Talk:Bumi (King of Omashu)/@comment-4885978-20120715142211/@comment-5052576-20120727004524

Maybe he did think that someone else is more skilled in neutral jing (or maybe he didn't), however, we wouldn't know that.

Also, we don't know how long it takes Bumi to master a technique. He could have been a prodigy when he was younger. All we know about him when he was 12 is that him and Aang were friends, he came up with the crazy (and stupid) idea of sliding down Omashu's mailing system, and that he was an earthbender, which we later learned. Your claim is not backed up by anything that we've seen. We just don't know enough about him to assume that it would take him more time to be great at one technique.

As you said, they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Bumi's old (and wierd) and he doesn't let that stop him, and Toph is blind and she doesn't let that stop her. They both are great earthbenders and have found ways to compensate for their weaknesses.