United States of Natan wrote:Jaslandia wrote:We still don't know what exactly Zaheer meant when he said
was the loose end, so Zaheer may have had pragmatic reasons for it.
As for Zaheer taking the Air Nation, that does seem like hypocrisy, but on the other hand, it could have been an "the end justifies the means" type of move. Keep in mind we don't know what Zaheer would have done to them if Team Avatar lost and Korra was captured. Zaheer could have killed the Airbenders before Korra even got to the temple, so simply slaughtering them may not have been Zaheer's plan.
What I still can't believe is that Zaheer threatened a SECOND Air Nomad Genocide. Seriously, if he had destroyed the air nomads again and the Avatar Cycle, he would have been no better the leaders he opposed (Such as Ozai and Sozin), if not worse! As for his ultimate plans, chaos would not have solved everything, because, after reviewing multiple scenarios, they all would have ended badly for the Red Lotus:
1. Vaatu ultimately would have sought a host to form the Dark Avatar, who would have ultimately possibly attempted to take over the world in a fashion similar to Ozai's plans during Sozin's Comet.
2. the Dark Avatar would cause too much Chaos, more than Zaheer would have wanted, and would have enslaved humanity rather than granting them freedom.
3. People, or the Avatar, would rise up against the Dark Avatar, and, with knowledge of how to end an Avatar Cycle, would have invoked the Dark Avatar State, and destroyed the Dark Avatar.
4. They would not be able to destroy Korra or the Avatar Cycle, because Raava would have warned Korra, and either way, they would not have been able to chain up the Avatar, and when Korra inevitably enters the Avatar State, she would have destroyed them.
5. No matter what, through any chaos that might be caused, leaders will inevitably emerge from the chaos, people will look up to them, police forces will be formed, and governments will then form, no matter what.
In addition, clearly Zaheer underestimated the Avatar State. to elaborate on Roku's words, The Avatar State is a defense mechanism, designed to empower the Avatar with near limitless cosmic and spiritual energy, as well as the skills and knowledge of all the past Avatars. The Avatar State has allowed the Avatar to destroy cities, palaces, temples, fortresses, create huge, hurricane-strength gust of winds, erupt numerous volcanoes all at once, destroy entire armies, split and reseal entire glaciers (this example is demonstrated by the Dark Avatar, however), even separate entire peninsulas from the mainland and push them out to sea. There is absolutely no way that 3 benders, even at master level, can surpass or defeat an Avatar who has entered the reflexive/continuous Avatar State, even when held in platinum chains, thus the reason why the red lotus was immediately overwhelmed by Korra's strength while in the Avatar State.