pteropus717:

puzzlegirlsandpoprocks:

Made this because it’s relevant. 

While I haven’t seen any fan art whitewashing Tarrlok so far, the “Tarrlok is Amon” theory is showing up a little too frequently.

This is too ridiculous in hindsight. My main argument against Tarrlok and Amon being the same person was that Tarrlok had brown skin and Amon did not.

Whatever, LoK. I don’t even know what to do with you anymore.

This is what a firebender did to me.

#can we all just take a second to appreciate the fact that Noatak does his own make-up? #idk but it is now my headcannon that he spent a few years with a theatre troop…

Okay, now I’m imagining him in a production of The Phantom of the Opera, where his make-up artist just happened to be a firebender.

He only made up the sob story about his family so he could say, “A firebender did this to my face!”

And everyone in the audience is gasping in horror while he’s chuckling to himself and thinking, “It’s funny because it’s true.”

Noatak is discovered

Ugh…I’m so torn on this moment. On the one hand, I love the animation, especially in that second gif. I don’t know how to describe it. I love the motion it has. I love that you can tell how windy it is up there because of his hair. I love that his face is pure, undiluted panic. I love that he didn’t just waterbend himself to safety, he pretty much put himself up there for everyone to see. He gave himself a big, dramatic reveal that was probably unintentional. And even though it’s a huge display of power, even though he’s above everyone, looking down on them, he still comes across as exposed and vulnerable because he’s all alone up there without his mask or even his fake scars to cover him.

And I really do like his face and expressions in this scene. But I just can’t associate them with the Amon we’ve come to know. Maybe it’s just me and my borderline obsessive need to keep masked characters masked. It’s really, really hard to keep the same vibe of the character once they take off the “face” that the audience has grown used to. There are exceptions, of course (like the Lieutenant). And sometimes you want the character to feel a little different when they finally come out of hiding.

But sometimes…this happens. The mask comes off and suddenly I’m faced with a total stranger. It doesn’t feel like I’m seeing who Amon really is. It feels like Amon just disappeared from the show and an entirely new character took his place. There’s something dissonant about it.

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