[ SECRET POST #2882 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2882 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Inspired by #8

[othellia]

At the risk of comparing earthbenders to horses, well, I'm gonna compare earthbenders to horses.

People need breaks, they need to sleep and eat and drink, and they also get sick. They tear muscles and break bones. People ultimately have limits.

Yes, people are better for the environment, just like horses were better for the environment. And it was probably cheaper to rent a horse to get from place A to place B than create a whole new infrastructure, just like it would be cheaper in the ATLA world to hire an earthbender to power a train to get from place A to place B. But ultimately the cost of one outpassed the cost of the other.

And at the same time, the infrastructure doesn't just pop out of nowhere. Steam engines already existed because the fire nation built them to power all of their stuff (which makes sense because they didn't have water or earthbenders on hand.) Either by scientific curiosity, wartime innovation, or simply need in another sector, technology progress overlaps all sorts of areas.

Re: Inspired by #8

[ketita]

Oh, I agree. And we definitely saw that the firebenders developed a lot of technology because in a way firebending is the less "useful" bending to have.
But at the same time, I think that for example for infrastructure, benders would be very powerful tools. When it comes to paving roads, erecting buildings, things like that, earthbenders can do stuff that we won't get to for years to come.
When it comes to experimentation, or even space travel and such, benders have the ability to manipulate the environment when it's dangerous without having to touch. It would also be interesting to see what they could do on the cellular level, for example. I imagine that benders would also still be useful in law enforcement and as first responders of various types and firefighters and such.
Besides, you'd always have parts of the world that are less developed, where people wouldn't have access to technology, but a bender can always be born. I don't think that bending would become obsolete, but I think their place in society would definitely change.