The Rise of the New Avatar

[Benvictor97]

One problem: the Avatar cant bend in the spirit world. The world in Legend of Korra is advanced enough to have cars and motorcycles, the creators said they tried to update everything. However, Atheia doesn't really sound like an Avatar World name.

I thought it was a steampunk world. How would they have cars and motorcycles in a society that uses steampower? This is supposed to be 100 years after Aang's time, so how does a civilization go from bronze age technology, to 1900s technology?

[Gojira]

One problem: the Avatar cant bend in the spirit world. The world in Legend of Korra is advanced enough to have cars and motorcycles, the creators said they tried to update everything. However, Atheia doesn't really sound like an Avatar World name.

I thought it was a steampunk world. How would they have cars and motorcycles in a society that uses steampower? This is supposed to be 100 years after Aang's time, so how does a civilization go from bronze age technology, to 1900s technology?

There are cars in certain steam punk worlds. They didn't have bronze age technology, they had Tanks, Airships, Trains, Submarines, Giant Drills, used steel often, most of it was Fire Nation, but with the end of The War the technology was most likely shared. Also, the idea of cars in Avatar isn't exactly new. Look here: http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Kingdom_Supply_Truck

Republic City is based on big cities in the 20s, and ATLA seemed to roughly be similar to the 1800s.

PS The show was renamed "The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra".

[§elices]

If the technology was shared I don't think it was immediately after Aang's success. Too soon. I would think there would still exist some prejudiced Fire Bender scientists.

[Gojira]

If the technology was shared I don't think it was immediately after Aang's success. Too soon. I would think there would still exist some prejudiced Fire Bender scientists.

Firebender*

So? They accomplished this without them. And it's 70 years later, so it still could advance a lot more.

[§elices]

If the technology was shared I don't think it was immediately after Aang's success. Too soon. I would think there would still exist some prejudiced Fire Bender scientists.

Firebender*

So? They accomplished this without them. And it's 70 years later, so it still could advance a lot more.

Possible but that still opens the question of why they chose steam as their machinery power.

[Gojira]

That probably won't be answered, but still cars and motorcycles were a natural addition.

[§elices]

But there's so much potential with other elements and they chose to go with the already done alternative?

[Gojira]

But there's so much potential with other elements and they chose to go with the already done alternative?

Probably because, if they did that, you would need a bender int he family to drive a car and if you didn't have one you are screwed, hiring a person is too expensive.

[§elices]

Then why not create other tech to duplicate bender ability?

[Gojira]

Bending is achieved by manipulating one's chi, a machine can't do that.