The Legend of Whorra (Part 2 of 4)

[@pyrogrimm7653]

You know, I've noticed that in most of these vids bashing the show, Tenzin is the mostly liked, and I like that.

[@nnnnmhughuuhhjiijj9457]

Tenzin is the best boy.

[@smiley6149]

I love tenzin

[@mr.gripsandtheboys3469]

Tenzin was one of the the only saving graces in this absolute raging dumpster fire of a series.

[@rockandnol3233]

Tenzin is this show's Iroh

[@inspectorjavert8443]

@Shrek Wazowski I thought it was because she was rushing when playing the drums... Or because she ratted on him and got him kicked out of Emerald City

[@dmsviola1]

Can we also talk about how the nuance of the different bending styles was completely shat on? Remember when Aang had a difficult time picking up Earthbending because it was his opposite element? Because his entire life he was used to being light on his feet and going with the flow while earthbending required you to plant yourself in the ground and be unmovable? Remember how each bending style was specifically crafted from a martial arts type that suited that element and the fights clearly showed that with the characters' every move? Remember how bending was originally learned by naturally occurring manipulators of those elements like the moon with the tides and benders' motions mimicked those natural occurrences? Well fuck that noise. When Korra gets handed her airbending after refusing to learn any of the essential tennets of airbending she basically air boxes. Her first time airbending was with a punch. A. PUNCH. The type of forceful aggression that is the EXACT opposite of the martial arts style that inspired the airbending animation of the first series as well as its philosophical tenets. Like, isn't the avatar supposed to be a bridge between the elements? Aren't they supposed to understand each elements' fundamental essence, strengths, and weaknesses? Nah. Let's just punch some air. It looks cool I guess.

[@el_9003]

Well put

[@ghornisbae1653]

Lets not forget that she as a water bender should have a super hard time learning fire bending but lol she’s the avatar deal with it she could fire bend at 4.... also who needs a supporting team of amazing benders who know how to teach to teach you when you can just do what ever the fuck you want and still learn it all. This is the equivalent of Aang coming out of the iceberg a master of 3 elements needing to learn just one element and just magically learning that element by himself at some random ass point.

[@elgatochurro]

I know right? Korra as a series is so goddamn soulless and uninspired...

[@elgatochurro]

@@ghornisbae1653 I've brought that up to a fan as well but he said "oh well its cause her personality" k... then why is she a natural water bender? Even for her having 3 elements ASA TODDLER, he goes "well why couldn't an avatar start off with multiple elements? (Korra is just better essentially)" yeah... FUCK THESE BEING DISCIPLINES!!! MICHAELANGELO WAS JUST A BETTER ARTIST THAN EVERYONE ELSE BECAUSE HE WAS BIRN THAT WAY, IT WAS ALL TALENT, NO DISCIPLINE OR PRACTICE NEEDED

[@ghornisbae1653]

elgatochurro. Yeah it really preaches talent > work, the exact thing you want in a role model.

[@Ragniirox]

"If you can't get a girl to like you, get her to like herself while in your presence." Damn. Really makes you think.

[@regulagianci2231]

Really stimulated my synapses

[@princeofdarkness4711]

Also a great way to prevent all forms of suicide.

[@terminalcancer537]

oh shit, im #cruzmissile now

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

If you can't get a girl to like you, settle for the friend-zone.

[@FaithInD3cay]

Terminal Cancer Haven't seen that meme in months, almost forgot it existed. Kek.

[@joshuabrant3487]

Not only did Korra destroy an airbending artifact but she did it with FIREBENDING, the weapon of the people who genocided Tenzins ppl lol

[@evanshoulders3674]

Joshua Brant damn I didn’t even think of that

[@dripdoriya1707]

Korra is supposed to be the protagonist of the show but yet she is very unlikable

[@sagarpatel5312]

@@dripdoriya1707 boruto wants to know your location🤣🤣

[@Bugretti]

Everyone's throwing shade I love it

[@motherfreya2840]

I thought it was effective in that regard. It felt me with intense emotion because of the connection. It accents how disconnected she is with the history of their world and how she takes the peace for granted.

[@ccheart8574]

Amon: "A fire bender killed my family and did this to me." Mako: "A fire bender killed our parents." Asami: "A fire bender killed my mother." BOY, I'm glad this is so progressive and fire benders are no longer the default cliche bad guys!

[@shards7992]

Yeah. Remember avatar where all the firebenders were evil, especially zuko and iroh. Im glad korra fixed this oversight... In peacetime...

[@saradavis49]

WOW THIS IS JUST LIKE HARRY POTTER

[@mankyscotchgit4986]

It's our fault for invading Iraq.

[@sirjenkochhar5371]

It's been a full generation since the end of the war. Hostilities don't just vanish. It's not hard to imagine that there would be people in the fire nation who despise zuko for stopping the war. So, their parents being killed after the war isn't that hard to believe. Also, none of the bad guys in Korra are firebenders. It's just the backstory of characters.

[@aluminiumfoil4489]

I like to think they are talking about a guy named A. Firebender, just makes more sense.

[@xylaharrison7822]

Seriously. Tenzin is the best character. He is the only character to stand up to Whorra's shit. But then Whorra 'proves him wrong' bc SHES THE MAIN CHARACTER GUIS!!11. I hated how he is later wrote to be 'oh im sorry Whorra; you are so cool and me; a person who has trained airbending for YEARS; is wrong.' He deserves better writing. Plus he's voiced by JK Simmons, who is a god in his own right.

[@pilgrimayana566]

Xyla Harrison Agreed

[@blankpage9277]

Yeah, he was so cool and they ruined him. He deserves better.

[@foxymoon7860]

And Lin,

[@prateiklohani2461]

@@foxymoon7860 yup Lin was cool too. Lin and Tenzin are the best characters overall

[@lpfan4491]

in season2,he actually has his own moments of characterdevelopment,epicness and having to deal with his own flaws....actually,why isnt that dude the mainprotagonist? it would have been pretty cool to have a story about how he has to manage many many things as the avatar successor until the next avatar is old enough and all those events just fly him in the face since he does not have as much power and ability to hold against

[@JessaGrace091887]

I don't understand why Korra was even allowed to be in professional sports when Aang couldn't play a children's game because of the "unfair advantage" of being the Avatar.

[@yanagi4573]

That's a very valid point, actually. My guess is because whoever ran these wanted the publicity of the avatar playing on their arena. But logically speaking, she shouldn't be allowed to lol

[@n1kx579]

The kids were just arseholes and korra was allowed to bend a single element only

[@peari8676]

@@n1kx579 exactly. They're comparing some asshole kids to logical thinking adults.

[@nadjapavlovic5953]

@@peari8676 yeah but the elders in aang's temple thought so too. They always told him that he had an unfair advantage being the avatar and all and treated him diffrently after the fact that he is the avatar was reveiled. The same thing happens with almost every other adult in atla.

[@billythekid22220]

Uhhh because they were little kids hahahaha you’re overthinking this one bud

[@aerondraealmendrala4816]

Bruh Mako and Korra started out the worst way possible. Their first kiss was when Korra was on a date with Bolin. When Mako was already in a relationship, he just hopped to Korra when season 1 ended. There was no official breakup between Mako's relationship. It's really frustrating to watch.

[@fax4039]

i agree. the romance between team avatar in LOK made no sense, and it just ruined the experience.

[@booperdooperproductions2545]

and then.... *GAY*

[@canvas_125]

Just atrocious...

[@fax4039]

@@booperdooperproductions2545 that is precisely what the creators did. made a shitty love story to “make up” for the lack of action in the show. and then, they turned to the lgbt community to gain viewers. “oh yeah i’ve been writing to asami here and there and now i have a crush on her uwu” is what they did. no other clues or hints or development. hell, they don’t even kiss! i hate every ship in the avatar team. it just wasn’t produced well enough.

[@fax4039]

@A Human Being i agree. i feel like they should’ve just left out the “love triangle” shit in team avatar. kai and jinora were the only couple that i liked.

[@KanishQQuotes]

I actually felt terrible how they played Bolin heartbreak for laughs He cries like a baby, eats lot of noodles Then mako carries him home Later season have him chased by psycho girls

[@KayderimGameplays]

Nah, Bolin got lucky he didn't end up with Korra. He would have committed suicide months later.

[@KanishQQuotes]

@@KayderimGameplays That was later

[@Maryam-qx9kp]

And bolin was probably one of the only likeable characters

[@jeremylister704]

KanishQ Quotes I’m surprised Bolin didn’t have a mental breakdown after all the stuff he been through

[@kayhaych05]

Oh my god I can’t tell you how much I hated that scene. He was cheated on and they played it for laughs. I’ll never forgive the writers for disrespecting him like that

[@magnum5563]

Tenzin was doing the most right thing he could have, teaching Air bending the way it was supposed to be taught. The fact that he had to apologize to her because the only way she could learn it is via sheer force is total and utter bs. Then again, the type of people the show is catered to love it when people apologize to them for absolutely no real reason.

[@branlex6658]

Well. Fucking. Said. 👌👌

[@ilhandaanish2381]

I fucking know right. Like hell the avatars are suppose to do their best to learn the element they are weak in. Avatar roku had to wear the water bender culture and learn about the life of waterbenders he even made his beard into the water bender traditional beard. Avatar kyoshi to learn aurbending had to use her fans to try to learn how to use air bending.

[@jacencade4019]

What the fuck are you talking about its a cartoon. Shut the fuck up.

[@boyanpetrov1683]

@@jacencade4019 I see some salt here

[@zaya2960]

While I do agree with you, I also want to point out that it is absolutely intentional that Korra is an asshole in the beginning. TLOK is not about a human becoming the Avatar (like ATLA), but about the Avatar becoming human. She struggles heavily with empathy for others and the spiritual side of bending. And that is exactly the point. Her growth does not become visible in learning the elements and overcoming the struggle of the feelings of guilt for being gone for 100 years while a genocide on your entire culture has taken place. Korra's growth becomes visible in the growth of her as a human and overcoming her arrogant, overly confident ego, PTSD, and the loss of her identity as the Avatar. I can understand why many people hate Korra, when they have expected a likable character like Aang or a story arch like the one in ATLA. There are lots of flaws, both in ATLA and in TLOK. But when one accepts that there has been a change between the time in ATLA and the time in TLOK and watches with an open mind, one can learn a lot from TLOK.

[@oliverstianhugaas7493]

It just hit me *IF YOU WANTED 1920S THEN YOU COULD TAKE INSPIRATION FROM SHANGHAI IN THE ACTUAL 1920S*

[@gravynavy516]

Shanghai in the 1920's was a shitshow

[@Hypogean7]

@@gravynavy516 Even better then, so that Korra would have to try to fix a very broken city.

[@RanMouri82]

But no, Prohibition-era United States, though.

[@piyo744]

@@Hypogean7 i dont know how they fucked up korra that bad. that would've been a 10x better plot than the 36 we had in this show

[@shadowman6110]

Bru moment of the century

[@andymcclurg9916]

Mako: I don't like you, Korra. Korra: I'm going to kiss you AND YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT.

[@shorewall]

@A Human Being And he was called out on it.

[@yanagi4573]

@A Human Being The main difference though, is that is not like Katara was dating someone else, rejected Aang because of this, and Aang still decided to force himself on her like k***a did. Not only that, he gets called out on it on the spot and, more importantly, Feels Remorse over his own actions.

[@yanagi4573]

@A Human Being I'm talking about Mako. (Edited because I know what's coming) The point being made here is that Korra forced herself on Mako, someone who already had a girlfriend and someone who already rejected her ass. You tried to compare it to Aang doing the same with Katara once, but like It was already explained to you, 1) Aang gets inmediate repercussions for his actions and 2) Katara wasn't in the same situation as Mako, she wasn't in a relationship with someone else, and instead made clear that she had interest in being with Aang, just that like she explained, she didn't think It was the right time to have a proper relationship with all the stuff going on. In short: Korra is a fucking asshole. Also Atla had 3 books, not 4 LOL.

[@Leelan1250]

@A Human Being But she knew Mako had a relationship so what are you trying to say?

[@Leelan1250]

@A Human Being Doesn't change the fact that Korra knew Mako was in a relationship with Asami, the same person who sponsored them. She more in the wrong by interfering with something in something she had no business in. Then she also led Bolin on knowing he had a crush on him.

[@on.theshelf]

Can we just ignore Korra and instead we call it "The Legend Of Tenzin" ? Because he was honestly the only person I cared about and actually had to train someone as self entitled as Korra.

[@nickthepick8043]

I liked that Tenzin felt the weight of the Air Nomad culture on his shoulders, too. He felt he had some big shoes to fill, since Aang was a tough act to follow.

[@guanine1157]

fr

[@on.theshelf]

@@nickthepick8043 Exactly, the whole reason I liked ATLA was because of the history amd story line behind it. But no, instead we get a self entitled whiny brat who thinks we should "all deal with it, she's the avatar." ☻

[@nickthepick8043]

@@on.theshelf Yeah... I'm a little offput by that, too. And of course all the other things stack up. I just couldn't believe how much Aang neglected his other two children. It disgusts me.

[@oldmanlogan9616]

Tenzin is a way more interesting characther than Korra.

[@westriver7698]

When Korra got her bending taken away I was so happy thinking how cool it would be for her to relearn her bending or something like that just for them to give her bending back straight away in the same fing episode

[@ansonlevine4602]

I originally saw a clip from the 4th season where Korra trains with Toph before watching any of LOK. After her bending was taken away I thought "Oh, this makes sense, she loses her bending and has to relearn it but only if she learns the spiritual side as well. She'll have to learn it from bending masters." And then the show just solves her spiritual problem with Aang showing up. Like, okay, I thought this was gonna be a serious problem she would work on all 4 seasons. Guess not.

[@moodswings8620]

But at first the show was supposed to have just one season. I guess they couldn’t just leave her powerless at the end

[@yanagi4573]

@@moodswings8620 Thats not true at all... Nickelodeon greenlit all 4 books/seasons before the show started.

[@moodswings8620]

Ryuu- tan “..Consisting of twelve episodes (called "chapters"), it was initially intended to be a stand-alone miniseries before the series was expanded to four seasons ("books") and fifty-two episodes ("chapters") total” Korra was supposed to have just one season. Everyone always says that so I thought it was a common fact (?)

[@yanagi4573]

@@moodswings8620 Nickelodeon STILL greenlit the entire thing before it aired though. It may have been initially intended to be a mini series, but BRYKE THEMSELVES confirmed they got the whole thing approved by nick. All 4 seasons. Before it aired.

[@ghostpants8213]

The scene with bolin crying makes me so sad every time I see it, I actually tolerated his character more than the others. He didn't deserve that

[@fawnieee]

Making "strong" female characters by showing how "strong" and "independent" they are by being an insufferable, selfish and egotistical asshole. I'm a woman, I'm tired of female leads being written time and time and time again like Korra. There are so many examples in Hollywood and more. Idk why it comes to female leads, they make them all the same, but they can make diverse, wonderfully complex and endearing female side characters like Katara, Suki, Toph etc I'm tired of writers clinging to writing female leads to be exactly like Korra, there's so many of them! Because God forbid women are written as diverse and complex human beings like they are irl or male leads. Idk if they're terrified of offending someone if they don't write women as irredeemable god mods or if they think women only like "strang independent wohman who need no man and can kiss and hurt many men and other wahman! Because strong wahman!" And then when I call Korra an insufferable asshole because of the way she behaves with Mako and Bolin etc I get called a sexist... Men shouldn't be hurt like that, it's horrible. Korra is a horrible person. Her treating men horribly does not equate her to being this strong independent person that we should all love. It makes her selfish, cruel and horrible, no one should look up to her. I just.... I'm just tired, man. I'm a girl, gimme diverse and complex female character leads because we're humans too who come in all kinds of varieties. And a lot of us don't want men to be treated like trash because they're also human beings. Many of us love and respect men, that does not make us weak, we see them as human beings who can hurt too. They don't deserve to be treated like trash. I'm just so sad and done with these types of shows. It's more of a disservice to women than it does "uplift" and "empower" them like so many like to say. I'm sorry for the rant.

[@ghostpants8213]

@@fawnieee You're totally right! It's just lazy on their part. And it's strange that none of the other characters criticize Korra for how she treats her "friends." I think the way they wrote Korra COULD have worked, if they made her character change at all after the first season. But no, she stays a static asshole throughout the whole show. Really sad to see, there was so much potential there.

[@youtubeuser5808]

She's not called Legend of Whorra for nothing

[@raheemsmith2996]

@@fawnieee No, don't be sorry,this rant was brilliant.

[@Olddd_ma]

Richella River Exactly, I’m so tired of that characterisation of a “ Strowng independent whamen “ because even though they’re trying to make women feel empowered it just makes me feel embarrassed that this is the rubbish we are getting.And because of that now every movie with a female lead is already labelled “ toxic feminist movie “ even if the lead isnt really a femenazi.Im sad too that for female characters they don’t give a shit about her emotions, her life or anything that makes a good character and focuses on their gender specifically.And every single time they have to degrade men just to prove that this female lead is a “ badass girl who don’t need no man and can do whatever da fuck she wants ta do “ and it makes me want to break my TV.I feel like to make a good female character is to make a character give it its backstory, life, attitude or whatever then make it female.Its just that they prioritise the fact that they are female over everything else that makes the character fail completely. That’s my rant

[@maizenn925]

All of korras brattiness would be fine if she actually learned her lesson later on. But nope. She is strong independent wamen.

[@DarrienGlasser]

I dunno, I feel like there is some pretty solid development for her later. Her development is from strong independent girlboss to acting more like a real person is a big part of how she changes from season 1 -> 4 and I'd argue the point of the plot. Unless you only saw the first season, I think you could agree she's a very different person by the end.

[@DarrienGlasser]

Unlike Aang who was a solid and reasonably mature person, but lacked many of the skills required to be an avatar, Korra started off with many of the skills required to be an avatar, but lacked the identity and understanding of the role. Her development is what carries the show and lets her carry out things like flawed relationships because, well, she's a flawed person.

[@MrHesdan]

So much of a woman that she ended up fucking with another woman.

[@lloydlohstreter8453]

you say that as if being strong and independant as a women is bad. I disagree. but I totally agree that it would be better if she learned to let go of her brattiness

[@lloydlohstreter8453]

Phoenix Chase true

[@theproplady]

Does anyone else think this series would have been better if Tenzin (instead of acting like a traditionalist straw-man,) had said to Korra, "Okay, you hate my teaching? Go teach yourself!" and then kicked her out of his dojo and had her go live in the city where she would be entirely responsible for her own actions and would suffer the consequences of her own ignorance? Oh wait. That would mean that Korra might actually learn something and that the Tumblrites watching this show from the safety and comfort of the richly furnished bedrooms in their own parents' houses would be made to feel bad about their own shiftlessness and entitlement. Can't have THAT!

[@princessthyemis]

Good plot idea!

[@KKoKoRR]

I always can find thing about didactic, educatory, principle of ethics, discipline in an anime, or some old school cartoon. (not only for kids, even mature adults can take lesson.) Even bad guys have ethics for their reasoning. But shits from nowadays like this just don't have these, sometimes they include even worse.

[@elgatochurro]

Well first off she'd have actual punishments and consequences... can't have that for our little Mary Sue

[@M3rtyville]

I think the writers might thought that it would not fit his character because his dad was an avatar and therefor he has some kind of responsability.

[@xtzyshuadog]

Preach

[@honestkyn718]

every time Korra or anyone else says she's the avatar, i mentaly hear "And you have to deal with it."

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Matthew Chirino my my you get around

[@holyrabbit2121]

man, you got the devil number of likes

[@joycebirrey725]

not anymore

[@y1751]

whyz duz i c yaz everywher git

[@bigbossadidoss8678]

Except that that show is complete and utter trash and such a horrible slight against mankind as a whole that I absolutely refuse to acknowledge it as Cannon whatsoever. And no amount of fan base for the show will ever change my mind, no amount of money or wealth could ever buy my vote for this show, and if given the choice to either say I liked the show and recognize it’s existence as cannon, and having my arms subject to a nest of bullet ants for an entire 10 minutes, then my arms would surely be eaten alive and I would consider myself better off.

[@CommandaInChief]

Why can't they make a strong independent but likeable female character.....oh wait, TOPH!!!!!!!!!! Korra is the complete opposite

[@ForeskinGamerSuccAss]

not only that but every Strong independent female character in modern days cartoon Should be Lesbian , I mean fuck me man Is it too much to ask for a straight strong likeable female character In a cartoon I miss the days when we got characters like Toph .

[@ForeskinGamerSuccAss]

Holy shi(00F) you right

[@abluetale1016]

Star butterfly and Tylee. She was badass, funny, cute, independent and a likable charter. And she's better than this excuse of an avatar, FUCK. And she doesn't even bend.

[@mythhead2688]

The desire for a character (male or female) to be “independent” should be taken lightly. That’s what the other characters are for. I don’t remember Aang, Walter White, Michael Corleone, Luke, Frodo, Okabe, Shiroe, Dorothy, Rocky, Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Woody, Po, or The Bride achieving their stories without the assistance of the characters around them. Everyone needs help. Nobody has ever achieved anything without others contributing to their success. The misconception that COMPLETE independence makes you stronger is flat-out false and self-destructive. Admitting when you can’t do something yourself and that you need help shows even greater strength, as well as humility and gratitude.

[@ForeskinGamerSuccAss]

@@mythhead2688 This is so true being independent goes against the fact that humans are socialized creatures

[@alzada_]

I remember during school since we would eat in the classroom our teacher would let us watch Atla, and when we finished we started watch the LoK since it’s a sequel to the original avatar. I vividly remember this one boy in my class yelling “YES! I mean…. Oh no so horrible” When Korra get her bending taken and I can’t help but laugh every time I see that scene

[@blackrapier713]

It's almost as funny as Wan saying "I'll dedicate my whole life to peace!" immediately followed by "I failed you"

[@youngmaster7405]

@@blackrapier713 causs he realized that darkness would always exist as opposed to his optimistic goal he had in the past

[@reharl4953]

@@youngmaster7405 What banal and hamfisted abuse of common tropes.

[@pogs6655]

Wait you gusy git to watch ATLA unfair our teacher made us watched pj masks. And we were in 7-8th grade

[@alzada_]

@@pogs6655 Normally we would’ve watched that but we were just lucky that our teacher happened to love anime

[@Jaaabrocon]

I recall back when the series was airing there was a theory going around that I thought would have really saved the show. Basically people got really caught up on that little air-push-like thing he does in that snowy area where Korra was escaping from him, where he pushes the smoke. Some speculated that he was secretly an airbender. The thought was, maybe something went wrong with Aang's death, something the writers were keeping secret until a big reveal, that split the Avatar's reincarnation. Korra was half an Avatar, receiving the elements of Fire, Water and Earth, while Amon was the other half, and received the element of Air, as well as a connection to the Spirit Realm and the ability to permanently deactivate bending as Aang did in the previous series. The theory was especially interesting because it would have fit the theme so well, Korra being the Good part of the Avatar and Amon being Evil. With Avatar's eastern theme, a Yin and Yang relationship would have made sense. When that Theory eventually fell apart, the truth of Amon just felt bland by comparison. It was utterly uninspired and left me more disappointed than surprised. It was everything I expected, and nothing I hoped for.

[@esemicolonr]

The more I think about it, the more I can accept there's some credence to this theory. It's awfully arbitrary to just split the Avatar into two, but it fits with the story being told. I personally wouldn't be for it because it'd play too heavily into Whorra's characters flaws, such as her not growing as a person, but since Bryke had no intention of having her learn airbending properly or fostering a connection with the Spirit World, Amon could've easily been that missing half of her. Yin-yang parallels are always welcome, too. I guess I'd've much preferred this than what we were left with. It's a damn shame.

[@theentiretyofisis912]

"Korra being the Good part of the Avatar and Amon being Evil." I'm sorry, what?

[@Samrules888]

any of the theories would have been better than that tripe. usually with shows like rwby, or star wars rebels they blow all the theories out of the water but here let's just say I had a crazy dream the night before the season 3 finale where it was way cooler than the actual ending

[@Baamthe25th]

Would have been better than the Dark Avatar plot in Season 2. But honestly, I think the whole Ying yang thing is something that should avoided. The idea is that in all good, there is some evil, and inall evil, there is still some good, and both are in equilibrium. How do you reconcile that with the requirement of having the good guys win over the bad ones in the end ? If you're like Korra or other western stories that tried to tackle this, you don't. Good guy win, balance means that good prevails and evil is sealed. Just end up taking a huge shit on the whole concept.

[@trippfields279]

Jaaabrocon I'm actually curious how having an evil Avatar would effect the world. Like, a complete Avatar of Aangs skill, but with something like Ozai's personality

[@playhouseofcardsatmyfunera5305]

Can I just say how angry I was when Korra broke the airbending relic and then called Tenzin a terrible teacher? Like his family was literally all that remained of the air tribe, and like E;R said, that was probably one of the few connections he had left to his culture. Which brings up another one of my issues: all the cultural notations from the original were watered down in favor or a 1920’s-1930’s New York setting? The fact that they have all that technology and that so much that the original cast struggled with, they seemed to get down without much struggle kind of just makes me sad. I also want to throw in how upset I am about random airbenders just popping up. Like, it makes the 100 year war feel downplayed because one of the largest scars left behind by the fire nation was the wiping out of the airbenders... and it was just patched over like nothing! I don’t know, maybe, just maybe, it would’ve been a good idea to show just how awful the aftermath of war is as the (race, tribe, whatever) takes several years, decades, centuries, before they’re finally repopulated? I’m sorry, this is my opinion, I haven’t even spoken about how much I hate Korra as a character and it’s already this long, so I’m just going to leave it at this.

[@pearlsalty8775]

Play House of Cards at my funeral but she’s the avatar...you gotta deal with it. No but seriously this was rushed.

[@thewalkingmic5]

This. THIS. This is why people have genuine issues with LoK. It’s not about being butthurt fans of ATLA, it’s that there was a missed opportunity to reintroduce and create a world that complimented and expanded on the well-written original. I wish that LoK took the time to answer those questions instead of us having to find them in the comics (which are still good either way 🤷🏽‍♀️)

[@pearlsalty8775]

Nee da swankie bee I wish we saw the world change instead of us being like roaring 20s and we have technology. LIKE HOW DID THEY ADVANCE SO FAST!!!

[@lukexavier9770]

What do you mean by random airbenders popping up? The only ones are descendants of aang (oh which there’s only like 4 who can airbend)

[@pearlsalty8775]

Luke Xavier I really believe that other airbenders existed but are scared to come out because of the 100 year war.

[@LegionAdell]

I love the fact that technically Amon could be an unstoppable monster if not for the fact that he has to be an idiot when it's convenient for the plot. Good work guys.

[@PikachuLittle]

Seriously, this guy was built up as a fucking beast. He had the charisma to lead his own cult. He had the tactical ability and martial discipline to lead his scrappy group of weaklings against opponents far outside their weight class, and win decisively. He was personally so skilled and knowledgeable that he could permanently shut down bending, something we’ve only ever seen the Avatar capable of before. The guy was literally so fucking angry he could walk off bloodbending like it was just mildly inconvenient. But no, instead of this force of nature made manifest, this Slayer of benders, this local man literally too angry to die, we get some damp Boi with daddy issues. Lame

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@PikachuLittle Not just all that, but just the level of calmness he had throughout the entire show (up until he panicked after being shot into the water by the bs 11th-hour air-bending) was truly terrifying. When a huge fire blast is shot into the airship he's escaping in, he doesn't even blink an eye or really react. That was scary, and cool. I have to admit, on my first viewing, I liked the twist about Amon. But, after thinking about it, I've changed my mind about it. Amon was a really cool antagonist with a lot of potential. It would have been a lot better if they had left him as a non-bender.

[@GuyFromJupiter]

@@matthewmuir8884 I actually like him being a bloodbender, I just hate how conveniently and easily he went down in the end. They could have done a better job with the end of that season.

[@yurichtube1162]

Blame Nickelodeon. Korra was supposed to be one season. But they were ordered one more after the end of other seasons. So 2 was asked. Then 3 was asked. Then 4. Reason why ATLA is better the TLOK is because it was all planned. Everything. 3 seasons was all. Also the forced identity politics. Asami should have been evil, killing her father to destroy the benders. Korra shouldn't have gotten her bending back and instead she should have been forced to re-learn it. At the basics and the entire season 2 should have been about her journey. and most importantly, THE AVATAR CYCLE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SEVERED AND RESTARTED.

[@dontreadmychanneldescripti7104]

@@matthewmuir8884 if he was a non bender then how would he take peoples bending.

[@TheBelieveit1]

How about we talk about how not only did she somehow get her airbending like a deus ex machina, but she manages to use it WITHOUT the form. She's just punching and kicking like it was fire bending but air is flowing instead? It was long established that the bending arts were a martial art as well, based on real life martial arts even and it was a mix of genetic predisposition and that martial art that caused the elements to bend. In the original series every bending style had it's own unique motions. Fire bending was based in a shaolin form of kung fu which was an aggressive form involving many sweeping kicks and punches to overpower the opponent, while Air Bending was based on baguazhang which was more about movement, circling around an enemy and using their own strength against them. It was so integral that it shaped the various cultures so that not only did they bend elements with a martial art that reflects that element, but their societies and cultural outlooks reflected the elements as well. Iroh took this knowledge and used it to develop a firebending technique based on the concepts of waterbending. He's not outright using waterbending to redirect the lightning, only using it as an inspiration. Waterbending, though based in Tai Chi which is more an exercise than a combative martial art, is still about flowing with energy. Waterbenders especially when we see them fight are most adept at taking an attack and redirecting the energy back. When they fight each other they are always grabbing the water thrown at them and turning it back at the other (sometimes even doing it to weapons swung or thrown at them) which is not what we see in the other styles who are about either dissipating, blocking or dodging the attack. So Iroh invented a technique that borrows from the philosophy and tactics of another style but did not just do some water bending move and threw lightning back. In fact every time we see this move done, it's still in the pose and form of lightning bending itself, however instead of creating the energy, you absorb what was thrown at you and cast it back. But here? Now? There's no point in learning it as a martial art. Apparently now so long as you have the genetic pre-disposition to bend an element, you can do any kind of punch attack what ever and it'll make that element move or come out because fuck you. You don't have to evolve your outlook on how one can bend an element while still using the same martial art, you just have to punch the air and something will happen. Now you can do the motions of fire bending and BAM you can airbend. Why stop there. Let's throw out the sudden, deliberate motions of earthbending to move that rock. All Aang had to do was whirl his hands around like he was going to do the Air Scooter and he'd have moved that rock in an instant, proving Toph was wrong and that he, the Avatar, was right about his outlook on not needing to go head on.

[@sportagus3]

If Iroh can use a waterbending motion to develop a firebending technique, then why wouldn't you expect 70 years later in a world where all nations mix with each other that the benders would start sharing techniques. Martial artists do that in the real world, they combine their knowledge. Not only that, it's basic airbending. If you look at Tenzin and Zaheer in combat, you can see how unique their fighting forms are compared to say Kya, Ming Hua, and Ghazan. Even Bolin has moments where you can see the traditional influence in his bending.

[@yanagi4573]

@@sportagus3 Ok but the thing is, there are certain things about bending as a martial art that can't be half assed. That includes the philosophy/mindset needed to bend an element, as seen when Aang couldn't earthbend because he wasn't being sturdy like a rock. At the beggining of the first book in lok, we get all of this talk about how to be able to airbend, you need to be gentle, meditate, and to be able to move freely like the wind. When Korra magically airbends for no good reason (we are not going to get into that plot hole), she does it by punching the air. Is not a form, is not the right mindset, is nothing. Is just a desperate punch and she can magically airbend. THAT is what is the issue here. It would have been fine If she actually learned something from Tenzin like she was meant to do, but uhh we never get any of that so the show hands her airbending just because.

[@hanburgundy4317]

Here is a martial arts reference demo during the development of the show. This (and many other martial arts displays) are what the animators used for reference when drawing the fights to properly showcase the physical movements of each martial art form. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaSqcoiggspqj6c Here's another look at what went into the animation of both shows. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4fGeYprZdOHi80 And here's a compilation of fight scenes from LOK - gee, there's a lot of martial arts going on for a show that just uses boxing... kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmWYhYuhobmlhM0 I also have to add three things along the same vein: 1.) Avatar:The Last Air-bender established that the forms aren't entirely necessary to bend the respective elements. Ozai breathed fire and spouted it directly from his palms like a flamethrower. Katara cracked ice with her voice. Toph OFTEN Earth-bended with nothing more than a stomp of her foot. 2.) A:TLA also established that tenets from the other elements' respective martial art forms can be applied to any bending form. Iroh taught Zuko how to redirect the flow of lightning with Water-bending techniques. 3.) A:TLA also established that new variations and applications of bending are discovered every day (hyperbole). Toph discovered Metal-bending by feeling the bits of rock - the impurities, as she called it - in the metal (although that's a bit redundant as metal itself is fundamentally still rock, or "Earth" as they put it). That swamp witch (I forgot her name) developed Blood-bending. Additionally, The Legend of Korra - AND The Last Airbender, to a lesser extent - used what's known as "Tricking", which embellished the fighting styles a bit more and was mostly used for evasive maneuvers. Here are some examples. kzbin.info/www/bejne/noHUiYtrZtmKbbs Honestly, the whole "Legend of Korra just uses boxing" complaint is complete bullshit lmao

[@vingvingduy1779]

@@hanburgundy4317 completely agree with ypu, still in that scene is was kinda dumb how she was just punching air around. But wow great research you did there

[@hanburgundy4317]

@@vingvingduy1779 Thank you :D Aang did that first, though. In Book 3, when Aang is training to fight Ozai, he practices against a training dummy with a crude drawing of the Fire Lord's face on it, and he launches a flurry of punches at the dummy which produces Airbending. IDK why all of a sudden this is an issue with the fandom, when Aang did it _years_ before The Legend of Korra was made. So, basically, all of these claims made by E;R and other Korra-haters that her Airbending with punches (even though she ALSO Airbends with Baguazhang) somehow invalidates it or makes it a mockery of the martial arts and use that as the crux of their argument for "why Korra sucks", are completely bogus - OR they ought to apply that same, nitpicky criticism to Aang: more so, as he did it first lol

[@OPgamingstyle]

"Maybe you're a bad teacher" uhhh.... He taught 3 kids. They might not have been masters but they could do it.

[@mango5691]

his oldest daughter was a master- the spirit girl lol

[@shinobidaniel_12]

@@mango5691 korra just sucks ass at airbending

[@tankdogization]

I’m very certain from watching that Aang raised Tenzin to specifically train the next avatar, Korra. There is no reason for her to bitch about the only teacher on earth that was given that duty.

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

Korra also straight up mocked the dying civilization of Air Benders by straight up burning an ancient relic

[@RaySizim]

I mean, aang from that one episode yeeted kyoshi’s spiritually important clothes

[@EvilBakaCat]

The fact they made lightning bending so mundane pisses me off

[@m00nbutter7]

Floating Rock ikr???? Same thing happens with metal bending

[@dapyzzz4209]

@Floating Rock I mean you're technically right but in those years lightning bending might have been become more wide spread.

[@thehermit8618]

@Floating Rock the worst part is that i can recall, lightning bending by generating internal electricity was incredibly rare, so much so that only prodigies like Azula could do it and anyone else with any amount of proficiency could only make do by redirecting lightning (which even then was seen as an extremely risky move that should be done with outmost precision and control as the slightest mistake could prove fatal). Now its just any other kind of bending. This proved to me how Bryke just put into paper whatever looked the coolest without any regard for previously stablished lore

[@lukexavier9770]

Another thing I disliked was how weak lightning bending seemed - like when emon just straight up dodged lightning bolt zolts lightning - like how does one just dodge lightning from less than 2 meters away (also even fukin Zuko couldn’t lightning bend, also also why does Korra only use fire bending for flight once when she’s supposedly mastered it and their are 2 times in the first season where she needed to chase something into the air but instead made it halfway with water bending then proceeded to fall despite ‘mastering’ fire bending yet not being able to fly with it consistently

[@EvilBakaCat]

@Dionysian Beast that might apply to metal bending if they applied Toph's teaching (they don't, the way metal benders bend in lok goes against almost everything they teach about the style in tlab) But lightning bending was shown to be the pinnacle of fire bending, a technique that was incredibly deadly not only to your enemy but to yourself, the show made it clear that only those who have mastered inner peace or who were insanly sure of themselves could use it, that and lightning bending was so deadly back then it gave you a chance against even the avatar in avatar state. The way they portrayed both ruins both their lore and mystique and and the same time makes them as weak as any regular bending for some reason.

[@LordTactusMe]

Amon appearing on the scene with Backstreet Boys playing was hilarious.

[@mrandorex7495]

My maaaaan ;)

[@DeNamETae]

I lost it xD

[@maddiebargeron586]

I think the best part is that it worked so well with the scene

[@maddiebargeron586]

@@val3454 oh my gosh yess

[@nj7969]

I died when you basically turned Amon and his crew into a boy band😂

[@danielbach9205]

Oh man! Same here XD

[@danielbach9205]

5:46 This was both funny and sad 5:53 While this just had me laughing so hard and it’s just a few seconds after the funny/sad part

[@Dionysus784]

backstreet boys

[@Filip-jo3gd]

"Stay awawy from my dads ex girlfriend" how did she have time to say that

[@christiansolano2554]

She said it before coming on screen, the air temple island doesn't have good WiFi so she lagged.

[@大家族団子団子]

@V-Rex Harry- Orphan Ron- Beggar Hermione- Nerd Hagrid- Pedophile Lupin- Furry Moody- Camel

[@jlupus8804]

"Stay away from the woman my mom homewrecked"

[@MajorOctofuss]

An actual grown ass man sat down and wrote that.

[@jlupus8804]

@@MajorOctofuss Maybe he was really a boy with Benjamin Buttons disease... it's more common than you think

[@melfree2545]

“All white people are fire benders” slayed me.

[@DaShoopdahoop]

7:00 I want to get the timestamp down. That had me wheezing

[@100megatonYT]

Was that Aang with a Klan hood

[@tirthankarsarkar4206]

@@100megatonYT Yup 😁

[@elizabeth5561]

@@DaShoopdahoop thanks

[@elizabeth5561]

@@100megatonYT i thought that was Zuko with a Klan hood

[@andreapacini5324]

One thing that I really hated about the chi blockers was the fact that they were able to defeat Korra most of the time. That doesn't make any sense considering she was supposed to be a master in three out of four bending stiles. Ty Lee was a very skilled chi blocker (fire nation military elite) and even her had to take benders by surprise to disarm them, and now I should believe that a normal person from the city with little to no experience in combat can easily fight against the most powerful benders of this city?

[@Digsidian]

I came into the series backwards. Played the Korra game (Chi Blockers are enemies, so I thought they were military or something), watched Korra, (They're civilians who can fight benders who are all martial artists somehow) then watched the original series. (There's one blocker and shes an elite who has to fight smart) This stuff makes no sense in hindsight.

[@JJvideoman]

You. Yes. Correct. Win. Truth.

[@coconuthead4923]

lol Ty Lee came from circus you dumass

[@coconuthead4923]

Besides it doesnt matter how strong or skilled you are, find someones weakness and you will never lose no matter what!

[@ShinobiPXO]

Andrea Pacini Then how come Ty Lee could beat Katara, a Master waterbender?

[@williambutcher7429]

Korra is from the water tribe, so if she had any trouble learning bending, it would be FIRE. Not air, in fact, air and water are the MOST similar avatar elements. The writers, are stupid.

[@martinasera825]

I think it was related to the personalities and attitudes in bending. Aang has always been light on his feet because of air bending. He always approached his problems like one. But like Toph said he needed to get out of that mindset to understand the rock. Just paraphrasing. But the episode bitter work makes it clear. The opposites idea was katara’s when she was trying to comfort Aang who was sucking at earth bending at that time. Aaaand that’s why Korea sucked at airbending. She was a stubborn hot head heheh. You can even notice how fire bending became second nature to her almost more than water bending.

[@Rio-chii]

@@martinasera825 Roku also had trouble with water, because he was from the Fire Nation. It seems more like the authors are either breaking or forgetting their own canons.

[@martinasera825]

@@Rio-chii okay humor me for a sec heheh. What if Roku was so bad at waterbending at first because of his upbringing with his bff firelord which shaped his character somehow. Awww whatever... the canon wasn’t consistent in LoK either with its spiritual explanations.

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

@@martinasera825 if I recall correctly it is established in avatar when aang was training for earth bending. That air and earth are the opposites like water and fire are opposites. And since she is water tribe, fire should be her hardest. The techniques and mindset. Either way she learned how to bend 3 elements as a toddler without any training. So it makes zero sense anyways why air would even be difficult lol

[@Undubbedriah]

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE ELEMENT it is about the personality of the Avatar(she WAS hothead,stubborn and like to solve ploblem by force) so the opposite element of her is AIR because the philosophy of airbending is directly opposite of her mindset.

[@on.theshelf]

YES! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SAID IT! KORRA HAS NO RESPECT! That is why I couldn't stand her. I cannot relate to her at all and it does not feel like how Avatar is suppose to. You respect your elders even if you may think that they're wrong or crazy. She was such a spoiled rotten brat it was a pain to watch 4 seasons of her.

[@legakhsire]

Same. I am new to the avatar fandom and literally binged it over a weekend recently, but it took me an entire week to get through lok. Avatar was a joy to watch and I couldn't wait to watch every next episode, but Korra was a fucking chore for me to watch. She is such a spoiled and entitled brat with zero personality and rude to everyone who truly cares about her. I cannot stan.

[@The_Firevenus]

@@legakhsire preach, welcome btw

[@CaulkMongler]

Sam Cook kinda makes you wonder about the kind of viewer demographic Korra kept around...

[@RedxCarmine]

@@legakhsire I'm new to and I look forward to sitting down and watching the episodes. I don't want to watch Korra. I pretend Korra doesn't exist. The avatar cycle being broken and the spirit gate open.

[@Chriscraft-ug3sz]

@@RedxCarmine that’s called voiding, I void the entire 2nd season because the events are just no.

[@donaldthump6461]

The fact that the big guy from the equalists can take bending powers away from benders makes him more likely the avatar than Korra 😂

[@Hdubs44]

CanDonaldTrumpget10,000,000subscribers that's actually an interesting concept.

[@randeli7785]

That does sound cool, an avatar who becomes the villain and all the nations have to figure out a way to take out an unstoppable bender of all the elements. Sounds a million times better than The Legend of Whorra.

[@Hdubs44]

randy miller the fact paid writers cant take the time to think outside the box shows that they use " It's a kids show" as an excuse

[@Arkangel630]

You can absolutely do it by making him force them to do it through "MAGIC BULLSHIT EXCUSE HERE" Give him an important handicap for doing so and it'll become believable enough. Of course this should only be done if you have a good story to tell with it and its not just for shock value.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

you got wan and evil tree, evil spirits, what if you get lost there and come back "different"

[@supernegadragon6075]

Can we also talk about how when korra airbends for the first time, it’s when she PUNCHES with 0 grace or style. Not only is it a PUNCH, a movement we have never seen associated with air bending because air bending, like water bending, is supposed to be more about flowing energy, rather than bending while striking like earth and fire bending, BUT EVEN THE PUNCH ITSELF HAD NO GRACE OR FLUIDITY TO IT WHATSOEVER. Ya know, something that air bending has been shown to time and time again, require? It was literally a “protagonist unlocks new power at the time of tension anime punch” kind of punch. THIS IS SOME DRAGON BALL SHIT, BUT EVEN THEN, THE SAYIANS NEEDED ACTUAL EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL DISTRESS. Like Goku’s best friend dying right in front of his eyes. Not “oh no my crush is bout to lose his bending, better call upon the ex machina gods to help me save him”.

[@pietrogentile5999]

In the entire ATLA series we see almost only Aang airbending... And we see Kyoshi airbending the Kyoshi islands away and while she did it she had the same grace and fluidity that korra had in her first punch so I guess people that aren’t born airbenders can use different styles too. (Just like Kuvira bends earth and metal with a different style than most earthbenders we have seen in the series)

[@fdeslandes8924]

I was searching for this comment wtf did they do to their own fucking world were they high af

[@Les____]

so you’re just going to completely ignore the fact that i’m book 3 of ATLA aang was seen throwing air punches on screen-

[@fdeslandes8924]

@@Les____ id say aang was an airbending master with deep connection to his spirituality korra was just mehhhhhh punch

[@Les____]

F Deslandes ok it was pretty cliche i’d give you that- but if the shoe fits 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@llamasarethesuperiorspecie2681]

The lessons I learned from season 1 is If you’re bad at something it’s your teachers fault and you will be able to randomly learn that skill after not in the least bit trying

[@christopherc5456]

I will now use that lesson in my life

[@llamasarethesuperiorspecie2681]

@@christopherc5456 do it, I found the cure to cancer

[@blauwbeer556]

Man I wish it did work like that, everyone would be an asshole but the exams is gonna be easy as fuck

[@reasonablyserious]

But only if you're obnoxious and bratty enough.

[@hanburgundy4317]

Tell me you didn't watch the show without telling me you didn't watch the show. Korra apologized and took full blame for blowing up at Tenzin _by the end of the episode_ - E;R conveniently left out the resolution and context to every "issue", just so he could paint the picture of Korra being bad for no reason. And, in THE VERY NEXT EPISODE, Korra is shown training and learning the proper ways to Airbend; in fact, she's shown training day and night in almost every episode of Book 1. Seriously, this fandom is full of shit lmao

[@roarkthehalf-orc6598]

Tai lee was my childhood waifu. They could've at least given her a reference in the fact that they're using chi blocking. Like she taught someone originally and they corrupted the style for evil. But no

[@user-rm3qj9mb2b]

Jacob Sullivan That why LoK is trash in this perspective

[@Jakugen0]

Jacob Sullivan She was a villain, ok with and participating in the rape and conquest of entire races of people and civilizations with little remorse. Also, the fact that she befriended Suki is all you need to know to make it all fit. Suki learned chi blocking, and from her the Keyoshi warriors became chiblockers. Later on in life, when we see Saka as an important governing figure in republic city, she has presumably moved to the city with him. Being that chi blocking is depicted as having been deseminated within self defense classes marketed towards non-benders, it makes sense that the trend start with some entrepreneurship on the part of Saka and Suki. There. Solved.

[@roarkthehalf-orc6598]

Jakugen She wasn't a villain, she was an underling. Forced to work for azula in order to protect others around her because she knows that azula was coocoo for coco puffs. When we first saw Ty Lee she had run away to a circus to escape all the bullcrap of the work and azula, but she figured that azula would continuously try to ruin her life and the lives of those around her unless she joined, which she did reluctantly in her own chipper optimist manor. If she was cool with all that rape and conquest then she wouldn't have turned on her when she was about to kill mei. It's like saying the Czech people forcefully recruited by the nazis in WWII were evil. I wouldn't say she befriended suki, more like she forcefully pushed her way into their ranks, and considering the fact that suki's fighting style is perfectly serviceable against benders, there's no reason she'd learn chi blocking. Just sounds like making lame excuses for bullcrap bad writing.

[@wdavis6814]

Jacob Sullivan Ty Lee is the best Avatar waifu.

[@mariano98ify]

Wade Davis for me my childhood love is Toph

[@OckhamAsylum]

Another thing about Korra suddenly getting airbending that IMMEDIATELY set me off the moment I saw it was the fact that she didn't actually know how to airbend. She used a few techniques sometimes and probably recalled some of her teachings, but at no point did she actually figure out how to airbend. In TLA Aang could only bend things he hadn't properly learned to bend after going into the Avatar State. Korra didn't do this. To actually consciously use the other elements, Aang had to put in HARD WORK, something Korra has NEVER done for bending. And yet here we are, now she can airbend because she unlocked it through the power of love. I mean, it was just a simple punch, which doesn't at all mesh with the smooth, flowing technique of airbending. I'm glad they took a shit all over their interesting martial arts themes and philosophies that they established this universe operated on in TLA just so that they could have an incredible ass-pull to get themselves out of the corner they had been written into.

[@TheSamuraiGoomba]

It's because they had to asspull a shitty villain with bloodbending powers that didn't fucking exist in TLA, so they needed an even more OP asspull to get themselves back out. Otherwise the story might have become interesting. My first, most obvious response to "Korra is about to lose all her bending" was "Ok cool, so what about some episodes where she can't bend at all? Sort of like when Aang lost his flying mount."

[@1234321xx1]

They took away all of the martial arts from bending. All of them just do boxing now, which would be interesting for just one character, not all, and much less the avatar herself. Bolin is so weak because his fighting style completely contradicts earthbending.

[@OckhamAsylum]

+TheSamuraiGoomba I actually would have loved to see something like that. There's a lot of potential for character development there, especially for such an arrogant and overly confident character like Korra. It's unquestionably an idea that is leagues above the Avatar State cop-out that they gave us. +Joaquin Fidalgo I was annoyed by that too, they just turned everything into 1920s pugilism in terms of fighting styles. The different styles of bending are practically part of the foundation of the universe, with the martial arts reflecting the division of the world's peoples, cultures, attitudes, and the crucial need for these differences (the balance). Instead, the writers decided that they had an itch, a massive raging hard-on for the 20s that just HAD to be satisfied, so they chucked one of the fundamental aspects of the universe that made it so interesting out the window and said "NOW IT'S TIME FOR REALLY FORCED BOXING MATCHES WITH HAMMY RADIO ANNOUNCERS! DON'T LIKE IT?! WELL *YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH IT!"*

[@TheSamuraiGoomba]

It's the most obvious move, too. Oh, there's a super evil guy that can remove bending powers? Okay, so they succeed and now our hero has to figure out how to live and accomplish their goals without bending. Suddenly they're exposed to the world as a non-bender and they've lost their safety net and identity. And obviously, at some point they'd get bending back because this is a kid's show and not a greek tragedy, but still. It's the most obvious of obvious character development. Any group of writers should immediately see it.

[@Stallnig]

Aang actually got quite the hang of 3 elements within a year. Only fire was a problem til the last few episodes. And korra has been trained by the white lotus for I don't know how many years. It isn't shown (like many things), but apparently she did train a lot.

[@grindgrindgrind666]

I was genuinely rooting for the Equalists.

[@jrrthompson1996]

Marky Mark Me too. The whole first season reminds me of the Star Wars franchise and the way Jedi and Sith just fuck everything up for everyone else simply by existing. Amon actually wanted to do something about the inequality in the Avatar universe, but God forbid a villain actually have sympathetic and (dare I say it?) righteous motivations! Instead, the show squandered all the potential it built up and moved to the south pole to get away from the messy worldbulding the first season got up to.

[@protonjones54]

Josh Thompson That's not how Star Wars works dude. The Jedi are just fine, it's greedy prideful assholes (aka the Sith) who have to come along and ruin society. The idea of a "grey Jedi" is a farce, a grey Jedi IS JUST A JEDI.

[@donaldthump6461]

Doctor Jones But because of the existence of the Jedi there are Sith So they are kinda the reason for every evil in the galaxy

[@protonjones54]

Random Person From the Internet​ Blaming the Jedi for the existence of evil in the universe is as insane as saying police are the reason why we have crime in society.

[@donaldthump6461]

Doctor Jones Yeah you have a good point But maybe there wouldn't be such a big evil like the sith without the Jedis

[@Mana7Origin]

11:55 "Spend his life with the wrong woman." This right here is something only a psycho would say.

[@conigonde]

And the soulless eyes when she says it are just hilarious.

[@kbg12ila]

When Mako dumped Korra it actually felt like someone standing up to their abuser.

[@RockstarWarriorLady]

Mako tried to do what was legal while Korra doesn't believe in rules.

[@zeera7080]

Exactly. Korra was toxic af, mah boi dodged not a bullet, but a rocket

[@PrincessLockette]

@@zeera7080 now asami has to deal with her abusive ass

[@ItsRemmyy]

@@PrincessLockette yeah but you know that they will never show her doing what she did to mako to asami because the lgbtq will flip out about how they were being represented.

[@ItsRemmyy]

@Michael Garrett Im confused, are you saying that Korrasami makes sense because they are both women and it was Makos fault that their relationship failed or... Im confused

[@caitlyn2910]

Mai and Zuko were gold compared to Mako and Korra Edit: just want to point out that I ship neither couple but DEFINITELY prefer Mai and Zuko over Makorra and I like lok

[@thecollector4332]

Gold? Try diamonds. Everything is when you compare it to whatever mako and korra are.

[@Marcoluvscake]

M8, even the cabbage man is better than the legend of Korra, the whole entire show

[@dragonwolf3527]

You mean comedy gold

[@Yzke]

Trust me, the comic series that came around 2013 made Mai and Zuko’s relationship diamonds... there is so much detail in the comics that’s it’s insane.

[@Chris_Chansen]

Oh yeah

[@akumaten]

Anng calling Katara his "forever girl" (even in a dream) was a million times better than any of the schlock in LoK

[@MegaMoh]

schlock in lok

[@tsunderelove7422]

THIS Is the truth I'm a full on Kataang and Still am lol. But, it's just really bad how they made bohlin like that. It's like this Bolin: I'm not good bro Zuko: why dude, is something bothering you? Bolin: well yah cause my brother just kissed and stoled my girlfriend from me.. Zuko: that's rough buddy

[@channel-re5uq]

bAbY yOuR mY fOrEvEr gIrL True though

[@Avatar_Roku]

@@tsunderelove7422 Legends said that a secret Illuminati tries to make Zutara canon

[@MegaMilenche]

Him kissing her twice without her consent was better, too.

[@parkerlindsay5565]

How is tenzin a bad teacher when he has taught 4 children with very different personalities air bending(one of which became a master and got their tattoos faster than aang)

[@harrogeorge7878]

(Last bit just shitting on aang even harder than korra herself)

[@daniel_361]

@I'm subscribing to you Jinora was eleven. Although you could argue that she got the tattoos for her other achievements, not necessarily for her mastery of airbending.

[@Yodah97]

​@@harrogeorge7878 I'm sure Aang had enough raw talent to do it at 11 or even 10 if he wanted, but he'd need to focus on that goal, and that's just not how pre-war Aang was. Jinora is the nerd who likely spent a lot more time training when Aang was having fun at the same age.

[@erikbihari3625]

​@@Yodah97. A:"we never outright told how and why the tatoos are recieved just that their a symbol of someone's status as master. What does an airbender have to do Exactly to get tatoos?(Even Fucking"Alien vs Predator"established that stupid unorthodox T is a sign of superiority, when latter kills former!) B:"Since we don't know what it takes to be a master, and get tatoos, there's no clear picture what Exactly She trained in. C:"We are Just Told she's good/trained! D:"it all happened because of Kai"seriously, in the previous seasons she never give any indication to have desired the rank of master, or why, Kai just randomly mentions it as romantic small talk, and from then on, she's gung ho about it! If I didn't know any better it's to contrive an achievement out of a supporting character that makes our main heroine feel even more sorry for herself than she already was due to sustaining crippling injuries. No?

[@mightiesthacker]

@@erikbihari3625We are told how Aang became a master. There are thirty six tiers needed for mastery and Aang only completed thirty five with his air scooter fulfilling the requirements for mastery.

[@LNK5327]

The only character i loved, apart from Tenzin is Lin Beifong And the show absolutely did her dirty :)

[@notazula]

Yes, Lin.

[@canvas_125]

All my favorite characters in LoK get the shortest end of the stick. Look at how they massacred my guy, Sokka. He’s basically nonexistent. I know it’s not about the original Gaang, but DAMN.

[@yanagi4573]

All the characters that call out whorra for her bullshit get punished by the show : / Lin got her bending taken away and had that episode having to deal with her sister she resented so much (and was completely justified for doing so). Tenzin also gets punished by the show when whorra ignores his advice and does whatever tf she wants with no real consequences.

[@llamasarethesuperiorspecie2681]

They made her seem *wrong* for punishing korra after she DESTROYED property that didn’t belong to her Make it make sense

[@iamautism420]

@@canvas_125 That the literally the truth. I was beyond disgusted about what this so-called "show" did to him.

[@AlpenSkyWatcher]

When sequels ignores earlier mechanics, ignores character development, and just big gay. Just like The Last Jedi's suicide warp.

[@jeremylister704]

The only interesting new character that they didn’t ruin was Tenzin

[@ShibuNub3305]

I want to live in a reality where Legend of Tenzin Exists, and we see him dealing with having to re-establish the airbenders

[@ngultrum1]

TBF, he did had to apologize to Korra for no reason. I won't say ruin, but they did mock the character & the concept of Air Bending.

[@tankdogization]

He was the punching bag from what I’ve watched so far.

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

Tenzin himself, pretty awesome character, how they treated him at times, not so awesome

[@c456ex9]

and his family

[@JaelaOrdo]

Tenzin is clearly the best character in the show, followed by Lin.

[@fzndn-xvii]

Based

[@TawakeBaka]

@@fzndn-xvii You can't deny that Lin is awesome. Best character in all Avatar Series

[@ab-gail]

Frfr

[@CaulkMongler]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought none of her negative traits were endearing, and just annoying.

[@peari8676]

They were supposed to be annoying for character building in the future.

[@J05TI]

@@peari8676 Yeah, you might be right. They might well be just a poor attempt at character building.

[@darkjackl999]

​@@peari8676>in the future >Only 1 season planned

[@joshg.8706]

Holy shit. Tenzin is voiced by J.K. Simmons! No wonder I liked him.

[@thallan]

Holy Fucking Shit

[@parkeypence5974]

"Stay away from my dad's ex girlfriend" There's no way that's actually a direct quote, that is the single most ridiculous line I have ever heard from anything

[@khanjue5511]

Sorry to disappoint, but yes it is.

[@appleorchard9358]

It was a direct quote 😭

[@LightRoomRJU]

Ffs

[@forrestcarvalho4458]

Yeah it was kinda cringe

[@MalinaliTrejo]

If I recall correctly from ATLA, blood-bending was invented/discovered by Hama with Katara being the only other person to have learned it...and a big part of their duel was Hama wanting to force Katara to blood-bend so that the art would continue. Even ignoring the need for a full moon, it makes sense that blood-bending would've died with Hama since it's reasonable to assume that Katara wouldn't have taught it to anyone else. So how would anyone else have even LEARNED how to blood-bend even if it were "possible" to do so without a full moon?

[@Avatar_Roku]

But blood-bending *REQUIRES* full moon

[@MalinaliTrejo]

@@Avatar_Roku I know that, my point was that even if blood bending were possible without a full moon, there would've been nobody to have taught other water benders how to blood bend anyways. How did Tarlok and Amon/Noatak's father even learn to blood bend if Katara was the only other person to know how and she wanted blood bending outlawed?

[@Avatar_Roku]

@@MalinaliTrejo Plot-hole?

[@MalinaliTrejo]

@@Avatar_Roku exactly, just more proof of what a mess TLOK is.

[@Avatar_Roku]

@@MalinaliTrejo Have a Jasmine tea!

[@jpgextinction]

"Until Tenzin's oldest child, *Pema*"

[@nocktukdaze8256]

Your title fits that statement extremely well....

[@JensenP12]

Very nice, 10/10 reference !

[@Zinervawyrm]

@Nostalgia For Infinity If I remember the ages correctly, Tenzin is about 55-ish and Pema is about 30-ish? So yeah, old enough to almost be her father.

[@MelonMafia1]

*i just fuckin noticed how tenzin is like 70 and pema is like fuckin 25, and it doesn't help how their son looks inbred af*

[@brigidleahy2848]

I know I am late. During the first season, Pema is 35 and Tenzin is 51. If I am doing my math right, It's a sixteen year difference.

[@bobbybob3804]

It's actually kind of funny, change Korra's gender and I'm sure the fandom wouldn't even exist, because then he would just be an asshole who thought the world revolved around him and never learned anything and blamed faults on other people.

[@naciabell7903]

.....Huh, your right. Actually, your compelty right. If Korra had been a guy and all the characters were generswapped, this show's fandom might not even exist...Its funny to think that having a girl as the avatar this time with this personality gets praised for it, yet if its a guy acts like Korra they are called a asshole.

[@darkolli]

I think the show would be even more popular because of it, people seem to like dickhead protagonists for some inexplicable reason.

[@bobbybob3804]

ESBA hm maybe, that kind of steps into light novel power fantasy type stories though, which is also a good hypothesis as to why korra sucks so much as a person but people still like her

[@classicslayer456]

asshole characters only work if they are funny,charming and have good redeeming qualities korra on the other hand has none of that.

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

Good observation. I think the reason why scarcely no one cares when girls act that way is because they expect them to act that way, whereas guys are constantly held to a higher standard. If there is indeed a soft-bigotry of low-expectations then there must be a corresponding hard-bigotry of high-expectations.

[@coreythepeanut]

Just realized Sokka and Aang are the only dead OG team avatar members

[@nexuswolf780]

Momo and Appa?

[@nikoscalderon3690]

Ah yes can't forget those two either

[@2diefor]

So the Cabbage Man is still alive?!!

[@nathanjora7627]

KarateCaveman He is eternal.

[@jeremylister704]

KarateCaveman gods cant die

[@BigMastah79]

“Stay away from my Dad’s Ex-Girlfriend” That’s a powerful statement you gotta admit that

[@dripdoriya1707]

Lol that’s weird how Aang’s son and Toph’s daughter dated 🤣🤣🤣

[@austinjohnsen4430]

@@dripdoriya1707 Yeah. Who would have thought that Aang, Katara, and Sokka almost became in laws with Toph?

[@Couch_Banana]

@@austinjohnsen4430 That honestly would've been pretty cool. From true companions to family, y'know?

[@austinjohnsen4430]

@@Couch_Banana Ehhhh… it’s probably for the best it didn’t turn out that way. By Lin’s own admission, she supposedly trashed Tenzin’s home when he broke up with her, and she’s still pretty pleased with herself for that to this day. That’s pretty petty and vindictive, even for her.

[@Couch_Banana]

@@austinjohnsen4430 Yeah, you're right. I wish that wasn't the case, but unfortunately they're not compatible whatsoever with that sort of reaction.

[@brandoncurington6715]

This show seems so disconnected to atla. The only reason we watched this show is because we loved atla.

[@kennykendrick1985]

Exactly like they could at least kept everything we learned from atla the same in here but no they changed pretty much everything that we learned from atla

[@swarnamverma7808]

That's why I'm not watching it .

[@arushichokshi8646]

i tried to watch it but Korra was so annoying i gave up

[@Lily-jn1gx]

Yeah i watched lok and i only really liked bolin cause he was so sweet and tenzin and his family

[@ming5208]

It’s a entirely different show set 60+ years in the future of course it’s gonna feel disconnected

[@alphahunter4791]

LoK: She can't air bend because of her inner toil and inability to connect with herself and the spirit realm Also LoK: She can magically air bend during one of her greatest moments of inner turmoil as she's now lost her bending, and is about to watch the same thing happen to her because plot

[@zeothesnowwolf2937]

I was about to say something but I'm so sure I would have everyone on my ass so I'm just not gonna cause I have no time for that

[@KyubiCloaks]

@@zeothesnowwolf2937 then why comment at all?

[@solar9873]

Because she’s the avatar wahhh

[@zeothesnowwolf2937]

@@KyubiCloaks just because of that I'm gonna say my piece

[@zeothesnowwolf2937]

Korra's ability to airbend wasn't exactly an asspull. It kinda was but not in the regular way. She had an actual reason (Sort of) To airbend in that moment. Since airbending isn't about force but letting it come naturally hence why it's god damn air. Air is natural and can't be forced and Korra spent most of her time trying to force and find shortcuts to learn airbending and when she needed to she used instinct instead of force and was able to airbend. Hell Uncle Bumi did the exact same thing in book 3. It was an instinctive action that then allowed him to airbend. Yet I don't see anyone complaining about him. Both shows have greats and flaws but the thing is. They're 2 completely different shows with different messages and meanings. Attacking LoK for the most minor things either because you A. Are too much of a fan of ATLA and find issues with every little because it's not ATLA. Or B. You're bandwagoning and just using the same reasons people hate LoK despite not having any legitimate reason to

[@MarcAlcatraz]

the BACKSTREET BACK ALRIGHT got me dying

[@khfan4life365]

It fucking worked! 🤣

[@servus_incognitus]

"There's actual growth and development between these two, and their romance is sparse but fricking adorable... They have one key thing that every relationship in LOK lacks: respect. Aang and Katara madly respected each other, and that's why their relationship hit all the right notes. They built up a level of trust and commitment that only each other shared. You know they might actually have... Loved each other... Yeah, I know, an impossible fantasy... But what else are these lies we call stories for anyway?" This part of the video hit me like a truck man.

[@aceambling7685]

Hullo Prester John, have you come to save Christendom?

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

Indeed

[@MegaMilenche]

Sure, Aang respected Katara so much, he couldn't stop kissing her without consent.

[@isaiahmayle4706]

​@@MegaMilenche Oh you mean twice ever, both in times of immense stress where he wasnt sure he was gonna live much longer?

[@kingalastor936]

​@@isaiahmayle4706that's no justification nor excuse. He did not even apologise for the second time. And I am pretty sure the second time had more to do with "He is so head over heels in love with her if he does not have her he has nothing... Because he refused to let her go a season ago"

[@lizamungaray2879]

I never realized how stupid and immature Korra is until now. Thanks for opening my eyes

[@zaei7655]

@Mike Yes but it's badly written into her.

[@aquamarineancientsoul7893]

She is a teenager tho

[@wren7248]

@@aquamarineancientsoul7893 She's the Avatar she's supposed to be responsible, and protect the world, Aang was able to do this at 12, Kora is clearly older and acts like a total jerk, she's also the worst Marry sue I've seen since I started helping my sister realise that her character's were way too OP. If they gave some reason for her bad behaviour, I don't know more story stuff about her childhood.

[@TheAdamSmasherMultiverse]

Facts

[@vaskopoh9512]

same

[@isaacxiao4496]

I remember the only thing I liked about this show that it was ATLA related And I still hold true to that

[@LightRoomRJU]

And it fails in every way

[@francescofulghieri9608]

I like the bear dog

[@Nalon.1242]

Polar dog tenzin and jinora are the only ones that I like

[@MigDonalds4235]

My heart actually died when the camera panned to Bolin and he was heart broken like damn bro I know how you feel. 😔 Then the director’s had to give him the ugliest animated crying and I was like “thanks for fucking up my sympathy” (I’m sure everyone had/has this feeling) I would’ve directed THAT scene specifically way better than that

[@kenadielise7780]

Ik I legit actually got sad and then got so mad at the DISRESPECT

[@Les____]

it’s upsetting too because unlike mako and korra, BOLIN AND KORRA HAD CHEMISTRY

[@Pootis-Spencer]

@@Les____ while I don't hava a lot of in-sight to Kollin ship (in my country Nextlit still don't have LoK) I would say that a it was such a waste the potential of "brawl girl x more-soft boy", especially for the year, where there wasn't a lot of characters like Bolin that wasn't just for comedy, they just take the easy path of "default badboy and brawl girl" for S1. What if Bolin started a arc of him becoming more mature after seeing the girl he liked kissing his bro? Just imagine, your parents died at a young age and the main people that was looking out for you was your big brother, who you belive is the greatest person in the planet and your hero. You meet this girl and have an instant crush of her (why? Idk because love at first sight is a common/ cute trope that can be used in a good way i assume) so you try the classic tip you always hear: "Be yourself". Bolin is himself with Korra, and he thinks he is conquering her heart after their date, only to see later his crush and brother, the person he most admires, kissing. He is devastated, but instead of the "ugly crying guy" (because is soooo progresive having a brawling independent girl at the same time that you joke about a guy having his fellings crushed and expressing it) you don't do the ugly cry, you make him run away, away from his crush, and away from his brother, just crying because the only happiness and good relationship he had outside his bro was (what you could assume in his place) a lie/trick. You could use this opportunity to make him start maturing, make himself questioning if acting like his brother would make him get the chick, asking why his brother knowing his fellings would allow the kiss to happen and start to drift away for him (until the critical moment OC), or why he even likes Korra in the first place, because she is tough and brave and confident unlike him? There was so much potential in Bolin for start and arc like this, but we needed a member in the main cast to give us the jokes. (Sorry for the long comment)

[@jeremiahjeno]

It's a kids show. No matter what you feel about it, when it came out its main demographic was 5-10 year olds, most of the time they cant really have serious problems in these shows.

[@jeremiahjeno]

@Grannvale Flame Emperor yeah but did they "show" it? Or did they "represent" it? Obviously they cant show people getting killed, tortured, etc, they did represent problems well tho, but if you take a kid and sit them down to watch it, will they get it? Most likely not but I'm hoping if a situation that's similar happens they reflect back on what they saw in the show and see how the situation should be handled. But idk.

[@alfa1659]

I litrerly almost dropped a series, after korra kissed his brother right infront off him.

[@robotgalaxy4168]

I did for like a week

[@777holy67]

Oh my god this show man

[@rivershen8954]

Fr I regret watching 6 episode of book 1 to try and get back into the series.

[@CRAgamer]

I did drop it then and just watched a synopsis of the show afterwards. Figured it'd be better than actually watching it.

[@lcali7496]

25:55 I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THIS!! The Lion Turtle talks about how in the era before the Avatar they bent energy instead of elements. In Korra s2 we actually get to see the era before the Avatar and what did people bend? ELEMENTS. And WHY would such godly and ascended spiritual beings as Lion Turtles take a side in the man VS spirits conflict. God, it baffles me how the same people who wrote the greatness that is The Last Airbender could write something as inconsistent as Legend of Korra.

[@ErnestKaltenStalin]

Uh, did the Lion Turtles bend elements? I don't think so. They gave the energy to bend elements to people. The same energy that took Ozai's fire bending away.

[@axonfox]

Aaron Ehasz did the most work in the writing (cause he's the headwriter😂). Makes sense that Bryke messed up Korra. If Ehasz was there, LoK would've been a better sequel.

[@Superiorer]

Bryke went to Nick with Aang and his robot pet momo. Then Nick put a good writer on the concept and they made atla. In korra bryke had complete creative freedom.

[@WiiSage]

just anthor example of LOK re-conning or changing rules that were already in place

[@yaomaji762]

@@axonfox Watch the Dragon Prince instead. 🗿↗️

[@Worse_Alex]

"The Avatar can use all of the elements" Aman knows that Korra is the Avatar, he should have also been looking for the air bending chi path.

[@Jakugen0]

Alex Austin They weren't open. Korra was trying to firebend at Amon, but the chi could only escape through her virginal air pathways.

[@nocktukdaze8256]

Jakugen But you would think he would've missed one. And even then your argument falls short because Amon blocked Korra's 3 alleged chi paths in the same amount of time as he did basically everybody else's one. If each chi path was seperate like you're claiming, Amon would've taken three times the amount of time it took toake everybody else's bending. Did he switch immediately after he blocked one path to the next? How though? If he can do that right then and there, why didn't he figure out about Korra's supposed fourth chi path right then and there? And if it takes Amon a few seconds to block three separate chi paths, then everyone should've had their bending removed almost immediately after Amon made contact. But that's besides the point, the point is Amon took as much time to block three supposedly different chi paths as it took to block one. That implies Korra's ability to bend all come from the same exact chi path. Meaning it would mean fuck all if Korra's airbending was blocked, since it had the same chi path as the other elements, she shouldn't be able to airbend whatsoever.

[@Jakugen0]

Amon merely dams up all of the flowing arteries of chi. I doubt he is able to tell which are for which element, just that there are more to close in the avatar. Korra doesn't attempt air bending when she first air bends. She looks like she is trying to fire bend and the chi forces its way out through the formerly closed air pathways which at least were not sealed. Excess chi from being the avatar means it is all forced out though one pathway instead of four. Korra is a fraud and never would have learned air bending if it weren't for Amon.

[@nocktukdaze8256]

Jakugen Again, if chi is all one path for Korra, then she shouldn't be able to bend whatsoever. And you know this how? So if it's all seperate chi paths, then let's back track on how the fuck did Amon not know he missed one? If he could detect three different chi pathways, why didn't he know he missed a fourth one? If it's all of Korra's chi is down one pathway and four then how the actual fuck can she airbend if Amon blocked that chi path? If Korra's water, earth, fire, and airbending have the same exact chi path, then Korra shouldn't be able to airbend at all because that path was closed! Except how could she airbend if her chi was blocked? You're making no sense.

[@Jakugen0]

The answer is literally told to you in the above video from the people who wrote it. Amon has no way of knowing how many chi paths a person should or should not have. He just knows how to detect flowing chi paths and how to dam them up. Korra didn't have functional air pathways. Still, they existed and were not sealed in the same way that Amon seals the others. There is a seal that the body overcomes when it acquires the bending type. The writers say that when all of the functioning paths were detected and cut off, the excess pressure of chi which would have been flowing through three outlets is directed towards the virginal air pathways. When Korra attempts fire-bending, the chi is forced through the air pathway and she achieves air bending without an air bending technique being used. There is no reason to assume that Amon knows what chi pathways do what, or how the chi pathway structure of a three element avatar would look like as opposed to a four element avatar. To him it just looks like a person with a shit load of extra chi arteries and an expanded chi capacity.

[@KanishQQuotes]

Hate that line "stay away from my dad's ex girlfriend" Should have been "stay away from our chief of police" Cuz Lyn was forced to resign This just comes across as those stupid kids catchphrase

[@gorg6151]

The scene with Bolin is so good, until they ruin the scene with his fucking stupid crying, he should have just dropped the flowers and walked away. They played an emotional scene for a shitty gag.

[@maxmustermann9058]

Imagine what possibilities they would have had if Korra were forced to meditate how bad she is and genuinely feel like shit. Korra getting taken down a notch could have made her more humble (you know character development) and the show could communicate an actually important message to the audience, like no matter how good you are you will never excel at everything and you need to learn how to deal with your weaknesses or a moral about patience or hard work, anything.

[@Mino1777]

And teaching actual morals? Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind? :D

[@maxmustermann9058]

I know I am old-fashioned I guess I have to accept that the audience is taught that failure is not an option and that they are actually right 100% of the time.

[@Mino1777]

Exactly. :D People cant handle failure nowadays and unlike in the past it doesnt inspire them to do better because they are perfect the way they are.... Seriously tho, Korra and Wang are so fucked up. How come a murderer and criminal become the original Avatar?

[@ErazemofPredjama]

Except that's exactly what happens throughout the entire series, you fucking moron.

[@shaneyy__]

Erazem of Predjama what 😂😂😂

[@Fif0l]

The fartbending moment is metaphor of the entire show.

[@mixafx]

Why I hate the show so much-

[@Fif0l]

@fo exipni we noticed it's not the last airbender. If it didn't remind the better show so much Legend of Korra wouldn't be half as anger inducing.

[@Themamba214]

It was such a deeply rooted metaphor, it truly moved me.

[@SrBananas]

I always thought Amon was the 'only' good thing about Korra. And had the potential to be EVEN cooler. One of the cooler villains in animation. But Korra (the show)won't let us have nice things. :/

[@toocoldtobother7271]

AnbuIce we had Zaheer and Kuriva #twoofthebestvilliansever

[@JackalEtheriasu]

Jackeline Frost Am... Nope Flyguy and Kuhitler are worst

[@Commander_Shepard.]

@@toocoldtobother7271 AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA.....That's sarcasm right?

[@toocoldtobother7271]

Commander Shepard yep

[@s3m4j.nyy_]

Aang: *Uses talent, knowledge, and skill to win battles* Korra: *Backed into a corner* "I'm the Avatar!!!"

[@fzndn-xvii]

and we gotta deal with it

[@s3m4j.nyy_]

@@fzndn-xvii Yessir lmao

[@Undubbedriah]

you guys act like she doesn't has skill at all. Honestly, Korra is a better fighter than Aang (without the avatar state).

[@s3m4j.nyy_]

@@Undubbedriah were joking. Cmon now. Of course she has skill. She knew how to bend 3 elements at an extremely young age. She's a better hand to hand fighter than Aang and she fights better with bending. All I'm saying is that she brags about being the Avatar. So calm the hell down

[@Undubbedriah]

@@s3m4j.nyy_ yeah i would like to say something: why you haters have to bash Korra like that.you just treated Korra like that she changes nothing at all. every hate review of Korra just focus on Korra ss1 to bash her(just like what you did)

[@shinyahiiragi5299]

Amon was the best thing in this series for me. I like his look, his character, he is just too good for this show.

[@legendarymarston9174]

Too bad he was just a water bender and not a sith lord.

[@Skymoc4]

@@legendarymarston9174 I *HATE* democracy >:(

[@Kaospyro]

Plus Steve Blum-that voice is so smooth.

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

Too bad his appearances were poorly planned

[@4_never_sane]

Just like Pain

[@jonathandonovan1802]

who ever made this is an absolute memelord i love it!

[@theentiretyofisis912]

absolute madman*

[@MrOzzification]

Same thing

[@bonus12345457]

Meme King

[@dankestmemes9843]

bonus12345457 Meme God!

[@Jimoshi1]

Everyone is equal but that masked guy is most equal of them all

[@periodic98]

Red Star he’s George Orwell’s pig in disguise

[@wutdrago8639]

Does anybody notice he calls tenzins wife “Tenzins oldest child”

[@deleted3471]

I think its a joke ngl

[@reharl4953]

It's a joke about their marked differences in maturity level.

[@aceambling7685]

Women are Children.

[@danielalaiz419]

God someone have to said that ,someone give her a bow other than giving her advice on stealing her best friend's boyfriend or giving birth to mongoloid children

[@abdulh9493]

Im really mad that none of the other avatars saw this shit in the spirit world and didn’t decide to step in and straighten her out.

[@Veehartee]

Apparently she shattered the connection thing and the old ones can't do anything. Also there wont be new avatars after her because she fucked that up too.

[@abdulh9493]

@@Veehartee what the fuck. Might as well consider this whe Korra thing null. How the fuxk do you fuck up that fucking badly

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

CaptainYolk 8 Bad plot devices that’s how

[@Magnesius]

@@Veehartee not true, that ALMOST happend after zaheer/Unaatu... but she still retains Rava.... and thus still has the avatar line ahead of her t hrough rava.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@Magnesius, Raava and Utau is another huge ass retcon in Legend of Whorra, and I honestly don’t see how people praise the show, but yet those same people bash on Avatar the Last Airbender all the time.

[@superStardollarrewar]

"Pema you homewrecker." Yup.

[@cancerjuly1989]

Well she is the sole reason for Lin and Tenzin's break up..

[@MissVintage789]

I hate her ass

[@jay1don.675]

Now she yo mommy bitch lol but Lin and tenzen would be a bomb ass couple

[@war2theren227]

This show did Tenzin dirty.

[@hanburgundy4317]

@JackOfSpades Only at first; after she was betrayed by Unalaq, Korra started treating Tenzin much more like a father and with a lot more respect. IDK why everyone has a problem with her character growth having her start off as rude and unappreciative. I guess people just want a perfect, little Charlie Brown in a red and yellow robe who is never mean to anyone.

[@pacoramon9468]

Varrick and Bumi were also nice.

[@hanburgundy4317]

@Jaidon Brown Like I said, Korra exhibits most of her growth in Books 3 and 4. You don't start a character off flawless; you start them off as a fraction of or in direct opposition to who they will become over the course of the story. Tony Stark didn't start off very likeable - he was a selfish playboy who sold W.M.D.'s to the highest bidder. But he was humbled and learned from his mistakes, slowly molding himself and allowing himself to be molded into the loving, protective, reliable hero we all know as Iron Man. The same goes for Korra. She started off brash, headstrong, and selfish, but she grew to be pragmatic, empathetic, and selfless.

[@supermegaepictriangleguy6899]

@@hanburgundy4317 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑲𝑷𝙀𝙉𝙄𝙎 😘 ︎︎ ︎View replies (9000) ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎😎

[@relastle]

@@supermegaepictriangleguy6899 GO BACK TO FUCKING HORNY JAIL BONK

[@francisgoin3112]

"Korra continues doing whatever the fsck she wants..." This is the entirety of the series. The world has no literal need of Korra - as a character or as the avatar. But fsck it, we gotta deal with her. She inserts herself into any "story problem" that exists season to season, and it somehow magically works out. I don't know how people support the writing quality of this series.

[@ionbing2884]

Christ they could have just made a House of Cards redux set in Republic City or somewhere that actually works in this world and presto. WAY fucking better show. You retconned and wrecked everything else from ATLA when you could've just dropped the whole 'Avatar' bit.

[@WickedParanoid]

> runs DIRECTLY INTO AN OBSTACLE > "Maybe the problem isn't me!" Whatever you say, sweet cheeks.

[@dragonreaper8951]

Angg is way more mature than korra, and korras like, double his age

[@ToddKeck98]

That's the best thing about the airbenders. It's definitely hard not to be nonviolent as a form of discipline, plus keeping it PG. But waterbenders are nonetheless like the airbenders because they're supposed to be chill people.

[@avacado1235]

Hiw Graji Du Suw korra reminded me more of a fire bender/ earth bender because Water benders and water nation people are supposed to be calm caring and care about community that’s why katara was very motherly

[@TheCrappyZipper]

Is a sequal suposed to deliver the same kind of character and character arcs? Is there only 1 kind of good story?

[@matthewmuir8884]

Technically, Aang is 112, so he's actually seven times her age.

[@firmanchristiansianturi4794]

TheCrappyZipper The problem is, this is NOT a good story

[@manerscount123]

I'm pretty sure everyone has already said this, but *WE KNOW THE ROMANCE WAS THE WORST PART OF LEGEND OF KORRA AND THE WHOLE AVATAR SERIES!!!!! THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN THE LEGEND OF KORA ROMANCES!!!!!!!!*

[@worldends08]

What a twist it would be if the LoK comics turn out better than the show.

[@naciabell7903]

They already are. How? They dont exist yet.

[@worldends08]

Nacia Bell We're in the middle of "they don't exist" & "they're out now", considering the artist has been releasing scans from the comics.

[@Paul-ej8yy]

I don't like sand

[@worldends08]

Bat Man That's Anakin Skywalker; not Batman.

[@pebbleplays5335]

I just watched avatar for the first time and now I finished korra... the character development is basically nonexistent for anyone in the legend of korra, whereas the last air bender was definitely the best show I’ve watched with some amazing characters, a long, multi-season story, and still lighthearted and funny. I’m really new to the series, so I thought korra was alright, but atla was infinitely better.

[@evanshoulders3674]

Literally the only thing brought over form ATLA was the integration of all the nations

[@yanagi4573]

@@evanshoulders3674 And the pandering! Don't forget about the pandering..!

[@peari8676]

@@evanshoulders3674 it isn't supposed to be ATLA 2, it's a series set in the same universe...

[@peari8676]

You haven't watched LOK fully if you don't think the character development was non-existent. Korra matured from a hot-head to someone who tried solving things diplomatically and caring for others.

[@yanagi4573]

@@peari8676 Emphasis on tried. Btw I also never understood why folks like you go to comment sections of videos like This, knowing they will probably get shit on and or proved wrong or will end upset. Not that I will insult you or anything, is mostly lok fans that start throwing insults when cornered, and I'm genuinely curious. Me and your average lok hater? I can get, every now and then to come in here and laugh at how badly written the thing is. But you, who enjoy the show??? Why. You aren't changing anyone's minds, and it doesn't take away from your enjoyment of the show (It shouldn't. But seeing you go out your way to do bs like this, I wouldn't be surprised If you allow it), so what gives?

[@justsomeguy299]

Let me just add that korra learned airbending when most convinient, not based on the basics like avoiding and flowing like a leaf or some bullshit but just to attack which is the opposite value of the bending type. nice deus ex machina there Edit: also Korra couldn't learn airbending mostly because she didn't have a spiritual connection. Lack of a connection apart from the bukakke on the statue island ofcourse

[@tupunuusila9788]

Three of my favorite characters from ATLA is Ty lee, Mai, suki. because they are non benders that can go toe to toe with benders. All this non-benders vs benders is such a drag to watch.

[@Les____]

the equalists....

[@kermysama4975]

Free Robux ?

[@boiledegggaming8424]

Everyone likes ty lee because she hangs around with azula and if you hang around a fire you get hot

[@kermysama4975]

Free Robux equalists are from LOK, not ATLA

[@seth3441]

Equalists were prettt realistic enemies with understandable motives tho

[@director00donut39]

Honestly when I was first watching this show, I was wholeheartedly trusting that Korra being an unlikable character was intentional, and even when amon was unmasked, I thought they were gonna turn it around on us again and make him cool and redeem her. They didn’t, and they didn’t, and I’m pissed.

[@eddyhinojosa3544]

She did grow and became a better person from season 3 to 4

[@ПетрВрангель-т8п]

@@eddyhinojosa3544 I think she don't.

[@LightRoomRJU]

Fuck nah. She's still a shitty and idiotic person and is beyond redemption, just like this whole show.

[@Kerim9991]

I'm glad Amon got to die tbh. He was my favorite Korra character and I would have been disappointed if he actually got shipped off the show(literally) like he originally planned. Then his brother does a murder-suicide. Impactful.

[@galkastelic8906]

@@LightRoomRJU Have you even watched season 3 and 4? How could she be beyond redemption shut your little mouth and stop complaining

[@McGrewer]

I mean, tbf, there are a few times Aang has cried. Like genuinely broken. The two that I remember were when he found out that his air temple and everyone he knew was dead and when he found out Appa was kidnapped and sold off by the sand benders. Both times were where involved with pieces of Aang's past that he desperately tries to hold onto. In fact, both times he was triggered into the Avatar state.

[@basharalassad6854]

Oddly enough both times you mentioned he wasn't just randomly insulted by the bad guy or whatever

[@Vanilla_Is_King]

also when the invasion failed

[@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures]

And that one time where this pregnant woman gave birth

[@konflicted1729]

​@@3HorsemenOfMovingPictures hope

[@CrimsonOptics]

Yeah...they completely ruined Amon. I personally think having Amon find a spirit that gives him the power to take away bending is miles better than him just being a bloodbender. Amon was such a cool villain, but they ruined him just like they ruined every other concept the Avatar series set up.

[@TheSamuraiGoomba]

Anything is better than these shitty OP bloodbender asspulls that don't even follow TLA moon logic for their powers. Bloodbending was already OP in TLA even with all the restrictions, it's not like it needed to be so much more ridiculous. I'm surprised they never figured out about trace metals in the human body and worked that in for some OP earthbending bullshit.

[@trippfields279]

CrimsonOptics oddly enough, the only thing I didn't hate in Korra was the Bloodbending. Everything else was gahbage.

[@jamainegardner4193]

Tripp Fields I liked that they carried blood bending over for a main villain. I'd also like it if there was an avatar who was only going at the secondary parts of Bending(Blood, Metal, Lava, Flight, Lighting, etc) and had trouble with the more traditional elements

[@brendancoulter5761]

He should have somehow learned how to take away bending from Ang. Remember, Ang took away the fire lords bending right? That is the only logical person who could have taught that technique.

[@starlord1521]

Brendan Coulter a rogue spirit could have taught him

[@InfernalDalek]

Sodom industries? Missed opportunity; calling the cars Sodomobiles.

[@mythixthedragon6903]

InfernalDalek Sodom and Whorra

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

Mythix the Dragon Now if only they were destroyed by fire and brimstone.

[@hibubgames7667]

*sodmobile

[@randomcenturion7264]

InfernalDalek- Nice Dalek Inquisitor General profile pic.

[@datgreedymouse6860]

You forgot to mention how she can just turn on and off avatar state like the very mary sue she is

[@deviljho4260]

Dat Greedy Mouse I fucking hate how she can do it, I really fucking hate how she also uses it to just win kids races

[@tsunderelove7422]

@@deviljho4260 I watched this show when I was 10 years old and thought It was promising, but then when they cut old katara saying the tales of zuko mom I DIED I was piss back then but still continued to watch it to see the character development. However, I stoped at someway the mid of season 2. I just dont think it makes me excited like what it did to the OG team avatar, it was so edgy and the PLOT was NOT GOOD lmao. Atlas, I do agree with both of you that she can do it like it was nothing. I also hated when she goes to Avatar state but somehow failed when fighting the metal dudes and some dudes, like pls don't do this to me. The Avatar state meant so much to me imo.

[@AshMCM]

Its called the feminists are taking over and now in 2020 every fuckin tv show and movie now has to have a woman lead character who is op in some way

[@datgreedymouse6860]

@@AshMCM MGTOW is spreading like wildfire as well

[@AshMCM]

Dat Greedy Mouse explain that. What’s it mean?

[@alyseyer6366]

"If you can't get a girl to love you, get her to love HERSELF while in your presence." I- I mean... HES NOT WRONG 😂

[@BovineDesigns]

It's terrifying how similar Korra is to Rey. 1. Doesn't need to work hard for new skills and powers 2. Blames her teacher, and ends up "being right" according to the writers 3. Her haircut

[@andythewarriorwang4755]

@kelvin w The sequels and TLoK are similar in so many ways. If you look at the star wars sequels as their own thing, and pretend like the originals don't exist, they are actually pretty good. Korra is in basically the same situation.

[@sparkylynx8723]

bruh im confused did she not work hard when she had to metal bend poison out of her own body or completely restore the concept of the avatar as a whole when all of her past reincarnations were erased. And I dont think she was very "right" when she was literally helping the bad guy release the incarnation of darkness. Like bruh did you even watch the show or just this video

[@sparkylynx8723]

@@SoRa-re1yd But didnt she master airbending by doing exactly what tenzin told her to after the spinning things were repaired?

[@jayvon221]

@@SoRa-re1yd nothing was handed to her wtf are u talking about?

[@sparkylynx8723]

John Carlos Palonson homie she ain’t an air bender she’s the avatar you fool

[@MrHitmancheg]

Huh... And I always thought Amon just severed some part of bender's brain that allows to bend stuff and shit... Well, now I finally know how Amon works and why Korra's airbending... Still makes no sense.

[@worldends08]

According to tumblr, you just need to recall how chi flows/works, & it suddenly makes sense.

[@user-rm3qj9mb2b]

Al Heimlich Link it

[@worldends08]

Hiraeth Ephemral Why don't you just ask an Avatard on tumblr?

[@Jakugen0]

It is pretty simple. Energy bending required the person to make physical contact with the main chi paths in the body so that one's own energy would be able to flow through the victim's body. A blood bending god still needs to feel these pathways to close them. Just like the seismic vision that some earth benders can pull off, it requires contact. Anyways, Amon placing his hands onto the victim allows him to feel and pinch off each of the pathways that are expanded with use. This does not remove the chi in the body, but prevents it from exiting. In the case of Korra, it still had one very anemic and narrow path to escape through. She didn't actually learn to Airbend the right way, it's just that there was so much pressure it didn't matter. It looked like she was trying to firebend, but air came out instead. After she fixed her other pathways, the forced expansion of he air bending paths enabled her to keep using it even if she never really learned the psychological dicipline needed to open them under normal circumstances. I agree with pretty much all the criticism in these videos. This evidently isn't a great story detail if so many people aren't able to properly process what happened. I am only commenting to point out that there is an explanation for this particular plot point.

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

I've read fanfiction better than this. Literally. Though to be fair, that one was actually a masterpiece.

[@bucko9423]

I did really hate Korra's character, so bratty and uninspiring. I didn't make it to watching the last season, even after like 4 years.

[@el_9003]

Generic Bucko I could barely get through the first few episodes of season 4

[@mima_piedade]

You didn't miss much... except for giant robots and some very anticlimactic resolutions.

[@david50x84]

@@mima_piedade and we got to see toph! For like 2 fucking episodes

[@mima_piedade]

@@david50x84 and Zuko for a couple of minutes.

[@miana1094]

Zaheer and the red lotus were better villains then Ozai in my opinion, but yeah season 3 was probably the highest they ever got in Korra.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I'm more worthy of the Avatar role than Korra

[@azzamalhamdani6554]

NO KORRA IS THE BEST AVATAR EVER

[@azzamalhamdani6554]

@@djerabek1 huh?

[@arandomjjbafan1744]

@@azzamalhamdani6554 you kidding right

[@Rio-chii]

You ARE the Avatar

[@Synthetically]

@@azzamalhamdani6554 I hate you on a personal level

[@rosanirodrigues557]

How cool would have been if Amon really was a spiritbender?

[@najmaht.a.1314]

Or maybe energybender to tie it with the previous series

[@lacijuhos7613]

Korra: *I CAN AIRBEND!* Aman: Does the sith thing to make her unable to move and takes away her air bending too. THis should be the true ending, the rest is fanfic.

[@PikachuLittle]

Amon: Weird. How did I miss that?

[@caroline1575]

what if he took away her bending and she had to connect to something (past avatars???) spiritually to get her bending back and save the city from amon and the equalists. this would force her to become a better avatar. but honestly lok just sucks lol and i’m definitely not smart enough to make it better :-)

[@theyigo9362]

amon didnt take away bending, he blocked the qis. and if you dont know you are able to know something you cant get it blocked.

[@jeremylister704]

Nickelodeon should have hired you

[@CommisarHood]

Korra: Maybe I don't need Air Bending! Me: Yes you do otherwise you're not the Avatar.

[@tedflips1501]

😂😂

[@saylacool2]

I think tenzin say the same Korra, or similar. I agree with you. Korra get really fucked up when she said this. 😂

[@yarnhatter1632]

To be fair, Aang also said that he was never gonna Firebend again.

[@shinobidaniel_12]

@@yarnhatter1632 that is true, he also disliked earthbending

[@sntfrancisco31]

@@shinobidaniel_12 fanboys will just defend anything that aang ever did and thrash anything korra ever did. This show was never going to succeed under this fanboy mentality.

[@Abdul_Rahmann99]

Lilly singh was inspired to be a bisexual women of color a by watching this show; she’s a fan.

[@hoobaguy]

Who's that?

[@missamieholly2313]

@@hoobaguy An annoying, smug bisexual Indian woman who never has any variation to her "comedy" and only makes "white people amirite" jokes.

[@hoobaguy]

@@missamieholly2313 is she the "humongous what" lady?