Talk:Energybending/@comment-5065006-20120502012926

I must say, I am very impressed with Amon. An awesome villain!! Now, MY CRACKHEAD THEORY: Amon's parents were killed by firebenders, and he later grew to hate benders. He learned about chi blocking from the Kyoshi warriors, or someone who knew about chi blocking. He thought that benders should be exterminated because of what a firebender did to his family. He tried to chi block for the first time against a firebenders, or the one who killed his parents, and got his face burned. From then on, he made it his life mission to get rid of benders.

I am bit disappointed by the Chi-Blockers in the show. I would have expected people with as much skill as Ty Lee. You clearly tell that they dont have as much skill as Ty Lee, because she was able to completely Paralyze her opponents, while the chi blockers have shown no such skill. Sure they can block chi, but not Paralyze. Ty lee could also completely block Chi with just one hit. In the first time we see Ty Lee fight, in the episode where the Gaang returns to Omashu, you can clearly see Ty Lee hit just ONE part of Kataras arm, and that arm would no longer be able to bend. (Ty Lee had hit a spot right in front of Kataras shoulder on both arms that completely blocked her chi in both arms) Chi blockers have to throw a couple of punches to block someones chi, while Ty Lee just delivered a quick, but strong poke with her fingers. Ty Lee also had much more knowledge of the body because she attacked from all over, while the chi blockers are only seen to attack the sides of the body. Bit, I guess it's OK (: The show would be more suspenseful if the chi blockers were a bunch of people just like Ty Lee. ^^