Timeline for How does the water tribe use water to heal?
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| Aug 27, 2012 at 20:15 | comment | added | Thaddeus Howze | Yes, you are an UNTRAINED waterbender. In a world where bending can be dangerous if not channeled, it would be best to train everyone who is able in SOME aspect of the ability. While the water tribes desire to keep women at home and safe from dangers, it also halved their effective fighting strength as well. On the plus side, they were one of the only bending groups with healing capacity. | |
| Aug 27, 2012 at 19:54 | comment | added | magzalez | What about Katara, though? If I remember correctly, Katara in The Last Airbender figured out she could heal by accident, right? I feel like that assumes an innate ability like waterbending. If you're not taught to waterbend, but can bend the element, are you still a waterbender? | |
| Aug 27, 2012 at 6:25 | comment | added | Thaddeus Howze | Korra's case is unique. She is the Avatar, so technically she IS a waterbender, even if that wasn't her first "native" element. Healing is a subset of waterbending so if her talent were strong enough she should eventually be able to heal. Since she was already a "native waterbender" it should likely be one of her strongest bending talents. | |
| Aug 16, 2012 at 14:54 | comment | added | magzalez | Hey Thaddeus, another great answer, as always. I'm going to keep my question centered around the Avatar universe, so, to the point of not needing to be a waterbender: If I remember correctly, Katara figured out she could heal by accident, right? I feel like that assumes an innate ability like waterbending. If you're not taught to waterbend, but can bend the element, are you still a waterbender? | |
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| Aug 16, 2012 at 8:30 | history | answered | Thaddeus Howze | CC BY-SA 3.0 |