Talk:Energybending/@comment-87.69.12.127-20120515131809

It makes very little sense for Amon to be anything but an Energybender, for the simple reason that all the other theories - advanced chi-blocking, bloodbending, whatever - are based on the assumption that the removal is temporary. The moment Lightning Bolt Zolt or Tahno got their powers back, the Equalists would immediately collapse, since Amon's rhetoric is based on the idea of PERMANENTLY changing the world.

And from a thematic/narrative point of view, Amon being an Energybender creates a dark parallel to Aang, the only other person who had that power. In fact, this would link directly back to the events of the ATLA finale, since it's the same power being used in a different and much more terrifying way. You don't get that connection if it's just a form of chi-blocking or whatnot.