Was Combustion Bending Discovered by a No Arm Avatar?

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  • Опубликовано: 27 июн 2024
  • Since we've been talking about past avatars, let's speculate on one who looks like she has no arms. Could see by the catalyst to psychic bending and combustion bending? And was she Fire Nation royalty?
    0:00 - Introduction
    0:34 - Origins of Combustionbending?
    2:50 - Pioneer for New Psychic Bending?
    4:25 - Fire Nation Royalty?
    6:27 - Closing Thoughts
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  • @shakia1229
    @shakia1229 3 года назад +2474

    Whether she has arms or not, it's just a theory...calm down guys😉

    • @vikstar3466
      @vikstar3466 3 года назад +75

      A film theory!!!!

    • @shakia1229
      @shakia1229 3 года назад +21

      @10,000 Subscribers With 0 Videos Challenge That's great. He's just hypothetically speaking about her not having arms. At the end of the video, he said that it could be complete bs. Lol.

    • @bnnalol
      @bnnalol 3 года назад +5

      shakia white true true

    • @sug3863
      @sug3863 3 года назад +9

      It’s just a theory A game theory

    • @theo_vo9057
      @theo_vo9057 3 года назад +5

      Dafuq is that weird emoji you got there😂

  • @computerCu
    @computerCu 3 года назад +1753

    Maybe she doesn’t have arms because she discovered combustion bending, rather than the opposite.
    For example, combustion man had a prosthetic arm and leg after being injured from combustion bending.

    • @hi_mynameis76
      @hi_mynameis76 3 года назад +102

      That really makes sense.

    • @HomeRunChess
      @HomeRunChess 3 года назад +65

      That actually makes sense.

    • @ashopp9392
      @ashopp9392 3 года назад +39

      That kinda makes sense.

    • @sillysokka1130
      @sillysokka1130 3 года назад +86

      I was thinking exactly that the moment he mentioned it. Makes sense that the very first person to discover it, had a little whoopsy on the way XD

    • @Apolous
      @Apolous 3 года назад +16

      She has arms... if you look closely you can see her hands

  • @avatarmufasa3628
    @avatarmufasa3628 3 года назад +896

    I feel like these recent videos are a cry to have a general avatar book going through the small details for each avatar

    • @AntoineBandele
      @AntoineBandele  3 года назад +194

      Or a cry for: give us more new content, not a retread!

    • @avatarmufasa3628
      @avatarmufasa3628 3 года назад +19

      @@AntoineBandele I cant really argue with you there, its what i want afterall

    • @reginaldboggs204
      @reginaldboggs204 3 года назад +25

      i think we need to learn more about the other avatars we don't know about instead of the main ones

    • @your_princess_azula
      @your_princess_azula 3 года назад +2

      Or having the original creators and actors do book 4 air...

    • @radleyisidore1900
      @radleyisidore1900 3 года назад +1

      I'd like to have both, about the avatars we already know and other avatars. They say there are a thousand (although I don't know how, if it's been only 10,000 years of the cycle), so there's a lot to explore there.

  • @hunterf861
    @hunterf861 3 года назад +167

    Yall talk about her but the dude behind her was a straight up firelord. He has the firelord crown

    • @KittuPaladin
      @KittuPaladin 3 года назад +10

      so I wasn't seeing things...

    • @hunterf861
      @hunterf861 3 года назад +21

      @@KittuPaladin at 4:47 you can see another firelord in the top left corner too

    • @markjosephbacho5652
      @markjosephbacho5652 3 года назад +27

      And Korra is basically a princess

    • @TreyHallRH3
      @TreyHallRH3 3 года назад +26

      I bet he was one of the strongest Avatars. Atleast in his own element. Fire Lord AND Avatar? That probably said a lot back then

    • @SonicLover47
      @SonicLover47 3 года назад +3

      I noticed that too. I was looking to see if other people also saw it

  • @liamstewart8008
    @liamstewart8008 3 года назад +192

    Even if it is a drawing error or she does have arms, I think that the catalyst for combustion bending, being someone who wouldn’t be able to bend otherwise (having no arms) would make a lot of sense.

  • @SomePerson_Online
    @SomePerson_Online 3 года назад +48

    Her: *is the first combustion bender*
    Roku: *Lava bends*

    • @AntoineBandele
      @AntoineBandele  3 года назад +28

      Szeto: Am I a joke to you?

    • @niokpanda
      @niokpanda 3 года назад +7

      Szeto: bureaucracy bending

    • @asilahsbs6477
      @asilahsbs6477 3 года назад

      Roku can't lava bend because if he could he would of bend the lava from the volcano before he died

    • @kaitlynbuchite9771
      @kaitlynbuchite9771 3 года назад +2

      @@asilahsbs6477 Not to mention the toxic gases that even the Avatar couldn't survive. He straight up tried, but he was getting weaker from the gas.

    • @bigpj7359
      @bigpj7359 2 года назад

      @@asilahsbs6477 Roku's temple is made of LAVA

  • @VishankaMC
    @VishankaMC 3 года назад +361

    2:48 are we not going to talk about the fact that the fire-bending avatar behind her to the right is wearing the crown of the Firelord's?

  • @bnnalol
    @bnnalol 3 года назад +540

    I don’t agree with her being royalty necessarily, because roku has the crown of the crown prince yet he isn’t royalty. Of course we know why but maybe a similar thing happened with her and we know a lot of fire nation citizens have things like that in their hair.

    • @grimraven135
      @grimraven135 3 года назад +86

      Roku's was a very rare and probably unique case. It was shown in Roku's reaction to him receiving it, that indicates this probably never happened before.

    • @bnnalol
      @bnnalol 3 года назад +19

      Mando Maul good thinking but we know avatar szeto was very close with royalty and high up there so chances are it could have happened with him to. His surprise could indicate that or it could just be rokubwas surprised because it is a royal artifact and belongs to that person and was a treasure the to nation and not cause its rare. Also we have seen just about every position of fire nation royalty and none of which wore that hair price which can lead us to belive that means nothing as for most fire nation citizens have some form of fire nation crown or emblem in their hair or have a fire nation like hat thing.

    • @danwalker2439
      @danwalker2439 3 года назад +29

      I think it was zuko's daughter who said that before the fire nation was unified and had royalty, it was just multiple warring clans so my guess is that there probably wasnt even a royal crown at that point.

    • @bnnalol
      @bnnalol 3 года назад +4

      Dan Walker good point but that was very long ago we just don’t know how long. In the comics they tell you more about that.

    • @bnnalol
      @bnnalol 3 года назад +19

      Just realized something. The crown in her hair wasn’t a fire nation logo but was similar just without the inside parts of it. Maybe she was royalty among one of the tribes before the nation had a monarchy and that was her tribes or whatever symbol and a lesser developed fire nation logo/emblem. Typically fire nation citizens wear a fire nation emblem in their hair so it would make since for her to wear one of tribe.

  • @Gabriel-lc8zc
    @Gabriel-lc8zc 3 года назад +829

    Some lazy animator: eh no one will notice her we don’t have to draw arms
    Him: makes this video
    Animator: *surprised pikachu face*

    • @nohcav290
      @nohcav290 3 года назад +22

      That said lazy animator also did not follow the avatar cycle to the avatars pass the third row of avatars

    • @jayyfrm3188
      @jayyfrm3188 3 года назад +6

      Nohcav thank you I thought I was tripping when I saw that a while back

    • @yasisbaws9350
      @yasisbaws9350 3 года назад +10

      if you look behind the "armless avatar", the earth bender avatar before Yangshen is copied and pasted behind her because they were too lazy.

    • @MrOiram46
      @MrOiram46 3 года назад +2

      yasis baws Bruh, they also copy pasted Avatar Szeto on the far right lmao

    • @cherrycoyote55
      @cherrycoyote55 3 года назад +3

      She has arms

  • @quantaviuspoole707
    @quantaviuspoole707 3 года назад +211

    See that's what I'm saying we need a book about only the Avatars telling their life stories wat they did in the Avatar cycle

    • @michaelgilmore1978
      @michaelgilmore1978 3 года назад +6

      I agree

    • @Anne_one
      @Anne_one 3 года назад +12

      This is what I was expecting them to do before Avatar Korra.

    • @vaynehowlett3091
      @vaynehowlett3091 3 года назад +3

      Part of marshal arts is control over your own mind

    • @playmeplzzz
      @playmeplzzz 3 года назад +4

      itarfer that’s a good point because they did that with legend of Korra, they used our lack of knowledge about the first avatar to create a whole story line for a current avatar

  • @siddharthkilaru8140
    @siddharthkilaru8140 3 года назад +230

    She does have arms, they're just tucked under her clothing. If you look near her hip closely, you can see her hands on her side

    • @Yaneriaf
      @Yaneriaf 3 года назад +34

      Not sure if you realised, but if you look at her shoulders, especially at 2:48, you see what looks like the beginning of an arm, but no continuation.

    • @CHEMIZx2
      @CHEMIZx2 3 года назад

      @@Yaneriaf ⁶⁵⁵ 54 66

    • @zariyahwenner7075
      @zariyahwenner7075 3 года назад +17

      I’ve been trying to tell ppl she has arms look it up

    • @influentialtopic5487
      @influentialtopic5487 3 года назад +18

      She has arms. It's as clear as day.

    • @caitlinirelan5641
      @caitlinirelan5641 3 года назад +3

      I also thought it looked like she had arms idk tho, still a fun video :)

  • @davidfejes4648
    @davidfejes4648 3 года назад +299

    You can see her arms in red puffy sleeves, you can even see her hand on the lower left
    Edit: Very cool video regardless. Always loved the idea of new forms of bending being developed out of necessity

    • @apocadood2099
      @apocadood2099 3 года назад +18

      Yeah she does have arms. U can sorta see the outline of her torso.

    • @Mommie2redheads
      @Mommie2redheads 3 года назад +12

      I dont think she has arms you guys can correct me if im wrong but i just dont see it

    • @apocadood2099
      @apocadood2099 3 года назад +13

      @@Mommie2redheads if u look very carefully at 2:43 u can see the outline of her body, her sleeves and a part of 1 her hands. It either blends in with her clothing or her arms r behind her back

    • @kyleandrade6140
      @kyleandrade6140 3 года назад

      Same

    • @ricybaby
      @ricybaby 3 года назад +11

      Also I think they thot she was armless bc of those fringe or whatever there called on her shoulder and thot they were sleeves

  • @twilightodyssey7997
    @twilightodyssey7997 3 года назад +102

    Let's talk about the triple chin air nomad avatar behind Kuruk lol

    • @piccolo4821
      @piccolo4821 3 года назад +8

      😂

    • @rojorohr4723
      @rojorohr4723 3 года назад +24

      If you pay attention, that same air nomad can be seen far behind, to the left of the screen.

    • @overkill2933
      @overkill2933 3 года назад +24

      The calorie bender

    • @twilightodyssey7997
      @twilightodyssey7997 3 года назад +24

      @@overkill2933 First Avatar to learn the art of type 2 diabetes.

    • @ElMono914
      @ElMono914 3 года назад +9

      Wait aren't they vegetarian? 😂

  • @drac149
    @drac149 3 года назад +30

    All those other choices in that poll you showed looked interesting as hell

    • @AntoineBandele
      @AntoineBandele  3 года назад +7

      I try to stay with them interesting concepts. We'll see what wins next week.

    • @drac149
      @drac149 3 года назад +1

      Antoine Bandele brrooo I cant believe you responded. But yea man thank you keep up the good work. I love your stuff

  • @diegoalaniz1140
    @diegoalaniz1140 3 года назад +184

    Did someone else noticed that behind her is a man with what it seems to be the fire lord crown?

    • @RaySizim
      @RaySizim 3 года назад +5

      Never mind i saw it

    • @Starfock
      @Starfock 3 года назад +16

      Isn’t she the one wearing the crown?..
      Edit: I didn’t really know what the fire lord crown looked like, i realize the one she’s wearing isn’t it

    • @corriecovelli3571
      @corriecovelli3571 3 года назад +30

      Did anybody notice that the avatar cycle is messed up

    • @projectmilk3267
      @projectmilk3267 3 года назад +11

      Yeah it might be one of the fire lords, maybe idk sozin’s grandfather or great grandfather

    • @japanpanda2179
      @japanpanda2179 3 года назад +6

      @@corriecovelli3571 It's not messed up, it's just that the 4th row goes left to right

  • @k9blazesensation
    @k9blazesensation 3 года назад +41

    5:41 completely off topic but that water tribe avatar on the far left was REALLY pretty. I wonder what her story was?

    • @deviljho4260
      @deviljho4260 3 года назад +9

      Glenton Campbell she looks high status.

    • @owendunn6769
      @owendunn6769 3 года назад +9

      people call her zelda 😂😂

    • @k9blazesensation
      @k9blazesensation 3 года назад +5

      Owen Dunn I love that honestly! Avatar Zelda 😂

    • @ozandogan3971
      @ozandogan3971 3 года назад +7

      She is like Yue.... ıt would be cool if there was a "moon" Avatar

    • @caseyhansen4467
      @caseyhansen4467 3 года назад

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @user-eq5yr6oe8h
    @user-eq5yr6oe8h 3 года назад +19

    I love these kind of speculation videos on the Lore of the show. Avatar has the best world building by far.

  • @BitedownPetey
    @BitedownPetey 3 года назад +100

    wouldnt it be so cool if we saw had a book on on every single avatar and each of their impact on the wrld and makin different connections kinda like in the kyoshi series how the befongs were introduced or if aang or korra talked to the avatars like the ones when korra got her bending back and a bunch of them are standing their like one of those random ones o love ur vids tho

    • @Qxestionable
      @Qxestionable 3 года назад +6

      I’d take a lot of commitment to read all like 800 books

    • @user-ck1bi3so2u
      @user-ck1bi3so2u 3 года назад +2

      That would be like a dream come true. We need to learn of all the after that came before Yangchen

    • @BitedownPetey
      @BitedownPetey 3 года назад

      @@Qxestionable commitment that would be like a daily hobby

    • @kesterhhh
      @kesterhhh 2 года назад

      Comic please

  • @diversejoe617
    @diversejoe617 3 года назад +357

    Bro she does, they're tucked under her dress and that would be cool if she was the 2nd child of the firelord

    • @CapXO
      @CapXO 3 года назад +16

      i dont think thats what that is but maybe we wont knwo til they say something

    • @diversejoe617
      @diversejoe617 3 года назад +57

      @@CapXO I looked closely and I saw hands😂💀

    • @diversejoe617
      @diversejoe617 3 года назад +10

      @Bestro YT I'm sorry to hear that man, hope things aren't too bad🙏🏾

    • @diversejoe617
      @diversejoe617 3 года назад +3

      @Bestro YT Oh I thought you were serious my bad man😂💀

    • @ng7756
      @ng7756 3 года назад +27

      @@diversejoe617 Those AREN'T hands bro, look closer it's the light.

  • @yourlocalbritishcigarette
    @yourlocalbritishcigarette 3 года назад +22

    She clearly has arms if you look closely enough she just has big sleeves

    • @enazbackwards5144
      @enazbackwards5144 3 года назад +5

      That’s the clothes of the fire nation avatars behind her

    • @influentialtopic5487
      @influentialtopic5487 3 года назад

      @@enazbackwards5144 lol stop it's not. The color shades match. It gets darker as the avatars are lines up behind. If it was a firebender behind her, it would've been darker. You can also see her palm which can't be someone elses as from a perspective point - if a person is behind her, they would need to be directly behind and also smaller so you wouldn't even see them

    • @alliefrancisco5735
      @alliefrancisco5735 3 года назад

      true!! this is what i noticed too

  • @jaspervanschaik2420
    @jaspervanschaik2420 3 года назад +106

    Ursa also wear the same headpiece so maybe she is the firelord’s wife

    • @tonalddrump1355
      @tonalddrump1355 3 года назад +23

      Which would fall in line with fire nation tradition, empowering the royal bloodline. The same reasoning Ursa was married to Osai.

    • @strangepersonality7552
      @strangepersonality7552 3 года назад +2

      She is avatar lua and yes she is firelords wife

    • @strangepersonality7552
      @strangepersonality7552 3 года назад +1

      Also she had arms that’s ridiculous theory

    • @sw4ggydan1el92
      @sw4ggydan1el92 3 года назад +2

      True her name was avatar lua s he had arms. She killed her husband because he was starting a war.

    • @AntoineBandele
      @AntoineBandele  3 года назад +1

      Avatar Lua is a fan made name, not a canon name.
      Also: ruclips.net/video/n8EiPmN8OeI/видео.html

  • @ekocrave3322
    @ekocrave3322 3 года назад +86

    It’s a good theory but it’s been confirmed it was an animation error

    • @influentialtopic5487
      @influentialtopic5487 3 года назад +25

      It's not even an error. You can see her arms.

    • @nikolajovancic1732
      @nikolajovancic1732 3 года назад +20

      @@influentialtopic5487 exactly she has arms you can see them.They are next to her body

    • @radleyisidore1900
      @radleyisidore1900 3 года назад

      Still, it'd be awesome if they developed it like that. Having a disabled avatar would be the best. We need representation

  • @gingerkays7362
    @gingerkays7362 3 года назад +15

    Speaking of Avatars and Fire Nation royalty, there’s something really interesting that I’ve always wondered. Avatar Roku and Prince/Fire Lord Sozin were born on the exact same day of the exact same year. How might things have been different if Sozin had been the Avatar instead of Roku?

    • @valkivalk
      @valkivalk 2 года назад

      He would use his power to take over some nations disregarding rokus sayings

  • @ifyousaypokemonxyzisntgood2354
    @ifyousaypokemonxyzisntgood2354 3 года назад +55

    Nobody:
    Toph in a metal cage: ima invent a new bending real quick

  • @btu1734
    @btu1734 3 года назад +20

    I think she actually does have arms but regardless it’s a cool idea and I honestly hope it’s true.

  • @lesley7137
    @lesley7137 3 года назад +46

    I feel a novel series based on this royality arm-less Avatar will be a great series!

    • @Sepia_formal
      @Sepia_formal 3 года назад +3

      So little to none earth bending
      Octopus water arms
      Fire coming from the legs and or mouth
      (Maybe combustion bending too)
      And air breakdancing
      That would be interesting

    • @kylestanley7843
      @kylestanley7843 3 года назад +1

      @@Sepia_formal Earthbending would probably be a royal pain in the ass, but we've seen Bumi seemingly bend with his face, so it's certainly possible.

  • @Magic-ov7wk
    @Magic-ov7wk 3 года назад +1

    Still watching your videos after 5-6 years, great to be here and to support you, as you have basically been here my entire childhood :)

  • @Iam10thStreet
    @Iam10thStreet 3 года назад +73

    Looking closer at the avatars after the ones in kyoshis cycle it appears that they are out of order

    • @owendunn6769
      @owendunn6769 3 года назад +6

      i think there water avatar twins or something

    • @youdontknowwhoiam4349
      @youdontknowwhoiam4349 3 года назад +25

      One theory is that the other three avatars in-between them died too early to actually be the avatar, and so they are not present within the cycle.

    • @owendunn6769
      @owendunn6769 3 года назад +1

      You don't know who i am ohhhh. i think it would be cooler if they were twins tho 😂😂

    • @jankodimitrijevic4107
      @jankodimitrijevic4107 3 года назад +12

      @@youdontknowwhoiam4349 ac Kuruk is the youngest avatar to die in like age of 30 so I am not sure about that

    • @Actiontime70
      @Actiontime70 3 года назад +1

      ImThe ShinyGuy do you mean yangchen? She’s the oldest avatar that was mentioned a lot in the shows

  • @acesword9850
    @acesword9850 3 года назад +6

    Sadly cause I like the theory, I think she does have arms. Down at her dress you see a little white triangle which I think is her hand. And she is holding the arms more behind her as you can see that she has these puffy sleeves till her elbow and the rest of the red sleeve next to the pink dress part

  • @winlee1363
    @winlee1363 3 года назад +10

    Nice theory Antoine, but I don't think that this female fire avatar had no arms. In the legend of korra book 2 book about the art of that season, it shows this specific avatar's statue at the southern air temple with arms.

  • @stargirIizzy
    @stargirIizzy 3 года назад +2

    The avatar with no arms girl could have her arms made of anything lava, ice, literal energy, frickin even rainbows if she wanted to

  • @marcussfebruary9104
    @marcussfebruary9104 3 года назад +1

    Amazing video bro🙌🏽

  • @ggCA07
    @ggCA07 3 года назад +27

    Well she probably used earth bending a lot and water arms like mung hua. And she can fire and air bend with her mouth

    • @emmalinekitzmiller7169
      @emmalinekitzmiller7169 3 года назад

      i might be wrong but supposedly the fire breath style of bending was invented by iroh, which would have been after her time

    • @elsabroso6069
      @elsabroso6069 3 года назад +1

      Emmaline Kitzmiller it wasn’t invented by Iroh. Kyoshi does it in the books

    • @ggCA07
      @ggCA07 3 года назад

      El Sabroso ok so, I nvr said anything abt that

    • @peacendpola23
      @peacendpola23 3 года назад +3

      @@emmalinekitzmiller7169 Iroh invented the redirecting lighting move. He was known as dragon of the west because of his fire breath, but it was never implied he invented it.

  • @lucariomew365
    @lucariomew365 3 года назад +5

    I always thought that the sleeves draping off to the side were her arms. It just looked like she was armless due to her shoulder extensions of her out for being so long. If you look at Roku's outfit (and some of the other fire bending afters; aside from Szeto) , it kind of looks the same way too. That being said, the idea of an armless avatar is intriguing.

  • @alexallen126
    @alexallen126 3 года назад

    As a huge fan of this series, it’s great to have a dedicated RUclipsr like you. I Just found your vids today and I’ve been watching them all day. Definitely subscribed 🙏🏾💯

  • @robertvierra4500
    @robertvierra4500 3 года назад

    It makes sense, Im happy that theres someone like you out there who answering all the avatar question that the fans and super fans and the crazy super fans are dying to know. Thank you very much for posting these videos. Your a smart creative youtuber.

  • @skyrogue1977
    @skyrogue1977 3 года назад +17

    Armless, or third row laziness.

  • @deviljho4260
    @deviljho4260 3 года назад +108

    Is the “be water my friends” you say at the end of videos a reference to Bruce lee?

    • @AntoineBandele
      @AntoineBandele  3 года назад +31

      Yep.

    • @darkstorm08
      @darkstorm08 3 года назад +5

      Wow I never would have caught that... Damn brain losing memory q.q thank you so much for the point out

  • @lalhmangaihsangathomte230
    @lalhmangaihsangathomte230 3 года назад

    Ty for great vid keep up the good work!

  • @Bionicokura
    @Bionicokura 3 года назад

    Nice video pal, i liked the story. And the edit of the video

  • @darthgoku1580
    @darthgoku1580 3 года назад +36

    I've seen this theory before. I think her arms are just drawn weird. If you look closely, you can see them tucked into her sides. There's a little white speck to the left of her that could be her hand sticking out. Also, if you look closely, you'll notice that she's wearing some sort of belt. The edges of the belt don't reach all the way across. Instead it stops just short on both sides, meaning the areas where the belt is not present is actually her sleeves.
    In my Legend of Korra fan-fiction, I actually gave this Avatar a name. I called her Avatar Mei-Ling, and she was from the Fire Nation royal family. I also gave the combustion-benders an origin. In my story, the combustion-benders were part of a tribe called the Zatsu Tribe, who were a persecuted minority in the northern Fire Nation. They originated when fire benders from the northern Fire Nation intermingled with Air Nomads from the nearby Western Air Temple across the sea, leading to a new culture emerging. The two styles of bending mixing led to the emergence of unique firebending style known as combustion-bending. Because of their strange bending and different culture, the Zatsu Tribe was feared and persecuted throughout the Fire Nation's history, especially during the Hundred Year War due to them having some Air Nomad heritage.

  • @djoniraymuresan
    @djoniraymuresan 3 года назад +32

    What if she blew off her arms like a combustion man?

  • @alexandercruz3796
    @alexandercruz3796 3 года назад +1

    I really enjoyed your analysis 👌🏾
    I think it may be very plausible!

  • @Heretic1408
    @Heretic1408 3 года назад +1

    What I would give to just sit in a room with y'all during quarantine and pass the time engaging in different topics and theories about the series. I've never met any of you nor heard of you,yet I feel as if we're all part of one big family. ATLA & ALOK is just magical,plain and simple.

  • @theultrasceptile
    @theultrasceptile 3 года назад +6

    Theory or not, this looks like a spot on idea regardless

  • @stephylynnpatch
    @stephylynnpatch 3 года назад +6

    She has arms you can see the peak of her hand. It's a cool concept but this person this drawing has arms and hands. 2:44 on the close up you can clearly see her arms and hands.

    • @avatarmufasa3628
      @avatarmufasa3628 3 года назад

      Could be part of the dress

    • @stephylynnpatch
      @stephylynnpatch 3 года назад

      @@avatarmufasa3628 you can see her hand peaking out. Its clearly a hand

    • @avatarmufasa3628
      @avatarmufasa3628 3 года назад

      @@stephylynnpatch its not like its a hand shape or anything. its more a thin line even when you see the zoomed up ones to her.
      I mean perhaps the dress is covering the arms up, i just think the theory sounds cool

    • @stephylynnpatch
      @stephylynnpatch 3 года назад

      @@avatarmufasa3628 the theory is cool isn't a cool concept but people are passing this off as canon and it's not.

    • @avatarmufasa3628
      @avatarmufasa3628 3 года назад +1

      @@stephylynnpatch oh they absolutely shouldnt take this as canon. but antoine says as much at the start of the vid

  • @NewThaiboy9119
    @NewThaiboy9119 3 года назад

    It's fun to see that even after all these years people are comming up with different theries/storylines/ etc.
    I'm a fan for looking for Avatar related theries, like trying to calculate how many Avaters there might have been (based & in combination of your video and info I found online), possible subbending teckniques, etc...
    Keep up the good work...I'm looking forward to your next video.

    • @Gu3ssWhatsN3XT
      @Gu3ssWhatsN3XT 3 года назад

      he didn't come up with this theory though. It's been around for years already. He's just late to it

  • @swanky1335
    @swanky1335 3 года назад

    You earned a sub here. Love the video bro

  • @rohhaiil
    @rohhaiil 3 года назад +4

    Interesting. I always thought of combustion bending as some kind of mutation ability, where a firebender fires energy through the light chakra (i think that's the one on forehead), given that it's so different and independent from the main bending ability.
    Exploring this Avatar would be amazing though, how she learns bendings and copes up with her disability etc

  • @anouar4664
    @anouar4664 3 года назад +4

    So nobody us going to talk about hiw beautifull the female avatar behind szeto and kyoshi is?

  • @janyka5274
    @janyka5274 3 года назад

    Great Video!
    I once did a small discussion on her on Reddit (but more focused on self doubt because of her disability)...but it didn't fly because I was told she had arms....but it's still a wonderful topic with so many possibilities.
    Anyway, glad that you discussed her. It was very interesting. I love your exploration of the past Avatars.

  • @YTCrxsh
    @YTCrxsh 2 года назад +1

    Amazing Theory!

  • @hayscollins5867
    @hayscollins5867 3 года назад +3

    Dude I love your mind. Same as me I can spit out lore theories and it’s my favorite thing to do

  • @deViianceTV
    @deViianceTV 3 года назад +17

    Each Avatar seems to progress more within each era they live, I have a slight theory on the setting of the Avatar after Korra...
    Aang lived in an ancient time which is more reminiscent of the 1800’s in Asia when technology was new and was starting to become more militarized. Bending is more traditional and is based on the traditional way of martial arts.
    Korra basically lives in the 1920’s with a steampunk era where technology is an extension of bending. Also bending is far more fast paced and pro-boxer like.
    The next Avatar after her I picture living in a 1970’s hippie culture with technology being kind of the same, but more personalized. Bending I could be brung back to its spiritual origins and fluidity with a mix of psychic abilities.

    • @deviljho4260
      @deviljho4260 3 года назад +1

      deViianceTV I think the next avatar would live in the 50s because korra could die at 47
      The reason for Korra’s early death would be
      -avatar state shortened game her lifespan
      -poison shortening lifespans
      -lack of Raava’s energy shortening her lifespans
      -energy and avatar state used during harmonic convergence shorting lifespan.

  • @Josh-Archangel
    @Josh-Archangel 3 года назад +2

    Great video!
    But I can't wait to get the video about the earthbeader with the beard!!!!

  • @birdmoney
    @birdmoney 3 года назад

    I assumed you had a millions subs because this video was so professional

  • @brandonhuff336
    @brandonhuff336 3 года назад +22

    I want to learn about the Air Avatar before Yang chen

  • @claytondavidson6308
    @claytondavidson6308 3 года назад +3

    Oof, while watching this video, I noticed they used two avatars twice in the lineup, an air nomad and the old bearded earth nation avatar. They use them to fill in the background (the 5th and 6th rows).
    Never noticed that before.

  • @Kallaus_built
    @Kallaus_built 3 года назад

    I love your videos man

  • @manilafolder283
    @manilafolder283 3 года назад

    This was a really great theory. It be amazing if the creators would touch on this.

  • @glacier1492
    @glacier1492 3 года назад +8

    I always thought she just had her arms behind her back

    • @YwY-ct5yq
      @YwY-ct5yq 3 года назад +6

      SHE DOES HAVE ARMS, her arms are at her side, theya re just not that noticable cause the sleeves match herr dress... And her arms are sticking close to her body.... Its an illusion unintentional illusion

    • @MaybeMattMartin
      @MaybeMattMartin 3 года назад

      jordan licup you literally cant see her arms

    • @yeahkeen2905
      @yeahkeen2905 3 года назад +1

      Maybe Matt Martin 2:50.
      Yeah you can. You can even see a bit of her hand.

    • @MaybeMattMartin
      @MaybeMattMartin 3 года назад +1

      Yeah KeeN thats not her hand

    • @YwY-ct5yq
      @YwY-ct5yq 3 года назад +2

      @@MaybeMattMartin yes you can see the long sleeve going down the sides of her dress, and her right hand shows a little bit, you know yang chen looks more like someone who doesnt have arms in that picture, but she does hqve arms, its just an illusion

  • @sammylane21
    @sammylane21 3 года назад +5

    The no arm Avatar sound incredibly AWESOME, huh??

  • @Mndz113
    @Mndz113 3 года назад

    She has arms but watching this I wish she hadn’t!!! This theory is so cool dude!!! Your perspectives on and affection for this series are why I’m so glad to have subscribed and am creeping on all your precious videos!!

    • @Gu3ssWhatsN3XT
      @Gu3ssWhatsN3XT 3 года назад +1

      I mean this theory has been around for a while so it's not really something he came up with himself

    • @Mndz113
      @Mndz113 3 года назад

      MystikAura Maybe! I didn’t know. None of my other theory channels presented it and I enjoy his presentation :)

  • @Konkubinanr1810
    @Konkubinanr1810 3 года назад +2

    But she has arms
    Its just big sleeves that cover them, you can see it if you zoom

  • @user-eq5yr6oe8h
    @user-eq5yr6oe8h 3 года назад +14

    She might have been an Avatar who could ONLY combustion bend instead of mastering the 4 elements.

    • @tysam5867
      @tysam5867 3 года назад +4

      You dont need arms to bend as demonstrated by ming hua

  • @megasnorlax7050
    @megasnorlax7050 3 года назад +3

    She have arms. Just look at roku's clothes. Theres a book that shows her statue. SHE HAVE ARMS.

  • @IshInWonderland
    @IshInWonderland 3 года назад

    I love the theory man!

  • @justynaromul3262
    @justynaromul3262 3 года назад

    I love theories like this :D Even if that would be totally not true, that's something nice to speculate on

  • @deviljho4260
    @deviljho4260 3 года назад +8

    Here is the theory I came up with
    In ATLA season 3 Zuko hires the combustion bending assassin and we can see that he has missing limbs which is very likely for the reason why he lost 2 of his limbs.
    His toughness combined with luck could be the reason why he survived.
    In LoK we are introduced to a combustion bender named P’Li whose abilities were discovered at very young age without any fire bending training whatsoever which means that combustion bending is not an ability that can be learned and it is an ability discovered at a very young age. She was kidnapped and forced to become the greatest weapon ever by being trained by some of the best firebenders ever.
    Her not losing any limbs or dying and being a better combustion bender than combustion man suggests that there may be secrets of combustion bending only known to special people and some members of the royal family.
    The armless avatar may have hid her combustion bending secrets in the royal family and maybe passed on to a few people which could suggest why P’li never was harmed by her combustion bending as a child and in learning stages which is extremely rare furthermore hinting at the fact that this armless avatar was in the royal family which could suggest her outfit.
    losing her arms and surviving also meant that she could have mastered her combustion bending faster because other elements were a lot harder to progress without arms which could also be another reason why she survived because her learning the combustion being quicker (because the other bending types were harder to learn allowing her to put more time and focus into combustion bending) could’ve prevented another accident.
    We can also see that combustion bending requires extreme focus so those children survived their first explosion would’ve definitely died from later explosions caused by them breaking focus which is the reason why only people who are specially trained people like P’li, the armless avatar and maybe combustion man avoided future incidents.
    I don’t think she was the first person to discover combustion bending but rather she was the first known combustion bender and the only one who survived childhood and actually learned her ability due to her having no arms allowing for an opportunity to master and control her combustion bending (and the fact that she was specially trained because she was the avatar which helped her develop combustion bending even quicker).
    The idea that combusting bending is extremely uncommon because only very few are born with it (and the fact that it can’t be taught) and only the strongest ,toughest, most talented and best benders survive and learn it is pretty interesting in my opinion.

  • @memoriesofthefuture4804
    @memoriesofthefuture4804 3 года назад +5

    2:43 Tell me if I’m crazy but is that not the Fire Lord headpiece that the male fire nation avatar is wearing behind her?

  • @MesosphericAttitude
    @MesosphericAttitude 3 года назад

    I love your shirt BTW!

  • @jaynathecomplaina
    @jaynathecomplaina 3 года назад

    I'm so gald atla is getting noticed. I watched it around when it first came out, and know one knew about it. Its such an amazing show and it 100000% needed more attention❤

  • @sourcesymbiosismetamorphis2228
    @sourcesymbiosismetamorphis2228 3 года назад +5

    5:44 look at the fat Joe air bender on the left he looks like a good uncanny type design that fits well like the Buddha.

    • @emmanuellattab4881
      @emmanuellattab4881 3 года назад

      Yes. I've notified he looks like an avatar Buddha, too.

    • @sourcesymbiosismetamorphis2228
      @sourcesymbiosismetamorphis2228 3 года назад

      @@emmanuellattab4881 Bro I would so love to see a a series based on this dude. There is just so much story potential to this World it pains me that they don't create more Avatar stories. I mean all we got was Korra which was fun but I really want to see more past lives animated into a TV show.

  • @kushpatel4810
    @kushpatel4810 3 года назад +3

    Can you make a video of the Earthbending Avatar that was before Avatar Szeto

  • @damilolaowolabi6716
    @damilolaowolabi6716 3 года назад

    Bro, why do you come up with interesting questions that I've never thought of.
    But still makes me interested. 🤨

    • @Gu3ssWhatsN3XT
      @Gu3ssWhatsN3XT 3 года назад

      just fyi this theory has been around for years

  • @zythac
    @zythac 3 года назад +1

    In the legend of korra artbook part one air page 128 there is a panel where it show the past avatar scene and the parts where it seems she is missing arms look more like tassles of some variety

  • @Jamtastic
    @Jamtastic 3 года назад +3

    Think you could make a video on the messed up order of the avatars? Assuming the order to be what's stated in the opening, it should be Water, Earth, Fire, Air (of course Wan was a firebender so water wouldn't be the first in the cycle, but let's go with it as a circle technically has no beginning) The avatar before bearded earth guy (before Szeto, behind Kyoshi, think his name is maybe Salai) should've been water...but is fire. Before HIM should be Air which is correct (we're looking at the 'food friendly' air nomad) however before him should've been Fire, but is instead Earth?
    Perhaps some were stillborn, or murdered at birth? Never discovered they were the avatar, or refused the role? Perhaps Raava had reason to choose another nation than the next one in the cycle?
    I know it's likely an animation consistency error but it could be cool to theorise an in universe explanation.

  • @daveginnard8096
    @daveginnard8096 3 года назад +21

    I wonder if there ever was a Avatar that discovered Sandbending, or Icebending

    • @jtrecords4856
      @jtrecords4856 3 года назад +8

      Icebending is basically water bending techniques

    • @WaseemAli-qi2iy
      @WaseemAli-qi2iy 3 года назад

      Toph can sandbend iv seen it in a episode

    • @jaeda6th
      @jaeda6th 3 года назад +2

      @@jtrecords4856 I'd consider it a different bending style. Benders use icebending similar to how an earthbender would earthbend. Also kinda how lavabenders state-change earth into lava, waterbenders do it too.
      Since water has a much lower melting and freezing temperature, most decent waterbenders state-change pretty easily.

  • @inmyopinionnnn
    @inmyopinionnnn 3 года назад

    I think it can be channeled thorough the hand if you think about when zuko tried to lighting Bend instead of him generating lighting it made a concentrated blast like combustion benders

  • @courtnicxsammyspn3993
    @courtnicxsammyspn3993 3 года назад

    I really love this theory!! It's great and totally believe it!!
    :)

  • @Rhekon
    @Rhekon 3 года назад +5

    Given how combustioners always fight the avatar in some capacity, I'm betting it wasn't pioneered by an avatar. We usually get bigger, corruptible concepts from avatars, right?

  • @jonathanjohnson6727
    @jonathanjohnson6727 3 года назад +12

    Heres my theory: The Fire lady Avatar is able to combustion bend and is the Fire Lord during her era. She understood chi more fervently than most, so she was able to discover the elemental extension. Similar to how Toph could understand how to bend metal. While also being highly enlightened towards other nations(possibly she's knowlegeable of multiple Jin, since she would be able to understand the world. In a diversified light and the complexity of her own). Which became a detriment(as it could lead to the known events with Sezto and Roku's era; what you stated). Due to her focus upon other nations, as she might've grown to a point of comfort with her nation. As it deteriorated while she was often away. Which led to family lines being severed(as royalty doesn't continue on through the exact same family's)and would lead to future generations; Combustion Man, becoming a spy/assassin during times of war and P'Li, being saved from being a war Lords weapon(both were manipulated, due to them having fractured pasts and disjointed beginnings).

    • @RjZyon
      @RjZyon 7 месяцев назад

      I like this theory.
      She looks like royalty doesn’t she

  • @samiranghosh9535
    @samiranghosh9535 3 года назад +1

    This is very specific.

  • @JuliaWilliamsm489
    @JuliaWilliamsm489 3 года назад

    This is a really interesting theory!

  • @Intdu826
    @Intdu826 3 года назад +5

    It would be cool if she’s who ming hua look up to to become a powerful bender

  • @Gu3ssWhatsN3XT
    @Gu3ssWhatsN3XT 3 года назад +4

    I get people like to theorize on things that have been floating around for years, but she has arms. Not only is there a picture of her statue out with her arms in it, but bryke himself has also confirmed that she has arms. People need to do a little research instead of rehashing the same stuff that has been around with proof of it being debunked other than that i'm pretty sure it's confirmed that she was the wife of the firelord during that time

  • @elyssacaouettedavies1212
    @elyssacaouettedavies1212 3 года назад

    I never noticed that, I think u got something going here 👍

  • @bethanyhoover9641
    @bethanyhoover9641 3 года назад

    You are so smart I love your vids

  • @DarkSoul-jj2rv
    @DarkSoul-jj2rv 3 года назад +4

    I want information on the fire nation avatar holding a sword aka Avatar Wolverine

  • @NalenPlays
    @NalenPlays 3 года назад +5

    In the picture where it shows all of the avatars it looks like one of the water tribe avatars is royalty

    • @deviljho4260
      @deviljho4260 3 года назад +1

      ncamachoyoda 5:41 the water tribe avatar at the left looks like royalty

    • @JesseJamesPigon
      @JesseJamesPigon 3 года назад

      And a firelord avatar 👀

    • @ChienaAvtzon
      @ChienaAvtzon 2 года назад

      Technically, Korra is royalty. Her father was supposed to be the Chief of the Northern Tribe, and eventually became the Chief of the Southern Tribe.

  • @scottmarkellos2645
    @scottmarkellos2645 3 года назад

    This just comes to what I have been saying . We need more past avatar back storys

  • @clozzyozzy42
    @clozzyozzy42 3 года назад

    Ha I think you saw my comment cause on your video about the Jafar guy I said something about wanting to know more about her ☺️I love it when your RUclips dreams come true

  • @user-eq5yr6oe8h
    @user-eq5yr6oe8h 3 года назад +11

    Imagine she was a peaceful fire lord. Lack of arms in a literal sense for the country.

  • @phantom115cw
    @phantom115cw 3 года назад +18

    Could it be drawing mistake?

    • @christianrasmussenberg3512
      @christianrasmussenberg3512 3 года назад +18

      Yeah he literally mentioned it could in the video

    • @AntoineBandele
      @AntoineBandele  3 года назад +20

      It's always nice when folks pay attention. Thanks, Hary.

    • @stephylynnpatch
      @stephylynnpatch 3 года назад +7

      It's not a mistake her arms are there. You can see a peak of her hand. You can see her sleeves

    • @MaybeMattMartin
      @MaybeMattMartin 3 года назад +1

      Stephy Lynn yeah the sleeves are there, other than that nothing

    • @stephylynnpatch
      @stephylynnpatch 3 года назад +1

      @@MaybeMattMartin shenhua short sleeve over a long sleeve and her little hand is peaking out of the bottom of the long part of the sleeve it's there

  • @samariam3043
    @samariam3043 Год назад

    This is freakin BRILLIANT!

  • @r.h.6249
    @r.h.6249 Год назад

    Oh my God, that makes so much sense

  • @rottenredhead6009
    @rottenredhead6009 3 года назад +3

    Or maybe she lost her arms when trying to combustion bend, like Combustion Man.

  • @fuckboi4852
    @fuckboi4852 3 года назад +4

    She literally has arms, her shoulder sleeves are just huge

    • @ssplif5415
      @ssplif5415 3 года назад

      Thank u this guy is tripping

  • @marlo176
    @marlo176 3 года назад

    That theory makes a lot of sense and it could kind of be along the same lines as when King bumi uses head to earth bend

  • @dewiwaskito5630
    @dewiwaskito5630 3 года назад

    It would explain so much