Talk:Bending arts/@comment-67.189.56.201-20120612080910/@comment-5052576-20120620015810

Toph is not your average earthbender. Unlike other earthbenders, Toph uses earthbending to "see." Toph bends what she "sees." She can only "see" on hard and sturdy objects that can produce vibrations (things she can use her siesmic sense on). Sand is loose, produces no vibrations and she's not able to use her siesmic sense with sand and thus, she has couldn't bend it. Now she can bend sand.