The Legend of Korra 4x04 Reaction

[@kelonpie]

I love how these three airbenders embodies some part of Aang. Jinora is the spiritual master side of Aang Meelo is the mischevious, playful side of Aang Ikki embody the empathetic, diplomatic side of Aang. Also, when Ikki took her arms out to point at the map, it's a small call back to a scene from A:TLA, in the episode Avatar Day, when Aang did something similar

[@HelTra91]

Also when they were brought before the Earth King and he earth bent himself out of the cuffs :P

[@corystanish]

That's a really good observation!

[@RecoveringChristian]

Aw dang, that got me in my feelings.

[@willwilliamson9580]

i always took it as typical airbender slipperiness

[@ethanfreel1222]

Meelo this episode really embodied Aang in S1. The shot where Meelo is poking around with a stick is so similar with “The Souther Air Temple” when Aang poked Sokka with a stick

[@Marta-uv4id]

I don't know why, but Toph being nice and gentle with Korra makes me really happy

[@grayfullbuster9137]

Yeah at first she was pretty mean to her lol

[@x97k8]

@@grayfullbuster9137 korra needed that tbh

[@JoseRamirez-ew7vq]

@@grayfullbuster9137 Toph is mean to everybody at first lol. I mean, remember how she treated aang before she got close with him😂

[@grayfullbuster9137]

@@x97k8 I agree

[@LJ_S1K]

I wish we got to se Sokka interact with his nieces and nephews

[@mrsjones7907]

Something that always hits me about Korra’s recovery journey: Ever since her poisoning, people were telling her “Don’t worry about the world. We’ve got this. You don’t need to worry about anything but getting better. We can handle everything for you while you’re away.” It was all well-meaning, but I’m not sure it was what Korra needed to hear. To her it probably sounded more like this: “We can handle everything without you. We don’t need you. The world will be okay without you.” We know from her response to her friends letter that she saw her self worth dwindling while her friends were off helping the world and she was still stuck in a wheelchair. A person needs to feel needed. Then the Airbender kids show up, and tell her that they need her. I believe that was exactly the push she needed to step forward and get past her current block. I think it’s beautiful.

[@lilywong9672]

Definitely not something the Avatar wants to hear. Her whole identity revolved around being the bringer of balance to the world, if they don't need her then what is her purpose?

[@killyourdarlings1305]

That must've been especially hard for Korra because she grew up so sheltered and being told she was so special. Her cockiness and self worth were all about her being the Avatar.

[@papl20]

It must have been the worst thing especially because her whole identity is to be the avatar and being balance to the world. And she's like no needed anymore, or that's what the world tell her.

[@aptx-ew8gq]

I am tear bending rn

[@alguém-qualquer1]

Omg yes

[@sparklemittens8301]

"That fight is over, release the fear" That sentence always makes my eyes water

[@rodewing584]

Toph is the new Guru.

[@Teamrat]

I get chills every time I see Korra use the vines to find the air siblings. And when Toph says well done Korra.

[@dreamym00n59]

when the kids fly towards korra too 😭

[@Teamrat]

@@dreamym00n59 RIGHT? So thrilled they couldn't even wait for Pepper to land.

[@unicornburger16]

When Korra bends the poison out is my favorite scene in all of Avatar. Seeing just how much everything has traumatized her the past few episodes is so heartbreaking , and seeing her fight through it to get the poison out is so beautiful. And the song that plays during it is called “To Heal”, and it’s without question my favorite song in Avatar, it always gets me crying within the first 12 seconds!

[@coeusdarksoul2855]

I love that you two actually get that this show isn't about a grown mature woman & expecting that from day one. It's about a sheltered, intelligent teen with massive potential and drive *BECOMING* a mature woman, and all the steps and struggles it takes along the way to get there. It's about growth, self-learning, and overcoming adversity. There isn't a person alive in their 20s & beyond who doesn't look back at their teenage self and cringe (and if you think you're one, then you need to reflect on your own self image and I hope you too grow and learn from it).

[@rhysgrealish5227]

I could just imagine the swamp having the best wifi connection in the Earth Kingdom.

[@corystanish]

This episode makes me cry every single time. It starts the second Jinora turns around and says "I know where Korra is!" and just keeps going through to the end. Did anyone else notice that when Korra is crying here, she wipes her tears away with her forearm, which is exactly how Aang did it!

[@evanthebourne]

Lola: Meelo the artist. Me: Dont ever forget that line.

[@xfabian21]

Korra is my fav character ever and this episode makes me tear up everytime, thinking about what she went through and how far she's come.

[@DragonbIaze052]

My legs nearly collapsed under me when Lola said, "I don't know how to tell you people, but Korra is not straight." Sorry Milena, but Lola is officially my favorite now.

[@Lakster37]

Lola: I'd be the Avatar! Milena: I don't believe its possible for an Avatar to be evil... but YOU would be the evil Avatar! 🤣

[@samuelclayhills3298]

Kyosh created the Dai lee and definatley encoruaged their behavior so

[@alucard8433]

Technically there is now an evil avatar, Unalaq became the dark avatar, Only difference is he won't be able to bend the 4 elements. But theoretically he should have a resurrection cycle similar to Rava.

[@mathies3598]

@@samuelclayhills3298 the Dai Li was not even close to the corrupt organization it had become in ATLA when it was first conceived by Kyoshi. She's hardly to blame.

[@melanithebooknerd]

@@alucard8433 well technically, I'm not sure if there would be a resurrection cycle. Just like if the avatar were to die when in the avatar state, the cycle would end. And when big spirit Korra fought big Una-vatuu, you could say that was his avatar state. So I think it would end the cycle. Vatuu is probably still out there and will come back when harmonic convergence happens, but I think the "evil avatar" cycle stopped.

[@alucard8433]

@@melanithebooknerd Technically she did not kill Una-Vatuu, she did the spirit cleanse thing that Unalaq taught her which does not kill the spirit.

[@ZacMrMan]

Man I really love this season, words cannot express how well they deal with mental health. I really do not understand how people can dislike Korra in any way, her growth from season 1-4 is beautiful and has so much details I missed in my 1-2 watches.

[@emirayub9945]

Now that you are already close to episode 8, it seems necessary for you that you learn the story of how that episode was generated, so you do not take a disappointment. At this point of the show, Nickelodeon wanted to get rid of Korra. Episodes no longer premiered on television but on the Internet (in a time where the streaming was not so popular and taking a television program and sending it to the internet was synonym of death) and the study reduced the Budget of the series to the minimum (That is why there are characters that no longer appear - like Kaya- or others whose participation was completely reduced - as Bumi or Kai-). Originally episode 8 was going to count the origin of Kuvira, but only counted on budget for 12 episodes. The creators wanting the season to have 13 episodes like the previous one, that's why they had the idea of ​​doing a recap to show how the characters had changed throughout the four seasons. That episode would be the equivalent of the actors on Ember Island. However, there was no money for more, for that reason they chose to take clips of the whole series and put an episode with them plus some new scenes. I hope you know how to appreciate the effort beyond the result since, as Varrick says at the end of the episode "never let reality prevent you from telling a good story."

[@Aoitetsugakusha]

That information doesn't sound quite correct. It's true Nick basically bounced the series from airing on TV to airing online, in addition to screwing around with the release schedule in general, but those decisions were completely separate from and made well after production of the episode and the budget changes. Book 4 did have its budget reduced, to the tune of an entire episode, but production on everything was finished before the final Book started airing.

[@marioalbertomoreno3819]

@@Aoitetsugakusha Not really, they could cut the budget when it was still in production, and we don't really know how they managed the episodes, the order of release is not always the order of production after all

[@Aoitetsugakusha]

@@marioalbertomoreno3819 That's true, episode order isn't necessarily production order, but starting to air the season early wouldn't have been a feasible solution if they didn't have a contiguous set of episodes done for almost the entire season. I'm open to being proven wrong if there's an interview from the production crew that says otherwise, but I suspect OP is confusing l conflating two different ways that Nick messed with the show into one.

[@marioalbertomoreno3819]

@@Aoitetsugakusha I think that in an interview they said something about having troubles keeping up with the given schedule (?), I don't remember the words so I'm willing to take it with a grain of salt, but overall you can see how the animation took a little easier approach, the characters don't move that much and certainly not a lot of sudden movements (with withstanding exceptions obviously, that fights against Kuvira are a delight) and there's way more CGI in the season, "cheaper" animation in the sense that they didn't need to draw those things separately, just make a 3D model of them and copy-paste

[@erenyeeagah204]

I dont get it. Avatar the last airbender was successful and beloved wasn't it? Nickelodeon was tripping. Why would you treat a sequel of your best show like that? It makes no sense to me

[@ProfessorZoom2140]

Don't worry about the children, their aren't called "the Air nomads" for nothing. 😉 Aang was traveling around the world all the time when he was their age.

[@saddocatto9245]

aang defeated full power comet fire lord when he was at jinora's age

[@kyleivanabella8888]

@@saddocatto9245 jinora became a master before aang's age in atla

[@Daesma999]

yeah, Jinora is the youngest Airbending master, at the age of 11. Aang was 12

[@papl20]

Yeah I always found it funny how people forget the airbenders are nomads and they're supposed to travel the world from a very young age.

[@emiliorodriguez8104]

They really tapped into something really special in this season, exploring Korra’s PTSD and her recovery. It’s very inspiring and hopeful for people who go through mental health issues.

[@ccss9827]

Im so happy you two can see the growth in Korra! That end discussion was amazing

[@indaomerefendic3679]

I'm so happy to watch people who love Korra as much as I do react to this show

[@ewayfiojfdhjfduogiyh]

I fell in love with Lola the minute she said she's watched Lord Of The Rings when she was 7! Girl you've lived a good life!

[@gemelwalters2942]

Like you said, Aang had it easy. Not to say there weren't obstacles but his mission was pretty straight forward, master all the elements and defeat the firelord. Korra has some psychological battles and politics which aren't things you can handle with your fists. None of that is as "cool" or easy to digest as flashy battles with clear good guys/bad guy so she gets judged pretty harshly.

[@gerardlacroix6015]

As hard and perillous as the world was back in Aang's day, it was also a lot simpler. Like you said, no complex geopolitic, one gigantic villain; but still only one... It was straightforward. In LoK, Korra faces more complex problems. Ideological, philosophical ones.

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire3363]

True but aang was also much younger than Korra, he was barely 12

[@yigitcanozmen9531]

Yeah he only faced against a genocide on his people and blaimed himself for all of that since he ran away ( even dough it wasnt his fault he just felt that way all the time) people kept blaming him for being not there for 100 years or him waking up a 100 year later to a new world without knowing anything and losing everything and everyone he loves or the fact that only he can stop an super powered nation alone and if he fails all world would fall against fire nation while he was 12 etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Nothing to much to deal with just regular things

[@gemelwalters2942]

@@jugemujugemugokonosurikire3363 true, and that's what made it simple and straightforward because it had to be something kids could digest easily. The problem is people expected things to be the same with a teenager dealing with geopolitical issues and mental health. My only issue with S4 was the giant mech and that's admittedly a bias on my part because I dislike 3D animation. But I know 3D animation is almost always used when there are budgetary constraints and we have Nickolodeon to thank for that.

[@SusieBlup]

I wouldn't say he had it easy because he had to face difficult things. But compared to Korra, the damages weren't as direct on his person.

[@mharlon09.]

I think they phrased wrong, Aang didn't have it easy, he went through a traumatic stuff too, the difference is that he wasn't there to physically witness the genocide just to see the horrifying consequences and mourn his people whereas Korra went through a lot of different emotional and physical stuff herself like torture, you can't blame people for dealing with trauma in different ways. BTW: I loved your reaction girls, it's really great to see Korra's breakthrough this episode.

[@RecoveringChristian]

Ya. Aang, weight of the world, huge burden, mantle/legacy of his people to uphold, genocide, human rights atrocities, wartime, loss, grief. Korra: violation, assault, trauma. Amon blood bended her, he went in and TOOK AWAY her bending (along with her confidence and security) Unaloq emotionally manipulated her and went in and TOOK AWAY Rava, ripped her out of Korra. Zaheer went inside her and poisoned her (after multiple kidnapping attempts) and TOOK AWAY her warrior spirit.

[@avish878]

Aang had it easy lol. .

[@avish878]

Aang had it easy lol. .

[@no1guy825]

it's true. different traumas. Aang lost so many people...so many dear friends. Shit, Katara lost her mother, and struggled with it for a long time. And Appa and his friends being in constant danger, Katara getting captured and nearly defeated by Zuko and Azula, losing Ba Sing Se...and just wrangling with all this stuff and all these deadlines at such a young age....but, he had the mental tools to handle it. He had a great advantage being born to the the original Air Nomads. I always say Aang represents them all in that show...and the real world inspiration(s) of Tibetan Buddhism....and so, he experiences the extremes of human emotion, struggle and weakness, especially as a young boy, but he has the best mental and spiritual capabilities to deal with it. But it shouldn't slip anyone's mind that it's this everyday battle.....something that Legend of Korra really highlights. Let's not forget that THIS is a unique show in that there's a major threat Korra gets tangled up in EVERY season....which is directly tied to the production issues the show suffered. They HAD to write things this way.....and then, at the end, they had to tie it all together and address how Korra has just dealt with all this shit. And it is also the unspoken goal of a sequel series to up the ante! Some Avatars we will never know.....but some had one or two major threats, and some had less, but they all had to deal with the politics of the world, and make decisions on a global scale and deal with their position.

[@RecoveringChristian]

@@no1guy825 PREACH💯👏👏👏

[@kwanarchive]

Ikki takes after her grandfather in being able to escape from bindings so easily.

[@distorityedan3081]

Milena being all like "You cannot be the avatar because I would be the avatar", like little girls in a playdate, is giving me life, hahaha I didn't hope for you to become so emotional in this one! But I get it, Korra's growth is very touching. You also did point out several important plot lines that, worry not, are coming your way. It amazes me how can You keep up with everything, there's so much happening in this season Oh! I almost forgot! Lola is My Queen for pointing out Korra's obviously not straight. THANK YOU. I'm so glad that much is clear! This is the third time I edit this hahaha but I also almost forget: I hadn't realize the meaning about Korra fighting the poison the way she kept fighting her former enemies. I think she was never entirely satisfied with her actions and blamed herself for that. It makes sense, since she was doubting her self worth so much, she was internally fighting all of her previous "failures", holding onto them, and also not letting herself feel the emotions it all caused to her. The way Toph instructed her to get the poison out strikes me as very similar to the process of dealing with any human emotion in real life. She was basically helping her get through the phases of grief of her battles.

[@shuhaothomasyu2290]

i feel like watching legend of korra a few years ago when i was still young, i thought korra was very annoying, dramatic and not as powerful as ang, but now that i am a grown up, and have experienced hardships that comes with life and realising how some suppressed trauma in the past is affecting me, i really love how human korra actually is, she is not perfect but she is learning and developing. ppl need to rewatch this show, so sad that nicklodeon stopped with the whole avatar universe series

[@RyanTheLion335]

I'm so so happy to hear you guys acknowledge and appreciate the character growth in this show. That's the thing that pisses me off about Avatar Genwunners, are that the settings and situations are completely different. Aang was raised by monks prior to the 100 year war, and then was thrown into the tail end of the 100 year war when things were at their worst. Both those things encourage someone to develop emotionally much faster, especially war time. Korra however, was sheltered and spoiled up until she made it to Republic City, and she knew from a very early age that as the Avatar, she was going to be one of the top 5 most important people in the world for her entire life, so that gave her a bit of a big head, and the idea that basically whatever she said, undoubtedly, people would follow. Even regular kids, who are not important, who are not sheltered, who are not spoiled, but grow up in peace time, like the new Avatar gang, tend to be brattier and more immature. I said in the comments for the first episode of Korra that you reacted to, you were going to be shocked by ALL the characters growth and development. Literally all the main characters are going to be completely different people from 1x1 to 4x13. It's night and day. I love that the themes of this series are "Growth" and "Mental Health", whereas AtLA was "Beat the BBEG" with a splash of "redemption".

[@Narutoanime16g]

Toph is so damn cool and Korra has grown a lot I love all the villians and character development

[@GeorgiaaArvanitii]

I cry every time I watch this episode and every time I see reactions because everyone cry here!! Such an emotional episode. One of my favorites!!!

[@kevincarvalho5054]

I love Korra as an Avatar, her struggles are relatable and real. Aang was awesome too.

[@S00NERD0G]

Great reaction, I've always loved Korra's bond with the airbending kids. SE4 is definitely the Emotional season (& my favorite)

[@AndrewKendall71]

I'm absolutely an ATLA fan. And I love Korra and believe her story is one of the most well and completely developed of any fiction on screen.

[@Toph.Beifong.]

The music when Jinora and them find Korra is really fantastic!

[@abdarsyt]

Katara heald her body Toph healed her mind .... heald her ....

[@keanancupido]

The scene where Korra bends the metal out of herself is one of my favourites. It really shows how determined she is and how strong!

[@ShadowBoxer1111]

“I don’t know how to tell you this people… but Korra is not straight.” I’m here for this observation.

[@Artur-jx7zd]

this episode is pure love

[@amalgamousgoat6217]

I like hearing y'all go on your little tangents! It's fun to learn little things you're willing to share about yourselves.

[@leethebee101]

Lol, I wouldn't say Aang had it easy. The poor guy was literally a victim of mass genocide. But yeah, Korra has it hard

[@gerardlacroix6015]

Yeah, but the world he faced when going out of the iceberg was somewhat easier. One villain, one goal. While Korra has to deal with more geopolitical, ideological, and philosophical issues. It's not "everyone against Ozai" anymore...

[@Rentheangel]

When the genocide happened he was in the iceberg lol he’s not a victim

[@avish878]

Lol he got over the genocide in only one episode lol.

[@Sandkasten36]

@@avish878 Well that's because of his cultural background and his strong/peaceful personality. He still suffered as seen in the guru episode and the explanation of Tenzin/Zuko in LoK. "Rebuilding the air nation was Aangs biggest dream" or something like that.

[@avish878]

@@Sandkasten36 Korra at the end of the day had worst

[@kehinderufai7498]

If you read the comics, you'd know that Aang didn't have it easy recovering from his injuries either.

[@sammylane21]

I'm amazed the show creators didn't write in the script to make Toph, Kovera's hero and role model? That way we could have Toph for a bit longer and she could help in rescuing people and battling Kovera too.

[@tomotion8524]

The reason people dislike Korra, is because she's not Aang, and people are butthurt. I'll bet you anything that if Legend of Korra aired first, and The Last Airbender second, people would've disliked Aang.

[@emiliorodriguez8104]

The reason people dislike Korra is because Korra represents the flaws we all have as a person. People are actually mad at themselves. Korra is flawed, she makes a lot of mistakes and that’s what people don’t want to confront

[@kingk7884]

Lol you are reaching with that. The writing flows better with aang because he had 3 unbroken seasons without shenanigans of nickelodeon.

[@Volition366]

I think they just dislike the series in general because, yeah, it's just not as good as the last airbender. But considering how many times Nickelodeon fucked them over, it probably came out the best it could have.

[@RavenStillBeguiling]

This is 100% a big part of it. A lot of these people are big TLAB fans and feel like Korra is "competition" and need to attack it. They have an emotional attachment to TLAB (largely because they saw that one first) and won't let themselves appreciate Korra because...again, they see it as "competition". It's stupid but this happens all the time.

[@askyeyv7039]

​@@RavenStillBeguiling Exactly. People cant stand that TLoK might be actually on the same level or even better than atla so not only they hate that but they cant allow other people to like that. To justify all of that is just to hate the show that might be a danger.

[@Jcb2db]

I love aang and Korra equally but I always give Korra more credit bc she is so overhated. And you guys are finally ppl who understand. You are definitely aang loyalist but you are still able to love her and even see he had it easy compared to Korra. I say Korra went thru sm more than aang and ATLA loyalists always disagree and can never see how much trauma and heartache Korra went thru even tho they have a season literally dedicated to it.

[@zabuzamomochi2323]

I am 22 and grew up in Austria, and I can also remember having Disney movies on cassettes ^^

[@davidshepard-alenko4232]

2:19 Lola: **looks off into the distance** "I would be the Avatar..." Milena: ?????? I'm fucking crying I love y'alls relationship so much. Hilarious.

[@saraislfe14]

LOLA’s FACE WHEN MEELO SAID I THREW THE FOOD IN THE RIVER🤣🤣🤣

[@no1guy825]

I love this series....but the thing I hate most when people watch it is when they think, "Aang had it easy."

[@antsmasherjack]

5:32 That collective facepalm.

[@GeorgiaaArvanitii]

Korra is literally the oldest sister

[@SomeRandomDude895]

"That was so embarrassing" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alejandroalcazar2258]

16:35 I'm sure that people that don't like Korra is because they are comparing this story to ATLA and when it was announced a new Avatar show they were hoping to be Aang and the others but older... they don't understand that The Legend of Korra is unique and don't need to be compared, and personally I'm grateful that the writers did this, in many ways different, but still connected to the Avatar world.

[@Sandkasten36]

Pla don't spread this "lie". There are legitimate reasons to criticize LoK in terms of general world building/writing rules. ATLA had them too but imo not in that degree as LoK did.

[@alejandroalcazar2258]

@@Sandkasten36 lol you're proving my point, thanks.

[@Sandkasten36]

@@alejandroalcazar2258 well then you didn't get my comment. I don't want Korra to be like Aang. To prove my point that's exactly what I enjoyed about LoK. Korra had amazing development from season 2 to 4. My problems start with general writing rules and there it doesn't matter if I compare LoK with ATLA, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter or other movies/series or doesn't compare it at all. Some plot lines are poorly developed, some main characters bland and uninteresting.

[@sanathkomire4719]

@@Sandkasten36 the point is atla had some legitimate flaws like cringe 14 year old romance between katara and aang, a giant lion turtle showing out of nowhere to give perfect gift to protaganist. Also lok had terrible flaws even so more than any other show I've watched cringe love triangle under developed avatar gang. But the point is in atla every character has more development and more focus because it's a show about all of them. Like these reactors said in the finale Lok is a show about korra and her villains that's the reason why they get more focus. I mean I never saw people ranting and criticizing ozai for how badly written he was just they rant about underdeveloped side characters in lok or aang being bad father or toph being a cop etc etc. You won't believe me 90 % of my friends who are atla fans suggested me not to watch this show calling lok a garbage and internet deemed this show as colossal failure with all the hate videos. Just type legend of korra and see how many hate videos you get on your time line. Which is why I didn't watch this show for 3 years until recently. My first reaction is that this show is no where close to being bad or avg. It's really solid show especially when you compare this to show with lot of shounen that last 100s of episodes With zero character development while korra had incredible heros journey in just 52 episodes. The point is people don't choose to nitpicking atla because it's beloved so they ignore the flaws. I understand pointing out flaws In lok and criticizing it but I never saw real appreciation for this show except 1or 2 videos and some reactors like these 2 girls. That's hardly fair criticism because a fair criticism should address positives and negatives. But most of the criticism for this show is basically one sided focusing on what's bad

[@Sandkasten36]

@@sanathkomire4719 I don't think that LoK is an awful show, I enjoyed a lot about it. The difference between bad Charakters like Mako and Ozai is that Mako enjoys much more screen time. Ozai served his purpose of flashing out Azula, Zuko and the fire nation. His contrast to Iroh, Zukos Mother...he has a reason to be in this show. Mako well he is just hired muscle. I guess Korra finds her sexuality with his help but that's basically it. He has so much screen time, yet so unimportant. You can compare Unalaq with Ozai. Unalaq is so much worse why? Again too much screen time. The writers wanted him to be relatable in some ways but it didn't work - he's just evil - that's it. He is used to explain a little of backstory to Korra's father but even that - this backstory doesn't effect anything in the course of 4 seasons. Tonrak is just a good father that's it. He's basically a NPC. There are way too many NPCs in LoK. They're just existing. The problem with that is: You expect them to do something, to challenge your main protagonist but they don't. Ozai has little contact with the main crew. That's why he doesn't need to be that person. But at least he challenges Zuko. Zuko learns to speak against his own father. He grows and learns because of him.

[@JNDReacts]

If I remember correctly, Nickelodeon stopped airing this show on their TV channel after the episode where Zaheer killed the Earth Queen. That's probably what the comment meant about the show being too dark.

[@The-Determined-Ninja]

3:20 And thaaat's why the world ain't _built_ like the XD

[@12345fakestreet]

Their childhood is like Wanda in Wandavision with the VHS Tapes.

[@eduardopatraca3272]

There are several similarities between the time Team Avatar flew over the swamp in "The Swamp" and when the airbending children did so: A member of each team, namely Aang and Ikki, wanted to head down to the swamp with the other two members, Sokka/Katara and Jinora/Meelo respectively, disagreeing. When trying to resume their journey, both Appa and Pepper get pulled down into the swamp. When asked about the swamp, both Aang and Ikki reasoned that the swamp wanted them to land there.

[@streamspoart2671]

Even the song when korra got his avatar state back, it almost similar to when aang took ozai's bending, avatar peace

[@maxmustsleep]

this is one of my favourite episodes! just the entirety of the finals from season 3, the cause of the trauma and now a big relief of it is such a powerful depiction of both mental and physical health struggles and give her so much character growth along with the great music and animation it's simply stunning! the next few episodes are also cool but they are a bit less awesome and deep and ep8 is just a recap they had to do due to last minute budget cuts. but the final episodes are great again.

[@chubbychuckle]

My only issue with the show is that there wasn't enough of it. I think it needed 3-5 more episodes each season to explore all the characters more, especially the villains. They all should have had stand alone episodes that showed how they got to where they were in the show. Unalaq definitely needed an explanation on how he was so connected to the spirts and how he first met Vatu.

[@Sephiroth766]

Wow Lola, you have no idea how on point you were

[@Aya-27]

Ikr😂😂

[@MaytrixMan]

Korra moved online toward the end of season 3. I believe it was the death of the earth queen by suffocation and the death of the combustion bender by having her head blown up by the metal. I believe in the case of both there was a an extra few seconds of footage that was edited out of more modern releases. For the combustion bender, the cut now feels really awkward since I believe the original cut showed several frames of the explosion coming out of the seams of the metal before cutting to shocked Zaheer. I guess there must have been some controversy or hesitancy to continue airing on the actual network and they finished airing online only.

[@Quinlan9]

The swamp people didnt bring them down, da Swamp did

[@ChrisDM1995]

“Honestly Aang had it easy.” Thank you!!! People compare Aang and Korra all the time saying Aang is the better Avatar when they don’t realise Korra had so much more shit to deal with!

[@xfabian21]

I ingeneral think comparing Avatars is stupid. Every Avatar has their own challenges to face and they shouldn't be compared to each other, saying their "bad" or "good".

[@Sandkasten36]

Yeah being thrown into a war with your whole culture being eradicated without any real guides as a twelve year old boy is easy 👍🏼

[@xfabian21]

@@Sandkasten36 It isn't "easy", he just had it easier than Korra.

[@Вармохмейнер]

Aang had it easy?💀💀💀bro he's literally victim of genocide at the age of 12 and almost died in process. And Korra is an adult

[@youtubinit]

For some it's not that we don't like Korra, but have a preference for Aang. And some may prefer the opposite.

[@heathermcd484]

Agreed. I think the writing of Korra was rough at times but I also think she's one of the highlights of the show. I just prefer Aang and the OG Team Avatar. (PS - I watched both shows semi-recently; did not grow up watching them so there's no nostalgia factor for me).

[@CJ_McK]

20:30 - not sure about other countries, but i watched it on nickelodeon on normal broadcast television back in the day

[@alexw3134]

I love how Anng’s grandkids are basically Korra’s adopted siblings and a bit random but there’s a theory that Su-Yin is Toph and Sokka’s daughter

[@wilbibe]

Fun fact, that tree is connected to tree of time in spirit realm

[@naomipurple679]

It wasn't aired on the channel because of... (spoilers ahead) . . . . . Handholding

[@richardsaid973]

People don’t like korra because they don’t like her character. They want her to be humble, and innocent like aang. Basically they wanted another aang but don’t understand that every avatar before aang had different personalities dealing with different situations in different time periods. They see her as some spoiled whiney teen and they hate that regardless if she grows because they wanted her to be “not annoying” from the beginning. Also that she often makes the same mistakes until she learns not to do them anymore but….that’s what humans do they will mess up sometimes in the same way until they learn to move past it. Some claim korra hasn’t grown in some things still but again….that’s what humans do…..the avatar is human because in order to help people the avatar must understand them. The legend of Korra may not be as good as ATLA however by no means is it bad, it’s still good in its own way

[@panacea5154]

dealer: Oooooh you adorable Milo: Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? I'm not adorable huckster i'm the danger!

[@streamspoart2671]

15:49 the song, reminds me to aang took ozai's bending

[@parthenonx2697]

I love my girls. They get it👍🏾

[@qawamity]

I haven't owned a VCR since like... 2005? But I still have 3 or 4 tapes hanging around.

[@GoldenLNH]

I just remember that when ang first time see toph in his dream?? , toph was on this jungle 😇

[@SJ-gy2rf]

alternative title: this channel dragging meelo for 30 minutes straight

[@reymisteryo9163]

Please don't skip openings and post credits for the next season of AOT. It is important part of the show, specially the opening (the music itself). There's nothing to spoil you. Thanks for your reactions and keep safe.

[@Ajwad99]

Gays… i think we found our new icons

[@JoeSnoe126]

3:17 Pop OFF Bestie!!

[@shannonpage6665]

You ladies crack me up! You're the best.

[@Brianpcomstock]

Ikki is so fucking sweet. I hope we get to the the grand kids as adults in the next series that comes out eventually :p

[@teraxe]

The last scene of the series is why it was hidden on the internet and why it was cancelled IMO.

[@strawberrycatastrofy257]

What a beautiful show

[@voidreamer]

Please do a MR Robot reaction!, it's awesome

[@kwanarchive]

Korra season 3 (was it the last half?) and 4 weren't released on TV because the episodes were leaked. So they decided to release them all online at once, with the excuse that they were always going to move online. Let's hope Nickelodeon does a better job of honouring Mike and Bryan with Avatar Studios.

[@venyamarls9674]

Peaceful reaction💐

[@Aya-27]

Bro i’m so glad that you can see how korra and asami being girlfriends😂💙

[@stgm]

Why wouldn't Meelo be a talented artist? His *grand*uncle was Sokka.

[@jaiharrish1244]

You mean grandfather

[@stgm]

@@jaiharrish1244 I actually meant grand uncle.

[@jaiharrish1244]

@@stgm oh okay

[@kevincarvalho5054]

I also ship Korra and Assami #korrassami

[@alexifrancisco9239]

Girls, you have to see Hunter x Hunter. You going to love that masterpiece. Saludos desde Chile.

[@namesurname4051]

Yes, totally agreed.

[@jaiharrish1244]

One piece is the best

[@alexifrancisco9239]

@@jaiharrish1244 One piece is great, but to me is better hunter x hunter.

[@jaiharrish1244]

@@alexifrancisco9239 oh okay, I actually haven't seen HxH , but I will watch it soon.

[@LuisGustavoSO]

@@jaiharrish1244 One Piece is too long though, even if they react to more episodes a week than other channels, it would still take a long, long time to catch up.

[@TacticusPrime]

Episode 404, Toph's fucks not found.

[@Bmreinatorres]

prepare for the next chapter. Im from Panama

[@cisarvitiate]

I love this episode just becose how it explains the LOK villains, it shows they were kinda right but really too extremists. Honestly ATLA villains were good but without a good motive (Ozai and Azula were just the typical “I’am evil and need to rule the world” villains) but these villains have motives they were just unbalanced and chose the wrong way to execute them + all of them (except Kuvira) were much more dangerous and more powerful than ATLA villains so yeah Aang had it a bit easier in my opinion.

[@Akagami-d7n]

Nah Korra is 100% going through traumatizing stuff but aang definitely did not have it easy, I mean one reason is that Korra could already bend 3 elements (and not just bend she probably could have mastered those 3) even before she was the age of aang in the show and she had family and parents while aang really didn’t

[@lurker1316]

I think children can handle pretty much anything in entertainment...if they have patient adults willing to explain and contextualize what they've seen. Explain that it is fiction, why it wouldn't be a good idea to do certain things in real life, and even offer some explanations for how the illusion is created.

[@gemelwalters2942]

Re the Korra and Asami discussion, I don't want to spoil anything but you are correct in that Nickolodeon was hesitant to show certain things on their network which is why a lot of these episodes were only shown online. As far as showing affections, I don't really get it since we saw Aang and Katara kissing and there was no uproar about that. The "dark" themes...suicide and mental health are where I can see things getting more complicated, although as you said I also saw far worse as a kid but often you don't really comprehend what you were watching until you're much older.

[@poseidon3579]

OMG I was Waiting for your video!!!

[@penguinablue5202]

i'm watching like since avatar, and then there was shadow and bones and now korra and just now it ocurred to me. are you two girlfriends? friends? sisters?

[@Wellington-r9l]

They are friends

[@DoomBowser64]

@@Wellington-r9l Best friends

[@berkecankart7688]

KORRA IS THE BEST AVATAR

[@martinacosta3821]

9:01 Ok, i gotta take issue with Aang had it easy part, like, the dude found out that he sleep for 100 years, and not only all of his love ones died but his entire people was massacrate, he was captured several times and was hunted by the entire fire nation since he woke up, he almost died by the hands of Azula,he had to struggle with saving the world and carrying that weight, and i am pretty sure i am forgetting some things and all that at the tender age of 12, so nop, i take issue with that part

[@generaltoszur6689]

enemies that korra fighted were much more difficult that azula or ozai . they were just firebenders while korra was fighting strongest bloodbenders evil spirits most dangerous criminals in the world and the worst dictator that ever existed

[@Kobrakai21]

It's just not productive to even have that conversation I think. Both Aang and Korra faced very difficult, but different problems during their journey, but one isn't necessarily better than the other based on the challenges they faced. I think a more interesting discussion to be had in regard to the problems they faced is how well suited they would be to solve the other's problem. Aang generally started off as the more empathetic, caring Avatar, which would've been a real benefit when dealing with the Equalists, with Unaloq, with Zaheer. Meanwhile, Korra started off as the aggressive, take-action type. She wanted a simple problem to focus on and wanted to tackle it head on, which would've been quite beneficial training to eventually face the Firelord. The beauty of it is that both Aang and Korra became better, more complete Avatars BECAUSE they had to deal with problems they weren't initially well equipped for. It forced them to grow as people, as Avatars.

[@avish878]

He got over the genocide in one episode lol.

[@martinacosta3821]

@@generaltoszur6689 The worst dictator that ever existed? Ok, sure wharever you say my friend

[@martinacosta3821]

@@Kobrakai21 i dont disagree, and i wasnt saying one was worst that the other, i took issue that she said Aang had it easy, i didnt say worst, i just wanted to point out that it wasnt

[@joaomonteconradomartinsdas4463]

Girls, please watch young justice !! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@sebassolano4038]

"Anng had it easy" Ummm respecfully no

[@Alchemist1330]

The reason people online didn't like korra was because it was airing at the same time as Gamergate which was a Anti-feminist reactionary movement really started to pick up. those people were part of the same waves of hard alt right movement on KZbin in particular and the Rise of Trump in america.

[@CaesiusX]

🤭🤣 Thanks, I needed that. 😄

[@JoseRamirez-ew7vq]

This comment really made me chuckle hard holy crap😂

[@Alchemist1330]

@@JoseRamirez-ew7vq based on your username that surprises no one.

[@JoseRamirez-ew7vq]

@@Alchemist1330 If by "no one" you mean only YOU, then I agree lol

[@waldoman7]

The avatar has no political power. She isn't "allowed" anything but respect as a peacekeeper and mediator.