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<p>So I was going through some old threads and for lavabending, many people said it required a more fluid style to be able to control and that only an earthbender with a waterbending mentality can do it, so why doesn't icebending require an earthbending mentality or require more rigid moves like an earthbender?
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<p>Waterbenders actually do tend to be more rigid when controlling ice. A great example is Tonraq, who uses ice as a weapon a <i>lot</i> & fights much more like an earthbender than a waterbender. It's also seen on display [here], where Desna & Eska use a lot of powerful stomping maneuvers, usually typical of earthbending, in their fight with Ming-Hua.
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<div class="quote"><i>Neo Bahamut wrote:
Waterbenders actually do tend to be more rigid when controlling ice. A great example is Tonraq, who uses ice as a weapon a <i>lot</i> & fights much more like an earthbender than a waterbender. It's also seen on display [here], where Desna & Eska use a lot of powerful stomping maneuvers, usually typical of earthbending, in their fight with Ming-Hua.</i></div>
<p>Ohh, I never really noticed that. Also, the link you sent didn't work, could you try again? </p>
Waterbenders actually do tend to be more rigid when controlling ice. A great example is Tonraq, who uses ice as a weapon a <i>lot</i> & fights much more like an earthbender than a waterbender. It's also seen on display [here], where Desna & Eska use a lot of powerful stomping maneuvers, usually typical of earthbending, in their fight with Ming-Hua.</i></div>
<p>Ohh, I never really noticed that. Also, the link you sent didn't work, could you try again? </p>
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<p>That is because I forgot to actually paste the URL in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8fYezWa-0
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<p>Maybe it's not that moves change when the bent material changes, but the other way round? It opens a lot of doors when we consider that maybe the spectrum of possoble bending types is different when the movement is a different one.
For example, in this case, I assume that steambending would require more spiral, airbending like moves. Maybe the same with sandbending or dustbending? You'd just have to move different to bend different things, wouldn't that be an interesting thought?
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<p>While I agree with your general statement, you also can't apply individual bending characteristics as overarching techniques. Earthbenders are described as being rigid, sturdy, and hard to move. Therefore it makes sense that you would talk about how different an earthbender would have to bend in order to lavabend, using uncharacteristic bending. However, Waterbending is naturally fluid and is all about change and flowing with energy. Waterbenders naturally deal well with change and flow on desipte blockages. So while ice may require some differences in movements, I wouldn't necessarily say a waterbender would need to be more eartherbender-like for ice, because the bending style lends itself more to fluidity, both with phase changes of water and environmental changes.
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<div class="quote"><i>MeelosLeaf422 wrote:
While I agree with your general statement, you also can't apply individual bending characteristics as overarching techniques. Earthbenders are described as being rigid, sturdy, and hard to move. Therefore it makes sense that you would talk about how different an earthbender would have to bend in order to lavabend, using uncharacteristic bending. However, Waterbending is naturally fluid and is all about change and flowing with energy. Waterbenders naturally deal well with change and flow on desipte blockages. So while ice may require some differences in movements, I wouldn't necessarily say a waterbender would need to be more eartherbender-like for ice, because the bending style lends itself more to fluidity, both with phase changes of water and environmental changes. </i></div>
<p>Oh, that makes a lot of sense, thanks! </p>
While I agree with your general statement, you also can't apply individual bending characteristics as overarching techniques. Earthbenders are described as being rigid, sturdy, and hard to move. Therefore it makes sense that you would talk about how different an earthbender would have to bend in order to lavabend, using uncharacteristic bending. However, Waterbending is naturally fluid and is all about change and flowing with energy. Waterbenders naturally deal well with change and flow on desipte blockages. So while ice may require some differences in movements, I wouldn't necessarily say a waterbender would need to be more eartherbender-like for ice, because the bending style lends itself more to fluidity, both with phase changes of water and environmental changes. </i></div>
<p>Oh, that makes a lot of sense, thanks! </p>
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