Talk:Amon/@comment-50.15.16.123-20120612005738

heres my theory and explanation as to why and how Aang and Amon are the same person.

Motivation: Aang, being the avatar, is a being meant to bring balance to the world. As we have seen in the cases of Ozai and Tarlok, Aang is deeply disturbed by benders abusing their power, yet refuses to kill them. Instead he takes away their bending (Aang is the only known character able to Energy bend, Lion-Turtle aside). Amon is an equalist driven to restoring BALANCE to the world by taking away bending from benders. so far amon has not killed anyone at all, only taken their bending away. Theoretically, Aang was driven into equalist ideals by his experiences with corrupt benders and became Amon. As an avatar he would feel he is fullfilling his duty to balance the world.

How: Obviously the biggest opposition to Amon being Aang is that Korra couldnt be the Avatar if Aang was still alive. Here is another theory. The Avatar is known as the embodiment of the world, they are a being that bridges the spiritual and physical. Perhaps Aang, in his mission to balance the world as Amon, bent his own energy to remove his bending (or got the Lion-Turtle to take away his bending). Having lost his bending he would no longer be the Avatar. In a sense, the Avatar would have died if Aang could no longer bend (aside from energy bending, which i assume is outside of normal bending). The spiritual world would have sensed the loss of the Avatar and would have given birth to Korra. In another theory, the world may have sensed Aangs turning and deemed him unworthy of being the avatar, thus giving birth to Korra. Aang may have never lost his bending, but instead refuses to use it as an equalist. Perhaps Korra will learn energy bending and will be the one to take it from Amon.

Minor Conveniences: Amon is an expert at evasion, as is said above being able to dodge lightning up close. Aang being an air nomad would naturally have these talents as well (being able to bend or not). Amon only has taken bending away from those he sees as corrupt, just as Aang only did to those he deemed unworthy. In the recent episode Amon was able to resist Tarloks Bloodbending, a known skill available only to skilled waterbenders or the Avatar while in the Avatar state. Aang, being the Avatar (or former Avatar) is a water bender, and thus would have the abilty to resist Tarloks bloodbending.

This is all my studies as to who amon coiuld be from the known cast. Amon very well could be some rouge energy bender (as energy bending is outside of all the other elements) or It could be Bumi, Aangs child, who learned energy bending either from Aang or the Lion-Turtle. In my opinion Amon shouldnt (but not couldnt) be anyone BUT Aang.