Talk:Energybending/@comment-121.216.137.227-20120111124933/@comment-71.252.138.143-20120125010728

Technically it wasn't. Like it says above, the writers thought it up beforehand. But in practice, it was utterly Deus Ex Machina because regardless of whether they thought it up beforehand they made no attempt to establish its existence before randomly have the Lion Turtle give it to him. It's especially ridiculous as they'd wasted an entire episode having Aang consult the past Avatars, most of whom told him to stop being selfish and kill Ozai.