Alright the way the Avatar cycle works is Air, Water, Earth and Fire, so in essence the cycle is Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer. I believe that Technically book one is Air but seeing that Aang is an Airbender there is/was no need for that book to be created. So starting with book one Water/Winter our story begins and ends with book three Fire/Summer the time by which Aang must have mastered the other elements. So there is no need for a book four or a fourth season.

Good theory.

mmmmm maybe

I could understand if they did make it 'air' because:

a)there r 4 elements that r equally balanced (hello, did no1 get the whole 'ying-yang' thing... but w/ 4 of 'em instead of 2) so it'd b kinda stupid 2 b w/out 1.

b)the 'water' book had him going 2 the n. pole etc, so it had 2 do a lot w/, well duh, water. so the 4th book might have him returning 2 his roots, w/ the start-up air temples, or finding other airbenders, etc.

but i have a question, what if the show was so popular they needed 2 make a 5th season (or more)? what would they call it? or would they not continue w/ the books & just have eppie names?

If book 4 does happen, then it'd have to be air-centered. I think that if it does happen, it should be Aang looking for a way to bring back Airbenders.

I see no need for an Air Book. After all, Aang has already mastered the element (the creators stated that the arrows means that he's a master airbender) and I just don't think that the series needs to go throught the whole rebuilding ther world thing. It just wouldn't be the same. I think that there will only be three seasons/books because it feels that the story line only warrents three seasons/books.

Just my thoughts. I wouldn't say no to an Air book as long as they had more story to tell and it was such a big transition as the rebuilding of the world. Sure, maybe an "eplogue" episode, but not a whole season. It's just not the same. There's really not story to tell. If you want to see it, read fanfiction. Or write it.

They should just figure out a way to make a fourth season, i remember the world before avatar, it was a dark and dreary place that i don't wish to visit agai.

I think the first three books would be about Aang mastering about the other elements. Then the fourth book would be about the final battles with the Fire Lord.

Well, i beleive if the writers can pull off a good fourth season or maybe even a fifth. Then let them. I wouldn't mind seeing the show some more. But that is just if they can pull it off. IT just takes some extreme imagination. Plus, i don't know about most people, but i want to see balance restored and the airbenders return. IT can be cool.
Oh this is kinda random but what does "bump" mean?

theres obviously no book four because in each 1 he has to master the books element but anag is already the master of airbending and they already found two of the air temples so wat would be the point of a 4th book

I agree that the reasons stated and the arguments given are sound. However, I don't believe that a rebuilding period is useless. In my opinion too many see the end of a conflict and think its all better. Just because you pull the knife out doesn't mean the wound is healed, it is only after the cause of the injury is removed that the healer's work can truely begin. To follow that journey would be amazing.

Besides, to take out a fleet, while amazing, is but a small victory is a VERY large conflict. It will take time to defeat an entire nation. Even defeating Ozai, doesn't secure a victory, Many kings have died in the heat of battle, only to have their heirs to continue in their stead. The war has been going on for 3 generations of Fire Lords now, and I very much doubt that they all died of old age. If Azula lives up to the hype about her there is no reason why the war wouldn't contiue into a fourth book.

Sorry, a bit of a long post. In the end, all I really want is what's best for the series, weither it be 4 books or only 3. The creative process is dynamic and I think that it too early to say that the end is set in stone.

(bump is just a post to keep the thread on the first page, dead threads fall to the bottom and gets bounced to the next page)

I don't agree with your opinion, though it is well researched. =3

We just finished Book 1: Water, no? Right. Well, Aang didn't master Waterbending yet, and needs to still. Which means he'll end up mastering it in Book 2: Earth. I have a feeling he won't neccessarily master Earth in Book 2 either, which would force him to master it in Book 3.
For some reason I think Book 3 will be about finding a Firebending teacher, not the actual mastering of the element. (although, he does have to learn some Firebending. xD)
Book 4: Air, would then be about Aang mastering Firebending, defeating the Fire Lord, and then (most likely, as the book is 'Air') finding more Airbenders.
Or something of the like. xP

It's just a theory, but I do think it's plausible.
As is yours. I just don't happen to agree.

They do not need to make a "Book 4:Air" because Aang has already mastered air. That is what the arrow on his head means.