Me watching people complain about no Asian representation in Seven Havens (they're basing the world more on south Asian visuals) and claims that they're giving up on the core of the series because airbenders look weird now.
The airbending one specifically frustrates me because so many viewers seem painfully unwilling to theorize with the information we have.
We know that benders are taken once they exhibit the ability and forced into becoming guards for those in charge. Of course airbenders aren't going to look like they used to, because that culture isn't part of their training anymore. That's likely a major part of the point to really make the audience aware that the way things are is bad. I have no doubt that part of the story is going to be the new team avatar uncovering history and cultures for the various kinds of bending as they also figure out the full story of what happened to lead Korra to remaking the world.
The way people are simply taking everything at face value and getting angry at it all rather than thinking about why the creators might have made the decisions they did truly shows me how far we're falling.
Let's start with the most noticeable aspect of the new series: animation. The creators said they were taking inspirations from 90s style anime and leaning more into fantasy side of Avatar, which already had me excited, but then the trailer dropped and.....
Y'all I love it so much you don't even know!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
I understand why some people don't like it because it is a very different style than what we've seen before with Avatar but I kinda like that each Avatar’s story has their own unique style/theme-it's their story of the Avatar.
But I definitely think overall it's going to make for some interesting fight scenes and cinematic moments.
II. Setting
Now I have seen a lot of people saying their disappointed that Avatar is moving away from its asian influences and while I myself am not asian in any way I don't think it's as far removed as some people think.
Both Pavi and Nisha are South Asian with South Asian actresses this also applies to characters Karthik who haven't been introduced to yet.
Both names are of Sanskrit orgin, (Again, someone feel free to fact check me on that cause I might be wrong) and I believe Elora City-the first haven we're going to see-is inspired by a religious site in India.
Pretty much I just think people should hold off before jumping to conclusions.
....But while we are on the topic of Elora 🤔
I didn't want to say anything until we saw more but the official art of Pavi reminds me of the Great Divide in ATLA. Now seeing Elora City in full there is a definite resemblance.
There are also two cities that kind of look like Zaofu and Republic City but I'm not as confident about those.
(Zaofu)
(Republic City)
III. Relationships
Judging on how the trailer is set up, I'm thinking the narrator for the series is either going to be Karthik or Jae. Maybe even both considering we're going to be following two avatars.
Something that does interest me though is Nisha's reaction to seeing Pavi. Nisha looks grateful and relieved, hugging Pavi and seeming more shocked than surprised.
In contrast, all the art, trailer, and official information we have about Pavi paints as apprehensive or cautious with her being surprised about even having a sister!
I think its likely Nisha was told Pavi died/disappeared but Pavi was never told about Nisha. (Or if she was she doesn't remember her anymore.)
Somthing also worth noting Pavi's brooch was intially seemed to be hair clip. In the beginning of the trailer it almost looks Jae’s returning it to her. I wonder if its going to play a significant part in her character. (Like Mako's scarf)
IV. Timeline
The show is definitely set farther into the future. There's mentions of things like their ancestors, there's a very obvious tech upgrade from Korra, and the cities seem bigger than we initially thought. I'm also unsure if the scene of Korra is what she actually looked like or how Pavi/the world sees her. Because Zuko initially thought Aang was going to be a an old man and it could be a good way to contrast the truth with our perception of it.
And if that is how Korra actually looked when she died....
1. She looks fine AF
2. She looks to be about late 40s-to early 50s (Sorry Korra fans I gave y'all false hope 😔😮💨😥 at least she probably lived to be older than Kuruk though 😅)
Bonus:
Not technically related to the trailer but thought it should still be included.
No clue who are Agam and Zi are-we haven't heard anything about them yet. But knowing Avatar is trying to match voice actors to character's culture + the name conventions of the fire nation: I'm thinking Zi is a firebender. (Watch me be totally wrong and they're actually a waterbender somehow 😮💨)
In anticipation of all the Avatar content we're getting soon (SDCC, ATLA Movie, Kataang Week, etc) I wanted to make a cute little wholesome post of the Avatars!
Komori: I need a White Chocolate Mocha extra sugar!
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Rin: Manga and Shiozaki are fighting again.
Honenuki: How can you tell?
Rin: When else are you going to hear someone threatening to hit you with a Bible?
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Shouda: Why are the three of you you on dining room table?
Kaibara: I saw a spider!
Tetsutetsu: I thought we were playing the floor is lava.
Bondo: I have FOMO.
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Awase: Okay, this is the week I eat healthy and stick to it.
Kodai: Did you hear about that new parasite giving people explosive diarrhea?
Awase: And just like that I'm ordering Pizza!
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Tokage: Are you eating....an entire box of cinnamon rolls?
Tsuburaba: Don't worry, they're the mini ones from Pizza Hut.
Tokage: Then, where's the pizza?
Tsuburaba: I only got these.
Tokage: You drove all the way to Pizza Hut, at nine in the morning, just to eat mini cinnamon rolls?!?!
Tsuburaba: ....Did you want one?
Tokage: Obviously!
I also wanted to take a short moment to thank everyone who reads these silly little blog posts. It's been three years since I created this account and I didn't expect anyone to be interested in it at all. So I'm very appreciative of all people who have liked, shared, or even just rebloged one of my posts. Here's to another year!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
This one's mainly focused on Kodai and Yanagi became friends and takes place during the Sports Festival Arc. (That being said there's not any particular battles that take place in this story.)
You're on your phone, doomscrolling through tik tok, your a03 tab wide open, probably ruining your sleep schedule for the third night in a row when the phone rings. You answer. On the other end is Avatar Studios. "We're making another novel duology. Who do you think should get it?"
Next Chronicles of The Avatar Series
Kuruk
Szeto
Wan (post-HC)
Voting ended onJun 25
Based off Kyoshist's reoccurring joke about Kuruk being excluded in Avatar media. (But I am low-key genuinely curious who the fandom's interested in.)
I really hope that if when get to see any descendents of the Krew in ASH that they explore a more complex relationship between them and Nisha & Pavi.
One of the things that I really liked with the TLOK was how it didn't just make the Gaang perfect and actually continued to give them complex development that affected other characters in the series. Ex: Aang and Toph being bad parents
It was a controversial decision because of people claiming it was out of character but I thought it was cool, and I hope they continue that trend in ASH.
There's precedent in both shows for people disliking Avatar or even resenting them so it wouldn't be that out there for a character (or their descendents) to resent Korra for how she left the world.
It'd be a nice contrast to how most of the Gaang were Korra's mentors or friends/allies. Bonus points if Pavi has to earn back said character's trust in the Avatar or even show them the truth about Korra.
Y'know I've never really considered the possibility, but it seems like the cataclysm in ASH is still ongoing?
I see a lot of people theorize ablug Korra diverting the cataclysm, but energy storms, a bender army of children trained to fight against them, civilization's last strongholds collapsing????
Those are current day things. I've posted about the cataclysm being more gradual before but what if it just kept going?
What if Pavi's story isn't just about finding the truth of the past but using it to stop the future?
I wasn't in the Avatar fandom when TLOK came out so I don't know if the fandom's perception of it changed overtime or if its always been like this, but all the posts I see on TLOK are like:
"Korra ruined Aang's legacy! I hate her! Grr!!!"
Which is funny because all the posts I'm seeing on Seven Havens are:
"Pavi ruined Korra's legacy! I hate her! Grr!!!"
And now I'll I can think of is Bo Burnham and that song 1985.
"I don't mean to lump a group of people in a hive I think I just met my dad in 1985."
Yeah, no but I do really feel like I just time traveled somehow. Like how did we end up here?
I just realized all the Avatars we know before Pavi add up to equal seven:
- Wan
- Yangchen
- Kuruk
- Kyoshi
- Roku
- Aang
- Korra
*Note not counting Szeto, Gun, or the new Avatar that's supposed to appear in the adult Gaang movie
If we're going with the theory that Pavi does reconnect with her past lives it would make a lot sense if the seven havens were places related to the past Avatars.
Like Korra's haven could be some remment of the United Republic, we could get one of air temples for Aang or Yangchen, and so on.
It's far-fetched and probably not gonna happen but definitely interesting and something to think about imo.
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