Understanding
Fist Benders Lyrics

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I would like to dance
Maybe you would too
Sometimes life is fun
I am upside down
You are far away
Everyone's selfish
We all want someone
To share our story with

Hello, old friend
How are you
Doing these days?
It's been a while
Since we've talked
I'm not sure what I should say
Silent
Wave of emotion
Cynical praise of feigned devotion
Violent
Wave of emotion
Beneath a thin film of plaque
In the back
Of your mouth
Violent
Wave of emotion
Behind a thick layer of lies on the tip
Of your tongue
Violent
Wave of emotion
Grit your teeth
To bite back the notion
Tell me everything
You ever wanted to do
Tell me everything you ever thought
Ever knew
Dig through your memories
I know there's life behind those eyes
Like learning to paint
You can scrape together love and cry
Our expectations were taught
It's through no fault of our own
Still you can see their thoughts
And slit their throats
I'll tell you everything
I've learned of going away
Try to convince us both

That one day I will
Be OK

Overall Meaning

The song "Understanding" by Fist Benders is a contemplative piece that explores themes of loneliness, selfishness, and emotional isolation. The opening lines suggest the desire for human connection and companionship, even amidst the chaos of life. The singer acknowledges the distance that separates them from the people they care about, while recognizing the underlying human desire for understanding and empathy.

The second half of the song delves into the darker emotions that can arise when we feel disconnected from others. The repetition of "violent wave of emotion" creates a sense of overwhelming anger, frustration, and desperation. The lyrics describe the masks that we wear to hide our true feelings from others, and the toll that this emotional suppression takes on our mental health. In the final verse, the singer urges their friend to open up and share their deepest desires and memories, encouraging them to embrace vulnerability and find connection in spite of their pain.

Overall, "Understanding" is a poignant reflection on the challenges of human connection, and the complexities of navigating relationships in an often tumultuous world. The song combines introspective lyrics with a haunting melody, creating a powerful emotional impact that lingers long after the music fades away.

Line by Line Meaning

I would like to dance
I want to enjoy life and have a good time

Maybe you would too
Perhaps you feel the same way

Sometimes life is fun
At times, life can be enjoyable

I am upside down
I feel disoriented or confused

You are far away
You are distant from me, physically or emotionally

Everyone's selfish
People are often motivated by their own self-interest

We all want someone To share our story with
We crave connection with others and a sense of belonging

Hello, old friend How are you Doing these days? It's been a while Since we've talked I'm not sure what I should say
Opening lines of a conversation with a long-lost friend, expressing uncertainty and awkwardness

Silent Wave of emotion Cynical praise of feigned devotion
A feeling of deep emotion, masked by a sarcastic or insincere display of devotion

Violent Wave of emotion Beneath a thin film of plaque In the back Of your mouth
A rush of intense feeling that is hidden beneath a surface layer of everyday life

Violent Wave of emotion Behind a thick layer of lies on the tip Of your tongue
A surge of intense feelings that are obscured by lies or superficiality

Violent Wave of emotion Grit your teeth To bite back the notion
Strong emotions that are difficult to control or express

Tell me everything You ever wanted to do Tell me everything you ever thought Ever knew
Encouragement to be open and honest about one's desires, thoughts, and knowledge

Dig through your memories I know there's life behind those eyes Like learning to paint You can scrape together love and cry
Encouragement to reflect on past experiences and emotions

Our expectations were taught It's through no fault of our own Still you can see their thoughts And slit their throats
Acknowledgment of societal expectations and the difficulty of breaking free from them

I'll tell you everything I've learned of going away Try to convince us both That one day I will Be OK
Opening up about personal struggles and reassuring both the artist and listener that everything will be all right in the end

Contributed by Christopher E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Tameronica

4y↑236

Air: Giant flying bison

Fire: Fire Breathing dragon

Earth: Giant blind badgermoles

Water: haha fish

(Yes, I know the fishes are technically the moon, but I still think it's funny as heck to think of it as a fish.)

Maritess Villar

1y↑2

Waterbending - Koi Fishes
Bloodbending - Hama
Earthbending - Badgermoles
Metalbending - Toph
Lavabending - Szeto
Firebending - Dragons
Combustionbending - Combustion Man
Lightningbending - Azula
Airbending - Sky Bisons
Spiritbending - Unalaq
Energybending - Lion Turtles

Pavan Mulani

Original benders
Earth: badgermoles
Water: moon spirit
Fire: dragons
Air: sky bison

Original Special bending skill benders
Bloodbending: Hama
Combustion bending: combustion man
Lightning bending: ozai
Flight: guru laghima
Metal bending: toph beifong
Lava bending: avatar kyoshi
Age bending: avatar kyoshi
Sand bending: sand bender tribes
Spirit bending: avatar wan & unalaq
Glass bending: (some people speculate avatar kyoshi)
Energy bending: lion turtles
Bending removal: avatars and amon/noatak
Bending granters: lion turtles and avatars

Solomon Hernandez

Your later paragraphs are basically it. Here's one important thing to pay attention to. So notice in the episodes, they never called it "bending". They always called it the "power of the element". Like you said, Wan was actually shown learning from a dragon. And in the same episode, the guy from the fire turtle was amazed by how Wan wields fire and described it as "using fire like it's an extension of his body".

This harkens back to even in the start of AtLA, Katara said that she wasn't a waterbender yet, despite having the power of water. Toph also described earthbending as part of the badgermoles' senses and their way of interacting with the world.

In a way, it's like bending is the art form itself and using it as an extension of the body, while the lion turtles just gave the innate power. Think of having a sword, but without actually practicing the art itself, it won't be that useful.

And after 10 thousand years, the distinction between bending and the "the power" became moot, like how meanings and symbolisms of legends in real life become mixed up over time. Oma and Shu could simply just be legends with inaccuracies. Or it was kinda right, if we're taking into account the true essence of "bending". Maybe they had the power of earth beforehand, and just learned to use it as an extension of their body.

Also, even in Book 3 Change, after the whole lion turtle "bending" origin had been established, Tenzin still referred to the sky bisons as the original airbenders. This was in S3E7 Original Airbenders :)

This would also explain the question of, "if they just learned from the animals, why can't nonbenders like Sokka just go observe them and learn".

All comments from YouTube:

The Amagi

4y↑282

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbjafBRMzBk

pirate

4y↑3

The Amagi oh wow you posted this at the same time as avatar critic

Atticus .F

4y↑2

Please do 15 earth kingdom weapons

Michael Leonard

I didn’t even get past the into and I clicked the link. I thought it was gonna be a rick-roll and I’m glad it wasn’t.

John Joestar

Please do history of the sandbenders.

Kurt Langberg

4y↑1

So here’s a question I have that’s been on my mind since LOK came out: how does one reconcile the “original benders” vs the Lion-Turtles originally giving humans bending?

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E

3y↑407

Earthbenders: Learned from Badgermoles
Waterbenders: Learned from the Moon
Firebenders: Learned from Dragons
Airbenders: Learned from Sky Bison
Metalbenders: Learned from a small angry blind girl who made them fear for their lives

javkhlan enkhbaatar

3y↑30

What is more intimidating than melon lord herself.

I'm a Monkey, yas • 0 seconds ago

3y↑29

Imagine years of training, fighting along your troops, only to be trashed in one swoop by a blind 12 y.o girl

SabGolMaalHai

3y↑5

Melon 🍉 lord

masterpalladin

3y↑2

i think i like badger moled....but learning from the moon spirt? awesome....or being a dragon rider fire bender.....so your actually utilizing pure dragons fire, drawing open an actually dragon.............dam we need forest bending as its own element, it could utilize plants, trees, poisens, toxin cures, accelerate plant and crop gowth and some degree of healing........lightning should get its own element...id add ice and frost creatures/spirits

True Blue

2y↑4

Earthbenders: learned from lion turtle
Firebenders: learned from lion turtle
Airbenders: learned from lion turtle
Waterbenders: learned from lion turtle

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poo poo pants

4y↑1.6K

Correction: The ocean spirit didn't kill Admiral Zhao, The ocean spirit simply just threw him in the fog of lost souls

Arón Durant

4y↑200

A fate worse than death

NG

4y↑167

Yeah, The fog of lost SOULS. Zhao drowned, and the Ocean Spirit threw his SOUL in the fog of lost souls for eternity.

That guy

4y↑8

Zhao my as well be des for wat he has done.

isabelle

4y↑26

pornhub well actually if you’re in the spirit world you’re not dead. aang went into the spirit world and he was still alive, and so did Korra, Bolin, mako, jinora, tenzin, kya, kaheer, and bumi did too.

Hooty

4y↑8

pornhub man, korra and asami went for a vacation/date in the spirit world....

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Joseph Xu

4y↑1.8K

Original Benders:
Earth: Badgermoles
Fire: Dragons
Air: Flying Bison
Water: Sokka's ex-girlfriend

carlo

4y↑173

That’s rough buddy

Ky ☃

4y↑186

Metal: tiny, blind yet terrifying girl named Toph

Moritro

3y↑14

@Junior Sapoi she didn’t invent blood bending

Moritro

3y↑21

@Junior Sapoi she was just the first known blood bender

S.T.A.R.S. of R.C.

3y↑7

@Junior Sapoi

Sub bending

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Zuzu

4y↑2K

It's like they are 4 legendary elemental pokémons and you gotta catch them all

Ben Huang

4y↑42

I made a rom hack called Pokémon avatar and you use Pokémon to defeat fire lord

Koro Allie

4y↑14

Can I see it or see the link

Anomalous 1

4y↑19

We need a master ball to catch the moon

A cat

4y↑7

Gotta catch them all

Becky Liu

4y↑6

@Anomalous 1 Oh crap I forgot about the moon...

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Mars • Mellow

4y↑521

Creators of the elements:
Earth: Bagermoles
Fire: Dragons
Air: Flying Bison
Water: M O O N

woopi scoopi

4y↑26

Technically they didn't create them they just bend them

thousandyard gavri278

4y↑6

Moon spirit

ma sa

4y↑8

That's rough buddy.

Grace G.

4y↑4

F I S H

z

4y↑4

Pax basically the original waterbenders are the moon spirit and water spirit , aka the Coy (idk how to spell it) Fishes

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Casey Greyson

4y↑737

I think Yue was supposed to be the next Avatar. Think about it: Korra’s father was the son of the Northern Water Tribe’s Chief, meaning that Korra and Yue are related and from the same bloodline. Then, Avatar Aang was frozen and therefore lived longer than what could be considered ‘natural’, hence why Yue was born so sick and needed the help of the Moon spirit to keep her alive, because she didn’t have the avatar spirit since Aang was still alive.

Nakubro

4y↑131

Damn nice theory

HeyItzNoOne

4y↑2

Hiiiiiiii

Marie Marie

4y↑66

that actually makes sense :OOO

lorena honey33

4y↑12

Good point!

MAAD TEE

4y↑44

Not really cause just like katara and Sokka, Korra is mixed north tribe and south tribe and the next avatar would only come when the current os dead

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Tameronica

4y↑236

Tigran A

4y↑3

😂😂😂

Daniel Rodriguez

4y↑4

It’s the moon

jack ghaderi

4y↑2

Shouldn’t the water be sea serpents

Niki Jefferson

4y↑3

The moon controls the tide. Thata why ita the moon. Makes sense.

A_Person

4y↑1

Xxxvioletgacha xxX Moon.

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Snausage

4y↑20

What was beautiful is that Zhao didn't even die. Dude got banished to the literal sunken place, forever forced to wander in his insanity and memories 😏😏😏

Siubhan Ward

Zhao did die

Strangler

The smirks ruined it for me

dumbass

@Siubhan Ward He actually drowned and his spirit was sent to the fog of lost souls so his body will probably have been decaying for 70 years

Siubhan Ward

@dumbass yes as I said, drowning is dying…

ハワルドスタンテシヤ

4y↑29

I don’t think that the writers messed up when portraying the moon spirit as Yang or representing the sun. The moon reflects the suns light doesn’t it? If so aren’t the two celestial bodies connected?

Ling

3y↑1

The sun is yang moon is yin and this was way before science came about

Yoonlqves

3y↑13

One thing I’m confused on is that in avatar it’s said that bending was taught to people by the original sources. However in Korra they say that the bending was given to people by lion turtles

KhaanMan66

3y↑4

That’s what happens with bad retcons.

Andrew

3y↑2

@KhaanMan66 The most accepted explanation was that the original sources were the spirits that taught the benders how to use their bending, while the ability to bend came from the Lion turtles. This falls in line with how Lion turtles gave the ability to energy bend to Aang, which is just about the same process where the benders of the past gain their abilities. This is actually lines up with the fact that everyone has the chance to possess the ability to bend, but not everyone is a bender. So even if a bunch of people who have earth nation heritage go to a badgermole to learn from them, only some will actually be able to learn from them since only some of them will be able to bend earth. So the original source is not so much the original source, rather it is just the source that is more focused with a style that aligns with a creature/spirit that possesses the ability naturally. For examples, the dragon became known as the original source as they were the ones that cherished and used fire. So the movement of the dragons became the basis for the stances and types of moves used by many fire benders of the old age. The idea of the creature being a orignal source moreso comes from the fact that they are the creatures that live and breathe the elements they represent, which led to them being known as the original source.

Andrew

3y↑2

The most accepted explanation is basically lion turtles gave the ability to humans, but the original sources were the ones that humans drew inspiration for how to use their bending.

Meganth

Even in Avatar, a Lion turtle gives Aang the ability to energy bend

Onyx X

2y↑1

@KhaanMan66 It's not a retcon they have the power they just didn't know how to use it properly ergo water bending fire bending Earth bending an air bending forms .
Katara was perfectly able to bend the elements when she hasn't trained yet sure but when she learned technique and proper form look at what she became.
That's like me saying I can play every instrument that exists technically sure I could play it I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be too good though unless I learn

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A.QFlame

4y↑75

Well actually the moon and water spirits aren't the Yin and Yung spirits just because of their color, there supposed to represent a form balance in the world, as in push and pull, which is why there called the Water and Moon spirits

siki siki

4y↑9

besides, the ATLA has its own universe from a collection of Asian cultures of what they believed the spirits were. They didn’t have to conform to just the Chinese version

Daniel Kang

SPECTRUM DAVE yeah but they are not the yon and yang spirits, those are ravaa and vaatu. Even though it’s not explicitly said, it’s heavily implies

A.QFlame

4y↑7

@Daniel Kang thx, but I think Ravaa and Vaatu are the spirit of peace/avatar spirit, and Vaatu is the one of chaos and negativity, u can say that their like the moon and water spirits representing a form of blances, but I dont even think there is a Yin and Yung spirit, I guess there are just some spirits that are opposite to each other

Daniel Kang

@A.QFlame that's kinda just yin and yang though right? they fight and fight and fight but no one wins because they are equals

Jordan Cherepanov

4y↑4

Raava and Vaatu are the Yin and Yang of The World of Avatar, they represent different ideals that oppose each other and when they fight/wrestle it was in a shape of Yin and Yang(Also they have the whole Raava as a little Vaatu in it and Vaatu has as a little Raava). The fish represents The Ocean and The Moon

Also the Sun/Comets affect firebenders, but I don't know about Air and Earth

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Donromello Taylor

4y↑720

Badgermoles: exists

Toph: WOW THAT'S RELATABLE

Sean's Swamp

4y↑11

HAHAHAHA

ExquisiteMackerel

4y↑7

69th likes

mornïn

4y↑2

Donromello Taylor lol

B V

4y↑5

I just heard Toph's voice so clear

BeefNoodles

I Am A Big Fan Of Treats not nice

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Lavakitty5

4y↑286

Well admiral Zhao didn't die, the ocean spirited threw him in The Fog of Lost Souls

Hi My Name Is

4y↑2

We just assume that it happens...

Flyer

4y↑2

Avatar Tenzen

SonoftheWay35

4y↑12

I think he died and then his spirit was trapped there.

Julian Montanez

4y↑12

I think he physically died and then his spirit was sent there

Tonya M

4y↑2

His body drowned and then his spirit ended up in the fog

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Maritess Villar

1y↑2

RealJarell

3y↑2

I just kind of realized Yue is a basically a horcrux. I can just imagine that conversation between the Moon and Ocean.
Ocean: why’d you help the kid?
Moon: Insurance don’t worry about it.
After the moon comes back
Moon: - smug ass smile -
Ocean: Shit I might need one of those.

Amabel

4y↑1

i love this im so glad the amagi is combining with with more people and this funny side instead of being more serious

Nick

4y↑1

Zhao wasn’t killed by the ocean spirit. He was condemned by La (the ocean spirit) to spend eternity in the Fog of Lost Souls in the Spirit World. This can be seen in The Legend of Korra.

siki siki

A) if his physical body entered the spirit world he would’ve been subject to aging and death. B) there’s no way for anyone other then the avatar to enter the spirit world. The legend of Korra had the portals, ATLA did not. He would’ve likely drowned in the canal when La dragged him and his spirit was condemned to the fog of lost souls

Paul Andrei G. Sahagun

I'm kinda fascinated that each elemental mastery has some sort of style, disability, and utter commitment to abandon all earthly things to resembles Each animals. (Help me I don't know Waterbenders)

For a True Fire bender to master it like Wan, Zuko and Aang did, they "Danced" with the Dragons to gain flexibility and better fire bending.

Due to Toph's blindness like the Badgermoles, she become one of the Greatest Earthbender.

And, Zaahir's commitment to abandon eartly desire like forget Pa'li and his buddies to gain Flight, he gained Flight and become like Sky Bisons.

SlightlyEmbittered Productions

4y↑3

Since Legend of Korra there's always been the question of which came first, The Lion Turtles or the Bending Animals.

I'm more inclined to think the Bending Animals came first because of Moon and Ocean Spirits. In the ATLA season 1 finale, we are shown that the Moon and Ocean Spirits are the source of all waterbending as well as being the first waterbenders, hence all waterbending ceased when the Moon Spirit was captured. Since the Water Lion Turtle couldn't have come before the Moon and Ocean Spirits, it would make logical sense that the Bending Animals existed before the Lion Turtles.

KaiserReb

2y↑1

Late reply but when the turtle talked to aang he said “ before beginning less time”

Also in korra even raava calls the turtles “ great ones “

Lion turtles where first before anything

Ainsley Harriot

Always wanted toph to get her own badger mole like aang has appa toph could have her own large pet and it would've been adorable.

Token

If I could go live in one of the nations and be a bender I would befinetly choose waterbending. It's the most beautiful element, the most elegant form of bending, and I agree with their philosophy. Waterbending is one of the most convinient, useful, and powerful forms of bending. With that being said, after I found out about the original animal benders, I got super excited thinking that if I was in ATLA I could get an adorable pet for transport and to raise by my said just like the air nomads, fire nation, and the earth kingdom did. Only to find out my original bender was a fish spirit. ;-;

becky gould

In the original series I found out that the first air benders were sky bison, the first fire benders were the dragons, the first earth benders were the badger moles ! But, I don’t recall them saying who the first water benders were ! I hope I can find that out here !

becky gould

I do remember the coi fish the ocean spirit, and moon spirit

Jonah Hussey

I’ve always found the original benders to be so interesting. I wish both shows explored them a little more.

True Blue

In legend of Korra they say these weren't the original benders it was actually all Lion Turtles

Molo

@True Blue umm No, the lion turtles gave people the elements, and the original benders taught people how to control and bend them

Eevoid

4y↑119

When You Realise That None Of The Avatars Saved The World And Princess Moon Spirit Did

Eevoid

4y↑1

yup because idk why my fren said i should so people know that im on youtube, why did i listen to them

Jordan Cherepanov

4y↑13

Uh alot of avatars save the world, but there mistakes often lead to the world being threaten too

Paul Andrei G. Sahagun

@Jordan Cherepanov Yup, for example Avatar Roku, didn't stopped the 100 year war, because he didn't killed Fire Lord Sozin, before he had a chance. And, even the slightest mistake, like Avatar Kiyomi remember she indirectly killed Chin the conqueror? Yeah, his legacy brainwashed the people in Aang's trial that almost persecuted him.

DANGERED Species

3y↑1

Wan and korra did But They Also Endangered It first Lmao

Melon King

@Paul Andrei G. Sahagun kyoshi

The Fan Without a Face

Not gonna lie I always thought the Unagi would've been the first waterbender since we see it can shoot water from it's mouth much in the same way a dragon shoots fire.

Kya

Actually admiral Zhao never got killed by the ocean spirit, he got dragged into the sprit world then trapped in the fog of lost souls, you can see Kya, Bumi and Tenzin find him there in TLOK

Siubhan Ward

The ocean spirit did kill him. Sigh. Before korra there was no way to enter the spirit world unless your spirit was physically separated from your body, the portals weren’t open. whether that be through death or meditating, but something tells me after being thrown in the water, a spirit killed him, to regain the balance he threw off.

ram mir

in my opinion the original benders was the lion turtles, which they lend the skills to the people who wanders off the city to ward of the spirits and then to be returned upon entering the city.

It’s Ourtube now

This is the collab that nobody wanted, but everyone needed!

Sifilore

4y↑2

I thought that when Yue gave her life to the 1st moon spirit, it became a free agent returning to the spirit world with his partner the ocean spirit. But Yue took on ALL of his responsibilities to nature involving the moon.

Huntoons Yt

4y↑141

The colab everyone was waiting for

Abiodun Igbinidu

4y↑3

Same

Yahia E H

4y↑2

Same

寿司 🐙

4y↑1

Huntoons Yt oh yeah !

LeftPinkyToe

i still like to think yue was supposed to be the next avatar. i mean it all fits. if aang wasn’t frozen, then he might have lived to 96 years old, then when he dies, yue is born as the avatar. that combined with her being asleep, like she was waiting for rava, but she never came.

Elijah-Poll (aka) Your fav guy

Well before Zhao killed the white moon fish iron said ''If you kill them it will affect firebending to'' and Zhao didn't kill the black moon fish so I'd say that they did do a great job

Mune Luna

3y↑2

I just realize something ...

Moon is the original water bender because of the moon's phases' effect on the sea. Oceans current strength and the tide ( high tide or low tide ) depends on the phase of the moon. No water animal can bend elements the way dragon, badger moles, and sky bison do. So the water benders learn from the observation of the sea, the way other benders learn their bending by observing animals

M R

When they cut the YouTuber off to let Amagi speak I laughed way harder then I should of. Lol

Logan Frost

this is sorta off topic but the biggest mess up that still triggers me is when iroh makes tea out of the white jade not knowing it was the poisonous white jade then in season 3 white jade tea was served to iroh by ming

Alhak Ch.

4y↑9

I'm amazed how the origin of bending well explained on Avatar: The legend of Aang, until The Legend of Korra explained that all of the bending was a gift from the giant lion turtle.

nnoah

4y↑6

The lions always did give bending, even in ATLA, if they had the ability to give Aang energybending then why not others? Also, the lions created bending while the original animals mastered it and used it as an extension of themselves

jenna_love

4y↑2

Shonksu In Korra they show that humans got the ability to use the elements from lion turtles, but they were taught to bend the elements by the the animals and moon. That's explained when we see Wan training with the dragon after getting fire. The soldiers that tried attacking him even said something along the lines of "I've never seen anything like it. He was using fire as if it was extension of himself." The original benders showed people how to use the elements as an extension of their body, but didn't actually give people the ability to use the element. As years went on and lion turtles disappeared, it became a legend that people learned the elements from the original benders because no one really remembered the lion turtles. The sun warriors weren't wrong, the dragons are the original bending masters, but humans didn't gain the ability to use fire from them

Jordan Cherepanov

4y↑1

Each Lion Turtle had a different element, the one in Atla was Spirit/Energy, the others in LoK were Fire, Air, Water, Earth. Those 5 Turtles(there could be more but they were hunted or something, also anyone who butthurt about the lion turtles giving humans bending and etc... never pay attention to the Library epsidoe, cause the first time we see the lion turtle we see like we saw them in LoK). Those turtle give/take the ability to bend to humans they didn't teach them, they give them the ability to bend while Dragons, Air Bison, Badger Mole and Koi Spirit Fish were the "Original Bending Masters".

So the turtles give them the ability and the Masters nurtured that ability which in a sense is part of the world avatar cause it represents balance

Good Game

3y↑1

This is a good type of collaboration! Commend to you two!

Cellistrae

1:36 The fact that you made a mistake on purpose to be corrected by Sokka is really nice. Good job!

Ayana

Im pretty sure Yue was suppose to be the avatar after Aang but because Aang ran away and froze himself alive, Yue was born sick.

Horizon Black

Technically they didn't mess up the yin yang part. Yin is pulling, Yang is pushing. Just like water with ebb and tide. Part of it is masculine while the other is feminine.

shiva umesh

Admiral Zho did not die. He was taken to the fog of lost souls in the spirit world. He is still alive but he is in captivity in his own darkest memories.

The Toastie

actually no when zhao wasnt there physically then he would of aged or die thats his soul/spirit his soul/spirit was taken to the spirit world by the moon spirit but his body was left in the ocean to slowly drown which i find even worse

Its Ketchup

4y↑292

Amagi: Admiral CHOI

Me: HAAHAHAH, thats what he gets for trying to end the northern water tribe>:D

AvatarCritic

4y↑14

Glad you liked it! (I wrote the script for this video).

Ashock Mizer

Admiral Zhou is Admiral So lo

SuperDragon Lewis

3y↑1

Yep and for killing The Moon Spirit

Siubhan Ward

2y↑1

“The moon spirit didn’t kill zhao” tell me you don’t understand the spirit world without telling me you don’t understand the spirit world. It did, in fact, kill Zhao

John Smith

Yin/yang doesn't necessarily refer to a specific thing. So long as the two thing are equal and opposite, but still share something, they are yin/yangs. It's like how a home theater system is very different from headphones, but they both serve toward the same goal of giving you audio positioning. The question then becomes, "what best for your needs", not which is 'the best' , without giving any context on your life

Maggy Frog

they did not "mess up" making the white koi fish into the moon spirit. it was intentional to show that white-haired yue is meant to die for the moon spirit. black-haired yue just isn't all that visually dramatic, so using the white koi fish looks more visually cinematic.

Ian Reece

@5:36 you guys made my day.. Still laughing 😂.
Take care everyone 😊. Oh and one thing people, you don't have to post an insanely good comment to get hundreds of likes or get pinned by the amagi. Just be you, share what you think, be simple 🙂.

Majin Supernova

The cave of two lovers always confused me. If the crystals glow in the dark, how does anybody ever get lost in the labyrinth?

Aldhie U.A. Teodocio

4y↑18

Don't y'all worry. Moon is actually an animal but she acts like a celestial body.

David Baca

I kind of imagine a story where their were animals that were the waterbending masters till something made them disappear along with secrets of waterbending lost. That's when waterbenders relied on the teachers from the Moon spirit.

Tony Caeleste

4y↑1

Never messed with Amagi and his spotlight. Even gentle guy like him could snark that sharp.

Off the Wall

I love how you explain stuff so well, I also love your voice ❤️

kirby march barcena

In the Shyamalan version,several earthbenders were seen jointly bending the earth for a few seconds before attacking with a single rock...A SINGLE ROCK!!!

By that time, I could have used a slingshot with pebbles to hit 5-6 people and be lucky for a headshot.

Gabriella Forrester

I know this question has nothing to do with the video, but I just thought about it and wanted someone to clarify this to me: I just watched the death of Roku and how Sozin and him try to stop the volcano from exploding. If you look at the person, it seems like Sozin, a fire bender, is air bending the smoke out of the lava to contain it. I wanted to know if this was a fire/air bending thing similar to lava bending being fire/earth bending

PeterButterSings

I think the idea is more that Sozin is bending the heat out of the rock, which would be an extension of fire bending. Also, lava bending isn’t a combination of bending, it’s just earth bending.

Blech

It would be also cool if the unagi could be the original waterbender

NoN Moonlight

4y↑29

Wait if Yua is the moon doesn’t that make her a water bender

Nakubro

4y↑2

Yue

Benjamin Moquin-Carle

The ocean spirit didn’t killed Zao. He trapped him in the spirit world as seen in legend of korra

Siubhan Ward

No it killed him

Afrika Smith

4y↑1

Actually the ocean spirit didn't kill Zhou. Zhou was just simply dragged into the spirit world where he's drowning in his own madness for all eternity. I know it's not a big deal, but I just wanted to point out that detail.

Siubhan Ward

Zhao did get killed.

Afrika Smith

2y↑1

@Siubhan Ward Being dragged into the spirit world isn't necessarily the same as being killed in the mortal world. Kuruk's girlfriend can testify if she had her face.

The Toastie

@Afrika Smith actually he did die his spirit was dragged into the spirit world not his body his body drowned his spirit is in the fog of lost souls hence his young look

Afrika Smith

@The Toastie , There's another comment that said the same thing and no one is disagreeing.

Brynax

The moon spirit may have fortune telling capabilities. She knew it 16 years before it all happened.

Johvensky Plaisime

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t The Legend of Korra explain that the first benders were basically the giant lion turtles that allowed humans to use bending to begin with

Michael Williams

Just got finished watching legend of korra. There were 4 more red lotus members Ky saw. I wonder if they would be in the next series.

xnsReoo

4y↑111

My mother started "belt bending"on me it wasn't fun

Quick question is she the original belt bender 🤔🤔?????????

Fwjessicaandrews

4y↑5

The original belt bender is the snake

Justice Jared

4y↑2

Lol

GL

Blocked bended

Phoenix2k

3y↑3

No my great great grandfather was the first orginal belt bender and he pasted it to generations

Ibrahim Emmanuel

3y↑1

😂😂

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Pavan Mulani

Steven Elbert

Funny how the first water bender was the moon/water spirits instead of a sea creature like a turtle seal or a sea serpent or even a lion turtle

the Theorizer Moore

2y↑1

In my fan fic all bending animals were once bending spirits who sacrificed their existence for balance same goes with yue and la who retire and pass on to keep the moon and ocean safe and for water bending to not be vulnerable and when it happens their mortal forms become the animal for water bending water bending yin yang koi fish species

Droob

I feel like they should've made an actual animal the original waterbender because they could've made it so the original firebender was the sun, original earthbender the earth itself.

bober 29435

technically the Moon Spirit didn't kill General Jow (sorry if spelt wrong), it just put him into "The Fog of Lost Souls", as seen in "Legend of Korra"

The Toastie

first its zhao second he did die the moon spirit didnt kill him the ocean however did as his spirit is seen in legend of korra not his body no human was able to physically enter the spirit world before korra opened the spirit portal hence him being young when hes seen in legend of korra his spirit was taken to the spirit world and thrown into the fog of lost souls but his body remained in the ocean so he drowned

Sage

4y↑3

You said admiral Zhao died, he actually gor trapped in the spirit world didn’t he? At the fog of lost souls

siki siki

Well not really. The portals to the spirit world only existed in the legend of Korra timeline, not ATLA. His spirit was sent to the Fog of lost souls after he drowned in the canal

Jupiter Systems

@siki siki They never found a body so the spirit probably just dragged him into the spirit world. Also the portal technically did exist they just didn't know about them

siki siki

Jupiter Systems the portals didn’t exist, like, at all. You can’t just not notice a giant pillar of light. they didn’t exist until Eska and Desna opened them. Zhao doed

Jupiter Systems

@siki siki they were there they were just closed. . .

siki siki

Jupiter Systems ok so how do you suppose he survived in the spirit world? Unless he was already dead, he would’ve aged in those 70 years.

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Daniaal khan

4y↑2

The crossover I never knew I needed

azuntual

I like how aang said that he never killed someone or something when he used an air strike to kill a buzzered wasp and the whole fire nation fleet

Lupe Arredondo

This one was great one. I loved it. 😁

Filthy Casual Play

Actually the water spirit didn't kill admiral zhao but took him to the spirit realm into the spirits prison for humans "The Fog of Lost Souls".

Siubhan Ward

It could only do that by killing him

Mark Anthony Manalo

That's why water element is very special. It's original bender is a spirit.

Jayson Hayes

4y↑8

So this has bothered me since season 2 of LoK, the different stories on the origin of bending. In AtLA we hear legends of how the various bending arts were learned from the various "original benders," bison, dragons, badger moles, and the moon spirit. But in Korra we hear that it was actually the lion turtles who gave people the ability to bend

Maybe the stories each bending art has about how the original benders learned to bend are just legends, passed down for so many generations that they're believed to be fact

Or it could be that the first benders got the raw ability to bend from the lion turtles, but the "original benders" were the ones to teach people how to use their bending as an extension of themselves rather than just pushing out raw power. Kinda like how we see differences in Wan's fire bending style which he learned from a dragon spirit, and the way that the other people from the fire lion turtle city bend by just pushing out fire, rather than using it as an extension of their bodies

Idk, it's a weird conflict between the series' that I think needs to be touched on more

SlightlyEmbittered Productions

4y↑1

Oh yes, It's very confusing and needs more explanation. Personally, I'm much more inclined toward the Animals were the original benders for a couple reasons.

Physical Evidence: In "the cave of the two lovers" we find physical evidence that Oma and Shu existed. Even though they are a legend, we found a tomb that verifies they existed.

Literary Statement: We are told multiple that the animals were the original benders. (Basic exposition) Yet it is never verbally confirms that bending came from the lion turtles; people just assume that. Simply put, we have a lot of dialogue that reinforces the Bending animals, but very little about the lion turtles.

All and all, I think the bending animals are the originals, and the lion turtles were only meant to explain where the Avatar got his/her power.

Storm42k

4y↑2

Humans just obtained the ability to use the elements from the lion turtles and then they learned how to properly use it from the original benders and thus bending was born, ie wan learning how to fire bend from the dragons

Sherley Mavuso

4y↑1

Actually I think the lion turtles were proctecters of the bending race correct me if am wrong

SlightlyEmbittered Productions

@Sherley Mavuso Well we know that the lion turtles protected the humans living on their backs, but there's no evidence to suggest they helped protect the bending animals.

Solomon Hernandez

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Lee RED

I was just wondering, how did Oma and Shu become benders when it was explained in TLOK that the lion turtles grants humans the ability to bend? Please enlighten me.

Danny A

I always though that the original water benders are the sea serpents on kyoshi island or the serpent pass because the can shoot water out there mouth same like the dragons can shoot fire

Niek Wildschut

4y↑1

I have a question about the origins of bending, and since you know a lot about Avatar, I thought you might know.

So, how come that the first benders learned it from an animal or watched the moon, but the first benders received it from the lion turtles without any of these ‘original benders’ being involved in this...
Did humans just forget about bending being a thing over time and relearn it from those creatures?

Yesith Salazar

The lion turtles gave the "power of the element" but not the technique to use it properly (bending). Humans learned bending from the animals and the moon.

ShadowClaw

4y↑1

If we gonna have another avatar show about earth-bender I want him have badger mole as pet.

Flim is here

In my years i have encountered people born with rare and unique bending abilities i once bested a man with my trusty boomerang who’s able to fire bend with his mind why even metal bending was considered impossible for all of history until our esteemed chief of police toph beifong single-handedly developed the skill the overwhelming amount of testimony and evidence has convinced this council that yakone is one of these unique benders and he exploited his ability to commit these heinous crimes we find yakone guilty for all charges and sentence him to life in prison

ricardo salmeron

4y↑13

2:11 that wasn't the moon spirit that was primal kyogre ....

Toku

Lol

Austin Amponsah

I enjoyed the show 😂😂From the 4:53 till the end😂😂 Gonna subscribe right now so I can learn and laugh at the same time 😂😂wanna see more

Spark That J

Do we know for sure that Hamma was the first blood bender ? What if maybe someone used it before her? . Just a theory of mine. Although I’m pretty sure she was the first one 2 invent it/ discover it

Greenwhatevers

Admerald xao isn't dead. He is in legend of kora. He is just stuck in some spirit fog. And very much is insane

Godchild

Considering that the moon is often illumined by the sun and comes off as white, yang but also has a dark / unseen side , the yin within
And the oceans depth and our lack of knowledge of it implies that most of it is dark , yin except for the surface & minimal knowledge we do have about it, yang. I consider the yinyang coi fish imagery of the spirits to be accurate

Buster

They went against these stories in korra by showing that the giant lion turtles gave people bending.

jenna_love

Not really. In Korra they show that humans got the ability to use the elements from lion turtles, but they were taught to bend the elements by the the animals and moon. That's explained when we see Wan training with the dragon after getting fire. The soldiers that tried attacking him even said something along the lines of "I've never seen anything like it. He was using fire as if it was extension of himself." The original benders showed people how to use the elements as an extension of their body, but didn't actually give people the ability to bend the element. As years went on and lion turtles disappeared, it became a legend that people learned the elements from the original benders because no one really remembered the lion turtles

Gami

4y↑4

Avatar critic is awesome

Jou

Imagine having the moon and ocean spirits in a pond and not protecting it

David Phan

Just realized Aang has met all four original benders of the four elements.

Mali

Actually if u noticed in legends of Korra it was explained that the lion turtles gave people the power of the elements

Ducc

Technically Zhao didn’t die. If you watched LOK you would see Zhao in a prison in the spirit world

eleaster

Aren't the original bender come from Sea Lion Turtles? Did the creator of Avatar make a blunder in their story by attributing the first bender with animals and the moon?

DiverseJoe

4y↑12

Avatarcritic is one of the dopest Alta channels

Wally

Atla

Jordan Mayne

They are not the first benders the lion turtles were the first benders but these are what who really represents the types of bending

Pepperhead

Well if you think about the yin yang stuff, it should be forgiven. During the time of making avatar, they probably don’t know much of the yin yang symbol. Plus this is their world so anything could happen. Also did you know yin yang is actually pronounce with a short a

Bri Cheese

For my graduation cap I water colored the four original benders on it and it came out pretty 🥰

Yaz Bordeaux

4y↑2

HMM... okay so Earth Kingdom is basically Hufflepuff, Air is Ravenclaw, Water is SLytherin, and Fire is Gryffindor. Well, okay then. Thank you for thiss <3

LethalDragon1

Actually, I think what they did with the yin/yang moon/ocean bit was correct... Yang does not represent the sun, but the active element of many dualities. Yin does not represent the moon, but the reactive element of many dualities.

So, when the duality is sun and moon, the sun gives the moon its light and is represented by the white yang, while the moon receives and reflects its light and is represented by the black yin. BUT... When the duality is the moon and ocean, the moon moves the ocean (not the other way around). So the moon is to the ocean what the sun is to the moon, the active element creating the change that is expressed by the reactive element.