Wouldn't it be interesting if there were waterbenders, earthbenders and firebenders among the Air Acolytes? I wonder how the airbender philosophy would influence their bending.
Wouldn't it be interesting if there were waterbenders, earthbenders and firebenders among the Air Acolytes? I wonder how the airbender philosophy would influence their bending.
I was thinking the same thing. We haven't seen any except for Otaku. Also there is another thread for that on the related threads tab to the left.
Ah yes, you're right. Otaku is an airbender, though, so there wouldn't be any conflict between his bending ability and him being a member of the Air Acolytes.
In one scene, Pema says that she, as a Non-Bender, left her house to become an air acolyte. Also, most of the Air Acolytes are mostly non-benders, or we just havent seen them bend.
Also, when the Tenzin, Jinora, Pema, and "Team Avatar" went to search for Air Benders in the Earth Kingdom, none of them but Kai wanted to leave thier lives to become air nomads. Pema even said that it won't work to convince them to abandon thier material possesions, but to simply teach them air bending would be better.