Talk:Amon/@comment-58.175.253.57-20120617114201

Going a bit Buffy the Vampire Slayer with this theory... but what if when Aang was shot by lightning, he 'died' (to some extent), and another avatar line was started. And when Katara healed Aang with the water from the North Pole and he came 'back to life', perhaps this disrupted the birth of the new avatar to inhibit all but his connection with the spirit world.

In other words - what if there are two Avatars right now, each fulfilling a different role? One is Korra (who fulfils the aspect of bending all four elements and lacks somewhat in the spiritual sense) and the other is Amon (who fulfils the aspect of connection to the spirit world). It would explain how Amon got this 'gift from the spirits' to take bending away.