Not the writers, Bryke. Bryke wrote all the episodes for this series, which pretty much confirms 1) they aren't good romance writers 2) they're not as strong feminists as they probably think they are (there are parts of LOK that would make any feminist angry, particularly in relation to how the romantic subplot was handled).
There is not fucking way Aang could handle a blood bender, while Katara is MADE for that shit.
Actually, Aang kind of pulls another deux ex machina at the end of that episode which pretty much cockblocks bloodbending when he goes into the Avatar State. I don't know HOW that works, but they didn't really explain how Amon took other people's bending away either so I won't try to explain Bryke's logic. This is why I said I wouldn't recommend LOK to any of my friends because if you thought the ATLA finale was bad, then the plot holes in LOK will blow your mind and not in the good way.
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There is not fucking way Aang could handle a blood bender, while Katara is MADE for that shit.
Actually, Aang kind of pulls another deux ex machina at the end of that episode which pretty much cockblocks bloodbending when he goes into the Avatar State. I don't know HOW that works, but they didn't really explain how Amon took other people's bending away either so I won't try to explain Bryke's logic. This is why I said I wouldn't recommend LOK to any of my friends because if you thought the ATLA finale was bad, then the plot holes in LOK will blow your mind and not in the good way.