Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-5160958-20120603014330/@comment-5160958-20120603164145

due to the fact that the avatar (aang specifically) didnt seem as capable in any specific element as masters of those elements did, we seem to have drawn different conclusions. clearly skill and power are balanced in such a way that those that focus on only one element become better. one of the anons (not sure if its the same guy or a couple different ones) seemed to think that the avatar much have more skill and less power than the others and i disagree. bending power is something you're born with, bending skill is something you learn. with only one lifetime it seems much more logical to me that aang is less capable in any individual element because he has less time to practice each one. he puts in a fourth of the time another bender can, and what does a time limit affect? skill. so how can an avatar even try to compare to a master in a single element? natural power. to address why the avatar hasnt been shown to learn bending specializations, i beliebe it is because to learn those other skills he/she would have to learn even more and spend even more time studying this new discipline, time they simply do not have. they are prolly capable of learning it, but do not have the time.