| LadyJade2827 wrote: |
I think everyone is saying Amon hates benders because that is the vibe he is giving off, now if he does we don't know. People are not giving the Bumi theory any credit because why would Bumi have any reason to hold anything against anyone. People are saying that if he was sad or mad that he was the only none bender in his family all he needed to do was go talk to his uncle Sokka and find out that you didn't need to be a bender to be worth something in the world. So unless General Iroh stole Bumi's girlfriend when they were young, or being in the army when Bumi couldn't, I don't see Bumi having any kind of vendetta with him. Amon being Bumi is just so out in left field that it can't be true for people. But now having said that this is Avatar and anything can happen. |
I am completely baffled by this line of thinking. Let's break down what we know about Bumi:
1. He is Aang and Katara's second child.
2. He was born a non-bender.
3. Katara said he and his sister Kya were "crazy" as children so he was raised by his mother for at least part of his life.
Other than that, EVERYTHING regarding Bumi is pure speculation. The Bumi theory relies on a wild supposition that there are holes in his backstory we haven't accounted for, that he has some reason to want to spread dissent between benders and non-benders, and that he somehow has figured out a way to take away people's bending (or appear to). I agree that this theory by necessity can only be based loosely on facts and therefore does not have a strong position. While you can argue that there is no evidence Bumi would have inherited anti-bending powers from his father (based on what we know about bending and spiritual energy from A:TLA, TLoK, and the creators), you CANNOT argue that Bumi has or doesn't have motive as fact. We simply know nothing about this character.
You can give me a theory why you think Bumi would have no motivation (ex: Aang and Katara would have raised him in a loving environment and treated him equally to his bending siblings). I can give you a theory why he might have a motivation (ex: Bumi ran away at the age of 7 and found himself living with a group of prejudiced non-bending ruffians akin to Jet's gang. After years of living with them and seeing the way cruel benders treated defenseless peasants he decided to take up the guise of Amon and fight to give the non-benders an advantage). We can nitpick why one theory is more likely than another but until the creators or the show divulges more facts about Bumi we cannot confirm nor refute any Bumi theories... for all we know, Bumi may not even be alive.
