Talk:Amon/@comment-4963341-20120406202514/@comment-4963341-20120407060301

Overall I would say that, in terms of just flat out stopping Ozai, regardless of the means, Korra probably WOULD be able to take down Ozai easier, simply due to the fact that the battle would be something she would feel right at home with, and thus she would likely not hold back the way Aang did. Aang was pretty much getting his butt kicked upside down and inside out by Ozai until he miraculously opened his chakra, something that was pretty much a freak occurance with little chance of actually occuring, and at that point it wasn't really Aang that was curbstomping Ozai but the avatar spirit itself.

Korra on the other hand would probably be more open to the idea of taking down Ozai using lethal force since she was not raised with the belief that all life was sacred and that killing is NEVER justified, a view that frankly is untenable since it immediately closes off options. What would Aang have done if he hadn't learned about energy bending? Simply waiting around for a miracle solution to fall into your lap so that you can save the world AND maintain your personal beliefs is irresponsible, and in a sense that was what he was doing. He had no guarentee that he would find a non-lethal solution in time, and time was running out. You can't base your actions and decisions on things that you don't know and simply hope that a solution will fall into your lap at the right moment. Aang was handicapped in that battle by his own ideology, and if not for fortuitous circumstances (his chakra opening at the right moment, suddenly learning a technique that was exactly what he needed literally at the last minute), Aang would have been crushed because he lacked the conviction to do what was neccessary, and was thus holding himself back and restraining himself (the scene where he was going to redirect lightning was a good example of that).

Aang, on the other hand, would be ideal for dealing with Amon since his air nomad ideology and air bender tendency to seek alternative solutions to problems would give him insights that a more straightforward person like Korra would lack; he would also present a much more appropriate image of a benign avatar to the more moderate equalists, thus making Amon's job of winning over the non-bendning masses harder since it would be more difficult to villify an open pacifist. Aang would be better able to consider non-violent alternatives, and defeating someone like Amon would be better accomplished by erroding his support rather than taking him out directly. Eroding his credibility amongst his supporters would be the first step one would need to take, since defeating him would only work in his favor by further enflaming the movement.

Still, this is all hypothetical since we don't know how circumstances would change if these characters roles were reversed, but I took a shot at it. Thoughts?

PS: Sorry for being so wordy, but I love discussions like this where one can bring their intellect to bear, and its great that a show like this can actually invoke such discussion.