Overanalyzing Korra: Turning The Tides

[@overanalyzingavatar]

Like and comment and your next evil scheme will only be slightly foiled.

[@Genekri7]

I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!

[@toastmaster914]

Holy shit, I'm leaving that. I swear that was auto correct

[@CowMovesGrass]

and your next evil scheme will only be slightly foiled.

[@AudreyArnett-si3ss]

Okay

[@eylonshachmon6500]

#bring_back_the_subscribe_lizard

[@eylonshachmon6500]

On the one hand, yes, we finally got another episode On the other hand, oh no, we are getting dangerously close to season 2

[@hyort3613]

I hope he skips season2 its so bad

[@Tapir_nose]

@@hyort3613 cmonn itll be fun

[@gnomad3143]

i didnt see season 2, is it bad?

[@e.a.7749]

I'm looking forward to him absolutely ripping apart season 2

[@eylonshachmon6500]

@@gnomad3143 The first half (up to the episodes beginnings 1 and 2) is ok, the aforementioned episodes are kinda good (not atla level or anything, just good) but horribly break the cannon and themes of the show, and the second half of the season is just really really bad (especially the last episode)

[@epicureanbard]

On a note about women going into labor during dire situations: stress can often induce premature labor, especially life-or-death stress.

[@Silvershire]

General Iroh sounding the same as Zuko is weirdly immersion-breaking for me. I get what they were going for, but it just draws attention to the fact that these are fictional characters being portrayed by voice actors. They could have at least had Dante Basco change his voice up a bit. It’s especially strange since Zuko shows up later in the series and sounds nothing like his young self. Did General Iroh steal his voice? Is he Koh’s cousin or something?

[@Andrew-Collet]

After listening to hours and hours of the Braving the Elements podcast, I'm pretty convinced Dante Basco can't change up his voice all that much. It always sounds the same pretty much no matter what he's doing. But it works.

[@nickhoude21]

It actually makes some sense, a child's voice could take after their father, while as the father ages 60 years or so, it's likely their voice will change a significant amount. That being said, I do understand the feeling

[@thegreatscribbles960]

Also zuko was a teenage so it made sense while iroh looks like an adult

[@emperortgp2424]

Beware of Voh the voice stealer

[@Cassandra_Solidor]

Agreed. I actually wound up disliking General Iroh when I watched Korra mostly because I never really saw him but a MUCH less interesting version of Zuko. Nothing against the character, and I get what they were going for, but just the name "Iroh" would have been enough of a reference. Having Dante Basco voice a one off character would have been fine but not one with a decent amount of lines.

[@ActionFilmsFan1995]

Ok I do have to defend the ships being out at sea thing. That’s a common practice, the US Navy has a ton out at sea at all times, so if something goes down pretty much anywhere there’s a ship in the area that can be quickly deployed to deal with the situation. The reason they are at sea is to quickly respond if something happens in the nearby area, that’s why Iroh is out at sea in the show.

[@patricklachance5952]

Also they already got a wire from Tenzin right? Tenzin asked to said a wire to General Iroh earlier in the episode, so they probably got that wire, were on a alert and then got the wire from Korra giving the update, while they were underway and replied giving an ETA? Seems normal enough to me

[@nahometesfay1112]

The US Navy is a big outlier when it comes to naval power. That said I think Republic City is near the Fire Nation so they could just be patroling Fire Nation waters. More likely he already knew because... he already knew. He literally said he was going to take back Republic City, so he must have already received word that Republic City was under attack. They were probably already on their way.

[@MDP1702]

imo it isn't even that complicated, this is hours or maybe longer after Tenzin send his message, thus they already left their base at that point. It would have been interesting though to see them leave the base as they receive Korra's message.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@nahometesfay1112 The US Navy IS an outlier when it comes to naval power, but remember in ATLA, so were the Fire Nation, to a significantly larger extreme than even the US Navy in our world. That fact probably diminished slightly by the time of Korra but there's no way it diminished enough for the Fire Nation navy to NOT still be the largest military force in their world.

[@duskpede5146]

how tf did they get a wire to the fleet though

[@small_and_dangerous2068]

“Get to the point, you’re both annoying!” *scene immediately cuts to Tenzin and Lin (ex lovers) having a reasonable conversation about a favor that Tenzin is afraid might put Lin in an awkward situation* I’m not sure if those scenes were meant to genuinely parallel each other- with how the love triangle is written and pans out I highly doubt it. But the irony is insane.

[@Malhonn]

its called a writer that doesn't know how to organically produce drama and try to force it

[@chimera9818]

Honestly every time I see the gang kids I wants series where they are the mcs in their younger years

[@Urlik7]

I imagine authors actually wanted this teenage love to be so imperfect/stupid. With adults as a reasonable parallel. The whole love triangle reminds me of many stupid things Aang did, especially with fortunetelling involved. Now, is it pleasant to watch? I doubt it's meant to be.

[@nemo3143]

The emptiness of Republic City has always been a sticking point for me. With them spending basically the whole season here, you'd think they'd take the time to make sure it feels really fleshed out and lived in, right? And yet, this supposedly major metropolitan city based off of 1920s New York feels emptier than any of the random towns the gang went to in AtLA. They'd always take the time to have things going on in the background, with random people just hanging out and going about their day. Even if they were sometimes just still, crudely drawn images in the far distance it made the world feel real. Republic City is like an empty Gmod map in comparison, it's a ghost town until people are magically spawned in to be part of the plot.

[@maskofthedragon]

It's almost like they put no thought into airdropping 1920's New York into the world of Avatar, besides thinking it would look cool or something

[@CircusFoxxo]

It's 1920s Shanghai not NY.

[@ThunderWorkStudioAMGE]

​@@CircusFoxxoit may look like shanghai, but it geography is basically just manhattan. I mean there is an island with a statue in the harbor

[@eylonshachmon6500]

@@CircusFoxxo It is not a specific real city, but it is heavily ‘inspired’ by New York, and apart from the exact details like the statue, New York is just the word used for “generic big industrial city in the 20th century” theme

[@brandonlyon730]

Republic City itself is pretty boring, like if you’re going to make our characters spend the majority of time there, make it look distinct and unique looking. It's the Dragon Age 2 problem all over again.

[@LCBK]

Lynn not being about to use seismic sense is probably because she has her feet covered, each person who does use seismic sense is shoeless, and later we see Lynn uncover the bottoms of her feet to seismic sense

[@Delantho]

yes though it has been portrayed as such a useful skill that i dont think any earth bender would ever want to be without it for any moment, especially in 'dire times'

[@imrain2548]

Lynns sister Sue (I think it is her name?) did seismic sence with shoes on in season 4 one time.

[@ralexcraft990]

@@Delanthoi mean, she’s a police officer, she can’t really worry about glass on the ground or other things like that. I think they counteract the lack of seismic sense by working in groups.

[@jasongupo3859]

Lin. It's not Lynn like the Westernized spelling

[@sir_whocampsalot2876]

she was also on metal, does it even work on a metal surface?

[@lightning1892]

The equalists in Episode 3: *Can beat an Avatar who's "mastered" three elements* Also equalists: "Let's stand around and get our collective asses kicked by children."

[@maskofthedragon]

It's even worse than that ONE random equalist kicked the Avatar's ass A group of them should be unstoppable by the shows own logic

[@violetsmith8693]

​@@maskofthedragonconservation of ninjitsu

[@turtlesandmoreturtles]

Weakness in numbers. When there's one of something, it's a massive threat because it needs to be to be interesting. Then you raise the stakes by bringing several of them, and they all have to be rubbish to make victory possible. It wrecks suspension of disbelief if noticed, and always is too.

[@afalconnamedbob4805]

My attempt to something something it Maybe they've had to get to the guys who kinda hung around in the back if class dicking around as Korra and Co have fucked up the actual competent equalists

[@battlesheep2552]

I'd like to chalk it up to them being Airbenders. There's a lot of fanon about how air is the most OP element and Airbenders could really wreck shit if they weren't all pacifists. I mean, look at how many comet supercharged firebenders Gyatso managed to take out before going down. Plus there is also the fact that for nearly the past 200 years you could count the number of airbenders with one hand. Few people have even met one, even fewer have fought one, so the Equalists aren't going to be as familiar with their tactics as they are with the other elements

[@TheInkTank]

"Am I supposed to think of him as a villain or am I supposed to fall in love with him" is such a great line.

[@idle_speculation]

Gwen in All That Glitters:

[@timbentley5810]

Ok Korra making the air bubble around Naga has two problems. First, an air bubble that size would be extremely buoyant, presumably Korra is holding them down and holding its position relative to Naga. I’m ok with that part. The way more egregious part is that she makes the air bubble after they’re completely submerged! They didn’t bring any air with them and Korra can’t yet airbend! They should all be suffocating!

[@etienne8110]

She just bended the water out of the oxygen diluted in it... 😅

[@Zarlos01]

She is using an water bending technique called Eletrolizis lol

[@Upstartfir]

​@Zarlos01 what's that from some book or something because nobody ever did that in the show ever and moves and not commonly named in avatar

[@mr.dedede1324]

​@@Upstartfirnah its a chemistry joke. Electrolysis is a thing people do in the real world where they take water (H2O) and turn it into oxygen(O2) and Hydrogen(H). Technically if she uses electrolysis to make a breathable bubble their lungs would burn from pure oxygen, and I'm not sure if electrolysis is actually doable in water bending.

[@krispybananaz]

“When the world needed him most, Overanalyzing Avatar vanished.” How I felt over the past 4 weeks without an upload. 😂 glad you’re back making videos now that it’s 2024 and I hope you had a great holiday season.

[@etienne8110]

"But i believe OA can analyze all of legend of korra s 4 books and restore balance in the youtube world" Well, maybe not the last part, but at least the 4 books. 😅

[@MB-fr5hf]

3:19 I’ve never seen anyone point out that Spider rats are one of the sole references in the animated series to the live action The Last Airbender movie. Spider rats are first mentioned in the entire franchise by live-action Sokka when he first sees Momo and calls him a “spider rat.”

[@DavidPumpernickel]

This is some deep knowlwdge

[@alcole-holic8779]

Holy shit, they acknowledged the movie this is huge

[@LARKXHIN]

Whoa. Tbh how many of us remember and acknowledge the movie.

[@_Stormfather]

​@@alcole-holic8779just another reason Korra should not be considered canon

[@chimera9818]

@@_Stormfatherbro even avatar refer to the movie in the play episode

[@LauraM96829]

The main problem with this love triangle is that it happened too soon in the series. I know that season 1 was originally written as a mini series, and they didn’t think they’d get more seasons, but as a result, we don’t have enough time to really care or get to know these characters before this drama is threatening to tear up their friendship apart. Imagine if they waited until season 2 before having the characters show romantic interest in each other. Then not only would be more invested in how their friendship is being tested, but characters like Asami and Mano would be allowed to develop distinctive characteristics beyond the obvious romantic archetypes they were written as. This would also allow any romance to bloom naturally as they gradually get to know each other and grow closer.

[@nyblller]

They knew they would eventually get more seasons. THEY. KNEW.

[@sacredblu]

I don’t think it matters if they knew or not, considering how well the creators thought ATLA through, you’d think they’d stick more to their strengths. This isn’t to say that Korra should be like ATLA or better, but it would’ve been nice if the romance was minimal and not a focus. The only true strength of season 1 are Tenzin, Lin and Amon tbh.

[@bobtheball5384]

​@@nyblllerWhy do you think that?

[@brandonlyon730]

Have there ever been good love triangles? Because whenever I see this trope it always falls flat on its face. All it does is make the characters look like petty idiots and drag on the story or just take over the story.

[@Bheckler24]

@@brandonlyon730 Witcher maybe?

[@imnotadentist8180]

Mako warming up to Korra would have been so easy to write too. Like just make him warm up to her as they start winning more in the pro-bending bs

[@2goodsharks]

Although making him like her for her help in winning matches would make him still seem pretty shallow.

[@wildabeast0837]

That part where you said "accomplishing ... and also ..." was crazy funny to me, I guess it was because I didn't expect you to just stop, that was a fantastic comedic moment

[@tonizinn]

Just to say: In Christmas I was bad. I stayed 23h laying down in bed, and I found your channel. I watched all "Overanalyzing ATLA" and "Overanalyzing Korra" until now. I watched almost all your videos. It made me think of another thing but my stomach ache. Really Really thank you!

[@levaniandgiorgi2358]

Dont worry guy,i think like the time around christmas is literally the best and most "acceptable" time to just do absolutely nothing and just lazy around, do get back to your responsibilities eventually though lol

[@prestocatronium]

get well soon

[@hallacas1684]

I really hope you get better!

[@hajidle]

Homeboy is acting like he was on his deathbed when he literally just had a stomach ache 💀💀💀💀

[@DavidPumpernickel]

​@@hajidleI mean, you don't know. Could be a chronic illness or something. No need to put them down

[@hunterackerman1697]

You missed when Penma steps out of the kitchen and makes a face, since she's the one who gave Korra the advice to kiss Mako.

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

That moment is hilarious. Although it's a little sad that Pema somehow has more personality than Mako

[@cruizlee214]

Lin fighting the airships was actually one of the few moments that made me emotional in Korra.

[@frog_muncher]

The way the kids who are usually so chipper, confident, and full of energy having this sad & fearful look as they're trying to get away hits so hard.

[@cmac3530]

13:45 Remember, Lin wears shoes, or more accurately her metalbending uniform includes shoes. She has to remove the bottom layer so her feet are in direct contact with the ground for seismic sense. She does it in the episode where they find Sato's workshop under the mansion.

[@Grexius]

Why doesn't she leave the soles off?

[@akinrotimidaniel2325]

She can do it but on a lower level, Toph said it herself, her daughters never really got it like she'd have liked

[@chimera9818]

@@akinrotimidaniel2325being fair toph standards are insane and when we see her in korra she can sense clearly basically third of their world considering she could sense republic city from the swamp

[@akinrotimidaniel2325]

@@chimera9818 you are right, Toph's level is beyond anyone else's

[@Aceaight]

the reason why amon wanted to capture korra after tarlock got his hands on her is because she was already missing. it would make it seem like tarlock, a bender, kidnapped the avatar, that way amon could get rid of her without anyone knowing

[@DavidPumpernickel]

This is a really good point, I hope he sees this comment

[@guddahmit4866]

​@@DavidPumpernickelthis episode was made over a month ago, even uf he reads comments and acknowledges any, probably very few if any would be referenced or spoken about

[@PaladinKillbird]

Yes but no. You have to remember its only a select few knew that Tarlock had captured Korra. The official story was that Amon had captured Korra.

[@Aceaight]

@@PaladinKillbird thats not really true, the only people who even know korra is missing in the first place and think it was amons doing, are also the same people who find out that it was actually tarlock who got her, not amon. And those people include the chief of police and a councilman. meaning the other world leaders would certainly get to hear the story of tarlocks bloodbending kidnapping of korra.

[@andresomerville4896]

Even if a fire bender could bend from the womb it wouldn't be very effective because they would be surrounded by water. They would be as dangerous as Azula trapped in the water bubble. Also Fire bending depends on the breath so they probably couldn't fire bend before taking their first breath. If anything a water bending fetus would be much scarier. They might freeze the amniotic fluid.

[@frenchynoob]

Azula was trapped in ice, not water; if Zuko can firebend while swimming Im sure Azula can as well Edit: some people seem to be missing the point so here we go in absurd detail. I believe that a sufficiently talented firebender could make fire underwater without too much effort. Azula was trapped in ICE, NOT WATER so using her as a counterargument doesnt count. But none of that matters because it is my belief that an unborn child WOULD BE INCAPABLE OF BENDING IN THE FIRST PLACE, NO MATTER HOW TALENTED THEY EVENTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE.

[@unkindled6410]

​@@frenchynoobtheres still no flame, only heat. And said heat needs to be pretty high to spread further, zuko was pressing his hands directly onto ice to melt it. Also a baby unconsciously bending insise the womb would probably be really weak even if the fact he is doing that BEFORE he is even BORN means he is an extraordinary prodigy, its not like its a very strong fire.

[@carloguerrero6583]

How beautiful. That you first spark your firebending by taking your first breath

[@motorwayt-s628]

The Kyoshi novels, a flash back scene in the solo Azula comic, and a remark Ozai made make it sound like fire bending children don’t automatically bend fire when born and people have to preform tests on them to see if they can fire bend or not

[@andresomerville4896]

@@frenchynoob If your taking about the episode siege of the north, then I would say Zuko did fire bend under water but it was minimal. He just warmed up some ice with his hands.

[@pat9353]

12:47 no, you’re 100% correct. That’s very weird. Also when they did it with Appa, like that’s a magic flying animal, gravity kinda works different for sky bisons. All the times we see full body air bubbles in atla theyre walking on the bottom of the body of water, like serpents pass, or the thing inside was capable of flight, like avatar state aang.

[@llamawalrushybrid]

Gravity doesn't work differently for him. I think he bends air. But when he stops actively flying, he plummets to earth as norma as seen in The Chase

[@Aladelicous]

I like Lin, but I never realized how many L's she takes. Boyfriend gets stolen, gets showed up by the equalists at the stadium, loses her job, has to protect the woman that stole her boyfriend, gets outclassed by kids, sacrifices herself and loses her bending trying to protect a family that just gets captured anyway. And that's just in season 1.

[@superpower48]

Lin gets literally like no Ws at all

[@Not_Luke_5]

“You have 3.99 kids with Tenzin” one of my favorite lines in OA

[@bradfels5030]

Is it just me or does this format of overanalysis actually work much better with a series that has a plethora of plot issues. It is actually making Korra more interesting (sort of). Bravo!

[@chimera9818]

Korra is interesting and good series but the writers had less time to minimize the issues

[@eatingpancakesrightnow2786]

Amon could've been trying to capture Kora under the guise of Tarlok capturing Kora. It deflects blame from his movement

[@N279]

Well the next episode he decides to bomb the general public idk how much he cares about blame

[@chimera9818]

@@N279well the first is basically avatar world Jesus while the bombing is more act of war that even though not nice is more acceptable in a war situation

[@marcuswade5422]

Because of this series, every time I see the full moon in real life I get pissed off. Thanks OA

[@levaniandgiorgi2358]

But... but the real moon has good continuity...

[@namingisdifficult408]

⁠Generally

[@sarah2cold377]

You know, I consider myself a bit of a Korra apologist or at least a sympathizer. Now that I'm looking at this show more critically, I can definitely notice the flaws easier than I do when just watching to pass the time. I never really did notice how often the main cast lose fights. People have said they did but it never really felt like they were constantly losing either. That's probably because there are no consequences to those loses for the most part. Also yeah, this whole semi war thing didn't feel grand enough in scale. It would have gone a long way to show other benders fighting back in the streets or something. Maybe even showing some non benders get radicalized and fighting on either side. Show some actual chaos.

[@Delantho]

yeah it seems super odd that a population of mostly benders wouldnt be in the streets at least taking pot shots at airships literally bombing their homes

[@cloudy8146]

I agree with almost everything here

[@KairuHakubi]

I still feel dumb for defending it for almost 4 seasons. yeah it was up against a lot of network crap, but it really was never good That said, fartbending IS funny. the problem is Meelo is gross and terrible and shouldn't be in this show. But if it was someone like Le Petomane, someone who practiced hard to open his sixth chakra or whichever one it is in the anus, and could airbend out his rear? I'd clap. creative and funny while still being cool.

[@photog.prince]

The polar bear dog air bubble question is exactly what I expect from over analyzing Avatar!

[@andrewhuerta7168]

I think Tenzin was able to feel the bolos coming towards him from behind because he is bald and that is suppose to make him feel the difference in air currents or some Airbending thing of the sort. It comes up in season 3 I believe when they begin training other airbenders. The beard thing does make it confusing though.

[@woomy8971]

yeah i liked that moment in s3, it was rlly interesting

[@zobblewobble1770]

Considering there is a KZbin video in my feed at this exact moment showing people’s hair stand up as lightning approaches, I think the beard was supposed to show that he was detecting the increase in electricity in the air as the bolos approached, as opposed to air currents.

[@abraralaithan7443]

I thought it was a reference to how your hair stands up if your about to be shot by lightning

[@_Stormfather]

As others have said, his hair was reacting to the static electricity in the air. I don't think that would actually work for something so small, but it's a fun detail that's at least partially based in reality. I haven't seen Korra season 3, but the idea that you can feel air currents better by being bald is just... asinine. It's the exact opposite of what would actually be the case

[@palmtv3538]

one thing thats really important in this scene, 2:00, is how mako doesn't even say how it was korra kissing him, he didn't even do anything

[@saltyseacaptain2257]

Gotta say I also always fucked with Tenzin sensing and dodging the electric bolo things after he senses them with his beard. It's sorta out of nowhere and not explained at all but I feel like it falls into the "yeah, that makes sense" category of bending. He's an airbender, and a master at that, it makes sense he'd have control over the air directly around him and be able to pick up on even small changes, displayed in his hair standed up, especially when he's on high alert for attack. Like spidey-sense for airbenders lol

[@the_last_ballad]

I mean, doesn't Aang do the same thing constantly, dodge things coming at him from behind?

[@saltyseacaptain2257]

​@the_last_ballad I mean yeah, but he didn't have a cool beard yet to tingle and show it lol

[@YungRamo]

You pointing out all the issues with Korra is the closure I needed lol. I hope you get into more of the thematic and overarching issues as the show begins to close.

[@NyGeL_Derey]

Lin and Tenzin are the only characters that feel real and persistent throughout the series

[@michael9433]

Yeah, they are the only consistent characters that have understandable actions and reactions.

[@MasterDoctorBenji]

The Gaang's children are definitely the most interesting and well developed characters in the show.

[@drive_6665]

Sometimes I wish we didn't had Mako, Bolin and Asami in the series, imagine if none of their plots and dramas existed and we could focus on the problems of the city and Korra's own problems

[@TheYoungGeninSasuke]

I like Bolin

[@mohammedamirkhan9636]

Agree. Or they could have been just written better like in ATLA oh well.

[@Gnordlan]

The suspension of disbelief that I always gave myself is that nobody knows how to fight Airbenders. The other three are ubiquitous and everybody gets to interact with them all the time. But unless you've specifically fought Tenzen, you wouldn't necessarily be prepared for Airbending. It's weak, but it's all I got.

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

It at least makes sense. I'd imagine each bending discipline had a way to counter airbending that was lost due to the genocide and would've easily been forgotten about. Even with Aang reappearing, him using every element makes it difficult to study airbending combat because he could easily switch to a different element on a moment's notice, and for all we know, Tenzin hasn't had any need to be a fighter in his life until the events of LoK. It's honestly a pretty reasonable suspension of disbelief, even for ATLA

[@jardy3597]

You made me realize that Oman taking Korra's bending away as soon as he had the chance would've made the season much better

[@mrsplays9817]

If that had happened, I'd hope that Korra would learn to use the "bending styles" for proper combat Firebending punch? No, just punching a Chi Blocker They are martial arts, after all.

[@abdullahpoyraz2838]

@@mrsplays9817 they used to be that way but in korra its more like magic

[@mrsplays9817]

@@abdullahpoyraz2838 Which would make this change in Korra go back to the roots and overall be better

[@niasee]

At the moment I thought it was kinda cool. Like he didn't want to turn the Avatar into some martyr for benders and it's almost like an insult to Korra, that she means no threat to him and isn't scared of her, in contrast to previous shots of her where it shows she is scared of Amon and losing her bending. Of course this gets thrown away and makes no sense afterwards but I liked it while it lasted

[@stephh4495]

3:36 They could've used an explanation a little sooner, but it's established in Book 3 that airbenders shave their heads so they can feel the changes in the winds around them. We even see a novice airbender even dodging a quick attack from behind him because of this sensation. I imagine this is how Tenzin knew, but they animate his beard tingling since animating the skin may just look wrong.

[@androkguz]

13:10 Ok, I'm a physicist and a fan of the show. You are absolutely right that this moment doesn't make sense physically, even if you ignore the magic of waterbending. Unless Naga's legs were as dense as air and still strong enough to carry the weight of all her body plus the four humans. It's also just a tiny tiny tiny droplet on the ocean of moments that don't make sense physically that is the full collection of bending and non-bending feats of these two series. At this point, I'm just saying "whatever" and enjoying it.

[@sonjayor]

Thanks my kind gentleman haha😂

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

Thank goodness you’re back, I felt like part of my weekly activities was sorely missing

[@Genekri7]

8:38 Its like they have health-regen mods on. This whole show, the magic system seems like it was gamified. Its like the show runners tried to balance everything with PvP in mind like an MMO or MOBA. Might explain the whole platinum thing too. Not saying I like it either, but it may explain why the combat feels less impactful and more hand-wavy with the outcomes of each battle. /shrug

[@cosmicwonderer6269]

thats actually a good way to explain the differences in the explaining of the magic system between the shows

[@alect525]

its Mount and Blade, Korra's party was wounded but managed to escape.

[@thebreaddealer4942]

Stop acting pregnant

[@_Stormfather]

And that's why bending is no longer a matter of martial arts discipline. You can now just "be a prodigy" and know three different forms of bending as a toddler

[@cordonix]

Around 14:04. Lin can’t sense since she has her boots fully on, aang and toph were both not wearing shoes.

[@adminblanc5752]

The convo between Mako and Asami in the Kitchen is the first time I've heard OA mad/annoyed, or at least much closer to it. Following the pattern from Ep1 of the start of the Korra season, we're very likely gonna have a swear jar for S2 by Episode 4 at the latest

[@N8ertot]

Tenzin and Korra talking about "being patient" really does fall flat compared to your suggestion, making it fall more in line with airbending mindset by "retreating for now and coming at it from another angle." One example of a simple writing change to make an okay scene into a great one.

[@cosmicwonderer6269]

8:57 "this looks like a zoom I would but no it's the show" Your script is written well then that comes up lol

[@a_random_person_lol_bruh]

8:13 THE RETURN OF THE COMICAL MUSIC DURING A QUESTIONABLY SHOT SCENE

[@tuomosalo2029]

Glad to see you’re back. Hope you’re doing well.

[@PerfectedVenus_Monsoon]

3:40 I think could also be seen as a foreshadowing to when that one air bender dodged a net after he shaved his head

[@anotherbowtieguy]

I don’t know what took so long, but I just realized when I saw this video was posted that your videos are something I get excited to see, and they always bring up my mood when you post a new one. Thanks for doing you, man; you’re doing a pretty good job of it, lol

[@ArgKnoxville86]

11:42 I've just realized that Korra feels like a weaker show bc she knows already how to bend every element. I mean, when Aang had to learn every element he was also learning the philosophy behind those elements. Like patience for earthbending or creativity when it comes to be an airbender. But since Korra knows almost all the elments, she and therefore the show skips on this learning. So Korra feels emtpy as a character, and thus the show. Tenzin should be teaching Korra about being creative in solving problems "finding the other angle", but since he is forced to be a foil to the lack of spiritual angle from Korra, he is forced in to being so boring and harsh instead of what we would imagine should be a funny and creative powerful monk.

[@YukonRC]

I rewatch all your videos countless times, i know its not easy but please keep it up!

[@thomasking49]

It really seems like they had the budget to make a city, but not enough to fill it with background animation

[@michael9433]

Mako should have been straight forward about the fact that Korra sexually assaulted him after he said no.

[@a.wenger3964]

I know you're joking, but this is like the most natural line he could've said. "She kissed me! I didn't want to! I knew my bro liked her. etc. etc. etc." The love triangle just feels so forced and artificial because the characters don't react like real people would.

[@michael9433]

@@a.wenger3964 I'm not joking. He said no to her. She very grossly assumed that he had to like her because she was so great. He again rebuffs her. Then out of nowhere, she literally forces herself on him. It was sexual assault. If you reversed the roles, people would be in arms. Imagine if Bolan went up to Korra, hit on her, she said no, he insisted, she said no again, and then he just kissed her anyways. What she did was sexual assault, and Mako is a victim.

[@nunyabidnes6010]

​@@michael9433facts. You're a scholar and a gentleman. This is one of the myriad reasons that Korra is the absolute WORST.

[@RenoKyrie]

​@@michael9433First time i ever hear anyone say this Like i know the relationships in Korra is messy as hell but never heard anyone say something like this lmao

[@joshuasgameplays9850]

@@a.wenger3964Where is the joke?

[@krakenwarrior3237]

14:46 the view is completely unobstructed but as it zooms out at 14:58 suddenly there is a cable directly in front of them.

[@Weltifx]

Nagas swimming 12:55 is more accurate as it seems, the Air bubble has Most likely a lower pressure as the pressure underwater, therely pushing the group Up. But IT must be Said, that If korra wants to controll the depth she dives into, she needs to be able to Bend Air to Change the pressure. And Just in generall the weight of the group should Not Matter, best Seen at modern ships which are Out of Steel and float even weighing tons. I Hope i could Help in with that small explanation, its really simplified

[@knihnik]

10:04 I came up with this explanation: they were confused because they were children. Should they be beaten and shocked with electricity in the same way as adults? But these are children, and they are not monsters

[@Brahmsonite]

I can tell you're having a hard time with these, but I appreciate your service.

[@overanalyzingavatar]

Season 1 Finale is up on Patreon!

[@Limes-y5u]

woo

[@Daturtle2]

So will you be continuing on to season 2

[@josephcalderon7914]

at 13:00, the bubble can stay afloat per the principles of buoyancy. Since the net density of everything within the bubble likely is less than the density of water, than archimedes’ principle states that the bubble and everything within it can theoretically float. that being said, they don’t really float or sink so i’m not entirely sure what’s going on there.

[@metastabillity8991]

Terrified to see Season 2 on this. But absolutely excited to see Season 3

[@ozthebeeman]

The reason amon was willing to capture korra and taker bending in the last episode compared to the episode where he had her dead to right, is that in this episode he is ready to strike the city, meaning his plan is finally at its last phase. After he attacks the city the nations will be as mad as if he would capture korra, it makes a lot of snese that whenever he is ready to strike he is also ready to take korra's bending. If you ask me the reason his plan is only now at its last phase is probably 1 of 2 things, either he was waiting for the mecha tanks to be finished or he was waiting for thr council to antagonise the none benders, allowing to bring more to his cause. Possibly both can be correct.

[@HappyGingerWolf]

13:05 Actually they have the opposite problem too, that air bubble is displacing so much water that it should be extremely buoyant, they should pop right out on the surface

[@AwesomeWookiee]

Ah yes, another symptom of making Asami good: Stoic Mako has no reason to cry about being a bender that was orphaned and exploited by gangs. Their relationship suffers, he has no narrative reason to be vulnerable, and they replaced it with a shitty love triangle.

[@thethirdsicily4802]

I swear your patron shoutouts are so damn funny, ATLA had bangers but this episode was exquisite.

[@petebyrdie4799]

I love episodes in which Tenzin shows his capabilities.

[@KIAJD]

“Where we bomb the city, accomplishing- 👁️ 👄 👁️ and also- 👁️ 👄 👁️”

[@tylerdonigian9127]

The joke about the lieutenants eyes is by far my favorite of this series so far 😂😂 pure silver

[@S0ulGh0st]

Oooh I felt really bad when they took Lin's bending away, because so far it seemed permanent

[@JordanLester-h8d]

I am so glad you finally got an episode up

[@abthedragon4921]

0:51 pretty sure that's a dumpling or a bean bun or something. Idk, I don't claim to be much of an expert on Avatar cuisine. 11:20 Also, even though it's not officially stated anywhere, I'm pretty sure Pemma is from the Earth Kingdom (as evidenced by her green eyes). Which would make sense since there were no people left of Air Bender ethnic origin for Tenzin to marry. What I'm trying to say is that I'd say so far in the series, eye color being a sign of someone's origin is still consistent.

[@coreydabrowski2249]

I just saw the notification pop up and I'm so glad you're back. It's like a late Christmas/New Years gift and/or my anniversary gift from my wife

[@orillian8023]

I always read the kids winning and the general overall success of the airbenders in this and future episodes despite people like the chief of police losing as the bad guys have trained against benders, but they haven't trained against airbenders because there's no way to do that, there's only 1 airbender without a bedtime in the whole world. No one knows their moves or abilities. Like yes, tenzin gets hit hard by the mech but there are more equalists devoted to his assassination than any other council member and he still gets away.

[@xiNerdLordix]

Really great job on this series. You're saying all the things I've been thinking for years, especially how they always lose compared to Atla.

[@yardenl1998]

9:08 Totally got me there with the nanimo Naruto opening 16 😂 top tier comedy right there 🎉

[@danielwolfe1587]

7:57 I may be giving the writers here too much credit, but when Marco's being shocked this time, he's being shocked in his stomach. Which is where iro specifically says to redirect lightning to, because it's a sea of chi, and is best equipped to handle the energy.

[@maskofthedragon]

9:35 You would think they would have designed that armor to not make you a living lightning rod

[@maasbekooy901]

12:47 for all floating things there's a simple rule: the weight devided by displacement (volume that could have been water if the vessel wasn't there) has the same density as the water (or other medium). This means that all the air that Korra keeps in, also counts as displacement, and so helps for boyancy. So what you see is kinda realistic. Hope this helps

[@brad6817]

My brother said one time that Mocko's eyebrows look like battering. lol also it's a sad reality that one of the worst characters was named after uncle Ira's voice actor.

[@iliosch]

13:30 As I always understood it, these are "airships," meaning that they contain inside them a gas that is less dense than air. So Lin ripping them open would let all the gas out, thus the ships falling.

[@TNuuv]

I was gonna try to explain away the seismic sense thing with Lynn, being that she actively has to have skin-to-surface contact, unlike Toph, who'd sense through the metal shoes as it is basically the same to her since that's how she sees, and how Aang was also barefooted when the fire lord though he was lacking but somehow, it stopped making sense to me the more I thought about it for some reason maybe it's just an experience thing

[@thebranchyboi]

Loving the new exploration of Korra. Though honestly, I would stay subscribed and watch if all you did was your patron shoutout compliments. Those are gold.

[@maskofthedragon]

3:34 I think this weird spider-sense nonsense is only referenced one other time

[@AngelGuzman0925]

Finally you’re back!!! 😁 I recently binge watched over analyzing avatar and I’m also caught up on Korra as well so these last two Tuesdays have been so boring. Thank you for these videos. Hope everything is alright in your life. Let’s have a great new year of over analyzing ❤😄

[@Great_Olaf5]

Can you honestly say You've never wanted to burn a parling ticket like Mako did?

[@rolay7730]

"Stay away from my dad's ex-girlfriend." That is not the worst line in the show. I don't know what is. But it definitely came from Meelo.

[@samurexatlas7373]

8:02 I am of the theory that Ty Lee is descent from Airbenders.

[@LCBK]

Fighting an air bender or Ty Lee, so basically an air bender

[@samurexatlas7373]

@@LCBK Note I did say descent, we know they can intermingle and be non-benders.

[@keff5984]

Im happy you're doing Korra. I watched the first few episodes when it came out and hated it, so i finally get to know what happens without actually watching it

[@claytonrios1]

Women in this franchise go into labor at the worst possible moments don't they? First we had Ying in Aangs time now we have Pema here. Though at least Katara could act as a midwife in a relatively safe location.

[@unkindled6410]

Its all for drama really. Regular tropem i would say.

[@claytonrios1]

@@unkindled6410 To be fair I do think the added stress of the attack and the fact that Rohan was kicking in her womb earlier make this a bit less contrived than most examples.

[@ApocolipticMonkey]

Ying's wasn't really the worst possible moment of that episode. If it were, she would've went into labor during the serpent attack. She just ends up going into labor before they are able to fully get to Ba Sing Se

[@claytonrios1]

@@ApocolipticMonkey If it happened during the serpent attack I don't think Katara could have had the process go as smoothly as it did.

[@rayray_017]

The first time I ever heard General Iroh Jr.'s voice and name I started crying. I got all the storytelling of him being related to the royal family and sharing traits with the characters we love from that family instantly.

[@Mikol_Billy]

I’d argue the equalitsts lost to the air bending kids cuz they’re just straight up not used to fighting air benders Then again they kicked Tenzin’s ass a lotta times so

[@th3grav3mak3rgaming8]

I can believe I just realized he took a break for the holidays 😂

[@holograms62]

Meelo has the highest win rate in the show

[@bhaskarmukherjee4768]

13:08 Naga is a huge animal who probably has the capacity to hold enough air that it can swim expertly. Aided by the additional trapped air, it can now support the extra weight of humans on top. 13:38 That's an airship. The only way it can fly is by having warmer/lighter air trapped inside to provide the necessary buoyant force to provide lift. By ripping the top surface, the air can now escape and basically take away the lift generating mechanism. The explosions are probably due to the burners maintaining hot air getting damaged.

[@woofie3917]

8:41 aint this the terraria SFX for reforging? Just something ive noticed, ive heard this SFX thousands of times in Terraria

[@PM-James]

15:00 this does get into an interesting world building topic actually. One of the reasons the Titanic disaster was so devastating was because at the time, it was believed that there were so many ships out and ships took so long to sink that a nearby one would be able to come to the rescue if need be. As such, why "there weren't enough life boats" on the Titanic, since Life boats were seen as a ferry vessel to get to the rescue ship, not as a means to evacuate everyone from a sinking ship. That was changed after the Titanic disaster as well as other changes to search and rescue proceedure to prevent that sort of thing from happening. We never see much naval presence outside of the Fire nation in Air Bender, so General Iroh happening to be out like that could imply that a Titanic like disaster occurred in universe and this sort of protocol thing happened in this universe as well.

[@louie2639]

i think korra could just be bending the bubble down? Cause it would rise if not and nagas buoyancy would rise into the air which is the bubble so i think it’s logically consistent

[@PM-James]

12:55 to answer this, the center of mass on four legged animal is usually roughly where the end of their lungs are, which essentially are sacks of air in of themselves. So Naga should sink to roughly that point before her buoyancy allows her to float. So yeah, for the water line to be that low, they're essentially flying somehow there. As for whether it provide air, likely yes but only briefly. Water is soluble and always contains atmospheric elements in it. They make the bubble after being submerged, meaning all she should be doing is forcing the water away from them, leaving behind whatever atmospheric elements the water carried in it naturally. We can assume 02 is present in that area (that's what a fish breathes when they filter the water into their gills, not the oxygen in H20 like a lot of people think) so it should provide some air to them but you breathe out C02 and there are 5 of them all doing that. Any O2 available would be replaced with CO2 extremely quickly. The result would be thin to no air really fast and 'cause oxygen deprivation. Short term would result in them becoming delirious and long term exposure would 'cause tissue damage and eventually death. I'd say they got about 1 minute or less before that stuff starts to happen.

[@johnsmith8981]

The air looks different from when they did it with Appa I think Korra is using the air to help keep them up and Naga is swimming forward mostly.

[@combinestrider117]

So the reason the United Forces fleet was out at sea is probably the same reason the U.S. and other countries constantly have their carrier fleets out at sea. To patrol and be already sailing in case they need to be deployed to a certain part of the world. Which is exactly what happened in Korra