Talk:Energybending

invention
what do you mean past avatars?,aang discovered this tecknique,not even a teckneque,an entirely new bending,the first avatars probebly had nothingto do with it,then theres the fact that the lion turtle taght him,and he wasn't in the avatar state,he was meditatin and concentrating,if he was in the avatar state they would have killed ozie The bloodbender666 08:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

The lion-turtle clearly states "In the era BEFORE THE AVATAR we bent not the elements, but the energy within ourselves... To bend another's energy, your own spirit must be unbendable or you will be corrupted and destroyed." So yeah, Bloodbender666 is right, no previous avatar was aware of this technique. The "wisdom" of all the previous avatars was to kill Ozai. The Avatar state would have done just that, so Aang's use of spiritbending has nothing to do with the Avatar state. So basically the entire "Benders" section of this article is wrong. :P Sahasrahla

Why is this called Spirit bending?
Why is this called Spiritbending? The Lion Turtle instructed to Aang that to bend one's life energy, etc. Would this not be called Life Energy Bending? Or Energy Bending? Not a big deal, just curious. Spiritbending is "catchy" though.

if you mean real energy,thats reserved for firebenders,heat light electiciti,mentioned by the sun warriors,but another name is chi bending could work The bloodbender666 06:21, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Because it bends the Spirit. it is spirit that determines how strong a bender are you. that's why. Zero 07:18, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Stub Status
Should we get ris of the stub status for this article? IT seems to be a fully realized article right now, albeit short. THer is still lengthening to be done, but I do not think it is in any way a stub any more. BHynes10 22:22, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Regarding New Edit: Is it Clear that the Lion Turtle was explaining that Lion Turtles Bent Life Energy?
The new edit explains that Lion Turtles bent life energy in the days before the Avatar. But the quote was "In the era before the Avatar, we bent not the element but the energy within ourselves." I do not believe the sentence is definitive enough to identify that Lion Turtles bent life energy. Instead, the original edit that did not specify anyone is better. The quote said by the Lion Turtle is too ambiguous to warrant a definitive identity.

Cryptblade 22:42, 21 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed BHynes10 22:44, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I agree on the stub status. About the lion turtle, I think that it did Spiritbend. When it touches Aang, it does so in the exact same spots he does at Ozai, and the same green light appears. Omnibender 23:53, 21 July 2008 (UTC)