Aang was able to overcome it instantly ... once he tapped into the avatar state. Given that Sokka and the rest of them had to handwave it as 'special abilities' like the Combustion man in order to convict the guy, I'm willing to give this a pass.I have a strong dislike for this unlimited bloodbending. At first I thought it was cool that Tarlok could do it without a full moon. Until he could use it on multiple opponents. And his father... controlled the entire courtroom without moving his damn body! It's more broken than any of the Sharingan's abilities.
And how was Aang not able to overcome it instantly, despite being the strongest bender (possibly the strongest waterbender even) on the planet? He can't control the water in his body more effectively than someone else, despite that Katara did the same thing against Hamma when she was fourteen?
And it seems Amon can bloodbend as well, given what was shown this episode, and the promos for next week. I had thought his blue eyes were important, but with the multiple ethnicities of Republic City, he could have been mainly fire nation.
By the way, great escape for Korra!
Actually he wasn't. It tapped in for a split second to wake him up and get him moving, then faded (No glowy, the sign he is in the Avatar State) until he tapped it again to break free and immobilize Yakone. Remember, Aang's probably really hesitant to use the Avatar State for anything but the most dire of situations. He doesn't like the choices all of his past lives try to make him take. But since he is in control of it, it makes sense for him to rely on his abilites unless there is no other choice. It woke him up, got him going, thats what he needed so he flipped it off. He caught up, got caught by the bloodbending, he flipped it on, immobilized him and then flipped it off before it could start trying to push him to do something he doesn't want to do.Aang was in the State when he caught up to what's his face.
Korra couldn't airbend because her spiritual side of things was so weak. Her spiritual side was weak because the other three elements came so naturally that she never had to understand the spiritual side of those styles to get them.It needs to be explained why Korra couldn't airbend and why her connection was so weak. Also, how bloodbending can remove bending. I already didn't like how broken it was, but this is just insanity.
Amon was the murder side of the equation, not the suicide. He didn't know that Tarrlok was going to blow up the boat. Tarrlok did it because after his bending was taken away, he realized that he and Amon were nothing but tools for revenge, and he knew that Yakone wasn't able to overcome that when he started over. Rather than perpetuate the cycle another generation, Tarrlok killed himself and Amon. Of course, we didn't see the bodies, so they could very well be alive. Doubtful, though.Yeah, murder/suicide, and Amon being okay with it. Wow. That was amazing. I never saw the movie, but it's like that scene where the two guys are on a boat, camera cuts away, gunshot, then there's one guy on the boat. Except this involved an explosion. And twice the gruesome deaths. I approve.
That's a possibility, but also recall that Yakone was in charge of all the organized crime in the city. Even if he lost his power base by going into prison, that still implies a lot of money, and money equals power. Present Day Gang leaders are still able to organize their gangs from inside prison, I doubt Yakone would have issue doing the same.Though how the hell did Yahkone escape prison? Maybe the security wasn't very high since he had his bending taken away.
I think the Asami plotline would have been cut, or at least the Romantic Asami plotline. Which would have made things work a bit better. Given six episodes, I think all of them would have had Korra and Mako's relationship growing, culminating in the kiss at the end, rather than what happened here, with the triangles of Bolin/Korra/Mako and Asami/Mako/Korra.Also, yes, awkward romantic pacing is awkward. And I don't think the mini-series would've done it better (then again, the mini-series might not have done it at all).
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