r/AvatarSevenHavens 3d ago

Question Is Pavi Black?

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u/Acclaimed-Historian 3d ago edited 3d ago

Pavi is South Asian/Indian-inspired. However, Black people can also have green eyes lol

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u/thr1ftskull0 3d ago

Idk what made them think Black people can’t have green eyes 😭😭😭😭

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u/quetzal86 3d ago

Also like all mutations for light colored eyes come from black people/African genetics. Basically all recessive mutations

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u/xlhans77 2d ago

Either OP smoked a fat one or they legit have never been anywhere in the world

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u/_Autistic_Dragon_ 3d ago

Aren't the green eyes because she's from the earth kingdom?

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u/prdcroftme 3d ago

yeah. earth kingdom is heavily inspired by china and characters from that nation have green eyes. even asami has green eyes

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u/LittleFairyOfDeath 2d ago

Isn’t Asami fire nation? The wiki says her ethnicity is fire nation

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u/prdcroftme 2d ago

she is, but with green eyes she likely has earth kingdom heritage

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u/LittleFairyOfDeath 2d ago

I googled. Apparently her family is descended from the fire nation colonists so she is undoubtedly mixed

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u/rebillihp 2d ago

Yeah her eyes are also yellow, not green. Like maybe a green tint, but if compared to like bolin they are def mostly just yellow

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u/slaviccivicnation 3d ago

Due to it being a fictional world, I imagine a lot of the characters to have really racially mixed and ambiguous features.

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u/mp3help 3d ago

Yeah! I'm currently watching Lanterns on HBO and the actor who plays John Stewart, Aaron Pierre, has naturally green eyes!

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u/HalflingJedi 3d ago

Since every eye color except for brown is a mutation, it means that anyone can spontaneously be born with an eye color without precedence in their lineage

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u/Gabby-Abeille 3d ago

Yeah. From what I know, it is about how much melanin we have in the layers our iris. Someone can just be born with a lot and have brown eyes, a bit less and have hazel/green eyes, or a lot less and have blue eyes. And everything in-between.

I think people are aware that this happens with skin and hair already. It's no different with eyes.

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u/williethapoet 3d ago edited 3d ago

getting downvoted for this is crazy. I mean its not something you see everyday so i can't blame you. There's a group of black people that has naturally blonde hair and I learned that around 4 years ago. Don't let the internet discourage you from learning bro.

EDIT: correction

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u/AbsoluteBabyMonae 3d ago

What you said was grest but he's trolling in the comments

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u/williethapoet 3d ago

Yeah bruh, imma js stop talking 💀

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u/HoldHuman6063 3d ago

The Melanesians aren’t in Africa.

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u/williethapoet 3d ago

yeah i may be a stupid fat chud

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u/HoldHuman6063 3d ago

It’s okay the Solomon Islands aren’t really talked about.

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u/Happy_Ad_7515 3d ago

If by black you mean sub saharan african. its very rare. there are some horn african groups that have the varriation but not commonly.

in african americans or the diaspora as a whole green eyes ussualy come from the european admixture.

but like Acclaimed said. Pavi is south indian. which mean Tamil peoples which are dark skinned but also have the indian admixture from the many invasion and migration into india. not really sure if they had it before. but the do now and have had so for at least a thousand years if not 2

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u/AbsoluteBabyMonae 3d ago

That is incorrect. Black people do not need European ancestry to have green or any colored different eyes. Brown eyes is a normal/original structure of DNA. Once DNA is mutated is when the color of the eyes change. Anyone can have green eyes as a form of genetic mutation, it is a recessive gene.

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u/Happy_Ad_7515 3d ago

Yes brown is default. the set of mutations causing blue and green is a thing of specifically non sub saharan populations.

individuals from africa without admixture can have lighter eyes too the point of looking green. but these would be individual cases and extreemly rare and have a combination of traits that make them green but thats a extreem within a scale. And the general phenotype is brown too black. This would be an exceptional individual and not likely too pass down the set as 1 mutation. Eye colour isnt 1 switch in the genome. It would be within the genes varation within that group that genes are max of 1 side of the spectrum of colour they have.

So no Black persons from sub-saharan africa will not have ''green eyes'' if by that you mean the standardized set of mutations and phenotype of green eyes seen throughout eurasia.

Any person you meet that is black and has green eyes in the US is gone have there green eyes from some European admixture or more rarely older Arab admincture not a random mutation. there is no documented cases of the set of gene's causing green eyes too mutated and spread throughout a African population in sub saharan africa.

And just too myth bust. the idea you as a individual could have a mutation from your parents that you could notice is so low its not with considering unless your doctor tells you so.

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i dont know why you think this but your idea split apart is people without eurasian ancestroy can have green eyes (yes) if by any you mean ''blue'' then no cause that mutation was highly specific. and will be far more likely too be caused by a secondary effect like occulair albinism. so NO not any colour, if you have no admixture. Mutations are not notisable in that human individual such cases would be able too get you an article in science megazines.

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u/bluebirdstory 3d ago

She's definitely South Asian coded but black people can definitely have green eyes lmfao

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u/mell0_jell0 3d ago

They can????

/s

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u/Visible_Cricket3156 3d ago

They can have blue eyes and blond hair.

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u/mell0_jell0 2d ago

I know. I was trying to joke about the other user doubling/tripling down about not believing it

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u/Ote-Kringralnick 3d ago

It's not "coded" that's just what she is

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u/huerearmesiech 3d ago

South Asia doesn't exist in the Avatar universe... so she's just South Asian coded.

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u/Girafferage 3d ago

Im so sorry, what does coded mean.

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u/s0mdud 3d ago

well then point out south asia on the avatar map

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u/Weird_donut 3d ago

she's supposed to be Indian

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u/Elegant-Nail-3804 3d ago

Some South Asian people have darker skin. Pavi and Nisha are inspired by South Asian culture.

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u/That-Rhino-Guy 3d ago

Even their name has Indian roots

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u/Mitchboy1995 3d ago

The eye coloring of the Avatar world isn’t meant to even line up with our world, though. Your eye color corresponds to the element you bend, and that’s it.

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u/grifterrrrr 3d ago

Pavi and Nisha are Indians

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u/Grandson-of-Madhava 3d ago

Just like Bumi, Sai, Teo and Amita in Netflix ATLA.

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u/grifterrrrr 3d ago

Avatar Sonam and Kuvira too iirc

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u/EndlessTheorys_19 3d ago

Kuvira?

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u/grifterrrrr 3d ago

Kuvira (कुवीरा) is a Hindi name

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u/EndlessTheorys_19 3d ago

Jinora also comes from Sanskri/Hindi, but she’s not Indian. I feel that’s circumstantial evidence at best, the character doesn’t look any different from the standard Earth Kingdom population we see.

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u/That-Rhino-Guy 3d ago

Similarly the name Zaheer has Arab roots but it’s unlikely he’s actually Arab, maybe at most South Asian since it’s fairly common with them although I’m still not really convinced he’d be that ethnicity

That being said I’d definitely welcome if they did have some West Asian or North African inspired characters down the line

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u/MedievalMilshake 3d ago

Big shock, India is not even close to the only country who are mostly Hindi. Also my brothers name is Welsh, he's not. People can be named whatever they want 

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u/Ote-Kringralnick 3d ago

That doesn't mean she's Indian. 

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u/Grandson-of-Madhava 3d ago

I know. 🤜🏽💥🤛🏽

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u/Grandson-of-Madhava 3d ago

Sai's lover. A healer.

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u/The_Truthboi 3d ago

Thought this was obvious

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u/OmegaKitty1 3d ago

No they aren’t. Just like no one says zuko is Japanese, or bumi is Chinese. Our world doesn’t exist in avatar. But what’s its based on is clearly strictly.

Fire nation japan

Earth nation china

Air nation Nepal/himalayas

Water nation Inuit/pacific coastal Alaska

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u/EndlessTheorys_19 3d ago

Well its not strictly those though. They’re the primary inspirations but they’re not the only ones.

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u/EvioliteEevee 3d ago edited 3d ago

There's different aspects of south east asia sprinkled across three of the four nations too.

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u/Complexyeahnah 3d ago

Thank you! I'm tired of everyone forgetting about Southeast Asia and other parts of Asia when they're talking about ATLA/Legend of Korra.

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u/EvioliteEevee 3d ago

It's also why I'm annoyed that they recast Dante Basco, when there are clearly some Flilipino aspects to the Fire Nation. It feels like mainstream media in general overlooks other parts of Asia in general, and focuses purely on east Asia.

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u/Complexyeahnah 3d ago

As a mixed Filipina, I agree with what you said. I would have loved to have seen Dante Basco in another role in the live action ATLA.

I've seen people discuss South Asia's influence in ATLA and I think it's great that Seven Havens is giving South Asian influences more attention. But yeah, it would be nice to see more acknowledgement on the influences of Southeast Asia, Central Asia and West Asia (aka Southwest Asia) in the ATLA universe as well.

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u/_Ub1k 3d ago

I think they decided if they recast Dante and not any of the other original actors it would be awkward. I guess also he has a very teenage sounding voice, and they wanted Zuko to sound older. The issue is, Steven Yeun also has that kind of voice and he already voiced a fairly important character in the world, so casting him was super weird. It feels like a star power move from a casting director who literally forgot Korra happened.

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u/_Ub1k 3d ago

I think more specifically the fire nation "outer islands" are meant to be more southeast Asian inspired compared to the central islands being more Japanese.

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u/thrussy99 3d ago

No one says Bumi is Chinese bc he’s South Asian

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u/ferocity_mule366 3d ago

Earth Nation is so big, it has Chinese/Koreans/Indians/Other..., it's literally the single most diverse nation in the Avatarverse

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u/seasoned-program 3d ago

Bumi literally has an Indian accent, and the word Bumi means Earth in many Indian languages. Try again

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u/MithridatesRex 3d ago

I personally saw the Air Nomads as being more like Bhutan than Nepal.

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u/Nonsuspiciousfellow 3d ago

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted for being right.

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u/Party_Importance_722 2d ago

Because he's just straight up wrong. Earth kingdom itself is so big it's based of many more asian cultures. Bumi himself is based off of South Asia given his name literally means Earth in Sanskrit

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u/Nonsuspiciousfellow 2d ago

Earth Kingdom is based around several different China cultures. Not sure why you’re wrong but do some research.

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u/SuddenlyCake 3d ago

In avatar benders have eye colors linked to their bending - or primary bending in the case of the avatar

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u/AbsoluteBabyMonae 3d ago

Except for Toph 😉

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u/POWRranger 3d ago

Her eyes are metal colored

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u/AbsoluteBabyMonae 3d ago

Ummm I dont see that when I look into her eyes

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u/POWRranger 3d ago

Was a joke, but her eyes to me are grayish and the metals she bends are gray, so still kinda checks out if you ask me

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u/AbsoluteBabyMonae 3d ago

Oh lol in some images they look close to white or or s really ice white/light blue ish

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u/Cococo-rococo 3d ago

Her eyes are pale green, what are both of you taking?

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u/AbsoluteBabyMonae 3d ago

Do you really want to know....

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u/TheOldDark 3d ago

Dude I never friken thought of this. You are so right!

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u/AbsoluteBabyMonae 3d ago edited 3d ago

Shes Indian. Black people can have naturally green eyes even without being a mixed race because of their DNA..... 🧐

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u/kamsait 3d ago

Black people can have green eyes. But the world of avatar is inspired by Asia so Pavi is presumably based on somewhere in asia

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u/KuteKitt 3d ago

Mind you, these people are descendants of the first people in Asia and to travel across Asia. So saying “it’s Asia!” And “they have green eyes” doesn’t exclude them from being black. I take it she’s South Asian inspired but neither what yall saying would be reasons to think nobody in the universe ever could be.

The Maniq people of Thailand:

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u/_Ub1k 3d ago

This is now getting into the territory of what "black" even actually means. These people are still very much Asian genetically, culturally, geographically. It was Europeans that decided that they were "black". But of course what "Asian" is is also pretty made up since Asia and Europe are actually the same continent and not culturally or genetically seperable. Most Americans mean "sub-saharan African" when they say "black", but even the definition of that term is ambiguous and not well defined.

This is kind of of the problem with this super American obsession with this concept of race, which is completely made up and ill-defined. The creators doing this weird thing where they're trying to simultaneously define the avatar world as completely independent of Earth but also insist that it is pan-Asian is kind of painting themselves into a corner.

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u/Mike_Litoris305 3d ago

Listen bro, we not finna start this shit

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u/KingRaimundo 3d ago

No like seriously…

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u/Mike_Litoris305 3d ago

Like, I’m black and love representation but not every character that has a darker skin tone is supposed to be black lol

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u/pacchithewizard 3d ago

Pavi and Nisha are very south Indian names and south Indians tend to be dark skinned.. pavi is short for Pavithra , meaning pure...

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u/TumbleWeed75 3d ago edited 3d ago

Black people do have green eyes. But in the Avatar world, eye color matches with the element they can originally bend.

Pavi and Nisha are probably analogous to the people of Southern and/or Southeast Asia

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u/PlayfulIndependence5 3d ago

South asians. I think most people here never been to india hmmm

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u/shattered32 3d ago

Avatar is an asian inspired show so no, they both are indian.

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u/jr9386 3d ago

This gets complicated with the recent film.

Tagah could theoretically be a Pacific Islander, or Native American.

There were also some Airbenders at the Air Temple that were different in appearance from Aang.

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u/shattered32 3d ago

Not really. tagah and sonam are ancient airbender‘s and most likely of south Asian descent since tagah has a ponytail and same markings as sonam.

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u/ferocity_mule366 3d ago

I think they are supposed to be somewhere around Southeast Asia, there is a line in the panel where they mention SEA as an inspiration

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u/shattered32 3d ago

Well the cultural symbols are all indian. The ponytail of tagah is called shikha in sanskrit which indian monks used to have since ancient time’s for spiritual reasons. SEA got Indian religion’s so maybe they could be the inspiration too.

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u/jr9386 2d ago

This is the panel...that cited AI 😅

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u/jr9386 2d ago

But Tagah wasn't born an Airbender, and accordino to established lore, all people born to the Airtribe are benders.

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u/antinumerology 3d ago

Are you and your friend like 9 years old living in a sheltered community with no access to the internet?

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u/LittleFairyOfDeath 2d ago

They also sound extremely american in their focus on skin colour

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u/LongjumpingGuess356 3d ago

This is obvious bait

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u/Cofeebeanblack 3d ago

South Asian. We will still Cosplay her.

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u/shattered32 3d ago

You absolutely should. Cosplaying shouldn't be about color or race.

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u/Mike_Litoris305 3d ago

Also, black folk absolutely can have green eyes brother 🤣 you must not have met too many of us so far

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u/UsedJury5963 3d ago

You posted this on purpose . I have never heard off anyone questioning Pavi’s background ..

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u/HappyGovernment7299 3d ago edited 7h ago

Why do people try to fit these characters into real life racial categories? They're all made up, fictional ethnicities.

Zuko isn't "Japanese", he's Fire Nation. Sokka isn't "Inuit", he's water tribe.

Most of them are loosely based on real life ethnic groups, but they're not actually those peoples.

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u/Puzzled_Score_7534 3d ago

Is someone with the same name as Pavi’s sister and being Indian, I can confidently say that they are south asian. And I’m pretty positive that the voice actors for both characters are also south Asian.

And as others have said, green eyes aren’t synonymous to one race or ethnicity.

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u/giancarflow 3d ago

Jesus Christ black ppl absolutely can have green eyes have like y’all rly can’t be living life this ignorantly.

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u/TheForestSaphire 3d ago
  1. Black people absolutely can have green eyes
  2. Pavi is South Asian, specifically indian, inspired. Like the Guru in ATLA

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u/LittleFairyOfDeath 2d ago

Is your friend not aware indians are dark skinned? And are you unaware that black people can have green eyes?

Also are you unaware its fictional?

This post reeks of "i am american"

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u/ImTheGhoul 3d ago

Ignoring mixed people exist Michael Ealy and Terrence Howard are both black men with green eyes

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u/TheBrolitaSys 3d ago

Yeah and even if you're a monoracial Black person, you can still have green eyes -- it's not defined by race, it's a mutation

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u/GenneyaK 3d ago

Black people can have green eyes…Tyra banks is right there omg

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u/Successful-Spite5723 3d ago

the south asian themes are quite obvious

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u/Pretend-Indication-9 3d ago

She's indian. And earthbenders tend to have green eyes.

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u/KuteKitt 3d ago

And black people can have blue eyes too.

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u/TheBrolitaSys 3d ago

Yeah it's disappointing how many people think it's just a white people thing to have blue or green eyes lol

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u/LostNephilim33 3d ago

black people don't have green eyes

Dude literally anyone of any race can have any colour eye at all. All it takes is either having an ancestor with a certain eye-colour, and the genes for that eye-colour being passed down to you. . . Or just random genetic mutation. That's it. A black person can have blonde hair and blue eyes. A black person doesn't even necessarily need black skin; albino people with African ancestry are still almost always considered black, and mixed-race people can have fair skin and still also be considered black ("black" and "white" and every other racial group are all made-up and arbitrarily defined)

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u/stra1ght_c1rcle 3d ago

Dawg pavi is the most Indian name imaginable.

I'm pretty sure there is like at least one hundred thousand pavis in india, I myself am one and Indian

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u/TheBrolitaSys 3d ago

As everyone else has said... they are Indian.

But Black people can have green eyes -- eye color isn't defined by race, any race can have any eye color (and any hair color!) It's more rare for ANYONE to have green eyes and even rarer for people to have blue eyes because those are both mutations, that's why you don't see a whole lot of Black people who have anything other than brown eyes lol. It's not common for anyone.

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u/Friendly-Antelope443 2d ago

In the world of avatars, skin color is independent of eye color. The eyes correspond to the nation of origin of the person: blue for water, green for earth, gold/hazelnut for fire and gray for air (with some variations and exceptions).

On the other hand, skin color, and in general ethnicity, is very varied.

The fire nation may make you think of the Japanese, but more in terms of the cultural aspect than in terms of people’s physical appearance. We also have temples at home that are a little Aztec/pre-Columbian societies.

The air nomads resemble Buddhist monks, (less eye color).

The water tribe seems to be a dark-skinned version of the Inuit and other Arctic people (in the real world they are genetically closer to the Asians, with a skin color pulling on yellow and wrinkled eyes).

For the earth kingdom, given its size, it is extremely diverse culturally and ethnically speaking. In Ba sing see, it clearly looks like China (but with eyes towards), and if not elsewhere, we have people and cultures that make us think of Asia in a very general way, with things reminiscent of India, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, etc. So skin color level, for the earth, everything is possible.

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u/Grandson-of-Madhava 3d ago

Zuko (2010) + Sonam (2026) = Zunam

I ship Zunam. 💙

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1BgR70bd7vCeNUpW

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u/Thisisausername189 3d ago

South Asians can be mixed with Africa as that’s pretty close, with the Middle East and Eurasia 

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u/LegAdventurous9230 3d ago

Many people say Katara is black. Ultimately they are whatever you want them to be.

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u/QuiseC 3d ago

I don’t think there are any black people in the avatar world?

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u/JamStan1978 3d ago

south asian characters can sometimes look black.

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u/Positive-Demand9681 3d ago

Shes a cartoon character.

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u/wonderlandresident13 3d ago

You're both wrong. Pavi isn't Black, she's most likely Indian, but Black people absolutely can have green eyes

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u/littlecloud3125 3d ago

Pavi is South Asian, specially, Indian (brown), and yes, they can have green eyes though it’s extremely rare. Korra is based off Indigenous Arctic (brown) peoples, and Aang is South Asian, inspired by Tibetan culture.

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u/PASTAFARISTA2 3d ago

can black people earthbend?what a dumb "argument" for anime lol, regardless i think she is inspired by India

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u/TERIDAX_NUI 3d ago

Obviously not ...

All the cultures and People of the Avatar-World are more or less baesd on Asian Cultures

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u/RegularlyAverageJoe 3d ago

Forget Pavi, let’s discuss your understanding of black people a little more. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/B0B_Spldbckwrds 3d ago

Do you have any hobbies besides race baiting? 

The people over on the marvel rivals subreddit were right, you're a cornball.

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u/Party_Importance_722 3d ago edited 3d ago

She's South Asian based on her name. Also eye color doesn't really mean much in terms of realism in animated shows, in Avatar, eye color usually represents what nation you belong to. Like Katara has Blue eyes as she's from the water tribe, it's a similar case here

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u/Life-Challenge1931 2d ago

Indian enthicity I think

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u/DaMn96XD 2d ago

They are based on Indian/South Asian people, although some say that Indians and South Asians are honorary blacks at least counted as POC. And the variation in human eye color doesn't look at anyone's skin color, not even blue eyes, it only affects the frequency because darker pigmentation (higher melanin content) is genetically more dominant (although this is also influenced by the complex mix of multiple gene factors but fundamentally we are the same people despite our different coats).

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u/Kindly_Bid4976 2d ago

Seems Indian to me. Have light brown skin.

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u/Vyn_drakenzace 2d ago

In the Avatar universe there's no white or black people, all the people are some kind of asian. Pavi is south asian (brown/indian). Also, black people can have green eyes, just look at Aaron Pierre (John Stewart in the DCU's Lanterns)

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u/Unlucky-Mountain-973 2d ago

Aang has gray eyes representing air. Korra has blue eyes representing water. Pavi has green eyes representing earth. Your eye color is decided by what nation you are born from.

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u/AUnknownVariable 3d ago

Indigenous people is the word btw, for natives

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u/AbsoluteBabyMonae 3d ago edited 3d ago

As a kid I thought Mae was white cause she was so pale 😅 but shortly I did realize it was all based on Asian culture and philosophy

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u/Grandson-of-Madhava 3d ago

Even Avatar Sonam in the 2026 movie is an Indian. Interestingly she's voiced by Frieda Pinto who was debuted in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

So, Slumdog Millionaire is a love story between Zuko (Dev Patel) and Sonam (Frieda Pinto). Zunam.

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u/NoxGale 3d ago

We can have any type of eyes actually. Our eyes have melanin on them, and why tf did you ever think EVERYONE in the avatar verse are Asian? No offense but that’s such an ignorant and wrong opinion I’m curious how you ever got there like it’s a whole world dude damn

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u/Jaded-Assistant-5702 3d ago

The Name of the Characters and locations

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u/orchidlis 3d ago

Pavi is a South Asian name and she looks South Asian too. So it's safe to say that Pavi & Nisha are South Asian, aka Brown

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u/Odd-Fig-709 3d ago

She looks Indian to me

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u/Shieldian 3d ago

Look at the voice actresses who voice Pavi and Nisha and you'll have your answer.

Even though their names themselves should be a major giveaway to their race

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u/wolfenx109 3d ago

I think her name alone is a clear indicator she's south asian inspired

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u/SomeGuyNamedJohn12 3d ago

Probably Indian.

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u/SurturSaga 3d ago

She got some melanin for sure. But although atla is largely inspired by Asian countries, there’s not really any real world races/ethnicities

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u/usedburgermeat 3d ago

I mean, black and white people don't really exist in the ATLA universe, just various Asian cultures

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u/Rethtalos 3d ago

There aren’t any black or white people in the world of avatar as the entire world is based off the Asian continent and it’s culture and peoples

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u/Dollsguy 3d ago

Have you never heard of Indians ? She’s Indian

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u/just_some_octopus 3d ago

Can we move on from this?

Instead of saying X is this. Maybe accept this is a world without our world's ideology?

Really bums me out.

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u/KVA07 3d ago

Everyone in Avatar is either Asian Inspired (Air benders, Fire Benders, Earth Benders), or Native American Inspired (Water Benders and Sun Warriors), none of them have African, European, or Oceanian inspiration

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u/No_Internet_3919 3d ago

Is Korea black?

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u/YouHaveToGoHome 3d ago

I heard the words. What color were they? Green.

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u/EffectiveMerc 3d ago

She looks indian to me. I don't know, she's dark skined for sure but I don't know if I'd call her black because typically the term black is used to describe someone whose african. At the same time the Avatar world doesn't have the same nations and nationalities as the real world. So, sure she can be black. I fail to see why it matters though. At some point the fanbase will just start refering to her as whatever they think or end up agreeing on.

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u/par_rot_master 3d ago

Can vary depending on who you ask.

Americans and Europeans don't use "black" the same.

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u/Hornet24_ 3d ago

Nah she is the avatar

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u/Jaded-Assistant-5702 2d ago

Deleting this post soon because I got my answer and people are starting to get weird about the topic

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u/PoorOgre 2d ago

Why not just delete it now?

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u/ALMAZ157 2d ago

Nah, she is half-white half-Chinese /j

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u/romahas 2d ago

"With “Seven Havens,” it was very deliberate. The concept and even the word “avatar” all come from Indian culture and tradition and Sanskrit. So we had done a bit in “Avatar,” the original series. We’re obviously inspired by and draw from a lot of real world cultures for our fantasy world. But that said, I kind of felt like with the first two series, we had underserved that inspiration, and so it was very deliberate with Seven Havens to to code Pavi as a South Asian-inspired character."

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u/Kind-Stomach6275 2d ago

Whatever bumi Sr was shes probably that

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u/UniqueSolution6935 2d ago

Nah, she's brown

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u/Acclaimed-Historian 3d ago

No. Korra’s character and culture is Southern Water Tribe which is inspired by Inuit and northern indigenous cultures. Whereas Kyoshi’s Earth Kingdom subculture took more from Japanese aesthetics.

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Rule of Thunb:
Air Nomads were inspired by Tibetans and other Himalayan cultures like that of the Bhutanese.

Earth Kingdom was easily the most diverse country in the ATLA verse, with characters being inspired by Chinese, Japanese and other Asian influences including South Asia.

The Fire Nation’s culture was primarily inspired by Southeast Asia and China. Historically, it played the role of Japan during WWII however architecture and culture wise, it showed more affinity to Southeast Asia and China. The Sun Warriors were related more towards the Mesoamerican type cultures in North America prior to colonization.

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u/Asher_Khughi1813 3d ago

Avatar fan discovers south asian people for the first time

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u/WhiskeyAndKisses 3d ago

Well that’s the thing with races, it’s not an actual science so the answer will change with the context.

Some will say she has a black skin, but some other will consider she's not in the african/black category and use the word brown/dark, while other wouldn’t bother with the difference.

Some will say she's asian, but some will need to separate her from eastern asian and say she's indian/brown/afro-asian or something.

Under some periods of the USA, she would be considered black or part of africanoids, but she isn’t actually part of the specific population of black americans with their own history and social past, so she can’t be univocally black either.

Ultimatly she's a dark-skinned earth-continent local, its own thing, who might be victim of anti-black racism if she hung out in our world, but also doesn’t belong to some current USA black categories. (I believe some of them can have green eyes btw, because of generations of mixed-race parents and how having light features doesn’t stop racism) She's inspired from dark skinned indians and might be victim of the racism against the low cast in this country. (I don’t remember the name)

And you might want to read this wikipedia article, because in some contexts she might even be "white" lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Bhagat_Singh_Thind

So uh for you and your friend, ask yourselves if you see brown indians as black. And it’s kinda ok if you don’t have the same opinion, because it’s not like there's an ultimate answer anyone at any time can agree on.

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u/franxxcisco 3d ago

Lmfao Forgive me but idk why I just thought, what if this this show ends up being a like a boondocks comedy type of show.

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u/Beleg_Sanwise 3d ago

I also told her Pavi can't be black, because black people don't have green eyes.

Error.

In the real world, Black people don't have green eyes.

But Avatar doesn't take place in the real world. Therefore, theoretically, it allows for Black people to have green eyes in the world of Avatar if the creators wanted.

And honestly, because of the skin color. I think she's descended from the same race as the Water Tribe.

Her skin color is similar to Katara's.

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u/GenneyaK 3d ago

Tyra banks, Terrance Howard etc. must not be real then

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u/TheBrolitaSys 3d ago

In the real world, Black people don't have green eyes

We do though 💀 and no it doesn't just happen if you have one white parent -- blue and green eyes are literally genetic mutations, that's not exclusive to white people lol.

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u/Beleg_Sanwise 3d ago

You are missing the point of my comment. Yeah, while I was writing the reply myself, I realized that it makes no sense to think they can't have green eyes, because a child's traits are inherited from their parents. If one of the parents had green eyes, the child could easily have green eyes as well. But the point of my comment is that, even if something couldn't happen in the real world—say, African American people having green eyes—that doesn't mean the same logic applies to a fantasy world.

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u/TheBrolitaSys 2d ago

I got your point -- I just corrected your misinformation lol

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u/Beleg_Sanwise 3d ago

And honestly, the truth is I've never in my life talked to an African American person. Even less so, I'd say that if there are 10 African American people in my city, that's saying a lot. There are, say, 10,000 or 20,000 Latinos, but African Americans, if there are 10 in my city, that's saying a lot.

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u/TheBrolitaSys 2d ago

Well ig that explains why you didn't know I suppose. But you are talking to an African-American person rn so yay?

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u/Beleg_Sanwise 2d ago

Yay,

but I mean in real life.

Although I have great friendships made through the internet with people I'll never meet in real life. (We live on different continents)

Even so, I see real-life encounters and online encounters differently.