The Air Nomads in Avatar: The Last Airbender are one of the most peaceful cultures in the franchise. Deriving a lot of their traditions from real-life Buddhism, the Air Nomads were perceived to be an easy target by the Fire Nation on the eve of their attack on the various Air Temples.
However, as audiences know, for every Air Nomad who was murdered, there were about 10 to 20 Fire Nation soldiers found dead. For a peaceful civilization, it does seem odd that the monks and masters at the Air Temples were so adept at killing. One theory suggests that there might have been a secret technique that was only to be used in self-defense.
A Reddit theory suggests that the Air Nomads literally cut through the Fire Nation soldiers
A theory posted by Reddit user u/ob-2-kenobi suggests that there was a secret Air Nomad ability that allowed the air-bending masters to fight off multiple Fire Nation soldiers before they succumbed to the assaulting force. The Fire Nation was keen on wiping out the Air Nomads, given that the Avatar after Roku was set to be born among them.
To control the Avatar Cycle such that only the Fire Nation could make use of their abilities, The Fire Nation set out to colonize the world, but faced stiff resistance among the Air Nomads. As seen in the show, a slew of Fire Nation soldiers were dead around the corpse of Monk Gyatso. The theory about their death goes something like this:
Now, given that this ability is something Aang never learned in the original series, Netflix’s Avatar could give this ability to its Aang, perhaps learning it from one of the previous air-bending Avatars like Yangchen or even the more violent ones like Avatar Kyoshi.
Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender needs to take it slow with the plot progression, and give characters space to breath
Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender faced one major criticism for its pacing. While the show managed to cover a lot, it did not give the characters enough room to be properly acquainted with the audience.
The show felt more akin to the rehash of the greatest hits of Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1, which caused a lot of character moments to be cut from the show. One glaring place where this is visible is when Aang regales how he likes to have fun, but we hadn’t even seen the character properly smile until then.
The second season of the show has been green-lit by Netflix. Given that a slew of important characters are introduced in the second season of the show, Netflix needs to make sure that in a bid to make the show their own, they do not alliance the core audience of the IP, who would much rather not have a live-action adaptation at all, then have a bad one.
