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Legend of Korra |OT| - Saturday Mornings Just Got Better
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shira
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Infinite Justice
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Fire difficulty was more of a mental block he placed on himself though (since he could fire bend pretty easily, he just had no control and hurt someone because of it) its just that Earth was everything and it didn't help that Toph's teaching method early on made it worse for him.
Well, I liked Zuko's introduction much more than Mako since even though Zuko was angstified, he had a very good reason for that angst. What is Mako's reason? Hopefully that is explained, because if there isnt one and it is basically just affected, i will be disappointed.
AceBandage
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From what I can tell, they might be orphans that had to battle their way up.
We shall see.
Ignis Fatuus
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Mako has no angst, he's just tsundere.
Infinite Justice
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Twilight Princess
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i rewatched 3 times already....
the new gang does remind me a lot of the old gang.
sokka -- bolin
zuko - mako
toph - korra
aang -- ??
katara -- ??
the new gang does remind me a lot of the old gang.
sokka -- bolin
zuko - mako
toph - korra
aang -- ??
katara -- ??
get your anime tropes outta here!
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Except he is very blatantly tsundere.
I know what you're getting at, but I don't think Korra has yet earned this comparison.
Except that this is not Japanese and most people will have no idea wtf that means
Shouta
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It wouldn't though. You have to knock them out of the ring from the back so throwing them to the left or right isn't possible and I doubt throwing them up and back is legal. The manner in which you'd move someone is the same as the other elements, tagging folks with concentrated and directed blasts of wind, just like all the other attacks. Regular wind wouldn't do much as I doubt most benders could create unfocused winds that were strong enough to knock most folks down. They could possible get hit while doing it too because an earth bender or water bender could send a strongly thrown, projectile to cut through unfocused wind.
The biggest advantage would be air recoveries in the case you get knocked off your own feet and to redirect/blast enemy attacks away rather than destroy them.
Correct. Fire wasn't difficult for Aang. He got it pretty quickly, in fact. The issue was that he wasn't mentally ready to handle it and hurt someone in the process. Because of that, he decided not to pursue it until later. It was emotional damage for him. His Earthbending took a lot more time to development and Aang spent a lot of time working with Toph to get it to a good level.
shira
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I hope they don't pigeon hole the new characters so it fits this model. They are different people FFS.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Am I not allowed to use the term tsunami to refer to large tidal waves? Grow up.
shadyspace
Banned
Someone's insecure about this franchise's influences.
I see where you're coming from with the Sokka/Bolin comparison, but I really don't think they're that similar (so far). Bolin hasn't shown any of Sokka's sarcasm or ingenuity/ideas. Plus Sokka really wasn't that much of a ladies man like Bolin seems to be.
yes
im so insecure
im glad you have it figured out
Telling me to grow up is immature in itself and your comparison makes very little sense when everyone knows what a tsunami is.
shadyspace
Banned
I'm having trouble thinking of what it was about Aang's personality that caused him difficulty with earth bending if that is the case.
He's air, he likes to jump around and avoid conflict. He is kind of dreamy and spiritual so air and water work well for him. Earth is all about being tough, standing your ground, facing conflict head on.
Perhaps its the fact that earth bending is more of a strong stable stance and less free flowing as airbending was, thereby being opposites. Similar to Korra where her firebending strength comes through by force rather than the flow that airbending has.
Maybe his calm nature and his typical air nomad attitude towards confrontations. It was natural to him to evade problems and fights where possible, while earth bending requires you to face a problem head on and stand your ground. That was what the whole eartbending teaching episode was about.
God damn it, every time I write something at least two people beat me to it ^^
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
"I know you are, but what am I?"
You would be surprised. And umami is a valid term in culinary threads. I can come up with others if you'd like to continue nitpicking.
Infinite Justice
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Yea GAF can be on fire most of the times.
Shouta
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It's part philosophy and part style. An easy way to think of it is that Airbenders seek to move with the flow of the wind and generally don't try to resist being carried by it. Earthbenders is about the hardiness of the techniques, enduring the onslaught and then pushing back with force when the time came.
Aang sought to learn elements as fast as he could and to do so naturally without as much practice as one would need, that caused his mistakes with firebending and his general difficulty with Earthbending. He didn't really sit and endure the practice and training needed to do so. When he did, he started to get better at it plus being grounded was something he wasn't used to. Korra is the opposite, she is willing to train and work with the elements to better herself and her skills but she forces it too much and doesn't let her natural instincts flow and act like the wind hence why she's having difficulty with Airbending.
There was a face that Korra made when Bolin(?) fell out of the ring. Did anyone make a gif of it?
Ok what's this preview that you watched?
Im glad you realize the flippancy of using ad hominem
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
I see we're not arguing about Japanese loanwords anymore. That's progress.
You're such a tsundere, Uchip.
There was never an argument.
I take the stance that nobody knows what you were talking about and there was no rebuttal.
The show has anime inspiration, but its also completely its own thing.
Oblivionmancer
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Heh.
Show's really good, but after absorbing the original in a couple of weeks via Netflix, this whole watching it as it comes out thing is going to kill me.
victreeb3l
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consider yourself lucky that you didnt follow the series during the 3rd book clusterfuck with nick :/ my god that was painful
Oblivionmancer
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Wait what happened?
Infinite Justice
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no preview here
they live in the attic of the arena and there was some earlier notes of both growing up on the streets and Mako always trying to protect his brother.
edit: streets info here h..p://www.nick.com/shows/legend-of-korra/characters/mako-firebender.html
edit: streets info here h..p://www.nick.com/shows/legend-of-korra/characters/mako-firebender.html
Airing dates were completely out of whack
That could still happen with this, because Nick's scheduling issues haven't improved since then. Hopefully it doesn't happen.
Infinite Justice
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Nope the TV/broadcast version will air on April 14th, so for now its only available online.
As for it possibly having the same issue? maybe it will.
NO FEAR!!!
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
I guarantee you that more than half the people on this page did. Your concern is touching, however. If it would set your mind at ease, we could take a poll.
ColossalLazy
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Amon: U mad Korra?
I don't honestly care if people know
segregation of personalities in anything cheapens the experience for me
Ive seen a shittonne of anime and still refuse to use them
This guy will be the star of the show:
I give him 3/4 of the show before he has a change of heart
This guy will be the star of the show:
Ozai was more of a final boss type villain.
He is going to be the best.
Professor Beef
Banned
Def got Syndrome vibes from watching that preview. Electro-gloves on his goons? C'mon now.
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