the avatar world in the next season will be dark, very *dark.*

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I knew Zuko picked up some fighting styles by studying the other elements, but I never noticed that he used the same moves that the other benders used until you had them side by side in the video. Awesome!

I always thought about benders in a modern or cyberpunk world. They stole my ideas from my dreams hahaha

6:30 There is a theory that only benders with roots in both firebending and earthbending can lavabend. If that's true, then as time progresses and all the nations become more intertwined, the amount of lavabenders should grow exponentially

they should make a special character that uses both guns and bending uniquely of both for example: "an air bender that uses old style evasive moves while using a air pistol to hit pressure points" but it's an idea for a cyberpunk-est style and development of bending 😇 ty for my ted talk

what about the spiritual side of it ? in the last two seasons we have also increasingly heard more about the spirit world, in the legend of korra, she even opens the paths to both worlds. would definetely like to see how that also would play out in a dystopian future

I would really like to see how bending techniques have evolved for bending and even seeing them bring back ancient bending techniques as part of modern healing protocol. Like the ability in the Kyoshi books to use water bending to essentially just barely freeze a body so they can survive long enough to be healed elsewhere. I could see modern avatar world ERs and EMTs using that technique to save people from motor vehicle accidents and things like that. Also even if they do cyberpunk, I do hope that they still preserve some of the traditional aspects in avatar similar to how in countries like Japan have modernized areas but also areas that are untouched by technology or preserved traditional architecture. Also even if some areas do advance to cyberpunk, there will always be poor villages that aren’t advanced or using that technology. Imagine if the new avatar was actually born in poverty and when they go to an advanced city for the first time, they experience a culture shock from it.

It would be an interesting and new take on the avatar franchise. Hopfully they make the story and carather writting grounded, balanced and great. It would be nice if they also explored healing abilities with blood bending.

2:38 Master Kisu looks like the fire nation sword master white lotus guy