Republic City Dispatch

Art (above) from venicegirl 

LET’S DUMP SOME AMON THEORIES, EH?

Did anyone catch the great religious parallel by Amon when he said “Bending has been the cause of every major war and conflict in human history..” which is what people say about religion today – theseeingeyenerd

Alright, here’s some more indisputable evidence why Tenzin is Amon. First, Tenzin wears the mask to cover his arrow, but do you ever see the back of “Amon’s” hands? No! They’re covered. Why does Tenzin tell Korra she can’t come to Republic City at? To goad her into coming without putting the blame on himself. How does he get the funds to run a revolution? He’s a member of the city council! And who would the spirits trust with energybending more than Aang’s son; as Korra said, he’s Mr Spiritual! – laserswords

In all the theorizing about Amon, it seems like something is getting lost. Mako and Bolin’s story in this episode seems meticulously designed to show us that Amon’s demagoguery about bending is an oversimplification of broader systemic failures. Just being a bender doesn’t make you immune to street violence, poverty, and exploitation. Do we know if Butaka is a bender or not? The boys exist in something akin to debt peonage to him, and if he’s a non-bender, that would muddy the waters further. – ekphrases

I’m with you that the spirits are probably at play here. It’s a strong possibility that Amon doesn’t buy into his own rhetoric and that it’s just propaganda, but maybe he really WAS contacted by a spirit that fed him these (most likely) lies in order to manipulate him to its will. It isn’t far-fetched to assume that perhaps a spirit is making a power-play of some sort here. – slightlypsychicparade

I enjoy your theories of what is to be on the show but I don’t think Korra and Amon would became allies even reluctantly. (not saying it can’t happen and Korra would probably try if the need arouse) see Korra is every thing Amon stands against. most likely would not want or feel that he doesn’t her help,need which i feel may be what leads to his downfall. But more importantly they are antitheses. While there goals seem similar, they are very different. See besides Korra being more physical and Amon more spiritual, but they are not just Characters(really cool one) but representations of Ideals. Such as Korra as “Balance” and Amon as “Order”,”freedom” vs.”equality”, and etc. See I my mind Korra greatest treat is not the Equalist and Amon the people but the Movement itself. Also Amon is just disfigured, he is like V from V for Vendentta. – dakotaissorandom

I think it would also make sense if Amon was a descendent of Azula. We do not know what happened to Azula, and she would know about the ability to take away someone’s bending. She would also be very motivated to find a way to take the avatar’s bending away, and Amon’s movements reminded me heavily of the way Azula moved. Obviously, it’s just another theory. – Anonymous

Hello! So my sister and I have this weird theory that Amon could also be the Avatar. Like, he can have the spirituality while Korra has the physicality. Because 1. The spirits choose who to balance the world, and maybe two POV’s are needed for balance, 2. He can take away the ability to bend, something only the Avatar can do, and 3. Korra has always had a hard time connecting to the spirit world. Do you think this possible? thanks! – Anonymous

I’m going to throw this out there; in the end of ATLA we saw the chi-blocker Ty-Lee with the Kyoshi warriors. All were non-benders. Amon’s mask, though it might not be intentional, does look like a variation of the Kyoshi Warriors face painting. What do you think about the possibility of this group separating and shifting into this extremist group? Or the possibility of Amon being a descendant of a member of this group? – Anonymous