The Death of the STRONGEST Avatar Revealed | Avatar Kyoshi

[@gavinsmith9871]

I love how the writers were like "No fuck you. She DID live for over two hundred years."

[@cell718]

Pretty much it's my franchise and I'll write whatever I want🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yatsuto6088]

Lol

[@TheGoddamnBacon]

I read this in Lani's Vegeta voice.

[@j_official4138]

the books and comics are just pure 💩💀

[@Tkokat]

You know what? She's going to live longer now!

[@summertime6785]

I don’t think Kyoshi was “immortal,” I think the right word would be “longevity.” She lived for a *very long time,* but even she couldn’t live forever. Still, she certainly made good use of her time as the Avatar.

[@Gogeta2501]

Cap

[@Pattmore]

@@Gogeta2501no it’s true, avatars aren’t immortal, they live and die, and reincarnate

[@SaluteTheHarajuku]

lmaoo kyoshi was immortal she literally chose to die

[@SaluteTheHarajuku]

@@Pattmore kyoshi was

[@furyberserk]

​@@SaluteTheHarajuku Depends on how you define immortal. Immortals by definition cannot die.

[@thephilosopher7173]

Wow, thats actually really good writing to cover up an error. You could imagine how she would lose sight of the value of individual lives and eventually see that she's losing herself bit by bit the longer she lives. Ultimately seeing that her time is up, not because she can't live any longer, but because she's done all that she can do and its time to pass on the torch. Man her story would make a great movie!

[@Mediados]

She honestly deserves her own show like LoK, just with less teen shipping.

[@vilmublues752]

@@Mediados​​⁠Well, Kyoshi's story also had "teen shipping" but much less drama because everyone involved was pretty chill about it. Kyoshi was crushing on both Rangi and Yun, while Rangi liked Kyoshi and Yun also liked Kyoshi (but he also noticed Kyoshi and Rangi's closeness and didn't really seem to mind.) All of them really cared about each other as friends, too, so there didn't seem to be any big jealousy going on. Honestly, I feel like Kyoshi would have been fine with dating both of them.

[@Mediados]

@@vilmublues752 Yeah but you know what I mean. Yun was removed as romance option rather early, so there wasn't any of this will-they-won't-they nonsense we had in the early seasons of Korra. I really liked LoK but that distracted from the story. But I'm really glad they didn't go into any poly-stuff. I really don't like that at all.

[@furyberserk]

Not really. You can just say that the avatar will be reborn after death without a set time. It could be immediate to a century before the next avatar is born. Making her immortal wouldn't matter either. After Sozin killed Roku, he apparently waited 12 years to kill the airbenders, upon which, Aang already made fire nation friends.... Even on a gradual scale, it would make more sense he attacked the air nomads whenever the comet was going to arrive, so planning the airbenders deaths meant nothing and should have went after water benders.

[@sidp5381]

More of the cases that sister lady definitely had no idea what she was talking about because of being nice to your enemies is what resulted in the entire economics being wiped out by the fire lord

[@AnBui2353]

This is still somewhat open-ended. Other than the fact that she realized that the Avatar Cycle must continue and that she shouldn't live forever, another reason why she "let go" and chose to die by stopping to perform the immortality technique that Lao Ge taught to her is because of her personal connections with people. She had a daughter named Koko when she was 150 years old, which would put Koko at around 80 years old when Avatar Kyoshi died. Either Avatar Kyoshi knew that she was going to be missing Koko very soon or Koko had already recently passed away by then. And her girlfriend, Rangi, was obviously already long gone by then, so Avatar Kyoshi probably also missed her and wanted to see her again in the Spirit Realm. If your only child and your soulmate are both dead and you know that someone else will take over your job for you once you're gone, then you probably won't mind dying.

[@yamiyomizuki]

where is her daughter mentioned?

[@mranima748]

Avatar Extras for “The Warriors of Kyoshi”

[@yamiyomizuki]

@@mranima748 thanks

[@RandomPerson-tz7wk]

From how the video and novel literally written, it's definitely not how you imagined. It clearly said that she was already detached from humanity and was essentially the avatar of justice. She's a workaholic, not a family women. Her choosing to end herself is most likely because she think it's enough of life. Coming "down" to earth from up high.

[@PugOverboard]

But she wouldn’t see them again as her soul immediately reincarnates in a new body.

[@NaSMaX]

So....Kyoshi forced ghost herself. Make sense, her enemies couldn't kill her so she like "fine I'll do it myself".

[@HawaiiVenom392]

She forced ghost and thanosed herself 🤣

[@bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149]

Makes sense she never fell in battle. Imagine a mentally stable Azula as Avatar. That's basically what you get with Avatar Kyoshi. Emotionless, ruthless efficiency at doing her job, so much so that she forgets how her actions and decisions can affect people.

[@pingmeup-kk5ns]

well said.

[@isaahreynoso9135]

Basically the whole premise of Batman vs Superman

[@marinpetrinski986]

That’s very interesting, because I’ve read a couple of theories/ head canons that Kyoshi couldn’t have died any other way that by her own choice and this book heavily hints at that

[@lalarie831]

“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

[@valeria262]

She was always a villain

[@Zai02-gk4dm]

​​​@@valeria262She's not lol.In fact in the book she brought an unprecedented amount of peace time after her death for about two centuries and left a world with no major conflict for Roku lmao😂.

[@kingol4801]

@@valeria262 Cute. Apparently anybody who is not Superman is evil…… OR anybody who has 0 power and lives a peaceful life. Because powerful cannot be good apparently. wtf kind of nonsense is that? Just cease

[@valeria262]

@kingol4801 superman is the evilest or dumbest, one or the other

[@LamiaLover]

​@@kingol4801like newsflash - anyone with powers rather they be conventional or supernatural (surprise surprisre) are not all psychopaths like homelander!

[@BlackGhostMan]

Thumbnail is wild bro

[@Black_Dragon_Official_Channel]

Thought I was the only one who saw it

[@johnchris2122]

😂

[@louisbenedict75]

"Flogged to death" it seems😂😂😂

[@JKritive-81]

For real

[@JKritive-81]

​@@louisbenedict75 Clapped 👏🏻 Clapped 👏🏻

[@samhall8880]

So she most likely died peacefully but you thought it was a good idea to portray her on the floor, bent over, beat up, defeated, at the edge of unconsciousness and with someone almost on top of her?

[@abcdefghij337]

It’s called clickbait, in case you’re new to the internet.

[@foundingdeer]

My exact thoughts

[@witchking008]

Doujin

[@Unworshipediety]

Totally get you, but yeah, I'm thinking it was because it's very clickbaity... it definitely got me to click. It sucks that clickbait works. 😢

[@jacobhoover1654]

Ass up, too

[@GarryDKing]

Kyoshi basically just said fuck it I'm done and probably just let herself die peacefully, though the air nomads feeling she went too far in terms of her justice probably had a part in it, she realized they were right and felt it was time for the cycle to continue onto the next element...

[@lucabestea6844]

Not to mention, her adoptive father is an airbender. When no airbender would want to ever assist her, I'd take that as a mortal blow.

[@nathalieduverna6963]

I watched this with extreme anxiety! Having three of them born at the same time, nice to Aang's story. Knowing he'd have to balance the nations

[@Ticking-time-bomb]

who were the 3 born at the same time again? the firelord & his brother along with the avatar after Kyoshi ???

[@bigbadcatbigbcy2933]

Disha is the reason why all of the air nomads destroyed. She emposed that "everyone deserves to live" to Roku and because of that Roku hesitated to dispence justice to Sozin which caused almost end of the world. So Kyoshi was right all along. "Only justice will bring peace."

[@leslierobinson8724]

Very interesting, and outright compelling reason/cause of her death imho. This really gives strength (to a degree) to the statement, "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain". Though, I don't believe she became a villain, just that given her power, and longevity she lost a certain amount perspective and empathy which given her human origin yet living hundreds of years as The Avatar seems like a reasonable conclusion.

[@aliamezgar1489]

To be honest in the last few years of her life she was kinda starting to became exactly like jianzhu in the sense that she will kill Dao fei without even thinking about it not that she became as bad as him but she was sertenly heading there

[@aldzcant1736]

No person can be the same after few years, let alone a hundred years. If I was able to live 200 years and have the ability to decide who lives or not, I would definitely have a different perspective compared to my 100-year-old self.

[@jf9144]

400 years adds up bec Roku's time plus the 100 years of Aangs freezing time. Roughly 200 years So Kyoshi being 200+ years

[@pochu9506]

The math adds up yeah but she wasn't intended to have lived for 200++ years - that's the error part. The 200++ was initially just a result of negligence in the establishment of timelines So that's why they say "math error"

[@jf9144]

@pochu9506 ah by intended it was less a math error and more a writing error?

[@j_d_cliff_]

An older person teaching a younger person the secret to immortality... where have I heard this before??

[@NeptuneTranscripts]

Have you heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?

[@LuisSierra42]

@@NeptuneTranscripts Darth Plagueis was a creep that likes to lurk in the shadows while stalking younger people

[@hairbarnes530]

"Not from a Jedi." *Smiles wickedly*

[@yamiyomizuki]

it's pretty much everywhere in Chinese mythology

[@vilmublues752]

At least Lao Ge seemed to care about Kyoshi, in his own weird way.

[@AksharTheMemer]

WELL FINALLY WE GOT AN CONFIRMATION!

[@railynnentertainment5236]

Honestly it makes sence to me and I love that its more vague of an ending but you still get enough to peice it together

[@DavidRybka]

I read the novels, Kyoshi is amazing!

[@uibeimstronger16]

Right stop playing lol 😂

[@TheOyeah55]

a Fitting ending i suppose, in the end she still know what's best and taking that option to let go before she completely lost herself and becoming more easy towards violence and maybe maybe become a twisted avatar

[@lucabestea6844]

Rangi's death(of old age) had to have an impact on her. In the novels, she herself stated that she wouldn't know what to do without Rangi.

[@randomnga2141]

​@@lucabestea6844so heart broken? Make sense I mean it's normally human if you lose somebody close to you of course it will affect you mentally happens in the real world

[@robertamielle]

"It's not like anyone reads the novels anyways" i do 🥺🥺🥺 and they're just as awesome as the comics

[@JeniferSalas-q5b]

Do you have the novels? Is it physical or virtual? Did you buy them? And if you bought them, where? I really want to have the novels but I don't know where I can get them.

[@robertamielle]

@JeniferSalas-q5b i only have epub of the novels

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Save for the Korra comics

[@rafaelsantos-nl9jd]

So basically Kyoshi start to go overkill for every little thing, she become so cold blood and agressive that everysingle Air Nomad decide to "NOPE". Until she decide was time to kill the biggest tyrant in the world, herself.

[@sidp5381]

I don’t think she was the biggest tyrant of the world when you had the earth king with what he was doing, and now an increasingly dangerous fire nation coming under Sozin and it’s obvious the air nomads pacifistic world is what resulted in their ultimate demise

[@rafaelsantos-nl9jd]

@@sidp5381 Kyoshi destroyed a whole nation if i remember right

[@vilmublues752]

@@rafaelsantos-nl9jd The "nation" was pirates who owned slaves and wanted to be considered their own nation.

[@rafaelsantos-nl9jd]

@@vilmublues752 still o to the genocide list, she was also famous for killing people, you dont get "black listed" by the whole air nation because you are a nice person

[@yamiyomizuki]

​@@rafaelsantos-nl9jd would you consider the British navy wiping out the republic of the pirates genocide? and keep in mind the 5th nation was far worse than the actual pirates republic.

[@dox5520]

Honestly, I always just thought that was how she died. The "letting go" part that is, not the losing herself part.

[@DERTHIX]

The human brain isn't meant to hold 200+ years of memory. IMO you'd start to become a different person.

[@kriskt4754]

How much you remember from yesterday? Human brain deletes unnecessary memories by itself.

[@SkillzthatKillz2011]

im sure thats what people who used to live to 40 used to say

[@teknyon]

Your brain would just delete the least important information

[@Catdogomeow]

The human body isn’t meant to bend the elements of holds several spirits within itself . But here we are .

[@samiippotsuboku2580]

her immortality technique adds memory storage Boom fixed

[@michaelkelleypoetry]

This theory is very similar to Tolkien's conception of immortality in the Lord of the Rings. The Elves look on the natural death of Men as a gift from God because the Elves are forever tied to the world. They can be killed in battle, but even then, they are sent back into it after a period in the halls of Mandos, destined forever to "fight the long defeat", never able to rest. When mortals receive lengthened life, it's a bad thing, Bilbo describing himself as "butter scraped over too much bread" after having possessed the Ring for so long. And the 9 kings of Men gifted rings steadily fell under the total control of Sauron until they faded into the insubstantial wraiths of the Nazgul. It's an exact portrait of why humans had to be banished from Paradise after the Fall, because to live forever as a sinful creature is to eventually lose all freedom and any will of one's own.

[@dearls921]

I was so hyped waiting for the Roku novel to come out. Yang Chen was pretty awesome, hoping Rokus next book with be great, so far none of the avatars compare to Kyoshi imo

[@blahthebiste7924]

That thumbnail awakened something in me

[@ianian4162]

I came for the thumbnail.

[@Teel217]

Literally

[@xeronix9774]

no one could have killed kyoshi lol, she was definitely in control of how and when she died. i love how they wrote her ending, to show 'immortality' has consequences

[@darkpain2452]

nope, they aren't immortals at all, they really don't live long enough to even called themself immortal

[@xeronix9774]

@@darkpain2452 i know thats why i said 'immortality'

[@lucifeers3219]

@@darkpain2452 that's why he put the quotation mark buddy

[@thedarkknight727]

Kyoshi needed Hob Gadling from The Endless in her life. I believe WHY in many stories “Immortality” is often portrait as a cursed, might be due to the fact that there’s always a catch to the type of immortality, a Immortal Being has, for example: Vampires, have to spend the rest of their extended lives feeding on blood, despite not wanting to. Gods have a duty to uphold, like being a World Leader for centuries. AI tend to lack Human Empathy.. But, Hob Gadling from The Endless, I believe the reason WHY he enjoys his immortality and never gets tired of it, is because he is FREE to do whatever he wants with it, in simple words “Unconditional Immortality.” I believe that’s what makes Hob’s immortality so special, and why other immortals despise theirs.

[@IsntTed]

W thumbnail btw my man

[@Gogeta2501]

Kinda meh

[@IsntTed]

@@Gogeta2501 💀Yup said it as a joke because she was bent over but ok

[@michaelcaboose8685]

Thumbnail artist: Greg Land

[@alexd7908]

Kyoshi is so badass omg

[@everia_games]

I want her so bad

[@daralic2255]

Kyoshi has the biggest balls in the verse to be over 200 years old and just decides to die.

[@RonHammers]

That's a pretty epic, honorable way to go, imo.

[@lungelontlebi7597]

Avatar was a literal goddess

[@OrdinaryCritic]

If that’s the case, Bumi, who was still in peak condition during and after the war, must’ve also had a mad genius moment and let go. “I’m going to do…NOTHING! Hehuhehuhahahehu”

[@lucabestea6844]

After all of this, I can speculate that Bumi learned a less effective way of doing what Kyoshi knows. Imo, he did it for Aang. Bumi is incredibly smart. If Aang would have died, a new Avatar would be born. Therefore he knew that his BFF was alive and decided to wait for him until he returns. Or his Jennamite crystal diet is a blessing.

[@coolfighter1016]

If she would stayed alive they air nomads would have never been killed

[@kriskt4754]

Irony is that Kyoshis mother was air nomad that left her as a child. Air nomads ditching her must have given her mental blow, that eventually leaded to theyre demise, thats some hardcore karma.

[@SaluteTheHarajuku]

@@kriskt4754 what demise lol

[@vilmublues752]

@@kriskt4754 Well, Kyoshi's loving adoptive father was also an Air Nomad.

[@luckygnome2746]

If Aang would have died with the Air Nomads instead of running away, the next Avatar probably would have been able to end the war way sooner than Aang did.

[@kriskt4754]

@@vilmublues752 Extra oil to the fire.

[@jasc997]

Love how you warn everyone about the spoilers ahead! Man, we here for the gossip and the spoilers 😂 “no one reads the novels anyway” it killed me HAHAHA

[@brolymeng7946]

Short answer: she choose to die to continue the Avatar cycles.

[@cherrycola542]

Kyoshi most likely let herself pass, in her bed. whatever it is she deff did it on purpose. she was too powerful, and too ruthless after Rangi's death to simply lose a fight to someone who went unmentioned in history, if she was actually in a fight and lost their name would be echoed throughout history so much, they would've been mentioned in LOK.

[@jean-paulmaton7000]

The thumbnail had a combat end but now she just let it go....

[@BoyceRaymond]

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

[@SerafRhayn]

I'm just glad the Roku novels effectively showed us that yes, Fanon Kyoshi is Canon Kyoshi. For years people been saying, "Oh, but the Kyoshi novels show she was a softy, a gentle soul" yeah, when she was SEVENTEEN! When she was around the people she loved, sure. But as an adult and to the public eye, she was the force of friggin nature they made her out to be.

[@coreragestudios3430]

Ain't no one gonna talk about the Thumbnail, what the hell is happening in there?! 💀

[@MomsAgainstCatboys]

This was actually my head canon the entire time, that it was a conscious choice.

[@BigDexMedia]

So Avatar Kyoshi just decided to let go of her immortality? I can believe that especially since she thought that a new Avatar should be selected to look over the world instead of just hoarding the title

[@robinita46853]

The novels are masterpieces everyone should read them

[@skydivingintofiction7532]

Her immortality was probably more from stopping the aging process or allowing herself to hold on. However, having an invincible or indestructible form of immorality was probably not in the cards

[@mattgoettl6796]

The books are great, people DO read them! My wife read them all!

[@swordmage]

Kyoshi was a secret lobster in an elaborate disguise.

[@ricbelediano3018]

I think there’s no mathematical error. Kyoshi -230 yrs old Roku - 70 yrs old and the episode in Kyoshi Island, Aang is already 112 yrs old. So what Suki said about Kyoshi living 400 yrs ago actually made sense.

[@samiippotsuboku2580]

yes there was , no human could live 230 years they had to correct it by saying that she became immortal suki should've said that she lived like 250 years ago

[@chromeidentity]

the thumbnail suggests alternative things

[@Saisaiwathan420]

the thumbnail got me acting unwise👅👅

[@chantakzee]

A perfect ending, it told a great story, a great value, and ended in a satisfactory and understandable finale.

[@Dr_Holiday]

the fcking thumbnail 💀

[@Spartan_9013]

Knowing Kyoshi, she probably sustain some life threatening injuries that she chose not to treat, and decided to stop the immortality technique at that moment as well. Probably reflecting of her last thing Dashi told her and thinking "what would Rangi think of me now?". I believe sister Dashi made her realized that Rangi would be horrified of the person Kyoshi became. And when she could've cheat death again, she chose to embrace it, no longer running from it. Because her desire for justice was an unhealthy obsession based on her early life, and she lost her way. She was pure, and the world took the pureness off that girl.

[@TheVisionaryLeo]

My head cannon with this official lore is that Kyoshi did this technique for so long because she felt guilty/ upset of kuruk sudden passing so young even if it was fighting off dark spirits. She believed that the world was robbed of an avatar for a century . For her she needed to Make up for that for being the avatar for both centuries.

[@hueyfreeman6262]

"Theres no fun in retconning things" *Cough* legend of korra

[@AZ-697]

What did Korra retcon?

[@_Dee2nd]

Too much shit to type out

[@hueyfreeman6262]

@@AZ-697 almost everything

[@insertname9736]

Huey and Riley spewin' some mad sh*t here.

[@lebrondavis1420]

@@hueyfreeman6262name a few then

[@kingjay9554]

Thumbnail looks crazy

[@JackAldridge-u4u]

Harrold felt confident that nobody would ever suspect his spy pigeon.

[@Name_Lessness]

Odd, I might be experiencing a mandala effect, but I distinctly remember she died by the order and hands of the white lotus. The organization was contacted by the past avatars, it was the air nomads that gave the message. Kioshi was clearly upsetting the balance of the spirit realm and segregated physical world, she was becoming a self imposed empress. Only the Avatar can do the immortal thing, but a quick assassination wouldn't give her the chance.

[@vilmublues752]

I've never heard of that theory. Anyone can use the immortality thing (Kyoshi's teacher did,) but it just means you stop aging.

[@epicentertainment3150]

The thumbnail so hot

[@crouxde1789]

Thumbnail made me

[@Luck-tv3hs]

They should do a series of kyoshi coz aang was a 💎.Also aang and his friends when they are older.

[@umitencho]

GIven she threatened the Fire Lord after the Fire Nation Civil War, I can see each generation afterwards getting more antsy with her existence.

[@Itachi45481]

Kioshi be like: alright I’m done I’ve lived long enough aka kioshi died on her terms aka ok kioshi could kill kioshi

[@Spyros85-u6t]

Avatar Kuruk was the strongest avatar .. He defeated alone dark spirits in spirit world without bending power's or avatar state

[@Zai02-gk4dm]

Funny enough he did use bending to beat dark spirits.I can give you the chapter if you want😂.He basically use the combination of all the four elements to beat mos of them.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

I think deciding to stop is a very Avatar thing to do. I mean it probably took a bunch of consulting with previous Avatars. But it makes sense. Especially with the later consulting of past Avatars.

[@moshe759]

So she became one with the force

[@vinny8589]

Immortality and Invulnerabilitly are Two separate Aspects One Grants you immunity To death by aging and sickness while the other grants u a body impervious to physical death But Both are Polar Opposites like two sides of the same coin. Immortal doesn't mean Invulnerable and Vice Versa, The enemy of Immortality is death by any other non natural means while invulnerability is patience & TIME dying of Natural Causes. Meaning Kyoshi committed suicide as that would be an unnatural death for her.

[@MoiraWhyrt]

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

[@jello7177]

1:07 excuse me I do read the novels😭

[@thecollectorcorner1519]

Same.

[@PollyNora-j4o]

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

The novels were great

[@TheKidblazer1]

Man and to think we wouldn’t have lore like this if the writers did proper math

[@secoreymcfarquhar9551]

I want a Kyoshi series so bad.

[@MagRamsden-s5q]

She opened up her third bottle of wine of the night.

[@MJWCBW]

“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain” -Harvey Dent probably

[@georgekobler77]

I've read the novels.

[@afro_souledits2382]

"BRO WAS BORN CHOOSING VIOLENCE,TO DIE TO VIOLENCE "a true Black Air force candidate

[@ahmedplays1350]

under 1 hour gang

[@deandredukes95]

I expected her death to go down fighting multiple enemies

[@cj576]

even if they jumped her she was NOT going down!

[@QueenaMoore-g4m]

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car it's the one who refuses to lose.

[@richmondarthur836]

Kyoshi was not the longest living person in the avatar universe. Also, the writers did not just cover up their story in the Kyoshi novels because that is what they intended doing long time, it was not something the cooked up later, if you look at the issue with the person who was training Aang to master the avatar state, the longitivity issue has been there since the animated series was released.

[@Cayden-g9u]

i think a lot of people confuse "immortal" with "invincible" immortal just means you cant die from old age but you can absolutely still die from outside causes. invincible means you CAN'T be killed

[@warllockmasterasd9142]

In truth she just fell down some stairs. Calling it now.

[@natheriver8910]

Very interesting

[@jakesmith5278]

As the saying goes, if we live long enough, we become the villian we fought so hard against.

[@veldrensavoth7119]

*The thumbnail😂😂😂😂*

[@mr_phamtastic]

love the history of avatar

[@forresttheanimezilla3763]

Just to clarify, there are different types of immortality

[@DoraCooper-v4o]

She was the type of girl that always burnt sugar to show she cared.

[@Kingkimo-gf8bc]

I'm second 🥈 that thumbnail was strange

[@Gogeta2501]

Its fake

[@ArvinVeglblrk]

The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.

[@thuranz2773]

_Thinking of how Roku's closeness to Sozin led to him not coming down as hard on him as he probably_ Well...... That turned out to be a pretty big "oopsie" for the Air Nomads, didn't it?

[@zack3429]

What is the music used at the minute mark?

[@Royceman1995]

What is the thumbnail from?

[@WilliamBarrie-b5d]

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.