Avatar: Why Zaheer Was The Only Airbender Who Could Fly

[@theextravenger9277]

Zaheer, P'li, and the other members of the Red Lotus need to be explored a lot more from their past, their really great characters.

[@juststefan2725]

*they're

[@MagklJellyBeanPastelLucidDream]

@@juststefan2725 thank you

[@dgagamingaesir]

Well, if by great, you mean a grown ass man -child that has an iq of 10 , and whose ideals are as hypocritical as a serial killer who supports life, then you are spot on.

[@BigDexMedia]

I definitely agree. The next Avatar saga needs to have a season or “book” dedicated to the Red Lotus

[@debarjandatta2170]

Like with a new series of graphic novels

[@stickypickle667]

The Title : why Zaheer was the only Airbender who could fly Zaheer : iS gUrU lAgHimA a JokE tO YoU??!

[@jonathannguyen6533]

He said LIVING Airbender to flying.

[@ryenboi6119]

@@jonathannguyen6533 he was talking about the title

[@thegamerzoologist2705]

I think he did that for views lol

[@stickypickle667]

@@jonathannguyen6533 umm , my comment said the title so yeah-

[@stickypickle667]

@Sela Roberson exactly, if Zaheer never discovered him he would have never been able to be as good as he is

[@danwarner7816]

It's obvious really zaheer was a airbender geek, he studied it before harmonic convergence. He even adapted to their art through his fighting style. Once the harmonic event happened due to his strong spiritual compass to go into spirit world, he closer to spirit world than ever. And gained ability to fly That problem with tenzin despite knowing their teachings he had little spiritual awareness to go into spirit world

[@dodoiserg3371]

geek 💀. sorry bro but u funny

[@goncalogoyri1396]

These guys really said that zaheer stands above Aang in airbending? Aang was an airbending master when he was 12, just because zaheer had a natural talent and studied the culture does not mean he is better than an airbending master. The fool couldn't even take out Tenzin, he only defeated him because of the red lotus's help

[@latetootheparty]

As long as someone knows 😂

[@SawyerMartoglio]

Uhh okay but Jinora is better than them all. Just saying.

[@josephfigues4202]

Zaheer is not a master. He had no training and mentorship. He is basically a natural talent that can be more if he had training. If he lived in a deferent era and maybe grew up with Aang or Roku, than he can be the Airbender version of king Bumi

[@narafishxoxo]

If Zaheer actually trained while in prison he would definitely surpass all of them except for aang because avatar but the power of flight plus becoming an air bending master would make him the strongest and who knows he probably is training his air bending in prison

[@SawyerMartoglio]

@Wes Bradley-Taubner okay but being an airbender is specifically not about fighting. It is about spiritual freedom and overall freedom not to mention she gets her tattoos because she forces tenzin to acknowledge that she can do EVERYTHING he can and MORE. She is leagues above her sibling but gets dumbed down as a character as soon as a “love interest” is introduced for her. She’s not a fighter yes, because she is more true to air bending teaching than Aang had to be. She is essentially what Aang could’ve been if he wasn’t the avatar but even then her spiritual connection is much more developed at a younger age, and her focus and drive for learning was incredibly superior.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Because Zaheer did what Aang refused to do. Let go... of a woman.

[@gumballwatterson5037]

lol

[@shadowviper46]

Aang would've also let go of the responsibilities as the Avatar so in other words NO Avatar can be able to fly

[@latetootheparty]

Thank you. People don’t get that he needed to remove his earthly tethers.

[@latetootheparty]

@@shadowviper46 not necessarily, if you understand how monks live, they live without earthly attachments. As an avatar you can separate yourself from earthly tethers and still do your job. Much like deities who do not intervene in human affairs, an avatar is supposed to be separated from human affairs unless it affected the spiritual balance.

[@523bdm]

He didn't let go of a woman. A cuirass grabbed on to her head

[@hollycasserly2875]

The implication that Zaheer was a better airbender than Aang or Tenzin is laughable. Watch the 1v1 fight with Tenzin and Zaheer again. What Zaheer accomplishes in 3 movements, Tenzin will do in 1, while incorporating an attack before even setting foot on the ground. Zaheer fails to use airbending for its greatest strengths and falls back on the MMA style that a majority of LoK characters do. And I also think there's something missing in the reason why Zaheer is able to fly and only him and Guru Laghima have achieved it. In Part 2 of Sozin's Comet, when Aang speaks with his past lives, he says, "But the monks taught me that I had to detach myself from the world so my spirit could be free," and Yangchen responds, "Many great and wise Air Nomads have detached themselves and achieved spiritual enlightenment, but the Avatar can never do it. Because your sole duty is to the world." You talked about the latter part, and kind of touched on other monks who couldn't detach themselves (Aang, Tenzin, Gyatso) but you're telling me NO OTHER airbender in almost 4000 years has been able to do the same? There's got to be something missing. I read that he was rivals with Guru Shoken, another writer of his time, and that Tenzin (and probably Aang if we infer) believed Laghima's rumors of flight to be myth. I'm not well read in Buddhist philosophy, which is what the Air Nomads seem to practice, I feel like we might be able to figure it out if we looked at it through that lense. There's got to be something that Zaheer and Laghima solely had in common that no other airbender had. Even if we take P'li's death into account, wouldn't flight have been achieved by at least some of the airbenders during the genocide? Something is missing, we just don't know what. I hope they answer it in a book one day.

[@CS-ee6nl]

@Akanni All the Pro Benders utilize MMA movements; the show creators themselves mention this.

[@MagklJellyBeanPastelLucidDream]

@Akanni MMA uses kicks and punches, a lot of the time, counter punches, or submission from taking one down. Kinetic energy, the conversion, one example is Hapkido. MMA stands for mixed Martial Arts. Is Bruce Lee's art void because it encorperated many forms of martial arts? No, and neither is MMA, because there's Judo, Taekwondo, Muay Tai, etc.

[@rikospostmodernlife]

While the air nomads clearly are based off of budhhist monks, I can't help but feel that Guru Laghima's 'mantra' aligns itself better with yogic and daoist takes, particularly the 'chapters' 10, 11, 16 and 22 of the daodejing come in mind ntspntaei2krueca5cee4gyydi-adwhj77lcyoafdy-www-gorinkai-com.translate.goog/textos/tao.htm And it's worth noticing that Laghima is the name of a siddhi, a "perfectioning" that can be interpreted either as a philosophical achievement or as a magical power that can be achieved through meditation

[@rikospostmodernlife]

@@MagklJellyBeanPastelLucidDream thanks, I sometimes forget that the english language does not use the "alfa-beta" consistently

[@MagklJellyBeanPastelLucidDream]

@@rikospostmodernlife See you know more than me, and I'm American, because I literally don't know what the alpha- beta connotation is.

[@thelitterateman]

By that sense, Zaheer too has a desire to achieve his goals

[@Ame865]

Like he said it was an idea. By that logic the goal of trying to accomplish flight itself would prevent him from flying

[@Ame865]

@@locdandloose Aang had a responsibility to both the human and spirit world. Zaheer had a goal but he wasn’t tethered to it.

[@Lama-fe3gv]

@@locdandloose That's a good question. Technically, that third rule isn't entirely literal in meaning. I think it just depends on how FAR you're willing to go to achieve the bending, not actually removing yourself from earthly desires.

[@Lama-fe3gv]

@@locdandloose The Air Nomads themselves spent their entire lives being free from most, if not all, responsibility. So technically ANY air nomad could achieve flight, since that was all they did. It mainly just depends on how Extreme you're willing to take it. Aang could have even done it, but it would have required removing his Avatar duties, which one of his past lives did. (It wouldn't be impossible for Aang, but it would be EXTREMELY difficult and near impossible considering his devotion to being the Avatar). But that's just my opinion.

[@connermcknight6683]

Glad to see my man @the litterate man sharing same anime preferences as me. 😊

[@ambinintsoahasina]

I can't believe a kid's show can unwrap such deep lessons

[@sancho608]

Lok audience isn't for kids. More like teenagers and adults

[@Yow4]

@@sancho608the age is 10-12 honestly it’s not as brutal as ATLA

[@michaeltochukwu6064]

Zaheer had air bending for months imagine how he would have been if he had it for 5 years

[@felixislife5687]

I bet he is the best airbending in both series honestly it took Tenzin, Gyatso and Aang or whoever years to master it And Zaheer was amazing only after a months

[@nolanguida7768]

@@felixislife5687 ya but he was already a really good fighter so he just uses air bending to enhance his fighting. he did not master traditional bending and probably cannot do all the things aand and tenzin can.

[@horebcity]

@@nolanguida7768 yeah, he isn't a "real" airbender, he is good, but Aang and his family are way better

[@dgagamingaesir]

It's lok, anyone can master the element in short periods of time.

[@elina-ru9mf]

@@felixislife5687 tenzin nearly defeted him but the other members of the red lotus stopped him

[@nexosim9768]

"Instinct is a lie told by a fearful body hoping to be wrong"

[@freeentertainmentnotification]

Interesting right

[@i_castiel]

Dope quote

[@lightningjadejavier]

Ultra instinct be like: what you said?

[@Ammon_666]

I honestly believe LoK was ahead of its time. When it aired I didn't really love it like I loved TLA but now I feel like I've matured enough to understand the atmosphere in LoK and its maturity. It was a cool show ngl.

[@Konstant]

Thank you. It was and it’s relevant even to this day. There’s were so many parallels to modern society and ideologies that were ignored because they couldn’t get past Korras struggles with it. Korra was an excellent avatar that doesn’t get the recognition that she should.

[@JUSTJOEL2011]

How did Zaheer completely detach himself if he still desired to kill Korra to end the avatar cycle? Shouldnt detachment also mean being neutral and not having any negative desires as well?

[@farajalambert3699]

Have the same question

[@sebasgeul1575]

“Let go of your earthly tether” don’t think that includes ideologies and objectives

[@ricardostewartjr176]

@@sebasgeul1575 Doesn't ideologies and objectives come from your ego? I'd think your ego would be pretty "earthy " and human, no?

[@fearoce3663]

@@sebasgeul1575 that would include aang, his duty/objective was to bring balance to the world and he was willingly enough to let go of katara for a few moments

[@gwencha]

Been wondering about this too

[@HeOfTheBeginning]

Aang could actually fly when he opened his seventh chakra. Remember when he was levitating in a beam of light before Azula shot him down. All other avatars didn't levitate without using elements, Aang was the only avatar to do so.

[@NeroLeMorte]

Always thought that was just him using airbending to make himself float in midair.

[@chukwumamoghalu2325]

Levitating or flying in Avatar state does not count. That is like using borrowed power. Moreover Tenzin has been shown numerous times levitating or partially flying, but to do that he needs to bend a reasonable amount of air from waist level downwards to propel his body, that is not true flight. Basically when one achieves the ability to fly it means you are one with the air, if you notice when Zaheer flies or levitates no form of air bending is taking place, why is that because he is one with the air thus true flight takes place.

[@Ggspoop]

@@chukwumamoghalu2325 saying aanh flying wouldn’t counts is cheap. He is the avatar it’s already a cheat code. He can fly and that’s it zaheer is a cool mf but i think u suckin him

[@FrostyTheVisioneer]

@@chukwumamoghalu2325it does cuz that’s not a rule🤓

[@sirsir9665]

He also was flying against the Fire Lord as well

[@Trice0187]

When Zaheer stepped off the mountain I think he was content with either one of 2 options of entering the void or falling to his death. Once he floated it was clear to him it wasn't his time yet

[@lupohutchington269]

Either he fell and he and Korra died wich is a win because the avatar is no more for a time or guru lagima teaching helps him and he flies away with Korra. In his sane mind he wouldn't try ot because it would hurt his girlfriend . When she died he had nothing to lose . So he took a chance

[@BrandonPrentice]

Seeing Zaheer fly is like watching captain america pick up thor's hammer. It's like zaheer reached pure virtue and spiritual enlightenment, but still we the audience needed to classify him as the "villain".

[@PerryWhyte]

It was more like Thanos killing Gamora to obtain the Soul Stone. Zaheer's virtue and spiritual enlightenment weren't enough for him to obtain flight, he had to watch P'li die in order to fly. Sacrificing a loved one to obtain power goes against Air Nomad philosophy, which is probably why Guru Laghima's teachings were forbidden by Aang's time.

[@luisvelez1952]

This is one of the best ability airbending yet. I hope that we can see other air abilities in the future

[@Whitewizardofwater]

Entering the avatar state didn't mean losing nearly all attachments, it meant losing all of them, and he *did* fly. Like, explicitly, in the avatar state. But saying that the avatar's resolve to maintaining balance was an attachment but Zaheer's resolve to end all oppression wasn't is also applying a double standard.

[@markfourtwenty9897]

You nailed it...The Avatar and "The Avatar State" have completely different consciousness..The Avatar is attached to saving the world while the 'The Avatar State' is attached to saving itself, therefore no attachment, thus it fly....

[@Benderofdemise]

Zaheer was so perfect and in touch with his abilities and ideals and was well known/studied in the philosophy but could not be able to fly wich frustrated him and he couldn't comprehend why. But the answer was always right in front of him in a quote he liked to use when meditating. Quote: let go your earthly tether. Enter the void, empty and become wind. Wich is the key of flight. In the scene where Zaheer kidnaps Korra and he loses p'li, he realises her love was the thing keeping him on the ground. The earthly tether he could not let go. That's why at that point he decided to jump cause he knew the love for his wife keeping him on the ground waq no longer a factor. A price he had to pay for the ultimate skill. Not many people seem to realize how strong a scene that is.

[@mwatttsup]

ok but if it’s that simple why would more people not be able to fly. it seems like something so simple to basically have nothing in the world. that’s like half of society. having no human attachments is such a simple thing that flight shouldn’t be a problem it should be fairly common

[@antonjoseph3307]

This was also explained in allegory in Crouching Tiger. Those with less attachment and responsibility were less bound to the world and could leap or float and the others could not. Detachment has no space for loneliness, a detached person does not yearn or need for companionship. It is not lonely at all, there are new vistas to explore that are outside the comprehension of the earthbound.

[@Richard.J.-yq7qe]

Greatest Avatar Korra Video You guys could think of!!! Smart!

[@starrchika]

Zaheer's not the only airbender who can fly. In Book 2 of LoK, you see Avatar Wan approach airbenders for the first time. The airbenders are actually flying in order to pick food from the trees. Its speculated that they lost their ability to fly because they formed bonds with the sky bison.

[@emmanueladejuwon6728]

No they didn't fly , they used air propulsion unlike zaheer who was streamlined for flight , rewatch how he flies vs the air nomads during wan time

[@woahtism7489]

So if aang gave up Katara would that mean that he could fly.

[@controlman7490]

No, because he still has emotional attachments to his people and the world. Like CBR said the Avatar can never achieve flight unless they literally have no emotional attachment to anyone, but themselves. Zaheer is a cold, detached human being with no love for anyone that's why he's able to fly.

[@veemon9280]

No. Aang would have to give up Katara, stop caring about the loss of his people, and ignore the 100year war....that's a lot to ask a person to just stop caring about.

[@purpleffinturtle]

@@controlman7490 avatar Yangchen said that the Avatar can never reach spiritual enlightenment because of their duty to the world so I always applied that to flying as well

[@deadlysilence7474]

@@controlman7490 Yes he can, we've seen that his one true earthly desire is Katara, we've even seen Aang fly when he let her go, don't confuse earthly desires to worldly concerns.

[@deadlysilence7474]

Yes he can, we've seen him do it already

[@kirklanyoshinaga8953]

I realize that this is sort of long but for me, zaheer being able to fly was cheap, plain and simple. It’s treated as something really hard to get but if you really think, it’s not. In fact every airbending master before the air nomad genocide should have been able to do it. In zaheers own words: “let go of your earthly tether, enter the void and become wind.” Well if you think back to the crossroads of destiny, then it should be noted that “letting go of your earthly tether” is part of unlocking the thought chakra, the eighth and last chakra to be unleashed according to guru pathik. Also according to the good guru, the thought chakra deals with pure cosmic energy and is blocked by earthly attachment. So this is pretty spiritual; right up the nomads’ alley Of things to achieve. This point is further enhanced by Iroh and avatar yangchen. In the episode bitter work, iroh is lecturing zuko about the four elements and the four nations. When he comes to the air nomads he says this: “air is the element of freedom. The air nomads detached themselves from worldly concerns and found peace and freedom. Also they apparently had pretty good senses of humor! Moving on....” Yangchen lectures aang in the series finale when he tries to get a confirmation bias about killing and doing what needs to be done. ...... ...... Yangchen: “Avatar aang, I know you are a gentle spirit and the monks taught you well. But this isn’t about you, this is about the world.” Aang: “but the monks taught me to detach myself so that my spirit can be free.” Yangchen: “many great and wise air nomads have detached themselves and achieved spiritual enlightenment. But the avatar can never do it. Because your sole duty is to the world. Her is my wisdom for you: selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs and do whatever it takes to protect the world.” Legend of korra heavily implies that the air bender guru laghima was one of the only air benders to ever achieve true flight. But if a non bending guru knows the way to achieve this through unlocking all the chakras then logic dictates that the air nomads definitely did too especially considering that guru pathik was most likely born after the air genocide. It actually makes me wonder what other bending skills could be unlocked that way. After going through the 8 chakra unblocking ritual, the Avatar gains control over the avatar state. An air bender would probably be able to achieve true flight like zaheer and laghima. But for benders of elements water, earth and fire? That would be fascinating to find out.

[@IarwainBen-adar]

Yeah zaheer’s flying is the worst writing in this entire fictional universe. Beyond retarded and makes zero sense. So sad to see how many people like him just because they managed to make him cool… and trust me i want to but when a characters powers are full of shite im not interested in

[@EziieFamily]

I love all content avatar related, GREAT JOB 👌🏾

[@lukewestwest]

I just keep replaying the first 10 seconds, listening and dissecting the quote in my head.

[@lincolneyar8269]

*Title:* Why Zaheer is the only airbender who can fly *Guru Laghima:* shocked pikachu face

[@XanafiedcatGaming]

Aang was still a extremely talented airbender. sure Tenzin had a few good moves and was still better then Zaheer at moving like a airbender in combat but to Aang it was all second nature to him. he made airbending look effortless and sometimes used it faster then he could think when getting out of tricky situations. plus Aang invented the air scooter move so he also added his own special move into air nomad history forever which is also pretty impressive.

[@yobro6053]

It was second nature to him because he was the avatar. They are naturally talented. Remember when Katara first taught him water bending and he quickly picked it all up on that day and she was annoyed?

[@redneckmemes594]

i would like to play Zaher at an young adult age. i think im destined for this

[@Lerch916]

I thought aang could fly well he kinda can when he is in the avatar state

[@shadowviper46]

Aang used air bubbles most of those times so i wouldn't count him

[@Lerch916]

True

[@callumbriggs1544]

@@shadowviper46 no he means when he was flying around fighting the fire lord

[@COMALiteJ]

@@callumbriggs1544 That was in the Avatar State.

[@Uafoe]

Didn’t he fly when he let go out katara in that cystal pyramid

[@Leadeshipcoach]

First let me say GREAT video!!!!!! Love it. As I watched it (3rd time by the way) I had some ...alternative points of view about what you said as to the source of Zaheer flying. In a nutshell the idea is that Zaheer let go of all earthly ties that tethered him to the earth (or the material plane?). The last being the death of his girlfriend. But I would disagree. ...at least up to point. In my view the great passion and love was not for his girlfriend (as great as it could be), Zaheer's great love and passion was the anarchist state being achieved in the world, the conviction and worldview of the Red Lotus becoming manifest reality in this world. I would say that this can be seen to be true in that when his girlfriend died, there was no sustained period of mourning , no grief. His girl friend sacrificed herself for the cause...his response after her death and after achieving flight is to still seek the fulfillment of his plan..part of which is kill the Avatar. His desire is still intact, i.e., he still desires to see his vision for the world fulfilled. When he brings Korra to the cave to to poison her, trigger the Avatar state and then have her killed by the other members of the Red Lotus...he is still tied to desire. Now in your video you say that the desire was more of an idea..something spiritual. I would argue...but it is based in the material, even in carnal desire. Here is how I see it .Zaheer is against authority structures set up by men. He sees those in authority as being unaccountable and imposing their will over others because those in authority think they know what is best for all. Yet Zaheer himself is a person in a position of authority over the Red Lotus. He is seeking to impose his vision of how the world should be upon those who have not asked for it. What he accuses others of -he is guilty of himself. He believes he knows what is best for all. And to whom is Zaheer accountable? When Zaheer achieves flight he is supposed to have left go of all desire and attachment. Yet he still sees himself as the leader of the Red Lotus -he does not embrace them or now relate to them as equals but as those who must follow his orders (as seen in the cave with Korra -he gives the orders, they follow them). He s still embracing hierarchy and unaccountable authority. He still desires for his vision to be fulfilled. Is it spiritual, just an idea? In one since yes...in another sense no. This idea has become his belief, his conviction, his motivation and reason for being -where he is willing to sacrifice others for it (yet surprisingly not himself apparently). He believes he is central to the plan being fulfilled..so when attacked by Korra in the Avatar state -he runs. He seeks to preserve his freedom to fight agin another day. Again he sees himself as central to the vision being fulfilled. He is the hub...and that is ego. Zaheer is all important for the vision to be fulfilled. When the poison is removed from Korra we see Zaheer become visibly upset and angry..this is not to me someone who has let all desire go. Again his desire is to see his vision fulfilled...and with that now prevented he is not at peace; he is disturbed. If all desire is gone...he should be at peace. Even if the plan is not fulfilled..having let go of all true desire...he should be undisturbed. He is not...and so that Is why I think that the letting go of his desire/desires was not the key to his flight. I believed it lay in something else. I believe it lay in his rigid beliefs. I do believe he let somethings go..and I think the death of P'Li may have been the catalyst for the final release to achieve flight. When P'Li died what he let go was 2 things: 1) His rigid belief that HE could NOT fly and 2) His identity...he was no longer Zaheer the tethered one, bound to earth...he became in himself "the Wind"..he became "unbound". Stepping off of the cliff was the embracing of his freedom (for him) . Remember how he would say "If a man freedom is threaten he is not free"? What threaten Zaheer's freedom?...could we say it was the fear of falling (and not flying), the fear of death? Once he let that go (signified by stepping off of the cliff and triggered by the loss of P'Li) he was no longer burdened by the threat of falling or death..and he was free to fly. And he was no longer Zaheer at his core identity..he was "Wind". He was unbound. I see both decisions as two sides of the same coin..he needed both to fly ...and P'Li death was the catalyst that triggered the final stage. Okay...just my two cents...and I may be totally off base. :-) But it was fun to think about. And your great video was itself a catalyst for profound (and entertaining ) thoughts. Thank you! And again...Great video!

[@airhead757]

this actually happened to me. sure i couldn't fly - but for a few minutes i felt inner peace i was detached from my mortal desires and fears. but i was snapped out of it. wont say why it happened. it was 2 days after my birthday

[@ichangedmyusernamebecausei2551]

I like how in one of the last episodes, while Zaheer is meditating and saying guru laghima’s quotes, after he says the “let go of your earthly tethers” part, Pli walks in. And only after she dies was he able to fly. That was a nice foreshadow.

[@GeneralGorillaSonicOC]

Zaheer wasn't the only one. He was heavily influenced by Guru Laghima who learned flight and spent his last 40 years airborne.

[@mistsin4966]

Instructions unclear: I am currently flying and I have no idea how to stop.

[@CloutmasterPhluphyy]

Why would you wanna? Flying is awesome

[@braiden02]

Zaheer can fly because he unlocked the power of weightlessness by opening his mind to the " possibilities of the new reality". He literally aaid this right before he escaped. He said Guru laghima unlocked it in a myth, said the myth contained truth, and then quoted guru laghima about not blinding youself to the possibilities. He literally gave us the secret of weightlessness, flying

[@sirsir9665]

He's basically "swimming" through the air the way a water bender can jet around on and under water. Its just very hard for a Airbender to do.

[@kardenull]

Zaheer wasn't the only Airbender that could fly, just change the name of it, and the reason y is bc he payed attention to the Guru's lessons

[@spiritualliving8318]

In the lore past aiebenders could fly actually, they only lost the ability when they started having flying Bisons cause of having an attachment to the bison, but prior to that they had no attachments and could fly.

[@Dragonflyjones67]

Zaheer is the first ideological villian that actually had a reason behind his actions.

[@channels3173]

Zuko: I had to kidnap the avatar in order to go back to my home it started when I was only 13 Zaheer: that’s rough buddy Zuko:hey dats my line

[@TheodoreBrosevelt]

Wack

[@Purpylon]

One thing in A:TLA i never understood is what "letting go" of Katara really meant. Aang says "i'm sorry, Katara" as he lets her go and he enters the Avatar state. But what really happened? He didn't let her die or abandoned her, and they started dating later. What did he let go of?

[@brandoncammon7971]

. Letting go means him liking katara shouldn't obstruct his free will if something happens to her

[@blaze365johnson2]

Everyone for got about the episode of the first avatar where it showed airbenders FLYING while picking fruits

[@omak4371]

i didnt but they ignore it and say it was just them using airbending to jump higher

[@joewellpietersen4436]

Yes it was airbending

[@TheodoreBrosevelt]

@@omak4371 They were floating but they weren’t flying, there’s a difference

[@omak4371]

@@TheodoreBrosevelt my bad I forgot to clarify that in my comment but yeh I was just pointing out that I remember the episode

[@TheodoreBrosevelt]

@@omak4371 Shit my bad, I was supposed to tag the original comment

[@sifilore]

I think once u let go of ur current attachment, flight is yours forever. So it wouldn’t matter if u obtained a new one.

[@christianworthy5947]

Zaheer is low key one of the strongest airbenders in all of history due to he was already dangerous before becoming an air bender and now that he is one only makes him more deadly especially when he used that technique on the earth queen was sown thing that has never been seen before, his knowledge and understanding of airbenders and Guru Laghemeigh made him strong and one of the most dangerous villains in all of Avatar and the legend of Korra

[@hypxcritical6190]

Airbenders were taught that the action of taking another life was wrong, that is they were vegetarian, killing another human would also be against their teachings. Therefore Zaheer broke the air nomad rule which means he was weak for trying to use a whole nations teachings for evil and then not even obey the rules

[@christianworthy5947]

@@hypxcritical6190 I wouldn’t call Zaheer weak because he did defeat team Korra and Avatar Ang’s children in which I thought they were supposed to be strong but they failed to stop him. I would expect for Tenzin to defeat Zaheer but the other remembers of the white lotus intervened in their fight. Also I wouldn’t consider Zaheer as weak because his knowledge did help him do evil because he killed the Earth Queen but at the same time after his defeat he helped Korra renter the spirit world even though he’s in chains far beneath the surface, also if you compare him to Ang before Ang mastered all the element he would’ve kick Angs ass no cap, but I think maybe avatar yin chin could possibly beat Zaheer before she masters the 4 elements

[@hypxcritical6190]

@@christianworthy5947 when I said weak I meant weak as a person with no value for Claiming to admire a nation and learn their ways and use it against them , and he probably would beat Aang if he was not in the avatar state

[@christianworthy5947]

@@hypxcritical6190 I see what u meant but Zaheer wasn’t looking to fight against Tenzan and the others he only wanted to destroy Kora and end the cycle of the avatar but Kora’s uncle kinda got to it before him

[@henrylouis5328]

He was my favorite villain in the show

[@lamontslim]

Zaheer didn’t gain flight he gained weightlessness (he became air), and flight was a byproduct of that. Aang was flying around chasing the fire lord in his avatar state (and the fire lord was flying too) Plenty of benders could find ways to fly if they really wanted to, but only two have ever been weightless.

[@bosserwarrobots]

i agre

[@axelnilsson5124]

He could fly because the one thing that kept him to his earthly tether was taken away from him

[@CS-ee6nl]

How did that never happen to anyone else in 4000 years though? That is not an uncommon situation. Especially during the air bender genocide

[@axelnilsson5124]

@@CS-ee6nl there’s more than just a loved one that keeps you to your earthly tether

[@greasygrass39]

@@CS-ee6nl Air benders don't live in the same culture as everyone else, they've been relatively peaceful as well so a loss of a loved one on tragic events doesn't really happen that much to them. There's like only one time that they had a big tragedy and it was getting wiped out by Sozin's war campaigns when the comet came.

[@CS-ee6nl]

@@greasygrass39 That's what I'm referring to: that one time. There had to of been at least moments where some air benders with knowledge of Laghima witnessed their loved ones perish during that campaign. The Fire Nation didn't even spare the Bison. Let's get a spin off series of that, a lone surviving air bender from the genocides that has discovered flight ala Laghima and Zaheer but cannot fly due to the heavy military presence of the Fire Nation.

[@CS-ee6nl]

@@axelnilsson5124 Ah that's a good point. Maybe even the most humble and spiritual of the monks still felt great love for tart cakes, or maybe the way a river sounds... Maybe Zaheer was quite literally only attached to his partner and nothing else... Could be validated by his lengthy time spent in his prison cell... But! In that same logic, wouldn't the desire to change the world and society by ending the Avatar cycle be tethering Zaheer to the mortal realm? That seems like a pretty big anchor to me personally.

[@hasanihunt7746]

Airbenders can’t fly because they chose to use the bisons as companions rather than teachers.

[@oblivion6891]

NGL each of the red lotus has unique members with unique abilities like lava bending,combustion bending and ming hua the most skilled water bender i have ever seen other than katara and hama

[@silvanvanderhorst7366]

Zaheer is my favorite villain in the entire Legend of Korra series

[@Shinobi_n]

Finally after all these years a great explanation.thank you🙏

[@ap1000482]

ang was able to fly in the avatar state, I feel like that's him turning his earthly desires on and off

[@AKASupernoober]

I think that was just a combination of firebending and airbending, considering azula and ozai could fly with firebending too.

[@TheodoreBrosevelt]

He was only able to do it by making wind tunnels as limbs

[@gameboy8010]

Yah but there is a fundamental difference, Aang flying in the Avatar state is him constantly exerting an immense amount of energy and forcefully bending himself into flight. The entire premise of true flight is essentially having the ability become passive, a second nature.

[@ap1000482]

@@gameboy8010 I think you master all elements which would include flight, any avatar that could fly

[@gameboy8010]

@@ap1000482 That's not how it works. Avatar State does two main things, provides a first initial power boost, then provides you with the collective knowledge of your past lives. However, true flight has nothing to do with being a master, it is an entirely different philosophy which the Avatar fundamentally cannot achieve due to their role as the Avatar.

[@Piquacho]

Challenge: Take a shot everytime you hear earthly tether. All jokes aside, I love the analogies and the detail you put into this video!

[@ΜΝΜ]

Avatar is just one of my favourite cartons.

[@sabagaming3079]

I think it's an anime..

[@ΜΝΜ]

@@sabagaming3079 It was made in America its not an anime

[@tentaclefather2069]

@@ΜΝΜ yeah I was just about say your smart because some people call it anime

[@kuzeyejderi8844]

the best

[@darealyouth]

@@sabagaming3079 Bro....don’t offend the weebs

[@leelocd907]

Awesome video thanks for posting!

[@TonyZ420]

This man deserves his air bending master tattoos.

[@fangiscool1]

That's like when celebrities get honorary PhDs

[@TonyZ420]

@@fangiscool1 I should report you for making a dumb ass statement like that, we talking about a guy that mastered air bending by learning about the air bending culture so this guy is not just a dumb fuck celebrity like you said stupid fuck this guy learned to fly not even tensin or aang knew if the teachings of guru lahima ware true. You don’t know shit fuck you

[@fangiscool1]

@@TonyZ420 seek help immediately

[@TonyZ420]

@@fangiscool1 mind you’re business if you don’t know what you’re talking about

[@fangiscool1]

@@TonyZ420 seek help immediately

[@josephmw431]

"New growth cannot exist without the destruction of the old". This quote sounds really important in real life.

[@jacobhowell406]

i wish there were more seasons of ATLA... no other shows can top it imo

[@Progamerr_06]

The clone wars

[@cookiebigdaddy2455]

@@Progamerr_06 clone wars is only better because it has more seasons

[@Progamerr_06]

@@cookiebigdaddy2455 still but clone wars is still good

[@doopster6266]

But ATLA doesn’t have a Bolin

[@jacobhowell406]

@@doopster6266 sokka > bolin

[@apple1506]

Nice vid u really make me love avatar

[@rinaldsvitins4374]

But zaheer desired to end avatar circle, it doesn't have logic

[@Stoic_sensei]

Earthly desires like materialistic things, no money , fame , women e.t.c

[@Archenhailor]

it prob doesnt count because the avatar is part spirit

[@mwatttsup]

@@Stoic_sensei but if it’s as simple as that imagine an orphan air bender no attachments to earthly desires. should be a lot more people flying than just him lol

[@Stoic_sensei]

@@mwatttsup well thats how it is Aang on the other hand has earthly desires holding him while zaheer has lost everything so nothing else matter to him which explains a lot after his girlfriend was killed . They took the one person that can make him rethink his decision

[@zerokld]

Great video man

[@swiftgarcia7]

Big plot hole in this theory. If Ang can’t fly because attachment to material world through desire for peace, neither can Zaheer. His whole objective rides in changing the world as he knew it. So sorry, but this is wrong by your own definitions

[@deadlysilence7474]

Right, and people forget that Aang did fly in the S2 finale

[@deadlysilence7474]

@Balance of The hill Yeah no, again he wasn't in an Air bubble

[@deadlysilence7474]

@Balance of The hill Yeah, go and watch the episode again, he's not surrounded by any of the elements

[@mzple]

Also their explanation for Tenzin not flying is earthly attachments, while forgetting that Aang married Katara and had a family together, how is that not an earthly attachment?

[@avijitkundu5606]

The multi layered depth of these comics is astounding.

[@archeruchiha5354]

This is a life changer we must know.... 🎶Chakras Chakras Chakras🎶

[@thijmengordeau7099]

:)

[@dylanneibch6171]

8:16 "Well Yes, But Actually No" MEME made from The Pirates! Band of Misfits

[@XooD11]

From all the villains (for me he is a hero) I still think Noatak (Aamon) was the strongest. Boldbending with your mind, if you ask me this is crazy!

[@hamzahwatp3562]

Keep up the great vids !!!!❤❤also first viewer n comment

[@isaiahsmith3309]

I watched this episode last night that’s weird they post this the next day.

[@garimakashyap3466]

Woah same

[@colbalt95]

The show has shown multiple Airbenders before the avatars time taking flight even if it's on the clouds. The general thesis is flight requires complete detachment and when the Airbender started using Sky bison as companions, they locked themselves from flight but it's not a bad trade-off considering they had the air staff as well.

[@armandoheredia6819]

So zaheer basically did the chakra training that aang couldn’t fully complete until his fight with ozai so the question begs if one person from each nation did the training how strong would they truly be

[@dvntew3020]

This Zaheer guy makes me want to watch this.

[@BrandonPrentice]

He's also a punk rock vocalist

[@meldonsleep5298]

Technically Aang flew before Zaheer when Aang faced the firelord in his avatar state. He was chasing the firelord who was also flying.

[@dunawordministries99]

He was using the elements to help him fly. He didn’t obtain true flight like zaheer. If he could fly then why would he still be using his air scooter in the future.

[@meldonsleep5298]

@@dunawordministries99 Notice☝🏾how I said Aang was technically flying. \Definition\Flight- (noun): the action or process of flying "through the air" Similar: soaring & GLIDING Educate yourself before speaking. Aang like I said before was technically flying before Zaheer and no such thing as "true flight" and I've played DC Heroes D&D. Even Invincible (show and books) tells you how they manipulate the elements around them giving them zero G just to fly. So because your point as utterly OBLITERATED!🤣. I'll help you in what you were trying to say. In the show Zaheer explains one monk was able to fly without any device and that the monk was an Airbender, hence why Zaheer could never fly until Airbending. He never had his powers stripped which is why he was still able to fly when Korra went to see him in prison after they fought. He LITERALLY flew no different than Aang when he fought Ozai. When Aang goes into avatar state there's usually a whirlwind underneath him, except when he fought Ozai that didn't happen....he created an air bubble around him(manipulating the air around him) before collecting the other elements to also surround himself. The other elements weren't even used to fly....watch that fight over and you will see Aang also flew as if he had zero G(no air resistance/free movement). Zaheer also controlled the air around him and within himself making himself light which is why he seemed slower than Aang from when he did it because Zaheer needed more focus for what the Avatar could simply do unconsciously in that state.🤌🏾YOUR WELCOME!!

[@meldonsleep5298]

@@dunawordministries99 and to answer your question...the air scooter and glider are TRADITION. And he flew using the Avatar state...it's never confirmed or denied if he ever flew again using the Avatar state other than that he could control it.

[@dunawordministries99]

@@meldonsleep5298 your still very stupid. Aang only flied when using the elements to help him levitate in the air or while in the avatar state. There’s a difference between how Zaheer flew and what aang was doing. Fanboy getting annoyed. Go seat down somewhere. What does DC hero’s have to do with the logic of the Avatar world. Just shss.

[@willz-aperson6344]

I’m just trying to spot if his voice syncs with the video...

[@thetriplemechanic]

Zander didn't fly, he was hacking.

[@roycedsouza1381]

This proves True freedom comes at a cost

[@i_know_im_him]

If he falls in love again does he lose his flight, now that’s he’s unlocked it??

[@sebasgeul1575]

Most probably

[@reece6853]

got the air nomad symbol tattooed on my shoulder 🌀 really love both Aang and Zaheer

[@rowanjoy419]

For me it does not make sense, Zahir's girlfriend died but it does not mean that he stopped loving her, and even when he "flies" he still hates Korra, he is still anchored to this world, for me, something here is missing. Another thing: Aang cannot fly even if he forgot Katara because being the Avatar, his duty is with the world.

[@mwatttsup]

yeah it doesn’t make sense if an earthly tether for the avatar is them keeping balance to the world how is it that a mission to disrupt said balance and bring about natural chaos isn’t in itself an earthly tether. it’s the same exact thing just different ideals of what balance is.

[@MrLordrun]

Pretty sure he never hated Korra. He wanted to end the avatar cycle because he believed it was the right thing to do.

[@sassydebbie]

​@@MrLordrun then why was he willing to commit suicide with her? It's not hate but it's definitely not a positive emotion.

[@YeetJohny-ip2tr]

The biggest thing airbenders couldn’t let go of was their bison

[@flexchambers]

Do you think Guru Laghima is a past life of Zaheer? When Avatar wan dies, Raava tells him that she will be with him for all of his lives. I took that as meaning everyone would be reincarnated in that universe, because Wan was no different than anyone else before he connected with the spirit of light. The same might be said of Zaheer. He felt a strong connection because that was his past life calling to him. Also, that could be a reason why he unlocked it so easily. He did say that he was always drawn to air bender history and specifically Guru Laghima. Just a thought 🤔

[@Purpylon]

The question is if any airbender can do it, or if it's some kind of special bending like combustion bending or lava bending.

[@trexadvent4726]

If flight is the rare technique only a few Airbenders could do, are there any other rare techniques that can applied for Water, Earth and Fire?

[@shadowviper46]

Yea, combustion bending for fire, lava for earth, and blood bending for water

[@shadowviper46]

In the universe there has only been 2 combustion bending, 4 lava benders, (not roku cause he turned it into ash) , and 5 blood benders(there might be a few more in the comics)

[@shadowviper46]

@Gajapathy Gunasekar metal bending was rare in Aang's lifetime but now in Korra's time it isn't rare at all, uncommon but not rare, same goes for lighting

[@shadowviper46]

@Gajapathy Gunasekar 😂 i had to give you some credit cause you were right on some level

[@nedasv5300]

Yeah the rarest of the earth techniques that only one or two people were able to do was : bone bending, or rather minerals or smth in their bone, so they kept regenerating basicly granting them immortality, thats also how Kiyoshi lived for that long.

[@YourDammed]

I one saw a short video explaining this in a different way, In the TLOK we saw some of the air-benders flying on the little clouds. I believe this is a stylized showcase of flight, and in the short video I watched they explained that the air nomads didn't have any earthly tethers yet due to them living on the migrating lion turtles. But then the flying bison's got introduced, and then the air-bender's though "These lovable bison's are so cute, id happily give away my power to fly just to keep them, plus they can fly anyways so who gives."

[@IM_7031]

Guru Lahima would like to have a word with you

[@matrixofleadership]

Nobody: Zaheer: have u ever heard of the great guru laghima?👁👄👁

[@inkywinki2254]

he's not the only airbender who could fly??

[@hanswork9980]

Yeah he is the second

[@dollarnadiope4752]

Who else??

[@benniemoe1621]

In a world of benders there are still superpowers. With varying degrees of intensity and rarity if there would be a new Avatar series we will see new abilities. Recall Lightning-bending that was only seen with Ozai and Azula on TLA but became common in TLK. Metal-bending which was thought to be impossible. Blood-bending, combustion-bending, and even smoke-bending. Flight ability was only ever unlocked by two individuals. But in the context of the narrative these superpowers does not mean domination. It is good that rather than having these superpowers as an excuse to forcefully drive or abruptly stop the story, they exist as steep challenges that is very rewarding to overcome or attain. What i love about how the narrative is written is that they rarely use more power against a superpower. They treat it like a situational problem where they'd prefer to use tactics and given resources to solve it and only really use more force rarely. What ever the next superpower/s the next series gives us, if it will be made, I am all for it.

[@CyrusTheConquerer]

Fun fact- Nobody has finished the video at the time this comment was made.

[@ware8229]

*I-*

[@manflutewarrior]

Jinora for president

[@tarancaparoso6352]

Challenge accepted

[@giovannibautista2515]

Amazing video

[@PpAirO5]

I think it's stupid that Zaheer reached that level of airbending in such a short time. Just like Rey in Starwars learned to use a lightsaber in such a short time..... not to mention The Force 😒

[@keithkelson726]

That's a pretty fair criticism but they had written themselves into a corner by proclaiming that "all" the Air Nomads had been wiped out. There should have been some hidden Air nomads in the mountains of the earth kingdom that should have escaped the Fire nation.

[@PpAirO5]

@@keithkelson726.. I agree. But according to Zaheer, it's like he learned over night. If you know about martial arts/Self defence, it takes years to reach a level of mastery. (Some would say, a lifetime).

[@leonrobinson8180]

Zaheer is far better than Rey. He learned about the airbending philosophy and martial art for decades. All he lacked was the power.

[@PpAirO5]

@@leonrobinson8180.. Maybe i'm wrong (long time since i watched the show) Saheer might have studied the philosophy for a long time, but to master and art it being drawing, painting or a martial arts form is not done over night. I also think that Aang and Korra learned their bending skills fast. I will make the exception that we're talking about Avatars, and they did strugle with some of the elements.... but still 😅

[@thehalalman]

perfect explanation indeed, love ur works 😎 💯

[@swaps9046]

I don't know for this short video hoe much knowledge you might had to gather Kudos to your efforts and especially mentioning about the Laghima Sidhhi at the very end 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🫡

[@oranewilliams8969]

If iron man didn't switch his suit to nanotech would it have been possible for the suit to snap on its own?

[@Phamtheman69]

What does that have to do with this topic

[@oranewilliams8969]

@@Phamtheman69 Nothing I just want to know

[@PerryWhyte]

No, not unless he designed a suit just for the stones, also the suit couldn't do the snap on its own, the stones require a living body and mind to preform a snap, an A.I. wouldn't work.

[@acewalker]

Pli’s head explodes Zaheer: Aight guess I’ll be flying then

[@Arthurvacca]

Yeah so in the Netflix version Aang can fly. How great….

[@John_1920]

Flight is different than manipulating wind to stay in the air, Aang was manipulating wind to stay in the air and move around, that's different.

[@Spicyfeathers]

Kudos to the writers for story telling this, kudos to this video creator for being able to very accurately describe non attachment. However it’s earthly tether*

[@riteshbangera706]

Aang can fly in Avatar state 😂

[@joewellpietersen4436]

No

[@Ancient_Tribesman]

Simulated flight by creating an air shpere Its not the same as moving like superman lol

[@grewntd]

My eyes get welling when I imagine losing a mate like he lost P'li

[@thefundraiser5897]

Uhh, did yall forget aang could fly in the avatar state?😂

[@joewellpietersen4436]

With wind around him Zaheer doest need air

[@thefundraiser5897]

@@joewellpietersen4436 uhh ok?

[@thomasgendron1446]

Other nations said “wait they fly now? They fly now”