December

In Grimm Times (December x Wick)

Hey, I'm gonna need about one more day on this. Sorry for the delays.

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@Regitnui@AllHollowsEve

The ability to bend was something that was originally gifted to the residents of Lion Turtle villiages, however, the bending trait was passed down to only some of the descendants. It was from there that they refined bending from the totems, and the new generation of benders learned. I think.

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@Regitnui@AllHollowsEve

I think Amon's version of bending removal was kinda like a substitute for the real technique. Kinda of like a Fire bender being able to redirect lightning, but not being able to actually produce their own lightning. Simulates the end result, but it's not the real deal.

As for technology, I believe that yes, they would be far more eco friendly. Would the Water Tribes be modernized by this point? In LoK, the most technologically advanced thing we saw in the Tribes were Unalaq's car and Varrick's ship. Would a sewage/piping system be in place for ease of access to water that doesn't take up as much space as waterways and aquaducts, as well as internal heating for houses? Or, perhaps would they have taken on a much more rural approach, as they are the two portals into the Spirit World. I feel like heating and transport systems would be the only real technological advancements made in the Tribes, as the Spirits definitely prefer the natural world to man's creations.

In Grimm Times (December x Wick)

I'm still trying to decide that. With all of the unfortunate exams I've had, I haven't really been able to devote my time to this, but I should have something by tomorrow.

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@CollectorOfMyst Ah, okay!

Yeah, you're right, taking away a person's bending is exclusive to the Avatar and Lion Turtles. As for Amon, I think he was physically blocking the part of the brain that could access one's bending, not actually taking away the spiritual connection.

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@CollectorOfMyst Well, in the Avatar universe, Chi Blocking is a teachable art to any skilled athlete. It involves using precise jabs and attacks at various parts of the body to block a Chi and disable a bender's bending and any human's ability to move. Tai Lee was a Chi Blocker, and in LoK, many of Amon's followers are also Chi Blockers.

Is that what you were referring to?

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@December You mean energy bending? That's an avatar exclusive.

@CollectorOfMyst

I'm pretty sure you're referring to the Spirit Gurus I mentioned, and actually, there is a large variety of energy manipulation that non-Avatar characters have performed in the past. From the Banana Guru Aang encountered at the Western (?) Air Temple (I really don't remember which one), who led Aang through a spiritual journey to unblock his Chakras (granted, he never directly performed any energy bending), to the spiritual powers of entering the spirit world (I would say Tenzin but, y'know, he never did), to Jinora's astral projection powers to even Unalaq's spirit manipulation powers. Manipulating the spirits is typically seen as an Air bending ability, however, that does not limit it to a single element (@Unalaq). Even when Korra was attacked by a spirit in the middle of the ocean when she was being chased by Desna and Eska, she washed up on a Fire Nation island where a spiritual fire bending guru was able to discern what was happening to her spirit by use of fire bending.

@Regitnui Well someone did their research. XD

If we were to go ahead and place ourselves in the time of an Earth Nation Avatar, I think some things would be different regarding technology. I'm also just now realizing I never finished the last season with Kuvira. Idk why but I stopped around the time of Kuvira beating Korra in a 1v1. I suppose I can't say much regarding technology because I don't know how the spirit vine harvesting ended.

Do you guys think there would be artificial bending at that point? We already seem some rudimentary forms of lightning bending in Asami's lightning glove, as well as faux metal bending in the magnets Asami's father employed. Hell, there's even fire bending gadgets among some of Amon's radicals (the flame thrower guy).

I don't think it would be too hard for them to replicate bending in that era (excluding earth and water bending). For fire, they just have fuel tanks on their backs and gloves and boots that can expel fire. Air bending would be more difficult to replicate as it would require manipulating the air pressure by either having tanks of compressed air that would expire quickly or giant fans. Earth bending wouldn't really be possible, but magnets faking metal bending would. Maybe lightning gloves would be ranged by that time.

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If we go a whole Avatar cycle after Korra, it would be an Earth Kingdom Avatar, and it would likely be something close to a modern setting. This also means we don't have to worry about stepping on the toes of canon.

This also means we have airbenders again, and members of any nation could reasonably exist on any side of a conflict we'd have.

@Gisk

That's a fair point. We even have evolved organisations in specialized bending, such as Metal Benders, Lightning Benders, Spirit Gurus (air benders), and even things like Chi Blockers.

In Grimm Times (December x Wick)

@Wick Thanks! My exam starts in thirty minutes so here's to hoping it goes well.

In Grimm Times (December x Wick)

@Wick My last exam of the week is today, so I should have a post up by either tonight or tomorrow morning.