something i love about atla is passive/involuntary bending. i love the way aang moves with the use of subtle airbending, like how he never pushes himself up with his hands, he’s lifted into a standing position, and he always falls slower and more gracefully than other characters. also when benders unconciously affect their environment like katara in the first ep waving her hands around and causing waves, and then that one scene where zuko is meditating in front of some candles and then iroh tells him that they dont know where the avatar is and zuko goes “WHAT?!” and all the candleflames shoot real high…. good shit
not even to mention toph’s whole thing is “””seeing””” with her bending! probably the most involved/impressive use of passive bending
