I wasn't really sold on Asami at first, but last week won me over firmly. Girl is a badass.

Bloodbending is different. Bloodbending has no practical application save the essential rape of another person's body as you impose your will upon them.

Bloodbending is different. Bloodbending has no practical application save the essential rape of another person's body as you impose your will upon them.

If it was the real world, I'd agree with you, but this is the Avatar universe; spiritual "chi" is a real, tangible force here.

If it was the real world, I'd agree with you, but this is the Avatar universe; spiritual "chi" is a real, tangible force here.

I'm thinking this is something new, actually, and Amon just waded through the bloodbending by virtue of sheer force of will/spiritual protection/what have you.

I'm thinking this is something new, actually, and Amon just waded through the bloodbending by virtue of sheer force of will/spiritual protection/what have you.

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus Roku specifically instructed Aang to take Ozai down due to the Fire Nation's aggression, and had Aang not run away from his duties as Avatar, I see no reason to assume why the same response would not have been elicited from Roku had Aang been around at the time of…

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus Roku specifically instructed Aang to take Ozai down due to the Fire Nation's aggression, and had Aang not run away from his duties as Avatar, I see no reason to assume why the same response would not have been elicited from Roku had Aang been around at the time of…

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus, I think you're missing a very important narrative point here. Korra's lack of spirituality bit her in the ass massively, as had she been competent enough in this area to commune with Aang, he would have been able to head off the entire crisis with Tarrlok which has so…

It's quite logical to assume that the Avatar State requires some basic level of spiritual aptitude, a level which Korra had yet to reach as of Episode 4.

It's quite logical to assume that the Avatar State requires some basic level of spiritual aptitude, a level which Korra had yet to reach as of Episode 4.

I think Amon's spirit is much stronger than Korra's personal spirit, but it's still a drop in the bucket compared to the collective spiritual might of the Avatar.

I think Amon's spirit is much stronger than Korra's personal spirit, but it's still a drop in the bucket compared to the collective spiritual might of the Avatar.

I don't think the show recaptures the stakes of late S2 until the end of S5, but I would argue that it does so to an even greater degree then.

I don't think the show recaptures the stakes of late S2 until the end of S5, but I would argue that it does so to an even greater degree then.

Ah, Willow.

Ah, Willow.

You're going to love S6.

You're going to love S6.