That's certainly something.
Season 2 gave us the rest of Aang's kids and more info on their relationship with one another. I thought that was pretty great.
Also this.
Nah, fuck that. This fight is awesome.
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Also this.
Nah, fuck that. This fight is awesome.
Which Korra herself added nothing at all. My point is that Korra is worse protagonist than Aang was. She don't put much thought in her action and that is often brute strengh and violence. We know why her development is so screwed, but it doesn't change that it is.
m_shortpants
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Yes we do.
You keep posting this gif but it has the opposite effect of the one you're intending haha.
googleplex
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Good. Something people just needs to be punched out. Just because Korra didn't do it like Aang would have doesn't mean she was wrong. Aang didn't handle shit like Roku did ether.
There was no defeating Zaheers ideology. He was a murderous zellot that wasn't going to be turned from his retarded beliefs. He needed to be punched in the face. Just like the Fire Lord.
There was/is no bridging the gap between tween benders and non benders Amon was full of shit. Bending is a natural gift just like high intelligence or physical strength. There is no making everyone equal. That's what made the whole Equalist movement a sham. Exactly what would Aang do against movement basied on scapegoating a minority group?
Each Avatar dose there best with the hand and situations their dealt. Aangs enemies where all very obvious and in his face. So far all of Korra's enemies have come at her sideways and in many cases the "bad guys" have had the support of a lot of the normal citizens. Aangs struggles have all been very black and white. Korra has been lots of shades of Grey.
shira
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I think the wrestlemania thread is somewhere else, Tak.
Infinite Justice
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I like Sokka more overall, and he does come second for laughs, but I find Varrick funnier.
Dude has that Monty Pythonesque absurdist quality.
Nah, I cannot laugh at him after the stunt he pulled in season two. =\
Maybe Book 4 will make her realize that this isn't always the way. Certainly Bryke have at least thought or recognized this about her.
How is this not awesome?!
I remember that scene vividly. Sokka is the best.
It's a great fight. You know it.
shira
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That sounds more like Legend of Korra tries to tackle issues, but fails horriably at it. Pretty much resulting in.
"Wow that insert villain sounded interesting, good thing that everything he was saying was pointless and he was super evil, we actually might have had to think for a moment!"
This is the most apparent in season 1, when they could have actually written in something that actually gave amon a point. There is a Non-bending district, that in itself shows the Non-benders either A, were put there because that is how Republic City wanted it. Or B, made one because that was the only way they felt safe.
Hell, that is why the shit tier council was disbanded and a Non-bender was elected into position. Republic City was shit for Non-benders unless you were rich.
And lets face it, Zaheer did more for changing the world then Korra was probably going to do. The Earth Queen really needed to be brought down, and I don't see how Korra was going to do it in a nice clean way. Zaheer may have been a bastard who tried to poison a teenage girl. But he did actually move the world towards change rather then let it stagnate while others suffered.
But it wouldn't flow as naturally with the Amon gif. =(
Besides, season 1's finale sucked.
m_shortpants
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I just thought Giant Korra and Giant Unavaatu were dumb concepts from the outset. They should have just kept Vaatu in Unalaqs body and fought like that.
Also, the season 2 finale was terrible. Deus ex jinora was a plot device even Bryke can't explain. No one knew wtf happened and it left a ton of people confused. That's some shoddy writing.
WhereAreMahDragonz
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I thought that's how it was going to play out, too.
But I'll take the giant monster fight, too. Epic finale.
No it didn't. Makorra happened.
Even more reasons why it was bad. :'(
If season 1's finale sucked, I don't even know how to describe season 2's finale.
m_shortpants
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Eh. I hated it. I saw it once and never watched it again. Thought it was dumb.
WhereAreMahDragonz
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Just accept it, man. Accept the inevitable.
I know it's a hard thing to do when you see something that leaves you breathless and in awe.
To each his own, I guess. I loved it. Music and animation were great.
In a perfect world, it would've been Korrasmi.
Maybe one day...
Choreography was pants tho imo. I want martial arts magic dammit!
googleplex
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The whole point of the Equalist, was that people didn't really need a 'good' excuse to scapegoat a minority group. It just takes a charismatic leader to point at someone and blame the world's ills on. And people will follow!
There was nothing to back this up. Mako and Bolin where dirt poor and almost homeless and they where benders Soka was once leader of the Council. The entire premise that Benders were oppressing non benders was bullshit. But people eat it up and followed Amon like they did any other charismatic megalomaniac.
No Zaheers just fucked things up. Korra reunited the Physical and spirit world. She literally changed the way the world works. And brought back the air nation.
The Earth queen needed to go but Zaheers did it in the most retarded way possible.
Yeah, I love that fight.
Dragonz, you write, right?
I want to start writing poetry for fun and thought Avatar themed/based poetry would be a cool idea, so if anyone else wants to it might be cool.
Yes we do.
literally John Cena
Infinite Justice
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Pretty much its MO (and that includes failure) tbh
Who is also hated
so complete trash
WhereAreMahDragonz
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Nor do I! But I'm studying English at Uni now so it's a good time to start.
I was thinking to start I'd do one for each nation/element.
Book 2 at least gave us the Avatar origins. Even if some people find aspects of it problematic. It was still great and gave us insight into the overall series mythology. We also got Tenzins character fleshed out more as we got his family and the interesting dynamic they had as a family unit due to Aang as their father. Also while peope still don't like Mako, I think this season really pushed him the right direction and gave him more to stand on as his own charcter (vs being bland and defined solely by romance).
I hate Book 2 because I think the actual writing was awful (like individual episodes structures). But it had good ideas on paper and gave us some positive things when all was said and done. I wasn't a fan of the finale and the fight with Korra vs Unalaq. But I liked the end result of the spirit world and the physical world being one.
Side note, if anyone here who has some free time to chat, can you please PM me. It's just for right now. I need someone.
Edit: someone messaged me, don't need anyone else. Thanks!
I hate Book 2 because I think the actual writing was awful (like individual episodes structures). But it had good ideas on paper and gave us some positive things when all was said and done. I wasn't a fan of the finale and the fight with Korra vs Unalaq. But I liked the end result of the spirit world and the physical world being one.
Side note, if anyone here who has some free time to chat, can you please PM me. It's just for right now. I need someone.
Edit: someone messaged me, don't need anyone else. Thanks!
WhereAreMahDragonz
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That sounds cool!
Do you want to collaborate on this or go at it alone and compare after?
Admiral Woofington
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Varrick hasn't done anything particularly hilarious. He's like a more prominent side character but I wouldn't call him the most hilarious character in the series. Then again the "eccentric business man" act doesn't tend to make me laugh too much.
Cooler than Jay Sea, though.
I'm a poet who knows it. Like, watch here's a hi-koo:
Korrasami is
the truth, the life, and the way
Mako can go fry
OR
Book Two had finally
triumphed over the poor end
that was Book One's end
I will agree with this however. It's a shame.
Alone and compare. Gives the thread more to read, and I think it's more fun to see each other's.
Oh, and anyone else can do this too btw.
shira
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For the Fire Nation do a poem about Zuzula and their forbidden trysts
I really liked him in Book 2. I think he did Bolins job better as comic relief and I was hoping they would move Bolin in a different direction by freeing from that role (instead they made him a buffoon that was more a distraction than funny). But then Varrick had the dark plot where he was a side villain. Which I kind of find weird given the season was already crammed with side plot and conflicts. Although his actions actually make perfect sense for him so I can't complain.
But because he's shown he can be bad, I keep expecting him to betray Korra and be bad again when the opportunity strikes. I guess there is Kuvira...
Anyways, I agree he was pushed to the back in Book 3 and wasnt particularly comic relief.
WhereAreMahDragonz
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Sounds good to me. I might not do the different nations / bending styles, but I'll brainstorm.
Part of me kind of wants to summarize one of the books as a limerick or maybe even in the style of an EPIC POEM, like Homer's Odyssey.
Admiral Woofington
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I've always seen Bolin as less of comic relief and more like the puppy-dog sweet character. Looks like they'll be going an interesting direction with him in book 4, looking forward to it. Varrick will probably betray/go against the avatar team again
if the trailer gave any indication of
That sounds ace! My first idea was that Earth would be a Villanelle. But I need to sleep now, I'll start properly later this week.
WhereAreMahDragonz
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Yeah, I'm wicked tired. My brain is fried right now.
But I seriously need to outline for NaNoWriMo, too. ;_;
DangerMouse
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Finally got to catch up. Great episode.
Korra <3
Toph reveal was nice. Time to become a Jedi, Korra.
Yup, I love Korra.
Haha, yeah it was
Agreed.
This.
Yeah, which is why they probably decided not to run with it haha. Too many complications of having Gyatso as momo, although it's possible that reincarnation in general for all living beings is still canon in the Avatar universe.
It's just that the Avatar spirit is special in many ways, of course.
Season 2 was so good. The introduction of Toph, that alone episode which focused on amazing character moments about trying to find your place, and of course the coolest female antagonist yet. Book 2 was really good.
Yes it was.
Korra should have defeated Unavaatu by herself, but Mike and Bryan remembered Jinora had to do something with her trip to the Spirit World besides being captured, so they made Korra lose to Unalaq and Vaatu AGAIN, after being spirit raped just a couple of moments before, just so Jinora could save her.
They didn't even hint that Jinora learned what to do in the finale by reading something in Wan Shi-Tong's library, which would've made things a bit better.
But whatever. Book 2 did leave behind some great stuff that would grow in later books.
We'll see how it all wraps up in the end, I hope it improves Book 2 retroactively, at least a bit.
Azula was pretty monstrous. Dat blue fire.
Man this show has the coolest girls, Kuvira looking top tier.
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