2 things before i start this rant, anytime you see side thought #, its something mostly unrelated that is still related enough so if you want to read those, they are at the bottom of the post,

as well i will be referring to the anomaly, or the evil red square as "Vaatu" because I'm not sure if it is actually Vaatu, or just a spirit of fear and confusion (ignoring the fact that Vaatu is the spirit of chaos, fear and confusion)

now have fun entering my mind with my random segways, twist and turns, and horrible spelling

so anyway I have a theory, so we already know the 7 havens are all linked to the 7 chakras, however while rewatching "the guru" in the original show, the root (red) chakra, (Ellora) and the Vaatu like creature, we learned that the affiliated get inflicted and one of the symptoms is the fact that they get fearful, or as we also learned, is that it could the the cause. The root chakra, is blocked by fear. so the evil red square is targeting trying to shut the avatars' chakras, (side thought 1) which is also why he's showing illusions of the past, that way the head chakra gets blocked, as well this will feed into the theory that Vaatu needs the chakras blocked to fully be able to inhabit the dark avatar (if there is one (side thought 2)) as well the fact Ellora's haven is likely built on top of Wong Shi Tong's library, which i think is where the higher ups of the white lotus reside. Which is where "Vaatu" is residing, and as they travel through the 7 havens "Vaatu" will slowly try and block that specific chakra of the citizens, and the avatars, which is also one of 3 reasons i think benders are declining (side thought 3) so anyway to wrap it up

root chakra block by fear, evil red cube make fear, block chakra, re-enter Nisha, or Pavi

side thought 1. "Vaatu" is purposefully making Raava's inhabitants (the avatars) seem evil, to try and make them seem worse, so its easier for him to rein over the world and be able to weaken Raava, which is why the inflicted see BOTH avatars , even though they only have found out about Nisha

side thought 2. , in my opinion i don't think there is a "dark avatar", just Raava being split between two souls, which is why they seem weaker (if we ignore the fact they aren't even 10) and don't have a connection with Korra yet.

side thought 3. The reasons i think that benders are declining is 1: lack of spiritual side of bending, the lack of them spiritually connecting to their element, linking back to why 100% of air nomads were born benders. 2: them dying from joining the brigade, self explanatory here, less benders to have babies, less babies that are benders are made. 3: the root chakra being blocked by fear, although "vaatu" is a new thing in the current world, fear could still be blocking that chakra, leading in less benders having that chakra open, leading it to be harder to bend for that individual

In "The Deserter" (S1 E16), Jeong Jeong tells Katara: "You have healing abilities. The great Benders of the Water Tribe sometimes have this ability."
But only a few episodes later in "The Northern Water Tribe" (S1 E18) we see that all the girl benders learn healing techniques. It's not some rare sub-bending ability, it's taught like a regular class.

This demonstrates that benders in the world of Avatar have misconceptions about bending and who can sub-bend.

I'm willing to believe that the way someone approaches their bending makes them more or less likely to be naturally GIFTED at a sub-bending technique. That said, it's attainable by everyone who can bend that element.

Just thought of it whilst watching the korra episode where she regains her memories in the tree of time.

Also Tenzin says it remembers all soo 🤔

I haven't interacted with the Avatar franchise in a while, so please don't eat me alive for this, but like, what if they could manipulate bio-electricity? If they can control lightning and electricity and stuff, can they replicate the effect of blood bending, by hijacking a persons nervous system?

With the lore drops surrounding Avatar: Seven Havens, the biggest mystery is why the world is in a post-apocalyptic state and why everyone absolutely hates Avatar Korra. The common assumption is that she made a mistake or failed to stop a disaster. However, I have a different theory: Korra didn't fail. Instead, her natural personality, combined with the loss of her past lives, turned her into an enforcer of absolute order—which historically and philosophically always becomes tyranny.

To understand why this happened, we have to look at the metaphysics of the Avatar universe as a spectrum. On the far left, you have absolute chaos (Vaatu), which leads to total anarchy and destruction. On the far right, you have absolute order (Raava), which leads to complete stagnation and oppression. True freedom and peace only exist directly in the middle. The human element of the Avatar is supposed to keep the world anchored in that sweet spot.

However, absolute order requires one specific thing to function through a human host: a massive, towering ego. To force an entire world into compliance, a person must possess the ultimate arrogance to believe that they alone know what is best for millions of people. Korra fundamentally possessed more raw, explosive ego than Aang or almost any other Avatar we’ve seen. From childhood, her entire identity was wrapped up in her own power, pride, and authority.

When Unalaq destroyed the past lives, he wiped out the "human buffer"—the hundreds of diverse human perspectives that historically kept Raava grounded and humble. Left entirely alone with a newly reborn, raw Raava, an aging, traumatized Korra was completely exposed to the spirit’s unchecked drive for peace. Because her ego convinced her that her actions were righteous and born out of love, she likely spent her later years using the god-like power of the Avatar State to forcibly eliminate conflict, dismantle governments, and police free will. She believed she was fixing the world, but to the people on the ground, she became a terrifying dictator.

The tragic irony of the franchise is that by locking Vaatu away, humanity never built the resilience to manage its own darkness. When you try to completely suppress chaos, order becomes rigid and suffocating. But nature abhors a vacuum, and absolute order cannot last forever because it is entirely stagnant, whereas chaos is volatile and temporary. Like a forest fire, chaos eventually burns out, but it breaks open the soil so new life can grow. Just like the Chaos Bringer Unicron shattered Megatron's oppressive empire and destroyed his ego in Transformers Prime: Predacons Rising, the universe itself had to violently snap back against Korra's control. The "Cataclysm" that ruined the planet wasn't an accident; it was a massive, necessary eruption of universal chaos acting as a cosmic reset button to smash the Avatar's rigid tyranny.

This leaves Pavi in the perfect position to become a truly "better" Avatar. Unlike Korra, Pavi is a street-smart, homeless survivor whose ego has been entirely stripped away by the harsh reality of her environment. Because Vaatu is currently a tiny, regenerating spark trapped inside Raava's light, Pavi technically carries both spirits inside her soul. With immense discipline and her natural resilience, Pavi’s ultimate destiny won't be about enforcing a new layer of fragile order. Instead, she will be the first Avatar to embrace both light and dark, teaching a broken world how to sit with the necessary chaos, maintain their freedom, and finally balance the spectrum from the middle.

After I saw a post about each avatar almost dying or outright from their previous element in the cycle a thought came to mind
What if the avatars get saved by their next element in the cycle
Ang saved my water
Korra was saved by metal bending
So until I see pavi get saved by fire it’ll just remain a thought but it’s an interesting idea tho

People meme Zaheer just because Tenzin washed him, but they miss the point. Zaheer mastered airbending in record time and unlocked legendary techniques that Tenzin thought were just myths. He is purely objective-driven and has zero ego, which is exactly why he avoided unnecessary fights with Kya, Tenzin, and Korra.

Zaheer at his final form (flight ability) could beat anyone besides Korra

alguien que la haya visto … que mensaje oculto interpretan ?

In the new show its believed that korra is the reason behind the cataclysm so probably one of the main plot is going to be figuring out what happend the new avatar will probably try to talk to korra but its aang she ends up connecting with because i dont think the avatar connection was destroyed but korra was ripped out of that connection.

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Do u guys think that lightning bending became easier in the Legend of korra because in atla like no one knew how to do it but in the Legend of korra there is a whole power plant full of them what do u guys think

Was the possibility or even the existence of a different continent ever debunked or disclosed throughout the lore?

In Avatar: Seven Havens, the new series about the Avatar after Korra, the new Avatar, Pavi will be one of a pair of twins. Interestingly, both of them will be able to bend all the elements. This is strange since Raava doesn’t seem to have the ability to split between multiple people. Avatar Roku had a twin brother, Yasu, yet he was only able to bend fire. So what exactly is going on here?

In Legend of Korra, that Raava and Vaatu will always exist as long as the other does. When Raava is killed by Unalaq, the Dark Avatar, she is reborn inside Vaatu, then she is pulled out and rejoined with Korra. After this, Korra uses spirit bending to kill Unalaq and Vaatu.

Now I hear what you might be saying, it’s said that when the Avatar is killed in the Avatar state, then the Avatar cycle will end, and so wouldn’t that also apply to the Dark Avatar? But I think we should reconsider exactly how that works. I think the reason the Avatar cycle would end if the Avatar is killed in the Avatar cycle, is because it would also kill Raava. Then Raava would be reborn inside Vaatu, who for most of the Avatar’s history has been stuck in the Tree of Time, effectively ending the Avatar cycle until the pair are freed. Since their freedom would require both spirit portals to be open, which as far as we know only the Avatar can do, they would be stuck in the Tree of Time forever.

Since Vaatu died, he would be reborn inside Raava, and thus the Avatar. So I propose that when Pavi and her twin were born, Raava and Vaatu split apart, making Pavi the Avatar and her sibling the Dark Avatar

How many earthbenders (including avatars) do you think you would need to bend the moon? The moon is 7.35*10^22 grams of earth and the heaviest amounts of earth bended on screen was Wan Shi Tong's library by Toph and Avatar Kyoshi splitting Kyoshi's Island from the mainland. Disregard distance, as in it doesn’t matter how they far are, but instead if the amount of earthbenders needed to push the moon around at least 1 centimeter were on the moon, how many would you need? Separately, how strong would a singular bender need to be to be able to move the moon as much by themself? BONUS QUESTION if a meteor was to hurling towards Earth how many earthbenders would it take to divert it's trajectory.

When I saw comic I thought she quite different from her show. In show it's seem like while she believes in fire nation ideal like she laughing with her children look at letter fire nation done something but she has her own ideal how person should act which zuko admire. She actually favors to zuko to clearly not much happy with azula. She show her resolve to save her son when
She abandoned him they did show firelord die but its implied that she has something involved in it and ozai become new ruler. I think her original character is she actually believe in fire nation ideal but she is not evil like other fire nation people like ozai and azula but she ready to do anything if it's save someone she love even she has to do immoral acts or evil acts. She has own moral compass or ideals. She is not fully good and bad. Honestly I like this character she kind of grey character. I kind of don't like comic ursa where is she shown as all good and victim and she has no agency everything she do evil or immoral it's will she has to do it justifying which is good but quite convenient and changing her face and forgetting her memory litterly worst decision in comic I think it come out nowhere and it's show
Only ozai is evil which he is but look he is only evil person in nation. It's will great if they continue ursa like in show which good character rather than comic I guess.

yaoping town is a village in (i think the southern but i forget where i heard this) earth kingdom, where yangchen practiced airbending and kuruk fought off the malicious "heartwalker" spirit. in wan shi tong's library the calendar states (according to the wiki, i dont read chinese and any attempts i made to translate it myself failed due to the archaic nature of the text) that one of the earliest eras was called the "peace of emperor yao", or yao ping era.

there is next to no evidence for this, but hey, we've made theories on less before:

The Yao Dynasty was an ancient Earthbender dynasty which united much of the continent before the EK came around, perhaps helping to unify the culture. This created a long era of peace and development before its collapse. Based on the eras I previously estimated this was 1-2 thousand years after the era of Wan. Yaoping town was the old imperial capital. The EK can't have been all fighting before the unification period, and based on the number of Earth Kings its only at the very most 2 or 3 thousand years old in ATLA. What happened in the intervening time? All these lost civilizations Professor Zei talks about, is the Yao emperor's nation one of them?

that is all, laugh at me for grasping at straws if you want, but there it is. my weird theory about the old EK.

it seems to me they just encompass the single sub art of lightningbending, when i was watching the show i always assumed they were the same art.