Talk:Amon/@comment-68.61.20.158-20120617140617

So here's my theory for Legend of Korra, on who Amon is. This theory was produce by me and assisted and backed up by Dakken Arcanum. By the way, It's long, but legitimate.

Part 1 of my Theory:

Amon is the avatar.

With that being said, my reasoning is simple and complex at the same time. In Avatar the Last Airbender, Episode 20 of season 2. "The Crossroads of Destiny", Aang was shot down by Azula while attempting to enter the avatar state.

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At this point Aang died, was cut off from all the cosmic energy, and ended the spiritual state of the avatar cycle. Moments later, Katara lifted Aang through a waterfall and they flew away on Apa, where water from the Spirit Oasis was given to Aang, which brought him back from the dead, restoring the cycle of the Avatar. Now taking into consideration that the avatar is reincarnated when the avatar dies, naturally you would think, "New Avatar." This is not the case, as he died going into the avatar cycle.

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Now we have a predicament. There is a dead avatar, who is now alive, and a reincarnation that needs to occur beacuse he technically isn't dead. Putting it into finer terms, Aang was Revived. His humanly, "physical" self was revived, with the power to bend all the "physical" elements. Not once after this is there ever mention of Aang contacting any spirits, or going into the spirit world. This is solely because the the spiritual side of the avatar was passed onto a reincarnation, after Aang was shot down and revived. Amon is the spiritual side of the Avatar.

This is why he is capable of of no bending, but the spiritual power to take people's bending away. This is why he was able to resist blood-bending under a full moon, something only the avatar has been seen or been able to do. This is why Korra cannot learn Air Bending. With Aang breaking that spiritual bond that Air-bending shares with the spiritual meditation of the Avatar, air-bending would be out of the question for Korra to touch. This also explains why mastering the other three elements was so easy for Korra to learn at such a young age. I say this because she has no spiritual side. She only had her physical side, which was given to her after Aang's actual death at the age of 60 (or 160 depening if you count the 100 years in the iceberg). This made becoming a partial Avatar much easy for her. At the time of Aang's first death, the new avatar would have been reincarnated, and be in his 50's-60's. This makes a suitable time frame for for the age of Amon, seeing as avatars are seemly age well to a point where they still contain the phycial fitness of a man of younger stature. This would explain why Amon is so agile, and well verse in combat.

Now that that is settled, the next is to determine why. Why is the Avatar, Amon, taking people's bending away. Why does he call his plan "Equality"? Why is his group called the "Equalist"? Simple. He is an incomplete avatar. I wants to be complete. He wants to be whole. He wants to Equalize the avatar. Part 2 of my theory: Amon is not removing people's bending. He is taking it for himself. Notice how Aang focused taking Firelord Ozi's bending from him: One hand to the forehead, One hand the the chest. This removes the bending from the source, and re-balances the their energy into the world.

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Now in notice how Amon "steals" people's bending. One hand on the forehead, and One hand on their back. This removes bending in the opposite direction. Rather than dispelling it into the world, it is absorbed into his own being.

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This is a prime example of how the energies within are bent in opposite directions.

Part 3 of my theory (Where I begin to doubt actuality of any further statements happening): So Amon's story? How does he even know these things? Why is it that he can energy bend; it's not something that comes natural. Our first suspect is the lion turtle who originally taught Aang the secret behind it. Then again, the lion turtle seems righteous and pure. So who else would would even know such a masterful trick that is just devious enough to possibly know such an act, that would be willing to strike a deal to possibly get revenge? Maybe someone that would do it for a price? It's a good thing I've seen the first series of Avatar like 180 times, because I remember everything. Thinking back to the last episode of Season 1, Aang made a visit to the spirit world and met with the Oldest Spirit Alive, Koh: The Face Stealer. This spirit is the only other spirit known to have knowlegde of the "Sealing", or in Amon's case The "Stealing" technique. Koh was a collector of faces.

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During Aang's encounter with Koh, he revealed many things as portrayed by the images above. Things so precise that they shouldn't be forgotten. As the first picture shows, Koh had a vengeance for the the Avatar, as a previous life tried to slay him. This is a possible grudge that Koh holds. The seconds picture shows Koh's eagerness to obtain a child's face to his collection. And the third picture is by far the most important forshadow of everything that is about to be revealed. "We'll meet again." Aang never once saw Koh again, which triggers the tense feeling that Koh is going to meet with another Avatar. The entire encounter proves that despite his dangerous nature, Koh is more than willing to cooperate, especially if it means the possibility of obtaining another face. In the Legend of Korra, we know that Amon lost his parents to fire-benders, and that his face is "burnt." But was he telling the truth. Why does he wear a mask. If I didn't know any better, I'd say one devil made a deal with the other. Say for a moment that Koh could still be angry over his attempted assination, he still wants to add a child's face to his collection, and there's a certain someone offering to help. Regardless of how, Amon and Koh crossed paths, stuck a devil's pack where Koh would steal part of his face, and in return, the secrets of energy bending would be bestowed upon him. But also, after Amon claims his victory, the Avatar would be turned over to Koh, where her face would be his for the taking.

This is claimed by me via Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/ZDRush and the Avatar Wiki at http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Amon. I claim rights and ownership to this theory in the name of myself and Dakken Arcanum.