Talk:Amon/@comment-50.131.146.198-20120610193348

Looks like the Amon is Bumi. The sidestory from Tarrlok is that strange bending abilities can be passed on genetically, as it did from Yakone to Tarrlok.

Episode 9 showed an interesting parallel sequence. Both Yakone in the past and Tarrlok in the present escape the council chambers only to be chased down and have their powers taken away from them.

In the past, it was Aang taking down Yakone. I believe what we just saw was Aang's son take down Yakone's son. As to why I think it's Bumi:

1. Tenzin has inherited Aang's natural airbending (as he was born from a line of airbenders).

2. Kya has inherited Katara's ability to waterbend.

3. Bumi inherited...nothing?

I think Bumi inherited the energybending ability. I don't think it has to be specific to the avatar, as the lion turtle said in the era BEFORE the avatar, they were bending energy, meaning non-avatars had this ability. It seems that at some point, this ability disappeared until it was given to Aang by the Lion Turtle.

This would also explain his ability to resist bloodbending. Like his mother Katara, it can affect her, but she can resist it as well, and return the favor. In his case, he may not be a waterbender, but he may have inherited the ability to resist it, so like her, he can be affected by it, but resist as well.

I think Amon's story about his parents is a sham and an attempt to manipulate emotions. I believe his true motivation will turn out to be an extreme interpretation of his father's drive for peace, that being to remove the thing which he believes has caused wars to happen, that being bending, and so he will hypocritically wage war to end bending.

Finally, as a side note, I think when Amon attempts to energybend korra, he will find her will stronger and be destroyed in the end ;)