#lightning generation

[krimsonrose]

I find it interesting that the Royal Fire Fam’s lightning all looks different from each other.

Iroh’s lightning has thin barely jagged lines, kind of wispy as well and colored in a very very light shade of blue.

Azula’s actually looks like real lightning. Bright blue with the correct jagged lines you’d expect to see.

And then you have this loser lord. Ozai is out here with just pure anime lightning, with it being filled with thin super jagged lines in white. Makes me think of Raiden from (the 1995 movie) Mortal Kombat’s lightning.

Do you think the way they are generating the lightning makes it look different? As in their state of mind as well as the style of firebending? I just want an actual in-universe answer for this besides being told it’s a stylized choice like with Azula’s blue fire.

[greatmarta]

Lightning in fiction

In Pokemon, lightning is an element of its own.

In ATLA, lightning generation is a sub-skill of firebending.

In TDP, lightning is derived from the sky arcanum.

And each of those classifications makes sense. Every one of those systems works. This shows that you can build logic around anything. The world is not just black and white and a single phenomenon allows for multiple interpretations. Somehow, this makes me happy.

[ixar-of-the-bargains]

I wonder if it’s possible to do bending while performing another form of bending’s kata. Like, what would happen if you performed the kata for Lightning Generation but as an airbender? Or those Earth bender kicks as a Firebender

[espepspes]

Avatar Bending Guide

Okay so I was making an AU and decided to make some info on the Avatar Verse and it’s an Okay guide so I thought I should share it.

Water: The element of change. Focuses on the flow of energy and uses people’s skills against them. Season is Winter. People who are waterbenders are usually flexible but they will carve out their own path. Subsets are Healing and Bloodbending. The moon is when their power is stronger, and lunar eclipses take away their bending till it ends. Common

Healing: Using the chi(energy/life-force I think) of a person’s body to heal outer wounds and possibly inner ones but with limitations. Manipulates chi by using water as a catalyst. Fairly Common.

Spirit Bending: Is a subset of the healing technique. It allows the user to instill a balance or in-balance into the spirits. The user will need to surround the spirit with a thin stream of water which begins to glow. When it balances a spirit it glows Golden and makes the spirit glow golden as well. When it in-balances a spirit it makes the water glow a dark purple and makes the spirit dark purple as well. If the negative form is used on humans it may kill them. Rare?

Bloodbending: It’s as the name suggests but like, ~super dark ~. It can only be employed by only extremely powerful waterbenders and even only some people can bloodbend on times besides the full moon. It’s dangerous to the user’s mental state when used too much or even a little. Sometimes can be used when emotionally over attached or emotionally overcome. Very Rare.

Earth: The element of substance. It’s known for fortitude and strength.  Season is Spring. Earthbenders are precise and a good one knows when to stand their ground or when to retreat. Subsets are Seismic Sense, Metalbending, and lavabending. Common

Seismic Sense: Using the Earth to sense vibrations to “see” what’s around them. It’s kinda like echo-location but instead, it’s sensing movement and shit through the earth. Rare.

Metalbending: Like the name suggests it’s bending Metal. But it’s more like bending the earth impurities within the Metal. It can make metal almost liquify when used by a pro and makes it bend to your will. Pure metal such as Platinum is unable to be bended. (bent?) Rare.

Lavabending: Again like the name suggests. It’s bending the molten substance of the earth. It also means you can generate lava somewhat. Very rare.

Fire: The element of power. It’s direct and simple in style and focuses on passion and energy. Season is Summer. People are passionate and have to maintain a direct source of energy while bending as they make their element while other benders rely on the elements around them. Subsets are Combustion, Generating Lightning, and Redirecting Lightning. Most powerful with the sun and solar eclipses take away their bending till it ends. Common

Combustion: Basically you can ignite things with your mind. Not basically, Combustion makes benders focus their bending/chi through the third eye which can ignite or more commonly blow things up. It’s extremely dangerous for the bender however as a loss of focus and kill or seriously damage the user. Very Rare.

Lightning Generation: Basically you generate lightning by manipulating the negative and positive energies within and directing it through the fingers. You have to be direct and precise with lightning cause it can go extremely wrong without direction. People are typically not able to generate it if they are not mentally stable however Azula has shown to use it. She’s a sociopath however so she believes in what she does and is constantly precise. Pretty Common.

Lightning Redirection:  Allows the bender wielding it to take lightning and absorb it as energy, and make it flow throughout the body. Its movements are similar to waterbending. It’s dangerous when it goes through the heart and can actually stop it. Fairly Rare.

Air: The element of freedom. Concentrates on speed and evasion, Offense<Defense. Season is Autumn. People are calmer and focus on peace over violence can be. Subsets are Flight and Spiritual projection.

Flight: Only two people have done it. Guru Laghima and Zaheer. The only way to achieve flight is to let go of all earthly attachments and become like the wind. Let go. Extremely Rare.

Energy: (Kinda a bonus Round) Only used by Avatars, it is the Bending of Energy in one’s body. Can be used to give or take one’s bending, or cast giant spirit things? It’s weird and not exact. Gee Golly Willikers near impossible.

Spiritual projection: (both Energy and Air) Okay so it’s basically projecting your spirit through extreme meditation. It goes places you’ve never been and allows you to track someone through an emotional or spiritual bond. It’s extremely difficult to master and highly specialized. Extremely Rare.

[hogwartshousesnet]

Hufflepuff boys character posters - (a much needed) POC recast

“Do no harm, but take no shit.”

[disillusionist9]

Is “Lightning Era” a thing?

I saw this post by @ilremus and if Lightning Era isn’t the official title of the Harry Potter generation, for those characters in the books we know and love, it certainly should be. (compare to Marauder’s Era, Next Generation, etc.)

Yes? Yes.

[thispleasesmorbo-blog]

watching Legend of Korra and enjoying it thoroughly

still think lightning generation should be an airbending skill tho

[accioyangchen]

So giving some thought to the possibility of Korra learning to generate lightning: Would it really be an advantage in a fight against Kuvira? Generating lighting isn't a simple bending move--it's almost as slow as earthbending, I think, and Kuvira is probably the fastest metalbender in the world (which the show took pains to show us in 4X01). It's not that I don't think Korra capable of learning it, but would it really give her an edge over Kuvira's precision and expertise in metal and earthbending? I think Korra's metalbending will be the important subskill for this season--it's explicitly shown in the trailer a couple times (the other element we explicitly see Korra bending twice is firebending, and the rest just once) and I think it's for a good reason. Unless, of course, the ability to generate lightning was also purposely left out to keep it a secret until later on in this latter half of the season.

But learning the ability to generate lightning would be a great way for Korra to learn about balance and all that good stuff. It's also really important for the person generating lighting to be in complete control over the energies that create lighting, which would be a nice parallel for Korra learning to retake control of who she is and negate the mental block and residual fear of getting hurt that still haunt her a little. In battle, lighting is pretty destructive (at least it was in A:TLA-verse) and great for incapacitating opponents when used non-lethally (as used by Mako). If Kuvira's arc begins to descend into her losing control and falling out of balance, Korra learning to control and achieve balance by learning lightning generation would be a nice character contrast.

There's also a really cool contrast in that Kuvira has distanced herself from interacting with her element and Korra creating lighting would be her interacting with fire at a very proximal level.

ETA: Okay maybe ignore the very first part of this because rewatching "Endgame" to study Mako and Iroh II's lightning generation I've come to the conclusion that its speed is as fast as any other element and my brain is still stuck in A:TLA-verse lightning generation. So in a fight metal vs. lightning would be pretty equal in terms of bending speed.