Talk:Energybending/@comment-166.248.3.223-20120423211542/@comment-24.63.42.237-20120423223159

Two things.

1) Amon would be like almost 100 years old. His demeanor, agility, body language, voice, and just his overall look puts him in his 20's. No way is he in his 40's yet, never mind being almost 100.

2) If the Avatar dies in the Avatar State, then the Avatar cycle is broken and ceases to exist. So there wouldn't have been a new Avatar born since the cycle would have been broke had Aang remained dead.

Also Amon has stated that he was born to a non-bending family, which makes it clear why Amon is a non bender and can't bend. Korra IS spiritually connected to the Avatar and the Spirit World. She just doesn't know how to access it. Nowhere in any episode does anyone state Korra is not spiritually connected to the Avatar. Only that she is ignoring the spiritual side of bending (in which she replies the spiritual side doesn't come easy to her). Amon only stated he spoke to the spirits and told him the Avatar has failed humanity (which may all just be talk). Korra just doesn't know how to access the spirit world. Aang needed the Koi fish and the Statue of Roku to gain access to the spirit world at first. Even when meditating it is hard to get connected. Aang was only so good at it because since he was an Airbender, they put an emphasis on the spiritual side of bending. Also when you watch, every time Aang entered the spirit world was when he was near a spirit or some kind of idol of the past Avatar (touching Hei Bai ,seeing the Roku Statue, Koi Fish, Meditating where Roku once lived, and being on the Lion Turle. By the lion tutrle though he was probably able to do it himself). While the theory itself is interesting, it doesn't hold up or make any sense when you look at the lore. Also just a quick note but it isn't like the new Avatar is born the absolute second the old one dies. Aang was only dead for a few minutes.