r/ATLA May 10 '25

Discussion Which one would you choose?

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 10 '25

WATERBENDDDD Even if I'll probably suffer from the heat, I think waterbending is amazing and Katara's outfit is super cute. Plus, HAIR LOOPIES

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u/TatakaRuhito May 10 '25

Waterbend good enough and you have custom water-cooling

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u/Over-Analyzed May 11 '25

Of weaponize your sweat and cut through metal! Such an epic scene with Katara & Aang.

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 11 '25

Trueee

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u/3614398214 May 11 '25

That's actually such a good point! I love reading comment sections. Y'all think of stuff I never would have. Can even wick it away when you wanna go feral and stuff walking place-to-place but don't want your B.O to actually knock someone out. But I just don't know with that outfit - it isn't a bad one, and I'm circulatory-challenged so it'd probably work wonders on me, but. The puff of the clothes. The irritation. My autism, raging against the sleeves on bad days. If the jacket can come off sometimes and all that, this might just be what sways me away from air-bending. Air-bending sounds fascinating, but also very versatile for dusting and sweeping when in a house with large dogs, sandy soil type, and in a 5km radius of a beach.

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u/nicknamesas May 10 '25

And you'll always have sweat on hand to bend with

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 10 '25

Exactly

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u/nicknamesas May 10 '25 edited May 10 '25

Wait wait, water benders can control the temp of water to an extent right? Freeze your sweat and basically have built in ac.

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 10 '25

Yeah, that's so smart

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u/UpbeatCandidate9412 May 10 '25

Too bad when crossing the desert you’ll be too exhausted to bend any of it

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u/RichNCrispy May 10 '25

I mean… I’m almost 40 years old and I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a desert. So not a huge deterrent.

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u/UpbeatCandidate9412 May 10 '25

Well a desert is defined by its lack of rainfall so technically the largest desert in the world is Antarctica but having lived in a desert for 25 years, trust me. You’re not really missing much. Maybe some sagebrush and some sand but that’s about it

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u/RichNCrispy May 10 '25

Yeah I’m not overly worried about seeing a desert anytime soon. If it happens, it happens.

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u/nicknamesas May 10 '25

Yeah, I'm 25, been to the great plains a few times with fam and badlands, but live in michigan i think I'll be good

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u/a3663p May 10 '25

On the nose with the hair loopies though

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 10 '25

🩵

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u/jacktheshaft May 10 '25

They can just ice bend & have unlimited free cooling

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u/Temporary_Cry_8961 May 11 '25

You would probably die from heat stroke

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 11 '25

Actually, some people pointed out that I could use my sweat to cool myself or as a weapon, so the heat won't be a problem after reflection

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u/Zorro5040 May 10 '25

Yoi can make ice to cool down

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 10 '25

You're right. I just didn't think about it when I wrote the comment

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u/FormerBabyy May 10 '25

I was sold at hair loopies

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u/KittoKin May 11 '25

can we make rain to help with the heat?

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u/HikariTheGardevoir May 11 '25

I know that the downside of the outfit is supposed to be the thick coat, and I hate when people look for smartass ways to outsmart the answer, but the first thing I thought was: but she's got a whole outfit under it right? Like, when she takes the coat off, you're left with the clothes that you see her wearing throughout book 1 when travelling through the earth Kingdom and even while fighting Pakku at the North pole. And nothing in the answer says you can never take the winter coat off, only that you can never wear any other outfit, so I feel like you should be good for most of the year?

I'm not sure anymore if they really thought of the winter coat as the downside or just the fact that you've got no other clothes as the downside, but it's interesting to me that everyone assumes the first

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 11 '25

How hadn't I thought about that?!? You're smart

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u/Nya_of_Emberfall25 I'm completely calm May 11 '25

(Thank you btw)

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u/RAiNbOwS_PuRTy May 11 '25

SAME HAIR LOOPIES

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u/PoepChinees_69 May 11 '25

I really like the idea of waterbending, but I'm a guy