Aang through the years
Katara’s Waterbending is so elegant.
I always thought of Waterbending as the most graceful and artistic discipline, demonstrating gentleness and majesty far more frequently than any of the others.
I have this sneaking suspicion that this will not be the case in Korra. Already the three or four instances of her Waterbending seen thus far have been surprisingly direct and power-based. I am loath to believe this simply because of her personality. Rather, I believe Waterbending, and all of the disciplines, must have been revolutionized with the advent of multi-cultural society in The United Republic, providing the opportunity for polymerization of bending styles and forms between elements.
I also wonder if our favorite masters from the former series worked to change their disciplines. Obviously Toph did with her standardization and structuring of Metalbending as its own disparate discipline. I wonder if Aang too pushed the limits of Airbending, making Tenzin a far greater Master of the nearly forgotten art than was to be expected of a typical Airbending Master before the war.
As for Waterbending, I expect Katara attempted to reinstitute Southern Water Style in the Southern Water Tribe in an effort to restore her Tribe’s culture. Perhaps this style is slightly more direct and less flourishing than Northern Water Style?
Glad to know I’m not the only one who noticed that waterbending seems to have lost its elegance.
Hoping for an episode in which Katara corrects Korra’s use of waterbending.
Let’s be fair here. We can not generalize Korra’s traditional (non-pro-bending) waterbending based on what we’ve seen so far.
Let’s just appreciate the beauty of Katara’s waterbending as shown in this photoset.
I would like to say that everyone has their own unique style. Katara’s bending suits her personality, while Korra’s complements her character as well. Not everyone bends the same way, adding their own interpretation to the traditional forms. Toph innovated her “wait and listen” tactics to Earthbending, which makes her the best Earthbender in the world capable of developing Metalbending. The styles of bending in The Legend of Korra are different than those in Avatar: The Last Airbender because the times are different, more modern. Yes, Mako and Bolin should probably learn the traditional forms in order to be more powerful benders, but they have only ever needed those involved in Pro-bending. Let’s not forget that Korra was taught, most likely, by Katara and/or her daughter Kya as Katara grew older. Katara obviously approved of Korra’s style if she allowed her to be declared a master of the element. Korra is a powerful individual, as evident in her differing personality with her past life Aang, so it makes perfect sense that her bending is going to reflect that variation.
How much does Saudi Arabia hate women? So much so that 15 girls died in a school fire in Mecca in 2002, after “morality police” barred them from fleeing the burning building — and kept firefighters from rescuing them — because the girls were not wearing headscarves and cloaks required in public. And nothing happened. No one was put on trial. Parents were silenced.
Korra: “I gotta admit, I had you pegged wrong. I thought you were kinda prissy- no offense!”
Asami: “It’s alright, people usually assume that I’m daddy’s helpless little girl, but I can handle myself.”
