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Katara vs Zuko

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    zukone

    [241]Oct 11, 2006
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    We have words for lots of things that I decide not to use. Two words or less would be concise enough to express my sentiments at the moment. However, I go for other options from time to time like switching back and forth between passive and active voice or littering completely good sentences with an abundance of unnecessary adjectives. I selectively used the words "all two" instead of, more simply, using "both" because I wanted to present a front of a limited vocabulary and perhaps imply that I had trouble counting higher than two. I suppose it was neither clever nor clear enough to work.

    And, uh, what shouldn't I pronounce with an L? Please, oh wise teacher, use specificity else I shall never learn.
    As far as I see, my biggest mistake in my above post was the use of two consecutive articles. That was my lack of proofing. I take responsibility in my lapse for that mangled sentence.
    Edited on 10/11/2006 6:41pm
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    niceguyposer

    [242]Oct 11, 2006
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    zukone wrote:
    We have words for lots of things that I decide not to use. Two words or less would be concise enough to express my sentiments at the moment. However, I go for other options from time to time like switching back and forth between passive and active voice or littering completely good sentences with an abundance of unnecessary adjectives. I selectively used the words "all two" instead of, more simply, using "both" because I wanted to present a front of a limited vocabulary and perhaps imply that I had trouble counting higher than two. I suppose it was neither clever nor clear enough to work.

    And, uh, what shouldn't I pronounce with an L? Please, oh wise teacher, use specificity else I shall never learn.
    As far as I see, my biggest mistake in my above post was the use of two consecutive articles. That was my lack of proofing. I take responsibility in my lapse for that mangled sentence.

    Well, the limited vocabulary front was pretty subtle. I only caught on after you explained it. It's a little hard to tell these things over the Internet.
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    niceguyposer

    [243]Oct 11, 2006
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    etherfreeze wrote:

    wow this argument went trally off topic since i last posted but anyway he're my two cents about the current situation :

    A) Whoever said that Jeong is not as good a firebender as Zhou is?? clearly mistaken. He fled because he is a pacifist and did not wish to fight anymore. His flame wall was simply a flashy distraction by which he could escape.

    B) ***Just because one bender comes out on top in a specific battle does not make them more skilled than their opponent. Personally I believe that Katara has a wider range of waterbending abilities than Zuko, but this doesn't mean he can't beat her. Aang defeated Toph in championship match in "the blind bandit" by using air bending. However, proves absolutely nothing about Toph's abilities - she was simply taken by surprise (as was Katara when Zuko beat her in the North Pole).


    The element of surprise is a completely fair battle technique.
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    misterham

    [244]Oct 11, 2006
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    true, but if someone walks away from the fight (like katara did), surprising is considered cheating

    and about aang vs toph, it was an earthbending tournament, so no other bending was allowed. she probably wasn't expecting airbending. plus, she can't sense air so aang would most likely win in any fight against her
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