#red lotus!amon

[prodineonblue]

An Excerpt from My Amon!Red Lotus Fic!!

I sucked in my breath, hoping Amon couldn't register my racing heart. Did bending even work in this place? 

I listened closely. 

"She should be coming anytime soon, Noatak." the man smiled, his thin lips reaching from ear to ear. 

Amon scoffed. "My lieutenant is always punctual." he said, looking straight at me. 

***

Noatak 

The Spirit World was everything I had imagined it to be - ethereal, otherwordly, enchanting, alluring, deceiving. 

Just like the man that was talking to me. Zaheer, he said his name was. 

He had asked me to join his "Red Lotus" organisation. In return, he could organise a place to stay, protection from the government and a very sweet thing - redemption. 

Apparently, they were dedicated to freedom. Apparently, they were going to remove all corrupt leaders from their planet. Apparently, that would be what I want. Apparently, my mission for equality would be achieved in these processes. No more favouritism, no more discriminate laws. 

Zaheer was a non-bender. Yet, he worked side by side with benders to achieve his goal. While he was currently in prison for trying to kidnap the Avatar and raise her as his own, he would soon be freed. He could sense it, and I didn't doubt him. 

I felt a swell of jealousy at this mysterious man. How he could bring benders to justice without being one? He didn't have to lie about who he was? He was purely motivated for good reasons. 

Unlike me, who had gone too far with lies and power. 

And Zaheer knew this. So he offered me a chance to redeem myself. To prove that I was truly striving for equality, not power. 

The only condition was that both my brother and my lieutenant would be enlisted too. 

"My lieutenant would never agree to this!" I exclaimed. "Do you even know who she is?" 

"Of course. I've been keeping tabs on her through my connections." he murmured. "She's promising." 

I sighed. Fear had been welling deep inside of me since our last encounter. A lot of it was remorse, too. I was afraid that she could be more powerful than me. I was afraid at what she was capable of, if the rumours Tarrlok said were true. If she had really killed them all. But I was regretful of the pain I had caused her. Forcing her to bloodbend, bloodbending her myself, betraying her...and what had she really done? Lie to protect herself knowing that I would attack her if she told the truth? Now, that was hardly a sin. And also, a part of me was drawn to her in a way I couldn't explain. 

"I know." I said. "She might even be more powerful than me. But how are you going to meet with her and convince her to join?" 

"I have summoned her. She should be coming anytime soon, Noatak." 

I scoffed. "My lieutenant is always punctual." I turned around, sensing her presence. I locked my eyes with hers. 

[wilcze-kudly]

If worked for the team who made Avatar TloK. How would you rewrite TloK?

To be completely honest, rewriting tlok wouldn't fix all it's issues. Tlok just needed to have longer seasons, an actually established amount of seasons so they weren't pressured to make every single season a complete story for fear of not getting more time.

But let's say, hypothetically that I murdered mr Crabs or whoever is in charge of Nickelodeon and removed any studio meddling from the show.

My perfect world would include:

More filler episodes that focus on a singular character. Think Sokka's Master or the Painted Lady. The Krew are all fascinating characters with a lot of potential, however, due to the runtime of the show, their storylines are rushed... or completely nonexistent. Give me more details of Mako and Bolin's childhood. Show me emore of Asami struggling with her father's arrest.

I'd try to cut down on the westernisation of the show. I can see why these foreign aspects slipped in, since the closer the Avatarverse inches to our modern times, the more blurred the lines become. At least to my whiteass. I'd try to lean towards silkpunk, rather than the much more west based steampunk. It would be a fascinating endeavour to imagine what a world with mostly eastern influences would look like.

I'd make Vaatu the overarching villain/final boss of the story... it would require a bit of moving around of the timeline but I think I'd structure it as: Red Lotus> Kuvira> Amon> Vaatu. However I'd blur the timeline more. Make Amon a background threat in the eariler seasons, only for him to rise in popularity and power after people see what benders like Kuvira are capable of, for example.

This would also allow for certain villains to become redeemed or at least helpful in some way, later on. Mayhaps Amon and Kuvira team with the Krew to defeat Vaatu in some way.

Also, instead of destroying Vaatu completely, I'm leaning towards Korra absorbing him, in a way. Yes Vaatu is a dark spirit, but 'darker' urges are necessary for humans' survival and happiness. Korra embodies the duality of man very well. I think it would be a fascinating idea to see the Avatar become the embodiment of both light and darkness.

In general, making Vaatu and Raava more morally ambiguous, rather than the simple good spirit/bad spirit thing they had in the og show would be a fascinating concept.

I'd do my best to pull away from the show's original centerist narrative. Have Korra learn from the villains and make active changes to the world, showing her growth as an Avatar and person. Perhaps she's reluctant to see the Red Lotus' point of view at the beginning of the show, but sympathises with Amon at the tail end of the story.

Make the entire Krew queer. And talk about queerness more, in general. Have the characters have open conversations about queerness in their respective enviornments and cultures. Tlok already has a very queer undertone to it, even before korrasami became canon, but touching on this subject more overtly would provide great opportunity for characterisation and worldbuilding.

Have the story span several years. Watch the Krew grow up. Tlok works very well as a coming of age story even in its original form. Have Vaatu and his darkness and chaos symbolise the uncharted waters of maturity at the end of teenagedom. This especially works if Korra merges or accepts him like i suggested.

There... that's some basics. I think that most of my criticisms of the show could mostly be solved if the studio wasn't being a bitch but well. We can't have nice things, can we?

I took a while to answer this ask because it was genuinely such an interesting, but overwhelming question.

Also now I have wayy too many ideas about a potential tlok rewrite, so feel free to ask me about that if you want to hear me ramble.

[herbluefire]

i think unalaq is the worst villain in tlok. not cause he's pure evil, but because his ideology made no actual sense.

amon, the red lotus and kuvira had good points but they all went too far with their ideologies. they had no balance.

[dont-blame-it-on-the-kids]

Sometimes I think about what LoK could have been had they known they had more seasons from the start. Amon would have been the perfect over arching series bad guy.

They could have really spent more time with Korra struggling with not being able to air bend. And what that means for her, how her spirit got so troubled she can’t connect to the other avatars.

Season two could have never happened

Instead it could have been about her connecting to her avatar spirit and we could still get the whole origin story but without destroying every Avatar before her because ??? Who thought that was even remotely the right move??

In season three we could have more of Lin’s story maybe even got to see her and Su’s fathers.

We could have seen and explored so much more than the ham fisted endings and showing characters give and grow so much only to be cut off at the knees for the plot to progress somewhere else.

We could have seen Suki and Sokka. We could have seen more of Aang and fuck it even more of the Gaang jr as kids. I don’t think we got to see young Bumi Kya and tenzin other than the photo.

I just wish they had the time to detail out this wonderful world they set up with AtLA

Just Imagine a Legend of Korra where they actually planned things out properly and allowed the seasons to work together instead of trying to make a Grande Finale every season.

[bibibbon]

Re: Amon vs. Spinner - Amon being a hypocrite made perfect sense for his character. He genuinely wanted to wipe out bending because he felt it was the source of the world's problems and produced people like his abusive father, but his past and the way we see him raised by his abusive father where the importance of his bending power gets drilled into his head for years means that it makes logical sense that he'd use that bending power to get rid of others' bending since he's psychologically incapable of not using it to solve his problems. And like his brother Tarlokk the point was that it's a tragedy they became just like their father while both trying in their own ways to fix the problems that gave rise to him. Their feelings on how they were abused gave them tunnel vision to the point where they couldn't see how they were repeating the cycle until it was too late.

With Spinner, there is nothing unique about his past of being prejudiced against to separate him from any other heteromorph. So him being hypocritical doesn't have any justification other than undermining his position.

Yep you have basically put it into better words than I could ever do anon!!!

Unlike Amon, spinner doesn't have a reason to be discriminatory towards his own kind and his previous actions make it so that it doesn't make sense why he would do such a switch up. Sure spinners character going through a similar thing to amon would be very interesting and it would explore a characteristic that the villains have that's almost never explored : their hypocrisy!! However, if hori wanted to go with that route he needs build up which he very much lacks!!

Spinners storyline also is lacking in more ways than one. His relationship with tomura is Hella underdeveloped and there really isn't a clear path of how spinner changes from being a die hard stain fan to a die hard shigaraki fan. Spinner and shoji could of had an interesting dynamic as they both have their own respective parallels and similarities were both characters could gain a voice through their interactions but nope hori didn't build on that at all.

Out of topic but I just wanna add that to me there's something so symbolic about Amon dying by a technological device and not by a bender of by bending itself. The abuse he went through truly shaped him and his brother in such a different way with them both still relying on an ability that they don't take a liking to, to get by. (Honestly I should rewatch lok and atla maybe I will post about it but getting into fandom mess thats the atla fandom is annoying)

Edit: now that I think about it Amon and overhaul end up being a bit similar more similar than amon and spinner (I still like amon better tho)

[rapid-artwork]

It's been forever but I am working on my Red Lotus Korra AU again. Boy it feels good to have free time again.

Newest chapter

Read from the beginning.

[my-hyperfixation-hell]

Which TLOK villain do you think had the best points?

[cuteniaarts]

Me, six-ish hours ago: Yeah, I had the idea for an Avatar Suiren AU pretty much as long as Suiren herself existed, but idk if I'm ever gonna develop it, it's really hard to upkeep interest for it on my own...

Me, as soon as the concept of Suiren and Vaatu bullying Raava together popped into my head while I was typing out that long ass post: Fuck it, new strain of brain fungus acquired–

(Also yeah traditional art being posted for the first time since... 2020, probably. Don't have the spoons to transfer this to digital rn, maybe I will at some point and I'll do a fuckass Spirit World background or smth. We'll see)

First time drawing Vaatu so don't make fun of me, but honestly he's such a funky little guy and rather fun to draw. You just get that main shape down and then go nuts with the frills :) But also, credit where credit is due, scrolling through the Vaatu tag on @shadelorde’s blog really helped, so thank you for that 😊 And I really had no idea what to do with Suiren’s design here, I think I’ve used up all my character design juices on the nine previous iterations of her that exist, so for now she’s in a random dress with her hair down. I’ll probably alter it if I ever do a proper design for her in this verse

[firelords-honour]

Kill me if y’all disagree but the season 3 finale feels the most worthy of being the successor to atla’s finale

[depresseddepot]

finally FINALLY finished watching the legend of korra. it only took me LITERALLY ten years

[prodineonblue]

AVATAR VILLAINS - Blood//Water

My second edit ever, wanted to try something new, so here it is!

Some stuff to note:

I did this using the free version of CapCut

The music is by grandson, the song is 'Blood//Water'

This edit is about the villains in the avatar franchise, except for Unalaq and Vaatu, because they kind of suck.

Open to constructive criticism, but be nice as I'm only 14, new to editing, and I'm very aware that I messed up the audio as I didn't cut it very precisely as I would have liked.

Enjoy!

Yes, I abuse these tags.

[wilcze-kudly]

Hey, it’s the same anon about Amon from the other day. I appreciate your long post, def agree with a lot of what you said. I actually do like Amon’s storyline in that it’s not about the politics but rather his Severe Daddy Issues. Yakone attempted to control Republic City as a gang leader, then abused his sons and inspired them to take up his project through alternate channels: politics for Tarrlok, a revolution/coup for Noatak. Ultimately book 1 for me is about their issues from their repressive childhood and their struggle to attain power in adulthood (which obviously is similar to Korra’s story as we follow her empowering herself/asserting her place in RC). Tarrlok killing them both (and Amon accepting it) is them ending this abusive cycle. I don’t think it has to be any more political than that — the politics fall flat bc it’s actually a highly individual story.

You're very right, Amon Anon (Amonon? 🤔)

I'll actually note that Amon and Tarrlok are quite unique as villains due to how character driven their storylines are, a habit that I liked but then ended up fizzling out. Neither Unalaq nor the Red Lotus have this individual based aspect to them, even if they do have their momenta. Kuvira is... all over the place, and she's also cheating by having a comic and being an awkwardly placed prop for Korra's arc.

I think that perhaps due to the other three villain storylines not having much meat on their bones, Amon gets grouped in there too, even though he doesn't deserve it.

I think your point about Amon, Tarrlok and Korra being connected by the theme of coming into your own and establish themselves after their shitty childhoods is very astute. All three of them have been under a lot of pressure to excel and fulfil the legacies left to them.

And all are trying to asert themselves in society. Hell, Tarrlok even calls that similarity out.

Tarrlok: Isn't that what you came here to do? Intimidate me into releasing your friends. See, that's what I admire about you, Korra. Your willingness to go to extremes in order to get what you want. It is a quality we both share.

Korra: You and I are nothing alike!

Amon and Korra paralel each other by longing for something else and actively defying their elders/superiors, and both escaped to Republic City...

And it is my personal theory that at the end of the book, Korra was, like Tarrlok, considering suicide.

Which, since they both lost their bending, and are weighed down by a legacy they can no longer uphold. They both feel that there is no saving them.

To be honest, Amon and Tarrlok can make great foils for all the members of the Krew.

They could also good foils to Asami too, due to the whole sins of the father concept. And a father who pressures you to fulfil his ideals and gets violent if you don't... etc...

And the similarities between them and Mako and Bolin are so glaring I don't believe they weren't intentional.

This cannot be a coinkidink I refuse to believe it

Now I also wish the writers had come up with Suyin's existence earlier because good god the comparison between the Blood bending bros and the Beifong sisters would be just agonising in a good way

Also pretty sure genetics do not work like that but I think its pretty cool how Amon looks more like Yakone pre plastic surgery, while Tarrlok looks more like Yakone post surgery.

There's gotta be some symbolism there that I cannot be arsed to figure out at the moment it is past my bedtime 😴

Goodnight and god bless have a smiley Zorro bcs we got into some heavy themes.

He's smiling like that bcs he's high on painkillers

[herbluefire]

tbh all tlok villains (except for unalaq) had good points, but they went too far with their ideologies. like they had no balance

[dalekofchaos]

AU Asami is Amon by nikoniko_808

Give me the forbidden enemies to lovers Korrasami

Okay I wrote up my own au of Asami as Amon

Hiroshi and Asami witnessed the death of Asami’s mother at the hands of the Red Lotus society. Asami swore revenge on all benders. The corruption of Benders has gone too far and Asami and her father cannot let it continue. So they create a movement. The Equalists. Near the end of season 1. Asami would be nowhere to be seen. The Krew believes the Equalists have kidnapped Asami and when Korra confronts Amon, they don’t see her.

Tarrlok is still captured by Amon, when Korra sees him and they chat, he tells the whole story of Amon as it happened in the show to her and everything. Like it goes in the show. Korra and friends go to confront Amon at the arena where Tenzin and his family are about to lose their bending. But they don’t because she gets there in time. She accuses Amon of being a bender, as per Tarrlok’s story. Amon doesn’t unmask. And he isn’t a bender. Tarrlok lied to get Korra to confront Amon so that he could capture her and he could hopefully save his own skin for the service at least. They fight. Amon takes Korra’s bending in a big demonstrative way. So all the crowd can see what comes to any benders, especially The Avatar who stand against him. Then the reveal happens. Asami is Amon.

In order to get her bending back and learn how to give others their bending back (yeah, Korra wouldn’t get it back at the end of Book 1 because consequences? What’re those?), Korra has to go on a quest to learn her bending(her masters would be Toph, Katara, Izumi and Tenzin) in the Spirit World to understand everything. Korra does not cry about loosing her bending because she realized she’s still The Avatar and has to go to The Spirit World to get her bending back, to help everyone get their bending back and stop Asami

Throughout the series, we would meet Kya, Bumi, Izumi, Eska, Desna(Eska and Desna would be Korra’s siblings in this universe, because fuck Unaloq) Opal and Kai. We have the same romance between Bolin and Opal and Jinora and Kai. We would also meet Varrick and Zhu Li, because they are comedy gold. They would all help in the fight against Amon and the Equalists.

In Korra’s venture to the Spirit World,

she would still see Wan’s story(because that’s the only thing I liked about Book 2) and I think in her journey in the spirit world she would see Asami’s story, in which her family were victims of the Red Lotus society and Asami learned to take bending away in the spirit world. Not only that, we would find out that Asami would be bonded with Vaatu. Asami is the darker Avatar.

Before she leaves The Spirit World she connects with all her past lives to ask what she should do about Asami. Korra has her Aang moment where she has too has to decide what to do like he did with the fire lord, only this time there’s more to it than just stopping the bad guy. It’s about the person she loved. She can restore everyone’s bending by reversing Amon’s convergence, but she can’t do that so long as the avatar spirit is split. And as long as Asami is part avatar, she can go into the avatar state. That’s still pretty damn dangerous even with only water and blood bending. Korra realizes the only thing she can do to stop Asami? Love her.

After her journey to relearn her bending and journey in the spirit world, Korra travels the world to gain allies. From the Fire Nation, Earth Kingdom, Water Tribes and Air Nomads. Korra unites the world against Amon and the Equalists.

In the final fight, Korra defeats Amon. She exorcises Vaatu from Asami, thus ending the dark Avatar and stopping Amon’s convergence. She reverses what Asami has done and uses it to restore everyone’s bending. So she has to come to the hard part. Amon makes it clear, no matter what, even without the ability to energy bend or without Vaatu, Amon will never stop, Benders will never be safe. Korra shows Asami what she was denied. Korra loves her and forgives her. Asami gives up and accepts whatever punishment.

During Book 3, Asami would work with Korra in stopping and killing the Red Lotus society. However, when Zaheer is stopped. He is left at the mercy of Asami and for everything he’s done and turned her into. Asami kills him.

Book 4 happens. Asami’s redemption is rebuilding Republic City and using Future Industries to repair the damage she’s done as Amon. Blah blah blah Korra stops Kuvira blah blah. Asami earns her redemption and the love of Republic City, the krew and more importantly Korra. Ends with Korra and Asami venturing in the Spirit World and ends with a kiss.

[hadesisqueer]

Looking back, people who think Korra is weak because she lost fights or got captured a few times or often needed help are funny because

1) Have you even watched ATLA? Aang got literally killed, and captured and needed help too. Or the Kyoshi novels? Kyoshi needed help to beat Yun. You complain that Korra is a Mary Sue but you want a character that's unbeatable? Make up your mind.

2) Korra didn't have actual fair 1v1 bending fights against her villains. Amon bloodbent her and never actually fought her. Unalaq was the Dark Avatar and starting pulling Raava out of Korra rather than beating her. The Red Lotus either shot her with tranq darts, or caught her when she was unconscious, and only fought her when she was chained up or literally dying from poison. The times she got actual 1v1 bending fights were against Tarrlok —she beat his ass before he pulled the bloodbending thing— and Kuvira; first time with Kuvira she was suffering from severe PTSD, which was why she lost. Second time, though? She won. She actually fought quite well. She actually held back because she only wanted to get Kuvira to yield and capture her, not kill her. Had she wanted to end things quickly, she could have lmao, and Kuvira herself thought so.

Korra is stronger than any of her villains. In fair fights, she could beat all of them. The villains were smart and knew that. That's why they made sure there weren't fair fights lmao; Korra's issues were more political, diplomatic and spiritual. Actually, as most of us have realized, if you switch Aang and Korra, both of them would have been way more comfortable; Aang, originally more spiritual and diplomatic than she was, could have done better with her villains and issues from the start. Korra, more of a warrior and even more of a bending prodigy than Aang himself was, could have dealt with Ozai or Azula more easily than him. But that's the point of the shows tbh they have to grow and face challenges. And again neither of them are perfect.

[lok-repository]

Amon and Kuvira were the only LOK antagonists to appear in the collection (not counting the spirit). Sorry Red Lotus.

Amon image

Description: "In a similar vein, Amon's presence looms, his intentions as hidden as his face, a revolution brewing in the shadows."

So there were officially licensed LOK nfts released. I'm taking the images that I believe are new and collecting them here.