Talk:Amon/@comment-5139306-20120724121835/@comment-4662143-20120727234455

Amon > Ozai

All of you are only looking in terms of military might. In terms of personal qualities Amon beats Ozai any day. Ozai inherited the world's most powerful army, a thoroughly war torn planet, billions of dollars in looted revenue, and a thoroughly brainwashed populace to boot. It is Sozin who deserves the credit for turning the Fire Nation into a killing machine, and convincing the Fire Nation that it was in accordance with their culture and a logical fulfillment of their tradition rather than a grotesque perversion of it. Sozin was more like Amon; he must have been terribly charismatic and an able military strategist. Amon built the Equalist movement from scratch. In contrast, we see no evidence that Ozai's capable of much strategic thinking. Unlike his brother and ancestors, he isn't established as a military leader. We don't hear of him leading any campaigns save for the last one, which, admittedly, required little planning or thinking aside from what is required to indiscriminantly burn everything in sight. Ozai's a capable firebender, but his technique is wasteful; Amon could have chi-blocked him with one hand tied behind his back.

But Amon's biggest weapon is the power of his ideology. Amon's ideas clearly had the potential to destabilize entire nations, and fundamentally reshape a people's view of their history and culture. And that beats tanks and planes any day of the week.