Talk:Amon/@comment-168.223.220.59-20120425181106/@comment-99.61.52.190-20120425184746

maybe he has a personal issue with the avatar (in general, not just korra)?

In every religion and mythology, when you've got a god in human flesh, policing mankind telling them what is right and what is wrong, there's always a few whackjobs who want him/her dead.

in the Atla mythos, the avatar governed the earth for (at least according to Roku in the Deserter) "a thousand lifetimes." Peace was kept between the four nations, but next to no scientific progress was made. then the avatar disappeared for one hundred years, and the FN developed everything from steam power, to indoor plumbing, to refrigeration (albeit in the cause of a genocidal war campaign.) Amon probably believes scientific progress is better for mankind than belief in spiritual forces that (from his perspective) only hinder and enslave mankind. (p.s. as of this point i dont believe that Amon can really energybend, or had contact with the spirits i believe it was either a hoax to scare the benders of republic city, or modified chi-blocking.)

Regardless of his reasons, Amon probably wants to make Korra genuinely believe that the world is better off without the Avatar, before he kills/bender neuters her.