Overanalyzing Korra: Out of the Past

[@ahopcroft]

Fun fact: bears sense of smell is stronger than a blood hounds. So if Nagga is both a bear and a dog, it would make sense that she has an even more powerful nose than the a average dog… maybe she has them combined to be even better than a bear

[@BRDoriginal]

Polar Bears are even better than normal bears.

[@48supernovas]

​@BRDoriginal ye,polar bears can smell you from miles away,so once you see it,IT has prob alr seen you and it's most likely going after you so you're cooked

[@gameboi6587]

I love the symbolism of the metal benders sitting IN A METAL JAIL CELL like I wonder how crushing that must be for them

[@hammarkids542]

Lmao Amon wanted to stunt on them extra

[@atrixsauza2068]

It’s made of Platinum, how y’all missed that line?

[@thepurplepaw2231]

@@atrixsauza2068 Then how did Lin bend it?

[@derrickbiedermann9802]

Hama could blood bend 2 people with the help of the moon, when she forced Aang and Sokka towards eachother.

[@patrickbliss9264]

Sokka not Saka

[@derrickbiedermann9802]

@@patrickbliss9264 thank

[@zeallust8542]

I hear people use this all the time to trash on yukones ability, but yeah like you said she was shown to bend two people at once, and for all we know she could have bent many more. In fact I'd say she almost definitely could Bend more considering she used the ability to get out of a high security Fire Nation prison, while limping out because of starvation and dehydration. I don't think blood bending the one guard to unlock her cell was enough

[@fcomolineiro7596]

+ she was old

[@fuzzyapplepie6940]

6:00 Gotta love how Aang says "Toph, I'm 40 years old." And not "Toph, I'm 140 years old!" Sounds like he got over the fact he was in an iceberg for 100 years and doesn't count them anymore. In the original he would always say "I'm 112 years old."

[@taelim6599]

Aang ages in reverse confirmed

[@unkindled6410]

tbf i guess cryostasis doesnt count on your age.

[@AntrozLPs]

6:18 One more detail: Toph uses a waist-held winder for her metal cable, instead of the modern back-mounted reel, because that one hadn't been invented yet!

[@unkindled6410]

and its clearly a way simpler design and doesnt have the hooks the other one does.

[@Great_Olaf5]

Hama invented the technique from scratch, on her own, in prison. I got the impression from Tarrlok and Amon's training that Yakone had been trained similarly, taught the technique, probably by one or both of his parents. They made a good point in the original series that being self taught can only get you so far, you need at least some amount of guidance, and while Hama was a master waterbender, she wasn't taught bloodbending, she reinvented it, and barely refined it in the decades afterwards because she had no one else to work with and was hampered by the assumption she could only do it during a full moon. Toph refined metalbending because she was determined, she wanted to reach it to others, and then all those other benders pushed each other forward to refine the technique even further. Competition and collaboration are the greatest drivers of change and progress, and after her escape, Hama basically had neither, she was mostly just preying on the relatively helpless. Also, she was fully capable of bending more than one person. Old Man Ding (was that what they called him?) specifically told the gang that he was one of several people being pulled towards the cave at the same time, there were people right in front of him who weren't as lucky with sunrise. And during the fight in the Puppetmaster, she controlled both Aang and Sokka at the same time until Katara started bending her.

[@georgeferetatis1040]

Also I believe that the spiritual and philosophical aspects play a role. For example with Zaheer who was so strong because he absorbed air nomad philosophy like a sponge. And while both Katara and Hama were masters of water bending they probably didnt fit the mold for a perfect blood bender. Katara obviously had a moral compass and Hama was just filled with rage and resentment (she was just kidnapping random farmers). At the same time the masters of this art are masters of manipulation: 1) a literal mafia boss who is so great at manipulating that the law couldn't catch up to him; 2) a corrupt politician who easily turns the government fascist; 3) and a terrorist leader

[@Great_Olaf5]

@@georgeferetatis1040 That is an excellent angle that 8 hadn't thought of. But you've got a point, the different bending styles do have different personalities and philosophies associated with them, and the aub-elements should be no different. Hence things like the very stubborn bit fairly fluid Korra having little trouble with metal bending, but the very go with the flow Bolin struggling with it, but managing lavabending just fine.

[@NotSL0TH17]

Mako: the boyfriend so bad that both his girlfriends left him for each other

[@luisandrade2254]

Worst choice ever

[@mattpassos5689]

@@luisandrade2254 who in their right mind would leave Asami? And then he goes for Korra and it’s like sure I guess, but then he fucks it up with Korra and again with asami when Korra lost her memory and it’s just ridiculous

[@luisandrade2254]

@@mattpassos5689 I wasn’t talking about that but okay

[@fcomolineiro7596]

Boiling reserved that chance Whit korra

[@randy1483]

Boiling

[@OveranalyzingStarWars]

I'm glad I'm not the only one terrified of blood bending lol. Hiroshi being the only automobile company is a really good question too, never thought about that. I loved a lot in this video, especially the hand with the electricity. Well done as always! Also always appreciate you ❤

[@gabrielmutombo7078]

Every time I see that scene with Amon I think about how awesome it would be if their was a TLOK horror game where you escape from him

[@unkindled6410]

a proper adventure game that has a stealth section like that could be cool. however it is implied Amon can sense peoples presence using bloodbending, in a way similar to Tophs seismic sense but think more akin of a heat signal sonar. it might be how he is so agile too, so you probably cant hide in the same room as that MF, he can basically sense your blood and thats terrifying, i imagine his pov when sensing people with blood bend is like he sees bright red outlines of people, perhaps even pulsing like a heartbeat.

[@elin111]

Blood bending could also have incredibly helpful medical applications but due to its nature it is more often learned by dangerous psychos. Katara is about the only one who knew how to do it without being batshit insane.

[@unkindled6410]

i wonder if bloodbending mixed with water bending healing could result in someone being able to heal someone with their own blood, like no need for water, he just touches a person and makes the heal energy flow directly into their blood.

[@ajn_rules_5074]

This episode is indeed amazing, so many cool moments and the plot thickening. But god, it's been a while since I've watched Korra so I just forgot how big of a scumbag Mako is. It's stuff like his blatantly caring more about Korra in a romantic fashion over Asami. Our girl can't catch a break and she never did anything wrong, she deserved better. I'm glad (to my memory at least) Mako becomes less of an @$$ during seasons 3 and 4, but sh*t like this is frustrating

[@hanburgundy4317]

Mako was a fukboi, for real lol Should have broken up with Asami off the bat since he knew he had a thing for Korra, but Hiroshi DID sponsor their team and give Mako and Bolin a place to stay. Honestly, that sounds even scummier lmao

[@Kishanth.J]

It would have been cool to see a adult Katara in republic city during the Yacone trial. For one we could of had the whole gang together one last time.

[@amitavrashmi17]

Your forgetting zuko

[@Kishanth.J]

@@amitavrashmi17 yeah but Zuni is currently the fire lord in the flashback, so he wouldn’t be in republic city. It would be nice do.

[@Kishanth.J]

Honestly i wouldn’t hate the idea of an avatar series based on Aang’s adventure from the end of season 3 to his 40s, even if it just short clips of him.

[@craigpeoples9883]

@@Kishanth.JShort clips would be cool

[@unkindled6410]

@@Kishanth.J theres gonna be a movie of the adult gaang apparently.

[@amitavrashmi17]

Though I understand the criticism about how bad of a boyfriend mako is, I think it fit for him to be this worried, like he said to korra his parents where killed when he was young and I think that korra had become close to him that the thought of losing another person close to him drove him mad to get extreme because unlike with his parents he has a shot at saving her so he does everything he can On another note if you had a counter for how many time you said there's nothing to say I just love bolin I'm wondering which counter would have been higher I love bolin or f**** u tarlock Also amon was definitely the most scary villain in the franchise

[@MegaHI32]

This is always a weird take for me, of course he cares, and is willing to do whatever he can, because Korra is literally kidnapped. It hardly matters what his feelings are, someone was kidnapped, and he can help, it's like the whole town coming out into the woods to find a lost kid, those guys will stay out there for days looking, until the search area is exhausted, or they're likely to find a body, rather than a child, they'll go in the dark, in the middle of winter, with barely flashlights and heavy coats, and people are only going back for like a half hour at a time, with hundreds of people looking

[@hanburgundy4317]

About Tarlok and the glove. The source of the discharge is the glove; it creates a circuit with whatever it touches, resulting in a shock as the electricity travels between the glove and, in this case, an arm. The circuit isn't passing through his hand, and it's safe to assume that the glove has controls to turn the circuit on and off.

[@bigdoubleu117]

When I originally saw this episode and Sokka is the first to be attacked via blood bending, kinda thought they were gonna "hint" at Sokka's death. Also when Aang was captured the 2nd time via blood bending, I thought that's when we were gonna do the reincarnation scene into Korra's birth, similar with Roku dying to the volcano and it flashes to Aang being born. Although the Adult Aang Avatar state was pretty awesome. It's kind of a shame we don't see how Aang died, probably natural causes maybe. I mean we saw Roku's death who was the Avatar before Aang so kinda thought we'd get the same treatment here.

[@thatonedude473furryrights8]

I'm pretty sure you can lose consciousness if bloodflow to your brain is cutoff, though not deadly unless done for an extended period of time.

[@mihasmradovic6486]

I love the scene when Amon says "it's equalising time" and equalises all over Republic City

[@michaelrichardgibbon3252]

I like your content and you really do point out and pick up on a lot of stuff I wouldn’t have noticed. For instance, the commentary on Amon’s inhuman scariness was really good and put into words a lot of my thoughts. I do however think you would do well to do some proper research beforehand to polish this up. For instance the technologies thing, Cabbage Corp are frequently shown to be the main competitors to Sato industries, so that whole ramble about what’s their competitors are doesn’t really make sense. And on Naga’s smell, she’s a polar-bear-dog - in addition to dogs having good senses of smells, polar bears have an incredible sense of smell too. Those are really nitpicky things, but I feel like that’s in the spirit of this sort of thing. :) There are examples from previous episodes as well, but this one was fresh in my mind. But like I said, good content and I look forward to more.

[@photoo848]

He's just continuing the cabbage merchant joke

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

I imagine the passing out after being bloodbent is from the massive strain it puts on your body

[@pepasafonso4065]

azula fire color is blue because the creator knew they would need to do firebender x firebender fight so they made hers bluer so we could know which fire it belongs to

[@LordZemosa]

I think Korra's cage was most likely made of Platinum. Tarlock had no way to be sure if Korra could metalbend or not, even if she never did it in front of him or told anyone, so he chose to play it safe. Also I understand why they had to find a way to counter/nerf metalbenders in the show if they were going to be way more prevalent

[@hammarkids542]

Doesn’t stop her from trying to bend it!

[@hanburgundy4317]

About Yakone and the psychic blood bending. We've seen in ATLA multiple times someone bending without the martial art forms - without any movement at all. Mad King Bumi could Earthbend with his face. Iroh and Ozai could breathe Fire. The Combustion Man could Firebend with his mind. Bending is supposed to be an extension of your body, and while the martial art forms based on the spirits and animals help achieve that, they aren't necessary to bend. Sokka had just brought up the Combustion Man in specific to foreshadow Yakones skills. Additionally, different benders have different potential. Hama had to train every full moon for years to learn Bloodbending, but Katara got the hang of it BETTER than Hama in one episode. Korra haters need to chill out and remember what actually happened in ATLA before criticizing LOK lol. Y'all remember Iroh going from a fat old man to absolutely jacked IN A DAY?!

[@unkindled6410]

tbf with the Iroh argument, i think its implied he trained for many days and they just time skipped all that. although even if he spent hours a day training, him going from fatass to ripped enough to literally punch his way through all the guards in his prison in very likely less than a month, is extremely impressive.

[@stonerbland7621]

The sounds of bloodbending are so perfectly visceral

[@hammarkids542]

*squelch*

[@MiloW456]

Technically, we don't know how powerful Kama's bloodbending was. She does actually bloodbend Sokka and Aang at the same time. She may just have only attacked during the full moon to add a supernatural edge, drawing suspicions toward spiritual activity and away from her.

[@claytonrios1]

Makos handling of this love triangle was so bad that part of the recap episode revolved around acknowledging how bad it was! It's no Ember Island Players but it's a pretty amusing recap.

[@stoyerstoyer7426]

Dude you’re doing so well at overanalyzing! Hope you do the whole show

[@hammarkids542]

I do plan to! But with breaks in between seasons, because this gets stressful

[@stoyerstoyer7426]

@@hammarkids542 sounds great! Take as much time as you need bro

[@jonathanforsyth8422]

@@stoyerstoyer7426 Yes. You're doing very well.

[@marioalbertomoreno3819]

I think the box in Tarrlock´s is platinum, I mean, the guy lives in a city with what is literally a mini-army of metalbenders, and platinum doesn´t seem to be as scarce, although yeah, that´s just especulation yeah, the love triangle is weird, but I´m guessing they had to rush it like a lot of stuff this season to make the 12 episode cut and Korra passing out to me felt more like the exhaustation finally catching up with her after the adrenaline fades, let´s not forget, she wen´t through a lot beforehand whith no rest, she didn´t rest at all the night before she confronted Tarlock, fought him, got a lot of minor but definitly jarring injuries (cuts and the like), then got bloodbent (which, considering it works around blood pressure, probably worsen the injuries), got smashed against a rock pilar head on, then went right back to alert mode when she woke up to see herself being kidnapped (a very stressful situation under normal circumstances, even more so under Tarlock), probably spent the ride in panic mode trying to find a way to escape, then was bloodbent again the whole way to that box (worsening and reopening the cuts and healing wounds), then probably spent hours banging against that metal box and trying to escape (taxing both, her body and mind) until she decided to meditate, in that medittion she ws probably focusing in understanding what Aang was showing her, not much in actually resting her mind and body, then we see her strugling phisicaly when Aang was bloodbent, then went from angry to terrified when Tarlock and Amon came, then had to lift her body while being careful to not touch any surface on the (very) claustrofobic box, and finally had a last adrenaline shock after seeing Amon sorry if its a lil´bit too much for just a point, but most of it is recap so...

[@unkindled6410]

yeah i think its not hard to imagine Korra was literally mustering every bit of strenght she had left in her to save her ass in that moment, and she got knocked out so easily after tripping was because she just exhausted all that was left and couldnt keep up.

[@Alice_Haukea]

Blood bending is far too powerful imo. Its one balancing factor was that it was limited by the need for the moon and that it could only work on 1 person at a time. I can accept the idea that a person's mental state can boost their power, but if that were the only factor, then Azula should be able to fire bend as though she were boosted by the comet at all times. I just felt like this show dumped power creep on everything just to raise the stakes. Because Yakone for example is so powerful that he is literally the bender version of Superman within this show. Only the Avatar in the avatar state was able to resist it. So.... ONE person in the entire world can stop a blood bender? That is a horribly designed power balance in this World.

[@patrickbliss9264]

I Don't mind being able to bloodbend without a full moon as that can be explained by natural prowess and dedication , but to with no explanation to how yakone learned bloodbending to the extent he did is iffy .

[@crystalaforetia2810]

Bloodbending was never established to work on only one person at a time. In fact, we see Hama bloodbending Aang and Sokka simultaneously in her fight with Katara. But season 1 of LOK could have done more to justify Yakone's prowess.

[@unkindled6410]

tbf, i think bloodbending requires a lot of focus, i would imagine an water bender could learn bloodbending specifically to resist that of others, which is exatly what Amon did with Tarloc.

[@buggsterr6812]

I think that yakone is able to blood bend multiple people is because he is not a traditional water bender maybe he is a sort of anti bender and grows weaker under the moon? That’s my head cannon.

[@Mr.CorySnyder]

I actually don't like that Hammerkids copies Overanalyzing Avatar with the cabbage merchant and full moon bit, but the, "it's empty, He's right!" I really liked. Actually laughed out loud.

[@hilgigas09]

Hiroshi's out here looking like the Monopoly man. About Naga finding Korra, she's a Polar bear/scent hound chimera. Polar bears can smell prey from 32 km away and I assume the dog part is a scent hound like bloodhound or beagle, on account of the floppy ears.

[@derrickbiedermann9802]

Cabbage Corp. is another Car and industrial equipment provider. Sepcifically they produce economy cars and equipment. That is why it was plausible that it was producing equalist equipment and why Future Industries framed them, so that they could secure more of the market.

[@timothymignault1058]

What is cabbage corp? I've never heard of it before, is it some company based off cabbages

[@hammarkids542]

Idk man, this guy might have the wrong show

[@siposmarci5407]

Idea: You should make a "I love Bolin" counter to rival the "fuck you Tarlock" one

[@Libtardo123]

I really like the new intro. Your video quality has increased exponentially throughout the series.

[@luisandrade2254]

This is definitely the most amazing episode of The Whole show. I have to say up until the end of it I thought tarlok was Amon

[@dicecard921]

Fuckin SAME, the things tarlok does sure do line up perfectly with the things amon wants to happen to further his plans, the whole mask thing was sus as fuck and until the scene where tarlok gets kidnapped by him it's very convenient they're never in the same scene. I knew that I wasn't the only one to make this assumption

[@timothymignault1058]

On the Korra getting KOd moment, I don't think it's an issue at all, I used to snow ski quite a bit, and sometimes I'd wipe out while going fast, Not that I hit anything, I just wasn't super good, and that fall often hurts quite a bit, I can imagine Korra going way faster then me and proceeding to hit the ground would also hurt a bunch

[@mayhemgambler2454]

My theory why emon wasnt effected by tarlocks bloodbending is that emon used his psychic bloodbending on himself to continue walking forward.

[@Broockle]

ye.... Bloodbending everyone around you without movement or fullmoon has no precedence and no viewer could guess its existence before hand. It's kinda akin to how in One Piece sometimes the villain will have a Devil Fruit power that makes their control over a kingdom possible and gets bloated with abilities like Sugar on Dressrosa, Moria on Thrillerbark or Bigmom on Wholecake Island. But this is not actually a bad writing choice necessarily. In OP these characters are all used to great effect and I love em, and here in Korra it immediately strikes a connection between Tarlok and Amon. The reveal that they are siblings is satisfying and makes sense, and when we see the backstory of how Yakone razed them it highlights their bad upbringing. It all just clicks suddenly. So even tho this may seem cheap, on a narrative stand point this actually works well I think. Tho Amon really does feel like a God being able to perform crazy martial arts, bloodbend and even take bending away forever, but as long as there are just one of him it's ok I think.

[@NomanChaudhry]

The moment Yakone lifts Aang, all I could think was "Wake up Chrissy! I don't like this Chrissy, wake up!"

[@thatonedude473furryrights8]

Korra putting 2 and 2 together about Yakone and Tarlok makes sense. I mean, a bit of a stretch to assume maybe but they're the only two people she's aware of that can bloodbend without a full moon so it's somewhat reasonable to draw that conclusion.

[@KynanWatson]

I think you meant to say "girl who is like a father to him"

[@dstinnettmusic]

It is a literal thing that great achievements of past people become trivial things for children in the future. In the time since Avatar, people have trained and refined bending to the point that they are better at it in Korra than in the past.

[@gamingrecroom]

The "smells familiar" line does seem weird but I just figured that he said it smelled familiar because he was in the back of a presumably dark and loud truck with his hands tied together, therefore he couldn't see, hear, feel, or taste where he was going...so the only sense he had left was to smell where he was going. Still a lot of work to piece that together for a throwaway line tho lol. though you could argue that the truck would also block smell too. I don't know, that was just my best guess 🤷‍♂

[@justalpha9138]

My personal theory on Yakone is that because blood bending has now been around for several decades (hence why it has been outlawed for so long), some people would not only have the ability, some people would be trailblazers for improving techniques and effectiveness within that field. It's one of the reasons why Katara was able to not only use blood bending herself, but also learn some new abilities with it.

[@dylanmiller6169]

The question of the sotomobile is a good one. personally I think there are other corporations that make cars, but future industries is just simply the biggest main brand. Kinda like Oreos and other brands of cream cookies, they both exist but so many people buy the Oreos that half the cookie section of the store is just Oreos. As for the blood bending and insanity making it more powerful, I think not. Personally I think yakone is so powerful with it is more of how much he has trained with it. After hama invented it and got good she stopped training in it and just started using it, satisfied with the power and probably struggling to further it without someone to at least bounce ideas off of. Yakone on the other hand had a teacher and has, most likely, been training in it for decades. The way I see it blood bending seems so strong, especially in Korra, because we see it used by masters and grand masters. Like you I can definitely see why people would want blood bending to be illegal, but I would be on the people trying to legalize it. My main points would break the law anyway and the only 3 defenses against blood bending are avatar state, psychic bending and being a more powerful blood bender. Out of those 3 options the last is probably the most obtainable. Also can you imagine a blood bending police force, even when restricted to the full moon. The moment one of those guys hits the scene of a crime in progress it is done. Might actually make the nights of the full moon crime free, because crooks would be too scared to try anything on those nights.

[@PTSD_Guts]

I feel as if the logic behind passing out after being blood bent, the brain is usually pretty sensitive to blood pressure changes, and over a longer span (more than like, a skipped heartbeat) causing a loss of conscious

[@swagilyph]

I see that some people have already commented on the smelling capacity of bears, however, Polar Bears have a stronger sense of smell than any other bear species. Because their diet is seal and seal alone, they can smell a seal from 20 miles away.

[@Rodyx9]

21:55 I mean, people tanked lightning which is crazy considering this was the blow that knocked her out but still she's going pretty fast and also another thing that made it worse is all the snow and cold

[@markpula91]

When I first saw this episode I thought Amon must be some kind of robot!

[@MumboJ]

24:06 At first I thought this was a Patreon "unrealistic compliment" reward, but no apparently Nathan Catrey is just that great a person.

[@treppie]

Excellent call on the electricity and hand muscle spasms. I can attest from personal experience - if there’s a risk of electric shock, turn the back of your hand toward it if at all possible, it can save your life.

[@hammarkids542]

I live in a rural area around a ton of electric fences, so that's just something my dad told me once years ago because we hike often

[@Sly-Moose]

Insanity boosting bending? That's an excellent theory! That's now my headcanon.

[@denmark1226]

Fuck yeah, we got a "He's right." in OAK

[@xVioletPinkx]

I think there is precedent for someone's mental state to effect their bending. Bending is a martial art and is rooted to the spiritual and mental sides of personal development. We see examples of this numerous times throughout both shows. You could also pull a concept from Star Wars here and say that the kind of mental path that 'evil' characters like Yakone and Azula take is the "quick and easy path" that Yoda talks about in ESB, which is why they're so powerful at first compared to the average bender, and that the kind of study and meditation that Aang and Tenzin and many other characters take is more of the long way round but is rooted in fundamentals and has a stronger foundation overall, making them ultimately more powerful. I'm sure there's a hole in this argument somewhere but I feel like it makes a bit of sense

[@Poonchow]

HFM did a video how advanced techniques are probably contingent on accessing addition chakras. Combustion bending for example comes the traditional firebending chakra in the stomach, but is also tide to the Light chakra in the forehead. With both chakras "open" in the correct mental state, firebenders gain this ability. Amon is simply forcing those chakras closed, cutting people off from bending.

[@quintingooselin312]

The wall door was pulling out the bars that's why they got longer

[@Mr.Vini2204]

Damn, the equalists are so cool. Amon is my favorite villain frmo TLOK, I like him even more than Zaheer, for two main reasons, because I actually like both of their motivations and how they're not "I'm bad gonna do bad stuff", but instead something that is actually realistic to have people believing in, but the main reasons I like Amon more are because: 1-He is way cooler, and yeah, being cool makes a villain better cause villains are meant to be cool. And 2, because he don't only shows up because a plot convenience caused by a horrible season, yes I'm talking about the random airbenders bullshit that that dogshit season 2 made, yes I hate that plot point and it's the main reason why season 1 is my favorite instead of season 3, I hate random airbenders

[@laurelsilberman5705]

This might have been your best recap yet! Your commentary has gotten even funnier and I loved your inclusion of memes, your attention to the score, and just overall funny shit like, “No no no no no bad bad bad bad!!!” And “what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck!!” Ps that moment when Amon continues walking as Tarlok blood bends him has gotta be in the top 3 coolest moments from season one. I remember seeing it for the first time and FREAKING OUT! It was such a good tease for people who were watching it with fresh eyes! And even now, it still gives me chills.

[@hammarkids542]

Absolutely love that moment, thanks for the kind words!

[@Rodyx9]

18:09 It's pretty obvious she figured it out by having a vision of a criminal who is a crazy good at blood bending. Seems like a pretty random vision unless it's connected to what's happening now. And I doubt she would say that he's yakone's nephew or cousin or something. So imo it makes sense for her to assume that

[@Asher-x2r]

Yakone is powerful because he’s a mutant it’s stated when training his kids their bloodline is really good at bloodbending

[@mattevans4377]

"it is time for you to be equalized" Amon probably says this more for his followers than for us. To him it's like putting on a play for an audience. Sh*t, now I can't stop thinking how cool it would have been for everything to be fake and people bending wasn't actually taken away, people were hired just to pretend it happened, and anyone not hired ending up believing so much that the bending had been removed from those people, that their own minds stopped them from bending. Would have had way more impact and be much more thought provoking.

[@Poonchow]

I like think Amon's method of "removing" bending is just blocking chakras. Like pinching nerves or the flow of chi. People could technically get their bending back over time and extremely tedious therapy but it could take years outside of the avatar's assistance.

[@mattevans4377]

@@Poonchow My idea isn't that thought provoking it appears.....

[@Poonchow]

@@mattevans4377 I think it's a neat idea. I just tried to put a spin on it through the in-universe connection to spirituality and its connection to bending. Amon isn't taking away peoples' bending - he's convincing them through his own blood bending that it's gone forever and their subconscious fills in the rest. Bending requires some spiritual connection we've seen. It's why all air nomads are benders and comparatively few Earth nation natives are benders. "Blocking" bending is like a hypnotist using their own bending to convince someone they can't bend anymore. Technically, they could regain the connection with time and guidance, but they instinctively try to bend right after it's "blocked" and suddenly feel like it's gone forever - a similar reaction people have to Chi Blockers but that's a well known phenomenon so people don't freak out as much. Once they've given up hope of bending again they've helped "block" themselves making Amon's claims seem more convincing.

[@mekaeeladilzadah3653]

Thanks for making these vids we all like them😊

[@predwin1998]

10:58 just made me realize that they kept these police officers, all metalbenders, in a prison that can apparently be bended quite easily. I can accept that they might not have had the resources for platinum bars, though that should be doable considering the alliance with Hiroshi and how long they've been able to plan for fighting metalbenders, but even then I would expect them to be under heavier guard than just 2 ninjas since 5 trained officers should be able to overwhelm them and break out fairly easily. Of course they'd still have to escape the rest of the structure, but still.

[@hammarkids542]

They got their bending taken away, I guess I didn’t show that clip. If they could still bend, they could have escaped easily

[@predwin1998]

@@hammarkids542 I had a brainfart moment there. xD That makes perfect sense.

[@predwin1998]

@@hammarkids542 Come to think of it again, how depressing must it be to not only have your bending stripped away, but to then immediately be locked up in a prison thinking "I could easily get out if only I still had my bending"?

[@hammarkids542]

@@predwin1998 the ultimate flex lmao

[@AnlaVerse]

I mean i think tarrlok would probably have platinum cages instead of metal ones cuz metalbending exist, would have been nice if they told us that cuz they do in a previous episode and in later season too.

[@unkindled6410]

one funny thing about platinum is that, it is also a damn good metal overall, it is the most ductile known metal, meaning it doesnt lose its properties by being heat up or electrified or anything of sort, it is very dense but also maleable, and its also very heat and corrosion resistant. the problem is that this shits more expensive than gold because its also rarer in nature, so the fact we see whole production lines of armored vehicles and even a gigantic mecha made out of that means that platinuns either WAY more common in the avatar universe or these people have a ludicrous ammount of money.

[@fanamatakecick97]

Hiroshi Sato has many, many correlations to Henry Ford. It’s highly probable that he has a monopoly on the automation industry

[@alonebysunset]

a "silver tip grizzly"'s sense of smell is 7 times stronger then a bloodhounds if I'm not mistaken, although google says that a polar bear can smell to about 5.6 miles, so not sure how that adds up with the distance and the strength of their senses combined, but I'm sure it's not that bad

[@beccawilkinson9037]

Well I mean he probably still has the patent for cars and airships so it doesn't surprise me that he's the only one that can make it

[@evilemoboy]

What the hell, Elizabeth? You could have simply joined the dark side and I would have gave you those cookies myself! The emperror does not approve.

[@SpitefulJD]

Idk if someone's said this but I feel like the cage Korra was put in was probably platinum, which would mean metal bending would be pointless, but I agree it woulda been cool of her to at least check, if she didn't off screen

[@MumboJ]

9:38 It's hard to tell by looking at it, but I'm guessing the rod that extends is the same rod sticking out the other side, so while it extends from the central wheel it also retracts from the wall.

[@MumboJ]

I thought maybe Lin could bend her suit like an exoskeleton to move despite broken bones, it would hurt like shit but it would be badass. But the way she bolts up in bed when she hears the radio is a bit too healthy.

[@df1ned]

I think Yakone being able to bloodbend like he does is fine. There are prodigies and people with 1 in a million abilities (both physical and mental) in the real world too, so I think its fine, just assuming Yakone is one of such people

[@jedi_yt365]

Great video as per usual, I love your content!

[@zyxiemx]

at 21:50 I think that its the flip and then her hitting the snow initially that knocks her out, not the tree.

[@Matthew_BKG]

With the metal box thing, I had always assumed it was made of platinum, given they set up metalbenders not being able to bend platinum in the basement warehouse. I get she could have tried, but I don't think it's necessarily wrong that she didn't

[@hammarkids542]

I don’t know where everyone’s getting this “it’s made of platinum” thing comes from. There’s nothing that says Tarrlok’s capture the avatar box is made of platinum, and even if it was, my point still stands. She still could have tried to bend it but failed to foreshadow her being a metalbender in later seasons

[@Matthew_BKG]

@@hammarkids542 Yeah, fair enough, they always say show don't tell, but even just telling is better than not giving anything at all

[@keonhazel2799]

Mako’s actions in this episode are completely reasonable to me he’s the ‘big brother’ of the group so the persistence and aggressive behavior makes sense plus she’s the avatar kinda important to look for when missing. I feel like the love triangle blinded you to that

[@hammarkids542]

No, it’s directly referencing Mako’s feelings toward Korra in this. Asami is upset about it, it hurts their relationship, and it’s a whole bunch of drama. It 100% points to him having feelings

[@keonhazel2799]

@@hammarkids542 him carrying her at the end is more showing his feeling for her but the rest of the episode he acts similarly to when Bolin got kidnapped

[@craigpeoples9883]

@@keonhazel2799When Bolin was kidnapped he was much more level headed and wasn't acting aggressive at all

[@Sly-Moose]

With you keep kissing up to Amon like this, it's almost starting to sound like you'd "bend at the knees" for Amon. 😂😂 /j /t

[@hammarkids542]

my guy, w h a t I just like his character lmao wtf

[@mattpassos5689]

Naga might have a smell similar to June’s Mole beast thing from atla

[@Tonto151]

Korra doesn't try to bend the box Tarrlok puts her in because it's made of platinum which has already been revealed to be non-bendable

[@craigpeoples9883]

Even so Korra can't metal bend get

[@hammarkids542]

I don’t understand where people get this “it’s made of platinum” thing from. It was never mentioned at all, only for Hiroshi, and Tarrlok and Hiroshi never knew each other. I think you guys might be making stuff up

[@craigpeoples9883]

@@hammarkids542And people ignore the fact Korra can't bend metal yet

[@Tonto151]

@@hammarkids542 It's clearly visibly platinum. It's a shiny chrome-like metal and it's highly conductive, like platinum. Also, Tarrlok is a city counsel member, I'm positive he would have heard all the details about the equalists by now including what Hiroshi's mechs were made of and why. Maybe I am just making stuff up but I'd at least prefer to call it an educated guess.

[@Tonto151]

@@craigpeoples9883 I'm not ignoring the fact that Korra can't metal bend yet. No one's seen her even try at this point so why would anyone assume she can't? The only thing Tarrlok knows she can't do right now is air bend.

[@zekken8227]

Nice, first vid i saw of you and enjoyed it:)

[@WyvernRex2099]

I both love and hate the Aang takes away Yakkone’s bending. In the comics, Aang specifically doesn’t take away a women’s earthbending because bending is a part of a person’s culture. Now, Yakkone is using one of the most powerful forms of bending known to the avatar world, but it’s still makes the comic’s conflict kind of irrelevant.

[@Neforax]

Great episode, awesome vid. Keep it up!

[@seth.b]

I think Amons line to tarrlock is better than what you proposed

[@hammarkids542]

It is straight up cringe to me

[@seth.b]

@@hammarkids542 idk I think saying greetings councilman is even more cringe

[@MrStanFungi]

Let's go, finally used "he's right"

[@hammarkids542]

I finally found a place to use it lmaooo

[@MrStanFungi]

@@hammarkids542 yeeaahhahahha

[@lightly5363]

he's also finally used that impact font framestop!

[@kairostimeYT]

I am definitely with overanalyzing avatar in this one: I hardly see any romance between mako and korra here and find Asami unnecessarily toxic but the writers did intend romance but realistically, it would be too subtle to pick up on.

[@hammarkids542]

I don't get where people think Asami is unnecessarily toxic. It's hard to explain but as a teenager, when your partner/crush stops showing you affection and focuses it on someone else instead, it's really worrying. The past few times with Mako helping Korra into the car and then here he freaks out after she's been kidnapped are fine, but right at the end he puts ALL of his affection into Korra instead, he picks her up and carries her away from everybody else, he strokes her hair, it's weird as hell and Asami definitely has a right to be upset and heartbroken by it, especially now that she knows Mako and Korra kissed before, that would for sure put anybody on the defensive and go confront their partner. The last time Mako and Asami were seen showing affection to each other is The Aftermath. Korra gets more affection from Mako then Asami ever does, which is why I hate him doing this so much in the first season

[@kairostimeYT]

@@hammarkids542 I agree. I just have not worded it properly. Till Mako carried Korra with that smile and gently caressed her hair, to a third person, it would not seem like love. Asami was needlessly worrying till that point imo.

[@WlatPziupp]

2:37 That's a male healer!

[@NawidN]

14:34-15:20 - The idea that there are telltale signs of lying is questionable at best. In the context of interrogation, the kind of guidelines you mention here have turned out to lead to bad outcomes. For a more in-depth explanation, definitely check out "Police Interrogations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" on KZbin.

[@lordm0918]

You didn’t even mentions that bears noses are even stronger than dogs

[@lizgudino5309]

Just pointing out, Hama could Bloodbend two people at once.

[@Shushkin]

Cloth can hold up a lot of weight. 80kg woman isn't enough to rip it apart. Now, if she was hanging there for days, then eventually it would rip. I don't know what weight would be the breaking point, but to hang there on a piece of cloth for 30 seconds would not break it.

[@alonebysunset]

maybe I'm missing something here, but how do you know that's not another full moon night that Yakone was bending everyone on?

[@Jasmin-lg3gf]

Insanity can make you stronger if it breaks your limiter because you just want to destroy everything and have no regard for yourself or others. Since bending in Avatar is primarily a mental ability, it doesn't even have negative consequences for the user.

[@IncendiarySolution]

Rip Asaami

[@markpula91]

I thought the box was made out of platinum

[@hammarkids542]

that was never said or hinted at. Even if it was platinum, it still doesn't stop Korra from TRYING to bend it

[@lonemotheo1964]

I never understood how blood benders could just make people levitate like how does that happen all they can do is control blood and muscles how does that transition to being able to lift someone off the ground and have them levitate for a few minutes But I guess showing someone robotocally walking into a cage wouldn't be as cool

[@taelim6599]

Same way they can lift water. Blood is mostly water, of course they can lift it.

[@lonemotheo1964]

@@taelim6599 I guess..... It was always just weird to me

[@sectioncraft4647]

at 6:10 Toph has 6 fingers

[@christianbeach8975]

Love the new intro

[@hammarkids542]

I’m surprised a lot of people are only just now noticing it. It’s been in my videos for weeks lol

[@christianbeach8975]

@@hammarkids542 🤯

[@neimenovani7256]

Wellcome back

[@zomboekiller]

The “your fly was down” was unruly wtf you looking down there for??

[@antisal4192]

and I'm caught up. Cool

[@scaledbeast12]

13:34 Hama can bend 2 people