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nickelodeon only wanted 1 season with 12 episodes so they had to force the story getting to a nice close, thats why they rushed a lot of moments. after S1 nick wanted 1 more season of korra so they now have to make a whole new story with korra, so S2 will have the same feeling. after S2 nick wanted 2 more seasons so they had to make another season therefore the last 2 seasons are alot better story wise and the moments.
Not sure why you didn’t get it. Amon took away all the bending Korra had at the time, Fire, earth and water. But she didn’t have air bending yet so he couldn’t take it away. She then developed it the moment she needed it most. He could have taken that away too now that she had it, but he couldn’t get close enough. Super easy and obvious to understand, right? (None of that is spoilers, it’s just super obvious in the episode.)
Pudge says “I love you is pretty strong” then shoots a side-eye look at Spartan like he’s never said it to her. Spartan, tell her you love her, you big galoot!
Its not that he couldnt take away her airbending, Korra hadnt yet "unlocked" her airbending when he took away the other elements. Thats why she can airbend.
@@darkstar3116thats not the reason why . Its when hebwas about to take makos bending away her love Thats how out of panick Just like aamg learned earth bending
@@darkstar3116 I always figured she had it in her, but couldn't let go of who she thought she was. Until it was taken from her, at which point she had nothing else to rely on and had to find it
@@julio1148 I cant believe everyones replies. She couldnt airbend BECAUSE it was her polar opposite, and she wasnt that spirtual. Aang even clearly says the fact that she hit her lowest point, is what opened her mind to change. How does no one understand that? Ya'll out here reaching lmao
He uses blood bending to block people's chi points as it's what people use to channel their bending abilities just like the chakra network in Naruto. It is similar to what tai lie does but more permanent
Were we told that in this season? No, something as big as taking someone's bending away had zero explanation other than 'because it's blood-bending'. It was used to create fake tension because now we know Korra could've just entered the avatar state and have Aang fix everything for her.
@@ChangDaBang Amon had absolutely mastered bloodbending to a level he can bend with just his brain. He used bloodbending with knowledge of anatomy and chi-blocking. Katara was greatest healer and bloodbender but she never trained bloodbending. She used it only twice in her life because it was against her morals and made it later illegal. That's why she couldn't restore the bending.
Exactly. They both knew they were going to continue their revolution elsewhere - that's why Amon carried all the equalist weapons with him. They were forever going to be the the tools of their father's revenge. Yakone REALLY messed us those brothers.
Yes, Pudgey was right!! Amon sensed the movement of his brother going for the hand!! For someone who is that proficient in blood bending and yet still did not stop his brother! Amon coming in terms with life and deciding to go out!!
First reactor to say out loud that Amon passively sees the presence and actions of people around him with bloodbending, just like Toph sees with earthbending.
@@-jg9pi I agree, it was him being emotional, finally removing his mask both literally and figuratively. But you can't deny, it was a good catch that he senses people, as shown with him knowing where Korra was without looking. Perhaps not totally passive as I said, but with focus and on the hunt he can feel people.
@@jlinkous05 I agree with you but I think there's a big difference between feeling people and sensing every small movement of the body down to the raising of a hand and knowing that it's the movement required to wear a glove
Just so you know, the writers confirmed Korra was debating to commit suicide and have the avatar cycle start again. Thats why Aang said "When you hit your lowest point, you are open to the greatest change"
Retreating immediately was the right call. Only a fraction of his supporters saw him waterbending and the others may not believe the "fake news". His sudden disappearance could've made him a martyr.
Maybe the darkest end to a kid's show I've ever seen. First a murder-suicide, and then a physically and emotionally shattered Korra looking over a cliff. I always got the impression that she was thinking of jumping. At least it ends on a happy note.
I kinda liked the murder-suicide thing. They both knew they were going to continue their revolution elsewhere - that's why Amon carried all the equalist weapons with him. They were forever going to be the the tools of their father's revenge - even if they didn't intend to at first. That's really sad. Yakone REALLY messed us those brothers.
@@Numquamnonparatus320 Yeah, pretty sure she was. Don't know if she thought as far as just allowing another avatar to be born, but I always felt that she contemplated jumping. Even Aang, talking about "when we reach our lowest point" tend to go in that way.
@@kaialone Well, somebody in another comment said the writers actually confirmed that it was what Korra was thinking, so I guess there you are, but even without that, it doesn't take too much reading between the line to get the underlying message, as noted...
They did air this episode on Nickelodeon. They really did died in that scene. Some people speculate that Amon knew exactly what was going on because he is such a gifted bloodblender, he felt his brothers movements and that is why he shed a tear at the end. He was at peace with dying in his final moments.
I always liked interpreting it not as amon sensing what his brother was doing but rather-the line tarlock says right before Amons tear was that ‘it will be just like the good ol days’ and that makes Amon reflect for a second about their ‘good ol’ days’ which were really a nightmare just like what their future was going to be if they had lived. That’s not the best description of how Im thinking about it but I’m in a hurry rn
I watched Avatar with my daughter and loved it. When she started watching Korra, I wasn't sold. The season 1 finale is what really got me hooked. This show has such strong characters and this is a show that does women power right. Can't wait to watch y'all's reactions to coming seasons.
Amon did sense what his brother was going to do yet he didn't stop him because he realized Tarrlok wanted to die and so felt guilty for how he ended up that's why he cried
As he should! Imagine taking away your own brother’s bending and then asking him to live the rest of his life acting like nothing happened knowing you still have yours…
@@amahlgrant You don't know whether he sensed her presence or heard her loud ass sigh or just noticed her. Also sensing someones presence is VERY different from noticing everything down to the raising of a hand. His bloodbending is not some seismic sense type of shit even if he sensed Korra.
@@-jg9pi I don't think you understand that fundamentally to bend something you can't see while it is not the same as sensing it's presence, it is similar. Whether he sensed her via bloodbending or not you can't deny that him bending something he can't see is still impressive and does imply that he can sense her via bloodbending to some degree as he wouldn't realistically be able to bend her out of her hiding place without bending the blood in her body that he had to have sensed in the first place to bend.
“But you called me here” has to be one of the greatest quotes within the franchise and speaks volumes given the context of the situation. I was waiting for this episode, Finallyyyyyy
Korra was thinking of killing herself on the cliff before Aang showed up. Thought it would be best to just start the avatar cycle over again since she only had her airbending.
Because Korra hadn't unlocked her air bending yet Amon wasn't able to sever the connection to it. It unlocked when she was unable to call on the other elements to save Mako.
Well for one they cut their budget and their episodes in half, they went from 20ish episodes in ATLA to 12 episodes this season for LOK. And they kept messing with things during the following seasons.
The showrunners confirmed that Korra was thinking of taking her own life near the cliff :( She hit her lowest point and thus was open to the greatest change.
They never said that, you can show me your source or link. I've watched all videos of the creators and their comments and they never said that. That's just a theory, a really poor theory.
If you ever feel like the finale was a bit rushed (she got mako, she got her bending back, she connected with her spiritual self, she got the avatar state etc) and it's all a 'happy ending' its indeed bc it was originally planned to be one season
Bloodbending would be a physical block while what Aang did was a spiritual thing. Amon couldn't block her airbending because that connection wasn't yet there to be blocked To understand both her unlocking of air bending and accessing the avatar state you gotta go back to that conversation Aang had with the Guru about what blocks each chakra In the teardrop scene Korra was gonna jump off of that cliff so a new and complete avatar could be born. Being the avatar is the biggest honor in the world for her and she was always Avatar first and herself second. Being willing to relinquish her life so that a new avatar could be born was her earthly attachment (which for Aang was Katara), so that's when she finally get to contact her past lives and enter the Avatar state.
Something to keep in mind for Korra as opposed to ATLA. Nickelodeon pulled a lot of BS in terms of Korra that rushed its development and messed up storylines. Originally, the creators were told that season 1 would be it for Korra. But then they saw how well it did and green lit a second season (then there was more interference from the studio from then on). In short, Nickelodeon (the studio) gave a lot more love to ATLA than to Korra and it shows when you compare the 2 shows. It’s unfortunate because Korra could’ve been a great show on ATLAs level but studio interference really sunk its potential. But with that said, the Korra creators did the best with what they had.
honestly when you look at all the messed up stuff they did it's actually amazing it came out as well as it did. People may not love it as much as ATLA but it's still a decent show. There are more mixed opinions about it but I enjoyed a lot of the show.
Just a bit of a Avatar: The Last Airbender reminder: one of the biggest advantages of the Avatar is the connection to the previous Avatars. Not just access to their wisdom and counsel (like Roku with Aang or even Aang sending flashback images to Korra) but also knowledge, which would include certain techniques. In this case, Korra is at her lowest state - the girl who even as a toddler had the power of 3 elements, was always strong and proud and coddled and a prodigy, the freakin' Avatar, now having lost connection to those same 3 elements with not even the legend Katara able to heal her, a cripple who in her mind lost to Amon by losing the biggest piece of her identity by not even being a "half-baked Avatar" now. She inadvertently finally opens herself up to reaching out spiritually, now that the pride and self-assurance that held her back was completely gone, and she finally connects to her past lives fully...and specifically what Aang learned from the Lion Turtle. Aang is now fully a part of Korra now, along with the other Avatars. So his knowledge of energybending is now with her when she taps into his knowledge - which is that little flash of the Avatar State, her connecting to the full Avatar spirit.
“It’ll be just like the good old days” The delivery of that line makes you realize that there really weren’t any “good old days”. Their childhood was completely overshadowed by the abuse their father put them through, that molded them into deeply damaged adult men. How can they go back to the past, before all of that? Might not be possible. It’s a very cynical ending, and terribly dark, but I liked it.
Remember in atla about chi? Tye Lee was able to block it using pressure points, same principle but with blood and it was more of a block in each of those points using blood bending here. I mean think about it he had an army of chi blockers and that's exactly what he did himself. So the airbending kora was blocking herself because it's her hardest element to come over, you have to be spiritual and chilled for airbending since most of them were monks and nomads. That clearly wasn't kora 😂 So in her struggle she blocked it so it couldn't get blocked by Armon because she already had. She unlocked it when she needed it the most.
Such a sad ending with both villains. Noatok is able to sense Tarrlok's movements with his bloodbending and does nothing to stop him. After having lost everything to the Avatar, only then does he think of starting anew with his brother. Tarrlok can never trust him (especially if his bending never comes back), and in that moment Noatak realizes he truly has lost it all.
The tear drop wasn’t exactly the way she called him. They focused on that shot (of the tear falling) to imply she was having suicidal thoughts. Throughout most of this season Korra had been a hot headed, overconfident , careless avatar that didn’t embrace the traits that bring out spiritual connection (the ones that Aang did in fact have) humility, discipline, patience. When she lost her bending of the 3 out of the 4 elements she felt like she had lost all that she was and as a result was “humbled”. It seems like the trauma almost helped her get the avatar state exactly because of how immense it was. It pushed her to understand what really matters, the responsibility of being the avatar and taught her humility. It’s a very common theme with this show, how we learn to use trauma to improve ourselves and become stronger.
Thing is....your power-levels dropping should not be traumatizing. Her power levels did not even matter in this season. Most fights she lost were political. The fact that for her, her entire being hinges on her power level, including her self-worth, ability to love and function, is bizarre, especially considering she's lived a sheltered life for 17 years. Somebody like that wouldn't feel the weight of responsibility yet like Aang did having to face the powered-up firelord at age 12. It comes across to me like Korra just expected to be the best bender of all time, and since she isn't anymore, she decides to be depressed. Then, when the power flows back in and she's the best again, everything's peachy-keen. She didn't grow or deal with any problems. Notice how she was only happy again when her powers were restored?
I'm not certain if anyone else has commented on this, but Avatar: Legend of Korra (LOK) started off with no guarantee of any other seasons. It was just going to be season 1. The original creators didn't want to add any filler episodes, and so they opted for tightening everything into a single season, more of as an ending to the original series, to basically show things that Avatar the Last Airbender (ATLA) didn't. Their design of the original series made it so they got 24 episodes, which was finally increased to 48 due to work effort, enthusiasm and a succinct, more streamlined story. So the discussion about how it would've been a good ending if it was only one season, was spot on. Because it was meant to be a one-season show.
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Korra’s airbending wasn’t removed coz at the time Korra couldn’t airbend so technically there was nothing to be removed. Only fire, earth, and water were removed from Korra.
“Omg it’s Yakone himself” 😂😂😂 gotta admit, pudgey’s severe anticipation and ideas for plot twists is wild. Like you might need to seek help for it plz 😂😂😂
@Spartan Amon used blood bending to lock chi points and lock out benders accessing their bending, Kora only unlocked air bending after he took her other bending away, thus she can still air bend.
If you remember in ATLA finale the lion turtle granted Aang the Energy Bending ability, that's how Aang was able to take bending away. So Aang basically became the first Energy Bending Avatar. Is also why Aang could restore Korra's bending.
Amon was basically doing a suped up version of blocking a bender's chi. He couldn't block Korra's airbending because she hadn't opened that pathway yet
This is such a great season finale, on of the best for both Korra and Avatar. Amon is debatble the best villain of the universe. korra's character development were great. Love the Ang momment. Great reaction.
17:41 "I actually like when he gets away because we get to see more" Honestly wished we got two seasons of Amon. He is one of the best villains in the Avatar + Legend of Korra world.
Tone? You guys do realize that Jet was mercy killed in Avatar right? They just weren't allowed to show it. The fact that Korra has darker aspects is because the production team knew they only had one season and were pretty much like, 'Fuck it. Let's do it. What can they do cancel us?" And then of course they kept getting renewed.
Now you see why I've always said that so many of Korra's problems were the result of Nickelodeon's background fuckery. From the show almost never happening just because Korra is a girl to the budgetary constraints in some parts of the final season, and even some limitations on the show's ending scenes, it's a miracle that the show came out at all. It just took so much cajoling to even make most of this happen. I'll never not blame them for any faults this show had, particular writing decisions throughout aside.
I see it as a more intense internal chi block. Since she didn't know air bending at the time he couldn't block the connection. It was only after that Korra made the connection to the bending through the emotional situation. That is how I see it.
Korra feels she has completely failed everyone - the entire world. Her bending, being the Avatar, it was everything to her - so much it prevented her from spirituality. At the end, she is really at her lowest point, sitting at the edge of that cliff. I cry EVERY TIME.
I always felt that since she could use most of the elements at such a young age her arrogance is what kept her from learning air bending but when she lost it her desire to save someone she loved helped unlock that spiritual side
I completely agree if they had a bit more episodes to flesh stuff out it would be even better. Like ATLA have like 20 episodes. There is a lot with the mature themes in Korra, but the two suicide moments with Korra and Tarrlok are so powerful in their own rights. I like all the seasons of Korra, cant wait to see your next reaction!
Aman is an example of the difference between The Last Airbender and the often weakness of Korra as a series. Korra deals with far more adult themes than TLA, where the main villain is literally just an evil fire guy bent on world domination. Korra villains are far more complex and have understandable, often political motivations, for what they are doing. The weakness, as you see with Aman, is that the series isn't really equipped to engage these villains on the complex subjects they bring up. Korra's usual solution is to just beat them up physically and stop them. With Aman, I think most would agree that non-benders do face a certain level of inequality, nearly every leader in government is a bender. However, it's never addressed after he is beaten how to solve that issue. It's as if beating Aman somehow defeated all inequality in the city. And that is one of the main weaknesses with the series, complex villains that the series has trouble resolving their issues outside of physical combat. Tarlok kills Aman and himself at the end because the series really can't accommodate for Aman sticking around without addressing the inequality issue.
Agreed. It's what makes the series so infinitely frustrating for me. They seem to *want* to deal with more complex social and political issues, but then they always cop out at the last minute and simplify everything down to a stupid punch-em-up. I find it weirdly infuriating, in a way that a plain old-fashioned simplistic punchy-punchy tale would not be. It also leads to some *really* unfortunate political implications, and I'm never quite sure how intentional some of those are, which just leaves me with an ugh-y feeling overall.
I recently read that they had originally planned to show Tenzin and the kids rescuing Pema and the baby in the "prison break", but it was cut from the script early on, likely due to budget and/or episode length constraints.
My personnal explanation for how Amon can "take the bending away" from people with bloodbending, is that he does the same thing a chi blocker does, but instead of hiting you from outside, he uses your blood to hit your chi or chakra points from the inside, either doing permanent damage, or literally blocking the chi flow, like Aang was blocked from the avatar state during book 3. I find it the most satisfatory explanation, and then Aang comes in clutch to use energy bending like he learned before, to reestablish the energy flow, allowing the person to bend again. This can also explain why Korra couldn't airbend before, she had a chakra blocked or something like that preventing her to do it, just like Aang had several traumas and troubles blocking his chakraa when he first met Guru Pathik. So I think whatever Amon did to block her energy flow, it inadvertedly unblocked her airbending. It's still a hard "plot armor" moment to explain, but I like to interpret it as Amon going like "let's flip all those switches off", but the "air switch" was already off, so he flipped it on instead. 😂 lol
I always explained it to myself that amon never knew how to take away airbending. Maybe every bending style is different to block and amon had to practice with the other 3 as well and doesnt know the chi points yet to block for air.
few of my observations: - Amon does another level of chi blocking. Like tai lee and the chi blockers do by ambushing the pressure points of the body, he does so w bloodbending. -Amon did notice tarrlok's hand - Korra was about to let the avatar cycle continue and off herself. - Amon could not take korra's airbending, because she never learned it before that first punch.
I would recommend thinking about the Guru episode with chakras and the body. Ty Lee's Chiblocking is also something that hints at the mechanics of bending. The Avatar's bending or way of connecting to the elements is no different than the other benders, there's only profound awareness due to reincarnation and the Avatar Spirit. The body channels energy from the universe and extends that into the element by way of the limbs and moving parts. When Ty Lee shuts down bending, she hits a pressure point in a way that creates a knot in the muscle. People can't even move their limbs in most cases, but Katara could barely move water even with her retained movement (Return to Omashu). This implies the paths between or out of the chakras is blocked. Bloodbending completely manipulates veins and muscles in the body by way of water/blood (The Puppetmaster). You can imagine the damage this can do. It's like blocking the paths between the pools in that cave in The Guru...completely. It's permanent without extensive repair.
It's been a while since I watched Korra, but I do believe Amon's ability to remove bending from people was explained. At least, it was very clear to me that it was because he could bloodbend, that he blocks the channels that people use within their bodies to activate their bending powers (chi blocking). I could be wrong that it was explained but idk, to me it was always clear at the very least. It's also why Korra could undo it
There isn't a clear explanation as to how exactly did Amon's blood-bending could take bending away; however, the most reasonable and agreed theory is the following: Chi blockers such as Ty Lee in ATLA could numb a person's body and block their ability to bend by hitting pressure points. The logic goes like this, if external damage to the pressure points can block the flow of chi preventing bending temporarily, it stands to logic that a lot more can be done INTERNALLY. In other words, Amon used his mastery over blood-bending to internally block the flow of chi and since he did it from the inside he made sure to make this block physically permanent. This would also explain why everyone who got their bending taken away by Amon went numb, weak, and frail over their bodies, because he's internally blocking many pressure points at once. The exact reason why Korra was able to retain air-bending, but the other three were locked would be a spoiler right now; however, what I can say right now is that Korra was blocked spiritually by fear and expectations, she was afraid of losing her bending, but when it finally happened and she saw Mako in danger about to suffer the same fate she was liberated of said fear. Air is the element of freedom, right at the moment expectations didn't matter, and she had already lost what she valued most in her, she was ready to air-bend. At the very end, what restored all her bending was her connection to Aang the the Avatar's past life. Just like the Lion-Turtle said "before we bended the elements, we bended the energy within ourselves." It was thanks to the energy of the Avatar's past lives that her chi flow was restored, and she can do the same with the Avatar state for everyone else. These are the most sound explanations in my opinion.
From the way I understand it, amon took peoples bending away by placing his thumb on the forehead (thought chakra) so he uses blood bending to sever the connection to the chi paths.
Book 1 was written as the entire series; it was pitched and picked up as a 12 episode mini-series. Book 2 wasn't greenlit until what became known as Book 1 was in post-production.
She learned airbending after loosing the other 3. That is why she could bend after. Noatak cried. Beacuse he can feel because of his bloodbending all the movements. So he knew and he let it happen.
You have to keep in mind that every season of The Legend of Korra was written to be a stand alone. The creators didn't know if the series was going to be renewed for another season, so they kinda wrapped things up every season finale just in case, and that's why we get the "romantic conclusion" so early, among some other fast-paced stuff.
I just… Korra is such an amazing show. When I see her at the end of the season… 😔 This series truly captures so much and I think it really honours everything that made ATLA a perfect show, and gives us slightly older characters to help viewers learn more at a different stage of their own lives. Our two Avatars guide us from 11 years old to late teens and early 20s ❤🔥
Idk if anyone explained it to you guys since you watched this, but Amon used bloodbending to block chi flow by clotting the blood in different areas of the body. And the reason why he didn't take air from her was because she didn't have it and he blocked the other 3. As explained in Atla by the guru each element has its own pathway of chi.
Combustion bending wasnt explained either. Bending is an art not a science. Don’t expect complex breakdowns like in anime lol. If u want a fan answer, from what we infer, the blood bending was used to damage their chakra points. Basically used blood bending to chi block or rather chi lock. Only reason he was able to do it is because he was a master of blood bending and a master of chi blocking. Just like Uncle Iroh making lightning reduction, he made that technique as a solution to combat other benders, take them out but not kill them.
Actually Amon takes benders power by disrupting their chi with bloodbending. Chi blocking can temporarily inhibit a bender from using their bending, but disrupting the chi takes the power. That why, he blended his blood bending technic with chi blocking in order to take away bendings.
29:54 I thought that by using bloodbending he blocked the chakra points inside the body so you couldnt built up the chakra to bend. Thats why korra could use airbending because at that moment when her powers were taken away she didnt had developed the chakra points for air bending. She only developed them afterwards.
Spartan's critique is legit on how this season was rapped up like this and so quick, but Korra still has 3 seasons of a journey to go! And luv to watch them with you two because you both have super nice and sensible reactions to this show, plus the editted is awesome too!! Can't wait to see some reactions to some epic episodes and moments in this show! Greets from the Netherlands. Would luv to hear what your two horoscope elements are, mine is air and i like that element the best tbh! 😸
Noatok's proficiency with Bloodbending and his words about starting over followed immediately by a tear will always mean to me that he knew it was a fool's dream and that Tarrlok was doing what had to be done. That tear in my opinion is Noatok accepting that the only way to be free of their father is for them to die. While it is technically a murder suicide, it definitely feels more like a double suicide.
Amon and Tarlock killed themselves because both of them knew that their blood line needed to end. The both knew that their blood bending was too powerful
Amon and Tarrlok left together to start a new life, but they both also realized that after the things they did. There was never going to be a chance for it "to be like the good old days." They both realized they had gone too far with their actions, and had still become what Yakone had always wanted. And were willing to, in Tarrlok's own previous words: "Put an end to this sad story."
Air bending is directly connected with the spiritual power hence her previous past and the avatar state. That's why aang could appear AND she got the avatar state
So in regards to her airbending. I think that basically she did lose all of her bending abilities at the time that Amon did that to her. When he was about to take Mako's bending, her airbending finally unlocked out of desperation. Also in regards to Amon ending people's bending. I think he uses bloodbending to permanently block people's chis. Similar to chiblocking, but instead of physically hitting the pressure points, he "hits" them with bloodpending to permanently block them.
I'm not sure if it there was any explanation by creators why Korra couldn't airbend but i have my own theory. When Azula shot Aang with the lightning she blocked his chakras and that's why he couldn't enter avatar state again till his fight with Ozai when rock hit that spot. What if it had bigger consequences than just that? What if it blocked airbending for the next avatar because she shot the airbender avatar (Aang)? So what if Amon accidentally unblocked her airbending when he was blocking other 3 elements? I think someone already wrote this and you probably already know this but i'll write it still. Amon used bloodbending with some knowledge of anatomy. Chi-blockers needs to hit some certain parts to block your bending for some time. He probably used bloodbending to permanently block those spots of chi and that's how he could take away bending. That's why i think while he was blocking other elements he accidentally unblocked airbending.
Amon was a con man. His entire plan was dependent on the trust of the people that he had built upon a lie. With the lie exposed, the con was over. The situation was unsalvageable, and he was smart enough to realize that. He'd lost all of his power. It wasn't a quick change of heart; it was the immediate acceptance of the fact that he'd lost, and his only option was to cut and run. The only thing he had left was his brother, for whom he once cared very much for.
Since they don’t really explain it, I think that, similar to how a water bender can read someone’s chi, Amon used his knowledge of chi blocking and blood bending to permanently block their chi. I think Pudgy is right; he didn’t take the bending, just prevented access.
I knew I would see some tears from you both, Korra is a highly emotional show, prepare yourself for more. I already seen this book one finale many times and the ending with Aang connecting with Korra again, restoring her full bending and then Korra doing the Avatar state for the first time, ALWAYS gets me in the feels, no matter how many times I seen it. I was getting misty eyed with you watching you watch this.
So with amons blood blending there’s a theory it has similarities to healing. Healers can sense the chi in people when healing them. With bloodbending Amon is severing the Chi pathways essentially taking away peoples bending. A regular Chi Blocker can temporarily block bending
I suspect that Amon is essentially doing a permanent chi block on the benders. this prevents them from bending and is a logical ability to exist as chi blocking is already an established ability.
My theory on how bloodbending takes away your bending is that he somehow manages to cut off the blood to the part of the brain that's responsible for bending or something along those lines
The reason bloodbending can take bending away is actually not that complicated. Some waterbenders are able to heal, right? He's basically just doing the reverse of healing. He's using waterbending to cause damage to the chakra system of his enemies.
The story is flawed. If a blooddender can take away one's bender, only another blood bender should be capable to reverse it, Avatar or not. Aang and Korra were not bloodbenders, so they shouldn't be able to reverse what Amon did.
@@azulablue6988 "only another blood bender should be capable to reverse it" says who? You're not saying you know the lore of Avatar better than the very creators of the show do. Surely you're not.
Yeah, Amon knew what tarlok was doing due to his blood bending and he was crying because he knew what was going to happen, he knew his brother was going to kill him and his last words about the good old days were a lie. He knew there was no going back to the good old days after everything him and tarlok had done. He simply accepted his fate.
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nickelodeon only wanted 1 season with 12 episodes so they had to force the story getting to a nice close, thats why they rushed a lot of moments.
after S1 nick wanted 1 more season of korra so they now have to make a whole new story with korra, so S2 will have the same feeling. after S2 nick wanted 2 more seasons so they had to make another season therefore the last 2 seasons are alot better story wise and the moments.
Not sure why you didn’t get it. Amon took away all the bending Korra had at the time, Fire, earth and water. But she didn’t have air bending yet so he couldn’t take it away. She then developed it the moment she needed it most. He could have taken that away too now that she had it, but he couldn’t get close enough. Super easy and obvious to understand, right? (None of that is spoilers, it’s just super obvious in the episode.)
Pudge says “I love you is pretty strong” then shoots a side-eye look at Spartan like he’s never said it to her. Spartan, tell her you love her, you big galoot!
Make sure watch season 2 3 and 4 MOSTLY season 2
Season 2 is so bad.
Its not that he couldnt take away her airbending, Korra hadnt yet "unlocked" her airbending when he took away the other elements. Thats why she can airbend.
I think it more so implies that her not being able to air bend was due to some biological issue rather than skill
@@darkstar3116thats not the reason why .
Its when hebwas about to take makos bending away her love
Thats how out of panick
Just like aamg learned earth bending
@@Moesieagreed.
@@darkstar3116 I always figured she had it in her, but couldn't let go of who she thought she was. Until it was taken from her, at which point she had nothing else to rely on and had to find it
@@julio1148 I cant believe everyones replies. She couldnt airbend BECAUSE it was her polar opposite, and she wasnt that spirtual. Aang even clearly says the fact that she hit her lowest point, is what opened her mind to change. How does no one understand that? Ya'll out here reaching lmao
Aang normally: happy, carefree
Aang in the avatar state: super angry face
Korra normally: hot-headed, brash
Korra in the avatar state: super calm face
That’s actually true 😂
Nice observation!
Though not in the S3 finale though.. she was mad there🤭
male avatars are more angry in avatar state vs the female avtars if u notice even kyoshi face was calm before she split the whole land
Korra and Aang are complete opposites by design. Including physical vs spiritual, bending, etc
@@x97k8that's actually true😂
He uses blood bending to block people's chi points as it's what people use to channel their bending abilities just like the chakra network in Naruto. It is similar to what tai lie does but more permanent
This always made me wonder; would another bloodbender, given some time to research, unblock the chi points and restore the bending?
@@jatoarkanen4435
Katara was the world's best healer and also a bloodbender
She couldn't heal it
So the damage was permanent until aang came in clutch
@@ChangDaBangyou need a blood bender who is also a chi blocker. Amon is both. Katara not. Thats the reason sehr couldnt heal her.
Were we told that in this season? No, something as big as taking someone's bending away had zero explanation other than 'because it's blood-bending'. It was used to create fake tension because now we know Korra could've just entered the avatar state and have Aang fix everything for her.
@@ChangDaBang Amon had absolutely mastered bloodbending to a level he can bend with just his brain. He used bloodbending with knowledge of anatomy and chi-blocking. Katara was greatest healer and bloodbender but she never trained bloodbending. She used it only twice in her life because it was against her morals and made it later illegal. That's why she couldn't restore the bending.
"Put an end to this sad story". Amon and Tarrlok's final moment remains one of Avatarverse's most poignant scenes.
Exactly. They both knew they were going to continue their revolution elsewhere - that's why Amon carried all the equalist weapons with him. They were forever going to be the the tools of their father's revenge.
Yakone REALLY messed us those brothers.
Yes, Pudgey was right!! Amon sensed the movement of his brother going for the hand!! For someone who is that proficient in blood bending and yet still did not stop his brother! Amon coming in terms with life and deciding to go out!!
First reactor to say out loud that Amon passively sees the presence and actions of people around him with bloodbending, just like Toph sees with earthbending.
I was impressed. First reactor to notice it lol. Its amon come on he knew 😂.
He was just emotional stop interpreting things as facts that aren't canon
@@-jg9pi I agree, it was him being emotional, finally removing his mask both literally and figuratively. But you can't deny, it was a good catch that he senses people, as shown with him knowing where Korra was without looking. Perhaps not totally passive as I said, but with focus and on the hunt he can feel people.
@@jlinkous05 I agree with you but I think there's a big difference between feeling people and sensing every small movement of the body down to the raising of a hand and knowing that it's the movement required to wear a glove
Just so you know, the writers confirmed Korra was debating to commit suicide and have the avatar cycle start again. Thats why Aang said "When you hit your lowest point, you are open to the greatest change"
I'm just going to say it, she should have.
@@entirediswow, a much better lesson from kids cartoon amirite?
Source? I’ve never heard this
@@cutiepie-st9llshe’ll just reincarnate lol.
@@entiredisyou’re so right, when things get hard give up!
Retreating immediately was the right call. Only a fraction of his supporters saw him waterbending and the others may not believe the "fake news". His sudden disappearance could've made him a martyr.
Finally someone realized that idea lol
Maybe the darkest end to a kid's show I've ever seen. First a murder-suicide, and then a physically and emotionally shattered Korra looking over a cliff. I always got the impression that she was thinking of jumping. At least it ends on a happy note.
She WAS thinking of jumping for a new Avatar to be born without a severed connection to the elements
I kinda liked the murder-suicide thing. They both knew they were going to continue their revolution elsewhere - that's why Amon carried all the equalist weapons with him. They were forever going to be the the tools of their father's revenge - even if they didn't intend to at first. That's really sad.
Yakone REALLY messed us those brothers.
@@Numquamnonparatus320 Yeah, pretty sure she was. Don't know if she thought as far as just allowing another avatar to be born, but I always felt that she contemplated jumping. Even Aang, talking about "when we reach our lowest point" tend to go in that way.
source?
Edit: my bad, I somehow slipped into this thread, I meant to comment on the person claiming this was confirmed
@@kaialone Well, somebody in another comment said the writers actually confirmed that it was what Korra was thinking, so I guess there you are, but even without that, it doesn't take too much reading between the line to get the underlying message, as noted...
They did air this episode on Nickelodeon. They really did died in that scene. Some people speculate that Amon knew exactly what was going on because he is such a gifted bloodblender, he felt his brothers movements and that is why he shed a tear at the end. He was at peace with dying in his final moments.
I always liked interpreting it not as amon sensing what his brother was doing but rather-the line tarlock says right before Amons tear was that ‘it will be just like the good ol days’ and that makes Amon reflect for a second about their ‘good ol’ days’ which were really a nightmare just like what their future was going to be if they had lived. That’s not the best description of how Im thinking about it but I’m in a hurry rn
I watched Avatar with my daughter and loved it. When she started watching Korra, I wasn't sold. The season 1 finale is what really got me hooked. This show has such strong characters and this is a show that does women power right. Can't wait to watch y'all's reactions to coming seasons.
Amon did sense what his brother was going to do yet he didn't stop him because he realized Tarrlok wanted to die and so felt guilty for how he ended up that's why he cried
As he should! Imagine taking away your own brother’s bending and then asking him to live the rest of his life acting like nothing happened knowing you still have yours…
I truly don't think so this is just a theory
@@-jg9pi Maybe not a theory as earlier in the episode we saw Amon sense where Korra was hiding and bloodbent her out.
@@amahlgrant You don't know whether he sensed her presence or heard her loud ass sigh or just noticed her. Also sensing someones presence is VERY different from noticing everything down to the raising of a hand. His bloodbending is not some seismic sense type of shit even if he sensed Korra.
@@-jg9pi I don't think you understand that fundamentally to bend something you can't see while it is not the same as sensing it's presence, it is similar.
Whether he sensed her via bloodbending or not you can't deny that him bending something he can't see is still impressive and does imply that he can sense her via bloodbending to some degree as he wouldn't realistically be able to bend her out of her hiding place without bending the blood in her body that he had to have sensed in the first place to bend.
Undoubtedly one of the best episodes ever.
Doubtebly. I think Korra does a lot better before and after this.
@@hirvale Korra f-ing sucks.
“But you called me here” has to be one of the greatest quotes within the franchise and speaks volumes given the context of the situation. I was waiting for this episode, Finallyyyyyy
I disagree.
_"When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change."_ is the best quote.
@@MainRapperACEsahibest quote which even relates to real life
@@evansyhevu9021 that's the reason why I find it the best. It relates to real life situations.
I always cry at that sequence 😭
I think the biggest reason for them using Aang sparingly in this season is that they didn’t want him to overshadow Korra
you mean other than Korra not valuing the spiritual aspects of the Avatar, plus Aang's hesitation to shape the opinions of next Avatars?
Aang is the greatest avatar so he overshadows any avatar
@@heykrazy5436 hell nah kyioshi and korra way better
@@g.t2231 nah bro. Just cause they your favs don't mean shit
@@heykrazy5436 just like aang is your fav? yeah stfu
Korra was thinking of killing herself on the cliff before Aang showed up. Thought it would be best to just start the avatar cycle over again since she only had her airbending.
She was not.
@@johanluisrivas8016Do you have a source?
@@aadn.creators said so
@@johanluisrivas8016yes she was.
@@rantalmorebro, saying the creators said it while not providing a source makes no sense
Because Korra hadn't unlocked her air bending yet Amon wasn't able to sever the connection to it. It unlocked when she was unable to call on the other elements to save Mako.
nickelodeon was acting hella annoying during the production of korra. they nerfed the shows potential for sure. it gets much better tho
Well for one they cut their budget and their episodes in half, they went from 20ish episodes in ATLA to 12 episodes this season for LOK. And they kept messing with things during the following seasons.
The way Amon takes bending is like the ultimate chi block, chi blockers only work for a period of time, but with blood bending he makes it permanent
This show hits on some serious life situation. Murder suicide on a nickelodeon is crazy
To be fair, they touched on the subject of GENOCIDE by episode 2 or 3 in the original. So kind of par for the course 😅
@@oscarnator230all that and war and refugee crisis and propaganda and nationalism and fascism and class systems…did i miss anything?
Man the music in this is actually so good.
as the great Lionturtle told Aang towards the end of ATLA: "In the era before the Avatar, we bent not the elements, but the energy within ourselves."
The showrunners confirmed that Korra was thinking of taking her own life near the cliff :( She hit her lowest point and thus was open to the greatest change.
They never said that, you can show me your source or link.
I've watched all videos of the creators and their comments and they never said that.
That's just a theory, a really poor theory.
@@johanluisrivas8016 no they confirmed it lmao
@@jewlliankaplan3946 link? Source?
She was thinking of killing herself because of that ? That’s pretty crazy
@@elizabethizaguirre132 Yeah, crazy
They just make these silly theories saying that creators confirmed when that's not true. And is a poor theory.
If you ever feel like the finale was a bit rushed (she got mako, she got her bending back, she connected with her spiritual self, she got the avatar state etc) and it's all a 'happy ending' its indeed bc it was originally planned to be one season
Did you just spoil the show? Why would u tell them that? Lol whyyy?
@@GoldenQ9bevause this is the final episode?
@@Moesie fr like I'm really confused about his comment😂
@@GoldenQ9 nah thats all in the moving screen up above m80
@@GoldenQ9it’s like you didn’t even listen to them in the video. They already knew that. And if they didn’t, it still isn’t a spoiler.
Bloodbending would be a physical block while what Aang did was a spiritual thing. Amon couldn't block her airbending because that connection wasn't yet there to be blocked
To understand both her unlocking of air bending and accessing the avatar state you gotta go back to that conversation Aang had with the Guru about what blocks each chakra
In the teardrop scene Korra was gonna jump off of that cliff so a new and complete avatar could be born. Being the avatar is the biggest honor in the world for her and she was always Avatar first and herself second. Being willing to relinquish her life so that a new avatar could be born was her earthly attachment (which for Aang was Katara), so that's when she finally get to contact her past lives and enter the Avatar state.
Something to keep in mind for Korra as opposed to ATLA. Nickelodeon pulled a lot of BS in terms of Korra that rushed its development and messed up storylines. Originally, the creators were told that season 1 would be it for Korra. But then they saw how well it did and green lit a second season (then there was more interference from the studio from then on). In short, Nickelodeon (the studio) gave a lot more love to ATLA than to Korra and it shows when you compare the 2 shows. It’s unfortunate because Korra could’ve been a great show on ATLAs level but studio interference really sunk its potential. But with that said, the Korra creators did the best with what they had.
Also remember that S4 wasnt even aired on tv + having a cut backstory episode. Nick really dropped the ball.
honestly when you look at all the messed up stuff they did it's actually amazing it came out as well as it did. People may not love it as much as ATLA but it's still a decent show. There are more mixed opinions about it but I enjoyed a lot of the show.
Just a bit of a Avatar: The Last Airbender reminder: one of the biggest advantages of the Avatar is the connection to the previous Avatars. Not just access to their wisdom and counsel (like Roku with Aang or even Aang sending flashback images to Korra) but also knowledge, which would include certain techniques.
In this case, Korra is at her lowest state - the girl who even as a toddler had the power of 3 elements, was always strong and proud and coddled and a prodigy, the freakin' Avatar, now having lost connection to those same 3 elements with not even the legend Katara able to heal her, a cripple who in her mind lost to Amon by losing the biggest piece of her identity by not even being a "half-baked Avatar" now. She inadvertently finally opens herself up to reaching out spiritually, now that the pride and self-assurance that held her back was completely gone, and she finally connects to her past lives fully...and specifically what Aang learned from the Lion Turtle.
Aang is now fully a part of Korra now, along with the other Avatars. So his knowledge of energybending is now with her when she taps into his knowledge - which is that little flash of the Avatar State, her connecting to the full Avatar spirit.
“It’ll be just like the good old days”
The delivery of that line makes you realize that there really weren’t any “good old days”. Their childhood was completely overshadowed by the abuse their father put them through, that molded them into deeply damaged adult men. How can they go back to the past, before all of that? Might not be possible. It’s a very cynical ending, and terribly dark, but I liked it.
Remember in atla about chi? Tye Lee was able to block it using pressure points, same principle but with blood and it was more of a block in each of those points using blood bending here. I mean think about it he had an army of chi blockers and that's exactly what he did himself.
So the airbending kora was blocking herself because it's her hardest element to come over, you have to be spiritual and chilled for airbending since most of them were monks and nomads. That clearly wasn't kora 😂 So in her struggle she blocked it so it couldn't get blocked by Armon because she already had. She unlocked it when she needed it the most.
Pudgey’s positivity is shining bright this video
Yeaahhh of course
Knew I'd find at least one comment 🤣🤦🏽♂️
Such a sad ending with both villains. Noatok is able to sense Tarrlok's movements with his bloodbending and does nothing to stop him. After having lost everything to the Avatar, only then does he think of starting anew with his brother. Tarrlok can never trust him (especially if his bending never comes back), and in that moment Noatak realizes he truly has lost it all.
Even in death, Aang still restores balance to the world 🥹
The tear drop wasn’t exactly the way she called him. They focused on that shot (of the tear falling) to imply she was having suicidal thoughts. Throughout most of this season Korra had been a hot headed, overconfident , careless avatar that didn’t embrace the traits that bring out spiritual connection (the ones that Aang did in fact have) humility, discipline, patience. When she lost her bending of the 3 out of the 4 elements she felt like she had lost all that she was and as a result was “humbled”. It seems like the trauma almost helped her get the avatar state exactly because of how immense it was. It pushed her to understand what really matters, the responsibility of being the avatar and taught her humility. It’s a very common theme with this show, how we learn to use trauma to improve ourselves and become stronger.
Omg, why you just assume things for one scene. Xd
Thing is....your power-levels dropping should not be traumatizing. Her power levels did not even matter in this season. Most fights she lost were political. The fact that for her, her entire being hinges on her power level, including her self-worth, ability to love and function, is bizarre, especially considering she's lived a sheltered life for 17 years. Somebody like that wouldn't feel the weight of responsibility yet like Aang did having to face the powered-up firelord at age 12. It comes across to me like Korra just expected to be the best bender of all time, and since she isn't anymore, she decides to be depressed. Then, when the power flows back in and she's the best again, everything's peachy-keen. She didn't grow or deal with any problems. Notice how she was only happy again when her powers were restored?
"When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change" This series have never ceased to bring me to tears.
I'm not certain if anyone else has commented on this, but Avatar: Legend of Korra (LOK) started off with no guarantee of any other seasons. It was just going to be season 1. The original creators didn't want to add any filler episodes, and so they opted for tightening everything into a single season, more of as an ending to the original series, to basically show things that Avatar the Last Airbender (ATLA) didn't. Their design of the original series made it so they got 24 episodes, which was finally increased to 48 due to work effort, enthusiasm and a succinct, more streamlined story. So the discussion about how it would've been a good ending if it was only one season, was spot on. Because it was meant to be a one-season show.
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Korra’s airbending wasn’t removed coz at the time Korra couldn’t airbend so technically there was nothing to be removed. Only fire, earth, and water were removed from Korra.
Was just gonna write that lol
“Omg it’s Yakone himself” 😂😂😂 gotta admit, pudgey’s severe anticipation and ideas for plot twists is wild. Like you might need to seek help for it plz 😂😂😂
@Spartan Amon used blood bending to lock chi points and lock out benders accessing their bending, Kora only unlocked air bending after he took her other bending away, thus she can still air bend.
If you remember in ATLA finale the lion turtle granted Aang the Energy Bending ability, that's how Aang was able to take bending away. So Aang basically became the first Energy Bending Avatar. Is also why Aang could restore Korra's bending.
Amon was basically doing a suped up version of blocking a bender's chi. He couldn't block Korra's airbending because she hadn't opened that pathway yet
No need to apologize for criticizing the pacing of this season. That's the primary critique this season gets.
This is such a great season finale, on of the best for both Korra and Avatar. Amon is debatble the best villain of the universe. korra's character development were great. Love the Ang momment. Great reaction.
Lmao I love that Pudgey is always predicting which relationships are gonna happen😂
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"I actually like when he gets away because we get to see more"
Honestly wished we got two seasons of Amon. He is one of the best villains in the Avatar + Legend of Korra world.
Korra immediately got her bending back because they originally only planned for there to be one season
I’ve been waiting for this episode reaction!! Yessss now I can start season 2 with you guys
Tone? You guys do realize that Jet was mercy killed in Avatar right? They just weren't allowed to show it. The fact that Korra has darker aspects is because the production team knew they only had one season and were pretty much like, 'Fuck it. Let's do it. What can they do cancel us?" And then of course they kept getting renewed.
Now you see why I've always said that so many of Korra's problems were the result of Nickelodeon's background fuckery. From the show almost never happening just because Korra is a girl to the budgetary constraints in some parts of the final season, and even some limitations on the show's ending scenes, it's a miracle that the show came out at all. It just took so much cajoling to even make most of this happen. I'll never not blame them for any faults this show had, particular writing decisions throughout aside.
I see it as a more intense internal chi block. Since she didn't know air bending at the time he couldn't block the connection. It was only after that Korra made the connection to the bending through the emotional situation. That is how I see it.
Korra feels she has completely failed everyone - the entire world. Her bending, being the Avatar, it was everything to her - so much it prevented her from spirituality. At the end, she is really at her lowest point, sitting at the edge of that cliff. I cry EVERY TIME.
I always felt that since she could use most of the elements at such a young age her arrogance is what kept her from learning air bending but when she lost it her desire to save someone she loved helped unlock that spiritual side
I completely agree if they had a bit more episodes to flesh stuff out it would be even better. Like ATLA have like 20 episodes. There is a lot with the mature themes in Korra, but the two suicide moments with Korra and Tarrlok are so powerful in their own rights. I like all the seasons of Korra, cant wait to see your next reaction!
Aman is an example of the difference between The Last Airbender and the often weakness of Korra as a series. Korra deals with far more adult themes than TLA, where the main villain is literally just an evil fire guy bent on world domination. Korra villains are far more complex and have understandable, often political motivations, for what they are doing. The weakness, as you see with Aman, is that the series isn't really equipped to engage these villains on the complex subjects they bring up. Korra's usual solution is to just beat them up physically and stop them. With Aman, I think most would agree that non-benders do face a certain level of inequality, nearly every leader in government is a bender. However, it's never addressed after he is beaten how to solve that issue. It's as if beating Aman somehow defeated all inequality in the city. And that is one of the main weaknesses with the series, complex villains that the series has trouble resolving their issues outside of physical combat.
Tarlok kills Aman and himself at the end because the series really can't accommodate for Aman sticking around without addressing the inequality issue.
Agreed. It's what makes the series so infinitely frustrating for me. They seem to *want* to deal with more complex social and political issues, but then they always cop out at the last minute and simplify everything down to a stupid punch-em-up. I find it weirdly infuriating, in a way that a plain old-fashioned simplistic punchy-punchy tale would not be.
It also leads to some *really* unfortunate political implications, and I'm never quite sure how intentional some of those are, which just leaves me with an ugh-y feeling overall.
I recently read that they had originally planned to show Tenzin and the kids rescuing Pema and the baby in the "prison break", but it was cut from the script early on, likely due to budget and/or episode length constraints.
My personnal explanation for how Amon can "take the bending away" from people with bloodbending, is that he does the same thing a chi blocker does, but instead of hiting you from outside, he uses your blood to hit your chi or chakra points from the inside, either doing permanent damage, or literally blocking the chi flow, like Aang was blocked from the avatar state during book 3.
I find it the most satisfatory explanation, and then Aang comes in clutch to use energy bending like he learned before, to reestablish the energy flow, allowing the person to bend again.
This can also explain why Korra couldn't airbend before, she had a chakra blocked or something like that preventing her to do it, just like Aang had several traumas and troubles blocking his chakraa when he first met Guru Pathik. So I think whatever Amon did to block her energy flow, it inadvertedly unblocked her airbending.
It's still a hard "plot armor" moment to explain, but I like to interpret it as Amon going like "let's flip all those switches off", but the "air switch" was already off, so he flipped it on instead. 😂 lol
This season finale is really good. I'm glad we got to see Aang and the other Avatars in this episode
Last Airbender almost got ended before they could complete the arc. I think this made the creators gun shy against another series long arc.
I always explained it to myself that amon never knew how to take away airbending. Maybe every bending style is different to block and amon had to practice with the other 3 as well and doesnt know the chi points yet to block for air.
few of my observations:
- Amon does another level of chi blocking. Like tai lee and the chi blockers do by ambushing the pressure points of the body, he does so w bloodbending.
-Amon did notice tarrlok's hand
- Korra was about to let the avatar cycle continue and off herself.
- Amon could not take korra's airbending, because she never learned it before that first punch.
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I would recommend thinking about the Guru episode with chakras and the body. Ty Lee's Chiblocking is also something that hints at the mechanics of bending. The Avatar's bending or way of connecting to the elements is no different than the other benders, there's only profound awareness due to reincarnation and the Avatar Spirit. The body channels energy from the universe and extends that into the element by way of the limbs and moving parts. When Ty Lee shuts down bending, she hits a pressure point in a way that creates a knot in the muscle. People can't even move their limbs in most cases, but Katara could barely move water even with her retained movement (Return to Omashu). This implies the paths between or out of the chakras is blocked. Bloodbending completely manipulates veins and muscles in the body by way of water/blood (The Puppetmaster). You can imagine the damage this can do. It's like blocking the paths between the pools in that cave in The Guru...completely. It's permanent without extensive repair.
It's been a while since I watched Korra, but I do believe Amon's ability to remove bending from people was explained. At least, it was very clear to me that it was because he could bloodbend, that he blocks the channels that people use within their bodies to activate their bending powers (chi blocking).
I could be wrong that it was explained but idk, to me it was always clear at the very least.
It's also why Korra could undo it
There isn't a clear explanation as to how exactly did Amon's blood-bending could take bending away; however, the most reasonable and agreed theory is the following: Chi blockers such as Ty Lee in ATLA could numb a person's body and block their ability to bend by hitting pressure points. The logic goes like this, if external damage to the pressure points can block the flow of chi preventing bending temporarily, it stands to logic that a lot more can be done INTERNALLY. In other words, Amon used his mastery over blood-bending to internally block the flow of chi and since he did it from the inside he made sure to make this block physically permanent. This would also explain why everyone who got their bending taken away by Amon went numb, weak, and frail over their bodies, because he's internally blocking many pressure points at once.
The exact reason why Korra was able to retain air-bending, but the other three were locked would be a spoiler right now; however, what I can say right now is that Korra was blocked spiritually by fear and expectations, she was afraid of losing her bending, but when it finally happened and she saw Mako in danger about to suffer the same fate she was liberated of said fear. Air is the element of freedom, right at the moment expectations didn't matter, and she had already lost what she valued most in her, she was ready to air-bend. At the very end, what restored all her bending was her connection to Aang the the Avatar's past life. Just like the Lion-Turtle said "before we bended the elements, we bended the energy within ourselves." It was thanks to the energy of the Avatar's past lives that her chi flow was restored, and she can do the same with the Avatar state for everyone else. These are the most sound explanations in my opinion.
From the way I understand it, amon took peoples bending away by placing his thumb on the forehead (thought chakra) so he uses blood bending to sever the connection to the chi paths.
Have they told you that Tarrlok is voiced by the guy that does all the animals? Basically, Appa is Tarrlok
Book 1 was written as the entire series; it was pitched and picked up as a 12 episode mini-series. Book 2 wasn't greenlit until what became known as Book 1 was in post-production.
She learned airbending after loosing the other 3. That is why she could bend after. Noatak cried. Beacuse he can feel because of his bloodbending all the movements. So he knew and he let it happen.
You have to keep in mind that every season of The Legend of Korra was written to be a stand alone. The creators didn't know if the series was going to be renewed for another season, so they kinda wrapped things up every season finale just in case, and that's why we get the "romantic conclusion" so early, among some other fast-paced stuff.
Thank you for reacting, the ending always makes me cry haha
Pudgey's quick conclusions are always... spot off haha
I just… Korra is such an amazing show. When I see her at the end of the season… 😔 This series truly captures so much and I think it really honours everything that made ATLA a perfect show, and gives us slightly older characters to help viewers learn more at a different stage of their own lives. Our two Avatars guide us from 11 years old to late teens and early 20s ❤🔥
Idk if anyone explained it to you guys since you watched this, but Amon used bloodbending to block chi flow by clotting the blood in different areas of the body. And the reason why he didn't take air from her was because she didn't have it and he blocked the other 3. As explained in Atla by the guru each element has its own pathway of chi.
Book three is AMAZING so stick around :)
Combustion bending wasnt explained either. Bending is an art not a science. Don’t expect complex breakdowns like in anime lol.
If u want a fan answer, from what we infer, the blood bending was used to damage their chakra points. Basically used blood bending to chi block or rather chi lock.
Only reason he was able to do it is because he was a master of blood bending and a master of chi blocking. Just like Uncle Iroh making lightning reduction, he made that technique as a solution to combat other benders, take them out but not kill them.
Actually Amon takes benders power by disrupting their chi with bloodbending. Chi blocking can temporarily inhibit a bender from using their bending, but disrupting the chi takes the power. That why, he blended his blood bending technic with chi blocking in order to take away bendings.
29:54 I thought that by using bloodbending he blocked the chakra points inside the body so you couldnt built up the chakra to bend. Thats why korra could use airbending because at that moment when her powers were taken away she didnt had developed the chakra points for air bending. She only developed them afterwards.
Kinda like Ty Lee but permanent
Spartan's critique is legit on how this season was rapped up like this and so quick, but Korra still has 3 seasons of a journey to go! And luv to watch them with you two because you both have super nice and sensible reactions to this show, plus the editted is awesome too!! Can't wait to see some reactions to some epic episodes and moments in this show! Greets from the Netherlands. Would luv to hear what your two horoscope elements are, mine is air and i like that element the best tbh! 😸
Noatok's proficiency with Bloodbending and his words about starting over followed immediately by a tear will always mean to me that he knew it was a fool's dream and that Tarrlok was doing what had to be done. That tear in my opinion is Noatok accepting that the only way to be free of their father is for them to die. While it is technically a murder suicide, it definitely feels more like a double suicide.
Amon and Tarlock killed themselves because both of them knew that their blood line needed to end. The both knew that their blood bending was too powerful
Amon and Tarrlok left together to start a new life, but they both also realized that after the things they did. There was never going to be a chance for it "to be like the good old days."
They both realized they had gone too far with their actions, and had still become what Yakone had always wanted. And were willing to, in Tarrlok's own previous words: "Put an end to this sad story."
Air bending is directly connected with the spiritual power hence her previous past and the avatar state. That's why aang could appear AND she got the avatar state
So in regards to her airbending. I think that basically she did lose all of her bending abilities at the time that Amon did that to her. When he was about to take Mako's bending, her airbending finally unlocked out of desperation.
Also in regards to Amon ending people's bending. I think he uses bloodbending to permanently block people's chis. Similar to chiblocking, but instead of physically hitting the pressure points, he "hits" them with bloodpending to permanently block them.
I'm not sure if it there was any explanation by creators why Korra couldn't airbend but i have my own theory.
When Azula shot Aang with the lightning she blocked his chakras and that's why he couldn't enter avatar state again till his fight with Ozai when rock hit that spot. What if it had bigger consequences than just that? What if it blocked airbending for the next avatar because she shot the airbender avatar (Aang)? So what if Amon accidentally unblocked her airbending when he was blocking other 3 elements?
I think someone already wrote this and you probably already know this but i'll write it still. Amon used bloodbending with some knowledge of anatomy. Chi-blockers needs to hit some certain parts to block your bending for some time. He probably used bloodbending to permanently block those spots of chi and that's how he could take away bending. That's why i think while he was blocking other elements he accidentally unblocked airbending.
Amon was a con man. His entire plan was dependent on the trust of the people that he had built upon a lie. With the lie exposed, the con was over. The situation was unsalvageable, and he was smart enough to realize that. He'd lost all of his power. It wasn't a quick change of heart; it was the immediate acceptance of the fact that he'd lost, and his only option was to cut and run. The only thing he had left was his brother, for whom he once cared very much for.
Since they don’t really explain it, I think that, similar to how a water bender can read someone’s chi, Amon used his knowledge of chi blocking and blood bending to permanently block their chi.
I think Pudgy is right; he didn’t take the bending, just prevented access.
I knew I would see some tears from you both, Korra is a highly emotional show, prepare yourself for more. I already seen this book one finale many times and the ending with Aang connecting with Korra again, restoring her full bending and then Korra doing the Avatar state for the first time, ALWAYS gets me in the feels, no matter how many times I seen it. I was getting misty eyed with you watching you watch this.
23:07 Completely agree on both parts, Spartan! Those were the exact issues I discussed with my son after I watched it for the first time this week.
So with amons blood blending there’s a theory it has similarities to healing. Healers can sense the chi in people when healing them. With bloodbending Amon is severing the Chi pathways essentially taking away peoples bending. A regular Chi Blocker can temporarily block bending
Air bending can be taken away. But when Amon took Korra's bending, she didn't know how to air bend yet, so there was nothing for him to take.
I suspect that Amon is essentially doing a permanent chi block on the benders. this prevents them from bending and is a logical ability to exist as chi blocking is already an established ability.
I almost cry everytime Korra punch the air and yells No !!!!!
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Tenzin always gave me katara vibes.. especially when he gets mad 😭
the finales in all of avatar are just next level, this episode is so good
My theory on how bloodbending takes away your bending is that he somehow manages to cut off the blood to the part of the brain that's responsible for bending or something along those lines
The reason bloodbending can take bending away is actually not that complicated. Some waterbenders are able to heal, right? He's basically just doing the reverse of healing. He's using waterbending to cause damage to the chakra system of his enemies.
The story is flawed. If a blooddender can take away one's bender, only another blood bender should be capable to reverse it, Avatar or not. Aang and Korra were not bloodbenders, so they shouldn't be able to reverse what Amon did.
@@azulablue6988 "only another blood bender should be capable to reverse it"
says who? You're not saying you know the lore of Avatar better than the very creators of the show do. Surely you're not.
Just loved the episode ! Whenever the season end scene comes it makes everyone cry so much !
Amon is such a good fighter becasue yes, he's practiced
But he also very subtly bloodbends his ooppnents
Yeah, Amon knew what tarlok was doing due to his blood bending and he was crying because he knew what was going to happen, he knew his brother was going to kill him and his last words about the good old days were a lie. He knew there was no going back to the good old days after everything him and tarlok had done. He simply accepted his fate.
That always kills me. I cannot imagine what was going through their heads and why Tarlok killed himself.