Talk:Amon/@comment-108.128.98.68-20120616161538/@comment-68.197.155.73-20120616165630

"You just thought he was 'cool' and you wanted a bit of his charisma to rub off on you. Amon is, first and foremost, a revolutionary. It doesn't matter who you like or don't like, all that matters to him is bringing about change. Know your role kiddies."

OH ROFL. My god, calm your balls rofl. Wanted a bit of his charisma to rub off on you?? Really? Wow, my god, so I guess a fictional character from Legend of Korra is supposedly going to change my character as a human being or affect me in remotely any way. Oh no, they're not there because they're part of a story's plot or anything, but they're actually there because they're supposed to rub off some of their character on to me. It's not like the only time I ever see them is on a computer screen when it's being streamed or on the TV screen when episodes air.

"It doesn't matter who you like or don't like, all that matters to him is bringing about change."

No shit, Sherlock. Of course it doesn't matter who I like or don't like, it also doesn't matter who you like or don't like either or what you even think about us or the characters. It's not stopping us from saying things because we're excited due to something happening. If you seriously think what we say is somehow going to affect the creator's plans for him throughout the series, then I believe you are mad for honestly believing that.

"Know your role kiddies."

Know my role? Oh, my role as the AUDIENCE? When the bad guy did something bad to a character we loved/liked, and the reaction to it was a storm of anger and remorse for his sadness, which honestly, was probably the effect the creators might have went for, then that means we DO know our roles. The audience; we watch the show play out, react to bits and bits to it (some angry, sad, happy, excited, etc.), and wait for more. That pretty much is the role of the audience, and I'd say the show successfully rallied us up properly.

"Don't forget, as Chief of Police she let the Triads run rampant in Republic City."

I'm sure she has worked on that issue in the past, outside of the show airing it. If they really were "rampant", then they would have practically controlled the entire city. Mobs and gangs are caught all the time, but they're also underground (figuratively and chances of it literally are probably good) from the police all the time as well. Just because the police can't catch EVERY SINGLE criminal in the entire city/nation/whatever for a perfect happily-ever-after doesn't mean the police are bad, the chief is bad, the lieutenant is bad, or whatever you want to believe. The fact that Lin and her forces were still able to relatively keep things in a fairly good control doesn't mean you should call them out to the point where you think that it's actually justified for them to lose their bending and help fuel the Equalists' victory.

"Under her watch the abuse of non-benders reached its peak, which is why the Equalists were able to reach this point."

Abuse? Everything was going fine 'till Korra came along and the plot started rolling. She had NO reason to attack them first when their intentions weren't even completely clear at that point. Frankly, had she taken action, things would've gotten WORSE, and the Equalists' would've had even more reason to hate benders, and non-benders would've begun to be conditioned even further into believing the Equalists' mentality.

"If she and the Council would've looked out for non-benders instead of ignoring their problems then she would still have her Earthbending right now."

Honestly, between the police force and the council, the latter seems to have more power than Lin could have ever had. The council chose to ignore their pleas because of Tarrlok's mind manipulation and him just deluding everyone into believing all was well and good. Had Lin been aware of what went going on without the council constantly looming over her, or probably a number of other problems that we can't be sure to say, I'm sure she would've taken action. Well hey, whaddya know, she did! When the Equalists finally showed their cowardly faces instead of hiding in the shadows, she took action (e.g patrolling the stadium and resigning as Chief so she can beat them without the law belting her down).

Tenzin, Lin, the council, Tarrlock, Korra, Bolin, Mako, and literally almost any bender in Republic City were beaten because the Equalists' fighting style was DESIGNED to beat them. The style was purposely made so that they could counter any bending thrown at them (some better than others at it). They used their secrecy and anonymous status in the city to wait for the chance to attack, and they did. They overwhelmed the benders with their ambushes and fought specifically so they could be untouchable against bending. Lo' and behold, their plan worked.

Had Saikhon or Lin taken action, things would've gotten worse, and it would've looked like they were attacking innocent citizens. Now that they have taken action, the Equalists' became too overwhelming. Honestly, it's no one's fault, Amon just did what he did very well.

"She's no hero: she just made one right decision after years of bad ones."

lol ok. Right, let's ignore all of her other decisions because of one thing, like I just said before, and completely berate her. Sounds like a plan guys!