Overanalyzing Korra: Civil Wars Part 1

Korra, pull it together.
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[@overanalyzingavatar]

Like and comment if you know what's good for you. *Next upload will be Netflix Avatar episode 2. That video, and the next episode of Korra are the two videos ahead on patreon.

[@jaredbuckels7827]

I've never known what's good for me.

[@Spunow]

No

[@the.dirt.man.]

okay mr overanalyzer (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

So you’re alternating? I’m all for it

[@justjamie5006]

Their air bison not sky

[@Treebohr]

Imagine being that guy that Korra keeps calling "dad". Like, you have no idea what she's talking about, but if the Avatar thinks you're her dad, you're far more likely to survive the encounter. Might as well not correct her.

[@DavidUsandivaras]

Wdym by that, Isnt korras dad her actual dad?

[@willtheprodigy3819]

@@DavidUsandivarasDude.. did you even watch the video?

[@ZealStarMedia]

I’d pull the “go to your room” card.

[@DavidUsandivaras]

@@willtheprodigy3819 Forgot to correct myself. Ye I just saw it sry about that

[@DavidUsandivaras]

same @@ZealStarMedia

[@Vintagegaston]

Bumi grew up as a kid who was probably told multiple times about his immediate family who had the craziest adventure in history. He always had the sense for adventure but had no bending to do it with. Instead he joined the military. And from the sound of it, he got to scratch the itch. I always liked the theory that whenever Aang was on a vacation with Tenzin that Bumi hung with Sokka. I guess I empathize with the perfectly normal guy in a world full of magic finding his way and spreading the joy for life he has

[@JackedUpEntertainment]

I always wished we got an adventure with Tenzin, Bumi, Kya and Lin to pay homage to the original 4, maybe throw in Izumi just to have the Zuko character, but it would have been neat to see how their experience with their respective mentor played out when they're trained by masters their whole lives VS the original Team Avatar who had to be basically self taught and became Masters themselves

[@chimera9818]

@@JackedUpEntertainmentthere is wants in the korra fan base of wanting the kids of the og team avatar adventure story

[@יאירליבנה-פ8ח]

​@JackedUpEntertainment You know, I just realized this is the episode I always needed but never knew I want. That would give so much character to all of them!

[@patrickmonahan5272]

The issue with that theory is why would Sokka even let Aang only take Tenzin, when Sokka knew what it was like to be the regular of the group

[@marcusraines4803]

“You’ve been had dumbass!!” Truly this is the theme of the second season of Korra.

[@zaper2904]

And the first.

[@drivingbritt9617]

Honestly, it would be fairly applicable to a solid 2/3rds of this show.

[@Brenilla]

Even towards the audience, ah you thought this would be about a civil war and political intuige! Hah no!

[@willtheprodigy3819]

Why do people go to bat for this show and say it’s better than Avatar?

[@BetaDude40]

@@willtheprodigy3819 I haven't heard anyone say that, but why I (used to) enjoy this show is just because it's entertaining on a surface level. I never expected it to hold a candle to ATLA, but I also kind of expect it now to at least be competently written, and a lot of times that's thrown into question. If anyone genuinely does like Korra over ATLA then it's just because they like surface-level entertainment over a show as deep and nuanced as the original. Which isn't bad in and of itself, people are allowed to have their opinions, it's just a shallow opinion imo.

[@avatarman6924]

Mako calling Korra “Sweetie” hurts my essence

[@BetaDude40]

I feel like I need to take a shower after hearing that, ugh. Even if you do like Korra, she is far from a "sweetie," if this were a normal situation I could easily see her getting really pissed at that petname. Like I never call my partner anything like that at all, it just sounds wrong.

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

​@@BetaDude40Not only that but hearing him calling her sweetie with HOW this relionship started and been this season ,makes it even worse.

[@RacingSnails64]

Omg that completely flew over my head. He's trying so hard. Maybe he should go with babe. They seem more like a babe couple.

[@BetaDude40]

@@RacingSnails64 I think if Mako called Korra "babe" then it would be fully justified for Korra to enter the avatar state and annihilate the entire zip code.

[@Sarah.blur2]

😂😂😂😂

[@hammarkids542]

one of the most frustrating things in this season was the amount of shit Tonraq gets from his own daughter. It feels so forced and unexplained why she hates him so much, then she realizes Unaloq is evil and suddenly her dad is the best person on the planet again. They don't feel like a father and daughter at all, Tonraq just feels like a side character that Korra is beefing with. At least their relationship is great in season 3, they actually feel like family that love each other deeply, ESPECIALLY in the later episodes.

[@abthedragon4921]

Oh hey Hammerkids, should have known you'd be in this comment section.

[@everburn]

Korra was a total bitch this season

[@hammarkids542]

@@abthedragon4921 hello :)

[@pn2294]

It’s honestly not forced. Parents aren’t entitled to love. There’s a big difference between Hakoda and Ozai and it’s that Hakoda takes time to understand his children.

[@msachin4885]

​@@pn2294 WTF are you talking about? You know children don't just naturally hate or love their parents right? You know that those types of relationships are formed over years, and because of that, allows for more nuance and substance. Korra being mad at her dad is fine *_if_* they give a very good, non debatable reason Korra's dad was a bad parent, or made a bad decision. They didn't really show us a good reason Korra was so mad at her dad at all times.

[@Vespyr_]

14:03 "You're still trying to prove you can do everything a bender can, well you can't. Deal with it." I never liked how they made Bumi a joke character. How cool it would have been if he was allowed to just dive into the pool, and show that he too was still Aang's son to these two master benders. It would make his antics less annoying if they just stopped always playing him for laughs.

[@minor_2nd]

They could've made him like Sokka, but instead he became like the cabbage merchant minus the catchphrase.

[@tminusboom2140]

They later show that his insane stories are the result of blind luck and coincidence. Imagine how cool it would have been for genuine guile and cunning to come out instead.

[@BetaDude40]

The comic relief characters imo are the weakest and most disappointing aspect of Korra. ATLA had so much great humor, and humorous characters to deliver it who weren't just the buttmonkeys of whatever lame joke the writers came up with. Sokka was so much more than just the comic relief, he was the brains and the brawn (and the stomach) of the gaang. He's a difficult and nuanced character, and you only laugh at him because he does a lot more than just tell lame jokes and talk about food. Bolin is nothing but dumb jokes. Everything he does is a punchline, to the point where his character is nothing but a joke. Bumi is the same way, you don't get the feeling he's learned anything from his adventures (or even if he's making it all up, that he's some compulsively lying charlatan figure, or even that he's desperate for attention). There's no depth to the characters beyond the one-handful of jokes each one is allowed to tell. I can deal with Korra herself being a wishy-washy immature child (sometimes anyway), I can deal with the show really throwing into question a lot of the established lore in Avatar Wan's story (which I actually liked just at a surface level), and I can even deal with the show of basically permanently killing off all the other Avatars in the past cycles after the previous message of Season 1 establishing Korra has support and guidance (but I guess haha fuck you Aang's fucking gone now). What I can't deal with as easily is just how lame and uninteresting the supporting cast has been, and I really wish these characters got some serious editing passes.

[@ExplodingSteve]

he’s literally old and retired for a reason

[@MattBnl2ih]

@@ExplodingSteveI’m not sure I care. I mean how many old characters in avatar are actually old? I prefer experienced

[@akimomalrov3241]

4:45 Hamma is such a better developed situation for creepyness. cause we also get to see the characters notice the weirdness as time goes on. They dont get to make any dumb decisions that we wouldnt make.

[@tiablue9106]

I saw some ppl say katara was slow for not realizing Hama was the one capturing ppl during the full moons sooner but rlly she figured it out as soon as logically possible. (once she explained bloodbending, and how she wanted katara to use it) Yeah the audience almost certainly figured out when Hama said “I have a special technique that can only be done during the full moon” that she was responsible, but before that point, the characters rlly had no way of knowing

[@6thgraderfriends]

It's odd to me that Kya's upset that Tenzin and Bumi didn't put their lives on hold after their dad died like she did, when she has the least amount of responsibility out of the three of them. Bumi was an admiral for the united forces so of course he couldn't just step away and Tenzin was left in charge of running the air accolades in Republic City so he couldn't walk away from that either. What was she doing? We don't know.

[@brandonlyon730]

Yeah I wished we got to hear Katara’s side of this story and now much of this stuff was even true or just stuff Bumi and Kya exaggerated.

[@sarah2cold377]

Pretty sure she was a hippy or something like that. It was explained in the comics a bit. Granted I don't remember much about her in the Korra comics aside from her telling Korra Aang was super supportive of her being gay.

[@6thgraderfriends]

@@sarah2cold377Yeah the only thing I can remember about her is that she's a lesbian...I don't know much else.

[@matijasostojic4288]

Yea wasn't she just going on adventures and stuff? I feel like its kinda deserved to go back to her mom and help her with stuff with how Bassically carefree she was.

[@battlesheep2552]

Especially Tenzin, it seems overlooked by everyone just how much pressure Tenzin is under considering he's been brought up from birth with the responsibility of restoring an entire nation, one that he has born alone for the past 16 or so years as the only living airbending master. It shouldn't be a mystery to anyone why he acts the way he does.

[@kaipakta817]

0:18 Ski instructor here, no. There is not enough water. Context: snow has a *ton* of air in it, even when it is compacted. It's nothing like ice in terms of density. You'd need like, 5-10x the snowpack for a given chunk of ice.

[@Aqsticgod]

maybe in real life that would be true, but in a show where people can magically manipulate the elements, they could have just as easily added the moisture from the air as weve seen in ATLA. also its fucking magic, who tf cares honestly.

[@ClashBluelight]

What if the ice blocks were hollow, though? Then only a fraction of the water would be needed to create them. Of course, the walls would still have to be somewhat thick in order to push people around, but there's no way you'd need to fill the entire internal space of the blocks to accomplish that.

[@patrickmonahan5272]

⁠@@ClashBluelightif you want to push multiple full grown people back, you need a good amount of water to freeze

[@ClashBluelight]

@@patrickmonahan5272 If I made a two inch thick layer of ice, I could probably push you over with it. Especially if I'm able to push on the entire surface at once in a perfectly equal manner, as a water bender can. I could probably make do with one inch.

[@patrickmonahan5272]

@@ClashBluelight can you do that to 10 people?

[@maskofthedragon]

4:24 Gotta love how Korra's only training in "Unalaq Spirit Fighting™" is completely off screen Y'know so they don't have to explain it in anyway or have her bond with Unalaq that isn't just him stroking her ego

[@louisenichols6825]

Right? I think it would have been good to see Unalaq train Korra, perhaps see his training method, maybe Korra gets the hang of it straight away and have fun with it, reinforcing her "Man, Unalaq is so much better than Tenzin" thoughts. This also means it would have made more sense for Korra to trust Unalaq so much.

[@lemon1797]

I mean, we never saw the training for healing either. Nor did we see training for lightning or blood really. To me it seems that some bending types are easier to learn than others and that's not a plothole

[@Existnot-_-]

​​@@lemon1797actually we saw the training for all three of those in atla, specifically Lightning in bitter work who explained and trained zuko(which he later succeed in redirecting it), bloodbending in the puppet master by hama and healing was well explained in the first few seasons of on the north pole. Granted these things weren't to in detail but that's because there simple concepts that can make sense in universe, the rules and ways are well established previously that the viewer can draw the conclusion for example why can a water bender blood bend? Simple there are liquid properties within blood, healing? Water has soothing properties. Lightening bending is the most far fetched but it is also the one most well explained nearly a whole episode dedicated to it. The thing with Korras training is two things 1 people want to see the relationship between korra and the guy 2 This type of spirt bending thingy is SO new and SO far fetched that it HAS to be explained, it more magic then bending and a lack of explanation leads the viewer feeling out of place, left out and honestly clueless. Leaving out such an important part of the season and not explaining it is a plot hole. Plus no rules are established for Spirit fighting bending (magic ? )™ previously.

[@maskofthedragon]

@@lemon1797 Healing had the punchline of being so easy it was taught to little girls In Bitter Work we see Iroh go in detail about how Lightning works and Zuko never being able to it shows how hard it is We are shown how over months/years Hama was able to homebrew Bloodbending to escape a cell How about you watch Avatar: The Last Airbender, before leaving a comment, it's pretty good

[@lemon1797]

@@maskofthedragon bro you're proving my point. Some bending forms are harder and some are easier. Maybe learn to read before you respond, it's pretty fun

[@davidarenas-grube6318]

12:56 I love how slick you sneak in the Naruto references every time

[@chopan_ss]

🤯

[@Xpwnxage]

It kills me

[@manray005]

Bro that shit made me laugh so hard. So sneaky yet perfect

[@blackfox4138]

Here's where I stand on the Aang Bad Dad debate: Does this add to the complexity and multifacet part of his character? Absolutely, I think it's a great way of showing the unique challenges of a character up to adulthood and ESPECIALLY the challenges with having kids. My issues with it are twofold: 1. We don't actually get to see Aang's relationship with his kids. Like, we don't get a flashback seeing Aang spending time with each of them. So any talk and rationalization on both ends is nothing more than fan speculation. It's Shrodinger's Bad Dad. Aang could've been a no good deadbeat dad, or he could've been a wonderful father in ingrates as kids. The problem is that we don't know one way or the other, and for your main character that's a serious issue. 2. This is a case where you really see the invisible hand of the writer becomes visible. It's important to remember that "realism" isn't a factor in anything that happens in fiction. Everything is a choice made by the writers, and in this instance you need to ask: Why did they make these 50+ year old adults have issues with their dad? To establish conflict and line up with the themes of a broken house. The problem is, this creative choice leads to SO many issues where the audience now has nothing but questions regarding the characters and how they're portrayed from here on out. This singular choice made Aang be perceived as a terrible father, and now he's stuck with that legacy a majority of the fandom. On the whole, I think Aang not being a perfect dad is fine, but the show didn't give us enough to really see things from any other point of view than his jaded middle aged children. Which really sucks from a character standpoint on Aang.

[@brandonlyon730]

Yeah we should’ve heard Katara’s side of the story about all of this.

[@maskofthedragon]

@@brandonlyon730 I legit believe Bryke forget Katara is alive 90% of the time

[@athanasioskosmas3915]

All of you ignore one crucial fact: Aang was the last of his nation. He had to teach Tenzin a whole culture and if he couldnt do it, his nation would had go extinct forever. You guys ignore that.

[@blackfox4138]

@@athanasioskosmas3915 And you seemingly ignored everything I just posted, but tl;dr: The writers *chose* to add this. they didn't have to but they did. They didn't bother explaining the hows and whys, so now everyone is left ot just guess like what you're doing. So it's a bad writing choice.

[@athanasioskosmas3915]

@@blackfox4138 they didnt explain the hows and whys because here is obvious. A bit of common sense is enough to understand why Aang did this. Its not that hard

[@j.w.7608]

I think the Field Trip Tenzin remembers might of been training. Thats why Kaya and Bumi werent there and why Tenzin only remembers it as fun

[@craigpeoples9883]

That makes sense

[@maxtube1952]

*Might have. Sorry, sorry, but yes, actually, that does make sense.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

There wasn’t just one trip the others missed

[@j.w.7608]

@@sarasamaletdin4574 yes but that's what my comment is saying, any trip they mention, could of just been air bending training

[@Kona_AJ]

Honestly that noise you made after Mako's "sweetie" is giving me fuckin life. My god hahaha

[@j.w.7608]

Timestamp?

[@nomebom7140]

​@@j.w.7608 8:40

[@Kona_AJ]

@@nomebom7140 appreciate it mate

[@sarah2cold377]

to be completely fair in the kidnapping fight, they were all waterbenders so most of the normal restraining options weren't really an option. At best she could have earthbent them restraints but from every indication I got, the entire building was made of ice so that also wasn't really an option. Given that she mostly used air and what was lying around, I actually think that was pretty good attention to detail all things considered.

[@bendonatier]

This episode is a good example of my feelings towards Korra as a whole. There are so many singular elements that hit with just the right power, get that real flavor, show the creative spark that made AtlA great, but they are caught up in a show that just can't handle it. If all you want is for it to have good stuff then it's a fine show, but it lacks that complex whole that made AtlA great.

[@sunbleachedangel]

It lacks coherence and good character writing

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

​@@sunbleachedangeland consistent lore.

[@joshuajones4097]

@@malikpierre-louis3343yall just saying stuff what about the lore isnt consistent

[@tortoisesoup16]

​@@joshuajones4097A lot of retcons. Retcons that the dragons are the orginal firebenders, the ocean and the moon are the original water benders, moles, sky bisons etc. It retcons spirits and their behaviours, the evil spirit mumbo jumbo is just awful. It retcons the Avatar cycle with Raava and Vaatu bullshit. It retcons Oma and Shu being the first earthbenders and a bunch of other stuff. Granted these are all season 2 stuff and it's by far the weakest and the worst season of Korra. I personally enjoy season 3 of Korra as much as I enjoyed ATLA. But season 2 sure changes a lot of things for the worse for the Avatar Universe. I think they should just admit their defeat and make season 2 of korra non cannon.

[@gazelle_diamond9768]

@@tortoisesoup16 Literally none of those are retcons.

[@thothrax5621]

I think the thing that really blows my mind about how stupid korra is with the whole civil war thing is how she's standing their, talking to the aggressor of the war, who is telling her to stay neutral, and she doesn't even call him out. Like, you're trying to be impartial, while taking advice from the least impartial person on the subject. Maybe rub a braincell or two and figure something out for yourself for once.

[@maskofthedragon]

You can't even excuse it with them being family, since Korra has been seething about her dad in these last few episodes Is the audience supposed to believe she is closer to this uncle she barely knows or that treating her homeland like trash is less of a betrayal than making sure she was safe?

[@pn2294]

I find it funny how many people that the Avatar is just a weapon to be used.

[@battlesheep2552]

Yeah it's like "if you actually want to avoid a civil war, then leave"

[@brookejon3695]

"Hey, uncle. The South thinks you're an occupying army and wants you to leave them alone." "Wha-buh-I'm not! I'm totally not an occupying army." "Right. Well, that's not really your call to make. They think you are. It's their land, their civilization, and their freedom. Piss off if you don't want war."

[@dontbanmerage416]

My biggest gripe with this season is that Korra just accepts the “there is only one water tribe” bs when they are, and always have been, two separate tribes. Like how are they one tribe when during the 100 years war, they provided no aid to the south and let them lose all of their benders?

[@maskofthedragon]

When the Hell was a "united Water Tribes" even a thing? They live as far away as physically possible and the portals where sealed shut before humans could even live there

[@jordancampbell8597]

Sokka and Katara, and the South as a whole, were called members of the "sister tribe" a few times in ATLA while they were in the North, so there appears to have been some level of deeper connection at some point, but the customs have always been distinct, from what we can gather from other episodes.

[@chimera9818]

I think the main theory is that the south are people that flee from the north oppressive rules

[@elitegamer9310]

​@maskofthedragon I would say it's more so just a political idea to create one singular water bending nation. Both tribes have always been separate from each other geographically, politically, and culturally. But since they are both water benders with somewhat similar cultures, some would believe that the two Water Tribes should merge.

[@flamebreaker7318]

@@maskofthedragonthey were United the southern tribe was created because of the north’s strict rules on gender and such

[@Sparrow0330]

I think I have a good idea of why Bumi is the way he is. In the video, you established that Tenzin got focused in on by Aang because he was the only Airbender and Aang was also too busy for the other two. I'd bet a similar thing might have happened with Kya, to a lesser extent. Katara likely preferred Kya since she was a Waterbender, and a lot of their time would probably be spent practicing bending. That leaves Bumi, focused on by neither parent and unable to bend, so he starts to become extravagant and boisterous to get attention, and this attention grabbing personality carried on into his adult life, which is why he's the way he is as a grown man. It could almost be argued Bumi's plight is similar to Tai Li(I don't actually know how to spell her name) in ATLA, though slightly different. Tai Li had to stand out because she looked the same as her siblings, whereas Bumi has to stand out because he's different than his siblings. Also you said you've never met a Bumi fan, but you have now(if you read this). I am a Bumi fan, mostly before he gets Airbending but I like him afterwards too, to a lesser extent.

[@Ema_Not_Emma]

Wasn't really going to mention this, but since you're threatening me, I guess I'll rant about something that bugs me. People that review or discuss Korra talk about the 10 000 years thing like it's an exact, specified amount of time. What a lot of people don't know is that 10 000 is used in east asian cultures to signify infinity, or at the very least a very large amount of something. When Wan Shi Tong calls himself 'He Who Knows Ten Thousand Things', it means that he has a vast amount of knowledge. The 10 000 years basically just means a very long time, so it could be far longer in canon

[@Aneurin_Hunt]

if we take 10000 years as exact then there is like 120 avatars but having it be 100000 years is so much time, too much imo. 10000 does feel a little short considering that szeto's time is like 600 years before Korra and that includes 7 avatars. But, thinking about society 10000 years ago vs 100000 years ago. Does change thing in my mind a little. It was the dawn of civilisation 10000 years ago. 100000 humans were still hunter gathers and multiple hominids still roamed the earth. It werid to think how much time has actually passed since homo sapiens evolved and how much was before writing.

[@maskofthedragon]

Why would it not be literal? It's based on an event, that they have timed to the day

[@Deleralia]

What a weird rant. It's okay man, it's 10,000 years. My god 😂

[@dredgen0268]

Except for the fact that they specifically say 10,000 years. Like numerous times.

[@TheAmorphousGamer]

@@maskofthedragonIf it's literal it does not make much sense

[@Fixti0n]

About the incapacitation of "dad" and his goons. It makes total sense that she uses tapestry and rope, there are only two elements good at locking down and that is Earth and Water, and those guys are water benders, and assuming water nation architecture is mainly ice and carpets, there would be a severe lack of earth in them. So with the two good crowd control option out, the third option is the best one left.

[@AlexBaleFilms]

This a damn good overanalysis

[@jonathan13co]

"Overanalysis"? More like overlynitpicky...

[@thehunt3rs_]

Did you get consumed by a black tentacle monster in your basement before getting replaced?

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

​​@@jonathan13coGee it's almost like it's the point or something. Also he brings up major points too.The nitpicks are mostly jokes and stuff.

[@lasercraft32]

If I'm being honest I think the idea of Aang being a "bad father" is blown wayyy out of proportion... To me the way they talked about it made them seem petty. It gave me strong "I never got my turn on the Switch" vibes. I would not be surprised if they exaggerated Aang's neglect a lot more to fit their point of view, like how my little sister will throw a fit whenever my dad has to do work instead of playing with her. Not to mention the fact that Aang was an _Air Nomad._ They didn't really _have_ traditional families, since all the males and females were split across the different temples. The closest Aang had to a father was Monk Gyatso.

[@jordancampbell8597]

There's also the issue that Tenzin's years younger than his siblings--Kya's at least four or five years older and Bumi's got to have a decade on him. Tenzin would still have been a young child when his siblings were grown.

[@RacingSnails64]

I don't want to invalidate Kya and Bumi's feelings, but I do think the whole conflict was about perspective. I do think they're remembering the negative experiences over the positive ones. I mean they literally find a family photo of them all together at once. I always took that as a sign that Aang was around more often than they think.

[@jordancampbell8597]

@@RacingSnails64 Given they're older, it's entirely possible that Aang was actually settling down a bit by the time Tenzin was growing up, but by then the older two were already grown.

[@Theoriginalmistwalker]

@@RacingSnails64 yeah idk how people fail to factor in biases and distortion of memories for the debate on how aang was as a father, Kya and Bumi are clearly kinda petty but they dont hate Aang to death, they just feel a little left out which is a normal mistake parents do, specially with how unique Aang's case is i find it completely normal

[@genderender]

@@RacingSnails64 focusing on the negative instead of the positive. i wonder if this season used this as a metaphor or something

[@abthedragon4921]

I know Unalaq is clearly presented as a villain and it can be jarring how Korra doesn't see that but I will say I do like the small details during the scene where Korra is talking to him in what I'm assuming is the throne room. Korra's standing in front of light coming from outside the room which is partially shining on Unalaq who is still mostly shrouded in darkness. It's kind of like a visual metaphor for how Korra sees him as a mentor when he's obviously just manipulating her and the Avatar (the light that protects the world) is faced with someone who will become the embodiment of darkness. Yeah, I know the writing is still messy but hey years of watching Overanalyzing Avatar helps me to appreciate small touches like this in animated shows.

[@willtheprodigy3819]

Has this channel really been going on for years? That’s crazy to think about. I’ve been here since the beginning, and it doesn’t feel that long.

[@abthedragon4921]

@@willtheprodigy3819 Yup, the first Overanalyzing Avatar video was posted three years ago at the time of writing this. Also yeah, it's crazy to think about because it only feels like this channel's been around for one year or so.

[@renemartinez3451]

I think artist touches like that are only worth noting when the writing is already compelling enough to warrant a visual representation of its themes. Without the good writing, these emphasized visuals just feel pretentious. “Korra is light so she is good and Tarloc is dark so he is bad.” Yes Korra. You really are more dark and mature than ATLA. Now let’s get you back in bed

[@growingoaks]

Kaya says "We were never on those trips" so we can assume that Kaya and Bumi were consistently left out. Aang may not have been a terrible father, but he also shoulda known that 3 kids are WAY too much for an Avatar to deal with

[@deathwrow9652]

Keep in mind aang stopped the .moment he got an airbender

[@thispersonwriting1889]

Man, it's good to hear you enthusiastically talk about continuity and backgrounds and attention-to-detail.

[@Broockle]

16:42 "PotatoScream who has to duel a shadow version of himself on their birthday every year, winner gets to be the person for the year" This is so unhinged, but also perfectly encapsulates the dark vs light avatar thing at the season 2 finale 😂

[@alexandrac6177]

I’ve just realized that your rant starting at about 11:45 would have legitimately fixed Korra’s arc here. It could have been delivered a little more softly by her mom, or by Mako in frustration, or idk by Asami if we feel like making her part of the story. We just needed a character to talk tough to Korra, to give a voice to what we were feeling at the moment. Even if she stayed stubborn and huffy (at least at first), and it took her a while to realize she was wrong, this exact bit of writing, word for word, could have been said to her face and I think a lot of season 2 would have benefitted from it.

[@jacobslater485]

Damnnnnn they striked the warriors video

[@QuirkyView]

I have an uncle that is *exactly* like Bumi, some people keep the childish whimsy when they get old and honestly people like that are great

[@MaxWelton]

1:55 I wonder if he gave his royal palace to his advisors or the legislature, but we see the local govt meeting in his private house right there

[@ethancoltrane5754]

That reminds me, we never see or hear of any kind of actual legistlature anywhere in the avatar world. And before anyone says "the United Republic Council," that seems to me to be more like a collective head of state situation like switzerland.

[@iamthehobo]

I have a friend whose favorite character in all of Korra is boomi. To the point that all of his online screen names include a variant of that name. This has backfired in recent years as people just call him a boomer.

[@StoneCanyonCreatives]

That’s rough buddy

[@isplat927]

Can’t be just say "Bumi" and not "Boomi"?

[@marwanfakhradin2543]

I think it would have been much better for koras character to recognize what unalok was doing and had an Guerilla fight against him but be alone as not to provoke a civil war instead of being dumb and taking orders from the aggressor

[@redsky005]

Aang is definitely not a bad father. Like you said he made mistakes. They had consequences. He just struggled to express love equally with all three kids, and on some level it makes a weird sort of sense because one of them was literally hope to bring back his people

[@athanasioskosmas3915]

We have to recognize the circumstances as well. You guys forget that he was the last airbender and he had to rebuilt the air nation. Thats enough to understand his actions.

[@stupidbroad]

I think the issues his kids have with him work with the fact that: 1. Aang never had an actual father. He had the monks, but not a father figure. Like said before, Gyatso was a great friend of his. He doesn't actually know firsthand how a close father-child relationship works, and all the nuances that it comes with. And 2. due to the previous point and due to the fact that, most of his life is spent traveling around the world solving issues and fighting bad guys. He doesn't have that kind of "lets go throw the baseball, Son" kind of tether to the world (probably doesn't help being an air nomad either lol). aaaand 3. From the lore-drops we've had (combined with theories I've seen on reddit lol) it's been suggested that Aang and Katara had children relatively young, so its very likely that their brains hadn't even finished developing yet. tldr, aang was a young inexperienced father, and also the literal avatar, not being the perfect father really works for his character, and i personally think it only adds to it.

[@TaiJustWatches]

Honestly, after Aang was gone Tenzin would have to teach the next avatar wind bending. He would have been the only airbender left. Aang was thinking of duty.. and that didn’t spell spending time with his children equally.

[@battlesheep2552]

I think Korra is acting that way precisely because butt kicking has always been her default. She's trying to be a better avatar, trying to solve problems peacefully whenever possible, but it's easier to go from one extreme to another than it is to use moderation because to her, every problem still looks like it needs to be solved with butt kicking, so she cant tell that Unalaq actually does need his butt to get kicked.

[@genderender]

the first time we see korra she's fighting lol. its a part of her character arc

[@The_Oak_Boat]

10:58 i am the one who loves bumi but i also like it when he gets bullied

[@segredoslatentes]

one thing i realized when talking to my little brother these days: aang not being a good father maybe is related to him not "familiarly" having the notion of family as "parent-parent-children", he was raised by monks. his experience of family is not exactly the same as the one considered _normal_, alongside being emotionally invested in training and passing on important aspects of being an air nomad to tenzin

[@amgprod.55]

Thank goodness it’s back. I love the new projects but I’ve been looking forward to the full series review of TLOK since the Boiling Rock premiered.

[@matthewjones6786]

Tenzin's family dynamic was very effective IMO, because my dad's relationship with his siblings is eerily similar. They get frustrated with each other, especially when it comes to analyzing the comparative quality of their childhoods, and how to share responsibility in the present. We even have a Bumi of sorts, an uncle who's prone to deflecting with flippant humor to avoid problems. But at the end of the day, they're bound by unwavering familial love. I don't see this particular dynamic covered much in media, and I would've liked to see more!

[@GAHAHAHH]

5:01 it didn't happen last time because the spirit portals were closed also harmonic convergence wasn't as close.

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

Even if they escaped would they really care unless THEY are treatened.

[@RacingSnails64]

Oh yeah duh lol

[@phillanderson434]

“I don’t know anyone who loves Bumi.” I love Bumi! He’s funny and useful and we get to see through his relationship with his family that at his center he has a big heart. He’s very much like Sokka in that he’s funny but a welcome presence in a fight because of his spirit. Something I really missed in the first season of Korra. That’s all I love Bumi.

[@Cinnamowo]

Idk, I always found Kya more annoying than Bumi, half of her lines in a show are said with this 'mocking' tone of voice whenever she argues with brothers over the smallest things. Idk, that was especially annoying when they were searching for Jinora and she instantly was like "Face it, you are not going to be helpful" and then proceeded to be even less helpful. I just wish she actually participated more, and wasn't there for just two fights with Zaheer. I can't honestly remember if she even was in Season 4

[@brandonlyon730]

Once we get know Unalaq’s true intentions, this whole southern water tribe invasion he decided to do makes him look really really stupid.

[@athanasioskosmas3915]

Basically its like he wanted as a distruction so no one will be able to see his true intentions. Thats the only way it can make sense.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@athanasioskosmas3915 Maybe, but there was no point for Korra being there, if he was smart he should’ve had himself and Korra immediately go to the North Pole for “training” and open the other portal while she was ignorant of the occupation.

[@athanasioskosmas3915]

@@brandonlyon730 Then how would he open the southern portal? That would make sense if him and Korra went to the north pole and then he would lanched the invasion. What youre saying is the same thing but this time Korra isnt on the heart of the events which on this ocassion Unaloq's plan has no effect, unless if he wanted to sent his brother in prison for good. But that would be an overkill

[@brandonlyon730]

@@athanasioskosmas3915 The southern portal is already open at that point, he probably should've told his men to wait until his own ship left port to do his invasion and Korra would be none the wiser.

[@Hardrocker828-1]

Ok. Personally I like Boomy. I find that he and Varric both crush the comic relief side of this show. Without them, it would be missing the goofy side of Avatar. I just wish Bo Lin had a better written character.

[@mrunbekannt6748]

In season 3 of Airbender Katara also heals ang's injurie with remote healing

[@raddaradda8682]

10:04 Man, Yuei really needs to get a calander.

[@drivingbritt9617]

13:28 Behold! A glaive! Actually, it could be a War Scythe if the cutting edge is on the inside of the curve, but cool nonetheless! (Yes, Glaives and War Scythes were a Medieval European thing, but odds are there were Asian equivalents.)

[@nyetloki]

Yep. CHAN LIEN or ZHANLIAN is a scythe and KOU LIEN TAO or GOU LIAN DAO is a glaive. There's also Indian ones. But inuit and other tribes didn't really have them for obvious reasons

[@statesofgracie]

for the aang’s a bad father debate I’d also like to add aang literally did not grow up with parents. the air nomads don’t have a mom and a dad. they’re a collective community where everyone helps everyone out instead of living with two parents. aang has no experience with what it’s like to have a direct parent so it’s not surprising that he wouldn’t know exactly how to be a direct parent himself. characters can have flaws it doesn’t make them terrible people it makes them realistic.

[@jalapenoofjustice4682]

I never really buy into the complaint that characters can't just tell someone is evil. WE can tell because of storytelling tropes and aesthetic signifiers, but for a character in that world I don't think "he just looks like a bad guy" would be a compelling argument

[@BetaDude40]

The visual and audio cues are basically a form of dramatic irony, yes. Unless you count that one time that Appa could somehow hear Azula's theme chime (which would be hilarious if he could actually hear it and that's just a canonical thing), we obviously know that no one sees Azula as much of a threat unless she outwardly presents herself as such. What doesn't make sense is _in-character_ why Korra is trusting this guy. The guy who basically rolled up and launched a coup on your own homeland has just told you, the arbitrator of all conflict, to stay neutral, and she just thinks that makes sense? And she gets mad at her _dad_ for taking a stand and making peace when it's her weird distant uncle who's telling her to stand down? Is she really _that_ starved for compliments and praise that she turns her brain off and doesn't put two-and-two together that she's getting used AGAIN? At least in the Earth King's case, he couldn't have possibly known that it was a Fire princess disguised as a Kyoshi Warrior, especially after hearing a glowing reccomendation from all of the Gaang that they were great and could easily be trusted (especially since the Dai Li were proving to be increasingly untrustworthy). He may not have had all the out of character tunes and jingles and lighting to clue him in, but he's not nearly as stupid as Korra is acting in this season.

[@JordanLester-h8d]

Ya, any character who assumes someone is evil “because they look like a villian” would get told “you are the avatar, surely you don’t just judge people based on their appearances.”

[@YourGuyAlex]

been on a huge atla binge lately glad to see youre gona add a new video to that binge

[@camerongolinvaux]

11:05- That would've killed Jet

[@MaxWelton]

14:23 it might be a 2-feet-away thing based on how she’s trying to stand close to him

[@Arctic7985]

13:10 I mean, what does she have? A bajillion benders can bend back any water she throws, earth is too far, the floor is raise above the ground. She doesn't want to burn the shit out of her people, and like air? She uses some basic wind puffs, because that's all she really needs.

[@homelessbear805]

I laughed way harder at “Amon, equalize her a$$!” than I would like to admit.

[@thothrax5621]

The Korra at 2:51 is somehow the most terrifying off model yet

[@RacingSnails64]

She looks like she's 12 or something lol. She looks so baby-faced.

[@irlywannadie8409]

to me its 11:16

[@bnyeh2493]

8:38 we literally had the exact same reaction, I physically cringed WHY WOULD THEY ADD THIS

[@ProjectAnimate]

Rip Atla live action episode 2 review 😔

[@bobbyferg9173]

Yah I swore that he uploaded something. Shame I couldn’t see it in time, hope he reuploads it soon

[@ProjectAnimate]

Bad timing from me lol he just put it back up a few hours after I made this comment

[@jakekreeger5318]

15:49 yup. That was what I thought, still think, and what everyone else I’ve ever heard talk about this thinks

[@kerroseir4764]

12:36 do you find it odd how later on and in this scene the characters that revolve around korra's dad waterbend like earth benders? slow stances meant to obstruct someone's movement while staying in one's position they're very stiff and due to them NOT earthbending it comes off as stale and slow. Like korra does this alot with bolin earthbending like an airbender and korra bending like a firebender I get they wanted to use iroh's words to make new bending styles however it fails and ruins the original bending bolin is boxing however he can only bend smalls pebbles with accuracy and even then it ruins his bending element because in a situation where he should be bending rock he's instead running away avoiding conflict and it really shows a weakness in his bending especially since he never grows or changes his style to be more like Mohammad Ali or something akin to a "in your face I do what I want" fighting style he instead keeps his "avoid conflict but like 'respect me' which again contradicts"

[@kerroseir4764]

@Sasunaru572 except korra's dad and the assailants are all southern Raiders and i didnt mention it but when the two brothers go at it UNALAQ AND HIS KIDS USE ACTUAL WATERBENDING against korra's dad having earth bending water style or something Which is funny cuz youre saying the north would be like rarth benders but they dont do it in Canon and looking at the south and north both are quite traditional only way id see south being earth like is because of Sokka

[@clownplayer7265]

What we've learned. - Korra is as stable and non volatile as nitroglicerine. - Mako is terrible at dating but at least would break up at toxic relationships. - Bolin just gets dragged into weird stuff. - Tenzin probably should be the real protagonist. - Unalaq's last name is "Imabadguy". - Aang gets dragged down by testimony without factual evidence because of the fanbase. - Varrick is plotting.

[@Spyger9]

OH MY GOD! The subtle insert of Naruto music that you just plow over with the script set me CACKLING!

[@tuomosalo2029]

I didn’t know how much I missed these.

[@MaxWelton]

This is a season 3 nitpick but I’ll start spamming it now: Korra learns metalbending when Su tells her to focus on the bits of unpurified earth within the metal. She phrased it in a “you’ve struggled doing this the normal way, so try this other approach” way. The problem is, her suggestion isn’t an alternate way of approaching metalbending, it IS metalbending 101. Metalbending IS bending unpurified earth within metal. Why does Suyin phrase it as “try this slightly different way”?

[@SeniorDankyKang]

I love the series, but man season 2 is really rough. It has very few great moments and a lot of stupid ones. I agree Korra is very flip floppy and just angry at her dad cause plot I guess.

[@sleeper7327]

I don't think I can ever say this enough, but even if the episodes themselves weren't straight fire (which they are), I'd still always watch because of how funny the credits to the patrons are. Keep up the great content and the hard work man, another day another absolute heater.

[@teamesh]

Bolin's part in this season so weird, it really feels like he's physically present(which is more than what they did with Asami), but he feel's not a part of what's happening with like Korra's situation

[@cjg8763]

So I have my own thoughts on Aang being a "bad" father. While you bring up a lot of good points already - how Aang was a busy man and how he kind of had to focus more on Tenzin for air bending - we also find out in season 3 that Kya finds air nomad history to be very boring. So, just imagine that Aang is taking Tenzin on field trips to the air temples and surely any other places that might hold important air nomad cultural or history lessons for Tenzin to learn. Imagine he offers Kya and Bumi to come along for these lessons, they may not be air benders, but I'm sure he would still want his own children well versed in the culture. However, they (or Kya at the very least) refuse these offers because the trips would be way too boring. So, Aang and Tenzin go alone. Now, Aang still being Aang and all, just can't help himself and MUST make pit stops along the way for fun. Pit stops for fun that Kya and Bumi aren't there for because they didn't want to go. Yeah, it's a shame he didn't make extra trips with the whole family for nothing but the fun adventures, but again he was a very busy man and it may not have even occurred to him how much Kya and Bumi felt left out of it. I wonder if they ever brought it up with him. Anyway, just some head canon there. It is also entirely possible Kya had to stay behind to work on her water bending with her mother, which really means Bumi was probably the most "neglected" of the three cuz, ya know, no bending and all. He probably had an amazing relationship with his Uncle Sokka though. And in the end, despite their squabbles and such, they all do care about each other deeply and can agree that they did have happy times as a family as well.

[@Dressup_Doll]

It’s been a few months, but Mako calling Korra “Sweetie” makes me want to throw hands.

[@maskofthedragon]

Watching 2 fossils (who we only care about BECAUSE they are Aang's children) bitching about their dad and hero of the previous series, is weird at best It doesn't even have any plot relevance nor do we get to actually see what their relationship with Aang was like because Bryke refused to show any flashbacks

[@jamiAkos]

"Everything was good except for Kora." sums up the entire series.

[@angelinavalenza6424]

Discovered this channel two weeks ago and I’m pretty sure I’ve watched every single video on this channel-can’t wait for new videos on live action and season 3 Korra!!

[@BillErak]

For the record: I love Bumi! He totally takes after his namesake

[@treycool410]

Love all the callbacks to Overanalyzing Avatar in this series. The faint song that plays in the background while Korra is Naruto Running is easy to miss but it got me good 😂

[@patrickbliss9264]

My score for each episode so far. S1E01 Welcome To Republic City. 3/10. S1E02 A Leaf In The Wind. 4/10 S1E03 The Revelation. 5/10 S1E04 A Voice In The Night. 5/10 S1E05 The Spirit Of Competition. 5/10 S1E06 And The Winner Is... 6/10 S1E07 Aftermath. 2/10 S1E08 When Extremes Meet. 5/10 S1E09 Out Of The Past. 4/10 S1E10 Turning The Tide 4/10 S1E11 Skeletons In The Closet 5/10 S1E12 Endgame 4/10 S2E01 Rebel Spirit 3/10 S2E02 Southern Lights 2/10 S2E03 Civil Wars Part One 4/10

[@Ps-kz8nx]

This is my weekly medicine

[@stupidbroad]

Distracted by the fact that Korra's coat has what looks like the Steel type icon in Pokemon lol

[@eppie2031]

I personally hated how bratty and immature and stupid Korra was. I think the writers wanted to flesh out Korra to humanize her, but it falls short because it is heavy-handed and forced, and all it did was make me miss how mature and well-written the ATLA characters were it came to conflicts. Korra has no depth as a character, even in the later books. She never felt like a genuine person to me who grew and changed naturally.

[@johnprieto435]

Well. We will have opinions

[@setokaiba2208]

I LOVE BUMI wym. People around him seem to be these great and powerful benders and he might feel less than and he can’t contribute anything of substance. But he decides to bring joy and humor into the world not to mention his great leadership

[@maskofthedragon]

1:05 The Sky Bison in Korra are living around the air temples, like they have always been there I guess Team Avatar, the people living at the northern temple and Guru Pathik just didn't notice

[@jonathan13co]

They're are just chilling there, wdym "like they've always been there"? lol. Could've gotten there yesterday for all you know. Besides, appa was never portrayed as the last flying bison. Guru pathik and the immigrants never spoke about them, and aang has been frozen in ice for 100 years and we only see a total of around 1 year of his adventures. It is very reasonable to assume the surviving bisons just wandered off following the war, given they have no reason to reside there with the nomads gone.

[@fodonogue3]

The Bhanti took care of a herd from the time of the genocide. 😊

[@jaredwright1655]

Oh my gosh the idea that Aang would be a better teacher than a father is exactly who he is. He wasn't raised by his parents he was raised by the monks, so favoritism for the only possible student is the perfect circle. Love the vids!

[@ladylagsalot1122]

I suppose it's possible that there is the one main cheif, Tonraq, and then lower in the hierarchy there are cheiftans that are leaders of smaller communities, that all report to the main cheif that is the leader of the whole south.

[@Drmorbiusgunn]

The giant tower is actually sokka's new watchtower!!!!!

[@mw9905]

0:29 "is there really enough water here to make these huge ice slabs" in the snow? I would hope so

[@twoislands91]

About the Aang being a bad father thing, just counting ATLA, yes Aang didn't have a traditional family BUT Katara and Sokka both grew up for many years without their parents, Toph loved her parents even if she wasn't what they wanted her to be and she found her family in the gAang, Zuko only had happy memories from his mother but wanted his fathers acceptance for many years, and Iroh tried his best to be a great father figure to both his son and nephew, so you would think Aang since he was still a kid at the end of ATLA would gravitate towards being a good parent growing up and not just raise 1/3 kids just because that was the air bending one!

[@ExE_9808]

I dont understand why people think Aang not being the best parent completely ruins his character considering the monks, his people, didnt have parents like we're accustomed to

[@mranima748]

They don’t like Aang not being completely perfect

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

​@@mranima748No they just don't think it's a flaw that makes sense Trust me if people REALLY wanted Aang to be Perfect they would HATE his character in the original show but they don't I am not saying i agree with them i am just saying that you are miserepresenting what people think is the issue that the fandom has over this plot point.

[@mranima748]

@@malikpierre-louis3343it makes perfect fucking sense 1. We only see a fraction of Tenzin Kya and Bumi’s Childhood, so we can’t make any judgement 2. He was being the avatar 3. Tenzin was his last facet to make sure his CULTURE DIDNT DIE OUT 4. He had to train tenzin to be an airbender

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

@@mranima748 Read the last paragraph of my comment please.

[@ASwallie65]

I always figured that Aang wasn't a bad dad, he was a growing dad Clearly his kids loved him and that love clearly comes from an understanding of him as both their dad and the avatar, but they can't get over their perceived childhood grievances, as many people can't. But I feel like Aang, at least the one we see in the original series, it's the kind of person to learn and grow as a father until he admits to his failures and shortcomings... But we will literally never know unless they decide to make some series, movie or book with that as a plot point.

[@exevirus1989]

very glad to see you back

[@jeremyv2163]

Hey man love your content. I can tell you have been going hard. Make sure to take time for yourself so you dont get burnt out 😊

[@miniwhiffy3465]

oh overanalysing korra, didn't know you were doing this

[@Kyubii01]

No parent is perfect . Aang wasn’t awful. Just not perfect. I think people are projecting

[@TheEgoshoooter]

I don't think that aang not being a perfect father is unrealistic but the way kya and bumi talked here is as they have some serious resentment and trauma towarda him. He is already dead for 20 years and can't contribute to this conversation. Bumi even mocks tenzin by comparing him to dad and say that he always runs away from problems. Isn't this basically what aangs arc was about? Facing his problems and fears head on. And what about katara? If she noticed him neglecting the kids she would slap his face off. It would be interesting to see her side of the story.

[@after-hours]

Unpopular opinion but aang showing favoritism to tenzin is character assassination. Aang would never show favoritism to one child and katara Mama Bear katara would have intervened immediately

[@athanasioskosmas3915]

Think realistically. He's the last of his nation and he's having kids. Out if his three children, only one is an airbender while the other two simply dont care about air nomad culture. He had to spent as much time as possible so he can learn him the entire culture of his people, let alone to train him before he passes away. Do you guys realize this? If something was going wrong, the air nation would disapear forever. Thats a crazy weight for Aang. And we dont even talk about his Avatar duties. Aang made the right choice to show favouritism to Tenzin for the air nation. That came out with a cost but at the end of the day it was worth it.

[@malikpierre-louis3343]

You know what an unpopular opinion is because most of the fandom agrees with you lol😅

[@matijasostojic4288]

Yea because the Avatar whose job is to keep the world in balance, who was building an entire city/Nation with Zuko, while setting up the air acolytes, trying to also teach his son/soon to be last airbender all about his culture before he dies because of that stupid Iceberg definetly has time to equally (In his very much not vocal about it childrens eyes) give enough love and attention to all his kids. Katara spent time wjth Kaya, Bumi probably with Sokka/Hakoda and Aang definetly loved his family and still showed them some love so in his mind everything was perfectly fine or atleast he knew he himself needed to give the most attention to Tenzen before he and his culture died with him.

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

You know, I've been wondering something: If Zuko were still alive when Verrick created movers, would Zuko end up recreating the time he got high on cactus juice while he was being filmed to give future generations a good laugh?

[@CheeseForEverybody]

Katara actually heals Tophs feet with remote water bending in the western air temple episode.

[@conradaster3764]

Korra sucks so hard in all the wrong ways....

[@brooke9847]

I think Bumi's childish behavior makes sense since he was the only non-bender child of the avatar. He uses comedy to solidify his identity in the family and his exaggerated stories are his way of proving his worth.

[@JordanLester-h8d]

This is probably the best explanation I have ever heard of his motives

[@brooke9847]

@@JordanLester-h8d Thanks! Plus, I am sure Aang shared plenty of stories of King Bumi and him with Bumi as a kid and he would try even harder to become like his dad's friend whom he's named after.

[@ezg5221]

Bumi is (supposed to be) a master of the Tao. A walking oxymoron, and the closest this season gets (from memory) to properly representing the folly of conceiving opposites

[@andrazprelec8263]

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[@JAGW3L]

Wow what a generic comment!!

[@slaybutton1692]

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[@MaxWelton]

3:22 it’s an archipelago, but semantics.