Talk:Bending arts/@comment-4816926-20120412230406/@comment-4521003-20120415033504

This is also a different world. While the equate to Asians in our world, there are additional differences in the Avatar world. There is enough genetic separation between the four nations that one can basically say each of the four nations has its own ethnicity. They may look alike, but the key difference is in bending genetics. Benders and non-benders within each nation share the same bending potential in their genes. WT citizens have waterbending genes, FN citizens have firebending genes, EK citizens have earthbending genes, and AN citizens have airbending genes (or at least they did before; now they'll be a mix of the other three nations). As I said before, benders are only born to their respective nations. If there truly were no genetic division between the four nations, then bending would be randomized between all four elements, not seperated by nation.