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Korra (imtheavatar) wrote in thedisplaced,
@ 2018-02-16 19:07:00

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asami sato, korra, leo valdez, pidge gunderson

Something that I discovered today: Metalbending works on metals from other worlds, too. I guess as long as it's not platinum, it's fair game.

Also, one of the dwarves told me that I can have mithril made into clothing or something. I got four pretty decent sized pieces, so I'm wondering that I want to do with it now that I have it.

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	hackedthat 2018-02-17 12:23 am UTC (link)
	Well, I'm learning to work with mithril so I can build Keith a prosthetic arm with it. What is it about platinum that makes you unable to metalbend it? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nonbender 2018-02-17 07:00 am UTC (link)
	A prosthetic arm? That's a fascinating concept, although the fact that he needs a prosthetic arm is more awful than fascinating. Can I ask what you have in mind for the arm or is that a sensitive issue? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

hackedthat
2018-02-17 07:34 am UTC (link)

I'd prefer he didn't need it either. But it's too late for that, so thankfully I was already working on prosthetic arm technology for months, which puts me ahead of the curve on his.

We can definitely talk prosthetic technology. It's mostly rooted in Galra technology from my universe because it's what I know / have access to mainly. But I've been watching/reading about other universe's prosthetic technology in order to pull that in. And I've been discussing it here with the dwarves (particularly in regard to mithril). Anything that makes it specific to Keith's arm, I'll let Keith decide who gets to hear about that and not.

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	nonbender 2018-02-17 07:53 am UTC (link)
	If it's okay with him, I'd like to see what you've been working on. I'm an engineer back in my world, but most of the tech I worked with was strictly related to mobility and vehicles. And I'd really like to expand my horizons, basically. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

hackedthat
2018-02-17 07:59 am UTC (link)

You've got some time to ask him. I'm 100% focused on mithril and smithing while we're here. It's related to that goal, but all of that has been put on hold while we're here, so I can properly work with the mithril once we leave.

Fair warning he can be grumpy.

But even if he says no, I have other projects I'm working on. And you can see plenty of things. Rather than purely/immediately designing everything about his arm, I'm working on developing my own baseline for prosthetic technology, so it incorporates other kinds and excises the problematic elements in the Galra tech. Vehicles are pretty fantastic. And if you've done some science/engineering, it's entirely doable to expand your horizons. I'm still trying to get a handle on Olkari technology. More difficult for the fact we don't have anything for me to work with here. It's just from what I learned already.

There's really so much we can do here. :)

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	nonbender 2018-02-18 06:53 am UTC (link)
	In that case, I'd certainly like to see what else you've been working on. I've never heard of Galra or Olkari tech, though. Something from your world? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

hackedthat
2018-02-18 06:57 am UTC (link)

From my universe yes, from my world no. We've been out in the universe fighting for freedom and helping people. The Galra, it must be said, were quite advanced with prosthetics. They also harvested quintessence and used it to advance their space travel technology. However, their work with quintessence wasn't what I would consider ethical. So I'm not touching that.

I am planning on sharing my overall advances with prosthetics to whomever wants it though. It's meant to help people.

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	nonbender 2018-02-18 07:28 am UTC (link)
	You need not explain any further how unethical they were. My world has those kinds of people in it as well. Honestly, it's impressive that anyone has managed space travel. We hadn't gotten that far at all. Anything I bring to the table might seem primitive, but I plan on doing as much research in this universe as possible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

hackedthat
2018-02-18 08:15 am UTC (link)

We can't prevent that, only stop them.

It's science. The Castle of Lion also has magic according to Coran. But it's a lot of science. Earth had space travel, within our solar system, when I'm from. Even that is backward compared to what I've seen since. But science is science. We can learn well beyond what we knew, and we can do new things with it. As much as people don't like reinventing the wheel, it's fascinating to see the different paths to the same scientific stopping points.

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	nonbender 2018-02-18 01:36 pm UTC (link)
	You make a valid point. I'm Asami, by the way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hackedthat 2018-02-19 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Cheers. Always happy meeting other scientists. I'm Pidge. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	imtheavatar 2018-02-18 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Currently, I'm enjoying metalbending it into different shapes. It's fun. The metal's too refined. It's so purified, that there's not enough earth in it for me to work with. That's how metalbending works. Metal comes from the earth, so that's how I'm able to still bend it, but there's not enough for me to work with in platinum to make it bendable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

hackedthat
2018-02-18 07:19 pm UTC (link)

That sounds fun.

That’s a great extension of earth bending. Sounds like earth is more dirt and stone than metals then. Which I just us science for all of it. That’s how I bend. It’s also amazing how that means some people way back in my history weren’t wrong about the elements then. Just... in the wrong universe. I’m familiar with palladium as a chemical element of its own. And water is H2O. Fire is stuff burning in oxygen (often organic stuff, but you can have metal fires). And air has multiple components too. Awesome.

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	absorbs 2018-02-17 12:32 am UTC (link)
	What sorts of problems do ya got with platinum? (Reply to this) (Thread)

imtheavatar
2018-02-18 06:45 pm UTC (link)

For me, metalbending is an extension of earthbending. I'm able to focus on the bits of earth still in the metal to bend it.The problem with platinum is that it's so refined, that there's not enough earth in it for me to focus on, which makes it unbendable. It's not just a me problem, either. No earthbender who can metalbend is able to bend platinum, not even Toph, who was the earthbender that discovered metalbending, and probably one of the great earth benders of all time.

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	absorbs 2018-02-18 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	Are you able to bend with other elements though? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leo_valdez 2018-02-17 04:40 am UTC (link)
	Metal bending? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	imtheavatar 2018-02-18 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	It's an extension of my earthbending. I'm able to focus on the bits of earth in the metal to control and manipulate it, like I would in earthbending. (Reply to this) (Parent)