2012-06-12, 07:53 PM
Polantaris Wrote:As we know nothing really about Amon, there could be a million and a half reasons to explain his resistance to Bloodbending. Half Mechanical? Mostly Spirit? Bloodbender himself? We just don't know enough about him to explain that course of events.
Combustion Man certainly had unique Firebending, but he wasn't able to take out over a hundred people at once...or in a small amount of time...or at all (from what we saw, at least). Plus, his abilities were new, not a concept already given to us and then wildly thrown out of control to create a far too powerful enemy. Bloodbending isn't a new concept. When it was, it was limited, and shown to not be as powerful as it suddenly is. Combustion Man's abilities were introduced how they were, and even then they were nothing more than focused Firebending. It's kind of like Combustion Man was a Firebending Bumi, able to use his face as a Bending form. "Hey you know everything we told you about Bloodbending? It suddenly doesn't apply anymore because we need an evil SOB."
Undiscovered Knowledge doesn't break "established bending rules" because never at one point did they say that the Four Bending Arts were the only Bending Arts. Hell, it was essentially a lost Art, as explained by the Lion Turtle, "In the times before the Avatar..." How many books, games, shows, movies, etc. have added some "lost power" at the near end of the story? It's no different here.
Hell, what are we arguing about again?
Seriously. Are we arguing how this bloodbending is overpowered and stupid, or that it breaks rules? The former is probably done discussion on this point; it rests on how the hell Amon resisted bloodbending. If the average joe can learn how to resist it, then it won't be OP, but if it turns out Amon was a waterbender or something, then essentially you won the argument.
The "breaking rules" part though extremely irks me, because never I have heard anything like that. There's no rulebook dictating how the 4 bending arts should be. Maybe Hama was a weak idiot; she didn't realize you could bloodblend outside of the full moon. Katara never attempted it because, well, she hates it. In reality, isn't bloodbending the same exact thing as metalbending? I'd argue that metalbending is even harder, as blood contains almost 50% water, while metals contain only specks. Maybe Tarlok and his dad were genetically/spiritually/whatever predispositioned towards bloodbending.
I enjoy this argument. Wish more arguments were like this.