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I almost got a heart attack
when I saw Korra in a wheel chair
They at first only showed the upper part so I assumed that her legs where amputated

Also that
Zaheer and Bolin power up
 
MartyStu said:
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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Uh I'm talking about Book 2s writing and not Book 1s animation. I'm talking about the time they had to react to Book 1s self contained arc and making adjustments with Book 2s transitions now that they knew the series was extending past one.

You guys have me so confused right now. When did I ever say Book 1 should adjust animation and re write the ending when they knew the series was being extended? I simply said that when they got more seasons and went into writing Book 2 there was no excuse for not readjusting the series overall narrative and bridging them better.
 
Admiral Woofington said:
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
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They can certainly control steam and superhot water, i just question if they can consiously make it, surely someone would have done it by now.


I think only firebenders can consciously control the temperature of their element. What water and earthbenders can do is simply change the state of matter.

A waterbender can't make super cold ice they just make "ice", they can't make steam they just turn water into its gaseous state, an earthbender can change rock into its liquid state but they can't make cold rock, etc etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if there is waterbender out there who can create superheated water though.
 
Admiral Woofington said:
which is why it made very little sense that in season 2 he got beaten by the brother. This is the guy who was the warrior always kicking ass and taking names, and he showed it this season.
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Season Two didn't make alot of sense. It was a misstep that season, But i think they redeemed themselves with Season 3. Also Tonraq reminds me of Thor and Korra's Uncle reminded me of Loki when Season Two first aired.
 
Guys, Guys! Let's get even more depressing

What if?

Korra never heals and just becomes worse and worse through out the next season until she finally just dies?
 
That was a pretty magnificent finale, best two of the season.
I loved how Korra ended up escaping on her own and still kicking some ass even with the poison and being shackled. I also dug the toll the fight took on her, being in the wheelchair and all, that's something I really liked from Wakfu, which is basically French Avatar anyways.
This season started rough imo, but I think overall it ended being better than season 2, it's was more narratively together.


Edit: and they really are setting up Korra and Asami.
 
TheRealTalker said:
Guys, Guys! Let's get even more depressing

What if?

Korra never heals and just becomes worse and worse through out the next season until she finally just dies?
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That would be rather depressing, but it would provide a nice contrast to what she was in the first book, what with her being butch & upbeat at that point.
 
Could the poison just be mercury

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I agree that it's strange lava bending has never been a thing before this season. Just because it's such a natural extension to bending earth. But then again, we all agree that if bending was realistic that benders should be able to do infinitely more. So much so it would break the world. Introducing new bending then will always be problematic unless it's super creative that no one had thought to try before.

You will always wonder why someone hadn't done it before. Unless it was unique to a person because something special about them. I
 
ObbyDent said:
Dude, re-read what I said: "animation". No where in there did I mention writing.
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Re-read what I said. I have no idea why you even replied to me in the first place as you clearly didn't understand.

Edit: my original post was worded too vague. When I said they had time to deal with Book 1s ending I didn't mean they had time to change it. I get the situation. It was set in stone. When I said they had time to deal with the ending and readjust I meant doing that in Book 2s writing. Picking up after Book 1 and readjusting and dealing with Book 1s flawed ending.

It's a miscommunication so we are having two different conversations here.
 
*sigh*

I saw that you said Book 2 in relation to Book 1. I know. Regardless, animation takes a long ass time. I also wasn't the only one calling you out for your post.

I'm getting sick of your confrontational attitude towards me.
 
AoM said:
How would one know that
Mercury could induce the AS?
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It wasn't that special element that brought out the avatar state, it just slowly killed Korra, which alerted the Avatar State that tried to keep the Avatra alive. I think most other poisons would worked too, as long as they don't kill too fast.
 
AoM said:
How would one know that
mercury could induce the AS?
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IIRC The AS activates when the hosts life is in danger. I think it could have been any poison strong enough that could have activated it. Mercury I guess worked a lot faster.

edit: beaten like Zaheer
 
I enjoy the ending a lot, I do agree that the lava-bending could have been handled a lot better.

One thing that bugs me a lot in this season is that they completely ignored the effect the spirits had on Republic City in the first episode. They didn't even mention it as one of the problems at the end, while it seemed like a huge deal. I was expecting them to make a much bigger deal out of it after the first episode, but apparently not.

Also seemingly spirits are pretty much non-existent in the rest of the world.

EDIT: I was also hoping Toph would finally show up in Ba Sing Se and be her old self at the end. Walk into the temple, kick everybody out of it, claim the throne and hold it. But they might have bigger plans for Ba Sing Se.
 
Odd, didn't think about it like that. In that case,
you think it would've been a natural reaction for Korra to just bend the poison out herself. I know she knew it wasn't metal, but AS shenanigans and everything.
 
I'm currently watching so I'll come back when finished but I bet
Kuvira is some deus ex machina shit, or a sleeper agent. I hope im wrong, to just have a random character pop in this late seems pretty lame.
 
Prophet Steve said:
I enjoy the ending a lot, I do agree that the lava-bending could have been handled a lot better.

One thing that bugs me a lot in this season is that they completely ignored the effect the spirits had on Republic City in the first episode. They didn't even mention it as one of the problems at the end, while it seemed like a huge deal. I was expecting them to make a much bigger deal out of it after the first episode, but apparently not.

Also seemingly spirits are pretty much non-existent in the rest of the world.
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Completely forgot about the Spirit Vines taking over Republic City. They never did explain how they sorted that issue did they?

But there's been plenty of Spirits throughout the show, the Misty Palms Oasis had a ton of spirits throughout the village.
 
ObbyDent said:
*sigh*

I saw that you said Book 2 in relation to Book 1. I know. Regardless, animation takes a long ass time. I also wasn't the only one calling you out for your post.

I'm getting sick of your confrontational attitude towards me.
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I edited my post to explain, but I should have clarified my original post more as it made you take my post differently then what I was intending. Because of this I had no idea what you were saying and why you were telling me I was arguing something that I wasn't actually arguing.

Was just a poorly worded post and miscommunication. Didn't realize until your last post that this was the case, hence why I was confused. So to reiterate, no I do not think they had the time to re-edit Book 1s finale. I never expected them to. I get the situation behind Book 1s format. I do however believe they could have readjusted the overall narrative and bridge Book 1 better with Book 2s writing. If you don't agree that's perfectly fine!
 
Why was Zaheer
being able to fly such a big deal?

It's not like the glider was super inconvenient all the time, sure you get taken out on it, but if you got hit with the attack instead of the glider you're still going down anyway.


Just seemed like such a cheesy attempt to make him stand out as a villian, like they painted themselves in a corner with him being an airbender, they had to come up with something unique and that's all they could do.
 
Hamlet said:
Completely forgot about the Spirit Vines taking over Republic City. They never did explain how they sorted that issue did they?

But there's been plenty of Spirits throughout the show, the Misty Palms Oasis had a ton of spirits throughout the village.
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Yeah, they had a few. But Ba Sing Se and the metalbending city did not have any spirits I think, you'd expect those would be affected too. It felt like a very weird way to start off the season. I suppose they wanted to show the aftermath of the ending of season 2 and it didn't really have any other purpose. It wasn't even that much of a motivation for her to go out and unite the airbenders.
 
LAUGHTREY said:
Why was Zaheer
being able to fly such a big deal?

It's not like the glider was super inconvenient all the time, sure you get taken out on it, but if you got hit with the attack instead of the glider you're still going down anyway.


Just seemed like such a cheesy attempt to make him stand out as a villian, like they painted themselves in a corner with him being an airbender, they had to come up with something unique and that's all they could do.
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I guess just because no air bender prior to Guru had been able to achieve it. I agree that logically, it's not that far fetched from the mythology (i mean the ability to do it). I dunno, I think given Zaheer's character, I'm okay with him being able to do it as well (from a plot perspective). Obviously I would have loved more time with him, understanding why he has such a deep commitment to his philosophies.

I think it all feels kind of surface l level that Zaheer is this deeply committed person, that he was able to get to that point to achieve it. But at the same time, I feel they established this throughout the season. So *shrugs*. I wasn't that bothered by it all tbh.
 
Chariot said:
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RIP :,(
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I get that they were trying to give humanity to these guys but the writers had some issues since these guys had no second thoughts on killing the main cast when they had a chance, and a scene later they were hanging out like buddy buddies not to mention in the finale
the obvious death flag scene of P'li and Zaheer stating their love for each other
and then the very next scene they're back out there trying to kill the innocent with little reasoning besides anarchy is great.

Also yes, those that have mentioned their issues with
Zaheer being only like the second man to be able to fly
being a bit of a stretch I have to agree.
the whole point of Air Nomads was to distance themselves from wars and wordly attachments, you mean to tell me that none of the master air benders besides one were able to let go of everything to fly?
 
I'm surprised that no one's talked about
P'Li's death. It was pretty brutal, especially for a cartoon.

Edit: Phew, almost forgot the spoiler tags. Give me a minute.
 
Hamlet said:
Completely forgot about the Spirit Vines taking over Republic City. They never did explain how they sorted that issue did they?

But there's been plenty of Spirits throughout the show, the Misty Palms Oasis had a ton of spirits throughout the village.
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It was something I complained about a few episodes in, they presented it as a big deal then just dropped it. They presented it much larger than just an excuse to get Korra out of the city.
Yukiko said:
Can someone clarify this for me...

Did she die, because her energy shot out while her head was in the metal jacket...so her head exploded? ie. the Explosion happened in the closed proximity of the metal. Or did the energy just go back inward and just destroy her brain?
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Pretty sure her
head blew up. It was really brutal.
 
Definitely the first season of Korra that's even worth comparing to ATLA. Not sure how it stacks up, exactly, yet, but still that's an achievement for this show.

I love how there's always hoodoos around for a big fight in the avatar universe.
 
Yukiko said:
Can someone clarify this for me...

Did she die, because her energy shot out while her head was in the metal jacket...so her head exploded? ie. the Explosion happened in the closed proximity of the metal. Or did the energy just go back inward and just destroy her brain? The lack of even a muffled explosive sound kind of confused me on the particulars. I guess either way, the death was the same.
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Zaheer later says
she gave her life for our cause

so yes. Not to mention
she was already preparing the explosion, the fact it got entrapped in such a small space means that even if it managed to break the metal lose an explosion that close to your face would explode your head if not burn your face and snap your neck
 
maharg said:
Definitely the first season of Korra that's even worth comparing to ATLA. Not sure how it stacks up, exactly, yet, but still that's an achievement for this show.

I love how there's always hoodoos around for a big fight in the avatar universe.
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I think this season stands even with S3 TLAB, but S1 Korra still stands head and shoulder above everything else.
 
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