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Amon isn't Aang...

After Yakone, Aang realized that he needed to have a new protector that was not already a bender, someone normal, that would appreciate the power of energybending. His student was in secret, and would only be revealed later in life, when his secret student was ready.

After giving him the power to Energybend, Aang then put this student through very hard training against the elements, learning how to combat against all four, even all four at once, while Aang uses the Avatar state. Then... he trains against Katara while during the fool moon... to resist Bloodbending. So if another Yakone ever appeared, he could defeat him with this extreme training.

So Amon has only taken powers of criminals, power abusers, etc... people who are not selfless, I suppose. He seems to have hate for the Avatar, but I dunno anymore, I am still seeing this as some kind of test. I do not see it as being Zuko anymore, but I do see that his back story could have some truth. Maybe the Avatar saved him and trained him, like I said. But maybe the power he gained through the Equalists cause his morals to be twisted... like the whole "some of the worse things, started as goods intentions" kind of thing... Amon has yet to cause harm to citizens that are "innocent", in such a way where they have not abused their bending. So he seems to have some good in him, I suppose... But going after the Avatar, Amon has had her in his grip multiple times in only 9 episodes so far, over maybe 2-3 weeks in the story. (Yeah, It seriously hasn't been all that long. Most episodes carry from the previous, like, an hour, or a day later.) Him not pursuing her, either he is smart enough to wait for her, or, he is "letting" her get away... If my theory that Amon is a student/apprentice of Avatar Aang after the Yakone incident... that means he is either waiting for her to get all four elements, and learn the Avatar State, so he has a real challenge (like he said at Aang Memorial Island?)

Yeah... my theory is that...