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    NoNameLetdown

    [1]Sep 17, 2006
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    Whats up with sand and metal benders???What element are they?

    Sand Benders were mentioned in The Library

    Metal Benders were mentioned in the second episode of the SotFN, where Aang said "i wish I was a metal bender here" or something similar

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    charleebrown

    [2]Sep 17, 2006
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    NoNameLetdown wrote:

    Whats up with sand and metal benders???What element are they?

    Sand Benders were mentioned in The Library

    Metal Benders were mentioned in the second episode of the SotFN, where Aang said "i wish I was a metal bender here" or something similar

    Sandbenders are a form of earth bender and I think Aang was making a joke heh but yeah ask on the question thread ay ( i think im right about the sandbender thing)

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    UGamer08

    [3]Sep 17, 2006
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    Plus this has to be the 7 th thread for the subject.
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    NoNameLetdown

    [4]Sep 17, 2006
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    but under waterbending, there isnt icebending... waterbenders bend water to ice... sand is earth... meh...
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    e-hero-will

    [5]Sep 17, 2006
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    NoNameLetdown wrote:

    Whats up with sand and metal benders? What element are they?

    Sand Benders were mentioned in The Library

    Metal Benders were mentioned in the second episode of the SotFN, where Aang said "i wish I was a metal bender here" or something similar


    Sand benders are just the name of the Earth Benders in the desert. And Aang was just making a joke, he wanted to be able to bend metal but that doesn't mean there is a metal bending type.
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    Pharmacopoeia

    [6]Sep 18, 2006
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    I don't know why this is confusing so many people! For those who don't know it, sand is little bits of rock. Yes, I know it is surprising, but it is true. So the people in the desert are earthbenders! And didn't they bend real rocks in the desert? I'm pretty sure I remember a scene where big rocks come falling from the sky while the gAang is fighting the bee-vultures and Toph says it wasn't her. Then suddenly there are the sandbenders. Thus, then can bend rock. Yay, we all know now,??that because sand is rock, people who bend sand, are earthbenders! 4 elements people. Not 4 + sand + metal. Don't you think we would have heard about the great Sand Empire, or the amazing Metal Republic, or whatever the crap they would call themselves?

    And in the future, search before you make a new thread, because I have seen tons of threads, just like this one.

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    JBMaunier4Ever

    [7]Sep 18, 2006
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    Pharmacopoeia wrote:
    Don't you think we would have heard about the great Sand Empire, or the amazing Metal Republic, or whatever the crap they would call themselves?

    I was greatly amused, XD.

    NoNameLetdown wrote:
    but under waterbending, there isnt icebending... waterbenders bend water to ice... sand is earth... meh...

    That would be because ice is a??phase of water (solid phase). Ice (water in solid form), water (water in liquid form), and vapor (water in gaseous form)??are??all??one and the same element: water. That's why waterbenders can change water to ice, and vice-versa. They're not "bending" ice, but rather, they're changing the phase of water.

    And yes, sandbenders are just earthbenders who live in the desert. It is not "another class" of benders...

    And about Aang mentioning "metalbenders", I'm pretty sure he was just joking... Because, you know, they were in a huge metal-made room inside the drill, and they had to cut through all those metal support beams. And what was the only thing they had to cut it with? Water. Which is pretty tiring... Which was why Aang mentioned wanting to know "metalbending", so that they could do the job in a cinch, and be on their way.

    Edited on 09/18/2006 10:42am
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    evil_clown63

    [8]Sep 20, 2006
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    and in the swamp episode that one guy was plant bending.
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    Miroku_of_Nite1

    [9]Sep 20, 2006
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    Smellerbee or whatever is gender bending.
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    charleebrown

    [10]Sep 20, 2006
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    Pharmacopoeia wrote:

    I don't know why this is confusing so many people! For those who don't know it, sand is little bits of rock. Yes, I know it is surprising, but it is true. So the people in the desert are earthbenders! And didn't they bend real rocks in the desert? I'm pretty sure I remember a scene where big rocks come falling from the sky while the gAang is fighting the bee-vultures and Toph says it wasn't her. Then suddenly there are the sandbenders. Thus, then can bend rock. Yay, we all know now,??that because sand is rock, people who bend sand, are earthbenders! 4 elements people. Not 4 + sand + metal. Don't you think we would have heard about the great Sand Empire, or the amazing Metal Republic, or whatever the crap they would call themselves?

    And in the future, search before you make a new thread, because I have seen tons of threads, just like this one.

    ?? HAHA there thick ay!
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    MCMLXVI

    [11]Sep 20, 2006
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    evil_clown63 wrote:
    and in the swamp episode that one guy was plant bending.
    specialized waterbending"I can't do anything like that. I just bend the water in the plants."
    Edited on 09/20/2006 2:59am
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    MCMLXVI

    [12]Sep 20, 2006
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    JBMaunier4Ever wrote:
    ...??about Aang mentioning "metalbenders", I'm pretty sure he was just joking... Which was why Aang mentioned wanting to know "metalbending", so that they could do the job... and be on their way.
    If he knew firebending, he'd melt the metal, then he could use a hybrid form {firebending with some waterbending forms, earthbending forms, or airbending forms -- I haven't decided} to break up the molten metal. Just speculating, mind you.

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    MasterOsu

    [13]Sep 20, 2006
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    NoNameLetdown wrote:
    but under waterbending, there isnt icebending... waterbenders bend water to ice... sand is earth... meh...

    Every so often, we see Katara bending water into ice.

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    tophrocks5

    [14]Sep 20, 2006
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    wouldn't metal bending be a earth and fire bending comination, because metal is part earth and how do you think they mold it into ships, they have to heat it (with billows or fire bending)and either use a hammer (or earth bending) to mold it... just a speculation... which would mean that the firebenders are either stealing metal from the earth nation or mineing their own... which could also go along with lava??bending (from the second part of winter solstice)... but again that's only my perception of the??metal,?? another kind of bending that would be cool is sound bending, it would??be kind of like the sound ninja from Naruto??mixed in with??air bending... but that's??just my idea of a bending, you don't have to accept it??

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    IdeaBender

    [15]Sep 20, 2006
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    Metal working for the fire nation is probably most about the ability to firebend to heat the metal to the correct temperatures so it can be made into the proper shape. Metal work is not just about heating the material, but getting it to the right temperature to obtain certain properties.

    As for metal being part of earthbending, under the five Chinese elements (though more accurately, phases), metal is a separate element from earth. Therefore, earthbending wouldn't affect metals.
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    cg_619

    [16]Sep 20, 2006
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    there are no metal banders?? and sandbenders are just a nickname???? and this belongs in ask a question thread!
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    JAKandDAX123

    [17]Sep 20, 2006
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    Sandbenders= Earthbenders who bend the sand.

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    UGamer08

    [18]Sep 20, 2006
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    Miroku_of_Nite1 wrote:
    Smellerbee or whatever is gender bending.


    Huh.

    http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/29647394/?qo=16&q=by%3Ababbs+sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps
    Edited on 09/20/2006 12:47pm
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