For those of us that didn't/can't watch it on TV, does anyone have a link to the preview of episode 4 that was shown at the end of today's episode?
What many other LoK fans have theorized, is that it's actually an advanced form of Chi-Blocking. If it were Energy-Bending, there'd be all the cosmic-spirit-light pouring from both of them like Aang and Ozai. What it appears that Amon is doing is blocking the Light Chackra (which is blocked by Illusion), after applying pressure to pressure-points on Bender' bodies, which would give the illusion that the victim has lost their bending. The placement of their hands is also different. Aang placed his hands on Ozai's forehead and chest, in a proper manner, whereas Amon "nonchalantly" presses onto the victims forehead after blocking their chi-paths.If Amon was Energybending (or whatever it's called), then that would mean that he is a Bender, now, shouldn't it? And shouldn't that mean that he should be prosecuted by his own revolution?
wouldn't tenzin suspect that his brother is running around in a mask trying to bring down the city his father built? And why would Aang's child try and destroy his father's dream? Are Aang's other children benders? It does say Tenzin is the only air master iirc but his brother could still be water benders or air benders that have yet to master all of the 36 moves to reach master.gonna take a guess and say that amons story was made up and that he is actually one of aangs other children, hence the energy bending
Kya, Aang and Katara's only daughter and the oldest sibling, is a Waterbender, and Bumi, the First Son and middle sibling, is a Non-Bender.Are Aang's other children benders?
where is that image from? Also as if the middle child doesn't have enough problems he has can't even bend
Energybending - A Comparison
While the Lionturtle and Aang use the same technique, Amon seems to be using another method.
When Aang takes away Ozai’s bending, and when the Lionturtle teaches Aang energybending, they both thouch TWO points on the body, the yin tang and the ru zhong point aka the Ajna chakra and the Anahata chakra.
When Amon ‘takes away’ LBZ’s bending, he only touches ONE point, the yin tang.
Now what could that mean?
I think Amon is faking it. That he is making people believe that he is taking away their bending, when what he is actually doing is blocking a chakra.
Here is why:
Amon touches the yin tang point aka the Ajna chakra:
Yintang Acupuncture Point
Location: Midway between the medial ends of the eyebrows Actions& Effects:
Calms the spirit - insomnia, anxiety, stress.
Frontal headache.
Sinus issues - congestion, sinusitis.
When Uncle is teaching Zuko about lightning, he talks about bending needing a certain amount of inner calm. So, if you were to close that chakra and lock all the anxiety inside someone, making them incapable of being calm, that would effectively take someone’s bending away.
Quite clever actually, since the more terrified they are/become the more permanent this block will be. And Amon is sure laying it on thick.
There could be a new source. It's like how Zuko's original firebending came from his rage. The original source was the dragons. Most firebenders learned to fuel their bending from rage though; some even became quite good at it. But the original source is still the most powerful and pure, as seen when Zuko's bending is enhanced after learning from the dragons. Maybe if Zuko has mastered lightning bending, he'll teach the original way to Mako now. After all they, they confirmed he's still alive.Well here's the other thing though, even in TLA lightning was extremely uncommon across all prior generations for the last who knows how many years; now all of a sudden, it's "belittled" from a once-exalted mastery status down to simple use in a factory plant. So again, I mean they have to have discovered an alternate method of generation or something, as I just find it hard to believe the "traditional" formation of it can be so common given the rigorous requirements and potentially deadly nature of using it.
To address this, Sifu Kisu (the martial arts instructor and consultant for A:TLA and Korra) answered a similar question on his tumblr:Also, what's with all the fire benders using lightning all of a sudden? That was the other wtf moment to me, lightning generation is supposed to be exceedingly rare, I thought Ozai, Iroh, and Azula were the only benders capable of it in TLA at that time, yet here it seems to be pretty common 70 years later; did they discover some other way of being able to generate it besides the given explanation or something? As I can't see all of them having the whole absence of emotion thing going on mentally.
So yes, it's more the time lapse that caused the sudden technological leap in advanced bending. In any case...It’s the future my friend, you gotta deal with it;)
you can find your answers here Shinryuhttp://www.nick.com/games/legend-of-korra-welcome-to-republic-city.html
if you play through this information game to the 'central station' part there is some surprising details about zuko to be unveiled...:)
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pokemon black and white plotline anyone?Just calling that Amon is definitely a bender. I'm just kind of sensing that he has some kind of deeper scheme than what he's shown so far I guess...
I suspect that even if Amon is the real deal it would be impossible to take away the Avatar's bending (permanently, at least).Yeah I think he is faking it, what confirmed it for me was how he just let Korra go to spread the news of his "amazing energy bending." If he really had it, there would be nothing better than taking away her bending to solidify his bending.
Im kinda liking this Amon guy though, he reminds me of a 1920s progressive (which is adorable), the 20s about the era this world is in.