r/ATLA Mar 18 '25

Discussion Yeah why did she become one anyway

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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.

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u/Flameball202 Mar 18 '25

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

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u/Koolco Mar 18 '25

To be fair “half a world away” in atla is like, a day of flying.

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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

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u/Koolco Mar 18 '25

Yea but, they’re 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.

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u/ValeWho Mar 18 '25

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.

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u/Consistent_Oil3428 Mar 18 '25

Dude…airbenders are nomads, they DO spend 12+ hours on a bison with 4 children, thats the WHOLE PREMISE of being a nomad

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u/Digit00l Mar 19 '25

Technically they kept the children at the temples for the most part