The Legend of Korra/WMG/Amon: Difference between revisions

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== Amon made a [[Deal With the Devil]]. ==

He claims that the spirits granted him {{spoiler|the power of Energybending.}} The power actually came from some malevolent spirit who made a pact with Amon to destroy the balance between the living world and the spirit world so badly so that the barriers would break and it could break through. In the final battle this spirit will possess Among, making him go [[One Winged Angel]] on Korra. And this spirit is...Koh of course.

He claims that the spirits granted him {{spoiler|the power of Energybending.}} The power actually came from some malevolent spirit who made a pact with Amon to destroy the balance between the living world and the spirit world so badly so that the barriers would break and it could break through. In the final battle this spirit will possess Among, making him go [[One-Winged Angel]] on Korra. And this spirit is...Koh of course.

* Worse when you consider the waterbender avatar before Korra isn't on good terms with Koh, and he did say to Aang they would meet again.

* Furthermore, Koh's whole schtick is taking away people's faces... Makes the mask all the more creepy.

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Amon was already prejudiced against benders, and he couldn't stand the idea of having two benders for children, so he abandoned them.

* Mako ''knows'' this because he'll recognize his father's voice; Bolin was too young to remember when he abandoned them and their mother. Oh, boy, does he remember. Amon will become Mako's [[Berserk Button]] and he try to take him out whenever he gets the chance. To top it off, Amon will have an adopted non-bender child he trained as his successor and that will cause even more problems.

* My theory is that Amon is Mako and Bolin's father, but he doesn't know they're still alive. In "The Revelation", Amon and Mako both describe an incident where a firebender killed their family. That was the same incident, and both Amon and Mako & Bolin did actually survive (so only their mother, and possibly other unmentioned family members, died), but for some reason the boys thought the father had died, and vice versa. Mako doesn't recognize Amon's voice in "The Revelation", maybe because it's been so many years since he heard it, or maybe because the burns Amon received to his face and the mask he wears change his voice. However, at some point Amon will realize Mako and Bolin are his kids (he didn't seem to recognize Bolin when he saw him in "The Revelation", but this is probably because he last saw Bolin as a kid, and because he thinks Bolin is dead), and this will lead to a [[Luke I Am Your Father]] scene. It's even possible Amon will undergo a Darth Vader style [[Heel Face Turn]]... Amon probably didn't know Mako and Bolin were benders before their "death" (they were too young to show any bender potential), but once he realizes his sons grew up to be benders and yet they're still decent people, he can't hate benders anymore with the same vigour he used to.

* My theory is that Amon is Mako and Bolin's father, but he doesn't know they're still alive. In "The Revelation", Amon and Mako both describe an incident where a firebender killed their family. That was the same incident, and both Amon and Mako & Bolin did actually survive (so only their mother, and possibly other unmentioned family members, died), but for some reason the boys thought the father had died, and vice versa. Mako doesn't recognize Amon's voice in "The Revelation", maybe because it's been so many years since he heard it, or maybe because the burns Amon received to his face and the mask he wears change his voice. However, at some point Amon will realize Mako and Bolin are his kids (he didn't seem to recognize Bolin when he saw him in "The Revelation", but this is probably because he last saw Bolin as a kid, and because he thinks Bolin is dead), and this will lead to a [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] scene. It's even possible Amon will undergo a Darth Vader style [[Heel Face Turn]]... Amon probably didn't know Mako and Bolin were benders before their "death" (they were too young to show any bender potential), but once he realizes his sons grew up to be benders and yet they're still decent people, he can't hate benders anymore with the same vigour he used to.

** Kind of jossed? Amon describes himself as a young boy when this incident occurs, and also specifically mentions that his ''father'' dies, then mentions his family. It's a bit more plausible to think they might all be brothers instead, but even then a few details don't match up, like Mako and Bolin both being benders when Amon said he came from a non-bending family.

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* [[Vocal Dissonance|We can only hope.]]

== Amon is an [[Anti Villain]] ==

== Amon is an [[Anti-Villain]] ==

Because we already had a [[Complete Monster]] [[Big Bad]].

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== Amon uses benders as a political scapegoat. ==

Basically, he found some way to convince large groups of non-benders that benders were the source for a lot of their problems. By giving the people a common enemy, it's easier for him to get them to gather under his power and command. He may not really harbor any hatred toward benders, and may even be a bender himself, but he took discrimination against benders that already existed and used it to his advantage.

* Just like [[~~Godwins~~ Law|Hitler]] did with the Jews!

* Just like [[Godwin's Law|Hitler]] did with the Jews!

== The Equalists take orders from Amon, and Amon takes orders from... Chief Beifong. ==

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== Amon and his lieutenant will be expies of Lenin and Trotsky respectively. ==

Amon will be a cynical and ruthless, but ultimately [[Pragmatic Villainy|pragmatic]] [[Big Bad]] who rallies support from the genuinely oppressed by offering them what the elite are unwilling to, but is ultimately interested [[Despotism Justifies the Means|in power above all else]]. He will be [[Magnificent Bastard|a political mastermind]] and just [[Evil Is Cool|cool]] enough to avoid [[Complete Monster]] territory while also making enough [[Straw Man Has a Point|genuinely good political points]] to inspire tons of [[Draco in Leather Pants|pantsification.]] The lieutenant will be a genuinely idealistic [[Well Intentioned Extremist]] [[Anti Villain]] who carries his idealism to the point of fanaticism believing ends justify the means. Will be a tactical and strategic genius but not as good at playing internal politics. In the second season they will be joined by a paranoid, brutal and [[Axe Crazy]] Stalin expy who at first seems useful to them but ultimately takes power and destroys them in an [[Enemy Civil War]] to become the true [[Big Bad]].

Amon will be a cynical and ruthless, but ultimately [[Pragmatic Villainy|pragmatic]] [[Big Bad]] who rallies support from the genuinely oppressed by offering them what the elite are unwilling to, but is ultimately interested [[Despotism Justifies the Means|in power above all else]]. He will be [[Magnificent Bastard|a political mastermind]] and just [[Evil Is Cool|cool]] enough to avoid [[Complete Monster]] territory while also making enough [[Straw Man Has a Point|genuinely good political points]] to inspire tons of [[Draco in Leather Pants|pantsification.]] The lieutenant will be a genuinely idealistic [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] [[Anti-Villain]] who carries his idealism to the point of fanaticism believing ends justify the means. Will be a tactical and strategic genius but not as good at playing internal politics. In the second season they will be joined by a paranoid, brutal and [[Axe Crazy]] Stalin expy who at first seems useful to them but ultimately takes power and destroys them in an [[Enemy Civil War]] to become the true [[Big Bad]].

** Possible, but more likely he's an expy of Mao (hell, their names are similar enough already). He's a savvy and charismatic leader dedicated to bringing equality to the downtrodden masses who may or may not go completely off the rails and/or drop his facade, depending on how cynical the show gets. On the other hand, Lin Beifong is the Chiang Kai-Shek figure, the nationalist military leader who keeps the peace with an iron fist, who may or may not be a fascist and who lets the Triads operate with impunity, again, depending on how cynical the show gets. Lin's efforts to exterminate the Equalist movement whilst ignoring their legitimate grievances (as well as her possible massive corruption) will send the legitimate Equalist sentiment spiraling out of control into full-blown revolution.

*** ...Except that in [[Real Life]] Mao had almost zero charisma, didn't give a rat's ass about the downtrodden masses and didn't really have any strong idealogical convictions beyond an ironically Ayn-Rand like philosophy of complete self-absorption. The person you're describing is a lot more like Ho Chi Minh than Mao.

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== Amon's Energy Bending will be his downfall ==

It's said that if one tries to Energy Bend someone else's life energy, their spirit must be unbendable, or they'll be destroyed. At present, Amon is totally sure of his own ideals and motivations, thus he's able to Energy Bend. In the end, Korra or someone will give him a [[The Reason You Suck Speech]], making him undergo a [[Villainous Breakdown]] and second guess his own ideals. He'll try to Energy Bend Korra, but his spirit is no longer unbendable, [[Hoist By His Own Petard|causing it to backfire and destroy him]].

It's said that if one tries to Energy Bend someone else's life energy, their spirit must be unbendable, or they'll be destroyed. At present, Amon is totally sure of his own ideals and motivations, thus he's able to Energy Bend. In the end, Korra or someone will give him a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], making him undergo a [[Villainous Breakdown]] and second guess his own ideals. He'll try to Energy Bend Korra, but his spirit is no longer unbendable, [[Hoist By His Own Petard|causing it to backfire and destroy him]].

* Amon wasn't keeping Avatar for last, he is simply terrified of Avatar.

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== Amon is Zuko's son. ==

He grew up resenting his father (runs in the family), had plenty of opportunities to talk to Ozai about Energybending, and eventually became estranged from his family or banished when his anti-bending sentiments were revealed. He wants the benders to be destroyed so he can take control of the Fire Nation and restore it to its former glory of the previous war. (Seriously, [[Does This Remind You of Anything|does this remind you of anything?]]) Anyway, he made up his backstory as a way of saying firebending killed his father. He either got his power from Koh or learned it from talking with Ozai, but personally hates the Avatar for ending the war and will stop at nothing to destroy the bending population under the guise of equality.

He grew up resenting his father (runs in the family), had plenty of opportunities to talk to Ozai about Energybending, and eventually became estranged from his family or banished when his anti-bending sentiments were revealed. He wants the benders to be destroyed so he can take control of the Fire Nation and restore it to its former glory of the previous war. (Seriously, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|does this remind you of anything?]]) Anyway, he made up his backstory as a way of saying firebending killed his father. He either got his power from Koh or learned it from talking with Ozai, but personally hates the Avatar for ending the war and will stop at nothing to destroy the bending population under the guise of equality.

== Underneath Amon's mask... ==

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Did you see how he got through that dust (snow, whatever) cloud in Out of the Past? Aang did that all the time!

== Amon is [[~~Godwins~~ Law|Hitler]] ==

== Amon is [[Godwin's Law|Hitler]] ==

* Dunno, to me he seems to have much more in common with Lenin; utterly ruthless and merciless, but still genuinely believing that his ideology would make the world a better place.

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