Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-5227089-20120624054606/@comment-5227089-20120626012743

But the brain idea is very un-Avatar. It's too grounded in real world science. Avatar is all about spiritual stuff. Bending is known to be a spiritual, chi-related thing. I think Korra kept her airbending because her spirit hadn't made the connection with it yet. Or the connection was so weak that Amon couldn't detect it to sever it. With Korra desperately trying to bend and with no connection to the other bending arts, all of that bending energy was redirected to airbending and she was finally able to do it.

I don't think it's a brain thing, I think it's a spirit thing.