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Legend of Korra Book 4: Balance |OT| A Feast of Crows
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It's a rock.
Lin has never disappointed. You take it back.
Atraveller
Banned
I would rather have more flashbacks with adult Sokka.
Admiral Woofington
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and i'd rather not have another pairing from the original series (Suki and Sokka) ruined lol
DangerMouse
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Agreed, I liked it in the images before the season but ofcourse was still so used to her regular look, which was great too, but it definitely looks really good in action.
Yeah, they'll probably make it interesting in some unexpected way since we're just about at the finale but this time it was more about Korra getting that mojo back so I'm okay with that. As other mentioned in the earlier eps, Kuvira's plotting and buildup was quite good at times aside from those couple of side-story eps that broke up the tension, if there were one more season to go after this it probably wouldn't have even been an issue I think having this sort of villain.
Still love that smile, it's been good to be seeing it again.
Her nonsense with Mako/fake terrorists/incompetent cops in Season 2 dug her grave.
Her snapping at Opal over a grudge with her sister was the dirt on top.
Every single member of Toph's clan is a self-centered rich kid.
m_shortpants
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I thought Lin was pretty badass in season one.
Then they made her completely stupid with the way she treated Mako in season two. And in season 3 she was #rekt by Su which was supposed to make her feel better. Or something.
badcrumble
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imagine tenzin's disappointed son face when it turns out that aang was lin's father
and when he realizes that he dated her
I kinda wish they did this because it would also mean Aang cheated on Katara too. Incest might be a bit too much for Nick.
Nice to hear and the plot sounds interesting. Only issue is that it's so far away.
Again, I think many people are mistakenly conflating their initial impressions and expectations of characters with their actual memories of the show. Like pre-reveal amon didn't have much of a character other than what we made up in our heads for him, Lin wasn't all that cool. What did she do?
She didn't treat Korra special just because she is the avatar and her mom and aang were friends? Nope, turns out she was just salty over Tenzin marrying Pema over her. Not only does this paint her as someone phenomenally bitter and petty, but also distressingly easy to bias. Wasn't she awesome during the pro-bending arena assault? Not really. She knew Amon's troops would try to attack people from the inside of it and set up security specifically for such an occasion, yet somehow the equalist managed to sneak in weapons and completely take out the metal bending police force. Well, atleast her heroic sacrifice was badass, right? You mean the one that not only got reversed, but was rendered moot since Amon somehow managed to capture Tenzin and his family anyway despite that he had a significant headstart on a flying fucking bison?
I mean, I guess you have to give her style points and her sacrifice was still noble, but she's otherwise a failure in every way.
Lin had clutch Avatar assists during the Probending Arena battle, and took down a war blimp by herself in like 15 seconds.
She had her popoffs, even though the story ignored them and just kept on trucking.
And I already got on you about the amon stuff bruh; I won't stand for this Amon slander on his day of all days, Amon Day.
She had her popoffs, even though the story ignored them and just kept on trucking.
And I already got on you about the amon stuff bruh; I won't stand for this Amon slander on his day of all days, Amon Day.
m_shortpants
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Agreed. Yeah, she failed, especially with the airbender escape. That doesn't make her a shitty character IMO. Everyone failed in the eclipse invasion in TLA, doesn't make it unworthy of being praiseworthy. Was her animosity to Korra solely because of Tenzin? I can't remember. To me she just seems like a hardass to everyone. She's a hardass to Mako, Bolin, whoever.
Veelk, I don't know, I don't necessarily think the first season was objectively bad like you seem to. *shrug*
To be clear, I'm not saying Lin sucked or anything. As I said, she's got style. But any accomplishment they made are essentially plot irrelevent.
True badassery I think needs to have a solid impact on the story. Otherwise, even if it's cool, it's just flash. It's something fun to look at, but nothing more. Nothing meaningful.
True badassery I think needs to have a solid impact on the story. Otherwise, even if it's cool, it's just flash. It's something fun to look at, but nothing more. Nothing meaningful.
m_shortpants
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Yeah, I guess that's true. That's a problem all of LoK's characters seem to share.
Maybe badass was not the right word. I just thought she was a good side-character in the first season, but it went downhill from there.
It's a show of strength, and moves the story forward. By all rights, Lin did save the airbenders, and in bad ass fashion by downing an entire war machine by herself in a few seconds.
She did that - they got away because of her. Just because they got captured down the road in a contrived manner doesn't take away from Lin's sacrifice.
It does though, since it's not like they accomplished anything with the extra space of freedom given to them by Lin. If they had done something between that time, it'd be a different story.
Mere strength is an adolescent idea of what it means to be badass. Badassness is using strength to accomplish something difficult is badass. Lin's sacrifice was certainly noble, but it didn't produce any real change to the situation than if the equalists had captured the Airbenders from the offset.
Atraveller
Banned
Oh yeah her, have we heard about her in LoK?
Reminder that the best season/book of Korra comes out today in the US/Canada not till Dec 17th for Australia though 
Legend of Korra Book 3 Bluray for $20 at both Amazon and Best Buy which is good i'm guessing.
Funnily enough Australia has the cheapest option this time around at $16 for it.
It's a Tuesday afternoon here so i'd say Amon slander is fair game. He must have been so stoked at finally being able to show off his fire burns makeup to the crowd in the finale.
Legend of Korra Book 3 Bluray for $20 at both Amazon and Best Buy which is good i'm guessing.
Funnily enough Australia has the cheapest option this time around at $16 for it.
It's a Tuesday afternoon here so i'd say Amon slander is fair game. He must have been so stoked at finally being able to show off his fire burns makeup to the crowd in the finale.
Only by contrived circumstance did they get caught (we don't even know how), and Lin did save them from being caught in that instance, which is noteworthy in itself.
You can say her sacrifice was moot, but the act of her sacrifice in itself was badass, because for 1) she took down a flying automaton single handed and 2), she saved the airbenders from being captured that day.
Your argument is similar to saying that Sokka, Suki and Toph destroying the fire nation airship fleet by themselves wasn't badass because Ozai still could have torched the Earth Nation kingdom on his own. That act is badass in itself, and doesn't need to be validated by Aang defeating the fire lord (of which Sokka, Suki and Toph's actions had literally no bearing upon).
m_shortpants
Member
And I think we have differing definitions of "badass" to top it off.
Not true. Even Aang succeeded in beating Ozai, he wouldn't have done it fast enough to stop the blimps unless things happened differently for some reason. The blimps would have still scorched the earth kingdom if not for Sokka, Suki, and Toph's interference. It was critical that all 3 conflicts: Ozai, Azula, and the army, had to be stopped that day for the world to be saved.
And I keep saying. I'm not discrediting Lin wholly. As I said, her bending skills are still flashy. Her sacrifice is still noble. I'm just saying that those qualifications aren't sufficient to be called badass.
We're mostly arguing semantics, you realize. We see the same thing basically, but I'm just not calling that badass.
LupusWarrior
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Icyflamez96
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ears as big as yo head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FHohASLnjE
This is awful, in an amazing kind of way.
It's better than the real opening anyway.
This is awful, in an amazing kind of way.
It's better than the real opening anyway.
Lord_Byron28
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3) she knowingly sacrificed herself and her bending to protect Tenzin and the family. Just because it got reversed doesn't mean the act itself wasnt badass.
Although I wouldn't call the kids taking down the airship fleet as badass since a lot of it came down to luck than their skill or intention of doing something. Lin was a powerful force in S1 and I remember everyone was in love with her in the first season (comparing her to Spiderman and bat man lol). Her and Asami were my favorite characters in S1 and we know how that turned out for them.
That Dude John
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Not sure what I was expecting, but that was neat.
I.....I enjoyed that a lot.
Man, thats amazing, the credits really got me going.
I'd watch that.
Yeah bro. Isn't that sweet?
Admiral Woofington
Member
TacticalFox88
Banned
Amazing in every way possible
Or Captain Planet. The opening already follows the same order except heart.
Earth! Fire! Wind! Water!
m_shortpants
Member
Mhm, this is either super awesome or gonna suck hard.
Admiral Woofington
Member
oh fuck me with a rake S2 all over again
shira
Member
Almost finished now.
"We just finished the final record ever for The Legend of Korra with PJ Byrne."
Bryan
"We just finished the final record ever for The Legend of Korra with PJ Byrne."
Bryan
Paging Toa he'll love this especially if a a
giant Kuvira fight happens.
Santerestil
Banned
Gambit? Colossus? Last Stand?
What's with the X-men themes?
Also, the super weapon is gonna be a giant mech using the Zaofu metal isn't it....goddammit.
What's with the X-men themes?
Also, the super weapon is gonna be a giant mech using the Zaofu metal isn't it....goddammit.
Korra lands in the wheel chair again, but will still be airbending master which means that she loses her hair. She then gets psychic spirit powers and founds school for extraordinary benders. I mean, Kuvira is already Magneto.
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