Shinsuke's sword is blunted for this fight. Tenzin has his wingsuit. Fight to KO in a football stadium.
No comet. Both bloodlusted. Fighting in an open field.
In my original fix, I wanted to cover the series in this specific order, but I discover that itβs too much to handle and I donβt want to spend too much time writing info-dump. Therefore, I will keep the fix covering one character per time.
One last note, I recognize that many of the things I say, was in the original. The show isnβt irredeemably bad, it just took paths that I, in my particular opinion, thought it wasnβt good. But the ideas were there.
The problem:
His character had a shallow development, I understand and I agree what they wanted to do with him; but they missed opportunities that would have been better. His family is very annoying with all those fart jokes (so dreadful) and monolithic character. People hate that they made Aang a bad parent in some way, but there is gold there and I hope I can mine it ;)
Part I- His character- Aangβs legacy burden.
When Aang discovered his air bending ability, he was happy because, finally, he would be able to restore his former community. However, Aang made a mistake of putting a high amount of pressure on the little boy; who grew responsible, traditionalist on air bending culture; but on the other hand he is neurotic, he just want too much to not disappoint the expectations of a whole nation. The other problem Is that he isnβt a genius; he is a pretty mediocre bender and doesnβt have a natural ability to do spiritual meditation (we could have a scene where he gets distracted with Korra while all his family is still meditating; showing in a subtle manner that he isnβt this mystic monk be believe he is). Also, he lives in Republic city, what happened to the air-NOMADS thing? If you think about it, he is strict and kind of confrontational, maybe he doesnβt share the free spirit nature that requires to become a true master on this particular bending style.
Part II- The worst scenario.
There is this scene, where Amon captures him, he will lose his bending; a huge blow to the airbending community. But no, his kids saves him in a very underwhelming manner. In my version, he loses his bending. To a man who defines his existence by being the bender who will restore his people existence (etc etc), this would mean a lost on identity; who he really is? This will be the setup to a depressing, but ultimately hopeful personal journey.
By the way. In my version, there isnβt a deus ex machina (So soon at least) th
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I personally think so, and it would be awesome
This odd theory popped into mind as I was doing DM research for a TTRPG (Avatar Legends: The RPG).
The Theory: The entire map of the Avatar world known to the audience is just a piece of a larger world. Essentially, it's a chunk about as big as North America (Roughly? I'm just estimating.) This means that there could be more landmass out there in its ocean!
In the Avatar universe, there is a global map that is shown in both the shows and comics. You can view the map here. According to the official lore, the world of Avatar exists as a globe - you can find that evidence here as this is an image of the world from space during the Korra season. There was also an interview with the creators but I couldn't quickly find it.
The odd part comes in when you observe the Gaang's journey in the flat map I linked - they hop all around the map but never around the other side of the globe. This issue rears its head again when I learned that the whole world experiences the same seasons at the same time. The screenshot from Korra's season was the nail in the coffin as it shows that there is another half of the world that is unexplored. Or at the very least unknown to the audience.
I'm planning to include this in my game, regardless of whether it's canon, because I think it's pretty neat! Could be a really interesting way of including more ethnicities and I'm going to include more variations of chimera animals/reptiles and spirits.
As I researched links for this post I actually came across a post on Quora about the Avatar geography, it seems I might not be the only one who noticed these details...
Near the book 2 finale when Korra is going into the spirit world to close the portals before Vaatu could be unleashed, Tenzin, Buumi and Kaya split from Korra/Bolin/Mako to save Jinora. They manage to save Jinora, but Korra fails to close to portals due to losing the fight with Unalaq. The thing is, the portals were mere seconds away of being closed. Tenzin&friends' presence could've absolutely prevented this. Just to reiterate, Tenzin was OK leaving the fate of the coming 10,000 years to just 3 people.
This made me wonder, didn't Tenzin essentially decide that his daughter was more important than the 10,000 years of doom that would come if Unalaq succeeded? I'm not arguing how important a daughter is to a father, but in a sense it felt fairly selfish and slightly hypocritical. Thoughts?
Hey there, Iβm someone whoβs recently been rediscovering the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and have absolutely loved every last minute of it. After finishing the series though, I decided to follow it up by watching TLOK to keep up the magic, but after reaching season 2 I have to be honest, itβs been super frustrating to watch. I know there are a lot of fans of TLOK out there so I hope Iβm not being insulting (and maybe Iβm making a crucial mistake in expecting it to live up to ATLA) but Iβd like to know, is it worth sticking it out for season 3 and 4?
I really want to love this show and think it has a lot of the pieces to be great, but Iβve found the action and storytelling to be really lacking, and frankly havenβt warmed to the character of Korra at all. I understand that part of the charm of the avatar universe is that a lot of the characters are flawed, but part of what I loved about ATLA was how the characters were often made to confront their flaws in their own individual journeys, or how their supposed weaknesses actually came to be some of their greatest strengths. I had hoped by season 2 that Korra would have had some kind of character development, whether that was the development of some actual spiritual discipline (and not just being handed the Avatar state by Aang), some tact and patience in battle, or just some basic consideration and appreciation for the people in her life (sorry! still mad at how she spoke to Tenzin in S2.1), but her character arc so far has been abysmal.
I watched a pretty good video essay last night that talked about how Korra was set up to fail in many ways due to her restrictive upbringing, so maybe I am being too hard on her here, but Iβm not sure I can deal with two more seasons of such poor self awareness, minimal growth, undeveloped plot points and toxic relationship triangles.
Edit: thank you all for your feedback and thoughts guys - Iβm gonna stick it out for the acclaimed seasons 3 and 4 and see how it goes!
I never really thought about it much, but to everyone aside from the viewers Amon and Tarrlok just seem to disappear.
In a shocking turn of events these four men with deep voices has been teleported away from their universes, and are each given a task that they have to complete in order to return to their homeworld:
Stanford Pines (Gravity Falls) is put in charge of Aperture Science, before any business with Moon Rocks. He must make sure the company is financially set and that business is booming for the next century.
Cave Johnson (Portal) Has to survive living in Gravity Falls, a couple months after Stanford built the shack outside town. He will have to research the weirdness, and figure out how to make a profit of it.
Tenzin (Legend of Korra) is put in charge of the Daily Bugle, and apart from running it successfully, must get a picture of an unmasked Spider-Man.
J. Jonah Jameson (Raimiβs Spider-Man, but with feats from every single incarnation the character has been in) must complete Book One Korraβs training and teach her airbending. He knows how to do airbending, but cannot do it himself, as heβs not an airbender.
Can they succeed?
But holy shit is this show better than I expected. I Love ATLA, watched it maybe 4 or 5 times. I know Korra retcons some stuff and messes with some shit, but this shows choreography, immediate plot, animation and dialogue are amazing. I'm expecting my view to change a bit once I get into the later seasons and see whatever goofy stuff gives Korra a bad rap, but so far the characters are immediately incredibly likable, and this whole first arc showing Korras weakness (Her hot hotheadedness and inability to chill the hell out) Is exactly like the first arc we got with Aang in ATLA (his fear of his duties and sense of pressure). I feel like right now where I am in the story It's so close to ATLA but with a bit more character diversity right off the bat instead of just the static Gaang. None of my friends watch ATLA so I can't rant about this to anyone, but as a huge ATLA fan Korra is immediately so fun for me - I'm just scared to get to the timeline stuff or avatar state thing everyone talks about. I feel like blowing the lead in this show would be super hard.
TL;DR Holy shit First seasons of LoK Is so good, I've never watched it before because of shit I've heard, but this stuff tasty. Hopefully it doesn't piss me off too bad and I can still enjoy it when whatever terrible thing happens.
Edit: Tenzin is the biggest bro
The Legend Of Korra was a divisive show for people. The opinions of this show range from loving the show to wishing it was never created. Personally I think what we got from the show was good and I do feel it is a bit overhated by some but I do wish I could enjoy it more than I do. And I will admit there are some problems with the writing of this series. Particularly with seasons 1 and 2.
I would say the main problem I have with this series was that it needed a more overarching story that could transfer from season to season like ATLA and that it felt disjointed. Now I donβt blame the show runners for this because they were told that season 1 was gonna be a one and done thing until Nickelodeon rushed them to make a season 2 which would the final season. Turns out it wasnβt and then told that they would have to make two more seasons before the show ended. So I understand they were in a tight situation and I more blame Nickelodeon for not giving them much creative freedom. That and being a follow up to one of the best cartoons of all time was definitely not gonna do this show any favors. I have the hindsight of 20-20 as well alongside the fact I donβt have to worry about tv sensor guidelines and stuff like that.
Before I begin I just wanna say thereβs a lot of stuff the show did really well. The animation in the show was and still is some of the best Iβve ever seen in a show. The voice acting was mostly good too with a few exceptions. The music for this series was outstanding. Hell Iβll even say that I quite enjoyed the series and still quite like it. I think that when this show is good itβs really good. However when itβs bad itβs really bad.
Now these changes Iβm going to mention will affect the later seasons of TLOK going forward which means some things are gonna be changed. And I actually think seasons 3 and 4 of TLOK are on par or just a little below the quality of ATLA but if I continue this on another post I might have to change up the story quite a bit. That and Iβm only going to talk about how theyβre going to affect this season. Also some of these ideas are from another fixing LOK post on here with some really great ideas so I though Iβd added them alongside with some of my dumber ideas. Sorry if my dialogue sucks in advance. This is my first time doing something like this. Now letβs dive in shall we?
Change 1-Change Korraβs arc. I would have Korra explore around Republic City a little bit more and learn more about the **equal
... keep reading on reddit β‘I always had the opinion that although I liked the Legend of Korra a lot, it didn't match The Last Airbender in many aspects of storytelling.
The Last Airbender had great characters and character progression. Zuko turning from a villain to one of the world heroes. Azula being this calculating and feared person, breaking down during Sozin's comet. And obviously Aang, a boy who became a full fledged Avatar at the end. There's just so many characters and the way the series told its story was just amazing.
I rewatched both The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra just recently and I think The Legend of Korra might be on par if not better (in my opinion) than The Last Airbender in terms of characters, their progression, and story. A big shout out to Amon, Tarrlok, Tenzin (the biggest of shoutouts), Zaheer, and honestly, Korra. Very complex and strong characters.
The two series are two separate journeys with different stakes. But The Legend of Korra built upon so much with each season adding to the whole world in general and coming together at the end. What a great series.
Book 2: Spirits
Episode 1 - Rebel Spirit
Episode 2 - The Southern Lights
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Don't get me wrong, I really like LOK, more than ATLA in fact. But there's no denial that it has a lot of flaws. If the ATLA series is sucessful and they decide to make a LOK remake too, this is what I would change:
Book One Changes
- Make Amon a non-bender. They can keep his brother a water bender but it would make his character much more compelling if he truly was what he claimed he was.
- Make the ending less rushed.
- No Mako/Korra romance. I hate that love triangle and Mako and Asami liking each other is enough to make the plot move in this Book. By the end of the season they could simply realise they are not meant for each other and have a friendly break up.
Book Two Changes
- Completely change Unalaq. Make him more like a very religious figure than a nut job who wanted to destroy the world. Kinda like a more charismatic version of Game of Thrones' High Sparrow. Maybe he doesn't even know what Vaatu really is and what he can do, and by the time he figures it out it's too late and he gets possessed by Vaatu.
- Absolutely no romance, not even with Bolin/Eska. But make Korra and Asami relationship have its seeds planted here.
- Get rid of bitchy Korra, that arc is terrible and I still don't know what the writers were thinking.
Book Three Changes
- Make Kuvira more prominent figure.
- Make it a little obvious that Korra and Asami like each other, but without either of them noticing that yet.
- Give a better death to Ghazan, his suicide was pretty pointless when it was so damn easy for Mako and Bolin escape.
Book Four Changes
- No giant mecha. I don't hate it but I don't think it's good either. Just change it to something else.
- Make Korra and Asami finally become a couple as soon and they meet again.
- Tone down Prince Wu's personality.
- Make Kuvira less villainous. I love her the way she is but making her less of a douchebag would be better.
- Have Mako to actually die while taking down the mecha/superweapon if they change it.
Overall Changes
- Not make the Equalists disappear after Book 1.
-Make the team Avatar spend more time together: The team is rarely together for enough time to make them truly feel like best friends. We mostly see them in pairs and Korra spends most of the time alone.
- Have something holding all the seasons together: All seasons of LOK are more or less stand alone in terms of general plot, and while that's not really a bad
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Tenzin is my favourite character from Legend of Korra. A more serious minded Yoda with goody dad antiques at times lol.
But anyways, his most revealing line of dialogue comes in Civil Wars Part 1.
Just after Bumi hurt himself from falling from the waterfall. Him, Kya and Tenzin all get into an argument over Aang's favouritism of Tenzin, most likely because he was an Airbender.
βYou two have no idea how it feels to have the future of an entire culture on your shoulders."
It's sad really. There might have been a point where Tenzin was the last Airbender before the birth of his children. Being a living "relic" from a time long past in a sense.
Minor spoilers for The Legend of Korra to follow.
Leader: Tenzin
Date founded: 171 AG (After Genocide)
Allies: Avatar Korra, Kya, Air Acolytes, the White Lotus
Enemies: Earth Queen Hou-Ting, the Red Lotus, Kuvira
History: The original Air Nomads were a race of pacifistic, itinerant monks, every one of whom was an airbender. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked, killing all of the Air Nomads across the world. The only one to escape was Aang, the current incarnation of the Avatar.
One hundred and seventy-one years later, a cosmic event called the Harmonic Convergence released spiritual energies onto the world. This caused a number of random non-benders to acquire airbending. Tenzin, Aangβs son, traveled across the world, recruiting these airbenders to form a reborn Air Nation.
##About Airbending
Airbending is the ability to manipulate air using martial arts moves. It focuses on evasion and mobility. The more skilled a bender is, the less they have to move to produce an effect. Bending is typically passed down genetically.
Flying bison, also called sky bison or air bison, are a species of large, flying mammals. They are the only non-humans known to be able to airbend. When theyβre old enough, an airbender bonds with a flying bison and becomes its partner. Flying bison are mainly used for long-distance transportation (a bison can even carry a polar bear dog on its back), but they have been known to fight on occasion.
##Air Nation Gear
- Glider staff - A staff that unfolds into a glider, allowing an airbender to fly. Can also be used for airbending attacks.
- Wingsuit - Clothing designed by Asami Sato to replace gliders. Allows for flight without having to carry anything around.
- [Bison whistle](https://g
On my second rewatch of the The Legend of Korra, I became much more aware of the amazing soundtrack. Not just the songs itself, but also their meaning and symbolism. One such song that woke my interest was the βAvatar Themeβ first heard in Avatar: The Last Airbender. As an old time favorite song of mine, I started to interpret its use and tried to find what it symbolized. I will now give you an analysis of what I have found.
For the sake of simplicity, I have made a list displaying all the occurrences of the βAvatar Themeβ with episode and scene description. Here is also a link to the theme I will be discussing: https://youtu.be/mup31zG4874?t=200
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1: Season 1, episode 1 Tenzin telling us of AangΒ΄s accomplishes.
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2: Season 1, episode 12 Aang gives Korra her bending back and she enters the Avatar state for the first time.
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3: Season 2, episode 8 After Wan merges with Raava, he proceeds to defeat Vaatu. This is also the first chronological appearance of the theme.
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4: Season 2, episode 13 Korra goes into the Avatar state during her fight with Unalaq after communicating with Raava.
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5: Season 2, episode 13 Aang gives Tenzin advice in the Fog of Lost Souls.
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6: Season 2, episode 14 Korra exits her spirit form after fighting Unalaq and Vaatu.
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7: Season 3, episode 4 Tenzin speaks to the airbenders about the option of coming with him.
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8: Season 3, episode 13 The airbenders create a tornado to save Korra.
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9: Season 4, episode 2 The reveal of Toph.
What I first want to do is categorize these occurrences after a specific motif. I have come to the conclusion that there are three such motifs connected to this theme in The Legend of Korra. The motifs being Aang, the Avatar and airbenders/airbending(I will refer to this as airbending). Occurrences 1, 2, 5 and 9 symbolize Aang. 2, 3, 4 and 6 symbolize the Avatar, but as we see, occurrence 3 symbolize Wan and the rest of them is connected to Korra. Lastly, 7 and 8 symbolize airbending. I will now give you an explanation of them all and why they symbolize what they do.
Aang: We got to remember that the theme was first used in Avatar: The Last Airbender as the theme song for the series, but also for Aang. The theme is the song played in the opening of each episode when the title appears. It also plays when Aang is in an important fight, like his fight against Ozai. In the original series is symbolize both Aang and the Avatar, and it continues to serve this purpose in The Legend of Korra. This mo
... keep reading on reddit β‘I noticed that in The Legend of Korra Tenzin and his kids are using the normal glider and Korra in book 3 is using the blue glider that Aang used in TLA book 3. What's that about?
After A:TLA ended I was left with a hole since that show was my favorite animated show (and still is.) I was sad when it ended, but was overcome with joy when I found out that comics continuing the story of Team Avatar were on their way. Even more so when a new series was announced.
And then I watched it.
The writing was all over the place, the main character was an unlikeable narcissistic person who I found hard to watch. The show felt like fan fiction written by 14 year olds who wanted to see what would happen after Aang died. This wasnβt just me. My family and friends who watched ATLA with me felt the same way. The only characters I liked were the ones from ATLA and Tenzin. I couldnβt make it though the first season.
A couple years passed and I watched some reviews of the showβs second season, to see if I had left the show before it got good. I wanted to know if I should return to finish season one and continue on to season 2. The answer was no.
I came up with this answer by watching two episodes in season 2, and those were the Avatar Wan episodes. The complete disrespect and utter lack of regard for the source material was insane. Bending was ruined and Avatar Wan was an even worse character than Korra. Many other things were ruined or changed for no reason. At that point the show felt like it took place in a whole other universe.
TL;DR:
The Legend of Korra ruins the source material and feels like it was made by people who donβt know how to write. Almost all of the characters are terrible and many things set up from ATLA were ruined.
I choose to retcon many things that take place in that show, and believe it all took place in Sokkaβs head while he has high on cactus juice in the desert.
Avatar: The Legend of Korra became a divisive show during its 4-season run. It was inevitably held in comparison to its predecessor, one of the most acclaimed cartoons of all time, and even though it may sometimes be criticized too strictly by those measures I still believe the show has some fundamental flaws. However, it also had strengths, and this post stems from the fact that I truly wanted to appreciate LoK more than I ultimately did, and so I thought I'd formulate what I would have liked to see from it.
Some of the show's flaws felt more pervasive and difficult to adress in a specific "fix". For example, I didn't enjoy the love triangle subplot or much of the pro-bending plotline in Book 1, but I'm not gonna go through the script to rewrite those in detail.
Book 2 featured one too many Kaiju-fights and its structure was really scattered, so I won't spend time rewriting its structure, but the improvement I'm about to suggest would hopefully carry through to give that whole volume (and the rest of the series) something it severely needed: A stronger identity. A clear central struggle that sets the show apart from its predecessor whilst carrying over from one season to the next.
I know somebody might want to mention that the lackluster aspects of Book 1's ending are believed to have stemmed from executive unecertainties as to whether the show was gonna get additional seasons or not, and I sympathize with those difficulties. But I do not think such factors matter in terms of hypothetical fixes on this thread. We're not insulting anyone who worked on LoK for potential flaws in the work, nor disregarding the reasons behind them, merely discussing whether a specific change could've made the final product better.
So what change am I suggesting? It's quite simple really:
Korra should not get her bending back at the end of Book 1.
It has been suggested before, but I legitimately believe this was a fatal flaw that hamstrung the entire series. LoK discovered its quality somewhat in seasons 3 and 4, but it never attained the greatness it could've had if the showrunners actually committed to the thematic conflict of bending vs nonbending.
Adjusting the story with this change in mind, a satisfying and resonant arc pretty much writes itself:
- Korra is born a prodigy. She controls 3 elements at age 4 and is unapologetically cocky about that (something which will consciously or subconsciously make many viewers develop a light aversion to her
Title. Those who dislike LoK or even flat out hate it, praise the parts of it that you actually liked! Those who like LoK could name the aspects they did not like.
I fucking love Varrick. He's one of the only characters I genuinely like and he literally makes every scene he's in much better.
I liked that bending evolved in between the shows and that they paid much attention to detail in many cases. I thought it was really smart for people in Republic City to bend in a faster, more narrow boxing style since they fight each other in tight street corners that don't favor the ATLA-esque bending. I didn't like for all benders to bend that way at all but the thought itself was very good. Even when I didn't like the bending aspects of the fights, the choreography and music for fights has been top notch.
I really liked that waterbenders started consistently using ice in their attacks now which made them much more lethal, in ATLA Katara rarely used icebending in battle outside of the Northern Pole. I'm a big fan of Ming Huas fighting style and the difference in Combustion bending (P'Lii's shots cause less damage but she can fire them quicker and control them better than Combustion Man).
Tenzin was a really good character and so was Lin. I very much liked Amons early appearances minus the revelation at the end of Book 1.
The soundtrack was very good and at times the animation was very beautiful to look at.
And I appreciated all critical predictions about Kataang being canonically legitimized and displayed in the show
Round 1
Rules & Match Up
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Entire Avatar verse VS Entire Full Metal Alchemist verse
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Fight takes place on a neutral earth (where the powers from both avatar and fma work)
Round 2
Rules & Match Up
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Truth, Father, Al, Ed, Kimblee, Wrath, Greed(Ling), Pride, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, Roy, Van Hoeinheim, Scar, Teacher, Atlas, Ashleigh Crichton, Julia Crichton VS Entire Avatar verse
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Battles takes place on a neutral planet (where the powers from both avatar and fma work)
Round 3
Rules & Match Up
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Avatar, Dark Avatar, Amon, Yakone, Tarrlok, Tenzin, Zaheer, P'Li, Ghazan, Toph, Iroh, Toph, Zuko, Iroh, Ozai, Kuvira, Mako, Bolin, Ming-Hua VS Entire Full Metal Alchemist(brotherhood) verse.
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fight takes place on a neutral earth (where the powers from both avatar and fma work)
Round 4
Match Up
- Truth and Father vs Entire Avatar verse
Round 5
Match Up
- Dark Avatar, & Avatar vs Entire Full Metal Alchemist verse
Name: Elemental Master Ne Zha
Appearance: Similar to Aang (although obviously not too similar!) - perhaps with a different hairstyle (i.e. actually having some hair). Clothing could be something simple, like Piandao's outfit.
Ne Zha's 1 (Universe Ring Toss): Looks similiar to the earth discs from Pro Bending. Perhaps becomes molten when thrown!
Ne Zha's 2 (Flaming Spear): Made entirely of fire. When activated, it burns blue, similar to Azula's fire.
Ne Zha's 3 (Armillary Sash): Made of water. Swirls around Ne Zha, similar to the 'water whip' technique from the show.
Ne Zha's 4 (Wind Fire Wheels): Ne Zha's Wind Fire Wheels are made completely of air, like two miniature versions of Tenzin's air wheel. He dashes forward, leaving a trail of air behind him, and knocks the enemy into the sky. A background of mountains appears in a similar art style to the Oma and Shu backstory - perhaps a bit more zoomed out, like this.
On each strike (including the final one that sends the opponent back down), Ne Zha's spear changes elements and transforms the background upon contact with the opponent. For instance, upon the fire-themed strike, the chinese character for fire (η«) appears, inkbrush flames cover the background and everything develops a red-ish tinge. Each hit cycles through the four elements, until the final one, air, brings the opponent back down. The impact animation has a small effect where[ the four elements explode out from the centre, similar to this](http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/avatar/images/7/76/Roku_b
... keep reading on reddit β‘Why is Korra able to go into the Tree of Time and become a giant blue monster? At this point, she has been separated from Raava and all her past lives, so nothing makes her more special or spiritual than any other bender. What's stopping another character like Tenzin from strolling into the tree and leaving strong enough to fight the Unalaq-Vaatu Dark Avatar.
If you can tell me with absolute certainty that this whole confusing bit is thoroughly explained in the next two seasons, then let me know and I will take down this post.
I think there's a difference between "bad writing" and "writing you don't like." These comments feel like they're a direct reaction to the last episode, which is ramping up for the finale so of course has a lot of loose ends. A lot of people, understandably, don't like being kept in suspense.
So, discussion. Is there something about the show you find "bad" because it doesn't work? Or "bad" because you don't like it?
For the record, yes, I adore this series, and the last episode confirmed in my mind that the writers have known what they were doing all along. The one weak point for me, Asami's development, has begun to resolve itself nicely. I'm looking forward to a satisfying end and don't think I'll be disappointed.
What do you think?
Hi everyone! I'm new to Reddit but not new to the Avatar series (been following it since the first show aired back in 2005). I could go on for hours on how awesome the entire Avatarverse is really. Be mindful of SPOILERS for the entire Legend of Korra show as well as Avatar The Last Airbender!
For me, I'd have to say these are my favorite moments (two from each book in chronological order): Trust me, this list was pretty hard to narrow down but I think I got it and these are hardly my only favorite moments. Believe me the entire series for me was just awesome)
Book 1 Chapter 1 (Welcome to Republic City) Katara passing the torch on to Korra and her generation. Obvious call back to Katara and Sokka having their "destinies intertwined with [Aang's]" with their own Gran-Gran sending them on their way. We don't get a lot of moments between Korra and Katara on screen but it's pretty apparent that the two of them share a deep bond.
Book 1 Chapter 2 (Leaf in the Wind) during that moment where Korra was about to get knocked of the Pro Bending ring, she finally has her first break through with her Airbending lessons. Just that moment when that triumphant reprise of her theme starts playing and she saves her new friends livelihood was just awesome.
Book 2 Chapters 7 and 8 (Beginnings Part 1 and 2) I'd be remiss here not to mention Avatar Wan's story. It added SO MUCH depth to not just The Legend of Korra but for Avatar: The Last Airbender as well. From learning about how humans were able to gain the knowledge of the elements (Lion Turtles) to seeing little call backs to the original show (Wan learning the true ART of BENDING the element of Fire from the Dragon Spirit with the Dragon Dance rather than just merely being a guy who can toss fire around becoming the very first true Firebender), to his journey with Raava and his battle with Vaatu and everything. It really does hammer home what Avatar Yangchen said (ATLA: Escape From the Spirit World) about the Avatar being reborn human in order to better connect with humans and their emotions. Before Raava met Wan she didn't really hold humans in high regard despite being the spirit of light and was very disconnected with them. By being reborn as a human over and over again, she is reminded of how precious ALL life is and can be better connected with humans. It really was a beautiful story and it helps Korra truly realize that there's more to the Avatar than being cool and powerful. I always felt that in a way this wa
... keep reading on reddit β‘As the name would suggest, I am going to be spoiling TDP and LoK up to the end of S2 for both. Shoutout to u/Starbrightangel7 for the inspiration. Now, onto the similarities.
Giving some thoughts to both shows, I want to make it clear, this isn't going to be a post where I crap on LoK, this is simply me noticing a lot of similarities.
While thinking on [This Post] (https://redd.it/b5kibr) I stand on the side of each of the Nexuses connecting to different parts of the same "spirit world". Moving forward from there.
We have a powerful figure trapped within this other world that exists outside of ours. This other world can only be connected to via specific locations that open a portal to that place. Already we have Vaatu/Aaravos and the two spirit worlds. These figures pose a serious threat, but only if freed.
From there, we can compare Viren to Unalaq. Both are powerful magic users with connections to this Other World. Both are close to the head of state (Harrow/Tonrak), but put a heavier emphasis on the mystical, which drives a wedge between the two. He has two children, both well trained, but can be used for dark missions (Eska and Desna/Claudia and Soren) to serve their father. These children can be redeemed, but only by seeing the error of their father's ways.
From there, we have the setting. Both are a world plunged into mounting Civil War. Heads of state are removed from power on either side, and there is terrorism being used to justify war. The two sides have had some skirmishes, but all out war is still being narrowly avoided.
We have a hero (Korra/Callum) being drawn to the same type of skills as the Magic User (Unalaq/Viren), even finding them useful on occasion. That hero is aided by others, such as a member with a strong connection to Earth (Bolin/Ezran), and a non-mage who is useful in other ways (Asami/Rayla (Bear with me here, these can just be archetypes, and there is a lot separating Asami and Rayla)). Both had to learn actual spiritual lessons from an unlikely source (Jinora/Villads or even Tenzin/Lujanne) as well as via dream sequences.
This is all omitting the greater magic and world-building aspects of both shows. Both take place after traumatic events that the inhabitants are still bitter over (Ozai's War/the Human Exile). Both have a multi-faceted magic system with strong ties to spirituality as a core tenet. Those are more generic points, but I feel they bear repeating.
All told, I think there are strong comparisons, at
... keep reading on reddit β‘I have seen a lot of people discussing their favorite fight scenes in ATLA. But i don't think i have seen a lot discussing their favorite fight scenes in TLOK. So, let's do it.
I particularly wanted to see Korra take the form of Aang when fighting in the avatar state just like Aang did with Roku, and I wanted it to be near Tenzin so it can be a reminder of how much a badass master airbender his father was.
Aang has just come out of the iceberg. Both combatants have gliders.
^(Minor spoilers for The Legend of Korra to follow.)
Leader: Tenzin
Date founded: 171 AG (After Genocide)
Allies: Avatar Korra, Kya, Air Acolytes, the White Lotus
Enemies: Earth Queen Hou-Ting, the Red Lotus, Kuvira
History: The original Air Nomads were a race of pacifistic, itinerant monks, every one of whom was an airbender. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked, killing all of the Air Nomads across the world. The only one to escape was Aang, the current incarnation of the Avatar.
One hundred and seventy-one years later, a cosmic event called the Harmonic Convergence released spiritual energies onto the world. This caused a number of random non-benders to acquire airbending. Tenzin, Aangβs son, traveled across the world, recruiting these airbenders to form a reborn Air Nation.
##About Airbending
Airbending is the ability to manipulate air using martial arts moves. It focuses on evasion and mobility. The more skilled a bender is, the less they have to move to produce an effect. Bending is typically passed down genetically.
Flying bison, also called sky bison or air bison, are a species of large, flying mammals. They are the only non-humans known to be able to airbend. When theyβre old enough, an airbender bonds with a flying bison and becomes its partner. Flying bison are mainly used for long-distance transportation (a bison can even carry a polar bear dog on its back), but they have been known to fight on occasion.
##Air Nation Gear
- Glider staff - A staff that unfolds into a glider, allowing an airbender to fly. Can also be used for airbending attacks.
- Wingsuit - Clothing designed by Asami Sato to replace gliders. Allows for flight without having to carry anything around.
- [Bison whistle](https:
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