Talk:Avatar: Legend of Korra/@comment-1305663-20101125174148/@comment-3119569-20101126015129

I don't think she needs to learn metal bending, combustion, blood bending, or even lightning. These were created to make certain characters unique, and reflected their personalities. Hama was a sinster and evil person (in the series, personal opinions aside) and used one of the more sinister practices seen in the series. Toph was an excellent earth bender, inovative and stubborn, an easy candidate for the first metal bender. Lightning showed people to be violent and aggresive, and Combustion Man was, well explosive. I know he wasn't characterized much, but he was still unique. It would take away from these characters to give Korra these abilities, as they would no longer be special. I would, however, agree with Korra learning how to take water from plants and the air, as she is a natural water bender.

On the topic of all these sub-bending disciplines, Tenzin must develop a special air ability. This will be the first time we see people actually grow into air bending and a great oppurtunity for him to create something special for airbenders to use.