I think its a stretch to assume that Katara has never met any of her three grandchildren before simply because the five year old doesn't recognize her.
Yeah, they do live about half a world away from each other, and with Korra finishing her training at the pole Katara has only just gotten free time to come and visit, of course the five year old doesn't recognise her, she probably hasn't been back the last few years, but the older kids do because of course she visited occasionally
It's more than that I feel like. Otherwise it would have only taken three days to go from southern water tribe to northern water tribe, and it took a whole season in the original show.
If we think about the solstice episode, it took a day of hardcore nonstop full speed flying on a bison to get from that earth village to the crescent island in the fire nation, and that's an even shorter distance than republic city (Earth Kingdom area) to the Southern Water Tribe.
I Think in LOK they do have faster travel; modern ships, airships, etc, but I would view a bison like taking a horse-and-buggy to all those.
A modern civilian helicopter usually has a cruising speed of around 100 mph. The north pole is about 120,000 miles from the south pole, which would equate to 120 hours of flying or 5 straight days. I think this would make sense for how fast appa flies, he's not exactly zooming like a modern fighter jet that may only be visible to someone on the ground for a handful of seconds, slow projectiles launched from ships on the ground to pose a real threat in catching him.
You also wouldn't be able to fly 5 straight days in 1 sitting. You have to sleep (especially since your helicopter is an animal), find food, use the bathroom, gather supplies or earn money for more supplies, etc. So from that perspective it'd make sense why team avatar are landing in different places all the time to stock up or camp, and then end up getting involved in some local affairs. That 120 hours of flying may end up as a month and a half long trip at that rate.
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u/MrBKainXTR Mar 18 '25
I think its a stretch to assume that Katara has never met any of her three grandchildren before simply because the five year old doesn't recognize her.