Talk:Bending arts/@comment-4816926-20120412230406/@comment-68.186.205.231-20120415192955

They may be four separate ethnicities,but they are ethnically asian all the same. That means:

1.)That they are most likely racially asian.

2.)That they all look asian. This is shown in the wanted posters and paintings. Everyone looks super duper asian in those. http://images.wikia.com/avatar/images/7/71/WantedPoster-JeongJeong.jpg lol

Although there still is no proof on whether or not there is a Firebending gene or waterbending gene so quit talking like there is some kind of bending gene. The creators have stated that bending is a talent with a small genetic basis. That is just the ability to bend itself.

Logic should dictate that unless there is some kind of spiritual contract between the original benders and the humans they taught(dragons-fire nation,moon-water tribes)then someone bornand raised in a different nation,but with the ability to bend.should be able to theoretically bending that nations element,

Now it may just be a question of heritage(not genetics)that plays the part in what element someone can bend.

"If there truly were no genetic division between the four nations, then bending would be randomized between all four elements, not seperated by nation."

This is a false view. How do nations form every day? One simple explaination could be that the four nations formed because of geographic separation based on culture and bending without any genes being involved. How did the French nation form since french people are the same genetically as the Spanish? The answer...culture and thinking they belong to a separate ethnicity.

There are many ways in which the four bending arts could have been made static.