Tom on his co-stars: ‘Chris and I have been on this journey together for seven years, and it’s very different to any relationship i’ve ever had with any other actor. We know each other so well, and I think in a way that enhances everything about that relationship. We have a shorthand, and he makes me laugh!’
“If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater his effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders—what would you tell him to do?”
“I… don’t know. What… could he do? What would you tell him?”
A fun reminder that Aang was a terrifyingly powerful Avatar.
Most Avatars are informed of their newfound destinies at the age of 16 to begin their training. Because of the approaching war Aang was told of his status at the age of 12. He had already mastered airbending, and in the span of a year he mastered the other three elements, the avatar state, and energybending. He also learned lightning redirection and seismic sense (a technique no previous Avatar had even encountered). In the span of a year.
Modern Life is Rubbish 