The Great Uniter?! | The Legend of Korra 4x1 REACTION and REVIEW | 'After All These Years'

[@SpartanandPudgey]

3 Year time skip! we love time skips....but now we have so many questions. and WTF happened to Kuvira? Want to watch 3-4 weeks EARLY and access the UNCUT reaction? Join us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/spartanandpudgey

[@NicholasArriaza]

WE NEED MORE KORRA❤️❤️

[@PHSDM104]

I can't wait for your reaction to the reveal a few episodes later.

[@liekeheijmans1068]

I kinda miss your love-like-hate-lists! I enjoyed them with ATLA and now I was wondering 'cause their are so many characters to pick from. Did you finish the show all ready or is it not to late for a full list, before the final finale? 🙏 Lots of love!

[@stressyspaghetti2445]

Korra starts the series so sure of her identity of the avatar, and now she won't even acknowledge it. The red lotus messed her up good

[@Mercifer-t7j]

Pudgey is on point about Korra's psyche

[@komiitachi]

Facts

[@AlexisHalfeti]

She always get it

[@xerex21212]

"Why do they pick the worst princes and kings" Well by definition they DONT get to pick. Its just whoever is next in line.

[@CliffSedge-nu5fv]

_Why do they always send the poor? Why don't princes fight the war?_

[@whatthehellisthisname]

Korra was severely mentally and physically broken at the end of Volume 3. She was poisoned, she shattered her legs and she was almost suffocated. Every volume so far destroyed her mind bit by bit, first she was blocked from bending, contemplating suicide because she knew the world needs an Avatar who can bend all elements, then her Avatar spirit was ripped right out of her, making her temporarily the last Avatar before the cycle ends. Korra didn't win the last battle, without Jinora's intervention she would've died and the Avatar along with it, Korra failed in her own eyes, even when she was celebrated as the hero.

[@wendellaraujo7203]

She did win though, even with the help Zaheer would've gone if it wasn't for her grabing him back with the chain.

[@Lila.Army1306]

​@@wendellaraujo7203She still would have died bc of the poison. She couldn't save herself.

[@naruchancutie1]

Exactly. I LOVED how Pudgey managed to pick up on some of these mental aspects of Korra in this ep - despite barely seeing Korra for the episode. She's so empathetic. Trauma messes people up and 3 years is not nearly enough for some people to get past it. Throw in the fact that she was paralyzed and had to learn to walk and fight all over again and it's not hard to see why Korra is losing so much.

[@pabloc8808]

@@wendellaraujo7203 The didn't win, that's the symbolism behind the chain: Zaheer could fly because he believed he no longer had earthly attachments (his love for P'Li) but he was wrong. He still had his pride, which compelled him to try and destroy the Avatar Cycle. Korra was his true last earthly tether, and in the end she was the one who pulled him down. Zaheer lost because of himself more than because of Korra

[@JJ_6036]

One thing I don't understand in LOK is how they wrote the world as not needing an avatar, there was peace, so the stakes were at an all time low. Then at the same time they made an avatar that thought the world needed her so badly, that if she lost any power she felt like worthless scum? Am I missing something here? Where's the stakes to warrant such behavior?

[@MrLuisRamirezC]

For me, Korra's book 4 is the epitome of animated series storytelling. We were so used to just see the great finale of the amazing wars and fights and how our protagonists became victorious, but NEVER told us the aftermath. We always assumed the end was the beginning of that "happy ever after", but never showed us the emotional consequences of those life-risking events. The trauma. The emotional struggles. Can't wait to see your journey through book 4 🧡

[@Asher1347]

Pudgey’s on the money. She see’s it from Korra’s position, where she’s not recovered, while Spartan sees it from her loved one’s perspective, where she’s done so much and is progressing

[@balturunç]

Each season. Every first episode ends by showing the villains face. Book 4 ends with showing korra herself indicating in this season she’s her worst enemy.

[@c.a.honeycutt5046]

It’s hard to understand physical and mental trauma if you’ve never experienced it yourself. But, if she had fully recovered, then she wouldn’t be struggling. I had an issue that was affecting my pancreas, for instance, and it left my body severely weakened. It gradually got better, over some months. But at first, I couldn’t even walk around the hospital without becoming exhausted. After I left, my sister helped me get groceries and I had to sit down. Went back to work, and my work is not at all physically demanding, and I still felt like it was too much and was leaving early every day. I knew someone who had a similar issue but much more severe and permanent, and it kept them down for years. So, just because Korra looks like she’s in fighting form, it doesn’t mean she is

[@ayoubazahaf1511]

I love the way how they introduced Korra at the end just like her villains in s1 and s3. Forshadows she'll be her own villain this season.

[@TGIFridayy]

LOL at Spartan not understanding PTSD

[@ChocolateFishBrains]

Pudgy once again showing her ability to empathize and understand motivations on a level that Spartan will never grasp.

[@MyRealityTVOpinions]

When he’s like I don’t see why being put in a wheelchair would change how you feel I was like what?????? Like the trauma from the fight alone let alone having to learn to live completely differently

[@xayxayonthebeat33]

@@MyRealityTVOpinionsI don’t think he could see just how much it affected her but definitely will with the 2nd ep

[@naruchancutie1]

@@MyRealityTVOpinions Exactly. She was literally paralyzed and had to learn how to do everything (including walk) all over again! Pretty sure that would affect a person a lot. Some people undergo years of rehabilitation to feel a normal again - sometimes they will never be normal again.

[@ChocolateFishBrains]

@naruchancutie1 maybe once he sees the recovery she went through in the flashbacks he'll understand it better.

[@vindifference]

There are simple emotional problems in life, and there are complex ones. A person's capacity for empathy and their ability to parse through someone else's psychology is really tested in instances like book 4. Avatar is a series that usually presents a lot of simple emotional conflicts. Heavy, but simple enough to resolve in the space of one or two episodes. Only characters like Zuko or Korra rare granted arcs that really span over four episodes, indicated further by their relapses and failures. The series' typical fast-pacing is pushed aside for these character arcs, so that when you think a problem is supposed to be resolved, it really isn't. And it's these long arcs that can often annoy some folks, but it's the long ones that really hit home with for those who've felt long hardships of their own.

[@MarkDC734]

Spartan it''s the PTSD, homegirl is doing her best and she needs a vacation , same though

[@brianvitagliano975]

I think people forget that everything that occurred between books 1-3 occurs in like 7 months, that is alot for anyone to go through even the Avatar. Aang went through alot in his half a year but Korra dealt with a lot of identity shattering moments after growing up confident and assured of it.

[@corym.m.3084]

I personally love this book more over the others. What’s really cool is that Kai’s voice actor is the same. Dude just hit puberty before recording and it fits with the time jump.

[@allocat586]

Gonna be interesting to see if Spartan can appreciate the impact that trauma can have on someone in this storyline.

[@xNathyRibeiro]

and the ending lmao

[@ligli500]

Ditto to this. I think Pudgey will definitely be able to appreciate the nuances of the journey + development, but it might be harder for Spartan to enjoy the season because I know how much he appreciates confidence, bravado, big epic fight sequences, etc. Hopefully the journey they've been on with Korra (and other shows+movies) will help in him seeing that not all battles are physical; that the hardest ones are sometimes mental (regardless of how strong you have or could be physically).

[@CallsignWizard]

Fun fact … my friend group from highschool still brings up how I predicted kuvira being the next villain in season 3… when a side character has a new voice actress and is given a name and screen time it becomes a bit fishy 😂

[@Kev2000]

Maybe not as actioned packed as book 3 but this is the book where Korra gets the best development. It’s still really good. And can’t wait for the reactions in the very last book of Korra. What did the time go fast already.

[@controlman7490]

I think book 4 is even more action packed than book 3. There's literal city level destruction.

[@jboyd0104]

Agree, I think it's my second favorite season (after season 3) and closely tied with season 1, but even I'll admit it.... goes off the rails a bit toward the end 😂

[@robertmckenna3994]

Pudgey:”How can he be so oblivious?” Family tradition I suppose.

[@cloudwatcher608]

This season is definitely the best for the character of Korra. She has a lot of growth in other seasons but this season has her facing herself more than ever before and she becomes so fleshed out in the process.

[@reeeyou]

100% agree. This book resonated with me alot and remember being self-destructive and depressed in my late teens that i felt so powerless. And also i was very happy that they dealt with psychological trauma in a cartoon, even though it was aired online only because it was too dark for kids.

[@The_Wild_Healer]

Also just an excellent story too!

[@mmxxiii9503]

Yes and no

[@a.r.5100]

20:00 okay pudgey talk your sh*t. You know whats up. I dont know exactly what your referring to when you say "as someone with a similar experience" but im glad you gpt throught it whatever it was Edit: in regards to korra, it was that moment of being so broken that her body was taken from her, that put her in a mindset of how fragile she actually is, thus causing her to not trust and/or believe in herself.(thats how i view it atleast) Being held back mentally WILL hold you back physically

[@edgarsiahaan6571]

Korra did breakdown because at first she thought the world it’s ready to greet their new avatar, and until the end of book 3 every villain said the same thing; we don’t need the avatar anymore. That broke her the most. Also, Tenzin and the Air Nations (despite their good deed to help the world) just adding salt to the wound because at the same time he said “we’ll do the job for you” which translates the same thing by the villains for Korra.

[@SylverQrow]

Man Pudgie’s guesses are great and so close to whats actually happening lol.

[@another_julia]

spartan not getting korra’s mental state is a bit irritating but what i expected. but i think the way he’s talking about it as how to him it’s obvious that she’s done such a good job is still very interesting to see. it really feels like he’s playing the part of everyone else in the avatarverse, looking at her accomplishments and going Wow, and it just makes it clearer the depression that she’s facing right now. where they can look at the same facts and she can see it as a failure, while to spartan it’s clearly a success, just feels very realistic in terms of the way mental illness skews your own perceptions

[@CodyTaylor115]

The end of season 3 we saw the whole air nation declare that they would do the job of the avatar while korra recovered. And 3 years later korra has been traveling around seeing how the world has moved on from her and everything hasn't fallen apart. I would say she has lost her motivation and self confidence

[@mmxxiii9503]

That's what happens when as a person never listens other people's warnings, and that happened since book 1. It is a appreciated what she did....but stubbornes never leads to something good

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

_"What the hell? Everyone's older!"_ - Yes, that's how time works... ⏳ _"Why do they pick the worst princes... kings, queens."_ - No, that's not how Monarchy works... 🤴

[@af3897]

lol i wanted to say this, like it's all hereditary

[@Dinozai]

You have to put it in perspective. Korra almost died, and no she didn’t win. The airbenders won, but Korra herself failed at stopping Zahir

[@daekry]

eh, she wrapped him up in a chain and slammed him into the ground, incapacitating him long enough to get captured. It was one of those classic Korra "wins with a tremendous cost"

[@ricardosierra4601]

Zaheer clearly was able to scape the tornado, when he let go korra he was already getting away but it was korra who grabbed him and hit it to the ground. So the air nation saved korra, true, but the one who gave the last hit was Korra, she DID stopped Zaheer.

[@Cyceris]

Book 3 and 4 are honestly top tier for TLOK

[@mmxxiii9503]

The book 3 more than this one

[@keanancupido]

You guys are going to love this book! Especially Kuvira she's a brilliant character

[@sahlysalman8851]

Seeing Korra like this is so hard.... loved the reaction guys

[@abrahamornelas160]

She saved tonrak.

[@isaiah4155]

Love how frequent you guys drop videos 👌💪💪

[@MSMDragon]

This is my personal favorite season of Korra! But that’s probably just because I love Kuvira 😂

[@mateoagudelocanaveral9780]

Kuvira is the greyest antagonist and i love her for that (also Zelda Williams voice acting is so satisfying)

[@mahockey3]

Kuvira: "Pledge your loyalty to me and you'll be fine" Pudgey: "yeah seems fair" Spartan: "excuse me wtf?" 😂

[@mels607]

Wu is gonna grow on you, especially if you read the comics after finishing the series. right now he's kinda just a really sheltered, really spoiled rich kid who has no idea how the world works and absolutely adores Mako lol

[@Josephryker]

Pudgey has this 100%!

[@withxoutxlife]

Korra's development in this season is my favorite part of it. Looking forward to seeing how you react to it. ^^

[@cattievogelsong96]

You know the set up is great. Kuvira can work both as a villan or a plot twist protagonists I lover her the scene with stubborn governor. He gets all hight and mighty and says i heard you are a bad person and Kuvira simply steps forward and he has no choise but to sit back down. He looks like a toddler throwing a tantrum. He is trying to be a grown up in front of the woman who did all the hard work fixing the nation. And she is not taking his s-t. The people are starving have staying in power for a few days while she goes and fixes more problems. This to me is abetter introduction to Kuvira than the fight scene. Do you remember Long Fang head of the Di lee in the old show. He wasn’t a threat as a bender he was a threat as a politician. And that was much scarier. Having an antagonist who is a good politician and a good war general would be killer! Also yes the voice acting is fenomenal.

[@pabloc8808]

Kuvira works because like all the antagonists in LOK, she represents a political ideology, but imo she's the only one who represents it well. Kuvira represents fascism, and fascism at first is always enticing and tempting, because it proposes law, order and stability, through force if necessary. Then you realize it's not really "if necessary", it's always through force. And THEN you ask the more important question: whose "order and stability"? For whom? It takes away people's right to choose. Besides, because it is authoritarian, there's nothing to guarantee it won't overstep. Kuvira said all she wanted was for her nation to be strong and stable, and wouldn't mess with the other nations, but can you really take her word for it? Because, funny enough, there was a guy with a mustache who said something similar in Germany back in the early 20th century.

[@cattievogelsong96]

@@pabloc8808 umm… major spoilers. I was really trying to avoid that. Look i have a lot to say about Kuvira. And and the writing as a whole. I’m not going to for spoiler reason. If you have see the show and want a good explanation there several to point to. The one i will insist you go watch is by kay and Skittles. It is specifically on Kuvira’s ideology. Its not that I don’t understand believe me i do.

[@daverowe03]

You guys are funny. The episode is called "After all these years", plus there was a mention of the tjmeskip in the opening video.

[@nihilean]

personally i really like this season too, and i feel like kuvira is more interesting and well written than most seem to think. its probably not as good as season 3, but season 4 seems underrated to me

[@ericflood7562]

Spartan’s concern for Jinora’s hair🙄😅

[@jamesmeechan6983]

It seems Spartan forgot that Korra cried at the end of season 3 finale which shows she was not ok

[@Mike90317]

Can't believe we're on book 4! Let's go.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

ATLA was about a young boy learning to become the Avatar, Korra is about the Avatar learning to become a young woman.

[@gimaxhd]

ehm no

[@JJ_6036]

This is a popular take. HOWEVER, how in the da heck is Korra an avatar learning to become human if she's lived her whole life as a normal kid in a quiet town? She doesn't even know what it is to be avatar! 🤭

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

@@JJ_6036 She hasn't lived as a normal kid in a quiet town at all. She's lived in a secret compound trained by some of the best masters in the world to be a bending prodigy. She had no friends growing up aside from a polar bear dog, she was isolated for most of her life and told she has a great destiny as the Avatar, and over the course of 4 seasons got her ass kicked and her soul broken until she had the experience required to forge her own identity.

[@JJ_6036]

It actually really frustrated me how much the writers stressed that her self-worth hinged on being avatar (Avatar learning to be a girl). Why would it? They gave no reason. In fact, the backstory they gave her suggests the opposite. A sheltered girl who lived a normal childhood. Why would a girl like that even be thinking about Avatar duties? She wouldn't. She didn't even have a taste of what it is to be avatar and had never done avatar duties or been in avatar state. Also season 1 had very little to do with power, the avatar's status as a celebrity was the only thing that mattered, and she became a scapegoat for political schemes. If anything, she should've been crying about how dumb she is, getting outsmarted over and over and falling into every trap (sorry but it's true). Instead the writers force you to watch a crybaby crybabying about being slightly less O.P. physically :\.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

@@JJ_6036 She did not live a normal childhood at all. Korra more or less grew up in a cult setting far removed from any perceived danger and was obsessed with being the Avatar since she was little.

[@walimasud502]

Y'all aren't ready for 4×2 haha :3

[@jaymeal-alawait5975]

Truly believe you guys would like the show Spartacus! Anyone recommended the series Spartacus yet? Got a feeling its something that should be recommended. So if not, I recommend the show Spartacus!👍👍

[@atafakheri8659]

20:01 I know it is not about the topic in the avatar has never been about enforcing justice It was about balance of the forces of nature

[@quentinboswell6720]

Kuvira is fascinating as a character because she brings a fight still fought today. Right to self governance vs keeping general order. The right to self govern is evident when acknowledging the individual but when put in social groups we tend to obey the law of the jungle. The strong thrive while the weak either submit or get crushed. On the other side of the arguement is organized government restricting people's freedom in return for stability and enforcement of public welfare.

[@BlueRoseWolfie]

Yesss straight into Book 4! Next few episodes are fire!

[@ramble353]

It will be interesting to see your reaction to who Korra ends up with in the end.

[@joaohks]

7:53 they remind me of muyrrrrmuyrrrr

[@Sadsharks]

How did you miss "We've missed her these past three years" in the opening?

[@merjahngandu9858]

Love this season ❤

[@mrdegrassifreak]

And the pendulum swings from zaheer creating complete and utter chaos among the earth kingdom to now Kuvira establishing unquestionable law and order.

[@keanancupido]

Oh man a BB and Korra upload in one day??!! Yasss

[@jamesmeechan6983]

It's not all of a sudden it's been 3 years

[@icedreamer9629]

People who are depressed and hard on themselves are rarely doing it from a position of rationality or reason, Spartan. The whole world can look at you and be thinking "What are you on about, everything's fine", but that isn't how _you_ see it from inside. If you've never been through it, you _cannot_ understand. Just listen to Pudgey. She gets it.

[@another_julia]

them talking right over the voice over saying it’s been three years and then constantly asking how long it’s been lmaooo

[@evansyhevu9021]

The beginning of the end😢 Great reaction Lets finish with a bang🔥

[@a.r.5100]

I have the same problem with those season that I did with 2. The bad guy is so obvious in the early episodes I guess the more appropriate word is antagonist. I'm sure some can debate on whether or not she's a "bad guy"

[@billfrantz1638]

A time skip is a perfect continuation of the story after the epic season 3 finale.

[@pfang32]

Gotta commit fully to those braids as hair loopies pudgy lol!

[@Darth_Nycta_13]

2020 was 3 years ago, a lot can happen in that time.

[@jamesmeechan6983]

She did have help from her friends to defeat zahear from the airbenders and effects from her battle with zaherr he did almost kill korra and effect from something else in the fight with zaherr

[@starkid910]

20:30 oof "the wheelchair part isn't enough for me" even in context, not a great thing to say, man. And with everything you said after... The attitude is very dismissive.... You yourself said here "she's been through similar things before" like.... yeah, Books 1-3 take place over about a year, she went through these worldshattering events back-to-back-to-back and hasn't been able to sit and process any of it because the blows keep coming... and then place yourself in the mindset of someone who's been aware of their "destiny" to be the world's savior since they were 4 on top of that. Don't think you're a bad person for any of this, btw, just saying - dig a bit deeper. This book especially is very existential, and understanding Korra's motivations & fears, and the suffering she went through is very important to get the full picture of her growth. And never forget: recovery is a non-linear process. People go through setbacks, regressions, self-sabotage, etc. all the time. Korra's journey through this season is very aware of this and offers one of the most honest, well written portayals of PTSD in any media I've ever come in contact with. I can admit Book 3 is a more entertaining watch, but Book 4's depth is what makes it my favorite Book of both shows.

[@samdavis1128]

Meelo the boy has become Meelo the man!! I love him he's like my 2nd fave character

[@OccamAsylum]

Kuvira makes her position very clear. She follows a philosophy of absolute order. Which.... isn't possible. Bolin is very trusting and gullible, he sees the best in people and only wants to do the right thing.

[@The_Wild_Healer]

Hell yeah this season RULES

[@aptx-ew8gq]

14:46 LMAOOOO

[@JackulaHD]

The thing this episode doesn't do a good job of is explaining the Kuvira situation. She is working under the remit of the Earth Kingdom crown, with the support of the united nations and all other nations to reunite the breakaway Earth Kingdom territories that decided to be opportunistic during the chaos of season 3 with the destruction of the Earth Kingdom government to declare independence. This governor is a failure and stuck in his pride. The episode tries to portray him as noble and protecting his people but the truth is that state specialises in raw material production (ore). The governor is unable to feed his people without outside help, nor is he militarily strong enough to defend his land from banditry. He has created a failed state reliant on external charity. To deny the return of the Kingdom in the name of his people's independence is nothing more than an ego trip and certainly not in the best interest of the people.

[@user-ft3ul5lp6z]

It doesnt need a lot of explaining, all of this were inferred in the episode...some people are just too dense

[@JackulaHD]

I was being diplomatic haha. Almost every reaction I see misses this stuff and so i've chalked it up to the episode not being clear enough at this point.@@user-ft3ul5lp6z

[@bradybunch4707]

@@user-ft3ul5lp6z This

[@CCHOI36]

Kuvira is beast. I also miss momo damn

[@cklambo]

Once u hav lost everything is when u can change

[@Bigsteelguy4]

It just said these past 3 years. So a 3 year time jump. You may want to listen a little bit.

[@penguin50279]

y’all missed the three year time skip mention in the beginning lol

[@kyleterrell6842]

It says 3 years in the opening

[@princeytron]

Look I get the reaction to Kuvira’s actions, but, consider this: *(Will Contain Minor Spoilers for the End of LoK* The Earth Kingdom Monarchy as it stood before its fall in season 3 was a borderline failing state. This was due to the immense power the nobility in the Earth Kingdom amassed. The Earth States (those seperate territories on Kuvira’s map) are essentially semi-independent entities that are basically under the purview of the Earth Monarch in Ba Sing Se. But in practice are mostly run themselves. This means a massive issue of lack of accountability and a universal set of rules. One governor may be benevolent and care about their people. But with born nobility, how often is that the case? Now, the system is teetering on the edge as it is. But in season 3, the Earth Queen was assassinated, the walls of Ba Sing Se breached, and the revolutionaries declared the monarchy over. Think of the impact that that would have throughout the entire Earth Kingdom. Like maybe try to imagine what would happen if the entire federal leadership of the United States were to all be killed at the same time. For some batshit reason. How would the states respond? It would be mass chaos, quite frankly. Without a cohesive force keeping everything together, every leader of their state would be able to react in their own way to the crisis. At least in the modern day US there are still checks and balances on the state and local level to prevent a full devolution of society. But in the Earth States, run by nobility? The complete opposite. Now suddenly, you have dozens of sates that have basically just been told “you have no one to answer to anymore. You can do whatever you want.” There is now no structure of “Earth Kingdom” at all in practicality. There is no power check on any governor and their actions. They could attack other states, oppress their citizens. Or, as probably would happen, many would be overthrown in mass riots and probably die causing power vacuums everywhere. The point is that in the weeks and months following the assassination, the entire continent basically implodes. Now there is no central government, every state is chaotically run by whatever leader happens to be there, and the citizens are now either probably starving due to a shut down of travel between states (some states would be food providers, other providing other types of goods.) the leaders would be encouraged to crack down to prevent further chaos, making the issue worse. This is the state of the country that is happening when Kuvira first gets the drive to do something. Note, Kuvira is an abandoned orphan, taken in by Su. And it affected her life in a big way. Can you imagine how she would feel then, being in Zaofu, safe and fed. Warm. Comfortable. With rich, privileged Suyin, watching the entire country basically burn down around them. Kuvira implores Su to use her immense power and resources (she’s literally from the richest family in the Earth Kingdom and probably more so after building a productive city like Zaofu). But Su *refuses.* How would you feel? The entire continent is literally burning down and people are dying and suffering everywhere, yet one of the best possible people who could help decides to sit on her arse and do *nothing* The avatar is unavailable to help. It truly seems like no one will step forward and help. (Except Tenzin, bless him. But there’s only so many a group of children and teenagers can do here.) Is it any wonder that Kuvira decided. “Well, if no one else is gonna stand up and help, I’ll do it.” And she takes those who volunteer, and she goes and *does it* Like think how crazy that is. She’s a head guard of a city in the Earth Kingdom. And she takes her guards and *stabilises the capital city of Ba Sing Se* Now imagine how the people reacted to this. Su insists they’d be seen as conquerors and met with war. But based on the reverence Kuvira is granted by her men and people. And the loyalty they possess, I believe the opposite occurred. They were suffering, dying, starving, riots and looters all over. Basically an anarchist hell. Then here comes this woman. Fighting side by side with her men, and she gives you peace and stability. Not only that, she’s not some high rich noble. She’s an orphan from no high birth. She’s just a person like you. Yet she has chosen to take your plight on her shoulders to save you and others. It’s very, very easy to imagine how this would inspire an almost worshipful loyalty among the people to Kuvira. Especially those of the lower classes. They’d see her as a literal saviour. Now, imagine Kuvira is now decided. “Well, I stabilised the capital. The people are happy. They are thanking me. Obviously I need to help the others in this situation.” So she decides to go on to stabilise the Earth States and reunify the Earth Kingdom. At this point, all she cares about is ending the suffering and chaos that is hurting her people. She is still basically loyal to the idea of an Earth Kingdom. However, given the circumstances for the Earth States I outlined. What would Kuvira have encountered? Corrupt, greedy, oppressive tyrants. Crushing the lower masses under their boot to enrich themselves. Governors or whatever despotic leader who’s in charge is probably feeling like it’s the best time of their life. They can do whatever they want and there’s no Earth Queen to say otherwise. Now comes along Kuvira. At the head of a grand mostly lower class army. Seeking to re-establish the old order and set everything right. End the suffering and oppression of the people. How do you imagine the leaders would have responded to her? Most probably. Violently. But of course Kuvira is justified fighting a despotic oppressive leader to save the people they’re oppressing right? Obviously. So she wins, and she gets this tyrant off their little throne. But now what? There’s no leader. You can’t shove this noble back on the seat cuz he caused the problems to start with. So what do you do? It’s easy to see that Kuvira would have no choice but to replace the leader with another one to try to establish stability in the region. Probably one loyal to her, or at least one that agrees with her vision and goals. Probably leaves some of her troops behind so there can be stability and no more oppression and chaos. So same thing happens with the people. A saviour just came and saved us, saved our families. Gave us food, medicine, repaired our homes and streets. Defeated the one oppressing us. So she gets even more reverence and acclaim. People are joining her left and right, swearing to follow her wherever she may lead. They truly, wholeheartedly, believe in her. If she told them to put a gun to their head and said it was for the good of their people they’d do it without hesitation. So the cycle repeats. She goes from state to state, sorting out whatever messes and problem are occurring. Not only that, but she’s using her newly acquired power and resources to improve the infrastructure of the entire kingdom. She’s introducing new technology, travel, energy, and so on. She’s a one woman nation building machine. And she sees what effect it’s having on people. She sees them grateful. Thanking her for saving them. But she knows, as she accepts their praises and thanks. That she’s doing all this. All this work, sacrifice. Just to restore some random teenager on the throne. a teenager that hasn’t even set foot in his own country since the beginning of this crisis. Is it any wonder that Kuvira loses faith in the idea of having a nobility at all? That having an Earth Monarch itself is at the root of why all this spiralled out of control to begin with? But what can she do? She knows that if she steps back and this useless young king takes over, so, so much of what she’s accomplished for her people will be undone. The old nobles will be reestablished. How can the King claim his seat by right if he refuses to do the same to other nobles? So the leaders that caused this whole mess to begin with will get back in charge Scot free. Now with an elite experienced army that Kuvira has built. All with the added technology and improvements Kuvira has made. It’s completely understandable in these circumstances that Kuvira would feel she has no choice if she wants to actually keep her people safe that she has to create a new system of government altogether. And her people *will not* accept any other leader than her. She is their saviour. Their Great Uniter. She came when no one else would and fought for them. They’d follow her anywhere. So she realises that she has to step into a leadership role. She has to take the reigns. She can truly establish a state that protects and serves the masses and not just the lucky few at the top. This Kuvira would be a noble, heroic character. Who has risen up from a simple soldier into an icon of a saviour and leader. She would care deeply about all her people, and she would want to do everything she could to protect them. It’s for this reason that I think the story writers messed up her character. They knew that they wanted her to be the villain but clearly made her story too heroic. So they had to shove in all these scenes of her being all Hitler like and evil. It’s very forced. She’s basically a revolutionary socialist, if you think about it. A low class woman who fought on behalf of the lower masses against their oppressors. (Except against a monarchist regime instead of capitalism.)

[@jamesmeechan6983]

I will be interested to see how you feel about how long korra takes to get back to her best

[@NEUTRALIZER70]

GUYS WATCH THE NEXT EPISODE WITH NO SUBTITLES PLEASE CAUSE SPOILER ALERT INCOMING...?? 🙅 SUBTITLES

[@muchuchuroo]

They're already finished watching it.

[@NEUTRALIZER70]

@@muchuchuroo Really 😱

[@bradrich2000]

@@NEUTRALIZER70 definitely already watched it, i think they're finished with the entire book

[@NEUTRALIZER70]

@@bradrich2000 Okay 👍

[@samir_rod]

Sozin 2.0

[@Dolphinator1999]

MORE KORRA LETS GOOO

[@jamesmeechan6983]

They knew they were up there thanks to kuvria

[@mmxxiii9503]

To be honest I think Kuvira did whst need it to be done in the absence of Korra. What happened to Korra is sad but is not the worst, she just got to a point she felt useless, a thing that it could have been prevented

[@jamesmeechan6983]

It was not Kai and joinora it was the daughter of sue of the metal kingdom and Kai

[@darkphoenix1836]

Dude just doesn't get it 🫤

[@franciscacuevas6010]

korra's ptsd :((

[@flowersinapril4952]

Crazy to think they didn’t air Book 4 on Tv ://

[@jamesmeechan6983]

Boulin is not a smart cookie

[@WuMyth]

how pudgey still look ath the view finder and not camera lmao

[@jaczimmerman2734]

So…Netflix just released the last airbender trailer…reaction to it? You guys going to do a reaction series for it?

[@ratanakol6783]

You ain’t ready for the next episode

[@jamesmeechan6983]

There will still be another old avatar the last airbender character to help Korra out

[@campbell93jc]

Im all in my emotions and dont want the avatar story to end 😭 Will you guys be doing like a full celebration? Full uncut reactions on here? A revist of all finales including Aangs? A live stream of the comics? Idk i just dont want this journey to end ahaha

[@ZackMuffinMan]

hi

[@Mrfrancisfierce]

this mans emotional maturity level is funny lol

[@kainoa55]

I don’t know if anyone told you guys but turn off subtitles. If you have it on, it will spoil one of the episodes.

[@brandonphoummany9668]

Nazi - Kuvira lol

[@jasongupo3859]

Spartan really didn't want Jinora to be bald 😂

[@lautarocordoba7766]

I always say it: pacifying a nation destroyed by chaos and banditry is not easy, especially with the size of the Earth Kingdom, and sometimes a strong hand is needed.

[@Blckthrn584]

i love Pudgey's Nailss and Top!! If I remmber correctly, Spartan has a shirt that Color tooo....u guys should wear this color togetheeeeer

[@Kjsevv]

Bruh watch till 4x6 Korea is getting slammed😂😂😂

[@Kjsevv]

Korra*

[@ChangDaBang]

@@Kjsevv Too late .. Korea is coming for you now