Talk:Amon/@comment-5135722-20120616185417/@comment-71.234.208.124-20120616193947

I sincerely hope that Amon isn't a bender, that would be so disappointing. The show needs to show some powerful non-benders, and Amon is certainly powerful. Anyway, the Amon is a water/bloodbender thing has been explored before. I actually posted up my own theory as to how Amon might be a secret bloodbender. Not that I believe it in any way, shape or form. It was just a theory no one had proposed yet, so I did.

However, given the fast pace with which the show is moving, making Amon a secret bender would be a good, and fast, way to cripple his regime. Make his non-bending followers lose faith in him for lying to them. Such a thing would severely weaken the Equalists' position. Therefore, it would be a quick and easy way to disable Amon's influence, since I cannot see them allowing even a villain like Amon be killed directly. And unlike Ozai, he has no bending abilities (that we know of yet) to be taken away. So, how to deal with him? Even if he gets locked away in prison for life, his has thousands of Equalist allies, some in high positions, and I have no doubt that they would go to great lengths to have him released. Unless they had a good reason not to.

With all the anger they feel towards benders it would be pretty silly for Korra to simply win the Equalists over with some sickeningly emotional speech. For Amon to be taken down, his followers must lose faith in him. Making him a secret bender certainly would cause his followers to lose faith in him, but. . . Meh. I just don't want him to be a bender.

A'Len