In our world it is also a day of flying, but if you ask someone whose family lives halfway round the world how often they see each other it's probably not that often
Basically what they were, but they started officially honoring the culture. In ATLA comics Aang met some of these, at the time still unofficial acolytes, and he got understandably mad that they took it upon themselves to tattoo their heads with arrows without being airbending masters. They started out as an overzealous fanclub.
Tenzin was also on the council too at the time so he was helping govern Republic City too. Season 2 stated that Tenzin got more free time since they converted to a democracy electing their first president and ge wasn't needed anymore.
Seriously. Tenzin has a whole huge family, is an excellent involved father, has a demanding and high pressure job, and is a pillar of his local community. Tenzin probably doesn't have the time or the energy to go visit mom, and that's before we consider that Katara is also a very involved and busy person in her own corner of the world.
My brother lives 20min away and I see him few times a year. People have their lives, its hard to have time for everyone when your partner/kids have priority and you work 8-10h/day.
I had grandparents who lived two towns over, and I saw and spoke to them less than I did my grandparents who lived in a state on the other end of the country.
I'd argue that's more of a monetary barrier than anything in our world. You have to request off work, buy a plane ticket, find a way to get around, etc etc
Realistically speaking especially when it's only a few hours of inconvenience to get there and you could go anytime, isn't it usually something you think "ah I can just go next week" but next week your kid is sick and then you delay "just until they are feeling better" but the week after that there is trouble in the city and you delay again until a year with no visit has passed.
At least with a plane ticket you will plan regular trips ahead of time and not delay them
Yeah but frankly saying if people didn't have to purchase plane tickets and skip all the hassle of airports by just jumping on the bison - I think they would've travelled much more frequently
Being stuck with your bored hyperactive kids on a bison all day sure sounds like something I would try to avoid doing too often
A Hyperactive Kid in a car has the potential to annoy you but a Hyperactive Kid on a bison has the potential to fall off and die if you are not careful
Plus kids need to pee like all the time and a bison usually has no build in toilet
If peeing kids and necessity to stop every now and then stops someone from seeing their old mother from time to time when they basically have a private jet, then it's another kind of issue I guess
I was saying that in our world it may be simply unaffordable for most people, and even a day of flight will mean lots of other issues, starting from airport hassle (which isn't such a big deal tbh), ending with visas which may not be available or take long and exhausting process to acquire, etc, etc, etc
While you're referring minor inconvenience and annoyance. And are you referring the falling to death of a hyperactive kid who can literally fly by himself?
As someone with young kids, the making your kids sit still for hours is the worst part of traveling. My in laws live on the other side of the world, and itâs the 16 hour plane flight itself that has stopped us from going to see them. We can afford it, thereâs no visa issues, the airport part we are totally used to. Two toddlers on a plane for that long is a nightmare. Though I suppose half the stress of it for us is trying not to disturb the other passengers, and the kids can be as loud as they want on the bison.
Do you not remember the serpiants that we know live in the water who knows what else is living in the Avatar ocean. Even if he doesn't die on impact, can he swim? Could he be eaten by whatever lives in the ocean.
Would a parent be willing to risk it
He may not touch the water and glide on his air ball. Dude it's fantasy world where this specific toddler we're talking about beat the shit out of grown up men at some point and casually played in dangerous environment pretty much constantly
I feel like at this point it's the argument just for the sake of arguments. Just look how frequently people with private jests fly around the world - that's pretty much the same if we resume to initial discussion. I don't think there's much to add here
My husband's family lives on the other side of the globe. We see each other every 2-4 years for 1-2 months at a time. And that's without having the pressure of training the Avatar.
Yea but, theyâre airbenders, they fly everywhere already. Its also pretty easy to argue at the very least that the planet is much smaller, in atla the gang was flying all over the place, in korra flying basically anywhere takes less than a day, and even by boat republic city to the south pole is only like, a nights boat ride.
Would you like to spend 12+hours on a bison with 4 children under the age of 12? There is a reason the show was mostly set when they landed somewhere. The time flying was probably very boring.
Also unlike long car rides, the stakes of a restless child not being able to sit still goes from âmildly annoyingâ to âpotentially falling out of the skyâ
To be fair, airbenders are also all about not having strong family ties. Like, all airbenders are, in essence, orphans. They leave their children at temples to be raised communally and then go on their way
So as a baseline, of course they wouldnât see much need to go see Katara
Of course, on the other hand, although technically these kids were raised not just communally, but by the entire air nomad culture that existed at that point, they were also a very normal, close-knit family just like any other. Buuut on the third hand, that does also indicate a drift away from standard air nomad practices- like nomadism. Indeed, we see that they donât actually appear to be nomads at this point. They even dropped that from their name in favor of ânation,â didnât they?
Yeah, but all the things that happen except the occasional fight (which while entertaining for a viewer is unlikely to be desirable for those involved) happen when they stop somewhere.
If you wanna watch the world from above for hours, sit and watch the Netflix screensaver
Pema is pregnant all the time. constant travel sucks even when you aren't pregnant... but thentrabel times are so wonky that it cuts both ways, it seemed like getting anywhere took forever fighting kuvira, and everyone was basically using contemporary travel methods that don't need to eat or sleep, then. The truth is everyone moved like in star wars, at the speed of plot. And plot required separated families.
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u/ValeWho Mar 18 '25
In our world it is also a day of flying, but if you ask someone whose family lives halfway round the world how often they see each other it's probably not that often