Talk:Bending arts/@comment-4816926-20130110235705/@comment-121.72.208.144-20130407212055

i think its about your spiritual ancestry. because bending is controled by the gods, the spirit world, as we are shown when the fire nation kills the moon god, I think that its a spiritual ancestry. I am also under the influence of the idea that bending is possible in all people, except that a few have the unique mental/physical traits which allow them to bend. Non-developmentally. Like the ability to put a bit of yourself in something. If someone understands how to merge their consciousness with an element they can bend. If someone can't, then they can't. Kind of like how Korra had to learn that with airbending. she struggled because she couldn't allow herself to become one with air.