Talk:Amon/@comment-66.66.223.232-20120519181725

Asami is Amon. Think about it. In the most recent episode (The Aftermath) Asami tells Korra that she is trained in martial arts. We know she's a nonbender. Both Asami and Amon are about the same size and body structure. They have the same color eyes as well. Amon's stature is actually quite feminine too.

Asami lost her mother to a firebender. Amon says a firebender "took my family away from me." Now his full backstory doesn't match Asami's completely, but I think he (actually, she) is fibbing a bit. And they've gotta have the technology to modify voices. The writers are playing off our assumption that Amon has to be male. (One of the groundbreaking things about this show is that it has a female protagonist... it would make sense if it also had a female antagonist.)

Plus, we know Korra and Mako are going to end up together, so from a writer's standpoint, something has to happen to get Asami out of the way.

Asami is a good actor. I don't think even her father knows she is Amon. The villian is right under Korra's nose. As Azula said to the Earth King in the original series, "It's terrible when you can't trust those closest to you."