*takes the
bill and runs away* 😛 I’m not
sure of what you need exactly because Anakin IS Vader. Vader is just a twisted
version of Anakin so everything you find in one you will also find in the
other.
Loyalty. Once he commits to a cause/group he sticks to it no matter how much he
disagrees with it or it hurts him. Anakin is miserable being a Jedi but he stays.
Vader is miserable being a Sith but he stays. He stays because leaving would be
betrayal.
Deference.
One thing Anakin never leanered was how to shed his submissive behavior. People
in positions of power easly abuse Anakin because he was taight from birth (and
Jedi training) to ALWAYS respect authority and submit to their will.
Obi-wan: Use the Force. Think. Anakin: Sorry, Master. Obi-wan: He went in there to hide, not to run. Anakin: Yes, Master. Obi-wan: Next time, try not to lose it. Anakin: Yes, Master. Obi-wan: This weapon is your life.
Anakin: I try, Master. [AOTC]
“I must
obey my master.” – Vader [ROTJ]
Recklessness.
Both put their goals above their own well-being.
Self-sacrifice. Both are willing to die for what they love.
Murder.
Both are murderers.
Torture.
Both tortured people.
Mental
illness. Both show symptoms of mental illness.
Unhappiness. Neither were known for being particularly happy people.
Relationship
with their soldiers. Both were deeply respected by the men under his command.
Distrust of
the privileged. Both showed some measure of disdain for people born in privilege
(senators, high-ranking military officers, monarchs, etc).
Sense of humor. Both have a similar sense of humor.
I’m sure there’s more stuff I’m forgetting.
When they
are both in character, Anakin and Vader are the same person and their
personalities align perfectly because it’s the same personality. His
motivations, methods and goals change but not the personality behind that.
Anakin is still there underneath Vader.
No, he
wouldn’t tell. Anakin, above all else, was loyal. He’d consider such action a terrible
betrayal.
“For Anakin,” Obi-Wan said at length, “there is nothing more important than
friendship. He is the most loyal man I have ever met—loyal beyond reason, in
fact. Despite all I have tried to teach him about the sacrifices that are
the heart of being a Jedi, he—he will never, I think, truly understand.” [Matthew
Stover. Revenge of the Sith]
there’s some lava bending going on there…. so she separated the ground down to the mantle layer (magma chamber)? then floated that chunk on lava then air bended it over?
This is often cited as the single most powerful feat in bending in the entire franchise, and I’m inclined to agree. Kyoshi Island also manages to wind up quite a distance from the mainland–let’s assume it’s still on the continental shelf, otherwise MY GOD–and is large enough to sustain a reasonably-sized village with agriculture. Unless there’s an earthbending equivalent of the great comet going on, this is nuts.
Avatar Kyoshi also lived to 230 years old.
All of this begs the question to me–what the hell was up with her? Did she get a spirit-world power boost or something? These things are all very much outside the norm, even in a world of such extraordinary people.
What’s everybody’s theory on this?
She was just that strong
My thought has always been that Kyoshi was one of the few Avatars that was completely at peace with who and what she was. Every other Avatar we’ve seen – even the best of them like Aang and Korra – are conflicted over what they have to do and how they do it. Guilt and self-loathing over their responsibilities and actions, regret over what they could have done better.
Kyoshi, however, never doubted herself. Even without being arrogant, she always saw that what she did had to be done. She took what were the only options. You see this even in the advice she gives to subsequent Avatars: Be decisive. Be final. Commit.
Because of that, she was one of the few (Maybe only) Avatars who was able to completely encompass the powers available to them. No part of her subconsciously didn’t want to use them. There was no hesitancy buried so deep that she even didn’t realize it, Unlike Aang, or Roku, or Koruk, or Korra, or Yangchen, or even Wan, she was able to give herself over totally to whatever she was doing and hold nothing back.
That’s why she was able to accomplish feats of bending and skill that no other Avatar could equal: Because she, alone of all the Avatars, had she SHEER CHUTZPHA to do it.
other avatars ask “can i do it?”
kyoshi says “of course i can.”
Believe in yourself like Avatar Kyoshi believed in herself. Encompass the spirit of Avatar Kyoshi. I am a bad-ass and I WILL JUST DO IT
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