Talk:Amon/@comment-166.250.70.214-20120413205321/@comment-50.53.109.37-20120414000145

This was something I had proposed a while ago. I suggested that Amon's goal was actually not to slay the Avatar, but rather to drive the avatar to slay him. This would be an interesting twist on a standard villanous plot since it would give Amon a greater depth if he really was so devoted to his cause that he was not only willing to die for it, but that the cause would actually HINGE on him dying for it. By driving the avatar to slay him, he would indeed go down as a martyr, and the non-bending population would see it as an act of tyranny. Those who may not have taken sides before may be driven to side with the equalists, if for no other reason than what they see as self preservation.

It would definately be more interesting than Amon having a more boring agenda like simple conquest or political power, and would make the overall situation much harder to deal with. How does Korra defeat a man whose plan will work whether she defeats him or not. In that sense it would be a Xanatos Gambit; all forseen outcomes work towards Amon's goal. If he takes down the avatar, that is the ultimate claim; for if a non-bender can take down the avatar, the ultimate bender, it demonstrates that non-benders really can rise up against benders. If Amon is defeated by the Avatar, he dies a martyr and the avatar becomes a villain. Both option A and option B work in Amon's favor, so Korra's only path to victory lies on path C.