>>94586473
No, because Paku was an actual misogynist and Katara actually did something to prove him wrong.

>>94586636
>It doesn't count because it's right!
You're in too deep.

Yea probably

I mean, its not that good of an episode regardless, its just a generic GIRL POWER episode, but atleast one that doesn't feel completely contrived

>>94586473
A lot of shows /co/ praise would have been accused of being sjw/liberal propaganda, like Wonder Showzen.
Case in point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stHk7tOsJTw

>>94586473
I'd call it bizarre that Katara's waterbending is so powerful now
srsly, she's never shown anywhere near that level of skill before this episode

>>94586636
Not OP, but I'm pretty sure it'd be something more like

>katara could barely waterbend without fucking up
>stands up to the big bad misogynistic man
>YAAAAS QUEEN SLAY
>is now a master waterbender
>is better than aang
>did a woman write this episode?

>>94586473
I mean if the the term was a meme at the time I would have then too. That episode was out of place in TLA.

>>94586473
I hated it because it was obvious guuurl power shit

>>94586473
It was a shit episode

>>94586473
I liked it because when she fights him, despite putting a good showing, she gets her ass-kicked. Righteous indignation can't suddenly make you better at something than a master training their whole life.

>>94586473
Katara went full mary Sue on this ep. I mean wtf she just learned how to waterbend(probably a year or so) and can face head on a master who supposedly dedicated his entire life to waterbend?

>>94586473
If this episode came out today, they'd probably point out that the misogynist won the fight anyway (ignoring that Katara still fought well against him) and go on a smug tirade of

>HAHAHAHAHAHA feminists are so dumb that even their stupid preaching is against their dumb beliefs, that's why I know they're always wrong and evil

And if they saw someone else mentioning this in any context, they'd go on a smug tirade of

>HAHAHAHAHA, dumb feminists are EATING EACH OTHER, they always disagree because they're always wrong and evil, look how dumb they are, even their one-dimensional monolith of evil hates itself because it's so evil and stupid

>>94586473
What about the previous episode where aang shows superior waterbending than Katara? How it would've turned out if it was written in 2017?

Okay guys, she does well, but she doesn't even come close to winning. He's clearly tooling on her to prove his point. He was only turned cause of personal reasons.

>>94586775
>written by Michael DiMartino
checks out

>>94586743
>>94586776
Didn't the master only give his okay because he wanted to fuck her grandma?

>>94586827
The exact same. I'm sick of this 'SJW boogeymen' bullshit.

>>94586823
autism

>>94586473
OP, it's come to the point where any female involvement whatsoever is instantly labeled "SJW".
>female writer=SJW
>female character=SJW
>female producer=SJW
>female artist=SJW
We've hit the Syndrome Singularity.

/co/ fucking hated Katara back when ATLA was airing, so that whole scenario got as much shit from people as you'd expect. Hell, /co/ still hates Katara.

>>94586775
In hindsight

>>94586927
Usually, it only happens if a women is treated as being better than a man in some way. Then it's "misadrist hypocrisy", even though it only applies in that specific context and isn't treated like a universal rule.

The irony is that hypocrisy hunters are simply becoming a mirror of their own "oversensitive bully who sees bigotry everywhere" strawman. And they're probably proud of that.

>>94586720
>>94586793
Just rewatched the fight, all of Katara's attacks were either dodged or countered. She was always a strong waterbender since the first episode where she cracked that iceberg, but during that fight all of her techniques were pretty simple.

>>94586473
The episode's biggest flaw is that they structured the Northern Water Tribe's society in order to have a girl power episode, so it felt forced. There is no way that society wouldn't allow female benders to fight, especially if healing is extremely easy to master; it would make all the healers rather expendable.

Even back when that ep came out it was considered hamfisted and out of place in the series OP

>>94587183
Exactly, this gender separation is total bullshit. An army that can heal itself would be something super useful (considering that in water tribe the army were only consisted by men) so it should be basic training to every waterbender and not only women.

>>94586636
you give us too much credit

>>94587183
Honestly, it would have been more fitting for all the men to know healing and consider straight combat to be a lesser form of the art than a combination of the two.
>This chick can't even heal bro

>>94587243
Cultural traditions aren't always logical, or often they are logical for the time they are developed and then slow/almost impossible to change even if they become outright harmful in more "modern" contexts.

Some common real-world examples are cooking and cleaning for yourself, yardwork, basic car maintenance, real fucking obvious useful skills for every individual to have that are nonetheless deliberately avoided by some people because "that's man's/woman's work".

>>94587300
Or alternatively, make the fact that she's never learned to heal seem cool. Like all the regular waterbenders are wusses because they can insta-heal, so the thought that she fights without having that ability makes them see her as somewhat feral and fitting of the shitty Southern tribe.

>>94587334

I'm pretty sure cooking has transcended gender at this point. This isn't even a /ck/ thing, but everyone should have a basic sense of cooking skills.

>>94587401
It's also gotten to the point where modern cars are difficult to work on, so that skill is actually disappearing to some degree, although basic car maintenance should still be common knowledge.

>>94586717
>Wonder Showzen
I would sooner strap a camera to the top of a bad dragon dildo and fuck my peehole and masturbate to that footage than to watch that shit again, let alone praise it.

>>94586728

She and Aang had learned from the water scroll and were basically practising every day before they got to the NWT, and besides that, Aang had been teaching her what Paku had been teaching HIM before.

In the end it doesn't really matter, at best Katara almost cut Paku with some ice, he still basically wiped the floor with her.

>>94586473
Someone wasn't old enough to be on the internet back then.

>>94586911
yes, those people have autism

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>>94586473
The Painted Lady is a worse grrl power episode and is the worst episode in ATLA. The Great Divide was better.

>>94587857
Painted Lady isn't a 'grrl power' episode, it's a captain planet episode.

Would Kim Possible get slammed as SJW if it was released today?

When I watched it as a kid I didn't think it had any political content. It just seemed like another cool action show. It's sad when I see media that has female characters just for the sake of pandering to politics, whether it be right wing outrage, or left wing solidarity.

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>>94586473
And?
How is fighting for social justice a bad thing?

Do you know who else were social justice warriors? the heroes of Persona 5. they were fighting for social justice, and guess what they were doing the right thing

>>94587889
Worse. It's both.

>>94587901
Everything talked about on the internet is SJW or Cis propaganda in someway so who cares whats what if you enjoy it thats good enough.

KORRA ROCKS

>>94587971
How is it girl power though? The episode doesn't make any commentary on gender at all. Are you saying that just because it features Katara?

>>94587857
Subjectively the story may suck for you but Painted Lady had better artwork and cinematography.

>>94586728
Katara was a mistake.

>>94587951
Actually, the whole point of the narrative of P5 was that they were all fighting for their own individual brands of justice, and that they all had their own selfish ideal as to what would be best.

The overall meaning in the end was that everyone has their own idea of justice, but that it's strictly wrong to impose that upon others unilaterally- free will is what's ultimately most important, and while we inevitably force our ideals onto others, the important facet is that it's a two way street, and that both parties have the ability to reciprocate.

>>94587183
>>94587243
Yeah seriously. With bending, there would never realistically be any discrimination against women, because physical muscle has literally nothing to do with being a good bender. (Expect maybe for Earth Bending, but then there's Toph.)

>>94587901
I don't think so. Kim Possible was in a weird position where it was a show starring girls that literally NO ONE cared or commented on them being girls. Even a ton of boys watched it. I guess all the action and explosions just swept all the bickering you'd normally see away.

>>94587951
There is actually a difference between a person who fights for social justice and an SJW. Mainly the SJW is only on the internet tweeting and bloghing on diffrent social issues, usually with a white male villain type to rail against. A social justice fighter is usually in court fighting unfair laws or being shot by tyrant regimes.

>>94586473
Probably but why get mad over hypotheticals

>>94587183

> Especially if healing is extremely easy to master

Is it? When Jeong-Jeong was talking about it he made it sound pretty rare. Granted he didn't live with waterbenders, but it seems like he'd know his shit.

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>>94588058
That's not how i saw the meaning of the ending. the ending clearly implied that the unjust actions of humanity threaten it's own existent.

But the lesson that was learned is that humanity needs to fix the injustices by themselves, but even if the fight is ultimately a losing battle, it's still better than letting a deity take away the free will of humans.

I mean, the ending pretty clearly implies injustices are leading humanity towards an impending doom

>>94586703
What annoys me is there have always been episodes like this in shows, and people would have shrugged if off before, but now they act like it's an epidemic. Some SJW conspiracy and shit. Mostly it's just more of the same shit that has been going on since the 90's. People here just didn't have a hateboner for SJWs then so it didn't upset them.

Nothing more annoying than the kind of idiot who just discovered politics and thinks that things only started going wrong at the time he started noticing the things he thinks are going wrong.

>>94588095
It fills me great sorrow that there won't be another show where girls do something interesting without anyone pointing out that they're girls.

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Strap in, boys

>>94588114
Very few are the people that legitimately vilify white males. but those few people are elevated by right-wingers who want to harm the cause of social justice by only showing the people who make stupid arguments.

I'm not saying the problem is non-existent, i'm claiming it's appearance is magnified by right wingers

>>94588145

> As if women are actually good at being soldiers and warriors.

Well I mean, in a world where they can perform magic, they could be, yeah.

Even if women could ONLY use water-bending to heal, they'd still be pretty damn useful in a military setting.

>>94588190
You earned this you

>>94586827
He couldn't teach her a lot, it was only a few moments before they were trapped

>>94587492
Okay but which Bad Dragon dildo? You gotta be specific or that statement doesn't carry any weight.

>>94588167
The gems in Steven Universe are essentially female. Gender isn't really brought up that much at all, especially compared to sexuality.

>>94588145
Ha Mulan

Destroyed your entire argument BOOM

>>94586473
>dark skinned person being sexist
Tumblr would dox the episodes' director before anyone here even watched it

>>94588190
SJW and insulting people buy websites is what makes 4chan unique

>>94588219
There's an almost endless number of loud mouthed crazy on either side.

>>94588263
>Giving someone validation on an anonymous image board.

I don't think this is the site for either of you.

>>94588162
I was pretty sure it was that the doom was because people weren't choosing their own justice, but following along with someone else's idea of what's right because it's what's easiest and most convenient.

Picking something and sticking to your guns is difficult, and often ends up leaving you ostracized, or sometimes just learning you've been wrong for a while about things. It's so much easier to rally behind someone else, because then even if it doesn't pan out, it's not your problem.

Each of the phantom thieves has their own way of going about coming to terms with their desire to help others being fueled by really selfish means. Their forms of justice are based on their own background, and not one single way of looking about it would be healthy for society at large. Hell, other than the fact that Shido was a condescending dick, the only thing that made him in the wrong was that he was forcing his ideology onto others in a unilateral way- what he had planned may have been in the interest of everyone overall, but the fact that he would force it onto others without others having a say ultimately was the problem.

And that's representative of a larger problem with how we treat justice, not just how we look at examples of it in history or media, but how it pans out in reality. The first step to achieving a just society is to remove any blockages from equal opportunity. From that point, everything else has to do with a shifting equilibrium of social value.

Some people debate where the equilibrium should fall, and it has a lot to do with representation of populations, classifications of peoples, and those kinds of things. Some argue that forcing it one way or the other through token representation and arbitrary classification leads to more injustice. These complex issues are what creates the shitflinging between "sjws" and people who vehemently hate them.

I don't feel I can really come to a conclusion about it, other than everyone should have opportunity.

>>94588219
Its appearance is downplayed by the mainstream right, if anything. Actual fighters for social justice are virtually non-existent in comparison to SJWs.

>>94586473
In the very first episode, Katara uses "sexist".

How does she know that world. Does feminism exist in the southern water land? Do the waterbenders even know about patriarchy? And oppression? And cultural appropriation? WHO TAUGHT KATARA THAT WORD?!?

>>94588316
Fuck that's a good point. I only watched one episode and it was pretty good. Wasn't really a fan of the concept but I might give it another go.

>>94586776
>Righteous indignation can't suddenly make you better at something than a master training their whole life.
And yet it worked in Legend of Korra for both the heroes and the antagonists.

>>94588459

> Who taught Katara that word

I mean, probably her grandmother, since she apparently ran away from the NWT because she was being forced into a loveless marriage + she had to live in a society which demeaned womens use of waterbending.

>>94586473
hell no, pakku whooped katara's ass in that fight. she only got the training she wanted because her gran gran just so happened to be his waifu. in an sjw episode, she'd have destroyed him despite having no proper waterbending training (which would completely mitigate the need for a waterbending master in the first place which is perfectly in line with the cognitive dissonance of sjws.) seriously, pakku doesn't even get touched in this fight, it's entirely one-sided. not to mention katara is asking for an actual right to do something that is not allowed specifically because of her gender, so in other words actual equality and therefore not what sjws want at all.

>>94586473
Actually, when this came out, I was a hardcore 14 year old liberal who got all his political opinions from MAD Magazine, and I thought rolled my eyes pretty hard at this episode.

Even now I can't stand this episode, and it's not because of the SJW boogeyman, it's because it's so cliche. The only way it could be worse is if there were an arranged marriage subpl- OH SHIT, I forgot, there was one! Except the storyline was stretched through the entire finale arc!

>>94588538
Yes, that makes all the sense.

HOWEVER, for the word "sexist" to exist, feminism must also. Katara should have used "woman hater", or "selfish boy". The word "sexist" just does not belong in a fantasy world like that. Fuck the writers who thought it was an okay choice.

>>94588140
Katara is told by the old water bending lady that there is nothing left for her to teach her after what seems like a day.
Healing being a rare and extremely precise technique makes much more sense and would emphasize Katara's role to the team. I think it's just inconsistent writing for the NWT arc so there's some drama before the Fire Nation attack.

>>94588459
How do they know English?

>>94588657

> there is nothing left for her to teach her after what seems like a day.

I thought that was just because she had a knack for it or something, I mean she basically discovered the ability completely by accident because of Aangs fire-bending incident.

Also, I thought that was over a few days or something at least anyway, weren't they hanging around the NWT for a while before the fire nation showed up?

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>>94586775
>>94586837
>>94586958

>>94586927
I thought this is what OP was getting at.

Worst fight in terms of power rankings to me was when the group fought their way into the royal palace in Ba Sing Se, like, I know that sans Sokka, they were all really talented, but it was still 4 people versus a huge contingent of highly trained earthbenders whose job it is to protect the fucking king, and they just get absolutely steamrolled by the group.

I mean it was cool to watch and all as an action sequence, but it feels like a head on attack like that should have been a smidge tougher to pull off.

>>94588982
Named characters can best mooks unless it is necessary for the named characters to lose to fulfill the required length of the production.

>>94589032

Sure, just felt like regardless of their status of main characters, it should have at least been a bit harder to storm the royal palace head on.

Just made me think "No wonder the Earth Kingdoms losing the war"

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>>94588653
Have you considered that feminism exists in the world of Avatar, Anon?

>>94589318
No. Because it cannot.

>>94589462
why its not part of your head canon

>>94589462
Oh. Alright then.

>>94586793
He wasn't trying to kill her. Katara was going ham and he was holding back. She surprised him exactly once.

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>>94587951
>How is fighting for social justice a bad thing?

>>94587857
What's grrrl power about the painted lady? It's not about only Katara or Toph could have saved that village Aang could have done it if he wanted to. Sokka probably could aswell if he had wanted to. It just so happens to fit with Kataras character that she would set out to help these people, and she still needed the others help to do it in the end.

>>94586473
I actually did complain and rolled my eyes when katara managed to do all that shit she clearly had no skill level to do just seconds ago. I just didn't know were to complain about it.

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>>94588190
memes were a mistake

>>94589687

She'd been training for a fair while up until that point, they also had the water bending scroll to get some idea's about what they could really do with water bending.

Even then, Katara gets fucking demolished, Paku was basically just playing around, and the closest she got to actually doing damage to him with a bit of ice STILL missed.

>>94586997
>Usually, it only happens if a women is treated as being better than a man in some way.

Nah, look at all the bitching regarding Rick&Morty, even months before premiering.

>>94588164
Weren't they just known as Girl power episodes back then instead?

And i think the difference these days is mostly that both sides run with these things either calling it SJW or Progressive. The entire thing is just more politicized these days.

It also seems more likely that it could take over a show now since there are shows dedicated to these topics now, or creators are reaching for the approval by dedicating their show/episode to the trend.

>>94587733
Plus, we saw in episode 1 that Katara had ridiculous talent for waterbending, regardless of her lack of any training. That's how Aang got freed from the iceberg in the first place.

It's like how in real life, somebody who's got incredible physical talent can become a great athlete a lot faster once they start being trained in their sport of choice than somebody who's physically average, even if the physically average guy has been working at it for longer.

this ep of rocko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flQXmz2AReQ

>>94586473
Except people call this out all the time for being shit, OP.

>Katara went from being weak as shit to learning faster than the Avatar and matching geniuses like Aang, Toph, Zuko, and Azula.

>>94593113
>Zuko
>genius

>>94586473
SJW detected. Fuck off.

>>94588190
this honestly.

>>94586636
>Paku was an actual misogynist
If you let women fight and die in battle, what are you even fighting for?

>>94593712
Their home? Culture? Friends? Family? Fellow warriors? What a dumb question.

>>94588190
I mean... IRL and online I've encountered people who are like that, but they never really shove it down my throat.
So yeah. Have the (you).

>>94593725
>Their home? Culture? Friends? Family?
So their women, got it.

>>94593732
Allowing women to fight would be the best chance of protecting them too.

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>Korra hears there's a problem of the week that actually can be solved just by hitting it a lot

>>94593113

> Being weak as shit

She was never really weak, she just had no idea how to train her skills properly, even before she trained properly she was able to break apart a giant iceberg without even meaning to.

Besides, after the NWT, her and Aang were likely training every day together, except Katara has a stronger work ethic than Aang does, so she probably does better from a technical POV anyway ((not to forget that past a certain point Aang needed to devote a lot of time to learning earthbending as well, which probably took more of his concentration since he doesn't pick it up as easily as waterbending))

Also, eh, I honestly don't think Katara could beat or be comparable to Toph in terms of ability, she's literal child prodigy genius.

>>94593878
>Toph in terms of ability, she's literal child prodigy genius.
Who is the bigger prodigy: Toph or Azula.

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Can we get back to Water Tribe waifus

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>>94587951

>>94586473
Yes. Proves that sjw bullshit has achieved the exact opposite of it's goals.

>>94586473
No, because Katara had actually demonstrated competence in waterbending AND was traveling with Air Jesus and needed to know how to fend for herself on the journey. She wasn't some non-bender demanding Paku waste his time teaching her how to waterbend to virtue signal.

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>>94593712
OUR GLORIOUS MOTHERLAND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

>>94593899

Eh, I'd say Toph, honestly. Azula is crazy strong but 99% of that is just raw power, Toph meanwhile is more technique based, her unique condition + her interaction with badger moles basically ended up creating a new perspective on her element and a new style all together, not to forget she also discovered an apparently unknown subset of earthbending.

>>94593899
Toph, definitely. At least in terms of accomplishment. Toph founded a new form of bending that had never existed in history when she was what, 12? The results of her teachings revolutionized the world after the war and she managed to be probably one of the most proficient benders in the world well into her old age, to the point that Kuvira respected/feared her enough not to attack her. She could seamlessly bend metal as an adult, i.e return it to the exact structure she found it in.

>>94588190
(You)

>>94593952
>99% of that is just raw power, Toph meanwhile is more technique based
Shooting lightning is all technique

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>>94588190

>>94593980

I meant technique in a more 'she was a prodigy in terms of technique'

Lightning takes a lot of skill, but it's not like Azula invented it herself.

>>94593993
>Lightning takes a lot of skill, but it's not like Azula invented it herself.
Well and there are sub 10 people in the whole world that can even do it.
And I dont wanna bring in LoK in how easy or hard it is to learn metalbending/lightning because I get the feeling it just shat all over it.

>>94586728
>did a woman write this episode?

Does Bryke include that lis of women writers?

>>94588164
>What annoys me is there have always been episodes like this in shows, and people would have shrugged if off before, but now they act like it's an epidemic.
it's probably a straw that broke the camel's back situation.

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>>94594010
>And I dont wanna bring in LoK in how easy or hard it is to learn metalbending/lightning because I get the feeling it just shat all over it.
In fact it did. Everyone and their mom can bend lightning/metal now.

>ugh
>why doesn't this city-state experiencing a century-long siege conform to my ideals?

Boo fucking hoo. "I'm so oppressed, by not being conscripted."

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>>94593768
I think it might actually take a war with women on the front lines in this day and age to illustrate how stupid this statement is

>>94594618
What annoy me more is how unnecessary it was. I mean, people able to create fire out of almost nothing can feed a power plant just fine already.

>>94594891
Explain to me how twice the waterbenders in battle would be a detriment you dense prick.

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>>94588653
>for the word "sexist" to exist, feminism must also.
That's retarded. Sexism just defines a prejudice towards someone based on sex, or prejudice towards a sex as a whole. You don't need feminism as a movement to recognize an injustice.

>>94586473
Yes, because we live at a point in time where actual SJW's have clogged comics and cartoons with their agenda, to the point where even an innocent case like this will be called "SJW".

>>94593878

She was weak in the sense that she had next to no training in waterbending whatsoever and suddenly went from that to being good enough at it to teach the avatar to master it in a couple of episodes.

I've said this before but it's kind of obvious that a rewrite happened here. Aang was clearly originally planned to learn waterbending in the book that was named Water. But at some point the writers decided that they wanted Aang's bending teachers to be members of their group. So they decided to shoehorn it in so Katara was suddenly a waterbending master so that she could become Aang's teacher.

>>94586473

Maybe. Would it be unreasonable?

>>94586728

See, this is just me. But I loathe Katara because she fucked up Zuko's big battle with Azula. She had literally no reason to be there, and she was actually why he lost.

If she wasn't there, Zuko was effectively invincible. He would simply have worn Azula down through sheer attrition, since lightning was useless.

>>94586473

I think the episode is actually quite honest about SJWism.

>grrrl power can't make Katara win in a fair fight
>she gets what she wants by appealing to emotions instead

>>94589779
>She'd been training for a fair while up until that point
A few minutes is not "a while"
>the water bending scroll
Yes but they've had that for some time by then and still she hadn't done anything of that magnitude
>Paku was basically just playing around
Maybe he wasn't showing his true powerlevel but he wasn't exactly "just playing" either.

>>94595423
this
Katara and Azula basically have a meaningless dynamic. they don't even share a piece of dialogue before this, iirc
and yet, she's more than able to beat her on the day where her powers are at their maximum

hell, it would make more sense if she beat her by bloodbending than just putting her on ice

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>guys complaining about anti-SJW's ruining everything by posting
>no actual anti-SJW's posts

really made me think

>>94593149
He might have been shit compared to the literal prodigy that was his sister but Zuko was still capable of handily defeating men more experienced than he was. He was still royalty, with all the advantages that come with that, and even after his exile continued his training under Iroh, one of the strongest men in the world.

>>94594010
Just because not many people know how to do it doesn't mean it's necessarily hard. Apparently the theory is actually extremely simple, but it has a spiritual component that normal Firebending doesn't, which is why Zuko never got the hang of it.

>>94595423
>>94595511
No, it was the perfect conclusion to Zuko's arc.

>>94595423
>she fucked up Zuko's big battle with Azula
Christ, this. We basically never get any closure on Zuko's rivalry because Katara had to steal the show for no reason.

>>94586947
Mostly because of Zutarans and that one episode where she finds her mother's killer.

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>>94593768
If both women and men are fighting then who is going to be working in the factories and producing supplies to help them fight?

>>94594618
>>94595167
Agreed about it being unnecessary, but the amount of people who can lightning bend in LoK is overblown.

None of the benders in that picture show up again except Mako and the only other lightning bender is Zolt, who got debended in an episode.

>>94595592
>muh thematic pottery
Zuko had already sacrificed a bunch for the Gaang. Doing it again for the finale was forced.

>>94589771
New age memes were actually the real mistake. No effort other than a forced reference and died in a unreasonable amount of time.

>>94588190
I honestly find nu-/pol/ to be more annoying than SJWs at this point. SJWS don't come here so I don't have to deal with them, but nu-/pol/ is spreading their cancer all over the fucking place so it's hard to ignore them.

>>94595733
>Doing it again for the finale was forced.
It was great. Zuko's journey was about finding his honour, not beating Azula. Risking his life to save Katara, and Katara saving his in turn is a much more impactful and appropriate end than having Zuko beat his emotionally/mentally broken sister in a fist fight. What a hollow victory that would've been.

>>94588190
I don't see how this image can be accurate unless literally the only website you visit is 4chan. SJWs are just as loud and obnoxious elsewhere as /pol/ is here.

This thread is making me wish LoK wasn't such a giant a piece of shit, because fuck I really miss Avatar.

>>94586473
https://youtu.be/JJ4Pf_Tzg0Y?t=515

See this.

>>94595592
>I get the most awesome fight in the series
>I job hard as soon as I do lightning redirection at an awkward angle
>Katara, finish my fight

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>>94596019
I remember watching Korra when it first came out and loving it so much. I would eagerly look forward to the new episode each week. Now that it's over and a couple of years have passed, my retrospective on it is that it's aged poorly. I barely remember what happened in the show and all of Korra's flaws now stick out like a sore thumb to the point that I no longer like Korra as a character now. Meanwhile I still look back on The Last Airbender with fond memories. The adventures Aang, Katara and Sokka as well as Toph and Zuko when they joined them went on were so much more memorable and comfy.

>>94595684
well, not factories, but there's an advantage to keeping the female water benders from fighting
99.9% of all healing water benders shown are female. the only exception to the rule was whatshisname from Korra
if they stay back as medics, they can heal the soldiers without great risk
>>94595810
wouldn't it have been better if Zuko basically just countered everything, she realized how inevitable fighting him is, and she concedes
>>94596178
stop shilling yourself, douge
your shitty videos suck

>>94596339
>wouldn't it have been better if Zuko basically just countered everything, she realized how inevitable fighting him is, and she concedes
That would be OOC. Azula would fight to win till the bitter end.

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>>94593712
>this sheltered child has never had his country torn apart by war

I find it very satisfying when Katara gets beaten up.

And yes, I mean sexually.

>>94596377
well, normally I'd probably agree with you
but this is supposed to be during her most vulnerable times. even with her power magnified 1000x, she can't beat her brother, someone she's always been better than an always had the advantage over

>>94595840
I'll let you in on a secret, anon: the people who complain this much are the opposite side of the coin. They're mad because they're being made fun of.

Unfortunate that this thread didn't wind up becoming a proper AtLa thread, but it's still better than the usual Korra shitflinging.

>>94595595
>never get any closure on Zuko's rivalry
But doesn't Zuko know his is a better person than azula. Azula turned everyone away eventually going mad...er.Zuko came out of the whole honor for my father thing and wanted honor from helping the Avatar, Zuko truly gained honor from acting honorable not following his daddy's orders like a dog waiting for a treat

OP overestimates how well that Katara episode holds up. It is kinda gurl powah, but made more tolerable by the fact that Katara still loses. It's a decent episode that helps make Katara a nuanced character with flaws.

Saying "if it aired today it'd be called SJW" is begging the question - I gurantee you that if Korra aired in ATLA's place there'd be no follow up series

>>94596449
Also at her most desperate. She was going fucking crazy after she got chained down by Katara because she couldn't accept that she lost. There's no way she was giving up on that fight.

>>94596537
This.

SJWs would be more outraged that Legend of Korra turned Katara into a stay at home Grandmother instead of doing something epic like the others.

>>94586636
Well more like he came to the realization he was wrong, every Katara actually did just blew up in her face.

>>94588190

I wouldn't, as it would be annoyingly social justice-y if she were to defeat him as a rank amateur rather than get soundly bested as she was.

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>>94588190
Here you are. One (You) for anon.

>>94586717
>anti-US means sjw or liberal
Lmaoing @ u, f/a/m. The left and right of plenty of countries think you guys are retarded. Showzen simply agreed.

>>94597404
>epics like the others
you mean doing nothing like Sokka and Zuko or being a terrible parent like Aang and Toph?

>>94595840
>unless literally the only website you visit is 4chan
Some of us don't bother with Facebook/twitter, which are the places where this kind of memery, circlejerk shit starts.

>>94595684
Robots. Get with the times, grandpa.

>>94593712
freedom and whoever is left alive.

>>94595684
send the strongest fighters out; same amount of army. it's better for everyone.

>>94593952
>>94593962
This. While Azula is a crazy strong firebender Toph's achievements as an earthbender were world changing.

Top became the ultimate earthbender only rivaled by King Bumi who is the great master of the old techniques. To sum it up, Toph as a preteen was on the same level as the an old master who took an entire life of training to get where he is.

>>94586728
Why did Yass Queen suddenly appear the last few months google says it's been since late 2014

>>94597759
>being a leader of the tribe and diplomat on a worldwide scale and leader of an entire nation to unfuck the world your family did for a hundred years is nothing

>>94588424
You are wrong.
Most lefties are legitimate fighters for real social justice.

Just look at the Bernie Sanders crowd and how they are trying to fix the social injustice of the rich abusing their power to get richer while harming the poor. that's why Bernie is the most popular senator right now

>>94588190
>>94595840
>>94597776
Only time I've seen the word "cisgender" on my facebook feed was from a friend who was going on a rant about how he's unprivileged because he doesn't check any minority box. Checks out.

>>94597929

There's been a recent uptick in female representation in media, to the point where it's regarded in some circles as forced for the sake of political correctness.

See also: Game of Thrones, Doctor Who.

>>94595768
I have a theory that nu-faux red pillers used to be reactionary libs but never unlearned that behavior when they changed ideologies. Similarly to reactionary libs who would've been reactionary Christians if they never converted.
Idk

>>94588190
Fuck off cuck

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>>94586636
He didn't change his values and traditions and Katara got her training.

Everyone got what they wanted as a compromise. For the love he bore Katara's grandmother and after being impressed with her skills he made an exception against the traditions he holds dear and trained HER. He let Katara join the boys he was teaching during their stay.

They compromised. Something SJWs never do.