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| - The reason there are non-benders at all is because each bending culture only practices their native element. Non-water benders born into the water tribe, for example, are actually earth, air, or fire benders. They'll just never open their mind to what they're capable of.
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* Jossed. It has been stated that what element a person bends is based on the Nation of their birth. For example, someone born into the Earth Kingdom can only be an Earthbender. Weather or not a person is a bender depends on how spiritual that individual is by nature. This can be seen quite plainly with Sokka and Katara. Katara, who is a Waterbender, is considerably more spiritual then Sokka, readily believing in things like reincarnation and fortune-telling. Sokka, a none-bender, has trouble accepting things as basic as karma.
* It was also stated that Sokka had some waterbending potential. Perhaps some non-benders aren't truly non-benders, but just people that let their personalities or beliefs get in the way of developing their bending potential.
* Very often non-benders have traits of other nations. For example Jet has traits of the fire nation and the Earth Kingdom. Suki has traits of the Earth Kingdom and the Water Tribe. Ty Lee has traits of the Earth Kingdom, the Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation.
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