#bending techniques

[krunchycrispy]

YouTube: Hey, want to see this avatar scene?

Me: Why not? I’ve always loved Iroh- wait.

Me: Why does Zuko pull that face when his uncle eats duck? He isn’t vegetarian, why does he look so devastated?

Me: …

Me: Oh

#I know it could just be whiplash from Iroh criticising his bending technique to switching to jolly old man mode #But I wouldn’t be surprised if the creators confirmed this! #zuko #prince zuko #atla zuko #fire lord zuko #iroh #uncle iroh #avatar the last airbender #legend of aang

[avisisisis]

Something I love about ATLA is that it doesn't force the "forgive the villain" on all the characters. It's been left clear that Ozai is a bad person, and there's no chance of redemption; the only reason he's not dead yet is because Aang is a pacifist

The one episode where a character is supposed to forgive someone who has hurt them in the past is the one where Katara is off to kill a man (which, fair) and Zuko helps. In that episode, even if Aang is telling her to let go, she doesn't forgive him. She never will. But she spares him. Not because she thinks he doesn't deserve death (he does), but because she's not willing to continue the cycle of violence

Killing someone can have a very important impact in your entire being, mostly depending on who you are as a person. Aang would've never recovered from killing Ozai. Katara wouldn't be who she is now, had she taken her revenge on the man that killed her mother

And the best part of it is that Ozai doesn't deserve to die. Not in a "I'm defending him" way (ew), but in a "he deserves worse that than" way

Taking away his bending was the perfect punishment for him. He believed bending made you superior and he never cared enough to train something besides his bending. What a loser. Zuko and Azula wouldn't be restrained by something like that

He's alive. Nobody has forgiven him. Nobody ever will

#on a “ozai deserves smth worse than death” mood #which is. my everyday mood but we're not talking about that #read a fic where ppl were mad ozai was still alive #zuko clarified that he's still alive not only bc that's what aang wanted but bc death would be a mercy for him #that's the man who ruined everybody's life(s). you can't tell me we can just let him die like that #and they're not even torturing him. he's just in prison #but he's so fucking weak that not having his bending = torture #pathetic #honestly what did he even do? his entire family was better than him #zuko was better at any kind of fighting and he learned firebending from the fucking dragons #azula is. azula! she bends blue fire and is the best at lighting n stuff #iroh created a whole new bending technique and broke out of prison w no bending #ursa killed the fucking fire lord #i mean sure ozai can shoot lighting out of his hands. but so can iroh! so can azula! #his 14 year old daughter is better than him #she could kick his ass if she wanted #but that's her dad right there and the obssession she has w pleasing him is straight up unhealthy #man. poor azula #anyways back to the point: ozai is pathetic #loserlord indeed #atla #avatar the last airbender #fire lord ozai #zuko #aang #katara #azula #uncle iroh #avis' post #avis talks

[epickiya722]

A recent video I just watched made me realize that if Yuji had Takaba's technique... yeah, no the JJK world is doomed. He should NOT have that technique.

It's not because he'll be bad at it... he'll be too good at it.

Keep in mind, that Yuji is quick to pick up on things and he cracks jokes a few times, he vibes with Takaba. Also, he has a love for movies and manga. The endless references and parodies he will put someone through? That would be straight up torture!!

Like, noooo!! I'm not trying to avoid the smoke with Truck-kun and its cousins, okay? Stick me in some Human Earthworm AU... no, I'm out!! I don't need that!

Yuji is sunshine when he smiles, but behind those kind brown eyes is something devious!!!

#oh naaaah if there is one technique yuji should not have if society wants to be safe it's comedian #that is a REALITY BENDING technique #just kiya's thoughts #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk spoilers #itadori yuji #yuji itadori #yuuji itadori #itadori yuuji

[seratlantisite]

fire nation sanji, firebender even. but he has complicated feelings tm on that and zeff was earth bender and taught him to hit like hes hitting rocks, so

#Girl help im having atla au thoughts about one piece #Sanji would have the most confusing but interesting fighting style #Like iroh's water bending techniques but full of salt and swearing like a sailor #one piece #atla au

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

I’m so obsessed with the idea of Avatar Mako (not because I hate women, stfu Korra is still kicking ass, but just water-bending style in this AU) because the idea of an orphaned kid living on the streets, working with gangs, and fighting in underground bending rings while trying to raise his younger brother, not giving a shit about who the Avatar is or where they are, being the Avatar without knowing is so good.

Maybe his parents knew because when he was a kid, they did some little rituals or something to see if he was an earth or fire bender or if he even was one at all. But they never told him (or anyone else) because they were going to wait until he was sixteen, like traditional. So, they just went with fire-bending because of his appearance and because fire is probably more dangerous untrained, and more likely to be done on accident. (I choose to believe fire sneezing is a very real risk)

Anyway, I just.. I love this AU so much.

#also I don’t think air-bending would be something easy to do on accident #because there’s no way a random kid in a post atla world would know anything about airbending technique #also also water would be the hardest for him to learn let alone do on accident #I love this for the same reasons I love avatar Zuko #I can’t stop thinking about this #also I don’t mean to make it sound like mako is like a lot older then bolin I think that’s how mako thinks tho #new to tlok but it’s also been a while since I’ve watched it so be kind to me #tlok #mako tlok #the legend of korra #my preferred kind of fanfic is Scenarios #I LOVE WHAT IF SCENARIOS #PLAYING WITH THE LORE #I should go to sleep now #avatar the last airbender

[howhow326]

I wonder how many people will be mad that I made this

#atla #lok #atlaposting #bloodbending #no cuz this is a completely nonlethal technique that instantly restrains your opponents #it ends fights before they even start #if you cannot see the value in that #or worse #discount it entirely as “evil” because its too spoopy for you #...yeah it sounds like a u problem #“but hama yakone tarlock amon- #quick question: when was the last time anyone died from bloodbending? #because I can think of plenty of times people died from firebending #and lightning bending #this is not to say Katara was wrong fron banning it #if I was in her shoes I would have limited the knowledge of it as much as possible #it is as hama said: bloodbending is the ultimate power #but I don't see the harm in like teaching it to an Avatar for peacekeeping's sake #imagine all the fights Korra could have ended with bloodbending in her show

[murasakikagekitsune]

Original Cursed Technique: 影激減/Kage no Geki (trans. Shadow Puppet Theatre)

Asano-sama has an ability that's odd, for lack of a better word, given His nature as a River Kitsune. He can wield the light and shadows around Him in order to create puppets to do things for Him. They are controlled by gestures that mimic the action He wants to perform. You could argue that this is just run-of-the-mill telekinesis, and you'd be right, to a point, but drawing power from the light and shadows in the environment (or rather, the energy within them) is the key difference.

To me, it seems like He's always been to do this - create temporary vessels for the dead - and it feels separate to the fact He is a River Kitsune because most of Their powers are hydrokinetic. I know that zenko may have powers over everything, but Asano-sama seems like the kind of Being to tie His sense of self to His local geography, so He won't use powers that take Him too far from His place or sense of origin - that would be a river. Specifically, Asano-sama comes from the Otagawa, or the Ota River - that feeds into why He uses Kage no Geki more now, rather than His childhood; He has to, because of His catastrophic vision loss in 1945. This also is the reason Kage no Geki we (meaning Asano-sama and myself) think of it a Cursed Technique instead of a superpower or Quirk; there are negative emotions hidden in the shadows and in the fragments of people's souls. This, if you consider the Shinto view of animism, also applies to objects - He can befriend the object if it's more than 100 years old or pass on the soul of a puppet to an object so it becomes their vessel.

While, in truth, Kage no Geki was always a personal Cursed Technique, it was only recently classified as such because of it its rise in usage - the nuclear fallout of Hiroshima gave Him plenty of shadows to befriend.

#jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk oc #sort of #any aus are His idea #original cursed technique #you look like you've touched 78 years' worth of yurei [asano kosei // kosei asano] #shinto #upg #deity work #deity worship #deity devotion #riverdancing without legs at sunrise [asano kosei/me] #godspouse #apocalypse for breakfast and brunch [hiroshima & nagasaki] #the atomic bomb will always be unforgivable #the atomic bomb is its own tw #jjk meta #kage no geki is kinda like airbending #aang can only bend air at the beginning #but air is all around you just like light and shadows #sorry if it sounds like He's overpowered

[gender-euphowrya]

so since new atla is pretending sexism isn't real does that one water bending teacher just let katara learn right away

#i'm no watching it to find out lol #like there was a whole episode about katara needlessly needing to prove her worth to this old coot #and him still refusing to see her as worthy of his lessons despite how obviously talented she was because Bending Not For Girls #do they just get to the water tribe and kat goes Heyyyy old fart show me some sweet techniques and he's like. queen let's go rn

[makotoscoffee]

my hair turned out very unintentionally 60s today

#bending over brushing all your hair forward and spraying in product is a timeless technique

[spider-man-2o99]

(water to the river and wood to the fire) Hey did they really cut Miguel's jaw in half or can his jaw just naturally do that and he didn't know?

it Just Does/Can Do That, but miguel had ZERO clue abt that and his jaw also got Wiggled Around in a way that was specifically meant to hurt on purpose in the scene when it's made relevant in the fic! in general his mouthbones are way more flexible nd open wider to make Biting People easier

#talking tag #asks #spider-man 2099 #miguel o'hara #my fic stuff #mig hell au #Well Okay But What Was The Ooof Owie Part. well have you ever heard of this fun technique called the bend-n-snap-- #KIDDING KIDDING. or maybe im not. choose whatever puts your heart most at ease <3

[theelka]

a little bit of genderbent ichiwaka

#learning a new technique #art #rgg #rgg7 #yakuza #ylad #genderbend #ichiban kasuga #masato arakawa #ichiwaka #ichi is hard to bend #while masato is really really easy #thanks to his kind of androgynous looks?

[meadowyy]

to everyone who ranks kuruk at the lowest in the top strongest avatars you're wrong and you should definitely get your facts checked

#bro quote on quote excelled at almost all things he enjoyed or took seriously #also invented many new bending techniques #dude was coughing up what left he had of life and still manhandled spirits like a BOSS #avatar the shadow of kyoshi #avatar the rise of kyoshi #avatar the last airbender #avatar kuruk

[uneasedregrets]

@dullweapons wanted a page from the Hero of Time's journal! ( still accepting! )

The following is an extract from the personal journal of the Hero of Time, dated to the 30th Sun of Nayru’s Tide, 7 PU ( or Post Unification ). At this time, the Hero of Time would have been roughly 15 or 16. As far as scholars have been able to ascertain, the sir Ray Cadell he speaks of was the previous captain of the guard. While the actual identity of Ray Cadell is a matter of furious academic debate, as his name seemingly appears throughout recorded history with thousands of years between each appearance, that is outside the scope of this book. The preceding paragraphs speak of troubles with other knights and nobles in the Queen Zelda of that era's court, leading into the following recollection. Efforts have been made for a transliteral translation into modern Hylian, as the Hero of Time struggled with literacy and thus selected simple words, though liberty has been taken for readability and flow.

… Which leads me to my duel with Sir Cadell, the previous Captain of the Guard. When the queen made me her personal knight, he didn’t make a stink about it. His face was as still as it always was. When she made me the Captain of the Royal Knights of Hyrule he wasn’t there, so maybe he had been bubbling his anger since then? He challenged me to ‘prove I was worthy’. It was my first real fight since Termina*, but everything came back to me in a flash. He demanded that it was swords only; no magic or other items. I agreed to his terms, and thought it would be as easy as the other fights with these knights I’ve had since being knighted.

Something about Ray, though, was that he was different. I don’t know how to describe it, much less write it into words. He stood when others stepped back, took hits any normal person would’ve avoided or blocked. He was quick, too, for his size. He reminded me of fighting a garo; so trained in the art of combat. He also enjoyed fighting. I hadn’t seen Ray’s face change from his silent stillness. As the fight dragged he got more and more excited.

It was enough to freak me out. I’d fought without a fairy, but I was still sloppy without one. So much distracted me without her to focus on. The taunts of the crowd, the shouting of the queen when she found out we were fighting, and Ray’s face and fighting style… I thought he’d win. I didn’t like that thought. That was when I remembered my reflection. Ray was slow enough for me to stand on his blade†, and strike him. The plan was successful at knocking him off balance, and I won the fight. Afterward he wouldn’t accept my hand, merely commenting that I had proven to him I was an expert fighter.

I wonder if that’ll be the last time I have to fight the people I’m supposed to be fighting with…

*The word ‘Termina’ is not native to Hylian. The Old Hylian characters used here by the Hero of Time was a rough estimation, reading more like Tarumina, though this would eventually turn into Termina in the hands of later writers recounting the adventures the Hero of Time claims to have had in this mysterious land.

†This appears to be the origin of this technique being used in the literature surrounding the Hero of Time, though it is highly unlikely it actually occurred. The ‘reflection’ referred to in the previous sentence appears to be the same referenced in the alleged autobiographical Story of the Hero of Time, found in the Royal Archives of Hyrule generations after it was written. The relevant part is that, in the Water Temple, the Hero of Time faced his living dark reflection. This dark reflection allegedly performed this technique on the Hero of Time multiple times throughout their battle.

#dullweapons #[Link || In Character] #[Postman’s Cap || Inbox] #[Journal of the Hero of Time || Drabble] #[The One Who Believed Me || Ray Cadell] #[Twilight of the Hero of Time || Canon Verse 6] #[ Okay but like I adore annotated texts and the idea that people would do that for a journal of the hero of time ] #[ I plan on writing a fanfic with a similar bend next month because it's so sexy to me ] #[ I also love the idea of people calling into question the sword standing technique even though it actually happened ] #[ Like Mordstreich ] #[ Also I used the fan calendar made by luxdea but I've stated that in my carrd ]

[bi-fma]

Idk if this is a hot take or not but Toph is by the far the best/most talented bender in a:tla and that's just not up for debate tbh

#not only is she the youngest #she also INVENTS A SUBFORM OF BENDING #like katara and azula? prodigies. queens. love them. theyre also taught (to one extent or another) their sub-bending styles #she also learned directly from the original masters #no im not counting the dude who taught her basic forms or whatever #and the way she uses her bending as a literal extension of herself? the way bending is (seems to be i guess) #the main way she interacts with the world???? #cannot emphasize enough SHE DISCOVERED A WAY TO BEND METAL #WHICH PEOPLE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE??? #and shes like. ten. #also like obvs you can disagree but like. i dont want to debate soooooo #also also im not saying whether or not she could beat ppl like azula and katara cause thats a whole separate thing #but she is the best bender/has the best understanding and connection to her element #and like i know katara heals herself before shes ever told thats a thing #but i dont think healing is a subtype of bending??? i think its just a technique??? #like not to discount my girl shes great and wickedly powerful #but like. #toph is simply the best #oh yeah also #atla

[the-insanity-of-mojiru]

So I had this idea like 2 years ago, but I’m only just now getting to it. Avatar the Last Airbender AU and shenanigans, details below:

Nori - Son of the fire lord and absolute menace to society. While he’s technically first in line to the throne, he is absolutely - in the eyes of his father - not becoming fire lord. Probably for the better, though, because the pyromaniac fire bender would rather spend his time traveling the world in search of strong opponents to fight. He’s been tasked to learn different styles of bending in order to help him improve himself.

Hanamori - Childhood friend of Nori and exhausted second guardian as Nori travels the world. She’s able to create high temperature blue flames and bend lightning. She’s the only one who can put the prince back in his place if he goes too far in a fight. While her official duty is keeping Nori safe during his travels, she’s more keeping him out of trouble. Even though she finds Nori annoying when he asks to train with her, she’ll still help him out.

Kirisame - The Avatar of the Earth Kingdom, who just wants to run a tea shop. People assume he’s a non-bender as he’s never gone public about being the Avatar. He’s only able to bend the elements at a fundamental level, so it’s not like he can do much with it anyways. He’d much rather serve some tea at his somewhat popular tea house. Sometimes spirits visit him with their quarrels and he’ll help sooth things over with a nice cup of tea.

Tatsumi - A non-bender from the Earth Kingdom who is able to fake bending by using parlor tricks and contraptions. He understands the principle of bending through study, so he’s able to fool most people into thinking he’s able to bend one of the four elements (some even think he’s the Avatar). Normally, he works with machinery and designs automata that help him out around the shop. He’s the only one who knows Kirisame is the Avatar.

Momiji - He’s a flighty air bender who’s curious about the world and made his goal to befriend people from every nation. He doesn’t have mastery of airbending, since he has a hard time meditating. He left the temple on his flying bison because he wanted to see all the different nations. He hasn’t been back to visit his temple in a long time. He still makes sure to send letters, though, detailing where he is and what he’s doing.

William - Someone who doesn’t care for offensive water bending and would rather learn healing. He secretly observed healing lessons and was able to slowly develop his own style of water bending. He practiced on animals, and now feels more comfortable around them. He eventually left his home to experiment on animals in other regions, and because it was getting hard to hide that he was a water bender. He’s basically a traveling vet. 

#Avatar: The Last Airbender #Watch me fumble through what I think clothing from each nation looks like based on my vague memory of the show #Anyways why is Avatar suddenly showing up on my social media lately? #Did a new series get announced or something? #So yeah AU's plot is Nori focused where he goes around getting benders to show them various techniques #And he accidentals himself on the Avatar #Tatsumi ends up being the best teacher though because even though he can't bend anything he actually understands bending the most #Insanity Draws #Insanity of Mojiru #透明な無名世界

[serendipity8832]

Lance is a Kesha stan no I will not a) elaborate or b) accept criticism

#lance #lance voltron #lance vld #this is true and you know it #keith knocks on his door for like 5 minutes at 3 am bc he heard an ominous thud #when he forces his way in lance is standing on top of his bed whisper-screaming your love is my drug into a hairbrush #the thud was lance jumping off his bed #he never perfected the 'bend your knees upon landing to absorb the force' technique #i did a lot of dumb shit late at night when i was a kid #im good at not waking people up #anyway keith doesnt get it but lance doesnt get his mcr obsession so its even #(thats totally a lie emo 8th grade lance was all over that shit) #hes mostly grown out of it but can still appreciate a good rendition of welcome to the black parade #hed never admit it to keith tho #lance tries to get keith to do karaoke with him but poor boy doesnt even know the words to die young #lance carries the song its ok #but the moment that piano starts keith belts out 'wHeN I wAs a YoUnG bOy mY FaTheR tOoK mE InTo ThE cItY tO sEe A mArChiNg BaNd' #shiro films the whole thing #keith threatens dismemberment no less than six times #shiro is undisturbed #any time pidge and hunk see keith in the hallway rhey start singing #eventually lance convinces keith to sit down and give our queen a listen #keith gets a little too into cannibal #lance starts worrying for his own safety #but he brought this on himself #sorry for the novel in the tags i just have a lot of thoughts