Talk:Amon/@comment-75.109.226.112-20120422001756

Until the producers confirm it or something, I will not believe that Amon is an energybender. I think it seemed pretty clear they were intentionally leaving it ambiguous today as to whether or not he truly was energybending. There is no confirmation either way.

Oh, and as for people saying that only the avatar can energybend, that is not the case at all. The lion turtle can energybend. The lion turtles were likely the first lifeforms on Earth and the original energybenders, like the dragons being the first firebenders. Also, the lion turtle said that in the era before the Avatar, we bent not the elements, but the energy within ourselves, so obviously humans could energybend before. But, like the airbenders, they eventually died out. So it is entirely possible for another human besides the avatar to energybend, but there are qualifications for this, as the lion turtle explained. Your own spirit must be unbendable, otherwise it will kill you