Was Amon and Yacone Related to Hama from The Last Airbender?

One of the most mysterious episodes in The Last Airbender happened to introduce one of the most frightening characters in the entire series: Hama. When Hama was younger, she resided in the Southern Watertribe along with Katara’s grandmother Kanna. She lived the life of a normal water bender until the Fire Nation attacked her small tribe. Slowly, the Fire Nation soldiers picked off each waterbender one by one until Hama was finally captured.

From there she remained imprisoned, with no plans of remaining captive for long. She invented and perfected her skill of Bloodbending and used it to escape. From there she became the insane Inn Keeper that we all know her to be. Her reign of Bloodbending ultimately ended with her in handcuffs while she crackled with laughter, reiterating the fact that her job was done.

So her role in the series is done, right? Her legacy stops right there? Not necessarily. I think her insanity might have been hereditary.

Support the Development of a Legend of Korra Lego Set

With Christmas right around the corner, the time of giving is now (NOT getting). If you’re a Legend of Korra fan or a fan of Legos, you currently have the opportunity to make dreams come true. Someone by the alias of GlenBricker has recently started a Lego Project in which he or she has created a Legend of Korra Lego set that contains Korra, Amon and the Mecha Tank that we saw Hiroshi Sato use to attack Team Avatar.

Unfortunately, the project will only stay an idea until Lego decides to begin production. And the only way for Lego to begin production is if the idea gets 10,000 supporters.

That’s why I have come to you, my readers, for help. This project currently only has 231 supports so it obviously has a long way to go. But with your help, maybe we can get this project jump started. Besides, choosing to support this project is entirely free of charge and extremely easy. Why wouldn’t you do it? (Don’t be a Grinch!)

Here’s what you have to do:

Community Opinion: Who was the Better Villain Between Fire Lord Ozai and Amon?

December has finally arrived in 2012 and even though the world is supposed to end pretty soon, the future is still packed with loads of fun for Legend of Korra fans. December 25^th is rapidly approaching and Old Saint Nick is currently busy preparing tons of Legend of Korra merchandise for us avid ‘Korra’ fans.

That means games, posters, action figures and quite possibly DVD’s.

My cousins and I actually plan on tracking Santa Claus this year on the popular satellite tracking website Norad Santa. It’s loads of fun for the older ones that love the Christmas season, and perfect for the younger ones that still believe in the jolly-old man with the big red coat (he IS real).

Anyways, with Legend of Korra news slow once again, I thought it would be a good idea to launch another Community Opinion post. The last one was a great success and I wanted to thank all of you who commented and shared your opinion with us. The general idea for this particular Community Opinion post is the same: Use the comment section below to interact with other fans and talk about the discussion topic at hand. Don’t forget to state your opinion!

Now for the topic:

How Amon Used Bloodbending to Take Another Person’s Bending Away

We all know the effects of bloodbending. We know how it can be used to manipulate the human body into doing terrible things. But one thing that might not be so clear is how it can be used to take away bending.

The series didn’t do the best job of explaining the process, but nonetheless, the process does make a lot of sense. Bloodbending is extremely dynamic, so it only makes sense that it can be used to take away bending.

In order to fully grasp this concept, you need to understand the idea of Chi and how it works in the Avatar World.

The Legend of Korra Book 2 Speculation: The Villain

This is a series where we speculate everything there is to know about Book 2 of The Legend of Korra. We have currently covered speculation on the book’s setting and character development. Today we focus on the book’s villain.

At this year’s San Diego Comic Con, Mike and Bryan revealed a lot of information regarding Book 2 of The Legend of Korra. One of the major reveals was the identity of the book’s villain: The Dark Spirit, who will be voiced by Grey DeLisle, the voice actress of Azula.

Despite the fact that we know little about this future antagonist, we can certainly speculate (and most likely confirm) that this new antagonist will be a spirit residing in the Spirit World. One important factor we cannot confirm, however, is the threat level of this new villain. In case you are unfamiliar, the threat level is essentially how threatening or dangerous a villain is to society.

So far, every villain created by Mike and Bryan has been a threat to society. Ex-Fire Lord Ozai had an entire Nation fighting with him while he tried to take over the entire Avatar World. Amon used his power of taking bending away as leverage in order to gain support as he tried to eliminate benders in Republic City.

So how exactly is The Dark Spirit a threat to society?

Amon’s Identity was Actually Confirmed in January

The season finale of The Legend of Korra aired this passed weekend and it certainly exceeded my expectations. We did not cover the final two episodes as much as we hoped, since I was out of state this past weekend with no computer access, but pre-episode coverage does not matter too much in my opinion. In the end, it doesn’t matter how many write-ups you read or trailers you watch: It’s the final product that matters. But that was the past, and right now we have a few things ahead of us. One of them being a real head smacker: Amon’s identity was actually revealed in January, and we knew about it.

Korra Links: ‘Amon is a Monster’ Edition

Korra Links is a new column where we post links to other interesting Legend of Korra articles that we stumble upon all across the web.

From Our Blog:

• Episode 9 of The Legend of Korra was a good one, check out our recap of the episode.
• The Season Finale of The Legend of Korra is coming soon, get all the latest details before the premiere.
• Amon is officially a monster, see what we know about the Masked Equalist so far.
• We’ve stumbled upon a possible title and air date for Book 2 of The Legend of Korra.

Around the Web:

• Are you shipping Makorra? Clique Clack explains why it’s so hard for the two to get together.
• What’s better: The Legend of Korra or The Last Airbender? The Wall Street Journal has some input.

Amon is Much More Powerful than Previously Thought

In yesterday’s episode of The Legend of Korra, Amon had confirmed himself to be the main antagonist of the season. Over the course of the past few weeks, Amon and his role as the villain did come into question when Tarrlock captured Korra and revealed his illegal ability to blood bend.

But all this talk of Tarrlock being the ‘real villain’ came to a halting stop when Amon proved that he was much more than a ‘non-bending’ Equalist leader.

In episode 9 ‘Out of the Past’, we confirmed two things about Amon: He actually has the ability to take away bending and he is unaffected by blood bending.

The first ability is not unheard of; Tenzin confirmed that Avatars’ generally have this ability, but what doesn’t make sense is how Amon acquired this ability. The latter ability, however, is unheard of. As far as we know, Amon is neither affected nor bothered by blood bending.

‘The Legend of Korra’ Episode 4: ‘The Voice in the Night’ Description Released

‘The Voice in the Night’ will be a title of the 4^th ‘Legend of Korra’ episode. Here is an official description of the show:

Korra is recruited to join Councilman Tarrlok’s task force which tries to rid the city of Equalists.

In last week’s episode ‘The Revelation’, we learned more about the antagonist, Amon, and his new power. The premise of this week’s episode seems to be based on fighting Amon and the Equalists.

Hopefully we’ll get some great Bending vs. Chi-blocking action this week.

Amon Could be Faking his Energy Bending

During ‘The Legend of Korra’ episode 3 entitled ‘The Revelation’, we saw Amon gather all the anti-benders in Republic City together in a large room where he demonstrated his Energy Bending ability

However the strange thing about this is that only the Avatar has the ability to Energy Bend.

One possibility that could become a reality is that Amon is not really Energy Bending. When Amon said that the sprites gave him the power to Energy Bend, I knew he was lying. When Avatar Aang learned to Energy Bend, he learned it through a Lion Turtle.

Avatar Aang never went to the spirit world to learn how to Energy Bend, therefore it doesn’t make sense for the spirits to have given Amon the power to Energy Bend. Spirits and Energy Bending don’t go hand-in-hand. But Energy bending and Lion Turtles do.

My theory is that Amon knows a special chi-blocking technique that takes away Bending for an extended period.

Only the Avatar can Energy Bend. And unless Amon is some sort of sub-Avatar (which is impossible), he must be faking his Energy Bending.