Post by A Long Display Name Here on Feb 16, 2008 2:07:00 GMT -6
... threads about whether or not Aang is the last Airbender, or if there are Air Nomads or other Airbenders hidden away somewhere.
Aang is *definitely* the Last Airbender. I looked on AvatarSpirit.Net's interview a while back with Mike and Bryan, and here, an excerpt from the interview:
(**Katara Note: I've edited out some parts that had nothing to do with this topic**)
"[Brian] described bending as more of a talent. You have some genetic basis for potential, but you could go your whole life without developing the talent into ability. Some people have more inherent talent than others, while others with minimal inherent talent can still develop it through hard work and practice. He reiterated a connection to the spiritual energies is the underlying basis. How it manifests is based on upbringing and experience. [/u]"
Interviewer: "I was just curious if the airbenders could just come back from the general population rather than necessarily having to come back through Aang or anyone else who came from the airbending lineage. "
Mike: "Aang is the last Airbender, so I don't think it's possible for Airbending to spontaneously develop in the general population.[/u]
Interviewer: "It seems like all the Air Nomads were benders. Did they exile everyone who didn't manifest the trait, or did they really have such a high percentage of born benders? "
Brian: "We always have liked the idea of who will be a bender and who won't be to be kind of an ambiguous mystery, even to the people in the Avatar world. From early on we thought the Air Nomads would be all benders. Again it's like Mike was saying, it's more of a spiritual connection. But they have...they had...the smallest population. Earth Kingdom has the biggest population but the smallest percentage of benders. So yeah, there were these notions we kicked around that is wasn't going to be regimented or ruled through specific lineages. We liked the idea that each of the cultures have a different spiritual vantage point...coming at it from a different angle."
Mike: "Then the Air Nomads would have been the most spiritual...the most connected to the spiritual energy of the Earth.[/u]" (**Katara Note: Meaning they had the most amount of benders, in ratio to their overall population**)
Clicky Clicky! Here is the link to the page I got this information from, and it's located about the middle of the page. The rest of the interview is inconsequential to this discussion.[/blockquote]
Any threads on this matter will immediately be deleted.
Aang is *definitely* the Last Airbender. I looked on AvatarSpirit.Net's interview a while back with Mike and Bryan, and here, an excerpt from the interview:
Mike: Yeah, Katara's mom and dad weren't benders. Maybe it's a recessive gene. I've always seen it as more spiritual connections, though.[/u] A little bit mysterious...
(**Katara Note: I've edited out some parts that had nothing to do with this topic**)
"[Brian] described bending as more of a talent. You have some genetic basis for potential, but you could go your whole life without developing the talent into ability. Some people have more inherent talent than others, while others with minimal inherent talent can still develop it through hard work and practice. He reiterated a connection to the spiritual energies is the underlying basis. How it manifests is based on upbringing and experience. [/u]"
Interviewer: "I was just curious if the airbenders could just come back from the general population rather than necessarily having to come back through Aang or anyone else who came from the airbending lineage. "
Mike: "Aang is the last Airbender, so I don't think it's possible for Airbending to spontaneously develop in the general population.[/u]
Interviewer: "It seems like all the Air Nomads were benders. Did they exile everyone who didn't manifest the trait, or did they really have such a high percentage of born benders? "
Brian: "We always have liked the idea of who will be a bender and who won't be to be kind of an ambiguous mystery, even to the people in the Avatar world. From early on we thought the Air Nomads would be all benders. Again it's like Mike was saying, it's more of a spiritual connection. But they have...they had...the smallest population. Earth Kingdom has the biggest population but the smallest percentage of benders. So yeah, there were these notions we kicked around that is wasn't going to be regimented or ruled through specific lineages. We liked the idea that each of the cultures have a different spiritual vantage point...coming at it from a different angle."
Mike: "Then the Air Nomads would have been the most spiritual...the most connected to the spiritual energy of the Earth.[/u]" (**Katara Note: Meaning they had the most amount of benders, in ratio to their overall population**)
Clicky Clicky! Here is the link to the page I got this information from, and it's located about the middle of the page. The rest of the interview is inconsequential to this discussion.[/blockquote]
Any threads on this matter will immediately be deleted.
