We agree there was some oversight this Sunday morning when we all tried to remember things about Tahno. : )

HOWEVER – “balance” and “Equal” are similar ideas and Korra isn’t connected to the Spirit World at all like Amon keeps claiming that he is (or was, or was given power by), so if Amon is some sort of Evil Avatar, the decision he’s made that we’ve labeled “Evil” is that the best way to bring balance to the world is to make everyone the same and take away these random super-powers that have invaded the world.

You are correct that the Avatar is not about bending, especially as we’re seeing more diversified bending run rampant while no one talks about the spiritual world.

Where the Evil Avatar theory still stands in my mind is in the thought that bringing balance to the world could be getting everyone to get along (like Aang did) OR taking away everyone’s bending. They would both bring balance, just not a peaceful balance.

Then again, Kyoshi was a very aggressive Avatar, so I think the whole “Good” and “Evil” labels are fairly Aang centric. Roku and Kyoshi both saw a lot of violence in their time, even if Roku was trying to turn a blind eye to it, he could have prevented 100 years of war by killing his friend. He just didn’t.

But it would have stopped the Fire Nation before Ozai was born, and is it a failure of the Avatar to allow the world to become that unbalanced because of a personal decision?

I’m sure we’re in the “bending is good” camp, but that’s only because we’ve spent the most time with good benders. If Amon’s story is true and the Sato story is true, and the Mako/Bolin orphan story is true, I think it’s pretty reasonable to have the opinion that the world would be better without bending.

I don’t empathize, I sympathize.

-Da7e-