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anghrainechidorinnnnn sent this ask:
In an AU where Aang was NOT the last airbender (because there were people who got away, assimilated within other cities/cultures, etc.), I wonder if it would’ve made sense for Zaheer to be an airbender from day 1 (without any spirit world shenanigans from canon book 2), descended from a population that had rejected the teachings of the air temples. Add to that an explicit acknowledgement from the very beginning that Korra was nearly kidnapped as a child by the Red Lotus, and you’ve got maybe a consistent storyline?
I replied:
Hmm. I’m not sure it quite fits with my vague ideas for grey!Zaheer, but it does actually work really well for a different AU where Zaheer is the B1 villain instead of Amon, because I’d been juggling ideas for how it would work without Harmonic Convergence. Thanks!
In an AU where Aang was NOT the last airbender (because there were people who got away, assimilated within other cities/cultures, etc.), I wonder if it would’ve made sense for Zaheer to be an airbender from day 1 (without any spirit world shenanigans from canon book 2), descended from a population that had rejected the teachings of the air temples. Add to that an explicit acknowledgement from the very beginning that Korra was nearly kidnapped as a child by the Red Lotus, and you’ve got maybe a consistent storyline?
I replied:
Hmm. I’m not sure it quite fits with my vague ideas for grey!Zaheer, but it does actually work really well for a different AU where Zaheer is the B1 villain instead of Amon, because I’d been juggling ideas for how it would work without Harmonic Convergence. Thanks!