Talk:Amon/@comment-101.98.128.168-20120424025549/@comment-65.6.124.114-20120424041730

They're also kinda young and new to the whole "Oh shit, I'm fighting for my life!!" thing. Lieutenant has probably been fighting against people aggressively for most of his life while Bolin and Mako have really only fought for money and not to kill. Korra's been sheltered, so it's not like she's encountered stuff like that, either, but she had the element of surprise whereas Mako was just concerned with getting his little brother out of there ASAP.

Plus Bolin and Mako had both been zapped by who-knows how much voltage with X amount of amps. Even something as low as 2000 volts at 5 milliamps is enough to knock you down, but I'm sure Lieutenant is packing more than that. (For those of you who don't know and who think 2000V will kill you, it won't at low amperage. Amperage is what makes you hold on and take those volts. Static electricity is 20,000 volts at about 5 milliamps for 1/1000th of a second or so. 120 volts at 13 amps kills regularly. Just fyi!)

So, essentially, yes they sucked, but I think it was a rather realistic (as realistic as a cartoon gets) suckage. Kids who find themselves in a sudden life-or-death situation with a whole congregation of pissed off and "oppressed" adults will make mistakes, especially if they've never been in that situation before.