US Politics on Sidechat | im watching the legend of korra rn, which gets a lot of hate because of losers who cant stand that its a woman or that her skin is dark. i like the show but i think after atla that avatar is probably most interesting when its an airbender monk only

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im watching the legend of korra rn, which gets a lot of hate because of losers who cant stand that its a woman or that her skin is dark. i like the show but i think after atla that avatar is probably most interesting when its an airbender monk only

Anonymous 5d

LoK had some big fucking shoes to fill. They took a concept and ran with it pretty well. But it came after one of the greatest animated shows of all time.

Anonymous 5d

Ok I will gladly side with you agaisnt anyone who hates that korra is a woman with dark skin but that is not why I dislike the show, I disliked it because I felt korra was just not interesting and made a lot of dumb decisions and I didn’t like how it made aang seem like an absent father, or how a lot of the humor turned into something way more childish. I do think it’s over-hated but it had some genuine issues.

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Anonymous 5d

LoK seemed really cool, but it was also a big departure from the spirit of ATLA that I loved so much. Korra was always turning to institutions of violence to solve her problems, and saw the Avatar’s role as an arbiter over those institutions rather than a force for actual justice and liberation. Maybe it gets better later on, but it just stank of neolib propaganda and I couldn’t stomach it. It’s been a while though maybe I’ll give it another shot at some point.

Anonymous 4d

Ngl I think LoK is better than ATLA

Anonymous 4d

Yeah I thought korra played with some interesting concepts but it really didn’t follow through with some of the ideological conflicts it set up (like the equalist movement or the ethnic conflicts of the water tribes). It just kinda went “well big guy is dead so it’s all fixed now.” I did think exploring the implications of bending in a modernized setting was cool at least. But like you just can’t match the original it was inaccurate

Anonymous

#1 5d

its definitely not atla but thats because atla was genuinely absurdly good, but tlok is still great, and to some extent i guess people (not all) see the disparity and aim it at the main character too

Anonymous

#2 5d

korra not being as interesting is kinda what im saying, like she is just sort of a random person that is the avatar and wants to help. for a show, it gets things to happen, but its not as interesting as someone like aang, an airbender who is this weird dichotomy between a detached from the material world monk and a kid who just wants to have fun. i think contrasting to most people, i dont mind what they did with aangs later life, it makes sense to me

Anonymous

OP 5d

Some of the other people said it best but korra just was really bad at her job as the avatar

Anonymous

#2 5d

aang being a partially absent father kinda works because he is the last of a race thats been genocided, so his focus being raising tenzin, the only kid who could airbend, makes sense. and the way the rest of it plays out also seems like a reasonable domino fall. the humor did get more childish, but one of my big gripes is the lack of an iroh figure. atla had a bunch, but tlok had to go back to iroh to get a single one. i just finished season 2 so maybe theres more, but that whole piece is missin

Anonymous

#2 5d

bad at her job at being the avatar also doesnt really upset me because... well everyone kinda sucked. kuruk was a bum, kyoshi... caused some lasting issues but nothing that much, roku was a bum who didnt even say he did anything, aang was the standout, and korra just didnt have much to go off

Anonymous

OP 4d

Well hey now, Korra almost started a war between nonbenders, caused the spirit realm and material realm to combine, and while technically not entirely her fault she was the one who lost the previous avatar reincarnations.

Anonymous

#2 4d

i mean she didnt start the equalist war herself, that was independent. but even with the issues and shortcomings, i dont mind that. its cool that aang got what he wanted at the end of atla, but having an avatar with shortcomings isnt a bad thing. i actually see that as kind of redeeming for tlok, though i wish the way things like raava played out differently.

Anonymous

#2 4d

you did also remind me of one of my biggest gripes of the show though: the bending. the setting being like 1920s makes sense for this to happen, but it also ends up feeling a little lazy. in atla, it felt like bending was an art form, which it kinda was. when avatar wan was learning the elements, learning the dragon dance, it felt like everything was an art. tlok lost that, and even if setting-wise its appropriate, it sucks that not even korra got it. like zuko vs azula was a dance

Anonymous

OP 4d

There’s nothing wrong with a character having flaws, I just felt she had too many flaws and not enough parts that made her interesting.

Anonymous

#4 4d

i hate mako too much for this to be possible for me but sure i understand

Anonymous

amethyst_headphone51 4d

It was purposeful. Aang was a peacetime Avatar born into a world that needed an aggressive/combatant Avatar. Korra was an aggressive wartime Avatar born into a world that needed a peacetime Avatar.

Anonymous

OP 4d

I try to block Mako out of my memory 😭 this is so valid, FUCK MAKO

Anonymous

#4 4d

EVERY SCENE (minus his detective scenes those are nice) IS UNBEARABLE OH MY GODDDDSS

Anonymous

#5 4d

I meant to say immaculate not inaccurate