Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-71.190.83.241-20120522053107/@comment-4888161-20120526065518

What if it was used to save lives, like Katara did for the ones she cared about when Hama had them under her control. There is even likely a healing aspect to it. Healing isn't malevolent. Although, the practicality of it would be questionable as it could only be done under the full moon. But it could in theory be done. The example I use is removing blood clots, because it is the simplest example I have.

So it can be used for good purposes. Actually most battles with bloodbending we saw involved no one really even getting hurt. If you go back and watch it, they weren't in pain when bloodbended on. The exception to the is the flashback with the elephant rat who was slaughtered by it, But if it can be used for good purposes, that would be benevolent, not malevolent. Again, it all depends on how it is used. Just because it has the potential to be malevolent doesn't mean it is that by default.