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

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Toa TAK said:
What book would it be based off of?
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Avatar butt stuff.

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The finale was okay..I guess.

If I view it as an action packed, two part finale where I get to see some of my favorite characters work together and interact, I'm satisfied. However, if I view it for what it really is (the finale/conclusion to everything Avatar as far as we know), it just feels a bit empty. I preferred Korrasami to any other pairing (not that I felt the series really needed any pairing) but didn't like how they pulled it off, it felt a bit rushed and just..meh. Also, I didn't like how many of the characters I genuinely cared about didn't really get any real resolution at the end. Feels like Season 4 could have used another episode or two for a true epilogue. Just my thoughts. I still love the avatar universe though, I'll definitely be going back to watch all of ATLA again and then Korra.
 
Toa TAK said:
Where are my good Korra AMVs? Even Breaking Bad got some.
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I mean there's always the The Legend of Korra opening done in the style of Angel

I mean it's actually really good. To be fair, I'd watch any show with this type of opening.

Except Sword Art Online. I'll never watch you. Not again...
 
JadedWriter said:
Nothing beats a nice ass attached to a great pair of legs. Fuck tits. Any ugly out of shape woman can have tits. The great ass/legs combo is the sweet nectar.
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Woah woah woah, why can't we have the whole package?
BKatastrophe said:
I mean there's always the The Legend of Korra opening done in the style of Angel

I mean it's actually really good. To be fair, I'd watch any show with this type of opening.

Except Sword Art Online. I'll never watch you. Not again...
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Sweet stuff.
A Human Becoming said:
Butt talk in the LoK thread? Okay.
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Nothing new here.
 
Since every season had an entirely different big bad, it was hard to build up an exciting/epic ending. Felt like "Avatar gang defeats another bad guy". Still, I think it was a good ending
 
Azula said:
Sorry, what were you disputing? I remember vaguely since I was tied up in debating stuff in the finale. You think they technically used a Deus Ex. Is that what you are asking?
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Yeah, during the cannon scene where Korra somehow bended the blast around her. Someone disagreed, and here is my reasoning for why it is. As I said, since I have a conflict of interest in this, it's up to anyone who voted to see if I was right.

Veelk said:
I'm not what going to turn this into a huge argument, as I happen to have a conflict of interest in this debate, but here are my reasons.

You say that DEM is a contriance for writers who wrote themselves into a corner to get out of. You admit it is a contrivance, but not a DEM because it's not plot relevant.

Well, for one, I'm not sure how this moment is not story relevant. Korra and Kuvira surviving is pretty important and we wouldn't have had the ending we did if it ended another way. It's a very short lived conflict, sure, as it was introduced then basically immediately dealt with, but I don't think that makes a difference. If, upon entering the spirit world, Korra got attacked by some random spirit, only to have Naga, who has been no where near this conflict so far, show up out of the blue and attack it away, that would also be a major contrivance to a very short lived conflict and rightfully called a DEM. So I don't think conflicts have to be related to the overarching plot to be counted as DEM's if they're solved through contrivance.

Second, yes, we have seen energy bending before, but never like this. Before, it was done to alter the bending abilities of people, which I felt more changed the nature of their spirits or something than actually moved their spirits somehow. But you know what, fine, it's called energy bending, so I suppose we can assume that means she can bend spirit energy. Okay, but how does she bend that energy? That thing was a fucking giant cannon that leveled entire buildings, entire towns. You're telling me that Korra has the muscle to wrastle down a weapon of mass destruction? That is contrivance if I ever heard it.

Third, if we take Zaheer at his word, then a DEM is impossible in all circumstances. He said Korra's power was limitless. That basically means she can do anything. If Korra had jumped up and punched Kuvira's mech with her bare hands without using any bending and defeated it that way, then we wouldn't be able to say that's a DEM because "Well, he did say her power was limitless."



But as I said, since this is my bet, I have a vested interest, and cannot objectively argue my case. So I'll leave it up to the thread to decide. If more than half of the people who had bets for the finale think I lost, then I lost. I think that's fair, right?
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RIP Roman reigns.

Veelk said:
I never got any replies on whether I lost my bet or not. So I guess you guys agree I didn't?
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I thought way back when you made that bet it would be contentious. It's why I worded my bets so specifically.

I personally don't think Korra creating a new spirit portal is a DEM, but I'm not going to argue about it.
 
Trey said:
RIP Roman reigns.



I thought way back when you made that bet it would be contentious. It's why I worded my bets so specifically.

I personally don't think Korra creating a new spirit portal is a DEM, but I'm not going to argue about it.
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It's not the specific creation of the portal I'm saying is a DEM, but the fact that she was able to bend the blast around her. I'm pretty sure that I did word it specifically though....does anyone know what page the bet started on?
 
Veelk said:
It's not the specific creation of the portal I'm saying is a DEM, but the fact that she was able to bend the blast around her. I'm pretty sure that I did word it specifically though....does anyone know what page the bet started on?
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I thought she was airbending the blast away.

I might be wrong but I think either Wan or Korra did that at some point in Book 2.
 
RedShift said:
I thought she was airbending the blast away.

I might be wrong but I think either Wan or Korra did that at some point in Book 2.
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I figured she was energybending the spirit energy. That works differently from how we've seen energybending before but since they kept using the phrase energy that was the conclusion I came to. Could've been airbending though.
 
Hmm I wonder what the rest of AvatarGAF thinks?

I see where Veelk is coming. Almost thinking maybe, Veelk should just decide for himself if he wants to change his avatar. If he feels that technically, he lost. But if you have a strong conviction you didn't, then I dunno.

Let me think on it. Curious what others think.

Honestly, I think at this point, people should just decide for themselves if they want to participate in the bets they made. They were meant to be fun. But the season itself was really strange, and not so much fun. I think the finale kind of took the wind out of the shows sail (coming off of Book 3).

I won't force anyone to change their avatars. But if people feel they should live up to their bets, and their word, then let us know and I'll pick your avatar changes. Satch is really honorable for taking on her bet head on, and sticking with it for a year. Seriously, she's awesome. Have so much respect for her. I was willing to let her out of it. And yet she still went through with it.
 
Azula said:
Hmm I wonder what the rest of AvatarGAF thinks?

I see where Veelk is coming. Almost thinking maybe, Veelk should just decide for himself if he wants to change his avatar. If he feels that technically, he lost. But if you have a strong conviction you didn't, then I dunno.

Let me think on it. Curious what others think.

Honestly, I think at this point, people should just decide for themselves if they want to participate in the bets they made. They were meant to be fun. But the season itself was really strange, and not so much fun. I think the finale kind of took the wind out of the shows sail (coming off of Book 3).

I won't force anyone to change their avatars. But if people feel they should live up to their bets, and their word, then let us know and I'll pick your avatar changes. Satch is really honorable for taking on her bet head on, and sticking with it for a year. Seriously, she's awesome. Have so much respect for her. I was willing to let her out of it. And yet she still went through with it.
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I don't think he lost the bet. The spirit portal didn't really solve anything, it just put a pause to the action. It's no DEM.
 
veelk should have to change his avatar since i had to change mine... imo...

EDIT: GOD FUCK I CANT LOOK AT THIS SHIT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY GAF FACE FOR A Y E A R

I MESSED UP SO BAD
 
Yeah Veelk, Satch changed hers. Just change it. C'mon. :P

Seriously, she had the most to lose. And she's taking it head on. Satch, the true hero of the thread.
 
Toa TAK said:
I don't think he lost the bet. The spirit portal didn't really solve anything, it just put a pause to the action. It's no DEM.
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He bet that there would be a DEM. I too think it's not a DEM, but I'm not going to argue about it.

Satch, Hamlet, dragonz clearly are wrong, for example.

Satch said:
veelk should have to change his avatar since i had to change mine... imo...

EDIT: GOD FUCK I CANT LOOK AT THIS SHIT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY GAF FACE FOR A Y E A R

I MESSED UP SO BAD
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I tried to tell you.
 
Satch said:
veelk should have to change his avatar since i had to change mine... imo...

EDIT: GOD FUCK I CANT LOOK AT THIS SHIT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY GAF FACE FOR A Y E A R

I MESSED UP SO BAD
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prepare to be avatar quote'd like...all the time
 
Okay, I went and found my bet details

Veelk said:
Main reason I don't like avatar bets is because there's nothing to gain from them, only something to lose. Seems silly unless there is something in the winning side to counterbalance the losing side.

Still, I'll get in this, I suppose.

I will wear a Korra avatar for a month if the finale manages to not have a deus ex machina.

In my case, the DEM is defined as Korra's victory being significantly contributed to by some random new power (either emphasized (like Jesus Jinora's Divine Intervention) or not (like Korra hulking out of her chains when the avatar state never suggested super strength before)) or knowledge (like Jinora randomly knowing what mercury is) to whichever character. The mechanics of how Korra wins have to be established beforehand atleast 2 episodes before the climactic battle. Also, while not necessarily required, I would prefer that even if the powers are established, I'd rather they are utilized in a believable way. We established that Suyin can metalbend and that mercury is metal, for instance, but seperating it from Korra on a molecular level seems like it'd be pretty impossible no matter how skilled a metal bender you are. But I can't predict what they'll do on that level of specificity and how believable something is is subjective, so I'm not making it a requirement.
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Okay, so....I guess I did lose by those circumstances. Spirit/energy bending has never been used in that way, but it is spirit energy and the name of it is spirit/energy bending. Given the two episodes rule, I could make an argument for the hummingbirds being established kind of fast given their importance....but I won't.

Okay, Azula. Lay it on me. I want one of Korra making a stupid face.
 
Toa TAK said:
This is why you don't do bets people.


That's not a stupid face. :(
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Really? Most consider that one of the dumbest faces Korra made in the show.

Veelk said:
I'll take it, but do you have another? I remember one really good one about Korra just having her mouth open in an expression of pure incomprehension, but I can't find it.
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yeah, can't find that one either. Anyone know where to find what Veelk talking about?

Here you go Hamlet:

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Some face swap goodness.
 
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