2012-06-05, 09:12 PM
Don't think that Amon is an airbender. Yes it is possible that he could have survived (like the air bison), but it's not likely considering that Aang was considered to be the only and last airbender (hence the title of the series). I will agree with you on the fact that Amon may have been a bender before and I believe that Aang probably took away his bending (or somehow slipped up during the process and let slip the ways of energy bending, hence letting Amon take away people's bending).
And Spirit isn't directly related to the Air benders like Water benders are to blood bending. Spirit is available and within every person (Uncle Iroh was possibly a highly spiritual fire bender for example). The Air benders were more spiritually focused than the other arts solely because they were air nomads and that was their culture. It would be like comparing a normal, every day christian to a priest- they're both spiritual in their own way, but the priests have dedicated their lives to gaining more spirituality(or in this case, being closer to god).
And Spirit isn't directly related to the Air benders like Water benders are to blood bending. Spirit is available and within every person (Uncle Iroh was possibly a highly spiritual fire bender for example). The Air benders were more spiritually focused than the other arts solely because they were air nomads and that was their culture. It would be like comparing a normal, every day christian to a priest- they're both spiritual in their own way, but the priests have dedicated their lives to gaining more spirituality(or in this case, being closer to god).