Stand-up Amon is really funny to me
Agreed.
Stand-up Amon is really funny to me
I think the best part is panel 3 Amon. It can work on its on as a nice cross between thatsthejoke and notmyproblem.
If Amon's story is true, it's kind of hard not to be a little sympathetic - he's not killing these people after all. He wants to remove their bending, which is perfectly understandable if what happened really did occur.
Best line in the show.
Blaming the many for the crimes of the few? Sounds well thought-out. Amon is just a racist who hates the race of the man who killed his parents.
Very minor episode 4 spoilersI'm sure bending relations would go a long way if non-benders had a say in the decisions for the city
Pretty major spoilers for that episode:the fact he FUCKING LETS HER GO WHILE SHE WAS COMPLETELY HELPLESS has to be a slap in the face to her also
The problem with equating it purely with racism is that, well you know, the 'powered up' individuals really do have a power that makes them superior - probably even genetically, for all we know - and that many have used it to oppress the non-bending minority.
Plus, Amon is not saying he wants to kill benders. He just wants to eliminate the bending powers.
So they should be crippled just because other people aren't as fortunate? Besides, in a world without benders there will still be triads, they'll just be using technology and chi-blocking instead of bending.
Where does that line of logic stop? There are muscular people out there who beat other people up, so should they imprison all the muscular people until their muscles atrophy so that they're physically equal to the majority?
Best line in the show.
What episode is this from?
There is a difference between being muscular, and being able shoot fire out of your hands.
About the episode
Some people here mentioned Amon was faking his power and the fact that he didn't take Korra's bending away kinda makes me think that is true
About the episode
Some people here mentioned Amon was faking his power and the fact that he didn't take Korra's bending away kinda makes me think that is true
I don't knowI imagine that's why he chose a famous an notorious leader of the mafia to demonstrate power. If he started to bend again, everyone would know in a heartbeat
There is a difference between being muscular, and being able shoot fire out of your hands.
Yeah, part of what makes the Equalists situation so interesting and even beyond a normal X-men scenario is that a lot of (all?) technological advancements are directly related to bending. Day-to-day jobs too, like we saw with Mako at the power plant. I hope we get episodes with this sort of social insight, it's more interesting than just having them fight it out. Approaches aside, it's easy to find good arguments on both sides of the coin. In the end I care more about Amon not becoming a cliché villain than his identity (although one thing will obviously affect the other).Bending isn't only used for combat, though. Toph used it to be able to "see". In Ba Sing Se it was used for transportation. Even in LoK Benders in Republic City power the place.
Bending is a really big part of the infrastructure of the Avatar universe, not to mention the spiritual side of things. If people in our world suddenly started controlling the elements and was using it for personal gain, then someone like Amon would be totally justified in bringing them down to normal...but in this universe, bending is normal. It's the way life works. It's much more important than mere combat.
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*Gaaaaaaaaaaaasp!*
Ep 4 stuff:MORE EP 4 SPOILERS:
Does anyone else think thatthe Satomobile sponsorship will come to bite Mako in the ass? I can see the father secretly being a douchebag. You don't become captain of the industry without being ruthless.
Over/under on Zukos Daughter being named after Iroh? I imagine it'll be cheesy as fuck once that story is revealed.
Over/under on Zukos Daughter being named after Iroh? I imagine it'll be cheesy as fuck once that story is revealed.
You know it's going to be Irah. Don't even kid yourself.
She went bonkers and forever spent her days in a Fire Nation Mental Asylum.Zuko has a daughter?
Wonder if we'll find out what happened to Azula.
Made all the more hilarious consideringThere's a good chance that that's her father.
i'll wait until tomorrow to watch it.
When is the flashback?
She went bonkers and forever spent her days in a Fire Nation Mental Asylum.
She went bonkers and forever spent her days in a Fire Nation Mental Asylum.
The writing for the Mako/Asami/Hiroshi scenes in episode 4 was hilariously bad.
I just watched the episode andi am disappointed that Amon let Korra go. It´s so typical. Hurr it´s not a good time i will get you when the plan is ready hurr. It has been done so many times. DAMMIT
Buthe is right about why he let her go.
Just an ideaAs mentioned previously, he might be waiting for her to reach the avatar state in order to shut down the cycle permanently for whatever lore reasons they make up.
Or perhaps he wants to steal it.