We all know that one can never get enough of the Avatar series. So when The Legend of Korra ended, fans were eager to know about the events that would occur afterward. There was also a widespread interest among the fans to know about the relationship between Korra and Asami. The ending of the TV season also left a lot of unanswered questions like how the newly formed portal would impact Republic City? Or what will happen to the refugees of Kuvira’s war? And will the spirits be happy about the new portal? We got these answers in the follow-up comic titled The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars.

This comic was released in the form of a three-part graphic novel that was very well received. And in this article, we will look at this comic novel in detail.

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The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars

This comic immediately picks up after the events of the series finale. And starts from Korra and Asami’s vacation in the spirit world. This novel also shows Korra’s further development as the Avatar when she is caught between politics and other issues. And how she handles her relationship with Asami.

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The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars (Part 1)

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars (Part 1) starts when Korra and Asami’s tour to the spirit world is cut short because of an altercation between the spirits and the Avatar. Spirits confront Korra about the third portal. And are opposed to this new portal that Korra had created during her battle with Kuvira. Both Korra and Asami leave the spirit world and travel to the Southern Water Tribe. Korra reveals her relationship with Asami to her parents, which they happily accept. Although Korra’s parents receive her decision, her father warns Korra from showing their relationship in public because of the traditions of the Water Tribe.

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When they return to Republic City, they discover that Wonyong Keum is planning on developing a new tourist spot in the land around the spirit world. This invokes a strong response from the spirits. The spirits and the Air Nomads urge Korra to close down the portal. But Korra declines, stating that it will benefit Republic City. Later Korra and Asami join Tenzin and Zhu Li in their efforts to rehabilitate the refugees that were left homeless after Kuvira’s war. At the same time, President Raiko is more concerned about the elections than the refugees.

The Triple Threat Triad is now under the command of a new leader named Tokunaga. And the Triad attacks Air Nomads around the portal. They do this on the orders of Keum. This attack leads to a confrontation between spirits and the Triad members. And the spirits change the triad leader Tokuga into a mutated spirit-human hybrid. While Asami is nearly killed protecting him. After the Avatar intervenes, the confrontation is stopped. And Korra rushes towards Asami and kisses her in relief after she is safe revealing their relationship to the public.

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The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars (Part 2)

At the end of Part 1, we see that Keum is taken hostage by the spirit-human hybrid Tokuga who blames Keum for the situation. And takes control of his assets. Part 2 focuses on Korra traveling to the spirit world in hopes of reconciliation with the spirits. But the spirits are angry with Korra because she did not close the portal. Meanwhile, in Republic City, President Raiko takes credit for a housing initiative started for the refugees by Asami and Zhu Li. And blames Korra for angering the spirits to boost his popularity.

After witnessing Raiko’s self-interest Korra, Asami and Tenzin encourage Zhu Li to stand in the upcoming presidential elections against Raiko. However, later in the day, Asami is kidnapped by Tokuga. And Korra realizes this only when Asami does not show up at their scheduled meeting with Mako and Bolin. When Korra can finally locate Asami, Tokuga blackmails Korra and threatens to kill Asami if Korra tries to stop the Triad.

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The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars (Part 3)

In the final part of this novel, we see that Tokuga is planning on taking over Republic City. And to do this, he threatens to kill Keum if Asami does not maki a gas weapon for him. He plans on using this weapon to take over the city. We also get to see how Korra can rescue both Asami and Wonyong Keum. And defeat Tokuga after preventing him from using the weapon. After the Avatar saves Wonyong Keum’s life, he forfeits his claim to the land around the portal to show his gratitude for saving his life.

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Reception

The novel was very well-received by both critics and fans alike. And the way writers addressed Korra and Asami’s relationship is especially lauded by everyone. Because of the success of this novel, another sequel titled The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire was also released.

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The episode or series of episodes of Avatar the Last Airbender series that features Long Feng is one of the saddest points in the whole journey of Aang as an Avatar. It featured a very sad and depressed Avatar Aang who had given up on hope.

This is the direct opposite to the cheery and hopeful Aang that we came to know. Long Feng would turn out to be one of the villains in this arc. It began when Avatar Aang lost his Bison in the desert at the spirit library.

Losing Appa

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Team Avatar, taking a vacation into the desert, started nice like any other goofy adventure they would usually embark on. It, however, took a turn for the worse as everything came crashing down around them and quite literally, too.

The road that would eventually lead the team of four at that time started when the spirit that knows ten thousand things decided he had had enough of humans, abusing his vast collection of knowledge.

He was convinced that everyone that came to the library always sought after one thing; the destruction of their enemies. After the team lied to him about their purpose, he was intent on taking back his knowledge. So he began to sink the library. At this same moment, Appa was being dragged away by sand benders.

Toph, holding the top of the library’s dome using a strong Earth bending stance, could do nothing to help Appa as the sand benders dragged him away. She would later identify the culprits of the heinous crime as the son of the chief from the sand bender tribe. She recognized his voice from when he told his partners to put a muzzle on Appa. He also told them that Appa would be in Ba Sing Se. This was the way they met Long Feng. 

Who is Long Feng?

Long Feng was the Grand Secretariat of Ba Sing Se, the leader of the Dai Li. He appeared to be very smart and a very charismatic, influential, and manipulative individual. He got to the position he was by scheming and conniving, clearly resulting from his great lust for power.

He was the Earth King Kuei’s closest personal adviser. As a result of this influential position, Long Feng hid the existence of the Hundred Year War that was going on outside of the Earth Kingdom city’s walls. They maintained this ruse by having the Dai Li, who at this time had deviated from the original purpose that Avatar Kyoshi created them for.

The Dai Li, at this point, had been converted to government thugs under the control of Long Feng. The ruse of a peaceful Ba Sing Se and the war-less world was maintained while the Dai Li supplanted the king’s power over his people.

With the arrival of Avatar Aang and his team at the city, Long Feng captured their lost flying Bison, Appa. He did this as he was looking to get some leverage in advance should the Avatar and his friends ever think to disrupt the delicate balance the Dai Li had created.

His ulterior motives were exposed by the Avatar when the Dai Li could not hide all evidence of the Fire Nation’s invasion from the Earth King, so Long Feng was imprisoned for treason.

However, the Dai Li were still loyal to their leader, and Long Feng struck a deal with Princess Azula to give her the Avatar in exchange for power over the city, though Azula double-crossed him and won the loyalty of the Dai Li, claiming Ba Sing Se in the name of the Fire Nation.

His Seizure of Power 

Long Feng was the son of a merchant in the Middle Ring of Ba Sing Se. This basically indicates that he doesn’t come from much. His parents were well to do, but he always wanted more.

He rose from humble origins to become the most feared man in the city as the Grand Secretariat of Ba Sing Se and the Head of the Dai Li. 

As Grand Secretariat of Ba Sing Se, this position granted him a special relationship with the Earth King as his adviser as we would eventually come to find out that, in reality, the Earth King was but a figurehead of Ba Sing Se’s government. So it happened that Long Feng was the original ruler of the city. 

He truly held sway over the privatizing affairs of Ba Sing Se. As the Hundred Year War with the Fire Nation spread and refugees began pouring into Ba Sing Se in greater and greater numbers, Long Feng decided to keep all information relating to the war away from Earth King Kuei.

In this regard, he thus appointed himself as the sole dictator in matters relating to international affairs. Long Feng claimed that he hid information on the war so the Earth King would not be troubled, but in reality, he only did so to retain his power over him and the city. Control was essential to holding on to the power he had crawled and clawed his way to achieving. 

He acted as the Head of the Dai Li, and he used the group as his own secret police. He used them to silence anyone who would disrupt the common peace or dare stand against him. He would secretly imprison these defectors of peace under Lake Laogai.

He also used brainwashing techniques to subdue them. This effectively kept the citizens of Ba Sing Se in blissful ignorance and maintained the illusion that there was no war. However, it became harder to maintain this illusion as more and more refugees that this very war had displaced came pouring in.

He claimed that it was up to him to preserve the last utopian society left on the planet. He planned to do this by covering up all knowledge of the war when he was only interested in holding on to power in any manner and form he could find. His power was so absolute that even the Council of Five could not break through his stranglehold on the Royal Palace.

Toph is one of the best characters on Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV Series). The fact that she is blind makes her character even makes her more interesting. As even without sight she is easily ranked among the top Earthbenders of the Avatar universe. She even went on to develop Metalbending, a technique previously thought impossible. She used the grains of Earth inside the metallic structures to accomplish this feat. But apart from all these accomplishments, she is even more famous among Avatar fans because of her comic timing. Toph is responsible for some of the best comedy quotes on the show.

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And in this article, we will list some of the best Toph quotes that we think are worthy of making our list. Toph was not only an extremely skilled bender but was also the character responsible for giving us some of the funniest scenes on the show. She even called Aang Twinkle-toes. And in The Legend of Korra, she still called Aang twinkle-toes. And when Korra locates Toph for the first time in the swamp, she again refers to Korra as twinkle-toes.

Toph Quotes

In this section we have listed some of the best Toph quotes that we think deserve to be on this list.

Quote No 1

“Twinkle-Toes”

Toph used to call Aang twinkle-toes because he was light on his feet. And during their first encounter in “The Blind Bandit” Aang attacked Toph in their duel using his Airbending ability. Because of this Toph could not sense the Avatar and lost the match after being pushed out of the ring.

Quote No 2

“I Can Tell You’re Lying!”

This amazing quote is a testament to the heightened senses that Toph possesses. When Katara says that she never had feelings for Jet, Toph says this quote indicating that she could sense her feelings for jet.

Quote No 3

“The Obedient, Little Helpless Blind Girl That You Think I Am Just Isn’t Me. I Love Fighting. I Love Being An Earthbender.”

This was the iconic quote that Toph said to her parents when they discovered their daughter’s bending abilities. In response to this show of emotions, her father ordered her to increase her security full time as she was blind.

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Quote No 4

“I Am The Greatest Earthbender In The World! Don’t You Two Dunderheads Ever Forget It!”

This was the iconic quote that Toph said when she invented metal bending and freed herself from the metallic chest she was imprisoned in. She then went on to trap Xin Fu and Master Yu inside the same chest they had locked her previously. She said this quote after trapping both of them and broke out of the metallic prison.

Quote No 5

“There’s No Different Angle, No Clever Solution, No Trickity Trick That’s Gonna Move That Rock. You Gotta Face It Head On.”

We all know that Toph is not the easiest of teachers. And when she was teaching Aang Earthbending, it was particularly difficult for him to learn. This was because Earthbending was the exact opposite of Airbending so it was difficult for him naturally.

Toph said this quote to Aang after he was trying to do Earthbending with the Airbender mindset.

Quote No 6

“It’s Upside Down, Isn’t It?”

When the Team Avatar was searching for Appa in Ba Sing Se, they were pasting the fliers with Appa’s image all over the city. But to cover more ground Sokka proposed to split up and asked Toph to stick with him. Toph takes offense to this comment and tries to prove that she’s perfectly capable of taking on the task on her own. She defiantly slaps a poster onto the wall, but it’s facedown. After which she says this quote making her comment that much funnier.

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Quote No 7

“Oh, Sokka! You Saved Me!”

This quote is from one of the most memorable scenes of the series. When Toph falls into the water after the ice bridge breaks. Suki saves her from drowning but Toph thinking that her savor is Sokka says this quote. But on realizing that it is Suki who saved her her follow-up comment is even more priceless. She said “Oh. Well. You can go ahead and let me drown now.”

Quote No 8

“I’m Beginning To Wonder Who’s Really The Blind One Around Here.”

When Zuko approaches the Team Avatar at the Western Air Temple and offered to join them as well as train Aang. The team said no and sent him away. To which Toph said this quote to the rest of the team realizing the importance of Zuko for their team.

Quote No 9

Look! There it is! [Everyone turns around excitedly, but it’s not there.] That’s what it will sound like when one of you spots it.

Toph says this quote mocking her blindness in the most badass way possible.

Quote No 10

“I Am Not Toph, I Am Melon Lord!”

When the team Avatar are training Aang for his fight against Firelord Max Ozai. In this regard they prepare a dummy of the Firelord and ask Toph to act his part. At this time Toph introduces herself as the Melon Lord by saying this quote.

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 It’s no surprise that our favorite characters grew. This article would be discussing the adult Toph and how she lived her life. It’s hard to fathom, but eventually, we come to terms with the fact that our favorite characters became old. Adult Toph lived a full life after the defeat of Fire Lord Ozai. We see her in the Legend of Korra series, alive and back aching. She also feels shocked about her back killing her. She still doesn’t understand how she grew so old.

As far as we know, Toph never got married to anyone exactly. Instead, she had her two children Lin and Suyin, for two different men. That is, they were born out of wedlock. In The Legend of Korra, we find out that Lin’s father, the first daughter, is a man named Kanto. 

We recall Toph saying in the Legend of Korra series that it didn’t work out between them. 

This was mostly the issue that caused the rift between Toph and Lin. Unfortunately, this eventually became a full-fledged fallout.

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Adult Toph Creating A Metal Bending Academy & Being Chief of Police 

Adult Toph had quite the adventure in her prime. She was not always as old and frail as we see her in The Legend of Korra. After the defeat of Ozai, the Team went on to accomplish great things that would pave the way for a brighter future. Aang and the rest of the team created a city where all benders could be united as one and live in harmony.

They named it Republic city. Toph was the first chief of police in Republic city. After she got the hang of metal bending, she went on to create an Academy. Although there is no live animation series depicting this event, an elaborate and extensive comic book series tells of Toph and her metal bending adventures. She created an Academy to train young earth benders who could bend metal as well as she did. 

This would make way for the future as the Republic city police have many benders of which primarily bend metal. She became the chief of police in Republic city shortly after it was created. She was the best candidate to maintain order as chaos always arises everywhere. The peace they had fought to win became so precious to them, and they sought to keep it at all costs.

A flashback of Toph and Aang chasing after a criminal named Yakone hinted at the adventures they had. But, unfortunately, Yakone was a blood bender, and as Aang points out to Toph, he wasn’t an ordinary criminal. 

Toph gets out of the open-roof police squad car and sees Aang. She fires at him, saying she would handle this. When Aang tells her his help will be required, she softly replies by giving him the go-ahead to come with her, calling him twinkle toes. He gets mildly irritated and tells her he’s forty years old now. He asks if she can stop with the nicknames of which she declines.

Adult Toph Having Her First Child Lin

The Toph gave birth to Lin twenty years after the conclusion of the hundred-year war. Her daughter inherited her Earth bending abilities. She also trained her to master metal bending and even seismic sense. This is a skill that Toph perfected due to her lack of sight. 

• Although, Toph feels like Lin never really fully mastered all the key elements to these skills. 
• Toph and Lin share similar personalities and Korra even referred to Toph as an older and crankier version of Lin. 
• The both of them can be blunt and stubborn per the occasion and Toph proudly referred to herself as the original Beifong. 
• The family, due to how Toph must have handled them growing up, eventually breaking apart. 
• After twenty years of no contact, Toph and Lin found a common ground and reconciled.

Despite Toph’s good intentions as a single mother, she refused to discuss Lin’s father with her, which weighed heavily on her daughter. She felt that this was a way to protect her daughter from the harm she didn’t need to face. This did the exact opposite of what she intended, instead of what Toph aimed at, protecting her child. She sucked badly at parenting, probably due to her own parents and their horrible parenting. 

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Despite this, Lin continued to have respect for her mother as the Chief of Police. She did, however, maintain her anger at Suyin being the cause of Toph’s premature retirement. As a result, their relationship became strained, and by 154 AG, they had ceased communicating with each other.

When they reunited by chance in 174 AG to save a captured Suyin and her family, Toph acted casually with her daughter. Unfortunately, this inadvertently did a good number on her nerves. Lin finally unloaded on Toph after Bolin received an answer to the question of who her father was.

She blamed Toph for never knowing or caring why she angered her so much. As Lin stated she wanted nothing more to do with her after saving their family, Toph solemnly accepted the words, stating that she would agree to it if that were what Lin desired. Bad parenting, right?

However, after they had successfully saved everyone, Lin apologized for her harsh words. Then, something improbable to happen was Toph admitting that she had not been the best mother. She maintained that she was nonetheless proud of how she had ended up with great daughters in the respite of this. 

She also said that it was enough for her to know that Lin did not hate her; Lin accepted her words and shared a small hug. 

Their relationship became a lot better after this event.

Adult Toph Having The Second Child Suyin

In 126 AG, Toph had her second daughter, Suyin, with another man, as she would later let us know. Her first relationship did not work out with Kanto. We, however, do not know the identity of Suyin’s father.

Suyin also inherited earth bending and mastery of the sub-skill of metal bending, although Toph felt that Suyin never quite mastered all the key elements of these skills. However, this should be expected from a bending master. Finding someone that cuts it must be next to impossible for her.

Due to how she grew up, Toph must have subconsciously decided to do the exact opposite of her parents. She gave Suyin and her sister Lin all the freedom that she did not have while growing up. It was clear that this was a bad movie, and it became even clearer when Suyin got arrested by Lin for being the wheelman for the Terra Triad. Lin apprehending Suyin and brought her to the station to her mother.

Toph tore up the report and sent her second daughter to live with her grandparents. She must have rethought the decision to let her have unlimited freedom at that point. Her best decision was to send her to where she would not have the freedom she had gotten so used to. 

A year later, Toph retired, while Suyin went on to build the city of Zaofu. They both reconciled from the incident, and Toph would often visit before she went off searching for enlightenment. Unfortunately, Lin was not aware of this and blamed Suyin for her recklessness, causing Toph to retire earlier than she needed to. An angry Lin held on to this for about two decades, ostracizing herself from two of her family members.

While she resided in the Foggy Swamp, a spiritual center for energy and life, Toph kept an eye on Zaofu. It was here that she learned that Kuvira took Suyin and her family prisoner in 174 AG. Toph traveled toward the metal city to rescue them.

Upon being reunited with her youngest daughter, Toph let herself be hugged and readily returned the embrace. After successfully escaping the prison, Toph noted how proud she was to have such great daughters as Suyin and Lin. 

Did Adult Toph Get Married?

Toph did not marry anyone, but she did turn out with amazing daughters who befitted wearing the Beifong name. 

While Toph is not often openly kind, she showed a great deal of warmness and cared only toward her only granddaughter, Opal. During her visits to Zaofu, Toph would often tell her tales from her past.

 In 174 AG, when Toph went to rescue her family, Opal rushed to hug her, an action Toph did not resist, although she cut it short and moved to hold Opal’s hands instead. This is something that Toph would not do to anyone else. Appraising her granddaughter, she fondly noted how much she had grown, though questioned her judgment when learning that Juicy was her flying bison and Bolin her boyfriend.

Toph is one of the characters who had children with bending skills passed on to the next generation. 

The Adult Toph still managed to maintain some of the grit and irritation she usually carries. Her lack of enthusiasm. When Korra asks her to recall the story of how the Fire Lord was taken down, her reply was, “It was hot.” “And oh, I think a giant turtle showed up,” she added, as though it helped.

The Adult Toph still managed to contribute in whatever little way she could during the sequel to The Last Airbender series. 

On Nickelodeon’s hit animated tv series; Avatar: The Last Airbender, Toph Beifong and King Bumi were great and powerful Earthbenders. However, which of the two is the stronger one. Who would win there ever was a Toph vs Bumi fight.

Many people would ask “Who was the stronger Earthbender in Avatar: The Last Airbender?” Since they were both on the same side, both of them never really squared off; spurring people to set up Toph vs Bumi fights off the grid.

Let’s face facts. Toph Beifong or King Bumi are certainly in the upper rankings of Earthbenders seen on either Avatar or its follow-up show: The Legend of Korra. They were also very good friends of Aang’s, as well. With the presence each of them held on Avatar, a case can be made for either of them as the stronger Earthbender.

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Toph vs Bumi: Meet King Bumi

When viewers first met King Bumi on Avatar, he defied the image of the somewhat nutty old man he appeared to be, and proved to be a formidable opponent for Aang when the two faced off in the episode “The King of Omashu.”

This was also reflected not just in Bumi’s Earthbending skill, but in his physique, as well. Appearing from the outside to pose little threat to the young Avatar simply by virtue of his advanced age, Bumi removed his king’s robes, revealing a body in far greater physical shape than Aang and his friends had ever expected.

Of course, it’s revealed by the end of the episode that Bumi is an old friend of Aang’s from before the latter was frozen, with Bumi having simply been having a little fun with Aang not knowing his identity in the episode.

This showed that Bumi was a sharp strategist by tricking Aang into underestimating him, and that he was able to utilize every advantage at his disposal. While it’s clear that he never had any serious intention of harming Aang by the end of the episode, the fight he gave him nevertheless shows that he is a force to be reckoned with even as an elderly Earthbender.

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Meet Toph Beifong

Toph Beifong was on the other side of the coin from Bumi, a blind pre-teen who could easily hold her own against the best Earthbenders in the world. Her blindness did nothing to slow her down, with Toph using the vibrations in the Earth below her feet to perceive the world around her and coordinate her attacks. Her great talent with her native element made her the perfect mentor to train Aang in Earthbending, while she would also be responsible for a quantum leap forward in the discipline.

Specifically, Toph would become the world’s first Metalbender, with metal itself being earth in its most pure and enriched state. Toph would pass the skill on to other Earthbenders while founding Republic City’s police force of Metalbenders seen on The Legend of Korra, with her two daughters Lin and Suyin also becoming Metalbenders. Ultimately, this facet of Toph’s Earthbending ability is the deciding factor in why, between herself and King Bumi, she is the stronger Earthbender.

Aside from being a highly skilled Earthbender to begin with, Toph being the progenitor of an entire new sub-discipline of element bending clearly shows that she possessed a more internalized connection to her element than virtually anyone else in the Earth Kingdom.

Not only that, but the fact that she discovered Metalbending at such a young age shows that her boast of being “the greatest Earthbender in the world” had plenty to back it up. Both King Bumi and Toph Beifong were tremendous fighters with a deep understanding of Earthbending, but in the end, it was Toph who was the strongest Earthbender in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

But that’s just the analytics. Toph vs Bumi actually have faced off, as the tie-in comic Toph vs Bumi: Round One

Toph vs Bumi: Round One; The Comic

Bumi vs. Toph, Round One is a comic that takes place in Book Three: Fire. It was originally released by Nickelodeon Comics Club magazine in 2009 and later released by Dark Horse Comics in The Lost Adventures.

Toph vs Bumi: Round One Overview

While waiting for Sozin’s Comet, Bumi and Toph have an earthbending rumble to decide who is the greatest earthbender of all time.

Synopsis

Hiding out and awaiting their battle with the Fire Lord, Suki is chatting with Bumi and Sokka in disbelief of how the king single-handedly retook Omashu, calling him the greatest earthbender of all time. Toph, who had awoken moments before, overhears their conversation and begins to mock Bumi’s opinion, thinking herself the superior earthbender. Bumi counters by calling her a little girl and stating that he has toenails that bend better than her. Sokka declares that the only way to prove who is more skilled is through an “earthbending rumble”.

Toph vs Bumi: The Fight

After introducing the two earthbenders, Sokka hits a handheld gong to signal the beginning of the duel. Even so, neither Toph nor Bumi attacks, insisting that the other make the first move. When Sokka commands them to fight, they relent and both begin earthbending at the same time.

Suki and Katara arrive at the scene a little later, and the waterbender proceeds to scold Sokka for pitting them against one another, noting that if they get hurt, they will be unable to aid in the battle against the Fire Nation. Toph and Bumi respond to Katara not by ceasing their battle, but by deriding each other with veiled insults.

Toph’s next move evokes an avalanche to fall upon Bumi; who shields himself from the falling boulders from an earthen shield. Their ferocity sends tremors throughout the campsite, interrupting Zuko and the rest of the White Lotus from their creative endeavors.

Fearful that the Fire Nation has invaded; they run to the source of the noise and are surprised to see no enemies. After Sokka explains the duel, Iroh begins to cheer for Bumi despite his nephew’s obvious irritation. Upon Pakku and Jeong Jeong’s objection to the battle; Sokka agrees that it may give away their location and calls the match to end with his gong, but Toph and Bumi are unable to hear it over their earthbending.

Toph vs Bumi Conclusion

In order to end the match; Piandao, Iroh, Zuko, Katara, Pakku, and Jeong Jeong use their skills to negate Toph vs Bumi bending. While everyone is walking away from the battlefield; Sokka tells Suki that, as referee, he has decided the match to have been a draw. Toph and Bumi are happy with the prospect of a rematch that Sokka says they should have later; but Zuko and Katara appear displeased.

Who Would Win A Real Fight

So, what if Toph vs Bumi was actually real. What would happen then? Who would win? 

Well, the winner of Toph vs Bumi isn’t so readily clear. Both Bumi and Toph claim during their duel neither of them is using their full powers. This is likely true; considering the kind of damage both of them have proven to be capable of in the past.

Bumi brought down an entire city and army on his own, and with relative ease. But Toph is about as powerful, and she has a number of advantages Bumi lacks. Toph’s inherent ability to follow the earth around her; should give her a natural advantage in any duel with another Earthbender. Her Metalbending prowess also gives her an ability that Bumi really has no actual counter for.

The most important indicator of the battle; comes from the fact Toph hasn’t necessarily reached the peak of her abilities yet. Toph becomes a recurring presence in the fourth season of The Legend of Korra; after having spent the time-skip between the two shows being the chief of the Republic City police department.

She’s revealed to have become even more powerful; developing a connection with the entire world by using the roots of the Spirit Tree. Bumi’s powers might make for an interesting and difficult battle; but it’s unlikely Toph couldn’t keep up with Bumi – especially after she further developed her abilities.

Bolin Avatar  is one of the main characters in the Avatar: The Legend of Korra series. Known for being goofy but sweet, he is one of the best earthbenders in the franchise. 

The Legend of Korra continued the story we all fell in love within Avatar: The Last Airbender; and we got to meet the new Team Avatar in a more modern setting. The new Avatar, Korra goes on adventures against evil spirits and anarchist terrorists with her friends: the inventive Asami, the cool-headed and fire bending Mako, and the loveable earth bender, Bolin Avatar.

Bolin Avatar and Mako are brothers, who you could call tragic figures; since they lost their parents as kids. However, the fact that they are orphans doesn’t keep them down. These bender brothers fight on in the pro-bending arena and later fight for their friends; and even the entire world. They won’t ever back down from a fight, and while it may look like Bolin Avatar lives on Mako’s shoulders; the earthbender is a fascinating character in his own right. Let’s get to know more about him!

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1. He And Mako Used To Be Homeless

Bolin Avatar and Mako had a hard time when their parents were killed, and they clearly didn’t have anyone to take them in. So, they landed right on Republic City’s mean streets, but Mako’s responsible attitude kept the brothers alive, and they earned their keep later as pro benders.

Bolin, for one, has experience in panhandling (which is both fortunate and unfortunate for him), and he uses this to try and raise cash for the pro-bending tournament’s entry fee. Later, when he and Mako wake up in Ba Sing Se’s streets, Bolin comments how this feels unpleasantly familiar.

2. Bolin (Avatar) Is Unlucky In Love

It’s easy to agree that Bolin Avatar is a great guy, and right from the start, he’s a kind fellow who only wants to make others happy. Bolin has a wonderful time going on casual dates with Korra, but he got his heartbroken when Korra locked lips with Mako.

Bolin Avatar got over that, and later met the lovely Opal at Zaofu and tried to woo her. She liked him too, but they suffered a serious rift when Bolin cast his lot with the Earth Empire. And most of all, he got involved with the terrifying Water Tribe princess Eska, and she held a terrified Bolin tight in her icy grip. We hope that he catches a break someday.

3. He Was The Leader Of The Fire Ferrets For A While

Early in season 2, we get a brief montage of what our heroes have been up to since we last saw them after the battle with the Equalists. Mako is a rising star among the Republic City police, Asami is leading Future Industries to new heights, and Bolin has stepped into Mako’s shoes; as the team leader of the Fire Ferrets pro bending team.

But based on his new teammates’ apathetic attitude and their swift defeat in the arena, Bolin is a bit overwhelmed here. Being the boss isn’t all glory. It’s a lot of work, and everyone’s counting on you. Fortunately, Bolin soon goes back to the team where he really belongs: Team Avatar.

4. Bolin (Avatar) Has A Flair For Drama

He is a highly expressive person, and he’s quick to react loudly to something. Whether he’s hopping mad, jumping for joy, or just plain terrified or confused, Bolin makes a real show of it. This makes him animated and interesting in arguments or conversations, though his emotional ways don’t always impress others. Fortunately, this makes him a natural movie star, as we’ll soon see. Emote for all you’re worth, kid!

5. He’s A Movie Star

As mentioned earlier, Bolin Avatar is a pretty expressive guy, and it doesn’t take long for Varrick to zero in on this talent and put it to good use. For all his sleazy schemes, Varrick is smart and knows how to recruit the right people for any job, even for the movie (“mover” in the LoK world) business. Bolin Avatar becomes the new Sean Connery, rising to superstar fame in a pretty short time. He even gets his own penthouse, and the pro bending arena is packed to see his newest film.

6. He’s Got Loose Lips

This is an aspect of how expressive and dramatic Bolin can be. He’s not exactly shy or quiet; he’s quick to blurt out an opinion, idea, or a good old-fashioned complaint about nearly anything. When he first met Varrick, Asami had told him to be quiet and polite.

But when Varrick showed off a phony levitation trick and Bolin blabbed his opinion about it, Varrick was not angry but impressed with Bolin’s honesty. Let’s not forget the time he chatted up Zaheer’s terrorist friends in the back of a truck (just for fun), and correctly guessed two out of three facts about Gazan.

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7. Bolin Avatar Had A Different Concept Art In The Beginning

It’s common for the concept design of a character, and the final product, to differ. Sometimes by a little, sometimes by a lot, and various details may appear or disappear at some point. Bolin, meanwhile, was first conceived as being a pretty big fellow, with a round body and a simple bowl haircut.

He got refined a bit, though, and while he’s thicker than the slender and angular Mako, he’s not exactly a Macy’s Day balloon either. He’s a pro bender, so he ought to have an athletic look.

8. He Is One Of The Few Lavabenders

This is a rare and terrifying variant of earth bending, and we first saw it in The Legend of Korra’s season 3 when Gazan used it. But soon, Bolin Avatar picked it up too, and he used these new skills to save himself, Opal, and Tenzin during the collapse of an Air Nomad temple. Later, Bolin used this bending art again to create a lava field and thus secure his escape from Earth Empire forces (along with Varrick).

9. Bolin Avatar Is Like The New Sokka

To be fair, Bolin Avatar is a bender while Sokka was not ; and Sokka was more of a strategist than Bolin is. But then again, every team needs someone to keep them grounded; and between the high-strung Mako, fiery Korra, and rather serious Asami, it’s nice to have some jokes thrown in. Bolin is a nice guy with a quick wit and a refreshingly down-to-earth attitude. If the tension is thick enough to cut with a knife, just bring in Bolin!

10. He May Be Loyal, But He Is Not A Sucker

This is an important distinction to make. Bolin Avatar and Mako are close, being orphan brothers who relied on each other to survive. And they’re steadfast teammates both as the Fire Ferrets and members of Team Avatar.

Later, Bolin joins the Earth Empire, impressed with Kuvira’s vision of uniting the fractured Earth Kingdom into a peaceful whole. But Bolin isn’t just a thoughtless tool; he, Varrick, and Zhu Lee soon realize that they are working for a monster, and cut loose not long after. Bolin’s loyalty to Kuvira strained his relationship with Opal and even his brother ; but when he and the others approached Team Avatar, Bolin was welcomed back.

Avatar the Last Airbender takes place in the middle of a hundred-year war. The universe illustrates the different traumas and realities that living during such uncertain times inflicts on the people involved. As the diverse storytelling touches on some heavier topics, there are many examples showing that the world of war is not always black and white like Long Feng.

We see this with characters like Zuko or Jet, who really complicate our understanding of good and bad. Particularly, is someone really an evil bad guy if what they’re doing seems right?

Of all the “evil-doers” of the show, Long Feng is one character exhibited as inherently evil. As kids, it’s easy to see how this bison-stealing official is a bad guy, but taking a look again, were we a little harsh on the Grand Secretariat?

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Who Is Long Feng?

Before going into this argument, you may need a bit of a refresher. Back in Book Two: Earth of ATLA, our gang finds their way to Ba Sing Se. The once-great city that managed to stand its ground throughout the way managed to surprisingly stay the same throughout the years- The city seems strong, prosperous, and otherwise oblivious of the war around them. Even the King seems to have no idea what is going on in terms of the fire nation.

The King is not the only one seemingly oblivious to everything. That’s when we meet his Grand Secretariat (and leader of the Dai Li Secret Police), Long Feng. He’s a formidable and charismatic individual that screams politician. He’s also the guy covering up war evidence and keeping up the image of a peaceful and prosperous nation despite everything going on.

Long Feng has a classic rag to riches story and made his way from the bottom to the top. He went from the son of a merchant to the most powerful man in the entire city (considering that the King was essentially his puppet).

The War and Ba Sing Se

The whole “there is no war in Ba Sing Se” became a funny meme – but it doesn’t change the fact it was creepy and an illustration of a real problem. Although their little Utopia felt cut off from the rest of the world, it couldn’t be that they managed to stay naïve this whole time, right?

It’s pretty impossible for a nation to have gone this long without recognizing a blazing war surrounding them. Above that, there are refugees and other people that surely must have heard of the war. Even beloved Uncle Iroh went against (and lost) to the powerful city. It doesn’t take the gang very long to realize that there really is something wrong with the city.

Instead of people being genuinely oblivious, the situation was more that they were forced to keep quiet. It was difficult to tell in the beginning why this would happen at all – until they uncovered the crimes of Long Feng. This is where things really start to get tricky.

It turns out – Long Feng was knowingly doing this so that he may preserve a Utopia. His argument was that keeping the King and citizens in the dark was how he was to maintain the last remaining Utopia?

Was Long Feng Evil?

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This is the whole part where the gang argues that he’s wrong, and he fights back. Of course, the antagonist to our protagonist is always the bad guy. And let’s be frank, Long Feng did a bunch of evil things. Ignoring the whole lying bit – he committed some serious crimes. He’s responsible for kidnappings, brainwashing, imprisonment, and murder!

He took away free speech from his people and forced a strict dictatorship onto his citizens, all in the name of keeping up the image. There is also something pretty dystopian about the entire situation. The government controlling you and keeping big secrets is something that has kept conspiracists baffled for years – in the real world. The entire situation at Ba Sing Se is one that people have a fear of in real life as there is always a debate on how much control the government should have and what can go wrong when they keep secrets to try to protect its people.

Still – while we’ll never justify murder, you have to admit that it seems like Long Feng had good enough intentions when you really think about it. The hundred-year war destroyed nations all over the world. During Avatar’s adventures, we got a glimpse into lives where families were torn apart, genocides were committed, and other atrocities took place in the name of trying to win. Even if you aren’t directly affected, it’s a pretty difficult topic to swallow.

There were many nations in the earth kingdom decimated by the fire nation – Ba Sing Se was just strong enough to stand their ground. They didn’t even turn away refugees, just tried to make it, so their stories weren’t heard – which is bad, but you do have to really question the intentions of Long Feng.

Even when he was called out, and the King tried to imprison him for treason, the secret police remained loyal to him. Of course, while their loyalty was shotty, he seemed to act in intentions to remain leader over Ba Sing Se. He didn’t want Ba Sing Se to end up in the hands of the fire nation, and he was willing to cross some lines to get there.

Sure, he is power-hungry and manipulative, but when you think about the alternative, can you really blame the guy? Think of all the horrible things that happened to nations under the control of the fire nation. In a way, one could argue that he wasn’t evil; he just had a poor way of getting there.

Was Long Feng Successful?

In the end, he bites off more than he can chew. While he is under lock and key, Princess Azula and her crew mask themselves as Kyoshi Warriors and break-in. Seeing this as the opportunity of a lifetime, he conspires with Azula to take everyone down on the condition he would get the right to rule Ba Sing Se.

She agrees with him, and in return, he “gives” her the secret police loyalty. While she does use them to battle off the Avatar and crew, she also does some pretty expected double-crossing. While Avatar and company do get away (with Appa in tow), it was a horrible battle. Aang gets killed by Azula, and there’s that whole drama with Zuko double-crossing Iroh. Of course, Katara saves Aang with the magic water, and Zuko finds his road to redemption, but no one could really count this battle as a win for the “good guys.”

To add insult to injury, Azula takes control of Ba Sing Se. When Long Feng tries to take control over his secret police – he realizes that he is no longer in control at all. In all of his efforts to keep control over the city, he handed it over to the fire nation. This is a pretty predictable move that was easily avoided by not getting buddy-buddy with Azula. Whether or not it was a bigger blow to him that his city lost their illusion of peace (or that he lose power) is up for debate.

What Happed to Long Feng?

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The nail in the coffin here is that the once great and powerful Long Feng is never mentioned again. He is merely a footnote on a horrible and embarrassing event that would be undone anyways once the fire nation loses the war. What happens to him while the fire nation rules and after isn’t known at all.

We can speculate a bit here, though. Frankly, Azula doesn’t seem like someone who would just let him walk away from the incident (although he’d have absolutely nothing to run away to). Aside from ruling the secret police, Long Feng was an accomplished bender as well. He’s capable of being a formidable foe, so it makes sense to just lock him away.

 Following the end of the war, imprisonment is pretty likely considering his stance with the Avatar gang and his entire collection of crimes. After all, he was the one who kept Appa as a hostage and murdered Jet. While he was totally doing some horrible things, you just really have to wonder if it is fair to call him evil.

What do you think about Long Feng? Are there any other characters you think were portrayed a little unfairly? Let us know in the comments below.

Long Feng was The Grand Secretariat of Earth Kingdom‘s most secure and capital city, Ba Sing Se. Ba Sing Se was the last remaining unconquered city in the Avatar Universe. Long Feng also served as the closest and most trusted advisor of Earth King Kuei. And was also the head of the secret police of the city called the Dai Li.

Long Feng used his power as the head of Dai Li to become the de facto ruler of Ba Sing Se. And reduced the role of Earth King Kuei to only a figurehead. Long Feng is one of the most cunning and secretive people of the Avatar Universe. And has abused his power for his personal gain.

Not only did he abuse his power as the head of Dai Li. But also used his position as the King’s closest advisor to misinform the King. Earth King Kuei was never informed of the 100-year war during most of his life. And did not find out about it until the Team Avatar arrived at Ba Sing Se.

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History of Long Feng in Avatar

Long Feng was born to a humble background and therefore has always craved power. In search of power, he went on the become the Grand Secretariat of Ba Sing Se. He also connived with the secret police of the city. And went on to become the head of Dai Li further cementing his power and position in the city. He handpicked the officers and recruited them to the Dai li. So that they can serve his ambitions and help him secretly rule the city.

History Of Dai Li

Dai Li was formed by the Avatar Kyoshi herself. She did so after a peasant uprising nearly disrupted the balance of the city. Avatar Kyoshi established the Dai Li to protect the cultural heritage of the city. And to prevent any further uprisings against the government of the Earth King.

She herself trained the members recruited for this elite police force. And put them through rigorous training regiments to turn them into the best of the best so that they can protect the cultural heritage of the city. But over time the Dai Li became so corrupt that they did not even recognize the Earth King as their head but served Long Feng and Azula afterward because it was more profitable.

She expressed her disappointment to Avatar during their interaction at the actions of the Dai Li. And told Aang that if she knew that the Dai Li would become so corrupt and immoral over the years, she would not have established this police unit at Ba Sing Se.

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Long Feng’s Seizure Of Power

When refugees from all around the Avatar Universe started to come to Ba Sing Se for refuge, Long Feng used this opportunity to become the sole head of the city relating to the external affairs and the security of the city.

He chose to hide this information from the King and for the most part of his life Eath, King Kuei did not even know that there was a war going on outside the walls of the city. Long Feng claimed that he withheld all this information from the king because he did not want to trouble the Earth King.

But in reality, he did so because he wanted to control all the affairs of the state himself. He passed laws that he saw fit and used Dai Li to thwart any resistance from the masses. His network was so deep and organized that even the Council Of Five, could not even reach the King. He also used his capabilities of Brainwashing people into working for him.

Interaction Of Long Feng With The Avatar

After Appa was kidnapped by the Sandbenders, Aang and the rest of the team were led on to believe that Appa might be in Ba Sing Se. So the Team Avatar went to the city and when they immediately faced the threat of Azula trying to conquer the city with the help of a Tunnel boring Tank.

The team foiled the Fire Nation’s attempt to conquer the city and entered the city by introducing himself as The Avatar. Long Feng immediately put the Team under surveillance and also put a brainwashed agent with them. The agent was under the guise of their guide to the city.

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The team was not even allowed to meet the Earth King Kuei. The team tried to meet the king several times but were prevented by the Dai Li. The gang finally went to a party to meet the king but were confronted by Long Feng himself. When Aang showed his desire to meet the king, Long Feng blackmailed him by saying that ” If he wants his bison to survive then he will stop trying to meet the king”. At the mention of Appa, Aang stopped trying to meet the Earth King.

Later Long Feng captured Appa by using a bison whistle and showed his ability to Earthbend by capturing Appa by himself by turning over a complete slab of Earth. Appa was later freed by Zuko and then went on to save the Team Avatar at Lake Laogai when they were surrounded by Dai Li agents.

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Abilities of Long Feng

Long Feng is one of the most powerful Earthbenders in the Avatar universe. But he avoids direct confrontation with his enemies and uses hypnosis to control others. He is a very powerful hypnotist and uses hypnosis to control whoever does not obey him. He also has several agents under his hypnotic control that survey the city and report any suspicious activity against Long Feng and Dai Li.

Long Feng uses the words “The Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogai” to put a spell on the person whom he wants to control. He also had his headquarters established under the Lake Laogai. And also locked up Appa beneath the Lake after capturing him.

Uncovering Of Long Feng To The King

After Appa was found by the Team Avatar. The team attacked the Earth King’s Palace and met the king to reveal Long Feng’s illegal and treasonous activities. After the king was presented with enough evidence of the war and Long Feng’s misuse of his power. The King ordered the Council of Five to arrest Long Feng. But the Dai Li still remained loyal to Long Feng because of their corruption.

Long Feng placed Dai Li under Princess Azula’s command to take over the city by placing the King and the Council of Five under house arrest simultaneously. But when Long Feng was freed and asked to be made the King Azula sat at the throne and asking him to submit as he knows what is best for him.

Long Feng ultimately gave into Azula’s demand and became another one of her subjects by bowing down to her. And Lost all his power and position to Azula.

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Conclusion

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Avatar: The Last Airbender brought us a colorful cast of characters that would stick around for a while. Many of the main characters were aged around where the target audience would expect, but there were also a collection of important elderly people there. King Bumi is one character who really drove the plot forward in the show.

While everyone knows how amazing Uncle Iroh was, there is one reoccurring geriatric character who feels somewhat underrated. King Bumi is one of the most important characters in the entire universe – yet, he doesn’t get a lot of screen time.

Here’s why the show wouldn’t be the same without Bumi.

1. Aang’s Only Remaining Friend

Although the show kind of dances around the topic, in the beginning, Aang’s existence is depressing. After freaking out over the immense responsibility he has, he finds himself frozen into a block of ice and wakes up a century later. What feels like hours ago to him is a hundred years – and a lot has happened.

He has the whole war to deal with, and the fact that the entire world as he knew it changed. Despite the impressive longevity of some characters on the show, how many of your friends would you expect to still be alive if you found yourself blasted a century into the future? Worse yet, what if you found out that your existence and disappearance led to the death of your entire nation? It’s a lot for a 12-year-old to process.

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He spends a lot of time talking about how things used to be during his travels and are often surprised to see that certain landmarks or cities aren’t what they used to be after falling victim to the fire nation. The world and the people in it are unrecognizable.

Aang is relieved when he gets to Omashu and finds the delivery system is his childhood friend introduced him to was still active. He was able to go around and play on them until he found the crazy king, who turned out to be his best friend. He offered excellent guidance and was the only familiar (human) face he had going for him.

It’s a complicated experience on both ends, but it is certainly a moment where Aang could feel grounded and connected to a world he hardly understood anymore. It was a great moment when they enthusiastically went down the shute together.

2. His (actually insightful) Trials

Of course, Bumi didn’t come out and say that he was his old friend; instead, he made him go through some trials. Fetching a lunchbox key, retrieving a pet, battling an opponent, and ultimately guessing his name. The entire thing seemed a little maddening – until you realize the message he was trying to teach. Things aren’t always what they seemed. This is also the first real instance where we see Aang forced to go on offense.

As an air nomad, he was preached about pacifism and talking things out. He has more of a dodgy approach than outward offense – even when enemies are blatantly trying to kill him. While Bumi certainly went pretty hard during their attack, he did hold back considerably. He egged Aang on and tried his best to show he needs to get offensive and not always act like an air-nomad.

Even in the end, where Aang tries to demonstrate that he won and Bumi gave him the win, we see the rock hovering over them and realized Bumi could have kept going – but he didn’t. Although it was never outwardly said, upon revisiting the episode, it was like he was trying to give Aang a taste of the battles that would ensue in a somewhat safe environment.

3. He’s a Mad Genius

Most of the lessons he tried to teach came off a bit crazy at times – but his eccentricity was fueled by his intelligent, out-of-the-box thinking. He is an amazing component in so many ways, and there is a reason he makes such a formidable opponent. It wasn’t just the trials where we got a taste of his ability to think things out – but also when the gang revisited when the fire nation managed to take control.

4. Arguably the Strongest Earthbender

Aside from being intelligent – he is ripped. Creators said they kind of wanted to give him that EVA (from Evangelion) appearance and they succeeded. Aside from being physically strong, his bending skills were on a whole other level. Even Toph commented how he was the strongest earthbender. Any time where it seemed like he was concerned or under someone else control, he was simply waiting. He knew when to strike.

5. Led Them to Toph

His strength was revealed when the gang freed him only to discover he could break out the whole time. He wanted to stay and knew where his destiny was. When Aang begged him to be his earthbending teacher, he declined and prophesized he needed someone oddly-specifically sounding like Toph.

Sure enough, on the journey to go find her (which wouldn’t have happened without his rejection), they found her. So much came from having Toph on the journey. The dynamics were great, she was freed, and she ultimately founded metal-bending, which might not have happened if she didn’t leave her home and join the avatar crew.

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6. Loyal to His City

It would have been easy for him to just walk away and help – but he didn’t. His loyalties were always to his cities. While Aang and crew were forced to make some tough decisions and abandon bad situations for the sake of their destiny, Bumi knew where his destiny was – and he stuck through with it until the bitter end. When the time was right, he took back his city.

7. White Lotus Member

It was also revealed that he was a senior member of the White Lotus. The society of powerful, elderly fighters was a crucial part of bringing the war to an end. It even included another favorite elder – General Iroh. When you think about their personalities, it’s no surprise that they would get along.

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8. He’s Hilarious

This is because, despite everything, Bumi is funny. He has that awkward kind of dad humor that you love to hate. He was known for making many bad puns or stupid jokes throughout his appearances. Even his name is allegedly a pun, deriving from the Sanskrit word for earth.

9. The Patience  

Although he was comic relief, he was far from impulsive. Much of his strategy relied on the “slow burn” approach. This meant things like not telling Aang who he was immediately and rushing into the arms of his old (missing) friend, who was allegedly killed. It also meant not breaking free because of the convenience.

He waited out until the solar eclipse for his moment to take back the city he swore to protect – and he did. While he has a comedic appearance – let’s also not forget the atrocities of spending literal months inside those metal cages and pretending to be helpless. He was a true character of honor that gave up a lot despite most of it being offscreen.

10. His Legacy

While he never seemed to have any kids of his own, he did leave behind a bit of a legacy. Aang and Katara’s first son was named Bumi to commemorate him. It was a really sweet gesture to him, considering the importance that the character had to Aang during the show.

Unfortunately, we don’t know too much about what happened to him after. It was easy for fans to assume 112-year old King Bumi was not going to survive a shot taking place decades later. Still, it was nice to see his legacy carry on in a funny, smart, and eccentric character.

Do you think Bumi is underrated, or do you think there are other avatar characters that deserve a little love? We want to hear from you! Let us know in the comments below!

With the heightened urgency to learn earthbending, the gang shows up to an earthbending colony and hears some kids talking about the fight. This underground wrestling match introduces one of the strongest characters on the show. While some of her best moments come from one-liners, we’ll try to explore the different events that help make her such a good character. Let’s review the 10 best Top Moments.

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10. The Blind Bandit  (Best Toph Moments)

Toph is one of the most popular characters, and for a good reason. The young blind girl with a sharp tongue makes for an amazing opponent and inspiring character. Following Bumi saying he couldn’t be the one to teach Aang eathbending, a series of predictions leads him to a young girl and a flying pig. Although the events of the swamp excursion seemed odd, the events in the next episode were even odder.

As any true fan knows, the “blind bandit” was Toph’s stage name when she was in that underground wrestling ring. Although she seems like the underdog, she completely annihilates a much stronger opponent and teases him with snarky taunts, calling the “Boulder,” “Pebbles.”

Although Aang defeats her, many fans point out that she was just caught off guard by the Airbending technique, and she is actually the better fighter. Although their partnership gets off to a rocky start, she is the perfect teacher for “twinkle toes,” and it’s fun to see how much their relationship advanced over the years.

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9. Toph vs. Dai Li agents

The entire Avatar series had some amazing fight scenes, but arguably, one of the best was when she absolutely annihilates the Dai Li earthbenders. “There is no war in Ba Sing Se” became a bit of a meme now as we got to witness the corruption of the once-great earth metropolis

. After some suspenseful buildup, we find out that the place was taken over by an extremist group that ultimately was at odds with our heroes. Toph didn’t need any help taking out these special agents as she demonstrated her amazing skills. Toph is strong, but to know that the young girl could take out a bunch of specialty agents singlehandedly is funny and impressive.

8.  Stood Up to her Parents

While we aren’t too surprised by Toph’s greatness, there were two people that were completely shocked by her actions. Toph’s parents kept insisting on how useless and helpless she was. The only child of a very wealthy family, Toph was raised in luxury and hardly impacted by the war at all. Although privileged, their secret daughter lacked the freedom (or confidence) to really explore her potential.

Upon finding out that Aang wanted to recruit her and Toph was actually an amazing bender, they decided instead of promoting her to go on the journey; they wanted to restrict her freedom even further. The thought of being under more lock and key than ever and having her parents not accept her is enough to move the strong character to tears. Luckily for the gang, Toph ran off anyways.

It’s not that she hated her parents, but she desperately wanted to be free. They needed to see her for who she was and live her destiny. She ultimately reconnected with her dad (in the comments), but she was willing to give up everything to be herself.

7. Taught by Badgermoles

While she did have a human teacher, he insisted on keeping her at a very basic level. How did she learn to be a master bender and use bending to compensate for her lack of sight? She ingeniously learned from one of the many unique animal hybrids the show introduces us to. It was the badgermoles who taught her about earthbending. It’s a small scene, but it’s illustrated beautifully.

6. Became a Teacher

Ultimately she even becomes a teacher, which is pretty surprising as the creator of metal-bending. She uses her knowledge to lead a whole other generation of benders. Considering her temperament, it’s kind of surprising that she opened up a school. Sure, she taught Aang earthbending, but there were several creature differences that certainly don’t make for a …traditional… teaching style.

Of course, the school is only discussed in the comic universe, but it leads to some exciting storyline that ultimately brought her and her father together. She takes it to the next level by the time we catch up to Toph again during the events of The Legend of Korra. Despite Toph’s hatred of authority, she finds herself in some pretty big positions. She trained in the police academy and even ran it for some time.

5. Makes Blind Jokes

While this isn’t necessarily one event, in particular, one of Toph’s most enjoyable assets is her ability to laugh at herself. Although being blind is an essential part of her character, it’s never a setback.

Although she has some insecurities about people pitying her, she doesn’t miss an opportunity to make a joke about being blind. Some of the more notable examples where Toph added some much-needed comedic relief was when she made a comment about how Sokka’s poster looked great to her, and she pretended to spot the hidden library.

4. Lie Detector

Among all of her amazing abilities, it’s easy to forget this one simple one that doesn’t come around too often. Because Toph can sense vibrations, she acts as a human lie detector. The most notable moment where it came up was when the gang ran into Jet again. Jet is a fun character that acted as a love interest and ally.

However, he takes some dark turns sometimes that go at odds with the rest of the group – something that ultimately led them to go against him in the first place. Upon meeting Jet again, the gang is suspicious, and Toph’s lie detecting is there to let them know whether or not they should trust him.

Her abilities come in handy to get an on-screen death into a kid’s show. When Jet is injured and assures the rest of the gang he’s okay, Toph lets them know that he’s lying, and then we never see him again.

3. Held up the Spirit Library

When Aang and the gang need to find a spirit library, Toph is not afraid to let people know she really doesn’t care for books (or sand, to be fair). She is out of her element, so she decides to wait outside with Appa while the rest of the gang tries to find what they are looking for from the creepy owl spirit. After upsetting him, the spirit decides to hide the library forever under the ground.

As Katara, Sokka, and Aang were essentially sitting in their own grave; Toph manages to hold the library up all on her own. While this intense show of strength was impressive, it was also one of the most emotional moments of the entire series. While keeping her friends from their eternal tomb, she had to hold onto the library and could not stop bandits from stealing Appa.

2. Airship Attacks

Another emotional moment for Toph was when she and Sokka were destroying the airships. Although she is incredibly brave and we hardly see her hesitate, it’s easy to see her nervousness when jumping between airships. Without her feet planted on the ground, she can’t “see.” When Sokka tells her to jump, and she actually does, it’s a huge deal.

1. Metal Bending (Best Toph Moments)

Without a doubt, her most impressive feat of all was founding metalbending. One of the greatest weapons against master earthbenders was locking them up in metal prisons or cages. However, when she is put to the ultimate test, she’s able to break through and save herself. Not only that, but she really mastered metal bending, able to make armor out of it or take down airships. It becomes a huge foundation for the universe that the Legend of Korra is set in.

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Toph Beifong, a blind earth bender, and later metal bender is the only daughter of the Beifong family. They are known as one of the richest, if not the richest family in the whole world. We will answer the question of if Toph Did Marry anyone at some point.

Several stories have gone on about what happens to our favorite characters after we last see them on the animation series. There are comic book issues that address some of these concerns but not directly with respect to who Toph married. 

As far as we know, Toph married no one. Her two children Lin and Suyin, were born out of wedlock. We do know that Lin’s father is a man named Kanto. We recall Toph saying in the Legend of Korra series that it didn’t work out between them. This issue caused animosity between Toph and Lin. 

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Having Lin Beifong 

Toph gave birth to Lin twenty years after the conclusion of the hundred-year war. Her daughter inherited her Earth bending abilities. She also trained her to master metal bending and even seismic sense. This is a skill that Toph perfected due to her lack of sight. 

Although, Toph feels like Lin never really fully mastered all the key elements to these skills. Toph and Lin share similar personalities, and Korra even referred to Toph as an older and crankier version of Lin. Both of them can be blunt and stubborn per the occasion, and Toph proudly referred to herself as the original Beifong. 

The family, due to his Toph must have handled them growing up, eventually breaks apart. After twenty years of no contact, Toph and Lin found common ground and reconciled.

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Father Talk Was Off Limits

Despite Toph’s good intentions as a single mother, she refused to discuss Lin’s father with her, which weighed heavily on her daughter. She felt that this was a way to protect her daughter from the harm she didn’t need to face. This did the exact opposite of what she intended, instead of what Toph aimed at, protecting her child. She sucked badly at parenting, probably due to her own parents and their horrible parenting. 

Despite this, Lin continued to have respect for her mother as the Chief of Police. She did however, maintain her anger at Suyin being the cause of Toph’s premature retirement. Their relationship became strained, and by 154 AG, they had ceased communicating with each other.

When they reunited by chance in 174 AG to save a captured Suyin and her family, Toph acted casually with her daughter. This inadvertently did a good number on her nerves. Lin finally unloaded on Toph after Bolin received an answer to the question of who her father was.

She blamed Toph for never knowing or caring why she angered her so much. As Lin stated she wanted nothing more to do with her after saving their family, Toph solemnly accepted the words, stating that she would agree to it if that was what Lin desired. Bad parenting, right?

However, after they had successfully saved everyone, Lin apologized for her harsh words. Something that was very unlikely to happen was Toph admitting that she had not been the best mother. She maintained that in the respite of this, she was nonetheless proud of how she had ended up with great daughters. 

She also said that it was enough for her to know that Lin did not hate her; Lin accepted her words and shared a small hug. 

Their relationship became a lot better after this event.

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Did Toph Marry? Having Suyin Beifong

In 126 AG, Toph had her second daughter, Suyin, with another man as she would later let us know. Her first relationship did not work out with Kanto. We, however, do not know the identity of Suyin’s father.

Suyin also inherited earth bending and mastery of the sub-skill of metal bending, although Toph felt that Suyin never quite mastered all the key elements of these skills as well. However, this should be expected from a bending master. Finding someone that cuts it must be next to impossible for her.

Did Toph Marry? She Wanted to Be Nothing Like Her Parents

Due to how she grew up, Toph must have subconsciously decided to do the exact opposite of what her parents did. She gave Suyin and her sister Lin all the freedom that she did not have while growing up. It was clear that this was a bad move, and it became even clearer when Suyin got arrested by Lin for being the wheelman for the Terra Triad.

Lin apprehending Suyin and brought her to the station to her mother. Toph tore up the report and sent her second daughter to live with her grandparents. She must have rethought the decision to let her have unlimited freedom at that point. Her best decision was to send her to where she would not have the freedom she had gotten so used to. 

A year later, Toph retired, while Suyin went on to build the city of Zaofu. They both reconciled from the incident, and Toph would often visit before she went off in search of enlightenment. Lin was not aware of this and blamed Suyin for her recklessness, causing Toph to retire earlier than she needed to. An angry Lin held on to this for about two decades, ostracizing herself from two of her family members.

While she was residing in the Foggy Swamp, a spiritual center for energy and life, Toph kept an eye on Zaofu. It was here that she learned that Suyin and her family were taken prisoner by Kuvira in 174 AG. Toph traveled toward the metal city in order to rescue them. Upon being reunited with her youngest daughter, Toph let herself be hugged and readily returned the embrace. After successfully escaping the prison, Toph noted how proud she was to have such great daughters as Suyin and Lin. 

Toph did not marry anyone, but she did turn out with amazing daughters that ended up being befitting of wearing the Beifong name. 

Toph Was Only Nice Sometimes

While Toph is not often openly kind, she showed a great deal of warmness and cared only toward her only granddaughter, Opal. During her visits to Zaofu, Toph would often tell her tales from her past.

 In 174 AG, when Toph went to rescue her family, Opal rushed to hug her, an action Toph did not resist, although she cut it short and moved to hold Opal’s hands instead. This is something that Toph would not do to anyone else. Appraising her granddaughter, she fondly noted how much she had grown, though questioned her judgment when learning that Juicy was her flying bison and Bolin her boyfriend.

Toph is one of the characters that had children with bending skills that were passed on to the next generation. 

Toph and Sokka were integral members of Team Avatar. Over the series run, we see them get closer and closer; but on more than one occasion they were not just roommates. They were best friends.

Toph and Sokka had one of the best friendships on Avatar: The Last Airbender. They got along well; teasing each other, understanding each other and even protecting each other. At every turn, they had each other’s backs.

Of all the members of Team Avatar, Toph and Sokka seemed to be the closest. Toph was closest to Sokka, and Sokka the best. Some members of the fanbase are of the opinion that Toph had a crush on him. 

Whatever the case may be, romantic or not; let’s take a look at ten instances where the Toph and Sokka friendship was at its best from the series.

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1. Toph and Sokka’s Friendship At Its Best: When She Didn’t Count Him As A Fighter

When Azula, Ty Lee and Mai kept tracking the Avatar gang wherever they went; Team Avatar decided it was time to stop running and face them square on. Before they fought, Toph commented that they were three on three and could easily take on Azula’s group.

Sokka objected to the math. As he was the fourth person there, he told her that there were four people. Toph responded, telling him she did not consider him as a fighter because he could not bend. Sokka was offended by this, taking it very personally. He mentioned that despite the bending handicap, he could still fight.Toph didn’t let up though. She teased him back by saying “Okay, three on three plus Sokka”.

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2. When Toph Appreciated Sokka’s Art

Sokka is often considered the comic relief of the series, so more often than not, he is not taken very seriously. We see this especially in Season 2, where the Avatar Gang reached Ba Sing Se in search of Appa. Sokka tried to contribute to the search by making a drawing of Appa to use as “Missing” posters. Everyone else made fun of his art, saying it was nothing like Appa. 

It is here that Toph and Sokka’s friendship is really highlighted. Toph was the only one who appreciated his drawing; telling him that the drawing looked just like Appa to her. Sokka had begun to thank her before he realized that she was making fun of him; since she was blind and could not have seen the drawing.

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3. Toph and Sokka’s Friendship At Its Best: When She Genuinely Missed Him

In the season 3 episode “Sokka’s Master,” when Team Avatar was in the Fire Nation, Sokka wanted to learn professional swordsmanship. There, he found a teacher for himself named Pian Dao. While he was away training for his new skill, the rest of the gang members became bored without his antics.

Toph said that she missed Sokka. When he came back, she turned away and blushed while telling him that she did not care that he was gone. Sokka, however, understood and said he was touched. It was just another instance when their friendship really blossomed.

4. When They Had A Heart-To-Heart Conversation

After Katara and Toph had a huge fight over Toph scamming Fire Nation citizens, Sokka pulled his friend aside to have a heart-to-heart conversation.

Toph and Sokka went on to have a very lengthy conversation about the state of things. Sokka opened up to Toph about Katara and how she had been such a source of strength for him. On her end, Toph also agreed that Katara was actually not that bad. Neither of them had ever opened up about something like this to anyone else. It was a great moment to share.

5. Toph and Sokka’s Friendship At Its Best: When Sokka Complained About The Dark

In the season two episode; “The Drill,” Team Avatar devised a plan to get inside the drill. Their plan was to stay hidden underground until the drill came directly above them and then sneak in once it did. Toph made a hole in the ground and everyone jumped in.

When she closed the hole, Sokka complained about how it was so dark in there that he could not see anything, forgetting that Toph was blind. Toph sarcastically shot back mentioning how much of a nightmare that must be. He realized his mistake and immediately apologized.

6. When She Almost Crushed Him

In the episode “The Desert,” Team Avatar got attacked by a horde of Buzzard Wasps at night. Since these creatures were flying ones, Toph could not see where they were, but she was still trying to help by bending rocks to throw at them.

She threw a huge boulder at one of the creatures and narrowly missed, crushing Sokka underneath it. She apologized to him, and he replied that he would take care of this problem. This indicated that he considered her to be close enough to him for him to not be offended by what she did. He perfectly understood her. 

7. Toph and Sokka’s Friendship At Its Best: The Way She Clung Onto Him On Appa

There were several points in the show where Toph and Sokka would sit close to each other as they flew on Appa. Most of those times, Toph would hold on Sokka clinging to him, or would simply just link her arm with his arm.

Seeing them sitting together, just hanging out as friends and talking, was really an endearing sight to see. With scenes like those in the show, it was easy to normalize platonic friendships between two characters of different genders. Toph and Sokka’s friendship helped to make platonic relationships between friends of the opposite gender.

8. When He Took Her To Safety

In the episode “The Desert,” after Aang found out that the sandbenders had kidnapped Appa and muzzled him, he flew into a monstrous rage. He was so upset that he went into the Avatar state; and it looked like he was about to destroy everyone in front of him. Sand was flying everywhere as Aang rose into the sky. It was already difficult for Toph to see in the desert because of the sand, and now she was completely helpless. Sokka came to her rescue, taking Toph and running away from danger. It’s a testament to the Toph and Sokka friendship that in the face of danger, Sokka’s first instinct wasn’t to run away, but to save Toph. He could have instinctively run away to safety, but he didn’t.

9. Toph and Sokka Friendship At Its Best: When She Saved Him

In “The Serpent’s Pass” episode, Team Avatar had the task of walking across a very narrow and dangerous path to get across to the other side. As they made their way, some Fire Nations soldiers caught wind of them and tried to stop them.

One of the soldier’s attacks caused a huge amount of debris to fall. The debris would have fallen right on top of Sokka and buried him underneath, but Toph deflected it with the use of earthbending.

10. Toph and Sokka Friendship At Its Best: When They Were About To Die

In the final battle against the Fire Nation, Toph and Sokka were on a Fire Nation airship, fighting their army. While deflecting an attack from one of the soldiers, they fell off the side of the airship.

Sokka held on to Toph tightly as she hung in the air. Soon they were surrounded by the Fire Nation soldiers, and it seemed like they were going to be killed. Sokka could have saved himself if he had let go of Toph, but he held on to her and was ready to die with her. Yet, despite everything that happened between them, they still couldn’t let go of the awkwardness between them. Luckily, they survived the onslaught and went on to win the war.

One major scoop in the entire Avatar world, spanning both the Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra shows is on who the fathers of Toph Beifong’s daughters are. While many have theorized that Suyin’s father is indeed Sokka; that door has been left wide open. In Lin’s case, we finally get a name: Kanto. Unfortunately, Toph is still adamant on not revealing the identities, so who exactly is Kanto avatar?

Kanto (Avatar): Who Is He?

For Lin Beifong, most of The Legend of Korra has her grappling with the terms of her parenthood, especially strained relationship with her mother. Many of the issues arising had to do with Toph’s parenting style, and her blatant refusal to tell Lin the identity of her father. 

Anyone would be mad at that, so we don’t really blame Lin for cutting her mother off. However the shocker comes in season 4, when in a bid to foster some good will; Lin finally gets a name. Toph casually mentions that Lin’s father was a fellow who went by the name of Kanto avatar. 

Toph’s daughters were fathered by two very different men, and her refusal to name drop or identify them really affected how they related. But why would she? What is so special thatToph would risk losing her kids over that would make her not identify their fathers?

The question of the identity of Lin Beifong’s father hangs over the air of The Legend of Korra’s first three seasons. We are introduced to Toph’s rather strange parenting style;  Toph’s daughters were raised with a hands-off parenting style, and they got very little supervision from their mother. Toph sought to give them the opposite of her strict upbringing under her parents; the prestigious Beifongs.

Interestingly, both daughters had different reactions to not being privy to their fathers’ identities. On one hand, Suyin builds a large family and a legacy that is meant to replace the one she did not have growing up. Lin on the other hand worked very hard to compensate for the distance between her and her mother by becoming the police chief of Republic City, following in her mother’s footsteps.

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Kanto (Avatar) Is Revealed

In the The Legend of Korra episode “Operation Beifong,” appearing in season 4 as episode 10, Toph finally breaks her silence, and reveals that Lin’s father is a man named Kanto avatar. She does this in a conversation with Lin, Bolin, and Opal. However, she refuses to go into any more detail about Kanto Avatar’s identity. She only added that Kanto was a “nice man” but things between them in their relationship didn’t work out so they called it quits. 

After Toph reveals Kanto Avatar’s name, she notices Lin’s breathing has changed, and asks why this is so. An infuriated Lin snaps back at her and states that her growing up without a father or never ever discussing him has affected her all along, weighing on her heavily. She also mentions that she has considered reaching out to her mother many times over the years but seeing her now reminded her instantly why she didn’t.

How Kanto’s (Avatar) Absence Created Conflict For The Beifongs

Lin’s primary conflict throughout The Legend of Korra is based around her relationship with her mother Toph. Lin and Suyin had difficult childhoods, thanks to uncertainties about their fathers and how Toph left them to their devices. Both of them subsequently rejected their mother and left the family.

As mentioned earlier, Suyin was a wild one because she had no supervision and ended up being arrested. However, she managed to turn her life around, devoting herself to building a family and a metal bending city for outsiders. Lin continued to try her tactics of impressing Toph to gain her attention and while doing so, she became the police chief of Republic City just like her mother before her.

Although she learns that her father’s name is Kanto Avatar; something that her sister Suyin never gets, knowing his identity doesn’t resolve Lin’s conflicted feelings about him, or even mend her relationship with her mother. Toph’s adamant and constant refusal to identify Kanto Avatar turns him into an enigma; one that will haunt Lin for the duration of her life.

She couldn’t understand why her mother kept him away, even more so when Toph reveals Kanto Avatar is just a man. She can’t understand why her mother kept him a secret. Eventually, Lin, Suyin, and Toph patch up and reconcile, after Toph admits that she was not the best of mothers to her children. She also admitted that she was nonetheless proud of the women that they had both become.

Additional Information On Kanto (Avatar)

Unfortunately, The Legend of Korra does not reveal any other information on Kanto. The tie-in materials do not even talk about that part of Toph’s life. At the end of the day, even though Lin learns about her father, she had one much bigger hurdle to get over; working on her relationship with her mother on her own.

She also had to come to terms with a lifetime of unanswered questions. She may have learned about her father’s name, but Lin Beifong needed to resolve her inner conflict to truly get over her rather tough childhood. Only then was she able to settle differences and reunite with Toph as well as her sister Suyin once again.

Based on the natural cycle of all the four elements, it starts with Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. The Avatar After Korra would be in the Earth Kingdom.

Avatar Roku was of fire nation descent, followed by Avatar Aang, then Korra. The Avatar after Korra is said to come from the Earth kingdom. 

Although there has been no official announcement of who the next Avatar will be, we do know that the cycle will continue. 

An unsettling fact about the next Avatar is that he or she would be devoid of the wisdom of the past lives. Not even Korra would be able to help the Avatar in their quest. 

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Near the end of The Legend of Korra’s second season, a resurrected Vaatu fought against Korra and Raava. Raava is the light spirit that merged with the Avatar host.

After a series of rapid attacks, the dark spirit Vaatu forcibly removes Raava from Kora, her Avatar host body. Vaatu continues his assault on Korra until she is severed from all of her past lives. Traumatized by the loss of her connection to previous Avatars, like Aang, who might be able to assist her in saving the world and protecting people she loves. Korra marks the first Avatar in 10 thousand years of the long line of Avatars to completely be on her own.

The following years between the end of The Legend Of Korra and the reincarnation of a new Avatar will have to be navigated alone. Korra lost all ties with the previous Avatars and will not be able to help the new Avatar as the link that bonded Avatars together was severed in the battle by Vaatu.

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Loss Of Past Lives 

Future Avatars will not be able to access the wisdom of the past Avatars, including Korra herself. This makes her the Avatar Wan of a new cycle of Avatars that will move on henceforth. 

There is also new evidence that suggests that the new Avatar will not be able to connect to his or her predecessor. 

In a book that was released by Nickelodeon titled An Avatar’s Chronicles, Korra and her friends gave writing advice to the new Avatar after her. 

In one of these letters, Korra writes, “While I know we can’t let our failures define us, I am sorry that you won’t have the connection with me, with Aang, and with all the lives you’ve lived before.” 

This somewhat indicates that even she too will not be able to live on through the next Avatar. But with many of the rules within the Avatar mythology still a little up in the air, it is possible that the new Avatar will attempt to reintegrate all of the Avatar’s past lives.

Appearance Of The Next Avatar

So many theories have gone on to try and predict the appearance of the next Avatar. A debatable theory exists that pertains to the next Avatar’s physical appearance. 

Fans of both Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel series, The Legend of Korra may have noticed that Korra shares similar physical features with Aang’s eventual love interest and long-time friend, Katara. Interestingly, when looking back to the previous Avatar, Roku, one might find that his wife Ta Min also looks familiar.

It is theorized that her round face and softer features are reminiscent of Avatar Aang’s as a young man. While evidence to support this fact is very limited, it has been theorized that the next Avatar will share some physical features with the preceding Avatar’s great love.

This theory is fueled by the choice of both Avatar series. It basically features final shots of that series’ Avatar, having saved the world, finally taking a bold new step with the person they love: Aang with Katara and Korra with Asami. 

So, considering this theory, the next Avatar regardless of the gender they would have should likely share some features with Asami, be it her dark hair, green eyes, skin tone, and others. 

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Future Of The Avatar Series 

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the franchise, especially with the recent departure of Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the original creators of the live-action adaptation. They indicated that the producers and themselves could not agree on the direction to go, hence tagging creative differences as their rationale for leaving. 

One thing we however know about the series is that the new Avatar will be of Earth Nation descent. He or she will have limited or no access to their previous lives. They might have some resemblance to Asami. Although there has been no official announcement on who this next Avatar will be, fans may have to wait a while before anything is said for sure. But with the reanimated fervor that came with both The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra’s addition to the Netflix catalog, an answer is surely on the way.

Some background information on the Avatar Cycle.

In the world of Avatar, there are four bending styles, each harnessing the power of one of the four elements. 

While Avatars are all capable of mastering all four bending arts with intense training, they are always associated with one primary element.

Taking a look back at the last four Avatars before Korra, it becomes evident that a cycle is followed. It is clear that all four of the elemental bending styles are represented.

Avatar Kuruk, an Avatar that lived around (345-312 Before Genocide or “BG”). He was primarily a water bender

Avatar Kyoshi (312 BG-82 BG) was an earthbender. Avatar Roku was a firebender; and then Avatar Aang was an airbender. 

Taking note that the most recent Avatar, Korra, is another water bender, the pattern that is known often referred to as the “Avatar Cycle” will restart all over. The cycle begins to emerge. Each new Avatar’s primary bending style goes in a patterned order. Fire, air, water, and Earth before it restarts the cycle all over again. This means the next Avatar after Korra will be an earth bender. 

There is a fanfiction that depicts a new Avatar named Jimu who is a bit on the stubborn side, just like Korra. 

The unique thing about the Avatar Cycle and the recurring lives is how each individual has a peculiar thing about them. They ultimately have the ability to dispense great love. 

One major scoop in the entire Avatar world, spanning both the Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra shows is on who the fathers of Toph Beifong’s daughters are. While many have theorized that Suyin’s father is indeed Sokka; that door has been left wide open. In Lin’s case, we finally get a name: Kanto. Unfortunately, Toph is still adamant on not revealing the identities, so who exactly is Kanto from Avatar?

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Kanto (Avatar): Who Is He?

For Lin Beifong, most of The Legend of Korra has her grappling with the terms of her parenthood, especially strained relationship with her mother. Many of the issues arising had to do with Toph’s parenting style, and her blatant refusal to tell Lin the identity of her father. 

Anyone would be mad at that, so we don’t really blame Lin for cutting her mother off. However the shocker comes in season 4, when in a bid to foster some good will; Lin finally gets a name. Toph casually mentions that Lin’s father was a fellow who went by the name of Kanto avatar. 

Toph’s daughters were fathered by two very different men, and her refusal to name drop or identify them really affected how they related. But why would she? What is so special thatToph would risk losing her kids over that would make her not identify their fathers?

The question of the identity of Lin Beifong’s father hangs over the air of The Legend of Korra’s first three seasons. We are introduced to Toph’s rather strange parenting style;  Toph’s daughters were raised with a hands-off parenting style, and they got very little supervision from their mother.

Toph sought to give them the opposite of her strict upbringing under her parents; the prestigious Beifongs. Interestingly, both daughters had different reactions to not being privy to their fathers’ identities. On one hand, Suyin builds a large family and a legacy that is meant to replace the one she did not have growing up.

Lin on the other hand worked very hard to compensate for the distance between her and her mother by becoming the police chief of Republic City, following in her mother’s footsteps.

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Kanto (Avatar) Is Revealed

In the The Legend of Korra episode “Operation Beifong,” appearing in season 4 as episode 10, Toph finally breaks her silence, and reveals that Lin’s father is a man named Kanto avatar. She does this in a conversation with Lin, Bolin, and Opal. However, she refuses to go into any more detail about Kanto Avatar’s identity. She only added that Kanto was a “nice man” but things between them in their relationship didn’t work out so they called it quits. 

After Toph reveals Kanto Avatar’s name, she notices Lin’s breathing has changed, and asks why this is so. An infuriated Lin snaps back at her and states that her growing up without a father or never ever discussing him has affected her all along, weighing on her heavily. She also mentions that she has considered reaching out to her mother many times over the years but seeing her now reminded her instantly why she didn’t.

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How Kanto Absence Created Conflict For The Beifongs

Lin’s primary conflict throughout The Legend of Korra is based around her relationship with her mother Toph. Lin and Suyin had difficult childhoods, thanks to uncertainties about their fathers and how Toph left them to their devices. Both of them subsequently rejected their mother and left the family.

As mentioned earlier, Suyin was a wild one because she had no supervision and ended up being arrested. However, she managed to turn her life around, devoting herself to building a family and a metal bending city for outsiders. Lin continued to try her tactics of impressing Toph to gain her attention and while doing so, she became the police chief of Republic City just like her mother before her.

Although she learns that her father’s name is Kanto Avatar; something that her sister Suyin never gets, knowing his identity doesn’t resolve Lin’s conflicted feelings about him, or even mend her relationship with her mother. Toph’s adamant and constant refusal to identify Kanto Avatar turns him into an enigma; one that will haunt Lin for the duration of her life.

She couldn’t understand why her mother kept him away, even more so when Toph reveals Kanto Avatar is just a man. She can’t understand why her mother kept him a secret. Eventually, Lin, Suyin and Toph patch up and reconcile, after Toph admits that she was not the best of mothers to her children. She also admitted that she was nonetheless proud of the women that they had both become.

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Additional Information On Kanto from Avatar

Unfortunately, The Legend of Korra does not reveal any other information on Kanto. The tie-in materials do not even talk about that part of Toph’s life. At the end of the day, even though Lin learns about her father, she had one much bigger hurdle to get over; working on her relationship with her mother on her own.

She also had to come to terms with a lifetime of unanswered questions. She may have learnt about her father’s name, but Lin Beifong needed to resolve her inner conflict to truly get over her rather tough childhood. Only then was she able to settle differences and reunite with Toph as well as her sister Suyin once again.