i agree that the 4 elements represent the 4 states of matter, but you forget a waterbender can bend ice and steam, and they can also turn one into the other. but you all are forgetting healing, it's true that metal/sand/blood/plantbending are still bending the element, and not a different technique at all, but healing is something different, yesactual waterbending isthe catalyst, but the water isn't healing, the bender is, it's just a different application of their chi, just like lightningbending.this is how it goes:
water: healing.
fire: lightning.
earth: none so far.
air: none so far.
see? air and earth have no sub-bending....yet...
on a side note, who else thinks bloodbending is such a cool name?
Edited on 10/26/2007 3:18am