r/TheLastAirbender • u/Goldendragon55 Last Taang Shipper Alive. • Jan 07 '13

How did Yakone get bloodbending?

We know that Hama learned bloodbending through pure desperation to escape and trying to bend any water possible, and Katara learned from Hama. With Hama's capture Katara would have been the only person to know how to do bloodbending. I'm sure Katara wouldn't have taught anyone bloodbending so how did Yakone learn it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '13

Its genetics. His bloodline is just of higher quality bending.

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u/gryphonlord Jan 07 '13

No, they just bloodbend easier. Katara is the world's greatest waterbender, but she (presumably) can't bloodbend without a full moon. Korra also beats Tarlokk in a waterbending fight, and she can't bloodbend.

As for the main question, they never killed Hama, it's possible she escaped prison and taught it to someone else. Or maybe she left behind notes on bloodbending that someone found and spread. Or some people heard of bloodbending from Katara's tales (in universe I recall there being mention of books about the gAang's journey) and recreated the style

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u/Boriddy Bloodbending Jan 07 '13

Not to mention they banned it in Republic city before the whole Yakone accident.

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u/expwnent Jan 09 '13

Curious they would bother to ban it if only two people know how to do it. Seems somewhat likely it would have been a problem before.

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u/Boriddy Bloodbending Jan 09 '13 edited Jan 09 '13

Probably at full moon, I remember they were saying that Yakone was never caught bloodbending at full moon.

So you could be right that other bloodbend and it was a problem.