Earthbending is The Future and The Most Progressive Element in Avatar!

[@cincy1788]

I love that avatar is a series that ended over 10 years ago and you can still find people talking about it. That is some awesome sauce right there

[@88michaelandersen]

@Mrs.2Pac/Freddie Mercury But Korra was terrible.

[@yeahkeen2905]

AJ Jones they were comics.

[@trainerkai1313]

@@88michaelandersen No it wasn't. You're just holding back because of nostalgia

[@alzhanvoid]

@@trainerkai1313 Korra was terrible _compared_ to the Avatar. If it was a stand alone, it would have been seen as pretty good, but Avatar is literally so much better.

[@bigty390]

@@alzhanvoid not at all Korra had way better Villains

[@nxrgraphics1540]

Iroh broke through “The Great Wall of Ba Sing Se” in one fire blast by himself. Granted he had the help of the comet

[@emmyrip8615]

NXR Graphics it’s like how water benders r more powerful during a full moon

[@thegamesforreal1673]

and boy what a fire blast that was... It looked way more powerful than anything any other firebender had done up to that point. My headcanon for this is that Iroh's spirituality and patience allowed him to connect to the comet in a way that no other firebender could, similarly to how especially spiritual waterbenders draw more power from the moon than just the regular waterbender. We see this in the way he is "charging up" during that scene. I don't think any other firebender alive could stand against Iroh during the comet.

[@MandatoryFruit]

TheGamesforreal Ozai could have, for obvious reasons

[@TheodoreBrosevelt]

@@thegamesforreal1673 Iroh learned the true meaning of fire bending from dragons so his fire bending is a little stronger

[@aisforanimate4703]

@@MandatoryFruit If they fought, Iroh would probably win, then show mercy, then Ozai would probably betray him.

[@Adrii_McC]

Let's Bend some earth ~throws a rock~

[@robertaugustaswilliams9399]

booo

[@pflernak]

A really big rock

[@JaszLcookie]

(Laugh in live action movie)

[@cameronleonard2451]

"Without the bender a rock will not throw itself!" -Master JongJong

[@majormononoke8958]

LOl? THe dragon of the west broke the walls of Ba Sing se... For a Fan you really missed a big point lol... He retreated because of his loss of his son, ... Already forgotten it seems...

[@chamzoners]

U forgot to mention how Toph can listen and feel everything around her so long as she's touching the ground which can be applied in sooooo many aspects of earth bending.

[@sintnorbertusparochie9145]

all metalbenders can do that because metal bending is feeling the rocks in the metal and controlling those tiny rocks

[@fattygamer94]

@@sintnorbertusparochie9145 But Toph takes it to another level. It seems because of her blindness and her increase in spirituality she can "see" her family across the world. She connects with the earth and nature. It seems like this is where earth bending could lead to.

[@esac7472]

Sint Norbertusparochie toph has seismic sense metal benders focus on the rocks/earth in metal

[@andersonedward7010]

So Toph could literally feel people hundred miles away?

[@dalazyworf]

It was also noted in a one of the team notes in the ATLB series that Toph is able to sense earth that isn’t connected to the ground and can easily dodge or redirect those attacks.

[@mustapha8032]

theoretically, earthbenders could also glass bend, since glass is a form of heated and pressurized sand or earth. just lile lava is a form of heated earth

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

That would be really painful.

[@clarice2815]

but then the person would have to be a really skilled sandbender to be able to bend glass

[@roosahallback2588]

I think glass is too fragile and breaks too easily- lava is almost liquid and is more similar to water than glass.

[@mansurx26]

Earthbenders should be able to bend any element that is native to earth. And since all of earth’s elements can be found in the body, they should be able to blood bend as well. They should be able to cell-bend, molecule-bend. Honestly, they should be the most overpowered.

[@ardon3499]

@@roosahallback2588 Glass can be brittle but is actually very strong, much like crystal can be. Different glass can have different properties and can even be quite flexible.

[@sxlg_32]

What about the rumored ability for earthbenders to continually reconstruct their bodies? This idea was hinted at heavily in the Kyoshi books and it's very possible Bumi was able to learn this technique.

[@no.one_lol2055]

Yea i know that theory and i think it is proven to be true. It is very effective and spiritualy

[@andyzhang7890]

Honestly your concepts, ideas, and analysis spark so much newfound joy and fascination in the series, it's like I'm rediscovering it all over again. Thank you so much for this video series. I hope that if one day, they make a series about an Earthbending Avatar, they'll be able to expand it above and beyond like you theorized in this video.

[@KingRumar]

Thats the next logical step since they're following the process of the avatars which always goes in order. Male Earthbender then Female firebender. Then again Roshi and Aang were male back to back. As long as the series proves to be marketable, Nickelodeon will push for another season. At most i would see them follow this route for 4 series just to balance it out and no more after that. I would also see them settling on the above layout as male earth and female fire to keep diverse balance in the protagonist lineup so everyone is happy.

[@churchboy4609]

@@KingRumar i agree w/the avatar line-up, i saw somewhere that the trend is male, female, male, female, male, repeat. So 3 male, then 2 female, according to the revealed recent avatar cycle we see in aangs visions, etc. Which is why roku and aang were dudes back-to-back

[@neurospicyplus]

I plan on eventually writing fanfictions about an earthbending Avatar. ^^

[@julian10102]

Your analysis of Toph and Metalbending was pure genius. Keep It up Otaku

[@raiyanchowdhury7898]

Julian Thuesdee

[@mazisigmond7508]

Earth is the most handy out of all the elements.

[@Hi-ky2wd]

I agree

[@leyrua]

Fire: energy. Water: hydrogen + oxygen. Air: hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, etc. Earth: _literally every remaining element on the periodic table_ (minus platinum).

[@no.one_lol2055]

Platinum can be bended by a skilled metal bender. I think it is announced at LOK comics

[@ssik9460]

@@no.one_lol2055 i don’t even consider Legend of Korea as Canon

[@leandro-fd8pn]

@@ssik9460 who cares?

[@ssik9460]

Nobody

[@thatguy-m6p]

@@ssik9460 then shut up

[@edulysse7482]

After air you should focus on Non-benders

[@quinnrouse3520]

Ed Ulysse Chi Blockers!!!

[@fduranthesee]

Bloodbending?

[@trashaimgamer7822]

@@fduranthesee Uhm Water bending?

[@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus]

I wonder if one day there will be genetic modification around to make all newborn people benders.

[@thimbo5885]

@@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus I thought of a fan theory that started with what would happen, if both light and dark spirits died at the same time? I reasoned it would be the death of all bending and spirits. I believe at the moment, they where originally one being that split into two beings to make the would of avatar. Now to answer you, I believe only the avatars have the ability to give someone bending artificially. But believe if the two spirits become one again, everyone would become a bender.

[@preston1088]

"There was a bit of a landslide." Wait did he just make a pun-

[@Howtard]

The airbenders were blown away

[@wavyiann9788]

The fire benders were so heated

[@simonlow0210]

And the waterbenders became wet. 😂

[@vernoneatwell5449]

So punny

[@alzhanvoid]

@@simonlow0210 The water benders were flushed away.

[@dr1ndrin]

Anyone else wish bending was a real thing 😭

[@Riri-wb4tr]

lishang DEAD 💀 😂😂😂

[@woojinbloo44]

The world would be more chaotic than how it is right now.

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

Hell noA

[@derce140394]

gender bending is real

[@woojinbloo44]

@@derce140394 tryin to be funny?

[@mastermindtmgaming7245]

Toph was the 1st one who invented Metalbending Avatar Kiyoshi was the 1st one who invented Lavabending

[@AvatarTheLastPodcasters]

Avatar rozuken (that's the name I gave the fire nation avatar before roku) lava bended volcanos.

[@HHLucifer666]

I would interpret lavabending as seen by avatars kyoshi, roku, and the unnamed fire nation avatar, as a combination between fire and earth bending. True lava bending wasn’t invented, I feel, until gazan decided to add pressure to the earth he bent to just see what happened and became very skilled with this.

[@Maria-pj3jv]

and Avatar Korra is the first metalbending Avatar.

[@brendanmorin9935]

David Morales when you already have an affinity for fire bending, it makes sense that you would be able to apply that to your other abilities. So it’s possible that they weren’t truly bending lava, or that maybe it made lava bending easier for them

[@vrmelly]

Avatar Aang was the first avatar to Energy Bend (Taking away bending).

[@StewartFletcher]

Earth is the most versatile, most useful, most powerful element. It's by far my favorite and personal choice

[@martizoz]

I think every element is powerful, for me there's no "most powerful" element^^

[@BenSolo777]

To be honest, every single element is powerful. Each having advantages and slight disadvantages.

[@Wady-uf4wd]

I like air bending its sp creative

[@kingramp7312]

Stewart Fletcher water is the most versatile by far, but earth is pretty powerful

[@swolby9230]

Water bending is overpowered

[@dustwarewolf5532]

When you get to Airbending, I highly suggest that you look into the pure destructive potential of the discipline that was never utilized simply because of the pacifistic nature of The Air Nomads, namely the potential for them to vibrate the air around the opponents enough to create noise in excess of 300 decibels, which is actually so loud that most people literally drop dead when exposed to it, and even at a more doable 150 decibels, would still incapacitate their foes readily. They could also remove all air surrounding their opponent so that the latter would quickly start to suffocate, not neccercarily making them dead per say, just unconscious, as well as nullifying all Firebending with the exception of Lightningbending, a technique that I think probably would have prevented their genocide if they had used it. As it need not even kill their opponent, such a technique would not have contradicted their ethical philosophy, though I think that Gyatso might have known one of the above techniques, if the like 30 Fire Nation skeletons that were next to his own skeleton are of any indication.

[@Brutalyte616]

Differential pressure can also rupture things like human skin; an Airbender could quite readily shred someone to pieces or make them explode simply by moving air away from them, or crush them by shoving large amounts of air towards them.

[@nickknife9681]

Airbending could also redirect a lightning by rearranging atoms in the air. Or emulate other bendings, creating a wall of air to hold, for example, water and then shape that wall and with it the water within, like a waterbaloon. Could be done with earth, though it would require significant power. And, if there is already a flame, it could control it's movement and size.

[@Aplesedjr]

I don’t think air bending has the finesse required to vibrate the air to make a 300 decibel sound. I don’t think they could stop a fire bender either, as the fire comes from within more than from the air around them. They could definitely suffocate someone though, as has been proven.

[@nickknife9681]

@@Aplesedjr we are talking about potential. The stories depict air benders as deeply spiritual, so the destructive potential of airbending has only been explored once, with suffocation.

[@azerfall99]

@@nickknife9681 i wonder if they can pull air from within someone's body, can they also put an excessive amount of air inside them and trigger an oxygen poisoning?

[@zen4realfightman426]

I'm the greatest earthbender who ever lived don't you two dunderheads ever forget it

[@theconductoresplin8092]

... I have to go to the bathroom

[@Dressyone223]

Did those guys die?

[@PJBJr]

Blake Bridges they‘re still locked in there until this day i guess

[@Dressyone223]

@@PJBJr so Toph has also killed poeple at the young age of twelve.

[@samlung2724]

@@theconductoresplin8092 But can she lavabend?

[@yairo13king26]

Waterbending: the overpowered Air bending: the underestimated Fire bending: the misunderstood Earth bending: the progressive Edit: thanks for all the likes and replys 😃

[@Hoodoor-ec3fw]

Water is op cuz of blood bending if there was no blood bendind it would be pretty weak

[@shadidmosharraf3033]

@@Hoodoor-ec3fw watch his video on waterbending,

[@calebnation7797]

ThesuperDope Xxx TBF, air bending could be just as deadly, just bend the air out of someone’s lungs.

[@daddyleon]

all mindbending..

[@theforknut2415]

If u are saying that waterbending is op then hear me out like one dude in comments said air bender could constantly bend air out of you lungs and could kill you and for earth benders they are able to control human because human skin is made of earth substance plus they have best defense against any other element they can just go under ground and attack their enemies

[@humanitystherapist]

So if an earth-bender covers themselves with a layer of metal and “pushes” that layer into a flight mode like pieces of rocks, would he be able to fly?

[@danielcarr1479]

We've seen kuriva levitate someone by their metal uniform so yes

[@joshua2764]

Well you are an earthbender. And u can manipulate any form or state of Earth anywhere it's present, even on u,so yeah. Create an Earth suit like Toph did,wear it and you'll fly...

[@successfulstudents974]

Exactly my question.

[@asonofliberty3662]

Imagine all that earth immediately becoming stiff and rigid... well as a rock. My guess is you would break bones if you bended it the wrong way. It would take tons of precision, skill and training.

[@sylwyu1]

or just sit on a slab of earth (or metal, or ice) and bend\levitate it.

[@unicorn1655]

But imagine other benders improving as well,just in different time periods. Earth has metal,sand & lava Fire could have lightning, combustion and light Ect.

[@IvanIvanov-mh4uv]

Honestly, i love the idea of firebenders being able to manipulate light, i mean, it makes so much sense when you say it. Wish it was in the show...

[@alzhanvoid]

@@IvanIvanov-mh4uv I'm guessing even if its possible not many firebenders would dedicate themselves to this because you know... it's just light. Only really works for blinding, unless you apply some heat and fire to that light, in which case it becomes slightly brighter fire bending. Pretty lackluster when you have freaking lighting and explosions as alternatives.

[@dant1786]

@@alzhanvoid light bending may evolve into laser bending I guess

[@unicorn1655]

@@alzhanvoid And it could be an art form. Like a way to make diversed shadow theatre. I was thinking of it more as an expansion to the fire nation culture. But if one is a protegie in manipulating light,it could be used to create illusions. And that could add a very interesting dynamic to fights.

[@IvanIvanov-mh4uv]

@@unicorn1655 also, why not be able to become invisible by manipulating the light?

[@mattdet7075]

As usual you are amazing with your explanation and expansion of the topic please never stop.

[@Orblinkluv]

I love how alive this fandom still is

[@jackhappens]

In terms of combat and destructive force, definitely earth. But Water has blood bending (and chi blocking), pulling water out of living things, healing, and purification/corruption of spirits. Water is pretty versatile as well.

[@Humaricslastcall]

Not to mention Air and that it can bend any other element given it's around Air and enough force from the bender.

[@rikiya486]

jackhappens earth Bender can develope to be A metal bendeing, end there is A metal in your blood right??

[@sophia-pu2fo]

Suara Kecil the reason why earth bender can bend metal is because there is earth particles within the metal and there is not earth particles in blood

[@leawellens7865]

@DeltroxTv Not every metal

[@Lukestester]

@DeltroxTv in that same scene we see toph use her seismic ability to detect the earth in the metal

[@dionemoolman]

I wouldn’t be surprised if the next Avatar invents magnetic bending, the ability to create magnetic fields and bend metal more directly. After all, earth and metal are so related it makes sense, not to mention that the entire planet is a magnet. They could harness the planets magnetic field like how fire benders harness the sun.

[@bryanalejandro7323]

Yeah, waterbenders get the moon, firebenders get the sun/Sozins comet. It makes sense that Earthbenders should have the Earth itself. Idk about air tho.

[@FredForger]

sound of earthbending is so satisfying 🤟🏻

[@deusherbert-noel2424]

🤟🏾

[@FallenOne669]

I love your thumbnails. They're each personalized to the specific element you're talking about.

[@sockitjeff2949]

"Bumi" is indonesian word for "Earth" Now you know.

[@alfianmelodic]

i knew it dude wkwkw

[@sockitjeff2949]

@@alfianmelodic well yeah, thanks to me

[@danishloko6853]

Its also use in malaysia

[@deadfloweridk4738]

Wow thanks and that's actually smart

[@nansu9458]

India

[@jcraig_10p4]

Yes! Love that you pulled through and made this video and did a well-thought and detailed one at that👏🏻keep it up you’ll find much support for these avatar vids.

[@showwick6546]

Earthbending is literally the most OP Bending power in LoK Book 3 & 4, which i kind of enjoyed cuz they completely nullified its power in ATLA

[@CelVini]

I remembered Bolin, Lin and Suyin knocking down a building on Kuvira's giant robot

[@someperson9998]

tbh in ATLA fire bending was so overrated

[@MattII33]

Totally disagree, it wasn’t nullified at all

[@someperson9998]

@@MattII33 tbh earth bending was kinda just too underwhelming in ALTA. Fire bending was a main focus as the entire plot revolves around it. We seen fire bending having lightning which was amazing, and combustion. Air bending was also very cool since aang was op with it. Water bending had blood bending healing shape change and much more. However Earth Bending would've seemed like trash if it wasn't for Toph.

[@DigitalDash96]

“What’s the capital of China?” Me : Bang Sing Se

[@AlreadiWon]

YOOOO SHE DID!! She did! Kuvira did not want to f*** with Toph! She chilled all the way out when Toph showed up I never noticed that!

[@Naiadryade]

Toph Beifong is not just the greatest Earthbender of all time, she is the greatest bender of all time. Like I'm a serious Katara and Waterbending fan, but it's just undeniable how Toph is on a whole other level.

[@dw3134]

The greatest bender would always be the Avatar. So nah 😂.

[@Naiadryade]

@@dw3134 Nope. Number of elements bent aside, Toph was a more talented and skilled bender than both Aang and Korra. Also, Katara was a better Waterbender than both Aang and Korra and I am willing to die on that hill. Avatars have a few unique advantages, but when you just look at things like skill and tactics, there is no reason that the Avatar would always be the best. And I believe that indeed, the shows demonstrate otherwise.

[@dw3134]

@@Naiadryade Uh, Avatar State. Which grants the Avatar access to all the past knowledge and skills of every single Avatar incarnation in history. It's OP asf.

[@dw3134]

@@Naiadryade It kinda got nerfed in Korra, but in the context of the original series it pretty much made Aang a bending God, almost completely unstoppable. Aang almost got fucked by Azula only because he wasn't paying attention, essentially.

[@Troll_vs.]

Cant really say greatest bender period because each element is different and have different purposes plus if anything that goes to iroh seeing as not being an avatar he was able to make techniques by studying other bending styles

[@cesare_1302]

*Overall Earthbending pros outside combat* - Metalbendig is OP (too versatile even outside combat) - you can mimic other element: Air through sandbendig Water through metalbendig or "mudbending" Fire through lavabending - with the right knowledge and you can build your own home (or even a city) by yourself - you basically have telekinesis (limited to rocks, metal, dirt, mud but come on it's still telekinesis) - potential electric generation via metalbendig (magnetite) and possibly regular earthbending (piezoelectricity) - you can be a walking sonar/lie detector - cool tricks at parties

[@NavW-or2rm]

And also normally every person wears something made up of metal or stone like a necklace, bracelet or ring . You can literally strangulate a person wearing metal ornaments.

[@denniswatney8752]

Also huge mech-like armor made from earth or metals

[@woody5311]

Well other bending types give you telekinesis as well

[@theasianboy315]

You can also become a pickpocketer...if you can metalbend lol

[@marcusyelder8615]

Let's not forget dust stepping

[@filipepinheiro9266]

Toph is my second favorite Avatar character. Zuko has to be number one become of his character development throughout the show. Anyway, Toph is a great character and did so much for the show.

[@Lemonpoetarts]

Okay okay... Here me out... Plastic bending

[@SaidBKD95]

We need it now

[@NoName-qj6of]

STOP GLOBAL WARMING

[@mraizawa731]

@@NoName-qj6of yesss

[@ultrainstinctspongebob7804]

Plastic bending no plastic in the waters

[@ultrainstinctspongebob7804]

Pollution gone

[@AMNG1994]

Technically Iroh broke Ba Sing Se's wall singlehandedly during Sozin's Comet.

[@AMNG1994]

wtf you on about

[@AMNG1994]

@Sean Francis Waters Lancaster It's not Soziens it's Sozin's dumbass

[@Yort781]

Imagine an earth bender that can bend the minerals in your bones, effectively functioning as a challenge to blood bending.

[@OffTrackEpisodic]

because of your videos i rewatched all of avatar and korra and now i'm trying to get into the comics because i need more of this world! thanks for making such good videos! i was excited to hear you talk about lava bending because i find it really interesting that bolin, whose parents were each an earth and fire bender, has this ability. but i'm looking forward to your other video on it!

[@oilball7053]

Where can you rewatch the series? avatar and kora i mean

[@PlanetLexishere]

When I first knew I was into earthbending, it made me kinda sad because it's so underrated (alongside airbending), I feel like waterbending gets all the praise. But then I found out we can do metal, lava, crystal, and sandbending which it even cooler 😁

[@yttis3257]

Earthbenders are probably insanely good miners. Could benders synthesize Platinum?

[@TheodoreBrosevelt]

First time?

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

Earthbending the element of change, progression and stability. I like the sound of that.

[@alexanderrow7643]

It's still a bit odd. But interesting how they went about it.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

@@alexanderrow7643 Yes it definitely is.

[@eomersimbajon2938]

just like mother earths progression of different stages through billions of years. whoa

[@NotTheWheel]

I haven't watched much of Avatar since I was a kid but there is an obvious advantage in Earth Bending. In Short There's a Reason why much of the Earth Nation and King Boomy were not F'd with for a good long while.

[@deviljho4260]

NotTheWheel even iroh has a huge respect for earth bending and the earth kingdom

[@Bysthedragon]

I have an idea for your video on Airbending. I believe that Airbenders have the potential to be very dangerous if their culture wasn't based around passivism. Suppose you were to direct wind straight in one direction very quickly and as a Airbender being able to control it you don't let the wind bend around the object as it impacts it you just keep forcing it forwards and even focusing the impact on a small area, as small an area as possibly making it needle thin. Usually the way Wind naturally moves around objects makes it fairly harmless but imagine millions of particles being shot very quickly at a single point this is essentially the basis a particle cannon! The friction it would make would probably also heat up the object it's striking at.

[@lyntonfleming]

You wouldn't even need anything that strong. Aang regularly uses airbending to slice huge boulders in half. Human anatomy has nothing on boulders. Any Airbending masters (Of which, apparently they ALL were by the age of 10) could slice people in half, remove limbs and heads, leave huge scores in metal armor and basically ruin everyone's day with a few, literally invisible, wind slashes. Hell, in the episode, Sokka's Master, Aang even explains it'd be cool to have an Air Sword. a literally sword made of air. Yes, that scene was a joke from the producers, but it could still work quite well.

[@civilgoalstone6151]

Too much work, I'll just suck the air out of you.

[@brucecox5884]

or cause the air in your lungs to expand and rupture @@civilgoalstone6151

[@civilgoalstone6151]

@@brucecox5884 that will work as well.

[@Samurai-zc4bm]

@@lyntonfleming but did he actually use AIR tho. I to this day dont feel like actually did that cuz it doesnt really make sense to me

[@ritterrvr2381]

The wall that destroyed by lava bend (Ba Sing Se's upper level wall) was different than the one Iroh or Dai Li destroyed (Outer Wall that is far higher and thicker). And The lava bender didn't faced any resistance, so was the Dai Li, instead, Iroh and the Fire Nation was faced by powerful defenders. But lava bending is quite hot tho

[@NateKRono]

But I'm sure if there were an army of lava benders, the outer ring wall would fall

[@catisioo]

If earthbenders can metal bend, than sandbenders should be able to glass bend O_o

[@blackpowderkun]

Kyoshi did that.

[@no.one_lol2055]

Kyoshi has sandbended in the comics

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

*_Meanwhile Genderbending is art._*

[@grapeboi9256]

Meanwhile it's also a fetish

[@Marky9900]

Lol

[@fangxyblare7804]

Genius!

[@bgcm1995]

Lmaoo true af. Peeps be changing their genders on a weekly basis

[@borntodie297]

hello shadmage

[@chinwenduizenwata6763]

The sexiness level of these fight clips is off the charts 😍

[@crystuhIs]

earth sand lava metal crystal seismic sense

[@wpwesley]

You missed Mud. And earth is the only element that can emulate the other 3. Air - sand Water - Mud Fire - Magma

[@themostbritishpersonalive868]

@@wpwesley so far you mean

[@foraus846]

And you half cold half hot ice and fire

[@foraus846]

Ya are half avatar

[@horacthy8577]

Meteor? That's not even an earth lol

[@cheesemaster6796]

Cabbage Bending is the most powerful form of Bending. Cabbages are crops, which grow from water, so this form of bending gives the user access to Water Bending and all of it's practices. This also includes Earth bending because it's grown in the ground, along with everything Earth Bending has to offer like Lava Bending, Metal Bending, ect. Fire Bending also because if Fire attacks these cabbages, they're immune because they bend the fire away. Air Bending because, I'll let the replies explain :)

[@luciussakura5031]

You must be prepared for anything :)

[@kklohani]

Hey shut your mouth will ya. It's a forbidden technique, if anyone finds it out then probably even the avatar will cease to exist

[@opiq2992]

Wood bending like hashirama

[@cheesemaster6796]

@@kklohani true, true!

[@saahithira8979]

@@kklohani true the avater would be destroyed by cabbage bending

[@bloodeagle2234]

water bending has, water, Ice, steam, blood, healing. Earth bending has, earth, sand, mud, lava, crystal, coal, metal & building structures air bending has... air... fire bending has fire, & lightning. air would be the coolest but earth is the best and most useful and versatile.

[@marcelooo2930]

Blood Eagle223 lmao yeah you can basically become an avatar with earth bending. Fire= lava. Earth= Earth. Water=mud and air=those sand tornados in Avatar Aang

[@morganstiefvater2019]

I am hyped for your analysis of air. My partner and I are currently watching Book 3 of Korra (they got kicked out of the room so I can watch this video without spoiling it for them), and the ingenuity of both earth and air in that book, and in Book 4 are truly some of the most interesting things I've encountered in fiction.

[@rushalias8511]

A lot of your videos have a lot of thought and proper analysis in the cultures and philosophies of each bending. Maybe the next series shouldn't be about an avatar but rather about individuals gaining mastery and prowess in each element. Avatars world is so connected to bending that I don't think it can be phased out, on the contrary maybe the avatar itself can be phased out but not bending.

[@dimarleywalker9478]

You make great content. Can't wait for the airbending video. BTW don't forget the most overpowered element... BOOMERANG

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735]

Because it has ang in it

[@Starocean56]

Earthbending is a rather scary element to deal with. Its range of abilities makes it insanely difficult to deal with due to its sheer versatility and even more importantly, SIMPLICITY. Even though its said earth is the most stubborn of all the elements, think about just how much stuff it can actually be used to bend. Sand, mud, Lava, stone, Metal. 3 od those are natural to any earth bender, and metal bending just needs some good ole college years to master. Lava being the one exception, each of the bending styles of earth are so easy to learn and master with ease. Even tophs unique seismic sense can be passed down to people through teachings. And the scariest bit? Depending on where a earth bender is, they can take out armies singlehandedly and any bender in a one on one. And sense 5he earth is made up of well...alot of earth, there is almost never a lack of ammo. Heck earth bending can even be used to mess with your opponent and disrupt their form, nullifying their bending with literally just a kick into the floor with no real requirements to do so. Mess with the form, bind them, the simplicity yet versatility of this form explains why its nati9n grew to be the biggest in the world.

[@no.one_lol2055]

U forgot Dust bending whitch is great way to fit through holes hide and escape and in a way to fly. U forgot Crystal bending whitch is terrefying. U can just catch your enemy in a crystal rock and suck him in. U forgot Glass bending invented by Kyoshi in the comics. Imagine someone throwing shards of glass to u and controlling them. Imagine someone sucking u with sand undrrground and turming sand into glass shards. U forgot Fosiles whitch for sure it is a think. There are bones buried whitch have part of earth inside them. Imagine the possibilities. U forgot Mercury whitch just by touching you, becomes deadly. U forgot stonified wood with mudd or small stones in organism whitch Toph uses in Swamp in place of earth to see. U forgot siesmic sense whitch can make u control the terrain better then anyone else and make u a lie detector. And just for something whitch is still a theory whitch i dont usually write: U have may forgotten longitivity whitch Kyoshi may have used to live longer. It has to do with the organism.

[@Starocean56]

@@no.one_lol2055 dust bending is more of a gimmick then anything and its more of a offshoot of sand bending, as actual dust is mostly just human skin and dirt fragments. And its definitely no where near as effective as riding earth bent rocks and platforms. Crystal bending is definitely just a more advanced earth bending technique and though scary if used with the creeping rock candy, its a pretty simple technique any earth bender can use, I'd argue itd actually the least advanced out of all of these sense these crystals can be farmed for candy and sold off rather easily. Glass bending i did forget, but just a quick note, Kyoshi was not the creator of this techinque. Tum Guon was, and the city he created are currently the only users of the technique to this date. Fossil bending, if possible, would work similar to Water bending Vine bending, only more limited as the bones could not be easily replaced or stitched back together due to earth more ridged style. Mercury is bendable yes but it requires a stupid amount of skill and concentration to bend effectively, so its highly unsuited for actual combat, and if its indirect combat then its aseffective as it would be in real life. Fossilized wood and organisms though toph can use to see with (kinda as its still just her seismic sense in the swamp but she can use what is the equivalent of the world tree), she is seen actually bending only mud and rocks, and using only those objects a limited amount if at all, so its doubtful the connection is strong enough to be viable to mention. I actually didn't forget Seismic sense, I did mention it, bout halfway through. Also the lie detector method has been proven in can be fooled rather easily thanks to azula. As for the earth bending longevity, its not really tied to earth bending itself, its just the earth nation citizens are naturallymore long lived then any other nation, and has been mentioned many times, probably having to due with old tribe bloodlines from the first avatars time period

[@no.one_lol2055]

@@Starocean56 Yes true but i can say there may be a lot of possibilities to dust bending. It is like moving wherever u want to an hole area than rather with a stone under your feet. Your opponents cant even see u. And in a master fight it would be so useful to just create a bit and jump hide take control of the terrain. I imagine it with a lot of possibilities at just controling the field to fight better. Sand is the one u can use more of fighting than controling the area and it has a lot of possibilities too. Imagine putting sand to someones body amd you can easily controll their inner organs. There are a lot more possibilities i am not mentioning. You actually right of crystal bending. It can do the same as stone/earth can but i think just the fact u can grow it is a very big plus in fights. This may be good adapted to terreins with not a lot of earth or neither any earth. U can use crystal to replace it. Oh thanks about telling me who invented glass bending. Do u agree with me about it being deadly? Yes fossil bending would be similar to vine bending. But it is more like earth too. It has the possibilities of earth bending but not being controled by your opponent earthbender. I think it would be deadly if an earth bender could apply it inside your body after mastering it with dirt in side the bones but it is more likely not going to happen. Mercury needs a lot of skill but still, we are talking if u are going to master it, it would just be dadly. In combat it would be difficult to use but if able to, u can use it as close as water bending until being able to catch your opponent of guard. Wood with stone in it and mud in it is a thing. It is just like metal in its first form when it got invented. Mabey you are right that it would be difficult to bend as Toph never used it but from just what we have seen in the past, it should be a thing. It is not that it is going to help a lot but still it is an extra thing.

[@no.one_lol2055]

@@Starocean56 pls read my comment i edited it. Not the one u replyed to me but the one undee

[@Starocean56]

@@no.one_lol2055 Well there is also the problem with dust bending that each of the other elements have rather easy, if not super deadly to you counters. Air can just blow it away as it can even blow away sand bending with little effort, Fire could cause a Dust explosion and well that would probably just straight up kill you, and water could catch the dust particles and bend them away by turning them into a substance similar to the sludge from the drill, both benders could manipulate it so yeah. One thing to keep in mind about the crystal bending is what KIND of crystal you are using. The creeping crystal does grow on its own rather quickly yes, but not once has crystal been shown to be forced to grow besides that one particular strain, its just been moved and formed from earth as well so if a master carried alot of this candy it would be scary, for the most part plain earth would be easier and faster to work with for the same effect. Glass bending could be considered deadly, but it takes a bit of time to perform, and its also the least defensive of all the techniques as it can not change its shape after being made and shares the weakness of purity that metal does, without having the ability to reshape it without compromising the strength of the material that metal provides. This pure offensive nature(and/or artisitc) in my opinion makes it the weakest of all the forms, especially sense you need alot fo sand first. And going from rock, to sand, and then to glass would take to long and would only really benefit in a desert, where a sand bender is king already. Honestly if another earthbender faced a "Fossil" bender, they would just shatter the bones with little to no effort, be it by rocks outside or just bending the parts not controlled currently by the Fossil bender and breaking down or forcing out the earth within. Most other nations have a counter as well but we'll cover that another time. Again, while it is highly deadly, even Masters have a super hard time bending it, due to how much it contradicts earth and metal bending in and of itself, due to its liquid and free-form nature. Even toph couldn't due it at her most advanced time without complete undisturbed concentration. Mastering this to use freely would require a lifetime dedicated to it was well as possible study with a water bending master for concepts and forms, and possible many generations of refinement, similar to metal bending and its evolution. Yes, I do know wood and mud mixed with stone are a thing, its not their base thing. Metal is just refined earth and minerals so that's why it works, until you get to platinum and pure glass, which are purified to the point where there isn't enough earth to bend. The wood however would be made of mostly organic material and be almost to pure for earth benders to fully bend. Mud is like the sludge, as its just wet earth so thats why it can be bended.

[@filipblandow9603]

OOF! I ain't gonna lie. Me just watching the clips made me hella nostalgic and I got so bad goosebumps. Am I the only one?

[@steventaylor1522]

Ray :D no 😭😭😭 I really miss ATLA.

[@jakedesarmo6810]

Earth air: sand Earth water: mud Earth fire: lava Then metal (aka earth earth)

[@gthebit1499]

Metal is like earth earth 😂

[@ryanoconnor5176]

Wouldn’t earth + air be dust bending?

[@someperson9998]

Ryan OConnor no

[@jakedesarmo6810]

Ryan OConnor i agree no

[@aardbeiballetjes5662]

Urf er , snad Uthr watr, mit Æfr fiur, lava ærth eurf, metal

[@spartan1010101]

I think Lavabending has a lot of growing potential because it acts like a mixture of solid and liquid. In my own story (fanfic?) the next avatar learns to use lava like water even going as far as using the octopus form with lava which would make it an almost broken attack and defensive form. It can be used to form new landmasses or recycle old ones and may even be used as a form of metal work like smelting.

[@MitchisaTurtle]

“Not even toph could bend this metal” Me: my cap detector is going crazy 🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢

[@thornfire5499]

Toph: Is that a challenge? Imma bout to end his whole career

[@blooxylips]

platinum isnt pure though if we take it realistically so maybe she can bend it 😍😍

[@dth99times]

"Even Uncle Iroh couldn't breach the walls of Ba-Sing-Se," technically when impowered by Sozen's comet, he single-handedly breaxhed the wall of Ba-Sing-Se

[@zakiaw4963]

Earthbending is the best and coolest bending out of the four,change my mind

[@我要看起来特别]

firebending is the best coz you can fly, freeze and heat stuff, shoot fire, shoot lightning, move super fast with lightning stepping, lava bend and cut through stuff

[@no.one_lol2055]

@@我要看起来特别 lava bending is part of earth bending but everything u said an earth bender can do in its way and more effevtivily

[@weareallgonnadie3534]

Yeah but with waterbending you can bloodbend and even take away other people's bending at will by blocking their chi paths to

[@zakiaw4963]

@@weareallgonnadie3534 blood bending is extremely rare and taking someones bending away is even rarer but yeah it is op

[@NavW-or2rm]

I'm not saying it's best but it's my 2nd favorite after water and idk why but I find earthbending quite intriguing as it is an element of endless possibilities. It has metal, lava, glass and sand bending and all of these things are the foundation of any industry or kingdom as a whole. Maybe in future we might see earthbenders doing bone bending as both bone n earth have quite same inorganic portion

[@kamronpeterson778]

6:39 except iroh broke through the walls of ba sing se(not sure of the spelling) long before the red lotus dude.Not only did he single handedly blow a whole in it during the final episode but in S2E13 of atla it is stated that he did in fact break through during the 600 day siege.

[@s.j.t6006]

I got excited when you started talking about your zodiac sign

[@yesikanarvaez5027]

*Extremely well thought and detailed in martial arts to dances all around with Earthbending of my fave kind, thank you Slice👏👏👍👍🙏*

[@nonnieJ94]

You have such a soothing voice. So smooth and steady. Great content!

[@tyrchristofferodinson7747]

the way you say "have an awesome day and i love you" makes my heart warm and makes me so happy and i was literally in the depth of a heavy depression for the past few days & you just managed to make me smile for the first time, thank you so much.

[@mr.personhumanson6871]

I'm surprised no one ever thought about glass bending

[@MegaKhelditia]

That's... brilliant.

[@mr.personhumanson6871]

@Bobby da Costa so showing people fighting with fire or throwing rocks at each other is OK?

[@AlithAnar]

I dont think glass is bendable. Since sand can become glass, glass has no impurities like metal, it’s unbendablez

[@aidanhodge7090]

@@AlithAnar there isnt much difference between glass and sand just as there isnt much difference between water and ice. Id say sand/glass bending would be a type of mineral bending discussed.

[@kevin62125]

@@AlithAnar How about ice then?

[@im2groovy]

Earth is by far my favorite element and it's so versatile. Sand, Earth, Mud, Metal,Lava as well as fantastic offense and defense

[@RobynFrost]

I am so glad that I have read the latest comics of Legend of Korra. It truly gave Kuvira more character.

[@marctwersky9844]

Your intro is short and welcoming, then straight to the point I like that!

[@Dani-it9vc]

Personally, lavabending's my favorite IT'S JUST SO FRICKING COOL OKAY

[@keelahrose]

"There was a bit of a landslide." Heh heh. I see what you did there.

[@AtarahDerek]

Pure platinum is too soft for practical use. So those mechs are made out of a platinum alloy, most likely blended with nickel--a metal common in meteorites, which, as we saw, are typically used for training metalbenders. To bend platinum, a metalbender need only to find the bits of nickel within it and bend those, in what would be pretty much an identical process to what Toph did to invent metalbending. Interesting how you make earth out to be the true element of change. Earth does indeed change, and while it normally does so gradually, when a part of the earth does change suddenly, it REALLY changes. Catastrophically, in fact. And it takes years, even decades, for those changes to settle. We are definitely going to see some aftershocks in the Earth Kingdom for a while after the earthquake that was Kuvira. Another interesting thing to note is that the element that inflicts the greatest and most rapid change on earth is water--the traditional element of change. And whence comes the avatar directly associated with the Earth Kingdom's recent major change? The Water Tribe. Korra is definitely going to be directly involved in just about every process of rebuilding of the Earth Kingdom as a viable nation, and her handiwork will be evident in some way.

[@Alusnovalotus]

AtarahDerek wow. Metallurgy specialist in the house!!! Props to you!!

[@Jacquer68]

I hear the creators originally meant for it to be titanium instead of platinum, but mixed it up and then couldn't fix it in time. Allegedly.

[@the11382]

Exactly, Earth is neutral Jing. The moment there is an opening for earth to do its work, it will REALLY change. But to do so, it needs roots.

[@alexsunaryo4811]

will you cover airbending soon?

[@prophetedubaroque5136]

That would be cool even if airbending is pretty lackluster in terms of evolution

[@salihozdemir4017]

@@prophetedubaroque5136 give it some time man. They are rebuilding their nation slowly, after aang solely surviving a genocide

[@pyrojyro6465]

The weakest element

[@salihozdemir4017]

@@pyrojyro6465 lmao dude, you cant bend fire if theres no air. Plus you can bend someones breath as zaheer did to earth queen if im not mistaken. Kinda like bloodbending but a lot faster and deadly

[@pyrojyro6465]

@@salihozdemir4017 zahere do that but can all Airbender do it

[@andierivero5402]

Amazing discipline. I would love to see someone bend gold, silver, bronze, and diamond in the next Avatar series.

[@juxtapose591]

"Break the walls of Ba Sing Se" Even now, that statement sends chills through my spine

[@ChrisKooltv]

Lava bending is technically both a form of earth and fire bending

[@zekezeken6291]

ChrisKooltv yeah, I wonder if Bolin being half fire nation and half earth kingdom made it possible for him to lavabend

[@blueorangeade712]

No lava bending is molten rocks

[@ChrisKooltv]

Yea with liquid fire you could even say water bending too they're are all mixed into one

[@Maria-pj3jv]

maybe thats why lavabending is rare

[@Tjelder33]

Nah I think it was just retconned into just earth-bending

[@peter_panda3069]

Earthbending is hands down the best bending style

[@deviljho4260]

Peter_Panda absolutely, the only competition earth really has against is water bending and combustion bending and even then earth holds up pretty well

[@raidenssqueezycheesy]

When u realize that Earthbending didn’t have any sub bending that almost everyone could learn to do and is normal until Toph came and changed the world: I CHANGED IT SO STAPPP >:(

[@CelVini]

What? Lavabending has been around for years, as well as sandbending

[@foodfarm9907]

Roku bended lava and sand nomads but she did do alot.

[@someperson9998]

Célio Vinícius lol that lava bending wasnt as advanced as lava bending in korra. plus sand bending is basically earth bending because sand is legit just rocks LOL

[@someperson9998]

Food Farm yeah but he couldnt make lava with just earth, plus toph invented a way for earth benders to have their own sub class. sand bending is earth bending, nothing much different its just like how water pull water out of plants

[@andrewhgarcia]

Lava bending and sand bending have been around for hundreds of years🤣🤣 did you not watch the show?!😂😂😂

[@detested2022]

I used to watch allot of your videos a couple years ago, then you kinda disappeared. idk if it was just my video feed or a gap in your uodates, but I'm glad to see your back at it and great video man. and I greatly enjoy them.

[@ronaguro9430]

this is a very detailed insights,the analysis is superb! and makes me wanna rewatch all the episodes that includes the young Toph^_^ And that "i love you" on the last part of the video

[@goldenmonkey7972]

Bumi: HOLD MY LETTUCE LEAF

[@bronosx2246]

As usual this guy never ceases to entertain me with his videos.

[@evrypixelcounts]

it would have been quite interesting to see industrial/economic rivalry between the Earth kingdom and Fire Nation

[@lennymarice3423]

I am so hyped for the airbending one!! subscribed with notifactions on yeet.

[@michaelsnow3]

Ok I just finished the vids for each element and man was this good. Def subscribed

[@mike-ology444]

The capricorn comment got me because I'm a taurus and always identify with the earth strongly

[@robertamielle]

This is just my theory but I feel like Bolin became a lava bender because his father was an earth bender and her mother was a fire bender. Mixing those two led him to lean towards the fire aspect of earth bending instead of the metal one

[@keenanshue3478]

I've actually had a theory about lava bending for a while now: What if a lava bender is an earth bender with fire bending DNA? The only lava benders we have seen throughout the series are Roku, Bolin, and Ghazan. Roku is originally from the fire nation and Bolin is the son of a fire bender. All we need for conformation is Ghazan.

[@jasmine-fw4yq]

i think i read somewhere that kyoshi could lavabend?

[@deviltgk4142]

That I love you and the Outro music remix... Just beautiful You're doing a great job with your videos

[@chasefancy3092]

Thank you for a passionate, inspirational video.

[@JDWalker495]

I want to see more swampbending the bending of water in plants, it was pretty cool Also toph hand bolin are my favorite earth benders still cannot believe Korea liked mako over bolin

[@MegaKhelditia]

Well she liked Asami over Mako, so she still has taste.

[@barbiquearea]

Bolin sort of one ups Toph because he has both metalbending and lavabending under his belt. Maybe he can be the world's first 'molten metalbender'.

[@toonezon4836]

My thoughts on lava bending is that, the avatar aside, is reliant on one's parentage. My thout/theory, is that to be a lava bender, one needs to have parentage from both earth and dire bending traditions/heritages

[@toluolomolaiye6433]

ToonEzon but lava isn’t a combination of fire and earth. It’s only earth. Just earth that’s been compressed and and in liquid form

[@sylwyu1]

@@toluolomolaiye6433 not compression (that would make it more solid), I think you meant friction.

[@dalazyworf]

This makes me wonder if earth benders are able to manipulate other elements such as copper or plutonium

[@xDinomanx]

Having been a longtime fan of this franchise (both series as well as the comics), I have always liked all the elements but my favourite one out of all of them is straight up Earthbending. At first when you look at it, Earthbending is stubborn, which is complimentary to the Earth benders and their personalities. But as both LoK and ATLA progressed we started to see different types of Earthbending develop. Because of this, I consider Earthbending to be probably one of the most versatile types of bending around. Furthermore, because of what has been seen in both series, whose to say that this concept can't be introduced into other types of elements/metals such as Titanium and Iron. I guess the other reason I like Earthbending is I often associate myself with the colour green. Either way, great analysis and after having watched this and other videos (and seeing that you are posting new content), you've just got yourself a new subscriber. :D

[@man.myth.corbin.gaming.9758]

Shoutout to the Capricorns out there. Caught me off guard with that one. Dec 29 Cap here! Keep up the good work brother 🐐

[@OurSaiyan]

Airbending along with earthbending have to be the hardest hitting combinations to exist bruh, imagine being thrown up in the air from the ground and pushed down with air from above, man where is this new avatar at

[@manicpixiedreambot7]

Is it just me or that gem bending girl literally the coolest

[@Stxrbolts]

Edwin Alonso Who?

[@manicpixiedreambot7]

The Witch the girl who can bend gemite.

[@gachamation6676]

Is it just me that i cry about not having a bending.

[@neurospicyplus]

Also, I would love to see you eventually cover possible branches of the different bending disciplines that have never even been mentioned in the series. Like, heatbending as a branch of airbending. I think that would be cool.

[@Goudies]

7:31 nice voice sync