Talk:Amon/@comment-168.223.220.59-20120426023021/@comment-108.226.218.178-20120426025308

PRESUMED SPOILERS - We may or may not be right...

Here's the theory:

Amon is not blocking their bending, but blocking a chakra when he touches their forehead. The forehead is the location of Yintang chakra, asscociated calming the spirit. So, if you were to close that chakra on a person, you would effectively take their ability to remain calm away, thus taking away the concentration needed for bending. Essentially,''' it is the benders themselves that are blocking their own bending. '''The more frightened they become, the more blocked their bending is.

Amon is faking it.

Also note that he briefly touches the back of a bender's neck while blocking this chakra; that is where the Amon chakra is located.

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