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Drawn for 's Zutara Week.-THURSDAY-
"Manipulative"
The first thing I thought of, when I saw the prompt, was Katara's bloodbending abilities. I went to Dictionary.com, as is my wont when a prompt is stumping me, and found:
ma·nip·u·late /məˈnipyəˌleɪt/
–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
1. to manage or influence skillfully, esp. in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
2. to handle, manage, or use, esp. with skill, in some process of treatment or performance: to manipulate a large tractor.
3. to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's purpose or advantage.
4. Medicine/Medical. to examine or treat by skillful use of the hands, as in palpation, reduction of dislocations...
This picture contains at least a smudge of each of the above. I hope this never happens in the show...but, if it does, at least there will be someone on hand capable of doing something about it.
(Incidentally, this is one of the few pictures in my gallery drawn digitally from start to finish. Thanks to Wikipedia for the text on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapeutic hypothermia in that mishmash up there.)
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I'm a little lost...I know what bloodbending is....is this a rape? Is she forcing blood into a specific area? If so, that's pretty damn hot but I have a feeling that's not entirely what you're going for
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You know, I haven't poked through my comments in years, and this is a pretty terrible old drawing, but I saw this and wanted to take a minute to clarify what's going on here, since I'd hate to be construed as having drawn a rape. She's supposed to be using bloodbending to force his heart to beat, to keep him alive...presumably after a lightning strike or other sudden trauma. If I were to draw this over again, I'd change a lot of things about it to make that clearer.
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Darn Zutara! It's so adictive, and yet,. . . I love it!
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Whoa. o.o This looks very dark and epic (and intriguing. xD). I love the colouring and the text in the background.
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Thanks! The text is a bit hard to read and there are some anatomy snafus, but I was satisfied with the overall feel.
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this is sortotf like in my avatardream of INSANITY!
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i'd tell you about it, but a detailed account of it is in my most recent journal already, i dont want to tell it twice.
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Wow that's lovely. I like the angsty attitude of the whole picture. I think bloodbending can be used for all sorts of good things, but Katara hasn't realized that because Hama was so damn evil. Xd
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Yeah, it could be a valuable addition to her healing repertoire. What if Hope had been born breech? With her bloodbending, now, Katara could turn the baby...
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Or if some one's heart had stoped she could have used bloodbending to push blood through it and get it pumping.
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Or to force the muscle to contract itself, thus serving the same purpose as a defibrillator without the damage done by an electrical charge.
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Sorry I didn't reply on AIM --I just woke up :o
Neat background. And you're awesome at popes and proportions. Wow 
I'm opting for the medical part most, I am.
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*grins* On a second look, I'm not sure I made the text legible enough to explain what's going on. She's supposed to be forcing his heart to beat, to keep him alive...presumably after a lightning strike or other sudden trauma.
(I've wondered since way back if bloodbending could be used for positive purposes like cardiopulmonary resuscitation. XD)
Glad you like it!
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