Talk:Biplane/@comment-70.53.100.239-20120901230659/@comment-1216259-20130126070829

I agree that they did a decent job of justifying not using guns, but doing the unexpected isn't always best. We didn't expect the mecha tank because it honestly doesn't make much sense.

As I said previously, what would make sense would be a kind of gunpowder-powered crossbow. It would be similar enough to a gun to maintain the sense of danger, but close enough to bows & throwing knives that it would probably be allowed.

As for how well that would work against Benders, Bending isn't as overpowered as superheroes. It would be a real copout if they could stop bullets. What they could do is disrupt the internal mechanisms of the weapon.