A list of the things I liked about the Legend of Korra.

[amyraine]

Because I didn't hate everything about it, I was just painfully disappointed over its message and the way it contrasted with AtLA's message on a fundamental level.

So here's what I thought was good:

1. A protagonist who was a) female, b) muscular, and c) of color. I have some feelings about how the narrative treated her; it seemed to reward her most

Comments

[amyraine]

All this is very true and I agree 100%

Still, she has a name, she's not a missing/dead mother, she isn't angelized like Kya and Ursa were, and her portrayal as a flustered mom of rambunctious children struck very close to home for me. I almost never see decent portrayals of realistic, human mothers in the shows I watch so I appreciated her for that.

[ljlee]

Yup, the prominence of families with mothers and the existence of positive older women characters were big improvements over the first show. Which is a pretty low bar, but I'll take what I can get.

And HELL YEAH MECHA! As a fan of the Badass Normal I loved how the non-bending Equalists kicked bender ass all over the place. Always good to see the supernaturals being taken down a peg or ten.

I like the idea of pro-bending as an underground sport, and I'll bet you anything the bender gangs still have big stakes in the sport.