Animated Atrocities 141 || The Legend of Korra Book 1

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[@TheMysteriousMrEnter]

I don't normally comment on my videos like this, but I'd just like to say... it might be best to watch the entire video before commenting.

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

TheMysteriousMrEnter no

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

TheMysteriousMrEnter review cool cat

[@cntrlurliddilurlrtnc9732]

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[@DaddyDynastic]

I think all your points made sense Although personally I hate all four seasons of Korra, but I digress

[@gatst7680]

TheMysteriousMrEnter Too late. I've already commented. But it ain't blind hate, it's just me stating my disinterest on Avatar.

[@SavageGreywolf]

>A good story can save bad animation, good animation CANNOT save a bad story. THIS TIMES A MILLION.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

SavageGreywolf, more like times infinity because Mr Enter is completely right on that statement listed above^👆.

[@son_guhun]

That's really just a bias towards what you enjoy more in a given piece of art. It's not impossible for someone to like animated works more for the visual art than the narrative art, thus they can easily watch something just for the amazing craftsmanship in that went into drawing/animating it. Most people (especially critics, since they themselves are writers) pay more attention to the story, but that bias does not apply to everyone. Anyway, this doesn't really apply to Kora as it is not nearly arthousy enough and probably too long to warrant the attention of the few people who do actually prefer the visual aspects of animation.

[@suritheyoutuber705]

SavageGreywolf Vc. V vent

[@trevorthornley8835]

a special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing

[@Zagnutjones]

Light Yagami That's an incredible double stantard. If one can be forgiven because the other is good, it should be vise versa. I get that story is important, but this is a visual medium aswell.

[@wilsonkierankitsune]

"A good story can save bad animation but good animation can't save a bad story," you don't know how much I needed to hear that, thank you Mr Enter.

[@chaddwickfincher5835]

Wilson Bennett it actually pretty sad that there are so many shows/movies that has good animation but has bad stories

[@thenew4559]

Yes, definitely.

[@anormalguy9320]

Wilson Bennett I can name hundreds of shows/movies that have good animation and bad stories. But i got almost nothing with shows/movies that have good stories and bad animation.

[@patriciaschlabendorff8794]

darkrage6 that episode was showing him how happier he would be with a child

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

I think I could apply that to the latest Thomas special Journey Beyond Sodor. It's visually nice in mist areas but the story has some issues

[@christophergyamfi7550]

“Greatness isn’t an absence of flaws, but how an audience is willing to deal with said flaws and take them in stride.” That’s a very interesting ideal.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

The part I hate most about Korra suddenly air bending is that she first did so by throwing a punch. I have never seen Aang airbend by punching. Airbending is free flowing, light and effortless in nature and the powerful, aggressive body language of a punch is so opposite to that. Fire and Earth bending use punches because those elements are powerful and willful. Air is not an element that uses punching period.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Foundations and motivations of martial arts stay consistent. Fundamentals and philosophies of bending do not change. Besides, Korra learned Airbending from Tenzin meaning that she should have taking on his style which he directly learned from Aang. The Last Airbender make a very real effort and succeeded in making every bending style unique, giving ever move meaning and purpose that aligned with their respective type of bending. Korea has no right to throw all that away and substitute careful choreography with generic punches.

[@zxxdraconoobxxz4487]

Really? Fucking punching is your problem? Korra is neither Aang nor does she have the personality of an air bender, who cares, that is her personality

[@aperturesciencegames]

Obi-Wan Kenobi that's a good point obi wan!

[@KamuiProductsInc]

What he's trying to explain, is that bending is based on specific martial arts, so it makes no sense that a punch can just make you bend an element, fire is the exception, air is not, we have never seen an airbender bend by punching before LOK

[@princesseyepatch6117]

Only they are loosely based on a marital art. We see tons of alterations to those trends. Toph uses a separate martial arts then any other Earth Bender we see. As does Azula.

[@UcroHavoc]

"Remember kids, if your life isn't going well, just curl up into a ball and cry until a magic ghost solves all your problems for you." What a great message

[@mitchfletcher2386]

....NOT!!!

[@godofall7624]

Ucro Havoc that’s you isn’t it

[@quinnguyen4620]

IKR. Fuck man; if only wishing I was dead for the past 2 months equated to all my overdue essays being completed for me

[@muhammadfaizmohdnasiruddin2889]

Isn't that basically Cinderella?

[@angrydaniel2905]

Ucro Havoc Congratulations you missed the point enitrely!

[@Double-R-Nothing]

Legend of Korra 0/10 Not enough cabbages

[@HeilRay]

Cabbage gives you gas.

[@knightwing5169]

Lol.

We have Cabbage Corp, though.

[@LegoMelonz15]

*M Y C A B B A G E S*

[@lightstorm6534]

This comment is so true it hurts.

[@heoniebee9566]

“‘It looks cool’ is not a significant reason to keep something in a fantasy world.” Welcome to why Mike and Bryan should NEVER be left in charge of Avatarverse storytelling. They are artists, not writers. Nickelodeon gave them an expert writing team to polish their ideas in ATLA for a REASON.

[@godofall7624]

ali wright HEY DONT DISRESPT THE CREATORS. THEY DID A DAMN GOOD JOB!

[@godofall7624]

SqueakyPickles07 wrong statement

[@jacoba6747]

God Of All correct statement

[@bigdipper1578]

Aaron Ehasz was the head writer of most of ATLA's episodes including the few final episodes of S3. Without him on board,who knows how bad it couldve turned out with just Bryke

[@JayAreAitch]

lemon bun He's Head Writer of the series. Being Head Writer isn't an episode-by-episode job.

[@HammBrew]

Someone's probably said this before, but Ozai could lightning bend, he did it twice.

[@godofall7624]

HammSich yeah enters an idiot

[@lpfan4491]

no,emter probably just forgot it. thats only a minor thing in comparison what the writers forgot about the series...like that it knew that rules are important

[@BratzRockAngels]

@@godofall7624 It's obvious that he just forgot, stop hating on people just because they disliked the show and you didn't. 💜

[@Dr.Oofers]

God Of All more like you are. Lol

[@Nameless82284]

Maybe he was talking about Firelord Zuko.

[@kayoyoh6725]

One of my biggest problems with Korra is how the Avatar State is handled. Whenever Aang entered the Avatar State, it is in a dramatic, important moment (i.e. The air temple and Monk Gyatso, protecting Katara at the Earth fort, fighting Ozai, Azula in Ba Sing Se, The North Pole) However, Korra uses the avatar state with more freedom, occasionally doing it for the sake of doing it. Avatar plays the avatar state as an unpleasant, dangerous experience, so every time Aang uses it, the scene has weight and consequences, but Korra used it just to win a race with Jinora and Ikki.

[@Gamelover254]

That's because Aang had no control over the Avatar state until the final episode. The reason it had more weight is because he couldn't control it and could die at any moment he was in it. The Avatar state is only meant to make your eyes glow once and boost your power for a bit, not to be a vengeful god. Also, she literally only used it jokingly once to win a race. Every other time she used it, it was to help people or defeat villains.

[@kayoyoh6725]

Aang's lack of control over the avatar state was what made it interesting. It would feel weird for the main character to have a free god-mode from the start, so it's introduced as more of a hindrance to Aang than a benefit, because since he doesn't have control, he doesn't want to use it because he thinks he might hurt people. Meanwhile, Korra, who apparently was lacking in terms of the spiritual side of bending, can avatar state whenever she wants, removing a lot of weight from the scenes where she uses it. For example, I can list most of the scenes in Avatar where Aang avatar states, but I can hardly remember when Korra used it. I'm not saying they should have drawn out a storyline about Korra's struggle with it, because they did that in Avatar. I just think that with the second book being called "spirit" and all, that would have been a nice time to introduce the avatar state.

[@Asher17]

How was her Avatar State more powerful? Hell, after season 2 she shouldn't have even been able to enter the Avatar State since her connections to her past lives were severed.

[@Asher17]

The Rava crap was just a retcon. In the good series they said that the avatar state was fueled by the avatars connection to their past lives. The rava state is such crap because it seems just as powerful, if not more so, yet does not have the boost from the past lives......Beginnings was the worst thing to ever happen to avatar.

[@Asher17]

I like how you assume that I only hate on it because it's part of Korra, it implies I only hate LOK because it isn't ATLA......rather than the truth that I hate LOK because it's trash. Trust me, Rava would have ruined ATLA for me...it's just so stupid. It cheapens everything about the avatar and the series itself. Thank the gods that Bryke had someone competent to rein in their bad ideas in the good avatar series.....show would have been as bad as Korra is otherwise.

[@thundurus7935]

*grabs popcorn* *scrolls down to comment section* Now... The true entertainment.

[@SquidofBaconator]

(Sips soda) Let's begin :P

[@rai_harn98]

All right, here we go! XD

[@giovanniorellana2200]

jpint7 Truer words have never been spoken

[@Alexander-gb4rr]

@jpint7 You made my day, Man. Thanks.

[@darrelsam419]

jpint7 Same. The real entertainment is here.

[@pleaseloveme9602]

Korra having trouble with Waterbending instead of air sounds so much better

[@axonfox]

For me, it should've been fire because it's her opposite element.

[@nemo9864]

Korra should have been best at earth, average at fire, terrible at water, and unable to do air.

[@jamainegardner4193]

@@axonfox but then we'd basically have a second Aang situation.

[@richardrussel4567]

@@jamainegardner4193 oh no, another relatable character! The horror!

[@Momo_Games_Youtube]

Yoora Earth and Fire bending is perfect for Korra’s personality. She’s stubborn and solid in the face of any situation like a rock, and she rash and explosive like fire. The calming and go with the flow personality style of water and air bending goes directly against her personality. Seeing her to struggle with those elements would of been a believable and interesting plot point.

[@ElenaPolIsHere]

Your right. I did care more about the boomerang.

[@utkukaansoylu1273]

I had more emotion with him losing that amazing meteor sword than almost anything in korra.

[@aaron75fy]

@@utkukaansoylu1273 oh yeah that wasn't my favourite moment, he forged it with his own hands making it an extension of himself how Zuko put it

[@melvinmerkelhopper5752]

@@utkukaansoylu1273 There has got to be some tie in comic or something where they find it.

[@alexvaughan1013]

@@melvinmerkelhopper5752 Imagine if the sword had impaled Ozai from the sky, making Sokka the unsung hero!

[@DiegoAmateur]

"The skin will fuse to the metal" Thanks enter. For grafting that image into my head

[@funnyferret6064]

Promateur Ent. I’m down.

[@NylaTheWolf]

I know right?! I could almost feel that pain...

[@tomtheconqerur]

The salamanders space marine chapter thinks that is a merciful way of killing enemies though in the case of dark eldar and Korra it actually would be a mercy

[@afro4640]

I appreciate that pun.

[@lpfan4491]

it would actually be cool to see a character that went through that xD

[@Disneyfan82]

The worst thing about the series is that they completely destroyed the Avatar Past Cycle, the one thing that made the Avatar series what it truly is. Without the past Avatars, how the hell will the future Avatars ever seek guidance and ever learn of the others before them, or seek help from now? Damn you writers!

[@classicslayer456]

The next avatar will only have korra to seek guidance from now which is scary lol

[@Disneyfan82]

That's what I mean. How would the next Avatar ever know that there were thousands of other past Avatars long before Korra and the history of the hundred year war?

[@7850blackknight]

Disneyfan82 Korra would just tell them or they could pick up a history book lol. The Avatar isn't some secret thing. A simple search would answer that question plus Korra would know that information

[@feraflauna3238]

+Disneyfan82-It's indicated that the Avatar cycle restarted with Korra, so essentially, the process was reset back to Square One. Korra is the "first" Avatar now for all intents and purposes, the first one at least that the next Avatar is able to seek guidance from and the first one where all future Avatars will get their guidance from. And believe me, the fact that Korra, the psychotic, narcissistic asshole will guide her future reincarnations is unbelievably stupid, not to mention terrifying.

[@robdogs3641]

Disneyfan82 good ideas for character buildings innit

[@thecabbageman1]

The biggest problem I have with Korra, and the animation industry as a whole, is that this show is presented as the mature one. This show, with the childish characterization, stupid love triangles and scooby doo villains(zaheer excluded) is considered the mature one because it has a darker tone in animation and graphic violence. Avatar is put down because "dur cartoons are kids shows" even though it tackles issues and deals with its characters in a way that makes it 10 times more mature than Korra. A hundred even

[@bananachild7139]

The thing that really brought this home for me was when Korra used some "spirit magic" of something and suddenly there were airbenders all over the place. That does NOT make it better. An entire culture and race were wiped out and the show treats it like THAT?! ATLA would never, ever have done that. It knew how to handle the topics it dealt with.

[@thecabbageman1]

@@bananachild7139 Exactly. That was a slap in the face. They literally wiped out all the tragic consequences of the war Air benders gone extinct? Don't worry people will start airbending out of nowhere due to some spirit BS we won't even care to explain Bisons were also killed? Well actually, the firelord who is a psychopathic homicidal maniac suddenly grew an ecologic concience and kept a secret breed hidden. By the way, ignore the fact that it was literally stated that they didn't have a way to engage in air battle before they stole the air baloon design Dragons are also extinct? Who cares? The two last ones were actually a couple and they'll make more of them for Zuko to ride The spirit world is a sacred mirror realm that only the spiritually pure can access? Nah just make it wonderland with literal thanos portals for everyone to go in an out at will. Oh and open them while we're at it. I guess koh will be kind enough to not get out and cause a genocide. And just like that all magic is gone

[@bananachild7139]

Tv Maniac It’s like they just backtracked everything that made the original show interesting because Aang isn’t there. The screenwriters basically decided that the only reason the Air Nomads had to be gone was because Aang WAS “The Last Airbender”. If Aang is gone they figured “what the heck, we can do whatever we want now! His story is over and airbenders are cool so let’s have MORE!” It really annoys me that they treated so many integral parts of the original story like rules made to be broken

[@thecabbageman1]

@@bananachild7139 The more I think about Korra the more I start to believe E;R's theory that Bryke felt that ATLA was more Aaron's creation than their own so they deliberately wrote Korra like that to erase everything he did and basically soft reboot Aang into Wan

[@i.danielaviteri6658]

@@thecabbageman1 being thinking about that being true too

[@0Defensor0]

I think the pro bending actually could make sense in the story. I like your version of Korra is unable to bend water, being bullied and starts to bend fire. During her isolation - which is a "slightly" overdone attempt of the White Lotus to not lose the avatar again - she learns fire, earth and water, but not air because it's surprisingly hard to find air teachers. And at this point she is a trained fighter which works against the air philosophy. The pro bending becomes important because despite being from the water tribe, water is still her weakest element, but since she is only allowed to use water, she finds it a good way to practice. But the pro bending reinforces her fighter-like personality, countering anything she learns in the air temple.

[@cjcathead2468]

Or ya know, make the probending actually compliment the Equalists viewpoint by making it very lucrative for the benders involved instead of making them being scammed out of money. Having the most popular sport and past time be benders only would have made it seem very unfair.

[@dodojesus4529]

@@cjcathead2468 also don't introduce technology which makes bending redundand

[@lpfan4491]

technicly,korra could have also did something insanely brave and could have passively called out the real world movements that make 0 sence but still get a lot of people for no reason. benders get scammed out of money,bending gives no direct advantage to anyone except rogues and people *who actively help the law and society*,amon trying to push the anti bender-agenda only leads to benders actually making problems,so its counter to the cause. oh,also about the lawthing...if there are no benders anymore,then there is seriously no one to counteract crime. the problems the equalists dont exactly see is that their gadgets would still exist. and if anyone not in the new nonbender police gets their hands on them,then the town is just fucked

[@robertpresley1503]

not explaining what happened to Jet wasn't a "mistake". They deliberately left it where they did, and they heavily implied that Jet died, but I just don't think they were allowed to show his actual death.

[@feraflauna3238]

+robert presley-I don't think leaving Jet's death ambiguous was a mistake either. After all, it was implied pretty heavily that he did die: he told Katara he was going to be all right and Toph knew he was lying, his friends decided to stay behind with their friend until the end and refused to leave him, even if they would die too. In fact, I'm okay with Jet's death being left that way to where Sokka muses in The Ember Island Players that, "No one knows for sure (what happened.)" It's a nice, subtle way to dodge censorship while still playing the game and people who look deeper know that Jet never left that "submarine." He may have fought to the end and died with his fists swinging but he still died all the same. The one thing I do think was a huge mistake was never revealing what happened to Zuko's mother. Unlike Jet, whose fate was pretty well determined, Ursa was established to still be alive in the final episode of The Last Airbender. Zuko demands his father finally tell him where his mother is and. . . nothing happens of it. In fact, when Katara's grandkids ask her the same thing, she just brushes it off that, "It's a long story." Explanation DENIED and never given a proper story. I know some people will point to the comics that reveal what happened to Ursa but first of all, it's in the comic and not the actual tv show(s). I shouldn't have to comb through various materials until I find an answer that should've been explained in the actual show. Also, I hope I'm not the only one who was incensed over what they did in that comic where it's nearly as bad as anything Korra did. It was explained that Zuko's "real father" is not the firelord, but rather, just some random dude. It completely negates and spits right in the face of everything Zuko struggled for throughout the series-the son of a firelord who could never appease and earn the love of his own father like he wanted, the firelord who is a vindictive, conniving man. Not to mention it completely washes away the real struggle when Zuko learned he was the son of Firelords but also a descendant of Avatar Ruko. Essentially, he had both good and evil inside him but it was up to him to decide which path he wanted to follow. Eventually, he decided that despite that they shared blood, the firelord wasn't his father and he decided to escape the shadow his own father made for him. All of which from that comic is destroyed. Gone. Obliterated. Zuko never had to worry about a thing, all that guilt and weight from his father's legacy removed. Screw you guys.

[@youwhat.]

Fera Flauna what are you talking about? Zuko is Ozai’s biological son. Only the new daughter isn’t. The mother apologizes for not caring enough about them to stay because they are the products of an abusive marriage.

[@davidhong1934]

Wasn't Zuko's mother given a new face by the mother of faces (the mother of Koh, the face stealer) and eventually forgot her old identity?

[@XWierdThingsHappenX]

@@feraflauna3238 zukos father is ozai. Don't complain about them if you don't know the full story. You cant say you hate a book when you don't know the full story. At some point it's said Ozai isn't his real father in a fake letter. His mother made fake letters to be sure they weren't being intercepted. And they where.

[@AnimatedIdiotGuide]

I remember the first time I watched it when it was first airing, I LEGIT THOUGHT THAT JETT WAS DEAD. Or at least in pretty screwed up shape.

[@PsylomeAlpha]

They _could_ have had Korra slowly rebuild her bending abilities, but nooooo, we had to fix that immediately!

[@tjcross2]

Or you know, Aang could have told her that she can work through it and then do his avatar magic to allow her to open her paths again through training.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

The idea was that they didn't know if there was gonna be a season 2, and they didn't want it to end on that sour note.

[@SubliminaIMessages]

LoK was originally meant to be a miniseries but Nick saw how much money it made so they greenlit 3 more seasons.

[@leafpool4480]

I. Th. - that's actually a good idea. no more korra after season 1!!!

[@paperbackwriter1111]

I. Th. Yeah, Nick was kinda jerking around the showrunners a lot.

[@legendofsonic3979]

Remember back in the day where even a fire blender as powerful and skilled as Zuko couldn't learn lightning bending? The good old days...

[@Phanthief95]

Zuko wasn’t able to learn it, but he was able to learn how to redirect it from Iroh, which is a difficult & dangerous move in of itself.

[@Dicker296]

But Iroh demostrated to zuko that some things like his "lighning bouncing-thing" were less about the power and more about techique and avoiding prejudice (as he learned it watching the ways of water bending, wich no firebender at the war could even consider), so maybe a world better connected developed better ways to learn how to bypass those limits

[@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421]

What? He learned how to do it by himself without training.

[@joshuahecht6866]

LegendOfSonic He Spread what he heard to the entire public and world so that way Iroh’s Legacy can live on and help millions of other nonbenders and benders out

[@rue7907]

*Bender

[@birdmoney]

"Chekhov's Gun is a concept that describes how every element of a story should contribute to the whole." That pretty much sums up Avatar: The Last Airbender. One of my favourite Avatar episodes is The Boiling Rock. Prior to that episode, they already established that Suki was in prison. When the warden is introduced, he brags about the Boiling Rock's zero escapees record. He says he would rather be thrown in the boiling lake, than let one person escape. Later in the episode when he's being held hostage on the gondala, he tells his guards to cut the line, knowing full well that the boiling water would kill him. When Chit Sang is introduced, we see him being harassed by one of the guards. Later in the episode, the Warden is torturing Chit Sang in hopes that he'll reveal the identity of his accomplice. Chit Sang claims that he's not a squealer, so they continue torturing him. Eventually, Chit Sang gives in. He reveals the identity of his accomplice, but he was actually lying. The person he ratted out was actually the guard who was harassing him earlier. Chit Sang was getting revenge on him. Also, Azula says, "I'm a people person" in that episode. That line returns later when Azula confront's Mai about her treachery. Mai simply responds with, "I guess you don't know people as well as you think you do." The whole show is like this. They establish one thing and it always returns later. It's pretty great.

[@CapnNapalm]

I always hated the whole "it gets better later" argument. I can understand if it's an episodic show without important character and story development, but when I have to slog through a whole season of a show just to understand the good parts, it becomes hard to justify

[@kieranstark7213]

Arguments (at least in general) are cock, but one of the worst of them all is "*insert whom someone saying this putdown defends* can do whatever he/she wants".

[@elleofhearts8471]

For me, its for that exact reason why "it gets better" is just defenders saying "but these parts were good", which does not justify the fact that the previous parts were disappointing and didnt pay off ultimately.

[@eatatjoes6751]

Thank you. This is exactly why I gave up on Steven Universe. It took them five seasons--two of them underwhelming--to *FINALLY GET TO WHITE DIAMOND'S* appearance. Star vs. did it in 3 seasons. I should not have to slog through slow filler to get to *YOUR THIRD AND MOST IMPORTANT VILLAIN.* It's a waste of time. And they redeem her. That's just perfect--because of the EXACT SAME REASONS. *spoiler* White gets redeemed via Deus Ex Machina and the "executive meddling" excuse.

[@lukebytes5366]

true, very true, but we shouldn't disregard the good just because the bad came first. when spongebob "ended" it's series, it took a slow, but very noticable drop. that doesn't take away the good the show gave us way back when. and if you don't want to slog through the bad seasons, guess what? *you can go read the plot's on websites so you don't get confused.*

[@bertimusprime7900]

BoatHouse I think I disagree. There are several shows that have slow first seasons that turn into great television. Agents of Shield, for instance has kind of a boring first season and it feels cliche, but everything after that escalated constantly, to the point where season four is one of the best seasons of television I’ve seen. Parks and rec is similar, they didn’t find their comedic footing until season two. LoK is not like those two examples because the first season ain’t just slow or boring, it’s bad. It doesn’t establish anything useful and it wastes your time with meaninglessness.

[@Shade_Thedra]

Jet is confirmed dead at the end of episode 17 of season 2 of Avatar. Nickelodeon doesn't want to show children being mortally wounded, so they had to keep his death vague with Toph saying that he was lying when he said he'd be fine.

[@Mossymothball]

(bit of a necro but eh) What I find funny is that they even reference this in the ember island players and how vague this is. Fake jet: "ARRGH NOoooooo" - Proceeds to hide under a cardboard rock Toph: Did jet just....die? Sokka: You know it was really unclear. It is however confirmed that jet died as you said. I think even with the limitations of nick they did a really great job at lending an emotional death scene, the impact of this (arrrow fellow, whatever his name was - I haven't watched those episodes in a while) speaking for the first time and toph getting emotional understanding the weight of the lie. It feels very real and I liked it - I would have liked a few seconds of silence after the gang left panning away from this though - it should give more impact.

[@emilygordbort7300]

Poly Blank Was ember island the play episode? I don't remember the names and my internet is frustrating.

[@hueyfreeman6262]

Cause apparently avatar is Dora the explorer

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

@@hueyfreeman6262 indeed lmao but have an actual better story no one could match up with

[@laurene988]

How cool would amon have been if he was just a spirit bender? Remember how they said that to use spirit bending and remove a persons bending you had to bear your own force of will and prove that you were the stronger person? How awesome would it have been if amon was just a man who lost literally everything he had to live for because he wasn't as strong as a bender learning there was a way to take away bending but doing it might just kill him and he still takes the chance, like playing Russian roulette in an effort to make all people equal and in a sicker way to dominate and prove he was stronger than any bender he came across - leaving them as broken as they'd left him. He could've been a terrifying villain, one who didn't fear death and just wanted to cut others down from their precieved high horse

[@akhileshanand2483]

I agree. I'd much rather see a real spirit bender than the bullshit they spouted about a blood bender that pretends to bend spirits.

[@revamp2672]

Amon being a blood bender was so bs

[@grasstastesbad4605]

I know, the shows like our villains are insightful and have a point to what they're saying but....they're actually secret assholes. it's not like amon was justified through his violent action just cuz he's supposedly a spirit bender, there was actually no point to his stupid backstory to prove him wrong, in fact the only villain who doesn't get a personal backstory is zaheer and better than all the other villains cuz of it

[@akhileshanand2483]

EXACTLY! making him a secret blood bender seems like such a bad idea and a pain in the ass smh. Amon being an actual spirit bender would also act as foreshadowing for the season to come where spirits were breaking loose - so it would make sense if one such spirit taught him spirit bending HAHAHAHAH

[@ayoogunsakin9223]

As much as I would like to agree. That just sounds redundantly. Not what you said, but the concept itself. Spirits are beings with their own goals and thought process, (idk about the ones in korra), you might as well suggest people bending.

[@shinyumbreon696]

I don't think what happened to Jet was ambiguous at all, or a mistake. Long Feng killed him under Lake Laogai. Katara couldn't heal him, Toph knew Jet was lying when he said he'd be okay, and he wasn't in the finale with Longshot and Smellerbee.

[@paintbrush3554]

Agreed

[@Master-Fawful958]

That wasn’t the only thing that Mr. Enter got wrong in the video. For example; not only did he say that didn’t Korra know what money was when she technically DID but he also said that the Fire Lord couldn’t bend lightning when we actually saw him use it to attack his own son almost immediately Zuko decided to teach Aang fire bending in order to help end the century-long-war. Although beyond that, this video still holds up, I’m poking fun at said mistakes.

[@correctopinionguy]

​@Hilarious Hammerbro yea I caught that firelord mistake. He says 3 people can bend lightning and then says one of those 3 couldn't bend it 😂.

[@roberthan5109]

The reason I like aang refusing to kill the firelord, is because one of the reasons he was considsring it was because the other avatars had to kill their enemies. Well he ends up doing something different and the result is the same, if not it's better. To me it's basically saying you don't have to do things cause that's how others do it, or it's done traditionally, people can think outside the box to do something that'll make them happy

[@KannyKat]

I'm conflicted. I agree with Mr Enter that the last airbender avatar's line makes Aang seem selfish, but I feel him ignoring the other avatars shows that by the end of the series Aang isn't just the latest avatar, he is Avatar Aang, one with his own philosophy. Maybe it would worked if they took out that line.

[@Hollow33N]

I never thought of it like that. Thank you.

[@neko221]

Laxikan123 I've watched this review about 3 times just to confirm my opinions on this whole thing and Enter, and I disagree with him. I can argue that Aang wasn't being selfish in that moment, it's still reinforcing the philosophy that kids, or hell anyone, should be able to think, act and decide for themselves. You can see this example with Katara in the same series. In The Southern Raiders, she does not forgive Yon Rha, you know, the guy who killed Katara's mom. You'd think that someone like Katara would forgive and move on, but she doesn't forgive him. They don't say if this is a good choice or a bad one - it's just how she feels. The same way, it's just how Aang feels, he's decided that killing is not okay for him. So ask yourself, is that such a bad thing? Hell, another example. In the season 2 finale Korra decides to keep the portals open. It was her decision/choice to keep the portals open and that leads into season 3, where she explores the idea of it was really a good thing or not to keep them open, in the very first episode of that season. So anyway, in this case you can't simply state that Aang was selfish without this piece of context like Enter did. *Technically*, all choices can be selfish, but context matters. Situation matters. That's the whole point of teaching messages as complex as this. By the way it's normal to be conflicted lol. I was too! In my opinion this is just a morality question - there often is no right or wrong answer. The thing that Mr. Enter says though, I vehemently disagree with.

[@ShinobiPXO]

+Robert Han To be honest, that whole "not killing" angle didn't make sense. For one thing, what was Aang going to do to Ozai during the Eclipse? If he was just going to capture him, then that's still an option for later isn't? Why is killing the only solution? As soon as he got his AS back it was easy enough to restrain Ozai and then throw him in a prison cell. Hell, this is what they do for Azula who *still* had her bending. So, really, Aang didn't need to take Ozai's bending away to stop him

[@neko221]

ShinobiPXO Honestly, it's not clear because it really boils down to a moral dilemma. I'm sure you know how tough those are to answer. I only have 2 plausible explanations that can somewhat explain that, although there'll never be a clear answer because people think different things. Here's what I still think after all these years The first is that Aang was prepared to fight Ozai during the Eclipse, but when the Invasion failed he pretty much broke down and lost confidence in himself, since he do see him bawling his eyes out at the very last moment he leaves with the youngest of the group on Appa. This is a weaker argument since, well, just look at the 2nd one lol The second is because of Zuko in the episodes following the invasion. During the Firebending Masters, they both travel to the ruins and attempt to learn firebending. You see Aang pretty timid and whatnot when he tries to get used to fire, and hell even Zuko points this out as they travel to the masters. The main episode that really ignites the bonfire though is during the Southern Raiders. When and before Katara leaves on Appa with Zuko, Aang talks about how violence and revenge is not the correct path to go on, and that it's forgiveness that one should take. The very end of that episode ends with that same moral dilemma Zuko instigates. And then you see more of that in Sozin's Comet Part I to Part II.

[@masonselsing4080]

So quick question. This might sound stupid, but If the creators wanted so badly to create something completely different from the original Avatar, _then why did they even make a sequel?_ I guess the world it established left a lot to experiment with, but they practically change the whole world with the 1920s aesthetics, different treatment of aspects of the original, etc. The bending aspect is one of the only things that remains, and the metal/lightning/ability bending also throws that a bit out of whack. I’m asking as a person who grew up with the original show as my favorite cartoon. I’m legitimately curious.

[@nocktukdaze8256]

Mason Selsing They were asked to make another show in the Avatarverse. That really sums it up.

[@merienda4958]

Nocktuk Daze that doesn't mean that they should be able to make it so different that it feels completely different even though there are things from the original

[@feraflauna3238]

+Nocktuk Daze-Not with everything because everyone always assumes when it comes to this show that Nickelodeon was the only player that really f'd things up. And to be fair, Nickelodeon did sabotage this show every. single. chance it took: they weren't interested in a full series at first for whatever strange reason but wanted to milk the franchise some more, so they asked Bryke to make a 12 episode "mini-series." Then, while season one was planned out, suddenly, Nickelodeon wanted 14 more episodes. Eventually, they decided "what the heck" and gave the series two more seasons-26 episodes-after the early ratings for Legend of Korra were really good. . . . They suddenly became disinterested in the series around season two and the episodes were aired on sporadic days where no one was sure when it was going to air at all. Season three-someone involved in Nickelodeon's programming "accidentally" leaked three episodes of season three-episodes four-six-out of sequence and online where several people grabbed a hold of episodes four-six. Nickelodeon used the situation as an excuse to rush a promo and dumped the show in the middle of the summer without much attention or fanfare. The ratings were not good so Nickelodeon pulled the plug on the show entirely on physical tv and since they couldn't cancel season four, they aired the rest of the series online only. They cut the budget for season four to where the writers were forced to come up with a clip show in the middle of the season to save money. So Nickelodeon does earn its share of the blame for how TLJ turned out but they weren't responsible for how truly wretched that show is. Let's say the first season is its own standalone installment. A 12 episode mini series, while enormously difficult to pull off, is by no means impossible. Anime often does it all the time and does it much better and given how influenced by various anime the entire franchise is, it's almost shocking they didn't turn to anime for reference to do a good mini series.

[@feraflauna3238]

+Nocktuk Daze-The first season is not very good. There's way too much going on to handle for 12 episodes, the pacing is awful, most noticeably in the later half, there's just no room to breathe at all, they focus on things that don't need to be focused on-the dumbass love triangle, Republic City political shmoozing, and pro-bending. Despite Bryke's insistence they cut out all filler for this series, season one had at least one shameless filler episode: dedicated entirely to pro-bending. And despite Amon's attack on the pro-bending arena, pro-bending did not contribute to the story in any real way and can be really chalked up to the fact "Bryke" wanted their own Qudditch. It was simply a waste of time and took up way too much "real estate" for a 12 episode story. The last two episodes seem rushed and unfocused to where the end is unsatisfying, to say the least. Amon is defeated not by Korra but by his own brother deciding to commit suicide for no reason-feeling bad about what he did when he was just a smug, powerhungry prick before. And somehow, they thought it was a great idea to end the "series" (at the time) with a massive deus ex machina where everything is reset, Korra gets everything she wants, and sacrifices nothing in return-and gets everything SHE DIDN'T EARN. Not in any way. And that was just the first season. It just got way worse from there. There were so blatant plot holes and inconsistencies just in season one, some of which "Bryke" seemed to be well aware of (Tenzin re-establishes bloodbending can't remove anyone's powers, but. . .Amon's bloodbending can. . .because we said so)-I remember hearing (but could be wrong) that Amon was somehow telepathic and could read minds. These are easy things someone who cared wouldn't have missed and would've been ashamed to leave in. The truth is, and the very sad fact of the matter, is that the end of the day, very few people involved with this series cared-Nickelodeon didn't and Bryke hardly did either. There is so much George Lucas-ing in this series that it makes me physically sick and there are some of the most mind-numbing, baffling stupid things I've ever seen in a tv show. Bryke should be ashamed of this, this series all but spits in the face of everything the original stood for, and even on its own, it's just plain BAD television.

[@angrydaniel2905]

Mason Selsing Avatar made money. Make a sequel for more money. Profit!

[@Gateau]

This show should have just been "Legend of Verrick"

[@blindeagleace3629]

A capitalist that commits terrorist acts, fabricated a civil war, kidnaps the President and isnt punished for it at all. Yeah that would go over very well.

[@math3000]

@@blindeagleace3629 and his wife becomes the President

[@apollon6870]

legend of korra the explorrer

[@geckgeck8616]

I dropped the show the moment that Tenzin apologized for being wrong about Korra's training.After that I knew that all her problems were going to be solved by deus ex machina or the plot.

[@baphometwingsof666]

I love Tenzin but he needed to slap the shit out of Korra at least once in the whole show.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

William B, I also stopped watching Legend of Whorra after the first episode of the first season.

[@Nottyastro]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr "The Legend of Whorra" lol I love it

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr same but im gonna try watching

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr again

[@highgrove8545]

11:58 Jet died. but because it is a "kid's show" they were probably not allowed to directly tell you.

[@TheWraithOfMooCow]

Jet: "I'll be fine." Toph: "...he's lying." I don't know about y'all, but that seemed like a pretty obvious sign to me.

[@radiocoffee7700]

I'm surprised you didn't mention how Mako had the same backstory as batman

[@MakiPcr]

So did Asami

[@shadenox8164]

And Bolin.

[@mr.boxerfrown-ray6871]

And Batman

[@mr.boxerfrown-ray6871]

900bot sorry dude

[@Edible_Kittens]

Imao, so Korra's the only who wasn't an orphan? And also dated everyone in her team? Damn.

[@littenfire3563]

it's actually very obvious what happened to Jet and I'm surprised to many people missed it. Every classic trope of a character dying is in that moment. Jet telling Katara and the others he'll be okay, his friends crying because they know that's not true, then Aang and the others having a moment of silence as the episode ends. All common tropes to imply someone has just died

[@markbradshaw7282]

Re: your point about the metal bending "armor". I just finished the series again last night and had this exact same thought. Whenever Suyin fights Kuvira, she bends the metal onto herself as protection.....against another metal bender..... Why?! Who let that idea slide? Kuvira constantly uses metal to restrain people, even other metal benders like Suyin, Lin, Korra, etc. It was also extremely frustrating how rarely earth bending was used efficiently and effectively. Lin keeps using the metal cables over and over against the mecha tanks and the Equalists who have clearly used electricity over and over....so dumb. Didn't even think about the heating of the metal armor as well. Bolin and Korra fought people countless times where earth bending could have trapped people (in or out), could have thrown the mecha tanks off balance and made them useless, AND Bolin could have even used it to block the spirit portal so that Unalaq couldn't get in for at least a little while. Yet none of this ever happens or is considered because the characters are made to be stupid in order to move the plot along. ATLA was great about using simple but clever tactics with bending that would surprise you. They would also play by these rules after establishing them so all of the tension from fights always felt consistent and you knew what the possibilities were. In TLOK, all of the characters just start launching items at the enemies over and over, miss, and get their asses kicked. It got so old to see literally all of them be so incompetent in every single season. I'm pretty sure Korra didn't win a single fight, ever.

[@Hello-qv2fx]

I can confirm

[@totallynameless8861]

Your suggestion that she have problems with water bending, and only realizing she's the Avatar after her peers were expertly splashing their powers around, was a really good one. Like, maybe people generally start bending when they're around 7, and she didn't start bending at all until she was 12. Then afterwards, she worked her ass off to be as good as she is in series. But still. No water bending. It would have given her more connection with the Equalist movement even as she tries to distance herself from memories of being pushed around as a kid. She wouldn't want to remember that weakness or humiliation, so she over-compensates by being just as much of a shit bender as Amon claims she is.

[@jendoe9436]

Your comment got me thinking. When does a person start showing an aptitude towards bending? Starting as babies seems too dangerous by an 'evolutionary' standpoint (for lack of a better term) so it would have to be when they're a bit more conscious of their world. Katara was known to water bend when she was little (4?5? I stink at gauging ages by sight and animation is even worse) so it can't be that old. And does the bending start up all at once? Partially? Does the person have to purposefully try to bend or will it come naturally/accidentally? This would have been great a chance for the creators to show a bit more of the lore and open more possibilities of mixed bending families.

[@minsengo]

@@jendoe9436 I've been curious about that at times too. I never really cared about the lore of the Avatar's origins, but I did have an interest as to what determines someone's ability to bend. Genetic? Some sort of spiritual aptitude? Maybe if they didnt muck up the nonbenders being oppressed storyline so much, that's something that would've been worth elaborating on.

[@lpfan4491]

i think it was confirmed in the original that while bending is a genetical thing,the ability is not nessesarily bound to the genetics of the person themselves(you can only be a bender if you have benders in your family,but you might not be a bender even if both your parents,your kids and your twin all are benders)

[@jendoe9436]

The twins is referring to the boys from "The Fortune Tell", correct? One boy could bend while the other couldn't. There were a mix of bender and non-bender families, though the type of bending was also focused on the Nation, except for the swamp benders who technically lived in the Earth Kingdom. We really didn't see any 'bender mixing' in the show until Aang and Katara's kids, then Mako and Bolin. I glanced at a comic line where an occupied Earth city was very mixed with Fire citizens, and the mayor's daughter and others considered herself both. I think she could bend, though I'm not sure I remember that correctly. Since the Avatar is the only one who can master all the Elements, does that mean a mixed offspring will carry the 'gene' for both until a later generation gets one? If say the later offspring has Earth, then could the Fire gene still be passed on to the direct next one? How long can a 'gene' for bending last? So far there's only been Earth and Fire mixed, since Air is/was endangered and the Water tribes seem to have kept to themselves. However, the nations are heavily based on their elements, so what would happen to the Earth kingdom if fire bending started popping up more. Would part of their culture end up changing? Would the bender feel like they belong? What happens if benders started warring with each other at the local level? Would issues be resolved by their birth nation or bending nation? Can a nation claim people based on the bending/heritage? Sorry if these questions seem weird, but the idea of exploring mixed bending families generations after the 100 year war would have been a much greater overall backdrop than whatever Korea was trying to go for.

[@lpfan4491]

korra be like:"actually relevant stuff? nope"

[@misterb3577]

"DO THE THING!"

[@MediaGhost_]

MisterB "You got to deal with it"

[@morrisl123]

*does the thing*

[@geardog24]

MisterB Meelo:Taste my fury! (FARTS)

[@McCammalot]

I honestly think the only healthy on-screen romance in the franchise was Sokka and Suki. Quit painting unbalanced possessive stalking as hilarious, please, Avatar writers. It's not cute.

[@finn-3976]

McCammalot Zuko and Mei?

[@avacado1235]

Finn - I thought if was spelled Mai

[@alanmooreisrasputinreincar8106]

@@avacado1235 no if It's spelled mai then It's pronounced like MI mei is pronounced like may

[@JewelCookie123]

@@alanmooreisrasputinreincar8106 it is Mai. with an A. some chinese names can be pronounced like mei even though they have an A

[@alanmooreisrasputinreincar8106]

@@JewelCookie123 ok I watched the drill recently and realised my mistake

[@Crushy-xk5cb]

"I'm not oppressing anyone, you're oppressing yourself" that line has quite a lot of relevance nowadays.

[@Crushy-xk5cb]

Also, Ang not killing the fire lord, the turtle creature touched his head so he had the ability to take his bending away

[@bigdipper1578]

@@Crushy-xk5cb your reply dont make a single sense to the comment

[@Crushy-xk5cb]

lemon bun I made that comment a long time ago, I was not thinking it through, sorry.

[@scremmy_draws]

oh boy if only you knew how it would be

[@manz848]

eyubeon it got a lot worse

[@Aviedya]

My biggest issue with Korra was how it completely fucked one of the major rules of the Avatar State. I can't remember which book it was, and I don't know if you will bring it up in this video, but; In TLA we're told the Avatar State works by channeling the power of all the previous avatars through yourself. That means, those spirits is what the Avatar State is. So how on earth could Korra still go into the State when she literally whiped out all the other avatars? She couldn't. And that pissed me off.

[@dwightlewis3519]

It's called a retcon where it turns out the Avatar was nothing more than human who managed to bond to a spirit

[@Aviedya]

And retcons are the second worst things you can do in storytelling. Plus, that's what Rava did, no? Let her channel the previous avatars.

[@dwightlewis3519]

Andrea C From what I understand Raava seemed to hold the spirits of the previous avatars but the actual power of the avatar state came from her. My problem with it is it took away from the supposed cosmic spirit of the planet thing that ATLA implied.

[@feraflauna3238]

+Dwight Lewis-Well, you probably know then that the original concept of the Avatar was that the Avatar was the reincarnation of the planet itself, and apparently, there are a few surviving materials that allude to this original concept. I pretty much just adhered to that explanation if I really wanted one before The Beginning episodes, because that still made a great amount of sense, so it was beyond baffling, to put it mildly, where Legend of Korra establishes ACTUALLY. . .the Avatar is a fusion of a human and a kite squid (spirit). I can't be the only one who believes just saying that is incredibly stupid and hopefully, people will have a lot of "fun" explaining that to ATLA fans who never saw Legend of Korra. Got to get it somewhere. As for Raava's connection to the Avatar State, what you said seems to be more and less what was established in Beginnings (it wasn't explained very well on top of it). Since Wan fused with Raava, he and his subsequent reincarnations are permanently fused to Raava, so in that sense, Raava "holds" all the past lives. And not only does the original power of the Avatar State come from her to where it's actually the Raava state (?????????), but since it was established she holds three of the bending elements inside of her, the Avatars actually relearn all the elements from her instead of her past lives. And as someone else brilliantly put it, if the Avatars just learn the elements from Raava, it makes a worldwide journey to seek out bending teachers utterly pointless. They have all their accessories already included, so to speak, so they never should need a teacher outside of Raava ever again.

[@princessthyemis]

OMG YOU'RE RIGHT!

[@sgt.pinback9563]

dang man your re-write of Korra at 21:06 gave me chills

[@TheMindofagenius1]

right?? i legit started imagining how it would've panned out 0_0

[@AluraAlua]

Teasing wouldn't make too much sense since there has always been non-benders in universe, but it'd majorly help the narrative that benders are oppressing non-benders.

[@python1972]

Alura White Yeah but to be born into a bending family and unable to bend has probably never been heard of.

[@python1972]

Smart Alec Oh but a character being OP isn't?

[@python1972]

Smart Alec I've stated I've never seen the show but from what I've seen I imagine he's more comic relief and only occadionally getting into combat? Second as to bullies, maybe they can be boring and lazy, you know how you can fix that? By not making them boring and lazy.

[@Dojan5]

29:38 - The voice actor you're feeling bad for is Steven Blum, one of the most high profile and successful American voice actors out there. He's provided voices in dozens upon dozens of movies, animations, and video games.

[@FogHazard]

And almost always with the same performance.

[@CarloNassar]

Outside anime dubs, he's also got a variety of voices he can pull off too.

[@FourDozenEggs]

Oorah!

[@syntheticreality549]

@@FogHazard that’s not even almost true. Spike Spiegel, Leeron from Gurren Laggan. and Orochimaru sound nothing like each other.

[@FogHazard]

@syntheticreality549 I'm not saying he can't do other voices. I'm saying his bread and butter is usually with the same voice. There are many more examples of that than the three roles you provided showing his range. It's nothing against the guy, as I like a lot of his work. It's just how it is. Not saying he isn't talented.

[@Keyfur91]

"One piece of media where keeping the chosen one locked away wa a good thing..." Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time - Link is sealed away for seven years so he could mature into the Hero of Time and thus save the world from Ganondorf's rule. Boom.

[@Nameless82284]

That was different. Link was way too young to face Ganondorf. Besides he was sealed for 7 years. Basically asleep for 7 years. Not wide awake

[@eggmug562]

Thats not a good example as link opening the door to the master sword ALLOWED ganondorf to get the triforce in the first place

[@RyuseiiTheCrimsonKing]

That feeling when people only mention Korrasami when it comes to Korra these days.

[@MLondan]

Ryuseii- Because ships are more popular than plot and story now in days.

[@JoyStar]

Agreed. I feel like people are so focused on "gay representation" for some reason (when it wasn't even a thing 5-10 years ago) that it's literally the only thing they focus on. You'd think the 2% of the population that's gay was more like 10%. Here's the thing: I don't have a problem with people being gay in shows on rare occassions, since gay people do exist in real life (small minority but they do exist). I DO have a problem if it's like in Legend of Korra or Beauty and the Beast 2017, where it's shoehorned in for no reason other than "to be progressive" even if it makes no sense whatsoever. If you want to include a character who's gay, have it FIT INTO THE NARRATIVE of the movie/show/game, etc. and not just "shoehorned in to say that gay people exist". Steven Universe and Undertale are two that I can think of that do it well because it fits nicely into the narrative with the already established characters, especially with Steven Universe. Legend of Korra and Beauty and the Beast, not so much.

[@bandotaku]

JoyStar, I can't disagree with Beauty and the Beast 2017, but I can with Legend of Korra. If we look at only the TV series as a whole, it was only subtly established up until the end when they pushed it just a little bit more. Also at the end they WERE NOT a couple, but you could tell that they may have shared feelings for each other. The writers have made it clear the KorrAsami is a thing, but they didn't say that they became a thing right then, just that it was going to happen (as evident by the graphic novel that recently came out). Why do you think it doesn't "fit the narrative" just because we haven't seen a gay character yet? The fact that it became a surprise for you probably means you don't know very many gay people, or at least read or listen to stories about how they knew they were gay. Very few know from an early age that they are gay. Most try liking the opposite sex, but it doesn't work out or feel right. Korra dated Mako and even went on a date with Bolin, but things didn't work out for them. However, the closest person she felt a connection with was Asami and then she started getting feelings for her. The show is far from perfect, but in this aspect, I can say that they did something right in the establishment of their relationship.

[@shadenox8164]

I have to disagree Joystar. You don't need a reason for a character to be straight so why do you need a reason for a character to be gay or in this case bisexual? If anything making a reason why this character is gay can result in worse writing than the character just being gay because hey, they are.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@shadenox8164 , Toph is a tomboy that isn’t a tomboy stereotype like Korra, and she’s objectively better than Korra in every way possible, so yes you don’t need a character to be relatable, but you need your character to be compelling.

[@dylanmoran7235]

...not gonna lie, the 1920s aesthetic was probably among my favorite aspects of LoK, and I loved the radio intros. Never even realized that was unpopular, I always found both modern fantasy and the 1920s-aesthetic to be criminally underused and was pretty psyched to see good writers tackling this.

[@Soufriere84]

Based on the hundreds of comments I've read here, Mr Enter is *_literally_* the only one complaining about the radio announcer. It was a very popular move.

[@adeptdamage3669]

Zz Batson No they got old real fast.

[@asaltyone3015]

You can like that....EVEN THOUGH IT MAKES NO SENSE WHEN 70 YEARS EARLIER THEY WEREN’T EVEN FUCKING CLOSE TO INVENTIONS THAT DIDN’T REQUIRE BENDING, AND THEN IN PEACE TIME THEY ACCELERATE ALMOST A MILLENNIUM AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGY IN 70 YEARS

[@mythhead2688]

31:48 Ozai DID use lightning - as soon as the eclipse ended, he fired at Zuko

[@erzan]

31:10 Azula, Iroh, Zuko and the Fire Lord were lightning benders. Whether you could create or redirect was just applying different techniques. Iron was the only one who could do both.

[@CleverToad]

Late, but Zuko wasnt a lightning bender. He can only redirect which isnt the same as generating it

[@lyndseyf4408]

Can you imagine if Korra became an Avatar that literally couldn't bend? Like, the next three seasons focusing on nothing but her being a Non-bending avatar? LIKE. HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE? Her re-defining and compensating in other ways? GOD. That would have been so killer...

[@billybarnett9518]

She can probably hold her own without bending anyway.

[@pleaseloveme9602]

Wish we could at least have gotten one or two episodes of her without bending

[@jadafun]

I've never been interested in watching the show, but if they were gonna make it like that, then what would be the point of making her the Avatar at all? They might as well just base the show around a girl without bending, period.

[@billybarnett9518]

+jadafun The whole point of the franchise is basing it around Avatars, I imagine no Avatar would have pissed off a lot of fans.

[@AnkfordPlays]

Pro bending is literally just an excuse for still having action scenes without having Korra basically being a crimefighting vigilante

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

Even though that would probably have been in character. Also Tarlok's task force could have been a way around that. You could have action scenes while ALSO showing the problems between benders and nonbenders. It would not only have been plot relevant but more world-developing.

[@mahnoorahmad1690]

Well...pro bending was just filler for the bigger plot to come, and it served a little bit to the story, as well.

[@TheRedKnight101]

The probending served a purpose but what was stupid is that it was pretty much forgotten about after season 1 with only a few mentions in season 2. In the end it was pointless as all it did was sloppily bring the 4 main characters together set up stupid drama and nothing else.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

Ankford, I would have been fine with Legend of Korra having Korra being an Avatar that’s a crime fighting vigilante than Bryke and Mike claiming that Korra is supposed to be the most heroic out of all the Avatars.

[@nathanmorton7728]

My dad's opinion on Legend of Korra: "It's no where near as good as the original Avatar, the story isn't as good, the characters seem generic and overpowered, they made Toph a grumpy old lady, and they made Korra gay at the end for no reason."

[@kenirainseeker539]

They're called bisexuals, my friend. They exist. She wasn't just "gay for no reason" any more than straight people are "straight for no reason." Do you need a "reason" to be straight? Why do you need a reason to be bi then?

[@3.14producoes2]

Kenni Raine fuck you, he is saying that it doesn't have any build up, she should at least doubt her sexuality at some point of the series, but no, she is straight till she is gay

[@futurestoryteller]

Who says anyone needs to doubt their sexuality? These arguments make no fucking sense. Valid criticism on this point comes in only one form: is the written relationship between the two women strong enough to sustain the implied romance? Doesn't even matter if they built toward physical intimacy, if the emotional intimacy is strong enough it's a narratively valid (if unexpected) relationship. Same as when the hetero leads kiss at the end of any random-ass adventure movie. If the answer to the question is "no" then you get to complain that they "shipped" them for no reason but that's all, "gay for no reason" is not a thing, and neither is this made up idea that her choice of sexual partners is anything more than arbitrary in the event that she's gay. There's no more need of justification for that than there is that she has brown hair. What matters is the strength of the relationship they instigate. It's a completely sex-neutral fuck up to force a relationship that doesn't work into a story. Now I would not necessarily put it past them to fuck that up, but it *is* a completely different argument.

[@NobodyInParticular45]

Hey moron, most of the population of any species NEEDS to be straight in order for there to be a surplus of breeding pairs to continue the species. Is that a good enough "reason" to be straight? The only reason we can support the existence of the gays as a species is because they're a minority and there are enough breeding pairs to make up for their inability to breed. And before you squeal "ADOPTION" like an angry piggy, the baby a gay couple adopts was made by a breeding pair. It doesn't matter who raises the infant, but there has to be a breeding pair in order for the infant to exist in the first place. Bi people don't really matter here, because they either fall into the category of "breeding pair" or "nonbreeding pair" depending on who they decide they want to stick around with and fuck.

[@flam3427]

Kenni Raine not what it’s about. It’s hardly representation anyways, it’s like yelling ‘OH YEAH BY THE WAY KORRAS BI’ and running out because it’s at the very end of the very last episode. It’s not about straights vs gays, I’m pretty sure the only reason they stuck it in there is to please the fans and get some praise about representation but if they really meant it to be that then why not have it half wa through the fourth season or in any season before it.

[@frankielovejoy9928]

21:04 Piggy-backing off of that idea, Korra being teased for not being able to bend would actually be a great starting point for her joining Amon. Think about it; She would know how it feels to be considered "beneath" benders, she'd understand how the non-benders felt. She'd see non-benders being oppressed and get angry about it because she knows how it feels. She could potentially have a really interesting moral dilemma where she agrees with and maybe even joins Amon. We could have potentially had a story where the avatar went bad and threw the world out of balance. It could have been so much more interesting.

[@brycebitetti1402]

This is really nitpicky, but yes, the Firelord CAN lightning-bend. He clearly does it during the final battle with Aang.

[@PrayerWarrior4]

Bryce Bitetti don't worry he referenced this

[@sheabutter9751]

both of those battles had enhanced firebending on their side, tho, so there's no sure way of knowing if he can firebend without a comet or eclipse giving him a boost

[@luiseduardomaiaferreira7340]

Yes we can, he shoot a lightining at Zuko as soon as the eclipse was over

[@jordangreen7567]

Bryce Bitetti I think he means Ozai could not redirect it.

[@HeilRay]

Its Nitpicky for a reason. When a show packs as much stuff into it, a need for nitpicks when big things in a big story dont add up is essential.

[@whitedarkness5508]

This show problems can be sum up in three words: Lack Of Continuity

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

This comment speaks the truth!

[@eggtarts286]

I'd argue otherwise. If we treat The Legend of Korra separately, it still suffers from some serious, serious flaws. As its own story, LoK has a lot of rewriting to do.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I don't think White Darkness is only referring to continuity from the Last Airbender, but also a lack of continuity between the individual books of Korra. Book One ended with a massive euqualist movement that which completely disappeared by the start of Season 2. Tens if not Hundreds of angry Non-Benders who hate benders would not have all their anger and motivation to achieve "equality" dissipate so easily with no consequence. Another example is how stupidly the Korra learned Air-bending. The build up was super choppy to make room for the forced romantic subplot (and don't even gent me started on how inconsistent and pointless that was).

[@kieranstark7213]

The Legend of Korra (aka Avatar: Continuity! What's That?????) An American Tail: Continuity! What's That???? (in all seriousness, I was referring to one of the least bad Don Bluth sequels [to the point where it's at least worthwhile] known as An American Tail: Fievel Goes West) Cars 2: Continuity: What's That???? (Cars 2 is a guilty pleasure even though some people get offended when Cars 2 is bashed. But what causes. But what makes Cars 2 horrendous by Pixar standards is that it misunderstands what Cars 1 and the awesome Mater's Tall Tales REALLY has).

[@EsKpistOne]

And in the 2nd half of season 2 the writing turns into a freakin' fanfic.

[@luckyc4t110]

OBJECTION! The Firelord could Lighting Bend, and did at Zuko immediately after the eclipse.

[@d73w80]

The explanation for General Iroh (the young one): the writers really wanted Dante Basco

[@hyrulianwhovian5399]

In my opinion the best part of season one was everything to do with Aman. He was awesome just in general, especially that last scene with him. I honestly didn't hate season one, it was ok, but I absolutely hated season two. Season two made me so mad that I stopped watching.

[@jairartis]

the only thing I DIDNT like about him was how he lost, all season he only used bending to take bending away, and in the end he flaunts it, getting caught because of it.... yeah kinda dumb there

[@SaanWukong]

personally I always thought he would have been cooler if he was a chi blocker and godky fighter

[@xblade149]

Season 2 was kinda meh but season 3 and 4 were amazing

[@lookmethecat]

They could have easily given the character depth to Amon, and made him a far more interesting villain if they didn't make him a con-artist. Have him actually hate bending, be repulsed by his own abilities. The scar on his face? It's real but he wasn't burned by a firebender, he did it to himself. The we are shown that bending is an extension of a person, that taking it way is crippling to some people to the point that bending is such an important part to a characters identity that without it they could lose the will to live. A man who hates himself, hates bending, and what bending can be used to do to people, would be a great villain for the world of Avatar. Bending is almost like a select group of people are selected a birth to carry a loaded gun at all times, no matter what the age, with only their morals stopping them from using it. We are repeatedly shown that benders are superior (they tend to hold more power and have more advantages) through out the original series, for those to be striped away would pose some interesting situations. We only get glances of this before things are immediately resolved.

[@Rockymann27]

One is worse than two though.

[@kaz6916]

From a world-building standpoint, considering the tech level in the world overall, I was puzzled by the total lack of firearms or other projectile weapons like say, some sort of repeating crossbows or compressed-air powered something or rather. A fan of the show whom I mentioned this to remarked that the presence of such weapons in the show would wreck the story because then non-benders could just put a bullet or an arrow into a bender. Well wouldn't that actually be a *good* plot element? That benders are now having to come to terms with the fact that non-benders have developed technologies to put them on more equal footing in the lethality department, and that benders now no longer have the same monopoly on the use of force that they once had? You could even still run with the idea that guns/crossbows etc are *not* present in the Korra universe but have the reason be that benders are actively suppressing the development or possession of such technology by non-benders, which would also play into the idea of non-benders beginning to hate and resent benders, leading to the groundswell of support for the equalist movement.

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

But that would be actually showing the problems they keep harping on about, and you cant do that in a kids show!!! Or rather they were not good enough writers to show it.

[@jeroti187]

ATLA showed regular soldiers armed with actual weapons all the time. There was an episode in book 1 where master archers were able to capture Ang by pinning his limbs down. A form of black powder does exist in the Avatar universe, since they have fireworks. It's not that much of a stretch to see the development of firearms in universe as well.

[@nvfury13]

natestubs1 I guess nobody ever developed any projectile weapons past throwing spears in the real world, since the fact that somebody had spears made it unneeded for everyone without spears to be able to deal distant death. Somebody having an advantage *drives* technology to level the playing field. Some group has bows? Their neighbors develop better bows or crossbows to defend against them/conquer them. Some group builds a defensive wall? Their neighbors build a weapon (cannon) that can blow a hole in it.

[@lisaleyendekker8305]

I also could not get behind the time period they set it in or the Americanized way they made the landscape. in the original series (the best series) we could see that technology was evolving, but there were still elements of things that needed to evolve. for example, the train system in Ba Sing Se. it looks like a subway system, but it is completely powered by earthbending. they found ways to create modern transportation, but with the simplest form of earthbending which is "move a rock". Even airships were powered by firebending to create hot air to lift the war-balloons, simple things that make sense in-universe. not all of it was electricity or tech, much of it only used simple bending techniques so that an average bender could perform them. with Korra's tech, the car eliminates bending, electric lights eliminate bending, multiple benders who could perform advanced substyles of bending with ease and for mundane use made the bending feel weak, and the lack of bending for everyday life, to make things easier, takes you out of the universe and makes you wonder whether bending is revered as a sacred art anymore or an extension of who these people are.

[@princessthyemis]

*claps* That's brilliant!! It would be SO cool to see benders vs. guns!

[@Barakon]

The you described ATLA is why I love to nitpick, I seek those details in an attempt to not mistake the forest for the trees.

[@leabiste6393]

I like to pretend that Korra doesn't exist. I don't like what that show turned the Avatar world into. Idk just doesn't sit right. I like to pretend it doesn't exist.

[@ryanc5572]

It's like the elephant in the room. You know it's there, but you don't speak about it because you know in the end it doesn't really matter if you don't validate it.

[@godofall7624]

Cellone G you’re an idiot

[@quinnguyen4620]

I like to make up my own story for her and the world she lived in in my head. Hey hey it's a legend so technically it could be false. still hope

[@godofall7624]

Quin Nguyen that’s a stupid idea

[@venandisicarius32]

@@godofall7624 Got anything positive or at least neutral to say? You know, words that don't make you look like a dick

[@CappyRose]

Oh dear god... thank you for mentioning the horrible love Triangles within this show. That was the WORST aspect of Korra. Dear god it frustrated me. The worst Romangst I have ever seen. It just made me hate Korra and Mako. It was so bad.

[@KiraxSummers]

Mako never recovered as a character from that awful triangle, lol.

[@trinidadonassis7411]

KiraxSummers Mako never recovered, Korra's character had to be rehabilitated because of it, and after season 1, Asami was reduced to nothing more than the "prize". Her character development that started off decent just went into the garbage. Imagine if LOK didn't have Spirit of Competition. We may actually have gotten a more focused series and not that ass pull of an ending to season 1. Why? Because an episode plus of content could've been directed towards actual fleshing out of the story. But I digress...

[@lulusmith780]

Captain Yoshi I couldn't stand it either. It was hard to watch episodes that involved it!

[@hinasakukimi]

right?? i felt so bad for asami, it's like the writers didn't give a shit about how it affected her. she was just The Obstacle to korra and mako's romance. katara, aang and sokka all had their flaws but we still had a reason to root for them. i just marvel at how the writers went from such a lovable group dynamic to a shitty love triangle. i don't even think the idea of a love triangle is inherently terrible, it's just how it was executed. it should've been made clear that korra and mako were being immature and selfish, but the narrative didn't seem to treat it that way at all.

[@chantebailey5694]

Captain Yoshi fucking PREACH!!! 👏👏👏

[@zodayn4767]

To me the introduction of Korra as the Avatar would have worked better if she was bending a pebble and a spark while acting super intense. It would still show her personality but also that she's just a 4 year old. About the firebending, her personality is more about using force than balance so more like fire than water making her have a personal preference to fire. It wouldn't make much sense of all avatars found the same thing, bending the opposite element, difficult. It's a trend not a law. But about the world building I agree. The police should wear hardened leather, it has no water in it, no rock and is relatively hard to set on fire.

[@mrdropkicker1]

Zodayn yeah, we don't have to use metal armor in real life, we use Kevlar and Ceramic, which would both work to counter metal bending

[@Darkko88]

I think ceramic wouldn't protect you from earthbending.

[@mrdropkicker1]

Alex Rus yeah, but Kevlar would... And now that I think about it, yeah (I was considering non-metal armor, so I didn't think that clay is still earth)

[@shadenox8164]

Right Korra's block had more to do with the element's jings. Korra was very much a positive jing type person, airbending relies on negative jing.

[@72Worker]

I guess that M. Night Shame-A-Lot had more influence on the creators of Avatar then anyone thought possible.

[@React2Quick]

What a twist!

[@benjaythewhite]

Yeah what a twist.

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

What a twist!

[@72Worker]

@@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures Honestly I thought the 1920s was far to late a setting for Avatar. In the TV series Little House on the Prairie they had telephones before the 20 century. Party line telephones but still telephones. That would have been a better era to set Korra in. Michael Landon would have been a much better influence for Korra than M Night Shame A Lot.

[@donnamitsuki281]

*So after a lot of thinking and watching this video twice. Taking in consideration your suggestions* *The Legend of Korra Book One Rewrite.* We start with Korra as a little kid. She was taking a bit long in showing any Waterbending skills at all,she started to think that maybe she was a Non-bender. Let's use My Hero Academia logic,bending shows let's say at 4-7 years old,Korra is 10-12 and still *nothing.* Kids make fun of her for this,not all of them obviously,but some were extremely hurtful and cruel to her,straight up bullying her about not being able to bend at all. Korra ignores them until one day she snaps,and gets so mad she Firebends *and* Earthbends right there and then,scaring off her bullies. Since she's little she shows it to her parents with no shame,in fact,she's proud,she's not a Non-bender!! But of course bending more than one element means... *That.* The White Lotus is called and Korra is told she's The One™,she's the next Avatar,this makes her extremely happy as she went from the nobody that got bullied to the Gifted Kid™ that will kick bad guys' butts. Since this happened when she was very very young,she gets a way too high confidence boost plus nobody really controls her pride. She still gets trained at home since the world is rightfully scared about losing the Avatar all over again,thinking is better to keep a close eye on Korra so nothing happens to her. She masters Firebending and Earthbending. She still has trouble with Waterbending,at which she's very weak at. And her Airbending since finding a teacher on it is... Pretty damn impossible. This,of course,frustrates Korra a lot,she's the Waterbender Avatar how come she can't control her natural element but it's a master at her opposite?! But doesn't show it as much. With Katara's help,Tenzin comes and becomes Korra's master at Airbending of course. Let's cut some unnecessary stuff so we can see more of this,a frustrated Korra who it's just too impatient to learn Airbend and it's more worried on her Waterbend. In Republic City,btw,Korra sees the Equalists stuff. And she kinda feels some level of sympathy,since in this rewrite she did got bullied over the possibility of not bending anything at all. Erase most or all of the dumb love triangle,let's focus on the oppression Non-benders suffer. Let's see someone not getting a job cause it's required to bend something,a kid it's told he can't play because they game involves bending or the kid is made fun of,someone straight up saying their superior bc they can bend. It's hard to swallow but if you'll go for the damn allegory then fucking earn it and do it. The game isn't entirely pointless just make clear rules. Korra joins the Pro Bending,she joins the Fire Ferrets,since she can only use water she sees this as a way of getting better at one of the elements she struggles so much with. But since the game just keeps making her aggressive and feeds her competive instinct,Airbending just doesn't get easier,Korra is just too aggressive for it,plus being impatient and growing angrier and angrier. We keep going with the Equalists. They do make Korra realize that she has become a bit... Crappy,about her bending abilities. This is all caused by the inferiority-superiority complex she suffers,she got bullied so now she must be special,she must be better,she just MUST. *But taking people's bending away isn't a good thing at all.* I think it's possible to keep the whole stealing her bending thing,and see Korra grow from that pain,grow from the fact she became what she feared so much,now she's a Non-bender and can't do anything about it. *But* Let's say that since her Airbending was so terrible,that's why it stayed with her. She just takes a chance to see if even as a Non-bender she can connect with the past Avatars,specifically the last cycle before her. She stops being aggressive,she meditates a lot,and so,one day she Airbends. Maybe with Aang telling her there's still a chance she can relearn everything instead of *magically returning her bending.* Also the bad guy. Uh. Let's say he was a Waterbender that grew up with a mostly Non-bender family so even if he did had bending he knew the struggle they went through and he got tired and decided his weird vision of equality was the answer. *If you made it this far,thank you for staying long enough to read all of my stuff.* *I admit I ran out of imagination towards the end,apologies for that.*

[@doubleflores8350]

Now that sounds way better then what we got in the show.

[@donnamitsuki281]

@@doubleflores8350 well thank you,I'm genuinely glad this seems better than canon

[@ElfHostage]

Man, I ain’t reading all this shit.

[@arbiterskiss6692]

At the end, I would not allow her any bending except Air. Force her to make it through life with only that. She spends a great deal of time with the Air Nomads, and the next season is a long while later, ten years or more. Give her time to grow into a life exclusively as an Air Nomad. Not a hermit, but studying Air Bending and helping rebuild the Air Benders, maybe not with repopulation, not yet. People with spirit problems come to her, and she is scared to leave and see the wider world. She will meet and greet small communities and interact with spirits freely, but people bother her, she maybe even changed her name. She is a damaged person now.

[@chromosomes2952]

Ngl this kinda just sounds like MHA

[@Scsigs]

"If you need supplementary materials to understand a story, then it's not a good story." I came here from SomecallmeJohnny's Kingdom Hearts 2 review. I know the pain.

[@TheLadysAtelier]

Ah, that stupid review. The games you need to play, watch cutscenes off or simply read up on on a wiki aren't supplementary materials. This is a sequel. Don't complain you don't understand something in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban while not having read any of the previous books. If you want to say it's a game and different than books, you probably don't really care about the story, so you should just enjoy the gameplay.

[@Scsigs]

You realize I'm both going off of Johnny's review of the game, as I haven't played it yet, as well as the fact that it's Kingdom Hearts, right? The Kingdom Hearts series, as I've found out the hard way, has become infamous for not only spreading story-centric, overall plot-important, games on handhelds & mobile devices rather than just have them on the main consoles, leading them to confuse a lot of people who didn't play those ones because Namura assumed everyone would be playing every game in the series in order of release to get the full context of everything going on. Until 1.5, 2.5, & 2.8, many fans were left out if they didn't wanna get handhelds, read wiki pages, or live in Japan. Not only that, but the fact that each game raises more questions than it answers & Namura's tendency to seem like he writes by the seat of his pants, leaving answers to future games or supplementary stuff he talks about at a later date, is really seeming like you need a comprehensive breakdown of the series to make sense of anything really cements this. Even Kingdom Hearts' most loyal fans will tell you to play the series in order of original release rather than getting into it at a later game because you won't have any understanding of why anything's happening, just that it is. Speaking as someone who's first entry into the series was Dream Drop Distance & 0.2 on 2.8, I concur. Then there's the fact that the mobile game X Unchained contains PLOT RELEVANT INFORMATION THAT WILL BE IN KH3. Hopefully they'll have flashbacks or callbacks like DDD because I don't wanna have to play a stupid mobile spin-off game just to understand the plot of the main game. That's what supplemental stuff should be for, not plot-relevant shit. That's why I don't mind 358/2 Days. It gets into the story of Roxas after you're introduced to him in 2. This series epitomizes the use of supplemental material. Now, I don't exactly feel it takes away from the story to have supplemental material, but when a lot of the story or elements of a story is heavily reliant on it, that's when it gets stupid. And to bring up Harry Potter, no, you don't not understand what's going on in Prisoner of Azkaban, but when you actually look at how the film was written & the mindset of the director at the time, it just leaves so much to the book, but then again, ever movie from 3 on was made for readers of the books, as they'd get why everything is as it was rather than just what they focused on. Prisoner of Azkaban is the epitome of this, as it sets up things from the book, but doesn't really go anywhere with them. Alphonso Cuaron in a lot of behind the scenes material for that film talks about the abstract nature of the series rather than the story. He should've been a producer, not be the director. It's similar to Zack Snyder. They're idea people, not leaders.

[@PenguinSebs]

It's a game, different than books and narrative should be, at least to some extent, conveyed through gameplay. Still love the series, but I also think if it was a tv series nothing much would change.

[@Scsigs]

That's also why I absolutely _hate_ _Power Rangers Super Megaforce,_ but love its source material, _Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger._ SM does fuck all to have any references to past seasons of Power Rangers that properly set up those seasons for younger kids to go back & watch. Then there's the fact that absolutely NOTHING about the season makes any sort of sense, or at least doesn't have a satisfactory explanation. 1. - Why do the rangers have the powers of their predecessors? Well, Gosei & Tensou must've hacked the Morphing Grid to clone the powers. -How & why? Fuck if I know. 2. Why do the past rangers not help out at all with SAVING THE EARTH FROM THE INVADING ALIEN FORCE? No idea, they just all said, "fuck it," I guess. 3. Why did Gosei JUST NOW wake up after 14 years' more worth of evil cropping up? *Shrug* 4. Why are the rangers' super mode suits pirate themed? No idea. 5. Is Johnathan Tzachor an absolute fuckwit? Yep. Every one of those questions aren't even needed to be asked in Gokaiger, not just because it's not PR, but because they're answered over the first bunch of episodes gradually in a way that can be understood easily, even if you'd never seen any other series in the franchise before.

[@AeridisArt]

I HATED the fact that SquareEnix spread KH into so many consoles. I kept up with the first 3 games, until BBS and 358/2 came out. I didn't own a PSP, so I couldn't play Birth By Sleep (you know, the PLOT HEAVY one!) I read the wiki, and the plot just turned the whole series into a clusterfuck. It's like they're throwing random ideas onto a wall and seeing what sticks. I dropped out before 3D, only played a few hours of Re: Coded and Unchained X. It's a shame. KH is what got me interested in doing art, now I have to convince myself that the series ended on 2 for me to enjoy it.

[@SlurpeeTheUnholy]

I couldn't enjoy that murder-suicide scene at all because I was still fuming over how much they fucking ruined Amon earlier that episode.

[@Hollow33N]

I have a feeling I know where you're coming from but not sure, so may I ask what ruined amon for you?

[@Hollow33N]

Seventh Dragon no not at all. Thank you for the explanation, however while I do agree Amon being a bloodbender is a bit of a cop out, which left a lot to be explained, in a way it makes sense because I can't think of what else he could've been.

[@sushigivesmelife2131]

Remember when Aang took 3 whole seasons just to control one tiny fireball? 😞😞😞

[@ProfessorFaceless]

I said it one I'll say it again Avatar the Last Airbender - simple yet deep Legend of Korra - shallow and complex This series rewrites everything about the lore to suit the moment and the Avatar origin story made me angry! I despise LoK from a heavy story writing perspective. It's clustered, messy and unfocused with a few to many Deus Ex Machina moments.

[@ProfessorFaceless]

@Ultimate Sora Hmm that makes sense and sounds more accurate. Complex usually has structure to it, but LoK is just a tangled net of ideas and plots.

[@segundovargas]

*Sees the title of the episode* *Goes to the comment section expecting to see nothing but butthurt comments* *expect for 1 or 2 comments, the comments are reasonable, fair and logical* Huh, I guess The Legend of Korra isn't as universally loved as I thought.

[@MartianManHunter2258]

Well the reason it's so loved is because of Book 3 and 4 which are infinitely better.

[@SBluvr99]

I don't think it's a matter of how loved Korra is, it's just that we respect Mr. Enter as a reviewer. We respect what he has to say, even if we don't agree with it. Even though I don't agree with everything he says, or even most of what he says, he's a good reviewer. We care about what he has to say.

[@paladinboyd1228]

segundo vargas, It's enjoyable but there are a lot of problems with the show.

[@KiraxSummers]

I'm shocked but impressed. Faith in humanity slightly restored.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

It is universally loved, though.

[@GrifterMage]

Regarding Korra's inability to airbend, you're probably right that the extradiagetic reason for it was that they wanted her to have an opposite powerset from Aang. But they do establish the basis of a decent intradiagetic reason: spirituality. Air is well-established as the most overtly spiritual of the elements, so the idea that an exceedingly non-spiritual person might have trouble with airbending fits very well. They don't go nearly far enough with the idea--Korra should have been given much more trouble using the aspects of her existing elements that could be considered more spiritually advanced--an inability to heal or at least being bad at it would have been a good way to showcase that idea, as would an inability to access the avatar state properly. But the foundation was there. This idea also provides a reason for Pro Bending to exist. Tenzin is a highly spiritual teacher trying to teach Korra airbending in the normal spiritually-focused manner, which she can't deal with. Pro Bending gives her a physically-centered framework she can understand upon which she can start to apply the physical aspects of Tenzin's teachings that she can absorb. It even provides the basis of a reason why Korra's might be able to suddenly airbend at the end of the season: spiritual realization. (Amon not taking away airbending along with everything else has an easy diagetic out: perhaps blocking different bending types requires different physical blood manipulations, and since he's never blocked an airbender before he doesn't get it right and doesn't realize it.) These aren't explored at all, but again the foundation is there. And yeah, the ending was a total Deus Ex Machina and goes against this whole idea, but that's what you get when the showrunners don't think they're going to get the additional seasons they initially expected they were. It's bad, but for understandable reasons.

[@animelytical8354]

"Show don't tell", would've limited the narrative inconsistencies. When they show it, they are less likely to contradict it.

[@bsperoz]

18:35 Oh look! It's a female version of Naruto back before he was cool and mature! Except...Korra never becomes cool and mature like he did... In NARUTO they did indeed have confidence that brat was gonna grow up to be an epic hero and boy did he ever...BUT ONLY AFTER GOING THROUGH HELL MULTIPLE TINES. What did Korra do? Um...No really I can't think of anything. It was pretty much "Can't beat the bad guy? You dont have to go through character growth and challenging times! We'll just give you the power out of nowhere". And if you try to say Naruto was GIVEN his power too I'll be hapoy to point you to all the episodes where he falls FLAT ON HIS FACE first. He earned it. Korra didn't. And I get that Korra is not an anime (no it's not) but it still has a serialized story that tries to be mature...and fails. Actually it's kind of like the "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" show that's currently running - WHY DOES IT EXIST?

[@0927kira]

lol naruto shippuden is such a bad show though, its the milder version of fairytail when it comes to asspulls in defeating villains

[@godofall7624]

Brian Jr Spero Korra is cooler

[@snivy400]

Robbie Gabito don’t you dare compare shippuden to that shitshow known as fairy tail. Cause the quality difference is between the two is just absurd. Shippuden is a far batter story than fairy tail ever could be

[@kieranstark7213]

No, Korra is WAY more like Sakura Haruno than Naruto Uzamaki because they were both childishly bratty, head-over-heels over guys (that are just not right for her) and get way too much praise for that.

[@nicholasleclerc1583]

Robbie Gabito Meh, I don’t think so with Pain, Kaguya & Sasuke

[@Solo_Sessums]

you just wrote a better Korra character in 30 seconds than the show did in 3 seasons.

[@joaquinrivera8885]

Ragnarok Except Korra is a terrible tone deaf character, He did write a better character

[@thebravegallade731]

He did, but most people have no idea how hard it is to write it. And it was just a basic idea, a framework for a chatecter. Judging a charecter and actually making one is on a whole different level.

[@geardog24]

How I would fix Legend of Korra. 1. Show more gangster benders attacking non-benders to give the Equalists an actual motive. 2. Have Asami's father show his hatred of all benders i.e. hiring only non-benders as his employees, forcing Mako to stay away from Asami, and ban Probending from his home and work. 3. Have Amon stay a mysterious figure that can not only steal bending but also shoot energy beams, all this he got from (dun dun duh) Vaatu the main villain for season 2. 4. At the end have Korra keep only her air bending, but have Aang tell her to not give up hope and train to get her other powers back, but only near the end of season 2. 5. Have Amon come back in season 2 with a revelation, that all the Avatars aren't reincarnations, but just the Spirit Raava possessing random people.

[@paladinboyd1228]

geardog24, May I add a few? 6: Show the level of distrust for benders after the war. 7: have fire nations citizens being attacked for what happened during the war. 8: Show a increase in technological development have none benders start creating guns and weapons that can kill benders. Not just shock gloves. This would be like the wars in Japan when the way of the samurai ended and guns took the place of martial arts, you can have metal benders blocking bullets coming from muskets only to get mowed down by new weapons like the machine gun as they can't block rapid fire weapons. 9: Don't shy anyway from getting dark your doing racism in your show have anti benders riots, have people demanding benders have a license for their powers and rules about using them. 10: When the military are brought in don't get rid of them seconds later. 11: Have a cult worship the fire lord and commit acts of terror. 12: Don't rush the backstory.

[@Dragonage2ftw]

1. The Equalists DO have good motives. Society doesn't value regular people as much as benders, as seen when all of those other benders have factory jobs. 2. That'd be financial suicide. 3. That'd be kinda forced. 4. That'd make no sense. 5. Raava isn't possessing people. She's a part of the reincarnation cycle.

[@alexanderpape7024]

1. We're shown benders attacking non-benders exactly once in the show. That is not enough to make us believe it's a big issue 2. Realism can be sacrificed to make a good story, and it would make for good foreshadowing 3. Forced? Not really. 4. Yes, it would make sense, because then Korra losing her bending actually means something, when in the original show, it doesn't

[@itgaam]

Dragonage2ftw google the troubles. That would've worked, voluntary segregation leading to gang violence. Korra would have to bring balance to the benders and nonbenders.

[@monandoboi7360]

You need FAR more than just five things to fix Legend of Whorra with.

[@hurricanefury439]

Show- I'm the avatar and you've got to deal with it Me- (bursts out laughing) what the hell

[@esmeraldazamarripa8214]

I see that in every critical review of Korra and I have to resist the urge to skip past it because it's so grating to my ears

[@Bobbiethejean]

"Does it really qualify as an animated atrocity?" Yes, yes it does, for all the reasons you brought up and more.

[@halfdemonprince]

Korra not having her bending powers was a golden opportunity for character development. What they should’ve done is leave Korra completely powerless, even her air bending, and have season 2 be about her coping with being a non bender. Korra could’ve slipped into a depression and turn to Asami for advice on how she lives life as a non bender. The season could’ve progressed with Korra training to be a pro non bender by taking advanced self defense classes, learning how to make fires and fish and other survival skills without bending, and even develop social skills now that her status as the avatar is taken away. She could’ve grown more as a human and realize that she’s much more than the avatar. They could show us some awesome fight scenes where she’s able to hold her own against benders showing us that she’s still strong and talented. Then in the third season the show can give her her bending powers back, but she ends up being so powerful she can’t control her bending again because her mind and body have gotten so much stronger. Then she had to train again but with a new perspective on life and be extremely humbled. That would’ve been incredible. However like the pilot for “Too Many Robots” the concept was great, but they chose not to do anything with it and make the story as cliched as possible.

[@ToxycBanana]

They could have even had season 2 be about all of that, and had Aang be to Korra as Roku was to Aang in AtLA in season 3. Perhaps Aang could have shown himself at the end of season 1 as a spirit, saying something like "You will be ok, Korra, you still have much to learn." It could be in the subtext that Aang was disappointed with how her treatment of her position of Avatar was, and that she wanted her to see her true purpose rather than her true power, much like Zuko in AtLA. Then, season 2 would have been about her coping with her loss of bending, reframing her mind and stuff like that, as Aang watches her from the spirit world, gaining more respect for her as she gains more respect for herself and others, ditching the "fuck you" attitude she had for most of the first season. In season 2, she could confront Aang multiple times, each time gaining more respect for her position as she realizes that she is much more than just a powerful bender who has access to all four elements. All the while, a major villain is being developed alongside her, and she is spending much of her time travelling alone, embarassed to show herself to her old friends and family in her current state. The viewer can see how this affects all of their lives, and that even without recognizing her full potential, Korra still had a major impact in day-to-day life in the city. Idk, I'm just spitballing here. I think anything would have been better than what they did, except for Amon. He was pretty badass.

[@asaltyone3015]

No, because she’s the Avatar..AND YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

[@rayxr]

The simplest solution would've been to do what the original avatar did: Make Korra *EARN* all of her bending prowess back one chapter at a time.

[@Raptor_Ren]

Book 2 was about spirits, so they could have had her learn from past Avatars(maybe even Wan) in order to fight a powered up Tarlok 2.0 (don’t even remember this “Dark Avatar’s” name. That would have been less bullshitty than that giant monster fight they had. In terms of power scaling that was like jumping from the Jurassic Park T-Rex to Godzilla for no canon-acceptable reason.

[@thegamer9302]

Yea didn't avatar the last air bender have the balls to take away the avatar state till the very last moment.

[@RunicSSB]

I agree with most of what you've said, but I disagree that the non-bender oppression should've been straight-up discrimination. I'd prefer if benders and non-benders would be technically equal, while non-benders generally have a worse quality of life and are the subject to more subtle social biases. For example, they could focus on the industrial revolution. With so many new technological advances that require bending to create (electricity, for example), job opportunities for benders would skyrocket. Meanwhile, because the new technology is replacing old technology that didn't require bending, many non-benders would lose their jobs and be forced to either search much harder for well paying work, take low paying menial jobs that literally anyone could do, or spend a lot of money and effort going to school to learn a special skill. Because benders would be more or less guaranteed a decent paying career, they'd never have to struggle like that and wouldn't even think it's an issue until Amon brings it up. As for the social aspect, it wouldn't be hatred; it would be a power imbalance. Non-benders are inherently much weaker than benders and cannot defend themselves (without using an illegal weapon).They'd be bullied at school, not because the bullies are prejudiced against non-benders, but because they'd be very easy targets. The bending Mafias would target them almost exclusively, and they'd have no choice but to comply. They'd live their lives in constant fear, because at any time, a bender can choose to attack them and they'd be powerless to stop them. Benders would either not experience this at all or experience it to a much lesser extent, which, again, means it wouldn't occur to them until Amon brings it up. While the industrial example is directly caused by changing times, this is a little different. The reason this wouldn't have been much of an issue back in the day is because non-benders weren't a minority and smaller populations made benders less common (Southern Water Tribe, for example). But because of Republic City's unfathomably large population (which includes a lot of benders who moved there for new jobs) and a racially integrated society (meaning mixed-race children, which have a larger chance of being benders), benders would be everywhere and greatly outweigh non-benders. This issue could've been a great addition to the world of Korra and a great counter to X-Men's "if you think people with literal world-ending powers should be regulated then you're racist" bullshit, but instead we just had to assume it was the case because we needed 3596 episodes of pro-bending and love triangles.

[@godot8694]

The series doesn't get better. Season 2 was the absolute lowest point yes. But after going back up in season 3 it sank right back down the bottom in season 4

[@truejerkweed4533]

The Series is still better dumbass. Better than the Retarded Shit that is TTG.

[@Dr_Holiday]

*previously on avatar* now thats a cool, chill given intro my opinion is 1. They shouldn't had fast forwarded with technology evolution Like they did. because now the world doesn't seem like an *avatar* world. 2. they should've made episodes and plots that connects the current story to The last airbender by showing old characters like the *Fire masters* *"dragons"* *"Princess Yue'* and *"Azula"* and more, spiritually or physically having Korra and her team Travel the World and meet new people and tells more tales like *the Cave of two lover* each of them would've been a great edition in *helping* and building Korra one way or another because what we love about the last airbender is the adventures. . like in book 2 when Korra Visits *The Northern Water Tribe* they could've mentioned *YUE* By Getting every one hyped to see the Koi Fishes because they heard the legendary tale of a how a Princess became the Moon Spirit. 3. they should've showed us how the *Original bending masters* Title descended from the Lion Turtles to Badgermoles, Dragons and Sky Bisons. 'it's like those ideas never existed' 4. they should've also mentioned Harmonic Convergence in earlier story points and have never made a Dark avatar in the first place. it woul've been avoided if they had *Unalaq* "A victim himself" more of a villain with good reasons and had him get tricked by *VATO* and eventually sacrifice himself to save the world.

[@Hello-qv2fx]

I agree Instead of Aang giving Korra's bending back she should have went to the original benders or at least masters of the original arts: The sun warriors, The moon spirit, maybe some badgermoles and for air instead of bison being in the fire nation there can be maybe a small hidden colony of them on a remote island that are descendents of the surviving bison from the Airbender genocide. Not getting her powers back with spirit magic, but by learning the disciplines of the 4 elements. For example: Toph learnt from badgermoles. For all we know she might not have even been an earthbender before that. This would also subtly explain the origin of the first benders and the avatar.

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

@@Hello-qv2fx yea i agree and also hi back

[@lavender317]

Wow... Congrats man. As much as I and many others love this show, I have a lot of respect for people who openly voice unpopular opinions

[@user-bj8iy1um1y]

Ginyu Tokusentai same

[@98Dreadboy]

You are a good guy, I wish more people were like you but this video has 200 dislikes already just because of his opinion.

[@JDeO1997]

Pretty much

[@DanJuega]

Ginyu Tokusentai Well then, respect this. I hate the show

[@MrBKainX]

Yeah I think the show is really great myself but I respect different opinions. Just as I would hope that in turn people would respect my unpopular opinions on this and other franchises.

[@hyenaedits3460]

You bring up some good points, like the metalbending police officers, and continuity in general. That's one of my major problems with the series too, even though I do enjoy it or at least parts of it. And yes, the love triangle is obnoxious. Verrick is best character though.

[@furyberserk]

So you agree that cloth and wood are better armor than metal. Even though lightning bending has still been consistently unreliable in fights and people who are not fire/lightning benders can still be trained to absorb and distribute lightning, though nothing suggests they are trained that far?

[@GothaBillsAndDeath]

How does that even make sense. Benefits of metal armor: - You are a rare breed of metalbenders who can easily use the material to maneuver in the air and remove at your will. - Water/Earth/Air and other forms of blunt-force trauma are weakened by metallic armors. - With fire being the only weakness to EVERY ARMOR EVER CONSTRUCTED IN EXISTENCE, what's the point in reaching this conclusion if cloth armor or wood armor doesn't protect you from I don't know, sharp projectiles and hazardous environments? Short of making carbon-alloys and replicating modern American military gear in a 1920s America or 1950s Hong Kong, what are you or MrEnter even suggesting? Lightening bending, fire-bending overheating the armors, sure these can be exposited in the show in their severe disadvantages, but still. Your in a setting that supports the idea that industry is still in it's early momentum. Are you saying there were no dangerous tools and methodologies we used back then that we don't use now? Lobotomy was considered a valid way of curing mental illness. Old-fashioned cars would never pass safety inspections nowadays. Radiation emanated from large mobile phones that caused cancer even in as late as the 80s-90s. I see this as a hindsight that is excused by the setting of the world and it's limited technology scope.

[@borntodie297]

I would agree on the point only for it having become almost common. But the armor conducting electricity point, yeah that is a falacy due to the high misconception people have on how electricity flows when conducted by said metal. Any metal, bare a few, are actually very shitty conductors. Gold and Copper are good conductors as is platina. Thing is, those materials are either to pure to bend for the series, or way to valuable/indurable to use in armor. Leaving us with such things as steel and iron which only conduct eletricity on the surface. So long as these officiers keep their feet to the ground they will literally ground the electricity due to the current rolling over the surface of said armor into the ground. Lightning/electricity will Always go for the shortest route to the ground period. Tot that end, the equalists their lightning gloves would have knocked out everyone except these officers. And do not start pointing at armor penetration laying with lightning in high fantasy such as this. It all suffers from this misconception.

[@autobotstarscream765]

borntodie297 And that's why Steel isn't weak to Electric in Pokémon. :3

[@borntodie297]

Autobot One of the few franchises to not overlook this small but important fact.

[@tejakausik6205]

i never liked this show and whenever i said that someone would tell me that i'm racist and homophobic but i'm literally bisexual and indian. these are such valid complaints, and it makes me so mad that people just blindly believe that korra's good without ever looking into it. i'm SO glad that i've found a comment section that agrees with my views for once, like how could you ever say this is equal to avatar lmaoao.

[@tejakausik6205]

Lego Brick yeah i mean it was entertaining so i guess there’s that

[@hanezutchins2786]

Its fine to like a series but blindly hating criticism and believing it has no flaws and is perfect in every way is ignorant. The argument that those people made PROVE that they're stupid.

[@Blast2224]

I hated how lightning was reduced to a common capability. People would just throw around lightning without having to do the motions required to separate the energy and GUIDE, not just point and zap.

[@KevinRobertsArt]

did you say the firelord couldn't lightning bend? Cuz he could. He shot it at Zuko and Aang.

[@clinteastwood1629]

Kevin Roberts I think he could only do it during the commit when fire bending was at it's strongest

[@McCammalot]

Yes. The Fire Lord was actually faster and better at generating lightning than Azula and Iroh (possibly not Iroh, because he was teaching when we saw him do it, but in comparison to Azula's careful circles he whipped out those things like, well, whips!) And the first time we see him do it, it's like five seconds after the Black Sun, when all Firebenders had lost their powers completely. The instant the sun comes back out, he's at top form.

[@quinnguyen4620]

I think he meant the current firelord (Zuko). The "three people" are Iroh, Ozai, and Azula.

[@messengerhawk6590]

@@quinnguyen4620 he said this while showing a picture of Ozai 31:50

[@thankyoujesus2080]

Mr Enter most likely forgot, period.

[@XycoManiac]

*Bored on bus* *Mr Enter Uploads a new video* "God is real"

[@christopherwallace7903]

Xyco Maniac Lmpo

[@BabyBells231]

Same

[@Rakshasa1986]

Xyco Maniac Let's form the Church of Enter.

[@MrGMoney1944]

Xyco Maniac Nah an unlimited data plan is godly.

[@ocarinaplaya]

Not gonna lie, that fight where bolin protects the president was the hypest of the series.

[@Andrew-yp3dr]

True

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

Ikr

[@user-xy4di3pd2m]

i'm still annoyed that they didn't get Korra to say "you sound just like your grandfather"

[@alize0623]

I wish that, instead of Korra, we got an adult Team Avatar. All the stuff they say happened before Korra was born sounded WAY MORE INTERESTING than anything we saw in Korra. Aang formed a WHOLE DAMN CITY, began a new government, had Prince Zuko as fire lord, upgraded society, and had children. It's not like their world saving adventures ended after they defeated Ozai. It's just such a disappointment

[@trinidadonassis7411]

alize0623 I agree, and thank you for using disappointment. I will also add this, I don't want anything Avatar unless Aaron Ehasz and that ORIGINAL writing staff is involved. I have seen enough of "Bryke" left to their own devices to partake in anything else they have going on.

[@MrEmpoleon2010]

alize0623 Relax you still got comics focusing on Aang.

[@alize0623]

MrEmpoleon2010 The comics didn't last very long, though

[@JoyStar]

+Trinidad Onassis Wait, I thought Bryke created the Avatar franchise and they were involved with it's entire run, both TLA and LOK. Who exactly is Aaron Ehasz?

[@PrayerWarrior4]

JoyStar the head writer, and nominated writer on the show with his wife who also created uncle Iroh and kept Bryke in control when the lacked structure and story telling...he and his wife wrote some of the BEST episodes in the original series and he doesn't get enough attention...you can wiki him and see a fraction or his contributions to Avatar...he is quoted for loving the series and putting in all the little details that rewarded the audience in the following episodes...it is like night and day...

[@Saaunn]

Someone I know watched and loved Korra. Did not watch the original atla. He watched one episode and decided he could not do it because the humor was so immature. My soul hurts.

[@luizfelipevbf5567]

Amoranta Swiftmoon i know how you feel

[@icantthinkofagoodname7837]

It'll probably spoil him a bit, but maybe you could show him one of the more mature episodes to get into it? There's definitely a few in the 2nd half of book 1 and a lot in book 2

[@feraflauna3238]

+Amorantha Swiftmoon-To be fair, I do actually love The Last Airbender very much. Even though it has been hyped to the moon over the last decade from the kids that grew up with it, I still don't think in a way it gets enough credit for just how good it is. However, even now, I have to say, that the humor in Last Airbender at times is EXTREMELY JUVENILE AND IMMATURE. "Bryke" often overdoes something they think is funny and just about beat it to the ground. *Any surprise they originally were directors on Family Guy? That certainly. . .explains a lot on why they often beat their own jokes to death.* And sometimes they'll overdo it to where they insert a gag where there doesn't need to be one. ie. Aang trying to recover from his battle with Azula by entering the Avatar state for the first time he's been in a coma. . .He farts. Not. . .the. . .right. . .time. . . to use a fart joke. And I believe if Sokka was handled the same way Bryke did with Bolin, Sokka would ONLY be known for being funny and not anything else-he wouldn't be nearly as fleshed out as he was. However, a lot of that ill-timed and bumbling humor is even worse on Legend of Korra-Meelo "farbends"-basically anything that twerp does-Korra earthbends Jinora and Ikki to the ceiling when they tease her in front of Mako that she has feelings for him, Bolin can't ever seem to shut up, during Korra's date with Bolin, they both. . .burp really loud despite being 17 year olds. And worse, I don't want to get into the fact that Bryke thought the relationship BS and men being abused was funny. . .If anything, even the humor in Korra took a notch down from its predecessor.

[@futurestoryteller]

Your friend sounds stupid.

[@zamirewilson7424]

'0' 'O' WHAT?! 'O' '0'

[@rugvedkulkarni1593]

31:47 The fire lord definatly could lightning bend. If I remember correctly Ozai, Azula, and Iroh were the only people who could lightning bend in ATLA.

[@koreboredom4302]

The "Legend of Korra" series is just an Avatar fanfic with a huge fucking budget.

[@babehunter1324]

31:51 Ozai could do lightning bending, actually.

[@type-writerproductions1116]

babehunter1324 I've literally been scrolling through the comments to see if anyone else noticed that

[@damotoneko1500]

If MrEnter can be honest, so can i. I hated Legend of Korra. Watched alittle but couldnt continue. I'd rather have had a Book 5 of The last airbender where we just explore the peace in the world and enjoy some leizure episodes without having to hide their identities. I would love character interaction and exploration without them having to fight to determine the fate of the world. 21:34 Pal, i dislike Korra but jesus christ, you just made a fantastic plot in the amount of time it took for the show to introduce her.

[@maskedblanks7774]

My sentiments are definitely similar but I stopped somewhere in Book 2. Aaron Ehasz, his wife, and the original ATLA writing team weren't part of LoK so it explains why the writing really devolved and had crappy elements (i.e. love triangle and too much focus on romance). That saying so, Ehasz really wanted to make another book for ATLA where they explored other things - i.e. Momo's significance, Iroh's journey to the Spirit World, flashbacks of Iroh and Lu-Ten, and Toph reconciling with her parents. And honestly, most fans can make a better plot for Korra. Mr. Enter's idea is definitely intriguing and it fits with the elements and balancing them well. Someone else also had a great idea where Korra was the daughter of nonbenders who are descendants of the Southern Water Tribe. Korra despised benders for the treatment she and non-benders got, so she wanted to join the Equalists. But one day, she bumps into Tenzin who is interested with her. After more bump ins, much to her shock, she finds she can bend - Tenzin then comes out and says, "Korra...you are the Avatar."

[@damotoneko1500]

*+Kazechi Yumigami* Oh my god.. ARE YOU FLIPPING SERIOUS?!! WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN A FIFTH BOOK LIKE WE WANTED IF AARON HAD JUST STAYED?!! Oh god.. Those single 4 examples you brought of Iroh in the spirit world and Toph reconciling with her parents. I want those. They would fit so nicely with how Avatar TLA ended. No sudden grand danger or plot twist, only revisiting our favorite characters and see what happens to them after the war. Maybe we can get that one day? We could ditch the idea of Korra and instead return to the last airbender with these things.

[@maskedblanks7774]

When many fans heard of it, they started complaining as well: preferring Ehasz's vision rather than Bryke's mess with the comics. I think also Ehasz said that nothing would be unanswered in that book and it was meant to tie some loose ends: so, Ursa would've been there but in a very different direction than what she was in the comics. Yeah! Like an Epilogue, basically. Maybe, but considering Bryke now has full control and are continuing both ATLA and LoK with crappy comics, I sadly can't see it happening.

[@damotoneko1500]

*+Kazechi Yumigami* I heard a little something upsetting about the chase. Something which ruins certain things for one with enjoyment of Last airbender.

[@maskedblanks7774]

And what is this upsetting thing?

[@alexvaughan1013]

Korra: "I'm not oppressing anyone...You're oppressing yourself!" Gotta admit, this line has aged better and better over the decade.

[@mr.d2158]

Can't wait for The Emoji Movie review...... 😒🔫

[@fortblocks]

You really want him to die, don't you?

[@ian6617]

Can't wait for Enter to make the same points about it that others have made months ago about it.

[@DG-vb4vn]

That's a water gun Use this 🔪

[@kieranstark7213]

The ten thousand (divided by seven) dislikes of this video are coming from The Emoji Movie fans... >8(

[@ShadyDoorags]

"Even the fire lord couldn't lightning bend." Um... yeah, he could.

[@aNoTHeRXIIIocean]

yea, he shot lightning at zuko who then redirected it

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

with BOTH HANDS by the way.

[@Master-Fawful958]

How the HELL could someone Korra’s age not know what money is? That’s something you learn about when a toddler. Maybe it would make more sense if he was to was referring to when she WAS a toddler, but the point still stands. That aside,this still holds up.

[@water223]

Yeah I couldn't get into Korra unfortunately. Rewatched the Avatar and wanted to jump into Korra immediately after. Thought Season 1 was alright. Jumped into season 2 and got bored. Never picked it up again

[@Steamedhams578]

When I was starting watching Korra and thought it was pretty fresh. The plot was decent and they way Korra's situation was set up completely different to Aang's was pretty nice. One big problem which becomes more and more glaring however is that Korra is completely unlikable for almost 90% of the show. She's naive and slow beyond belief and routinely makes the same mistakes despite the show setting her up to learn from those same mistakes over and over. The highlight of the show for me were the bits involving the first avatar and what a surprise, Korra had nothing to do with those episodes. Overall the show recycles too much over its run and culminates in a disappointment

[@Percival917]

Ok, so you want Korra to lose and regain her bending. Ok, make it feel like she earned them! And let the experience of not having the crutches she had before affect her as a character! It may not be as easy, but if it makes the series better, it's worth it!

[@superlombax1561]

Percival917 I feel like this is sarcasm.

[@reasyrandom]

Well, the start of the fourth book is basically Korra dealing with losing everything and the PTSD of almost being killed. Many fans of Korra say it was one of the greatest arcs of the show, since it was realistically showing what dealing with something as heavy as that would be like.

[@davidtimmer596]

It's the basic trope of Trauma for character development, which they don't focus on.

[@jbshbsskskhbs6713]

Agreed with this video, one correction though, Fire Lord Ozai could lightening bend, he actually targeted Zuko with lightening after the day of black sun ended. Big part of that episode was the Fire Lord using lightening to attack Zuko, because while Zuko could not create the lightening himself, he was able to use Iroh's technique to redirect his father's lightening back against him in order to escape.

[@recsporteducation4594]

As soon as you said, "trouble with water bending" I immediately went, Yes! Suddenly all of the rest of the story is way better! Nicely done.