Talk:Amon/@comment-76.170.72.250-20120430024427

Everything at this point is based on very limited evidence. We got a brief glimpse of a vision Korra had of what appeared to be adult Sokka (he looked like his father did from TLA, and had the same hairstyle as Sokka), adult Toph, and maybe adult Aang (although he looked too old, and angry?) who then leaped up and attacked before the vision ended. He very well could be Tarrlok, a guy working with Tarrlok to help him gain power, Bumi (doubtful) or descendant of Ozai or Azula (if they were freed). The camera zoomed into Amon's eyes briefly near the end of episode 4, and I didn't see any wrinkles; he looked quite young and fresh, and no sign of burns as he claimed, so chances are his "story" that he told the world is potentially not true. As far as whether Amon is truly an "energy" bender, I would say chances are he probably isn't... energy bending requires a hand placed on the chest by the heart, and the other on the forehead. Amon did the forehead and the back of the neck; Amon is coincidentally the name for the chi point in the back of the neck.

Also taking away someone's bending, at least as we witnessed in the final episode of TLA, is quite a lengthy process, and a flashy one at that... now that's not to say that the creators just tossed in the flashiness just for the sake of it being the last episode (go figure), but at the same time it's a bit hypocritical of them to all of a sudden omit such a detail; on top of that like I said, Aang took over a minute, and had one hand on Ozai's chest, whereas Amon had his other hand at the back of the neck, and only took a few seconds. So the Avatar takes over a minute, with explosions of light flying everywhere, to take away someone's bending, and some random non-Avatar can take away someone's bending in only a few seconds, without any flashiness? I find that hard to believe, or I'll be one of the first to say the creators would be hypocritical for doing that... so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say it's likely *not* energy bending, but rather an advanced form of chi blocking, or something similar.

The more I think about who Amon is, the more I think it has something to do with Tarrlok: How did Tarrlok, out of all the councilmembers, have "inside information" regarding Amon? And how did Amon find out about Tarrlok's proposal so soon after it was proposed? Seems like a very strange coincidence... or perhaps they're working together? Tarrlok is power hungry, we can all see that.

Judging from the position of his hands, Amon is either using advanced chi blocking or chakra manipulation, which can only be unlocked again through proper meditation. The lion turtle that passed on energybending to Aang touched his heart and his forehead, which Aang then did to Ozai (heart and forehead); whereas Amon touched the forehead and back of the neck... so it would appear that Amon is not using the same technique, and I doubt it's flexible in placement, since we are talking about permanantly removing someone's ability to bend, which involves purity of mind and heart (hence hand on forehead and heart).

Anyway, my speculation has gone on long enough. We shall see as the series unfolds...