#fire-bending

[forestshadow-wolf]

What element including sub-bending would you choose to bend and what elements would Roach and the 141 be?

Atla au.

if I could choose any type of bending, I'd honstly just go with a plain old, standard fire-bending.

starting with my son (Roach), he would be earth-bending. actually- probably metal-bending, but I doubt that he actually needs to do too much metal-bending

onto Price, he's harder for me to get a read on, he could just be a non-bender. which, I mean it doesn't mean he's useless, just that he may have to get creative.

Gaz, he always gives me green and/or water-y vibes, so I'm going to say he's a definite water-bender (if air-benders were not wiped out i'd have given him air-bending tho)

Ghost, he's an earth-bender. he dug himself out of a grave, that's gotta be like a sign or something, right?... or does that just mean the universe has a fucked-up sense of humor?............ no. no, it's fine.

my wife (soap), fire-bending. no question about it. it just makes sense to me. he knows all the best way to blow charges to do most/least damage. he knows how fire will affect the structural integrity of a building that only experience can bring.

[hellowsallow]

my father is the worst man alive and i am his favorite daughter

[petricorah]

I love "i would kill for you" ship dynamics but what about "i would stop killing" ship dynamic??

I would lay down my sword for you. I would change my nature and go against everything i've known. I would resist the easy way out of solving my problems. I would give up the adrenaline of battle to stay by your side and make tea instead. I'm not sure I know who I am without a weapon in my hand because I've had to fight for so long but for you I'm willing to try and figure this out.

It must be hard. To put down your weapon that's protected you for so long. It's allowed you to stay alive it's kept you from getting hurt--physically and mentally. Because you've never had to worry about a real relationship if you think you'll be dead at the next battle. And you feel naked without it and it feels like you're ripping off an extension of yourself. Are you even whole without it? Are you worthy of being loved if you can't prove it by risking your life? And yet they've found someone who's asking them for something much harder than dying in battle on their behalf. They've found someone who wants them to live. And that's much more terrifying.

[walloruss]

💦 Training 🔥

Fire lord and his water bender

[peculiarmachine]

june 2023, snoqualmie/north bend, wa "twin peaks"

canon rebel t, 35 mm

[quiddling]

Maegor in a pin-up pose with his b̶i̶g̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶a̶i̶r̶y̶ titties out. Asking for a friend

sometimes i look into my ask box and it really leaves me actually speechless

[paunchsalazar]

drew these while reading this sylvix fic by legendaerie

[late-draft]

Firebenders, forced to do a lot of physical exercise and complex moves to make full use of their bending.

[dixongraves]

One thing I really love in atla is that zuko is one of the only firebender and one of the very few benders in general who does not rely solely on their bending.

A lot of bender, when fighting fight only with their bending, but with zuko we see him get in multiple fights and win without using his bending.

He is probably the strongest character in that regard.

If you put zuko up against any bender in the show he would almost definitely win, even against Azula and Ozai.

[wakkass]

Katara's Lightning: waterbending technique

Part 1

Book 3 provided some very good ideas for alternative uses of waterbending. Everyone knows bloodbending, one of the most powerful and conceptual techniques. In principle, I think the episode with Katara mastering this ability is the most interesting in the season.

But not only because of bloodbending, but also because of creative ways to obtain water. Get it out of the plants! Or even out of thin air! This opens up so many possibilities that, unfortunately, weren't explored during the season. Maybe this was considered in comics or LoK, but I would like to talk about my version of the development of the concept.

I was very interested in controlling water in the air. I thought that this was a very revolutionary approach, because you need to get water from essentially nothing, it’s difficult and at the same time convenient. A source of water is always at hand, great!

However, the question is: is this all? Is it really impossible to go further and develop the ability in some other way? Lately I have been very interested in this question, and my reflection has taken me in an unexpected direction.

I thought about storm clouds. We have already been shown how, together with an airbender, even an inexperienced waterbender can control clouds. However, in the future, when Katara develops her skills, she may well be able to cope with this task herself. Clouds are made of water, and thanks to Hama, she clearly learned to feel the element on a more subtle level and control it even in the air. Making water particles move in the sky might not be that difficult for her.

And imagine how cool it would look during the invasion of the Fire Nation. If Katara didn’t just fly on Appa and destroy airships one by one, but carried a thunderstorm across the sky, like Storm from the X-Men. Bad weather would prevent the air force from entering the battle, and rain would help the waterbenders on the ground and prevent the firebenders from fighting. This would not only be visually powerful, but also quite useful.

And then I thought about what happens in a thunderstorm. Lightning. The firebending technique can essentially be summoned by the opposite element! This idea amazed me…

Let's start with where lightning comes from in nature. In simple terms, when small water crystals of different sizes move very quickly inside a thundercloud and collide with each other, they form opposite charges in different parts of it. The result is natural lightning. That is, all that is needed is to be able to control the water particles in the air, and, as we know, Katara has learned this.

Imagine if, during the same invasion, she had gotten too caught up in creating a storm. The ice particles collided so quickly that at some point, lightning appeared in time with Katara's movements. Powerful, uncontrollable, dangerous. She and Appa were in the middle of a storm without any preparation or protection, it was scary. But at the same time exciting and intriguing. How does it feel to realize that you can create magic of the opposite element? This can't help but stun you.

But Katara would have to restrain herself. I don't think she liked it, but she didn't want to put Appa and herself in danger. As a result, the thunderstorm she created was not half as powerful as it could have been.

Why is it important? Because in my perception this is not just a technique. I feel like the storm, and in particular the lightning, in this case represents Katara herself in book 3. Remember her rage in the episode "Southern Raiders" when she expressed long-buried feelings about the loss of her mother. Remember how long and painfully she nursed Aang after his death, and subsequently experienced enormous stress in “The Puppetmaster” due to bloodbending. I think Katara needs some emotional release (which she got in "Southern Raiders", but more on that in part two). And lightning could personify that internal energy that strives outward.

Remember how Katara's anger manifested itself in book 1 through its effect on the water around her? What if it got bigger because Katara grew up as a master?

This time it is very dangerous to give in to feelings like this and turn them into the element, because Katara is not able to control the lightning itself, only create it. This can seriously hurt her herself, as well as those around her, just like words and deep resentments (for example, towards Sokka for not grieving the loss of their mother as much as she does). Therefore, there is nothing left to do but restrain the impulses of rage and irritation.

Perhaps she would even refuse to create new storms. Unfortunately, without someone who could control the direction of the lightning, she cannot guarantee the safety of herself and the people around her. But where can she find such a handyman?..

Part 2 >

[caelanglang]

… I finally collected my guts to catch up with Akai angst… suddenly ao3 went down…

@itotypes I think the universe is telling me something……

anyways drawing this to cope… I’m sorry it’s bad and messy……

[lazyveran]

we dont talk enough abt the fact azula is insanely proficient at hand to hand combat

[themarvelwars]

So because I haven't been as productive as I'd like to be, here's a Zuko I drew in Class a few months ago :D

I know, I'm quite TLOZ oriented right now, but I feel like I have to at least put something out there and I AM proud of this work, because I never actually use color when drawing traditionally...

[im-the-batmann]

[ionlybleedbubbles]

[jay-benedict-artist]

Zuko time