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Flying True: An ATLA AU Nonbender Quest

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Magoose said:
Some of them might... or I might just decide that other storytelling ideas may be employed.

Belive me when I say this.

This idea came after a 16 hour playthrough of Kyoshi start date, along with me binging ATLA. The Water Tribe was extremely... extremely aggressive and destroyed the southern air Temple...

And the Fire Nation was still a warring mess, unable to properly become the superpower it was in canon... because no one unified it.

When I offered Interregnum, it's because the old world order collapsed.

Aang needs to figure out what kind of world order he wants to support, if at all.
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Magoose said:
More like time to make History yeah!

Well, here's the thing about this hundred years war era and nonbenders.

This is a time of national identity's and myths being birthed, and with a foreign power invading your nation and trying to conquer it. There really isn't a need for a non-bender rebellion, because those issues are pretty much noneissues to geopolitically, culturally and spiritually speaking... were waging Wars of national and cultural survival.

Especially in canon when the fire benders have literally already committed genocide on a massive scale already and were perfectly willing to do it again when the comet showed up.

And, on the Avatar, they are possibly the most respected person on the planet, for their never-ending quest of keeping peace and balance in the world. They may fail on occasions, but no one ever gave up hope on them doing what is right.

Hell the only reason it happened in Korra was after 70 years of peace and prosperity, and the rise of technological development that gave nonbenders the confidence to take up arms if need be, against benders, along with several new nation-states being born, and several decades of social and political development.
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I noticed after binging myself. ATLA shows the rise of jingoistic fascist ideology in every nation, even the losers in canon. The Fire Nation has a very American or British sort of manifest destiny and 'civilize the heathen' going on in canon (even if they obviously draw from Nazi tactics such as conditioning through education and restriction of expression). The Water Tribe leans on 'old school family values' in it's patriarchal attitudes, so their invasion would draw more from fear of social progress, which the air nomads would probably be champions of. The Earth Kingdom... well... yeah there's a reason Legend of Korra makes the Earth Kingdom the fascists there.

Obviously there's some craziness rooted in the Air Nomads, as well, from LoK. They've got that sort of Anarcho-Communist vibe going for them, if they enshrine the right guru. Post Kyoshi, and the utter chaos caused by Chin, it wouldn't even be unusual for them to say the heart of the problem lay with the concentration of power in the hands of traditional leaders, including the avatar. If they were the pick the only real option for them I could see making sense is a pre-emptive war to impose communal living and decentralization in all regions of the world. I... can't really see a feasible way to consolidate the Air Nomads well enough to become fascists, they're probably the only odd-ball out on that front.
 
Powerofmind said:
Obviously there's some craziness rooted in the Air Nomads, as well, from LoK. They've got that sort of Anarcho-Communist vibe going for them, if they enshrine the right guru. Post Kyoshi, and the utter chaos caused by Chin, it wouldn't even be unusual for them to say the heart of the problem lay with the concentration of power in the hands of traditional leaders, including the avatar. If they were the pick the only real option for them I could see making sense is a pre-emptive war to impose communal living and decentralization in all regions of the world. I... can't really see a feasible way to consolidate the Air Nomads well enough to become fascists, they're probably the only odd-ball out on that front.
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I won't tell you how the Air nomads became super militaristic... but I will say this.

They went the way of very... extreme religious ideologies.

Believing their way is the best way for peace in the world and fighting and conquering those who disagree with them.
 
LOL, the Earth Kingdom would have been the worst, I suspect. Dai Li (or whatever those sh!ts are called) anyone?
 
AoMythology said:
LOL, the Earth Kingdom would have been the worst, I suspect. Dai Li (or whatever those sh!ts are called) anyone?
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Considering that their evil counterparts that are conquering the world are literally based on the worst parts of fascist Japan and Imperial china?

Yes, they are the worst choice to fight against.
 
Magoose said:
I won't tell you how the Air nomads became super militaristic... but I will say this.

They went the way of very... extreme religious ideologies.

Believing their way is the best way for peace in the world and fighting and conquering those who disagree with them.
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Oh so they went fascist but with religious ideal instead of false one just more Hitler
 
Ashen Cross said:
How would you think fighting an army of bloodbenders would be like for the world?
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Are you asking me or everyone in general?

Cause for me, it's pants shitingly terrifying. Absolutely utterly terrifying that people can make an entire village just... stop breathing until they die.
 
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Why are people voting for Interregnum?
Adhoc vote count started by DarkKami on Jun 4, 2020 at 9:20 PM, finished with 118 posts and 51 votes.
  • [X] Plan Oh No
    -[X]An OC (Creation will be next turn.)
    -[X]Interregnum: There was so much that went wrong when Kyoshi died. She left a world without avatar at it's most crucial point… when governments changed, and identities were forged. Roku could only do so much before everything became chaotic. And once the Avatar disappeared from the Air Nomads… it got progressively worse. Now there are a thousand bushfires and wars all over the world, and no Avatar to keep the peace.
    [X] Plan: Someone New
    -[X]An OC (Creation will be next turn.)
    -[X]Canon: Firelord Sozen has used the power of the Comet that bears his name to destroy the Air Nomads around the world, trying to destroy the Avatar. He failed, for the Avatar was not at the Temples. For the last century, they have tried to conquer the Earth Kingdom, using their mighty industry to wage cruel war on the world.
    [X] Plan Flow of Destiny
    -[X]A Canon Character (To be chosen Next turn)
    -[X] An Icy Fate: The Watertribe has united, and with the power of the Fullmoon, have unleashed the greatest of terrors on the world. Blood bending. After a surgical strike on Air Nomads during a full moon, they were destroyed. Now they seek to dominate the world, turning once-fertile lands into wastelands, so that their enemies will surrender.
    [X]The Chains Of Fate
    [X]The Chains Of Fate
    -[X]A Canon Character (To be chosen Next turn)
    -[X]Canon: Firelord Sozen has used the power of the Comet that bears his name to destroy the Air Nomads around the world, trying to destroy the Avatar. He failed, for the Avatar was not at the Temples. For the last century, they have tried to conquer the Earth Kingdom, using their mighty industry to wage cruel war on the world.
    [X]A Canon Character (To be chosen Next turn)
    [X] An Icy Fate: The Watertribe has united, and with the power of the Fullmoon, have unleashed the greatest of terrors on the world. Blood bending. After a surgical strike on Air Nomads during a full moon, they were destroyed. Now they seek to dominate the world, turning once-fertile lands into wastelands, so that their enemies will surrender.
    [X] plan toph beifong
    [X] Interregnum: There was so much that went wrong when Kyoshi died. She left a world without avatar at it's most crucial point… when governments changed, and identities were forged. Roku could only do so much before everything became chaotic. And once the Avatar disappeared from the Air Nomads… it got progressively worse. Now there are a thousand bushfires and wars all over the world, and no Avatar to keep the peace.
    [X] Plan: There is no war within his walls.
    -[X]A Canon Character (To be chosen Next turn)
    -[x] A Rocky Recovery: After Chin the Conquer fell, there was a vacuum that needed to be filled… Chaos reigned for decades, before the Earth King descended from his palace, to restore order. Order was restored. But ambitions were not checked. The Earth King realized he wielded incredible power. And no one to stop him... So the World bleeds.
    [X] Changing Tides
    [X]An OC (Creation will be next turn.)
    [X] The Chain Of Fate
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