The Legend of Korra is STILL A Mess...

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With Avatar: the Legend of Korra streaming on Netflix, the conversation and criticisms revolving around the series are bound to spark once again, especially when it comes to the BIGGEST issues fans have with the series. But are all of these really issues? Let's run through the biggest gripes fans have with Korra, from Toph joining the police force of Republic City to Aang being labeled as a bad father and of course the most divisive topic: Korra being regarded as the "worst" Avatar! And of course we can't leave out villains like the Red Lotus, Kuvira and Amon!
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[@TriggaG04]

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[@meatyskull9525]

I love your vids

[@xatuswarrior]

There is nothing wrong with the legend of korra. At least in my opinion

[@lonebattledroid4474]

You missed why we thought Aang was a bad dad. It wasn't that he favored Tenzin it was that he would go out of his way to spend more time/ go on vacation with Tenzin than his other kids

[@thejaycrewsshow9827]

I wished they would have made a all grown up series

[@jooree7696]

I love Korra but i've got three problems: 1- The first season finale 2- The love triangle 3- Not enough cabbages

[@yeetmaster1221]

J A Yes, a man of culture.

[@saintpepsi2270]

4- Korra is a marry sue and selfish

[@mia7061]

SAINT PEPSI she’s not a mary sue she has problems as well, such as ptsd and she isn’t always perfect

[@saintpepsi2270]

@@mia7061 she is spoiled and she gained air ending after loosing all her bending just cause but hey it's whatever.

[@mia7061]

SAINT PEPSI ill agree i didn’t like that at all and the fact that she lost all connection to her past lives still pissed me off but we can’t compare korra and aang, they’re different people and grew up in different times.

[@dog8438]

I see Toph being a cop as interesting character development. Not only does she take a 180 on her original belief on authority, but she even takes a 360. She hates authority, becomes a cop to improve it, realizes the system the sucks, hates authority again with a more educated stance. Character development isn't always linear, and isn't always on screen

[@KaiserUnique]

It’s interesting but it definitely would’ve been more interesting to know why but I think what actually bothers me about it is that when she does appear in LOK’s present she’s now gone back to being a loner and hating authority. So he character did a very weird zig zag zig arc entirely off screen. Not at all the biggest flaw, but worth mentioning.

[@tierk4328]

Kaiser Unique Most old people do that though. As they get older they take a back seat and refrain from taking responsibility.

[@starkatattack-5533]

They explain more in the comics

[@KaiserUnique]

Yeah like I said not the worst thing ever, it doesn’t really distract me, but I could see why it would be a complaint that not one but two major changes in her character happen off screen

[@slevinchannel7589]

...I don't want to sound like a hater... but... you know... THIS VIDEO FORGETS A FEW THOUSAND ISSUES! Holy Minecraft-Creeper, Legend of Korra was so bad! If you reall analyse it and know your stuff, you realize how bad it was. Seriously, watch some Analysis. Search for the fact-based, not the opnion-based, then you see!

[@user-tp7ys1rt9l]

Aang literally felt isolated as a kid when everyone found out he was the avatar l, I highly doubt his kind heart would allow him to do the same to his own children.

[@Frazier16]

And even if he did katara would notice and tell anng not to.

[@rojczan1399]

He probably wanted good for Tenzin, and becasue he never felt parents' love, he just didn't know he's hurting his kids. Aang just wanted airbenders to grow again.

[@Frazier16]

@@rojczan1399 but katara would notice and tell anng tho

[@rojczan1399]

@@Frazier16 i mean we doesn't really know how Aang changed in these years, remember in ATLA we saw him before actually becoming a full-fleshed avatar. He might became stubborn or way more serious.

[@Frazier16]

@@rojczan1399 well he would become more serious with time but he wouldn't become that serious and stern. Katara wasn't any of those things and she was older than anng

[@jaytb5815]

I remember when the spirits were a mystical and foggy area in the lore of ATLA. Spirits used to be hard to comprehend in a way. Season 2 just turned all of that into transparent Pokemon and astral projection.

[@chotamayo7454]

Pokemon lmaooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Emilysheknows]

God yes!! i could never get over that

[@noahdrucker3076]

In my opinion season 2 is Lok's Last Jedi moment. Because it basically just served to take a massive dump on the original material and everything that people liked about it. Mystical spirit lore? Who cares! Just make them all transparent walking vegetables that turn into evil versions of themselves whenever the evil carpet is around. When humans were first learning to bend, they had to learn their lessons from nature, and the world around them. They could only do it by being humble, keeping an open mind, and forming a deep connection with nature and the world around them. NOPE! Scratch that. Humans actually used to rent bending from lion turtles, until this one guy decided that he didn't want to return his rental. So he kept it. One of my favourite parts of ATLA was how ambiguous the Avatar is. We don't really know anything about who the Avatar is or where it came from, which made the concept of the Avatar so much more interesting. Wait nevermind guys! Remember that random guy who wouldn't return his rental? That guy can't go home anymore because of the whole rental debacle. So proceeded to go fuck around in the forest for a little while, until he stumbles upon good and evil having a fight. In his infinite wisdom he breaks the fight up the, which apparently puts the world in danger of "*TEN THOUSAND YEARS OF DARKNESS™*". So this guy and the good carpet merge, and then have a fight with the evil carpet. The good carpet+random guy with stolen bending wins, thus creating the first Avatar. Remember how in ATLA Aang being able to contact Roku and his other past lives for advice was a pretty central theme and quite common place? Forget it! The evil red carpet with the help of Unalaq rebrand themselves as the "*DARK AVATAR™*", then Korra gets the living shit beat out of her so badly it gets rid of all the other Avatars in the cycle. The obvious next move here is to meditate in a tree. Korra meditates so hard she becomes giagantic and blue. Then has a laser fight with Unavatu, and almost gets the shit beamed out of her, but Jinora saves the day. Then, after some contemplation, the writers decide everything has come full circle, so Korra opens the spirit portals so that the walking vegetables and humans can live together.

[@Dourios_96]

@@noahdrucker3076 you couldn't have describe it better my guy bravo with the exception of season 1 the rest were pretty terrible and it's a shame since I really liked Korra as a character I heard that originally Korra was supposed to have only one season so that could explain the whole absurdity of the later seasons

[@bojackhorseman4176]

@@Dourios_96 To be fair, Korra is pretty hot. I don't blame you for liking her.

[@calebpilafas8397]

I think everyone can agree...Avatar: The Last Airbender set the bar REALLY high

[@hyena234thekids7]

I think that was the problem.

[@brauncarlson3277]

@FanOf Dueling How were they trying to fail?

[@MuslimanDardania]

But the thing is they made him a bad dad. It’s not part of the canon story imo

[@ujaartoriginal2073]

Yes atla is the supperier show but that does not make the show bad also anng was raised by the monkes the most peacfull people and Korea was from the water tribe

[@randyquaid3381]

From what I've heard it sounds like the main problem would be that they only approved one season at a time and were constantly under threat of being canceled

[@ejithegiraffe3516]

I can imagine the next avatar pullin up with AirPods in a Tesla

[@user-uc2he9wb2f]

Noooo the next avatar would totally have big hair and wear leg warmers....very 80s

[@yes-vs6ux]

i can imagine an avatar just in a flying car

[@Nathan-yg9ip]

Yeah probably

[@Rebsuke]

That would be fun

[@fine2335]

Ah yes Avatar Elon Musk

[@zuulmeister8409]

On the subject of Aang's actions as a father, I can buy that he might not be a good father. What I can't buy, however, is that there was never a time when Katara gave him a reality check on favoring Tenzin. That seems like EXACTLY the kind of thing she would do.

[@gameboy8010]

I mean, Katara would've understood Aang's necessity to bestow as much airbending knowledge to his cultural successor, hence they having to spend more time together as opposed to the other kids. At the time, you wouldn't see it at favoritism, but as his responsibility.

[@kowspravin9002]

I can admit Aang want to pass his cultural heritage to Tenzin ... But i won't believe he only took tenzin to all of his tours

[@tomasgonzalezaspe599]

Then again consiser Kya and Bumi to be unreliable narrators and maybe if tenzin was the favorite of aang it never reached Zuko and Azula level also even Kya told korra that aang was 100% with when she come out

[@ChienaAvtzon]

It was not Katara’s responsibility to change Aang. She could bring it up, but at the end Aang needed to make the decision on his own.

[@yashicashekhar6022]

Or sokka

[@midlight9758]

In ATLA Aang consulting with Avatar Roku was a pretty regular thing. I really would have liked to see more of that in Korra - her talking with Aang more.

[@austinjohnsen4430]

Yeah, at least one conversation between them before he and all the other avatars get the ax.

[@neza1337]

thank you. they barely spoke to each other !!!

[@cameronsowter7347]

Exactly i would have loved to see more Korra and Aang conversations and older Aang wisdom he was already wise for a kid and i wished they didn't "kill" him off by taking away all the past avatars i thought that he was going to come back somehow but he never did which is pretty sad

[@isaachenry6640]

Why tho? Just for fan service, cuz your hook on atla. The show would've be repetitive. New era, new avatar, different barriers. Lok is an awesome show and so is atla.

[@Swagmanrx]

@@isaachenry6640 you just sound like a korra simp lol

[@miguelberganza6193]

Even though it’s logical that Aang would be more invested in Tenzin, I don’t believe that he would neglect his other children the way that is implied in the series. For example, I can’t imagine Aang deciding to take only Tenzin to multiple vacations, doesn’t make any sense considering Aang’s kind heart.

[@samhouston9162]

YES

[@postiveprincess6682]

Yeah try telling these people!! I know we only saw Aang when he was twelve but that Orphan part isn't true. They were monks and that's how they lived so I don't think he really though much of it and besides didn't Gyatso practically raise him? And didn't he already know what parents playing favorites could do to their children from what happened to Zuko and Azula?! AND would Katara stand for that shit had it really happened?! The evidence that this doesn't make sence are endless and I could go on forever. I mean in one of the comics some crazy lady started encouraging benders to attack non-benders and through that story Aang protects non-benders until the end. Would you reckon that same person would neglect his non-bender child years later?!

[@Yusufal-stalin]

How is to hard to understand.

[@jturner2577]

@@postiveprincess6682 No he wouldn't, not intentionally anyway.

[@mr.preston1632]

now you have a valid complaint

[@bubbasbones]

Zuko and Iroh shouldve reunited in the spirit world in LoK

[@SupportGamin2024]

Agreed

[@KingDenominator]

*Iroh and his son.

[@foofington5431]

King Denominator we get it.

[@jamiemccreath3959]

Just like the "first avatar" story, I personally think that would be inevitably disappointing. Same reason Rose shouldn't have been able to come back in Doctor Who.

[@MyBitch925]

Ye at the end of season 4

[@torkelsvenson6411]

My biggest issue was the relationship between Bolin and Eska. It treats female on male relationship abuse as a laughing matter. That was the only thing that made me go "WTF??" and that I can't find any justification for.

[@b.lonewolf417]

Not unlike real life, sadly

[@TahtahmesDiary]

I mean Zhu Li and Varrick have a fairly toxic relationship where boss/subordinate abuse is treated as a joke and them getting into a relationship at the end is seen as romantic….this show isn’t really the paragon of healthy, stable relationships let’s be real.

[@torkelsvenson6411]

@@TahtahmesDiary Yeah, that is true

[@Ella-bg2ve]

@@TahtahmesDiaryyeah but then he starts treating her as an equal. They make sense. Opal and Bolin were hard to watch it was so bad.

[@jedw9983]

My only problem with lok was the second season cz fstly it was so damn boring at the start and it was kinda everywhere their was so many plots in this one plot to many thing happening and also at the I was not a big fan of the BOOMS and BEEMS

[@megs3953]

I actually liked the idea of korra being a hot headed fist girl that used brut force and really struggled with her spiritual side, and because of that struggled with airbending, however they wet about it all wrong, they shouldn't have just given korra airbending when she lost her powers at the end of season one, they should have had her lose all her bending and in season 2 use seeing her struggling without her bending and through her struggles appreciateing her bending more and grow spiritual and that unclockes her avatar stay where she meets aang and gets her bending back including air since she's started understanding bending and started to appreciate the spiritual side more

[@garcol42]

That’s what I thought was gonna happen when she lost her bending. Then it just randomly came out and she was like just like huh, guess I’m a master air bender now as well as a spiritual guru... what🤨

[@JonTheJedi]

Yeah they should have went with that route indeed.

[@thewindupsweetheart]

that would’ve made sense. unfortunately, there was a force that was influencing the writers to make decisions that didn’t make sense.

[@kjkjjnk]

@@thewindupsweetheartp much sums up the entire korra series, still baffling

[@brooklynmarkuson1121]

I just wish she didn’t lose her past lives...that hurt to watch so bad😢

[@oliviallau]

Yaaaa that part was the only part I cried

[@bradenmann5101]

it was sad she lost the pst lives but i mean you can kinda see it coming when she loses bending and regains it in a stupid way almost every season

[@samuelsaucedo6093]

Braden Mann ok salty original avatar fan

[@_xlampix1439]

It was sad, but I didn't hate it. Starting anew isn't a bad thing.

[@loydanieves3159]

@@samuelsaucedo6093 Well i mean Branden Mann is not wrong, it would be nice if it had a better way to regain her powers in an unexpected way of sorts. Cause in ATLA, we see big twists like: Oh! Zuko's finnaly good now, wich i know they gave some exposition but we really didn't see it coming after he betrayed his uncle. But in korra's case, the way she gets her powers back is kinda lazy, and they couldve done something better. Not like ATLA exactly, but use similar principals to atleast shock the audience. Like how Captain america lifted thors hammer in Endgame, they gave some expocision in AAU, but it was still a surprise and hyped us all. That is the key element that korra is missing

[@yourmom1282]

You guys can’t really judge toph for becoming a cop now that cops aren’t liked. It’s a really stupid reason.

[@dallichassi7698]

Fr

[@maniram5089]

Exactly

[@genotivashantirishelp.3470]

*I KNOW RIGHT!?!?*

[@blackhole5353.]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@TheAxeMan12321]

"Fuck the Police" came out in the 90s, people have always hated Cops. Its just more understood now.

[@worldfuturestar]

Another issue that LoK has is the fact that they did Katara wrong. She doesn't get her own statue, despite the fact that she was not only a water bending master, but she also helped save the world. Basically everyone in the gaang got their own statue except for Katara. Also I wish they added her in more flashbacks, she wasn't in any. I wanted to see her still fighting with the gaang against that one bloodbender in the flashbacks. And if Aang was actually favoring Tenzin over his other kids, which seems so unlike Aang. Then Katara, being the person she is would have said something. They made her out to be this quiet obedient housewife who doesn't speak up for herself or anyone else, which is unlike Katara. And also the way Aang grew up, and the fact that he seemed so loving and caring in the original series, it's so weird that they made him care abt one person over the others. I get that tenzin was an airbender and aang was probably excited, but it seems so unlike him to choose favorites. But what got me the most mad is the way that they killed off all of Korra's past lives, they destroyed the last piece of the original series we had. Don't call the series a spinoff if we have nothing from the original series. It honestly made me furious the way they made her past lives disappear, and just shatter. I don't even think I need to get started on how messed up and toxic the realationships were in this show, they were so random that it seems like they listened to a bunch of fans on some random website, Korra and Asami had an amazing friendship, but they had to turn it into a relationship, also Mako cheated on both girls twice, what- Also I wish they gave a little more detail on some original characters, like the fact that we barely know anything abt how Sokka lived his adult life, I wish they at least told us how he died. LoK is fine ig, but atla is wayy better.

[@reereereena]

I love LOK but the relationships are pretty messy indeed. And you said everything me and other Katara stans think about what they did to Katara! I feel like the writers and the creators had no clue how to write relationships, they absolutely ruined Kataang for me by ruining Aang's development in ATLA and then making him an absent father in LOK and also by taking Katara's agency and strenght as a character through the whole relationship. It had SO much potential and I've seen so many amazing headcanons of how it could've gone, but instead the writers turned her into her grandmother! Even in the comics all she seems to care about is Aang. And yeah, I absolutely love Mako, he's probably one of my fav characters in LOK, but bruh wtf was he on with all that cheating and lack of communication?? And it's SO disrespectful that he was named after Iroh's voice actor and they made him out to act like that! Also I love Korrasami, I think the main issue isn't that they turned their friendship into romance (they do that all the time with M/F ships), but that they didn't properly develop their chemistry the same way they developed Mako and Korra's or Mako and Asami's. You could clearly see there was attraction between the M/F couples in the show, but I imagine that, bc it was Nickelodeon, there was only so much they could do. But considering how terrible they write romance I'm unsure of how much better it could've been.

[@worldfuturestar]

@@reereereena Exactly, if they were going to make a character named after Iroh's voice actor who sadly passed away. Don't make the character an asshole. 😐

[@worldfuturestar]

@@reereereena I agree, I honestly would have been fine with korrasami if they developed their realationship a bit more, idk it just felt so random.

[@yourfavoriteoompaloompa139]

EXACTLYYYYY BROOOOO like wtf Kartara is NOT the person to just sit back and take bs. SHE'S A LEADER. It's HELLA outta character for Aang to be a dad who abandons his kids but for Kartara to just sit back and take that without intervening HELLL NAHH that's not like them at all. tf i was so mad at that that's just a horrible plot change like come on that was ella unbelievible and just VERY UNCALLED FOR!!! ughhhh

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

LOK its still good

[@marisandinianimelove]

My personal three problem of LoK; unnecassary romance; aang bad father troupe, Korra being cooped up in the South Pole while mastering bending instead of journeying and immersing their culture and belief which is the point of maintaining a balance between nations by understanding their point of view

[@centurionflorian4906]

Underrated comment.

[@itabagus7832]

Finally, someone who understand me!

[@mentallyillfinger]

why would it matter if she went around the world to train, she could already bend 3 elements when she was 6. extremely mary sue

[@lucasrobin2788]

​@@mentallyillfinger Uh... how is she a Mary Sue? The definition from Wikipedia: "A Mary Sue is a type of fictional character, usually a young woman, who is portrayed as unrealistically free of weaknesses." How on earth can you look at Korra and say that she is unrealistically free of weaknesses? She has loads! Korra's character challenges was NEVER about being able to bend Water, Earth, and Fire. In Book 1, it was her Airbending. In Book 2, it was about her Spirituality. In Book 3, it was about her responsibility begin a new Air Nation. In Book 4, it was about her conflict resolution skills. Her Water, Earth, and Firebending abilities don't help her resolve these conflicts at all - she has to grow and overcome different obstacles. Hmm... sound familiar? Airbending, Spirituality, Air Nomad Culture, and Conflict Resolution. Aren't those... all of Aang's strengths that he began the original show with? And yet I don't see you complaining that Aang was a Mary Sue, because he began with all of these strengths. Aang's weaknesses were his Water, Earth, and Firebending. Korra's weaknesses are Airbending, Spirituality, and Confict Resolution. An Avatar needs all six of these to be a good Avatar, and for some reason you see Aang beginning with three of them as OK but Korra beginning with three of them as bad. TLOK has plenty of issues. Korra being a Mary Sue is just flat out not one of them.

[@mentallyillfinger]

@@lucasrobin2788 Yeah, she has weaknesses, BUT SHE NEVER HAS TO ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING TO EARN BACK HER ABILITIES OR GET OVER THOSE OBSTACLES. Literally everything is done for her or given to her, to her bending and the people around her. There is no reason why she is able to go into the spirit world, it's just given to her along with bending. Please give me one reason why she should have been able to go to the spirit world when she had 0 ability to meditate. She's impatient and hot headed, and apparently she doesn't need to change that behavior in any way to get those powers. It really cheapens Aang's journey into the Spirit world and what he nearly sacrificed to get the Avatar State. Her personality isn't a weakness. It just makes her a terrible person. She constantly does horrible things and people around her give excuses an just allow her behavior to continue because a) shes the avatar and b) they're scared of her. Bella Swan from Twilight had similar excuses. "she's not a mary sue, bella is clumsy! she's also brooding!" when those things just make her more appealing to the characters. Why do you think Korra fucks her entire friend group? Why do you think Tenzin just ignores Korra destroying 1000 bending equipment given to him by his father, the last of the airbenders? It doesn't matter if she has negative attributes if they don't actually effect how characters see her. literally the only time I saw any of the characters disliking korra was when Mako was physically scared of her. Remember when they broke up but Korra conveniently lost her memory, and Mako was considering telling her they broke up? He was frightened of her. This gives me serious abuser vibes, her entire personality is toxic, but no one apparently cares. I will agree the last season was the best, because she actually went through some sort of personality change, but it just served to make her an even worse judge of character and incompetent. I don't hate the whole show. I do like SOME things. But Korra herself is just the worst character they could have chosen to be the Avatar. I would pay money to erase my memory of Korra. You probably think I'm being overdramatic but I watched TLOK 3 times, I liked it the first time, thought it was okay the second time, then the third I realized I hate Korra. And every time I think of ATLA, I'm always reminded of Korra now. I wish I never watched the show, honestly. I don't enjoy hating a character this much, truly, because I love the world of ATLA.

[@waldinaalcime9652]

Personally I would say the love triangle was one of the worst things in the LOK. It was like the creators had no idea what relationships are like.😂

[@Cutekumavt]

They couldn't write a good relationship and that's why korrasami isn't good lol

[@waldinaalcime9652]

Like when korra kissed Mako when she forgot they already had broken up in front of Asami, it was just....cringe and the whole time all I was saying was "no,No,NOOOOOO OH MY GOODNESS.😣 Whyyyyyy. Oh my Lord 😫" And it was just tiresome with them going back and forth and back and forth and then BAM korra and Asami got together in the end and I was left felling sorry for Mako(poor guy😢hope he finds the right one). Like his relationship with Korra was just not it at all and he was the main one suffering. Well I mean as someone who has not dated anyone as yet I can't really say much but still.

[@TunaPetunia456]

But it also happens in real life too They could've done better with it but I'm fine with it

[@TunaPetunia456]

@@waldinaalcime9652 I'm ngl I felt the same way too. I have always rooted for Korra and Mako, but once I rewatched it again after so many years, their relationship didn't feel right. Both just being best friends seems better than them being together. For the whole korrasami thing, I thought it was cute really, especially since both of them hung out with each other most of the time during book 3 and became even more comfortable with each other in book 4.

[@fwint1979]

The only reason I really liked the show was the fact that it touched more on spirts, brought back the cabbage merchant and had really good villains.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Your Zuko costume’s pretty good, but your scar’s on the wrong side

[@rev0lve638]

THE SCAR IS *NOT* ON THE WRONG SIDE!

[@itszefas]

Uhhh

[@KingDenominator]

Aren't you supposed to be in a coma?

[@alicorntrash1262]

You're gonna be so skinny when you wake up 🙂

[@rev0lve638]

,Kim Jong-un, Don't worry I gotchu

[@kailoucleary6025]

One of my biggest gripes with the show was the changes made to bending. In TLA mastery of an element seemed genuinely so difficult, in Korra it seems main characters are just naturally gifted or new skills just somehow come to them. Remember how hard it was for Aang to learn fire and especially earth. Meanwhile toddler korra is just casually bending all 4 elements in the first 5 minutes of the show. Fow me it makes the bending way less cool. Instead of an artform that takes mastery and concentration, it's like they are just casting magic spells.

[@brad5426]

She was hardly bending anything impressive in that scene of her as a child. They also live in peace time, so they can afford to learn each element easier than in Aang's time. Two of the main characters play in competitions so you best bet they are good at their element.

[@kwakhopani1798]

Oh yes, it would have been fun to see Bolin or mako going through what Zuko went through when he lost his bending and would have to go to the original masters to relearn

[@isaacmendes1926]

The fact that every fire bender can lightning bend now after all that zuko went through makes me mad

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

@@isaacmendes1926 ikr

[@joshuagregoire9504]

I get your point, but who's to say the avatars before Aang had a difficult time learning to bend? Maybe Roku or any other avatar learned bending quick and easy.

[@_mo.315]

The fact that she lost contact with her past lives was complete horrible

[@user-yn4eg8re9r]

in my opinion, she has some mental block that she doesn't know how to overcome. maybe raava being visually killed just did her so bad she can't contant raava's past lives because her subconcious still think that they are dead. but they are alive, because the avatar state still works

[@alltheworldsastage4785]

Agreed.

[@navin8189]

@@user-yn4eg8re9r only if that was true😭

[@anatoldenevers237]

@@navin8189 why can’t it be? They always said that she lost the connection, I don’t remember them actually outright saying the others Avatars were completely gone.

[@anatoldenevers237]

@@user-yn4eg8re9r I like this idea. My new headcanon

[@donnamitsuki281]

Something that bothers about Aang being a "bad father" is how implied it is that Aang was _disappointed_ at the fact Bumi didn't bend at all. I call bullshit. Aang and Katara. _Aang_ and _Katara._ Two people close to SOKKA _AND_ SUKI. THERE'S NO WAY THEY WOULD'VE ACTUALLY CARED IF THEIR SON DIDN'T BEND. My headcanon is: Aang didn't put his attention in Tenzin on purpose,it was the excitement about that small gleam of hope to recover the Air Nomads. Aang never minded Bumi being a non-bender,he told lots of stories about Sokka and Suki and all the awesome non-benders out there. It wasn't Aang. It was *society.* Imagine being a kid,imagine hearing tons and tons and TONS of stories about your father the Avatar who saved the world when he was 13 years,on top of that your mother is a healer,Waterbender master _and_ bloodbender. That thing will get to you,that will make you feel bad,cause it isn't your parents's fault but you do live in their shadow,sadly. _But no. I refuse to believe Aang was a bad father._

[@mysteriousmistere3641]

Donatelia Sakura you and I are on the same page.

[@josephcain9445]

See, you’re plugging holes in the bad writing. I am so sick of people defending this plot with “it makes Aang human” Aang was already human. He was very flawed in the original. I’m kind of irked by this video stating otherwise. He flaws presented in korra make him a monster. Just utterly unlikable and changes his ending to a bleak and meaningless one It is genuinely insulting

[@henrywayne5724]

You didn’t understand it at all. Aang was flawed from the very first season, I agree. But what they did in Korra actually served to show a lot. From a thematic perspective, it makes sense. Aang has always been afraid since the air nomad culture was lost, but he loved Katara, otherwise he would have married a nonbender and had MANY kids. He wanted kids in order to mainly rebuild the air nation, so to have his FIRSTBORN come out a non-bender must have been disappointing , then Kya comes out a WATERBENDER, right now Aang knows he does not have much time left and still no air bender, and then there’s Tenzin, the one he’d been waiting for. All I’m saying is Aang never hated Bumi nor Kya, it’s just that he never gave them enough attention growing up, something Katara couldn’t mellow out. He was the Avatar, he had many duties, he did not completely ignore his family but he also didn’t make enough time for them, and when there was time, he’d dedicate it on Tenzin because rebuilding that culture was his biggest priority. Probably why Katara chose to be a stay at home mom. Heck, even Aang wrote a book of stories to Tenzin. So it does make sense that he wouldn’t be the perfect Avatar. Many children who grew up with Aang always thought he was the perfect character, or probably that his flaws are passable. I mean, who wouldn’t hide a letter to prevent losing all his friends? Or look for girl’s attention? But as an adult, you have to see the broader picture, he was just a kid then, now he’s an adult with a lot more responsibilities. He stopped the war, yes, but there was still more work to be done. All I’m saying is it makes sense that Aang would do this, given his nature from the previous series. While he was friends with non-benders, he didn’t explicitly hate or dislike his other children, he just didn’t give enough time with them and when told from a kid’s perspective, this can often come out as dislike. Aang just had other priorities. He was an adult, you didn’t expect him to remain a goofy lovable dork to the very end. ThatKs just unrealistic.

[@josephcain9445]

Henry Wayne except Katara would have divorced him for this. You’re writing in context the show doesn’t. So basically the hero who lost everything in the original died a bitter sad ending where two of his children hate him. Aang was always the most inclusive member of the team. He had a religious order of non benders dedicated to nomad culture. Nomad culture is not just bending

[@chriswilson7288]

@@henrywayne5724 the adult thing doesnt work with aang as he was the friendliest person in the entire series and was all about bonding. he hates being excluded why would he exclude HIS ENTIRE FAMILY FROM VACATION except Tenzin. which they said he did this all the time. Aang the most diplomatic and considerate person to the point he doesn't kill any of his villains even as the supposed changed adult aang that doesn't have time to take his whole family on trips.

[@ILoveMrsBeans]

They did Sokka so wrong , he was my favorite character .

[@mione12gft71]

what? he was a cool sokka :v

[@marthaalfaro2740]

He just died, But I found it interesting how he died. Last time we heard of him was when he fought the red lotus with ten in and probably died a hero but I don’t think they talked about it due to korra feeling like she was the reason he died

[@sicparvismagna6526]

Wtf, sokka is barely touched in the legend of korra, the show is not about him, his figure hasn't been ruined in no way

[@ihansa1]

Yeah now the only comedic relief we have is meelo who is more weird than anything

[@toepringles1388]

Same he’s the best

[@DillxCorleone]

My biggest problem with 'Korrasami' is, that (for me at least) it feels unearned? I already knew beforehand that they will get together, so I especially paid attention to their relationship before the finale, and I never saw their relationship to be more than platonic. They became really good friends, but they never hinted to more than that. Aang and Katara on the other hand were teased like that from the beginning, hence why the finale of ATLA felt so much more earned.

[@kinkinibhattacharya8183]

I mean if your network excessively censors LGBTQ+ relationships it's hard to elaborate. I respect the atleast had vague hints about it. I guess that's all they were able to do 🤷‍♀️ Vague platonic hints.

[@uncensored008]

You might want to watch seasons 3 and 4 again.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

@@kinkinibhattacharya8183 Actually, Nick was very supportive of the pairing. The issue was Standards & Practices at the time.

[@Wright805]

On the contrary, their were several hints that Korra and Asami were growing closer than "good friends". Consider that in the final episode of Book 3 it is Asami who cares for Korra after she's paralyzed. Asami is the ONLY person Korra can muster the energy to talk to in the closing scenes. Listen to Asami's tone of voice when she says she's there if Korra needs to talk "or anything." See the way she glances down at her hand on Korra's as she says this. Then in Book 4, Asami was the ONLY person Korra wrote back to. Asami was the ONLY one who offered to go with Korra to the South Pole. During the Wu rescue mission Korra and Asami are in perfect sync, trusting each other completely. I suspect that if Asami was replaced with a dude you would not be claiming you "never saw their relationship to be more than platonic."

[@kalo_vera]

Yeah it felt really poorly tossed together, mostly because the new gang just didn't really feel like friends Romance was never Avatar's strong suite but it was just REALLY poorly done in LoK They never should've done that garbage love triangle

[@fijit4]

2:05 Aang didn't exactly grow up an orphan. He was raised by the monks, in a culture where you are raised by the collective rather than a single family. This is how the children of the Southern Air Temple were raised. Not technically an orphan and with no reason to be "more screwed up"

[@generalwipe3955]

Imagine waking up in a frozen ocean just to find out your whole race got wiped out

[@ThreadBareHope1234]

Thank you

[@TodosLocosOfficial]

I heard a great description of the two series: Avatar is about a person learning to become the avatar. Korra is about the avatar learning to become a person.

[@ronaldomacaroni7696]

What???

[@kerebharrison459]

Naw Korra is about an idiot trying to not be an idiot but failing

[@commanderbaccaraproduction9959]

@@kerebharrison459 lok isn't that bad. I don't think it's perfect. Avatar: The Last Airbender isn't perfect either.

[@MrGister9999]

@@kerebharrison459 Grow up.

[@ronaldomacaroni7696]

@@kerebharrison459 Facts

[@richardnathanielmercadal205]

What makes the Avatar the last Airbender great? *The story *Animation *Fight scenes . . . . . * A life-changing adventure with Zuko.

[@immortalpickle3104]

I feel the fight scenes had more meaning in ATLA like the Crossroads of Destiny it could have gone either way. Instead with Korra you knew she was gonna lose one time then win (except her first fight with Amon that was good) And the villains were like proper antagonists with like a reflection of the protagonist for them to learn from them.

[@immortalpickle3104]

But overall Zuko was such a good character

[@axelnilsson5124]

Don’t forget the characters

[@shook8545]

But the fighting is better in Korra the Last Airbender

[@Rebsuke]

Toph didn't have a life changing trip:"(

[@amberhecht3578]

My biggest complaint with Korra was that she used the avatar state so much that it felt like she was abusing it. She’s use for many tiny insignificant things that she shouldn’t have used it for, like winning a race, that it just became useless and not a magnificent and powerful as it was originally. It just seemed as if she was using it for show rather than a the last straw when fighting her powerful enemy, like that of some of the previous avatars used it as (minus a few avatars), which to me feels unrealistic that she wouldn’t know to not use the avatar state as a party trick as Katara and the order of the white lotus were guiding her. Especially Katara, as it hurt her to see Aang in the avatar state and she knows how physically and mentally draining it is and all the steps that it takes to fully unlock it. Also the fact the the developers had in the beta version of A:TLA had rewrote it so that instead of Aang over using the state, recovering fast from it and overall acting cocky with it to it being a draining thing and even having an episode that was dedicated to having someone try to push Aang into using it so that they could end the war fast and he, Katara, and Sokka realizing it wasn’t a good idea and instead focusing on continuing the plot of Aang mastering the four elements even after Aang mastered them all he still treated the state as a last resort kinda thing.

[@Ella-bg2ve]

No she barely went into the avatar state at all. She never really learnt how to harness it. Aang was shown to struggle with controlling his avatar state, because his emotions were really strong. Korra barely went into the avatar state unless she was losing. Like her friends would be dying and she wouldn’t go into the avatar state (meaning she didn’t feel any strong emotion) so did she actually care about her friends?

[@midori7089]

LOK was all in all a decent if not a great show, ATLA just raised the bar too high. The problems that held LOK down would be the following: 1.) The lost connection to the past avatars - I hated this part soo much. 2.) Underwhelming ending - Kuvira wasn't as fleshed out. 3.) The giant mecha - They really decided that a Gundam robot would work out. 4.) Season 2's story - We didn't need the dark avatar. But despite that I would tell people to watch it, I just hated the lost avatar connection. The problem with that as well was it was never talked about again. We lost Aang, Kiyoshi, Roku, etc. for nothing.

[@Wright805]

Beg your pardon but it wasn't "for nothing." Losing her connection to her past lives was part of Korra's arc of learning to value herself as a person and not just the Avatar.

[@Loppedofflemons]

@@Wright805 Yeah hell nah. Korra spoke like 3 words to Aang in the entire show and then her previous lives got eviscerated. Korra barely talked to any of her previous lives for advice and look how that turned out for her(very badly). LOK was a dumpster fire of a show that had so much potential that was wasted.

[@Loppedofflemons]

The biggest plot hole in all of LOK is the fact that why the hell did Korra leave the Spirit portals open. It was already established that the humans were being terrorized by the spirits in the past and even in a canonical sequel comic the spirits didn't like korra's choice either. Now the Avatar's whole "bridge between the Spirit World and the Human World" is pointless and Korra just made everyone's lives a whole lot worse.

[@joaquiaquino9529]

They turned The Order of the White Lotus from a badass secret group to the next Avatar's babysitter.

[@amazingbro6723]

And that's a problem?

[@joaquiaquino9529]

@@amazingbro6723 and that's a question?

[@amazingbro6723]

@@joaquiaquino9529 yes

[@simen4034]

That is the whole reason the red lotus exist.. zaheer even points in out!

[@comebacksarecool2834]

It makes sense since most of the old members are dead at that time but it still was underwhelming

[@Alex_Masche]

I don't think The Legend of Korra was bad. I just prefer Avatar: The Last Airbender

[@pissapocalypse]

I like this

[@sinia556]

Dame

[@julianmoreno2922]

Why not go all the way and say that the live action movie isn't that bad either

[@pissapocalypse]

@@julianmoreno2922 Because Korra and the live action abomination aren't even in the same realm

[@yanaleksandrov]

Same

[@LightningZetton]

Kinda hate how korra kept on saying "I'm the avatar" and the only characters I love was Lin and Bolin lol

[@noyes4656]

Honestly only lin had some character development

[@2centsbear638]

Tenzin was a decent character at times. And I liked Varrick and his role. All the others were so boring, especially Korra and her friends

[@maotsetiandi974]

@@2centsbear638 Nah Bolin does his work good and is very enjoyable, korra is crazy and a threat to world peace, Mako is depressing and Asami is useless, poor girl

[@nexusshark]

Well, she's the avatar. You gotta deal with it!

[@2centsbear638]

@@nexusshark nooooooooo

[@Pakaku9]

Aang was not a bad father, but he wasn't has good as Tenzin thought. He loved his kids, but he also add a lot of presure on his shoulders. In the end, he was human

[@jadenchamoun6785]

Aang is a terrible father he favoured one of his. Children favouring one over onther means your a bad father

[@imaraanawi6559]

@@jadenchamoun6785 what? favouriting one child over the others just happens naturally to parents. they don’t mean to and it shouldn’t, but it happens. that doesn’t make them bad parents.

[@jadenchamoun6785]

Some times it douse your perfering and loving one child more than egalist Aang is a bad father

[@rosa3299]

@@jadenchamoun6785 I don't think Aang was a bad father. Of course, we don't know what his parenting style was exactly like as we were never really told or shown what original Avater lives were after Avatar: The Last Airbender series. No parent is perfect. Parents are individuals who make mistakes. Aang did still had his duties of being the avatar but he also had to be a teacher to Tenzin as at some point Tenzin would he responsible for bringing back an entire culture. Also Aang was the last Airbender. His culture was taken away and had to see the skeleton of his old friend and also father figure Monk Gyatso. Which come one. That will trauamtize you. Also, culture is important to people who grew up with it. I am part of culture and I am sure if someone took it away I would be devastated as well. Obviously he was probably excited to find Tenzin to be an Airbender because hey your culture now has a chance to come back. But he also had to be teacher and responsible to teaching Tenzin the air nation's culture and bring them back. Which would be a difficult task to do all yourself. It really is not surprising that Aang attention went a lot on Tenzin. But it is not like Tenzin had it easy either. While his siblings may have felt they were being left out. Tenzin felt that he had to be like Aang and fill out his legacy and wishes. I dont think he neglected his children. Besides, in the end all of Aang's children: Kya, Bumi, and Tenzin understood that Aang loved them all equally. The amount of attention someone gives you does not equal to the amount of love they have for you. Someone can give you all the attention you want but not love you. And this goes for all kinds of relationships. Family, friendship, romantic. Besides parents can not give the same attention to each of their children. Some of their children may need it more. For example, imagine this. Two parents have three kids. One kid however has a disorder that would affect they daily lives. Then those parents would focus a lot of their attention on that child. Because that child needs it. That does not mean the parents do not love their other children who are healthy. But that child who has a disorder needs their attention to ensure they grow up in healthy and safe environment. Let's think of another situation, two parents have two children. One child gets pneumonia. The parents would put a lot of their attention on the kid who is sick than the kid is healthy and is not sick. That does not mean that at that time the parents love ill child more than the healthy child. They were just making sure that ill child recover safely and able to make a recovery. But to do that they needed to focus a lot of their attention on that child. I don't need my parent's attention all the time. I am the oldest of my siblings. So I know I do not need the constant attention of my parents to ensure that they love me. I am old enough to understand that. My younger siblings would probably need their attention a lot and more than me. Because they are not yet old enough to understand that parents are humans and individuals that have their own needs and make mistakes. They are also not old enough to understand that when a parent is too busy to give their attention that it does not mean they hate them or don't love them anymore. Now let's use the real world on Aang. Bumi and Kya are older than Tenzin. their age difference between may not be that big. But there is still a difference between each child. When Tenzin came along and find out he is an air bender. You do have to realize not only the excitement of Aang no longer being the last air bender. But also the responsibility of bringing the air nation back to life. Aang would not only be a parent to Tenzin but also a teacher to Tenzin because Tenzin would grow up to revive their air nation and ensure the culture lives on for future generations. But to ensure that Tenzin needed to learn the culture. Its beliefs, values, views, ideas, etc. And to learn all of that. Aang had to teach Tenzin. Aang had to give more attention to teach him the culture. Because if Aang did not give a little more of his time teaching the air culture. Tenzin would really struggle on reviving an entire culture that he may not understand or know a lot of. So did Aang give more attention to Tenzin? Yes. Did the amount of attention Tenzin was getting made Kya and Bumi feel left out? Yes, especially because their age difference was not really that big. And when your kid you essentially need the constant attention of a parent. Did Aang love Tenzin more than Bumi and Kya? No. As I said the amount of attention someone gives you does not equal to the amount of love they have for you. As you grow older you wouldn't need the constant attention of your parent. Because you know even when they are busy or away for one day. They still love you. Which is what Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin understand. Aang put a lot of attention on Tenzin. But Aang still loved all of them. Parenting is not an easy job. And there is not an exact correct path of how it is suppose to be. Even if a child does grow up in a healthy, safe environment and emotional support from their parent. Parents would still make mistakes. There is not a sign that says "this is the best path of parenting" but you can come close to it.

[@thomasweeden2683]

“Aang doesn’t have a bad bone in his body” *remembers that encounter with the sand benders in the desert

[@dripdoriya1707]

That wasn’t Aang that was Kyoshi taking control over him 🤣

[@chubbycakes6446]

fr tho was kinda annoyed about how he snapped at toph and the rest of the team hahah

[@dripdoriya1707]

CHUBBYCAKES yeah well he wasn’t in a good place mentally at the time

[@chubbycakes6446]

@@dripdoriya1707 yahh true

[@dripdoriya1707]

CHUBBYCAKES lol everyone in the show does that at some point. Tbh I’m really worried about these kids mental health

[@cmae03]

I feel like Aang wasnt the greatest father because he never really even had proper parents raise him. He grew up in a time when Air Nomad children were not raised by parents but by "mentors" or "teachers" Aang was a great teacher, but probably didn't know how to actually parent on the emotional level. That's just my take on it tho.

[@dwell7315]

I've also seen arguments that since Aang WAS his culture at the time, having an airbender child meant he had to impart all his culture to his son. In doing so, he may have alienated Kya and Bumi because he was so intent on preserving Air Nomad culture. It's hard to balance your three children when you have to be a "normal parent" to 2 of them and a cultural instructor (but like, the ENTIRE culture) to another one. Just in explaining the customs he would have to spend more time with Tenzin, and of course their connection through airbending itself would at least tempt Aang to prefer him. It may be that Aang simply isn't the greatest parent, but to those who want Aang to be a good father, there are potential "reasons" why his other two children felt neglected the way they did.

[@menkirdennis6686]

Aang? Unable to connect as a parent on tne emotional level? After seeing how terrible katara felt growing up without her mom, you think he would let his kids have a bad impression of him? You think *katara* would let aang be a bad dad? No, it just doesnt sit right with me. Aang would undoubtedly give tenzin more attention, but to straight up alienate kya and bumi is disrespect to aangs character. This could also be summed up as bryke, once again, stripping down avatar to boost up TLOK, its happened more than once.

[@misterowl3086]

Menkir Dennis No one's saying Aang was the worst father. He just wasn't perfect.

[@GradietPanda12345]

He definitely did

[@AzraelMight]

That’s called goku syndrome

[@willnack5315]

Personally, there are still 2 more issues with LOK: 1: Korra’s “My way or the highway” attitude. While this can be helpful for getting things done quickly, it has ended up hurting people like Mako, and that was during a time of conflict. Imagine what kind of damage she could inflict with that attitude in times of peace! She could kill innocent people if she’s not careful, which would make for a interesting plot point in a new series; either the new avatar facing off against someone whose loved ones were unjustly killed by Korra, or someone in the same situation as above trying to learn to let go of their anger while helping out the new avatar! The worst part though, it never feels fully dealt with. Nothing wrong with some confidence, but Korra still feels like she would keep forcing people to go through with her ideas above all else! 2: I don’t mind how little we saw the previous team in LOK, but I do mind how we only found out recently how and why Aang died and to this day all we know about adult Sokka is he was a senator in one of the earlier councils! We all still want to know about Sokka, and maybe some love for the Cabbage man as well (how he went from merchant to tycoon)! I know it’s not their story anymore, but they could at least give a “oh hey, this is what happened to this person,” in some way/shape/form!

[@thefunguy5873]

Then you need to know about Yancheng, she was head strong and worst than korra if we are calling korra worst!!! Korra redemption arc was after she got poisoned she learned she need to be broken to be the avatar!

[@melkormorgothbauglir.4848]

@@thefunguy5873 Shes like the second strongest but basically ruined the reputation of her successor Kuruk everyone thinks hes lazy but in truth he was just trying to fix the mess Yangchen created in the spirit world she was careless and favoured humans too much yet Kuruk got hit with the blame a King John situation really.

[@kali9399]

It wasnt really the flaws that Korra possessed but more how she treated the people around her. From her outbursts to not even paying attention and being closeminded, and some even ended without her getting any 'lesson'. Thats what bothered me the most.

[@coolsquirtleplayz4457]

My only problem really was they didn't talk enough about cabbage. Still the show is good but every show has its problems.

[@starberri7484]

I mean, the rival of Future Industries is called Cabbage Corp. The dude from ATLA probably switched careers due to his cabbage stand constantly being destroyed.

[@laylapeery7986]

lmaoo bruh fr the only thing they had was cabbage corp and I was really hoping there would be more

[@riripari2042]

Lol, seriously though its nice to see that cabbage man's business grew to be so successful in the future.

[@coolsquirtleplayz4457]

Yo I know right cabbage gang for life thanks for the likes. If you can you can look at my channel and sub to Roundtable

[@samwizgamgie3rd828]

They should have a statue of the cabbage man in front of the earth kingdom!!!

[@noobraider99]

You wonder why I have 4.4k likes huh?

[@ejh3679]

Korra: * goes through depression* Old Zuko: that’s rough buddy

[@theaveragebloke7965]

Mako*

[@noobraider99]

@@albertluo2293Mako's young Zuko's old

[@yes-vs6ux]

Korra: cuts all connection of the past avatars Zuko: *thats rough buddy*

[@noobraider99]

@@yes-vs6ux make it kid cuz that's what old people call us

[@Inkycedar]

For me all the things mentioned in this video definitely caught me off guard when I started watching the show, however none of them were the major turn off for me. For me the biggest thing was, I never felt like the new “gang” had any really connection. It didn’t feel like in ATLA where they became like family almost. That was what I missed. It just felt like a bunch of high schoolers messing around and sometimes being friends

[@sermonn73]

Definitely all the stuff he said was just bs like I loved learning the origin story of the avatar not imagining it like what but the feel of this team was definitely not family feeling

[@keefesrighthand]

To be fair the new gang is a lot more grown up, hence they have their own things to do separately and not much time to travel all around the world together

[@melkormorgothbauglir.4848]

@@sermonn73 Yes but why they retcon bending with the turtles avatars with the magic carpets and spirits with them too before they felt sentient they own will but now they are evil because the dirty rug made them not their own natures or being wronged I feel like the first bender story could've been cooler but why did they have to retcon/ruin bunch of stuff to do so. I like the avatar being a conduit of a Human and a spirit but I hate the way they did it they ended making this whole good vs evil thing instead Yin and Yang feels like they abandoned eastern culture and chose this more Western style cultural outlook they ruined spirits and made them boring he could;ve been a soldier on the verge of death who made a pact with a spirit who chose to help him because he benefitted from a human host the spirits started become cartoon teddy bears at the end.

[@Loppedofflemons]

@@keefesrighthand The new gang had a horrible relationship problem. Like there is a very awkward relationship consistency and almost no time to develop any of the relationships that do exist.

[@anamariefalk3796]

I mean I just wished Korra at least EARNED being the avatar.. There was no journey, she didn't find her bending masters, they were assigned to her and she was sheltered. Bending was never an art form to her, it made it seem lie just a cool way to fight...

[@daltontindle545]

That's actually the dumbest critique of korra I've ever heard like, that's the entire point of her story is that her being good at the bending doesnt make her the avatar and she consistently struggles to be a competent avatar and live up to aangs legacy.

[@greenman394]

@@daltontindle545 She wasn't even really as good as she should have been at bending tbh

[@daltontindle545]

@@greenman394 she had alot of inconsistencies but I feel we can chuck that up to the amount of times her bending was blocked taken or impeded it's made her really hard to gauge in terms of ability

[@coltonw9359]

@@daltontindle545 she could bend 3 elements as a baby. They literally find out she's the avatar and she's already bending 3 of the elements already. Horrible writing

[@mentallyillfinger]

@@daltontindle545 She literally was bending 3 elements at the age of 6. aang only mastered airbending at 11. she's a total mary sue

[@goddammitno_]

For me toph hasn't changed at all since she became an adult - she wasn't tolerating any bullshit as a kid, and still doesn't as an adult. Exactly as a cop

[@dang5874]

More over, she was raised by overprotecting parents, that should leave a mark, which can be evident when she becomes the cop of no random city, but the city of 'Twinkle toes', one of her best friends, a project that was intended to bring understanding between nations after a damn 100 years war.

[@DavidRivera-qb1un]

I guess we could say that is just her personality but we do know that she has change. He accept that friendship is not equal to being protective and to let people into your life is not a bad thing, but a good one. The idea of love=overprotection of course came from her parents which basically locked her in her..... em.. what was it? House, state, mansion?? I dont remember but you get me xD The thing is thats why toph chose to live freely going to earth bending matches as we see in the first episode that she appears in. Thats her way of freedom. By becoming a cop is the complete opposite, but yes as the video mentions, she was raised buy parents who were privileged, he witnessed the huge differences between social status and she witnessed the corruption of Ba sing se. Plus republic city was her friends city basically and adding all of that up, it makes sense. However Toph really goes through an "invisible" flat arc in the time between the two series, as she returns living freely however she wants in the wild. He has known the world of order and justice really good as she was the chief. However she still chose to go on the wild. (Which i think is really cool). But her arc about the meaning of love remains: she started a family, she lets korra hug her, and she hugged Opal when they reunite in book 4.

[@snikerz5886]

Yes that *totally* excuses her for being a shit parent. Next thing you'll say is Ozai was just misunderstood.

[@Andyatl2002]

@@snikerz5886, it’s not an excuse but Toph carries her own trauma from the way her parents abused her so she goes to great lengths to be the opposite of what her parents were towards her.

[@Ray03595]

@@Andyatl2002 Exactly. I hate the "toph bad parent" complaints. She had controlling parents, so became a carefree parent, which unfortunately led to a lot of neglect for Lin. I dont know why ppl get mad that the Gaang weren't amazing parents. They all travelled to world and are victims of a global war that disrupted all their ways of life. Aang's whole people died, Katara saw her mom dead, Sokka and Katara were left to fend for themselves because their dad had to go to war, and Zuko's father... is well pure evil, scorched his sons face, and his family is generally awful besides for Iroh. They never had stable home lives.

[@TheProCatAddict]

Toph: LET’S BREAK SOME RULES! Also Toph: *becomes a cop*

[@iSkiZm24]

So...like all cops😂

[@carlo1736]

OpTicFanBoy24 fair enough

[@goddammitno_]

I was rather viewing it as Kid toph: society is a bs so let's break rules Adult toph: society is a bs let's fix that shit Honestly for me she hasn't changed at all, she was tolerating no bs as a kid, and as a adult still tolerates none

[@providedyeti1518]

It’s not like she didn’t break rules as cops

[@itwasallpartofmyplanforyou4083]

I mean she ripped up a report to save her daughter so even as a cop she broke the rules

[@shahrzadketabollahi5496]

I'd like to bring up two points about Toph that I think go pretty unnoticed when discussing her being a chief: A) She didn't join the gaang to help them end the war. She even says "It's not my problem" to Katara, when told [by her] that Aang needed to master Earthbending to defeat the Firelord. She [initially] joined both because she thought it sounded fun (cue to "I am not Toph, I am MELON LORD [*insert evil, chaotic laughter XD*]" ) and to be away from her controlling parents - which brings me to my next point: B) Toph despised rules and responsibilities. By the end of Book 3, she STILL hates both of these things, only she's learned that accepting help from people who care about her is not a sign of weakness (which, imho, relates more to her relationship with her disability, rather than her views on rules). It might not be seen as that important, but here's the thing: the army thrives on and cultivates a very strict you-have-to-obey-your-superiors-without-questioning-them sort of environment and it is common knowledge just about how abundant rules are in the army, not to mention how you have to wear the same uniform (as people of your rank) and are expected to fit in, rather than stand out (in terms of behavior, character and looks, not performance). Even though I can accept Toph going through many character changes, this one hits too close to her core - in my personal opinion - to be a choice that Toph would ever make. Her not being a perfect mom or opening an Earthbending/metalbending academy or even retiring to live in the swamp all seem perfectly fine to me, but not her being a chief police. The writers tried to make it more believable by having her create a special unit of metalbenders (which she totally would, btw), but that's not the problem here. ATLA specifically uses Toph not caring all that much about the war (which makes sense, she was not affected by it nearly as much as any other gaang member) to contrast her with the other members of the group (Aang, Katara, Zuko and Sokka - Hell, even Suki seems more concerned and affected by the war than Toph). She may have decided that she wanted to dedicate herself to a bigger cause later on in life, but her ideals always seemed closer to self-reliability, freedom and identity/self-expression to me than justice and order and even then, there are many many ways she could've dedicated herself to her cause without being so restricted as a result of being part of the police force. So yeah, these are just my two cents on the topic. You might think differently and that's alright. After all, we're not these characters anyway, but nevertheless, I think Toph being a cop was an odd choice on the writers' part.

[@ThreadBareHope1234]

I agree. I think everyone is more focused on freedom and self expression when they are young, but you also make a good point about her seeing the state of the world and that might have influenced her decision to later dedicate herself to a cause. Again, she's 30 something. She would've had plenty of time to express herself, and as is the case with most adults, that gets old eventually. It's a sign of maturity and that they gained a broader understanding of fulfillment. Idk why this guy is getting his panties in a wad about her priorities changing.

[@kaisawatson]

They REALLY messed up the spiritual part of the show in LOK - Raava, apart from being the angriest peace spirit possible, does not fit asian philosophy at all. When ATLA always respected the concepts of balance, of Yin and Yang that are so fundamental to Asian philosophy, LOK is back to good old CHRISTIAN MORALS : GOOD VS EVIL. GOOD must win. Great. That has never been seen before... - All the spirits in ALTA were very morally neutral. There were like natural forces, neither good or bad, just to be accounted for. Koh was willing to answer questions for a chance to add a new face to his collection. Hei-bai was attacking innocent people because he was angered at the fire nation destroying his forest. Wan-shi-tong was a peaceful spirit but would not tolerate his knowledge being used for war, even if it is to end one, etc. In LOK we have either nice fluffy flying bunnies or corrupted purple spirits. All spirits are intrinsecly good and humans are the ones corrupting them. LOK is manichean and lost a lot of the respect ALTA gave to asian culture.

[@WaterKirby1994]

I never noticed, with the Spirits from the Wan Story being just as fleshed out as the spirits from The Last Airbender. The Dark Spirits were based on angry Hei-bai in terms of design. Even Rava & Vatu had this Good & Evil can't exist without the other which is part of Asian Philosophy. I probably need to rewatch Legend of Korra at some point.

[@crypticcorgi8280]

🔥 *Hot Take:* 🔥 A lot of people say Mako is terrible to date but they turn a blind eye on how toxic Korra was in their romantic lives also. Even to Asami when they were friends and she kept that fact that her and Mako were having a thing. She didn't care for her in that situation.

[@taerikee]

Korra (on 3 separate occasions): "You would take his side" "Who's side are you on?" "I can't believe you're on his side" Mako: "What is it with you and sides?"

[@crypticcorgi8280]

Also she used Bolin to try to make Mako jealous. She played with both their hearts and poor Bolin was her biggest casualty. I say *her* and not them.(Mako and Korra) Because he refused her advances and called her out for using his brother. *SHE* kissed him unconsensually. Mako was innocent there.

[@asmrtpop2676]

Yuki James Um no? I was raised sheltered and if anything it made me the opposite of restrained once I had full control of my life.

[@asmrtpop2676]

Mako is great to date if you ask Wu

[@stuartcrippen5066]

Because unlike Mako Korra at least tries to make things right.

[@jessicaschiel104]

I hated the love triangle between Asami, Korra, and Mako. It was like there was no real connection because every time Korra went away Mako went to Asami, and when she came back she was all over Mako again and he just dropped Asami for her. I thought Korra and Mako breaking up was the best decision but what I don’t understand about it, Asami never got mad. She was dating Mako and Korra kissed him and they never truly acknowledged how badly that would hurt or how angry she should have been. There wasn’t even tension between them despite them being involved with the same guy they were best friends and had no problem with it.

[@melissac7803]

who hurt you

[@darkstar7542]

I thought it was weird too.

[@hadeslovelanguage1966]

Melissa Corral it is weird imagine learning ur bf kissed his close girl friend while u guys dated and didn’t tell u and u figure out thru someone else she wasn’t mad at all-

[@thehelpingentrepreneur401]

I feel like it’s because Korra and Asami liked each other on the low anyways

[@frickenflapcraps]

EXACTLYY

[@Camilla550]

I always thought they should have done a series that revolved around the Gaang in their adult years dealing with post-war problems along with marriage and having kids before moving on to the next Avatar. Seriously, they can’t create amazing and memorable characters like in ATLA and then expect fans to be invested in a series about the next Avatar while making statements that kind-hearted Aang was a bad father and Toph who hated authority decided to become Chief of Police! Also Sokka who was a majorly popular character getting no backstory expect the hint he might be Suyin’s father which just leads to more questions on what happened during the Gaang’s adult life!

[@midlight9758]

I imagine Aang felt a lot of pressure to ensure Tenzin knew everything about the Air Nomad culture. Maybe his other children didn’t think it as important and didn’t show as much interest and in turn not always being included in Aang’s teaching events. Tenzin was the youngest so maybe the Bumi and Kya were older and had their own lives at that point. (I’m thinking moody teenagers or young adults). Knowing how Aang was written as a very conscientious character, I could see it going down like that.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

Actually, Bumi and Kya stated that they wanted to know about their Air Nomad heritage. It was Aang who denied it to them.

[@kinkinibhattacharya8183]

My theory too 🤷‍♀️ Plus, might be a reach, but I feel like the vacations were also part of teaching him their past. Like the koi fish thing sort of how young air nomads grew up.

[@ThreadBareHope1234]

Exactly. I thought it was more about preserving the air nomad culture than actual favoritism. I know not everyone cares about those sorts of things, but it's important in Avatar and to Aang.

[@waheedabdullah6371]

I still think their biggest issue was not adding Sokka in the show (flashbacks don't count)

[@Frogtoadgiraffe]

I think that even if they had sokka, people would say they're using nostalgia to much.

[@FaceUnreality]

Supposedly Sokka died while going on a rescue mission with Zuko to save Korra when she was a baby.

[@agustinleiva525]

@@FaceUnreality he doesn't die then, that is just the last time (chronologically) we hear of him, my head canon is that he go injured and died some years later due to that injury

[@Pokemichael]

they never even mentioned him outside of the one flashback

[@waheedabdullah6371]

@@Pokemichael Toph did when Korra encountered her in the swamp

[@theaveragebloke7965]

I don’t think he favourited Tenzin in the way we think. I think he loved his children equally but he had the duty of passing what’s left of the air nomad traditions. Had he not done that, a whole culture would’ve been forgotten and Tenzin wouldn’t have been able to teach the new air benders (the ones from harmonic convergence) said culture. So I believe that he had to be with Tenzin and teach him these things the whole time, but unfortunately at the cost of neglecting his other children.

[@rajiraji9136]

true. aang had to pass down a thousands of years old culture and techniques to his only airbender, and also he had way little time ( he already lived more than a 100 years by the end of atla, he must have understood)

[@s.raheem7666]

Honestly I'm surprised he only had 3 kids

[@TiaTista]

Exactly, he had to have spent more time with Tenzin to do that or Tenzin would grow up knowing nothing about Airbending.

[@eccentricthought4511]

plus I think he didn't want to force all his children to bear the weight of that responsibility so the best he could do was make it fun for tenzin to be an airbender

[@ruppelspoopels]

@Jaheim care all air nomads are (were) Airbenders.

[@PappiiSensei101]

18:58 this is dumb considering that learning the elements is learning to be the avatar. Venturing out and finding there own master to teach them bending and how to be a better person and avatar is what makes the avatar the avatar. Every avatar does this except korra. She was taught by teachers since the beginning and never had that adventure to find her own teachers/team avatar, which was a disappointment.

[@Microme955]

This is a lie You only know 2 or 3avatars 😂😂 In kyoshi’s time a mansion was built where masters would come to train the avatar. It’s different for every avatar, don’t just say every avatar is meant to journey the world just because of Aang’s story. It would also just be repetitive if she once again had to go around the world to find masters (which is what the writers were trying to avoid) It would also be completely unrealistic for her to look for masters when there are so many around her 😂😂

[@Solverse_]

Even the thought that Aang would show that much favoritism, keep in mind they didn’t mention he just spent more time in order to train him, I believe they specially mentioned even just hanging out with him more, is laughable. ESPECIALLY thinking Katara would allow that to happen.

[@Mugiduck]

This is my sentiment exactly. Its not just kya and bumi being salty that aang spent more time training tenzin, they frame it as aang going on vacations with him and him alone. Thats much more favoritism than giving one child more of your time to train and educate them.

[@reconic_]

Toph:LET'S BREAK SOME RULES Years later: LET'S MAKE SOME LAWS

[@becca3445]

Was it just me who could hear the first sentence in tophs voice

[@reconic_]

@@becca3445 same

[@livia_owl2309]

Adult Toph: LETS BREAK MY OWN RULES

[@greenblaze9406]

I think it was more that she loved breaking faces, and being a cop let you break faces legally

[@heicho4293]

@@becca3445 SAME!!!

[@lailaauto33]

My biggest issue with TLOK is WHERE IS KATARA'S STATUE?????? DONT DISRESPECT MY GIRL LIKE THIS

[@frisk8632]

Katara isn't even dead yet Lol

[@yomommah6866]

Now THIS I agree with!!!

[@yomommah6866]

@@frisk8632 neither is Toph but she has 3

[@lailaauto33]

@@frisk8632 zuko and toph are alive and still they have statues 🤔🤔🤔

[@shehabgamal8640]

@@lailaauto33 well one was a fire lord, the other was the chef of police and the inventor of metal bending 😄 even sokka might have a statue as a councilman but katara was just a housewife 😂

[@Haileygrace11]

I feel they really did korra and Aang dirty, Korra, She's confident, strong and amazing, But the creators made her so aggressive and stuff like that, They also made her suffer bc of Zaheer and people focusing on what she's not. Sang would've been such a great father if hadn't made him favorited Tenzin, Its not like Aang at all too! The creators should've made him a caring and kind father like what Aang would've been if the creators didn't change him!

[@Mr.Q753]

Aang isn’t perfect but yeah, I feel like he’d have more of a interest in tenzin other than just being a terrible father

[@First_LastName]

And even if he was favoring Tenzin Katara would see and smack some sense Aang

[@anatoldenevers237]

@@First_LastName Yeah, it doesn’t make any sense

[@learnbot1838]

They also made her gay, like bro. What a failure move that ended the show.

[@AdorianDelmore]

@@learnbot1838 they planned making korra Bi not gay from the beginning but nickelodeon didn't allow it. (Because love is not a free ting to show the world.) It was easy to see if you are not straight, but I wish they could make it more visible so it did not seem forced when the rest of you saw it at the end of the show. The biggest hints was the letters to Asami. When korra was disabled. In the comics Korras relationship with Asami is more shown. It's sad but thanks to show like that we got Owl House.

[@gnarrcan108]

I’ve never had a problem w the industrialized world in AoT bc the fire nation had steam power and they colonized a lot of the world. Republic City has nods to New York but it’s more like Hong Kong.

[@midori7089]

The only problem I had with the industrialization was the giant mecha armor at the ending. That was just too out of the box but I'd still recommend LOK to people everytime.

[@stayingmadwonthelpyou5402]

attack on titan? aot?

[@WaterKirby1994]

Agreed the level of technology in LoK was realistic & I kind of want to see the worlds of both the more modern Earthbender Avatar & the Futuristic Firebender Avatar. Japanese Style Schoolgirl in Cyberpunk Spirit Technology World having to deal with the Avatar possibly being obsolete with the advanced technology which she is trying to master alongside or even instead of the 4 Elements would be awesome to see.

[@12inthepm]

In addition to the Aang being a bad father complaint, Aang was literally creating and running a city and dealing with worldwide politics. Even in real life, politicians and generally people in the spotlight have very little time to be a good father.

[@TheSaxAppeal]

That's true. It's relative to king T'Chaka saying "you're a good man with a good heart, and it's hard for a good man to be king." Aang tried to be a good man, a good father, AND a good Avatar. One person just isn't capable of all of that

[@robotswat5136]

Yea the video says aang was a bad father when he was a absent one. A bad father wouldn't care when sang saved the world he just couldnt kick back and live his life with katara he his duty is to the world not his family.

[@bettydiaz4286]

Sokka: when did you become so responsible Aang: oh some time between the genocide of my people and having to defeat the fire lord at age 12

[@jaheimgayle7288]

😂

[@lunarfeather1574]

Personally I think the main issue i have with the show is how much it struggled to stand for itself and ruined other characters in the process. LOK is a decent show. And it would have been better if not for the fact it added old characters in such ways that made the older characters unlikable or just lacking in various degrees. Like I want to fully see Toph's story of becoming a cop, I want to see what Aang actually did to become such a shitty father. Maybe him being shitty was exaggerated? The world may never know cause the writers just decided to toss out 'oh ya he favors so and so cause air bending' then figuratively dip. Like obviously Aang will want his culture to thrive, but Katara wouldn't stand for that bs favoritism and Sokka would have possibly been alive or at least there to see what was going on and maybe knock some sense into Aang. They gave us all these different plot points and never truly explored them. And the shipping drama is just... horrendous. Cool we have LGBT themes in a kids show, but if it's done this poorly then any possible relationship ship shouldn't have been added at all.

[@pjdianalan7934]

At least The Owl House solved the issue of LGBT development.

[@Wright805]

@@pjdianalan7934 The Owl House and Lumity (which I love and adore BTW) was only possible because The Legend of Korra and Korrasami laid the foundations for it.

[@dogwithheadphones]

Apparently, the last thing Aang ever said or wrote to Katara was “Thank you for going penguin sledding with me.”

[@SmallLegacy]

I bet she was a great sled for his penguin...okay I'll see myself out now.

[@meatiest1989]

@@SmallLegacylol

[@Matt513131]

Let's not forget that toph is a human lie detector, people would be coming to her to solve crime even if she didn't want to be a cop. It just fits.

[@snoxh2187]

But u cant trust her. First off all thats to much power in one persons hand and secondly shes not alwasy right (azula)

[@okay4902]

@@snoxh2187 Azula’s a ahh... special case

[@TunaPetunia456]

@@okay4902 Agreed

[@spectralquill1810]

@@okay4902 Exactly. She's too overly confident.

[@superdewott3209]

True. Would her ability hold up in court? Not likely. Even Aang doesn't have control over the law. He could point and say "That guy is bad." But without proof, should people blindly follow his claims. Even Aang wouldn't agree to that

[@alana.dyer.author]

If you guys didnt know, Kora's parents weren't going to let her keep her dog until Katara said all Avatars have animal companions. Katara is like the best master in any Avatar series because she 100% supported Kora like no tomorrow.

[@imluigi5934]

*Korra

[@solargalaxy_03]

@@imluigi5934 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tommyhani6507]

because korra is her husband in the past life

[@lighted2327]

I know

[@rhunan3623]

I wouldn't call LOK a very good series because if you consider the character development, execution of the plot and the conflicts, nothing seemed to be eligible to be classified as very good to me. In ATLA you could literally feel the crux and heat of the conflicts and their growth. Even an issue such as Sokka and Moon spirit (I've forgotten her name) was great, less than three episodes or so but boy was it great. We see him still grieving the lost relationship even when with Suki, which is something we barely see in any of LOK nonetheless looking into the main issues they had. LOK had four seasons and I don't think they were able to create anything that feasible. Then you come to the themes, they were good but they seemed forced like they were trying so hard to recreate what they got from ATLA that they started spiralling into ideologies they were not fully aware of, or they had not really thought through properly. I agree LOK tries to be its own story and I am aware of that but the fact that they still kept on painfully trying to make strong connections with ATLA just made them a candidate for comparison. And not just that. Something that bothered me throughout the whole series was how easy Korra got everything she had. E.g: when Aang comes to give her back her bending at the end of season 1 and told her that she being at her lowest connected her to her past selves, felt so much like a big lie and is a great example to teach people of the dangers of telling only and not showing (the old show and tell). We never actually see her learn during her lowest points. Her lowest point at that time, I presume, was mainly losing her bending and the only thing we see her learn was that if she got hurt, angry or emotional enough she could unlock a new ability (airbending). And if she got sad, reclusive and neglected everyone enough she could have Aang (or someone else) to her aid. She never learns what it means to be actually spiritual. She also ends up depreciating herself because she's no longer a bender of more than one element and she never learns how to deal with that. There are lots of things I believe should have been done differently before I could consider LOK a good series but at least the visuals were good and the world building too were nice. Oh and this is just on the side but Dante Busco, who originally voiced our sweet kid Zuko in ATLA, voicing his grandson in LOK, who is also named Iroh after our sweet wise general from ATLA, felt weird and it didn't fit to me. But oh well, if he wanted to take part in the second show, then why should he be stopped.

[@simo220]

I believe that the biggest issue in the series is that Korrasami felt kinda forced. - from season 3 to the end, the only change I saw in Korra and Asami's relationship is that they grew closer, but I've never felt like there will be something more than friendship between them - in season 4, it's clear that Mako and Korra still have a lot of chemistry even after 3 years - also in season 4, Mako actually helped Korra get over her PTSD by joining her to confront Zaheer - in the end, for me to say the least, season 4 was like "Let's tease everyone with Makorra moments and make them believe they're getting back together, but in the last episode to throw it all away and have Korra date Asami because why not?" DISCLAIMER: I'm not being homophobic. I just never felt their attraction. And don't start with "Nick didn't let the couple expose" excuse again, it's overused already. And if you want to doxx me because I prefer Makorra instead of Korrasami, then don't. We have the right to express our opinion and that's what I just did.

[@ThreadBareHope1234]

I agree with you. Don't worry about sounding homophobic. You presented facts

[@simo220]

@@ThreadBareHope1234 wow, I didn’t except someone to reply to me. Or for someone to agree with me. Thanks!

[@Wright805]

You are of course entitled to your opinion, but so am I and I must firmly disagree with you. Korrasami felt entirely natural and was built up over the course of the series. Makorra was the one that felt forced. They went from "can't stand each other" to "you're okay" to "wow I really like you" within a handful of episodes. It didn't feel natural. There were several hints that Korra and Asami were becoming more than friends. Consider that in the final episode of Book 3 it is Asami who cares for Korra after she's paralyzed. Asami is the ONLY person Korra can muster the energy to talk to in the closing scenes (she didn't talk to her father, her mentor Tenzin or the air bender kids whom she's close to). Listen to Asami's tone of voice when she says she's there if Korra needs to talk "or anything." See the way she glances down at her hand on Korra's as she says this. That is not how friends typically act towards each other. Then in Book 4, Asami was the ONLY person Korra wrote back to. Asami was the ONLY one who offered to go with Korra to the South Pole. During the Wu rescue mission Korra and Asami are in perfect sync, trusting each other completely. By contrast Mako did nothing but question and doubt Korra every step of the way (showing a lack of trust in both her abilities and her judgement). That sounds like really bad chemistry to me. Yeah he did go with her to face Zaheer, but that's just being a supportive friend (for once), nothing more. There weren't ANY Makorra moments in Book 4. All of Korra's 'intimate' moments were with Asami. At a stretch I suppose you could include the Zaheer confrontation, but again I never saw that as anything more than him being a supportive friend. And BTW, the only reason that "excuse" is overused is because it's FACT. Hate to break this to you but "The Legend of Korra" aired from 2012 to 2014. At that time, a same-sex couple was NOT going to be clearly shown on what is officially a "kids show." I guarantee that if the show was made today things would be different, but back then it simply wouldn't have been allowed.

[@SupportGamin2024]

My biggest problem with LOK is the avatar connection being destroyed

[@frisk8632]

That was temporarily lol

[@darugosuenyo]

@@frisk8632 No, all the past avatars are dead for good, because Korra stood there and let a thing slither in her mouth and pull out the stupid "true avatar spirit" and slap it really hard.

[@melancholygirl7793]

I think she or the avatar after her can gain it back kind of like how Aang did. After all, the next avatar makes up for the previous avatar's regrets and mistakes.

[@Pwilliams4000]

Feel bad for the next avatar

[@ZoraVisions]

Can't ahe just look in there memories in the time tree

[@inked_page8234]

My big thing with Aang being a bad dad and favoring Tenzin over his other kids is he hated being treated differently because he was the avatar so why would he single out his kids like he was???

[@lucasrobin2788]

He was an orphan who found his father figure's bones after discovering his people had sufferered a genocide, and he was forced as a child soldier to fight the grandson of the responsible for the genocide, to end 100 years of war, with 9 months to prepare. Following that, he became a fully realised Avatar age 12 and had to guide the entire world for the next 50 years, all whilst being the only person on the planet that could pass on an entire culture to the next generation. Not only that, if he does not have an airbending child, and raise that child to become a fantastic airbender, the next Avatar will not have an airbending teacher. I think it's pretty realistic for his character to favour the airbending child over the others. The sheer stress of all that responsibility might make you slightly more inclined to favour, you know, the future of your entire culture, instead of the other two, from a character perspective.

[@ripinkhanna6075]

@@lucasrobin2788 Very true

[@midori7089]

@@lucasrobin2788 Yes, I think he would have favored Tenzin but to the extent that his other 2 children resented him would not have worked. But that storyline really didn't bother me that much.

[@ChienaAvtzon]

@@midori7089 - I saw it more as Bumi and Kya resent Tenzin, because he was repeating the neglect with his own children. Tenzin was too busy with his career, and just viewed his children as Airbenders. He was ignoring their distinct personalities and individual needs, which was pitting them against each other.

[@brycebitetti1402]

@@ChienaAvtzon Exactly. Aang probably did favor Tenzin, but as kids Kya and Bumi never grasped the importance of Tenzin learning and preserving Air Nomad culture. While Aang was spending time with Tenzin for justifiable reasons, his kids probably only saw it as favoritism. They probably don't resent Aang for it, but not only do they still probably not fully grasp his intent, but also see that same problem in Tenzin and his children.

[@mac_attack_zach]

Say what you want about the last generation of Avatar, but seeing Zhao in the fog of lost souls sent shivers down my spine. I think that scene was done perfectly, it's one of my favorite moments in Korra because it demonstrates how long he's been trapped in there.

[@qdalcourt3253]

I think the problem with Korra was a protagonist wasn't that she had flaws, that she was different or that she didn't feel consequences for her actions. She just didn't change all that much from the first to the last episode. Yeah, she got PTSD, but it went away just as quickly. Her feeling consequences yet not improving somewhat made it feel worse for me really.

[@neainez6376]

I feel like Korra needed more time on-screen facing her PTSD

[@phanboichau8498]

Aang had his entire culture destroyed, and he gets over it with 2-3 lines from katara, people call that amazing. Korra sufferes for 3 years, spanning half a season, the focus of one episode, I don't feel it needed any more focus to be amazing. Some may never like the show, "you gotta deal with it!"

[@neainez6376]

@@phanboichau8498 oh don't get me wrong I loved korra alot more than avatar but having PTSD myself I felt like they could have done a little more.

[@spacerose9676]

@@phanboichau8498 Um my guy I'm gonna have to disagree with you on that. He never truly gets over it just from 3 lines from Katara, it helps him but it also haunts him. He felt as if he was alone and he would always be alone despite Katara and Sokka confronting him, he still feels that way. During the 1st season, he visits a lot of places where he used to hangout 100 years ago like when he went to King Bumi's city because King Bumi was apart of his childhood. I think that's all I have to say but forgive me, it 2am and I'm pretty tired.

[@119_mohraflialamzah5]

@@phanboichau8498 nahh it still haunt him. He still feeling alone and feel he didn't have any place to called it home anymore. Just look when katara reunited with his father friend. Aang sure miss his family and he must deal with it.

[@brennan6886]

I think she needed way less on thay

[@yourresidentnolife1081]

I feel like there’s no down time in the legend of korra. There really isn’t a lot of time where they can just relax and have some character development.

[@craigpeoples9883]

Ok that's a far point the show does feel like it's always dealing with some big threat

[@yusufdurmus1557]

Exactly what I was thinking! Every time a season ended, we immediately got introduced to the next threat without really experiencing any recovery time. ATLA had a decent amount of episodes you could watch on their own, kind of like side missions/stories. But Korra had non of that, which made it a little too exhausting to me.

[@samthong3305]

I feel like at least half of Korra's problems could be solved if korra had more episodes every season

[@akzen1607]

@@yusufdurmus1557 true

[@majencia2003]

they really tried too hard with The Legend of Korra

[@american1207]

So ppl don't like Toph being a cop because they don't like cops in the real world? This is the 1st I'm hearing that and uhh well that just sounds stupid. It's a fictional world. I don't like genocide or child abuse but it was a good plot point in the show. If they could make it interesting and it's in line with her character so be it.

[@introdispenser5707]

I see Toph becoming more of a bending teacher than an officer. It just makes more sense based off her character in the show

[@First_LastName]

@@introdispenser5707 yeah what happened to her metal bending academy from the comics?

[@Electricc__]

the libtards gotta cancel everything

[@catholicfemininity2126]

It is stupid to not like something in a show just cause you have a problem with it in real life unless it attacks your values or something like that. No where in the show did Toph give a speech on how 'people should trust all cops' blah blah blah..... I like the idea of Toph growing up from her rebellious phase and realizing that being a cop isn't for her and then doing something else.

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

Yeah, I never heard such takes before. Especially the "didn't age well" part. Is anybody complaining about Zootopia being abot cops, and becoming g a cop being dream job?

[@ahuman3443]

It’s actually an ok show. It’s just we’re comparing it to avatar the last airbender which was the best show ever

[@cultok]

yeah avatar the last air bender is up there with regular show and gravity falls

[@midori7089]

ATLA just raised the bar too high for LOK to compete properly. I actually think if you take out the lost avatar connections and the giant robot ending, the show could have been more loved.

[@Loppedofflemons]

@@midori7089 And also the whole relationship problem cause that was a dumpster fire.

[@sarahgerbasi2549]

aang and katara would have been such good parents. like even if aang ‘favored’ one of his kids over the other (which is unlikely considering his character) katara would have been so pissed. she would have been so mad. like....HUH????

[@LexaNightcore]

THIS, they made katara this obedient housewife who doesn't speak up to her husband. This is not who she was in atla!!!!

[@worldfuturestar]

@@LexaNightcore Exactly

[@wandeesthoughts]

Exactly! The Katara from ATLA wouldn't allow that

[@superdewott3209]

How would we know that? We've never seen them eith kids before. But Katara would be the motherly one, I agree. She DID help in giving birth to babies in her old tribe, and sometimes acted like a nagging mother to Sokka 🤣

[@LunaBari]

*Aang and Katara

[@igotwect3174]

Why the heck should you be getting up and arms about Toph being a cop just because of the recent events?! The Avatar world doesn’t face the same problems our world faces. Just because Toph being a cop doesn’t mean she is automatically all the things we dislike about cops in reality!

[@haztac5973]

Ikr! THIS IS A CARTOON!!! God damn, people gotta stop comparing cartoons that didn’t even take place/ air during these current events. LOK aired from 2012-2014 not fucking 2020! Honestly i hate that they judged Toph’s becoming a cop bc of events taking place 6 years AFTER the show ended

[@TarboGreatApe]

Plus not all cops are bad

[@matt98785]

@@TarboGreatApe true

[@thesnatcher3616]

Too true. Too true. It's probably just people trying to force their own problems into other people's faces. Pathetic really. Shows and entertainment as a whole are supposed to be a form of escapism. Do you really need to bring in real-world issues into the conversation? No. Shut up and enjoy the dang show. It's like saying Batman should be arrested for vigilantism.

[@AP-ex6qz]

@@haztac5973 RIGHT!? This entire Roundtable video is just so bad. They even have the audacity to call Korra the worst Avatar. What poor video content quality.

[@ruthanngoodfield9337]

When legends of Korra first came out when I was a kid I feel like the biggest thing that bugged me was the city. I was still pretty young kid when this came out. Even though it makes sense that the city would be so advanced it did kind of surprise me. And the fact that so many people in the city had problems with benders specially in the first season from what I remember, that just threw me off. That was my issue when I first saw it.

[@gabrielamaral978]

Man, the worst argument or yours was about korra getting over with PTSD. PTSD is not solved by things like "just get stronger". That was just really bad depiction of mental issues.

[@geardog24]

The origin of Bending makes me wonder if the Avatar wasn't just the chosen one being reincarnated, but Raava hopping into a new human hosts.

[@melancholygirl7793]

Technically it is reincarnation since Raava and Wan were permanently fused.

[@racool911]

Nah it's reincarnation

[@sparrowcf]

That would make sense, the avatar could be a 'fusion' of rava, wan & whoever the avatar is

[@astra3310]

It is just Raava jumping to a new host, she just carries the past memories and personalities with her to the next host. The Avatar is merely the next host of Raava.

[@marcus5044]

There’s a difference?

[@txfee8160]

I don't like the relationship side, one episode they were dating and 5 mins later she cheated on him with his bro and next he went out with another girl

[@Mix2Fix]

They ( Korra and bolin) were hanging out enjoying not dating

[@bornalegend3610]

@@Mix2Fix nah man they were dating

[@Twinklethefox9022]

yeah. I don't like the relationship at the end. It seams like it only happened because of the fans and came out of nowhere

[@mj2fast]

@@Mix2Fix they were dating but it was nothing serious Korra just broke bolins heart

[@seankrkovich2869]

Getting a new girl after your previous gal cheats on you is normie behavior

[@DishRag1]

I didnt think that Toph becoming a cop was so odd and I dont find it controversial at all. Why would anyone bring real world politics into it.

[@WaterKirby1994]

I thought it made for a cool character development twist personally.

[@Persephone_Lovelace]

Bruh politics had nothing to do with it and made the video invalid in my eyes. Way before all that became a thing no relevance to it

[@brad5426]

The 'cops are bad' stuff you tried to argue was weird, the rest I agree with.

[@bonda_racing3579]

The first part with toph being a police officer is definitely strange. Are they gonna be mad when juddy hops from zootopia is promoting law enforcement? This topic is only relevant because of current world events. Otherwise why bring it up?

[@tomasgonzalezaspe599]

To me it made sense toph was bossy and she liked to fight bad guys, police officer is the perfect job for that (also i cant see toph doing anything else, except earthbending teacher)

[@rokamayono2312]

I feel like that part didn’t have actual relevance to the show or his argument…

[@breadman5116]

Cops are bad. Cope and seethe

[@Nomnomnomnomie]

The cutting off from the avatars is my main complaint, it is like a big middle finger to the world and story.

[@njbrx]

It’s stupid as hell

[@njbrx]

All those past avatar lives got thrown out the window

[@Alina_Schmidt]

@@njbrx ... by Unawatu. Sure it sucks, but at least it’s honest in a way that villians do evil stuff that has consequences and cannot always be undone. Even Korra as recovering from trauma has this notion: She deals with it not by turning back time or erasing her mistakes, but to accept them and herself and move on.

[@captainguyman7382]

@@Alina_Schmidt sure it’s fine to just accept in the next seasons, but the second season should’ve never happened. That villainous act and Korra rising up was not earned. When that happened all we saw was a dumb dumb failing and ruining our childhood in a terrible season that was hard to watch throughout. It would’ve been much better if the rest of the season was good and Korra was competent and failed despite her best efforts, but that’s not what happened. Just because something is “realistic” is flimsy. Imagine if Star Wars ended with the first movie when Luke tripped on his lightsaber. Done bam, end of story. Realistic? Yes. Good? Fuck no.

[@CelVini]

this is called >consequences< you hope the hero never lossds anything important during the journey...

[@fried_chicken0842]

When Korra lost her bending I felt she shouldn't of got her bending back till she fought unalaq and vatu . I feel like her mastering air bending without the other elements would be more interesting.

[@helpineedsleep2101]

Micah Matheny there wasn't gonna be the next seasons originally

[@lorneaa]

i blame nick

[@zachfeifel1777]

Book One was a supposed to be a standalone Miniseries. They weren't sure whether or not it would get renewed for another season. So having an overarching plotline like that just wasn't going to happen.

[@celinefye384]

Funfact (though quite dark fact) at the end of season one she went to the edge to kill herself to give the world another chance, but Aang intervened and taught her the bending that he used to take Ozai's bending away. That is why she was so sad walking up to the edge. The world needs an avatar, a person who can bend all elements so if she didn't get it back at that time the second season would have been an earth avatar (:

[@AUG_Glow]

@@celinefye384 proof? Not trying to be a douche but people tend to just say a bunch of stuff without any sources

[@magpie4054]

some other issues with LoK that are much smaller than this but still worth noting: Lin Beifong's treatment/writing - throughout the show we see her being a caring person, despite the fact that she hides it behind a rough exterior (sacrificing herself for Tenzin's family, Korra, Suyin, etc.) yet both her sister and her own mother repeatedly call her a "bitter loner". This is especially gross when coupled with a) Toph acting like *Lin* has something to apologize for and b) Suyin's very half-assed "I'm sorry I gave you a rough time when we were kids". Never in this show do Lin's feelings get validated, it's always *she* that has to say sorry. Suyin's issues with responsibility - we see several times that she just. doesn't take responsibility for things (her scarring Lin never gets a proper apology, refusing to take action in the Earth Kingdom, saying "it wasn't my fault!" after she had previously assured Lin her security system was flawless, etc). this doesn't make her a bad person or anything but the show should seriously have acknowledged it. also Su claiming she sees Kuvira as a daughter but throughout s3, Kuvira was only ever seen as a guard and never in any family pictures or at their dinner table. not even touching on how easily Su decided to assassinate her. Kuvira - i don't know how to put this other than "i will never understand why Bryke chose to make the f@scist-coded character sympathetic". like, it's that simple. they overlook her crimes to make her "redeemable", which is... yeah no words.

[@Bamfism]

"I'm black so Toph being a Cop...." Ummm...lost me on that one Fam.

[@dc4185]

This video should be called “Defending Legend of Korra” instead of “The legend of Korra’s BIGGEST Issues...”

[@DJ-rd4pj]

Yeah, I think a lot of people hit the dislike and like button without watching the video!

[@thenerdiestbear5403]

@@DJ-rd4pj Well, after reading this comment I'm not really interested in watching the video. I've argued about how much Korra SUCKED more than enough.

[@dylancoykendall554]

@@thenerdiestbear5403 so you just won't give this video a chance? yikes 😬

[@RoundtableVids]

teehee

[@DJ-rd4pj]

@@thenerdiestbear5403 Not sure why'd you want to take away from people's enjoyment just because you don't enjoy something. I'm not saying you can't dislike it, but there's no need to be toxic about it.

[@missinsomnia4941]

They didn't give bending new origin. Lion turtles gave them ability to bend, but animals taught them how to bend properly.

[@coolgoku810]

Idk how something so simple goes over everyone's heads even when we see Wan training with a dragon

[@erwinvanos252]

@@coolgoku810 the fun part is. that it is the same move that aang and zuko did in the sun warrior episode.

[@bigmoe9856]

That is a new origin, bending was supposed to be learned and earned from the animals and spirits in the environment-not just learned _correctly_ . Bending the elements in any capacity, however, before The Age of The Avatar was not supposed to be. This was supposed to be the era when people bend the energy within their bodies. This is a new Origin, my dude, the magic system was revamped.

[@coolgoku810]

@@bigmoe9856 i think bend the energy in their bodies just meant stamina people really do overthink that. bending was learned and earned by animals just because u gave someone a tool doesnt mean they still dont have to be taught.

[@bigmoe9856]

@@coolgoku810 And I think the energy in the bodies meant doing the exact thing that happened in the finale of ATLA where Aang clashed his spirit with Ozai. Yk, that actual example of what energy is supposed to be. Bending, in LOK, was given by Lion Turtles. It was not earned, it was literally given-hell, Wan *accidently* created a huge flame at the first try. In ATLA, bending of similar proportion was something you'd have to practice for a few months-you'd at least have to have an idea of it like Aang did when he burned Katara. Shoe horning in Wan mimicking a dragon does not suddenly excuse that the creators rewrote *how* people learned the elements-that was them playing games with continuity and technicalities and it's lazy. And again, this was during the era where bending the elements did not happen-period. That comes *AFTER* the Avatar, and it looks like people had been doing this well before Wan stumbled across a butchered ying yang symbol.

[@kaisawatson]

If the show stopped at season 1, LOK would have been a perfect sequel. No messing with the lore, no irrelevant christian Evil vs good fight, no breaking of the avatar reincarnation circle, no love triangle, no Aang being a bad father and Katara not reacting to it, no dumbass Unalak, no Spirit Gundam fight against giant evil Avatar...

[@Virsery]

The fact that you think cops are bad because of one bad cop shows your incompetence of development as a human. Almost like you’re stuck in a 12 year olds mind.

[@Phil-fy2rl]

I’m not too sure why creating a militaristic style police force would be such a bad thing for Toph. Avatar Kyoshi basically did the same thing ... *twice*

[@blackpowderkun]

One became village protectors rooted on morals and the other is a secret agency that held no accountability to the public.

[@Phil-fy2rl]

Oh I guess I see you’re guys’ point. That’s probably why Toph left before it got really bad.

[@axolotsthegamer]

Aangs statue:*gets knocked down* Aangs Connection to Korra:*gone* Aang:*Still gets into the rest of the seasons through either his statue or spirit world*

[@saulek9649]

I do really like LOK but it has some big flaws. 1) What the original Gaang's members as parents were. Aang, who is such a beautiful, sensitive, understanding and free soul, was not presented as a very good parent. His kids did not turn out bad, some kind of villains, but they did not get enough attention from Aang himself, except Tenzin. And it looks like Tenzin felt a lot of presure from Aang too. Same can be said about other Gaang members too, only Zuko seems like he has done a good job as a parent, although we did not see a lot of scenes that included his daughter Izumi so we can not be sure how well he raised his child. It is just so wrong to me. 2) Character development. Now, I could not say that LOK characters did not experience any development at all but you just can not even begin to compare it with the development ATLA characters had. Every single one of them grew so much during the show. It was so amazing. And characters in ATLA were such a big personalities in general. I really missed this in LOK. 3) Broken bond with previous Avatars. That moment was so heart breaking. I think in a way it destroyed whole Avatar universe. I am so sad it was never brought up again. Just imagine, all that wisdom, expierence is gone now. Aang's soul will never live in another Avatar again. Anyway I still think that LOK is worth wathing and it is still a good show. I just think that ATLA was a masterpiece and live up to it for a spinof is practically impossible. P. S. Sorry for my possibly bad English it is not my native language.

[@kinkinibhattacharya8183]

1. I feel like a big part of LOK was to question these characters we put on a pedestal. They've had to govern and build up *the world* since they were 12/13. Irl that would unintentionally add to so much trauma. Them growing up to be flawed parents is not surprising to me honestly. I dont completely blame them for being flawed either.

[@ghettowetto958]

My biggest problem was that compared to ATLA, the characters of LOK were so much less likeable and less developed, in ATLA we got a whole episode centered around Zuko, Mai, Ty Lee and Azula, essentially humanizing the villains and making them very likeable, hell, Azula was my favorite character in the entire show. But in LOK its like we don’t really care about the characters besides Korra herself. Also another thing is, the show is just all action and no down time. We never really had any comedic or funny moments besides random throw ins in the show. Overall i would say LOK is a very good series but ATLA was generally better, the only part i liked about LOK more than ATLA was that i liked Korra more as an avatar and i liked the concepts more

[@rhunan3623]

I agree with most of the things you said. However, Our conclusions are differing. I wouldn't call LOK a very good series because if you consider the character development (just as you have done), execution of the plot and the conflicts, nothing seemed to be eligible to be classified as 'very good to me'. In ATLA you could literally feel the crux and heat of the conflicts and their growth. Even an issue such as Sokka and Moon spirit (I've forgotten her name) was great, less than three episodes or so but boy was it great. We see him still grieving the lost relationship even when with Suki, which is something we barely see in any of LOK nonetheless looking into the main issues they had. LOK had three seasons and I don't think they were able to create anything feasible. Then you come to the themes, they were good but they seemed forced like they were trying so hard to recreate what they got from ATLA that they started spiralling into ideologies they were not fully aware of, or they had not really though through. I agree LOK tries to be it's own story and I am aware of that but the fact that they still kept on painfully trying to make strong connections with ATLA just made them a candidate for comparison. And not just that. Something that bothered me throughout the whole series was how easy Korra got everything she had. Like when Aang comes to give her back her bending at the end of season 1 and told her that she being at her lowest connected her to her past selves, felt so much like a big lie and is a great example to teach people of the dangers of telling only and not showing. We never actually see her learn during her lowest points. Her lowest point at that time, I presume, was her loosing her bending and the only thing we see her learn was that if she got hurt, angry or emotional enough she could unlock a new ability. And if she got sad, reclusive and neglected everyone enough she could could have Aang (or someone else ) to her aid. She never learns what it means to be actually spiritual. She also ends up depreciating herself because she's no longer a bender of more than one element and she never learns how to deal with that. There are lots of things I believe should have been done differently before I could consider LOK a good series but at least the visuals were good and the world building too were nice. Oh and this is just on the side but Dante Busco, who originally voiced our sweet kid Zuko in ATLA, voicing his grandson in LOK, who is also named Iroh after our sweet wise general from ATLA, felt weird and it didn't fit to me. But oh well, if he wanted to take part in the second show, then why should he be stopped.

[@MinigunL5]

@@rhunan3623 Well said.

[@jashinsdisciple8512]

To be completely honest the issue with korra is there isn't a single character (other than varrick) who I like more than anyone from ATLA, like my second fav character from LOK (bolin) is less likeable than fucking ozai

[@MinigunL5]

@@mitsuri7485 That's more personal preference though.

[@MinigunL5]

@@mitsuri7485 okay. Personally I liked the idea of Korra, but the execution was very bad and she just became such an annoying character.

[@bobbygould1960]

Water Bending taught by Moon & Ocean Spirit. Earth Bending taught by Badger Moles Fire Bending taught by Dragons Air Bending taught by Flying Bison

[@biancataru7235]

@@Daisy-bi5zb no they didn’t. The animals and the water spirits TAUGHT the people how to use their bending. The lion turtles GAVE the people the ability to bend.

[@tanandalynch9441]

By the moon itself not the moon and ocean spirits

[@tanandalynch9441]

@@biancataru7235 the lionturtles never actually had elements. The one we met literally says "We bent not the elements but the energy within ourselves" Energybending is not elemental bending.

[@mr.preston1632]

@@tanandalynch9441 They basically unlock hidden genes within them

[@biancataru7235]

@@tanandalynch9441 then how do you explain that a lot of non-benders don’t have the ability to bend? For example, we saw Sokka being near a flying bison, the ocean and the moon spirit and the badgermoles, yet he couldn’t bend any element.

[@varunbhat2077]

The Beginnings part makes complete sense. The lion turtles gave the ability to bend. (Like in ATLA, the lion turtle gave Aang the power to energy bend.) Whereas, they learnt from the animals how to control and use these abilities. How could just create fire just by looking at the dragons? There has to be something inside you that can enable you to do it.

[@midori7089]

I agree, I actually like the first avatar story. They learned from the animals but to learn they would have to have the ability to bend. If learning from animals is the only thing you needed for people to bend, then by that definition Asami, Sokka, and other non bender could learn to bend.

[@forcecaptainoverlordsuprem2964]

Exactly. I remember when I first heard the waterbenders learned how to bend by watching the moon I was like...oh please. The moon doesn't change how would it teach you how to bend but I silenced myself by telling myself to write my own series if I was so clever. My point is it's a cartoon it's subject to change

[@kinkinibhattacharya8183]

Plus I remember one of those hunters or something from the Lion Turtle city that grants fire say something along the lines of how Wan controls fire like an extension of himself. So obviously the Lion Turtles grant them the element and the animals teach them to bend amd control the element.

[@jilliansutherland2897]

yeah it might be cool and make sense on its own, but it basically retcons the og show

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Louder for the people in the back!

[@sliceofspanish4189]

Aang wasn't a bad father he just spent more time with Tenzin because he wanted to pass down alot of traditions of airbending

[@ravenanimations3176]

I really like how much LoK feeds into the inverse avatar theory(I don’t know what it’s actually called), the theory that every avatar is the opposite of their previous life. Kuruk was useless because Yangchen was amazing. Kyoshi assembled the earth kingdom because Kuruk didn’t accomplish anything. Roku focused on the world because Kyoshi only helped the Earth kingdom. Aang ran from responsibility because Roku didn’t. And Korra built her identity around being the Avatar because Aang didn’t want to be.

[@eshuansauce4082]

Kuruk wasn’t even useless, he literally sacrificed his life to preserve Yangchen’s legacy and hide her greatest failure, keeping peace between humans and spirits. However, everything else was accurate, I just wanted to clear up that Kuruk wasn’t terrible and Yangchen wasn’t exactly godly either.

[@ravenanimations3176]

@@eshuansauce4082 Yeah, I feel bad for Kuruk. He had a tough time as an Avatar.

[@lauraweyne4986]

yes! i think that the last’s avatar biggest regret becomes the next avatar’s “mission”

[@arlainecarinugan3703]

Kuruk is by far the best avatar he saved the whole world and didn't want to tell anyone bc he didn't want them to be in danger and a million more things, he is also the most powerful avatar we have seen maybe on par with szeto bc he literally fought father gloworm when he was at full power, kyoshi couldn't defeat the weakest version of father gloworm

[@ravenanimations3176]

@@arlainecarinugan3703 he was left cleaning up Yangchens mess, and got a bad public image. The “worst” compared to Yangchen, whose almost universally seen as the “best”

[@JessaGrace091887]

I got a lot of issues with LOK, especially when the connection to the past lives got severed for good.

[@timtam3730]

That was basically an escuse for them to retcon everything.

[@summer5684]

Yeah cuz she started the new cycle. She is now the new Wan. To me its no big deal, she didn't communicate to her past lives much except in Book 1. I thought Korra was strong and brave. :)

[@jgoqs]

At that point, I stopped whatching LOK

[@timtam3730]

@@summer5684 Nope. In the extended comics it is revealed that the Avatar can never recall their past lives, not even the one after Korra, so Korra had to write a bunch of letters to explain everything.

[@summer5684]

@@timtam3730 I know. They cannot recall their past lives but the future avatars can communicate directly to Raava (the past avatars wasnt able to do that) but Korra managed to talked to Raava I forgot which chapter.. So yeah, same with Wan before he died, he was able to talked to Raava directly. And for the record, Bryan and Michael Dante already said one of their interviews and clarification that Korra started a new cycle. No more past lives connection but they can communicate to Raava directly. Just like Wan, there was no past lives cuz he started the cycle. And now its Korra. The next avatar will use their own wisdom. So...

[@gman9tree851]

Why does the cop thing matter so much it's a cartoon not real life

[@enteikarino6921]

Personally, I found myself having a hard time liking the main cast. The love triangle was so bad, I hated Korra and Mako. I know it was realistic, but it passed by pretty quickly with realistic consequences. Then Book 2 happened where Mako and Korra broke up, Mako and Asami got back together (why?), Korra then loses her memory and GOES BACK TO MAKO!! This was infuriating. I also didn’t like Bolin’s advances on Ginger which was scummy and horrible, why did he do that? Asami was the only character I didn’t hate, but I wasn’t amazed by her and I don’t remember much of what she did aside from sponsorships, company, and being amazing at fighting for some reason. When Book 3 started and the relationships settled down, I slowly began to like Korra by this point, but I was kinda confused as to why Korra and Asami got together, simply because I didn’t think there was much build up or signs to it, but I’ll chalk that up to Nickelodeon checking in like your parent constantly interrupting you during a show.