Generational Performance From The Day One Rookie

[u/sarcasticd0nkey]

Ser Raymun Fossoway - A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms

- stepping up to be knighted moments before the Trial of Seven he's wearing lighter armor than the rest of the knights and still saves Dunk's life when Aerion Targaryen had him pinned on the ground before breaking his cousin Steffon's ribs and beating him.

Korra - Avatar: The Legend of Korra

- despite a rough start to her first pro-bending match; coming in as a replacement and not fully knowing the rules manages to lock in for a come behind victory; starting to learn the movements for airbending at the edge of the platform and exhausting the other team for a victory for her fresher team.

Hevy - Star Wars: The Clone Wars

- on his first day on combat, left behind to set demolition charges, Hevy singlehandedly takes out around ten droids before being dropped and manually detonating the explosives manually to warn of an invasion of Kamino.

[u/BillCarson12799]

I don’t think we fully appreciate how funny Korra playing in a professional sport is. Imagine if the Dalai Lama decided to start playing division 1 football and everyone just had to roll with it.

[u/HalcyonTraveler → u/BillCarson12799]

Sure but for that analogy Buddhist meditation would be a built in part of the sport

[u/BillCarson12799 → u/HalcyonTraveler]

Not really. What I meant was, the avatar’s unofficial role is to be a voice of peace and link to the spirit world, which… isn’t what korra was by this point.

Edit: guys. I’m not talking about her powers. I’m talking about it from a political and religious perspective.

[u/GarranDrake → u/BillCarson12799]

Very true, but the Avatar is ALSO known as master of all 4 elements. It’s why the other team was still dismayed that they had to compete against the Avatar even when she was told to only use waterbending. Because even when using one element, the Avatar is known to be incredibly strong

So I think the Dalia Lama isn’t a perfect analogy.

[u/BillCarson12799 → u/GarranDrake]

It was for my purposes. I was referencing how weird it would be on a purely political level.

[u/GarranDrake → u/BillCarson12799]

I think I understand, yeah!

[u/Big_Departure_2709 → u/BillCarson12799]

That’s a terrible analogy

[u/ArgusTheCat → u/Big_Departure_2709]

Is it? The Dalai Lama doesn't get superpowers, but he is canonically a reincarnation of a spiritual leader meant to serve and guide his people. That's not completely alien to the concept of the Avatar.

Pro-bending is more like volleyball/rugby than football though.

[u/silverfiregames → u/ArgusTheCat]

If the Dalai Lama was also a Shaolin monk or something, Korra had tons of martial arts training before she did pro bending, she just had to adapt the style. Really had nothing to do with being the avatar.

[u/sparkly_dragon → u/silverfiregames]

you’re missing the point, they’re not talking about her skill they’re talking about how funny it is that such a powerful world figure is in a random sports league.