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So we all know that there are and were benders who created new types of bending and used different techniques while bending. Amon and Tarrlock were able to bloodbend at will, Combustion Man and P'li were able to use combustion, Toph and various other earthbenders are able to metalend, and Zaheer can fly. While these are pretty awesome, I do wish they (the writers) would have Team Avatar or create benders who used their abilities in a different matter. I would personally love to see; Vaccum (Air): Zaheer already used something very similar when he killed the Earth Queen. He created a confined airspace around her head and sucked up the air from out of her body (which made me giggle like a maniac). This would be much more effective and cooler if it could be applied to a large area. Think about it. Airbenders will be able to choke the oxygen out of somebody's airspace using only their airbending. It would be a tad violent and grim, especially for Airbenders, who are pacifists, but still, I think it would be great. Weather manipulation (Water/Air): In The Last Airbender, Aang and Katara did learn how to cloudbend using combined efforts, and Katara even managed to freeze rain breifly. What if instead of having to use the combined forces of Water and Air only one type of bending was needed? Airbending could create fogs, cloudy days, heavy winds, even hurricanes. Same goes for Water. Another type of bloodbending (Water): Bloodbending is the second most used special bending ability (the first being metalbending) and since it is so incredibly strong it was deemed illegal. However, while it is illegal to bend another persons blood, it is not illegal to bend your own blood. The body is 70% water, so you automatically have a large sum of water under your skin. All you got to do is cut open your skin, let the blood flow and attack head on. Again, rather violent and grim for this series, but I'm saying that I'd be psyched to see this implemented. Smokebending (Fire): While I have never seen a firebender actually produce smoke when firebending, I do think it might be possible to do so. While a firebender may not actually be able to fully control the smoke, it being pretty much air that that point, it would be a great getaway technique. The Avatar may be the only one to actually control it, as she can already bend Air, Fire, and Water. Light a small flame, douse it quickly to produce smoke, use airbending to control it. Body Armour (Earth): In The Last Airender, both Toph and Aang are seen using various minerals to produce armour, but the never seem to hold on to them. What if there was an earthbender who used body armour exclusively? He'd be more durable, his armour will also serve as his ammo, and he will be able expand his size depending on how much earth is at his disposal (which is pretty much the entire planet). The downside is that he would have limited mobility due to his size and weight, but still, it would be awesome.

So for any of you who have not yet seen the finale of the third season of Legend of Korra, spoilers. Major spoilers. 
Korra might be crippled. I know this might already be a discussion, but I just wanted to add my 2 cents. There are so many pieces of evidence shwoing that Korra might be permanently crippled from the waist down. The first piece shows itself when Zaheer administers the poison to Korra to bring out her Avatar State. This might be a total shot in the dark, but what are the chances the poison had side affects? Zaheers idea was to kill Korra with the poison, but no one knew for sure what affects it would have if it did not kill her. Even though Suyin did manage to extract the poison from Korra's body, the posin had been inside her for a long time. Perhaps the poison left a permanent affect on Korra's body. Next, we have the battle of Korra and Zaheer. Notice how Korra almost always tried to land on her feet. It's common sense really, but when your air bending is limited, you are weak from poison, and you are battling on cliffs with drops that would kill any normal person, your odds of landing on two feet and being perfectly fine are pretty much non-exsistent. Aside from that, the constantly landed on her back, where the spine is. If her legs did not break from such falls, her back most definetly did. Thirdly, her wheelchair days. It was shown that she was till recovering from her battle with Zaheer two weeks later and was in a wheelchair since then. Even though no one expected her to heal completely in only two weeks, she is the Avatat and a pretty speedy healer, taking into consideration all the things she had lived through and such. The fact that she was still in a wheelchair after her battle, even though it had taken her far less time to recover from equally painful battles may be a clue at her inability to walk. Lastly, we have the ceremony. Throughout the ceremony and even before when she was getting ready, she seemed zoned out, like she wasn't even there. She seemed depressed, even though she saved the Nomads and pretty much the entirety of her world, so why did it look like she was depressed? She didn't talk to anyone, she barely acknowleged her friends and family, and she just seemed sad. Coupled with the fact that she cried when the Nomads vowed to do her work in her name, and her tear did not seem to be of happiness, this may indicate she is hding something from her friends, the scret she does not anyone to discover, but will most likely be discovered one way or another. The secret of her not being able to move her legs, not being able to feel her legs. She might be hiding the fact she is crippled, or atleast thats my theory.