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| latinblue wrote: |
| Hmmm....we could also ask Bryke...they should know XD I like the theory about aang giving air-bending abilities to non-benders, it's the most likely. |
I've already touched on this in another thread... It's most likely that aang can't GIVE bending to anyone. Because 1 of 2 things would have to happen...
He pulls bending energy out of no where...
He pulls bending out of himself...
Let's see why he could take firebending away, Ozai had firebending within him so aang could find it and take that energy away. Where does he get the type of energy to give someone airbending?
Some of you might be thinking "DUH HE PULLS IT OUT OF HIMSELF"
No. The turtle dude said "your own soul must be UNBENDABLE, or else it will become corrupted and you will be destroyed" so how would he bend out of his own soul? aang already proved his soul is unbendable, so that would never work. Thus, it seems as though while aang can take bending away, there's no real way to give it.
| Bandage2 wrote: | ||
I've already touched on this in another thread... It's most likely that aang can't GIVE bending to anyone. Because 1 of 2 things would have to happen... He pulls bending energy out of no where... He pulls bending out of himself... Let's see why he could take firebending away, Ozai had firebending within him so aang could find it and take that energy away. Where does he get the type of energy to give someone airbending? Some of you might be thinking "DUH HE PULLS IT OUT OF HIMSELF" No. The turtle dude said "your own soul must be UNBENDABLE, or else it will become corrupted and you will be destroyed" so how would he bend out of his own soul? aang already proved his soul is unbendable, so that would never work. Thus, it seems as though while aang can take bending away, there's no real way to give it. |
| MajehKing wrote: |
| I don't know. Heritage does not necessarily gaurantee the bending gene will be passed. Remember the Earth twins from the episode, "The Fortuneteller?" One was a bender, the other wasn't. Aang could have fifty kids and not one of them turn out to be a bender. He could very well be the last of his kind. |
Heritage definitely has little to no part to it, if Katara is the last Waterbender in the South Pole. Gran Gran MAY have been a bender but I doubt she would supress it away from the Northern Water Tribe.
heres what ive been wondering:
remember how each nation had its history of how to learn their bending? Earthbenders had the badgermoles, waterbenders had the moon and so on..
well those were normal people who learned an artform all on their own.
that being said couldnt any non-bender learn how to airbend?
it may be far fetched but and it may sound dumb but ive always wondered about that.
i know this doesnt really have anything to do with the forum, but obviously im new here, so i was wondering how exactly do you get to higher levels?
i know this doesnt really have anything to do with the forum, but obviously im new here, so i was wondering how exactly do you get to higher levels?
[/QUOTE| collins79 wrote: |
| So it would seem the Aang giving bending powers to others is much more likely. |
| turnupthexradio wrote: |
| i know this doesnt really have anything to do with the forum, but obviously im new here, so i was wondering how exactly do you get to higher levels? [/QUOTE Posting a lot in the forums, doing lots of blogs, getting friends, adding shows, and most importantly: doing contributions. I guess there are more ways...thought I don't remember them. |
thanks
| Bandage2 wrote: | ||
read post 23, if the lion turtle was right, it's impossible for aang to GIVE bending to anyone |
I don't think the Avatar cycle could ever be broken by killing all the benders of any particular element. If no air benders existed when it became their turn again then I think the reincarnation would just skip them. In effect the air nomad avatar would have died before they were ever born so the spirit would simply move on to the next in line.
However it is possible for non-benders to have bending children and whilst this is a technicality the avatar is by default a bender of all the arts. For example even if all fire benders were killed the water avatar could still use fire (just not very well) I think the same could be true in the other sense. Even if no air bender currently exists the avatar will always be an air bender so even if no air benders existed the air nomad avatar would still be born as the avatar is by default always an air bender no matter what. Heck even if no benders existed anywhere the avatar could still bend all 4 elements.
| Ant407 wrote: | ||||
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Which explains the unusually vast number of airbending air nomads. They had bending children much more frequently...or just threw the ones that couldn't off the cliffside in a cruel, Spartan like manner. Maybe that's what they did to see if they COULD airbend. At the ripe age of five, they tossed them off the cliffside. I'm just kidding.
I think there are a lot of unexplained ways for airbending to continue existing.
The air nomads were NOMADS, meaning they travelled outside of their own society. Chances are some airbending offspring were created, and may be in hiding.
Aang could father airbending children.
Some airbenders magically escaped the genocide by hiding in a cave...or whatever.
| MajehKing wrote: |
| I don't know. Heritage does not necessarily gaurantee the bending gene will be passed. Remember the Earth twins from the episode, "The Fortuneteller?" One was a bender, the other wasn't. Aang could have fifty kids and not one of them turn out to be a bender. He could very well be the last of his kind. |
But Air Nomads, even by the word of the creators, give birth to bending children more frequently than not, increasing the chances of viable, airbending offspring.
It had something to do with their spirituality and level of awareness. They had offspring capable of bending much, much more frequently. It seems to me that waterbending and earthbending aren't often found in children. There seem to be many more nonbenders than benders in all groups save airbenders, and maybe firebenders (That may simply be because we mostly see Fire Nation soldiers and warriors however).
| DrAvatar wrote: |
| Katara + Aang = Baby Airbenders? |
| -TheSecondSign- wrote: |
| I bet your hawts for Katara is over right? |
