TV: The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra

[Ryllharu]

Don't forget that Aang had been a monk most of his life. Tenzin is very similar to him, except he had siblings that obviously picked on him. Korra has been exactly like a brash, temperamental toddler since we first saw her as a brash, temperamental toddler. She's a waterbender-Avatar who primarily uses firebending...

That's her personality, and why the spiritual side of things has always been so alien to her. She's about the least emotionally placid bender we've ever seen. She's on the level of early-Zuuko and Azula really.

Agree with Yuki regarding the female twin. Mai did deadpan so much better.

[Death BOO Z]

because mai had deadpan as an trait, not a character description. same way that zuuko did teen angst much better than mako.

[Death BOO Z]

episode three: unity and divisiveness, old wounds that didn't heal. and what all that.

Tenzin and family was pretty straight forward, starts subtle and escalates into the normal family routine. "who did dad love more? who takes care of old mom", the usual. nothing wrong with this part, but all out in the open.

as for the water tribes... I don't think it was really a rebellion attack. it looks like a wounded gazelle gambit. the south seems to have enough people that nobody knows every person in the village (compare it to Katara's old village, which was less than 100 heads), so it's possible that Unaloq got some of his men to stage the attack, have the avatar stop it, and then use it as an excuse to drop the cops on all his political enemies. classic.
I suspect that the fast talking merchant Howard weight Hugh guy is working with him.

I guess that opening all the portals (both poles, and maybe one in republic city) will get spirits running in the cities, and then unaloq could control them and conquer the world. because, seriously, "the world will be united" is exactly what the first Leviathan king will say.

[Ryllharu]

I thought his line about opening the northern portal to connect the two, "allowing spirits and man to move freely between the north and south" was what he was going to use to bring his full occupation force down to the south to conquer it completely.

Sometimes I wish Korra wasn't so gullible.

[Death BOO Z]

that's stage one, an appetizer, or even less than that, a cover.
the north water tribe is the only superpower that survived the 100 years war. all the other powers from that era (Umashu, Ba-Cing-Ce and the fire nation) were defeated. only the north lived through the war. the south was a mess and needed to rely on the north for provisions and population (I'm even going to say that most of the south tribesmen have northern grandparents). the deal with the south is having the center subdue the separatist. it's interesting, but not the big picture.
Unalaq is going to war against republic city. and the greatest weapon of this war will be spirit. (note: tagline for a movie, if they ever make one).

now, I'm going on a stretch here, so bear with me:
everybody knew that the next avatar is going to be from the water tribe. what if Unalaq sent his men to raid the city (and steal something spiritual) and to the forest so he could temper with the spirit world and stack the odds at his favor, so that the avatar could come through him? and then tonraq ruined his plans by going into the forest and fathering the avatar. In some perspectives, the north might be pissed, it lived through out the entire war, it lent it's best men to the invasion (day of black sun) and was the first nation to stand behind the avatar, and they never got their chance to shine after the war.

I think Unalaq planned to use the avatar (which was supposed to be eska and deska, the creep~twins), and position the water nation as the new superpower.
and if my previous allegations about Varrick secretly working with Unalaq (contrary to what we saw so far in the series), then it makes even more sense. both the 100years war and Amon's rebellion were based on technological progress. Unalaq planed to combine the worlds of man, spirit and machine and crown himself as the "Levithan Lord".


as for Korra, maybe you can trick her into sleeping with you by saying that's its' her duty as the avatar. Pow!

[lelouch]

as for Korra, maybe you can trick her into sleeping with you by saying that's its' her duty as the avatar. Pow!

Korra! Tenzin said you would probably be the worst female avatar in history to give blowjobs. But I believe in you. And with my training, you will give the greatest avatar blowjobs in history.

[Death BOO Z]

episode four.
hmmf, I thought unmasking Unalaq as the villain would take longer.
"it's a trap!"

I still believe Varick is working with Unalaq. I think that they decided together to let Korra find the truth about Unalaq (by using the 'judge') and get her to call the republic army to stop the northern invasion. and then Unalaq and Varick could crush the fleet with the combined powers of spirits and technology.

still no confirmation for my "Unalaq is trying to become the avatar himself" theory.

[Archangel]

I hadn't noticed this, this might be why Korra's avatar state feels so weaksauce

[Death BOO Z]

episode 5.
first of all, I don't remember republic city having a president in the first season.
most of the episode was showing how ill-equipped korra (and her friends) are in dealing with this 'adult war' situation. Asami and Bolyn are being played by Varrick, and Korra is played by both Varick and Unalaq.
Tenzins' bits were annoying as hell, it's obvious that he needs to learn humility in order to make himself worthy to teach the avatar, but unlike the bit about the sibling rivalry, this one is just superficial.

Bei-Fhong was great, though, she had about two lines (what are you doing in my office and the line about breaking up with tenzin) and both were amazing.

[Archangel]

Is an irrational bitch to him 24/7, breaks into his office and throws his desk over the room shouting and yelling through the whole thing.

- Omg r u breaking up with me??! *cries*

Very realistic writting

[DarthEnderX]

first of all, I don't remember republic city having a president in the first season.

Because it didn't. They said in the opening of Season 2 that the Bender Council was disbanded and a president was elected to replace it.

[Death BOO Z]

oh, I didn't notice it.
that kind of transition never ends well...

[Roko]

episode 7/8.
Now THIS is the avatar I fell in love with; I've not had such feelings of wonder since ATLA. The artwork was breathtaking, and the origin story of Wan/the avatar was amazing. Loved the various callbacks to Miyazaki as well, especially with the bridge to the oasis.

When it comes down to it, the avatar world at its core revolves around maintaining the balance between yin/yang|light/dark. I think the most compelling stories are produced when the show goes back to this foundation.

[lelouch]

Agreed. That one hour special was a more enjoyable watch than all of Legend of Korra combined. This show would have so much more potential if they replaced half the amount of comedy they try to throw in there with good, serious, quality material.

[darkshadow]

It was indeed certainly excellent this week.

[Death BOO Z]

Not big on wan as a character, but great episodes non the less.
everything clicked together, which is awesome, I think I even saw Koh (thefacestealer) back in the oasis, but not too sure 'bout it.

[lelouch]

Some damn good episodes lately -- gotta say they trump ATLA

[darkshadow]

Yeah last 4 episodes have been great.

[Archangel]

Korra shall go down in history as the "Fuck up" avatar

[lelouch]

Korra shall go down in history as the "Fuck up" avatar

What's worse -- accidentally opening the spirit portals and plunging the world into darkness? Or running away from home and getting caught in a ball of ice and plunging the world into darkness?