Worthyness Wrote:

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I think Tarlock/yakone's water bending just evolved that way. They're ridiculously OP people, but without it, they're not much. Liek combustion man. His special bending was amazing, but he wasn't too good at the normal stuff (if that). Glad to see Katara is improving on the spirit department.

I also wanted Katara to pop out and pwn yakone, but I guess she was at home taking care of the kids. At least we know that the Avatar State pretty much trumps everything. I'm still sticking with my theory that Yakone = Amon. It would explain why he's resistant to bloodbending and how he knows about Energy Bending. And why he's such an evil persona.

Seeing the previews fro the finale, I suspect that when Korra is caught and about to be pwned by Amon, Aang will jump in to save her through the Avatar state much like how Aang could channel Roku. Looking forward to the next episodes!

Worthyness Wrote:

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I think Tarlock/yakone's water bending just evolved that way. They're ridiculously OP people, but without it, they're not much. Liek combustion man. His special bending was amazing, but he wasn't too good at the normal stuff (if that). Glad to see Katara is improving on the spirit department.

I also wanted Katara to pop out and pwn yakone, but I guess she was at home taking care of the kids. At least we know that the Avatar State pretty much trumps everything. I'm still sticking with my theory that Yakone = Amon. It would explain why he's resistant to bloodbending and how he knows about Energy Bending. And why he's such an evil persona.

Seeing the previews fro the finale, I suspect that when Korra is caught and about to be pwned by Amon, Aang will jump in to save her through the Avatar state much like how Aang could channel Roku. Looking forward to the next episodes!

SolicShooter Wrote:From what I remember from the episode where bloodbending was introduced, powerful waterbenders are able to ignore the effects of bloodbending, so I find it a bit annoying to see that noone, not even the avatar at first, has sufficient control over water to own those bloodbenders. They're also ridiciously overpowered, when they can control entire rooms of people at once. I wish the writers would've kept the skill in line with the other bending forms, but I guess water benders>everyone else (except amon). Was anyone else dissapointed Korra didn't air bend herself in the air to prevent getting electrocuted? For me, that was the perfect moment to show some progress in airbending considering the situation she was in.

Razmos Wrote:I found this video here:
http://www.icrazyfrog.com/the-legend-of-korra-season-1-episode-9-out-of-the-past
The first video doesn't work, you need the second one, just above the links at the bottom.

About the episode:
Lin for president. that is all.
And seriously, Tarloc asked the right question. WHAT is Amon? It's clear that Tarlocs bloodbending affected him slightly, but he just shrugged it off, even better than Aang could.

SolicShooter Wrote:From what I remember from the episode where bloodbending was introduced, powerful waterbenders are able to ignore the effects of bloodbending, so I find it a bit annoying to see that noone, not even the avatar at first, has sufficient control over water to own those bloodbenders. They're also ridiciously overpowered, when they can control entire rooms of people at once. I wish the writers would've kept the skill in line with the other bending forms, but I guess water benders>everyone else (except amon). Was anyone else dissapointed Korra didn't air bend herself in the air to prevent getting electrocuted? For me, that was the perfect moment to show some progress in airbending considering the situation she was in.

Baklava Wrote:

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Also noticed they're showing that Aang's and Amon's ability to take away bending is different from each other. Aang's requires a lot more concentration and only his thumbs are placed on someone's forehead and chest. Amon's method just involves his index and middle finger and a quick tap to the forehead.

I'm convinced that he's not using Energy/Spirit Bending at all, but instead using his own specialized technique.
Amon could be able to blood bend the brain and paralyzing whatever controls bending, but it requires Amon to be a bender...which is unlikely and I would be disappointed if he is.

Dredragon Wrote:There's going to be more after that, right? D:

RandomZodiac Wrote:Seemed like he was blood bending korra and Mako in that last scene

Worthyness Wrote:

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Energy Bending is still bening, so he's a bender either way? o_o

Berzerk Wrote:Am I the only one that's incredibly angry that the entirety of the Korra series is basically 6 episodes longer than one season of the original series? It really burns me that they have this wonderful world and amazing characters that they choose to do nothing with. 26 episodes is not enough.

Worthyness Wrote:Chi blocking would have the same effect too I think.