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pegusus123456 posted...

But they did wipe out all of the water benders (they thought) and the avatar would obviously be a bender. They couldn't be that selective with the Air Nomads because all Air Nomads are benders.

And they waited 100 years to do so. Which doesn't make sense if they thought the Air Avatar was dead. Sozin should have immediately attacked the Water tribes but they basically waited to allow the Water Avatar to come of age? It's a hole.

pegusus123456 posted...

Sozin never believed they'd actually succeeded, so his reign would have been focused on finding the last airbender, not seeking the Water Tribe avatar.

Why wouldn't he think they succeeded? And then why would Ozai assume they did succeed when no other Avatar showed up? If the had killed the Air Avatar then the Water Avatar would be old as hell. Why kill the younger water benders? Again, it doesn't hold up.

pegusus123456 posted...

The raids against the Southern Water Tribe did not start a hundred years after the genocide. We know from Hama that they started "over sixty years ago," which would put them at 40AG at the latest.

Even then that's a long time to wait to even attempt to kill an enemy you believe will completely upend your plans.

pegusus123456 posted...

And I feel like you didn't think your thought about the earth benders through because a major plot point in the show is that the Fire Nation have been in a century-long stalemate against the Earth Kingdom.

No, I'm taking that into account because that stalemate still enabled the Earth Avatar enough time to gain power. My main point is the attack on the Air Temple wouldn't have actually solved the Avatar issue.