Legend of Korra Season 2: Discussion thread. Spoilers ahead.

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Mr Khan said:

F0X said:

blackmagicwolf said:
Yeah the Lion Turtles were one of my big beefs in this. We heard from multiple people in TLA say that bending was learned from the animals of the world (moles for Earthbenders, dragons for Firebenders) and yet here the Lion Turtles gave everyone bending. What's up with that?

I'm sure that after the lion turtles left, humans had to learn bending from other sources. And even when the lion turtles gaves humans bending, there didn't seem to be any mastery, which was also likely learned from the animals. These episodes show Wan learning the Dragon Dance, as an example.

That's the conclusion others have reached as well. The power of bending came from the Lion Turtles, while the technique came from animals and the Moon. This makes sense anyway since bending is not teachable, you're either born with the capacity or you're not, and the capacity to do so had to come from somewhere.

Unalaq had better have a more complex motive than "I'm under Vaatu's influence and want to destroy the world!" That's all i have to say.

I need it to be more complex because the alternative is electronics being thrown at the wall and I can't afford that.  I don't remain all that hopeful though, Unalaq is from the North I believe and I think thats the portal Vaatu used.  Please let it be a coincidence.