The Legend of Korra Finale.
The short version: The finale was very disappointing and only becomes more so the more I think about it to the point that it retroactively sucks out the joy of the earlier episodes due to how it undermined what came before.
( The long version )
( The long version )
As far as Amon goes, I have the complete opposite opinion. I think that him being a bender makes more sense than him being a non-bender who can randomly take bending away. If that were the actual case I would have found that pretty shitty. Also, just because he was a massive hypocrite doesn't make all of the equalists the same. Their leader lied to them, tugged on their heartstrings, used them, and just fucked everyone ever over in the end. And I was glad for it. That massive punch in the gut was what made him interesting.
Not to mention the whole thing of Korra's spiritual journey consisting of her feeling a sad
Sad? Just sad? I think that's WAY too much of an understatement. She basically had her entire identity ripped from her. Everything she had built in her life was destroyed in an instant. I think she was WAY more than just sad. And I think it makes sense that she had to give up one extreme to discover the other. They said in the beginning that she's a prodigy in physical bending, but her spiritual side was weak. Well. Once she lost the physical stuff, the spiritual was all that was left, and I think that's what saved her. It made sense to me.
The love-triangle from hell I can agree on, though. Because eww. I mean, yeah, I'm glad that Korra and Asami weren't at each other's throats over Mako, but that's the only thing I can appreciate about that whole debacle. Not to mention Mako didn't get shit in terms of character-development, IMO. He was basically treated like a trophy, except a really shitty one because he is just NOT a good boyfriend. Way to blow off Asami! Gonna do the same to Korra once the next hot thang comes along? Because that's kind of my impression. Really, Mike and Bryan's first two canon pairings I despise: Makorra and Masami. FUCKING EWW. So poorly handled, both of them. But I guess that's just shitty teen romance for ya. Maybe that's the genius behind it? IDK.
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My main concern is that since Amon was a giant hypocrite, the next season might end up ignoring all the setup with the systemic problems of Republic City and act like beating up Amon fixed everything; I'm hopeful that it won't be that way, but I am wary.
And I will grant you that I was glib in talking about Korra's spiritual journey. What I mean to say is that Aang went out and communed with four of his past lives and the Lion Turtle to figure out how he was going to defeat Ozai without killing him and even when he got the answer, it wasn't until the very end that he felt confident to even try this. Wheras with Korra, she didn't get the chance to do anything but feel understandably miserable before Aang showed up; if there had been a moment where Korra cried out to Aang or started meditating or something like that, I think that might have worked better for me.
Love triangles are bad and should stop being a thing, that much we know to be true.
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That I can understand. Personally I think Republic City's got a long way to go before shit's fixed. I don't think Amon being gone fixes everything. It got rid of one hell of a threat, but I think benders and non-benders could easily still be at each others' throats. If they're not I'll be disappointed.
Well, she did kind of get in touch with Aang that episode where Tarlock lost his bending. But she's completely different from Aang. It worked for me again because her spiritual self was so weak, whereas Aang's was really strong from the get go. Tenzin wasn't getting through to her well enough in that regard, and she is rather extreme. Before the finale I theorized that Amon would take her bending and that would be just the thing that got her to tap the avatar state. I was almost right.
Fuck everything about love triangles. I'm so sick of them. They're not fun. They're not cute. They're not necessary. And though I know I said I'm tired of ship discussions in this fandom, I'm honestly holding out hope that Korra's going to dump Mako the way Asami (sort of?) did. Or that Mako's gonna actually become a good character. Either way. He owes Asami all the apologies ever.
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