Anghraine

An anon said:

AU where Mako and Bolin completely fuck up Amon and Tarrlok's plans before the escalations (they see Noatak practicing his waterbending one day, and Bolin recognizes his voice from "The Revelation;" they notice he looks like Tarrlok; Bolin blurts out "Councilman! Amon is your brother!" at a press meeting; they describe Noatak's appearance and voice; Tarrlok puts two and two together). How different would everything be?

I replied:

Hmm, it’s pretty hard for me to see Mako and Bolin putting the pieces together on that alone, or probably having that much access to Tarrlok. Even if they did, I think Tarrlok would be mind-meltingly enraged (on both the ‘dead brother’ and ‘nuclear hatred of Amon’ fronts) and instantly have them thrown out without actually being able to accept the conclusion himself. It probably wouldn’t change a whole lot in the long run.

Buuuut.

I could envision some scenario where Bolin associates Amon and Tarrlok (“they’re practically brothers if you think about it…”) and Aang sends his loudest YES! THEY’RE BROTHERS! SOMEONE LISTEN vibes to Korra, who’s like … yeah, Bolin, you’re right, lol, imagine if they were (Aang: AGHHHHH). But she has a ‘weird feeling’ about the whole idea, and she and Mako start to suspect that there’s some connection between Amon and Tarrlok that Aang is trying to communicate, even though of course they’re not literal brothers.

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