More Hints about Korra, but...

[voustler]

Ummmm, about the whole Next generation thing imo it's not like every single one character of ATLA is dead..
yeah probably most of them are dead, but I just feel that there must be still someone alive like Toph or maybe not so important character like Haru or some other..
but OK we'll see!
LATE 2011 COME FASTER!!!!

[Orwill Yatke]

Hurricane Katrina. I think the US overbuilt down there and New Orleans suffered becuase of ignorance. Many innocent people died and didn't need to. It is a travesty that that happened. The response time should have been quicker by the feds and blah blah you know the rest. Mindbender is an intelligent fellow up to date on current events. Even if they took place half a decade ago...
Anyways, Avatar Roku gets taken out by a volcanoe and Aang is connected to Roku in many ways so I hypothesize that a natural disaster could take down Avatar Aang. A hurricane is large enough to take him out. Although, maybe another lightning bolt...
In any case the creators are animators with the need for a paycheck and I theorize that they will make this show The Legend of Korra about Korra becoming legendary by reuniting the spirits and the humans with nature and the elements. The Avatar world is full of surprises and to keep people tuned in the creators need a good story. Aang's mysterious demise by natural forces could be one of those key elements to having a good story. A hurricane sounded like a good idea. "I wish I knew how to make a hurricane"-Aang
Anyways...A natural disaster would effectively create tension between the Avatar and the city. The people put less faith in the spirits(all spirits including the Avatar) and nature and more trust in their own designs. Technology, etc... Kind of a parallel to the industrialization of the world that was rampant in the '30s and even the '40s. The 20th century was not kind to the world and I think the creators potentially will reflect that in their upcoming artwork.

[absinthe_spoons]

Hurricane Katrina. I think the US overbuilt down there and New Orleans suffered becuase of ignorance. Many innocent people died and didn't need to. It is a travesty that that happened. The response time should have been quicker by the feds and blah blah you know the rest. Mindbender is an intelligent fellow up to date on current events. Even if they took place half a decade ago...

*sobs* Oh my god, you are like trailerman to the power of ten, what does this have to do with ANYTHING?
P.S. Absolutely everyone knows about Hurricane Katrina, not just intelligent fellows like Mindbender.

[Butterscotchking]

Hurricane Katrina. I think the US overbuilt down there and New Orleans suffered becuase of ignorance. Many innocent people died and didn't need to. It is a travesty that that happened. The response time should have been quicker by the feds and blah blah you know the rest. Mindbender is an intelligent fellow up to date on current events. Even if they took place half a decade ago...

New Orleans suffered because of ignorance?...ignorance of what, the large hurricane which couldn't be stopped...

Now I haven't been to new orleans, but saying it is overbuilt and it's the government's fault basically that 'innocent' people died (or this is what I read from your post) is weird, I mean they don't have future seeing abilities...or would you rather it be not over built and have another region over built, or a the innocent people with no homes...?

Anyway the idea of a NATURAL disaster causing tension...is somewhat okay, but it wouldn;t be natural if the avatar created it, (if thats what you're getting at?)

[Project 86]

not sure if this was posted

http://www.ugo.com/tv/avatar-legend-of- ... ss-tv-imdb

[vanja1995]

The Last Airbender: The Journey of Korra ?

Please no. If it NEEDS a name change from Avatar, just don't put The Last Airbender in. But hopefully it stays Avatar: The [something]

[Orwill Yatke]

Yeah. Hopefully it stays The Legend of Korra. It has a nice ring to it.

As for New Orleans. Yeah Ignorance was to blame. No not ignorant people standing their ground against an unstoppable hurricane. I'm talking Government Ignorance. The Region was unupdated and built on a swamp. The marshlands are not made for metropolis of human design. Nature is supposed to live there not masses of humans on top of concrete and blacktop. The levies were old. Most Earthen and subject to instability during intense flooding. The federal government that was supposed to respond in a timely manner with disaster relief got caught up in its own red tape. Innocents don't need to die like that, abandoned by their leaders. The police ran, a lot of people ran, that's not my point. My point is that the people living down there were abandoned. Left for dead by their Great White Father, George W Bush. The government was to blame for the gruesome aftermath which persisted for weeks after the storm had passed. It isn't a weird concept. It's called accountability. The US gov't and FEMA didn't act responsibly. Nor take responsibility for helping those that weathered the storm. This built a lot of resentment in the people down there who still haven't fully recovered and probably never will all the way.
The same thing could happen in the Avatar world. I believe that the Avatar show is influenced by contemporary history as well as more ancient history. *ie Kite Warfare being the oldest ''known" aerial warfare and *ie brainwashing which is a more modern concept. Or message sending instead of talking to people. LOL. That part is funny everytime...ahem.. anyways...
There could be a natural disaster, like a hurricane (republic city is near a large body of water-from the concept art) that could possibly create resentment and a lack of faith in the abilities of the Avatar to protect the world, and its' people. I'm not saying that the Avatar created the natural disaster I'm saying that it's a possibility that he wasn't able to defend against it. Time and time again we see that the natural world and the spirit world is far more powerful than the human world. Even if the humans influence either concept it is always the duty of the Avatar to protect the world. That means upholding the balance at any cost and doing whatever it takes to protect the world. Even spiritual or self sacrifice may be necessary at times to uphold the balance. If it was required of him Aang would do his duty selflessy. It was only after meditating and talking to his past lives and accepting that he might have to kill the Firelord to maintain balance that he was able to converse with the Lion-Turtle and learn a path to defeating the evil in a manner that would set an example of peace.

[absinthe_spoons]

As for New Orleans. Yeah Ignorance was to blame. No not ignorant people standing their ground against an unstoppable hurricane. I'm talking Government Ignorance. The Region was unupdated and built on a swamp. The marshlands are not made for metropolis of human design. Nature is supposed to live there not masses of humans on top of concrete and blacktop. The levies were old. Most Earthen and subject to instability during intense flooding. The federal government that was supposed to respond in a timely manner with disaster relief got caught up in its own red tape. Innocents don't need to die like that, abandoned by their leaders. The police ran, a lot of people ran, that's not my point. My point is that the people living down there were abandoned. Left for dead by their Great White Father, George W Bush. The government was to blame for the gruesome aftermath which persisted for weeks after the storm had passed. It isn't a weird concept. It's called accountability. The US gov't and FEMA didn't act responsibly. Nor take responsibility for helping those that weathered the storm. This built a lot of resentment in the people down there who still haven't fully recovered and probably never will all the way.

You don't need to go on like this in a blatantly off-topic fashion. I know you're linking it back to your crazy theories about LoK, but please curb the ranting.

[Orwill Yatke]

You got it. Ranting will be slightly shorter.
I got a new theory for LOK.

ORWILL THEORY: The anti-benders in The Legend of Korra will be spurred on by economic unrest. Republic City may have a clearly defined social class system based on wealth. Kinda like Ba Sing Se but worse. The "anti-benders" may be on one side of the riot while the benders are, of course, on the other side. The economy may be the catalyst for the conflict.

[Zairex]

I don't think it will be the economy's fault. It's most likely going to be directly caused by the fact that benders are treated in a higher regard in the new city than non-benders.