tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705216410906868562.post2317108628761616007..comments2023-07-10T10:52:14.660-04:00Comments on Animated Discussions: AtlA Monday: A Not-So-Crazy Old KingFroborrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705216410906868562.post-27605773345249818762010-04-26T10:10:16.471-04:002010-04-26T10:10:16.471-04:00Could be, could be. You have a point, in that as a...Could be, could be. You have a point, in that as a nomad and acolyte with nothing particularly special about him (since his Avatar-hood was a secret until right before he froze himself), it's unlikely Aang would have been hobnobbing with royalty.<br /><br />I oscillate between two possibilities for my personal fanon: either Omashu is a gerontocracy, or Bumi was selected by a council of elites (nobles, clergy, the rich, something like that) who thought he would be easy to control -- and learned otherwise, to their dismay. I imagine him running the show rather like the ruler of Azure City does in Order of the Stick.<br /><br />But again, there's really no evidence either way in the show. This particular question gets left dangling.Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705216410906868562.post-71734923629405297932010-04-26T00:51:10.387-04:002010-04-26T00:51:10.387-04:00My thinking on the matter of whether or not Bumi w...My thinking on the matter of whether or not Bumi was royalty as a child, is that the position of King in Omashu is a meritocratic one, where the old king picks out the best among his citizens to become the new king. Admittedly, there's no real basis for this theory, but it is consistent with Aang's apparent relationship with the young Bumi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com