Jinora is underrated af, true MVP on that last fight on Season 3.
Plus, her and another airbender stalled Kuvira's army on Zao Fu. Add another 3 airbenders in there, and we'd have some machines flying all over the place.
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Legend of Korra Book 4: Balance |OT| A Feast of Crows
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Jinora is underrated af, true MVP on that last fight on Season 3.
Plus, her and another airbender stalled Kuvira's army on Zao Fu. Add another 3 airbenders in there, and we'd have some machines flying all over the place.
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personally Amon never clicked for me because he looked exactly like Jack of Blades from Fable
So THAT'S why I always liked Amon!
Icyflamez96
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I was more referring to the all out war between NaruHina and NaruSaku fans. Since the ending of Naruto confirmed
NaruHina, the NaruSaku fans have been going absolutely crazy. So many delusional breakdowns.... The NaruSaku fansite was literally crashing from too much traffic because so many people wanted to witness the trainwreck that was happening there. They even ended up changing their forums so you HAD to make an account to read the posts. I'm not even the best person to try to explain all the S*** that was going on because I didn't pay attention to it much. There's a stupid internet petition to get Naruto banned in the US unless kishi writes another dimension where NaruSaku is canon. There was a facebook page that supported killing kishimoto because of the pairings... It's ridiculous.
Yeah, the Naruto fans are legit crazy, though I do give the writers props for not wimping out and ending it with closure. The characters got married and have kids, no changing that my friends, it wasn't left ambiguous and because it rarely distracted from the main series the Romance felt less intrusive than the Romance in the Legend of Korra. (It was still bad, but it wasn't shoved in your face like it was in the first two seasons of Legend of Korra)
wasn't the "romance" with Sasuke basically Sakura's entire character?
Icyflamez96
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She's half romance, half useless
jk but when you take into account the length of both series, LoK definitely has more. In part one of Naruto, the "romance" is basically middle school kids having crushes on each other. It doesn't actually attempt to go into/show any relationships. In part 2, there is none of that other than the few times Sakura sees Sasuke and confesses to him while getting almost murdered by him lol
Yeah, Romance in Naruto is pretty bad, but they rarely devote entire episodes or sections to it, which is a relief.
Hell, the writer said he dislikes writing romance in the same vain as the DBZ fighter. So two characters end up getting together after a time skip? Weird? Too bad, no one cares about that time to get back to the main plot.
It might be lazy, but it's better than the alternative, if you can't write romance don't
Hell, the writer said he dislikes writing romance in the same vain as the DBZ fighter. So two characters end up getting together after a time skip? Weird? Too bad, no one cares about that time to get back to the main plot.
It might be lazy, but it's better than the alternative, if you can't write romance don't
Admiral Woofington
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"Heard you were talking tough. Now you deal with Toph"
JadedWriter
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That would be the best thing ever.
I need this to happen. Kuvira bragging about her army and stuff, she offhandedly mentions that she's the most powerful metalbender in the world. Then there's a low rumbling that gets louder and louder until Toph pops up from the ground: 'Heard you were talking shit'.
Eh. Toph fan service is kind of ridiculous. I think they did a good job with what they did already (although I still kind of feel strange about Toph reverting back to ATLA Toph. I do get that, people in their old age tend to revert back to their youth, not giving a fuck anymore. But it sort of felt strange to me, like they brought back old toph just for the sake of fan service).
Anyways, point is, I think how fans worship Toph is kind of cringe. So I'm kind of weary of them bringing her back and making her this game changer in Korra's plot just to appease the fandom. Especially when we have characters already in this series, that have had no growth/ or time to step up and shine. It's like, Toph was in ATLA. You already had your time, let someone else have their chance in the spotlight. Especially if she ends up being a big player in the series finale over our other characters.
But we'll see.
EDIT: I like Toph quite a bit. For the record.
Anyways, point is, I think how fans worship Toph is kind of cringe. So I'm kind of weary of them bringing her back and making her this game changer in Korra's plot just to appease the fandom. Especially when we have characters already in this series, that have had no growth/ or time to step up and shine. It's like, Toph was in ATLA. You already had your time, let someone else have their chance in the spotlight. Especially if she ends up being a big player in the series finale over our other characters.
But we'll see.
EDIT: I like Toph quite a bit. For the record.
JadedWriter
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I honestly don't even think Toph reverted that much. She only acted a certain way to keep her job as Chief of Police. Once she stopped giving a shit because she didn't need the income she just started being herself again. In all honesty I wish they'd use Lin more often. She's the best Bei Fong, but she's barely been in this season.
What we were shown, she seemed like a different person. It would make sense, given she's an adult, and people change. Adult Aang was drastically different from child Aang and so on. So at least for me, the scenes we saw visually with her, portrayed her as a different person. The Toph we saw in Book 4, was like plucked straight from ATLA. I know people have made some pretty good argument as to why it makes sense. And I can't say I disagree. I just kind of found it a bit jarring, personally. It's a minor gripe though, as I did love Toph in these scenes. And I much prefer this kind of cameo, to the Iroh and Zuko ones (Zuko was really underused).
I guess my bigger fear, is that the writers cave in and make Toph super fan service with the series wrapping up. I guess some would love it.
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Confession: I like Lin as a character more than Toph.
JadedWriter
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I wanted more Zuko, dude was a punching bag. At least it showed that he matured a lot though. That Iroh wisdom paid off at least. Zuko is the best parent...which is fucking hilarious. I guess if he threatened Toph with burning her feet if she ruined her kids Lin and Suyin would've turned out better.
Nothing to be ashamed of.
I like Korra as a character more than anyone in the entire Avatar franchise, but there are a solid half dozen characters executed far better than her.
Icyflamez96
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I like Mako
Yeah. I'll still argue that Aang was a much more enjoyable character than Korra. But stepping back, I do think Korra is technically better than Aang. It's just the execution of her plot wasn't as good.
Although I still think ATLA had much better characters overall. In terms of side characters, only Tenzin and Lin are the only people I think can match ATLA. The rest aren't anywhere close to being as good. At least for me. Side characters are a big sore spot in this series.
People just can't accept that Mako became a top tier character, and surpassed Bolin. Out of all the side characters, he probably had the most improvement and re-adjustment from Book 1.
He's still bland as a personality, and they don't know what to do with him. But he really stepped his game up.
EDIT: I'm half kidding. I still don't love Mako, and I still agree with criticisms about him. But I really stand by the fact that, he's probably the most improved side character.
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Mako has improved, but Bolin has deproved, so...
JadedWriter
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But they don't know what to do with half that cast. He's got that Hiei demeanor without the character development.
Yeah, he's dropped off massively. Although some fans actually think he's gotten better (we had some people in here arguing he got better in Book 3 and 4). I'll agree that Bolin's mover plot was dragged out too long, and wasn't the best use of him. But I still think from Book 1, his personality and his actions have gotten much worse with each season.
But interesting to see how different people perceive his character differently. At least for me, he's probably the character with the worst growth at this point (as he's actually taken steps back IMO).
Yeah, that's the thing. This criticism applies to all side characters. So considering that, Mako's improvements make him okay in my book. And this is coming from someone that hated him in Book 1.
Admiral Woofington
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I'll take Bolin over that one girl who is in the krew.
I forget her name
I forget her name
JadedWriter
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Bolin's always going to be that guy to me that Tonraq should've smacked out of the airship for that tangent he did during that briefing.
That was painfully cringeworthy.
hmmm...I think you mean Opal right? that's the only other chick in the krew that I remember other then korra
JadedWriter
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That's why he should've been smacked out of an inflight airship. It's Korra so he has a parachute somewhere.
m_shortpants
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I like Mako.
*runs away*
*runs away*
Running will not save you.
Yeah, there are many sides of sickness to Naruto shipping. It gives shipping a bad name in general.
There were definitely some kind of things like that going on with the whole Zutara thing though.
God, imagine what happens with stories that actually feed this shit, like Twilight....
m_shortpants
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Eh, I'm not afraid. After all, this a thread which has a member who OPENLY admits to liking the book 2 finale. All opinions are tolerated...if just with a little ridicule.
JadedWriter
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Please God don't remind him to remind us that he likes it. His next post will be that gif again.
Infinite Justice
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Yep Bolin is fucking garbage tier now to the point that Mako (who is usually worthless) looks better. Same with Asami but that's just the writers not giving a fuck about her instead of an actual downgrade.
Also with the Toph stuff i agree that she seemed plucked from TLA but now older and more OP (even though she had some sense of responsibility before that) and its kinda jarring.
JadedWriter
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Asami is nothing more than Appa with a lot less legs. She's troop transport. She finance bends and makes something big enough for the required amount of people to travel in.
Cmon, that's not a fair comparison. Appa was a valued member of the team.
WrenchNinja
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I felt really depressed when Appa was kidnapped. I really felt for Aang's loss and even Toph for letting Appa down. And then we had the entire episode devoted to Appa trying to reunite with Aang.
I don't think I'd feel the same way if Asami was kidnapped. I'm not sure I would care. I don't know if that makes me a bad person or not.
I don't think I'd feel the same way if Asami was kidnapped. I'm not sure I would care. I don't know if that makes me a bad person or not.
That Office gif needs to edited to 'posts since the last kaiju gif'
True, I shed a tear when Appa was kidnapped. Asami is like a named NPC that you think will give you a quest but instead she does nothing.
JadedWriter
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I highly doubt Korra would lose her shit if a bunch of sand benders kidnapped her...neither would Bryke. That little girl Meelo was hitting would probably just take up her spot. Shit even Appa had Momo to interact with regularly.
That Appa episode was fucking amazing.
Agreed. Although that plot went on too long. Was the only negative thing about that season. Was like a 4 episode stretch that was less than stellar. Also aang brooding over it, and having to deal with him being that way for those episodes became tiring.
JadedWriter
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Agreed when he's Aangsty he's no fun, it went on for far too long too, but at least you got a nice bunch of cameos and cut away scenes during Appa's Lost Days.
Appa's lost days is easily my most disliked atla episode.
m_shortpants
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Yeah I'm going to agree with Azula (as I usually do) and say that that that plot point dragged on a little too long.
Not even just because it was boring. The animation was terrible throughout, and the audio was bad to match. Also Appa running into every important character was a little straining on believability.
Now, when we're talking "filler" episodes, Tales of Ba Sing Se is unmatched. It's one of the best episode in the franchise, period. So good.
Now, when we're talking "filler" episodes, Tales of Ba Sing Se is unmatched. It's one of the best episode in the franchise, period. So good.
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