Phoenician_Viking
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Killing Tenzin would have added so much to the urgency of the series. It´s no fun when all the main characters are untouchable, and would have given the kids and the air nation bigger motivation, higher urgency.
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Legend of Korra Book 3: Change |OT| SCHEDULEBENDING
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The Silver
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Humans in the avater world sure are durable, they can get slammed into solid rock DBZ style and keep on trucking.
Jet was a real scrub dying from some generic earth pillar attack.
Jet was a real scrub dying from some generic earth pillar attack.
I see that but it just occurs. At least with Korra she was training in air bending beforehand. He literally just learns it on the spot. There was no technique involved. He just did it.
tkscz
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Rule number 1 of shipping: no such things as close friendships
Still so happy that
Bolin learned to Lava bend instead of Metal bend. I though the writers were leading to this when Bolin said he's always tried Metal bending and couldn't, and was so damned impressed by lava bending. I honestly didn't think they'd actually do it though.
Dice//
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It is actually not to far off base to still sort of do this. Her uncle is a confirmed former member, not much of a stretch to confirm the same about Amon.
Yes, but he also kind of sucks at it still. That is the other important part.
Not to mention that the entire situation at the northern air temple was engineered in part to allow him to lavabend.
Also, it did not allow him to beat Ghazan. It was just enough to barely hold his own.
Not to mention that the entire situation at the northern air temple was engineered in part to allow him to lavabend.
Also, it did not allow him to beat Ghazan. It was just enough to barely hold his own.
Oh ya, Asami and Korra are such close friends, even though they barely know anything about each other, and have only started interacting in the 3rd season (up until now, their only point of commonality was that they got fucked by the same guy.)
Off the record: No, I don't seriously ship them. This is just for fun.
Off the record: No, I don't seriously ship them. This is just for fun.
Napoleonthechimp
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Poor Korra 
That was pretty great, and the season as a whole is easily the best of Korra's three so far.
I think the only issue with lava bending is
On metal-bending:
I think the only issue with lava bending is
that it didn't ever seem to be a thing outside of this one criminal. It was never clear if characters thought that this was just some rare ability or if they were really surprised at the guy's unprecedented talent. It's a little surprising that we never saw it in ATLA, etc. But that aside I can buy that someone with the ability who already knows how to earth-bend could just start doing it.
On metal-bending:
I didn't see anyone point out that clearly the poison was bendable because it was bent into Korra in the first place. It was clearly going to be either water- or (bendable) metal- based. The only weird thing about it was that Korra couldn't deal with it herself in the Avatar State once she had some breathing room - chasing after Zaheer probably wasn't the best move. As for the chain at the end, this could as easily have been air-bending to guide the chain.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
I keep thinking the same thing. Though not quite DBZ style since that is mountain shattering.
Icyflamez96
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So did anyone else notice that
chick before
Kuriva
they made a sort of big deal out of her in this episode? In the Zaofu parts, she stuck out to me for some reason. Maybe it was because the design for her is a bit more distinct than your usual fodder?
……forgetit
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Not everything in korra is shown on screen, this show takes place over 3 years with huge breaks in between. It's not a hard stretch that they bonded between seasons, and don't give me "they should show it on screen," they've been showing it all season and everyone just goes ZOMG LESBIENS. not that there would be anything wrong if they were, but they're just close friends, let close friends be close friends.
Napoleonthechimp
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I find lava bending to be a bit of a stretch given that the rock would need to be heated up which seems beyond an earth bender's power set.
Eh. I mean, water benders can also cool and heat their element.
Icyflamez96
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Water benders do the same thing though.
I've had problems with the bending in Korra since it's basically just been people punching and the respective element coming out in a blast but fight between Zaheer and Korra was intense. Yea, she was basically just doing that but it fit with her mindless rage, literally tossing mountains while in the avatar state. Plus Korra looks way better with her hair down, she looked awesome breaking free and wrecking shit.
I was expecting more of a direct setup for Book 4 so I'm not sure what the immediate threat will be next season. They've setup a general feel for the world slipping into chaos and no Avatar to push back but I'm curious what they'll do to wrap up the series. Probably the first time I didn't feel down on the season in Korra, hope they keep this momentum up.
Yea that was weird, I expecting a sleeper agent or something.
I was expecting more of a direct setup for Book 4 so I'm not sure what the immediate threat will be next season. They've setup a general feel for the world slipping into chaos and no Avatar to push back but I'm curious what they'll do to wrap up the series. Probably the first time I didn't feel down on the season in Korra, hope they keep this momentum up.
Yea that was weird, I expecting a sleeper agent or something.
Yeah. I think we talked about it a little bit. We figured it was because Zelda William's voiced her.
Would be cool if they had more plans for her.
Admiral Woofington
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......water turning into ice? steam? Not really a stretch, just surprising it took so long.
……forgetit
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Water benders can freeze water into ice easily, special fire benders can make electricity and
an Airbender just fucking flew
Napoleonthechimp
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That's right. But it still seems odd even with them. You'd have to manipulate the elements on a molecular level and even then that energy doesn't come from no where.
But then again this is a show with mystical spirits and flying creatures.
And fire-benders fucking ionize the air. Molecular/thermal manipulation is old hat to benders.
tkscz
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It's all fun and games for you, but tumblr users on the other hand...
Still, they can be close friends now that they are given each other a chance. They see they have more in common than dating the same guy, and that, even though they have completely different personalities, they can still get along with one another.
I mean it's essentially just
mercury
poisoning. It's basically what korra suffered from.
……forgetit
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It's magic dude, you don't have to explain it. They're superpowers given to them by god turtles.
It did feel like they were struggling to give something cool to the Earth baddy and they came up with lava bending.
MidnightCowboy
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Now that the season is over, here are my Red Lotus Rankings:
Zaheer > Ghazan > Ming-Hua > P'Li
Zaheer > Ghazan > Ming-Hua > P'Li
3 years? Season 2 takes place 6 months after season 1. Season 3 takes place 2 weeks after Season 2. Considering that Korra and Asami weren't even remotely close to each other prior to season 3, I think it's safe to say their "close" friendship came out of nowhere. I mean it's far, far, far more likely that they are close friends, but there's no harm in having fun with Korrasami. Because that's all Korrasami is really.
It's just fun.
It's just fun.
You definitely don't want to get mixed up with those guys. Everything is serious business to them.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
The finale was incredible! I'm stunned at how good these last two episodes were. This whole season has been top notch. Made everything in 1 and 2 entirely worth the payoff of 3. It was like a completely different show this season. More focused, yet also manages to be more character-driven with a lot more heart.
incredible. can't wait for S4
Admiral Woofington
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if anything they're hinting that not everybody has the innate ability to be able to do that to earth/rock, since turning water into ice is fairly common for water benders. Also unless I completely missed it there's no molecular manipulation for rock to go into lava/magma, just really high temperatures and the right pressure which if you manipulate rock you can technically do.
As to those saying
Bolin all of a sudden can lavabend, that's not entirely true. We never saw him actually making lava, just cooling off the lava and being able to manipulate the projectiles that were thrown at him. These are what I assume basic maneuvers to know if you have the ability, now whether he can turn rock into lava might require some training
Plenty of times they've made steam, Katara and waterbenders used it to hide themselves from fire nation during the assault.
The Silver
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I wonder if water benders can make hot water, it seems for now they can only go between "room temperature" and ice.
Imagine a water bending throwing around superheated water like acid.
Imagine a water bending throwing around superheated water like acid.
AzureRonin
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I've been watching ATLA and there is an episode where Aang meets Roku's spirit in the fire temple. At the end, Roku destroys the temple. Interestingly, he calls forth lava from the underground caverns to help him accomplish this. Not sure if that would count as lavabending.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
well it also makes sense, given that one of his parents is an Earth bender and the other a Fire bender.
We don't know the Red Lotus's backstory, so it might be the same ('special sauce') as their lava bender as well.
The Silver
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that could just be mist/fog and not steam
Do you know how hard that is? This isn't live action TV. They can't add an end credits scene real quick. Animation takes much longer than a year to finish. It would have been impossible for them to "readjust" things.
Admiral Woofington
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you know that would actually be a cool explanation as to who has the talent.
……forgetit
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Why are we even spoilering this conversation? And I feel dumb about the 3 years thing, it's more like a year to a year and a half, my brain was just making a dumb.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
The whole Jinora thing annoys honestly. The last 2 episodes were the best of the show so far. Good pacing and finally the Krew as a whole does something.
Although i expected Toph to show up to save her two daughters. It would have been nice seeing Toph, even if she did not do anything. It´s annoying not knowing the father of Lin and Su.They were important part of the plot this season, they should have mentioned it.
So they are above criticism because it's hard? Lol no kidding writing is difficult. But plenty of writers readjust and do it well. Why are these writers above that?
Plus Book 2 didn't even attempt it.
Edit: when I said readjust I meant Book 2s writing in relation to their issues with Book 1. I'm not saying Book 1 should have been tweaked. I get the situation it was in.
Admiral Woofington
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true, never really considered that they passed through it with boats, but then it must be fog since visibility was so limited.
As to steam, I think in S1 of Korra they make steam come out of the pipes when they're invading one of Amon's speeches.
Regardless if they can remove the heat/slow down particles of water they can accelerate the particles to the point steam is made
I think it's in ATLA when Kyoshi splits the penninsula.
Thatonemoor
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Just saying dude turning water into ice in a matter of seconds like they do in this show is just as ridiculous as lava bending.
He explicitly said animation. Not writing. And he is correct.
What they have DOES have issues, but it would not have been possible to fix and bridge everything.
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