Yes, because he had past lives to look at. The only past life on the chain now is Korra, who is the start of an entirely new cycle. It’s stupid writing but it’s done now.
I'm not sure if I'd agree that it was stupid writing. I just think it's a horrific loss that no one in the fandom is happy about, because it's the animated equivalent of losing the Library of Alexandria. But it could have been done better to have the loss land in a more remorseful way.
I feel like it’s one of those things in the IP that just should not be changed. It’s integral to the soul of the thing — mind the pun — and they had already perfectly flirted with the idea when Aang “died” and had Avatar trouble.
It's clear, like having access to the knowledge of 10,000 years of existence under different lives, being advised or not by the selves of the past to avoid making the same mistakes again, or knowing more about the past world or a character backstory, it was really an important characteristic of the avatar. By killing the old lives, and removing from the avatar the role of link between the two worlds, all that remains is someone who reincarnates without memory and who can bend the 4 elements, at this rate, they could have better remove it too.
yeah sorry i use a translator for most of my comments but the ending sentence didn't seem clear so i reworded it at the end but that was bad too
I meant to say: at this point, the writers could have just as easily removed the theme of the 4 elements and reincarnation from the avatar concept, since there isn't much left already.
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u/Netroth 7d ago edited 7d ago
Yes, because he had past lives to look at. The only past life on the chain now is Korra, who is the start of an entirely new cycle. It’s stupid writing but it’s done now.