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Near to the finale of _The Legend of Korra - Book 2: Spirits_ when Vaatu rips
Raava from Korra's body and destroys her, Korra says to Tenzen that the Avatar
Cycle has too been destroyed and she is the last Avatar.

At the end Korra confirms that Raava is back inside her however her connection
to the previous Avatars is still gone.

I am wondering, does this mean that the Avatar can no longer be reincarnated?
or is Korra like Wan where he had no previous past lives to turn to for advice
(unlike Aang who could turn to Roku, Kyoshi and those other 2 Avatars he spoke
to at the end) and thus can still be reincarnated.


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Can the Avatar still be reincarnated?


Korra lost connection with the past Avatars. It is still possible for Korra to
get in the [Avatar State](http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/The_Avatar_State)
(which is the unified state with Raava) but she can not talk with Aang or
other past Avatars and use their knowledge.

tl;dr

> Korra became the first Avatar.


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Actual Avatar reincarnation means Raava accepts part of current Avatar soul,
leaves its body, and finds new Avatar. Communication with previous Avatar
incarnations was exactly communication with parts of their souls inside Raava.
Since Raava got itself destroyed, and then resurrected, it is in "clear"
state, without souls of previous incarnations.

But while Raava exists in this world, it can find new vessel to become next
Avatar incarnation. The only consequence of its temporary destruction is that
Korra is now much like Wan.


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I just learnt that Korra's connection to past lives was severed completely and
it also gets worse.

According to her letters to the next Avatar in _The Legend of Korra: An
Avatar's Chronicle_ (book), Korra states that even the next Avatar may not be
able to connect with her for guidance. It's like every Avatar that will come
next will no longer have a connection to the past life before.


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