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    air_gurl13

    [621]Apr 2, 2006
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    karatewolfpunk wrote:
    MCMLXVI wrote:
    MCMLXVI wrote:
    Do our contributors gotta go stupid from bare torsos?
    emperorfeanor wrote:
    ... I honestly think the creators are trying a wee bit too hard to attract female viewers...
    Actually, I was thinking of all the "virtual" flashing going on (so-and-so "lifts up shirt") in the content of several recent-past messages in this topic (and others).


    I guess 'so-and-so' is my new nickname?

    Seems like it
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    thumbsucker

    [622]Apr 2, 2006
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    If Aang if already a master airbender, and he has already trained for water bending, does this mean only 2 more seasons? Will the series be over by this time next year?
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    sluggmunki_tx

    [623]Apr 2, 2006
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    thumbsucker wrote:
    If Aang if already a master airbender, and he has already trained for water bending, does this mean only 2 more seasons? Will the series be over by this time next year?


    That's what we are all thinking. We know for a fact that next season will be fire, of course. But since ratings are high for A:TLAB, there is uncertainty of a fourth season.
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    thumbsucker

    [624]Apr 2, 2006
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    Here's another question.. Earthbenders are born into the earth kingdom, fire into fire, etc...since the air nomads are men, do parents just drop off their kids if they show airbending skills, or were the nomads hanging out in towns looking for kids and that's how aang knew so many people from the different nations.
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    sly4me

    [625]Apr 2, 2006
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    thumbsucker wrote:
    Here's another question.. Earthbenders are born into the earth kingdom, fire into fire, etc...since the air nomads are men, do parents just drop off their kids if they show airbending skills, or were the nomads hanging out in towns looking for kids and that's how aang knew so many people from the different nations.
    thats pretty brutal thumbsucker. I'm gonna guess the men just sprayed pepper in the air to make the kids sneeze. and the ones that flew 10 feet in the air, were airbenders.

    nevermind, i read your Q wrong.
    Edited on 04/02/2006 7:30pm
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    thumbsucker

    [626]Apr 2, 2006
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    no problem sly4me. i just wondered how the guys started the air training. aang could not have been born to the monks, he had to have come from one of the other nations to start his training. since the writers never mention any parents and even zuko mention that aang must not know his dad being brought up by monks (the second part of boy in the iceberg)
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    sly4me

    [627]Apr 3, 2006
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    thumbsucker wrote:
    no problem sly4me. i just wondered how the guys started the air training. aang could not have been born to the monks, he had to have come from one of the other nations to start his training. since the writers never mention any parents and even zuko mention that aang must not know his dad being brought up by monks (the second part of boy in the iceberg)
    i never really thought about it, but you must be right.
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    mellomuse

    [628]Apr 3, 2006
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    sly4me wrote:
    thumbsucker wrote:
    no problem sly4me. i just wondered how the guys started the air training. aang could not have been born to the monks, he had to have come from one of the other nations to start his training. since the writers never mention any parents and even zuko mention that aang must not know his dad being brought up by monks (the second part of boy in the iceberg)
    i never really thought about it, but you must be right.

    sly4me, I loved your first answer!

    Well, let's look at the Shaolin monks. Not all of the monks who train there stay there for their whole lives. Some go to other temples of course, but some also go back into everyday society. That's how Kung fu got spread around the world.

    Maybe that is the way it is with the Air Nomads. I think the Nomads, being constant travelers and highly spiritual adopt the "it takes a village to raise a child" approach. The Temples probably serve that purpose--a sort of spiritual haven and school, a home base for travelers, etc.

    If that turns out to be the case, then there were probably some Nomads who were not at the Temples when they were ransacked. I thnk we will find out that there are, indeed, some Airbenders out there somewhere.
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    air_gurl13

    [629]Apr 3, 2006
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    mellomuse wrote:
    sly4me wrote:
    thumbsucker wrote:
    no problem sly4me. i just wondered how the guys started the air training. aang could not have been born to the monks, he had to have come from one of the other nations to start his training. since the writers never mention any parents and even zuko mention that aang must not know his dad being brought up by monks (the second part of boy in the iceberg)
    i never really thought about it, but you must be right.

    sly4me, I loved your first answer!

    Well, let's look at the Shaolin monks. Not all of the monks who train there stay there for their whole lives. Some go to other temples of course, but some also go back into everyday society. That's how Kung fu got spread around the world.

    Maybe that is the way it is with the Air Nomads. I think the Nomads, being constant travelers and highly spiritual adopt the "it takes a village to raise a child" approach. The Temples probably serve that purpose--a sort of spiritual haven and school, a home base for travelers, etc.

    If that turns out to be the case, then there were probably some Nomads who were not at the Temples when they were ransacked. I thnk we will find out that there are, indeed, some Airbenders out there somewhere.

    Hey mellomuse didn't you get the Avatar book that said that all airbenders can bend, wait that didn't come out right, I mean to say that didn't the book say that the children of Airbenders are Airbenders.
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    sly4me

    [630]Apr 3, 2006
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    thanks mellomouse.

    Q: has the cover art for Book1: volume3 been revealed??
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    thumbsucker

    [631]Apr 3, 2006
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    But does that only apply to airbenders? Is that the only group that's its hereditary in b/c the twins in the Fortune Teller only 1 was an earthbender?
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    air_gurl13

    [632]Apr 3, 2006
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    thumbsucker wrote:
    But does that only apply to airbenders? Is that the only group that's its hereditary in b/c the twins in the Fortune Teller only 1 was an earthbender?

    I'm guessing so, I think I'll buy that book.

    To sly4me: Yes the cover art has been released it's Sokka looking mighty ferocious, I used to have a link but I lost it, here's Volume 4:
    http://www.tv.com/avatar-the-last-airbender/show/28841/the-4th-dvd-cover/topic/13281-232850/msgs.html&page=1
    It's on the first page.
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    mellomuse

    [633]Apr 3, 2006
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    air_gurl13 wrote:

    Hey mellomuse didn't you get the Avatar book that said that all airbenders can bend, wait that didn't come out right, I mean to say that didn't the book say that the children of Airbenders are Airbenders.


    Well, the cine-manga says that the air nation is different from the other nations in that "all Air Nomads are airbenders." So, I guess that means that all Air Nomad children would need to go to one of the temples to study. If they all stayed at the temples and stayed monks and nuns forever, though, there wouldn't be any little airbender children, since the temples were not coed.


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    air_gurl13

    [634]Apr 3, 2006
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    mellomuse wrote:
    air_gurl13 wrote:

    Hey mellomuse didn't you get the Avatar book that said that all airbenders can bend, wait that didn't come out right, I mean to say that didn't the book say that the children of Airbenders are Airbenders.


    Well, the cine-manga says that the air nation is different from the other nations in that "all Air Nomads are airbenders." So, I guess that means that all Air Nomad children would need to go to one of the temples to study. If they all stayed at the temples and stayed monks and nuns forever, though, there wouldn't be any little airbender children, since the temples were not coed.


    Yeah I guess, but what if they come down and meet and person of another nation and they fall in love and have children would they be Airbenders or the other bending power?
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    the_yssa

    [635]Apr 3, 2006
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    I guess it would depend...on what I do not know!
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    Nakigoe

    [636]Apr 3, 2006
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    Does anyone know if the episode "Cave of Two Lovers" or something like that was going to show again? 'Cause I missed it and would like to watch it...... So does anyone know the time they would show it again? I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
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    thumbsucker

    [637]Apr 3, 2006
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    I haven't seen any listings for it, but sometimes on Sat. nick runs nicktoons, they don't say which show it is but it could be avatar. sorry couldn 't be of more help.
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    kawaiiairbender

    [638]Apr 4, 2006
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    mellomuse wrote:
    air_gurl13 wrote:

    Hey mellomuse didn't you get the Avatar book that said that all airbenders can bend, wait that didn't come out right, I mean to say that didn't the book say that the children of Airbenders are Airbenders.


    Well, the cine-manga says that the air nation is different from the other nations in that "all Air Nomads are airbenders." So, I guess that means that all Air Nomad children would need to go to one of the temples to study. If they all stayed at the temples and stayed monks and nuns forever, though, there wouldn't be any little airbender children, since the temples were not coed.



    Maybe they came together at a designated time every year and all the nuns and monks hooked up or maybe they went the Queen Hippolyta way and formed the kids out of clay or since they're airbenders out of air.
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    mellomuse

    [639]Apr 5, 2006
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    kawaiiairbender wrote:
    mellomuse wrote:
    air_gurl13 wrote:

    Hey mellomuse didn't you get the Avatar book that said that all airbenders can bend, wait that didn't come out right, I mean to say that didn't the book say that the children of Airbenders are Airbenders.


    Well, the cine-manga says that the air nation is different from the other nations in that "all Air Nomads are airbenders." So, I guess that means that all Air Nomad children would need to go to one of the temples to study. If they all stayed at the temples and stayed monks and nuns forever, though, there wouldn't be any little airbender children, since the temples were not coed.



    Maybe they came together at a designated time every year and all the nuns and monks hooked up or maybe they went the Queen Hippolyta way and formed the kids out of clay or since they're airbenders out of air.


    Or maybe there's a little chute in each Air Temple and a shiny new Airbender (of the appropriate gender of course) comes sliding down the chute once a month! That's how the Snoodles are born in Veggie Tales.
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    thumbsucker

    [640]Apr 5, 2006
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    Anyone ever think the writers may have browsed our hollowed forums for show ideas?
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