Talk:Energybending/@comment-134.124.93.97-20120624233153

It makes sense that bloodbending could take away someone's bending. If bending requires a flow of chi, then bloodbending might be able to severe that flow. Just like when Aang was hindered by his chakra being destroyed, maybe bloodbending works in a similar way. Because Katara could not fix this means nothing. It could be that Amon snapped the connection, like someone breaking the power cord on your desktop. If that's the case, then Katara would not be able to mend the connection, and Korra would not be able to channel her chi to perform certain bending techniques. It might be that energybending was necessary to mend this flow. However, bloodbending could also switch around the circuits in the body that allow for chi flow to move uninhibited. Because Katara couldn't fix this problem could indicate just how good Amon's skills as a waterbender were. But the big deal is that bloodbending involves severing or disrupting the flow of chi in the body.

The show hasn't shown that other elements couldn't do this; afterall, all bending forms involve focusing chi. But, it could be that waterbending is the most direct way and easiest way for common benders to disrupt chi. It takes an incredibly gifted being to bend on the level of Yukone, Tarlok, or Amon, and be able to develop new techniques from loosely established ones (like bloodbending). Not surprisingly, it was only Amon who could find a way to disrupt chi flow. Furthermore, it's important to remember that bending techniques are still evolving. Remember, it was Iroh in ATLA that first learned to bend lightning, and in TLOK this was commonplace. Therefore, we might see higher level bending in future seasons of TLOK, and who knows what crazy techniques from any element will come up. It could be that other elements, because of their basic tenets, are harder to evolve to the point of chi disruption and may take years of gifted benders to develop this.