Talk:Airbending/@comment-348642-20120501180248/@comment-4888161-20120503225440

I think the yin and yang concept would be more accurate. Technically, all elements can be used in ways to qualify under light or dark. So I would argue they are all under both, just like the yin and the yang which make up a whole.

However, if you are asking me to split them into two then I can't decide.

1. Fire can be used for dark, destruction, and rage like in the war, but it is closer to light than any other element.

2. Water has dark purposes such as bloodbending (again not evil just dark), yet if that is the case how do I justify things like healing? Not to mention water is the most essential for life (more so than air because some life can live without oxygen and their is plenty of aquatic life).

3. Air has been used mostly for light like purposes, but that's due to the philosophy of the people bending them. Air is required to sustain most life that isn't aquatic, but then again if you've ever seen a tornadoe cut a town in half then how could you say it is truly about life?

4. Earth I haven't really seen fit into either category much. I've seen things that were darker, and things that were lighter, but it never struck me as light or dark.

I don't know. They all have the potential for both, but if you are asking me to split them

then I'll need another q