Did You Known 3 Little Facts About Avatar: The Last Airbender Characters?

Known as one of the most beloved animated series of the 2000s, and with a new animated movie on the way, Avatar: The Last Airbender has been liked by audiences of all ages. While audiences become deeply acquainted with the collection of unique characters that populated the show, there are still bits of information about them that aren’t all too well-known. Let’s dicover it in this post below!

Toph Was Almost a Male Character

Throughout the extent of the series, Toph mastered the art of earthbending, and later on, was heralded as the founder of metal-bending. She forged through, refusing to let her loss of sight impede her skills as an earthbender. Originally, however, Toph was designed as a male character with perfect vision. The episode “Ember Island Players” nodded to early concept by making Toph a Dwayne Johnson-like in the show’s parody of itself.

2. Azula Almost Had an Arranged Marriage

Azula was nearly found herself in an arranged marriage by the show’s final season, but the plot point was deemed unfit for her overall narrative. Indeed, at one point in the show’s continuum, the Fire Nation princess almost faced an engagement to Fire Nation General Zhao’s son, and their wedding would have taken place in Book 3. Ultimately, the writers decided against it and chose a different fate for Azula: her face-off against Prince Zuko in their final, and seemingly fated, Agni Kai, which proved to be one of the most defining moments of the series.

3. Avatar Aang Has the Ability to Energybend

Before the last Lion Turtle had passed away, in order to prepare Avatar Aang to battle Firelord Ozai, he bestowed upon him the ability to energybend. This was imperative in allowing Aang the option of defeating the Fire Lord without having to actually kill him (the morality of which Aang, in fact, continually wrestled with). Per its name, the term “energybending” granted Aang with the ability to control another person’s life energy.

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