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    leankaus

    [641]Jan 30, 2008
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    I have a question. Why the Air Nomads are called like that if they are not nomads?
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    Valin610

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    leankaus wrote:
    I have a question. Why the Air Nomads are called like that if they are not nomads?
    Because.. they're nomads... What makes you think they're not?
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    leankaus

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    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:
    I have a question. Why the Air Nomads are called like that if they are not nomads?
    Because.. they're nomads... What makes you think they're not?

    They arent nomads they live in the four temples. Nomads are the people who live not in the same partall the time. Air nomads lived in the temples

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    tomtitan

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    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:
    I have a question. Why the Air Nomads are called like that if they are not nomads?
    Because.. they're nomads... What makes you think they're not?
    because every time we see them they're in temples. good point, the air nomads actually do travel around, but they have temples where the monks/nuns live and where the children are raised, but for the most part they did travel around.
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    Valin610

    [645]Jan 30, 2008
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    leankaus wrote:

    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:
    I have a question. Why the Air Nomads are called like that if they are not nomads?
    Because.. they're nomads... What makes you think they're not?

    They arent nomads they live in the four temples. Nomads are the people who live not in the same partall the time. Air nomads lived in the temples


    As tom said, the temples are used to train young Airbenders how to bend. They only live there for their childhood. It is implied that they would venture around the world once they had become masters and old enough to travel alone. Aang had been just about all over the world if you recall all the friends he would talk about and how they were in different nations. Only a few masters would stay in the temple and teach the kids, not every airbender.
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    tomtitan

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    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:

    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:
    I have a question. Why the Air Nomads are called like that if they are not nomads?
    Because.. they're nomads... What makes you think they're not?

    They arent nomads they live in the four temples. Nomads are the people who live not in the same partall the time. Air nomads lived in the temples


    As tom said, the temples are used to train young Airbenders how to bend. They only live there for their childhood. It is implied that they would venture around the world once they had become masters and old enough to travel alone. Aang had been just about all over the world if you recall all the friends he would talk about and how they were in different nations. Only a few masters would stay in the temple and teach the kids, not every airbender.
    which of course raises the question of how the fire nation killed all of the travelling nomads.
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    Valin610

    [647]Jan 30, 2008
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    tomtitan wrote:
    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:

    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:
    I have a question. Why the Air Nomads are called like that if they are not nomads?
    Because.. they're nomads... What makes you think they're not?

    They arent nomads they live in the four temples. Nomads are the people who live not in the same partall the time. Air nomads lived in the temples
    As tom said, the temples are used to train young Airbenders how to bend. They only live there for their childhood. It is implied that they would venture around the world once they had become masters and old enough to travel alone. Aang had been just about all over the world if you recall all the friends he would talk about and how they were in different nations. Only a few masters would stay in the temple and teach the kids, not every airbender.
    which of course raises the question of how the fire nation killed all of the travelling nomads.
    Which also raises the question that ifthe remainder have been hidding somewhere.
    Edited on 01/30/2008 9:34am
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    leankaus

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    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:

    Valin610 wrote:
    leankaus wrote:
    I have a question. Why the Air Nomads are called like that if they are not nomads?
    Because.. they're nomads... What makes you think they're not?

    They arent nomads they live in the four temples. Nomads are the people who live not in the same partall the time. Air nomads lived in the temples
    As tom said, the temples are used to train young Airbenders how to bend. They only live there for their childhood. It is implied that they would venture around the world once they had become masters and old enough to travel alone. Aang had been just about all over the world if you recall all the friends he would talk about and how they were in different nations. Only a few masters would stay in the temple and teach the kids, not every airbender.

    I think that's rightThanks!

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    aloha6292

    [649]Jan 30, 2008
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    I have another question . Do the Avatar's powers (the glowing and being able to use his past's lives power) show up at a certain age? Because let's say Aang was10 and he got really angry, or upset, or was in trouble, would he be able to use his powers then, and everyone (maybe including him??) would be aware of his Avatar powers before he was 16 (when he was suppose to find out)??

    But kids, and babies get upset all the time? So shouldn't be known that he was the Avatar already?? Or do the keepers of the Avatar just make sure they are happy and safe all the time?

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    Spike815

    [650]Jan 30, 2008
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    aloha6292 wrote:

    I have another question . Do the Avatar's powers (the glowing and being able to use his past's lives power) show up at a certain age? Because let's say Aang was10 and he got really angry, or upset, or was in trouble, would he be able to use his powers then, and everyone (maybe including him??) would be aware of his Avatar powers before he was 16 (when he was suppose to find out)??

    But kids, and babies get upset all the time? So shouldn't be known that he was the Avatar already?? Or do the keepers of the Avatar just make sure they are happy and safe all the time?


    Well the Avatar State only activates when Aang is in EXTREME emotional stress or a life threatining situation. Throwing a temper tantrum is diffrent than finding out someone you love was killed/buried/bison-napped. But if anything like that happened when he was young, he would probably be able to activate it.
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    Maria93

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    Kas_dude wrote:
    Maria93 wrote:

    Kas_dude wrote:
    nope, tis not gonna air for a while now- sorry. YTV were only gonna show the first 13 eps before their hiatus, so we jsut have to wait now til nick catch up

    yeh, i know it sucks on the brigh side, your the first person to reply to any of my comments in a long time

    awwwww!!!

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    ben316

    [652]Jan 30, 2008
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    Is book 3 the last book of avatar?
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    WiseLad

    [653]Jan 31, 2008
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    ben316 wrote:
    Is book 3 the last book of avatar?


    of "Avatar"? might be, but the one thing that is certain is that it will be last book starring Aang and Zuko according to Mike and Bryan

    if they make a book 4 after they finish the live movies, it will involve other characters
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    Kas_dude

    [654]Jan 31, 2008
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    Maria93 wrote:
    Kas_dude wrote:
    Maria93 wrote:

    Kas_dude wrote:
    nope, tis not gonna air for a while now- sorry. YTV were only gonna show the first 13 eps before their hiatus, so we jsut have to wait now til nick catch up

    yeh, i know it sucks on the brigh side, your the first person to reply to any of my comments in a long time

    awwwww!!!

    lol

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    F3rr3t

    [655]Jan 31, 2008
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    I know this actually hasn't been answered in the show, but I just wanted someone elses view: How did the first Avatar know he/she was the avatar. Because they couldn't go into the AS because thats the past lives. And it's not asthough they would try and bend any other element because they would have no need to. This has confused me for awhile.
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    ben316

    [656]Jan 31, 2008
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    Is the boiling Rock the last episode or is the southern raiders it?
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    Spike815

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    ben316 wrote:
    Is the boiling Rock the last episode or is the southern raiders it?


    Neither. Avatar goes until episode 321 my friend.
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    Blue_Spirit_524

    [658]Jan 31, 2008
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    F3rr3t wrote:
    I know this actually hasn't been answered in the show, but I just wanted someone elses view: How did the first Avatar know he/she was the avatar. Because they couldn't go into the AS because thats the past lives. And it's not asthough they would try and bend any other element because they would have no need to. This has confused me for awhile.

    I think that they just felt a need to bend other elements, like other benders do when they discover they are benders. Or a spirt told them who they were/what to do.

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    shybaby13

    [659]Jan 31, 2008
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    Can water benders only bend water, or can they bend other types of liquid, like glass?
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    KingAtticus

    [660]Jan 31, 2008
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    I dunno how it is where you live, but glass is solid where I'm from.
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