Talk:Amon/@comment-173.74.225.209-20120507012343

So one's bending is fueled by his or her chi, which was described in the original series as one's life energy. Therefore to take one's bending away is to take away their chi, which is to say their life energy. So every time Amon takes away a bender's ability to bend, maybe he takes some of their life too. I'm sure Amon's taken quite a few people's bending away by now, so i think it's safe to say he's added quite a few years to his life. I'm not sure, but maybe this could provide an explanation for all the theories that say that amon is someone from Team Avatar's past in the original series.