[ SECRET POST #2079 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2079 ⌋

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Comments

[countess_k]

A:TLAB yes. Many times yes.

Korra, I'm not so sure. They went a little too Saturday morning cartoony with that. Like what happened to bending each element being part of a particular culture/nation's background? Suddenly we have two brothers bending two different elements like it's a professional sport. I always associated bending with something deeply spiritual and rooted within a certain culture's ancestry.

[(Anonymous)]

well, first of all, I've been assuming that Bolin and Mako are of mixed parentage (one is from the fire nation colonies and one is from the earth kingdom).

second of all, I think part of the whole conceit of setting LoK in Republic city was to show how bending would be part of a society in the midst of industrialization/modernization (i.e. pro bending, metal-bending police, lightning-bending power plant). And, much like many things from people's cultural ancestry in modern times, the spirituality of it seems to get sidelined for the practical applications.

I can see why it seems more cartoony to you, though, because the whole bending based jobs thing reminds me of the uses of dinosaurs in the Flintstones or pokemon in Pokemon.

[visp]

But that's often how it goes, with things considered sacred by one generation seen as more mundane a few generations down. Like surfing or chocolate.

[littlestbirds]

Huh. This is an excellent point. Actually settles a few unresolved issues I had with LoK...

Also random: I really like your new icon!

[visp]

Thanks.

[(Anonymous)]

Republic City is a melting pot of different cultures, it makes sense there would be mixed benders. Also, there were a lot of firenation colonies in the earth kingdom. I'd be surprised if there weren't more people of earth/fire nation decent

[(Anonymous)]

Bolin and Mako are mixed race, Earth Kingdom/Fire Kingdom. They took after different sides of the family. Pro-bending is something that existed in the original cartoon- remember Toph competing in earthbending tournaments?- that has evolved to incorporate the three available elements.

Korra really brings into question what role ancestry has in being a bender, especially as Katara and Aang, two powerful benders, managed to have a non-bender.

Number two of (http://diglossia-fic.livejournal.com/81359.html#cutid1) addresses this issue.