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That blog was right, and offered great insight in how season 1 should have ended. I still think Amon should have been a spirit-bender, because even if only restricting his bloodbending to blocking off bending chakras, that's still a betrayal of his absolutist convictions. And he deserves to be a flawless paragon of the ideals he espouse.
No. he does not "Deserve" it. It allows for alternate interpretations of the character. Maybe he truly does believe in what he is teaching, and then there is the whole thing of "The greater good".
Saying that it "MUST" have been made that way is a major no, in my book.
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The ending should indeed have Amon and Korra ending their showdown as a public spectacle. At this point, half the city is watching them duke it out, the other half listening to the account on news radio.
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Amon's rebellion has been foiled. The police has the area cordoned off; win or lose Amon is finished. But that was just the physical battle. The Equalist movement isn't some alien invasion; they are themselves the citizens of the city. You can kill Amon, you can throw him in jail, but if the idea is not defeated then nothing is truly accomplished. The writers obviously want Amon to be V. So do it!
The repercussions could still be felt in later seasons.
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Amon, from start to end, should use absolutely no bending. And because of that, Korra would gain the upper hand. She would torture him with bending, surrounding Amon with an encroaching ring of fire, trying to force him to abandon his vows and save himself with bending whether it be water or blood. Amon, to her frustration, is ready to martyr himself on the proverbial stake before he submits in the battle of ideals.
So we make Korra a torturer? OK, I think your outright looking at a different tone type in a story.
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She walks up to Amon, her guard completely down, and tells Amon to take away her bending! Amon remarks that she finally sees his righteousness, that the Avatarhood is dead. No, answers Korra. She is the Avatar, not her powers. And allowing Amon to take her powers will be her first step towards proving him wrong.
This is utter rubbish. Its transformation of simple bullheadedness, into mad crazyness. A disregard of characterization.
Him taking her powers does nothing and merely says "Yo the avatar is in on this- Everybody else surrender".
Great. Now the avatar can't do anything to help anybody. With the Powers that where bestowed to actually help them bring balance. Whoopedy doo.
I find these series of reviews work much better then the blog.