What if THEY could Bend? Picking Elements for the Main Non-Benders | Avatar The Last Airbender
Today, we are assigning different elements to the main non-bending characters in Avatar The last Airbender based on analysis, personalities, and skills. Lets figure out who would bend what and why?
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From my perspective Ty Lee moves like air bender, not like Aang, but a little bit similar to Zaheer.
I’m perfectly cool with that take as well. I think if not for water she would definitely be air, and tbh she has part of both your right
@@J2ATVMAIN Isn't there a theory that Ty Lee might be descendent from the Air Nation. Like the decedent of a child of both an Air Nomad and Fire Nation citizen, possible one of the stragglers and captives enslaved after the Air Nomad Genocide. I think that's the idea. But the thing about this theory is it's not just her movements, Ty Lee also has the same gray eyes as Aang, as opposed to the yellow eyes of most Fire Nation. Seems believable to me that she has Air Nomad heritage
@@Cobalt_Gemini Someone else mentioned this too. I had never heard that take before but it makes sense. I'll have to look more into where that idea came from and if it has any cannon roots
Yeah same
There is a theory that Ty Lee is a descendant of a family that migrated from the Air Temples . She is airbender but she hasnt discovered yet in that time . Acrobatic skills, can block chi path and even her face similar to aang’s could be proof this theory.
Maybe I'll do a video on this!
It’s not far off for something like that to happen. Kyoshis mother was an airbender who joined a group of bandits in the earth kingdom and Kyoshi ended up inheriting her fans.
i feel like Mei would be a combustion bender since she would be so disciplined in her bending abilities
I think you might be the first person I've seen that thinks this. Super interesting take!
Ty Lee is a airbndr. Mai is a Firebndr. Suki as a Earthbndr. and Sokka as a Waterbndr. I hope you’ll except my selection as a bender.
I respect your pics 🤙🏾
These selections make more sense
i agree with all of this and i literally just commented this lol
@@AJGaming-wh8rf Nice!!
@@koolooc726 I respect your opinion
there was a theory suggested that Ty Lee's family was secretly an airbender who survived the genocide but hid in firenation to avoid suspecions. but with the presence of war they kept it in secret. which explains why Ty Lee is very agile like an air nomad. her name also fits as an Airbender. why? Air nomad names where inspired by Chinese. (Fire as Japanese, Water as South East Asians, and Earth as also chinese [though Kyoshi is a Japanese figure but mostly were Chinese inspired like biefong and basing sie great wall])
That’s actually super interesting I’ll have to look more into that!
Kyoshi Island is based on the island of Hokkaido specifically.
I think Water tribes were more inspired by the Inuit and other indigenous people in the land near the north pole. Prob why Netflix hired an indigenous (Mohawk, I think) actress to play Katara Air Nomads definitely seem inspired by Himalayan/Tibetan/Nepali/Bhutanese culture. I think the official art book confirms this too
Super cool, thanks for the info!@@AntonWongVideo
as a south east asian, let me just add that i have never heard of a traditional south east asian name in atla or tlok.
I'd argue Mai would be Water and just use well-aimed icicles while her personality could be seen as going with the flow calm seas up until a storm kicks up. Also something something, "icy personality" joke. Ty Lee is literally female Twinkle Toes while the waterbending aspects could be chalked up to Iroh's philosophy of learning from the other styles or the fact that we already know that bending styles can also evolve and vary, like North Water Tribe bending vs Swamp Tribe waterbending or Sun Warriors firebending vs Fire Nation firebending vs Republic City firebending.
I like your twinkle toes comparison haha makes a lot of sense. However for Mai, I don’t think her por so laity matches anywhere close to that of a water bender. Her style with the throwing knives does resemble that of small ice cycle combat though.
I think Sokka would be a fire bender or a water bender with a bit of fire bending temper. He has a temper which we've seen throughout and he's not afraid to hurt someone if it came to it. The air benders were passive benders who went off kindness and gentleness as their nature and while they were dangerous in sense of power they were not known as being angered easily nor were they known to hurt people. Water bending is a go with the flow style, all water benders had that, I bet even Hama did before her time in captivity destroyed her sanity. They were known as level headed and could think on their feet and keep calm. This is actually why I'd say he'd be a water bender because of the leadership skills he demonstrates throughout the show and keeps on pushing ahead. I don't think he could even be an earth bender, he's impatient and an 'on the go can't wait' person, he needs to keep moving and that's not the quality of an earth bender. So Sokka fits water or fire. Ty Lee actually seems more of an air bender. She's a bit aggressive but that could be due from being raised inside the fire nation but as many have pointed out she has a lot of air bender qualities and her facial features match that to Aang as well. Not to mention air and water are both fluid and graceful but can also be terrifying and powerful. Both matters, gas and liquid, move similarly despite being different and that is actually one of the theories on why Aang was able to learn water bending so easily because of how similar they are. But the way Ty Lee moves, it's almost like she's gliding on air and it almost seems like not even wind could stop her. So I think air bending would fit much better. those are the only two I saw not fitting with what you had said, the others fit in my eyes.
I honestly think Sokka has many characteristics of all of the elements and maybe thats why he cant bend... just a thought
@@J2ATVMAIN People have said he's actually Aang's non-bender equivalent as he's gotten some form of his own training in each part of the world. He trained with his boomerang in the water tribe, he learned some physical forms of fighting from the Kyoshi warriors which belong to the earth bending part of their world, he got to work on training ingenuity some at the northern air temple, and he got sword training at the fire nation. Hence why people call him Aang's non-bender equivalent.
I Can see why you conclude TyLee to be for water bending, to use someone’s energy against them, and know the human body
exactly, that was one of the driving reasons for my pick. As you can see a lot of people here in the comments disagree but respect the opinion
Ty Lee is probably the most spiritual non bender, also her fighting style involves a lot of dodging and evading, which is more of an air bender tactic. So for her air I say. Sokka is a pretty non spiritual character, focusing more on the material world. If he did become an air bender he would be like Kioshi's mom and have to rely on fans for his air bending to have potency. That said he would be an innovator in it. Mai I see more as an earth bender, metal bender more specifically, do to how it wouldn't really interfere with her current style. In fact it would enhance it with homing weapons and even a very painful and crude form of blood bending, using the weapons in her opponent as points of control. Though if she did become a fire bender she would use Azula's style over the standard style. Suki however I am more likely to call a water bender because in her instructions to Sokka are about using your opponent's strength and momentum against them. Flowing your opponents attack into your attack.
The spirituality aspect of Airbender's is a very valid argument against Sokka as an Airbender I will agree. I still think he has very similar characteristics as well. Enough so to make a case for him being air or earth or water tbh
@@J2ATVMUSIC very true. I largely see him mostly focusing on weapon bending if he was a water or earth bender. Carrying around an amount of his element to bend at his convenience. Also if he was a fire bender I can actually see him dropping the warrior routine and becoming a chief.
So I agree with sokka being an airbender, but i would say airbending fits ty lee even better. Everything about her screams Airbender to the point my own headcannon is she is descended from air nomad survivors who ended up living in hiding in the fire nation after the genocide
I saw a bunch of comments here that would 100% agree with you
I honestly think ty lee would've been a fire bender if she wasnt a non bender and sokka an earth bender, but not like the ones we see in atla, i think he would be a mud bender like toph in LoK. And I love how you did your version of this theory!
In my opinion u had just mai and ty lee right but for sokka dead wrong cause it should be noted that despite how free and creative air bending is it requires focus and patience none of which sokka possesses(this can also be seen when korra takes longer to master air bending and tazan told her it was because she lacked focus and patience,it can also be seen from zaheer when he learnt to fly it required focus and a free mind)the preferred element for soka is water bending cause let's be open soka is more of the defensive than the offensive and the element thats adjusts to that describtion is water.Water bending is more of a defensive bending because its about the flow of chi and defending the offenders offensive blow and rechanelling it to attack.as for suki ill give her air bending cause of her movements are light,agile,controlled yet firece like that of an air bender she portrays a sense of focus patience and determination as well.
I completely respect your take. I disagree but I see why you’re saying what you’re saying
Ty Lee is an underrated queen.
I see Suki as an earth bender, Ty Lee as an air bender, and I think Sokka would more than likely be a water bender but more offensive. I could see him as an air bender as well. I agree with Mai, she's most def a fire bender. For a few that were not mentioned, I think Jett would ironically be a fire bender. I think Asami from Korra would also be fire.
Nice picks!
w video homie. I would love to see a what if ALTA with this concept in the story. I can't imagine boomerang with Airbending, he'd accidently kill someone .😂
That so funny bro 😂 Sokka adding AirPower to the boomerang would be wild. He killed Combustion Man even without the boost lol. Imagine 😭
Ty Lee Airbender, Mai Firebender, Suki Earthbender and Sokka Waterbender 💙💙💙
Could def make a case for this for sure
this is my opinion but imagine Mai as a water bender and maybe a BLOOD BENDER. i think she would use those abilities without forgiving. + she has a really good speed & accuracy. imagine her making ice from water and use it as weapon. scary
2:26 It's for a lot of reasons. That being one of them.
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Sokka water. Suki earth. Tyler air (non negotiable). Mai fire.
I’m curious why you guys all think Sokka would be a water bender? What outside of him being water tribe would make him a water bender?
@@J2ATVMAIN while I do think air is Sokkas next closest element, I think water fits him more because of two main reasons. One is that waterbenders are typically the most resourceful and balanced characters. Going with the push and pull of the battle and using what they can, rather than avoiding the battle entirely until the right opportunity opens up (much like an airbender). And we see that a lot in sokkas fighting style in the episode sokkas master. Plus when he fought Tylee it looked very much like a dance, which water techniques excel at. And the second reason is based on his innate understating of the tides and being able to steer the ship and the pass the test in the first season. To work with the push and pull of the waves and navigate through it safely. I just feel like those are waterbending traits at least more than it is air.
@@alexbuswell3500 I think all of this is super valid, I just think that they all fit secondary to his character overall. I say air for sokka but he definitely has earthbender and waterbender traits like you describe for sure.
I appreciate your surprising approach to the subject of Ty Lee's potential bending abilities. When almost everyone seems to see her as a hypothetical Airbender, you notice the conspicuous Waterbending traits of this character, which really makes this video stand out.
I really appreciate the comment! Yeah I think a lot of people think she would be air but I always like to dig a little deeper than most and have my own opinions on things. She def does have airbending traits as well tho.
I’m pretty sure one of the creators of a:tla stated that Sokka had waterbending ability but never realized it. In a way it makes sense because imagine skeptical, logical, realist Sokka waterbending. It sort of goes against everything he is or believes in. But on the contrary, his skepticism could come from this inner saltiness about not being able to bend. And there’s something poetic about all this. How we could go our whole entire lives not realizing our full potential.
Wow bro you got deep. I love it! Wouldnt you say that Sokka's logical mind and non- bend-ability (haha) in terms of his personality are more similar to characteristics of an earthbender?
well it would be good there would be another water bender in the south pole but it would make the katara being the last one with yon rha less meaningful imo
This really doesn't sound accurate nor a good creative decision tbh, it essentially retcons Sokka's entire character, and the idea that someone just doesn't realize they can bend takes away from the world and makes non-benders just "people who don't realize they can bend yet if giving them powers is ever convenient". I like the explanation, but the idea is off-putting to me.
@@leannasullender8482 Actually, the comics (whether you accept them as canon or not) show that there are at least two other waterbenders at the south pole (North and South, part II and III)
@@NewChannel-mm2zi ok but I am not being rude but genuinely curious why did yon rha say there was one water bender in the south pole maybe it wasn't cannon or continuity error
Ty Lee being a bender of ANY element would DEFINITELY make her more cooler! Even better if SHE were the Avatar!😎
Totally agree. Ty lee is badass
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but the way Ty Lee bounces around and her acrobatic style of fighting, that seems more like an airbender
A lot of people seem to agree with you
I personally think that sokka would be a water bender ,suki a earth bender , tyle an air bender and mai a fire bender
With th lee, if not water bending then Airbending. But I think that's spot on.
Word!
Ty Lee maybe the only one who fits a bi bender , she fits water and air bending
I have a theory that the fire nation not wipe out all of the airbenders but also wipe out the culture, which lead a increase spike in nonbenders, because like how air is the element that is prevalent in every environment, air benders are born among other nations which similar to how the jedi function.
interesting...
So basically everyone from the fire national would be fire benders, water tribe water bends minus the swamp guys and earth kingdom character's earth benders?
My boi Sokka is a confirmed bender: a backbender 😂😂😂
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My theory, sokka water because he is from the water tribe so duh on that. Ty Lee even has some of the features of Air plus I read that she could have been a descendant of the air who who could not bend and they just left at either the right time or was to leave. Mai definitely fire she has features of the fire nation. Then we Suki, Earth. Basically she lives in the earth kingdom.
We agree on some things, also yeah I had to look into the Tai Lee theory. I wasn't aware of it at the time when I made this video
Ty lee would be air. She is so fast n agile like an Air bender. Water benders are on the slower side like earth benders. Suki would be an earth bender exactly how you explained, mai would be either a combustion bender or a water bender(like eska) both are serious but when it comes to the point they are fully on it. Sokka is unpredictable for me but seeing how he mastered his sword mens skills he would most likely be a calm fire bender or a water bender
Bending is genetic
This is just a fun hypothetical video assigning elements based on personality, combat style, intelligence etc
@@J2ATVMAIN oh, I see. Makes sense then
Bending is spiritual at its routes tho. It has to do with the energies flowing through your body, which is produced from the soul. Any genetic traits, there are some, can come and go under the right circumstances.
True as well@@alexbuswell3500
Mai would be a waterbender Ty lee would be an airbender Suki would be a firebender Sokka would be an earthbender
Wow, you shakes the whole thing up. All different takes then what I had.
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Suki has to be earth for sure. Her fighting style mirrors tophs bending style. I gotta point out for sokka, he might have been a weaker bender. The only reason katara was persistent with hers was because she was so naturally intensely talented and stronger that most of not all in her time. The whole idea was just super annoying to sokka, so he would be naturally adverse to doing it himself. However that being said, water is a passively aggressive and steadfastly stubborn in its own right! And let's not forget sweet kataras temper...😅 ty lee had to be the descendant of air benders in hiding. She moved like an air bender, reference return to omashu.😊 and chi blocking could be seen as a form of spirit bending which could be closer to air nomad tendencies. Mai is all fire Nation in every way. 😂
I really like your perspective of water in relation to Sokka. Very well said
Airbenders are extremely spiritual people, not really much like Sokka. I see him more like a fire or waterbender. Tylee on the other hand, does resemble an airbender in many ways. She's spiritual, super agile and her fighting technique relies on subduing oponents without hurting them. I agree on Suki as an earthbender.
I feel like there is a major issue that comes up trying to place Sokka anywhere tbh
This is one of the best Avatar video I have ever seen
I REALLY appreciate the compliment!! Wow
Sokka is 100% a fire bender. He is super smart in combat, learned multiple fighting styles.. Suki yes we all agree earth bender but also because she learned kyoshi style moves. Ty Lee is airbending, she doesn't fight she blocks. It's a defensive move like airbending. And they believe in protection of the greater good which is why she turned on azula. And mei we all agree is a fire bender but she could be a more specialised one such as combustion.
Super interesting take on Sokka, maybe ill make a video for this
The only problem with sokka being a airbender is that airbenders are vegetarian and sokka loves meat
EXACTLY
Ty Lee and suki gives off air vibes
Really, I would think everyone would agree with me on the Suki take
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Not sure I can help bro. Maybe someone here knows
I'm pretty sure Ty lee is already a blood bender.
She has a strong understanding of energy flow and ki points for sure
Ty Lee blocks chi She is a Chi Bender. Mai is Emo. She bends Angst. Sokka and Suki are beck benders.
Tbh Sokka would be a water bender, Ty lee would be an air bender, I agree with suki would be earth … Mai???
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found the interpretation of sokka interesting, but agreeable. As for the youtube blur, Its spelt Due, not Do.
I appreciate the comment. And ya I realized that mistake after posting. A lot of work goes into making these videos and I do t always catch everything. I’ll fix that moving forward 👍🏾
nah bro, u fumbled the bag
Lol how so?
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Ty lee is an airbender
My man, you spelled Sokka and Ty Lee wrong in the timestamps!
I didnt make the timestamps, I let youtube auto them but good to know. I'll do it manual from now on
Na Sokka and Ty lee needs to be swapped
Haha I respect your opinion. Agree to disagree
i only disagree with Ty and Sokka
That’s how a lot of people feel it seems
i do appreciate you coming from a completely different angle@@J2ATVMAIN
Thank you, thank you@@smelly1060
Bro.. the way he spelled sokka.. its a federal crime..
It was auto generated
prediction, and my objectively correct opinion: ty lee = airbender, suki = waterbender, sokka = earth, may (mai? i forget how it's spelled) = fire. ty lee has airbender looks along with a very free spirit, she is the most acrobatic and flowy, great at dodging and evading. suki is good at redirecting the attacks and energy of opponents who may be bigger and stronger than her. sokka even tho he's water tribe has a toughness and substance that is characteristic of many earthbenders. he's also kinda stubborn, and always rearing to jump into battle, unlike airbenders for example. that said, i do kinda see an argument to be made for him as an airbender, given his versatility and creativity... lastly, may has a fire bender's "killer instinct" that azula mentions when talking about the dai li. her weapons are also quick and extremely deadly (or would be if it weren't a kid's show), much like fire, lightning, etc.. she's fast and surgical much like azula, but isn't focused overly much on evading like air, standing her ground like earth, redirecting like water. her weapons are basically solely offensive. but she definitely lacks the energy and passion characteristic of most firebenders like zuko, iroh, zhao, ozai, etc.. she's definitely closer to azula's style of fire bending.
Very very interesting Sokka take. Not many people ever have him as an earth bender I'm curious as to why you think that