Talk:Bumi/@comment-121.54.2.250-20120614124140/@comment-101.162.21.134-20120614194332

This isn't at you, This is at the Anon who replied first.

What you're saying is UNTRUE. Going by your reasoning Katara should not have been a waterbender or any bender at all since everyone in her family were non-benders.

Bending, from what I can see, is a spiritual based skill depending on where you live.

Fire benders are firebenders because they live on a volcanic island.

Earth benders are earthbenders because they live surrounded by earth/rock ect.

Water benders are waterbenders because they are surrounded by ice/water.

and finally, air benders are airbenders because they were surrounded by wind/air. It's why they lived in places high in the sky.

Tenzin most likley became an airbender because he grew up in the air temple Aang built and his children are growing up in the temple right now.

The ability to bend is genetic, and SOME of it may be passed down by father and mother but ultimently it's decided by where you live. Hence the reason it was four nations.