pegusus123456 posted...
Firstly, you don't know what a plot hole is. A character making a mistake is not a plot hole. Secondly, Sozin's best friend was the previous avatar. He probably clued in to the fact they didn't get him when there was no apocalyptic demigod suddenly rampaging across his forces when the Avatar State kicked in.
I'm well aware of what a "plot hole" is and this qualifies. This was not a mistake, it's the entire premise of the show and treated as though it makes sense when it actually doesn't. And you're making a lot of assumptions to fill it.
pegusus123456 posted...
Sozin died in 20AG, the raids started at most twenty years later. Accounting for the coronation, other military actions, continuing his father's search for the last airbender for a while, and the fact that their fastest form of communication is a bird, I think it's reasonable that it took that long to implement a new military strategy.
Their mode of communication never impeded them in the series. You're overthinking it. The fact is it wasn't fully thought out when they wrote the show and that's fine. It's still a plot hole.
pegusus123456 posted...
Aang is an extreme outlier. Most avatars learn what they are when they're sixteen and then it takes years of training to master all four elements. It took Korra thirteen years to master earth, air, and fire.
So even if Aang had been killed, the Water Tribe avatar had been born, and they'd managed to master them in secret, that still gives the Fire Nation about thirty years to freely swing their dick around. And they'd be down airbending, so they wouldn't even be at full power.
And once those 30 years are up, they're screwed so what would be the point? It's treated in the show like wiping out the Air nomads is the end all he all of the plan and would allow them total victory when, in reality, it wouldn't really change much.