Talk:Amon/@comment-24.27.92.144-20120609211143

How did Amon resist Tarrlok's bloodbending?

In all, I think Ep. 9 points to Amon telling the truth about his origins and his power.

Only Waterbenders have the ability to resist bloodbending, and we saw how easily Aang was manipulted by Yakone in the flashbacks, despite being a top-tier Waterbender himself.

Bloodbending already is a rare ability that can only be practiced by master-level Waterbenders on the full moon. Both Katara and Hama were very proficient in their art, yet were held to limitations of the lunar cycle. The issue we have with Yakone & son isn't a power increase or level of mastery...Katara could probably kick Yakone's @ss easily. Yakone and Tarrlok's proficiency with the art seems to be directly genetic, seeing as how both father and son possess the ability. I think its a mental lunar affinity that causes their Waterbending abilities to always be at their peak. Also, Sokka classified Yakone's profiency with Bloodbending as a rare skill, like Combustion Man's Firebending.

Going back to Amon, we know that bending has a very spiritual aspect to it, especially Airbending, included with the genetic disposition for the ability itself. A body must be a certain way (proper genes) to house a semi-spiritual ability (bending). I theorize that the spirit that blessed Amon with his ability gave him resistance to all forms of bending. To house these abilities in a regular human body, this spirit may have transformed Amon's physical body into a more spiritual one, giving him the resistance to Bloodbending, Firebending (a seen in Ep. 6, Korra firebends his blimp, and all his goons are knocked back except him), extreme physical stamina and strength (maybe he used this to resist Tarrlok and dodge bending attacks), and the power to take away bending. We know Amon is human, as even though he was affected by the bloodbending, he resisted it.

The key to stopping Amon lies with stopping the spirit which he is allied with. And seeing as Korra is already getting more spiritual, I'd say she's on her way.