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BLOOD BENDING IS INSANE!! - Avatar The Last Airbender Book 3 Episode 8 REACTION!

[@AndrewRedroad]

A detail that's been pointed out to me: During the fight with Hama, Katara stands her ground and STOPS Hama's attack instead of redirecting it -- this is why Hama is surprised. Because that kind of maneuver is an EARTHBENDING move. Katara learned to use Earthbending-style techniques in a similar vein to how Iroh learned to redirect lightning by watching Waterbenders.

[@lyrebirb83]

She learned a lot from her sparring with Toph.

[@carlosramos8769]

what?

[@tpk1412]

​​@@carlosramos87693:50 most waterbenders would have used the attacks momentum to spin around and launch it right back somehow but instead katara stops the attack in its tracks, which is an earthbending style move she probably picked up from toph. im pretty sure each nations fighting style is based on an actual martial art but earthbending is more like 'power and iron defense' while waterbending is more 'fluidity and redirection'. so for hama its a shocking move especially coming from another waterbender because shes probably never seen it done

[@3Kings_Industries]

The most powerful benders seem to be those that use other forms with their natural element. Very Avatar like quality. Just wait till you see what the Metalbenders are like in Korra!

[@zavodila9279]

​@@tpk1412You're exactly correct. Waterbending is based off of Tai Chi (flow and redirection of movement and energy) while Earthbending is based off of Kung Fu (self discipline and control to create a rock-solid form)

[@DFAnton]

"It was ***SIXTY*** years ago when the raids started." Every reactor: "So that's Katara's mom?"

[@latenaj7973]

😂

[@loang3991]

I know it drives me crazy every time they think that lol.

[@tariqthomas9090]

I mean it would have been a pretty interesting twist if she was Katara (and Sokka’s) maternal grandmother. But I also get why they didn’t go with that.

[@TukaihaHithlec]

@@tariqthomas9090…It is their grandmother

[@matthewmonk3554]

​@@TukaihaHithlec I think they mean Hama being their maternal grandmother. But personally I think its enough for hama to be just from the same village as sokka and Katara.

[@Chaosking5445]

If Hama’s friend looks like anybody that might be related to Katara the more logical idea would be her grandmother

[@davidhansen9792]

Plus in book 1 in the healing hut the lady says your the spitting image of kanna her gran gran

[@huntersteinitz2709]

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[@Siennamerdein]

They def mis counted and didn't notice that the age doesn't add up Katara doesn't looks like a daughter of a 80+ year old 😂

[@emilyb5307]

Everyone I have ever seen react to this episode always goes "It's her MOM!". It's become a bingo space at this point.

[@MattTOB618]

​@@emilyb5307 Really? You must not be watching the same reactors as me, because I've NEVER seen anyone make that guess!

[@SianiLane]

Oh my god, when Hama said "I'm going to teach you what I know," and you said "Maybe more healing?" I actually broke out into mad wild cackles like an actual crazy person. If only it had been more healing!

[@GBlockbreaker]

i mean, in theory, it should be possible to use bloodbending for medical purposes

[@captainslender12]

@@GBlockbreaker for example, if somone is losing blood, blood bending could be used to maintain the flow of blood even where their heart is no longer beating.

[@Forbidden_Chocolate]

@@GBlockbreaker i was thinking the same thing, ie blood transfusions n stuff

[@DR_REDACTED]

Yeah no same🤐

[@amypetty5013]

@@captainslender12 Or, you know, ordinary healing with traditional waterbending can be used to close the wound and stop the blood loss. I think that's the idea here - you don't NEED the application of bloodbending as if there is no other way to heal that kind of injury.

[@oriyanbarnes]

The reason why she had the puppets was for practicing the hand movements in order to control the different areas of the body

[@PigTranceForm100]

sounds like head cannon. is there an interview with the creators or something that proves this?

[@PigTranceForm100]

@@himenyx153 This seems more accurate

[@meganhutcheson5867]

Also, it was for her to remember too, because I think the puppets were people that she captured.

[@jacobjorgensen729]

It’s really cool when Hamma blasts that massive wave at Katara, she stands her ground like an earth bender, showing she’s learned from other bending practices to round out her technique. She actually takes a very similar stance to what Toph showed Aang in the “Bitter Work” episode

[@coldfanta4963]

Great eye! Love discovering these moments each time I watch the show again

[@italosoares399]

the fact that katara is the only waterbender who has mastered every single style of waterbend that ever been shown: the suthern technique, the nothern technique, the swamp tehnique, plant domination, ice, steam, healing and bloodbending now...

[@nendu4316]

benefits of travelling innit, smae with iroh. not that he has them all mastered, but that he learns from his traves. Still curious if combustion bending is inherited or if its like lava.

[@malkuusha]

How could anyone thought that this 80+ y.o. woman is the same age as Katara’s mom? 😂 Guys, come on, keep it together

[@amypetty5013]

^Woman.

[@malkuusha]

@@amypetty5013 yeah, sorry, I’m not a native speaker, accidentally misprinted

[@brinmoody]

To the comment you made at the very end of the video, it feels like it's more of Katara's show than anyone else's because it is. Katara is the one narrating the story, it's all told by her. Thus her narration with the opening theme. So in many ways, it is Katara's story.

[@catavani5546]

This episode is why i have been following you guys since episode 1! Katara is my favourite character, it's good to see some people actually give her some respect when they watch.

[@Jeff-ee8to]

Saaammeee! I've been waiting for them to react to this episode.

[@jessgray8732]

I can't wait for the Southern Raiders episode

[@jacobjorgensen729]

There’s actually a super likely theory that the southern raiders killed Katara’s mom because they chose not to take prisoners anymore since the Hama incident of her breaking herself out. If Hama didn’t find blood bending, Kya could still be alive…

[@amypetty5013]

Or she might not be. It is JUST a theory.

[@Kai_ay_ay]

@@amypetty5013I mean I think it’s more interesting to believe in that theory then just have an open question of why they would randomly decide to kill her

[@kaijingarou6526]

Great job figuring out. Believe it or not, I didn't see many people making the connection between the full moon and Hama. Many just forget everything related to the moon after season 1. It's great to see reactors really paying attention to what they're watching.

[@flyingchong]

"I don't think Aang and Sokka can help fight." No if anything, they were a liability here lololz. "I'm sorry, Aang." "It's ok." 😂 Also the way Momo sneaks away with the melon always gets me 🤣

[@Chisel1337]

Can’t wait to hear you say “best episode this season” for the next like 4 episodes because they are INCREDIBLE (well… except the next one. that one is just interesting. lol.)

[@georgetetevenski5514]

Nightmares and daydreams?????

[@Chisel1337]

@@georgetetevenski5514 yea not gonna lie I realized that right after I pressed send LMAO

[@MK-sw7do]

Next one is one of my favourites, Appa and Momo are amazing.

[@zavodila9279]

Really, the rest of the season is nothing but bangers, I love every single episode in book 3

[@abelskie]

That was Katara and Sokka's Gran Gran-- remember in book 1, the one teaching healing said she is the spitting image of Kanna.

[@randomperson3119]

A literal second after "60 years ago" : "That's Katara's mom" I love you guys

[@antoinemartinjr.710]

Air opens the door to oxygen bending but it goes against all monk teachings

[@TukaihaHithlec]

Interesting to think how it was about half a century between losing their last waterbender in Hama and discovering a new one in Katara.

[@Nick-jt5nb]

Water bending's main sub-type is ice bending, blood bending is a unique technique developed by Hama

[@durdurdurlerutte2875]

But basically every water bender can use ice. Not to mention metal bending is a unique technique developed by Toph.

[@controlman7490]

@@durdurdurlerutte2875 That doesn't mean ice isn't a sub-element.

[@controlman7490]

@akazachii2026 That doesn't mean ice isn't a sub-element.

[@TukaihaHithlec]

@akazachii2026Did the swamp waterbenders ever use ice? I thought ice was sort of environmental, like the sandbenders in the desert. Edit: They do, after meeting up with Team Avatar for the invasion. It’s possible they were taught by northern waterbenders or by Katara, so icebending either came easily or they always knew but never used it on screen.

[@amypetty5013]

Ice bending is not a subtype. It's just typical waterbending. That's obvious enough from the fact that at no point do they ever even use the term icebending.

[@Zippy_815]

13:52 The reason Hama looks so surprised here is because Katara's move isn't really a water bending move. It's more styled like earth bending. You actually see Toph use a nearly identical move at the beginning of the last episode to stop a rock Aang throws at her during training.

[@timowepu8211]

Hama: "I'd like to teach you what I know so you can take on the southern tradition when I'm gone". 7:40 " Nice, maybe more healing"! Hell naw definitely not that.😂

[@jelmervanriet790]

What an intense episode! Bloodbending is so creepy, love how we get to see a darker side of waterbending as well after also having seen it with Earthbending (the Dai Li) and obviously the fire nation.

[@hellogoodbyeandallinbetween]

When katara stopped the water, it was inspired by earth bending, which is why Hama was surprised and they focused so much on it

[@SailorSag]

"this is her f*cking show at this point" 😭😭😭

[@Alias_Anybody]

The crazy thing about this episode is that Hama arguably WON. Her goal was to pass on the skill of blood bending to be used against the fire nation, and she absolutely did.

[@wuxing7395]

I mean....really...every reaction youtuber "oh is that Katara's mom?" .....Hama just said it was 60 YEARS ago! And they were already young adults. How old do you think Katara's mom would've been? xD Not only you guys, but so many others just completely ignore that there's a whole generation between them. xD

[@an-si5yo]

lmao exactly

[@nathanielreik6617]

Sozin wiped out the air nomads during the comet because the next Avatar after Roku would be an air bender. His son Azulon seems to have tried rounding up all the water benders under the assumption that the air Avatar was killed so capture the next Avatar since water is the next element. Clearly he didn't fully succeed considering how many water benders were still in the Northern tribe but I do think they tried to take them too since that would explain why the Northern tribe had those 80+ year old Fire Nation uniforms in The Siege of the North Part 1.

[@idnyftw]

never expected Avatar to have a legit dark Halloween episode! btw, that lady in Hama's flashback is Gran Gran

[@markephraim7349]

16:00 "ay man we're not about that life. We're about chillin" love that to describe the air nomads' philosophy

[@The5armdamput33]

Not Nini... Nini was Katara's mother's friend... so she would be around the same age as Katara's mother... Hama looks to be closer in age to her grandmother... Likewise, the woman from the flashback that has been explicitly stated to have happened 60 years ago cannot possibly be Katara's mother either...

[@bedaodna8508]

7:02 This frozen ship was in the first episode of the first season

[@MuffinHunterX]

This was also a Halloween special when it first aired.

[@captainteeko4579]

The lady in the flash back was Kanna: the gran gran :D

[@lightningg252]

I love the range that Hama's VA has! That's Dot Warner from Animaniacs absolutely killing it as a terrifying witch😍

[@tsukimilo]

DOT WARNER!? Now I can't look at her the same LOL

[@clove2490]

i like to think that her brother and the moon having a thing kinda gave katara a buff during her fight

[@amypetty5013]

....She had a buff from the fact it was a full moon. That's the only way she was able to bloodbend at all.

[@hydro6en317]

"yeah, but it's how you use it." that's like a serial killer saying: "yeah, but only if you don't get caught."

[@nigeljefferson7096]

These guys reacting to my two favourite animated shows at the same time, subbed for sure

[@j.43]

One of the best episodes ever, Katara is so cool.

[@AdorianDelmore]

This episode is GOATED!🤩

[@enzoys]

never thought about how great this episode actually is

[@kaijingarou6526]

2:20 The old lady is shady but she offered food, man, there's literally nothing Sokka can do against that.

[@fireball1249]

and he's pretty much my Spirit Animal in that regard lol

[@Chaosking5445]

Also, he is a little voice acting juxtaposition. The voice actor for Hama also plays Dot in Animaniacs among other voices.

[@michix_4063]

Este es mi capítulo favorito de toda la serie, fue tan impactante y genial desde que era niña siempre me gusto eso de la sangre control jsjs

[@Unusual_Farmer]

I like having the subtitles in these reactions, but it spoils the scenes because you guys read the line before the character delivers it. So you react a split second before the dramatic line.

[@amypetty5013]

...That's not a spoiler. Come on.

[@Thelaretus]

That's Gran-gran. Remember in Book 1 Chapter 1 the ship from the first attacks is from when Gran-gran was a kid? Also it was sixty years ago. So Háma is *not* Nini.

[@catavani5546]

Also sad fact. Since all the waterbenders from the south are dead except Katara and Hama, that means that the southern water bending style that was brought up in the library episode is kind of dead, since I doubt Hama could have taught the entire style to Katara in one day and Katara learned northern bending style with Aang.

[@catavani5546]

It is theorised that the whole reason the fire nation was so desperate to take all the waterbenders from the southern water tribe (why they came back when they heard Katara was a waterbender) was because they were scared there could be more blood benders after Hama escaped this way, so they were attempting to wipe them all out.

[@WanMemeTong]

She was captured 60 years ago. The math is not too hard.

[@alexisfendi]

evidently they’re not the brightest

[@radicaldreamer927]

Hama: “It was 60 years ago…” Every KZbin channel ever, for some inexplicable reason: “iS tHaT kAtArA’s MoM?! wAiT, hAmA’s NiNi!!!1!1!!one” If Kya was over 60 at the time of her death, I think everyone needs to know her anti-aging formula. That would revolutionize their world as they know it.

[@antoinemartinjr.710]

I think I liked about Katara fighting Hama was that Katara used earthbending technique that you probably would have learned from Toph to stop that blast of water from Hama

[@TukaihaHithlec]

14:16 Just noticed Sokka saying his “brain” has a mind of its own, instead of saying his body or his arm XD

[@vampbites89]

If water is blood, then air is lungs. Both bending styles appear "weak" compared to Fire and Earth's more aggressive style, but, in my opinion, have significantly more deadly connotations as they deal directly with the body rather than just the things around it.

[@tammiegriffin5569]

13:48 Katara used an earth bender stance.

[@Blu3B0at3r]

So fun fact: "Brike" did confirm that Hama is the reason Kataras mom was killed. Hama, "I was the last waterbender of the Southern tribe". The people that raid the Southern tribe are looking for "the last waterbender of the Southern tribe" ironically if she had said it was Katara they likely wouldnt have killed her. Since they at least knew or should have known they werent looking for a child.

[@mrnmarkyyy]

My first time discovering this channel and I binge watch all the ATLA content! This is so good. Do more avatar content in the future. Can't wait for your reactions in the finale!

[@dolly15rox]

An interesting point I saw someone make is that Katara doesnt make a move to physically stop Hama when she is bloodbending Katara. She renders Hamas power useless without affecting her directly, and the most likely way that she did that is to bloodbend herself. Because she is naturally more powerful Hama wasnt physically stopped, her actual power wasn't interrupted, she just was suddenly no longer in control. Always thought that was interesting

[@skyubu]

katara crying at the end always gets me 😭

[@robertseitter3829]

“It’s how you use it” lmfao oooo

[@fruitpunchsamuraidavid]

16:02 "Air is Just neutral" laughs in Korra season 3

[@nathanielreik6617]

10:48 why do you think Hama was in the woods at night at the start of the episode when it wasn't a full moon and thus she couldn't use blood bending.

[@amypetty5013]

Why not? She doesn't need just that one precise reason to be going out.

[@nathanielreik6617]

@@amypetty5013 Well what's another good reason for an old innkeeper to be in a forest at night then?

[@abelcollado1711]

Just some points I've made👇: Bloodbending is alot more darker when you realize Hama was suggesting that the 'blood' could be pulled out of the body. She referenced there being water in unthinkable places, and then stated taking it further when Katara reference plantbending. That's why she was kidnapped alot of people, she was going to bend out all of their blood (and likely already has). On the flipside I do think bloodbending has strong potential for healing techniques being developed. There is one healing technique that is borderline bloodbending. 13:50 Hama was surprised because Katara did an earthbending move (face it directly) rather than redirect it (Katara was there when Toph told Aang this during his earthbending lessons). I love how this show basically sets you up to imagine if the benders were to incorporate other bending styles to their own. Iroh mentions how incorporating other bending styles to your own bending can make you stronger.(makes sense as he developed a new technique out of it) and you'll see Team Avatar incorporating eachother's bending styles to their own bending. Well your partially correct. As the avatar, Aang can pretty much learn any bending, however there is a limit to it. The bending that the avatar has struggled to master, is more than likely the bending in which he'd struggle to develop the sub techniques. Example Aang struggled with earthbending, so metalbending would already be way difficult. However he may be able to do lavabending. As the avatar and since water was very easy for him; he has more than enough raw power for bloodbending, however they don't want any avatar to have access to such dark technique so that's why he won't learn it.

[@amypetty5013]

"The bending that the avatar has struggled to master, is more than likely the bending in which he'd struggle to develop the sub techniques...more than enough raw power for bloodbending..." You're lecturing about this as if it's somehow not obvious.

[@abelcollado1711]

@@amypetty5013 Congrats on you immediately understanding that, but not everyone will acknowledge or realize that, and that should be obvious. My 'lecture' is an explanation of certain things (primarily directed to these two in the video). They suggested Aang learning metalbending, and I explained why it would be very difficult if not impossible for him to learn.

[@baileyross8279]

Everyone always thinks Hamma is Nini out the gate, but she's way to old. She was friends w GranGran growing up though

[@rickyhilder1514]

The one episode without a happy ending or at least some semblance of hope nickelodeon wanted them to make a creepy Halloween episode and they delivered also air can be scarier than water if you ever watched the legend of korra

[@Flirtz420]

One of my fav episodes.

[@girlyvidsbyali1475]

The women that young Hama is friends with is katara’s grandmother in the live action movie that no one liked her grandmother mentions Hama being her friend when she was young and her being taken by the fire nation in a raid

[@_trixieburg26]

I've heard theories from others saying bloodbending can affect/corrupt ones soul.

[@detaaditya6237]

Hama kind of won the fight. Her objective was to teach Katara bloodbending

[@dyffevaughnranen1414]

Exactly, Katara won the fight, but Hama won the war. All she wanted was to pass the knowledge on to the next generations and it did

[@detaaditya6237]

@@dyffevaughnranen1414 Yes, you described it better

[@TheB0sss]

I just love this episode, the emotion, but most of all the implications of bloodbending. Like, if you can control blood in someones body you could just stop the bloodflow altogether and just straight up kill anyone pretty much instantly

[@Midnight.Creepypastas]

I’d wonder what a fight between young Hama and Amon during the full moon would look like.

[@drummergirl2319]

Oh my gosh EVERY reactor, without fail, thinks Hama is Nini. Guys. Nini was the MOM'S friend. Do you seriously think Katara and Sokka's mom was like, 65 when she had them??? Hama was friends with Katara's grandma.

[@TukaihaHithlec]

It’s the timing.

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

took me a sec, Hana's va was Mom from Futurama

[@nimbusws2566]

"It's the way you use it" I mean. The thing is it's no so easy to say that about blood bending. Fire bending was perceived in such a negative light due to its destructive ability, but it has direct uses in industrialization and other applications like food preparation and later on powering electrical devices. It's not just destruction, it's life, to put it in words used later on in the series. But, with blood bending, to use it on others has an inherent invasion of privacy and autonomy. While it theoretically has uses in medicine, this would realistically be accompanied by a crap ton of waivers and signed agreements for written consent if we ever see it in the Avatar world. The only other way I can see it being used that doesn't strip away someone's control over their body is if a bender used it on themselves as a performance enhancement (get your mind out of the gutter).

[@efoster8133]

Bloodbending referred to as the highest level of waterbending, as well as the darkest, most powerful, and most feared of all bending techniques. 🩸🩸

[@vergeldeleon9662]

Imagine, theoretically speaking, if someone bloodbends, that person is controlling the blood in the body which causes the blood to stop flowing naturally to vital parts of the body, blood travels at three feet per second when it leaves the heart, but it slows down as it gets into smaller arteries and capillaries. It takes a minute to get around the body. In total, five quarts of blood per minute are transported around the body. With that being said, if you control the blood, it suffocates the body of oxygen going to the brain. Another things is the excruciating feeling of pins and needles as blood rushes back. I think you could die instantly because of the sudden rush of blood. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@pokey5509]

Air bending branches is OP

[@resev2884]

Jasmine dragon tea 4LIFE!!🍵😁

[@nick0ism]

13:48 that? is an eartbending technique. the gaang learned from each others.

[@maricajankovic2143]

Fun Fact: If you are a blood bender you can freze someone's blood and kill them. The only person that ever did this is Avatar Kyoshi

[@dodiswatchbobobo]

Everyone who doesn’t think it was Katara’s mom thinks it’s the dead girl Nini from the story. At least you guys didn’t think it was a dead girl.

[@Phyrior]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate that the villagers outright heard Hama say there was another bloodbender and yet they didn't outright go after the group? I know there's obviously a 'we owe you for saving us' grace period, but there was absolutely no talk of a 'young waterbending witch in fire nation clothes' after this fact.

[@julialeslie692]

For a decade I've wondered how they would keep Hama in jail. How do you put someone in prison when they can control your movements??

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

she's too old to be friends with katara's mother, objectively . she says she was arrested 60 years ago , but Katara's mom wasn't even born back then if you consider Katara's age (13 or 14) and the age of her mother when she gave birth to her . Hama is definitely from the earlier generation based on that clue, and also she's the one who stuck that fire nation ship in the ice , the same we saw in season 1 , the one with the booby trap that Aang activated . ps: then that woman that looks like Katara in the flashback could be Gran Gran , Katara's grandmother we saw in season 1 , not sure but it could be ( first time i think about it actually)

[@JokeyShuusai]

You'll find out about the sub-bending of air in Korra!

[@CriticalCipher]

Don't think Katara's mom would be around 75 years old so that's likely her gran in the flashback

[@nicolas._.2294]

Lets Goooooooooo!

[@IanTFC]

almost all the knowledge of bending air has been lost since aang is the last one left and he is a child, but there are also powerful and forbidden techniques, in the legend of korra you can learn more about them but remember that monk gyatso, died in a small room and took with him about 8 or 10 fire benders.

[@landslide14]

Nah there are definitely more subtypes of bending 😂

[@butterfly702angel]

I've been watching a lot of ATLA reactions from a lot of different channels lately, and I ALWAYS read the comments on this episode to see if anyone else got that, but so far I haven't seen anybody comment this. (P.s. sorry for the long comment. I'm kind of nerd when it comes to like world building/background info. I blame being an author) I'm honestly surprised that no one has mentioned or caught on to the fact that Hama escaped ALONE (although yes technically she could be the last one alive, but somehow I doubt that, because if any of them HAD been the Avatar, it would have started the reincarnation process over again with the earth benders. So no, I don't think she was the last alive when she escaped). In the flashback you see the other waterbenders in other cages alongside Hama's, but when she escapes she doesn't help any of them escape too. She walks out alone. She doesn't pause or stop to talk to them. She just walks straight out. Although, it did occur to me that the water benders spirits could have been extinguished a long time ago, similar to the earth benders in Season 1, and thus not have escaped with her. However, considering that Hama specifically mentions that "any sign of trouble would be met with CRUEL RETRIBUTION" leaves me to believe one thing: that being tortured (and considering this is technically a kids show, the show writers probably wouldn't mention this even if they could, but you have to consider that they are war prisoners, and this happened a lot in wars, historically speaking anyways) and probably raped for decades, I think would have anyone jump at the chance to escape. But Hama doesn't even spare them a glance. Which when given more thought, probably led to the death of all the rest of the water benders who were still alive in the prison. The fire benders would NOT give any of the rest of them a chance to do the same, nor let them develop something so powerful as Hama did. Which also leads me to Katara's Mom, Kya's death. The fire benders were looking for Hama "the last water bender in the Southern Tribe" and when Kya said it was her? If they killed all the rest of the water benders that were still alive, they obviously weren't going to keep Kya alive either. I would also like to point out the reason behind the Raids from the fire benders on BOTH the North and South Pole, was because Fire Lord Azulon (who is the son of Sozin, who started this whole war, so he probably wanted to continue his father's legacy. He was also father to Iroh and Ozai, and grandfather to Zuko and Azula incase you missed that) assumed that the reason his father could not find the Avatar was because he perished in the Air Temples along with the rest of the air benders. The Avatar cycles is Water, Earth, Fire, and Air. So Azulon's obvious conclusion was if the Air Avatar is dead then the next would be born in Water (which he wouldn't have been wrong if Aang actually was dead). The only reason that the Raid on the Southern Tribe was even successful where the North one wasn't, is because they are a LOT smaller, not as hidden, nor have as much of a military/guards/army, etc. Yes they had water benders, but they were more of... (these are probably the wrong words to use, but for lack of any better ones) a peaceful and humble tribe. For example, they lived in igloos and had a small and tightly knitted village and community. I'm sure everyone knew everyone there pretty closely. They didn't have any "real" nobles or nobility besides having a Chief, which is normal for any type or kind of Tribe of that nature, even in the real world. In complete contrast, the North lived in this hugely crafted city made of ice that lay BEHIND giant ice walls in the middle of even more huge icebergs. I wouldn't necessarily have said they were hidden, not with the giant water symbol on the wall, but they WERE better protected. Not too mentioned they LITERALLY housed the Moon and Ocean Spirits in the middle of their city. They had nobles and prestige, hence "PRINCESS" Yue and her "arranged" marriage. They had some type of formal military and (at least I think this part, I'm not sure how much this is my opinion or if it is what they were based on from the creators) were basically a feudal nation, similar to Japan in some ways (I look at this picture when I think of this, specifically the left side column: medievaljapanalyssa.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/4/5/14459458/7348417.gif?614) AGAIN just stating that that is my opinion of how I view the Northern/Southern Tribes based off what I saw, it doesn't mean that it's true! Anyways, all in all the fire benders had a MUCH more difficult time trying to Raid the North Pole vs the South Pole. Also, to back up my theory that there WERE other alive water benders when Hama escaped, take into account that they are called RAIDS for a reason. They were obviously meant to steal what they wanted in quick and sudden attacks. So yes they "captured" rather than "kill" any water benders they found. If any of them actually were the Avatar, they would have already been in prison and not a threat, AND had the added benefit of 1. not having to look again in the much bigger Earth Kingdom for the Avatar and the threat they posed to the war efforts, and 2. destroyed the resources and basically "conquered" another nation which was the whole basis of Sozin's plan for the war, i.e. expanding his or rather the Fire Nation's Empire under Azulon. Anyways, sorry again for my very long comment, I just thought I'd share my thoughts on Hama and the North/South Poles as I don't think I've ever seen anyone else mention any of this before. Am I wrong for thinking like this? Or did anyone else think of this too?

[@ShAdoWj1995]

Why is is that I at 11 when this episode originally aired. 1) knew that she was not Nini, 2) knew that it was gran gran in the flashback, and 3) pretty much had figured out it was blood bending by half way through the episode. But every reactor I see gets atleast the first 2 wrong?

[@Daesma999]

13:50 that was earthbending move. Waterbender don't stop water like that. That's why Hamma is so surprised here also imagine the villagers' reaction. Hamma: Congratuations, Katara. You'te a bloodbender Them: *hol up*

[@FGOboi]

Is it weird if I said Hama looks attractive for an old lady? Also Hama's name are similar with the greek word Haima, means Blood While in indonesia, the word Hama means Pest💀

[@FGOboi]

7:01 remember the fire nation ship in the very first episode?

[@javierhernandezcorral4394]

Very good ep!

[@jasmine9581]

1:30 I... why did I start this episo de at like 4am

[@hamdanisme3046]

It’s gran gran

[@user-mk3zm6fe4s]

Always felt bad for Hama ,she was forced to use this power to escape . True she started attacking people who did nothing but decades in prison like those will make you do things like this ,she should have been forgiven ,if the fire nation didn't attack her villaige she wouldn't be in this situation.

[@controlman7490]

That's like saying we should forgive a rapist because they were raped as a child. Just because Hama was tortured when she was younger doesn't give her the right to torture innocent people. She was once a victim yes, but now she's an abuser who harms defenseless people for bigoted reasons.

[@user-mk3zm6fe4s]

@@controlman7490 the thing is they are at war and that definitely means something!!!

[@controlman7490]

@@user-mk3zm6fe4s Just cuz you're at war doesn't mean it's ok to commit war crimes. Kidnapping and torturing civilians are definitely war crimes. If Hama was solely using blood bending on actual Fire Nation soldiers who commit the atrocities then there wouldn't be a problem.

[@user-mk3zm6fe4s]

@@controlman7490 these people did nothing to stop the war . The circumstances aren't normal to blame Hama . She did bad things ,but she does deserve prison and bad treatment.

[@controlman7490]

@@user-mk3zm6fe4s Wtf is wrong with you? The citizens don't control when the war starts and ends. The Fire Nation government is the one who decided to commence war, which is why Hama is stupid for attacking the civilians who have nothing to do with that. The circumstances are perfectly normal to blame Hama. She could've easily chosen to return back to the Southern Water Tribe or just live a peaceful life in the Fire Nation as an inn keeper. Instead, she decided to harm innocent people for selfish, and cruel reasons.

[@RocRailfan]

I really hope you guys do Legend of Korra after this, it has the same thrill but with an early nyc gangster movie vibe in the first season.

[@israelsanchez913]

bloodbending is the most powerful bending actually

[@randomperson3119]

It's not

[@Jaxter0987]

Definitely not when its limited to the full moon.

[@TukaihaHithlec]

Holy shit, commenters tripping over themselves to post spoilers here

[@thatotaku151]

It would make sense it would be tough for her to speak about what really happened to her. A lot of indigenous residential school survivors find it difficult to speak of what they went through

[@amypetty5013]

....I mean, this is kind of obvious. ALL trauma is hard for people to speak about.

[@LSFD]

water ice, mud