Talk:Amon/@comment-108.221.231.192-20120610224243

To put some theories to rest.

Aang cannot be Amon, why? Simply because if the Aang wasn't dead Korra wouldn't be the next Avatar. Korra's not really the Avatar? How is she able to bend and master 3 of the 4 elements? How is Aang able to spiritually connect to Korra?

Amon is not Energybending, why? The Lion Turtle is possibly the first Energybender, it's a theory but not a fact. It taught Aang how to energybend by simply touching his forehead and the chest. Aang removed Ozai's bending capabilities by touching his head and chest, he removed Yakone's bending by touching his head and chest. The part where the Lion Turtle states about the "True Mind" and "True Heart" is how Aang is able to energybend. Amon; however, is only touching the mind but not the heart of the bender. He is in fact not energybending. And also no one has said he was energybending, Tenzin only stated that only the Avatar knows how to take away bender's abilities to bend; the show has supported the fact that Amon is indeed an Energybender.

Amon is not Bumi, Aang's non-bender son, why? Bumi is old! Amon's hands look as if he's in his twenties to early thirties. There's possibly no wrinkles.

Here's my theory. Sokka actually brought up a good point during the Yakone trial, where he delivered the verdict against Yakone, which he stated how he has encountered many people who were born with rare and unique bending abilities. Amon of course wasn't born with the ability to Chi-Block nor was he born with the ability to Bend Energy, Amon perhaps has discovered a rare and unique ability where he is able to take away a bender's bending abilities temporarily. My theory is that Amon has discovered an advanced Chi-Blocking ability that existed but like certain types of bending, such as Lightning, was never used because it was too dangerous or perhaps people never thought it existed or wasn't possible, such as Bloodblending or Metalbending. I believe this Advanced Chi-Blocking ability paralyzes a certain part of a person's mind or blocking the mental state of the bender. Notice how Amon focuses his hands mainly on the forehead and the back neck of the bender when he's "taking away their bending". Maybe the spine and head serve as the bender's mental state. Who knows? Or maybe Amon just knocked some Amnesia into the benders?! Or Amon is really a Robot... See Men In Black III reference!