|
What's more, when the Lionturtles bestowed the elements to the individuals, they were expected to give it back. The humans weren't using their own powers, they were temporarily borrowing someone else's. We don't know if the Lionturtles had everyone who already had elements keep them, and it's not necessarily stated that this is the same type of energy as modern bending. It's the RESULT of Energy Bending.
It's also been established that modern bending isn't necessarily hereditary. People with parents that bend are just more likely to discover their own bending than someone who has no bending history and therefore would have no reason to expect to be able to bend. So regardless of whether the Lionturtles gave everyone currently alive the elements to use, without the knowledge of actually bending from an internal source, all use of the elements in that sense would be gone within a few generations. Keep in mind that this is so far back in history that it's considered a myth. That leaves plenty of time for people to forget the Lionturtles' elements and then discover bending based in their own spirits.
The Sky Bison, Dragons, Badgermoles and moon were what taught people to use their own internal source in order to bend the element into use.
So basically, the original benders weren't the ones who learned from the Lionturtle. if you'll notice, they don't seem to know how it works or require any training to do it, whereas once Wan had practiced the element of Fire with the dragon, he not only had amazing control over it that no human ever had before (which the hunters noted), but if you watch, he visibly controls more fire than the people who were just borrowing Fire from the Lionturtle. My thought is that Wan basically learned to bend from an internal source with the dragon, and layered it on top of the fire that he had gained from the Lionturtle, which he had used as a stepping stone to get to his own bending. In contrast, my theory is that the Lionturtles were the ones bending the fire for the humans on some level, they just let the humans be the channel.
If this is the case (which my guess would be that it is), Oma and Shu were the original human earth BENDERS, just not the original human users. But maybe some spark of the Lionturtles' elements remain in the spirits of descendants of those original users of the elements, which explains why certain ethnicities of people are more prone to certain elements. And it could be that some trace of the Lionturtles' elements are needed in order for someone to have the internal bending source.
What I want to know, is how many Avatars know about Wan and his origin during their material life? Is this a common legend that most people in the Avatar world know? Is it something that they find out as soon as they are able to access the Avatar state? We hear no mention of it, but is it just because it's common knowledge, so no one feels the need to mention it? Or have there been so many Avatars over so many years that not only has the general population forgotten about the myth, but even the more recent Avatars have been unable to reach Wan in the crowd of generations?
Basically, would Korra be learning of this for truly the first time? Or, prior to losing her memory and needing to relearn it, would the Order of the White Lotus have taught her this when she was younger?
Also, now it makes sense why they're called the Avatar. They aren't just the avatar of bending four elements, they're the new face of Raava.
|
Login
Register
FAQ
Search
