Avatar: Amon Was Actually A Hero

When it comes to the league of villainy that scours across all fandom, one villain comes to mind who reigns supreme over the others. The leader of the anti-bender revolutionary group known as the Equaliists, Amon. Born under the name Noatok, Amon was cold, calculated, and driven to rid the world of benders to bring in an age of equality. Unfortunately, his actions were deemed extreme by the United Republic Council and he became Avatar Korra’s number one target.
On the surface, I think we can all agree Amon was a bit of a radical. However, was there anything he said that wasn’t the truth? From the days of the one hundred year war, bending has always been the core of all issues and has perpetrated the inequality and injustice many non-benders face in the modern avatar era. Also, compared to other villains, Amon’s actions were less evil and more hovered on the border of vigilantism. So the question we have to ask is Amon actually the hero in this story? In today’s CBR video we’re going to answer just that but looking at ten specific moments from the Legend of Korra. These moments will range from specific things he did to exploring Amon’s ideology.

After this video is over we want to hear from you! Do you think Amon is actually a hero or was he a villain who got what he deserved? Let us know what you think down below! Aslo. please leave a like, subscribe and thanks for watching!

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:39 Amon’s Purpose
1:55 Prejudice Against Non-Benders
2:58 A Call for Equality
3:44 A Sense of Justice
4:38 A Regard for Life
5:37 Amon’s Backstory
6:40 Sparing a Monster
7:32 Unification of Republic City
8:25 A Brotherly Reunion
9:17 The End of Amon

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Written by: Yasin Muhammad
Narrated by: Justin Freitas @JustinFreitasVO
Edited by: MA

[feinjir]

He was the best and coolest villain from the whole avatar saga. Perhaps if he succeeded he would've revealed that he was a bender and take his own bending away or something like that who knows

[leeperan]

Tecnically, Sokka was the first non-bender in the council.

[christymitchell]

I truly believe Amon/Noatak had good intentions and that he really wanted to make a positive difference. But his anger, much like Anakin Skywalker, got the better of him. I felt he needed someone to reach out to him and help him c through his delusions. That’s why I was so sad that they killed him, I had hoped Korra would have a moment with him, like she did with Kuvira, along with tarrlok so they could truly redeem themselves

[nichtabonnieren]

Couldn't the avatar theoretically make everyone a bender with energy bending? I mean

Everyone bender > Everyone nonbender

[metastabillity]

I like to believe that Amon had a "Seismic Sense" for Bloodbending. Like he can use his Psychic Bloodbending to feel the actions of those around him. Meaning thats how he knew what Tarloq was about to do on the boat. He could feel his motions with the blood bending. Which honestly would be a terrifying and amazing method of Combat Knowledge for water benders with the ability to bloodbend. Like look at Katara. She refused to bloodbend. But what if she got in touch with the power just enough to learn this Sense? That would be an amazing power boost to her already high combat prowess

[jonaw.]

If suddenly losing your bending is a fate worse than death, then there is a major problem in the way non-benders are treated.

[trexadvent]

What do you think Sokka would say about Amon since he is not a bender?

[boyobojang]

I don't think sokka would agree with how Amon is taking away people's bending against their will, but I think the overall message about equal rights for non benders he would agree with and still stick with his friend .

[dominics]

Mabye if Amon waited a few years he'd see the Harmonic Convergence, see new airbenders and figure a way to unlock non-benders bending. There's actually an equivalence in the real world, where people have some genes, such as red hair, that are hidden until unlocked, usually by radiation.

[mark_mkii]

'Bending is the cause of all wars, where's the lie in that?'

This seems to be true, but if you look at it a bit longer you'll see that it is not. In short, bending isn't the reason people are oppressed, bending is just the means that's used to oppress. In the legend of korra, we got to see the life of Avatar Wan, who lived in a time where people did not have bending abilities. However, there was still inequality. In that case, the people with better weapons oppressed the peasants. Bending is not the cause of conflicts, unevenly distributed power is. And that problem will keep existing if bending doesn't exist. It even exists in the real world, where more money equals more power.

And as a second counterargument to this video, Amon wasn't wrong to point out that people were being oppressed. But his solution to the problem was. Benders can stop oppressing non benders without their bending getting taken away. Especially because bending is so important to the whole Avatar world. It has lead to so many breakthroughs, and is a great way to generate power.

[Shadowdragon_TV]

And I think this is part of what made him the best villain from the Korra series.

[gijsbrone]

And that is the reason he is the best villain of avatar

[montreal]

Sokka was once on the council to and he was a non bender!

[cardbored]

I guess you could say he's not "amon"ster

[cantloze]

After watching Redo of healer I now understand "villains" even more

[isleepdream]

Now I want a spin off with Amon as the protagonist

[vrks]

You just made Amon 10 times better with your thorough analysis, awesome job! Amon is far and away my favorite villain in the Avatar Universe, even Azula doesn't come close.

[bruhnisher]

And he totally survived the boat explosion. After making his way to the swamp, learning plant bending and spiritual stuff he becomes a pirate king. Creating the Sixth Nation fleet to aid the other nations against a previously unknown threat...

[moldest]

Couldn’t the next generation of bending since Yacone had his bending took away but had children birthed that could bend

[timonfischer]

If Noatak only wanted power than he wouldve gotten it a long time ago. With Korra being a tool in the spiritual side there was nobody who couldve stopped him to become leader at least in the southern water tribe. Infiltrating other regions, taking their strongest benders out, replacing their leaders with puppet leaders and gaining power and wealth wouldve been very easy for him. Tarrlok himself paralysed a room full with the top benders of each element like it was nothing. An evil Noatak would be like Sozin 2.0 just this time Ruko would be more than useless. No, he really saw that bending is too destructive in the hands of humans and wanted to better the world.