If there’s a new Avatar, that means Aang has passed on. If he died around age 70, isn’t that pretty young for an Avatar?
Konietzko: You gotta keep in mind that he was frozen in a state of suspended animation for 100 years, so he kind of burned up some of his extra Avatar time.
Dude. So you were kinda going in the right direction,
triannamaxwell!
EDIT: the full interview is
[here]. Please no getting pissed off about shipping in my journal. I'm so not in the mood for it.