The Legend of Whorra: Book 3 (Part 2)

[@marlom7882]

As much as E;R hates LoK he’s put more thought into the series in general than the producers did writing this

[@nigeltheoutlaw]

That's true of multiple KZbin critics, sadly.

[@marlom7882]

@@nigeltheoutlaw that is a very good point

[@DannySmith-]

I think that's just the reason why he put more thought into it: he is a fan of A;TLA

[@ari3903]

@Viktorian If Japan had the capacity to industrialize and invent faster than "chinks from China", then why didn't they do it much earlier? I think you missed the whole point. It's much easier to implement a foreign technology than it is to invent it yourself.

[@nigeltheoutlaw]

@@ari3903 Credit where credit is due, Japan is one of the only first world nations on Earth that isn't white, so clearly even copying white people is too much for most on Earth to pull off.

[@prickly10000]

"I guess you could call this friendship building... or clever foreshadowing" *Korra being an abuser is so in her character its canon to me now*

[@KrofisPlays]

Korra's behavior with Mako back in s1 makes it hard for me to believe that she wouldn't gaslight the shit out of anyone else she would be in a relationship with. All it takes is someone challenging her worldview (even as politely as possible) to set her off and probably earth bend a rock into somebody's skull. I honestly can't imagine her being married, let alone with kids.

[@katatonikbliss]

@im sacred wow i cant believe they finally released the trojan

[@katatonikbliss]

girl on girl domestic abuse is so hot 😍😍😍

[@arkive11]

@im sacred it must suck having nothing going on

[@mmtigan]

@@arkive11 why are you saying this to a bot

[@Laxhoop]

The writers expect us to believe that adult Toph cared so much about her reputation as a police chief, that she would destroy evidence of her daughter’s crimes, yet they never, ever mention the fact that her publicly sleeping around, and having multiple baby daddies, would have absolutely called that reputation into question, in any logical 1800s inspired society.

[@ShokuaK]

We know she had a brief relationship with her first baby daddy, and it was probably the same with her second. Two failed romances hardly equals sleeping around.

[@screwgoogle4993]

@@ShokuaK She's a HOOOAH

[@mohamedbelkacem9889]

@@nekoenjoyer nono, they got a point, maybe she had two failed marriages. No wait, that's horrible.

[@ShokuaK]

@@mohamedbelkacem9889 Well, I guess I didn't realize this was the holier than thou sexist side of KZbin

[@ShokuaK]

@@Channel-gz9hm She knew them.

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

The "cycle of bad parenting" and "Aang was a bad parent" is not based in reality but rather the rapid increase in neuroticism in the digital age

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

Kratos: The cycle must end here *snaps Korra’s head before she could possibly have bad parenting*

[@donniedewitt9878]

Aang would be factually a great father.

[@mariokarter13]

Considering how much Korra focuses on the romance subplot it's more than a bit insulting for them to point at the previous series' romance subplot and say "They were a terrible couple and even worse parents btw"

[@revolversnake126]

realistic = people bad

[@nigeltheoutlaw]

40% of children are being raised by single mothers, so yeah I am pretty sure that bad parents abound in the modern world. It's just they're random women, and not literal world saving heroes that helped element Jesus defeat fire Satan.

[@Harry11enderson]

The creators of this show are fatherless and didn't know what good parents were

[@nigeltheoutlaw]

I don't think they know what good morals are, period.

[@akumaten]

As expected Aaron Ehasz, he's the real heart and soul of Avatar

[@youngmaster7405]

Aang was a good parent

[@arkive11]

@@youngmaster7405 You'll learn when you're older

[@youngmaster7405]

@@arkive11 i already know

[@magmos6346]

Honestly, what they did to Toph was probably the worst thing this series did. After everything she went through with her parents there is NO WAY IN HELL Toph would let things get that bad between her and her own kids. Oh, there would be butting heads due to egos, there's no two ways about that, but it would never get to the point no one is glad to see each other after years of being apart.

[@The1Ryu]

Saying Toph would be a good parent because her relationship with her parents was bad is no more valid then saying she would be a bad parent because her relationship with her parents was bad.

[@SkipperGin]

​@@The1Ryu Nobody's saying Toph would be a good parent because her relationship with her parents was bad. People are saying that Toph would be extremely unlikely to be a bad mother because she reconciled with her parents and underwent a journey of self-discovery in her youth that led her to meaningful long-lasting friendships. People with decent familial relationships, like Toph seems to have had after reconciling with her parents, and good friends don't often turn into deadbeat mothers with multiple kids from different fathers and years long seperations due to deep-seated issues. If Toph never ultimately ingratiated herself into Team Avatar, never became friends with the rest of the group, remained as standoffish to the end as she was at the start and never gave her parents another chance? Sure, I kould see Korra's Toph being a thing in that scenario, but that's just not the reality that Korra's writers were working with. Toph turning out the way she did was essentially her clutching defeat from the jaws of victory. Realistically she had the best chances of becoming a decent parent out of the entire squad with Aang losing his people and father figure, Katara/Sokka losing their mother and not often seeing their father and Zuko's entire family situation being fucked, but she somehow turned out the absolute worst and seemed to exhibit character flaws that she never had as a kid and I just couldn't see her developing.

[@darkpinkgirl6684]

@@The1Ryu what kind of nonsensical argument is this?

[@The1Ryu]

@@darkpinkgirl6684 A sensical one, if you are not capable of understand something so simple then don't comment.

[@soundwavesuperior28]

@@The1Ryu You literally didn’t even try responding to the rebuttal that proved you completely wrong, but okay.

[@basharalassad6854]

E;R has worked harder this year than he has in the past 3 years.

[@physical_insanity]

Dude's really spoiling us with new releases.

[@meatiest1989]

Bashar watches ER

[@zacariasnelson5753]

And we’re all here for it

[@WeAreInYourWall]

That's racist.

[@erikbihari3625]

But korra been talked to death, imagine if he covers New stuff like kenobi,Andor, or Sonic!🤭

[@jakefrost7404]

*_The potential romance arc between E;R and Straw Nerd is much more convincing and compelling than the KorraSami grift._*

[@fruitloops2058]

Their tension, interactions and dynamic is unironically more interesting than the main couple -if you can call them that- That's honestly sad.

[@elizabeth5561]

There isnt even romance and i completely agree

[@fleebogazeezig6642]

Who’s straw nerd again?

[@fruitloops2058]

@@fleebogazeezig6642 png glasses guy who e;r uses to bring up points

[@fruitloops2058]

@@elizabeth5561 i mean. Nerd did blush last video and E;R this one made a heart. So we're either being baited or something is going on. Either way entertaining

[@emperorbirb1]

Tenzin telling the new "airbenders" to abandon their families to train with him, WHILE HE STILL HAS HIS FAMILY, is very hypocritical. E;R's right. Tenzin hangs out with Korra too much. Her own hypocritical nature has infected him.

[@Mayhzon]

Imagine being in a timeline where stuff isn't completely ruined just yet, you sit next to your 8/10 wife who gives you love every other night, you have many kids to prove it and along comes this airbender fuckwit to take it all away. Ye, ez nope.

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

Oh, my lord...

[@hanburgundy4317]

Or he's desperate and singularly focused on rebuilding the Air Nation and doesn't understand at first why anyone _wouldn't_ want to live that lifestyle.

[@galten7361]

@Han Burgundy You sound like someone who thinks Korra has great writing that is totally relevant to reality.

[@hueyfreeman6262]

​@@galten7361because he is

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Each korra villain's philosephy is a gimmick rather than character motivation

[@hiruyabebaw807]

*philosophy but your right

[@Sousabird]

What you mean the 4 different flavors of radical terrorist/take over the world psychopath didn't do it for you

[@jovenc4508]

@@hiruyabebaw807 *you're but nice try.

[@Beriorn]

You're onto something here. Amon: Communism Unalaq: Religious fundamentalism Zaheer: Anarchism Kuvira: Fascism

[@pokeman5000]

Whats worse is that Amon's philosophy is actually pretty realistic and fair. If certain humans were born with raw intrinsic power they would 100% be corrupt P.O.S to non benders. Don't like it? Here's a rock/fireblast to your face. But thats getting dangerously close to "class warfare" a very real possibility irl. So they had to nip that in the bud real quick. Benders would hold all positions of authority solely because they can easily smash anyone in their way. It would be a true apartheid state and thats a bit heavy for Nickelodeon lmao.

[@tylercoon1791]

I hope that this series ends with E;R and Strawnerd walking into a pillar of light together, holding hands

[@barbarabaker1457]

More likes people this Has to happen!

[@JayTohab]

This would make me so mad, it's the lowest hanging fruit, and I absolutely love it.

[@Gman224]

oh he was absolutely setting that up you saw it a mile away

[@DannySmith-]

Unless he finally shoots Strawnerd.

[@matthewdavis1652]

I need to draw this lol

[@triela7502]

I LOVE how he covers the absurd fact Toph ended up being a neglectful parent, finally someone that sees how much of a crime it is to ruin one of your protagonists like that.

[@The1Ryu]

I'm sorry that Toph not being perfect, not even she just wasn't a perfect mother, ruins her character for you. Normal people can just accept hero being flawed, yes even deeply flawed.

[@The1Ryu]

@@vnolan633 "[Toph] being bad parent because she is too responsible for the city protection is just absured." No what is absurd is that you all take what happened in the show and have this interpretation and then act like it's the show's fault that you miss understand the relationship between the character and their reasons for their actions. All seemingly because you just want to hate the show.

[@zaimatcat145]

@@The1Ryu what's there to misunderstand, when the character in the sequel ended up completely different from the original. Can you elaborate what the character went thru to turn out this way or give any explaination that can go against the video's point? It is entirely the show's fault to not explain any backstory, don't blame viewer for getting baffled when they see a character developed 180 without any explaination during the timeskip.

[@The1Ryu]

@@zaimatcat145 The problem is the characters personality didn't completely change. Both Aang and Toph are portrayed the same way, but little things get blown out of proportion. Like Aang at 40 not wanting to be called a childhood nickname, did Aang in ATLA give any indication that he liked the nickname, or that tolerating it was a core part of his personality. Did Toph give some indication that she would never break the rules to protect her daughter. She definitely was the type to over up her emotions by acting tough. How are they out of character?

[@zaimatcat145]

@@The1Ryu I never bring up Aang but ok, him being mad at getting called a childhood nickname by Toph as a joke just makes him look immature and their relationship grew backward like the first time they met? Did they have a dispute we don't know, or he had a memory lost to not expect Toph to act that way? As for Toph, is she still suppose to over up her emotions by acting tough against her family and friends? does she not learn to express her true emotions and soft side with them already? Her being a police chief is already questionable for someone who couldn't do paperwork as she's blind, why does she deeply wants to be one and prioritize the job over her daughthers? For a character who should know better what the kids really needed since she also desired one as a kid herself, the show better be able to convince the viewers why she ended up that way. That's the problem, when the show just timeskip everything we can only make assumption, there's no clear picture of wtf is going on and why they ended up as a bad parent. Again, that's the show's fault, when they don't explain why a hero fall from grace, which isn't entirely a new concept, just bad execution.

[@Ace01010]

the fact that they put toph saying "korra is the worst avatar" into the show says alot

[@Ace01010]

@neckneck nah definitely will.

[@InitialPC]

@neckneck show me the part where she says that about aang

[@InitialPC]

@neckneck that last part was katara, not aang also its one thing to be snarky or mean its another thing to say "youre the worst avatar"

[@lt3746]

@neckneck no way, Kuruk made a ton of mistakes but spent the remainder of his life trying to make up for it. Korra is nowhere near that.

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

Korra severed the connection with the past lives and the let the genocidally bigoted spirits run rampant again. She's by far the worst Avatar.

[@huseyindemirci9113]

About metal bending: if you notice that in the original series toph needs to physically contact with metal in order to bend it. There is no scene in atla where toph metalbends without touching it. But in LOK everyone can fucking sclupt metal from 100 meters away.

[@LHSMeleeClub]

This is a point that I wish more people would mention lol

[@samcochran8203]

this. THIS!!!!!!!

[@rooksfoot1184]

TBF tho by the time Korra series occurs.... hoards of firebenders can generate lightning to produce electricity wholesale... as some sort of zero hours employment option

[@youngmaster7405]

@@rooksfoot1184 no they cant, we only see six lightning benders in total. Compared to the millions of firebenders thats nothing

[@youngmaster7405]

Toph bends metal three times without touching it in avatar the last airbender. She gradually got better after using it a bunch

[@GinHindew110]

"Who is Korra's best villain? I mean, Zaheer is no Amon... but neither was Amon" Yep, perfectly describes he whole series' conflict

[@GigaChadh976]

It’s korra

[@youngmaster7405]

@@GigaChadh976 korra's not a villain

[@GigaChadh976]

@@youngmaster7405 could have fuckin fooled me

[@GinHindew110]

@@youngmaster7405 when it comes to leadership, being incompetent is the same as being evil

[@samcochran8203]

@@youngmaster7405 nah, she's just a toxic narcissistic abuser to mako, Bolin, Asami, and when it comes to pretty much everyone around her she tries to shut them up or shut them down at some point and make things about her, while taking no responsibilityfor the consequencesof her actions, particularly with leaving the spirit portals open and having those vines ravage republic city, totally not a bad guy

[@RogueFox2185]

Considering how dirty Aang and Toph were treated, at least they left Sokka and Zuko alone, but man Toph got brutalized by character Assassination.

[@DannySmith-]

This whole series should have left the Avatar universe alone.

[@nigeltheoutlaw]

I maintain that Korra was the first show in the trend of progressives destroying beloved series and characters. They totally wiped their crack with Toph, Aang, and all the lore just to have their Mary Sue gurl boss prove her brown wap was on fleek.

[@hipsterelephant2660]

I will never not be mad at what they did to Toph. She's quite possibly my favorite character in fiction and now she's just a broken mom.

[@maskofthedragon]

Sokka had the benefit of dying from Snu-snu before the series began

[@marlom7882]

@@nigeltheoutlaw then Star Wars was next

[@jjjmadness8306]

Something finds so ironic about shows like Korra is despite how desperate their attempts to come off as mature, they always write the most cartoonish evil characters, like the Earth Queen and then kill them off for the audience to cheer.

[@youngmaster7405]

You do know ozai exists right? I see double standard

[@NDenizen]

This is just classic modern media in a nutshell. Media "for kids" is made by people who give a damn about proper life messages and so write consistently. Once it's for "older audiences" the writing crumbles into fucking dust because apparently anything goes.

[@youngmaster7405]

@@NDenizen can you explain that better?

[@jawwer00]

@@youngmaster7405 The difference with Ozai is that he wasn't the antagonistic "face" of Avatar. While he was the top dog and largest threat, he was more of an end goal than an real presence. The actual in there, being the villain torch was carried by mostly Zhao, Zuko, and Azula. Zhao was rather shallow, but not so unreasonably cruel that he would self sabotage even in the short term just to demonstrate it, Zuko ended up getting a very nuanced redemption arc, and Azula had so much charisma and personal gravity to her, that many ended up rooting for her despite her horrid end goals and personal values. Making a villain rotten to the core is fine, but they have to be presented in a way that the audience's only takeaway isn't "well this person is here to get shit on for cheap chatarsis".

[@schnek8927]

@@NDenizen That is so f*cking true... It's so obvious that these (usually young) writers are just dysfunctional edgelords who think having all the characters act like bipolar children is somehow character complexity or good writing... They also seems to have grown up believing the lie "morals are subjective", so now they think blatantly evil characters are morally grey and are actually just misunderstood... Well, unless it's a middle-aged or older white businessman of course... Those are *always* evil, obviously. *Sigh...*

[@JustAnArrogantAlien]

So the writers have Toph cover up Su Yin’s felonies because the knowledge that her daughter’s a criminal would hurt her rep as chief of police. No consideration for how much _worse_ her rep will be scarred when it gets out that the chief of police is using her authority to shield her daughter from justice? From badass to dumbass. Look how they massacred my girl!

[@Dan-gs3kg]

Or the fact that she'd probably be a doting tomboy mother and wife. Having what's her face the daughter be overly stern to keep her mother in check as a police chief would be the way to go.

[@youngmaster7405]

People say that toph being a police is character assassination in the first place and then when she does something that makes sense for her character you say she’s massacred MAKE UP YOUR MIND

[@danielalaiz419]

this reminds me of the conviction of bator crouh junior, and how his father immediately said he wasn't his son and threw him in jail, bator father is ruthless in the books but i'm glad his son is not privileged

[@Hypogean7]

@@youngmaster7405 Saving face is not in character for Toph.

[@youngmaster7405]

@@Hypogean7 but breaking rules is. All im pointing out is how people hate her being a cop but hate her being irresponsible

[@Rannos22]

Master level ending

[@RetroFan2.0]

Really got me there I thought my phone died 😂

[@cymes82]

@Eye bugger off ,spammer.

[@artygnat3806]

@Eye shut up scammer

[@coonyman10]

You know he had to do it to 'em

[@OckhamAsylum]

I genuinely whispered "you bitch" to nobody after I realized what just happened. I was blue balled like I didn't have enough to pay for a full hour.

[@kingofallcasuals698]

Favorite part is when he describes the Queen as a sociopath and shows Korra first before cutting to her

[@LevtNow]

@im sacred i will release your father from prison cell if you will grow as a person

[@theless-than-goodhunter7019]

I’m pleasantly surprised that Sokka is forklift certified

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

I'm not as critical of the technology jump in Korra as E;R-senpai because of just how advanced the Fire Nation is at the start of ATLA and has had reliably steam powered steel warships for at least sixty years before that. Contrary to what some people may think, reliable and efficient steam power is an advanced technology that requires precision tools and instruments to produce, especially on large scale, anyone who thinks a superheated small-tube boiler coupled to a steam turbine is comparable to a spinning kettle is taking our modern world for granted and probably can't clean the carburetor on a chainsaw to save his life. Anyway, using all metal steam powered warships as a touchstone, HMS Warrior came online in 1860, add 60 years to that and we have the 1920s, and that's being generous. If we consider when we started discarding sails on our ocean going warships, we're into the 1870s and the Fire Nation has already had such ships since at least 60 years before the start of ATLA, so all things being equal Korra should take place in the 1990's. It would explain Sokka's absence since he probably went to live on the moon in the 1960s. That being said, if you're still here, that Forklift fucking angered me beyond all reason! Did we ever see a standard pallet in ATLA?

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

To counter your point, steam power is actually pretty basic, the ancient Greeks knew about it, they, the Romans and medieval people just didn't apply it to anything other than toys, Irl medieval people could of had steam ships. But radios are a completely unrelated tech development. Aditonally you have to remember tech advancing rate is linked to literacy. Something that took centries to get to decent levels even after the printing press. This is because technological advancement is based off of the bouncing around of ideas. Something that happens at greater rates the more people are involved. The rate of technological advancent should thus be similar to the 1400s and we are looking at a slow tech advancement, 1496 tech is largely disinquishable to 1436 tech (the year printing press invented) Korra should still be similar tech level to the last airbender, just haveing fire nation tech more widespread.

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

@@matthiuskoenig3378 I'd just like to preface this with, That it's my God given right to be autistic; Before I go off to counter your point about steam engines, I will concede that technological development is not linear, and it's perfectly feasible to imagine a world where mechanical engineering developed but electricity remained an illusive force, just as an example, which is my reading on the world of ATLA because while the bare basics of steam propulsion might be simple, actually getting an engine that produces any sort of power is hard. Actually, an electric motor is much more simple in raw terms. The Newcomen steam engine is hardly an engine at all, in engineering terms, it's a steam motor and virtually produced no power. The Watt steam engine, the first actual steam engine, with a flywheel and governor assembly was an incredible feat of engineering for the time, and it was still hilariously inefficient and wholly unsuited for propelling a ship. It's like comparing Rudolph Diesel's prototypes of his engine with Modern Turbocharged Direct Injection Diesels. Even when engine AND boiler technology where advanced enough for ships to be outfitted with steam engines, they were still so inefficient that ships mainly relied on sails for cruising and engines solely for manoeuvring. Aside from Monitors, actual Battleline ships wouldn't drop sails from their designs until the 1870s. Let me reiterate, it's easy to build a steam toy, but to build an engine is incredibly hard, I'll just refer you to these videos for a very brief history on the development of naval steam engines; kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZKWZ6Rpq62hma8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6fIqpaoZZKKg7c And that's not even taking into account the metallurgy needed to create an all metal warship, like I said, we didn't have HMS Warrior until 1860 and she was much less advanced than Fire Nation fast Cruisers which I'd guestimate to able to make at least 20 knots but probably in excess of 30 since even an older ship with worn out engines can keep up with a sky bison.

[@jackienation12]

@@abrahamedelstein4806 woah that's alot of info I learned today, I am always interested in the industrial revolution and how the steam powered machines worked but never knew it was this complicated, I assume that the fire nation used fire bending to create steam easily without coal and stuff and that's how they advanced into the industrial level tech so fast.

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

@@jackienation12 You're welcome, it was a truly fascinating time of incredible technological leaps, which is why I'm not as harsh on LoK on this front but that being said, Republic City was a mistake and it's truly jarring because there is basically no set-up for it. It actually could have worked, if all the pieces had been laid out correctly, first of all, maybe Korra isn't excited to go to the "big city" because it's so foreign to everything she knows and how much it clashes with her idea of herself as the Avatar and her life in the South Pole. It would have been a perfect time to deploy a wise elderly Chieftain by the name of Sokka whom Korra confides in(because some Friendships are strong enough to transcend life times) tell Korra and us the audience just how much the world has changed in the preceding half a century. Why Sokka of all people? Because he is partially responsible for the brave new world as the partial inventor of War Balloons and Submarines before the age of 16.

[@randytyson]

I'm more excited to see this series be completely ripped into oblivion than I ever was for the actual series

[@mooocowcowcowmooo]

I never even watched Kora.

[@kendaar9002]

@@mooocowcowcowmooo Please, dont change that, its something I regret every day

[@giovanniprovost]

@@mooocowcowcowmooo IT SUCKED

[@ihaveakirbyobessesion2617]

@@giovanniprovost at least it makes for perfect mindless background noise for when you're doing anything and don't wanna focus on the series

[@youngmaster7405]

@@giovanniprovost it didnt tho

[@Blu3-Fir3]

It's bizarre how Bryke and the other writers didn't seem to even consider how their portrayals of Aang and Toph would be completely at odds with who they were in ATLA. They helped to create these characters, yet they completely ignored that in favor of realism. And I am also certain it was done to further devalue the cast of the original show in the hopes of putting their new characters above them. Aang became a father who apparently neglected most of his children. Despite that being the last thing he would ever do to his own children after losing the equivalent of his entire race. If anything, Aang would be very invested in his family, regardless of what kind of bender or non-bender they were. Toph became a single mother of two children from different fathers, neither of whom were present in their children's lives. And the implications of what that means never occurred me to when I first saw Book 3 of LoK. Now, I wonder if the writers are implying that Toph was sleeping around and never bothered to stay committed to any kind of relationship. Why? No idea, and neither did the writers apparently.

[@LHSMeleeClub]

It's just so sad! Iroh would say :c

[@samcochran8203]

I hate it when people try to justify her "character" in korra sleeping around because she'd always sense them lying I'm always like, listen here tumbler bitch, guys aren't default scumbags, you have them confused with your lazy whiny ass

[@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish]

Wow, it's almost like most of the good shit about Avatar came from Aaron Ehasz filtering Bryke's ideas into something actually worthwhile.

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

@@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish This. I've toyed with the idea in my head that the reason why we didn't see Sokka or Azula in LoK is because they were probably Ehasz original characters.

[@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish]

@@abrahamedelstein4806 Considering that Callum from Dragon Prince is just Sokka 2.0 down to the fucking voice actor and that Claudia is Azula but with the psychopathy replaced by autism you might very well be onto something there.

[@ImTheKingOfHyrule]

Reddit thinks it's realistic for parents to be horrible. I WONDER WHY.

[@darkpinkgirl6684]

@@vnolan633 ironic for redditors to be calling anybody incels

[@looinrims]

@@darkpinkgirl6684 everyone calls everyone incels, it’s just the internet buzzword for now so stupid

[@Dan_Kanerva]

i believe deep down they know the story is complete a$$ , but they are forced to cope and call it "masterpiece" only because it would make the people who don't like the show (which _are totally only the "evil far right toxic males" and nobody_ else) raise eyebrows

[@DannySmith-]

I think people believe they had bad parents and therefore a character being a bad parent must equate to good writing. It is TOTALLY in ""character"" no matter how much it is contradicting and no matter how little sense it makes.

[@katatonikbliss]

@@DannySmith- it's just because they're stupid i had bad parents and i know that not everyone's parents are bad, but because pretentious reddit tards have 0 empathy, they just project their own childhood onto everyone else

[@philleW12]

7:50 To be fair, if anyone could be an "Anarchist Monarchist" it would be Bumi.

[@Christian-en6lk]

He is neutral jing

[@semi-useful5178]

He is Based and Shire-pilled

[@theravenking5930]

Imagine if King Bhumi was still alive lol

[@GyaruRespecter]

Anarcho-Aristocracy: Where the government follows the organization of a strict monarchy, with one exception: sucession. It's a free-for-all where anyone can be King/Queen if they win the bloody civil war that happens every time the ruler dies. Or, as I like to call it; Byzantine bureaucracy.

[@lt3746]

Anarcho-Monarchism, the perfect political position on Reddit

[@darken2417]

Ack!!!!! My heart.... Toph... not only did they give you to a no-name no-face background character but they made you remarry to another no-name no-face background character and tuirned you into Yoda.

[@nekoenjoyer]

Honestly? I'd be fine with that if her men were no-name metal bending cops who died in the line of duty during the early days of Republic City. This would give Toph more of a reason to focus on fighting crime rather than being a mother, while also not assassinating her character by making her a dirty ho.

[@darken2417]

@@nekoenjoyer The being a cop thing is cringe though. Could have done so much more like maybe her family has claims to the throne. And of course could have had that Zuko route which when paired with this could lead to political spiciness. I firmly believe that characters should always have their relationships built up and at least hinted at before timeskipping. Like "Oh, those two ended up together" or "I can see how that could have happened". But here its just "Sigh... seriously? We never even saw the guy? Not even once?" But of course timeskipping still is not ideal especially when we actually would have liked a continuation of their story if it was done good.

[@Noperare]

Did she remarry? There is so much character assassination going on I would not be surprised if Toph is total hoe who got pregnant twice from random guys

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

@@nekoenjoyer I mean, out of all the original crew Toph seems like she would make the worst parent. Being suddenly tied to the responsibilities of a family would've come at odds with her unruly, free-spirit personality. The problem is that they made her a workaholic, which makes no sense.

[@hodb3906]

@@nekoenjoyer which makes me think. Toph is probably 100% blind on a bed doing it. Toph most likely fuked someone on a rock.

[@strawnerd9300]

14:36 But E;R she wasn't recruiting people to join an army! She was recruiting people to join the faith of the chosen air nomads!

[@FMK03]

I hope your friendship with E;R blossoms into more wholesome interactions.

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

and become lovers, once again!😊

[@combativeThinker]

Ah yes. A religion of peace. Now where have I heard that one before?

[@mohamedbelkacem9889]

​@@combativeThinkerthere is no such a thing as an ideology of peace, because if it existed it's fate would be that of the air nomads in avatar the last Airbender.

[@Koonski]

Sokka being untouched being the work of god, was such a nice touch 😂

[@mekudu-man3804]

but pretty sad that we never really saw him again or his family (if he had any)

[@gemtownMANCHURIA]

@@mekudu-man3804 the more time we dont see him means less time the writers have to ruin his character

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

@@mekudu-man3804 This, although they would have raped his character so bad it's not even funny.

[@ulaznar]

@@mekudu-man3804 Sokka realized his potential and became an alpha male. He was killed by some heartbroken woman he didn't even remember

[@superbrainz2357]

@@ulaznar Sigma grindset

[@MeatloafMan455]

My biggest problem with lava bending. This Earth Bender can instantly melt a rock to liquid, but the strongest fire bending in world with a 100 time power boost can't.

[@skeith1543]

isn't it cause He's combining both bending styles together to achieve Lava Bending? Mere flame cannot melt rock and earth benders cannot bend Lava properly. As for Ozai and Sozen's comet, He wasn't aiming to liquify rock, but scorch the earth in a timely fashion, He or Azula probably could melt rock if they focused their powers to that task while the comet was in play.

[@GabrielAKAFinn]

@@skeith1543 No, because they kept that you can only bend one thing unless you are the avatar. He's a pure earth bender, it just so happens that you can melt rocks with your mind if the writers want you to enough. Also that scene where he melts the rock is such dogshit, he just holds his hands out and does it, no kata whatsoever.

[@MeatloafMan455]

This guy can just heat up a rock to 700/1300 Celsius casually. Compare this to freezing water. You are cooling down what should be room temperature water, witch is 18/24 Celsius and freezing it into 0/-10 Celsius. Comparing the two, that is such a huge gap in temperature manipulation. Would anyone have a problem if a water bender can boil water, an air bender making scorching hot air/colder than ice liquid air, a fire bender producing freezing plasma. I wouldn't have a problem if it was just the avatar doing these things.

[@Umcarasemvideo]

@@MeatloafMan455 Honestly turning water to ice makes perfect sense because it's just a matter of stoping the water molecules from vibrating which is perfectly in the perview of waterbending.

[@samcochran8203]

I always figured it was about having a pressured personality, and that that's the key to lava bending, holding up a facade of carefree vibrato but underneath having a lot of anxiety like Bolin,

[@Vivaporius]

Look, there was a way to fix the Lin and Suyin business while preserving Toph's personality and character building. You can show how in spite of Toph's best efforts, Suyin's need to be a rebel was stronger and demonstrate that the best efforts and intentions of a loving parent can still fail. Lin's behavior could be explained by her attempt to be the anti-Suyin, devoted to her mother's vision for justice and to keep her mother's attention. However, Toph, being chief of police, was more concerned with trying to get Suyin to stop breaking the law and ignored Lin as a direct consequence; not because she didn't care but because she was trying to keep Suyin out of trouble. This would perfectly explain why Lin ultimately becomes a bitter old woman who not just loses her mother's affection to Suyin (creating the rift), but also loses the man (Tenzin) and comes to hate the concept of family. Suyin is effectively awarded with her mother's attention in spite of doing everything wrong (being a criminal), and ultimately gets the guy and builds a loving family, angering her sister who did everything right and got nothing out of it. At the end of the day, it establishes why the two sisters don't like each other, while maintaining the character building of Toph and explaining how her daughters became who they were decades later.

[@Cailan_Mors]

That's a hundred times better than what we got.

[@emperorbirb1]

This is an infinitely better story line

[@islandboy9381]

Ermmm not enough "realism" aktually sorry..

[@dracvich]

Not enough "PEPLE BAD" because of REAL ISMS shut it down

[@hanburgundy4317]

That'd be a lot worse lol Instead of "my parents were overprotective, so I gave my daughters too much freedom" (which is realistic), you'd rather Toph actively ignore one daughter in favor of the other one who constantly breaks the law and still gets whatever she wants? That'd make Toph a bad parent. Y'all are goofy.

[@somerandomname3124]

I feel so bad for the poor souls who weren't here for the premier ending exactly when it says "It's revealed to be..." That moment was beautiful and I am lucky to have lived it.

[@miqvPL]

#wewe;rethe;re

[@DannySmith-]

I suppose we'll just have to tell them about it in hopes that they can learn from us.

[@bcfoss515]

!!!

[@jamesmcdonnell2455]

I got it vicariously, since I listen to videos in the background. The moment that ad popped up I went "You motherfucker, did you really just...?", and sure enough, the pain was real.

[@nigeltheoutlaw]

The jerk actually got me...

[@bandaid6550]

I think it was pretty based to show that the lack of a consistent male role model in their lives led to terrible consequences for both of Toph's children. Brike really showing single motherhood's problems.

[@HebiHouse]

Implying revolving dick problems for Toph too.

[@bertimusprime7900]

Yeah but why Toph gotta be a slut tho?

[@testacals]

Broski, this argument falls flat considering she wasn't a good mother.

[@walrusaurelius4801]

@@testacals That is rather the point.

[@Spartacus114]

@@testacals single mother = bad mother

[@natesiress1057]

Honestly, I wish they'd shown Zuko lightning bending in this series. The whole point is Zuko was at war with himself, and his inner conflict prevented him from separating the positive and negative energy around him. Lightning blew up in his face because he didn't have inner peace or total surety of his actions. Now, as a wizened old man who found his place in life decades ago and reconciled his past, there shouldn't be anything preventing him from lightning bending. It'd be another way of reinforcing his place as an Iroh-esque character. And we never got to find out how Iroh's joke started.

[@Hatneas]

I think zuko ever using lightning wouldn't be in character for him. Consider who used Lightning in his time, his father and his sister, two of the most ruthless characters in the entire series. Lightning generation doesn't seem like it's intended to be a heroic or zen type of bending. In fact, we never see Iroh do anything with lightning other than redirect it

[@natesiress1057]

@@Hatneas Iroh generates lightning to show Zuko how its done. He never hesitates to teach it to Zuko, indicating there's no moral compunction to learning how to lightning bend. The only concern presented with Zuko's use of lightning is that he might be *unable, not that he ever *shouldn't use it.

[@alfalldoot6715]

​@@HatneasWrong idiot

[@MagaracDebeluhar]

Strawnerd's character development is top notch

[@planetbob6703]

The thing that always bothered me most is how previous stuff is devalued. The sub bending skills are a great example, where every other asshole can suddenly shoot lightning, control blood without a full moon or do straight up avatar stuff despite those things being treated as a really big deal until then... Edit: This is a complaint I have for many stories. Where it goes from throwing rocks to planetary devastation by the time the 10th big bad comes around. Because the cash cow isn't completely dead yet...

[@ussliberty109]

The martial arts in Korra took it the hardest in that regard. Where in TLA the blood bending, and the swamp and sand benders had completely different movement styles to where extremely proficient regular benders just didn't know the techniques to even attempt it. Korra animates a lot of bending like telekinesis.

[@hiruyabebaw7140]

Dragon ball

[@youngmaster7405]

@@ussliberty109 if you believe that you need to rewatch the fights. The movements still hold true from the original series. Look closer

[@hg.c7987]

@@youngmaster7405 He's right though. Amon and his dad were psychic blood benders. That's practically telekinesis.

[@youngmaster7405]

@@hg.c7987 true but all bending is telekinesis. The difference is that bloodbending is human telekinesis

[@GGchannel1025]

Toph never knew the fathers because she didn't see them coming.

[@NucleaRaptor]

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[@TheThreatenedSwan]

They can always execute any of Kai's descendants who turn out to be criminals

[@colemcegg3894]

Akoya moment

[@ChompDude]

A reminder that Bosco was eaten by the earth queen because the writers needed to make her as evil as cartoonishly possible. Rest in peace Bosco, you will be missed.

[@The1Ryu]

Ya, because I'm sure that a bear, who lives for like 30 years at best, would totally have been alive when she came into power.

[@Aickelodeon]

@@The1Ryu Actually the Book 4 director's commentary confirmed that Queen Hou-Ting was the one who ate Bosco. She did it _right_ after the King Kuei died lol

[@The1Ryu]

@@Aickelodeon Ya, you are clearly taking a joke too seriously

[@Aickelodeon]

@@The1Ryu ?

[@The1Ryu]

@@Aickelodeon What they said was a joke. They were exaggerating how evil she was for the purpose of humor.

[@RedactedBrainwaves]

The realism of bad parents is based on a redditor's personal life experience

[@baronkarza2939]

ouch That burn so bad it made zuko's look minor in comparison

[@GyaruRespecter]

Like 80% of the time it's not even bad parenting, just neuroticism from growing up in California/New York and projecting your experiences of living in a shitty culture onto your family because that's the only politically correct target you can criticize.

[@Sernival]

@@GyaruRespecter yeah in a metaphorical sense it's easier to lash out at what's closest to you. This has worsened because political purity tests have become more common. So you get a kid who's more reliant on the state. Doesn't help that a lot of parents have less time to spend with their kids on top of the ongoing cultural stagnation in the West.

[@Moonliightartist]

@@GyaruRespecter TBF, as someone who grew up in a ghetto, I would tell my future kids useful tips, like don't walk around in the city at night, don't stand near the edge of the subway platform, and don't walk/stand near alleyways. But then again, I wouldn't be so stupid to raise a family in degenerate NYC.

[@Snooopy28]

@@Moonliightartist Thank God someone said it, its actual degenarcy what goes on in the West I dont think there currently exist a worse place in the world than LA or SanFran in Calli

[@wespauls9020]

I just noticed that this show goes out of its way to make all the characters we like 'terrible parents' while simultaneously giving insanely rare abilities like metalbending to unnamed randos in the background. It's like this show was written specifically for the kids on Tik Tok who fake having DID or Tourette's: they have perfectly normal parents with a perfectly normal life, so they pretend to have bad parents/families who hate them and don't understand them because of an insanely rare mental disorder that they self-diagnosed because they desire to be a special unicorn of a human being.

[@samcochran8203]

More like it was made for the tumbler and vine kids who later went on to tik tok

[@funguy398]

Nah, its crystallised fanfic. ☣️ It checks all checkboxes

[@Griggs58]

TF is DID?

[@reharl4953]

PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@reharl4953]

@@Griggs58 Dissociative Identity Disorder, a nigh non-existent psychological maladaptation where someone has multiple fully-formed personas "living" inside the same body. It only results from extreme sustained trauma and almost no one actually has it. For a fictionalized example, watch "Split".

[@conradvallon5661]

6 vids from E;R in total from this year we eating good folks

[@bryanmanuel4945]

Well the world feels like it's ending. Might as well open the Caviar and Champagne

[@juergen4ever]

Imagine eating this good...

[@pheonixshaman]

He's pumping them out before the boogaloo before the end of this year.

[@Hotdogenthusiast]

I mean I could understand the gaang not being perfect parents considering they all had pretty weird or messed up situations, zukos entire relationship with his biological dad and missing mother, toph’s argument and rebellion from her parents, sokka and katara losing their mom to war and their dad leaving the village at a young age for them, and aang not exactly having parents technically, but I’d think they would all still try their absolute hardest and show love. It’s ironic that zuko who theoretically had the worse parent situation (even if he did have iroh) was somehow the best parent. Katara would not sit idly by while aang neglected his other kids for tenzin. She’d call him out even if aang wasn’t conscious of what he was doing (given the situation of him dealing with the loss of the air nomad culture/nation).

[@javaughnpitter7007]

Well yh it kind of made me think a bit, like it's sort of implied that if you don't have a deep and rich relationship with your biological parents then you're doomed to be a bad parent. Like Aang and Zuko had father figures in their lives they looked up, Katara and Sokka had Gram Gram and father after the war, Toph eventually sorted out some stuff with her parents. It takes a village to raise a child and so it's disingenuous to equate early childhood trauma to this means they'll become shitty parents because of it, especially giving how the gaang formed such a close bond so it's even worse cuz they're saying they can make life long friends with people they met in war but will somehow neglect their own flesh and blood. Really just butchered the characters fr

[@ChickenChal]

@@javaughnpitter7007 But I don’t think it’s as cut and dry as ‘you had bad parents and so you shall be one yourself’. What tends to happen is that people that have had a dysfunctional upbringing that’s say abusive, will tend to overcorrect in the opposite direction of their own parents when they themselves become the guardians creating a whole host of new problems.

[@hanburgundy4317]

But Aang didn't neglect Kya and Bumi - they immaturely felt that way out of jealousy. It's part of the plot, which you'd know if you watched the show instead of taking e;r's word for it - once again, he conveniently leaves out the resolution to paint the situation in a negative light. The show didn't make Aang a bad parent: e;r did with his strawman. It's what he does.

[@hanburgundy4317]

@@ChickenChal Exactly. Toph's parents denied her any freedom, so she gave her daughters too much freedom to compensate. That's realistic, and a mark of good writing. Making characters without flaws - as e;r and most commenters here seem to want - would be boring, unrealistic, and bad writing.

[@AdamantLightLP]

@hanburgundy4317 Man you really care too much that people dislike this bad show. It's okay, people have different opinions. It's okay that you're wrong :)

[@Real7419]

E;R's character arc to be more of a positive outlook on certain aspects is better character development than anything he has ever reviewed

[@username-ew1de]

He went from a evil Nazi white supremacist to a good hearted liberal.

[@timothygremlin9737]

Hey I gave you a dislike. I didn't read your comment, but I'm just proving a point to someone. I hope you're okay with it.

[@MajorReynolds92]

i'd like to advance a possible explanation for Zaheer's ridiculous mountain top prison despite being a non bender: simply that it might have been more as a counter or hindrance to his comrades and their bending abilities were they themselves to break out attempt to free Zaheer. dunno if this holds up to scrutiny though, just spit balling here and i don't have time to do some proper fact checking atm, feel free to offer up your refutations as needed, i welcome them all

[@DrHeinzy]

Without knowing anything about book 3 besides what E;R has told us, I think it's a pretty neat idea to have the non-bender treated as the most dangerous one in the group, by being the most clever and skilled of them. I have no idea if that's the case with him though.

[@Umcarasemvideo]

Meh, the counter-measures seem to mostly serve to keep him there than to keep others out.

[@stefankatsarov5806]

Well the watter girl can use watter to cut the metal ( as shown in ATLA ), the fire girl can melt it as shown latter in s3 by Mako and the earth guy can just make an earth elavator to the top and then melt the metal whit lava. Also it must be noted that there is only 4 guards there and they change every few weaks, so i douth they can beat even one of his friends.

[@twinodoom]

It's probably so Zaheer can't escape on his own. Even if he got past the doors, he wouldn't be able to jump down without breaking his legs and/or dying if he hadn't received air bending. A non-bender could only escape with outside help, so they just needed to keep Zaheer somewhere secluded enough that people won't find it easily and Zaheer won't be able to escape on his own when the guards bring him food. What I'm saying is that it's Korra's fault Zaheer escaped.

[@GinHindew110]

Except for fire benders, any bender can climb a mountain with relative ease, by producing or adapting footholds So nope, the prison wont do much

[@sandjack7294]

It's not just that Toph being a neglectful parent is unrealistic for me so much as that it's a complete thematic reversal for her character. Like Zuko and his scar, Toph was always a pretty independent person who didn't particularly get along with people because of her blindness. What made them interesting characters was that they grew as people and learned to trust Aang and the others, because they would have been nothing without the people who loved them. They had, you know, arcs. If Toph had neglected her loved ones to preserve her own reputation in the original series, then she would've been confronted with the consequences of her actions, felt remorse and probably made up with whoever she hurt within a single episode. Yeah, that's because it was a kids' show, but also because ATLA was about the importance of family, friendship and compromise, learning how to apologise and treasure your meaningful relationships. But apparently, it didn't really count for anything; Toph would grow up to be a lonely, loveless old spinster who failed in all the major relationships of her adult life, because, what, once you get a job you just stop giving a shit? Why even bother bringing a character back if you're going to throw away all their accomplishments? It's not as if it's some clever deconstruction of an implicit flaw that already existed. it's just cheap drama to make a backstory for two new side characters in unrelated positions of political power who just so happen to be long lost sisters with unresolved mommy issues (totally not Tarlok and Noatak recycled with vaginas). E;R was right, Bryke take any chance they get to tear down the old cast just to beef up their new, more 'mature' characters.

[@chrisdawson1776]

Mate you're literally a geek 🤓🤓🤓

[@electronicraisin5956]

somehow PalpatinE;R returned

[@thomaspunt2646]

E;R and the nerd have a better friendship than anyone in Korra.

[@Xerberos542]

korra's running those errands for the villain like she's an rpg protagonist lmao

[@samuellund1377]

Daedric Lord: Yo Hero, go commit some out-of-character atrocities for me and I'll give you great power... and by great power I mean a single item or something. Heroic Protag: Ok!! :D

[@The1Ryu]

This is one of the most dishonest parts of the review. E;R front loads the description of the queen with everything both korra and the audence would LATER learn about her and then claim she's cartoonishly evil so he can critize Korra doing a single job for her. When all korra saw was a the queen being a bit of a bitch before being asked to protect taxes from criminals in order to get the queen's help. How is any of that unreasonable or stupid?

[@DisplayThisOkay]

@@samuellund1377 "A single item that doesn't even fit my build and I can craft a superior version of with the cheapest materials available."

[@seamusthatsthedog4819]

@@samuellund1377 "Out-of-character atrocities"? Can't relate. Pelinal is my role model.

[@HYDEinallcaps]

"Welcome to Cornelia." "I'm the Avatar, you gotta deal with it!" "Welcome to Cornelia." "I'm the Avatar, you gotta deal with it!" "Welcome to Cornelia." "I'm the Avatar, you gotta deal with it!" "Welcome to Cornelia." "I'm the Avatar, you gotta deal with it!" "Welcome to Cornelia." "I'm the Avatar, you gotta deal with it!"

[@Christian-en6lk]

“That’s it? where’s the rest of it?” 📜 👀

[@jarnodatema]

Why go through all that effort to imprison them instead of, you know, executing them

[@maskofthedragon]

They didn't wanna be so cruel... So instead they have an armless lady live over a pit of Goddamn lava for the rest of her life

[@hoonterofhoonters6588]

Because it's a kids' show- not wait I

[@nickelakon5369]

I'd like to put forth a possible explanation Aang was likely still around, and probably wouldn't allow them to be executed due to his no killing philosophy

[@fruitloops2058]

@@nickelakon5369 excuse me if i sound stupid but if they were so dangerous they could take over the world and Aang didn't want them dead....why not take away their bending. I mean atleast for the armless lady and magna man? Not sure for sparky boom lady it's possible. Two gone better than Zero.

[@samcochran8203]

@@nickelakon5369 except he wasn't, they were all imprisoned after korra was born when they tried to kidnap her as a kid, but that still doesn't excuse the crappy writing of a show saying its for adults yet not committing to it

[@sirnarwhal9911]

I doubt Aang and Toph would ever turn out this way. Aang would be invested to ALL of his kids; there is no exception. Aang is the Last Airbender. All Air Nomads are born Benders because of the high level of spirituality their people share. Even if they were just Water Benders instead, Aang would still show great interest in them. Katara is the LAST Waterbender in the South Pole. Aang would do his best to recover her culture just as much as he does to his own. Both Katara and Aang would even show them the spiritual significance of Twi and La when visiting Katara's Grandfather-in-law at the North Pole. There is no way Aang would even neglect his children. Toph may have started out as a loud mouth rebel, but she grew up with so many supportive friends and wise individuals she can ask for advice. Toph has the best judge of character in the group, and she just reunited with her father in the comics. There is no reason why she would even turn out this way, especially to her own kids. Toph changed at the end of the series. She used to be in denial with her own problems and get angry when people try to help her, but she later opens up about it (Zuko for instance) and put more faith in her friends to help her with her troubles. So you tell me how can a 12 year old girl getting all this love, attention, and support grow up to be this neglectful, distant, and inconsiderate hardass to her own kids? Calling shitty parenting "realistic" is downright pathetic if you ask me. It reminds me when John Favreau said that his version of Mufasa is more "wise" than the cartoon version because he told his son's life must be preserved to rule the kingdom instead of saying he loves him.

[@after-hours]

Legend of Korra just feels like fanfiction

[@The1Ryu]

Ya just parrot what E;R says, that'll make senpai notice you.

[@darkpinkgirl6684]

@@The1Ryu looks like someone's mad just because someone agrees with E;R. pretty ironic for someone like you who comments like they're parroting "Legend of Korra defenses" from Reddit

[@The1Ryu]

@@darkpinkgirl6684 I'm sorry do you have an argument, or are you just here to white knight for people who don't care about my comments?

[@kelp7060]

@@The1Ryu Are you here to white knight for Korra? This is a pretty stupid place to call out people agreeing with E;R when not only are they allowed too, but it's common to call a lot of modern sequels fan fiction for so many are written terribly. And you don't even know if Daniel would of said the same without E;R you salty assumer. How about you say something rather than crap.

[@The1Ryu]

@@kelp7060 Nope, nor am I a white knight for ATLA. I am just desperately trying to understand the real reason why people don't like Korra. The only way I can do that be by challenging the idea of those who dislike the show. Well I can only take so much stupidity before a snap and lash out at those spreading that stupidity. My problem with calling them fanfiction is that isn't an argument, it's just a way of dismissing arguments. Well, E;R did say that and I have no reason to think that this person didn't watch the video, so it sounds like "senpai notice me"

[@Maggywastooken]

E;R working harder than the writers did

[@youngmaster7405]

Considering their production schedule, thats far from true

[@danielanderson3878]

"Well, he's not Amon, but neither was Amon." That about sums it up.

[@austin9568AuraMasterDX]

That big Sparky Sparkussy got Zaheer acting too wise.

[@silverprimus321boi9]

Understandable

[@jlupus8804]

I love the idea that Tenzin is now violent cuz he’s been around Korea too long These “what really happened” stories ER creates might’ve been the inspiration for my Captain Marvel satire. Thank you ER.

[@mohamedbelkacem9889]

"Korea" Hehe

[@jlupus8804]

@@mohamedbelkacem9889 😂😅 yes

[@pheonixshaman]

@@jlupus8804 Do you mean South Korea or Based and Best Korea?

[@vla1ne]

Toph, the character who was most affected by having parents that didn't love her, is the one that ignores the plight of her kids? Not a chance in hell. She would have been the fastest parent of the og group to find her kids and reprimand them with as much love as a blind violent gremlin could muster.

[@IamBlackToast]

That cliffhanger, though. Magnificent bastard.

[@abrahamedelstein4806]

E;R is a nationalist treasure.

[@Zinervawyrm]

And the Krabby Patty secret formula is....

[@hiruyabebaw7140]

@@abrahamedelstein4806 I see what you did there

[@grandarkfang_1482]

Can Toph smell what The Boulder was cooking?

[@swicked7]

One of the few nice things about Korra is that the future of the world she's destroyed makes for a cool post-apocalypse setting for stories or RPs. In Season 2 episode 2, Raava states that the reason humanity is isolated in tiny towns protected on the back of four lionturtles is because spirits essentially contaminate the world. They leak in through the spirit portals and create the spirit wilds, a place antithetical to human life that inevitably caused humanity's reduction into small, isolated settlements. Wan closes the portals because humankind cannot advance without the separation. Korra not only reopens the polar portals but adds an additional one, then states people just have to deal with it and skips town. The thing is... humanity can't. It's not a matter of humans and spirits working together as you cannot negotiate with these aggressive spirit vines that spread without end or tiny minimally-sentient spirits that mutate humans at a touch, let alone blatantly malicious spirits like Koh. Korra has confidently set the world on a path that will set everything back 10,000 years and cull 95% of all human life... assuming there's still 4 lion turtles in existence and they're still willing to protect a few humans indefinitely. If not, Korra's just set the world on the path toward human extinction, the end. But yeah, it's a cool post-apocalypse setting, at least. Or... approaching apocalypse, technically.

[@silverprimus321boi9]

It's like how humans and bees interact with each other. We need em, but we'd be miserable together so we keep our distance

[@austinsmith5061]

How could E;R end on such a cliffhanger? Now there’s no possible way for me to know the true identity of whoever

[@dannyfenton8826]

The character assassination of Toph was fucking crazy.

[@gill-e8f]

I really hate how smooth the metal bending in tlok is. In atla, whenever Toph used metal bending, it always looked rugged and bumpy because she was only bending the earth within the metal. But in tlok, all metal benders (who are supposed to be just earth benders) can control metal as a whole like it's nothing.

[@Schlorb-Lord-of-Schlirb]

And since Technology has advanced so much shouldnt there be a lot less impurities in the Metal? Making it harder if not impossible?

[@starburst98]

Yeah, the reason for the robots being immune to metal bending was that the metal was specially purified for them

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@starburst98 True. Sadly, since the show established that platinum is the only metal that has been purified to the point of being immune to metalbending, that created a new problem: all the villains having unbelievably large amounts of platinum: a rare precious metal. I know Kuvira had taken control of the Earth Kingdom, but it's still hard to believe that she acquired enough platinum to cover the outside of a giant mech that was taller than the buildings in Republic City.

[@MrOrgeston]

The really weird thing about the new tech situation is how everyone takes it for granted. Even in the west, in real life, everyone was astonished by the invention of the radio, and how useful and fantastical they were. We never stopped taking it for granted, because a new technology was invented every day. Even today, people say things like "Why don't you just access the sum of all human information in your pocket?" when talking about their phones, because everyone knows it's astounding. We'll be presented with a problem and say "How can we use our phones to solve this?" So for everyone in this fantasy world to act like they've had radios since before living memory, and they totally take them for granted, is really bizarre when they supposedly industrialized even faster than we did. Also, their cars looking like Model Ts is really stupid. The Model T looks the way it does because it's a horse carriage with a motor stuck on the front. We've never seen horse-drawn carriages in Avatar, so where did they get this design from? Avatar cars should look like a previously seen commonplace mode of transportation with an engine stuck on it.

[@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish]

Cars looking like Model Ts is completely fair since that general configuration is the most practical way to build one, and since the setting is a 30s equivilent then cars have been around long enough to weed out all the ineffective ideas.

[@MrOrgeston]

@@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish If they've been around long enough to weed out ineffective ideas, why do they look like horse carriages with engines stuck on the front, decorated like a Chinese temple?

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

People who were around when technology was invented tend to continue being impressed by said technology even much later because they have the context of what it was like before. People use technological epochs all the time in conversation, like, "This was a long time ago. It was pre-KZbin/smartphone/Netflix/internet." It's generally acknowledged how important this stuff is. People get that comfortable with technology only after generations have passed, when the stuff existed before they were born.

[@TNT-Thin]

The day E;R releases a new video is like a holiday. 🤘

[@AntifaBucharest]

@im sacred mys

[@bluelanternguardianangel8038]

Aang and Toph growing up to be terrible parents is the biggest insult to the Fandom and anyone with more than 2 brain cells. I got so mad the first time I watched the series. I mean not only did toph neglect her kids, they don't even have the same dad. Like what kind of mental gymnastics did the writers do in order to think this was OK? Cuz it's "realistic"? Personally my own father is a piece of crap who abused my mom but he also raised me and my sister. He taught me many things that to this day I use in my daily life. I also took lessons on what NOT to do due to his example. It's why I don't even drink alcohol at all and go to church and live a decent life. And when I have kids I'm gonna make sure the cycle doesn't continue. And I know many people with similar circumstances and they all come to the same conclusion So in short, these writers can go sparky sparky boom for all I care lol

[@samcochran8203]

Imma steal that choice phrasing at the end there, I'm now gonna use, "you can go sparky sparky boom yourself for all i care" to confuse and unnerve my enemies

[@The1Ryu]

By 'realistic' they mean "I'm sorry you want this character to be perfect, but they aren't."

[@samcochran8203]

@@The1Ryu you can show them being flawed in other ways that don't shit on their characters

[@bluelanternguardianangel8038]

@@The1Ryu by realistic I mean "not every parent in the entire planet is neglectful towards their children" And also "sorry your dad left for cigarettes and never came back but that don't mean all dads are like that" It's got multiple meanings lol

[@The1Ryu]

@@samcochran8203 I'm sorry you feel that's them shitting on their character, but that's just your exaggerated take on them being imperfect.

[@MAJ0R_TOM]

I distinctly remember the sister fight being the first time in Korra I actually cared about a fight. Not the best ever but I was at least interested in the conflict between the characters.

[@maskofthedragon]

3:52 Don't you love that they forgot that "Metal Bending" doesn't actually exist

[@insulttothehumanrace3807]

The frustrating part is, the show itself does sometimes acknowledge how metalbending is supposed to work. Suyin shows Korra and Bolin some chunks of raw ore that they use to train metalbenders, and they try to do it (Korra can a little bit, Bolin can't); and the mecha in Book 4 is mostly made out of platinum (a pure metal) specifically to prevent metalbenders from doing anything to it. So they flip back and forth on this one.

[@The1Ryu]

@@insulttothehumanrace3807 That wasn't raw ore, it was a special or that was easier to bend then refined metal. metalbenders aren't bending the metal they are bending the earth in the metal.

[@hg.c7987]

@@The1Ryu Except mercury doesn't contain any earth so it would be impossible to bend alongside platinum. But Korra, Toph and Suyin managed to bend it somehow. Metal-bending rules make no sense and are just there when the plot demands.

[@The1Ryu]

@@hg.c7987 Mercury isn't really absorbed through the skin either. It's actually quite hard to be poisoned by mercury. So despite it being mercury like, it's likely not mercury. Hence why it's never called mercury in the show.

[@hg.c7987]

@@The1Ryu It likely is mercury or a mercury-inspired metal because mercury is the only metal that is a liquid at normal temperatures and pressure. Some alloys have melting points below room temperature at atmospheric pressure, making them difficult to work with, maintain, and bend. Others can burst into flames if they get too warm. Cosidering it's usage in the scene in question, it would be the easiest to work with no?

[@Bane_questionmark]

The issue with the character assassination that is in all these soft reboots isn't that old characters develop new flaws, even serious flaws, years after the original stories. The issue is that this "development" is completely unearned. The writers want you to simply accept that old characters simply changed for the worse over decades off-screen, so that they can use said old and now degraded characters as props in their stories about their new characters. They seem to expect you to make up a progression that makes sense out of whatever nonsense character changes they assert happened. Luckily for them there are legions of mentally ill redditors who will actually do that and then spend many hours defending the show online for free.

[@danielalaiz419]

it's because bryke instead of working on korra's bad character, they prefer to write about how bad aang and toph are parents, but why the focus on beifong kardashians? ,why didn't they use this time to develop the villains min hua,gazan,zaheer,p'li seemed like an interesting character she was trained to be an assassin show her story

[@themanwiththeplan676]

I honestly didn't expect youtube to put this in my recomended. Pleasantly surprised.

[@bryanmanuel4945]

Must be my Lucky Day. Got early from work and I am welcomed with a E;R video. Life is good

[@kurtwagner350]

Toph if anything would probably be more loving to her children then the average parent because of overcorrecting her childhood

[@hanburgundy4317]

@Stinkschiefer That's just the excuse she gave to put the blame on herself; had Toph admitted that she was doing it for Suyin's sake, Lin would have hated them both all the more for it. It's one of those, "I can bear that burden" situations; that Toph was willing to take all of the blame and scorn form her daughters as long as they were safe. Y'all honestly think Toph should have locked up her own daughter? Furthermore, e;r once again left out the resolution for this plotline: that it ate at Toph until the guilt made her retire, and that the sisters and their mother made amends with one another and came to see the reasoning behind each other's actions.

[@krraika1847]

Yeah, there's a lot of this season that doesn't make sense (of course). What always got to me about Suyin and Lin was that (aside from the whole thing being resolved in one day) Suyin never really apologized for scarring her own sister. For a woman going on about moving on and making her peace with her mom, Suyin was always snarky and only ever talked down to Lin. Definitely not getting much sympathy from me. Also, nice idea with the dual-bender. It is something I had been planning with my own Avatar fanfic, albeit for different reasons and via different methods. Would've be interesting to see how Zaheer could've used it, even if it was dumb.

[@easter9393]

I like how the Straw Nerd character arc continues

[@nagger8216]

I'm loving the blossoming relationship between Strawnerd and E;R way more than I should

[@Wildstag]

Suyin really annoyed me, if only because she's treated by the writers as always right, and yet her whole backstory relies heavily on privilege granted by being born into a wealthy family... which is um... an ***interesting*** take. Objectively speaking, she would have been a more interesting character if she'd been sentenced to, like, a year in prison. At least that way, she'd have experienced punishment, but it'd still be a slap on the wrist because of her mother's influence and her status as a child of one of the Gaang. Then her travels afterwards would work as her trying to rediscover and reinvent herself, while also trying to earn a reputation that isn't "Toph's criminal daughter". And if they'd done that, Lin would actually look petty for holding to that grudge. Instead we get Lin justifiably being upset with her only family, but being told to just get over it because it's been three decades.

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

Never much cared about the characters of this series but of all of them Lin is one of the few I felt some degree of sympathy for, not that she is a super likable character but the amount of crap she had to bear make it perfectly reasonable for her to be as grumpy as she is and an actually consistent character is an small and rare victory for this series.

[@6thgraderfriends]

Teenage me was 100% on Suyin's side in the arguments but as an adult who went and rewatched the show again for the first time in years, I must say, what were the writers thinking putting that into the show?!

[@Wildstag]

@@6thgraderfriends Yeah, narratively it's so incongruous with the rest of their messaging. Both women (suyin/queen) are nobility/royalty with lots of money and a domineering attitude coupled with near complete control over their territory. Also, both insist on having their airbenders trained in the Earth Kingdom, but I guess the willingness to capitulate to the Avatar is what makes one Good and the other Bad?

[@jacobmatthews7524]

i only watched this show fully once but even just from that one time I thought suyin was an entitled crybully who never learned a lesson and got away with everything. Like she joined a criminal gang and disfigured her sister! and toph does nothing about it, causing lin to grow up into a bitter single woman and suyin to grow up into a preachy flower child constantly playing the victim card against her. And then suyin pretty much wins their fight, and lin ends up apologizing to her --- for what!! I never ended up liking her

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

​@@jacobmatthews7524 same. I hate her. Aswell as Opal. Btw love ur Kid Goku pfp

[@n.mightslapallama1874]

Papa ER got all those cigarettes and is now ready to raise us properly!

[@mathphysicsnerd]

No! No! NOT THE BELT AGAIN-

[@clonetrooper576]

To be fair, book 3 is the best book. that being said, the standard of legend of korra means anything thats better than 2 giant spirity monsters shooting spirit beams at each other or the stupidity that is the love triangle mean it is automatically the best

[@awsomebot1]

Does it make sense Toph would be a laid-back, loose, and maybe even a borderline neglectful parent? Yes it does, considering her upbringing. But this doesn't justify her being indifferent to one of her late-teens daughter joining gangs, nor does it justify her cheating the system just so she can have a "clean record (by association)" as the head of police. I could totally see Toph becoming a mother who deeply cares about her children but also doesn't want to come off as overbearing, resulting in her children often doing stupid things to get her attention. But this Toph seems like she's borderline psychotic. It feels like they're butchering their own characters just to come off as a "mature and realistic show". And some people are eating it up.

[@forwardtsender8573]

Haven't watched either ATLA or ATLK but from what E:R has shown us it seems like it would be more in character for Toph to attempt and fail preventing her daughter from joining the gang (she's the police chief, she knows damn well what gang it is and what her daughter is getting into). In the resulting chaos she would then blame everything on herself and resign from her position as police chief. Depending on the public backlash you might even be able to justify her sending her daughter away as her guilt convincing her that her grandparents would be better at raising her.

[@hueyfreeman6262]

​@@forwardtsender8573 or not a parent at all

[@hanburgundy4317]

@@forwardtsender8573 E;r doesn't accurately recap the themes or events of the show, though; he hyperfixates on issues and blows them out of proportion, creates strawmen to break down, and deliberately leaves out all provided reasoning and resolution for pretty much everything. You shouldn't take his word at face value as he's basically lying.

[@forwardtsender8573]

@@hanburgundy4317So how did Toph actually handle the situation then?

[@hanburgundy4317]

@@forwardtsender8573 Toph was denied freedom as a child; this caused her to act out and reject authority. As a parent herself, she overcorrected and gave her daughters too much freedom, and as such they acted out. It's normal familial psychology. Toph also took the blame on herself to try and limit her daughters' resentment of each other while keeping them safe; "My appearance as police chief Yada Yada" is typical Toph bravado, when the real answer is "I love you, and I'm keeping you out of trouble for your own good". Lin and Suyin come to terms with all of this and make amends with each other and with their mother, but e;r leaves that sort of resolution out because it doesn't fit his "Korra bad" narrative.

[@michaelkaruza490]

That ending actually almost killed me, E;r. I just want you to know exactly how funny that was

[@mgdplayz5727]

12:54 This has to be E;R's best joke yet I laughed like a dying pig. Great video!

[@r0w5tortion84]

Bolin and lavabending was such a missed opportunity. He could have, sad that he failed at metalbending, asked mako about how firebending works after seeing that guy using a never before seen earthbending technique and figured it out through that, kinda like how Iroh developed lightning redirection by drawing inspiration from waterbending (it's so weird to me that this tidbit was never used again) But no, he's the dumb comic relief and can never earn his Ws through hard work and smarts. Also it's the new age of bending and you can only develop a new skill by suddenly being able to use it completely out of nowhere

[@g4sper112]

Babe wake up, new E;R video just dropped

[@sirlimen333]

Wow, funny and original, bro.

[@NicoandLuis]

@@sirlimen333 Video isn't released and you made 2 salty comments already lmao

[@ViNncentSmith]

Wow a boomer! what got u so feeling so down is it school again bro?

[@evershadowvii7848]

babe, mein fuhre;r just uploaded. Wake up and smell the ashes

[@sirlimen333]

@@NicoandLuis Aren't you supposed to be the "smart ones"? You know, those that are not cringe and autistic like those Korra fans?

[@rainmanslim4611]

Goddamn this series is still going 7 years on. Respect.

[@abcron3788]

Korra is basically The Dragonborn in that she does whatever quest any NPC gives her

[@CPU9incarnate]

Regarding Zaheer's immediate bending prowess, I think the implication is that, being a gigantic air weeb, he actually had already done all the martial arts training and knew all the moves in advance even though he didn't have the power and probably didn't expect to get it. EDIT: I unpaused the video and E;R made this exact point. Like minds I guess lmao.

[@matthewmuir8884]

I was thinking it immediately as well and then waited to see if he'd mention it. I agree with him about Zaheer's prison being massive overkill, but I don't think the solution would've been to have Zaheer be an Earthbender. I think a better solution would've been to have his prison be a lot more normal compared to the other three because of him being a non-bender; making it all the more justified that he's able to easily escape once he has airbending.

[@4ndr3c3s4r1n0]

27:36 - Aren't we going to talk about how Toph has no idea on what's written on the paper she's tearing apart?

[@Venneroth]

Considering the alternative was the entire department had to give bad news to angry Toph in person, they probably invented and formalized braille within a year.

[@Master10k2]

18:56 ... That comparison with the technology jump in Republic City, to the Meiji Restoration was truly eye opening.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

I get it now! I finally see the truth. Lin is Zuko's kid and Su is Sokka's. Makes perfect sense.

[@LHSMeleeClub]

Supurb plot twist.

[@samcochran8203]

Oh God they would do that wouldn't they

[@johns.1854]

I can’t unsee this!!!

[@Capt.Thunder]

While yes, you can totally see that horrifying idea being true, the main counterpoint is that there is no way that Zuko at least wouldn't be involved with his kid in some capacity, after his own parental difficulties. Arguably same with Sokka, given that he lost his mother and relied on his dad as his inspiration, however, it is possible that he didn't know if Toph said she was sleeping around.

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

@@Capt.Thunder you assume that the writers care about the original cast.

[@HeilRay]

A big metal city with glass would fry people in the sunlight.

[@IsidorosEduardos]

To be fair, the Earth Queen is supposed to represent Dowager Empress Cixi, a real historical figure - and a known asshole. Even their jewelry looks the same.

[@Pink.andahalf]

12:45 Legend of Korra bravely taking on the issue of lesbian couples having a higher rate of domestic abuse.

[@bingbong8239]

It does not

[@Leig5H0T]

that's not what that statistic means.

[@Leig5H0T]

a lot of lesbian women have experiemented with dating men because society will usually try and make them, and then get abused by them before deciding to date women. A lot of abused women are turned off of men, so they end up answering the poll as lesbian

[@combativeThinker]

Lmao at the cope in the replies 😂

[@username-ew1de]

​@@Leig5H0TThe cope is strong with you.

[@dik943]

Doesn't Varrick invent magnets in this book? Then how did the radio, electricity net, powerplant or anything else work before that?

[@LHSMeleeClub]

#LoKLogic

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

Probably the only history content they know came from sid meier games.

[@someguy9970]

Magic.

[@joesomebody3365]

@@naamadossantossilva4736 In the old Sid Meier games though (before 4) you needed to research magnetism before electricity. Unfortunately it got removed in later Civs.

[@therac197]

@@joesomebody3365 pretty sure the compass was required in 4 and 5

[@LHSMeleeClub]

I didnt realize how flawed LoK's interpretation of Dai Li are until you reminded me that they LITERALLY could have brainwashed the airbenders into submission....like dear gawd lol the writing of Korra is so short sighted its nonsensical. I dread the upcoming projects of avatar studios i really do.....im looking forward way more to the netflix adaption tbh.

[@kevinmatthew86]

"If I knew who could hunt down an airbender, it would be this mother-finder." How the hell did you come up with this stuff E;R? 9:08 - timestamp

[@TheMindofagenius1]

9:15 "Sokka: untouched" being a "sign that God exists" ACTUALLY had me ROFL-ing dude!!😂

[@toushin1000]

Im surprised you were so light on suyin who’ve I’ve always seen as completely unlikable. She’s disfigured her sister and shows absolutely no remorse. She uses the fact that lin wants nothing to do with her to tell her version of what happened and we know this because korra directly asked her and what suiyin told her was not what we saw happened. then she throws a temper tantrum because bragging about how rich she is because she got with her crimes didn’t make lin see the error of her ways so goaded her sick siter into a fight. That’s not even getting into her shameless hypocrisy

[@danielalaiz419]

I hate her too

[@lonemotheo1964]

I'm more annoyed than no one is talking about how Korra basically insulted Lin to the point of her crying after trying to force her to make up with her sister and she never apologized or is ever brought up again

[@danielalaiz419]

@@lonemotheo1964 It's amazing how the narrative wants you to side with Suyin, that insufferable bitch, while nobody wants to give Lin space, man she has to deal with this sociopath named Korra and protect her from four folders since this bitch is unable to protect herself Alone, she has to put up with Opal who doesn't understand that it's not the right time to play the happy family, mainly because her own mother never apologized and got away with having gone to jail and still having to put up with those three little airbending brats without any endearing personality, other than that everyone on this show seems to lack empathy even toph is indifferent i remember she was the first to accept zuko and empathize with him and give advice and be touched by the fact that zuko's father burned his face

[@toushin1000]

@@lonemotheo1964 Again that is because suyin used the situation as an opportunity to give her version of what happened making lin come across as bitter and petty never bothering to get her side of the store, or notice the fact she seems to be incredibly traumatized.

[@danielalaiz419]

@@toushin1000 suyin is one of the most hated characters on my list of lengend of korra wants to talk a lot and little to understand she lacks empathy

[@vasheeri]

they also forget toph is...well...blind. she makes eye contact and moves her line of site to look at something or someone, when she doesnt need to cause, yknow, she sees with her feet.

[@topcat59]

I love seeing E.R’s relationship with strong nerd go deeper with each vid.😺

[@Wildstag]

straw nerd, fwiw.

[@artemisarrow179]

Redditors think bad/absentee parents is realistic says more about them then they know.

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

Dw they're just fatherless

[@simplebott4812]

Toph should have became a pro wrestler and founded some kind of organization, imagine a entire subplot with colorful characters based on bending meets wrestling

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

They already have combat sport based bending all in Book 1.

[@mathphysicsnerd]

@@BruceWayne-fj9bm You mean the not-dodgeball? Wow, what a creative sport, they definitely took full advantage of culture and world integration in writing _that_ for the show