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The Legend of Korra: Book 4 |OT2| ALL HAIL THE GREAT UNITER
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They do mention that those fire sages were hiding some, though.
Whatever happened to that bison Korra took, by the way?
I need links! :O
explain this
Well that's the Freedom Train, back when Kuvira was hard at work bringing tidings of good joy across the former Earth Kingdom.
JadedWriter
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Kuvira's freedom train. Everybody have fun googling that Owler artwork. Hold onto your anus.explain this
This is pretty neat. Varrick and Zhu Li as Shego and Drakken from Kim Possible.
It's the freedom train choo choo.
explain this
It's the freedom train choo choo.
SilentMatthew
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Owler does clean works... sometimes
^ Nevermind, that was done by a different artist.
This pic always makes me think of some shitty porno.
If they're talking about ice skating, why the fuck wouldn't korra know how to ice skate?
Owler does clean works... sometimes
who is owler
EDIT: holy shit
JadedWriter
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Lol. I'm laughing on a fucking spin cycle here.
Enjoy.
Owler does clean works... sometimes
^ Nevermind, that was done by a different artist.
She did give us this amusing sfw image though heh.
JadedWriter
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Korra's sexuality sends her regards.She did give us this amusing sfw image though heh.
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Xpike
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this is probably the funniest thing in this thread
Wouldn't Korrasami send their regards make more sense? Since they both dated him?
She did give us this amusing sfw image though heh.
That moment when you realise, that Mako is going to be the laughing stock of animation, for decades to come.
JadedWriter
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Asami sent the message and korra shanked him.
It really is amazing. I checked the last thread, and it took 25 days for it to reach 90 pages, this thread has done that in 9 days, nearly a third of the time. It's mind boggling.
The power of Korrasami indeed.
plucked_goat
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I should have posted my thoughts on the finale of Korra (and season 4 as a whole) much earlier, but this is what the final year of a university degree does to you.
Anyway, whereas I usually feel a bit dejected after the ending of a show I enjoy (Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, ATLA etc.), with Korra I had a sort of empty feeling after the finale. I thought the last two episodes were fine, but I had a sort of empty feeling after the finale, which I think was caused by the fact that while I felt there was no closure for many of the characters, there were too many characters who were not fleshed out enough as characters, in my opinion, for me to be too annoyed about a lack of closure for them. I felt that while you had the central character of Korra, obviously, the others seemed to have two-episode stints of relevance before being shunted to the side for the five or six episodes (or longer in some cases).
Series 4, in particular, had too many characters for the amount of time they had, I believe. Don't get me wrong, however, I felt season 4 was good overall. I especially enjoyed Korra's character arc this series; Korra's journey to regain her physical abilities and confidence and accept and learn from her suffering was completed over multiple stages, arduous, and took time to occur. And as a big fan of Boardwalk Empire, I quite enjoy and am used to slow-burning storylines/character development.
But series 4's biggest weakness was Kuvira. I don't mean that in the sense that Kuvira was always doomed to be a terribly dull character, but the transformation of Kuvira to a power-hungry despot was handled terribly. It is fine for characters to evolve during a skip forward (or devolve if you go backwards, I guess) in time, if that evolution is in keeping with what we know of the characters beforehand; if a character has a change in personality that is not in keeping with what has been shown of them before, then the writers, directors etc. owe it to the audience to explain why this unexpected change has occurred. To me, it was never explained well enough how and why Kuvira went from being a captain of Zaofu's city guard (and member of Suyin's dance troupe) to an evil tyrant who imprisons anybody she disagrees with, and who attempts to subjugate or kill anyone who gets in her way.
Kuvira's struggles as a child could well have been a good reason for some of her excesses in power, if it had been given more time throughout the season to demonstrate why Kuvira did what she did for something she generally believed was for the greater good. But when you have a character who is throwing people in re-education camps because they are firebenders or waterbenders, then it takes more than a couple of sentences about how your parents didn't love you to make you a sympathetic villain.
Take Zaheer, for instance. Sure, he wanted to kill Korra in series 3, but that was in line with his core beliefs for a future where people were free of tyranny. Zaheer, rightly or wrongly, wanted a future where people were free to make their own choices without the restrictions placed, through laws and customs, by either an autocrat or an elected leader. The Avatar, as someone who can bend all four elements and go into the Avatar state, is, theoretically (although the events of Beginnings suggest that the idea of an "evil" reincarnation of Korra is impossible), an entity that has the means to impose their ideals onto others. Therefore, the concept of an Avatar clashed completely with Zaheer's vision of the ideal future, and so, in his mind, it was a necessary, if unpalatable, measure to take, and it is one that does not, in my opinion, render Zaheer a villain who is evil "for the sake of being evil".
Finally, with Korrasami, I have no problems with the idea of Korrasami (certainly better than going with Makorra after their incompatibility was showcased in season 2). What I do question, however, is whether we have seen enough interaction over the duration of the show to justify Korra and Asami developing romantic feelings for each other. I would say the same if they went for Makorra or Mako/Asami etc. Actually, I would go further and question whether enough over the show to demonstrate why Mako, Korra, Bolin and Asami are actually friends? Sure, Aang, Katara, Sokka and Toph met through luck and circumstance, but over the course of ATLA you can see why they become a close-knit group of friends. Personally, I can't say the same for their counterparts in Korra.
The Legend of Korra has had some great moments, and I will always think of it overall as being a good but flawed show, with some missteps but, in series 3, a wonderful, tense and thrilling high-point. Also Jeremy Zuckerman's score was utterly brilliant throughout.
Sorry for the wall of text!
Anyway, whereas I usually feel a bit dejected after the ending of a show I enjoy (Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, ATLA etc.), with Korra I had a sort of empty feeling after the finale. I thought the last two episodes were fine, but I had a sort of empty feeling after the finale, which I think was caused by the fact that while I felt there was no closure for many of the characters, there were too many characters who were not fleshed out enough as characters, in my opinion, for me to be too annoyed about a lack of closure for them. I felt that while you had the central character of Korra, obviously, the others seemed to have two-episode stints of relevance before being shunted to the side for the five or six episodes (or longer in some cases).
Series 4, in particular, had too many characters for the amount of time they had, I believe. Don't get me wrong, however, I felt season 4 was good overall. I especially enjoyed Korra's character arc this series; Korra's journey to regain her physical abilities and confidence and accept and learn from her suffering was completed over multiple stages, arduous, and took time to occur. And as a big fan of Boardwalk Empire, I quite enjoy and am used to slow-burning storylines/character development.
But series 4's biggest weakness was Kuvira. I don't mean that in the sense that Kuvira was always doomed to be a terribly dull character, but the transformation of Kuvira to a power-hungry despot was handled terribly. It is fine for characters to evolve during a skip forward (or devolve if you go backwards, I guess) in time, if that evolution is in keeping with what we know of the characters beforehand; if a character has a change in personality that is not in keeping with what has been shown of them before, then the writers, directors etc. owe it to the audience to explain why this unexpected change has occurred. To me, it was never explained well enough how and why Kuvira went from being a captain of Zaofu's city guard (and member of Suyin's dance troupe) to an evil tyrant who imprisons anybody she disagrees with, and who attempts to subjugate or kill anyone who gets in her way.
Kuvira's struggles as a child could well have been a good reason for some of her excesses in power, if it had been given more time throughout the season to demonstrate why Kuvira did what she did for something she generally believed was for the greater good. But when you have a character who is throwing people in re-education camps because they are firebenders or waterbenders, then it takes more than a couple of sentences about how your parents didn't love you to make you a sympathetic villain.
Take Zaheer, for instance. Sure, he wanted to kill Korra in series 3, but that was in line with his core beliefs for a future where people were free of tyranny. Zaheer, rightly or wrongly, wanted a future where people were free to make their own choices without the restrictions placed, through laws and customs, by either an autocrat or an elected leader. The Avatar, as someone who can bend all four elements and go into the Avatar state, is, theoretically (although the events of Beginnings suggest that the idea of an "evil" reincarnation of Korra is impossible), an entity that has the means to impose their ideals onto others. Therefore, the concept of an Avatar clashed completely with Zaheer's vision of the ideal future, and so, in his mind, it was a necessary, if unpalatable, measure to take, and it is one that does not, in my opinion, render Zaheer a villain who is evil "for the sake of being evil".
Finally, with Korrasami, I have no problems with the idea of Korrasami (certainly better than going with Makorra after their incompatibility was showcased in season 2). What I do question, however, is whether we have seen enough interaction over the duration of the show to justify Korra and Asami developing romantic feelings for each other. I would say the same if they went for Makorra or Mako/Asami etc. Actually, I would go further and question whether enough over the show to demonstrate why Mako, Korra, Bolin and Asami are actually friends? Sure, Aang, Katara, Sokka and Toph met through luck and circumstance, but over the course of ATLA you can see why they become a close-knit group of friends. Personally, I can't say the same for their counterparts in Korra.
The Legend of Korra has had some great moments, and I will always think of it overall as being a good but flawed show, with some missteps but, in series 3, a wonderful, tense and thrilling high-point. Also Jeremy Zuckerman's score was utterly brilliant throughout.
Sorry for the wall of text!
Gamer @ Heart
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I disagree with the thought they loved each other by the end. That seems the biggest gripe with the anti korrasami group. They are looking for proof that I agree isn't there. The ending was simply the acknowldegement and a continuation of the feelings that had blossomed over the past few years, signs of which i do think are present. Distance makes the heart grow fonder and all that.
I'm so fucking late but whatever. Bring on the fanart.
I'm so fucking late but whatever. Bring on the fanart.
BKatastrophe
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Well you won't draw anything good until you keep doing it. Not necessary to put every single thing you draw out in a public forum. I personally dislike it when people share every single thing they do.
Back on the sky bison train: I mean, back in ATLA, Everyone seemed to know what Appa was, despite most likely being extinct for well over 75 years. That's a rough estimate, but it's likely.
Well, I'm still writing shitty stuff, even now. I think I've gotten a hell of a lot better. But I was probably at the very bottom when I first started.
JadedWriter
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Challenge accepted. I really can't look at that shit in public on my train ride home. I'm an atheist but Destiji needs Jesus. Toph x momo fucking seriously.
I warned you
BKatastrophe
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Korra's got that interrogation technique down.
JadedWriter
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The Korra and Naga scene was a bluff. I think Kuvira was going to legit let those people get ran overy by a train.The supposed parallels between Korra and Kuvira
I'm still not seeing this shit.
Yeah seriously.
That was book 2 right?
I remember getting pissed off at that scene for some reason, but I've forgotten.
Which is an accomplishment in and of itself, because boy can some Gaffers reach.
case in point, mr googleplex and that superman post i'll never let up
There are reasons for this.
My curiosity got the better of me. Hoooooooly hell.
BKatastrophe
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Yeah it was. I was okay with it. I mean, he set up her dad for execution because money. Fuck that guy.
Nooooo *shields your eyes*
I vaguely remember.
I remember something about Korra and plotbending for the sake of her own convenience, but I'll have to rewatch Book 2.
JadedWriter
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That was Mr Fantastic tier reaching.
Atraveller
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No one can truly protect them from themselves.
Atraveller
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Yes.
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