Talk:Amon/@comment-173.202.192.185-20120609213814

Here is a theory: Amon is a pupil of Aang's who is an equality failsafe in case the Benders start taking advantage of Non-Benders before the next Avatar comes along. He is tasked with taking away the bending of any who misuse their powers, hence why he won't take Korra's bending away (which may not even be possible due to the defensive activation of the Avatar State and previous Avatars who mastered Energybending anyway). In addition, he may be in place to help lend a sense of urgency/source of discourse to help Korra mature and become a fully realized Avatar and to protect her if something really bad starts to go down. He seems kind of like Lelouch from Code Geass in the way he is approaching the rebellion, which is why I thought this was plausible--he may gain control through fear and the threat of removing bending, only to have some final confrontation (that he intentionally loses) with the Avatar where she becomes the savior and restores equality and balance to the world. Just like in Code Geass, this would take an inordinate amount of forethought from Aang and extreme adaptability on the part of Amon, but it could happen.