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The Legend of Korra (Spoilers ITT)
- Thread starter PK Gaming
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That sounds plausible, we know from the trailer that Kuviera's going to be leading an army attack at some point, and if it's in the finale, it makes sense for Wu to turn around and lead the counterattack, only to say ra ra pro democracy at the end. (It'd also complete the cycle, season one was communism, season two was religious extremism, season three was anarchy, and season four is fascism)
Also, for all the hate against Kuviera (which I side with), Republic City's plan could have been interpreted as using Wu as a proxy for a shadow government, not the most noble of endeavors (that Tenzin's backing it makes me think that it's more genuine though).
Also, for all the hate against Kuviera (which I side with), Republic City's plan could have been interpreted as using Wu as a proxy for a shadow government, not the most noble of endeavors (that Tenzin's backing it makes me think that it's more genuine though).
Did nobody else notice how great Jinora looks now that she has hair with the tattoos?? :D
Yeah. Glad that she didn't turn out like Yangchen.
Such great episodes, such a great season. I really can't believe people that think Kuvira isn't p evil right now; we've heard evidence from the governor that she's pretty much forced all the towns to join her. I'm sure we'll see something, and judging by the trailer we'll just have mechasuit wars between stuff.
I'm still annoyed that The MacGuffin is still in Korra's body and still relevant to the story. What, Su can't remove mercury from Korra? Zaheer had better metalbenders putting the poison in than Su???
I'm still annoyed that The MacGuffin is still in Korra's body and still relevant to the story. What, Su can't remove mercury from Korra? Zaheer had better metalbenders putting the poison in than Su???
It's generally easier to stuff something into a body than to safely get stuff out of it, but yes this seemed like a lazy reason for her to still be weak.
Kuvira strikes me as an entirely pragmatic force in the Avatar universe. We saw these towns. Starving, beset by bandits, in no way self sustainable in a post-Earth Kingdom world. If Kuivera had to bully any town just to give them some central leadership, then good on her. The alternative here isn't even democracy or independence, it's more inept monarchy. So yeah, until the inevitable heel-turn people are being way too fucking savvy here.
Kuvira strikes me as an entirely pragmatic force in the Avatar universe. We saw these towns. Starving, beset by bandits, in no way self sustainable in a post-Earth Kingdom world. If Kuivera had to bully any town just to give them some central leadership, then good on her. The alternative here isn't even democracy or independence, it's more inept monarchy. So yeah, until the inevitable heel-turn people are being way too fucking savvy here.
Also, the only one who seemed put upon was the mayor. Everyone else in town was glad to have food and protection. Excuse me for not giving a shit about the mayor's pride.
IDK, the mayor's rant about her being after the minerals came back around with the "we can't mess with Kuviera she controls all of the materials Republic City needs)
Again, I do agree that none of Kuviera's current actions have been malignant, but I can guess as to the dirty behind the scenes that helped make up her current actions.
Again, I do agree that none of Kuviera's current actions have been malignant, but I can guess as to the dirty behind the scenes that helped make up her current actions.
I think we have to question if Su wanted / Intended to remove it all. After all, she thinks that having a royal family is outdated; who's to say she also thinks having a"traditional" Avatar is also outdated?
IDK about that Su and Lin were both there during the extraction right, who is to say that someone might have been able to tell she was intentionally leaving some behind? There wasn't really any way she could have predicted this enough to plan ahead and know how to bend 'the right amount away'. Thinking on the fly wouldn't be very useful because if she didn't take enough out we'd just get another avatar early and a source of more problems.
I'd like to think that someone from a family with so close ties to the Avatar wouldn't consider putting the Avatar out of commission when the Avatar is an invaluable ally and has helped save her own immediate family. I don't think there's any resources that Su is illegally trying to horde or hosting anything illegal that would require getting the Avatar out of the picture, and we know she's against Kuvira.
Though it just might be that there is a resource she wants hidden and that's the reason she's against Kuvira's regime. So I guess anything is possible, but that would create a character with depth that we just haven't seen thus far in the Avatar universe (or at least wasn't revealed/hinted at prior), so if it does turn out to be true I guess I wouldn't be too upset in the end 9.9.
Though it just might be that there is a resource she wants hidden and that's the reason she's against Kuvira's regime. So I guess anything is possible, but that would create a character with depth that we just haven't seen thus far in the Avatar universe (or at least wasn't revealed/hinted at prior), so if it does turn out to be true I guess I wouldn't be too upset in the end 9.9.
tbh, the choice of Su bending it out of Korra rather than Lin (whom I assume has equal skill in metalbending) is kinda what is arousing my suspicions.
No-one but Toph figured there was some left behind, and the only one (at least we know of) that had even searched korra for it was Su.
It's the theory I want to go by.
I do accept that it could be completely accidental and / or be so deep seated that it is very difficult to extract. But neither is any fun to think about.
No-one but Toph figured there was some left behind, and the only one (at least we know of) that had even searched korra for it was Su.
It's the theory I want to go by.
I do accept that it could be completely accidental and / or be so deep seated that it is very difficult to extract. But neither is any fun to think about.
Iirc Su was a better metalbender than Lin (I think they said this somewhere), but I wouldn't think too much about that. It was a life or death situation.
Also, Toph said that her girls weren't the best metalbenders. She wasn't surprised that they couldn't sense the poison in her.
Also, Toph said that her girls weren't the best metalbenders. She wasn't surprised that they couldn't sense the poison in her.
Am I the only one who finds the kids really annoying? :/ This seemed like the worst episode so far to me, but the scenes with Toph and Korra and the beautiful shot of the tree and swamp in the sunset were great at least.
I also am looking forward to the big fight that's gonna happen in Zao Fu soon.
I also am looking forward to the big fight that's gonna happen in Zao Fu soon.
SnoopingGil
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finally caught up with seasons 3 and 4 so I can watch this thread now whoo
This episode felt like a bit like a recycled version of "The Swamp", but I do like that the context was different (the swamp is leading someone else to the Avatar instead of the other way around, while Korra has to deal with her internal problems rather than an external one). I agree with Hulavuta that the kids' subplot became extremely cheesy; I'd rather have Jinora just talk it out with Ikki and Meelo than watch them all go "I'd never have done X if it weren't for you!" one after the other.
I'm also a little disappointed that there was no ending cliffhanger. Where's my weekly dose of hype? :(
This episode felt like a bit like a recycled version of "The Swamp", but I do like that the context was different (the swamp is leading someone else to the Avatar instead of the other way around, while Korra has to deal with her internal problems rather than an external one). I agree with Hulavuta that the kids' subplot became extremely cheesy; I'd rather have Jinora just talk it out with Ikki and Meelo than watch them all go "I'd never have done X if it weren't for you!" one after the other.
I'm also a little disappointed that there was no ending cliffhanger. Where's my weekly dose of hype? :(
Wasn't a huge fan of this episode, Meelo was pretty annoying, Ikki is a very bland character, and Jinora has this whole "holier-than-thou" attitude. The interactions between Toph and Korra are nice though.
Also, does anyone else like to imagine that Toph went back into the cave and started blasting metal?
Also, does anyone else like to imagine that Toph went back into the cave and started blasting metal?
I suspect you're mostly alone in this opinion... They're pretty annoying characters imo.
Honestly this episode felt like they just couldn't fit the whole Toph/Korra subplot into episode 3, so they threw in the airbender plot that accomplished absolutely nothing.
IDK about the general majority, but I really liked Ikki's soldier subplot in this episode (especially the Zao Fu is going to fall bit).