Talk:Iron Man VS Lex Luthor/@comment-24281142-20150416000410/@comment-2255534-20150416011404

Ok, well here's my counter-arguments (This will only make sense to people who read the linked article):

claim 1: As I said, there's nothing to suggest that she can't handle the attacks that get thrown at her. Gaara's getting a better view by flying is a nice advantage, but exactly a major one since there's only one enemy he has to have his eye on anyway.

claim 2: This is one that Ben himself said. Whether it's living sand or normal sand, it's still sand. As long as something has the basic components of earth in it, that object can be earth bent. This is why metal bending is possible since most metals still have trace amounts of unrefined earth. It's not like the living sand is made out of water like people are.

Buddy also argues that Toph doesn't have the raw power to counter the sand. That's mostly true. She most likely can't block a huge tidal wave of sand. And in the fight, she didn't. But she does still have the power to stop anything else. Her being able to stop Wan Shi Tong library from being dragged into the spirit world (which is based off of the Taj Mahal btw) is proof.

Claim 3: Easiest one. the fight right after Gaara got the gold dust, he used it to win, and it was a life-saving situation. There was no reason for Gaara not to upgrade his sand when he could. Even if it wasn't part of the sand, the sand itself is still earth, like my previous argument brought up.

Claim 4: Every fight I've seen where he takes a hit, Gaara is shown to have the armor there to protect him, even when he doesn't take many hits. Since there's no moment to show him putting it on during the fight, he most likely has it on the majority of the time, which is made much MUCH more obvious when he does take a hit, since it shows the armor on him for the rest of the fight.

Whew. That was longer then expected. Not gonna comment anymore since everything else in the article is about the animation, which isn't important here.