Talk:Asami Sato/@comment-50.53.109.37-20120522172011

A lot of people throwing around "theories" lately, without anything to actually support it and thus characterize it as a legitimate theory at all. Actually, if we want to go by the proper definition of "theory", then it needs solid evidence to support it, not simply conjecture. What people have been posting here have been speculations and hypotheses, not theories (though most people seem to not know the actual definition of the word).

I digress however. What it ultimately comes down to is what is probable. For example, Asami actually being Amon is highly improbable, for a number of reasons, even if it is "technically" possible. Technically anything is possible, and if we went with that, "technically" Meelo could be Amon. Probablility wise however, Asami is not Amon, since a number of things would have to be explained away to make such a speculation work.

Why does Amon have very obvious man hands and Asami has very obvious feminine hands if they are the same person, even though neither wears concealing gloves? Why does Amon have an obvious man voice, and Asami has an obvious woman voice? Voice modulator? Doubtful since voice modulators change the voice to have a very obvious, unnatural voice, often with a noticeable reverb, especially for tech in the time period this duplicates, none of which characterizes Amon's voice at all. Why does Amon have an obvious mans body, in every respect, while Asami has an obvious woman's body. The clothes both of them wear do not cover up or conceal this in any way, so people who suggest Asami is secretly Amon are also seriously suggesting that Asami is a shapeshifter, which we have never seen on the show.

There are many other issues that would need to be addressed for the Asami is Amon "Hypothesis" to be even remotely probable, and no one has yet been able to address these very neccessary questions. Instead they point to her... knowing martial arts, since, you know, Amon is the ONLY CHARACTER, who knows martial arts... apparently -_-. Or they point to neither her nor Amon being on screen at the same time, which is true. You know who else hasn't been on screen at the same time as Amon? Meelo. So by that logic, it is possible Meelo is Amon as well. It's possible that the random firebending teacher in episode 1 is Amon, since he hasn't been seen in the same area as Amon. Hmmm, suspicious (sarcasm).

Same goes with the generic "Asami is evil" speculations. At this point, Asami being evil/an equalist/a spy is highly improbable given what has actually happened in the show. To even make the notion work at this point recquires such lapses in logic that its actually quite funny. It recquires the believer to assume that the whole of the third act of episode 7 was just one big, highly complicated scam to get Asami in good with the avatar and company, which she already was anyways since Korra never actually suspected HER as an equalist, so it was a pretty pointless coverup. Her father was obviously not in the know, heck, Asami was not in the know given her reactions to the whole situation; so Asami is a spy, without realzing shes a spy, using the situation to become a trusted ally to spy on them, even though she was already trusted and thus the whole con was a complete waste of time. This is what one has to believe to hold to the "Asami is a secret equalist hypothesis".

Whew!