Avatar: The Last Airbender: Rulers with no faces

KingAtticus
[1]Sep 23, 2006
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I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed it, but doesn't it seem odd that they conceal the faces of the powerful rulers? First it's the Fire Lord, and all we know is that he has a beard. Now the Earth King is the next one, and we can tell he has glasses and a necklace of large beads. The Air Monks didn't exactly have a "ruler" per say, and we had to see the Cheif of the Norhern Water Tribe since we didn't have a silouete. Why do you think they would do this?
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Colonel_Brian
[2]Sep 23, 2006
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I think Cheif is the name of the position of the WT king.
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phoenixfirework
[3]Sep 23, 2006
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Here's the King of Ba Sing's Se's face. I'm so proud that I got him visible.

Edited on 09/24/2006 1:16am
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Colonel_Brian
[4]Sep 23, 2006
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phoenixfirework wrote:

Here's the King of Ba Sing's Se's face. I'm so proud that I got his visible.??

I respect that man but he can't even control his public Long Feng does.
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cisalpine
[6]Sep 23, 2006
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Wow... he's so... normal-looking.
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Fronzel
[7]Sep 23, 2006
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He's rather handsome.
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FallOutGirl13
[8]Sep 24, 2006
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He looks like a "bear"
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sadist_activst
[9]Sep 24, 2006
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Hard to believe he???s just a puppet.
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phoenixfirework
[11]Sep 24, 2006
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sadist_activst wrote:

Hard to believe he???s just a puppet.

I don't think Long Feng meant that the king was a literal puppet.
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sadist_activst
[12]Sep 24, 2006
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phoenixfirework wrote:

sadist_activst wrote:

Hard to believe he???s just a puppet.

I don't think Long Feng meant that the king was a literal puppet.

Of course not literal, but he doesn't have any really power.
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FreakishChild
[13]Sep 24, 2006
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phoenixfirework wrote:

Here's the King of Ba Sing's Se's face. I'm so proud that I got him visible.

The king with 73 wives.
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whiteforest
[14]Sep 24, 2006
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Wow, he doesn't really look like a king at all. I wonder what Long Fei meant by the king only being an icon, and he didn't have anything to do with "trivial military" issues. Probably that Long Fei was the "real" king, or something?
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KingAtticus
[15]Sep 24, 2006
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Wow. That's pretty good.

In our current world, most monarchs have little to no power and all the government and military power would go to various ministers and advisors. Take the United Kingdom. The queen doesn't have a lot of power, but is still revered and respected by her subjects. I suppose in that sense, the Earth King ain't much different.

Actually, could you see if you do that on the Fire Lord, or would you need a better picture than what has already been seen?
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Spike815
[16]Sep 24, 2006
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Wow I didn't expect him to look so... normal. I thought the creators would make him wierd. Good job Phoenix
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theaterzshadow
[17]Sep 25, 2006
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Are we absolutely sure its the King ? I mean If some one actually announced him as "The King of Ba Sing Se" that I'll accept it but for all we know he could be the Royal bear trainer. Even if some one called him 'majesty' or 'highness' it wouldn't really prove that the guy is the King. After all Azula is a 'Highness' . I'm pretty sure no one did, but I might of missed it (which is probably the case) and I'm being lazy by not going and double checking. Plus I wouldn't put it past that evil warden dude (Long Feng?) to run a charade with one of the other royals of Ba Sing Se.
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Rulers with no faces

KingAtticus

Colonel_Brian

phoenixfirework

Colonel_Brian

cisalpine

Fronzel

FallOutGirl13

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phoenixfirework

sadist_activst

FreakishChild

whiteforest

KingAtticus

Spike815

theaterzshadow