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[Nestled_Grizzly]

So I was just browsing the youtubes yesterday and and in my recommended videos section there was a video about the origin of Wan.

One question: Um...what the hell happened to the animation? I haven't seen Korra since season 1, but is this what it's supposed to look like now? D:

It was just for those two episodes

 

[Admiral Woofington]

They are basically the Tea Party of Republic City.

So they're going to complain in secrecy and just be complete pricks in general whenever they're in public?

 

[Mononoke]

So I was just browsing the youtubes yesterday and and in my recommended videos section there was a video about the origin of Wan.

One question: Um...what the hell happened to the animation? I haven't seen Korra since season 1, but is this what it's supposed to look like now? D:

Do you mean...Beginnings Part 1 & 2 (the Avatar Wan episodes). If so, they purposely chose a different art style to depict Wan's story. Were you not a fan of it? I think because it was depicting not only the early beginnings of the world, but also the origin of the Avatar, they wanted the world to look different (stylistically). Just to kind of highlight the difference between then and now.

So they're going to complain in secrecy and just be complete pricks in general whenever they're in public?

lol pretty much. The writers said that any remaining equalists are pretty much tin foil wearing hat kind of people. The Tea Party has plenty of those too.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Legend of Korra season 3 episode 6
This is seriously the best episode of the season so far, it delivered so hard, I didnt think it would pay off this well,

Spoiler

I cant believe it was her sister that gave lin her scar, and when Toph kept her daughter out of jail and tore up the police report I almost literally gasped, holy crap

 

[Oblivion]

It was just for those two episodes

Okay, thought so.

Do you mean...Beginnings Part 1 & 2 (the Avatar Wan episodes). If so, they purposely chose a different art style to depict Wan's story. Were you not a fan of it? I think because it was depicting not only the early beginnings of the world, but also the origin of the Avatar, they wanted the world to look different (stylistically). Just to kind of highlight the difference between then and now.

Yeah, can't say I was really a fan of it. But I liked the way Korra was animated already so yeah.

 

[Bold One]

Legend of Korra season 3 episode 6
This is seriously the best episode of the season so far, it delivered so hard, I didnt think it would pay off this well,

Spoiler

I cant believe it was her sister that gave lin her scar, and when Toph kept her daughter out of jail and tore up the police report I almost literally gasped, holy crap

what?

what pay off?

 

[foxuzamaki]

what?

what pay off?

The resolution between lin and her sister

 

[darkazcura]

So I was just browsing the youtubes yesterday and and in my recommended videos section there was a video about the origin of Wan.

One question: Um...what the hell happened to the animation? I haven't seen Korra since season 1, but is this what it's supposed to look like now? D:

That was only for two episodes..


honestly, I would love it if the whole series was like that. Surprised you didn't like it.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Did anyone else get a weird romance feeling between Tenzin and that lady from the Metal clan? Right after the kid rescues Tenzin and gang with his baby Bison.

She is obviously red lotus member.

 

[Bold One]

I still kind of take issue with how that plot was handled. I know not everyone agrees with me on that one. But at least for me, I do not think everyone deserves forgiveness (or that one must give forgiveness). I think Lin should have absolutely let go of her hate/anger, because it poisoned her life and didn't allow her to move on. Absolutely. That was on her, and she shares some of the blame. But I also don't think there is anything wrong with her letting go of that anger, but also not forgiving Su.

I never got the sense that Su was ever truly sorry for what she did. She just kind of wrote it off like, I was young blah blah. Mistakes happen. And even if that is true, it clearly had a major impact on causing a lot of hurt to Lin. That she couldn't accept more responsibility for what clearly hurt her sister immensely, never sat well with me. So while Su ended up becoming a different person, and has a wonderful life (and that's good and all), her actions pretty much had no effect on her really, but had all the negative effect on Toph and Lin. So it just bugs me that she never fully stepped up to the plate, and was able to succeed in life after shitting all over her Mom and Sister.

Just how I feel. I'm probably biased, because I've had family members that have done really shitty things. And just because they are blood, I don't think they deserve forgiveness. Even if they change as people. I do not think it's healthy to hold on to anger though. I think you can move on from it and still be at peace with the person that wronged you (so I guess this is where I think Lin also shares some of the blame), but I don't think one automatically deserves forgiveness.

I dunno. I guess in hindsight I really never had an issue with this plot from a writing perspective. It was just my own personal/subjective view on the subject, and how the writers decided to tackle it that didn't sit entirely well with me.

The resolution between lin and her sister

There was no resolution, whatever there was so ham-fisted and sparse to be unsatisfactory

 

[Jetman]

Whooo! Just finished Season 3! Wow, loved it. So much better than the last one.

Thoughts:

- So Bolin can Lavabend because his mother and father were Fire/Earth benders respectively? So Mako should be able to also?
And Explosive Red Lotus bender must have Air/Fire parentage? Have we seen Earth/Water, Air/Water, or any other odd overpowered combinations

- When Mako shocked the Red Lotus waterbender ( btw- was waiting for her to Blood Bend, really surprised that she didn't know how) that was lightning he created? I thought he was using one of Asami's shock gloves or something.

- Guvira? Looked kind of old to be Su's daughter. Maybe another daughter of Toph so a link back to her next season?

 

[panama chief]

this show is so beautiful. is 13 the last episode of the season?

 

[XAL]

Whooo! Just finished Season 3! Wow, loved it. So much better than the last one.

Thoughts:

- So Bolin can Lavabend because his mother and father were Fire/Earth benders respectively? So Mako should be able to also?
And Explosive Red Lotus bender must have Air/Fire parentage? Have we seen Earth/Water, Air/Water, or any other odd overpowered combinations

- When Mako shocked the Red Lotus waterbender ( btw- was waiting for her to Blood Bend, really surprised that she didn't know how) that was lightning he created? I thought he was using one of Asami's shock gloves or something.

- Guvira? Looked kind of old to be Su's daughter. Maybe another daughter of Toph so a link back to her next season?

1. Lava bending is just earth bending. They spin earth particles into each other at such a high speed that they liquefy.
2. Combustion benders are just fire benders with a special way of bending. No air nomad parentage. They are able to gather immense energy in their fire chakra (stomach) and direct it out of their 3rd eye at the forehead (the light chakra) as a concentrated force.
3. Mako has always been able to shoot lightning.
4. Guvira had a rather odd introduction, like she is going to be an important character moving forward. She does look like Suyin, people are saying she has Zaheer's eyebrows and nose.

this show is so beautiful. is 13 the last episode of the season?

Yes. Book 3 is over. Book 4 is already in production.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

There was no resolution, whatever there was so ham-fisted and sparse to be unsatisfactory

I think the resolution came from being family guys. I won't always get my sisters to apologize for shit they did that really ticks me off, and I mean really ticks me off. But you learn to move on and accept that even though they didn't say it they probably know what you're thinking and trying to say. You're family, you learn to live together and unlike a friendship you can't just walk away and let go of bonds.

 

[OldAsUrSock]

I just hope the equalists or the red lotus make a return in Season 4. they need to stop the one time baddies.

 

[Jetman]

1. Lava bending is just earth bending. They spin earth particles into each other at such a high speed that they liquefy.
2. Combustion benders are just fire benders with a special way of bending. No air nomad parentage. They are able to gather immense energy in their fire chakra (stomach) and direct it out of their 3rd eye at the forehead (the light chakra) as a concentrated force.

Hmm, alright, just thought it seemed too convenient to have Bolin be able to do this rare form of bending given that parentage.

3. Mako has always been able to shoot lightning.

Has he? Man, I don't remember this. Guess its the first time he's used it this season.

4. Guvira had a rather odd introduction, like she is going to be an important character moving forward. She does look like Suyin, people are saying she has Zaheer's eyebrows and nose.

Yeah, I saw those posts a few pages back. Seeing as she didn't help Zaheer at all, I can't see that being the case or having any relevancy

 

[Trey]

Well…there hasn’t been a finale that depressing since Book 2: Earth.

Nor has there been a finale as good. Good post, Veelk.

There was no resolution, whatever there was so ham-fisted and sparse to be unsatisfactory

I don't think Suyin is completely absolved yet. Lin and her are still gonna have some problems in S4.

Which is why the reveal of her as part of the Red Lotus next season is going to be that much more delicious.

...right?

Yes. Easy for her to kill P'Li, probably didn't like the girl anyway.

im so confident in this that i'll wear a mako avatar for a year if they dont get back together

Hedging your bets, I see. Wearing a Mako avatar for a year is worth it for canon Korrasami.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Hmm, alright, just thought it seemed too convenient to have Bolin be able to do this rare form of bending given that parentage.

Is it truly any more convenient that a member of the gaang discovering a new form of bending when she needed to in the heat of the moment?

The difference is that lava bending isn't a new form of bending, it's relatively unheard of and unexplored but not new in the universe.

 

[darkazcura]

Speaking to a point from a few pages back about Bolin..honestly I don't think it's that weird that Bolin can lava-bend out of nowhere. They still haven't shown him creating lava, which is probably the hardest part honestly. He was only bending what Ghazan already created. That'll require lots of practice I'm sure. I'm sure tons of earth benders can simply bend lava, but they haven't tried. I mean who would honestly? The only reason Bolin even tried was because it was life or death.

I'll be more interested to see him actually create and manipulate the earth into lava.

 

[DedValve]

if they did it, there would be absolutely no way they could fuck up a korrasami relationship specifically because the two of them never argue with each other like mako and korra do

I would love nothing more than a well planned out relationship between the two and I'm usually against shipping of any kind.

Mostly because as am I is actually useful when she's around korra.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I loved whoever wrote the dialogue Asami told Korra in the dress-up scene. You know that whoever wrote that did so specifically to taunt the Korrasami fans and it was hilarious trolling.

 

[munchie64]

I loved whoever wrote the dialogue Asami told Korra in the dress-up scene. You know that whoever wrote that did so specifically to taunt the Korrasami fans and it was hilarious trolling.

Did Korrasami even exist before season 3?

 

[Trey]

Did Korrasami even exist before season 3?

Korrasami existed since this exact moment:

 

[Bold One]

I think the resolution came from being family guys. I won't always get my sisters to apologize for shit they did that really ticks me off, and I mean really ticks me off. But you learn to move on and accept that even though they didn't say it they probably know what you're thinking and trying to say. You're family, you learn to live together and unlike a friendship you can't just walk away and let go of bonds.

Thats what Lin did heck her sister had to leave to join the circus or something, thats not what this is about.

The resolution of that conflict was uneven, rushed and unsatisfactory, Lin had carried that resentment for decades and then she just what? sleeps it off?

Su scarred her sister for life (literally) and nearly destroyed her mum's rep and what does she get, her own fucking city, a good family and shit ton of money , while Lin is alone pounding the streets as a cop and when Su made that crack about Tenzin, I nearly sent my fist through the TV, and she lost the fight as well



come on... tell me you didnt swallow that as a resolution

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I didn't 'swallow' it but it doesn't bother me nearly as much as you guys because I've had to deal with similar instances before that didn't really get resolved.

For instance my sisters and I know there's a lot of unspoken tension between us because one of us works the hardest to gets where she wants, I'm the smartest but relatively lazier to her, and the third works hard but isn't nearly as smart or as hard working as the other two of us. So if one ends up being more successful than the others it's entirely based off effort and she always wants to scream at me that I should drop everything else that I like and solely focus on my career prospects, and whenever we discuss it she always wants to say that she wishes she was as smart as I am because it wouldn't go to waste as much, but hey. Shit happens.

 

[Bold One]

Korrasami existed since this exact moment:

On Deviant Art sure

 

[XAL]

Hmm, alright, just thought it seemed too convenient to have Bolin be able to do this rare form of bending given that parentage.

It was convenient for the plot and for no other reason. "Bolin has been supremely pathetic and useless all season, let's redeem him by making him do something cool in a critical moment." You could see it coming miles away.

Has he? Man, I don't remember this. Guess its the first time he's used it this season.

He used it in season 1 at his job at the power plant and to zap Amon. Season 2 I think he zapped a car and then he used it semi-offscreen in the final battle. This season he used it in that fight. People complain about him never using lightning, the rationalization is that lightning is very lethal and he would prefer not to use it unless it's a dire situation. But people just want to see more Azula crackle-pew-pew ultimate power shit (can't blame them).

Yeah, I saw those posts a few pages back. Seeing as she didn't help Zaheer at all, I can't see that being the case or having any relevancy

Possibly an old love child (assuming she's older than the rest of Suyin's children). I couldn't see it happening unless Zaheer comes back into play in season 4, and seeing as he's still alive and the Red Lotus is still around I would imagine it could be the case.

 

[Nyanmaruz]

I'm going through a Korra withdrawal these past couple of days due to the epic finale. Somebody please help me... =(

 

[cws]

Just watched the finale...... Wow.

 

[Uzzy]

I'm going through a Korra withdrawal these past couple of days due to the epic finale. Somebody please help me... =(

The Korra video game is coming soon. Make sure to grab that!

 

[Satch]

Hedging your bets, I see. Wearing a Mako avatar for a year is worth it for canon Korrasami.

 

[ODDI]

Ok so I watched from 10 to 13, yes it's the best season yet but again threat goes down just on time to rap up the season and man screw Nickelodeon and censorship after a certain scene there was no real impact

Spoiler

what's her name death seriously it felt like they removed it last minute, oh and darkness REALLY is it that bad to say death

 

[williamsan]

The resolution of that conflict was uneven, rushed and unsatisfactory, Lin had carried that resentment for decades and then she just what? sleeps it off?

I remember being so, so disappointed when Lin never really gave her sister the ass-whooping she deserved. Love Lin as a character, loved her even more when I identified with her as an older sibling. Left me fuming afterward lol. I mean, shit, it was almost like Lin got knocked around more than her sister, then her fucking kids come out and cheer on Su! The injustice! You articulated my thoughts rather well.

 

[DangerMouse]

It feels like the whole season I've been hearing people complain about how they don't like it how Korra always has to save the day while the side characters are weak and useless and now all of a sudden people are complaining that she needed help?

So true.

I doubt Aang would have taken out Zaheer any quicker. He was pretty much running and dodging the whole time and that just dragged the fight on so the poison could take it's toll. Also, Korra was about to smash right though Zaheer if it wasn't for the poison.

Yeah, Zaheer was very defensive during that fight. Flight was the only reason he lasted so long.

Yup.

 

[Joeytj]

1. Lava bending is just earth bending. They spin earth particles into each other at such a high speed that they liquefy.
2. Combustion benders are just fire benders with a special way of bending. No air nomad parentage. They are able to gather immense energy in their fire chakra (stomach) and direct it out of their 3rd eye at the forehead (the light chakra) as a concentrated force.
3. Mako has always been able to shoot lightning.
4. Guvira had a rather odd introduction, like she is going to be an important character moving forward. She does look like Suyin, people are saying she has Zaheer's eyebrows and nose.



Yes. Book 3 is over. Book 4 is already in production.

Kuvira actually had lines in previous episodes, mostly in Episode 8, "A Terror Within" and she appeared in Episode 6 "The Metal Clan" as part of the dance troupe and in the back of the Zaofu newspaper. At least, I was already aware of her character and the fact that Zelda Williams was playing her by reading the Avatar Wiki, so it I was surprised they had that rather forceful introduction to her in Episode 12 "Enter the Void".

Although the music and the close up to her face when she introduced herself to Tonraq could be a sign that she will be more important in Book 4 or a possible traitor, I wouldn't be surprised if all the writers wanted to do was simply make sure the character doesn't go through Book 3 without the audience knowing her name, especially since Zelda Williams voiced her.

 

[Mononoke]

I think the resolution came from being family guys. I won't always get my sisters to apologize for shit they did that really ticks me off, and I mean really ticks me off. But you learn to move on and accept that even though they didn't say it they probably know what you're thinking and trying to say. You're family, you learn to live together and unlike a friendship you can't just walk away and let go of bonds.

Yeah but to kind of have that resolution broken down into "letting off steam" by fighting and then moving on was kind of lackluster for a pretty serious plot point. Just me. Like even putting aside my subjective and biased view on their tone of that story, I kind of disliked how Lin slept it off and was a new person the next day. That years of anger and resentment could be resolved by fighting someone. I guess?

That said the show is already strapped for time. So I wasn't too bothered by it. I still loved the plot overall even if I had my own subjective issues with it. I think at this point I've come to accept certain plot elements not having the time to grow out beyond the small window of time they have. Like I totally wish they had shown us Zaheer and P'Li deep relationship as I feel it would have strengthened the end plot. But I can accept that their romance was deep and strong because that is what they are telling us.

EDIT: Actually, I don't think it's entirely fair to say Lin was 100% over it. I think, she was able to move past the initial anger (ie. not being able to actually talk to her sister). But she still had issues to deal with. I guess you could argue, she got even more past it the more time she spent with Su (even if their time together wasn't much in the back half).

 

[Cloud Strife]

Although the music and the close up to her face when she introduced herself to Tonraq could be a sign that she will be more important in Book 4 or a possible traitor, I wouldn't be surprised if all the writers wanted to do was simply make sure the character doesn't go through Book 3 without the audience knowing her name, especially since Zelda Williams voiced her.

I'm pretty sure the music was identical to when Zaheer first arrived on Air Temple island in this scene:

Or not, just checked. Reminded me of it though.

 

[DangerMouse]

Outside of Korra saving Asami (after Asami saved her first), did Korra save other people throughout the season? Or least constantly? I actually thought overall, this season put more emphasis on the side characters (at least from an action sense, not necessarily an emotional/growth sense). But I feel like the side characters were used a lot more w/ the action, and there were even times in the season where I felt Korra kind of drifted to the back (especially in the middle).

Then again, maybe my memory is fuzzy.

No you're right, both Korra and the side characters had plenty of time to shine I felt this season. It was very well done.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Well…there hasn’t been a finale that depressing since Book 2: Earth.

I was going to make an analysis of the episode in general, but I’ll save that for a later post, because I started writing about Korra’s journey, the primary thing that matters, and before I knew it, I reached 1500 words. And there is more to cover. The mechanics of the final battle, JInora and kai, Bolin and Mako….but for now, for the sake of brevity, such as it is, lets just look at Korra.

I think we all have made it very clear that we had issues with her from the start, issues that only grew as her arrogance and bullying did. My greatest problem with Book 1 is that at the end of it, Korra had learned nothing of what it means to truly be the avatar except that she gets to beat the bad guy. In Book 2, she grew even more angry and temperamental, wanting to solve all problems with violence. Her solutions were handed to her on a silver platter from the gods on high known as the writers, and she never actually had to improve to ‘win’ in the eyes of herself and the cast at large. She didn’t learn Air and Spirit, as the titles of the books suggested she would. She was given them.

So here we are at change, and has she learned change? Because this was, by far, the most competently written season. And yet….I have to say, no, she didn’t. The first episode of the season is the first one that has her actually learn and develop her character, where she encountered the first problem she didn’t solve with violence, and when she was ousted from the city, she rolled with the punches on the for once wise advise from Tenzin. She didn’t take it as an affront, but merely a change, and remained optimistic about the next step in her journey.

After that, she didn’t do too much of anything. She tried recruiting some airbenders, with her means of violence, which was typical of her, but at the same time understandable in her situation and…well, rome wasn’t built in a day. Other than that, she just chilled around while they went on their mission, visited the metal city, until Zaheer tried (and failed to capture her). After that, she made the decision to go after him herself. While not rash as she had good reasoning for it, I feel this is her falling into her old patterns again…until she spoke to Zaheer.

He told her about his philosophy of anarchy, and for the first time, she couldn’t simply categorize her enemy as simple ‘The bad guy’. He was not after personal power, nor a hypocrite, nor did he try to excuse his actions with some sob story of injustice. He owned
his actions because he lived his ideals, and thought that he was making the world a better place for them. Shades of grey erupted in Korra’s previously black and white mindset, and did not have much of a response except to attempt to weakly reason with Zaheer.

She told him that he was wrong in his belief that chaos is the true order of things, but didn’t offer any reasons as to why that is. So poorly rehearsed in her arguments was she that she didn’t seem to realize that just telling a zealot he is wrong without so much as a counter argument is not going to work.

Unfortunately, that’s where their interaction ended. After that, they only communicated under terms of aggression and hostage negociation. Zaheer calls her to threaten the lives of her airbending family. Korra and Zaheer argue over the hostage exchange. And then Korra threatens to kill him as he poisons her.

There is no more communication between them than that, and therein lies the series greatest flaw. They build up this glorious villain. Finally, an antagonist that can truly challenge Korra’s fundamental beliefs on what an avatar is, and they don’t use him as much except an airbender on steroids.

Which is still better than how things ended with Amon and Unalaq, as far as I’m concerned. Unalaq was lol levels of awful, this is known. People can defend Amon on the basis that he atleast had an interesting premise, but he didn’t end up doing anything with it. Zaheer, however, took what he had and did something that no other villain before him has done: He has humbled Korra.

As I said, Korra’s world view before was that she was essentially a superhero. She comes in, kicks whatever ass needs to be kicked, saves the day, the rest works itself out, happy ending. Zaheer first shatters this world view by stating his (in his eyes) altruistic goals, which prompts Korra to stop trying to provoke him into a fight and instead make peace with him. But this finale broke something even more fundamental about Korra. Her belief that the good guys win. Or rather, that she wins. Her being the avatar has been the bedrock of her confidence as a person. Book 1 tried to undermine this by taking her away her powers, but instead it reinforced it by giving them back when she decided she was a worthless person if she couldn’t throw around fire or rocks when she wanted.

Zaheer, for lack of a better word, beat her. Not even through physical might, because anyone with eyes could see Korra was the superior fighter in the avatar state, though he did hold his own. No, he first beat her by drugging her in the Metal City, then by holding a knife to the throats of children before chaining her, and then he poisoned her. She brought down on him all her strength, the full reach of the power of the avatar, and she won because she had good friends watching her back.

The season ends with her in a wheelchair, still in recovery, 2 weeks after the event. Everyone is kind and appreciate of her, but she finds the words hollow and comforts empty, genuine as they might be. It brings back to mind her earlier lesson from tenzin: Change doesn’t have to be bad. Take it as it comes. Roll with the punches. But human beings simply aren’t capable of internalizing things quick and easy after living a life doing the opposite. It may be wise and correct, but we simply don’t work that way.

In the end, I feel like the writers went back and redid the book 1 ending, except right. The philosophical extremist had an understandable position where he was coming from, but he wasn’t wrong because he was actually a hypocrite or just plain evil, but because he took his beliefs beyond the brinks of compassion. This is where an avatar’s understanding should shine through: any peace that is achieved by murdering children is one not worth having. The writing merely faltered in that the writers just sort of assumed the audience would intuitively go with that and perhaps they were correct in that assumption, but the audience isn’t the important part here: It’s Korra. She should have been the one to call Zaheer out on his bullshit as he accomplished his atrocities. She should have given him counter arguments to his philosophy. I suppose it’s in character that Korra wouldn’t be good at it, but she should have had more than one opportunity to try. Otherwise, Zaheer was a fine antagonist. But the other way in which this reminds me of season 1 is that we leave with Korra at her lowest point. The power of the Avatar, upon which she has placed her value all her life, failed her. Neither the 4 bending arts nor the avatar state itself could avail her, even though she was the stronger of the two. It was her family, Jinora and the air bending nation she brought into the world that saved her in the end. Victory was not achieved through power, but by the compassion they had for Korra as a person and the balance that was brought by Korra as the Avatar. If there is any lesson on what it means to be the avatar that is successfully delivered, it is here. I can only imagine she thinks back to that moment, at that cliff, and laughs at her past self, thinking losing air was the lowest point she could reach. And this time, there is no magical deus ex machine to save her from it. No, having truly hit bottom, now it is up to her to crawl back up. And if there is anything to look forward to in season 4, it’s Korra finally becoming the avatar she was meant to be, and bringing herself back from the brink.

Edit: Goddammit, I really need to look at the count on a page before I make my posts :/

this is a damn good post.

And from the looks of it they seemed to have landed the ending this time (maybe not as perfect but good enough).

 

[DedValve]

Veelk that was a great analysis.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Legend of Korra season 3 episode 7
Really enjoyed this lil episode, I love how Tenzin is still learning things despite his age and I enjoy him trying to train the new airbenders and all the problems that comes from people who werent born as nomads.

Legend of Korra season 3 episode 8
Holy goddamn this is a good episode, full of some good as shit and some amazing animation and action, I really love the uniqueness of the villains and how the rabbithole is deeper tan first realized, zaheer is really interesting as a villain.

You know, the best thing to take away from this season is that its so much better when team avatar isnt trying to fuck eachother.

 

[Mononoke]

this is a damn good post.

And from the looks of it they seemed to have landed the ending this time (maybe not as perfect but good enough).

Yeah, fantastic analysis. Whatever problems this show still faces, whatever technical issues you could say about this seasons overall writing (and that leading up to the finale), they still nailed this ending/season overall within the limitations and what can be expected from this show. Of course there is always more they could have done. Characters and plot arcs could always be more fleshed out and given more depth (but can't do to the format of the series and lack of time). But all that aside I think the finale was both amazing in its pure entertainment, as well as just being a great end to this seasons arc. And I do think each episode this season had a tighter more coherent structure compared to Book 1 and especially Book 2. I also think the overall seasons structure was competent and had a follow through (and the ending actually paid things off and didn't feel detached).

My only criticism is that I do wonder if they could have done more with the Red Lotus. Instead of having the air nation training one off episode, maybe we could have had an episode that showed us the complex nature of Zaheer. The depths of his fierce commitment to his philosophies (why he came to this world view), as well as the relationships of that organization (why they follow Zaheer). The P'Li war lord exposition was poorly handled but it was very interesting. I would have liked to know more about that. I still love Zaheer as a villain. But I can't help but wonder how much more he could have been. He never descended into a cartoony mustache twirling villain, but he also seemed very surface level when all was said and done.

I loved every episode this season though. On an entertainment level I can't complain.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Got so caught up in this season that I forgot, did they ever explain how Harmonic Convergence restored airbending?

If not, that might be a backdrop for next season's plot.

 

[Mononoke]

Got so caught up in this season that I forgot, did they ever explain how Harmonic Convergence restored airbending?

If not, that might be a backdrop for next season's plot.

Nah. It's just assumed that spiritually, the world needed to find balance. So when the two worlds were one again, the earth naturally started to re-heal. I don't think there is a physical explanation for it. Not sure you could explain it, especially since the Lion Turtles were shown as the ones that gave bending to humans.

Basically spirits and stuff is the explanation.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

So are there any good Korra-likes to fill the itch between seasons?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

So are there any good Korra-likes to fill the itch between seasons?

In Western TV?

ATLA, aka the first series but I'm sure you've seen that.

In anime? Plenty of shows about people with superpowers battling each other going on adventuresm, not many are good.

Try Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood if you haven't. Besides that I could always recommend some more anime, but none really have much similar to Korra, they're just a good list to watch fantastic anime in the meantime.

 

[Chariot]

So are there any good Korra-likes to fill the itch between seasons?

Go for french cartoon Wakfu, a truly splendid show.

 

[Satch]

So are there any good Korra-likes to fill the itch between seasons?

its not the same but you still need to see Sword of the Stranger

its a movie tho not a series

 

[m_shortpants]

In Western TV?

ATLA, aka the first series but I'm sure you've seen that.

In anime? Plenty of shows about people with superpowers battling each other going on adventuresm, not many are good.

Try Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood if you haven't. Besides that I could always recommend some more anime, but none really have much similar to Korra, they're just a good list to watch fantastic anime in the meantime.

Woofington has helped me a lot in this regard. I will echo the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood suggestion. One of, if not THE best series I've ever watched. I just finished it a few weeks ago but I want to go through it again already lol

 

[Moaradin]

If you want a good Action/Adventure show and you aren't afraid of anime, check out Hunter x Hunter(2011). Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is very good too.