Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-5197746-20120712020031/@comment-5197746-20120715063358

It's not confirmed that someone in that courtroom that Yakone bloodbended wasn't a waterbender, Aang was, wasn't he? A master at that. Mako resisted Amon because Amon was temporarily distracted by the Lieutenant, and Amon resisted Tarrlok because he was a bloodbender himself. Katara resisted Hama because she is a VERY powerful and skilled waterbender, who was much stronger than an old woman. Aang resisted Yakone because he was in the Avatar State, and I really believe that Korra is pretty strong too, and had surprised Amon a little when she first airbended, catching him off guard. So really besides Mako and maybe Korra, everyone else who resisted bloodbending had enhanced powers, (Aang and the Avatar State) was a bloodbender themself, (Amon) or was just a master waterbender overall. (Aang, Katara, Korra, Amon). That's still pretty superior to the others. Bloodbending is not like the other advanced subskills, obviously. Controlling a person's every move and forcing your will over theirs is different from generating lightning or controlling metal or healing wounds or freezing ice. Any old bloodbender can just toss you aside, just like that. That just doesn't seem like true mastery to me.