On Hydropiras- I think it would get a lot of use as an alternative to Earthbending-based geoscaping. Water is a very powerful force, pushing rock around like it's nothing. Outside of the Fire Nation, it can also provide power with its movement, either through the use of dams like we have in modern days, or newer technology that pumps water to high places for low energy cost and then makes energy from the kinetic energy of the downward flow. Additionally, fluidics might be something you can exploit for some scifi fun.
As for the AI, how are you defining it here? An actual sentient computer? Or something that thinks like a brain? Because we can do the latter now, with things like neural networks, that are helpful for predictive analysis and other pattern-based operations.
On hydropiras, all of the stuff you point out is a good use of waterbending, but not hydroopiras. All of that stuff (base movement of water, pushing dams etc) are simple, high intensity, low complexity, movements. That's the opposite of Opiras, which refers to high complexity movements. Basic bending still exists
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Yes and no on Hydropiras. I meant that it would be something more complex and cyberpunky than a simple dam, but something along the same lines. However, I didn't realize that the control was that fine, so I agree that finding applications for it would be harder. I agree that fluidics of some kind is still a good application, but perhaps it's a point of pain to Hydropiraticists that anything they can do, science can replicate with only slightly more effort. Perhaps there's a bit of a civil labor dispute about that. :D
Given full sentient AI's, then their background makes sense. I thought they were "alive," since it's more cyberpunky, but as a Computer Scientist, I wanted to make sure. ;)
I have to say, I'm appreciating the use of the Opiras. It's a lot easier to keep track of it, even in this quick discussion context. It sounds like it is.
Yes and no on Hydropiras. I meant that it would be something more complex and cyberpunky than a simple dam, but something along the same lines. However, I didn't realize that the control was that fine, so I agree that finding applications for it would be harder.
Still working out on how fine it is, so it might not actually be that fine, and that level of control would be a advanced degree, but yeah, opiras is meant to be far finer control than anything seen in canon avatar. Toph can bend metal, ferropiras can fuse metals together, manipulating them to form new alloys with impossible combination's and properties, all without heating them once. Electropiras can manipulate the electronics in a computer, think about how much more control that going to take compared to the lightning bending seen in show.
I agree that fluidics of some kind is still a good application, but perhaps it's a point of pain to Hydropiraticists that anything they can do, science can replicate with only slightly more effort. Perhaps there's a bit of a civil labor
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>Don't you mean the Shin-Ra Soz-In Energy Co. ? ;)
You don't know how tempted I was to make the upper ring of Ba Sing Se a giant dish that blocked light to the other rings.
>Metalbenders would also be able to negate the weight of their own power armor (because what's cyberpunk without power armor?).
Yessssss.
>Aunt Wu & Meng.
Neither. Part of the setting idea is that this is the Avatar verse, as such bending and spirits and things beyong our world still exist. Aunt Wu travels the earth nations, giving fortunes, somehow always managing to stay ahead of any troubles, revolutions or problems. Heck she's getting enough of a reputation at this point that her departure may be triggering the troubles.
For the dynamics, it varies from country to country part of the reason I had the earth nations so divided is so I could do any plot type I wanted. In general however, it tends to be socio-cultural, not straight up skin color ethic hatred (one of the things I really liked about racism is it showed cultural racism, rather than the normal skin-color racism, which I don't think gets enough attention in mainstream media
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There is a reason though the Dai Li are paper tigers in canon, because realistically you can't do crazy adventure kids with supercompetent crypto-conspiracy police that well (or it will end in thwarted expectation and ruin) and a more subdued take is...hard to do especially with the characters and audience likely intended for the show. Now this isn't impossible in a fanfiction, just the fact you're dealing with readers and the written word can make things more tolerable. But you'll be shifting lots about with the characters not just their feelings but their roles their...karmas and stuff. Of course that's why to do an AU. But it can easily run away from you if you're not aware of the issue.
IF he is the Avatar...well what the hell CAN he do. There isn't anyone one major thing to stop and the world is too screwed up and moreover he can't bring to bear on his own the things the world needs to stop being screwed up. If this follows more the vein of the original it will be a proper epic taking over the course of MANY years if not eras/generations as he puts out a million fires, attempts to master all the basic forms of bending and gathers 108 stars/experts in the specialties of not just bending and other fields. Less speedy LoTR and probably more Heroes of the Marsh or Romance of the Three Kingdoms. There are many western equivalents I just don't know them this is what a proper epic involves, f'rinstance Troy's battle I think takes ten years and the events surrounding the incident involve matters ranging from Greek mythos creation to decades after in the sequel the Odyssey
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As for the AI, how are you defining it here? An actual sentient computer? Or something that thinks like a brain? Because we can do the latter now, with things like neural networks, that are helpful for predictive analysis and other pattern-based operations.
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Given full sentient AI's, then their background makes sense. I thought they were "alive," since it's more cyberpunky, but as a Computer Scientist, I wanted to make sure. ;)
I have to say, I'm appreciating the use of the Opiras. It's a lot easier to keep track of it, even in this quick discussion context. It sounds like it is.
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Still working out on how fine it is, so it might not actually be that fine, and that level of control would be a advanced degree, but yeah, opiras is meant to be far finer control than anything seen in canon avatar. Toph can bend metal, ferropiras can fuse metals together, manipulating them to form new alloys with impossible combination's and properties, all without heating them once. Electropiras can manipulate the electronics in a computer, think about how much more control that going to take compared to the lightning bending seen in show.
I agree that fluidics of some kind is still a good application, but perhaps it's a point of pain to Hydropiraticists that anything they can do, science can replicate with only slightly more effort. Perhaps there's a bit of a civil labor ( ... )
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You don't know how tempted I was to make the upper ring of Ba Sing Se a giant dish that blocked light to the other rings.
>Metalbenders would also be able to negate the weight of their own power armor (because what's cyberpunk without power armor?).
Yessssss.
>Aunt Wu & Meng.
Neither. Part of the setting idea is that this is the Avatar verse, as such bending and spirits and things beyong our world still exist. Aunt Wu travels the earth nations, giving fortunes, somehow always managing to stay ahead of any troubles, revolutions or problems. Heck she's getting enough of a reputation at this point that her departure may be triggering the troubles.
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