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Join the From the Spirit World crew as they Rewatch Avatar: The Last Airbender almost 20 years later! We’ll revisit these incredible episodes while looking back on being fans of Avatar while it was originally airing. We continue Book 2 with Chapters 30-32, “The Library”, “The Desert” , & “The Serpent’s Pass”.

Hosts for this podcast: Dylan, Delaney, & Beatriz.

Join the From the Spirit World crew as they Rewatch Avatar: The Last Airbender almost 20 years later! We’ll revisit these incredible episodes while looking back on being fans of Avatar while it was originally airing. We continue Book 2 with Chapters 27-29, “Zuko Alone”, “The Chase”, & “Bitter Work”.

Hosts for this podcast: Dylan, Delaney, & Aly.

Join the From the Spirit World crew as they Rewatch Avatar: The Last Airbender almost 20 years later! We’ll revisit these incredible episodes while looking back on being fans of Avatar while it was originally airing. We start by discussing the first two episodes of Book 1, “The Boy in the Iceberg” & “The Avatar Returns”.

Hosts for this podcast: Dylan, Mel, & Jeff.

Mini-Cast #1: Fire Nation: The Fire Nation royal family dynamics are discussed in-depth as Mel is joined by Delaney, Sam, and Phillip. Time: 1:00 – 40:30 Mini-Cast #2: Live Action: ‘What if Avatar was a live action show?’ is discussed as Dylan is joined by Ari, Colin, Lem, and Derek. Time: 40:40 – 58:25

“The Promise, Part 3” is discussed and reviewed as Dylan is joined by Mel, Sam, and Delaney. Spoilers for Part 3 are from 8:20 until 1:03:50.

Mini-Cast #1: The Spirit World: The Spirit World is discussed in-depth as Mel is joined by Sam, Phillip, Delaney, and Halee. Time: 1:00 – 26:45 Mini-Cast #2: “What If”: “What if” situations in Avatar and Korra are discussed as Dylan is joined by Halee, Colin, Ari, and Sam. Time: 26:50 – 59:55

Mini-Cast #1: Fanfics: Avatar and Korra fanfics are discussed in-depth as Dylan is joined by Halee, Lem, Sam, and Britney.Time: 1:00 – 33:45 Mini-Cast #2: “Previously On”: The “Previously on Avatar” and the Korra equivalent are discussed as Dylan is joined by Sarah, Phillip, Colin, Mel, and Sam. Time: 34:00 – 45:45

Mini-Cast #1: ‘The Last Airbender’ Revisited: The movie that never happened is discussed for the first time in a while as Dylan is joined by Phillip, Halee, Lem, and Colin. Time: 1:00 – 1:07:45 Mini-Cast #2: Character Looks: Evolving looks of the characters (outfits and hair) are discussed as Mel is joined by Sam, Ally, Delaney, Lem, and Phillip. Time: 1:08:00 – 1:40:45

Storytelling in Avatar: The Last Airbender is discussed as Dylan is joined by Mel, Sam, and Britney. Topics discussed include each characters’ arc, each characters’ hero’s journey, and tropes.

Mini-Cast #1: AMVs: Avatar AMVs or Fanvids are discussed as Jeff is joined by Josh, Crystal, Delaney, Ryan, and Halee. *Time: 1:45 – 53:30 Mini-Cast #2: Obscure Korra Ships: “Obscure” or minor Korra ships are discussed as Dylan is joined by Halee, Sarah, Katie, and Colin. *Time: 54:30 – 1:20:00

Mini-Cast #1: Amon and Tarrlok’s Motives: Amon and Tarrlok’s motives and thinking at the end of the season are discussed as Dylan is joined by Mel, Josh, Delaney, and Colin.Time: 1:00 – 52:05Mini-Cast #2: Comparing Airbenders to the Jedi: Airbender and Jedi philosophy is compared and contrasted as Melanie is joined by Sam, Delaney, Lem, and Ryan.** Please note, this discussion touches on adult topics.**Time: 52:15 – 1:27:00

The Korra Comic-Con Panel is discussed in-depth as Dylan is joined by Mel, Sam, Britney, Ally, and Jeff.

The Promise, Parts 1 and 2 are discussed and reviewed in depth as Dylan is joined by Mel, Teresa, and Sam.

From the Spirit World takes over Avatar Studios (hypothetically) as we go around giving our pitches for the upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender movie, a future Avatar series, and more shows and movies in the Avatar world!

Hosts for this podcast: Dylan, Mel, Delaney, & Ben.

Timestamps for the podcast:

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 3:45 – Avatar Studios News
• 21:15 – Aang Movie Pitches
• 48:00 – Next Avatar Series Pitches
• 1:17:00 – Other Show or Movie Pitches
• 1:56:30 – Conclusion

Here are the pitches!

(Mel) Bloodbenders 2: Full Moon Boogaloo

It’s been eight years since Zuko’s coronation and the end of the war and there’s no shortage of people in need as the world puts itself back together again. Aang and Katara have been constantly on the move, occasionally accompanied by their friends. One day, a distress call from an island in the far north where territory negotiations have seemingly gone south between the Fire Nation and Water Tribe. The Fire Nation soldiers have attacked the Water Tribe there, threatening to ignite simmering frustrations. 

But not everything is as it seems. The Fire Nation soldiers claim to have not been in control of themselves, their actions not their own. Katara begins to suspect something far more sinister is going on as they, with the help of their friends, begin to investigate a group of local waterbenders with ties to an old and clandestine group with access to a forbidden power under the strength of the full moon. The Gaang must rush to uncover the truth and stop the group from igniting a full scale battle between Water Tribe and Fire Nation in a fragile time.

Why I like it: 

• Bloodbending is one of the more captivating things to come out of the show so anything that brings that into the spotlight is interesting
• There’s a gap of information between when we last see bloodbending and Katara outlawing it because it became widely known. How did it become widely known? Was there a time when Katara and Aang thought they could control the use of it? 
• I look spooky secret organizations
• While nothing is going to meet the level of drama and stakes as the original series, I think reverberations from world events like that are interesting to explore since we can see them clearly in our own world

(Delaney) The Red Wedding: For Mel

Short summary: Kataang wedding. Everyone is all over the world and we must go get them. Chaos at the wedding. Red Lotus?

Reasons why you like this idea:

• Kataang
• Lighthearted but also can introduce Red Lotus beginnings
• Can check in on everyone

(Ben) The Red Lotus Blooms

Summary:  As we see the early days of the United Republic of Nations and what will ultimately become Republic City, we see the splintering of the White Lotus and see the Gaang go up against what will ultimately become The Order of the Red Lotus

Why I Like This Idea:   It helps to connect the original series with Korra and see the foundation of an important group/plot element from Book 3: Change.  

(Dylan) Red Lotus Origins

Short summary: Dave Bautista as Xai Bau the founder of the Red Lotus as the movie details it breaking off from the White Lotus as Aang and the Gang in their 20s try to stop the new global harmony from breaking apart, including Aang beginning to create the United Republic of Nations. Specific plot: New Red Lotus interrupt the Kataang wedding for some reason.

Reasons why you like this idea:

• Red Lotus stuff is most interesting thing we know about from this time, better than Republic City being the focus
• Wrestler Dave Bautista reminiscent of Zaheer

(Delaney) Avatar: The Last Avatar

Could be as far into the future as possible or next earth Avatar. Do we need the Avatar? Can the Avatar bring balance to a world like ours? Complex issues: industrialization, inequality.

• A modern take
• Less villain focused, natural progression after Zaheer
• Natural progression after spirit world focus

(Mel) The YA Antinationalist Hero Avatar

It’s been two generations of Avatars since the time of Korra. Republic City has flourished, borders between nations have been places of flourishing immigration. Our hero is one such child of a blended family, the daughter of a parent half Air Nomad and half Earth Kingdom while the other is Fire Nation. They see themselves as a child of multiple cultures with seemingly no bending to speak of. 

Until, one day, they produce an unnatural gust of wind. Their Air Nomad family is delighted, ready to bring the MC into their world and help them embrace their Air Nomad identity. But then, in a moment of frustration, they firebend. It becomes clear: they are the Avatar. The Air Nomads insist they belong to them as the Avatar of the Air portion of the cycle. But they’ve known little of that world and love their life as it is in Republic City and in a diverse and vibrant world. In a panic, they flee responsibilities and labels and head into the wilds of the Earth Kingdom where they can be free of their responsibilities and all the world is trying to put on them. Until they run into a problem only the Avatar can solve, and with the help of friends made along the way, they work to forge their own path as the Avatar and define what being the Avatar in a modern world means.

Why I like it: 

• Ever since they introduced characters like Mako and Bolin with different bending abilities in the same family or Asami who was ethnically Fire Nation but born in Republic City with no bending at all, it got me thinking about how elemental identity and nationalism coexist in the Avatar universe and the rules of the Avatar spirit seem to abide by it. But what happens in another generation when you have people with bits of all nations in their family tree? Are they excluded from being the Avatar? Do they have to make a choice about how they identify in daily life? 
• I also like the parallels this allows for with personal identity vs perception. I think it’s an important topic. How does the Avatar world deal with changing definitions when so much of the world was built on these identities?
• I like the idea of a less action oriented story. While it wouldn’t be devoid of action, it would be interesting to follow a character-centric story that is more personal.

(Ben) Future Avatar

Honestly had a hard time coming up with a great idea for this one, but in my mind, if they do a series on an Avatar after Korra, I think an interesting idea to explore would be about how much further the world of Avatar has advanced technologically and whether the Avatar still has a relevant role to play  in the world at that time.  Perhaps mirroring our own world with many drifting away from religion of any kind.

(Dylan) Spark of a New Avatar

Short summary: Xin (voiced by Auliʻi Cravalho) is a computer programmer working in a normal office in the modern Earth Kingdom (~2010 equivalent). She starts feeling increasingly connected to her computer, tangibly feeling the electricity going on and off in the bits from her code. She realizes she’s a lightning bender with a speciality in interacting with electricity and therefore the Avatar since she can firebend. Mel

Reasons why you like this idea:

• Avatar in the modern world, Avatar interaction with technology 
• How a very non-spiritual person in technological modern world would fair as the Avatar

(Mel) Rogue One: A Nonbender Story

It’s 4 years before Aang will be awakened from the iceberg and our MC is doing everything they can to get by in a global war as a nonbender. They’ve dodged military conscription in the Earth Kingdom army and the forced labor nonbenders are required to provide the war effort. But don’t let their lack of bending fool you, they can go toe-to-toe with plenty of benders thanks to their agility, self taught martial arts, and a few tricks. You don’t need a master to learn how to fight and they’re ready to take on any bender who threatens the peace they’ve made for themselves living off the grid. 

As a war waged by benders rages on, some problems require a subtler approach. Our MC is confronted by a group who need their help: Ba Sing Se has been under siege for three years by the Fire Lord’s militarily gifted son General Iroh. They’ve tried everything to break the siege and now they’re ready for a different approach, one Iroh and his army will not expect: nonbenders. Our MC joins a group of fellow nonbenders just trying to get by and are given an assignment: assassinate the general, cut the head off the snake, free the Earth Kingdom capital, and save the world from a Fire Nation victory.

Why I like it: 

• I’ve always liked a hero who uses their environment when it comes to getting things done (like Assassin’s Creed). I think we saw bits of that in characters like Jet but there’s certainly room for more
• With the exception of Sokka, the nonbenders need some attention besides being sidekicks and love interests (Suki, Asami, Mai, and Ty Lee were all sidekicks and/or love interests to the benders). Statistically speaking they’re probably half the population or more, their stories are interesting too, especially considering the power imbalance they likely face
• I really love the idea of going with a Rogue One type story where you have a character whose name will be lost to history and who otherwise is not important but who did something incredibly crucial for the larger world.  
• I’d like to see exactly what happened with Iroh and Lu Ten and the siege. In my version, Lu Ten is collateral damage in an assassination attempt on Iroh

(Ben) The Man Who Would Have Been Fire Lord

Summary:  The story if Iroh’s life leading up to when we first meet him in Avatar: The Last Airbender

Why I Like This Idea:  Iroh is without a doubt one of the most interesting and endearing characters in the entire franchise and I think getting to see certain times of his life that were mentioned, but never fully explored, would be interesting.

(Delaney) Avatar: No Avatar/Tales from Below

Nonbender focused show with token bender. Adventures without the Avatar. Here Avatar stuff in the background.

• More world building
• Can explore the bender vs nonbender divide

(Dylan) Asami University 

Short summary: As her last act as Avatar, Korra founded an interdisciplinary bending school where the most promising benders of all nations go to study together. The series details a group of friends training together in their different bending types and their daily school lives and relationships.

Reasons why you like this idea:

• Avatar magic school
• Avatar Gen V

(Mel) Fire Nation: Rebels

The Fire Nation has a new ruler. The sudden death of Azulon and disgrace of Iroh has put an unlikely person on the throne: Ozai. A group of Fire Nation citizens, displeased with the war and ready to end the conflict, want to take advantage of a young prince who was never meant to rule suddenly thrust into power. With their allies in court and their practical wherewithal, they combine forces to influence politics and vandalize and sabotage the war effort to hopefully bring peace to the world. 

But they’ve underestimated exactly who it is now sitting on the Fire Nation throne and the lengths he is willing to go to cement his place in history.

Why I like it: 

• Netflix tapped into what we were all thinking: there’s no way everyone was just cool with a century long war. In the history of all our wars, the populace is never unified in its support. What’s going on internally in the Fire Nation? We saw some propaganda in The Headband and Ember Island Players, but let’s dive in deeper. 
• I like getting a little GoT with this with the political side of it all. We know Ozai is a ruthless manipulator but his enemies certainly hope he’s a hapless young man thrust into a position he was never prepared for. What do their machinations look like? 
• On the flip side, what does the ground work look like for those sabotaging and vandalizing the war effort, doing their best to functionally make more war impossible?

(Delaney) Mama Mia with Su and Lin

(Ben) The Tales of Korra

Summary: A miniseries that jumps ahead ten years after the end of The Legend of Korra and explores what our favorite characters are now up to. 

Why I Like This Idea:  While not every character in Korra is greatly loved (ahem, looking at you Mako, ahem), still think it would be cool to see a lot of these characters again and see some small adventures in what is (hopefully) a more peaceful world. 

(Dylan) Untitled Avatar-Companion Love Story

Short summary: A pure romance series about an Avatar before Yangchen and one of their companions/masters.

Reasons why you like this idea:

• The Kataang-esque Avatar/companion romance dynamic but fully fleshed out as the main aspect of a series
• A much chiller slice-of-life Avatar show
• Explore a random Avatar way in the past
• Complicated power dynamics in a relationship with the god-like Avatar on one hand, and a teacher-student relationship on the other

Season 1 of The Legend of Korra is discussed and reviewed in depth as Dylan is joined by Mel, Ally, Sam, and Jeff.

Episode 12 of The Legend of Korra, “Endgame” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Mel, Britney, Sam, and Jeff.

Episode 11 of The Legend of Korra, “Skeletons in the Closet” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Mel, Britney, Sam, and Jeff.

Episode 10 of The Legend of Korra, “Turning the Tides” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Mel, Ally, Sam, Ben, and Jeff.

Episode 9 of The Legend of Korra, “Out of the Past” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Mel, Teresa, Britney, Sam, and Jeff.

Episode 8 of The Legend of Korra, “When Extremes Meet” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Britney, Sam, Mina, and Ben.

Rankings of all the episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender are discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by, Teresa, Britney, and Ben.

Episode 7 of The Legend of Korra, “The Aftermath” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Sam, Teresa, Britney, and Jeff.

Episode 6 of The Legend of Korra, “And the Winner Is…” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Mel, Sam, and Jeff.

Episode 5 of The Legend of Korra, “The Spirit of Competition” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Sam, Ally, Mel, and Ben.

A month later we look back on the highs and lows of Season 1 of Netflix’s Avatar and speculate on how they might do Season 2 including Toph! Join the From the Spirit World crew as they recap & review the new Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!

Hosts for this podcast: Dylan, Mel, Jeff, & Ben.

Avatar: The Last Airbender. Ken Leung as Zhao in season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Cr. Robert Falconer/Netflix © 2023

Episode 4 of The Legend of Korra, “The Voice in the Night” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Sam, Mel, Ally, Ben, and Jeff.

Episode 3 of The Legend of Korra, “The Revelation” is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Britney, Ben, Jeff, Sam, Teresa, and Mel.

Dylan is joined by Sam, Melanie, Ally, and Britney as they discuss episode 2 of The Legend of Korra, A Leaf in the Wind .

Dylan is joined by Sam, Melanie, Ally, and Mina as they discuss episode 1 of The Legend of Korra, Welcome to Republic City.

Dylan is joined by Sam, Derek, and Ben as they discuss various Top 5 Lists they made, like top villans and top quotes.

Dylan is joined by Sam, Jeff, and new co-hosts Teresa and Derek as they discuss the recent Korra spoilers. Only listen to the ‘Korra Spoilers’ section of this podcast if you want to hear the spoilers being discussed.

Dylan is joined by Sam and Jeff as they discuss The Lost Adventures comic collection along with assorted Korra topics

Dylan is joined by Sam and Jeff as they discuss all that was revealed at the Korra Comic Con panel, especially the trailer.

Dylan is joined by Sam, Jeff, and Maarten as they discuss their theories about ‘The Legend of Korra.

Dylan is joined by Sam and Jeff as they discuss what we know about ‘The Legend of Korra’ so far.

We’ve reached the Season 1 finale and go over everything good and bad from the big Episode 8 “Legends”. Join the From the Spirit World crew as they recap & review the new Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!

Hosts for this podcast: Dylan, Jeff, Sam, Del, Aly, Ben, & Brit.

Dylan is joined by Melanie as they discuss and review The Last Airbender.

Dylan is joined by Ben, Bella, Sam, Ally, and Maya as they discuss all their episode rankings

Dylan is joined by Ben, Bella, Sam, and Ally as they have a fourth discussion on whether bending is based on genetics, environment, or spirituality. What could happen after the show is also discussed.

Dylan is joined by Maarten, Bella, Ally, Ben, and Sam as they discuss unanswered questions from the show, along with the latest movie news and listener top episode lists.

Dylan is joined by Melanie, Nico, Ally, Bella, and Sam as all the latest movie news is discussed including the recently released trailer!

Dylan is joined by Jake, Jeff, and Ben as From the Spirit World returns! In our 52nd podcast we discuss the casting of Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko in the live-action movie, and we also discuss Dylan and Jake’s episode rankings.

Dylan is joined by Jake in the final… at least for now, podcast. They go over the history of the podcast and have a mail bag segment along with Avatar and Dongbu Feng news. This is the final planned podcast but who knows if we could do more, keep your podcast feeds on iTunes and keep checking back at DongbuFeng.net!

Dylan is joined by Ben, Sam, Jake, Josh, and Jeff as they present a top 10 list of their choice and then their top 15 episodes. Note the Kataang opening to the podcast. AJ made it for last week and it got to Dylan late so he used it for this one.

Kataang (KataraxAang) is discussed in depth as Dylan is joined by Sam, Ben, Jeff, Ally, Rochelle, and Invaderk. Subjects include first Kataang encounters, favorite Kataang episodes and moments, best Kataang fan creations, Kataang fan sites, when do Aang and Katara’s feelings for each other develop in the show, and how epic of a romance is Kataang.

Dylan is joined by Josh, Michelle, Jeff, Ben, and Sam as they discuss more on the finale. Topics include how Aang got into the Avatar State, the semi-epilouge, and the Kataang scene in 317. Note: The Comic Con Podcast I talk about coming out tomorrow at the end was not recorded

Join the From the Spirit World crew as they recap & review the new Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series! This time, our discussion on Episode 7 “The North”, talking about Yue, Pakku, & more.

Hosts for this podcast: Dylan, Mel, Delaney, Sam, Aly, & Jeff.

Avatar: The Last Airbender. Kiawentiio as Katara in season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024

Dylan is joined by Josh, Michelle, Jeff, Ben, and Sam as they discuss more on the finale. Topics include the Lion Turtle, Music, Voice Acting, Aang worrying, and Crazy Azula. The soundtrack petition we mention in the podcast can be found here (http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?avatarST)

Dylan is joined by Jeff, Melanie, Ben, and Sam as they discuss everything about the amazingly epic finale, Sozin’s Comet. Thanks to Jeff for outlining the episode. Listen for the new intro in the beginning by podcast co-creator AJ.

Dylan is joined by Jeff, Alisa, Ben, Josh, Michelle, and Sam as they discuss everything about The Ember Island Players. Thanks to Josh and Ben for outlining the episode.