Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-4872792-20120225043207/@comment-4888161-20120301085643

Good analyses. But it couldn't be a normal waterbender. Even a very powerful one would likely have to do something special or meet some special requirements instead of the full moon. Even then it still might be limited if it is even possible.

However, I wonder if part of that might not involve the Chakra gates technique that Aang learned to control the Avatar State with. I'm sure I read somewhere that this technique could be used for other things and even help non benders. And if a waterbender could acquire special circumstances in their chi flow, it's the only way they could learn to do it without the moon that I could see. This is because the humans in the Avatar world (even non benders) have a natural Chi Flow, and it likely interferes with a benders ability to manipulate the body like that except under special circumstances. So it makes sense that they would have to make their chi that much stronger. Since the full moon already does that, it would explain why waterbenders could do that on a full moon.

However, there is also the chance that the full moon fills some sort of spiritual requirement that can't be replaced. Since Yue is now the moon, if an Avatar were to talk to her about it I'm sure they could find out more about the relation of the moon and waterbending besides just increased power. It would probably be easier than talking to the old fish version of the moon spirit.