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human
[avatar TLA] is the avatar effected by the moon and sun like other benders?

during a solar eclipse fire benders lose their power same with water benders during a full moon. but is the avatar effected by this at all, or is the avatar it's own source of bending power?
gpt
It depends. IIRC we don't see any fire bending from Aang during the eclipse, so it seems he's affected by it; ditto for Sozin's Comet, where he shows some of his most powerful attacks.

That said, when the Moon was injured, he was able to go into the Avatar state and use some awe-inspiring waterbending even when no one else could at all, so it seems a direct connection to the spirits kinda overrides that when used.