Antony Starr’s performance as Homelander should be studied. The transition from beloved superhero to absolute nightmare is executed perfectly every single time.
I have a theory that Yakone, the criminal bloodbender from The Legend of Korra, is a direct descendant of Tagaka, the pirate queen of the Fifth Nation from The Rise of Kyoshi novels.
Here is why the lore lines up perfectly
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All of her sad and suffering moments, we kindly donate it to the Greens.
Rhaenyra has lost alot just trying to fight for what belongs to her and she’s yet to retaliate.
because seismic sense isn’t the foundation of metal bending, that is how toph discovered metal bending
toph used seismic sense to feel traces of earth inside metal and figured out how she could bend them. once it became popular, people could learn the technique without having to start from scratch.
korra learned metal bending without learning seismic sense because she got the knowledge from teachers who understood it and knew what to look for.
as for aang, i know you are familiar with earth being his most difficult element to embrace because it was opposite to his nature, so why bother with metal? plus toph herself said he just didn’t have the stomach for it