Hama was the first waterbender to admit to discovering bloodbending, and then only if the swamp waterbenders don't count. Besides, I don't think bones count as earth, because the important aspect of what counts as earth for earthbending doesn't seem to have anything to do with mineral content (or different soils would work differently) but with the fact that it is part of or came from the earth itself. Especially because, if what elements are in something determines its bendability, then earthbending is just too powerful. We've seen them bend coal. Carbonbending would be far too overpowered.
It takes dedication to learn an ideographic written language, but that applies whether or not you can see. It isn't any more complicated or difficult to remember through some other sense.
Yeah, had the show been more sensible, Toph would've totally been all over that. Hama, too, could've held it until a guard came around. "I peed for bending material, used it to slit the guard's throat and lifted his keys up to my cage in a bubble of pee" doesn't sound half as cool, though. (How much do you want to bet Hama actually peed herself free and discovered bloodbending later, but lied to make it sound cooler?)
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Re: Quiet Shadowed Places - The Cooler
Date: 2012-12-03 08:22 pm (UTC)It takes dedication to learn an ideographic written language, but that applies whether or not you can see. It isn't any more complicated or difficult to remember through some other sense.
Yeah, had the show been more sensible, Toph would've totally been all over that. Hama, too, could've held it until a guard came around. "I peed for bending material, used it to slit the guard's throat and lifted his keys up to my cage in a bubble of pee" doesn't sound half as cool, though. (How much do you want to bet Hama actually peed herself free and discovered bloodbending later, but lied to make it sound cooler?)