Talk:Amon/@comment-98.74.138.113-20120616001839

There are many possibilities to who Amon might be. For certain, he is not Avatar Aang. One, they said it multiple times in ATLA that every time an avatar died, a new one would take his/her place and it said that at the beginning of the series (Tenzin said "And like the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of the avatar began anew.") Evidently, Aang is not Amon because Avatar Korra is alive. You can't contradict me there because Korra can bend water, earth, and fire. Yes, she can't bend air but that's only because she hasn't learned how.

About Amon's mask now. I bet he's only wearing the mask to cover up his identity. First of all, how do any of us know he's telling the truth about his past? Why a firebender? Why not a water or earthbender? Even if his face was savaged by a firebender, wouldn't he be willing to show the Equalists the mark he/she left? Amon wouldn't cover it up. He would show the savagery a bender comitted against him. As a matter of fact, he'd probably be showing the world what that firebender did to him. Plus, it would give more reason for the Equalists to hate benders.

Amon might be Yakone [sp?]. I didn't think that until I watched episode 9. If you think about it, it'd actually be a very legitimate theory. Back when he had his bending, he was one of a kind. Just to remind anyone who forgot, he could bloodbend anytime, anyday. He used that to his advantage and worked to take over the city. Eventually, he had his bending removed by Avatar Aang. During his days as a non-bender, he probably grew jealous of the benders around him. Remember: he used to be an extremely powerful and talented bender. I'm pretty sure I'd be jealous of other benders if I had such a talent taken away.

As shown in episode 9, Amon was able to resist Tarrlok's bloodbending. During the day, it'd make more sense to me if anyone was able to resist, but it was nighttime when Tarrlok bloodbended him. Full or not, the moon enhances waterbending abilities (as seen in season one of ATLA when Katara and Zuko were fighting in the North Pole. Katara obviously had the upper hand). Still, Amon was able to resist it. The only two things that can resist bloodbending are entering the Avatar State and/or being an extremely proficient waterbender. Yakone was at one point an extremely proficient waterbender, so it'd make sense for him to resist it.

I know Yakone would be pretty old by the time Korra arrived, but then again, Katara taught Korra how to waterbend and she's elderly. Water bending takes finesse and flexibility, just like chi blocking. Given that, it's not too hard to believe Yakone may be Amon.

Amon is not Jet either. Jet being Amon is almost as ridiculous as Aang being Amon. I know Jet was very lithe and agile, but remember what Toph said when he died? She said he was lying. We all know that Toph can tell things like that. That's one piece of proof that Jet is not Amon. Second, even if he didn't die, those wounds would've been nearly fatal. If he and Toph were certain he was going to die, it would be totally obvious, those wounds would have disabled him to the point he could barely do anything. This was back when they didn't have great surgeons and medicines. Waterbending can't heal fatal wounds. Katara was only able to heal Aang when Azula electrocuted him because she had spiritual water. Even if his other friends attempted to take him to a waterbender, he either would've died or the wounds would be open too long for them to be healed completely.

Of course, Amon just might be who he claims to be: Amon. Like I said before, anyone could be attacked by a firebender. It makes all of us sound sort of ridiculous spouting our theories of who Amon might be when he just might be Amon.

Lastly, Amon is not:

-Asami Sato

-Hiroshi Sato

-Pema

-Jet

-Former Firelord Ozai

-Ursa

-Avatar Aang

-Many other benders/nonbenders

Sorry this was long, wordy, and vague

Akai Arashi