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Post by secretly-broken on Jun 9, 2012 15:45:28 GMT -6
I'm going to do a backtrack to the Koh theory because I was thinking about it. I still think that the spirits want balance in the world and that ridding the world of benders is not balance.
But thinking about it, bending has come a long way and it's become a lot weaker in Korra. Pro-bending seems to have seriously limited bending techniques and styles and the bending is nowhere near as good as it was back in A:TLA. Also, most of the characters in Korra are very spiritually disconnected it seems, like Korra herself who is supposed to be the avatar. They seem to have abandoned traditional ideas of bending and spirituality and modernized it in a way that is actually harmful to the bending forms.
Also, there are many more benders who are abusing their gift now. There is much more oppression going on, it seems, than there was in A:TLA.
All of this makes me think that maybe Amon is a way for the spirits to teach the world a lesson, maybe? Like... maybe Amon wasn't lying and he did get the power to energybend from the spirits. But maybe Amon is just a pawn that the spirits are using to teach everyone a lesson.
I don't know, it's the only theory that makes me think Koh/any spirits are involved in this at all.
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Post by Brystine on Jun 9, 2012 20:59:01 GMT -6
So, call me crazy, but I have an idea about his bloodbending immunity---He's Darth Vader.
No, really. He was burned beyond recognition by a firebender; why do we assume he only lost his face? It's possible he lost a considerable portion of his body to the fire and has replaced or augmented what he could over the years. We see persons with prostheses be amazing athletes in our own world, why not in Avatar?
And maybe it was this half-destroyed child, orphaned by the disconnected, corrupt benders who overrun the Avatarverse, that attracted the attention of the spirits. As his spirit wavered between death and life, Koh/other spirits decided to wield him to humble the benders back into the balanced, spiritual lives they had once led in peace.
/headcanon
I really like where you're headed with this, Adiba.
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Post by The Shadowbender on Jun 12, 2012 0:32:47 GMT -6
There is, of course, only one truth.But in all seriousness, I believe Amon is some sort of spiritual reckoning sent to punish the benders who have forgotten the spiritual side of their bending. Whether he is related to Koh in any way is yet to be seen, but I do strongly believe he will be a spirit of some sort.
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Post by secretly-broken on Jun 12, 2012 4:50:29 GMT -6
There is, of course, only one truth.But in all seriousness, I believe Amon is some sort of spiritual reckoning sent to punish the benders who have forgotten the spiritual side of their bending. Whether he is related to Koh in any way is yet to be seen, but I do strongly believe he will be a spirit of some sort. I really really want Amon to be a human because I feel like his cause is a lot more sympathetic and understandable if his plight is true. Right now, I feel like he genuinely believes that everything he's doing is good. He believes he's helping people who have been oppressed by benders. But if he wasn't actually a human, I feel like that'll take a lot away from what he claims to be doing... if that makes any sense at all. I think he can be aided by spirits, like he says he is. But I really don't want him to be one himself. |
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Post by Ocean Wolf on Jun 12, 2012 12:02:30 GMT -6
There is, of course, only one truth.But in all seriousness, I believe Amon is some sort of spiritual reckoning sent to punish the benders who have forgotten the spiritual side of their bending. Whether he is related to Koh in any way is yet to be seen, but I do strongly believe he will be a spirit of some sort. I really really want Amon to be a human because I feel like his cause is a lot more sympathetic and understandable if his plight is true. Right now, I feel like he genuinely believes that everything he's doing is good. He believes he's helping people who have been oppressed by benders. But if he wasn't actually a human, I feel like that'll take a lot away from what he claims to be doing... if that makes any sense at all. I think he can be aided by spirits, like he says he is. But I really don't want him to be one himself. This. Although I read something on another site that had me wondering. What if he WAS human and his story was true, but when his family was killed by the firebender, so was he? And he went to the spirit world and the spirits or some spirit knew he was angry, gave him power, and sent him back? Just another weird thought. Like either an actual death and return or at least a near-death. That would make Amon Jesus! I did notice though that he struggled against the bloodbending ONLY as he walked by the window where the moonlight was shining brightly through. As soon as he was out of the moonlight he was like "lol nope." Talk about awesome. Either way I'm convinced he HAS been to the spirit world and has a lot of wisdom. adjfkasfjd I just love him so much right now. I feel like I had something else to say about him but I forgot. |
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Post by Panda on Jun 12, 2012 16:17:19 GMT -6
There is, of course, only one truth.But in all seriousness, I believe Amon is some sort of spiritual reckoning sent to punish the benders who have forgotten the spiritual side of their bending. Whether he is related to Koh in any way is yet to be seen, but I do strongly believe he will be a spirit of some sort. One of my favorite posts, ever. No, but honestly... Amon is a spiritual reckoning. It just sounds so badass! Sounds so... fitting! I agree with both Dibs and Lyss, though. I want him to be a human of depth and spitirutality that has been lost since the industrialization of this society. I can believe that he has had spiritual contact, and perhaps, has been granted the liberty to remind everyone what they have all forgotten: Their bending is a gift. I was borderline fangirling for Bolin, but now I'm a official fangirl of Amon. |
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Post by secretly-broken on Jun 17, 2012 13:57:50 GMT -6
I didn't notice this before but the light chakra is located in the forehead and is blocked by illusion and deals with insight. Since Amon only touches the forehead of a person when "spiritbending", it makes sense for him to simply be blocking off the light chakra by making the person believe that they have lost their bending. Honestly, the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that Amon isn't spiritbending.
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Post by Ocean Wolf on Jun 17, 2012 21:13:17 GMT -6
^^^ That is what I have been saying this whole time, as well! I've tried to explain it using exactly what Aang and the Guru talked about in the episode where Aang learns of the Chakras but someone made a picture that demonstrates it perfectly. Slight spoilers for episode 10 if you haven't seen it yet. |
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Post by Brystine on Jun 19, 2012 11:15:36 GMT -6
Now we know.
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Post by greenphoenix on Jun 21, 2012 10:28:35 GMT -6
Poor guy just can't catch a break.
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Post by Ocean Wolf on Jun 22, 2012 0:29:36 GMT -6
Hahaha, Amon and Asami, the man with no face and the woman with the most beautiful face.
Destiny.
Getting kinda off topic though. Uh.
The Art School one I thought would be somethng like Hitler being rejected to art school but it would be amon.
I'm glad it wasn't though. I dislike hitler comparisons especially for characters I like as much as Amon.
Anyways, uhhhh, closer to the finale we get the more I think he is what he says he is and is doing what he thinks is right, which I hope so. I would love to see more from his perspective though, a story about his life and how he came so far and learned so much.
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