The Life of Amon (Noatak): Was He Good or Bad? (Avatar the Last Airbender Explained)

[@moonlightingjam]

Amon and Tarrlok's story is so tragic and sad. They both wanted to escape their father's shadow so badly they ended up becoming just like him.

[@epicfan1598]

Nah they weren't nearly as bad as their father I wouldn't even say he was a "villain" exactly. Especially since both of them thought they were doing the right thing

[@what-uu3zn]

@Pxer not as cruel as killing them, guess what yakone did

[@chiefcleve1834]

Pxer Amon never killed lieutenant, he just blood bender him and tossed him aside saying you’ve served me well lieutenant

[@chiefcleve1834]

Pxer where did the creators say that?.....can you post the link to what you’re speaking of, because I just rewatched the episode and I also read on avatar wikia it says “Amon thanked him for his service, before tossing the Lieutenant into a pile of wooden planks, knocking him unconscious”. So could you please post the link to those words from the creators that you speak of

[@dn_walk3r161]

@@chiefcleve1834 They did confirm it I'll see if I can find a link

[@ırmakksener]

amon: my father was a horrible father. zuko: that's rough buddy.

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

to be fair yakone wasnt even close to being as bad as ozai from what we’ve seen he only ever yelled at them and ozai in the comics said “every time i touch him” or something implying every time he hit him and ozai burned zuko’s face as well

[@josephnacario81]

Thats rough buddy

[@jayrabelo3443]

Em Watson Zuko going on: he’s a fucking maniac trying to kill the avatar and with out barely anybody knowing he named himself fucking king of the world

[@jayrabelo3443]

I came up wit this on the Top of my head

[@ırmakksener]

@@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032 agree, ozai burned my boy's face and he was his own son! i hate him forever- still in love with zuko

[@LapisGoBlue]

U can't lie, he made our jaw drop a lot in the show lol

[@pabloescobar7109]

Dam right my favourite part is whe he removed Lightning Bolt Zolt bending From lightining ; to fire; to NOTHING

[@pabloescobar7109]

@Ashlee Rameyyour not alone i thought therly were related to hama in some way but no evidence despite Yakone saying therebthe most powerful bloodbenders. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@kuramauchiha153]

Where can I read about the stuff that happened after the Avatar shows?

[@brobroant6205]

LapisGoBlue too bad he didn’t get more time on the show

[@kuramauchiha153]

XxPH03N1xX Edwards yo thanks so much :)

[@toria7242]

Noatak’s storyline with his brother is so tragic. The boat scene was so impactful and haunting. I didn’t interpret Noatak not knowing about his brother’s decision to blow up the boat though. He’s a blood bender so he can sense his movement. I thought his tears were more of acceptance over what his brother was about to do. Their souls needed to rest.

[@dierichtigelisa4627]

thought so too

[@NightmareXXOO]

Thought this too.

[@popularpenguin2023]

I bet my brother a dollar that this is what Amon felt

[@master-of-many-fandoms2020]

One of the lessons regarding Amon is: Battle not with monsters lest you become a monster

[@chiefcleve1834]

Umm no, his tears were of reuniting with his brother. Being a blood bender doesn’t mean you can sense movements, it means you can manipulate a person’s blood.

[@master-of-many-fandoms2020]

In my lifetime, I’ve learned one truth: every villain is the hero of their story.

[@oni4111]

Damn that's facts

[@roumaissakarroum344]

Yeah, you're right about that

[@oni4111]

For example ultron he thinks that saving the earth is to kill all living beings

[@oni4111]

@@samdude1526 yeah every villain thinks that they are doing good

[@roberttwomey2011]

Yea Bin Laden

[@edra3118]

Fun Fact: Ming-Hua, the armless waterbender from the Red Lotus was inspired by a joke the writers made about Amon, "What if Amon survived the explosion but became armless and had to water bend without his arms"

[@hz7739]

Ed Ra nice😂😂😂

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

lol

[@milanadmitrovic2357]

Woooow

[@ellentham6714]

Wait there is a red lotus I haven't watch LOK yet I have only watched avatar bc it's better I think I have only heard of white lotjs

[@edra3118]

@@ellentham6714 You are missing out Lok is awesome

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I'm surprised no one considered Amon a bender, since he could take people's bending away.

[@jendersonmohammed443]

Energy bending

[@SupportGamin2024]

@@coolperson9482 wish that story he told was the real one,I still have mixed feels about the reveal of him being a bender,still a great Villain.

[@austinhayden9207]

Wyndell Lee isn’t that blood bending?

[@SellavinAtoms]

That's the beauty of it they never said that he was a bender out loud, it's not hard to look for something especially when you don't know anything about it .

[@fuzzulica2932]

@@jendersonmohammed443 It was Blood bending blocking the Chi path not energy bending as far as i know

[@cjlewis9228]

Amon’s intentions of equality were good, but his methods were destructive. He unwittingly became just like his father- a tyrant willing to do anything to accomplish his goal. In the end, he only did more harm to Republic City

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

If you want something you should be willing to do anything for it, nothing would change if he didn’t take the city by force.

[@monabohamad2242]

@@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032 I guess maybe that sometimes is either what creates a villain maybe an Antagonist or it gives you enemies

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

Pxer How else can he remove bending from the world?

[@amysteriousdisease7168]

@@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032 why would he remove bending from the world? That's not his right. Bending is something given to people by nature. He wanted everyone to be equal,but equality isn't always a good thing. If 75% of the world was blind, would it then be okay to make the other 25% blind so they could all be "equal"? No. Benders had superior skills given to them by nature, and that was okay. Complete equality to the point of taking away other people's special abilities is not equality. It's oppressive and bland.

[@carfleeze5275]

How was he tyrannical, he never killed or impeded freedom

[@violetraven8323]

You can say one thing for certain about Korra, there antagonists are complex, sympathetic people. Ozai fulfilled his purpose as a challenge to the empathetic and wise Aang. Whose character centers around seeing the good in others so someone of unadulterated evil would best confront his morals and his mentality. Korra is a woman whose proven to be very much naive and confrontationally decisive by the start. However it is those very antagonists who have reasonings and valid ethical points that challenge her the most. She has to drop her guard, and her pride, to better understand her role as a Uniter. She has to put herself in the shoes of others and learn even from extremists to better the world. Amon, Kuvira, Zaheer, and even Tarlok challenge her time and time again on her identity, her morality, and her fighting spirit. And that’s why I like the show. Thank you for reading.

[@arthuredington6171]

I respect your opinion but Korra is a mary sue. And the villains were wasted on her. Look up the Legend of Whorra to see why I think this way

[@violetraven8323]

Gay Wolf Season 1 isn’t the best I’ll admit, and she is Mary Sue by that point. But the writers fix that problem in the season right after it and that flaw of the show was mostly because the creators were unaware of wether they would be receiving more seasons. So I partly agree but that’s an issue addressed and resolved right after the fact. Ex:She released spirits into the world and air-bending returned, however Zaheer got air-bending powers which allowed him to break out of prison and reform his group. So she most certainly faces consequences for her actions.

[@da-vidcargill4975]

@@arthuredington6171 you sound stupid, mary sues dont get their ass handed to them many times or get the avator cycle messed up

[@BBRRTT98]

All the villains are really shallow representations of various ideologies, with the exception of Kuvira who’s just Ozai but as a metal bender. Zaheer is an anarchist and anyone who isn’t a 14 year old or just a complete moron understands why anarchism is never viable or conducive for a functional society. Amon is a vaguely communist revolutionary who just touts crap about equality without a clear goal.

[@arthuredington6171]

@@BBRRTT98 And Tarluk could have been great but they made him a generic evil brother

[@adeleaslan8182]

Noatak is actually like a azula, the prodigy, better than their other siblings, but instead of being proud of that and constantly wanting that affection, he wanted his brother to feel happy and important

[@ruparavi6409]

Amon is azula if she cared for zuko

[@climbingamountain86]

​@@ruparavi6409And if at the start she wanted everyone to be treated fairly and equally

[@Sakurasan2023]

Yep

[@SellavinAtoms]

When it comes to legend of Korra I think they've got off to a very good start making Amon be the main bad guy in the first season.

[@arthuredington6171]

Yeah but later in the season they fucked his characterization up. Making him a bender didn't add anything, it actually took away the most interesting thing about him, Korra was a good bender but not very spiritual , meanwhile Amon at the beginning wasn't a bender but he was very spiritual, so much so he could take away one's bender. See total opposites. Then they make him a bender and they're not opposites anymore. It's very disappointing

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

Gay Wolf dude amons story was all very obviously bs “firebenders gave me a scar and took my family oh also spirits gave me cool powers”

[@mynameisunknown2771]

@@arthuredington6171 if he wasn't a bender he couldn't take away the bendings jeez so many dumb people

[@nathalieduverna6963]

The producers screwed up a great show. ATLA was beautiful LOK is a good show it just has too many holes because too many people wanted their own way

[@cookiesandmilk686]

@@arthuredington6171 no his storyline was sad they didn't mess it up at all it made perfect sense

[@BossuJmek2k18]

Amon's dearh is one of the most emotional deaths in avatar. ( to be fair tough, it is a kids show so not that many deaths ) I personally loved Amon as a villain, and i am sorry that he had to share the screen time with the petty love triangle the writers prepared for season 1

[@marvindekss7003]

The weird thing about the show that there is brutal deathes (like noatak, tarlock, minghua, ghazan, p'li) but not a korrasami kiss

[@LunaBari]

*death

[@RosiePuppy-eo5fs]

@@marvindekss7003for real!

[@carloterzian5809]

Amon is actually my favorite villain in The Legend of Korra

[@jendersonmohammed443]

My favourite villain is Unalaq then Amon.

[@markborishnikoff5485]

I agree, i like Amon.

[@drpumpkinpie]

My favourite is Zaheer

[@channyvu9798]

Carlo Terzian honestly they wasted such a good complex villain

[@mattos443]

I prefer Zaheer honestly

[@ragdoll9460]

Legend of Korra honestly has some of my favorite bad guys in tv show/ movie history. Each villain has good intentions but all went way to far. And it has made Korra grow as a character so much. Amon wanted equality, Unalaq wanted the spirits back, Zaheer wanted freedom, and Kuvira wanted the Earth kingdom united. I loved how all four of these villains sometimes made us wonder if their goals were really for the best or not. Loved this series hope that they’ll someday make another avatar spin off.

[@edra3118]

So much more developed unlike Ozai who is evil just to be evil

[@Daddy-Saxon]

@@edra3118 you weren't suppose to now much about him in a direct way. The whole last Airbender series which I in my opinion think is superior to tlok, had you not even see ozai till the last season. They had indirect ways of showing him as evil. Like for example azula. Its made obvious she wants to please her father showing she is almost just like him. Even roku, talking about him and his friendship with sozin and sozin's goals. Put the idea they are now Ozai's goal. Finally when you see him its not as epic. You had inderect ways of knowing he was evil. Which was the intention. The story was the heros preparing for a fight vs someone they and we know little about, instead of a villain being fleshed out in the regular way. He is fleshed out, with character development. Especially in stories told from characters. Example being zuko's scar. This gives you a good idea early on what his father is like. You knew everything about him before you knew it.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@edra3118Unalaq was probably more shallow then Ozai. He claims to be spiritual, but other then bragging how better spirits are to humans we hardly see him act spiritual at all. His ambition seems to be for selfish reasons and we never find out why he is this way. Why is he more spiritual then his brother? Why is view on the spirits so personal? Why did he see to himself to ally with basically the avatar equivalent of the devil? None are actually explained. It comes off as telling but not showing anything. At least with Ozai we can see how fire nation culture had shaped him into the monster he became, we literally get nothing out of Unalaq or how different the north pole was under his rule. Unalaq is honestly worst then Ozai in my opinion.

[@sharifahaddawiyah4863]

Ed Ra true Ozai character was classic villain that we know. He wants power and respect. Something that almost villain from others show or movie we know. But for korra seasons each villain have good reasons but they take that as different path. Something that I like so much from TLOK. We learn that everyone have bad and good side it’s just how we choose it

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

Rodger W. do you know what communism is? because amon is not a communist.

[@nathancarabajal8271]

Well done. Amon was an excellent villain in Legend of Korra. You gave much more on him in a way the show couldn't do.

[@ryanstaiger1712]

Definitely felt bad for him once we learned about his past. A good contrast to Ozai who was just a monster, Amon’s bitterness and hatred made sense and he was definitely one of the most terrifying villains since blood bending was always seen as the most taboo and darkest version of all the bendings

[@gailshafer4200]

That sounds like Fire Lord Ozai with Zuku and Azula.

[@cfinsieboi1205]

It’s Zuko but your right he does sound like them

[@piyushnagawat24]

Very true....

[@jensentertainment9481]

Yeah kinda

[@rmkyt7022]

Very true

[@gailshafer4200]

I mean that Ozai praised Azula for being a prodigy and belittled Zuko for not being a prodigy like his younger sister.

[@chiefcleve1834]

But by Amons logic, even if he took everyone’s bending away, wouldn’t a future generation of benders be born? He can take away bending individually, but he can’t really stop the cycle of benders being born

[@SA-xt1gd]

Maybe he would of intended to create a secret society of blood bending equalists that woul carry on his technique later they would have kids and then make their own philosophy called the blood lotus.

[@marilainedictan4851]

@@chameleon3465 good name

[@kendrickfan1018]

in the show he planned to breed out bending from humans by making it illegal, so even if the next generation were benders they wouldn't know because nobody could teach them, and they wouldnt use it cause bending teachings would be wiped from history they would not have any way to know how to bend and even if they somehow found out like a group of people Amon would just take their bending

[@chiefcleve1834]

Kfc Donalds actually no, bending teachings wouldn’t have to be wiped out from history. Just because someone lost their bending doesn’t mean they can’t teach it to the younger generation. Look at how amon learnt his bending. He learnt from his father yakone whom aang took his bending away. Yakone lost his bending but was still able to teach it to his kids. Furthermore remember the original benders were still in existence, badgermoles, flying bisons etc. they were the original benders and humans originally learnt bending from those animals

[@chiefcleve1834]

Kfc Donalds and also you’re saying even if the younger generation found out how to bend, amon would just take their bending away. Not necessarily, because what if a bender grew to become powerful enough to take out amon and stop his regime. Especially if a water bender is born and learns to bloodbend better than amon

[@ld4206]

The way Amon's father favored him over his brother is kinda like how Ozai liked Azula instead of Zuko.

[@alpha5664]

Except Azula didn't do it for Zuko

[@ld4206]

@@alpha5664 Yeah but their father still showed favoritism.

[@quizzlybear]

@@alpha5664 didn't do what?

[@Zinervawyrm]

If you ask me, Amon is the perfect example of an anti-villain. And I really wished that the writers kept him around for the later seasons. I would have loved him become a "Enemy of my enemy" type character who sometimes helps team avatar just because. He was basically right when he said bending caused nothing but trouble. Korra's uncle, Zahir, and Kuvira all used their bending in some way to gain power or reign terror. Meanwhile Amon was using his bending to "equalize" everyone by taking away if not blocking people's bending for mostly good. I do think he believed in his cause and probably saw his own abilities as a "cursed" gift.

[@hasansabahgaminganimemovie7679]

It would be better if the equalists didnt dissapear but they wouldv still exist in other seasons of the show.

[@climbingamountain86]

No, I think Amon at some point lost himself in the process and his original cause of "equality" because he used his bending to take people's bending away. That's a difficult thing to do, to believe bending is evil and use it throughout the years to take others' bending away, that ought to make Amon see himself as more powerful in the process. But even though Amon is my favourite, I think that Zaheer was the one who didn't want power because he was an anarchist. I believe Zaheer was misunderstood and that he didn't belong in this world and therefore he is seen as a villain (even though he later started becoming a villain, he eventually got humbled as well and continued his journey to absolute spirituality and freedom in his prison cell, which was a gain for him). Amon, or maybe Noatak, got humbled too. At the start he was battling with nature itself because people are born with bending so by taking it away and considering it evil, he had simply deluded himself and deceived non-benders. He sought anger and wrath in them and began stealing criminals' bending away to publically justify his theft. Deception and sowing anger were Amon's main tools for his revolution as he also used them for his made up story about the firebender killing his family. But later in the end, as Uncle Iroh had once said "True humility is the only antidote to shame", Noatak humbled himself after realising his entire work was lost, and he reunited with his original character traits and desires, which was to leave with his younger brother who he loved most and begin a new life. He got redeemed.

[@alysej1370]

Thanos: I used the stones to destroy the stones Amon:I used the bending to destroy the bending

[@dragonwings8610]

lol

[@piedathemokona]

Yakone using them as revenge must have made Noatak wish he was a non-bender, which is why he hates bending… He wants to take everyone else’s bending but he can’t take his own.

[@arthuredington6171]

Highly doubtful. He hated his father but I doubt he hated his bending. More likely he took over Republic city to prove to his father he was better than him

[@piedathemokona]

@@arthuredington6171 I see. But like the act of bloodbending is so evil, that's why he probably wanted it gone

[@arthuredington6171]

@@piedathemokona he wouldn't use it if he wanted it gone

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

Gay Wolf There’s a scene clarifying that Amon isn’t doing it just for power. “I think Amon truly believes bending is the root of all evil.”-Tarrlok.

[@epicfan1598]

@@arthuredington6171 Tarrlock literally said that he believed his brother genuinely thought bending was bad for the world. This probably stems from his experience with his father as a kid

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

If he died remorseful, maybe the writers shouldn't have just killed him off.

[@madiii3279]

EXACTLY i choose to believe he lived

[@liamargolis8837]

What about the line Amon says to Mako of “it is almost a shame to take the bending of someone so talented”? I’m just wondering what you think of that line. Also- I saw Amon’s crying at the end as sadness and reflection looking back at what he had become. And what about whether at the end Amon was trying to restart his mission somewhere else (equalist weapons still in the car) or truly escaping?

[@Eric_Nguyen.]

I'm surprised we haven't seen "The Life of Sokka" yet. Will we ever get a video about Sokka? It's been so long and Sokka is an.... Interesting character that has been left in the dust for a long time.

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

Hehehe

[@thewitchfindergeneral4015]

tlok really didn’t give us much more about Sokkas life

[@noddlesaddict9908]

I feel Amon is one of those people who takes equality too far

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

Too far? You have to take things too far if you want to make a change the council isn’t going to listen to him if he tries to reason the only way to do it is violence.

[@noddlesaddict9908]

@@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032 I am not said that what Amon is wrong, but I believe that you do not need to take people bender to create equality

[@quizzlybear]

Actually the great thing about LOK is that all the villains in theory have valid points and ideals. They were all just done to the extreme and executed destructively. Amon wanted equality among benders and non-benders. Unalaq wanted to bring back the spirits into the world once again. Zaheer wanted freedom from oppressive governments and horrible world leaders. Kuvira wanted to unite the Earth Kingdom.

[@stratosm3154]

@@quizzlybear Honestly all the villains in LoK are very well written

[@Elricsedric]

Not really there was just wayy to much inequality in there world.

[@bradleyhunt3375]

Amon is a very important villain

[@channyvu9798]

Bradley Hunt They wasted such a complex,big protential villain

[@kittypeanut4102]

@@channyvu9798 ;-;

[@user-zb7fm6hj2g]

Amon had such a tragic life. I don’t think anyone could go through a situation like that and come out alright

[@kinfaili357]

Amon shows fake scar* Zuko has joined the chat*

[@xenon9717]

ARE YOU MOCKING ME AND MY CHILDHOOD?!?!

[@immagical7036]

*“HONER”* Zuko has destroyed the chat

[@princetbz1102]

​@@xenon9717 "That's rough buddy

[@StopJerkingOff]

Amon always scared me more than ozai did. I mean he shook off makos lightening point blank like it was nothing when it was pretty much implied that if aang had redirected his lightining towards ozai it would had killed him. Not to mention he took down many elite benders with out bending at all.

[@thatoneguy5343]

I think the reason they said in the original that Aang would’ve killed Ozai had he decided to redirect his lightning towards him was Sozin’s Comet amplified Ozai’s firebending including his lightning, so a comet powered lightning bolt would’ve definitely killed Ozai. Mako shot Amon with regular lightning, which Amon can survive.

[@chelseastar12]

Damn. Daddy issues really runs hard in Avatar. I just feel so bad for these brothers. 💔

[@ryanbelmont2676]

For me, almost every single person has their own good reason for doing the things that we do.

[@wafflingmean4477]

Something I realised after learning Amon was a waterbender was how he dispersed the fog chasing Korra on the mountain, when she escapes from Tarlock's house. I remember thinking it was a little weird when I first watched it, but figured it was just the showrunners being fancy with animation. But in reality they were dropping another hint along with him resisting Tarlock's bloodbending.

[@OhItsReo]

I loved this. Amon was complex and scary. Amon means hidden or to hide btw. 😊

[@liam6170]

I feel if korra did not get her bending back in the end Amons actions would have actually made things worst causing more of a divide between benders and non benders in the end an probably making a good chunk of benders in republic city to hate non benders to the point they call them traitors to not only republic city but to the avatar saying they choose Amon over The avatar

[@climbingamountain86]

Amon also means the demon of wrath in some other language (demons are deceivers), which explains his major tools to maintain or start his revolution which were theft (stealing people's natural bending away), deception (deceive benders into thinking bending is evil when in fact it's not, because nature has managed to find balance with non-benders coexisting with benders which means everyone is already equal, and to deceive them about his actual identity) and sowing anger and wrath (make non-benders slowly believe that bending is evil by stating historical events of wars beginning with bending, publically justifying his theft by starting with taking the bending of criminal benders and slowly advancing to normal benders through sowing anger). This nickname, Amon, perfectly fits Noatak and no wonder why he had picked it as an alias.

[@luckner14]

This was actually a great analysis, Morgan never disappoints with these in-depth videos.

[@user-uk1kw4vn6v]

Amon is one of my favorite villains in all of animation. Someone commented that because of his blood bending he was aware of his brother moving to blow up the fuel tank, and shed a tear because he knew his pain and suffering was over r

[@petertracycarroll]

Amon is my favourite villain in the avatar universe he is the perfect example of someone who had good intentions but fell into the pit of evil

[@climbingamountain86]

The evil began when he started considering bending as evil. But benders have bending when they're born so nature has managed to find balance through benders co existing with non-benders so that means everyone is already equal. Amon used theft, deception and sowing wrath and anger in non-benders. But eventually in the end he got redeemed.

[@DiegoLopez-zd9mq]

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[@controllagary5661]

Book Reviewest love the Percy Jackson series, this would be amazing!💜

[@MovieFlame]

Book Reviewest coming soon

[@isabellesia4234]

Great idea! I really love Percy Jackson 💙

[@claudiasarabia5955]

@@MovieFlame yes yes yes ❤😍

[@theyeetgangohyeahyeah2053]

Yeah!!! Percy Jackson!!!!

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Noatak is the Itachi of Avatar Tarlok is the Sasuke of Avatar

[@paleostories_7839]

i know you never said this but just to let you know avatar ISNT AN ANIME

[@fuzzulica2932]

@@paleostories_7839 In a way it kinda is a little bit

[@rickories]

true💪🔥

[@bessieburnet9816]

@@fuzzulica2932 It is in no way an anime. The Japanese had no part in it's creation.

[@poochyenajones1362]

@@paleostories_7839 It's an anime inspired cartoon. If you look at it that way, then no, Avatar isn't an anime. But for japanese the word "anime" refers to just any form of animation. So almost everyone from Japan would label Avatar an anime. But I really doubt they even heard of its existence.

[@Bayuuk]

Korra’s villains were and still are the reason I go back and enjoy the show. Zaheer and Amon remain some of my favorite villains I’ve watched just due to their complexity, I can only imagine if we got more seasons w each.

[@hasansabahgaminganimemovie7679]

Kuvira is pretty good and there is a comic about her that takes place after the end of the show.

[@pabloescobar7109]

I found Amon to be very complicated and Complex And to to be honest i never found him as a villian.Despite being a bender himself he just wanted equality for all. Yes he did it in a very Debateable or Violent way you have to admitt he wasnt truely Evil but wanted peace... Can i hear your Thoughts please comment below

[@chiefcleve1834]

I wouldn’t really look at it as equality, because he was a bender himself and wanted to take everyone else’s bending, that’s being a hypocrite. In my opinion, zaheer was the one who I never really saw as a villain, he wanted freedom from the tyrannical rule of leaders

[@Supreme_Goldfish]

I think Amon was the only realistic to achieve equality for non-benders. If he couldn't take away people's bending, his only other option would be to kill all benders, and their children. If Amon really was a non-bender, he would become a genocidal maniac like the Nazis. Amon is the lesser evil, he's the only way to get equality without murdering every bender in the world. I think he was right, but with him gone, there may never be true equality for non-benders without mass murder. I don't know about you, but Amon and Equalism might get me to write some fan fiction, because of how right he is.

[@rzxwm10]

He would be a hypocrite if he didn't surrender his own bending once he sealed everyone else's. He is a fraud, though, because he claimed to not be a bender.

[@climbingamountain86]

I think Amon was deluded and a deceiver. People are born with bending so by stealing it, Amon is battling with nature itself, and that pretty much makes him evil. At the beginning, when he was 14. I believe he truly wanted equality back then but now he's just using equality as an excuse. However, in the end he got humbled when Korra destroyed his revolution. Amon had dug a pit into his own downfall and when the truth was revealed, everything he had worked on fell because of himself. That also means he humbled himself and he reunited with lost character traits but that's just my own assumption. He saw himself for who he truly is, someone who's capable of losing (before it was revealed that he saw himself as someone more powerful when he said to Mako "Impressive. No one has gotten the better of me like that.") and that made his original self show when he wanted him and his brother to live a new life once again. He was redeemed in the end. Amon also means the demon of wrath in some language (demons are deceivers), which explains his major tools to maintain or start his revolution which were theft (stealing people's natural bending away), deception (deceive benders into thinking bending is evil when in fact it's not, because nature has managed to find balance with non-benders coexisting with benders which means everyone is already equal, and to deceive them about his actual identity) and sowing anger and wrath (make non-benders slowly believe that bending is evil by stating historical events of wars beginning with bending, publically justifying his theft by starting with taking the bending of criminal benders and slowly advancing to normal benders through sowing anger). This nickname, Amon, perfectly fits Noatak and no wonder why he had picked it as an alias. In my opinion, Zaheer was someone who was truly misunderstood, and he simply didn't fit in this world therefore he was seen as a villain (even though he started becoming a villain at some point, eventually when he was jailed he had the opportunity to continue his quest for true freedom and spirituality and that's a gain for him.) Amon is my favorite. He truly had a good start, and the core character traits that he has are fairness and humility which are what actually shaped him. He used to be humble and grounded when he was young, that's why he didn't let his father's compliments get to him, which is also what made him succeed in many areas. Personally, I don't believe his father shaped him because when he lost all his prideful work, he got humbled and reunited with his brother and his core character traits. However, Yakone had still shame in him, because only through shame somebody changes his whole identity even as to make plastic surgery. Which is also why Yakone's emotions of revenge resurfaced once again. When he started a family, they already existed but were simply buried. Noatak, however, only wanted to escape with his brother in the end, he had already won over the shame through humility. (Just like Uncle Iroh had once said "True humility is the only antidote to shame".) So Noatak got redeemed.

[@brandonseepersaud5180]

Request: The Life of Avatar Aang The Life of Firelord Sozin

[@rseytearss8308]

YESSSSSSS I want Aang a story!

[@u1txra]

Brandon Seepersaud The whole entire ALTA and a quarter of LOK was about aang so we don’t need one same with korra

[@michaelhiggins6832]

Also he should do a life of sokka

[@aedr04]

Thanks for reminding me why this was the best lok season... or at least, why amon, and his tragic story/ motive, was by far the best villain of the series

[@TheImperialBower]

Amon is one of the most powerful characters in the show and i really love that and because of it, amon is really hard to defeat due to bloodbending and thats why i love him so much he is my favorite villian

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

Amons is my favorite major antagonist in the avatar universe! He’s extremely threatening yet you also have a good understanding of his goals and themes. His power and even his army being a good inverse to the avatar and other bending protagonists. He wasn’t right but he certainly had some points! I don’t know if its true, but i’ve heard amon is both a deadly pressure point in one langiage, and also means equal or maybe zero in another.

[@idiot3412]

I prefer kuvira

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

Kcuf Jake Paul eh she’s ok. An impressive bender with a lot of charisma and strategic know how but she could use more compelling origins, and I REALLY don’t like the mechs the earth empire use. She just sort of a feels like a really odd final boss after the other three major antagonists have been dealt with.

[@climbingamountain86]

Amon also means the demon of wrath in some other language (demons are deceivers), which explains his major tools to maintain or start his revolution which were theft (stealing people's natural bending away), deception (deceive benders into thinking bending is evil when in fact it's not, because nature has managed to find balance with non-benders coexisting with benders which means everyone is already equal, and to deceive them about his actual identity) and sowing anger and wrath (make non-benders slowly believe that bending is evil by stating historical events of wars beginning with bending, publically justifying his theft by starting with taking the bending of criminal benders and slowly advancing to normal benders through sowing anger). This nickname, Amon, perfectly fits Noatak and no wonder why he had picked it as an alias.

[@All-ze9cl]

Personally i don't see him as a bad person, just a person that did bad things. And It's possible to not be evil but do things that are questionable. He had a clear motive and a understandable reason why, he just went about it all wrong. There are tons of villains in Avatar that are villains but not bad people. Amon, Ty Lee, Mai, the mechanist, freedom fighters. He was blinded by the negatives of bending and took it too far. Honestly makes a better villain

[@jakefitch3458]

Amon should've had a much longer run he is truly one of the greatest anime characters of any show in my opinion great video

[@SupportGamin2024]

I'd say amon is a great Villian,I honestly hated the twist that he was making lies about being a non bender,but I understand that at the time nick wanted the creators of korra to make one season,so they had to finish things up quick

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

the twist was clearly intended even i when i was very young knew this dude didnt get no spirit powers..

[@SupportGamin2024]

@@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032 it's still stupid,all the potential amon could've been given,the writers wasted it

[@liviubidian7140]

Noatak changed because he was abused mentally as a kid.

[@panda4life815]

Me: *about to go to bed because its late and I have school tomorrow* MovieFlame: _uploads video_ Me: Well then....

[@Daddy-Saxon]

I'm assuming you mean online school?

[@arthuredington6171]

Fucking liar, schools got canceled

[@theyeetgangohyeahyeah2053]

Online school?? Or you’re lying

[@panda4life815]

@@Daddy-Saxon yes

[@mattos443]

Panda4life makes sense

[@eon001]

I wish Amon really did have the "spirits" ( Vaatu ?) teach him the chi blocking technique. I think it would have been a good way to connect to the Unalaq story.

[@ungasis3301]

For me, it would been better if Amon was the last villain of the series.. this guy is so OP

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Noatak had turned into his father.

[@JoAnHe0604]

Wyndell Lee that much is true

[@MrMisterman1]

Just as bad if not worse

[@dennislepon3912]

Only if he had an Uncle Iroh, he would turn out differently for good

[@timonfischer9679]

Not really Yakone was a criminal murderer who only strived for power and oppression Noatak is a revalutionary and fought for the helpless. He never killed anyone and had a warm,empathic personality. One bloodbends for himself and the other to make the world equal.

[@TAMAGOCHI169]

@@timonfischer9679 I agree! At least, if you look back to his end, you can see that he repented to the point he even allowed his and Tarrlok's suicide. He was just a good-natured, sympathetic man that wanted equality for everyone. Bending doesn't honestly mean a thing - the entire bending art is fictional but now here we are, surviving without bending. So I'd say he was sympathetic towards non benders but went a little too far.

[@christymitchell4763]

I personally c Amon/Noatak as a broken soul. Someone who was once innocent and kindhearted and didn’t want violence. But his father forced him down a dark path and, much like Darth Vader or Kylo Ren, he became corrupt. I’m not saying he’s in the right; but he’s definitely not evil like Ozai or even Yakone. That’s why it made me so sad when he and tarrlok both died.

[@doctordl7757]

Great video we really needed a video on Amon such a complex character and alot of great material for a video essay.

[@Miaou_In_Your_Pants]

A quick question : am I the only one who sees some kind of similarity between Zuko and Amon ????

[@bessieburnet9816]

Yeah, he's a bit of a combo of Zuko and Azula.

[@StevDoesBigJumps]

@@bessieburnet9816 He wasn't granted a redemption arc, sadly.

[@KNIGHTVALEN]

Wish Amon got some wisdom from Zuko lol

[@tantris2876]

But more powerful than season 1 Zuko

[@quizzlybear]

Unfortunately, he didn't have an uncle Iroh to help reel him in.

[@alexanderramirez4647]

When movieflame said he was on the grind, he was not kidding XD

[@geneticmutation382]

Oman's story is so sad. It doesn't make his actions right, but you can definitely see why he's that way.

[@IsaacRM92]

I just finished book 1 of LOK and I am really liking it, this antagonist's backstory was so thrilling for me and this video just adds more lore to the story , very nice video 👍

[@kidagirl99]

This video made me way more heartbroken than I ever expected, and I thank you for it.

[@alifz2223]

The brothers make "start over again a new life" seems equivalent to "end our life together".

[@newhybrid101]

Amon definitely indirectly killed Yakone,you can see him clearly in pain when they return, grabbing at his abdomen and he died a few years later.He damaged him somehow while bloodbending him and when he threw him away.Yakone also seemed to have regretted what he did.

[@arthuredington6171]

He's such a wasted villain, had he not be a bender he would have been one of the greatest villains of avatar

[@PowerFan5]

Agreed

[@e.d.w1217]

Gay Wolf the greatest villain of avatar. I still think he is.

[@JP-dj3ty]

Gay Wolf maybe the greatest villain of kora’s life but the fire lord was the greatest villain in the avatar genre by far in my opinion

[@eon001]

100% agree. It would have been good if Vaatu actually taught him the chi blocking technique. It would connect to the bigger Avatar lore. His fake back story with him burning his skin seemed so over the top.

[@StevDoesBigJumps]

@@JP-dj3ty Ozai was a means to an end. He had no real personality other than him being an overpowered weakling, who thought his power made him strong. His only goal was increasing his power. The kind of villains they tried to make in the legend of Korra was kind that would be heroes, had they not been so horrible in their methods. Bit of a shame they didn't make any solid redemption arcs Zuko's, other than Kuvira's strange 180 turn in the comics, and maybe Zaheer becoming disinterested in his goals after seeing the effects of his anarchy in season 4 and doing one good deed. Ngl tho, Mark Hamill did a stellar performance of voicing Ozai.

[@ethanvantil970]

I always saw that last scene differently, where Noatak is crying. Strong bender's can have a sense of their element, they can feel the presence of their element around them. And in the case of Noatak, a bloodbender, he could essentially track people's movements without seeing them just by feeling the movement of their body, using his bending abilities. So I always thought he knew he was about to die. But he also had no other options, no one else to turn to, as he told Tarrlok, so he somewhat accepted his fate. And that's why he was crying.

[@obiwankenobi6871]

I think his biggest flaw was how he sought to tear Benders down instead of lifting ordinary people up

[@IAmDavid91]

Word

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

Thanks for this. When I saw their beginnings and their end, I loved this show even more. And credit to a well put together and deep video.

[@ivansantillanes680]

I was truly shocked Nickelodeon greenlit their violent death scene. One of the darkest moments in the universe imo. Katara almost getting revenge and murdering someone came close, but you know, she didn't actually do it, whereas the brothers legit died in an explosion. Great scene though

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

i think lieutenant’s death scene is darker its shown and hes killed with bloodbending

[@theironsmith1]

Believe it or not. What brought me here is the fact that my father's name was Amon And we (me and my brothers) have decided to call ourselves... The Knights Of Amon!

[@XDhaliax]

It's 12 o'clock and yet I still clicked as fast as I could

[@Actuallyfactually]

As Obi Wan once said “You’ve became the very thing you swore to destroy”

[@egghead9678]

Harry Potter: Severus Snape turned out to be the hero Avatar: Amon turned out to be the hero Coincidence? Maybe

[@baz1184]

Both were still EXTREMELY selfish

[@DepressedLarryFace]

Amon and Zaheer are my favourite villains from the Avatar franchise👀💙👏

[@mehmedxp8323]

still sat that amon died when he became good

[@channyvu9798]

mehmed xp Even sadder when his younger brother said “just like the good ol’ days” and then electrocuted the fuel tank

[@thanos7459]

He only became good became he got exposed. Had he not he would still be a bitch

[@vortexxee]

We need more avatar

[@thapuiivangchhia1776]

More avatar Amon😩😩😭😭😭😭

[@oni4111]

We need more villains like amon he has a motive a reason intimidation strong

[@aryangandhi5836]

“Prepare to be Equalized” - Amon

[@duchi882]

Out of the 4 Main Villains Amon was the creepiest one of them all

[@hopecobb25]

Duchi STOP IT, he wasn’t creepy.

[@nikkinaturalfan9252]

Hope Cobb he was

[@hopecobb25]

@@nikkinaturalfan9252 No, he was scary and sadly psychotic.

[@nikkinaturalfan9252]

Hope Cobb and creepy

[@hopecobb25]

@@nikkinaturalfan9252 Look, I don't like the words, creepy and weird, ok. He was psychotic and terrifying.

[@limelion24]

_As Noatak Bloodbends his father._ Yakone: I was trying to make you a great warrior! Noatak: *You Succeeded.*

[@nickzervas4937]

To those who compair Amon to Ozai i have only thing to say : Ozai was never the real villain of the original series . He was just the embodiment of power and evil , that served only the purpose of an ultimatum . It is clear that Azula was the main villain of the show .

[@brookenam1148]

I love your vids so much and I really appreciate the amount of research and care you put into them :). Hope your having a great day 👍

[@queendsheena1]

Amon was a tragic villain. Tarrlok did the right thing.

[@piyushnagawat24]

No... He didn't...in the end Amon was a changed man

[@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600]

@@piyushnagawat24 I think that is one of the reasons why I hated the first season. Sure there was a lot of damage but it wasnt Kuvira level of bad. And everyone got their bending back. And somehow Kuvira survives and the two men died. Noatak deserved a redemption with Tarrlok and could have even guarded the art of bloodbending for the greater good, something even Katara could not do. I feel like they died all for a cheap edgy shock factor.

[@craigpeoples9883]

@@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600If he survived he'd be unsettling to be around since Korra had no avatar state so no one who be able restrain him

[@bingbong1392]

@@crewmatewillthrowthesehand7600 Korra was only supposed to be one season, so they had to wrap everything up and create a happy ending. But yeah it would of been cool to see Amon and Tarlok show up again in the series.

[@quizzlybear]

@@piyushnagawat24 No he wasn't. If you look at the scene again, he saw the contents of the boat. He knew that there was only more pain and suffering in the future.

[@araknus7863]

I love the parallels to Azula being a prodigy and for that becoming the monster she was

[@chriswhis1134]

Arguably, if Amon was a good guy he would’ve been a great teacher to Korra on how to defeat any bender as well as a waterbending master.

[@climbingamountain86]

He had special waterbending skills

[@maranathaaaaaaa]

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” I feel like this definitely applied to Amon’s mentality. He thought he was doing the best for Republic City when, in fact, he was causing more harm than good. I still liked him as a character; he was very complex and interesting to me.

[@Elricsedric]

The only thing I didn't like that was the first season was rushed I feel like amon could've been more fleshed out

[@user-zb7fm6hj2g]

I felt the same with Kuvira. It would’ve been cool if we could see more of her backstory in Zaofu

[@s0lar3clipse3]

Amon was literally my favorite character and when he died I screamed

[@heheh9945]

Wait how can Yakone blood bend Tarlok if he didn’t have his bending

[@Chiwicho]

I was wondering the same

[@thesupersonicmaniacs7976]

I was about to comment that. I was confused when he said that

[@Bayuuk]

Steven Pillco I don’t believe Yakone was actually trying to, he was just very hostile towards tarlok.

[@matthewrosette2170]

He wasnt going too, he knew tarlok wasn’t gonna blood bend his own father because he’s weak inside he even said it himself saying it felt awful. So if anything tarlok was gonna let yakone beat the living crap out of him.

[@leafyeaveeey]

MovieFlame made a comment correcting this, you just have to find it

[@saucysebron8246]

I loved Amon for some reason when I was younger and now that I’m rewatching The Legend of Korra, I still do

[@kristinejoycambarijan1071]

Amon story is so very sad, they just forced by they father that's why noatak grew up liked that.. 😭 they both are talented

[@Sleeper800]

I think one of Legend of Korra's biggest mistakes was killing off Amon. He should have survived the boat explosion, while Tarlok still should have died. They could've done something really interesting with him now that he had lost everything. Especially with the idea now in his head that his brother was willing to end his own life to stop him. It would've been a great parallel to Korra, who had just been told the quote "When we are at our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change" by Aang.

[@lizqu8033]

There was actually a slightly morbid joke that the creators of LOK told each other that Amon had survived the explosion and now had to bend water in place of his missing arms. That was where they got the idea for Ming-Hua from.

[@hopetomaszewski3145]

🎉Congratulations on 1 million 🎉

[@jackrobins1149]

late night uploads hit different

[@pianopiano8345]

Noatak was always a good person even until the very end he always cared about his brother even loved him so much that he will do anything for him I do think that the deep reason for all of what he did was because he did not wanted people ending up hurt as him and his brother he just wanted EQUALITY

[@hasansabahgaminganimemovie7679]

I would love it if amon won .

[@e.d.w1217]

He is DEFINITELY good. We are just seeing it from the avatars perspective. In a different story he could have been the hero and people would love that show and would think that nothing is wrong with it. His intentions are perfectly good, and he is even not that violent. He just wants equality and he’s fighting for it.

[@thetaleco4977]

I ve been saying that for years, had he not done that the republic city would never have a non bender president, even the non benders being the majority of people

[@shrekisthebestfranchiseand5032]

EXACTLY.

[@sunkist1309]

It’s still the oppression of a group of people

[@oliviamia5018]

True, but he seriously needs a reality check with his methods

[@thanos7459]

Your insane

[@nicholasmamisashvili5023]

I’d be really interested in a video like this on Zaheer

[@MovieFlame]

Coming soon

[@arthuredington6171]

Zaheer had a great va but he was an idiot

[@theyeetgangohyeahyeah2053]

Gay Wolf true, he was a great bender, but for me he was insane

[@arthuredington6171]

@@theyeetgangohyeahyeah2053 as all anarchists should be

[@arthuredington6171]

@@theyeetgangohyeahyeah2053 Alos I was talking about his Voice actor

[@cadenroseman8198]

I just wanted to say ur content is awesome!

[@pianoplayer005]

You're an awesome storyteller! Keep it going! love hp videos thanks

[@christymitchell4763]

To be honest I wanted Amon/Noatak around longer. Like I had hoped he b like the Zuko character in Korra’s journey. Him and Tarrlok together

[@MarauderPeter21]

Don't know why the young version of Noatak looks like a mix of Jet and Sokka physically, while Tarrlok looks like a mix of Sokka and Bolin jajajaajajaja, But really Noatak/Amon's life is so interesting