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I’m a little late to responding, but as I was reading the things you shared, I just had a couple thoughts. Not sure if they’ll be helpful or not, but I figured I’d share anyway and let you decide lol.
One thing I noticed that could potentially be a lie (and maybe this fits more for future scenes after this all takes place) is “you’re weak” or “you’re a traitor”. I noticed how Sef didn’t jump in to defend Neveah even though she felt like she should, and that could be used against her. It seems like something she could easily believe about herself based on the way the scene played out- if you know someone loves you and you’ve loved them, defending and protecting them is the natural response, and it seems like Sef is almost starting to believe this about herself before Iver would even say anything; it’s a point of weakness that could easily take her down.
Hopefully that makes sense… again it might not necessarily be what you need for this scene, but it could be something that subconsciously bothers Sef after this moment, where she feels like she could and should have saved Neveah, but didn’t. That would lead to believing those lies of “you couldn’t stand up for her”, “you’re weak”, “why do you deserve to be loved if you couldn’t stand up for your own mother?” I know those are longer versions, but I’m using them to help paint the picture a little bit. There’s probably a way to shorten them if you need to, or you could just use them as internal dialogue.
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Good ideas!!! I will probably use those in future scenes…thank you so much!!!
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AHAHAHA how did I know you were gonna do that?
Not sure what issue you would have…although there is one note I personally don’t like is the implications of Aang’s past lives, though I personally just have a more nuanced head cannon that essentially just plays it down.
yeah just little things like that. Not too big of a deal to like not touch the fandom at all, but large enough that I can’t just ignore it. Fortunately, it seems like fanfics don’t have to delve too far into the nuances of it.
As for your question, If someone is born with no bending ability, then no, they cannot develop one later. However, like Whaley was talking about with Katara, she was always a waterbender, but the manifestation of her abilities started out with very little, then progressed. Her brother Soka is not a bender and will never be one. So a better way to say this is that you are either a bender or your not, but if you are a bender, it may be possible you may not realize until much later. That doesn’t functionally change anything for you, just a little bit of how things are described.
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…you can also gain bending abilities as a gift from a lion turtle, each turtle as far as we know gives a particular ability….You could explore in your story perhaps something like finding a lion turtle if you wanted.
ahhh okay. I feel like a lion-turtle giving a power is cool, but if I didn’t implement it right it’d seem like “oh this is just a copout to give this character an ability, a deus ex machina.” So I might go with this: my character in question, he would’ve been born with his waterbending, but it would’ve just been too weak for him to do much with it until he’s able to get a proper teacher. His mother (technically his adopted mother but she and him share the same ability) tried to teach him, but maybe her teaching style just didn’t really work with him or something, so he doesn’t progress far until he joins the group of main characters and the other two waterbenders help him out.
Would that work?
Another good thing to know for fan fic stuff and this question is that there are sub-elements that masters can manipulate with enough practice. Toph for example invented metal bending, which is really just a more refined form of earth bending. Before she did though, metal was considered unbendable, with her included, until she figured it out.
Yep, I learned about that! Thinking of having two metal-specializing earthbenders with major roles–one was part of the original crossover and one’s my own character.
Thank you for the rant actually, that was super helpful. Gonna do some wiki page reading and come back to you with what I think the basics of writing a story in this world would be, just in case you wanna add something important.
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AHAHAHA how did I know you were gonna do that?
Either you have a connection to supernatural powers, or I’m just very predictable
yeah just little things like that. Not too big of a deal to like not touch the fandom at all, but large enough that I can’t just ignore it. Fortunately, it seems like fanfics don’t have to delve too far into the nuances of it.
Fair enough, though I would say that such notes are very easily ignored and can even go completely unnoticed, and even when noticed, is up to interpretation.
ahhh okay. I feel like a lion-turtle giving a power is cool, but if I didn’t implement it right it’d seem like “oh this is just a copout to give this character an ability, a deus ex machina.” So I might go with this: my character in question, he would’ve been born with his waterbending, but it would’ve just been too weak for him to do much with it until he’s able to get a proper teacher. His mother (technically his adopted mother but she and him share the same ability) tried to teach him, but maybe her teaching style just didn’t really work with him or something, so he doesn’t progress far until he joins the group of main characters and the other two waterbenders help him out.
Would that work?
Yep, that would definitely work.
Yep, I learned about that! Thinking of having two metal-specializing earthbenders with major roles–one was part of the original crossover and one’s my own character.
Cool! So is this in any way parallel to the actual Avatar cannon, and in which case, at what period would it be? Metal specialization is only really a thing at all in the sequal series, though that’s only about a generation after the original.
Thank you for the rant actually, that was super helpful. Gonna do some wiki page reading and come back to you with what I think the basics of writing a story in this world would be, just in case you wanna add something important.
No problem, good luck with your exploration of this world!
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Either you have a connection to supernatural powers, or I’m just very predictable
Nah, you’re just that predictable. No offense, if our roles were reversed and you came to me with a Bad Batch or Team Fortress fanfic idea, I’d react pretty much the exact same way.
Cool! So is this in any way parallel to the actual Avatar canon, and in which case, at what period would it be? Metal specialization is only really a thing at all in the sequal series, though that’s only about a generation after the original.
The original crossover was posited as occurring 1-2 generations after Korra’s time, I believe, and I think I’m gonna stick with that for my own tale.
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Nah, you’re just that predictable. No offense, if our roles were reversed and you came to me with a Bad Batch or Team Fortress fanfic idea, I’d react pretty much the exact same way.
Lol, fair enough
The original crossover was posited as occurring 1-2 generations after Korra’s time, I believe, and I think I’m gonna stick with that for my own tale.
Gotcha, cool, so you’re entering the far more modern era of Avatar, at least in theory
He is perfect in Justice, yet He is perfect in Mercy, even when we fail Him. For this, He is good.
@thearcaneaxiom I guess. Also it’d fit the video game characters who are the main players in the crossover, who all come from games set on Earth in the time periods between 1960 and 2020. So they don’t have to change too much, but neither are they the same.
"When in doubt, eat cheese crackers."-me to my charries who don't even know about cheese crackers
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