I'm John. I'm 15. I'm also terrible at describing myself so yeah.
Can we take a moment to observe this scene?
I don’t know if it was just made to be flashy or epic or what but it seems like actually taking away someone’s bending is a big deal that practically has it’s own lightshow, and it’s not just poking someone in the forehead. To take away someone’s bending you have to bend their life energy. Also, Aang is touching two parts - the mind and the heart. I’m going to go and guess that these are two of the chakras he’s closing, since we learned that when a chakra gate is closed, energy can’t flow freely.
When Amon “takes away bending” it’s not flashy at all. And he keeps talking about chi-blocking, not energybending. He also only uses one hand, and none of the people we’ve seen whose bending has been taken away glowed like this.
So perhaps what he’s doing is just temporary, and the people whose bending has been “taken away” is simply just blocked? And since there are new modern styles of bending now I don’t think a lot of people bother with meditation or have even had proper bending instructors. Maybe they’re not aware of how to re-open their chakras.
But besides that - if Amon really energybending, wouldn’t he be a hypocrite? Energybending is a bending art, even older than the four traditional ones.
^ I don’t agree with this at all, but I like the series of gifs. Haha.
Hmm.
Well, whether OP has gotten it correct or not, they do bring to light what an intense event it is to have your bending taken from you. And LOK has taken away from that. This intense art form has been demoted to “check out my electro-gloves”
Now I’m not completely sure if those gloves actually took away bending rather than just electrocuted the fuck out of people, but the dialogue certainly pointed to chi-blocking.
I guess time will tell if the fact that bending being devalued completely is a point the writers are trying to make, but I doubt it is. LOK, u dun goofed.
I really really want to like LOK…I just have so many issues with it. I guess I’m going full “fanboy” on this one by taking it so seriously, but I honestly can’t help it.
People have all these Equalist theories about Asami, but I think the real truth is much more sinister…
They’re not leaving without those twerps’ Pabu!
literal perfection
canon
omg what if
(via bilgerat)
The best campaign counter-attack video I HAVE EVER SEEN. Obama 2012
”So we’re going to call their BS when we see it and we need your help to call them on it too and set the record straight. So share this, tweet it, facebook it, I keep hearing about tumblr and whatever that is…please use that too. Thank you.”
-Stephanie Cutter / Deputy Campaign Manager at Obama for America.
And a Tumblr shout-out.
Using that Tumblr thing.
Obama is the coolest politician ever! I just wish he was ruling the UK! Fuq da queen
Dear GOD I HAVE WANTED VIDEOS LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. I’m so fucking tired of smear campaigns.
‘Cuz if they want to get down and dirty, they fuckin’ with the right ones.
I feel like this campaign is gonna get exciting simply because it looks like the Obama campaign is just not going to put up with any bullshit, nonsense, and outright lies.
(via bilgerat)
