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Legend of Korra Book 4: Balance |OT| A Feast of Crows

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Best part of the episode.
 
JadedWriter said:
Lin in all honesty seems like a pretty neglected kid so her being a massive salt mine to Toph actually makes a lot of sense. I get the sense that she just wanted Toph's approval or praise for something that she achieved, but just never got it. Also looks like that Lin has asked about her dad as a kid, but Toph just never went into it. It probably infuriated her that Toph even bothered to answer Bolin's random question about while she ignored Lin's questioning about it while growing up.
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Dont get me wrong, I think Lin has good reasons to be upset. I always did think it was really messed up how Lin literally got scarred for life when just doing her job and trying to follow in Toph's footsteps, yet neither Toph or Su seemed to give a damn at all. But I never got the vibe that she was really angry at Toph until this episode. When she was yelling at Such in Book 3, she mentioned how Toph quit her job and leave the city out of guilt. If anything, I thought she felt sorry for Toph.

Another thing I didnt care for is just how repetitive the whole felt compared to Book 3. Lin sulks and mutters smart mouth things. Then she blows up in a "I never want to see you again!!" fashion. And then she quickly turns around forgives them after apparently being pissed off for years. Just needed a flashback and a fight scene against Toph, and there would have been much of a difference at all.
 
Yeah, individually, the episodes aren't bad, but this season is looking like a bit of a flop.

Just not really feeling the plot is all. Kuvira is just a terrible villian.

I mean, the Su vs Kuvira fight was god-tier but at the end of the day season one Korra would probably have the ability to wreck her shit. Amon was amazing because he was terrifying and presented a credible threat. The Red Lotus was great because they were exceptional benders.

Kuvira on her own is just...meh. They needed an Amon or Vaatu tier villian for the SERIES ender. And maybe Kuvira's cannon will get her to that kind of threat, but the entire season she's been not that interesting.
 
m_shortpants said:
Yeah, individually, the episodes aren't bad, but this season is looking like a bit of a flop.

Just not really feeling the plot is all. Kuvira is just a terrible villian.

I mean, the Su vs Kuvira fight was god-tier but at the end of the day season one Korra would probably have the ability to wreck her shit. Amon was amazing because he was terrifying and presented a credible threat. The Red Lotus was great because they were exceptional benders.

Kuvira on her own is just...meh. They needed an Amon or Vaatu tier villian for the SERIES ender. And maybe Kuvira's cannon will get her to that kind of threat, but the entire season she's been not that interesting.
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Great episode, I loved it. Things got done. Bolin wasn't a complete ass. Lin with the FMA arm-blade. Epic fight with Kuvira.

Yup, great episode.
 
That fight can't have been done by the same people that did the first Korra v Kuvira fight, right? It's night and day apart
 
Veelk said:
That fight can't have been done by the same people that did the first Korra v Kuvira fight, right? It's night and day apart
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Idk man. I guess a priority they had is that they wanted to show Korra getting wrecked... Still could have been better though. She didn't have to get THAT wrecked tbh.
 
Can anyone explain to me what the point of the Korra subplot was at all?

"Hey out of no where I'm gonna ask the spirits for help"

"Oh they said no, oh well"

...

It's gotta be foreshadowing for them coming to actually help at the end right?
 
LAUGHTREY said:
Can anyone explain to me what the point of the Korra subplot was at all?

"Hey out of no where I'm gonna ask the spirits for help"

"Oh they said no, oh well"

...

It's gotta be foreshadowing for them coming to actually help at the end right?
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The point of it was to show that republic city wont be getting help from the spirits. Seemed pretty straight forward to me.

I don't think it foreshadowed that but idk.
 
Veelk said:
That fight can't have been done by the same people that did the first Korra v Kuvira fight, right? It's night and day apart
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I don't know, I don't think you can really compare them because the whole point was showing that Korra was still slower than usual and couldn't chain her attacks effectively like she usually does which is where the animation gets to show off, instead they were supposed to be showing Korra still being unusually clunky and rusty with her moves. Even the music was slower rather than fight music right from the start to me.

As for getting wrecked though, I think they did it okay, I think it only seems like more because she has no comebacks for Kuvira's cocky quotes like she usually would, even not on her game she was about to beat Kuvira in like two attacks with the Avatar State if not for her internal struggle. She really beat herself in that fight and even without any internal monologue you could tell she wasn't "all-in" on fighting Kuvira yet since she had to be talked into fighting the whole time, she was still not really herself yet.
 
If I can give this season some credit, it's that it tells the story from a lot of perspectives, young and old. People learning and working together across all ages is neat to see.
 
I don't what it is but I just can't buy Kuvira as this really powerful badass bender, I can't explain but it just feels like she's swaggering around and acting a lot stronger than she actually is.

Even though she beat Su and is clearly portrayed as highly skilled I just can't buy it for some reason.

I just keep imagining Azula getting in Kuvira's face, home girl would get the brakes beat off her.
 
Kuviras a filler villian. Just token antagonist to provide something for Korra to be worried about. Zaheer was much better, even though they didn't explore his full potential.

Horrible.
 
LAUGHTREY said:
Kuviras a filler villian. Just token antagonist to provide something for Korra to be worried about. Zaheer was much better, even though they didn't explore his full potential.

Horrible.
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I was going to reply to this because like many, you have misused filler....

but you are right atleast in regards to Korra herself. Like, she doesn't even need a 'new threat' if her problem is getting over her mental issues. And it's not like Kuvira herself is meaningful to her in any way.

Bei Fongs though? Imagine if this was from Suyin's perspective, and suddenly everything has more dramatic weight. Kuvira is fucking with her family by tearing them apart, but is also the vehicle for getting them together (Toph finally returned and made up with Lin and Opal is growing by rescuing them).

Kuvira is not filler really, but for all the talk about her being Korra's shadow, she has nothing to do with her.
 
Veelk said:
I was going to reply to this because like many, you have misused filler....

but you are right atleast in regards to Korra herself. Like, she doesn't even need a 'new threat' if her problem is getting over her mental issues. And it's not like Kuvira herself is meaningful to her in any way.

Bei Fongs though? Imagine if this was from Suyin's perspective, and suddenly everything has more dramatic weight. Kuvira is fucking with her family by tearing them apart, but is also the vehicle for getting them together (Toph finally returned and made up with Lin and Opal is growing by rescuing them).

Kuvira is not filler really, but for all the talk about her being Korra's shadow, she has nothing to do with her.
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It's an insult, because she's not canon.
 
Veelk said:
I was going to reply to this because like many, you have misused filler....

but you are right atleast in regards to Korra herself. Like, she doesn't even need a 'new threat' if her problem is getting over her mental issues. And it's not like Kuvira herself is meaningful to her in any way.

Bei Fongs though? Imagine if this was from Suyin's perspective, and suddenly everything has more dramatic weight. Kuvira is fucking with her family by tearing them apart, but is also the vehicle for getting them together (Toph finally returned and made up with Lin and Opal is growing by rescuing them).

Kuvira is not filler really, but for all the talk about her being Korra's shadow, she has nothing to do with her.
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An Avatar show from the perspective of a side character would be really cool. Then in the last season, there's a major timejump, and the previous avatar is dead and the new one is born, so our side character protagonist is kinda like Toph or Katara. They're old and passing on their wisdom, but still having really cool adventures.
 
Saw the episode, finally some action! This is why I watch this show, not for some uninteresting in-fighting.

Kuvira is getting boring by the episode, sorry Toa TAK.
 
They had a lot of wasted potential with this season.

They honestly should have decided early to have Kuvira attack Zaofu but instead of Zaofu just waiting to be conquered like it did they should have played that entire scenario differently.

Have a scene where Korra knows no one in the world can protect Zaofu from Kuvira except Rupublic City so have Korra convince Su that Zaofu should declare itself a part of Republic City territory. Have the Republic City president debate weather to include them or not (you can have some development for Prince Wu's character here and the President can try to spin it that Kuvira is the aggressor to get the Fire Nation on Republic Cities side).

After deciding to include them have a three part episode in the middle of the season were the pace slows down a little since it there's just a massive stand off between both sides with Kuvira denouncing this action as cowardly and declare it void (air benders can play 'neutral' except Opal because she doesn't care what nation she's apart of).

Have a simple accident ignite the spark and both countries go to war over 'their' territory without either side looking too evil or good.
 
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