I think that was a great article, i relly liked your theory on giving non-benders, bending powers. However to further this theory would it be possible for a non bender to gain bending powers through advancing spiritually and opening their chi pathways. The airbenders were extremely spiritual people and as a result every one of them were born with bending abilities. however if spirituality and unlocking the chi pathways r key to bending, then could a non bender not become a bender through much meditation and training? something to think about

One thing baffles me. If Amon could permanently block Chi paths, you'd think that Korra wouldn't have been able to unlock her airbending as well. After all, all the elements flow along the same Chi paths, right? So how is it possible that the paths could be blocked for some elements but not another? The only explanation that I can think of is that airbending flows along a different Chi path. After all, Amon never got the chance to ever take a way the bending of an Airbender. If this isn't the case, I'm just not sure how airbending can flow along the same Chi paths while the three other elements couldn't.

This also brings me to the theory that Korra can possibly grant bending to non-benders. I am doubtful of this, because think of the way benders are born. All benders aside from the Avatar are born with the ability to only bend ONE element. Who decides which element that is? I don't think the Avatar would be able to pick and choose. If she could, then you could extend that theory to say that she could grant others the ability to bend all four elements. Just seems to me that bending is more of a genetic thing rather than simply opening up chi paths.

i forgot katara knew bloodbending, thus the damage must be permant, cause katara must had tried bloodbending herself. thus only engerybending could heal them. still just a theory.

I don't think this is correct at all. Not only does Katara say that Korra's connection with the elements is completely severed, but Korra also is still able to bend air. If her Chi was blocked, she wouldn't be able to bend at all, rather than just losing the ability to bend what she had already learned at that point. If her Chi was simply blocked, Korra would still be connected to the elements, she just wouldn't be able to channel them.

Wasn't this disproved by the fact that Korra used energy bending to bring people's bending back? Because energy bending would not correct a physical block, she would have to bloodbend to do that, which she didn't.