Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-71.59.28.39-20120711111907/@comment-5208876-20120721150013

@Sonicwave567

In what way is that canon information? It's speculation at best, which isn't welcome. But anyway. Waterbenders gain the ability to control people because people are comprised of roughly 70% water. And then it is still undeniably difficult for waterbenders to master bloodbending. So you are telling me that Earth, Fire, and Airbenders can control people based on the other 30%? That makes literally no sense.

And on the topic of bloodbending morality, I doubt we can compare the bending arts to weapons, and then build rules around that. Take the sword example. I have a sword and I attack an innocent man, slitting his throat. I killed a man with a sword. The sword was a tool. But swords are not to blame. But if I attack the same man, but snap his neck using bloodbending, is bloodbending considered a tool? Since I'm hypothetically a waterbender, I could have just trap his face in a bubble, or slit his throat with a water knife. But no. I bloodbent. I made the active choice as an individual to bloodbend. So honestly, I'm to blame, not bloodbending.

I think bloodbending is just a new art that people having learned much about yet. Remember Oma and Shu? She rained destruction upon the villages using the new and terrifying art of Earthbending. But in the current day, even non-benders have been shown to hold their own against Earthbenders.