I DIDNT FORGET ABOUT THIS AU

Me:

How well would he manage as himself? Would he suddenly be considered a water bender? A fire bender? A new form of energy bending? A spirit bender? There’s so much possibility here!

I’m also a huge huge fan of overpowered Danny so perhaps he starts out that way with his typical powers but as people he encounters learn his starting style he begins to change as a result of learning bending styles of fighting, too!

This isn’t even mentioning if others have powers and show up!

Imagine Sam being a new type of earth bender primarily controlling plantlife!

Tucker with electricity- maybe even sand? -as his sole bending ablility!

If Jazz doesn’t just have weapons or the same as Danny then maybe she discovers her talent for blood bending! That sounds like a dream for badass angsty Jazz lovers!

Oh I love atla! Yes let's do element bendings for the spouses!

Simon: Earth bender. Simon is very grounded person or at least tries to keep himself that way. He can be stubborn to a fault as shown with the dual he got into with Anthony but with enough shaking to his foundation he has shown he can change. I also would like to think he would get his earth bending from his mother and the Hastings line was orginally fire benders to add onto Simon's daddy issues.

Kate: Might be cliche but Kate comes off as a fire bender to me. With how passionate Kate is it reminds me a little bit of Zuko. And let's be honest Kate's temper might be a factor too, at times it's what's driving the plot forward in the book. But fire is also the element of energy which describes Kate and her constant drive to what she says she's gonna do.

Sophie: Water bender. Water is known the element of change, it is also associated as one of the elements of emotional wisdom. Sophie has been through it in her life but she has always been able to go with the changes she's been dealt with in her life. She may not always like those changes but she's able to keep her head above up and stick to her morals as she goes through these changes. Plus the healing aspect of water could come in handy with her story when Benedict gets sick.

Penelope: Air bender. I was orginally gonna say water bending for Penelope but then I thought about it some more and air fits her so much better. Air is the only element that can't be seen when it's bended, we can feel it with our other senses, but it is an invisible bending. (we as the audience saw it but that was because the animators made it visible to us.) Penelope would probably feel a connection with her element due to both of them being invisible to others. Air is also associated with not only freedom but also wisdom/intelligence and curiosity traits commonly associated with Penelope too. Plus we've seen what tricksters the air nomads could be, an air nomad would 100% come up with the idea of Lady Whistledown and use their air bending to hear all the good gossip.

Phillip: Earth or water, or possibly fire bender. I can honestly see him being any of these three. Phillip can be a rather grounding or maybe static is the word I'm looking for. But he also does have this secret passionate side to him we see peak out from time to time. Earth would be the obvious choice for him, but I can also see water working especially if we take the approach of the swamp benders who water bend the water in the plants. I can see Phillip doing that for his botany research. Fire I think would be ironic but can see working especially if it's connected to his father and Phillip has to learn to accept that part of himself as a bender.

Michael: Fire. I can see an argument for Michael being water too, and I want to say he got his bending from Helen's side. John was an earth bender and the Earls of Kilmartin were typically earth benders. Michael is one of the few who is not which adds to his imposter syndrome. A part of me wants to say fire just because I think it would be interesting to play with especially with his time in the military. It would also be interesting to play with since Michael has malaria with spiking fevers and fire benders could potentially tend to run warmer in body heat. Plus it has to be cold up on the family estate, he's gonna need that fire to keep Francesca warm at night.

Gareth: This one is hard. All I know for a fact is that it came from Grandma Danbury's side. I could be lazy and say water because backstory wise Gareth is the male version of Sophie some people so desperately want. Earth maybe? I can see Gareth being either water or earth. I kinda do want to lean towards water because water is a purifying element. So I could lean into the purifying aspect for Gareth and when I say that I mean lean into the part of the story of Gareth becoming more honest and upfront with Hyacinth.

Lucy: Air bender. So part of the reason I chose this is because Lucy reminds me of a caged bird. She's the bird wanting her freedom but her uncle has her trapped in a cage demanding her to follow his orders. Lucy wishes to be free and spread her wings. She wants to soar up in the clouds, which eventually does come true.

For the Bridgertons I'm gonna rapid fire them off vibes and let's just pretend for funnies that Violet had two different elements in her DNA and Edmund had the other two so I don't have pick and stay with two elements. That or we can be lazy and say they're all non benders.

Anthony: Earth

Benedict: Air

Colin: FIre

Daphne: Water

Eloise: Fire

Francesca: Earth

Gregory: Water

maybe he's upset at first. angry at the world- at himself, at his mother- for not letting her live long enough to show it off. maybe he's angry that he's a fire bender instead of all the extravagant stories he regaled his mother with on her sickbed. of becoming a better waterbender than anyone else in the village and healing her good as new.

so maybe he's upset. but once the grief has passed he finds practical uses for it; starting fires, heating the bath, drying his clothes- all kinds of things. and just. thinking about the journey of him learning to love his bending over the years living on his own. overhearing one of the villagers mention his dad having been a firebender too and having mixed feelings before deciding on pride.

- bending in the pokemon world! and yes I copied the chinese (?) on the waterbending scroll. I barely know the language.

-I hc the entire volo/cogita line as being professional shit stirrers, yes I imagine cogita back in the day seeking knowledge with malicious intent. like how did she know all that without a goal in mind, suspicious.

-anyone can learn bending but pokemon have to be the one to teach you so only really the wardens and a few others are competent benders like Zisu

- Azeru tends to use her bending more for recreation ie dancing as that's how Lady Lilligant taught her. Melli just focuses on redirecting Lord Electrodes lightning, this means he's far better at lighning bending than fire bending.

- While any pokemon can teach bending the average one has difficulty communicating the ideas in a human friendly way. also some just don't want to teach that sort of thing ie Legendaires

- In this au there's more types of bending to fit the amount of pokemon types however most only really specialise in one and its super rare for anyone to be proficient just because it takes so long to learn how each pokemon communicates using only its body language and then applying it to yourself would be insanely difficult.

- Also a single pokemon only knows so many moves so to be proficient in one type of bending would be so hard.

- Legendaries become more sought out because of their unique moves they can teach, uh oh. (spacial rend, etc.)

Thought Vi would be an Earthbender because it related to her fighting style and personality.Shes strong, peristant and enduring etc. Based this drawing of Korra because they're practically the same person but a different font lmao.

the first in an old series of unfinished fan art pieces - waterbender!Lance mid-fight in the pro-bending tournament!!