Talk:Amon/@comment-5142514-20130131024347/@comment-1216259-20130131054955

The point remains. If you take out Yakone (no evidence that he wasn't always a jerk) & Katara, you only have 60% of Bloodbenders that adhere to this pattern. And Tarrlok and Amon are kind of a stretch.

Also, we could extrapolate this out to the antagonists in general, not just Bloodbenders.

Zuko: Needed to regain his honor, throne, father's acceptance, yadayada. Azula: Encouraged by her father to be a ruthless Firebending prodigy. Tai Lee: Forced into helping to capture the Avatar by Azula. Long Feng: "Born with nothing, had to scratch his way to the top," according to Azula. General Fong: Needed to end the Hundred Years War, so he sought to trigger the Avatar State. Jet & the Freedom Fighters: The destruction of their village at the hands of the Fire Nation. Wan Shi Tong: Needed to keep his knowledge from being misused. Hei Bai: They burned his forest down.

With some exceptions. So, maybe an overarching theme. Not really a pattern specific to Bloodbenders.