Aang's Arrow

[AfikoAir]

I looked and didnt really see a post like this so here it goes...

I have talked withsome Avatards and the all HATE Aang's new "Authentic Tribal Arrow"! I love it! It shows detail. I liked the plain blue but this goes on a new level! It is nice too. It looks very cool... so leave comments on what you think.....

and i apologize if this thread has already been posted...

[Project 86]

any avatar fan who does'nt like his arrow is a moron because we all know a plain blue arrow in live action wouldnt look good lol

[AfikoAir]

exactly my point! Thank you!

[siani]

yeah it was a nice touch... what they did *nods* Having Aang with the blue arrows... Hmm, I wouldn't complain about it if it was that way in the movie but it would have reminded me of someone in cos-play lol

[TheLastGuy]

I like Aang's new tribal arrow, it would look really wierd if it was a solid, blue colored arrow. It just wouldn't look right.

[johnpmadrigal]

I love the way the arrow looks. It's so detailed. I think that solid arrows would have looked really lame in the live action.

[DarthRoy1292]

His movie arrow is soo much more detailed and realistic...what air nomad would endure having a solid blue tattoo of arrows all around his body?? it would be 1. painful, and 2, take a really really long time.
This movie arrow looks more like the old school style tattoo...i forgot the name but its the style where they dip a bamboo needle in ink and stab you with it?,

[darkvadr]

I think it looks awesome. I especially love the Airbender symbol in the middle of the arrow, it was a nice touch. Heck, I'd shave my head just to get that tattoo on my head and back.

[AfikoAir]

Heck, I'd shave my head just to get that tattoo on my head and back.

me too!!!!

[TXbender]

Dangit..........I was about to create this thread but, somebody beat me to it!!!

From my observations of Aang's TLA tattoo, the "Real Life" inspiration for it comes from the Sak Yant (Yantra) tattoo's of Southeast Asia Region.....which originally was worn by Angkorian Kings & Warriors of the Khmer Empire....my Ancestors BTW (present day Cambodia) over two thousand years ago & continues to this day in present day Cambodia, Thailand & Burma.

Not everybody can get a Sak Yant tattoo & not everybody can do the tattoo......it's a very ancient religious art form. Sak Yant tattoos are considered "magical tattoos" & only a tattoo master can determined if a person seeking the Sak Yant is right for the tattoo & what type of Sak yant that person is going to recieve.

There's alot of rituals involved including fasting, cleansing both physical & spiritual, prayers on both the master tattooist & person recieving the tattoo's part; inorder for the the the magic to be imbued onto the tattoo & serve it's purpose of "protection" both physical & spiritual, "luck", "fortune" & etc.........There are sets of rules to abide by after recieving a Sak Yant tattoo or else the magic imbued into the Sak Yant tattoo will dissipate/ disappear.

more info on Sak Yant tattoo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantra_tattooing

Sak Yant tattoo pictures:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... too&sz=all