r/LastAirbenderLore • u/Angela275 • Apr 15 '20

Kyoshi

I been thinking Kyoshi died at 230. At that old age how did she fight. Or was it possible she like Bumi kept in shape?

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u/nictheman123 Aug 04 '20

I mean, technically any Earth Bender could bend metal, but nobody knew how until Toph. Any Fire Bender can both shoot and redirect lightening, yet in the original series there are like 4 people who we actually see throwing it around, and 3 we know of that can redirect it.

Just because it can be done doesn't mean people know it can be done. At any point in human history someone could have invented the airplane (DaVinci ring a bell? Man is kinda scary), the physics haven't changed, but nobody managed to do it until the 20th century. Why? Because nobody knew how.

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u/Enfireno Aug 04 '20

Well, my point was really that Kyoshi could teach this to as many people as she wanted, but others have made some very valid arguments for why that number would be near zero. This is a bit of a non sequitur, but also I'd like to point out that not all earthbenders can metalbend. Bolin couldn't, and that he turned out to be a lavabender could explain why. Maybe it's impossible to be both...

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u/nictheman123 Aug 04 '20

Hm, perhaps so. I'll admit, my knowledge of LOK is severely lacking, something I intend to correct once it hits Netflix next week

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u/Enfireno Aug 04 '20

I, in equal measure, wish I knew less and am glad I know what I do (though I'm no longer 100% sure about the notion that earthbenders can't bend both metal and lava). Reason being, I'm attempting to rewrite Legend of Korra in order to correct the many, many problems I, Lily Orchard, and a multitude of others had with it.

I do that with things I find horrendous but salvageable. I did it with Ninjago and ten out of eleven Star Wars movies, for example. Korra, in a miraculous stroke of fate, has done a surprising amount of my work for me.

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u/Miketheeevee Aug 31 '20

Can you give me a link to where you do it, I wanna see it, I'm curious

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u/Enfireno Aug 31 '20

Well, the document itself is in its very early stages; I'm still not even halfway through Season 1. But if that doesn't deter you, gimme your email address and I'll send you the read-only Google Doc as soon as time permits.

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u/KamenRiderDragon Sep 02 '20

I don't think you want to quote Lily Orchard too much. Given her video is ripe with inconsistencies and false arguments.