Talk:Amon/@comment-69.122.85.217-20120522004819

What is Amon's Plan?

Here's what we know about Amon: He can take a person's bending away permanenently. He wants a new Equalist government. He no longer wants benders to be in positions of power and idolization. He believes benders have been at the source of all major conflicts and wars throughout history. He's an experienced chi blocker. He responded to Korra's challenge and successfully defeated her without raising a hand. He threatened the Pro-Bending tournament, incapacitated the Metalbending Police Force, blew up the arena and escaped. He has followers with tremendous means at thier disposal. Amon has carefully made true on everything he's promised. So, the question of what's his overall plan still lingers.

Here's what we know and can't explain:                                                                            After incapacitating Korra, Beifong and Tenzin (the first two, multiple times) none of these experienced benders were stripped of their bending, kidnapped or killed. Amon pledges to face Korra but only at the completion of his plan. Hiroshi Sato deliberately reveals his connection to the movement to incite a direct confrontation with Korra and the authorities. It stands to reason that killing benders isn't his goal. Nor is removing Korra and the others from the equation completely at this point. He therefore needs them for something. Something he believes will allow the Equalists to make their point and perhaps incite people to rise up against benders. If Beifong's decision to attack the Equalists "outside the law" is actually part of Amon's plan, what kind of counterattack will he have in response?

Here's what I think:                                                                                                             I think Amon's overall goal is to provoke the bending establishment to start violating the law by operating with a "by any means necessary" approach to stop him. Non-benders will definitely be targeted in high numbers under the cause of "keeping the peace". That will add fuel to the distrust of benders and their desire to maintain power. One seemingly unprovoked attack and the people will be supporting the Equalist cause in massive numbers. - Turk