Dive Deep into Creativity: Discover, Share, Inspire
a simple three-step guide by hama of the southern water tribe
1. start 'em young
s3 katara is a baddie and already a master in her own right. she knows enough to get by WITHOUT having you as a teacher, which is why she was super cool w just Not Bloodbending and then throwing you in jail
s1 katara, on the other hand, took 2 months to learn to wiggle some water and was willing to risk it all stealing a waterbending study guide from literal pirates. homegirl is desperate to learn and is a lot less likely to pass you up when she's been entirely self-taught up to this point and has no other options
2. decelerate the curriculum
don't go from soup-bending to blood in like two days. yes, the full moon is only once a month. still, it is ENTIRELY possible to hold out on making muppets out of men for another four weeks. establishing a good, trustworthy rapport is more important. your student has gotta believe in you as a teacher 100% for you to go all in
3. for the love of La, DON't start with people
self-explanatory. even yakone, one of the baddest bloodbenders out there, started his crazy talented spawn on the local wildlife. people eat animals and it's a delicacy, people eating people is cannibalism and also illegal. bloodbending animals is similarly more digestible