What element or bending technique would you use if you lived in the Avatar world? (This applies to Legend of Korra as well.)
NOTE: I am not asking what you would want to be. I mean, feel free to include that in your description, but I'm specifically asking what would you be. Each bending style has unique mentalities, disciplines, and philosophies that are involved in learning them. If you've payed enough attention to the show, you probably know most of them. If not there's always Avatar Wiki. Feel free to include sub-types, like Lightning, Metalbending, or Bloodbending, but also note their requirements please. I think it would be cool to put some thought into this.
As for me...
I initially thought Earthbending, but after scanning over the elements and their descriptions again, I'm a little unsure. The thing is I can identify with traits of all the bendings, even Air (the opposite of Earth). Firebending seems like a close one too, because of its aggression and directness, and that correlates with how I do a lot of things. But Earthbending is stubborn, and that fits me as well. I can identify with Waterbending's fluidness and adaptability as well, so I don't think Fire is a good match for me because I can easily identify with its opposite. Under the right amount of self-control and discipline I can muster the patience and defensive elements of Earthbending, and considering learning a bending would require discipline to train, I'd definitely be able to do that, though I doubt I would be good at learning the Seismic Sense and by extension Metalbending.
Another thing is while I can identify with some traits of the Airbender philosophies, it's definitely the element I have the hardest time associating with, so I think Earth is the closest match for me.
What about you guys?
NOTE: I am not asking what you would want to be. I mean, feel free to include that in your description, but I'm specifically asking what would you be. Each bending style has unique mentalities, disciplines, and philosophies that are involved in learning them. If you've payed enough attention to the show, you probably know most of them. If not there's always Avatar Wiki. Feel free to include sub-types, like Lightning, Metalbending, or Bloodbending, but also note their requirements please. I think it would be cool to put some thought into this.
As for me...
I initially thought Earthbending, but after scanning over the elements and their descriptions again, I'm a little unsure. The thing is I can identify with traits of all the bendings, even Air (the opposite of Earth). Firebending seems like a close one too, because of its aggression and directness, and that correlates with how I do a lot of things. But Earthbending is stubborn, and that fits me as well. I can identify with Waterbending's fluidness and adaptability as well, so I don't think Fire is a good match for me because I can easily identify with its opposite. Under the right amount of self-control and discipline I can muster the patience and defensive elements of Earthbending, and considering learning a bending would require discipline to train, I'd definitely be able to do that, though I doubt I would be good at learning the Seismic Sense and by extension Metalbending.
Another thing is while I can identify with some traits of the Airbender philosophies, it's definitely the element I have the hardest time associating with, so I think Earth is the closest match for me.
What about you guys?