r/AvatarMemes • u/Hordaki • Dec 23 '22

General And thus the cycle begins anew

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u/sloggdogg Dec 23 '22

Yeah imma need Avatar studios to pull a quick little retcon or a convenient solution to whisk away that egregious gaffe

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u/bondsmatthew Dec 23 '22

"it was only Korra that was disconnected from past Avatars"

They could easily do this one. I know I would be ok with it but idk if the rest of the fanbase would be

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

I honestly always assumed this was the case

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u/Hejiru Dec 23 '22

The comics directly contradict this, though.

When Aang breaks his connection to Roku, he discovers that he also broke his connection to preceding Avatars, because they’re linked like a chain.

Now the writers could always just handwave something, but if they follow the same rules then theoretically the next Avatar would only have Korra.

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u/farazormal Dec 24 '22

That's alright no one really read the comics anyway

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u/Hejiru Dec 24 '22

Maybe, but it’s also implied in the show itself. The destruction was dealt to Raava, not Korra. And then Raava was reborn, which restarted the Avatar cycle. In other words, she’s a new Wan. This isn’t made explicitly made clear in the show, but Mike and Bryan explained that it was “like rebooting your hard drive.”

Now granted, it’s not the first time they’ve retconned how the Avatar cycle works, so maybe they’ll come up with some reason that the next Avatar can reach Aang. But as of now, between the show, comics, and interviews, they clearly intended for Korra to be the start of a new cycle.

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u/ErectPotato Dec 23 '22

Why would you assume that? I always got the vibe that when Raava died that it essentially wiped the avatar hard drive.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

I'm not entirely sure why I did, I just assumed some Avatar backup file?

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u/Bobodog1 Dec 23 '22

That's basically what they did with aang so why not?

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u/Presterium Dec 23 '22

I definitely would be good with that stance

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u/Belteshazzar98 Airbender Dec 23 '22

They could have a spirit world arc where the new avatar rebuilds the connection to past avatars. And that way we could even get to know a little more about the ones we know nothing about.

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u/Diflicated Airbender 💨 Dec 23 '22

I always wanted this for Korra. The connection to the spirits was severed but that doesn't mean the spirits are gone. Just that a new connection is needed.

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u/Parapsaeon Dec 23 '22

I would love to see the new avatar and Spirit World Korra team up, like Talion and Celebrimbor, to try to restore the connection to the other avatars