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Waterbending Ability- Ice Drill

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HydroMan said:
If they can change water into another molecural state, it doesn't mean they can control temperature directly. Ever seen the waterbending boiling, heating or cooling water, other than just freezing&vapourising it? I don't think so.
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Yes, several times, actually. How do you think Katara cooks their meals when they're travelling? She is shown several times changing the temperature of water, never with a fire under the pot.

And for those who question the ability of a waterbender to drill through the ground, It is shown, particularly in the episode "The drill" that waterbenders can use water to cut through steel. I'm pretty sure a drill made of solid ice and held together through the waterbender's bending and willpower can drill through the ground. Obviously, though, i wouldn't be opposed to a time limit, and certainly the drill dissipates and melts if the waterbender loses concentration (if they let go of shift).
 
Venusaur0817 said:
Yes, several times, actually. How do you think Katara cooks their meals when they're travelling? She is shown several times changing the temperature of water, never with a fire under the pot.

And for those who question the ability of a waterbender to drill through the ground, It is shown, particularly in the episode "The drill" that waterbenders can use water to cut through steel. I'm pretty sure a drill made of solid ice and held together through the waterbender's bending and willpower can drill through the ground. Obviously, though, i wouldn't be opposed to a time limit, and certainly the drill dissipates and melts if the waterbender loses concentration (if they let go of shift).
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HydroMan said:
Do you have proof? Picture, gif/video?
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Sorry, horrible quality and audio.

But from the video, you can see that Katara had a fire, she never heated the water by herself..
http://ytcropper.com/cropped/YY56574e184340a
 
FearlessPie121 said:
Sorry, horrible quality and audio.

But from the video, you can see that Katara had a fire, she never heated the water by herself..
http://ytcropper.com/cropped/YY56574e184340a
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not the only scene of her cooking, and I certainly recall her cooking without a fire at times. regardless, I fail to see how a waterbender would be unable to control the temperature of water, certainly if they are a skilled bender. After all, Airbenders can control the temperature of the air around them:
(around 6:50). Tenzin claims in that episode that airbenders can warm themselves with airbending.
 
Venusaur0817 said:
not the only scene of her cooking, and I certainly recall her cooking without a fire at times. regardless, I fail to see how a waterbender would be unable to control the temperature of water, certainly if they are a skilled bender. After all, Airbenders can control the temperature of the air around them:
(around 6:50). Tenzin claims in that episode that airbenders can warm themselves with airbending.
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uhh no... It was a fictional airbender statement. Think about it, at winter, your breath emits smoke (white stuff) in the air even when your breath isn't warm. Now, the airbenders claim it was cold but Tenzin never emitted any type of smoke from breathing.
 
Venusaur0817 said:
not the only scene of her cooking, and I certainly recall her cooking without a fire at times. regardless, I fail to see how a waterbender would be unable to control the temperature of water, certainly if they are a skilled bender. After all, Airbenders can control the temperature of the air around them:
(around 6:50). Tenzin claims in that episode that airbenders can warm themselves with airbending.
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Air =/= Water

Waterbenders were never able to heat water. Despite misconception, they don't change the temperature of water. They can, however, change the state of water, to another state. A good example of this was when Katara created frost/ice around Jet to trap him, and the small layer of ice came from the air. An example of changing the "water" in air into ice. (This does not mean that waterbenders can bend water from the air, or at least enough to make a difference. In order to create water out of thin air, it would require millions of water molecules, which I doubt even an avatar in avatar state would be able to do.)
 
This is technically canon because, they do use waterbending to make a drill, BUT, its not ice, its water, this would be a nice idea to have
 
Chickendiamonds said:
This is technically canon because, they do use waterbending to make a drill, BUT, its not ice, its water, this would be a nice idea to have
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It's canon, but realistically, have you ever seen water make a tunnel underground. Erosion, maybe but it takes years. How would water make a tunnel, I think it makes a mud puddle instead.
 
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