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Legend of Korra Book 4: Balance |OT| A Feast of Crows
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Phoenician_Viking
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I am glad that Korra is still suffering from last season. That should give her plenty of opportunity to grow, hopefully.
m_shortpants
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Kuvira likes blinding people when she fights. Inb4 Korra learns seismic earthbending from melon lord to help beat kuvira
Moral Panic
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I agree with it for the writing staff of Korra it must've been hard to manage, but without the Avatar state the position of the Avatar becomes very useless. The Avatar brings balance via force, but if they don't have exceedingly OP powers then they are nothing more than a political piece who can do a fancy parlour trick. The part about Korra having poor approval ratings at the start of last season shows that especially. She's just a figurehead with no real power and then this season because people felt pity for her they decided to forgive her and give her a park.
She hasn't won a single majour battle without plot convenience. It definitely feels like on a good day any random bender could've killed the avatar and now Korra is again straight up getting her face bashed in by nameless mooks and she apparently isn't even putting up a decent fight. Aang came back from death and he needed some time to readjust but she's had 3 years and all the spirit water and the best healers in the land so she has no excuse even without the Avatar state.
^the world still needed aang.
The ending of book one was the single worst decision they made IMO. Such a huge waste of potential.
Icyflamez96
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P good ep
That's not really fair. As AtLA showed, mental fortitude and concentration is extremely necessary to be a proficient bender. Being the avatar, Korra has to master four different disciplines that each have unique methodologies. In the case of earthbending, being resolute and firm.
Korra's middling earthbending shows us just how affected by the events of Book 3 she is. Her foundation has been thoroughly shaken, which is understandable considering what she went through. Book 4 will be about her personal arc to find her footing and role in the world; assuming the title that she thought she wanted, but wasn't prepared for.
No, this is different, they don't attack other countries, they just secure the backing of all their subjects that fell apart thanks to the death of the earth queen. It's different from the world police.
That was actually a pretty good first episode. Like what someone else said it felt longer then 22 mins.
Starting with Kuriva
Korra
Air Nomad and Metal Clan in general
Starting with Kuriva
da Goddess handling business, I figured it was going to be a political thing with all of this and most likely her feeling like she can do the job better then a kid. The way she threw out the metal bands were crazy.
Korra
I liked how she was MIA until the end like that. Good way to pick up where we left off with her and keeps up the mystery of what exactly has happened the past 3 years
Air Nomad and Metal Clan in general
seem to be heading to a possible clash.With Korra out of the picture one of the 2 groups will need to be the worlds "protector" and it will most likely get ugly between them
Like I said,
I didn't expect it to be as raw, but what was the difference between Earth, Fire and water benders in probending? It's been a while since I watched season 1 but I remember Korra even getting chewed out for doing something more creative than chucking a blast of water at someone.
All aboard The Great Uniter's train.
Great start. I thought Wu was going to be extra annoying, but I laughed at him enough he won't be too bad I think.
Glad Opal is becoming more of a force this time with Bolin. It'll be interesting to see where the relationship lands in alignment with the events of the story when it comes to Kuvira.
The ending may be my favorite part of the episode. It's weird because I don't want to see a beaten, shaken, and exhausted Korra (;_
but at the same time, this will hopefully lead to some great development. I can't wait to see her face off against Kuvira. That match was pitiful though and through. The next episode should've been released today, gosh darn it. It utterly blows that all her friends have forsaken her like that. Glad they saved her at the end, though as it was good to set everything up for Korra to deal with as soon as she comes back.
Mako being stuck with the Prince has to happen and we all knew it was coming. Hopefully it'll allow for Mako to get involved with another side of Earth Kingdom's politics.
Now onto The Great Uniter. Williams fits her voice perfectly I think, akin to Zaheer's VA Henry Rollins. This woman is playing it smart and is in it for the long haul. 90% by the time we visit the universe? She's been busy. I also want to know about the big split within the family 3 years ago. Along with the engagement that's ought to being some serious tension. All that will be explained later I assume. Her bending is sick. The way she's blinding the bandits was great and it was a perfect way to introduce her abilities along with Jeremy's godlike score-drum-bashing. Had a dumb smirk watching her kick ass.
I share the same fear with everyone else that I hope she stays true to being a morally grey antagonist. I really don't want "Metalbender Nazis" or "corrupt with power" or something silly like that. A foil to Korra is exactly what we need, someone who may be the extreme of her if gone too far or something like that. Zaheer and the Red Lotus rocked because they were lost in their own plan of anarchy. Kuvira should definitely have some kind of realization at the end of what she's really appearing to be by Korra.
Anyways. Awesome premiere. Please be as good or surpass Book 3.
And give me my soundtrack.
Glad Opal is becoming more of a force this time with Bolin. It'll be interesting to see where the relationship lands in alignment with the events of the story when it comes to Kuvira.
The ending may be my favorite part of the episode. It's weird because I don't want to see a beaten, shaken, and exhausted Korra (;_
but at the same time, this will hopefully lead to some great development. I can't wait to see her face off against Kuvira. That match was pitiful though and through. The next episode should've been released today, gosh darn it. It utterly blows that all her friends have forsaken her like that. Glad they saved her at the end, though as it was good to set everything up for Korra to deal with as soon as she comes back.Mako being stuck with the Prince has to happen and we all knew it was coming. Hopefully it'll allow for Mako to get involved with another side of Earth Kingdom's politics.
Now onto The Great Uniter. Williams fits her voice perfectly I think, akin to Zaheer's VA Henry Rollins. This woman is playing it smart and is in it for the long haul. 90% by the time we visit the universe? She's been busy. I also want to know about the big split within the family 3 years ago. Along with the engagement that's ought to being some serious tension. All that will be explained later I assume. Her bending is sick. The way she's blinding the bandits was great and it was a perfect way to introduce her abilities along with Jeremy's godlike score-drum-bashing. Had a dumb smirk watching her kick ass.
I share the same fear with everyone else that I hope she stays true to being a morally grey antagonist. I really don't want "Metalbender Nazis" or "corrupt with power" or something silly like that. A foil to Korra is exactly what we need, someone who may be the extreme of her if gone too far or something like that. Zaheer and the Red Lotus rocked because they were lost in their own plan of anarchy. Kuvira should definitely have some kind of realization at the end of what she's really appearing to be by Korra.
Anyways. Awesome premiere. Please be as good or surpass Book 3.
And give me my soundtrack.
!!! ikr i havent felt that way about her since early book 1
She got chewed out for breaking the rules.
Thinking back on it now, one of the rules (which one of her opponents broke) were head shots but that was clearly fine in the brief match we saw.
As for your ultimate question I think the underground fight went over the problems you had with probending. Probending had a bunch of artificial rules and you had to play within those rules. Everyone from what we see during Aang's time is heavily focused on preserving stances and break their opponents. In the brief time we learn about the art of probending even earth benders had to adapt to be more flexible and thus needed to rely on stances to quickly take advantage of the disks which were the only pieces of earth they could use.
Yet in that underground fight not only do we see what happens when an earthbender is allowed to use any earth available I think the earth bender in that fight was using a more traditional style.
So you are right to call out that the 3 bending styles seemed too similar in the pro-bending arena. The way the sport was structured probably forced that.
The Scollard
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That was a really good episode. What a great way to start the season.
Wu wasn't as annoying as I thought he'd be from the preview clip, and Kuvira is a pretty great villain. I think it's obvious
. The scene on the train was pretty great as well.
The last shot with Korra was so sad, seeing her character like that. Can't wait until next week.
Wu wasn't as annoying as I thought he'd be from the preview clip, and Kuvira is a pretty great villain. I think it's obvious
that she had the bandits she earlier captured steal the food from Kai and Opal
The last shot with Korra was so sad, seeing her character like that. Can't wait until next week.
Ooh. That's a pretty nice theory! Never thought of that.
Dusk Soldier
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today I learned that nick.com episodes are watchable in Canada.
After seeing m_shortpants's picture, I am convinced that it isn't a theory anymore.
Still pretty (dark) grey. And so was Zaheer.
Moral Panic
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But in S1 she doesn't change her methodology to start Air bending? I thought they'd thrown that stuff away.
Broke out of prison he was put in for attempting to abduct a child, part of a secret society that wants to bring chaos and anarchy and has started by killing world leaders, threatening to kill all the air benders and attempting to kill the Avatar. That sounds grey to you? Its a standard comic book villain.
All the Books are back on Itunes now and Bryan seems to be very happy about its return.
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Hmm. One one hand, that guy's hair is brown and the other one is black. But the arm accessories do match.
But regardless, I think it's pretty safe to assume that's really the case.
Because where do THEY get their supplies?
TheGreatDirector
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Really nice way to kick off the season. The interlaced the different character perspectives across the world well. I enjoy Kuvira's voice, almost a mix between Zaheer and Azula in a way. The animation in the fighting was also nicely done especially that ending scene. There seems to be a lot of emotional stress over the what happened before the time-skip so it'll be interesting to see the actual events that played out while also seeing what happens in the present. Overall, I'm really liking where the characters are at the start of this season and can't wait to see where they go from here.
Yeah, but the Red Lotus were not trying to be assholes, neither were they making a grab for power.
They were selflessly trying to free the world from what they saw as enslavement. Their motivations were relatively 'pure' and not at all self-serving.
Of course both their methods and the probable consequences of their machinations are reprehensible, but that is what makes them villainous.
'Morally Grey' is a poor set of words for what they were. Motivationally, they were relatively 'complex' and mildly sympathetic.
I am hoping for something similar for Kuvira. Anything more I think is out of scope for LoK's writers.
Timeskip.
Although they probably knew each other way before and had at least some kind of relationship, be it professional, friends or .... more.
Actually, she was pulling them from her back. She's covered with those metal bands.
Bryan and Mike confirmed yesterday that the Spirit Vines will play a big role this season.
it's kinda weird even when she's been written as a major tool I find it easy to like her |:Admiral Woofington
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Just woke up.
Still the Year of Bolin. That first episode Bolin has a lot of potential.
Still the Year of Bolin. That first episode Bolin has a lot of potential.
Uh, nice try but no.
Very different hair color and eyebrows.
I'm not saying
Kuvira's not behind the bandits steeling Kai and Opal's supplies, could very well be, but I don't see that much of a resemblance.
Icyflamez96
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I don't see a difference in the eyebrows. Looks the same to me, just in a different position.
Vulcano's assistant
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Team Great Uniter, will let annex me next.
CreeperBlocks
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Pretty Sure the writers were taking a Jab at Russia not the US. What Kuvera is doing is Basically what Russia did with Crimea. At least that's how I interpret it.
Vulcano's assistant
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Rambo II kind of thing.
I had just finished watching today's episode.
-It's good that everything is clicking in place, & it's interesting that the Air Nation has been struggling to help bring peace to the world since Korra's absence.
-I don't know what to think of Kuvira just yet, but I do hope she is a morally grey villain for this season.
-Like most of you, I don't like Prince Wu one lick, and it was good to see that most of the people of the Earth Kingdom don't have a high opinion of him. With that said, I hope that snooty prince will get a reality check & will try to be a more decent ruler towards the end of the series.
-Man, just seeing Korra at the end was gut wrenching, which is why I'm excited about the possibility that Toph is going to slap some sense into her & help restore her confidence.
Admiral Woofington
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Lol I doubt it
If they had wanted to make fun of the US they'd be making fun of Team Air Benders being the world police for hidden reasons.
Kuvira and her crew if anything are just commentary of the rise of military dictatorships. She's
building her army slowly but surely to eventually attempt a coup, getting on the good side of civilians as well so the transition isn't horrible. She even has the name "the great uniter", dictators often have names.
Cloud Strife
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There are many other nations throughout history that have done the above tactic, so we can't really assume any of those are what the writers are inferring.
Seasons 1-3 are currently discounted in iTunes! BOUGHT! Korra is such a great show.
Cloud Strife
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……forgetit
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Anyone else feel like this was made as a one hour premier?
She's basically the new modern Dai Li (even fights like them and 'enlists' soldiers like them). She should get along fine with Prince Wu since he probably won't mind being a puppet so long as nobody disrupts his spa day. If I had to guess I'd say the battle will be between Kuvira supporting the old way and the Metal Clan wanting a republic/democracy while Korra might have to settle the dispute via diplomacy since her physical prowess is gone...
Anyway I trust the team to deliver another compelling conundrum. I love what they've done in past seasons and they've really upped the bar from ATLA. Korra is such a great show but I've said that already lol
Admiral Woofington
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So far all of my predictions are holding true.
I wish had an avatar of Opal and Bolin being lovey dovey to suggest for Chariot.
I wish had an avatar of Opal and Bolin being lovey dovey to suggest for Chariot.
Icyflamez96
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