Discussion History Literature / TheMysteriousAffairAtStyles

I don\\\'t think its true that, \\\"Benders are often feared and hated by normal people because of their abilities.\\\" The Equalist movement (has that viewpoint, but it isn\\\'t clear whether they comprise the majority of nonbenders in Republic City, but even if they do, there\\\'s no indication that this is something common among nonbenders everywhere/is a longstanding social attitude (since it doesn\\\'t show up at all in the previous series, it probably isn\\\'t).

Basically, the Avatarverse is very different from the setting of XMen in which empowered individuals are a marginalized minority.