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Back with yet another Avatar crt.
So I discovered this quote from Mike and Bryan a while back, which takes place during the sequence when Korra’s past lives were being destroyed. It’s interesting to note that they state that the camera is moving through not just space, but time as well. This is further backed up by the Book 2 art book, where the background of the scene is referred to as the outer reaches of space and time.
During several parts in Avatar, where Aang is trying to master the avatar state for the first time, the avatar spirit is represented by a purple version of himself in space. The series finale shows that the essences/personalities of all the avatars are part of the celestial avatar spirit. Reminder that the avatar’s power in the avatar state doesn’t necessarily come from Raava, but from Raava acting as a conduit for cosmic energy. Going back to Book 2 finale of Korra, Korra has to connect to the cosmic version of herself as an individual, rather then as a collective spirit. To do this, she meditates inside a tree that’s literally called the tree of time. Connecting with the universe, she creates a spirit version of herself. The creators have called both the celestial and blue Korras “spirit Korra”, and that she has simultaneously connected to and become a cosmic version of herself.
Wouldn’t this make Cosmic Korra eligible for some form of acausality, most likely acausality type 2? All of the context seems to point to her body being made of spacetime.
Though it doesn’t pertain directly to cosmic Korra, there are additional references in the canon regarding the concept of time and its relation to the tree of time:
- Bryke has stated that Raava and Vaatu were born from the energy of the tree of time. Both of these spirits are often referred to as primordial spirits in various avatar material.
- In the video game, Korra says that her powers have been growing “since time began.” The Avatar Generations video game has an item in it called the book of time, which is said to “describe the origin of temporal events through the clashing of celestial forces”. Both of these seem to heavily imply that Raava and Vaatu being born from the tree of time marked the beginning of time itself.
- Avatar Generations also has the map of time, an item that is “rumored to depict locations in the world where spiritual forces influence the flow of time”.
- The Banyan Grove Tree, which is pretty much the physical world’s counterpart to the tree of time in the spirit world, is able to show people visions of the future.
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