The Avatar State is Perfect and The Greatest Power in Avatar!

Hey our you moutoku and as far as I'm concerned the Avatar state stands to be one of the most interesting transformations in all of fiction beyond simply being a flashy light show of epic proportions which it totally is the Avatar state is actually a rather intricate ability and so with this video we'll be exploring its many facets as well as some other avatar exclusive abilities which complement its usage with book 2 of The Legend of Korra we received the origins of not only the avatar but the Avatar state as well having been the first avatar avatar Wan was effectively the first person to enter the Avatar State but before truly doing so he actually entered a sort of pseudo Avatar state by momentarily housing within himself the great spirit of light raava who had previously stored the power of the four elements for him in doing so rather than displaying the glow were almost familiar with Wan exude this excess energy from the entirety of his body and I'd imagine the radiation of this glow to be an indication of improper usage as ideally you would want to keep such power within yourself which is made evident by this usage only lasting mere seconds although with the second instance of this the glow looks to be a bit more tame and is swiftly kept within from their avatar WAN was able to maneuver an adequately faci great spirit of darkness vaatu for quite some time before beginning to feel the strain of its usage which would eventually kill him the first true instance of the Avatar state occurred not too long after this with avatar Juan's harnessing of the spirit portals raw power effectively stabilizing his connection with raava and eternally conjoining his spirit with her I absolutely adore the concept of the Avatar cycle the spirit of the avatar is one that perpetually reincarnates along an initial elemental cycle of fire to air to water to earth and is repeated as such for over 10,000 years and it is for this reason that the avatar is revered beyond divisions of land after so many incarnations you could even argue that the avatar is in some capacity related to everyone in the world like how Avatar Roku was the great-grandfather of Fire Lord Zuko or how avatar Korra is related to the Chieftains of both the northern and southern poles meaning that by extension to some degree she's related to princess Yue a who is now the moon spirit the Avatar state tends to act as a sort of hive mind with the current avatar acting as a kind of vessel and with this the voice of said avatar may become overlaid by the voices of several of their past lives resulting in what is a rather effective means of intimidation but more than that the Avatar state provides access to a pool of skills and knowledge accumulated over the course of an absurd number of lives in the original series Avatar Roku described the Avatar state saikhan aglow to be the combined energy of an avatars past lives being channeled through their body which is a summation I'm more so partial to as opposed to it simply being the expulsion of raava's energy as provided by The Legend of Korra but whatever the glow tends to exude from the eyes and sometimes mouths however in the case of those with tattoos which follow along the Chi paths like Aang or other Master airbenders said markings will glow also with this in mind theoretically if a chi-blocker such as Ty Lee were to use her technique on aang mid Avatar state the would cease instead affected area that is unless the Avatar state provides immunity to such techniques as it does in the case of blood bending also considering combustion man's tattoo is purposefully placed over the light chakra located on the forehead and chakras are concentrated points of one's Chi then if an avatar were to be a combustion bender in the Avatar state their third eye tattoo would glow as if they weren't cool enough with the Avatar state further stockpiling power with each incarnation it's safe to say that the further along the Avatar cycle goes the more powerful the potential of the avatar becomes now another way for the avatar to inquire the wisdom of their past lives would be the projection of their consciousness however this is something that seems to only be applicable in a conversational capacity with the appearance of said avatar being that which they are most comfortable with the evidence for that being avatar kyoshi lived to be 230 years old but were always presented with a village of her in her prime aang back when he was the current avatar despite being out of his traditional air nomads garbs with a full head of hair when he entered the spirit world Don the design we almost associate with his character now should the current avatar ever sever their connection to one of their past lives as Avatar Aang once did with Avatar Roku then all those who predated the severed will be distanced as well the reason for this being a need for self-acceptance and is certainly something that may be salvaged now one of the absolute coolest instances of the Avatar state occurred during the battle for the North Pole in which Aang being at the height of his spiritual power and affinity was able to momentarily conjoin his energy with that of the spirit of the ocean with raava being the spirit of light and peace the spirit of the avatar was able to synergize quite well with a fellow primordial spirit and to this day it is one of the most jaw-dropping moment in the entire series the Avatar state provides access to the harnessing of cosmic forces of astronomical proportions beyond any sort of conventional comprehension one such example being when Aang was able to see a vision of Katara in danger from the eastern air temple despite her being in Ba Sing se at the time but with that being said the likelihood of an avatar acquiring the entirety of such vast power is incredibly unlikely the reason being that such power goes hand-in-hand with enlightenment and it's sort of an oxymoron that despite being part spirit the avatar cannot obtain spiritual enlightenment as their duty is to the world beyond themselves the Avatar state is primarily utilized as a defense mechanism and a means of avoiding mortal danger in the case of involuntary usage by another developed avatar said avatar likely won't be able to properly recollect their own actions or anything else that happened during it in the case of avatar aang his initial instances of the Avatar state were triggered by the threat of either certain death extreme trauma or mental distress all of which will likely be an incredibly exhausting ordeal for such an avatar as they're likely unequipped to harness such awesome power but at this stage the Avatar State might as well be cheatcodes as it allows even an untrained avatar to access elements they have yet to master themselves in fact the iceberg aang encased himself in happened to be an extremely complex combination of airbending and waterbending that kept his body in suspended animation and at that technically he managed to remain in the Avatar state for an entire century which I could only imagine has to be a record of some kind one application of the Avatar state that I really like is he channeling of a specific a bizarre incarnation when doing so the current avatar will for a lack of better words Pasi controller to one of their previous lives and in the process take on their specific skills appearance and voice however this is a sort of thing that in most cases only a novice avatar would do something somewhat similar to this occurred when Aang first met master Jeong Jeong with Jeong Jeong conversing with Avatar Roku within his own mind and when master Jeong Jeong returned to reality it's as if no time had passed at all which is super weird and at that is something I can only attribute to the cosmic abilities of the avatar as it's unexplained otherwise with no further occurrences the biggest issue with an underdeveloped avatar entering the Avatar state is certainly the threat of death should the avatar died during the Avatar state the cycle will cease and the avatar will be no more as raava would perish as well masterful usage of the Avatar state may be indicated by the voluntary usage of its power with this an avatar will now be capable of recollecting the events of their transformation as well as maintaining their own consciousness and beyond the mastery of all four elements this is what I believe to be an avatars true rite of passage by managing to sustain their own self-awareness amongst the conglomerate of minds that is the avatar spirit they effectively establish themselves amongst greatness and as for how such mastery may be obtained there seem to be various ways one such being the opening of the seven chakras introduced by guru Pathik being an incredibly learned man and former spiritual brother to the air nomads guru Pathik provided a pretty feasible means of mastering the Avatar State one which promoted the yielding of oneself to their own circumstances recognition and acceptance of prior shortcomings and severance from mortal attachments but as far as I'm concerned such teachings are inherently flawed when in relation to the Avatar a being incapable of such enlightenment avatar aang despite having unlocked six of the seven chakras but continued to relapse supposedly mitigated issues throughout the remainder of the series so maybe the momentary severance from such constraints is enough for this process to work but like I just said this is certainly not the only means of obtaining mastery over the Avatar State as I wouldn't credit avatar Korra with such spiritual prowess or self-awareness at any point prior to the end of book 4 and you know in contrast her acquisition of such abilities may be seen as a bit underwhelming as her one and only personal meeting with Avatar Aang and his subsequent touching of her forehead was enough to do so as a means of avoiding the end of the Avatar cycle a master over the Avatar State will momentarily harness said power as a means of acquiring the knowledge and/or skills they particularly desire the Avatar cycle is designed to be a preservation of human history unrivaled by any documentation the events of a legend of korra book 2 and onwards caused what I believe to be irreparable damage to the history significance and furthering of this ability which I honestly found to be pretty disheartening and frustrating as a fan of the series but for the sake of keeping this video concise I'll leave it at that and we can have that discussion at another time hopefully you all enjoy the video and are able to look forward to more in the future making avatar content has been really fulfilling for me and so it means a lot to know that so many of you are here for it so for those of you who have been here with me and the channel for a while I hope you can understand my desire to create what works and makes me happiest in an algorithmic system that tends to discourage such change and even if you knew the fact that you made it to the end of the video means you are a lore - and I hope that you stick around and for those of you who like to go above and beyond please let me know how many times I said the word avatar in this video I cannot believe like looking back I said this a lot but yeah thank you all so much for watching and have an awesome day I love you [Music] [Music]

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Length: 12min 59sec (779 seconds)

Published: Wed May 08 2019