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noname2200 on 30 October 2013
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darkknightkryta said:

They didn't kill the Lion Turtles, they just went back to the spirit realm.  

I'm not sure that's the case. I got the impression that Lion Turtles stuck around: I don't recall seeing any heading towards the gate, we see them giving humans bending powers after the scene where the gates close, and obviously there was at least one moving around in Aang's time. I'm inclined to think Lion Turtles are animals instead of spirits, and native to the physical world: it might explain why they alone chose to shelter the humans.

 

Fake edit: I see it's been addressed.

darkknightkryta said:
WIzarDE said:

Well they have edited it with the new info provided in the latest episodes.

"During the era of Raava, the power of waterbending was first granted by the water lion turtle, who would temporarily provide it to those venturing into the Spirit Wilds. However, after the lion turtles renounced their roles as protectors of mankind during the era of the Avatar, the turtles refused to give people bending anymore. The descendants of the water lion turtle eventually learned to waterbend again by observing how the moon pushed and pulled the tides of the ocean; they learned how to simulate the effect themselves.[2] As such, they have a strong spiritual connection to the Moon and its counterpart, the Ocean. In fact, waterbending is the only bending art to originate from spirits instead of animals, and any adverse effect on these spirits detrimentally affects waterbenders too."

That's still not right cause they show the lion turtles unlocking bending in people after the fact...

After what fact? The scene we saw was shortly after the gates were closed, i.e. the beginning of the "era of the Avatar." It's not only consistent for them to stop giving out harmful powers when they see the humans killing each other with bending (again, after the scene we saw), it fits their persona to a tee. They seem to care about humans, and wouldn't want to contribute to them killing each other.