Amon Is Terrible: How to Write a Villain Without a Point

Amon is the villain of the first season of The Legend of Korra, and he's also a garbage antagonist. He doesn't kind of have a point, he's a pure evil villain who uses civil rights terms as spice. In this half hour video, I'm going to go over why I think Amon is a terrible villain. 0:00 Intro 0:58 A very quick massive exposition jump 2:07 Why is Amon so bad? 2:55 Part One: The aesthetic is good! 3:47 Part Two: ...But the writing is bad 10:54 Part Three: Is Amon the only one? 13:36 Part Four: Amon's plan was dumb 17:58 Part Five: Wasted time 21:53 Part Six: Brike wants you to think they're smart 25:28 Part Seven: How to make Amon work 29:50 Part Eight: The Common Defense and Outro