wydawg
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Post by wydawg on Nov 26, 2007 16:40:59 GMT -5
So basically you are suggesting necromancy just about? I doubt it will come to that. Sure, it can be done, but the waterbenders are known for HEALING, not death and destruction. Defiling a dead person's course, I think, would go against any healing creed out there. I wonder if it would require a full moon as well, seeing as it is a branch from bloodbending, or since there is no life force left there is no resistance against the bender? Obvisoly not all waterbenders are into healing or there would not be bloodbending to start out with. The corpse thing would be a nice advantage but corpse flying would not do much compared to a good waterbending slice.
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Post by patiencehalliwell on Nov 26, 2007 17:12:06 GMT -5
Anyone think of the side effects on the user of bloodbending?
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Post by fireprincessgiorgi on Nov 26, 2007 21:39:07 GMT -5
I think you're looking at this a little bit too closely. I mean, Brian and Mike probably didn't take most of this into consideration, not being doctors and all.
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Post by patiencehalliwell on Nov 27, 2007 2:18:41 GMT -5
You're probably right. Besides, it's a show meant for kids. Who would have thought we would be discussing stuff like this on forums?
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Post by Bring Me The DISTANTxHORIZON on Nov 27, 2007 11:40:20 GMT -5
Now I could buy that Hama could have learned to bloodbend without harming the subject because she had decades to practice. But Katara being able to bloodbend Hama without accidently rupturing her veins or causing permenant internal damage? Blood only flows one way buddy. Arteries send oxygen filled blood vessels to muscles and veins carry them back to the heart. When benders bloodbend they'd really just be bending the cells of a body ie the muscles, it doesn't matter how much control you have over the blood you still won't be able to alter their movements completely. Unless you want to stop their movements altogether then you can stop/reverse the flow and kill them. The only side effect of bloodbending I can see, personally, is a case of "what the hell just happened?!?!"
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Post by litho on Dec 5, 2007 3:06:46 GMT -5
No, I think bongalak has a point there. Hama did say that she controlled the blood in their veins, and much of the body's water (as well as the most concentrated) is located in the veins and arteries of the body. While the walls of the arteries are thick enough to keep from rupturing under normal stress, there are many weak points that can be damaged by abnormal wear, as evidenced by hemorrhages, where the vessels break and blood flows freely into areas of the body. If Katara hadn't already received training and rather extensive experience as a healer (healing Aang) I would be wondering why Hama wasn't carted away with extensive bruising at the least...(and then brushed it off as this being a kids' show and bruises aren't easy to animate...)
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Post by zukofan22 on Dec 5, 2007 17:17:54 GMT -5
I think brusies are easy to animate. Just do a dark shade on a character and presto! Works for Zuko's scar, why not a bruise?
Hama: I can control every muscle, every vein in your body.
So essentialy, she can control every single muscle, so maybe it doesn't affect the blood itself, just the muscle and the arteries.
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Post by WyrmKing on Dec 5, 2007 17:23:41 GMT -5
I think brusies are easy to animate. Just do a dark shade on a character and presto! Works for Zuko's scar, why not a bruise? Hama: I can control every muscle, every vein in your body. So essentialy, she can control every single muscle, so maybe it doesn't affect the blood itself, just the muscle and the arteries. There's water in the muscle tissue and blood. She controls every water in your body not your blood.
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Post by Horyo on Dec 6, 2007 1:13:07 GMT -5
I think brusies are easy to animate. Just do a dark shade on a character and presto! Works for Zuko's scar, why not a bruise? Hama: I can control every muscle, every vein in your body. So essentialy, she can control every single muscle, so maybe it doesn't affect the blood itself, just the muscle and the arteries. There's water in the muscle tissue and blood. She controls every water in your body not your blood. I still think Bongalak has a point in saying that Katara's use might have been destructive; I mean, Hama's face was one of shock and terror, maybe some pain? I believe that you're forcing the flow of the water in the body a certain way without truly disrupting the flow. I can't find an analogy for this but it's like your blood is being magnetized downwards, so it's pushing down on the body (as well as the muscles) but still keeping a healthy flow.
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Post by Pyroman on Dec 6, 2007 3:37:01 GMT -5
Something I kind of thought about the bloodbending. The body is made up of mostly water. but also within the blood there are other elements such as iron in blood. there for Being that a master or advanced Earthbender (such as Toph) could also do bloodbending being that she figured that because metal comes from the earth there for is bendabe. Therefor could also do bloodbending to a certain extent.
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Post by WyrmKing on Dec 6, 2007 3:49:01 GMT -5
Something I kind of thought about the bloodbending. The body is made up of mostly water. but also within the blood there are other elements such as iron in blood. there for Being that a master or advanced Earthbender (such as Toph) could also do bloodbending being that she figured that because metal comes from the earth there for is bendabe. Therefor could also do bloodbending to a certain extent. Probably not enough to be bendable. I mean blood is like 83% water. That's a huge percentage. And Bloodbending isn't just about blood, it's every part of the body that has water, like muscle tissue which is 75% water. So I think Earthbending the body is less likely.
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Post by Pyroman on Dec 6, 2007 3:59:52 GMT -5
True, I was just kind of thinking about that while being bored at work. that technicaly being there are certain traces that if could be possible. Along with another post in other forum about "If class was Bendable"
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Post by The Overlander on Dec 6, 2007 23:02:00 GMT -5
I think brusies are easy to animate. Just do a dark shade on a character and presto! Works for Zuko's scar, why not a bruise? Hama: I can control every muscle, every vein in your body. So essentialy, she can control every single muscle, so maybe it doesn't affect the blood itself, just the muscle and the arteries. The heart is a muscle. And if bloodbending can control the bloodflow going through the heart, then you are pretty much dead. Bloodbending is too much of a one sided issue...
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Post by litho on Dec 7, 2007 15:12:07 GMT -5
If you look at things like that, though, could Katara use this 'bloodbending' to 'jumpstart' someone's heart? What about what they do in physical therapy sessions, to keep muscles healthy? Moving blood clots? This could have some interesting new healing applications, don't you think?
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Post by Horyo on Dec 8, 2007 1:44:48 GMT -5
^That requires much precision and insight in knowing how to do it. Hama might be able to perform something like that, but I think healing itself is using water to catalyze reactions when blood clots and closes wounds
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