Talk:Amon/@comment-3467624-20121004215007

Alright so, you guys remember how "those who use [bloodbending] open themselves up to madness" thing? I was thinking about it and I wonder if it had actually effected Amon.

If you watch parts of the flashback, Noatak's expressions (after they started training with bloodbending) were not, strictly speaking, that of a completely sane person. Especially when he was yelling at Yaknoe after he bloodbended him. It looked like something else was going on in his head. And did you see that one frame where he was so wide-eyed?

On top of that, he had a very verbally abusive father, who basically told his sons they were only tools. Which was also a shock sharply contrasting with the caring father he once knew. I would imagine it would be stressful trying to also take care of his younger brother and defending him from their father's wrath.

Then he ran away and who knows what might have happened to him during that time. He most likely saw more instances where a bender extorted, threatened, or abused a helpless person. Eventually adding up on top of what he had witnessed at the north pole, he was pushed to become Amon.

"Amon" by the way he spoke and acted was very unemotional and apathetic for the most part. The image was really helped by the fact that you couldn't see his facial expressions under his mask, but neverless, his tone and body language suggested it heavily. Even when he was shocked about Korra's airbending, he didn't react as much as most other characters would have.

He isn't crazy, but he might not have completely been in his right mind. And that's my two cents about it, what do you think?