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A reply to Lil Tinymouse

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Merry Midge·11/8/2015

Use it to swap (trade) the element between two, or more, benders - imagine what Toph would do if she suddenly had fire instead of earth.

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A reply to Noga The Unicorn

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Merry Midge·7/22/2015

<div class="quote">If we accept that the water can return Aang to life, I see no reason why we should doubt that it could revive the past lives. With Korra, it's a different story, as the Raava that binds with her is technically not the same Raava that was ripped out of her.</div>
I can follow along with the part about Aang. It was something that bent my thoughts on everything though as I saw all of Books 1 and 2 of LOK before I saw any A:TLA (sadly this after I saw the Last Airbender film which made me not want to watch A:TLA at all initally). As much as I like parts of the concept of Raava, the whole thing really just created more plot holes than anything.

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A reply to OMGdidiwin

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Merry Midge·7/20/2015

<div class="quote"> ELEMENTAL UNITY wrote: Regarding Mako and Bolin, in your statement you assume that bending is connected to one single gene, but just like many of our human traits bending might actually be connected to multiple genes which make everything much more complicated. Furthermore, considering what you say about Mako not being able to get an earthbending child if he marries a woman of Fire Nation ancestry, I don't believe that to be true since as shown by Katara and her family the ability to bend can actually skip one if not two generations.</div>
But what PriestessOfAll was saying she believes is that one bending gene is made the dominant of those with dual ancestry so in Mako's case that would be the gene to grant firebending - the earthbending gene is likely 'lost' within him, and vice-versa for Bolin. So if Mako were to marry someone of Fire Nation ancestry; assuming the woman is not of dual+ ancestry, she would have the same gene as Mako, thus their children would only be capable, if at all, of bending fire. Your statement about Katara, whose family as far as we know, are only of Water Tribe ancestry, doesn't fit the same scope Priestess was referring. Though bending can, and in Katara's case did, skip a generation (or two) she still ended up a waterbender, not some other element unrelated to her ancestors. Unless it's found that Katara's (great)grandparents (I'm unsure as to how many family generations passed before Katara inherited bending) were of mixed heritage, and none were waterbenders (as to PriestessOfAll's belief about one gene becoming dominant, erasing the other) and instead were firebenders or earthbenders with Water Tribe ancestry genes, then you can't compare her scenario about Mako with yours about Katara; they are entirely seperate concepts. She was referring to Mako having retained the gene to pass on firebending and not that of earthbending, same with the woman he procreates with; their children in that scenario would be, again, if at all, firebenders. Katara, again as far as we know, is only of Water Tribe ancestry - even though it skipped a generation, she didn't end up being a bender of a different element from her assumed ancestry.

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A reply to Noga The Unicorn

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Merry Midge·7/19/2015

True, but regardless, as it was said, the cycle ends when death occurs while in the Avatar State. Whether or not Raava had been conceptualized by the creators at that time or not, they had already decided that the Avatar was the spirit of the world in a human form, and thus that if death were to occur that said spirit would be dead hence the cycle ending. Aang died, and the cycle continued without explanation as to how - he just hit his back on a rock during battle against Ozai, and the previous Avatar spirits just kind of...... reappeared (to show us, as viewers, that he had reattained his/the powers of the Avatar state). But it wasn't elaborated as to how that was possible. It never really even showed how he was able to connect with his past lives on the lionturtle; they were supposedly lost. This happened before he had reattained this connection with them. Later on after LoK was created, Raava was thrown in to the mix, which then leads to my above statement and question.

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A reply to Merry Midge

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Merry Midge·7/19/2015

<div class="quote">Count Kibbles N Bits wrote:
I would guess it would be random, based on fate. Humans die every minute/second and for every death there is at least 1 birth. Maybe the child to be bron closest to when the avatar dies (at the very moment) and is in the correct nation, then Ravaa's spirit is immediatley pulled into the newborn along with the avatar's soul.</div>
This adds in a couple of other question: Are humans souless until just before/after/as they are born? If so, does that mean everyone reincarnates?

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A reply to Noga The Unicorn

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Merry Midge·7/19/2015

Gsmith1030 wrote: <div class="quote">In the croassorads of destiney, aang was killed in the avatar state thus ending the avatar cycle until he was revived by katara using the spirit oasis water.</div>
I never really understood how the avatar cycle wasn't broken after Azula blasted Aang. Technically she killed Raava, and as we saw in LoK when Raava was killed by Unavaatu, the past lives were lost. Also in LoK when Raava died she became part of Vaatu (their rebirthing inside the other thing) - so why didn't she in that scenario in ATLA?

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A reply to Fja3987

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Merry Midge·1/15/2015

^ Just because most of the waterbenders we know of can bend ice, doesn't mean waterbenders of the past always could. As referring to lightning generation: only a few could before but many can as of LOK. Lavabending is seemingly still just as rare as it ever was, that doesn't make bending it any less different than when water is converted to ice or steam.

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A reply to Fja3987

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Merry Midge·1/15/2015

<div class="quote">Hanabi-chan wrote:
I really don't see why it's problematic to compare the different elements. At Yakone's trial, when it was debatable if it was even possible to bloodbend without the full moon, Sokka compared it to combustion bending and metalbending, both of which were thought impossible until they were accomplished. So if somebody in universe did it, I don't see why we can't. 'I don't think that lava is the exact equivalent of ice for reasons already stated. Nearly all waterbenders can bend snow and ice, but only a few earthbenders have been known to lavabend'. I think that there are similarities to the manner in which the element is heated, but as mentioned before, lava requires a lot more heat than just melting ice past the freezing point. </div>
<div class="quote">Merry Midge wrote: Lavabending is just the same as icebending. Obviously it is rare, just as lightning generation was rare in ATLA, and metalbending was only just discovered by Toph at that time. For all any of us know, icebending was a rare ability to begin with.</div>

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A reply to Fja3987

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Merry Midge·1/13/2015

<div class="quote">TheAvatarNate wrote:
<div class="quote"> Merry Midge wrote: Lavabending was introduced in ATLA, it just wasn't displayed in the same manner as it was in LOK. </div>
yes. that is the point. but do you really want me to change the title to "lavabending by non-avatar earthbenders where earth can be turned into lava is stupid"??? </div> <div class="quote"> that is one reason. the other is it has no excuse to exist. if earthbenders could change their element's state of matter that should've been shown far earlier. it was pretty obviously shown that they could only bend solid earth and not liquid. you cant just add a completely new power like that that late into a story. in that sense it is like energybending. sort of like a deus ex machina, except not used to resolve plot points. </div>
Lavabending is just the same as icebending. Obviously it is rare, just as lightning generation was rare in ATLA, and metalbending was only just discovered by Toph at that time. For all any of us know, icebending was a rare ability to begin with.

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A reply to Fja3987

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Merry Midge·1/12/2015

<div class="quote">TheAvatarNate wrote:
<div class="quote"> QueenCeline wrote: What do you by "this late?" It was added in season 3; it's not like it was added in the last episode or something </div>
season 3? that is late. but it is REALLY season 6 in the continuity. that is even later. many agree that energybending was stupid because it was all of a sudden introduced near the end of ATLA. well, this is even later than that. </div> Lavabending was introduced in ATLA, it just wasn't displayed in the same manner as it was in LOK.

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A reply to Kylord3308

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Merry Midge·1/11/2015

They do bend water vapor (i.e., steam).

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A reply to AvatarKatar

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Merry Midge·1/11/2015

Sorry Torresp, everything isn't exactly like the DC and Marvel franchises (and I'm sure others) you adore so much. Multiverses are fun to think about, and delve in to ideas of the many possiblities, but this particular franchise just isn't one of those. I'm not sure why are responding so childishly to the other people's opinions to your posts when no one is attacking you or your opinion.

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A reply to Avatar Vyakara

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Merry Midge·1/11/2015

Not sure what you mean by dual nature, would you elaborate more.

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A reply to Fja3987

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Merry Midge·1/11/2015

I recall Roku turning the floor in to lava when he "took over" for Aang to help escape from Zhao and the fire sages, when they went to see him during the solstice.

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A reply to Fja3987

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Merry Midge·1/11/2015

<div class="quote">TheAvatarNate wrote:
<div class="quote"> Merry Midge wrote: It's still no different than Bumi bending with his face (Or when Aang did it to raise himself to his feet). Ming-Hua was born without arms. If Bumi could learn to bend with his face, then it's not out of the norm for her to learn to bend without the use of arms - especially since she has been without them her whole life. </div>
how many times do I need to say it? he is one of the best AND he cant do that much. its hardly practical in a fight. (he never uses it). </div> The point is that he can do it. So Ming-Hua bending without arms is not really odd. Sure Bumi is one of the "best", but Ming-Hua has been bending for some years herself (I don't know her actual age) and has been without her arms her entire life. Assuming Bumi had learned to bend with his limbs first and as he mastered his abilities, then with his face. Ming-Hua probably learned first that she could bend through using her legs.

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A reply to Reimeille

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Merry Midge·1/10/2015

Referring back to AvatarReiko saying to look at Raava as a hard drive, as it is a good example. The Avatars are "data" stored within Raava. When Raava was destroyed that past "data" was wiped. Not sure how else to better explain the response given to you Reimeille. But there is basically a question you're asking, since his response didn't make sense to you. Question: Well in those terms, why not just reinstall/download the "data" again so Korra can have her connection restored? Answer: The "data" no longer exists (i.e., they past lives are just that, past; no longer alive - they cannot be downloaded any more).

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A reply to Reimeille

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Merry Midge·1/10/2015

It's some peoples opinion that everyone in the avatarverse reincarnates (some people even believe this in real life). But when an individual reincarnates, they don't have any memory of having lived before, they are a new life; same soul/spirit, but within a new body, with a new memory and new experiences. Korra and Aang (and any other past Avatar aside from Wan) can "remember" things, such as objects and perhaps people and places - this is because of Raava. Through Raava they can even "speak" with their past lives for guidance based on their past lives' experiences when they were living. As AvatarReiko said, these memories and experiences were maintained within Raava; using her as a medium. After Vaatu merged with Unalaq, he/they pulled Raava from Korra and destroyed her - as they were doing so, Raava's connection to Korra's past lives was severed (lost). Raava can no longer connect to those past lives, so any memories or experiences with them can no longer be made by her - thus neither can Korra. Raava merged/fused with Korra again after she was revived/reborn/resurrected (however you wanna look at it). Korra is a living being that Raava now lives within - her memories and experiences can be accumulated and "saved" within Raava as Korra's life advances. Raava cannot live within Aang, Wan, Kyoshi, Roku, etc. anymore, because they no longer exist as people; they are not living anymore - so these memories and experiences can't be relearned (relived) by her (Raava).

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A reply to Fja3987

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Merry Midge·1/10/2015

It's still no different than Bumi bending with his face (Or when Aang did it to raise himself to his feet). Ming-Hua was born without arms. If Bumi could learn to bend with his face, then it's not out of the norm for her to learn to bend without the use of arms - especially since she has been without them her whole life.

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A reply to Poet Laghima

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Merry Midge·1/9/2015

Bloodbending is powerful (Amon made it look op), does it work on spirits?

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