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115889 No. 115889
I didn't find any thread about this, so I'll start a new one.

>>115154 said bending is impossible in the spirit world. Every time Aang was in the spirit world, he could not bend. But that's because he was a spirit himself.

When Wan fights against Vaatu, you know the epic battle just before the harmonic convergence, he is bending the elements.

I think it's impossible to bend in the spirit world if you are visiting as a spirit. More precisely, I think it's impossible for spirits to bend elements. Maybe spirits can only bend energy (or spirits). That's why they can take control of humans' bodies. And they seem to do so easily because they've been spirits since a long time while humans are barely in touch with their spiritual selves being the flesh and bones beings they are. Hence, humans' spirits are easily bendable.

I don't recall a spirit bending any element. They can't bend elements because of what they are : spirits. As for humans, they bend elements to protect themselves from spirits who might bend their own spirit. That's also why they stayed closed to the lion turtles: for protection.

Sure, the lion turtle who met with Aang said: "In the era before the Avatar, we bent not the elements but the energy within ourselves." I'm not sure if he also meant the humans. He said it can be dangerous because you can become corrupted ; your own spirit must be unbendable. Which makes me believe only they, the lion turtles, bent the energy within themselves and within humans. The Avatar can bend the elements plus the energy since he's half human, half Raava.

TL;DR
spirits = come from spirit world, they only bend energy (or spirits easily bendable, such as human spirits)
humans = come from "material/physical" world, they only bend the elements
Avatar (half human, half Raava) = bends the elements + energy (spirits)

Please tell me if anything's wrong with this reasoning.

Also : discuss.
>> No. 115890
>>115889
Sorry, it's actually >>115153.

And on a side note, since that scene where Aang gets rid of Fire Lord Ozai's bending, I've been thinking about something.

Since the lion turtles still exist, they could give bending abilities to humans or the Avatar could do it himself. What I mean by that is that the lion turtles or simply the Avatar could've gathered a few people and recreate the air nomads civilization.

The Avatar could also give a bending ability to those who wish to have one. He could also give the ability to bend all four elements to select few and make their(read his/her) own Avatar army so that the balancing of the world would be easier.

If I was the Avatar, I would experiment so many things and I would watch each of my past lives' lives to learn neat tricks and valuable information.
>> No. 115894
>>115890
>He could also give the ability to bend all four elements to select few

No. I know it's possible, but we're abiding by the rules of this world, and there is never more than one Avatar at a time. They wouldn't be a true Avatar, anyway, since they'd lack the spirit part Rava gave Wan.
>> No. 115898
>>115894
I know. What I meant it that they could be Avatar-like benders, capable of bending all four elements, while not being Avatars themselves since there is one and only Avatar.

They could just help more the Avatar in some way or another if they were able of bending the four elements. And if they end up being "bad guys", the Avatar could simply get rid of their bending, for good.
>> No. 115904
>>115898

Wan was only able to bend all 4 elements because of Raava. The show stated it was impossible for a human to do it on their own.
>> No. 115905
>>115890
Pity Avatar Wan didn't tell Aang than Lion Turtles can give and remove bending. Maybe it's more difficult to talk to Avatars from a long time ago.
>> No. 115909
>>115904

To be fair, the lion turtle simply said it had never been done before. From the gist of it, it seems to be more of a taboo than sheer impossibility.
>> No. 115910
>>115905
My thought exactly. That's why the priests put Korra in some spiritual water so she could go back to the beginning of the Avatar.
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