Talk:Amon/@comment-69.143.38.36-20120421223114

In response to several comments I've read, Amon is most likely an original character created for LOK, and therefore has no connection to any prior existing characters. Connecting him to the The Last Airbender in any way would make LOK too dependent on it's predecessor, preventing it from acquiring it's own identity. Also, I don't understand why people are so unwilling to believe that Amon can energy bend. The Lion Turtle stated that "We bent not the elements, but the energy within ourselves", indicating no genetic prerequisite. We don't know anymore about energybending than the characters themselves. My own theory is that he obtained the ability from a certain spirit who vowed to meet the Avatar again. I also agree that his backstory seemed too generic to be true. I suspect he was a non-bender born into an All bender family, like Piandao. Or he himself could be a self-loathing closeted bender, like Hitler being Jewish, or Scar from FMA being an alchemist. As it stands, we don't know enough about Amon to make an educated guess about his character, but I guess that's what makes him fun to chat about.