TLOK: Turf Wars Part 1 preview

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>>89954939
Bout damn time.

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>>89955022

L E S B I A N S
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>>89955075

Steamy make-out session when?

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>>89954939
I can't wait for this to be retconned out
no way another successor season show can be made with a lesbian legacy

>>89955113
My body is ready

Korra's massive breasts.

Boy oh boy I can't wait for the 500 post thread shitting all over this series purely for the last minute

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>>89955126
End of Preview

Comic comes out in June.

When does ATLA: North & South Pt 2 come out again?

>almost three years later
>all my friends who were shitting themselves over Korrasami don't give care anymore

Anyway, the art looks nice so I guess that'll be the one upside to the comic. Obviously can't judge the writing yet.

http://prom-knight.tumblr.com/post/157290065243/saw-some-folks-asking-about-the-swimsuits-which-i

the artist posted a clearer picture of their swimsuits

>>89955157
>no way another successor season show can be made with a lesbian legacy
Anon, I...

fake and gay

>>89955157
>no way another successor season show can be made with a lesbian legacy

Im pretty sure reincarnation doesnt work that way

>>89955157
Bryke said if they ever decide to do a new installment they'll probably have it take place in the past/before Aang.

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>>89955197

>>89955193
Korra is one lucky bitch.

>>89955234
I hope those hacks never return,

Are they still doing the ATLA comics?

>>89955314
Nick's probably not going to do any new Avatar stuff without having them involved.

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>>89954939
Interest levels and erection levels are directly porportional

>>89955047
Oh yeah I forgot how cool that Dragon bird thing was

>>89955319
yes still got the one about how the north is evil for not being hicks

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>>89955075
>>89955104
>>89955126
>>89955183
>>89955183

Oh great lets see how the buttfucks fuck this u---Huh, it's actually not to bad so far.

Not gonna lie, I don't really care for Korra's lesbian adventures.

Like Aang I can understand, the world is still in turmoil, there's still a huge road ahead of them.

Sucks all of the comics and spin offs have been total shit

>>89955466
I mean the dialogue is just generic "yay we're on a vacation" stuff between Korra and Asami, who has practically no personality. Let's wait to see what happens when they get back and have to face the story's conflict.

The art and coloring really is nice, though.

>>89955476
This might be better. I mean at least it's not Gene Yang writing. That asshole is busy ruining DC comics instead.

>>89955522
Thank god they went this this artist and not the Hellcat one

>>89955377
are you retarded

>>89955547
>the Hellcat artist
Jesus Christ. This shit would be straight up dead on arrival.

>>89955573
How is he retarded? Bryke are a couple of hacks that got lucky being propped up by a talented staff.

Id rather have a comic series about adult Aang and his group than Korra and her lesbian adventures.

>>89955605
The artist seems kind of like a bitch but her art's cute.

>>89955671
If they spaced out the current ATLA comics by putting a year between each of them Aang would be an adult by now.

>Korra has dated every member of their little group

what a slut

>>89955618
go fuck yourself retard just because you didn't like the end does not mean you need to shit on avatar

>>89955716
I really hope that they do a timeskip after the current arc.

>>89955751
Since Bryke's become less popular on /co/ it's hip to claim ATLA's popularity was thanks to Ehasz and that other writer whose name escapes me.

Mike and Bryan aren't the best writers, but they're pretty good idea guys. They just need a huge team to work with and to stop paying attention to what the fandom says. Bryan got way too caught up in trying to rebuff everyone's complaints and it just made him look immature.

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Remember how much uproar the finale caused because people assumed Korra and Asami would be fucking as soon as they're on the other side of the portal?

This probably proves what most sane people were saying. Namely that that last shot only hints at a blossoming relationship.

>>89955751
What in the goddamn hell are you talking about? Besides I was shitting on Bryke not ATLA.

>>89955849
>implying they didn't fuck tons in between panels

>>89955716
I meant them as adults in that promotional image they showed of them all standing together.

>>89955466
Yeah but remember that's Korras m.o.: promising start tumbling to shit

LICK IT UP HATERS

LICK

IT

UP

>>89955849
We all knew that. It was just such a lame note to end on.

This series is a cautionary take of when shipping goes way too far.

>>89955896
>We all knew that.
You sure, because I heard plenty of "THOSE TWO HAVEN'T NEARLY SPENT ENOUGH TIME TOGEHTER TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN THE FACE WITH ROMANTIC SUBTEXT!"

I like the artist on this a lot. I'm glad they didn't stick to it being strictly cartoon style.

>>89955895
Back to /u/ with you.

>>89955849
>>89955896
Yeah I knew it was just starting at the end of the show, my biggest complaint was I had no idea what the hell Korra saw in Asami. She could have gotten more satisfactory emotional support and intimacy from a vibrator.

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>>89955952
It was such a non-factor in the show. They didn't do develop it or anything, so to end on them starting a relationship was kind of pointless.

>>89955952
>THOSE TWO HAVEN'T NEARLY SPENT ENOUGH TIME TOGEHTER TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN THE FACE WITH ROMANTIC SUBTEXT
That's entirely true though. The TV series is its own complete work and if you're going to end the fucking thing with two people staring longingly into each other's eyes you'd better give the audience a reason to buy that shit.

>>89955675
You don't have to like the artist to appreciate their art.

>>89955747
You know, it's kinda funny how that too is a big contrast to Aang, who only had eyes for Katara. Unintentional of course, but it still stands.

>>89955955
Still gonna miss Gurihiru, but the art for this looks good.

Did pic related get storytimed here already?

>>89956074
I might've enjoyed Korra being a complete serial dater. Just kicking chicks and dudes to the curb left and right.

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>>89956001
I personally think Nu Thundercats was way way worse.

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let us all be honest here, since we've descended to shipping shitposting.

it was fundamentally a kid friendly family show, but the writers had other intentions, to spice things up, perhaps to virtue signal, i don't know, but anywhoo, you could only put so much subtext into the show with a kid friendly angle before censors would tear it a new asshole.
They put in hints, that were very subtle, and could only really be picked up those who were looking to ship, and then that ending, well, nothing we could do about it....they were short of locking lips.

What I am disappointed about was, the lack of focus and the mistreatment of Mako, he essentially saved them from the gigantic metal robot. Also let us not forget Mr Sato's heroic sacrifice.

Just my two cents

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>>89956117
Fuck, forgot pic.

Apparently this came out on the 7th

>>89954939
>>89955183
Is bending possible in the spirit world or not? I don't remember.

>>89956152
>this came out on the 7th
lol

>>89956164
Only if you phsically enter it.

>>89956164
Only if you're there with you're physical body i.e. through the portals.

>>89956185
>>89956191
Don't remind me how badly they fucked up the spirit world in Korra.

>>89956014
And Airbender did the same thing. Ended with a beginning.

>>89956205
Spirit portals were a fucking stupid idea.

>>89956136
Bryan admitted that they struggled with the decision on whether or not do it, which, in my opinion, should have meant they should have saved everything, subtext included, for the comics. A huge problem for Korrasami to me is less getting in hints that don't piss of the censors and more about how Asami is barely a character, never mind the lead's love interest.

>What I am disappointed about was, the lack of focus and the mistreatment of Mako, he essentially saved them from the gigantic metal robot. Also let us not forget Mr Sato's heroic sacrifice.

Honestly, the entire Krew got screwed over by that ending. Korra still wasn't very happy with herself, Mako will never be allowed to be his own character separate from the love triangle and will probably be the butt of a million "LOL YOU TURNED YOUR EXES GAY" jokes in the comics, Asami was denied proper grieving for Hiroshi because the ending was dedicated to celebrating Varrick and Zhu Li and not the Krew, and Bolin is basically the same character he was when he was first introduced.

>>89956237
The romance in ATLA was fucking awful, so don't get me wrong, but at least they developed it to the point it felt somewhat justified.

>>89956237
Aang was making googoo eyes at Katara since episode 3. And there was their whole thing in Day of the Black Sun and Ember Island players not to mention she was the crux of Aang's conflict in the season 2 finale.
So, no, its not the same.

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>>89955974
>my biggest complaint was I had no idea what the hell Korra saw in Asami. She could have gotten more satisfactory emotional support and intimacy from a vibrator.

>>89956252
Well I have a SLIGHT hope that the comics will flash out Asami more, seeing as the one of the bad guys is some business man, while Korra and boys might have to deal with the Triads and maybe some remaining chi-blockers like in the game.

>>89956307
More like the first episode. When Aang first saw Katara he looked like he was staring into the face of an angel. When Korra first saw Asami she looked like she was prepared to rip her throat out.

>>89956252
that was fucking awful writing in that case, fucking awful. It was written to appease shippers in that case and to virtue signal like a bitch.

>>89955234
I kinda wouldn't mind seeing a spin-off about Wan and Raava...

>>89956252
The problem is that they never had an idea of what to do with either Mako or Asami. You're right: they were both one-note characters who were entirely defined as Korra's love interest. In a show where just about every other character is relatively well fleshed out, their deficiencies only glare even further.

They should've just killed those two off and replaced them with Kuvira and Opal. I'd watch that in a heartbeat.

>>89956409
>there will never be a post-Beginnings series about Wan and his struggles as the first Avatar and him steadily growing more weary and cynical as the years of infighting among humans gets to him

>>89956485
>relatively well fleshed out
>Kuvira and Opal

KEK

>>89956378
Another contrast I guess

>>89956485
Well I think Mako going from a street punk who only cares about protecting himself and his brother to a top detective willing to sacrifice himself to protect a city filled with people who wouldn't have given a shit about him or his situation a few years ago is pretty good growth. The problem is fans are still mad, and now smug about what happened and are just eagerly awaiting for the moment he finds out Korra and Asami are dating.

I think it'd be fucking hilarious if one of them told him beforehand and he was completely fine with it. I'd love for him to be still treated as a close and cherished friend by both of them.

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>>89956507
They had more personality than driftwood fire mage and cardboard tinker.

I'm not apologizing for my choices.

>>89955126
>GET OFF MY LAWN
Vote Trump

>>89956570
Actually a lot of fics feature him figuring it out himself, you know being a detective and all

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>>89956325
While that's a good comment, you have to remember that Asami was there to support and nurture Korra back to health when she was a cripple.

Even if Asami isn't exactly some colorful character, there is an in-universe reason why the both of them are attached to each other.

>>89955540
>talking shit about New Super-Man
consider suicide, friend

>>89956608
I actually liked this scene a lot. Could've used more like these and I would have bought into the ship at the end.

>>89954951

Wow the artwork is really goo-

>>89954990

eh, not really.

>>89955022
ughh

I don't give a good goddamn fuck about Korrasami. I want to see some fucking bender criminals!

>spirits are still dicks

Man, fuck spirits.

>>89955974
asami invents the best vibrators though

>>89956608
And that was only like for a month tops. They keep setting up these interesting possibilities for Asami and they never go anywhere.

>>89956660
>I want to see some fucking bender criminals!
you'll get them. in issue 2 out 2018

>>89956570
>Well I think Mako going from a street punk who only cares about protecting himself and his brother to a top detective willing to sacrifice himself to protect a city filled with people who wouldn't have given a shit about him or his situation a few years ago is pretty good growth
Not really. We don't even see his motivation, he just becomes a cop and that's his new passion for (reasons).

That's my biggest bitch about this entire series. It's fine that these characters take these turns, but we as the audience have to see the events leading up to them. That's how storytelling works. Like how Bolin became more confident throughout his story or Korra dealt with her insecurities and became a stronger person.

>>89956751
Well Mako does basically say Korra being so dedicated to helping others is what inspired him, with him probably thinking he can try and make the city a safer place so kids don't end up orphans the way he did.

That said, it would have been nice if he had said this before the gag episode at the end of the series. One of the many times him being emotionally closed off bit his character in the butt.

>>89956751
>Not really. We don't even see his motivation, he just becomes a cop and that's his new passion for (reasons).
His motivations were because he was inspired by Korra. He even says so himself.

>>89956747
FUCK

>>89956788
>>89956804
>Mako was inspired by Korra
Okay, then maybe there should have been a remotely plausible motivation?

>>89957047
Nigga, you can bitch all you want but at least Korra did try to help people.
At least she wasn't 2011 Lion-O

>>89954939
Goddamn it.. even SPIRITS know opening the portals was bullshit.

>>89955047
........2 lesbians ride giant dragon cock

>>89957177
god damn it anon

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>>89957177
Ha.

>>89957131
>at least Korra did try to help people
Honestly? i'm not really sure. People basically sided with Amon in S01, and she was against him-- not only that, people were still fighting after Amon was defeated and eventually got Raiko in power, no Korra involved. S02 Korra basically sucked spirit dick and fucked humanity. S03 she only did things because she was in danger. And S04.. she didn't even knew why she was around.

When is it that Korra "tried to help people"?

>>89955048
Bisexuals actually.

>>89957261
>When is it that Korra "tried to help people"?

When she stuck with Mako despite him doing everything in his power to keep himself in poverty.
If everyone sided with Amon in S01 then it wouldn't matter that Raiko was elected as bending and the Avatar, Korra, would still exist.
Korra fought against spirits ruling humans after she found out that Unalaq was batshit insane.

Also this is LoK writing. Everything happened off-screen.

>>89957261
Little reminder that she kept a dude from killing himself at the start of Book 3 and later exchanged herself for the safety of the airbenders?
She also was about to fuck up Tarlok in Book 1 for improsoning her friends and pretty much putting non-benders into prison for being non-benders.

>>89956608
>there is an in-universe reason why the both of them are attached to each other.

Yeah, Korra was codependent and Asami developed a case of Florence Nightingale effect

>>89957360
They are never going back to dating men.

They ghey.

>>89957469
Hmm, suddenly it all makes sense that people tie Pharmercy to Korrasami

>>89957562
Mercy has a history with Genji though. They only tie it in because women.

>>89957605
And because Pharah is brown.

Also bonus points for Genji looking a little bit like Mako, with the eyebrows and all

For some reason that last part gave me a "SPIRITS ARE RACIS TOWARDS HUMANS" vibe. I seriously hope they don't go on that route. Just give me some lesbians adventuring, please.

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>>89957479
anon didn't you, lesbianism is.....

>>89957904
Well they are. That's a known fact.

>>89958032
When Wan was around, yes, there's no reason of foreshadowing of them being "racist" towards them anymore, hell, even Iroh lived in the spirit world.

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>>89957904
>LETTING HUMANS WHO FUCK SHIT UP INTO YOUR LANDS

Yeah no, They had a wal..a portal for a reason.

>>89954990
I don't get it.

The Earth Empire or Kingdom or whatever the hell it is is still in fucking turmoil.

WHY ARE THEY ON VACATION?

>>89958166
See what I mean?

Can we please stop the Trump comentary already?

>>89958305
>WHY ARE THEY ON VACATION?
Do you really want Korra to help? Remember all the other times that she was involved in something?

The only time she successfully helps is when it's on a micro scale, one-on-one interactions with people. Also in some sick twisted way this shows her character growth that she lets the world move on without direct input, a change from how she was so driven to leave the isolated compound back in season 1 to go and be the Avatar.

Can Korra just stop being made? I had enough of seeing the thing that ruined the entire Avatar series.

>>89955208
seriously, that gay shit was something that Bryke threw at the last minute to shield themselves from criticism, this is a proven fact.

>>89955126
MtSWGA...

Mt. SWGA

Make the Spirit World Great Again

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>>89954951
>starting right where the last season left off
I'm curious, are they already speaking as a couple then? Or is the spirit world vacation going to actually have them ease into the idea of them acknowledging that they're on a date together, because neither of them outright stated romantic interest in the show.

>>89958491
Who gives a shit by now?

>>89958692
Because people will defend it because it's "progressive".

>>89955675
>The artist seems kind of like a bitch but her art's cute.
?

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>>89958652
Probably the latter. Hell I'd wager the last issue of the arc is ending with pic related as their first real date

>>89958733
Well just ignore those people?
You'll hardly find them here, or are you a regular on tumblr?

>>89958795
Not until Korra gets the GT treatment.

>>89958733
>>89958843
I'd honestly take a dozen of shoehorned "progressive" Korrasami over the vast amount of "progressiveness" we've got from Marvel and the likes in the last couple of years. Korrasami is almost inoffensive in comparision.

>>89954951
Cute.

>>89957904
With the exception of Vaatu, most spirits don't really give a fuck about humans, and the ones that DO hat humans never leave the spirit world and only fuck with humans stupid enough to mess with them.

>>89955974
>What the hell Korra saw in Asami

Her only female friend and someone she was able to confide in routinely for the several years she spent in the south pole?

Vs Mako who's her ex and Bolin who's too comedic relief

>>89954951
>"Me either..."
>that look
Someone's thirsty

>>89959303
>Bolin who's literally retarded
fixed that for you

>>89959360
>>89959303
I'm STILL mad that the promotional site on Nick for Korra before it premiered said Bolin was a ladies man, and had a girl on each arm. But instead we got a retard.

Why the fuck would they lie like that?

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Anyone up for a fun How-would-you-have-written-it thread on Korra?

I am. :3

>>89959419
To be fair in those first couple of episodes it looked like that. Even had fangirls and all. And for good or ill he did get the most action.

>>89959482
The thing is you heard Bolin's fangirls.

But you never saw them.

Ever.

>>89959445
>Kuvira
Didn't have what it took to end the chaos.

>>89959517
I like to imagine decades later, as the Earth Republics start to slide into another inevitable civilwar (fucking THANKS KORRA), Kuvira is like the ancient Father/Mother figure of the Imperial Party. Never legally able to run things due to the whole tried-for-war-crimes thing regardless of whether or not you thought she was right, but a sort of beloved voice of authority within the party.

I just really want an Avatar Political-Drama show. If we ignore the actual Avatar shit gets interesting.

>>89959616
I'd rather take an honest to good Cao Cao wannabe over Kuvira's cheap Chiang Kai-shek.

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>>89959707
>Cao Cao
So Chin the Conqueror?

>>89956499
Good, fuck beginnings with a rusty shovel.

>>89959855
Wasn't he more Dong Zhuo?

>>89959445
Like I already said, replace Mako and Asami with Kuvira and Opal. Mako and Asami had better chemistry, so if you're going to keep them around, pair them up. Korra should be alone. I said the same thing about Aang; being the Avatar should be something that keeps you apart from the rest of the world and she's stronger without a love interest.

S1 - Amon would be a member of the Red Lotus. This is a secret until later. Much less pro bending. Varrick supports Amon, but only for greed.
S2 - Season 3 would take place here. Things progress along the same lines; come up with a different reason why Airbenders are a thing again.
S3 - Season 4 likewise takes place here. The only thing I would change is the stupid giant mecha. Make it a mana bomb instead.
S4 - This is where S2 finally takes place. Unalaq is revealed as the leader of Red Lotus. Jinora dies trying to save Korra in the spirit world. Kuvira is freed in chaos, but she remains in Republic City to help fight, becomes member of Krew.

Series ends with Korra vowing to find Jinora in the spirit world, leaving everyone else behind.

>>89958491
>people still post this conspiracy theory

>>89955522
>writer wracks their brain over how they can make a romance between these two believably work
>resorts to vaporizing all traces of personality and chemistry
>ends up being a romance in name only

>>89958491
>this is a proven fact.

is it?

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>>89959953
I am ashamed to say Chinese history is my weakest subject. Goddamn American Education System, amirite?

>>89959967
Seems a little grim. One way I've kicked around:

S1 - Entire first half is pro bending and World Building. I felt like RC was such a cool setting, and very little of it came through in the show. Focus on Korra learning Airbending (and failing), but becoming a more complete person by living in RC and having friends. Second half we have Dark Spirits fucking shit up at the ProBending Championship and Korra goes with Unalaq to fix the whole shebang. Season finale is her fighting him in the Spirit World. No Dark Avatar, just a Red Lotus member listening to spooky bad karma spirits and trying to off the Avatar himself. He fails, but she gets left with ONLY Chi-Bending. Korra leaves the portals open and sets off to re-learn the elements from scratch.

S2 - Season 3 happens here as well. One major addition is the fact that Korra can only Chi-Bend. We basically get a whole season where she CAN'T fight, and has to start out-thinking the problems. She develops some neat/unique chi-abilities (because some more Worldbuilding would be good), and ultimately defeats Zaheer not in a big slapfight, but by having a philosophical/spiritual talk with him. While he's trying to help her move past her mental blocks that stop her from bending/entering the Avatar State so he can perma-kill her, she eventually uses her experience during the season and her own increasing spiritual nature to talk him out of it and surrender. At end of finale she regains Air Bending.
1/2

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>>89957047
>Okay, then maybe there should have been a remotely plausible motivation?

I can't disagree. Korra didn't seem to be into the whole hero thing for the sake of helping people in of itself. It was her job as Avatar, and that's the part she loved. Arguably she did get better about it in Season 2, but not in a really believable way.

>>89957904
Spirits in LoK are usually either apathetic toward humans or else massive autists who bitch about humans being terrible because reasons despite being the invasive "species" themselves and generally making the surrounding environments incredibly dangerous.

>>89959419
>I'm STILL mad that the promotional site on Nick for Korra before it premiered said Bolin was a ladies man, and had a girl on each arm. But instead we got a retard.

You're mad that the comic relief who shouldn't have existed in the first place was just comic relief instead of all the other various problems?

>>89959967
>Series ends with Korra vowing to find Jinora in the spirit world, leaving everyone else behind.
Why would you boost Jinora up to importance in the same vein as the show for no reason?

And Mako and Asami didn't have chemistry aside from a matching color scheme. Asami said she felt safe with Mako but she was never under threat of anything in her young adult life as we saw her when she made that statement. And Mako didn't care at all.

>>89959303
They exchanged letters once and didn't see each other for three years. They needed more than that considering Korra basically forgot Asami existed for two books except when Mako was concerned.

>>89960478
>exchanged letters once

I'm pretty sure they'd been exchanging letters consistently as well as spending the latter half of season 3 together

>>89960471
>Why would you boost Jinora up to importance in the same vein as the show for no reason?
Because I liked the way she and her family interacted with Korra. I want the audience to be upset when she dies, but I want to leave the ending ambiguous and hopeful.

And I disagree, I liked Mako and Asami together in S2 when they were investigating Varrick's shit. That said, I don't particularly care for either character, so if they go it wouldn't be a total loss, and I care even less if they hooked up.

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>>89960390

S3 - Amon and the Equalists do all their shit. Seriously, just focus on the better parts of Season 1. The Krew fighting bad guys, slowly losing the city to Equalist sympathizers, etc. Korra eventually rallies the city (who see her as a hero due to fighting back despite not really being a bender anymore) and challenges Amon to a 1-v-1. This occurs after he tries to take her bending away, and accidently unlocks it. Instead of whupping his ass, she decides to beat him in a no-bending fight, basically just to say Fuck You. She wins because it's my fanfiction damnit it can happen!, but we never find out who or what Amon was. No answer by this point would be well-received, so it's best to just let it be one of those great historical mysteries. That said, a couple seconds of some absolutely nobody sort of guy hopping a boat ride across the ocean (exploration?) would be a neat way to wrap it up.

S4 - We hear a lot of things about the EK being in utter chaos during S3, and only Kuvira sounds like she's keeping shit together. This season we basically have the same Season 4 happenings, except that Korra stays out of the war because she's grown as a person and wants to let things run their course without her needing to get involved for once. When Spirit Weapons come into play, THEN she fights. Ultimately we get Kuvira with a Nuke-Cannon (no stupid Walker thank-you-very-much) besieging RC. Varrick's sabotage brings it down temporarily, allowing for one big final throwdown. The Spirits fight with RC, the Krew and the Airbenders charge in to take out Kuvira and her Spirit Gun, and we basically end on a similar, if less bleak and more shades of grey, note. Kuvira is imprisoned, Suyin's reputation is ruined, the Earth Republics are formed, and Korra is a fully realized Avatar without having to fuck it all up.

This is all definitely autism on my part, but whatever, it's finally out there.

>>89960548
IIRC in the commentary for book 4 Bryan confirmed it was one letter. If he didn't, Asami even says it was one when Korra gets back to Republic City, she didn't come off as someone who had been in steady contact with Korra.

>>89958305
Because they want to munch each other's carpets in peace.

>>89958305
No shit, Bryan or Mike admitted they based the decision for Korra and Asami to leave on the fact that Asami had never been to the Spirit World. They wrote the entire final scene around fucking Asami (not literally unfortunately).

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>>89960647
Ah. It's been awhile.

I still think it's fine. There's much worse things to complain about than Korra and Asami going on a little gaycation at the end.

I still like it better than the Mako love triangle. That shit was just "Oh shit we're making a show about teens better have romance drama" done really fucking poorly.

>>89960647
Wasn't Asami pissed about it too? Mako was surprised she even wrote back, since she straight up ignored him and his brother.

>>89960783
Thank God those two weren't in complete control in ATLA.

Since they originally were going to make Toph a guy, they were going to have a love triangle between Aang, Katara, and boy!Toph.

THAT would have been a disaster.

>>89960635
>except that Korra stays out of the war because she's grown as a person and wants to let things run their course without her needing to get involved for once.

Based on what you wrote, if she didn't get involved then Unalaq would just be commanding Dark Spirits to attack during season 1, and I don't know what details are in S2 from your writing, and then in S3 if she didn't get involved then Amon would have removed bending from the URN.
Getting involved gave an actual benefit. Korra suddenly pulling a Kyoshi doesn't make sense here.

Though I do like that you actually let Korra win even if it would be weird seeing all the budget go to everyone else except Korra in terms of fighting. You'd need to get the choreography from AtLA going and not the "modern" fighting for it to be a spectacle like the non-bending was back in AtLA for this version of your LoK.

>>89960831
She was pissed for getting a letter back and expected her to show up only to learn that Korra ditched them.
We even see her sitting in Avatar Korra park before she goes to meet her dad in prison, so she clearly misses Korra for all it was worth.

>>89960831
No she got pissy when Korra questioned her decision to start talking to Hiroshi again.

>>89960840
Of all the romance scenes people bitch about, the one that bugs me the most is from I think the first season where Korra goes on a date or is arranging a date with Bolin

She's at the meeting point and like Mako shows up or something and they kiss and it cuts and shows Bolin sees them

Dude looks absolutely crushed for a moment. And then he runs off comically waving his arms and crying in an over exaggerated manner.

At first I was like "Damn, this is about to get heavy" and then was completely disappointed. I think I'm most disappointed with Bolin's handling as a whole. I get the need for a comedy relief character but I think he got taken too far in that direction a few too many times.

>>89960937
No, you don't understand!

Heartbreak is hilarious! Especially when it happens to a guy!

>>89960841
>You'd need to get the choreography from AtLA going and not the "modern" fighting for it to be a spectacle like the non-bending was back in AtLA for this version of your LoK.
How so?

>>89960878
See this is the thing about Asami, everything you just said is assumptions. She NEVER gave off any vibe that Korra's absence hurt her more than it did Mako and Bolin. She's in the park because she's sad about Hiroshi. She looks at a father and daughter playing Paisho and is again, reminded of Hiroshi. Her apparent confusion over Korra not showing up (and let's keep this in mind, she apparently never wrote back to Korra and had gotten this letter over six months ago) didn't earn any special focus.

Korra should have gotten right back in her face about how she hadn't exactly been on vacation for three years. It'd at least give them a fucking conflict they had to work to overcome.

>>89960976
>Korra should have gotten right back in her face about how she hadn't exactly been on vacation for three years.
If she didn't already blame herself for it all.

>>89960976
Yes it was pretty badly done, but I agree with >>89958919 here

>>89961069
That's why I pretty much don't like Korra in book 4, she became way too passive. Korra didn't take any shit from Mako when she liked him and they were dating, I don't know why she has to suddenly lose a spine when Asami's involved.

>>89960968
>Heartbreak is hilarious! Especially when it happens to Bolin!
FTFY.

>>89960975
The way Aang danced around people without directly airbending.
Ty Lee acrobatics and Zuki's.
Zuko's swordplay and even Jet's too.

If you are going to have Korra be the almost- normal one of the group then it should still be great as you'd have someone who still trained for a while in fighting.

>>89960976
>It'd at least give them a fucking conflict they had to work to overcome.
But that would require effort on the part of the writers. Much easier to just have comic relief with Wu.

>>89961114
I always figured Asami was that kind of girl Korra secretly wanted to be and that fueled into her behavior towards her. Compare that to Mako in the same episode where it didn't take long for them to be at each other's throat

>>89959967

The biggest gripe I have with the series is that they peak too early in terms of threat levels. Everything is kind of a step down from the embodiment of chaos and evil.

They kinda should have saved the Rava/Vatu stuff for season 4. They could definitely still do a lot of the spirit world stuff in season 2 still, but as much as I like Henry Rollins (Literally kept watching the show because I think he's the bee's knees), he's definitely not quite as big of a threat.

>>89961141
>The way Aang danced around people without directly airbending.
>Ty Lee acrobatics and Zuki's.
>Zuko's swordplay and even Jet's too.
Ah, I see. Yeah, that makes sense.

And it would be cool to see Pro Bending styles evolve into the more acrobatic and interesting AtLA styles.

>>89961191
I never got that impression, Korra seems to be comfortable with who she is appearance wise. She even wears pants under her dresses.

>>89961249
That's why she tried to do the whole "powder her nose" thing in Book 1 when she still wanted Mako but Asami had him?
If we want to get shippy we could also add that Korra's little crush was also what caused her to be more passive.
Thing is Korra and Asami never really budded heads like Mako and Korra did, even when they had valid reasons to do so.

>>89961191
>I always figured Asami was that kind of girl Korra secretly wanted to be and that fueled into her behavior towards her.
The comments she has towards Asami at first include elegant and beautiful in the vein that Mako wants that in a girlfriend. Korra doesn't try and do a makeover to "match" that though. The closest is the powder puff she uses while using the bathroom after that racing segment in season 1 with Asami.

She's comfortable with who she is and doesn't change to be like Asami as a girl.

>>89961243
>And it would be cool to see Pro Bending styles evolve into the more acrobatic and interesting AtLA styles.
I thought that would be a thing back when the show was young. Korra trains in the traditional styles and comes to RC and the likes of Mako and Bolin are amazed what traditional arts can accomplish and she gets disqualified from participating in probending because it would be the equivalent of letting an NBA championship team play a real match against a high school basketball team. You know, play up that Korra brings a change to RC spiritually with the techniques and the old ways are embraced again.

>>89961489
That was the only time she paid any attention to makeup and it was in more of a "what the hell is this" sort of way. She didn't sound interested in going shopping or makeovers, and there's a deleted scene where Asami gives her a whole bunch of makeup products and Korra's reaction is basically "I don't want this".

>>89961489
>powder her nose scene
>significant in any way other than showing that Korra is not feminine
>Korra's facial expression before shows hesitation, even disdain
>Korra's facial expression after shows that she didn't like it
>KORRA IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HER APPEARANCE

Fucking retard.

So are they gonna go full bi or what? Seems like it's just teasing right now, hand-holding and leaning close.

I won't be impressed unless there's some actual kissin'.

Doesn't need to be heavy-handed or something, just a quick smooch, to confirm they're actually in lesbians with each other.

>>89961709
The artist confirmed there's lots of kissing.

>>89955849
>only hints at a blossoming relationship
it was the Start of the relationship, independent of how much 'contact' they had. And that's the problem; they started a relationship with no prior buildup.

"b-but the ending was the buildup"
No. If they already conveyed and accepted each other's feelings, the relationship started.

>>89956608
>you have to remember that Asami was there to support and nurture Korra back to health when she was a cripple
And so was Katara, Tenzin, and her family, and every other of her friends.

>>89961215
>he's definitely not quite as big of a threat.
No he's not, but he fucks up the world and more importantly, Korra's psyche.

She beat Amon relatively effortlessly, and her confidence was rather high. She needs to learn that there are things she can't just bullshit her way out of.

>>89956252

I did like that Mako and Bolin got to full-on say "I love you" to each other before they split up, though. You don't usually get that level of open emotionality between guys, even brothers, in cartoons, because it feels girly.

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>>89961709
If they don't have the balls to go through with it several years after the fact I will take back every good thing I've ever said about this show.

>>89961756
Cheek kissing or full blown make out sessions?

I mean seriously, this should be on the cover of the comic, do they want me to buy or not?

>>89961709
I think the look Asami gives during that "Me either..." is already kinda thirsty

>>89956751
>It's fine that these characters take these turns, but we as the audience have to see the events leading up to them. That's how storytelling works.

I did love seasons 1, 3, and 4, but you're right that the pacing and storytelling were fucked. Because they had to make each season self contained for some fucking reason, they just skipped to character beats TLA would've set up for several episodes at a time

>>89956252
>Mako will never be allowed to be his own character separate from the love triangle and will probably be the butt of a million "LOL YOU TURNED YOUR EXES GAY" jokes in the comics

I actually disagree, I think he's doing very well for himself as a cop and his arc with the prince guy was pretty good.

I think getting Mako out of any pairing helped, he's a character other than "The moody boyfriend" now

>>89955330
>Nick's probably not going to do any new Avatar stuff
I know.

>>89957380
>When she stuck with Mako despite him doing everything in his power to keep himself in poverty
she was doing something SHE wanted, she didn't do it to help him

>If everyone sided with Amon in S01 then it wouldn't matter that Raiko was elected as bending and the Avatar, Korra, would still exist
this doesn't make any sense

>Korra fought against spirits ruling humans after she found out that Unalaq was batshit insane
1. she FREED the spirit
2. she KEPT spirits in the human world

>>89961817
She just said there'd be kissing and lots of it and those were her favorite panels. Probably not making out but mouth-on-mouth kissing.

>>89957445
>Little reminder that she kept a dude from killing himself at the start of Book 3
she is the one that gave him bending in the first place and put him in danger

> later exchanged herself for the safety of the airbenders
that were in danger because of her-- again.

>>89955803
>pretty good idea guys
No such thing

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>>89961881
Hope so.

>>89960548
Not the anon you're arguing with, but Asami only knows Korra for 2 weeks + letters, in the sense that they hated each other in season 1 and 2.

If we ignore the seasons where they were backstabbing each other, we only have 2 weeks of interaction and the letters (which shouldn't even really count for anything). Korra had more interaction with Tenzin than anyone else, might as well go for him.

>>89961887
So?
It's not like she went "whoops, well can't be helped now" and just walked away, she tried to do something. You knowm like Aang when he fucked up too.

>>89961989
>like Aang when he fucked up too
when was it that Aang fucked up? he didn't actually caused anything in his show.

>>89961967
>in the sense that they hated each other in season 1 and 2.
They didn't actually, but you probably didn't pay attention enough.
Asami herself said she doesn't blame Korra for Mako being an indicisive bitch, that is all on him.

>>89961967
Didn't Asami offered to take care of punished Korra in season 3? They spent a lot of time together (which for granted, was off-camera) during that season too.

>>89962020
Oh, so he didn't majorly fuck up his first lesson in fire bending and burned Katara's hands, which caused him to not want to learn fire bending at all?
Damn must have watched a different show.

>>89962059
She offered to go with Korra to the South Pole. There wasn't really anything she could have done to actually help Korra anyway.

>>89962059
Just wait, comics will have flashbacks.

>>89962022
>They didn't actually
oh, you like the person that is stealing your boyfriend? that's not how it works. They turn magically friends in S03, but in S01/S02 they didn't really like one another.

>that is all on him.
Asami is the one that broke up with him. He even told Korra that what happened was a mistake, that she shouldn't have kissed him. Then even knowing that Asami decided to end things. Korra is entirely to blame; Asami doesn't in S03 because they need to be magically friends for the season to work.

>>89962105
Is that confirmed or are you speculating?

If they are well-written LOL they could very much be the *decent* retconning Korrasami needs to not be an asspull. Like Star Wars.

>>89962059
>Didn't Asami offered to take care of punished Korra in season 3
That's the same thing as Tenzin did for her in S01 and S02, and even in S03 (they are at his house). I doubt offering a friend help counts as anything romantic.

>They spent a lot of time together (which for granted, was off-camera) during that season too
the season is only 2 weeks long, and she spent just as much time with the rest of the group.

>>89962123
Nigga, Asami herself said while confronting Mako on the issue that she likes Korra. Look it up if you don't believe me.

>>89962078
>so he didn't majorly fuck up his first lesson in fire bending and burned Katara's hands
Wow! what a fuck up, he surely destroyed the entire country with that or something, right?

no, seriously. Is that anything 'fuck-the-entire-planet-korra-style' that Aang did or are you just going to grasp at straws?

>>89962172
>I doubt offering a friend help counts as anything romantic.
While that is true the whole focus on Asami holding Korra's hand in the same vain as Mako doing the same in Book 1 kinda gives the impression that Asami already felt a little more there at the time and might have wanted to spend more time with Korra because of that.

>>89962123
>Asami is the one that broke up with him
Uh, no, Mako broke up with her before he went with Korra to confront Amon. There was a whole shit storm over how vague it was.

>>89962105
>>89962145
I think originally they planned on doing flashbacks then leading up to where the show left off but that's clearly not the case anymore. There was only like five weeks tops between Korra being injured and her leaving for the South, and for two of those weeks she was basically a vegetable.

>>89962172
Ehhhh for being fair it's not like at the end they are marring each other or something, falling in love in 2 weeks can be pretty retarded but it's not unbelievable, they just go on a vacation in at the end, not even a kiss or an "I love you". Just a vacation. For all we know it could be a "let's see how it goes from here" relationship.

>>89962221
He fucked off and left the world without an Avatar for 100 years if you wanna go down that road.

>>89962175
She said it in a friendly sense, i remember the part. Actually, a few moments before they were all angry at each other.

Oh, and if you want to count all those little things? guess what: Tenzin moved his ASS to the south in S04 just to see how Korra was, something Asami didn't do in 3 years.

>>89962271
Tenzin is basically jobless after Book 1 anyway

>>89961857
>she didn't do it to help him
Get Bolin back?
Offer to take them in?

>this doesn't make any sense
Person says that by opposing Amon and the people who sided with Amon that she wasn't helping people. When in fact Amon wasn't helping people just doing demagoguery.

>2. she KEPT spirits in the human world
She allowed for the passage of both between worlds at their discretion, not the boot stepping on the face of humanity that Unalaq was shooting for.

Yes, she made big mistakes. Yes, she did. And...so did all those who surrounded her and actively worked against her or did nothing at all.

>she is the one that gave him bending in the first place and put him in danger
It seems almost comical in how that was built up. Who the fuck, besides an animal or mentally challenged person, sees that by flinging their arms they create a gale keeps flinging their arms? Just put your hands down and speak out "I am in need of help!"

>>89962078
>Damn must have watched a different show.
Aang's actions didn't actively willingly damage him irreversibly or the world at large.

>>89962232
>kinda gives the impression that Asami already felt a little more there at the time and might have wanted to spend more time with Korra because of that
You can't use stuff from the future to justify her actions in the past. You could go as far as S01 by that logic and say that Asami always wanted Korra.

>>89962240
>Mako broke up with her
rewatch the scene, Asami is the one that decided to break up with him because of how he was acting.

>>89962221
He caused genocide on his own people and allowed the fire nation to rule for 100 years by freezing himself.

>>89962271
Korra probably didn't want anyone except Tenzin visiting anyway but they could have thrown in Asami asking if she could come.

>>89962232
Pretty much heck her body language from when Korra was messed up by the mercury showed deep feelings with the hands over her heart.

That was probably when things really stated to click and she wanted to spend time with Korra to figure that out.

>>89962253
>for being fair it's not like at the end they are marring each other or something
the problem is that there was no prior buildup for a romance to happen. Compare it with Mako: Korra actually asks people what she should do, and says that she is into him. This stuff needed to happen. Friendship alone is no buildup; if that was true Vegeta and Goku ending together in DBZ would totally make sense. Seriously, trade them with Goku and Vegeta and think: is that okay?

>>89962336
>Asami is the one that decided to break up with him because of how he was acting.
??? They didn't break up until near the very end of the book. Like in the second to last episode.

Asami tells him to figure shit out or else there won't be a relationship between them anymore. She threatens him with a break up but doesn't follow through and just becomes passive-aggressive until the bitter end.

>>89962260
>He fucked off and left the world without an Avatar for 100 years if you wanna go down that road
1- not his fault the war started, and he had no way of predicting they would attack the nomads
2- if he stayed he would just be made prisoner, or worst.
3- not his fault a storm started

He didn't actually Cause (as in actively doing something) to shit on the planet. Korra did.

>>89962336
>You can't use stuff from the future to justify her actions in the past. You could go as far as S01 by that logic and say that Asami always wanted Korra.

>>89962373
Ah, I always forget the hand over heart part.
That stuff from the past is from the very end of S03, I think that's close enough to be justifiable. And the I made the comparision from a symbolic standpoint, the same way as Mike ( I think it was him) pointed out that Asami and Korra's pose was reflecting the nuptial pose of Varrick and Zhu Li earlier.

>>89962354
>but they could have thrown in Asami asking if she could come.
That's for the comics.

But seriously, they already had Asami do her speaking quota back when she asked if Korra would like if she went with her to the South Pole at the beginning of episode 2 of season 4.

>>89962460
Oops. Sorry the
>That stuff from the past is from the very end of S03, I think that's close enough to be justifiable. And the I made the comparision from a symbolic standpoint, the same way as Mike ( I think it was him) pointed out that Asami and Korra's pose was reflecting the nuptial pose of Varrick and Zhu Li earlier.
was for the anon above

>>89962354
>they could have thrown in Asami asking if she could come
Or they could throw Korra actually asking Pema or her mother advices, or Asami telling Mako what she feels about Korra. That would end the problem.

>>89962396
People always bring this argument up but you really cannot build up a straight relationship the same way you build up an homosexual relationship, not to say that that excuses the shitty writting, but I'd like to believe that that's the reason most of their interactions are off camera. Pretty stupid by Bryke but really there wasn't much they could do, I hope the comics don't hold back and at least we get some explanation about what did they do all that off-screen time.

>>89962454
And it's not Korra's fault that Airbenders appeared because how the fuck would she have known they would appear due to it?
But it's coold, golden boy Aang can be forgiven everything, right?

>>89962340
>He caused genocide on his own people
did he get an army and attacked them? did he gave weapons to the firelord? not stopping =/= causing it.

That said, if he stayed there he would just get himself and the past lives killed. I should also point out that he had no way of knowing they would attack the nomads.

>>89962522
But stopping it is his fucking job, he's the Avatar.

I'm actually pretty dissapointed that ATLA never touched on the fact that if Aang wouldn't pussied out then maybe there would be more air benders.

>>89962522
>I should also point out that he had no way of knowing they would attack the nomads.
The Nomads knew war was coming, that was the whole point of why he ran away. They wanted to speed up his training but he wanted to remain a child.

>>89962546
>I'm actually pretty dissapointed that ATLA never touched on the fact that if Aang wouldn't pussied out then maybe there would be more air benders.
AtLA had a message of hope built into it, not self hate and loathing like how LoK presented its title character where she was the universe's chew toy by her own machinations courtesy of author's fiat.

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>>89962615
>ATLA got more hopeful the more it went on
>LOK got more depressing

>>89962333
>Offer to take them in
>despite not owning the place

>Get Bolin back
they needed him

>Amon wasn't helping people
he wanted to dissolve the council, something everyone wanted considering they elected Raiko. In the end, equalism "won", and Korra had nothing to do with it.

>She allowed for the passage of both between worlds at their discretion
So spirits, beings that can that can literally destroy entire villages, can come through and fuck shit up. Thank you.

>>89962615
I know, but even then at times Aang is just too god damn happy, it's not obnoxious happy, but come on man, all the people you used to love are dead and you could've stopped it.

>>89962663
Amon wanted a bit more than dissolve the council

>>89962416
>threatens to end it and becomes passive-agressive
So.. basically her fault

>>89962488
>>89962460
>That stuff from the past is from the very end of S03, I think that's close enough to be justifiable
It's 3 years apart

>I made the comparision from a symbolic standpoint
oh, you were just discussing headcanon. Well then.

>>89962642
Dunno, LOK ended actually pretty hopeful.
And I appreciate that Korra ended up more damaged from Zaheer compared to Aang when he was hit by Azula.

>>89962519
>how the fuck would she have known
opening the spirit portal causes spiritual stuff; that it would have some effect she knew, she just didn't know exactly what. The problem is that she signed it on behalf of everyone.

>golden boy Aang can be forgiven everything, right
forgive what? the things that he didn't actually cause?

>>89962745
>It's 3 years apart
It's fiction. Where love can last an eternity if some shows are to be believed

>>89962505
>you really cannot build up a straight relationship the same way you build up an homosexual relationship
why not? censorship? it might explain, but it's stupid to do it if you can't do it right.

>>89962663
>he wanted to dissolve the council,
He wanted bending gone. All of it. Even his brother's bending. Everything single bending was to be cleansed.
So he and his equalism lost and new system was put in place which elected a non-bender as the first president.

And they didn't need Bolin because Korra could have joined another probending team. Mako needed him because Bolin is Mako's brother but he was certain Bolin would turn up eventually.

>>89962663
>So spirits, beings that can that can literally destroy entire villages, can come through and fuck shit up. Thank you.
So people, beings that can that can literally destroy entire villages, can come through and fuck shit up. Thank you.

>>89962667
>it's not obnoxious happy, but come on man,
Those moments were there too. But they didn't make everything revolve around them like how >>89962663
posters like that bring up. Posters like >>89962663
can exist because LoK only did self centered depressing outlooks for its main character and made everything she did either come across as negative or nothing to do with it.

>>89962546
>stopping it is his fucking job, he's the Avatar
Don't get me wrong; you can say that Aang took his time, that he was lazy, or whatever you want, but at least he didn't CAUSE problem for people. That alone makes him leagues above Korra.

>>89962563
They certainly didn't knew about the attack, or else they would not be there. They did want to speed his training (after all, regardless of the war getting there the world needed the avatar), but i doubt they even told him anything that was going on.

>>89962837
Yeah, you know how cartoons are. I'm not saying you cannot do a not-relationship-that's-really-a-reationship build up and Bryke definitively did it wrong, but that's why I'm hopefull for the comics.

>>89962776
>And I appreciate that Korra ended up more damaged from Zaheer compared to Aang when he was hit by Azula.
Why? Magic healing water that brings people out of a coma/dead (depending on how many hoops you want to jump through to justify the Avatar State remaining intact for Aang but not for Korra) exists. Just use it on Korra and she's back up in a few weeks like Aang.

LoK ends with Asami losing her dad for good, Korra looking forlorn up until the vacation suggestion, focusing on the comic relief, a borough of not-New-York in ruins, no form of government control in place for the inhabited landmass, another portal and more vines, and with Suyin and Zaheer still having the moral high ground in their own minds.
That's not hopeful.

>>89962837
I agree, but at the same time I can understand the fear of the censors too. In the end they managed to pull it off, even if badly, and we have the "first official gay couple in a children's cartoon". Of course being the first always means there will be better ones coming after it, but that's how it goes.

>>89962955
>Why? Magic healing water that brings people out of a coma/dead (depending on how many hoops you want to jump through to justify the Avatar State remaining intact for Aang but not for Korra) exists. Just use it on Korra and she's back up in a few weeks like Aang.
I meant MENTALY damaged. Korra had way more PTSD from it that Aang, who spend an episode running away then made up his mind and it was back to normal.

>>89962886
Did he though?

>stopped a threat to all the benders
>stopped pretty much spirit satan
>stopped a threat to the republic
>stopped basically Hitler

I mean you can argue that Ozai is still a greater threat than all of Korra's baddies, but that's because he had 100 years to prepare and let alone that Aang had to fight him on the Red Sun event thing, it's badass that he pulled it off but he just made things the hardest possible.

EVEN if he would've fought and died as a kid it would've been better, then a new Avatar would've been born and he could've have prepared to take down the Fire Nation before hand.

>>89962955
>no form of government control in place for the inhabited landmass
Didn't the earlier episodes make it pretty clear that the Earth Kingdom's various states had local governments?
Wu would probably meets with those.

>>89962972
>In the end they managed to pull it off, even if badly,
That's all that matters to a person who wants a good program. No one in /co/, or those capable of supporting the product with money, give a damn if it boldly went where no cartoon has gone before unless it was enjoyable to watch and interesting beyond the endless threads talking about how terrible it was after all.

>>89963062
It's funny how /co/ did a 180 on Korrasami as soon as it was declared canon and now pretends they always hated it though.

>>89962846
>He wanted bending gone
i'm not saying he didn't want this AS WELL; which is not a bad thing by the way. But the fact is, after he was defeated his people still fought to put Raiko in power. The end of S01 was far from the end of the conflict. It took about 6 months for things to go back to normal.

>Korra could have joined another probending team
she is a fan of them

>So people, beings that can that can literally destroy entire villages, can come through and fuck shit up
if only there was some kind of... Border or prison that would keep the bad people apart. Oh wait.. there is.
Honestly tough, you're comparing wild animals with humans.

>made everything she did either come across as negative or nothing to do with it
the thing is, they actually tried to make all she did positive and FAILED to do it; Tenzin and her friends pointed more than once the "wonders" that Korra did; hell, they gave her a STATUE in S04... goddamn it, she destroyed the city and they gave her a statue..

>>89962972
>first official gay couple in a children's cartoon
actually, no. There were plenty before it.

>>89963007
>Korra had way more PTSD from it that Aang, who spend an episode running away then made up his mind and it was back to normal.

Comparing how much PTSD a person should have?
If anything it shows how weak Korra is that Mako and Bolin are so strong and successful despite their upbringing and don't have any emotional drawbacks seeing as how Mako can use lightning whenever he wants.

Asami brushes things off and bottles them up but she doesn't mope around.

Katara wasn't able to not function despite having a reminder that her mother died for her.
Zuko got burned but still kept trucking.
Jet rounded up orphans and made a stand against low level Fire Nation threats and none of them buckled on screen.

Was having Korra lose and lose and then get PTSD supposed to make for a good show?

>>89963122
>she destroyed the city and they gave her a statue..
They gave her the statue for becoming a cripple in defending the air benders, who are still an almost dead culture. Even Raikoh apologized for his shit at the end.

And it was Unalaq that destroyd it, which was caused by her opening the portals yeah, but hey let's ignore the hundred years without a proper Avatar that Aang left in his wake.

>>89963195
Zuko has fucking mother issues to hell and back, he's not a good example

>>89963040
>stopped a threat to all the benders
Amon was only a threat to RC, and a weak one. It's impossible to his army of nonbenders that trained in a basement to defeat any nation. That said, Amon did something retarded and defeated himself, and in the end the equalists got what they wanted anyway.

>stopped pretty much spirit satan
SHE IS THE ONE THAT SET HIM FREE

>stopped a threat to the republic
SHE IS THE ONE THAT GAVE HIM POWER

>stopped basically Hitler
1. It wasn't Korra; Mako destroyed her giant (the actual threat)
2. She was only in power because the earth queen was dead, that was dead because Zaheer had airbending. Korra says Herself that she caused it all in S04.

>>89963119
>It's funny how /co/ did a 180 on Korrasami as soon as it was declared canon and now pretends they always hated it though.

It's funny how people can have jokes about a thing and then be disappointed when the creators actually think it is a good idea to say "well we planned it this way." /co/ said that interactions are a good start AND THEN you do x, y, and z to show a development in a relationship.
Bryke thought holding hands was enough. It's enough for /u/ apparently.

>>89963150
Well first main character that couldn't be edited out of the background in later years.

>>89963195
I'd still argue Korra went for way worse than Aang is season 3. In season 1 and in season 2 she was just being a whinny bitch but man season 3 was fucked up for her.

>>89963205
>it was Unalaq that destroyd it
And it was Korra that gave him the power to do so.

If she had stayed in her igloo, S02, S03 and S04 would be averted.

>let's ignore the hundred years without a proper Avatar that Aang left in his wake
If he had stayed the FN would end the avatar line after imprisoning him.

>>89963195
No, but it definitely made her more humane. You don't just bounce back from a near death like she had.

>>89963251
/co/ recognized many moments in the show that were possible hints and dismissed them as obvious queerbait as they'd never allow it to happen and at most that could be hoped as something ambiguous.

But then after it wasn't many around dismissed any hints at all.

>>89963252
>first main character that couldn't be edited out of the background
Well, actually..

If Korra was edited out the world would literally be better, because Satan would not have gotten out.

And Asami can literally be edited out and put cardboard in her place.

>>89962893
Who cares if it's reddit? I'm tired of fucking newfags trying to shit on their old home.

>>89963287
>If he had stayed the FN would end the avatar line after imprisoning him.
If he didn't run away he was more than likely a trained avatar by the time they had come. That was the entire deal of him running away!

>>89963240
>Zuko has fucking mother issues to hell and back, he's not a good example
He can function. He can get shit done even with the world against him.
Korra's biggest enemy is herself with how she sabotages her own development and then she gets PTSD and can't handle not feeling in control when she wasn't in control of her life since the moment she found out she was the Avatar. Zuko made something of himself despite his issues and never stopped moving forward of his own volition. Korra backed up and backed down at the drop of a hat and couldn't do anything positive on her own or show that she can gather up from her experiences without someone holding her hand.

The hell is that supposed to be inspirational or entertaining for anyone?

>>89963327
The thing is, a 'hint' is nothing. It's subjective; something some people think it is.. and others don't. You can't count it for anything. I already heard of people trying to justify fucking S01 as 'hinting' of their relationship.

>>89963251
I'm not joking. I was in the Korra threads during Season 3 and 4.

>>89954939
It's about as weird and still out of place as i'd imagined. The only positive so far is that the rock spirit seems to be the only non-retarded being in the show.

>>89963333
Well if you think a world without bending is better off then I wonder why the hell you're even in this thread if the premise of the entire setting bothers you. Because that what no Korra would boil down to.

>>89963248
If you really want to go that far into blaming Korra then we can say that it's Aang's fault that people died and suffered for 100 years, which easily surpasses Korra's fuck ups.

>SHE IS THE ONE THAT SET HIM FREE

She did. I will give you season 2 because jesus fucking christ I don't know what the fuck were Bryke thinking.

>Zaheer and Kuvira are Korra's fault

Indirectly, I guess? The whole point of she leaving the portal open was because she realized that things were changing and balancing each other, now airbenders were again, spirits and humans together, etc. I'm not saying it's good writing but through all of Korra it's implied that the universe or some shit is "changing" how the world of Avatar works, and it's up to the Avatar to decide to fix it or let it be. Zaheer and Kuvira are treated as "necesary evils" by this whatever the fuck universal force, so although they are Korra's fault, she was supposed to fuck up.

Man, this sounds way worse than what I want it to sound like.

>>89963342
>He can get shit done even with the world against him.
Kek, even at the end of AtlA he still jobbed.

>>89963297
>No, but it definitely made her more humane. You don't just bounce back from a near death like she had.
She was already human enough. If anything, she was the most human of them all since no one else made any mistakes or contributed to their own hardships or suffered consequences for existing aside from before the show started.
>>89963287
>>89963248

>>89963430
Or anyone in the entire franchise bar Zuko maybe.

>>89963248
>SHE IS THE ONE THAT SET HIM FREE
At gunpoint, it was "set him free or Jinora dies"

>>89963463
And Zuko had Iroh, so that's a plus for him.

>>89955952
That's the truth though. But atleast now they're admitting it. It would still be better to retcon it entirely by having them just be on vacation.

>>89963518
I actually think Zuko was better in the episodes where he didn't interact with Iroh, because he was acting on his own and had to think for himself

>>89955952
>>89956016
Movies get away with that shit all the time.

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I adored both series ATLA more. But my favorite character was Mako. What would you give him for a love interest?

>pretty pale skin no bender girl
>in love with the "movers" aspiring director
>Varrick as her idol
>Sacastic. suppresses attraction with corny jokes
>extremely in love with Mako, but somewhat jealous of his physical superiority.

>>89963549
I meant that Zuko's hardships were fucked up but at least he had a fatherly figure like Iroh with him, he guided him through most of his life and when it was time to let him go Zuko did make the right choice.

>>89963411
>Man, this sounds way worse than what I want it to sound like.
To make it seem like it works you need to have Bryke's mindset that having someone cause a problem directly and then indirectly assist in perhaps maybe fixing it is a good thing.

All they had to do is have the world not be so damn peaceful and steady so that Korra getting involved didn't make it so that she tipped the scales of balance.

Have the Earth Queen wanting to move on the URN with an earthbending army before the suddenly airbenders.
Have negative spiritual things happening to the world like forests dying and weird weather as a result of the 100 Year War and the lose of the Air Nation making things out of balance so that opening the portals is beneficial.
Make it so that the Spirit World was only spooky and mysterious because Vaatu being separated from Raava and within the plot Tree was messing things up for all the spirits so they're miserable.
Have Kuvira be a best but still awful alternative to lawlessness.

Don't make it so that it comes across like you posted.

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>>89955193
That is a bit more daring of a swimsuit than Asami wore in S1.

>>89963626
Ah, I see. Yeah Korra didn't really have that. Her own parents couldn't interact with her much, she grew up sheltered, Tenzin himself has hiw own problems to deal with and the other fatherly figure that came around manipulated her.

>>89963594
As someone who normally hates shipping I kinda like this. Finally give Mako someone who isn't a bland block of a character to love. A nobody that's just a nice person. He could actually develop into a real character audiences could fall for.

>>89963513
>At gunpoint, it was "set him free or Jinora dies"

So why didn't they just phase out? They were in spirit form.
Just stop meditating. Like how did Jinora go from being helpless in that situation to suddenly being able to do whatever the fuck she was doing in the last episode of season 2?
Just stop being in the spirit world. Phase out and return to your physical body.

>>89963655
Asami is playing for keeps this time

>>89963341
We don't know exactly how much time passed, however even a trained avatar would die. It was an army on steroids there; i should remind you that avatars died twice in the battlefield so it's unlikely Aang would be able to stop this one. And again, there was NO way for Aang to know the air nation was about to be attacked, and if he knew he would not run away.

>>89963410
>a world without bending
it is unlikely Amon would ever be a threat to other nations. It is unlikely he would even be able to take RC. That said, yes; a world without bending is objectively better.

>>89963643
I agree, don't get me wrong. Korra had the design and the ideas, but they just fucked the execution really bad, all I'm saying is that at least within the set of rules that LoK and only LoK sets up for itself, it makes sense, it's not good, it's not well written, but it works.

I understand Korra is hell to watch, but do you guys literally have to believe everything you read before you rewatch or confirm anything? DVD commentary of Bryke saying there was only one letter doesn't exist. Anon, if you're the person who has it, tell me which episode/minute mark it's on, since I have access.

Secondly, Asami was sad about Hiroshi in the park, even if she did miss Korra. She and Korra had been in contact, which is why Mako got mad when he found out that they had been writing each other and that he wasn't written by Korra at all. Asami wasn't even mad about Korra being gone, she was mad that Korra came back from her absence and then started lecturing her about her drama with Hiroshi while she hadn't been around to really see it. They quickly amended anyway since none of their conflict means anything. Korra either has smooth relationships or rocky shitty ones with no in between.

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>>89955747
She had dinner with Bolin; I wouldn't really say they dated.

>>89963742
Those 'roids would have helped his own Avatar State fueled Fire Bending a lot.

>>89963724
Why didn't the dude Zaheer through into the valley of the mist just phase out?
Stress maybe?

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>>89956660
It would be the funniest shit ever if the first thing that the next Avatar did was close all 3 spirit portals.

"Spirits are dicks" was the main moral of Wan's episodes.

>>89963758
>She had dinner with Bolin; I wouldn't really say they dated.
This is /co/. They say Sokka fucked Yue and that Bolin fucked Ginger and Eska.

It's the double standard at work that Bolin and Mako could fuck whoever and they'd be awesome and great and if a woman did it she's a slut.

>So Korra never gave Bolin a proper chance
>Gets ruined and turned lesbian by the shitty older brother
>Just fucking leaves the real world with her lesbian lover who she formally cucked
Is this what real relationships are like? I've never had one.

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>>89963594
>>89963750
>Mako got mad when he found out that they had been writing each other and that he wasn't written by Korra at all.

>Contemplating getting cucked by both ex's

>"Excuse, can you direct me to Mister Verr--ick;s office?

>>89963875
College is a hell of a ride

>>89963835
The mist is an actual prison that goes so far as to trap the mind. Only a spiritual failure like Tenzin can get out and manage to get key characters out as well.

>>89963875
Well it is 2017, you would be surprised the kind of shit that happens today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5YxatmoCBk

>>89963411
>we can say that it's Aang's fault that people died and suffered for 100 years
Already discussed in this thread, Aang didn't CAUSE the war, with or wirhout him it would happen. And most likely if he was around he would just get the past lives killed when they attacked the temple.

>Indirectly, I guess
Not saying Zaheer and Kuvira aren't to blame too, but Korra is partially to blame and that's the problem.. without her, there would be nothing to stop. If she was "supposed to fuck up", i think they can always use the buzzword 'balance' to explain her actions, but when you see things black and white, it is objectively bad for the planet. Even stretching it, it would be the dilemma of "Joe chill created batman", which... in the end still makes him a bad thing.

>>89963513
>At gunpoint
1- she didn't NEED to go to the spirit world in the first place, she was there from pure retardation. She knew at that point that Unalaq needed both portals open.

2- Jinora x the planet, plus the assumption that he will free Jinora by the kindness of his heart.. totally makes sense to chose Jinora.

>>89963918
He could've phased out while falling!

>>89963797
>Those 'roids would have helped his own Avatar State fueled Fire Bending
Firebending we are assuming he knew, and against thousands of soldiers powered by it. The avatar simply cannot win. He lost to way less before.

>>89963945
>He could've phased out while falling!
Things like this are probably why they didn't make it so easy to get into the Spirit World in AtLA when they had actual writers.

>>89963934
>Jinora x the planet, plus the assumption that he will free Jinora by the kindness of his heart.. totally makes sense to chose Jinora.
Not even Aang would've done that.

>>89963934
Saying that Aang is not responsible for not stopping the Fire nation until 100 years later it's like saying Korra is not responsible for Zaheer killing the Earth Queen.

Really anon? 100 years? Did the Avater really had to hide for that fucking long?

>>89963933
The amount of what the fucks going through my head right now is amazing. I often feel like I'm missing out by not having a person to "love" so lonely in fact I contemplate becoming gay just to have someone but this completely just throws me through the window and onto a bed of yellow and red legos. WoW!

>>89964002
Being a liberal is hell of a drug.

>>89963986
>Saying that Aang is not responsible for not stopping
here's the key word, "Not stopping". Korra Caused; she gave powers to Zaheer. You can argue Aang did a lousy job, but you cannot argue that he caused the war.

>Did the Avater really had to hide for that fucking long
did he had to know a storm was coming and that the fire nation would suddenly attack his people?

>>89963972
Of course. Aang would have called Unalaq on his shit from the get-go.

>>89963972
Aang wouldn't be inept enough to get himself in that situation without a way out.
Roku would have showed him a vision of both portals being opened and he'd know to not go in and close the first opened one since the other one can't be opened in the first place without him present.
Korra had a whole story told to her and she still went in. Then again Tenzin apparently knew this too and didn't say anything and neither did Jinora so the whole Krew is mentally challenged.

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So is WANTED connected with AVATAR? Bending Bullets is just an branch on the Tree of Ground Bending/Metal Bending. Right?

>>89964064
The thing i don't understand is, Korra gets the first portal closed and then what? if she assumed Unalaq had a way to open/close them in the first place, he would just open it again and put more guards. Going there accomplishes nothing even if you ignore Korra should know Unalaq didn't have a way to open portals.

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>>89959707
>Cao Cao
Kuvira could have easily had everything (right up until invading Republic City) if she had just got a hold of Wu and kept him in a gilded cage in a palace in Ba Sing Sei.

Giving Wu the finger was the height of hubris and arrogance until Kuvira decided to 1v1 the Avatar in front of all her guys with no apparent foreknowledge that Korra was in bad shape.

>>89964142
>The thing i don't understand is, Korra gets the first portal closed and then what? if she assumed Unalaq had a way to open/close them in the first place, he would just open it again and put more guards. Going there accomplishes nothing even if you ignore Korra should know Unalaq didn't have a way to open portals.

It's one of the reasons why I can't hold it against the character as it stands and just blame Bryke for writing a plot and forcing characters in and making characters do things they wouldn't do unless it was a comedy and it was a joke.

>>89964048
>did he had to know a storm was coming and that the fire nation would suddenly attack his people?

Yes? That's why he ran from the temple.

>>89964171
I just always felt that she went from 0 to Hitler in the drop of a hat. All she originally wanted was to get the Earth Kingdom back to regulation Earth Kingdom size. Then that went to "I also want to purge the people who think I'm wrong" & then "I want to pervert the course of nature specifically to murder anyone I don't like."

>>89961849
Season 4 Mako was easily the most likable he ever was in the show. He was a good foil to Wu.

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>>89964274
It's like Alan Moore once said, people adore an honest monster.

>>89956129
How? They honored the original relationship. They were just playing the love triangle for drama.

They were even going to be assholes and revisit the love triangle shit in season 2, thank God it died.

>>89964373
The love triangle wasn't that much of an issues. In Thundercats most of the season forced that shit because it was part of the rivalry. And Thundercats also had nothing else to redeem it with.

>>89957479
That's not how being bisexual works you retard.

>>89964510
True. Most of them aren't as hot.

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>>89955126
Why don't the spirits just build a wall?

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>>89964274
Yeah, they didn't really establish why someone who was so patriotic and committed to the Earth Kingdom would so completely disrespect the new Earth King. As with Korra's condition before they dueled, Kuvira acted like she already knew Wu was a worthless piece of shit without even talking to him. It felt like bad editing since it would only take a few lines to show what why Kuvira is thinking and acting the way she did.

Also, was I the only one surprised that Kuvira had nothing to do with the bandits that Opal was dealing with in the first episode or two? Having guerrilla forces laying siege to hold-out provinces would have been a clever way to bring them into the Earth Empire without fighting a battle or acting like a conqueror.