Comments | cypsiman2: The Legend of Korra Finale.

cypsiman2

The Legend of Korra Finale.

Jun 23, 2012 21:17

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 )

legend of korra, avatar, betrayal

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the_flowergirl June 24 2012, 04:52:48 UTC

I still like the show. I'm excited for the next season, and I actually liked the finale. I think the major problem is a super short season. If they had a full 25 episodes like the had originally planned, it wouldn't seem like it was rushed.

But maybe I'm biased because I'm not heavily invested in fandom.

cypsiman2 June 24 2012, 05:02:08 UTC

It does seem like a lot of problems would have been dealt with if they'd been able to work with the time constraints that they'd been used to working with instead of having to condense everything so much.

In any event I'm glad that you enjoyed the finale as the lead-up to it was good.

dawnrune June 24 2012, 05:11:22 UTC

Ehhhh. I pretty much disagree with most of this post, tbh.

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 sadSad? 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 ( ... )

cypsiman2 June 24 2012, 05:50:03 UTC

Please disagree, I want to be challenged.

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.

dawnrune June 24 2012, 14:43:47 UTC

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 everythingThat 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 ( ... )