Poll: If you could bend one element, what would it be?

[demonsaber]

Fire. I would go on a rampage destroying the entire city until someone finally takes me out. (I would of course be keeping enough fire around me to melt any bullets that should come my way)

Why does everyone seem to think that just because the bullet has melted it's harmless?! It's the bane of my star wars arguments! Lightsabres don't stop them just because they might melt them!

You're still getting hit by 1200+mph Blobs of Molten metal. They're still going in, except now they'll burn you, too!

/rant

I choose water!

Assuming I have the unholy power to shoot fire from my hands, we could also assume that I could heat the metal enough to separate the compounds that make it up and thus I get hit with molecules as opposed to solid (or liquid) material.

Yes, molecules of Iron(Fe) or Lead(Pb).

/Fail

Nah if you heat it enough the atoms will be dispersed enough to the point where they wouldn't hit me.

But wouldn't that be too hot for you to survive? And it seems like that would be hard to keep up.

Yes but this is all fantasy ANYWAYS, so who is to say what would happen?

 

[leugim789]

i thought it was like actual elements in which case i would pick Carbon, since practically everything is made of carbon, but in the pseudo-elements i would have to say earth, earthquakes at a fingertip would be nice.

 

[Soulreaverm]

Vanadium.
I'm sure I could find a use for it somewhere.

Edit: Wikipedia tells me it's added to steel. Even more useful than I expected.

 

[US Crash Fire]

well im a firefighter so technically i do "bend" water to fight fires. but if i could control the fire directly that would make my job alot easier.

 

[Soulreaverm]

Edit: I have no idea how this post was created.

 

[NeutralDrow]

I'd be a spiritbender, of course. I'd be the ultimate counter to anyone here.

...okay, okay, I'd go with air, personally.

I will master all 5 elements

in Japanese its called godai

1-earth
2-water
3-fire
4-wind
5-void

They use the Hindu elements in Avatar...pretty much the same, but replace void with spirit (akasha).

 

[Eipok Kruden]

Awh, this is based on the Western element system, not the Chinese one... don't tell me you wouldn't want to bend metal.
You could go up against the might of the U.S. armed forces and all you would need to do is melt some tanks and planes. Even a missile could be rerouted.

You have to actually come in contact with the metal to bend it. You can't just pick metal up and throw it around from a distance.

I do not like any of those elements. The Element of Lightning is what I want. If I HAD To chose one of those 4 pathetic elements, I'd go with wind, since I could basically turn air into razor sharp invisible blades.

Firebenders can shoot lightning with enough training.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

Water. It's offensive, defensive, can heal, and is just plain elegant. Plus, I love swimming and the ocean and all that stuff... water has always been my element.

(I always chose Squirtle )

No, Water can't heal. Only a few waterbenders can actually heal.

Air without it you just die

Fire eats up oxygen. You can trap someone in a vortex of flames and suffocate them. You can make the vortex hot enough and large enough to melt bullets as well. Or you can just incinerate them instantly with bursts of fire or lightning.

i dont really understand fire, earth is all around us as is water and air but fire isnt there unless you light a flame , if there was a forrest fire i suppose you could make the flames go down?
heat bending would be useful

Firebenders make fire, not just bend it. A firebender is never without something to bend. He can shoot fire from his hands, feet, mouth, he can create and indefinitely sustain a flame in the palm of his hand, he can even create a fire dragon and make it soar through the air.

 

[RH3INLAND.]

You got Earth, Fire, Wind and Water.

WHERE'S HEART?!



xD

 

[GruntOwner]

Earth. Build things, shape jewelry, compact hydrocrabons into oil. the words "Stinkin' rich" spring to mind, plus all the charity work from erecting natural shelters and shizz in developing nations. Transport would be a tad less subtle that air, but subtely went to hell when I started manifesting thrones everytime I wanted to sit down.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Water. It's offensive, defensive, can heal, and is just plain elegant. Plus, I love swimming and the ocean and all that stuff... water has always been my element.

(I always chose Squirtle )

No, Water can't heal. Only a few waterbenders can actually heal.

Which means water can heal. That's pretty much all they taught the women to do in the Northern Water tribe (before Katara).


As a side note, I'm amused by how close the poll options are.

 

[TheMushroomClub]

Why has fire got the most? It's completely useless! You could burn somebody's face off with a lighter but that's about it. Fire is rarer than any other element and sucks! Anyway, I expected this to be PERIODIC TABLE stuff. Ah well... Oh yeah I chose water. It would be fun to control peoples drinks!

 

[loui.emma]

Water water everywhere... plus, call me evil but bloodbending is just cool!

 

[Valthek]

water. Water is everywhere, you can make a small ammount of it by simply sweating or spitting. That and you could turn someone into an ice-cube.

also: earth bending is pretty cool, with the shielding and metal-bending and stuf

 

[lenin_117]

Tin. Best element ever! Commonly found in Snapples.

 

[Sgt Doom]

Fire, because i'm a pyromaniac. Either that or earth, seeing the look on the face of the Russian tank commander as his tank gets impaled by the earth would be priceless.

 

[Baby Tea]

I'd go with air, for travelling purposes. If we're talking about real life, I don't know why everyone wants a power that can kill people... are you all psychopaths or something?

This is the first sensible post I've seen.

I'd go with earth, just because then I could build my own awesome house out of rock. Like a freaking castle. I could fix the pot-holes on my street, since they are freaking terrible. I'd also re-pave my driveway with some cool design...like me giving a thumbs up, or a picture of a squished stick-man. I could start my own house/castle construction company, making butt loads of money by undercutting everyone else. Then, I could even be a saint by heading to places where people have no, or very small, homes and say: Ok! Basic hut for everyone! No more living in a sheet-metal shack! Hooray!

Then I'd win over the hearts of the populace and they'd elect me president.
I just got my own country! Without killing people!
Awesome.

 

[Fightgarr]

Earth or water. I'd want to be able to help the earth grow. Aiding secondary succession would be excellent. You have no idea how many hummers I would destroy through overgrowing them to the point that they're undriveable. Of course I'd want to do bigger things with my newfound power than that, but I would certainly take solace in those little things as well.
I guess I could also use my powers to protect people from all the assholes who chose their power based on destructive merits.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

I will master all 5 elements

in Japanese its called godai

1-earth
2-water
3-fire
4-wind
5-void

You can't master all the elements. Only the Avatar can do that. Remember, this is from the show. Not from mythology per se.

Why has fire got the most? It's completely useless! You could burn somebody's face off with a lighter but that's about it. Fire is rarer than any other element and sucks! Anyway, I expected this to be PERIODIC TABLE stuff. Ah well... Oh yeah I chose water. It would be fun to control peoples drinks!

As I've explained more times than I care to count, Firebenders can create and bend fire, not just bend it. A firebender can shoot fire from hands, feet, and mouth. He can create massive fire dragons and make them soar through the air, he can make flame vortexes, and he can even fly by firing concentrated jets of flames from his hands and feet. Kinda like iron man. And the freezing air would never be a problem. Firebenders can't freeze, ever, at least not if they're well trained enough. And I just love the idea of being able to heat my tea by just holding it in my hands. And I'm a bit of a pyromaniac so I'd love to just play with fire (in a safe area, of course).

 

[Quantana]

water i live near water (the netherlands) and you can also create walls and stuf but with ice so i would tottaly control everyone