Icyflamez96
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Unalaq is straight garbage.
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The Legend of Korra: Book 4 |OT2| ALL HAIL THE GREAT UNITER
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Lord Panda
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You guys thought Unalaq was a better villain...?
Oooookaaaaaaaayyyy.....
So we have cartoon villain vs potato villain. I'll take cartoon villain thanks.
No redeeming qualities whatsoever. Except maybe his bullshit helped Korra appreciate Tenzin more, which in turn makes her realize how much of a dick she was that season.
m_shortpants
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Lord Panda
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Sky Interloper
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Even Unalaq? Well, at least we got the Kaiju fight then.
Thank God we didn't get a Kaiju fight again
That scene is going to get so much mileage from the shippers...
Agreed.
I cannot believe I'm actually going to argue against this but here it goes:
Villain with zero motivation
or
Villain with a tenth of one?
Come on. And you're telling me that giant robot wasn't cartoony enough?
Lord Panda
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Actually you know what? I hate them both equally. How's that? Amon what would have torn them both a new one.
#equalists #downwithpotatoes
Saucycarpdog
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Kuviera's Mech < Unalaq's SPIRIT OF ETERNAL EVIL!
Edit: oops, had the sign the wrong way
I'm writing 1 & 2 off completely. "I'm here if you need anything." Is something friends say to friends all the fucking time. It's a pretty big stretch to assume that something is going on. As for two, I think it's the same thing.
I'll give you three.....but given that everything else is so tenuous it feels like it exists in a vacuum. Friends and relatives make people blush all the time. It's not so uncommon for someone to pay a nice compliment without any sexual subtext whatsoever. So even this scene (which I'm happy to say was foreshadowing) is still a bit ambiguous.
I can live with this.
m_shortpants
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Meanwhile, in the spirit world..
darkblade77
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He was already bad but from the moment the words "Dark Avatar" were spoken Unaloq could no longer be anything but the worst.
Worst.
Worst.
not people acting like i think the show is written well when i just said it was trash
yall really dont read... maybe ya eyes dont work and thats why you couldnt see the mess coming
maybe its because i am a bisexual woman so i interpret things differently that would be completely innocuous to straight people because sexuality tends to influence ur worldview
yall really dont read... maybe ya eyes dont work and thats why you couldnt see the mess coming
maybe its because i am a bisexual woman so i interpret things differently that would be completely innocuous to straight people because sexuality tends to influence ur worldview
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Xpike
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so this is the side we never saw of the spirit world
SilentMatthew
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I mean it's alright to find it entertaining and etc etc, but a reviewer/critic should at least acknowledge or even mention major problems about this final season of LoK. The villain(sorry Toa), mangled pacing of Korra's recovery and etc. All of which are tied down by lack of focus, which should have been the inter-connectivity between the Korra and Kuvira. The finale suffered a dearth of emotion and tension as a result.
Mr Fahrenheit
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At least Unalaq's actions lined up with his motives. He wasn't making labor camps because his parents didn't love him.
Lord Panda
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I'll most likely watch all four seasons Korra back-to-back some time in the future. It will probably be more enjoyable now that I know what's going to happen.
I was a bit down that the other Avatar spirits didn't make an appearance
I was a bit down that the other Avatar spirits didn't make an appearance
Korra is the beta confirmed. Guess that answers the "who would have the baby" question.
You're right. It makes just as much sense as Amon/Noatak blood-bending everyone's bending away for an equal world or something. All because daddy got mad.
Yeah but those moments were so random. One minute they're regular ole friends, next they're getting wet just looking at each other and then it's back to being friends. It's obvious they never really intended for Korra and Asami to get together up until the very end when people started getting really crazy with the shipping.
Basically the Book 1-3 stuff wasn't romantic at all and was just Bryke's pathetic attempt at giving Asami a bigger role since she was doing jack shit. Then people started getting crazy with the Korrasami shipping because senpai finally noticed her so they decided to drop those random moments in book 4. Then people went fucking nuts so they decided to drop that final scene.
maybe its because i am a bisexual woman so i interpret things differently that would be completely innocuous to straight people because sexuality tends to influence ur worldview
I tried to convince you personally but you didn't wanna believe, b.
Also, there's not much to debate about. If you think it's platonic, cool. If you read it to be more than that, that's cool too. I personally enjoy that it doesn't matter whichever one "it is," they both just get to be happy for once.
I don't remember but did the last air bender have 22 episode seasons? Legend of Korra could have benefited from longer seasons. But it doesn't really help if Nick don't fucking believe in it. It is a tragedy that in western animation developing something with mature themes seems so fucking hard because networks are preoccupied with selling merchandise.
Sky Interloper
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This made me remember. Weren't we going to know who Su's father is? Or did I miss that?
She was going to be written off after Book 1, but Bryke decided not to at the end. Her character arc was done, and that's she became the engineer of the group from Book 2 onwards. That is my problem with the Hiroshi ordeal at the end, that was something that should have developed since the aftermath of the Equalist movement.
JadedWriter
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Asami's probably building a hydraulic dildo machine in the spirit world as we continue to debate Korrasami.
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Xpike
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i've always believe it was the other way, but i guess korra drove carefully and asami liked to go the gta-way
Slamtastic
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Su's father is a nobody character we've never seen, just Bryke trolling again like with the Zuko's mom thing in S1.
ProfessorLobo
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Much like the finale.
not people acting like i think the show is written well when i just said it was trash
yall really dont read... maybe ya eyes dont work and thats why you couldnt see the mess coming
maybe its because i am a bisexual woman so i interpret things differently that would be completely innocuous to straight people because sexuality tends to influence ur worldview
It's hard for some people to realize that girls can like other girls. I believe that's why people are being so obtuse. If all the stuff that happened between Korra and Asami was between Mako and Korra, no one would bat an eye.
But even if these girls kissed, there would still be comments about how great of friends they are.
No you're right. We didn't get that question answered in the show.
I think everyone assumed the same, but I knew there was something up with Asami.
You gotta be the alpha male to run a CEO (even if it's Yahoo).
Saucycarpdog
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I actually think Amon was less of a hypocrite than Kuvira. At least Amon apparently though bending was the source evil and wanted equality while Kuvira just said "I want a united and peaceful kingdom" and then proceeded to lock up half the population in camps.
Icyflamez96
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It was obviously a bit of foreshadowing looking back at it, considering how things played it by the end. She's all like "If you ever want to talk.... or anything." If it were a guy holding her hand and saying that it would have been obvious to everyone.
Also, Asami being the only one she wrote to was more hinting. It definitely showed that she had the strongest connection with Asami out of all her other friends. It's not an explicit sign that she actually "liked" her, but I think in hindsight I can look back on that and say it was probably used as way to show how close they were to in turn further justify Korrasami IMO but I could see why someone wouldn't think so.
Eh, it happens. No nation is perfect when being built.
m_shortpants
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Gonna pull an iceyflamez96 real quick and repost from reddit. except i think the left side is like 3 people here
Gonna pull an iceyflamez96 real quick and repost from reddit
Holy Moses that's amazing on so many levels.
Even the ayy lamo Kuvirabot in the background. :lol
Hair scene in question:
The fact that this scene, is entire validation for a relationship for some people is just terrible.
The problem is not the final scene, that's for sure.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Gonna pull an iceyflamez96 real quick and repost from reddit
Where's the Army for Good Writing?
m_shortpants
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nonexistent, just like IRL
You have my sword
Still enslaved.
That and Korra not writing anyone except her when she was at her lowest point in her life.
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Xpike
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So I rewatched that dinner scene in Reunion and it's pretty obvious the writters at least tried to do something. First off, Korra and Asami hug for a longer period of time than Korra and Mako. Korra blushes because Asami compliments her, while completely shutting down any advances Wu makes on her and being like "eh" on Mako. And the rest of the dinner before they go to rescue Wu is spent on Asami and Korra having a little lover's spat while Mako goes like "hmmm" on the sidelines.
Mr Fahrenheit
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Getting called homophobes, probably.
Kuvira = Korra
I don't know what to say. I sort of like Korra but Byrke and Co are wanting us to make comparisons to her and Kuvira and Kuvira is shit.
Unalaq at least has an identity. Who the fuck is Kuvira?
It isn't validation, it's just one example. The co-creator/executive producer/story editor posting an article that states the relationship was more than just friendship is.
Yeah with the hindsight of the last scene and the director going "LOL THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED!!"
If that's what they wanted, I feel like they could've handled it so much better. They should've definitely hinted at it a bit stronger in the clips episode. That way it wasn't just a waste of 20 minutes.
Sky Interloper
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Watching the fight from afar, as the focus seems to be there by now.
SilentMatthew
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Gonna pull an iceyflamez96 real quick and repost from reddit. except i think the left side is like 3 people here
ayy lmao
Just have the first 20 seconds of this playin in the background.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVgCCVbLkmo
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