Talk:Amon/@comment-4963341-20120610215915/@comment-4963341-20120610220856

And where was that actually stated? In the previous series, the lion turtle specifically said "Before the Avatar, we bent NOT the elements, but the energy within ourselves". That sounds pretty much like bending the four elements is not required. If the writers themselves said so, I certainly haven't heard of it, but in show there has been no indication that bending the four elements is a requirement for energy bending.