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

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Hamlet said:
Yeah Season 3 easily up first. Book 1 nudges Book 4 for me due to Amon as I loved that guy till they stuffed it up the finale and its also full of great fight scenes throughout the whole Book. I still mostly enjoyed season 4 despite it's slow pace.
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Yeah, I'd go with that order for the two series too. Which reminds me, those night fights (and night chase fights) against Amon and his chi blockers (and the Lieutenant) were gorgeous.

Tuck said:
Eh I wouldnt say that. I thought it was a nice little arc. But the key word there is little. I enjoyed seeing Korra bounce back from the events of season 3, and I enjoyed seeing the consequences of the earth kingdom revolution actually play out. But it definitely was smaller scale. Thats ok, but its a weird way to end a show. That said, I did think the finale was sufficiently epic.
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Agreed, it was great watching Korra work her way back, I loved watching that, though on some level still I can't help but think the season would work better if there were a more traditional "series-ender" scoped season 5 coming. Ofcourse that's also since I wasn't ready for the show to end lol.

TacticalFox88 said:
Wait,

Where's the VarrickxZhu Li love?!
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Yeah, so glad they worked that in there.

A-V-B said:
BTW, family watched with me. They've seen some of the episodes I have. S1 and S3 finales.

Family conclusion: Korra is a weak as shit Avatar, and in the words of my mom in the audience, "she's kind of a pussy."
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Hell no. Also, Korra took down freaking Zaheer while poisoned, who's probably the most powerful they've done once he gets full flying, no way is she weak.
 
Brawndo Addict said:
Looking back, why the hell was this season called balance? Korra seems to think her lesson was about empathy created through intense fear and suffering, which is weird in of itself.
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Spirit wilds got out of hand, spirits ended up leaving human realm entirely due to....

Earth kingdom plunged into anarchy, earth kingdom subjugated.

Korra going from headstrong/brash to weak an apprehensive, impulsive to controlled.

I guess, massive swings of the pendulum that at the end are brought to rest.

Spirits and humans coexisting after Kuvira is defeated and the Earth Kingdom turned into a democratic republic. Korra becoming wise and regaining control of herself.

Things generally brought to an equilibrium.
 
Korra's development basically ended the moment she finished talking with Zaheer. The rest of this season was basically there finish the story of the Earth Empire and return the world to balance. Literally no character development of importance came out of this finale with the exception of Varrick. There really wasn't a sense of fear for the world the entire finale unlike the other seasons because this season didn't build up the character of Kuvira or her empire enough to make them appear as a significant obstacle for Korra to overcome rather than another bad guy for the Avatar to take down. The finale tried to remedy a lot of this season's problems, but it can't do everything the season couldn't do.
 
SoulUnison said:
Korrasami ending makes me so proud.

I never thought I'd see the day a Nickelodeon show had a gay main character, and not only that, but it's probably the best show Nick's ever been a part of. And they did it just so, so classy.

*tear*
Makes me so proud.

I wish this show had existed when I was growing up, but all I can do is be thankful it came along at all.
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Nothing to indicate that Korra or Asami are gay. Where are people getting this stuff.
 
googleplex said:
I'll say it again. You know you've written and great friendship when people think you're characters want to sex each other. LOL at all the Korrasami wishful thinking.

Great finale. I enjoyed it a lot. And Tenzen stated what I've said about Korra for a while. In a lot of ways she's been a more successful Avatar then Aang was. The challenges Korra has had to face where much harder and more complicated then the ones Aang had to deal with. And she's had a more transformative effect on the world then he or Roku did.
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On paper, Korra has done much more than Aang has ever done. I think the issue people had wasn't that. More so, that Korra never made decisions out of growth, or being informed by her growth. She seemed to just kind of show up, and stumble and fail into success.

So Tenzin is right. But it's kind of a weird thing to end on, when the emotional plot for Korra felt all over the place, and felt non-existent in this episode. Her "suffering for compassion" line kind of felt odd to me.
 
Kinvara said:
Bish pls. A:TLA ended with a Katara/Aang kiss.



Already made a post about it on the last page.
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The payoffs were far better in TLA. Everything resolved nicely. Aang overcame this 60-something episode conflict. He didn't kill Ozai. Zuko defeats Azula, who goes mad.

There's a lot of emotion there.

Maybe it's because of the one season plot, but Korra just didn't have the same impact, for a SERIES finale. There's the issue with the spirit vines. The new portal? Her past lives? The Red Lotus? So much is unanswered, and the payoff is just, "o hey guise, here's korrasami because why not?" I mean, I think it's great to have a LGBT relationship in the series, but here it just felt weak.
 
lol, Kuvira. "I give up because you're, like, way stronger than me and stuff. Time to renege on my indomitable will whereupon I went to lengths such as mass destruction and fostering inhuman conditions."
 
DangerMouse said:
Yeah, I'd go with that order for the two series too. Which reminds me, those night fights (and night chase fights) against Amon and his chi blockers (and the Lieutenant) were gorgeous.



Agreed, it was great watching Korra work her way back, I loved watching that, though on some level still I can't help but think the season would work better if there were a more traditional "series-ender" scoped season 5 coming. Ofcourse that's also since I wasn't ready for the show to end lol.



Yeah, so glad they worked that in there.



Hell no. Also, Korra took down freaking Zaheer while poisoned, who's probably the most powerful they've done once he gets full flying, no way is she weak.
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actually, didn't... the airbenders take down Zaheer? Korra was fucked up and Zaheer was about to oxygenbend her to death.
 
Brawndo Addict said:
Looking back, why the hell was this season called balance? Korra seems to think her lesson was about empathy created through intense fear and suffering, which is weird in of itself.
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The way I see it,

At the start of their respective seasons:

Korra=Aggressive

Aang=Passive

Finale:

Korra: Okay, I can be aggressive but I also need to be compassionate.

Aang: I can be passionately aggressive and take people's bending away instead od killing them.

So basically a balance in how to handle conflict through introspection and eventually outward expression.
 
m_shortpants said:
The payoffs were far better in TLA. Everything resolved nicely. Aang overcame this 60-something episode conflict. He didn't kill Ozai. Zuko defeats Azula, who goes mad.

There's a lot of emotion there.

Maybe it's because of the one season plot, but Korra just didn't have the same impact, for a SERIES finale. There's the issue with the spirit vines. The new portal? Her past lives? The Red Lotus? So much is unanswered, and the payoff is just, "o hey guise, here's korrasami because why not?" I mean, I think it's great to have a LGBT relationship in the series, but here it just felt weak.
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Or maybe because, there was no plot at all leading up to this finale itself here. People comparing Ozai to Kuvira are missing the point, that ATLA was about Aang overcoming his issues to beat Ozai. That was the plot.

In a single season, there was not plot. Korra's I guess, was overcoming her demons. But it was executed so poorly. Hell, that plot wasn't even in these episodes. So it lacked anything of substance. If you had taken Ozai's plot, and did nothing with Aang, then yes, that would have been shit.
 
Azula said:
On paper, Korra has done much more than Aang has ever done. I think the issue people wasn't that. More so, that Korra never made decisions out of growth, or being informed by her growth. She seemed to just kind of show up, and stumble and fail into success.

So Tenzin is right. But it's kind of a weird thing to end on, when the emotional plot for Korra felt all over the place, and felt non-existent in this episode. Her "suffering for compassion" line kind of felt odd to me.
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It is kinda on point, it is just 6 - 7 episodes too late.

If there had not been a MASSIVE gap between Korra's recovery and her last fight with Kuvira, it may have landed.

But the season was so oddly constructed, the writers had a hard time link those two events without a Deus Ex Recovery.
 
googleplex said:
Nothing to indicate that Korra or Asami are gay. Where are people getting this stuff.
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i always invite my bros on private vacations and go there while holding hands with them and then staring at their eyes
its totally natural bruj
 
googleplex said:
Nothing to indicate that Korra or Asami are gay. Where are people getting this stuff.
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It felt implied enough that I don't feel like I'm at all stretching anything.

I don't care how close you are to a friend, people don't join hands and stare wistfully into each other's eyes without it having *some* romantic implications.

Crayons said:
Clearly Korea and Asami are going on a completely heterosexual vacation after saving the world from destruction.
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Gay Korra is best Korea.
 
Agreed that there was too much of a gap between Korra's recovery, which ended after the meeting with Zaheer, and the finale.
 
MartyStu said:
It is kinda on point, it is just 6 - 7 episodes too late.

If there had not been a MASSIVE gap between Korra's recovery and her last fight with Kuvira, it may have landed.

But the season was so oddly constructed, the writers had a hard time link those two events without a Deus Ex Recovery.
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Yeahhh

Probably.

Anyways I'm out. I think it's great that some people loved this ending. I don't want to ruin the mood. I think, I've said really all I have to say. I think it was a very flat/vanilla ending. It was entertaining, but I personally didn't think it was a very good ending.

But the fact that some do, well. I think that's enough that, I really would rather those people get to talk about what they loved and enjoy that without people repeating over and over that they didn't like it.

Goodbye everyone. This sure was one bumpy ass ride. But we made it to the end. Despite everything, it was all worth it just getting to spend time with everyone on here (even if we all don't agree).
 
Yeah, it's basically a totally self-aware shipping confirmation. The only subtleties are from the obvious factors Nickoledeon would otherwise censor.
 
Cloud Strife said:
The way I see it,

At the start of their respective seasons:

Korra=Aggressive

Aang=Passive

Finale:

Korra: Okay, I can be aggressive but I also need to be compassionate.

Aang: I can be passionately aggressive and take people's bending away instead od killing them.

So basically a balance in how to handle conflict through introspection and eventually outward expression.
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Seems like you placed way more thought in this compared to the writers.

Crayons said:
Clearly Korea and Asami are going on a completely heterosexual vacation after saving the world from destruction.
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spirit orgies man
 
googleplex said:
Yes they are together. because they are friend traveling together.



Yes They love each other. Korra loves all of her friends. Nothing to suggest otherwise.
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...srsly

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A-V-B said:
actually, didn't... the airbenders take down Zaheer? Korra was fucked up and Zaheer was about to oxygenbend her to death.
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Only because of the poison though. They did come in and help when the poison was near killing Korra giving Zaheer that opening for him to try to do that. She was about to finish him until she had to stop. And she still had the strength to pull him down after the airbenders broke up Zaheer's move.
 
m_shortpants said:
Come on now. The fake out with Mako 10 seconds prior makes it pretty damn obvious. It's clear they still had some restrictions which is why it was presented in that fashion.
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Honestly, Korra and Asami being instantly in love would have been equally hacky as Season 1 finale. (or, I hate to say it, but the stupid cringeworthy kiss at the end of the original series)

I think they are just having some fun with the shippers. Korra is probably not a lesbian. However, if she was on trial accused of being a lesbian and I was her attorney, I would probably not submit that last shot as expository evidence. I was def on the edge of my seat to see how unsubtle they were going to take it. Was... well, not too subtle.
 
^Lol pretty much. I do think some people in here (or maybe a team) could have put together a better show. If not in terms of line by line dialogue, just in terms of events that happen.

Azula said:
Yeahhh

Probably.

Anyways I'm out. I think it's great that some people loved this ending. I don't want to ruin the mood. I think, I've said really all I have to say. I think it was a very flat/vanilla ending. It was entertaining, but I personally didn't think it was a very good ending.

But the fact that some do, well. I think that's enough that, I really would rather those people get to talk about what they loved and enjoy that without people repeating over and over that they didn't like it.

Goodbye everyone. This sure was one bumpy ass ride. But we made it to the end. Despite everything, it was all worth it just getting to spend time with everyone on here (even if we all don't agree).
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Yeah think I'm gonna follow you.

I've made my opinions on the show known (I liked it, overall). Really, nothing more to say.

Its been a bumpy ride. But I enjoyed spending it with the frequent posters of this thread, even though I stopped posting that much after season 2. Guess the journey is over.

Cheers, guys.
 
Azula said:
Yeahhh

Probably.

Anyways I'm out. I think it's great that some people loved this ending. I don't want to ruin the mood. I think, I've said really all I have to say. I think it was a very flat/vanilla ending. It was entertaining, but I personally didn't think it was a very good ending.

But the fact that some do, well. I think that's enough that, I really would rather those people get to talk about what they loved and enjoy that.

Goodbye everyone. This sure was one bumpy ass ride. But we made it to the end.
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What? Do not go.

There are more people who disliked this episode in this thread than there are who enjoyed it.

This will be especially true when Veelk gets a chance to watch it.

If anything, we should be tamping down on our celebration.
 
The Legend of Korra: Season 4, Episodes 12 and 13
The maniacs, they did it, they actually did it, they had the balls to hook up Korra and Asami and Verrick and Zhu Li get their moment of happiness as well. I suppose Opal and Bolin are still a couple but they are just going to have to be happy with the background. Also, what a fucking waste Kai ended up being, all that time spent building him up and he ends up being a background extra. Oh yes, other things happened, all and all it was actually a pretty decent finale, nowhere near as good as season 3 but not shit your pants embarrassing like the first two seasons were. I can walk away from the series happy enough, I have my problems with this season no doubt, as I still think Kuvira was still mostly in the right and the experiment in democracy they are proposing is very risky. I suppose that is an issue for a future comic. Goodbye Korra, you will be missed sort of.
 
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