Poll: Avatar: Bending discussion
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Earthbending/ Metalbending Cause Toph and Lin Bei Fong are BAMF! Plus with my body type I think I'm more suited to the rather heavy looking style of Earthbending. Though Iroh was Big and he was a fire bender...Scratch that he was a Fire Bender LIKE A BOSS! Plus think of all the things you can do with Earth Bending and Metal Bending. Hell if you learn to use Sonics like Lin and Toph you can't ever be caught of guard. and Lin's Metal Bending was highly acrobatic so it's not limited the the heavy guys either. The one downside is that the purer the metal the harder it is to bend. And apparently Platinum can't be bended at all.
Second choice is Water Bending, though Blood Bending is well...questionable. But who wouldn't like to be able to create Ice with a simple wave of the arm. And Hell the stuff Katara pulls off in The Last Airbender (show not the god awful movie) Is Nucking Futs.
Second choice is Water Bending, though Blood Bending is well...questionable. But who wouldn't like to be able to create Ice with a simple wave of the arm. And Hell the stuff Katara pulls off in The Last Airbender (show not the god awful movie) Is Nucking Futs.
Waterbending, because of the three following perversions of said power: (1) To have a good time, all you have to do is hop into the bedroom. (2) You can make ice anywhere, anytime. (3) A good enough Bloodbender would never have to worry about their male partner...ahem, finishing the race too early.
Waterbending: the most useful form of Bending in the bedroom.
Waterbending: the most useful form of Bending in the bedroom.
No love for Firebending, what? Dude, Azula had rocket feet. I could fly with ROCKET FEET. Or power my own glider with thermals, or a hot air balloon, or something. Also, Aang is a pansy and doesn't like fighting, and I'm definitely not conflict-averse.
I am also an electrical engineer, so I'd be looking at what I could do with lightning.
Firebending *all the way.* I could make infinite energy, power things myself, fly with rocket feet, and generally be awesome.
I am also an electrical engineer, so I'd be looking at what I could do with lightning.
Firebending *all the way.* I could make infinite energy, power things myself, fly with rocket feet, and generally be awesome.
Airbending. Definitely. You'll RARELY find yourself in a place without air. Also, Airbending is the closest thing to telekinetics, as Aang proved in his first fight with Zuko. You can use air to manipulate earth, water, and fire.
As for possible secondary powers of Airbending:
1) Being able to create air instead of just manipulating it, like Firebenders do.
2) Being able to control tempuratures of air. That'd give you freezing abilities like Waterbenders, but without the need for water.
3) I like the sound idea. Being a master of sound would be a HUGE power, though. Enough sound can destroy just about anything, and if unless you limit distance, you can communicate with anyone and quite possibly augment your own hearing.
As for possible secondary powers of Airbending:
1) Being able to create air instead of just manipulating it, like Firebenders do.
2) Being able to control tempuratures of air. That'd give you freezing abilities like Waterbenders, but without the need for water.
3) I like the sound idea. Being a master of sound would be a HUGE power, though. Enough sound can destroy just about anything, and if unless you limit distance, you can communicate with anyone and quite possibly augment your own hearing.
I would go for earthbending. Mostly because I live in a desert area, and sand bending is a subset of earth bending.
I'd love to be a firebender. I just love fire (was a little pyro-lover since childhood). And lightningbending is just pure awesome.
However, if we look at the connection between bending and personality, I'd say earth/waterbending would suit me more. Preferably earthbending; I feel like it's my natural element (and due to my chosen career, I spend a lot of time amongst dirt and rocks and I love it).
However, if we look at the connection between bending and personality, I'd say earth/waterbending would suit me more. Preferably earthbending; I feel like it's my natural element (and due to my chosen career, I spend a lot of time amongst dirt and rocks and I love it).
Man, this is so hard to choose... Then again, every element rocks in its own way, so no matter what element I ended up with, I'd still be happy.
Preference goes to fire, because of awesome reasons.
However, I also really like water because of the versatility, as other people have said before me.
Preference goes to fire, because of awesome reasons.
However, I also really like water because of the versatility, as other people have said before me.
Though I love Northern Shaolin Kung Fu (fire bending), I'd have to say that my heart is with Tai Chi (water bending). It combines the best elements of all forms of bending offense, defense, and control, and it even has the power to heal. I'm a pretty laid back kind of guy, and I've always enjoyed the "flow" of things. From the way that gears connect in a complex machine, to the excellent choreography in a high-level fight sequence in some of my favorite Kung-Fu films, flow has always been a major fascination to me. And one of the founding principals of martial arts is to be like water: formless, yet can take on any form; powerful, yet can let any object of any shape pass through it. Water is king.
As for advanced airbending, Sound manipulation can be a useful and very dangerous thing. Being able to nullify the vibrations around a room could make it sound-proof (a.k.a. secret meetings ANYWHERE!!!), increasing one's hearing and or communication skills (instant loud-speaker!) or being able to destroy things by vibrating at a high-enough frequency. Plus, if controlled correctly, it could easily knock someone unconscious, making it even more aligned with the air bender's creed of non-killing. And since sound is generated by the vibrations in air, I'd say it suits air bending perfectly.
As for advanced airbending, Sound manipulation can be a useful and very dangerous thing. Being able to nullify the vibrations around a room could make it sound-proof (a.k.a. secret meetings ANYWHERE!!!), increasing one's hearing and or communication skills (instant loud-speaker!) or being able to destroy things by vibrating at a high-enough frequency. Plus, if controlled correctly, it could easily knock someone unconscious, making it even more aligned with the air bender's creed of non-killing. And since sound is generated by the vibrations in air, I'd say it suits air bending perfectly.
Air gives me the most freedom I can imagine. Flying, traveling really fast, being clever is all fun. I am not a slender person, to say the least, but I think that that shouldn't be an issue. if I had to pick another, I'm seriously torn between earth and water bending. Water allows for more mobility and versatility, but I like to build, and earth is everywhere. I think that watrer would work best in modern society.
Also, I like how almost everyone here realises that you won't be punching bad guys out on a daily basis, and therefore will have no use of fire.
Also, I like how almost everyone here realises that you won't be punching bad guys out on a daily basis, and therefore will have no use of fire.
Why Firebending of course.
I love fire and I love all the little things you can do with fire, even with movement since as we've seen you can use it to propel yourself into the air and glide aswell.
Also, lightning is fucking awesome too. Although, I do see the benefits to all the other bending styles... In fact, fuck it i'm the Avatar.
I love fire and I love all the little things you can do with fire, even with movement since as we've seen you can use it to propel yourself into the air and glide aswell.
Also, lightning is fucking awesome too. Although, I do see the benefits to all the other bending styles... In fact, fuck it i'm the Avatar.
Based on combat styles, water or air. I'm highly mobile and try to remain fluid. Power-wise it's about equal between the two as well, though healing abilities usually win out with me.
I'd probably end up being a Firebender. Temper, aggressiveness, every aspect of my personality screams firebending. (Plus, if we take the Chinese Zodiac into prospect, I'm a Leo there and Leo is fire, so it fits. 
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I guess, if I had bending abilities in the real world, Earthbending would be the most useful, I would think. Firebending is just too much fun though.
)I guess, if I had bending abilities in the real world, Earthbending would be the most useful, I would think. Firebending is just too much fun though.