Talk:Amon/@comment-49.145.52.174-20120405110736/@comment-4963341-20120405190303

Exactly. This is the threat Amon represents. He himself will not be able to accomplish what he is trying to do, but the fact that he is doing it will plant the seeds of revolution in the minds of non-benders all over the world. And I would wager that non-benders probably out number benders by a fair margin, probably 2:1 or 3:1. Amon may even fully realize that he cannot actually destroy bending, but by villifying it, and even more importantly, going down as martyr, he can do tremendous damage to world peace and balance.

That would be an even more interesting take to his character, now that I think about it. What if Amon isn't really intending (or at least think that he can) destroy the Avatar at all, but instead wishes to drive her to the point of killing him? Esentially set events in motion that he plans to have culminate with his "murder" at the hands of the avatar, the worlds representative for bending itself. He would go down in history as a noble revolutionary that was killed by the avatar, and his name would be a rallying flag for all non-benders to march behind. That would be interesting I think.