Talk:Energybending/@comment-75.109.226.112-20120421180117

This is a clever way of keeping the story more interesting. The producers didn't make it clear either way if Amon was truly energybending. I don't believe he was. I believe it was a trick. Amon was lying about everything. Remember they said he was a mysterious character that no one seems to know who he is or where he came from? He was lying about everything. It was some kind of mind trick to make it seem like they couldn't bend anymore. I don't believe he was truly energy bending because 1) The Lion Turtle made it clear as to the qualifications of energybending. Your own spirit must be unbendable, or you will be corrupted, or destroyed. Does Amon seem like a pure spirit like Aang who can't be corrupted? No, absolutely not. You could make the argument that he's pure evil instead of pure good but if they're going to remain true to the real life martial arts they've based this off, one of the key things about martial arts is that it can't be used for evil, otherwise it fails. So again he would've been killed trying it. 2) The Lion turtle said it was used before the era of the avatar, but now he's the only living thing left from this era. So, Amon either had to learn it from Aang or the lion turtle. Obviously Aang wouldn't teach it to him, and the lion turtle would have known and told Amon it would've killed him just like he told Aang. 3) There was no glow. This is the biggest clue that it is a mind trick and not really energybending. His eyes didn't glow, and neither did the person he bended. So, it's not really energybending. It's a trick.