Talk:Amon/@comment-69.236.85.198-20120422041111/@comment-67.167.14.135-20120422055318

Amon is energy bending; that is definitely clear; energy bending happened in the era before the avatar; a lion turtle was able to teach Aang to do it. Anyone in the avatar series could do it if they were taught it, bender or non-bender. Only thing was, no one knew of it for quite sometime until Aang was taught it by the Lion turtle; and remember, the Lion turtle was not a bender of any element, and it was common practice before the era of the avatar.

I doubt his story of a spirit giving him the ability to do it is true; I'm sure its made up just for him to be the only one with it and it also bolsters his authority and leadership. It is so funny because he doesn't identify any of the "spirits" by name. He calls it "a power" he was endowed with; but what is obvious is this: this is not a power anyone in the series has to be "endowed" with. The Lion Turtle didn't endow or give Aang the power to energybend, he simply taught him the method. Somehow Amon learned it; who he learned it from is a mystery; it would have to be someone who was close to Aang I'm sure. What is hilarious is that Aang's son, Tenzin, believes that only the Avatar could do such a thing; how is it Aang's son is completely unaware that a Lion Turtle taught his father to energy bend? That is beyond me.