Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-50.53.109.37-20120609210903/@comment-5182852-20120610034412

Persoanlly, I found the explanation to be satisfying. Sokka's speech was very insightful as to how Yakone could have done it. When Hama discovered bloodbending, it was all new. That was the reason that she could do it under a full moon. The full moon gives waterbenders an extra edge and thus it was easier for Hama to do it under a full moon. Of course since no one else knew about the technique, Hama only did it at the time that she knew it would work. Of course once the existence of such a technique came to the public's knowledge, there were those waterbendiers that probably tried to push it as far as they could.

Sokka's analogy to Toph is probably the best idea as to how Yakone did it. Toph pushed herself in the art of Earthbending and as a result, discovered something new. While benders like Yakone and Tarrlok did not discover bloodbending, they did perfect the art and as a result perfected it. If you compare the bloodbending done in ATLA and in Legend of Korra, the bending done in the latter is much more sophisticated and elaborate: the result of hard work and years of practice.