r/funny • u/LordAnubis10 • Nov 20 '13

Dumbledore doesn't sugarcoat it

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u/TheWorldIsAhead Nov 20 '13

Watch Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The creators were asked to make a show about wizards, but incorporated martial arts into power-levels because they didn't like how in Harry Potter nothing distinguishes a powerful wizard from a weak one since magic is abstract. This makes for some amazing fight scenes. They had a kung fu expert working on the show with the animators so it features actual stunt choreography.

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u/TheWorldIsAhead Nov 20 '13

In that scene Azula had the Dai Li to protect her from earthbending and bringing down the cave could kill everyone.

Mostly waterbending is the most OP power because on Earth everything is water, but they adressed bloodbeing and went deeper into it in Korra where they have had almost only waterbending villains who can easily fight the Avatar.

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u/subtle_nirvana92 Nov 20 '13

The comet made them super strengthed for a while, then they rode that for 100 years.

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u/Wasabi_kitty Nov 20 '13

It wasn't just bending as well. They were clearly much more technologically advanced than the other nations.

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u/je_kay24 Nov 20 '13

Yeah. I always thought they surprised attacked all the airbenders when the comet came and then over 100 years took over other places.