Slightly Maladroit

Hi, my name is Audrey.
I was recently told that I talk incessantly, a fact that I know very well to be true. In an effort to cure my talkativeness (talkativity? talkiness?), I have started this blog, which hopefully you will find entertaining, perhaps interesting, somewhat relatable, and of course, slightly maladroit. Maladroit means awkward, and I have been having a torrid love affair with this word ever since I found it. I was thirteen. I had settled down with my favorite book (Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith--if you're interested), prepared to see what happened next, when I saw it. There, slightly up from the bottom left of the left page, but at the end of a sentence so it was more towards the spine, it was. "Forgive my maladroitness." My thirteen-year-old mind didn't yet know the word, but we became acquainted very quickly thanks to Webster's dictionary. I could not believe that I had found someone so very like me! I was awkward all the time! Hurrah! After our acquaintace, I used maladroit shamelessly. Perhaps I should not be proud of it, but I loved it.
And that brings us to today. This blog will probably always infuse a little awkwardness into your day. I embrace and encourage this.


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chaobunny: superkianagalaxy: masterarrowhead: hawkfeather: atla-annotated: Energybending - A Comparison While the Lionturtle and Aang use the same technique, Amon seems to be using another method. When Aang takes away Ozai’s bending, and when the Lionturtle teaches Aang energybending, they both thouch TWO points on the body, the yin tang and the ru zhong point aka the Ajna chakra and the Anahata chakra. When Amon ‘takes away’ LBZ’s bending, he only touches ONE point, the yin tang. Now what could that mean? I think Amon is faking it. That he is making people believe that he is taking away their bending, when what he is actually doing is blocking a chakra. Here is why: Amon touches the yin tang point aka the Ajna chakra: Yintang Acupuncture Point  Location: Midway between the medial ends of the eyebrows  Actions& Effects: Calms the spirit - insomnia, anxiety, stress. Frontal headache. Sinus issues - congestion, sinusitis. When Uncle is teaching Zuko about lightning, he talks about bending needing a certain amount of inner calm. So, if you were to close that chakra and lock all the anxiety inside someone, making them incapable of being calm, that would effectively take someone’s bending away. Quite clever actually, since the more terrified they are/become the more permanent this block will be. And Amon is sure laying it on thick. Ru zhong, Ajna chakra, Anahata chakra. Image source: One I’d also like to note that he touches the back of his neck too. It’s really split second but he does. Now if we look here…. Hmmmmmm….. “AMON” “AMON” oh OH OH MY FUCKING GOD Holy crap. Never underestimate the Avatar fandom to pick up on everything. O_O

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atla-annotated:

Energybending - A Comparison

While the Lionturtle and Aang use the same technique, Amon seems to be using another method.


When Aang takes away Ozai’s bending, and when the Lionturtle teaches Aang energybending, they both thouch TWO points on the body, the yin tang and the ru zhong point aka the Ajna chakra and the Anahata chakra.

When Amon ‘takes away’ LBZ’s bending, he only touches ONE point, the yin tang.

Now what could that mean?

I think Amon is faking it. That he is making people believe that he is taking away their bending, when what he is actually doing is blocking a chakra.

Here is why:

Amon touches the yin tang point aka the Ajna chakra:

Yintang Acupuncture Point 

Location: Midway between the medial ends of the eyebrows  Actions& Effects:
  • Calms the spirit - insomnia, anxiety, stress.
  • Frontal headache.
  • Sinus issues - congestion, sinusitis.

When Uncle is teaching Zuko about lightning, he talks about bending needing a certain amount of inner calm. So, if you were to close that chakra and lock all the anxiety inside someone, making them incapable of being calm, that would effectively take someone’s bending away.

Quite clever actually, since the more terrified they are/become the more permanent this block will be. And Amon is sure laying it on thick.

Ru zhong, Ajna chakra, Anahata chakra.

Image source: One

I’d also like to note that he touches the back of his neck too. It’s really split second but he does.

Now if we look here….

Hmmmmmm…..

“AMON”

“AMON”

oh

OH

OH MY FUCKING GOD

Holy crap. Never underestimate the Avatar fandom to pick up on everything. O_O