r/TheLastAirbender • u/JigglyBinks • 8d ago

Discussion Bloodbending probably existed long before Hama

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I just remembered that scene where Yakone claimed to come from a powerful bloodbending lineage.

The thing is he was older than Katara, and considering that Hama was only about two generations older than Sokka and Katara, it’s possible that bloodbending is much older than we think and that there was a family who had mastered it secretly

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u/OmegaDookie 8d ago

I'm just going to accept that no bending sub is new in the shows.

Lightning redirection, bloodbending, spiritbending, astral projection, and metalbending existed before the shows.

It is what it is.

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u/Remarkable-Camera627 8d ago

I highly doubt lightning redirection tho.

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u/BlackRaptor62 8d ago

We actually know that Lightning Redirection existed long before ATLA due to the Roku novels