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Julie Miyamoto

Bendersona: Lifebender
Bendersona: Lifebender by @Minzoku (Julie Miyamoto)

So I'm late to the party and still pretty new to this Bending thing—sorry if this has been amply covered before. From what I understand, it's possible to refine "bending" to a more modern interpretation:

Earth = Solid [inorganic] Water = Liquid Air = Gas Fire = Energy [Void = Spirit]

As the show itself covers [YAY SPOILER feel free to stop reading if you're even further behind than I am], the classical elements sometimes include Metal, which is simply refined Earth. Sort-of covered is Wood, which enters the territory of organic material, which I presume is "unbendable" except by particularly powerful Benders who can overcome the organism's own willpower [self-bending?].

What I took for this interpretation was the remainder of solids not covered by Earthbending: organic material no longer in control of itself [read: dead]. I did play with the idea of Woodbending, but that seems particularly limited compared to the other elements, even when expanding the definition to include all types of plant life—but, also, why limit it to plants? Where would sponges lie? Granted, many of the components of organic life are found in "earth"; dust is comprised of bits of insect bodies, hair, dead skin, etc., so perhaps it's really just a refinement of Earthbending in the opposite direction.

Also, a pain to draw. But I needed some practice drawing action stuff, so.

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