Talk:Bumi/@comment-24.44.142.73-20120610183244

I think it is most likely that Amon is a brand new character with no connections to any other characters from LOK or ATLA, that being said, I think if it is someone we know, it is Bumi. First, think about what it would be like to grow up with the avatar as your father, the most powerful waterbender alive as your mother, a waterbending older sister, and an airbending younger brother. And being the only one without bending...I think it would create a lot of jealousy and tension in the family and also towards benders in general. There would also be a certain amount of competition and I would think Kya and him would be into fighting etc. Well, if you are the only non bender in your family, who do you go to to learn to fight. Uncle Saka/Aunt Suki, who happen to be excellent fighters and possible chi blockers (Kyoshi warriors learned, why not Suki). Second, him being Bumi gives him a reason to have lied about his past, no one would follow the Avatars son against other benders, it would seem to hypocrital. Furthermore, it gives him a reason to wear the mask, as his mother (leader in the White Lotus and training the avatar) and brother (Tenzin on the council) would then have much more information about him/know how to stop him. Another interesting thing that is said in his speech at the revalation is that his father was extorted by a firebender, could this be talking about Zuko/Aang, I think we will learn more about how that relationship developed in the Promise 2/3, but I think a son who didn't have all the facts could think that Zuko was taking advantage of Aang. The only thing that really remains is how he got his energy bending. I'm inclined to believe that EVERYONE can energy bend, they just need to learn how, so who could teach them? The lion turtle, Aang, possibly some spirits and possibly Ozai (it looked like energy bending was like an internal battle, maybe after having energy bending used on him he could learn it.) This leaves several ways for Amon to have become an energy bender if it is Bumi. First, Aang feeling sorry for his normal son, teaches him how to energy bend, thinking he will use it for good or whatever whatever. Or, Bumi tracks down the lion turtle/knowledgable spirits, and because he is the Avatars son they teach him/he tricks them.