Pro Bending Kinda FIRE! - Avatar The Legend Of Korra Book 1 Episode 2: A Leaf In The Wind Reaction

[@AegeChill]

YERRR YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS. THE NEXT EPISODE SHOULD BE OUT NOW FOR CHANNEL MEMEBRS AND THE NEXT 2 EPISODE IF YOU APART OF THE 2ND TIER. GO ENJOY! Join the channel here - kzbin.info/door/zftdMJ61a9Hz3owc8gEBNwjoin So, there any fan theories about pro bending being a follow up to the WrestleMania thingy they had in the blind bandit episode? Would be neat if the dude that ran that started pro bending years after the story or something. No spoilers if the origins of pro bending is brought to light later or something, I'm just thinking out loud now..........Anyways, these next few episodes tho 👀

[@rubenlopez3364]

Coo coooooo🕊🐦

[@zeekslider]

I lost the link, but they released the official rulebook for Pro-Bending as a downloadable PDF. It would have made for a really great online game, if Nick wanted to go that route back then.

[@rickydaniel657]

Are you going to release the episodes for normal viewers after some time or will the rest of TLOK be for members?

[@waywardwatcher2053]

I once heard Tenzin described as “trying desperately to be like Aang but clearly has Kataras temper”

[@bkjeong4302]

Because he inherited his mother's temper (and a lot of her personality) as well.

[@MsEverAfterings]

Korra doesn't carry a pouch of water around, so she often relies on fire.

[@nimbusws5946]

Wow I actually never noticed the lack of a waterskin/container on her. Nice.

[@evansyhevu9021]

Shes the avatar. She has other choices than water thats y Aang never carried a waterskin either

[@urinetrouble0543]

@@evansyhevu9021 well, aang was an airbender first, and he was best with air, so ofc he doesn’t rely on water as much, but Korra is best with water

[@urinetrouble0543]

and i bet there are rules with earth bending, you can’t go around ripping up foundations and shit

[@bkjeong4302]

I mean, why would she need water to fight?

[@MikasaAckermann831]

This man knows my dinner time and I'm concerned

[@magicmusic231]

Same

[@narutosraman]

Literally

[@craig5169]

Mikasa don't really eat dinner, she gives all her food to Ereh

[@maritimesteak8540]

I return and see this comment has got attention scary

[@mikaelerosecrans2093]

🤣💀🗿 LMAO

[@Spherrum]

What do you mean "Did you fly"? Tenzin's an airbender, he has a glider and a bison. And the arena is accross the bay right in front of the temple, about a mile away.

[@sensagesan]

and honestly if he wanted, my nigga tenzin could jump across in one swoop.

[@Klffsj]

Agreed, he could've run across the water like Aang ran from the Unagi.

[@zeldan4165]

Let him wait to season 3 tho💀

[@ethanfreel1222]

@@Klffsj lmao, that was Anime physics not airbending

[@ShAdoWj1995]

@@ethanfreel1222 no, it was airbending, with anime exaggeration. Aang uses super speed a few times in the show

[@corystanish]

It makes sense for Tenzin to be sort of a stick-in-the-mud about using bending for sports, but I guarantee Aang would have LOVED pro bending.

[@wheybig2972]

Would he. I know he wouldn’t hate on it but I don’t know if he’s get hype on people beating up each other even if it’s in good fun

[@hilarymajor3983]

And Sokka! I bet he had a hand in it. He would the best/ most embarrassing fan, but nobody could complain because he’s Sokka, Hero of the 100 year war. He probably used his war hero status to get the best seats and autographs.

[@AtarahDerek]

It's pretty much cemented in fanon that Lin, Kya and... *minor spoiler* ...Izumi were one of the OG pro-bending teams.

[@controlman7490]

@@wheybig2972 Nah Aang use to play airball with his air nomad friends and that literally involved throwing a ball at the goalie lol.

[@theavatar9191]

Air Ball

[@hilarymajor3983]

Mako and Bolin are what happens when parents from two different elements have kids: the kids can bend their mother’s element, their father’s element, or be a non-bender. So the boys have one parent from the Fire nation and one from the Earth Kingdom. They can inherit one bending element or the other, or none, but not both.

[@magicmusic231]

Yeah so unfortunately we cannot have a Todoroki situation

[@narutosraman]

I mean if they have genes from their grandparents they could very well be a waterbender if one of their parents parent was. At least that’s only a theory I like, just like how Ty Lee is theorized to be an airbending descendent, just seems like a neat idea

[@valathor95]

I was waiting for the show to explain that to him. It does a pretty hood job at that.

[@felipelara81]

@@narutosraman I think that's pretty cannon (not the Ty Lee theory) since Katara and Toph were benders without having bender parents, so they were descendants of someone that was a waterbender/earthbender or had the genes of one. Since we know you can't just learn how to bend, and we know it's genetic, either you are a bender or you aren't, the only way katara or toph can bend is because they had bender genes, so someone in their family was a bender (grandparents for example).

[@guintar6661]

The creators have said that bending isn't genetic though.

[@pri2x0x]

Tenzin is an amazing character, his relationship with Korra is one of my favourite things in this show.

[@hilarymajor3983]

Same!

[@relyk9157]

Honestly, I wish they explored it more💛( not a criticism, I absolutely love this show)

[@theavatar9191]

Tenzin and Korra a GOAT relationship

[@IA7Anthony]

In ATLA "The Fortune Teller" episode there are two twins. 1 is an Earthbender and 1 is a non-bender. Even though they're identical. So bending is a mix of genetics and spiritual mystery. You'll learn more as the rabbit hole deepens!

[@bleachbleachBLEACHER]

Aege: "They brothers, but they got different bending? That can happen?" Me: "Well, once you start mixing the gene pool, yeah."

[@guintar6661]

The creators said bending isn't based on genetics

[@akaneshio6406]

@@guintar6661 It makes no sense tho. If it wasn't, for example, in the earth nation there would be all the different elements and non-benders. So airbenders would just appear out of nowhere, Aang didn't have to worry to have kids. It has to be genetics. Since Mako's & Bolin's dad was an earthbender and their mom was a firebender. It makes no sense for it to not be based on genetics... You're either a non-bender or the element that one/both of your parents bent. Yes, Katara's parents were non-benders, but there had to be a bender in her family tree. They are a watertribe after all.

[@syressx9098]

@@guintar6661 Well, maybe it's not, but "genetics" is a great way to explain the process. After all, it works the same way.

[@thesunisup_]

@@guintar6661 it’s complicated. The possibility itself IS hereditary.

[@emperorkalan]

The Kiyoshi Warriors are a matched set when they're on duty. Off-duty, they take off the uniform and face paint. It's something they choose, and it's not 24/7. Made all the difference for Ty Lee, because with her sisters she had no choice for either of those.

[@Hana_H]

Thank you!!

[@schmuck.on.wheels]

Tbh I also feel like going against Azula helped both Mai and Ty Lee psychologically. I think she feels secure enough to be perceived as part of a "matched set". Because idk, having the character whose one real moment of introspection be about that join the Kyoshi Warriors feels very intentional, like it was meant to reveal something about her.

[@Carabas72]

About Toph, well, one completely non-spoilery thing that changed about her: she stopped being a 12-year old kid.

[@eiden5778]

Also, she always loved telling people what to do. She just didn’t like following other peoples rules and being told what to do herself. So why not BECOME the rules yourself? Makes sense for a grown up Toph to do

[@ethanfreel1222]

Simply saying you’re not gonna spoil anything about Toph is a spoiler in itself unfortunately

[@Carabas72]

@@ethanfreel1222 Is not. If anything, you made it a spoiler.

[@ethanfreel1222]

@@Carabas72 aege hardly ever goes into comments like this. Even if he did see this, all he would figure out is that we learn a bit about Toph in the show

[@bkjeong4302]

@@eiden5778 She canonically became chief of police just so she could fight bad guys and boss people around.

[@corbynmomo]

"did you fly?!?!" he asks the air bender who has a glider and a bison

[@rudyskc]

I like how tenzin literally gets angry the same way Katara did in ATLA

[@JennarsLuv]

DONT BRING MY MOTHER INTO THIS!

[@bkjeong4302]

She's literally his mom. Either it's hereditary, or he picked it up from her.

[@rudyskc]

@@bkjeong4302 exactly, that’s what makes it funny😂😂

[@sensagesan]

those are actually called air acolytes, they touch upon them in the last airbender books, but they're essentially what you said, they follow the ways of the air nomads but they don't have airbending.

[@lisaleyendekker8305]

They named Mako for Uncle Iroh's original voice actor. we'll just see what your opinion is of him as the series goes on.

[@icedog1588]

*spoilers* He started off so strong and cool, then they just turned into an emotional idiot romantic

[@a_fine_edition2746]

@Icedog158 he definitely got better towards the latter half, but he was at his worst during season 2. Then again, most of the show is at its worst there.

[@icedog1588]

@@a_fine_edition2746 True true, the 2 parter(you know which one) was amazing tho imo

[@crystalwang1532]

Icedog158 Yeah as soon as they threw the whole romance thing away, Mako became a cool character

[@icedog1588]

@@crystalwang1532 maybe I’m just forgetting but, wasn’t he just caught in the romance the whole time? Unless you mean S03 which was better but he had those awkward moments that they played for jokes

[@calebgoodman2076]

You know the guy that originally voiced Iroh that died? Mako was named after him. Also Bolin is best boy.

[@jackofdiamonds7303]

I’m sorry but Varrick exists

[@Uh_0h_zilla]

@@jackofdiamonds7303 stop spoiling 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@eiden5778]

@@jackofdiamonds7303 not yet bro.......

[@akaneshio6406]

@@Uh_0h_zilla It's not a spoiler, they just said his name? It's not like they explained who Verrick is..

[@theninjabird9510]

@@Uh_0h_zilla how is a name a spoiler?

[@nijahvictoria7569]

I feel like toph becoming a cop definitely had to do with the fact that republic city was created by aang and zuko had it been any other place she probably wouldn’t have done it

[@Bigrube909]

Also if you don’t like the rules create your own lmaooo

[@hanburgundy4317]

Someone's gotta keep all these dunderheads in line - might as well be the Melon Lord.

[@blazer1218]

You ever get your ass kicked by a door lol but for real that shows how good Jinora already is even though she's young

[@hilarymajor3983]

You KNOW Sokka used his war hero status to get the best seats in the arena, and get people’s autographs.

[@Hana_H]

Yes

[@Andorski]

*Aang:* "Earthbending was hard for me." *Also Aang:* "Imma lock down Ozai with Earthbending without looking at his dumbass."

[@coreywigent7693]

Well being trained by Toph really worked wonders for Aang's earthbending

[@nimbusws5946]

Toph said his earthbending needed more work... but then again those were Toph’s standards xD

[@mattyice9535]

Perfect example of being unable to understand an something because of a mental block. Once he got past it, he became an incredible Earth Bender. I think Toph knew that, she saw just how good he could be, and that's why she was so dang extra with him.

[@kpuda7722]

@@mattyice9535 There's also the fact that the world would have been done for if Aang hadn't learned earthbending.

[@mattyice9535]

@@kpuda7722 That too lol.

[@wonkerz2050]

I’m specifically here for the Mako clowning, you got the green light on the open road my dude

[@MrDeltoric]

this is it, this is the comment

[@CR-kr9cs]

Hot cop

[@horsegirl19951]

Blame the writers for what they did to Mako.

[@beyondviolet]

@@horsegirl19951 they didn’t do anything except write in a dumb teenager lol, y’all fr stay hating on LoK for nothing

[@horsegirl19951]

@@beyondviolet No, I know I’m not. My issues are not nitpicks.

[@Klffsj]

I like to imagine that Aang would've loved pro bending. He always enjoyed games, as did many airbenders. Besides, it's a great way to practice bending competitively without serious battles or a lack of supervision.

[@Klffsj]

@@elaineedwards7149 That's a good point. Pro bending is a game about control, though-not mere aggression.

[@MeatSim9]

Mixed parentage leads to random kids. Minor spoiler example, Tenzin's siblings. One is a non-bender, and the other is a Waterbender, because Aang was an Airbender, and Katara was a Waterbender.

[@leeleelayla5]

Aege talking about the romance in Korra Me: oh boy

[@Hellothere-kl1xy]

lmao, that’s the only thing you _can_ say😭

[@mlgnerd13]

I love the way the show demonstrates pro bending rather than explaining it. They never come out and tell you the rules (except through the refs, which makes sense). They just let you figure it out as you go, and I think it works well

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

They tell you exactly what's happening but don't explicitly go through a rules list, yeah. Good stuff.

[@MeAuntieNora]

Yes! For example Korra getting a foul for knocking dudes off the side... just really smoothly demonstrating an important fundamental rule without getting bogged down in explaining rules.

[@singingwolf8997]

I haven't really seen anyone explaining the pro bending rules yet, so I thought I'd just try to leave a rundown. Obviously, teams are made of three players, a fire, earth, and water bender. They start with equal territory on the field. They have 3 minutes each round to try and either gain as much territory on the field as they can, or knock the other players off entirely. A team can only advance if all the players on the opposing team are pushed back. The winners of a round is the team that has gained the most territory, or, if neither team has gained territory, the winner is whichever team has the most players remaining. If neither team has gained territory, and both have the same number of players, a tiebreaker is held by one member (of the same element) from each team having a faceoff. A team can win the match either by winning the most rounds, or by knocking all three opposing players out of the ring. Even if one team has won two rounds, they can still be knocked out and lose the match in the third round. As it did with Korra, players receive a penalty for stepping over the line prematurely, and for knocking opponents over the sides. There are other smaller rules regarding what each bender can and cannot do, but for the sake of brevity, I'd suggest reading the full TLOK wiki regarding the sport to get all the details. Hope this was useful, Aege.

[@MrDeltoric]

the whole ty lee thing is up to interpretation. imo in 71 words or less is that she felt insecure about her own identity before, hence going into the circus and wanting attention (validation). at the end of atla after standing up to azula and and not letting her insecurities ruin her anymore, she did something she'd never be able to do before (joining the KW) since taking ass and kicking names, and being with girlfriends that she can actually bond with instead of fear, makes her happy.

[@kateorgera5907]

Not to mention, there's a difference between being born into something without a choice (especially when there are parent and sibling hierarchies involved) and making the choice to be part of something as an equal.

[@Hana_H]

Yeah, the KW actually take off their makeup and dress off duty, so it’s not all the time like with her sisters

[@Goliath1337]

Korra uses fire a lot yes, really matches her fiery personality

[@ItssMelissa]

Ty Lee’s character arc was going from being scared of being a matched set specifically because they couldn’t tell her apart from her sisters to joining the Kyoshi warriors by the end, it meant that she had become comfortable with the fact that she was her own person, distinct from those around her, while also looking similar to them, the kyoshi warriors appreciated her uniqueness, even though she looked like the rest of them but at the end of the day, she could never be confused for any of the rest :)

[@aaronmueller1560]

Too bad we never saw any of that though

[@BokerBigBanana]

@@aaronmueller1560 comics :/

[@aaronmueller1560]

@@BokerBigBanana Well, even if that’s true, they would have to be comics to fill in things the show didn’t explain. And they would have to be from during the time of ATLA because she goes on that arc before the end of the series. And it completely flips her character motivation which means it should have been a major thing :/

[@BokerBigBanana]

@@aaronmueller1560 well she actually joined the group because she bonded with them. She did have that arc afterwards. They did it in the comics already

[@aaronmueller1560]

@@BokerBigBanana okay...so it doesn’t make sense for her to be eager about donning the Kyoshi Warrior outfit and makeup then, does it

[@JBRewind]

Glad to see some love for Tenzin. I feel like he gets overlooked a little bit since he's not a part of the "main" team, but he's my favorite character in this series.

[@Hana_H]

Tenzin’s absolutely great!

[@jasonwinterboer5232]

"All the nations are 'unseparated'" I've never heard anyone use that word before, but it kinda fits the Avatar world...

[@KamikazeK219]

Aege: talks and listens at the same time "He's too dangerous to be left alive"

[@Great_Olaf5]

I know! So many reactors talk over the show when they can't hear what's going on, Aege never seems to miss anything, even when he does talk over the show, and he does pause sometimes when he feels the need.

[@Christian-en6lk]

“How did you get here? Did you fly?” .....yes

[@lilyraimey3499]

Okay, which two haters disliked already? Who I gotta fight for my boy Aege?

[@amalgamousgoat6217]

Yo pro bending is what hooked me when I first watched. A lot of reactors gloss over it to focus on the character bits, but fr it's such a cool concept for the time period and a great way to get protags together without a world ending threat and grand destiny like Aang had. Love seeing Korra in her element too, ya girl ain't no monk, that's for sure.

[@kayleyhodson7079]

Toph didnt like authority, so when she grew up she became the authority so no one could tell her what to do. To me, it makes sense. With Ty Lee, read the comics. They deal with her arc

[@beyondviolet]

Lol I love that you noticed Korra’s muscles immediately

[@faureamour]

She is "very muscular for a woman."

[@destroyerofnirn3537]

She's ripped and I love it

[@rickypedia999]

I bet if she timetraveled to the last show, she would get along FAMOUSLY with a kid Toph

[@wootwootwootyeah6941]

Time stamp plss

[@beyondviolet]

@@wootwootwootyeah6941 3:59

[@F00L_Of_A_Took]

One very interesting characterization I've seen of tenzin is that he doesn't really know how to properly be a teacher but rather knows how to be a father seeing as he's only students so far have been his kids who have to listen to him bc it's their dad telling them to do stuff. So basically in order for korra to learn air bending tenzin needs to learn how to treat her as student not as his kid, so it really does come down to finding a new way of teaching her.

[@yermatedave4930]

Interesting!

[@tofu_golem]

The brothers are from exactly the kind of blended family that caused the founding of Republic City.

[@chiloutdude5130]

My headcanon for the whole "Ty Lee joins the Kyoshi Warriors" thing was the choice of it. Growing up, she was part of a matching set because she was born into it. Joining the Kyoshi Warriors is a choice. And she contributed to the KW with her chi blocking, so she was a valuable member of the crew despite looking the same.

[@blackprotagonist]

Aege: That was a great idea, Bolin! Don’t listen to Mako. He just doesn’t know what Pabu capable of. *scene cut to Bolin street hustling* Aege: oh god he’s actually doing it …

[@goat1408]

The animation......ladies and gentlemen, Studio Mir.......one of my fave animated studios. They did all the animation of the series except Episodes 1-6 and 9 of Book 2. Also Voltron: Legendary Defender

[@JacesSanctum]

From Bozo the Clown to Mako the Bozo, the cycle continues.

[@destroyerofnirn3537]

Mako at least is a good character

[@Bxyxox]

Mako grows through the show lmao

[@Goliath1337]

Mako is annoying and brooding but give him credit, at least he knows how to fight lol

[@destroyerofnirn3537]

@Kevin Green troll

[@cryingtomatohead8626]

So to clarify, Toph was young when we last saw her. As a young child she was overly rebellious and took risks, especially with the law. After being on the run for so long she likely wanted to have an active part in the way law enforcement was handled. There's also a bit of development for her maturity in the comics, which take place after season 3 of Avatar.

[@crixa6120]

I think fire, water, and earth all come fairly naturally to Korra. She has been bending them all since she was a toddler. As for Toph, thats one of the points LoK detractors point towards when criticizing the show, but Toph also said she loved fighting. And with her friends essentially founding the city it makes sense that she would accept a role where she could still focus on combat during peacetime but still support her friends.

[@hilarymajor3983]

Also, blink and you miss it. But that old guy cleaning the gym has Water Tribe style clothes and arm wraps, but lifts the earth barbells with bending. He’s probably a Water Tribe earthbender, another mixed heritage bender. Still salty though.

[@taelorbrooks2639]

Good observation! I never noticed that

[@stephenportman5233]

Mako is named in honor of the original voice actor for Iroh

[@icedog1588]

Aege, there is a Legend of Korra game that takes place after season 2, it has a Pro-Bending mode you can play, however the main game is average and you have to play it to unlock the mode

[@andrewcamenzind835]

One thing I really enjoy about Avatar is the more often than not you can tell who's bending type is with their eye color, Blue being water, green earth, brown/red fire, and hazel for air

[@thecontinent9192]

The announcer is the shit lol also Bolin is my fav 🥺 so hype for this journey!

[@marche800]

I feel like using fire bending would come naturally when you want to lash out simply from convenience it's the most accessible element besides air because you can just create it. With earth you gotta lift that shit and with water you gotta have some on hand or nearby. Fire just shoots out you limbs.

[@ryapowa]

Wellll, you CAN use the water molecules in the air to waterbend-

[@marche800]

@@ryapowa Granted the air is moist enough, but even then you have to focus a lot and you'll only get a little bit. Not something someone who wants to lash out immediately would default to.

[@broomhilder]

Random note: Realized recently I’ve been answering phone calls the same way Aege starts his videos. Wouldn’t say it’s a problem but I feel like such a dork straight up copying Aege in my day-to-day😂

[@tank_m3_tanker575]

Hit up Aege

[@blackeyedlily]

At the end of this episode I was ready for more Korra. I’m going to enjoy watching you go through this series for the first time!

[@xohunter7568]

Air Accolades. Those are the people in the air nomads clothing. They're non-air nomads who keep the traditions of the air nomads. They also maintain the temples and keep the full. They go more into depths about the accolades in one of the comics with avatar Yang Chen. They also talk a bit more about the accolades a few times further into Korra

[@wonkerz2050]

Acolytes*

[@xohunter7568]

@@wonkerz2050 in my defense, it was rather late in the night when I watched the video and couldn't remember which word was used and couldn't for the life of me spell the other word to fact check 😬

[@wonkerz2050]

@@xohunter7568 Lol for sure no worries! I’m just glad someone else got the info for him :) It’s a cool part of the continuation of the air nomad legacy

[@FrisbeeFriday]

Its gonna be a while but holy crap I cant wait for season 3

[@hebobeboo]

I just can't wait for season 3 reaction , season 3 was on another level!

[@stephman3154]

I’ve seen korra so many times and I never noticed that Tenzin pulls Korra’s sleeves down

[@eldrazazonacdon7746]

Aege your reactions are so awesome. I really hope you enjoy LOK

[@AegeChill]

Oh I'm enjoying it alright 👌

[@anthonydean1743]

We meet my #1 favorite character in this series Mako who is voiced by the actor who played Bud Bundy in Married with children. Aslo we see my 5th favorite character Bolin, still need to get to season 3 for my 2nd favorite character.

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

I’m glad you did the thing, you continue with the reactions in Avatar

[@jannecapelle_art]

i think korra and tenzins relationship is a lot of peoples favourite part of the show, mine included!

[@oscarluna4268]

Air Temple Island has a mix of staff. People who've adopted the Air Nomad Lifestyle (Air Acolytes/non benders) & guard/watch dog types (White Lotus members).

[@tofu_golem]

Ty Lee was part of a set of identical septuplets. She had 6 identical sisters. There is wide speculation that she was the descendant of airbenders. If you read the comic books, you find out what happened after the events of the show. By joining the Kyoshi warriors who all wear identical costumes, Ty Lee finally came to terms with her sisters and was able to accept being part of a "matched set." The comics also explain what happened to Zuko's mom, had a redemption story for Azula, and Toph founded a metal bending school. The comics also explained the founding of Republic City. Aang and Zuko nearly came to blows. Aang wanted all fire benders gone from the Earth Kingdom, but among the colonies, there were already a lot of earth-fire blended families that simply could not and would not be broken up. They defied Aang when he told the fire benders to leave, and Zuko sided with the blended families in the colonies. The compromise Aang and Zuko worked out led to the founding of Republic City. By then, Toph grew up a lot running her bending school, and came to Republic City to help Aang.

[@RavagerZero]

You mention them flexing the animation a lot. There’s actually a documentary about that on YT, one of the big things is the sheer number of drawings per episode, in most cases being 12,000+, and in action heavy eps (1e6, for example) had up to 18,000 drawings.

[@yannick9208]

Something i liked about Ty Lee was that she didn't want to be a part of a matching set in which you can't have some individuality, she has been living with her sisters for her entire childhood, she didn't have a choice to be in it and each girl was exactly the same when it comes to personality and appearance. At the end of ATLA, Ty Lee made the right call to be able to choose to be part of a matching set, one in which everyone is their own unique individual and still have their own personality.

[@joeyscomics5197]

“White lotus guards kinda trash” Oh just you wait.

[@dajenx1831]

I lowkey forgot how saucy the pro bending was in this cant wait for your next video my guy

[@toph9227]

If there's any character that you can super clown with the whole fandom's acceptance and support it would be mako😂😂😂

[@blackcopy5652]

I like mako, why does everyone hate him?

[@syressx9098]

@@blackcopy5652 I don't know either.

[@jamesalexander5559]

@@blackcopy5652 I like him too but he is fun to clown on.

[@padmashreethotakura53]

@@blackcopy5652 He was shitty in season 1 but eventually got better from season 3. Love detective Mako

[@danisetsuko]

Mako as a character is okay, but he is really is fun to clown on.

[@90FirstGenPGT]

There is a legend of Korra video game that includes pro bending matches. Its an adventure game with its own story.

[@Carabas72]

I had a lot of fun with it. It is set after Book 2 though and contains spoilers for Books 1 & 2.

[@artemisfowl7332]

Mako and bolin are different benders because their mother was from the fire nation and their father from the earth kingdom. I'm not sure if they themselves were benders but they could have had benders in their ancestors

[@ray_rayy24]

I’m super late to watch this 🙃 but he’s actually the first reactor I watched who says a love triangle would be interesting… never thought I’d ever hear those words 😂

[@narutosraman]

Did you ever think about the fact Katara was a waterbender even though her brother, her parents, and gran gran were all non benders? They make genes work like real life genes pretty much. But back in the old days it was less common to have benders from other nations get together so pretty much her only bending genes would’ve been waterbending or nonbending that could pass on waterbending. There’s a neat theory that even though she was a non bender, Ty Lee could be an airbending descendent with her peaceful flowy moment characteristics. They never really got into that since her children could pass down airbending and since Tenzin’s family are the only airbenders, it kinda nips this theory in the butt unless she just didn’t have children. Also the fact there had to be more than one descendent. Idk I just wish they got into the way genes works, at least not the inbreeding ones lmao

[@narutosraman]

@@fischy947 No she’s not, at least it’s not common knowledge and not on her wiki. We don’t know anything about her family but seeing as she’s a nonbender, her having airbending genes would make sense with how many airbenders she keeps popping out and how none of them are nonbenders like her, just taking her ancestors genes lmao

[@adrianlee41103]

Mako is also named of the voice actor for Iroh who passed away during ur ATLA series. And now he's a character in honor of the voice actor of Iroh

[@wesleypatterson2989]

Your right about Mako and Bolin, one of their parents is a firebender and the other is an earthbender. That's also why Bolin talked about "assuming" Korra was a waterbender; their generation is the first to really be intermingled like this, so even they have certain "old-fashioned" expectations of peoples nationality.

[@relyk9157]

Don’t stop the Korra reactions bro, this show is so good🤙🏽

[@gilmariebrioso1554]

Yo, that ending theme song is my shit!

[@AegeChill]

certified banger off the first listen alone lol

[@36moshpit7]

@@AegeChill The remix of it is pretty nice, too. Check out 'Real Firebending Punch-Activated Flamethrowers' or something like that, if you've got a few minutes.

[@MrDeltoric]

also the only place we've seen anything like mako and bolin is the twins in the episode "the fortune teller" where it's confirmed that twins can have 2 different bending genetics. one was non bender while the other was an earth bender. so it's possible

[@pazz]

You’re right about the other people on air temple island who are wearing the monk garb. They are known as air acolytes who do not have the ability to air bend, but they embrace and practice the spiritual aspect of air bending.

[@PedroKrick]

22:49 Vibing to the ending music I see, which is fire too I never skipped it Btw I like that the memorable music of atla is more the opening one, at least for me, but korra's ending music is the one I remember and like, I like that balance

[@NamelessKing1597]

27:05 be careful what you wish for

[@scottjs5207]

TV was invented in the 1940s if I remember correctly so if we're looking as LoK being during the late 1910s to 1920s, TV aint gonna be a thing until Korra is in her 40s.

[@tofu_golem]

Mako is named after the original voice actor for Uncle Iron. The voice actor is the guy who played Bud from Married With Children.

[@kyleterrell6842]

My take on the ty Lee thing is, she left her family which was a matched set because she had no choice in being a part of it. She chose to join this group of warriors that happened to all wear the same uniform. Its like friends. They're the family you get to choose.

[@tofu_golem]

Those other people on air bender island are acolytes: people dedicated to helping restore the air nation. The movements of pro bending and a lot of the newer fighting styles are based on MMA.

[@peytonalexander5300]

To the point of “they we’re definitely using some old martial arts in the bending” in ATLA, one of the main criticisms of LoK is that bending gets sort of retconned into superpowers more than a martial art. Obviously you have to learn how to control it through technique, but it’s very different than ATLA. Aang would never “accidentally” earthbend or firebend or something. These were martial and spiritual arts one had to learn in order to even begin to use them. LoK sort of changes things to where benders have access to their powers from birth, but they have to learn how to control it. It’s different, and I personally like ATLA’s version better, but it is what it is and they use it well.

[@ToonMageChannel]

You're right. Those people who wears an airbender-like outfits are not airbenders. I believe they are officially called as Air Acolytes.

[@XMachete]

Ty Lee: she gets the best of both worlds with the Kyoshi Warrior. While they dress similar, each girl has her own style and identity, plus they value her skills (acrobatics and chi blocking), so she gets that family feel without feeling lost in the mix as far as who she is.

[@Twigpi]

The Boulder helping to found pro bending?? I'm with it! Yes, I agree the music is totally fire, and I really liked Tenzen as well. I was blown away when I find out he was voiced by Simmons. That guy is great.

[@yowaimo5004]

Finally, someone who understands the concepts of these episodes. We love you, Aege.

[@pazz]

Yes, Mako and Bolin are brothers and they bend different elements. I believe it was their father who was an earth bender and their mother who was a fire bender. So, it’s sort of a 33% split chance between getting fire, earth, or no bending at all. back in ATLA times, different types of benders mixing wasn’t too common, but now it’s different.

[@CertifiedSunset]

Tenzin is one of my favorite characters in Legend of Korra, he really comes through later on.

[@The5armdamput33]

"Is she [Lin Beifong] Toph's daughter?" - She literally said that in the first episode...

[@almag4571]

Thanks for the upload, Aege. Needed that today

[@klarathebat5619]

"Their strikes are only striking *air* " This guy's commentary is gold

[@hookedj7184]

I especially like your reaction to the MUSIC)) You feel in a spiritual level man

[@brianalambert1192]

You can definitely tell the time frame between the two shows. In the 5 years between ATLA and LOK, animation went through such an improvement, so it was cheaper and easier to make it look good. I guarantee you if they had ATLA came out at the same time, it would have looked just as good. I also love the music. Again, I think it's something that in the 5 years between shows they just had this idea of how to do the music, wished they had it when they did ATLA, and utilized it in LOK. Also, the creators had the idea for pro bending in the original series. They were thinking of a tournament that would happen before the war started where a fire bender could fight an earth bender or a waterbender. Probably wouldn't include airbender's simply because of their pacifism. But they never used the idea so they just developed it here

[@joemomma6317]

The music in Korra is so fuego. They even released season 1’s ost.

[@hellopumpkin86]

Yeah, the creators said the artsy or for Korra was inspired by “1920s Shanghai/Steampunk.” TVs weren’t invented until the 1950s if I’m not mistaken and I love how they took that approach. It can leave the door open for more modern technology if a new Avatar series is made.

[@hellopumpkin86]

*artstyle for Korra

[@alextygesen3101]

Korra is indeed very reliant on fire in general, it fits her personality.