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Spoiler: Season 1

Started off well enough, very promising stuff, a new and exciting city to explore filled with its own colourful characters both good and bad. An interesting antagonist who brings up the idea of equality amongst Benders and Non-benders. As with the last series the animation is beautiful and top notch and the scenery and music are all setllar. Presentaiton wise everything was picture perfect.

Then the show went on.

Korra manages to cross the line of "headstrong but good hearted" into "complete idiot" fairly quickly. I'm ok with this because obviously she's gonna learn her lesson later on and stop being such a complete idiot so I just stomach it, characters have to go somewhere right?

Mako was my favourite character with a promising future until the love triangle nonsense started. Then for whatever reason the strict down to earth Firebender becomes a complete ******* to every living and breathing thing on the planet. Will he learn his lesson? Yeah probably, but using love triangles for character development is a very grating and uninteresting process to watch, character development should be interesting to watch and there was nothing interesting to see about Mako and Korra being idiots.

Bolin is Bolin. He's funny this season and that's pretty good but his character isn't going anywhere. After his crush with Korra is put to an end his character development just stops and he remains "funny dorky guy" for the rest of the season. It also doesn't help that there's virtually no difference between Bolin in Episode 1 and Bolin in Episode 12.

Asami is ALMOST like Bolin. She has the benefit of getting a "from riches to rags" characater arc but it's really sidelined for most of the season and the conflict between her and her father lasts a stunning 10 minutes. By the end of the season she's a background character who's only real purpose was to start a love triangle.

Amon and Tarrlok serve the series pretty well as antagonist. Tarrlok is a bit cliche but he's still an entertaining character and his bloodbending reveal was done spectacularly. Amon had a terrifying presence and a shroud of mystery around him that really made his character stand out. However Amon's whole "equality" business is pretty silly in the context of the Avatar world. It makes sense on paper but within the actual show none of the problems that Amon preaches about seem to actually exist. The only point he ever somewhat has is with the council being composed all of benders but that's about it, I don't see any persecution going on or mistreatment. It makes Amon go from "radical with a point" to "nutjob" which hurts his character.

The backstory between the two was interesting and I liked it, and especially loved the Aang flashbacks. However I can't help but feel like it turned Amon into a suss and Bryke already did the whole "daddy issues" plotline last series for 3 whole seasons so seeing it again was kinda lame.

Rest of the cast were either too minor to comment on or didn't do much to leave an impression beyond "that's kinda cool".

Probending is INCREDIBLY boring to watch and is probably the worst display of bending in the entire series. The entire fighting style is uncreative and chalks up to "PUNCH FIRE! PUNCH WATER!" and repeat. And it went on for way too long.

And to continue on the bending, while the animation is great the actual fights and bending are dull and uncreative. Compared to the original Team Avatar, Korra's bending is lame to watch and is once again very uncreative. I understand that she is headstrong but that should atleast make her Earthbending and Firebending be a bit more beyond punch and kick.

Korra "learning" Airbending was painful to watch. The Last Airbender had established what the mentality of an Airbender had to be in order to be an Airbender. Hell TENZIN goes on about it very early on in the season. So Korra just pumping out air because "OH NO! I HAVE TO SAVE SOMEONE!" is pretty contrived and actually is the exact opposite of the "free your mind and detach yourself" mentality we have thus been taught.

And how does the season end? With the same Spiritbending nonsense that I hated with the last series. Not to mention Korra gets ALL OF HER BENDING BACK! Why? Because the plot said so that's why. She's still a headstrong idiot who can't stop punching for the life of her and instead of potentially having her relearn the elements properly this time without just being a natural at them, she gets them all for free. No, not for free, she cried about it a little.

tl;dr: A promising season ruined by love triangle nonsense, and characters that ranged from annoying to completely uninteresting.

Spoiler: Season 2

So will it get better with a new season?
Hell to the no.

Korra, Mako and Asami have pretty much stayed the same characters. Korra once again falls under the spell of the big bad because "I'M THE AVATAR AND I DO THINGS". And the real kicker is despite being in a relationship with Korra after all of the nonsense in season 1 they AGAIN reintroduce the love triangle and Mako falls back into his old being an ******* habits. Asami's is going through her riches to bitches arc still which would be good if it wasn't ONCE AGAIN SHOVED STRAIGHT INTO THE BACKGROUND.

Bolin is the exact same character he was last season, not much to say there. He's still funny atleast and is mostly saved by his interaction with Eska and Varrick.

Speaking of, Varrick is a fun ass character. Probably won't get much development but he's a side character/minor antagonist so as long as he stays entertaining and doesn't get to tired he'll be fine.

The same goes with Eska and Desna, they are fortunate enough to have this be the only real season they do anything in so they don't get boring, they serve their purpose and do it well.

The entire Unalaq and Vaatu business is completely absurd and is a HUGE step down from season 1's antagonist. Unalaq's entire plan to bathe the world in darkness sounds like something written by Nomura and as far as I'm concerned has no place here in Avatar. It's silly and trite and the only redeeming feature is seeing just how absurd his plan gets.

The fights suffered from the same problems as last season but this time there was no probending thank god. But the animation took a HUGE dip in quality from season 1 and the rest of Avatar. Thanks for that Pierrot, leave the animation to the Koreans.

At the very least Korra's decision to reopen the spirit portals can lead to some very interesting things further along the line and as stupid as it was I couldn't not love GIANT BLUE KORRA vs GIANT PURPLE UNAVAATU. Nice to see Iroh again too and the Spirit World was beautiful.

The Wan episodes were definitely the best episodes of the entire Korra series.

tl;dr: Terrible season, all the problems of season 1 + more.

Spoiler: Season 3

Does it get worse?
No not really actually.
In fact I would say it gets kinda good.

The most exciting thing to notice is that as terrible as the love triangles were for the past two seasons, it would seem that it actually ultimately turned Mako into a good and likeable character. I unfortunately can't say the same for Korra and Asami.
Korra is still same ol "PUNCH PUNCH! I AM AVATAR" Korra who also cries a lot she was at the end of season 1 and throughout all of season 2.
Asami isn't an unlikeable girl at all but she's still being shoved into the background. They give her some relief from all the **** she goes through and let her and Korra interact which was surprisingly nice but then it's right back to the background with her. It's clear Bryke doesn't know what to do with this character now that the love drama is ogre.


Bolin is Bolin. He now has a girlfriend. His antics are starting to get more grating and less funny.

Kai may very well be the must useless character in the history of anything ever. Well he does have use but it's basically to
1. Be an airbender
2. Love interest
Both which ultimately go nowhere interesting. Also he's kind of annoying to be honest.

Mako and Bolin find their distance relatives. And that's about it, something like this seems to have lots of potential but gets shoved to the sidelines and doesn't go anywhere. We barely know any of the family members besides the grandma who's name alludes me.

So how does it get better? The Red Lotus that's how.
Different from the last 2 seasons, these guys benefit from being a group of tightly knit comrades working towards a common goal. It gives the 4 of them a sort of "Us against the world" feeling which makes them that much more endearing. Zaheer's methods are direct and quick, he is determined and ready to do all he has to do to obtain his goal. Him killing the Earth Queen was probably one of the highlights of this season along with him entering the void.
I can't say the same for his friends though. P'li, Ghazan and Ming-Hua were all fun to watch in action but ultimately there wasn't much to them and so their passing was sorta "eh".

I had always liked Tenzin and his character definitely went through some of the best development this show has seen. Him dealing with the new Airbenders and the changing times conflicting with what he has been taught throughout his whole life was fantastic to watch over the season.

Suyin didn't leave much of an impression on me but her and Lin's interaction wasn't bad at all. Their tensions ultimately ending with their fight was well done in my opinion though the sudden reconciliation after it was a little abrupt. Still good stuff though.


And the season ends on an excellent note. The world has been changed forever by Zaheer and Korra is now put in a do or die situation. No more punch punch for her, now she HAS to develop beyond the person she is now with no spoonfeeding from spirit Jinora or Aang this time.


Animation went back to its former glory, and the fight scenes were the best the show had to offer. Nowhere near Last Airbender levels but still very good, we got to see lots of creative bending. Korra vs Zaheer at the end with a great allusion to Aang vs Ozai.

tl;dr: Good season supported by endearing antagonist, great fights, interesting world dynamics near the end there and some characters getting some good development

Spoiler: Season 4

Time skip time. I don't like time skips usually but that's hardly a problem here to be honest.
Mako remains a solid character. He benefits this season from his dynamics with Prince Wu. Prince Wu is also a pretty funny guy, I really liked him.

Bolin is Bol-. Well he kinda goes through some stuff this season but it's not really interesting and just makes idiot Bolin look like an idiot just this time with higher stakes. This actually makes his character worse when they play his stupidity completely serious because it ends up making you really realize "How did this guy survive this far?". So bravo Bryke, you somehow made Bolin worse.

Korra goes through a lot of character development this season. A lot. 5 episodes in fact.
Now I know what you're thinking "JUBE! YOU WERE JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW SHE HAD NO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! NOW YOU'RE COMPLAINING THAT SHE DOES!"
And yeah I know I sound like an idiot right now but hear me out. The actual character development was TOO bad but it had lots of problems. One of them being that it was super disjointed and all over the place. Toph gave her a pep-talk and told her things like "Nobody needs no Avatar" followed by "Zaheer, Amon and other guy all had points but they were extremist" followed by "You're just using the poison as an excuse because you're afraid". When you look at these things, they don't really have much to do with eachother let alone Korra. Alright no, the last bit about the poison has to do with Korra but the other two are just sorta random. Korra learning the world didn't need her seemed to magically teach her to stop worrying about the world possibly not needing you. Korra being told about the motivations of the last 3 baddies also didn't really serve a purpose considering she knew these things during her encounters with said baddies.

Ultimately it all chalked up to her being scared which is all fine and dandy but why spend time on these non-existent problems? She needs to learn to overcome her fears so let's focus on that.

Also 5 episodes is a LOT of time for a 13 episode season. It doesn't really help that after she got the poison removed and learned she was just using it as an excuse the show takes a few episodes off of Korra's development only for it to pop up again as "NO WAIT! WE STILL NEED TO DEVELOP HER" and have her job against Kuvira. I would be more critical of this BUT thankfully her scene with Zaheer was very well done and ultimately we finally get the development I oh so craved. So hey, good job on that Korra. Dunno if I forgive the last 3 seasons but still, good job. Also I loved the process of her learning to walk again. It's a cliche but I'm a sucker for it.



Asami stayed in the background once again. In fact she stayed so far into the background that she actually had a subplot with her dad shoved right into middle of an episode and resolved right in the middle of another. Oh and her dad died too and stuff.

Suyin and her family were alright characters, nothing too grating but nothing special, they served their purpose well.

Lin's interaction with Toph was pretty good, it was expected and predictable but still good nonetheless.

Kuvira was one big waste of an antagonist. Someone who could've been an interesting and morally gray antagonist was turned into a moustache twirling Hitler with concentration camps and even a giant mega weapon. Her romance with Bataar Jr I think had lots of potential which is a surprise for a show like this. She's a stone cold war machine so giving her opportunities to be more vulnerable is a good thing. The interactions are sorta stunted however by BJ being unlikeable and they're not being much of them in the first place. She had a few moments but was a forgettable villain especially after we had Zaheer last season. Don't even get me started on her shoehorned "I WAS AN ORPHAN" bit during the final episode.

Animation is still great but fight scenes kinda went back to being uncreative and boring, especially Korra vs Kuvira. But they weren't as bad as season 1 or 2 and metalbending was done well in this season.


Colossus sized Mech though? No thanks. Nobody loves mecha more than I but I don't think it has a place here. The technological leap from tanks to mech's was already hard to swallow for me but now this giant sleek platinum mech that nobody noticed being made? Yeah that's way too far for me. Watching them take the thing down was entertaining atleast.



It ended pretty neatly, everything was wrapped up and we got a nice Varrick and Zhu Li bowtie.

Korra and Asami kinda got together. It didn't come out of nowhere which is a good thing but other then that I don't have much to say about it since it all happened at the very end.

tl;dr: Alright season, not as good as season 3 and kinda shaky but thankfully it managed to do a good ending and finally developed Korra.


OVERALL
Not a very impressive show. It's filled with characters that either go nowhere or are just plain annoying. Antagonist aren't very fleshed out save for one and another which was outright terrible. Republic City which could've been interesting was abandoned and barely explored. The rest of the settings suffered the same fate. Teeny bopper attempts at love stories are all kinds of ridiculous and didn't really make any of the characters any more endearing. The show is saved from the pits of hell by a handful of well done developments and characters as well as excellent animation overall and entertaining fights if not sometimes unimpressive in comparison to Last Airbender.


I would not say it holds a candle to ATLA at all. That isn't to say ATLA didn't have its share of flaws but none of them were as consistent with Korra.











And no Azula

I know right?
Incest AND lesbians. It's like a sundae with extra chocolate syrup

Uranus and Neptune have been doing it since I was 10 years old yo.
And 10 year old me was a long ****ing time ago

Oh hey, an Avatar thread, I guess they'll be discussing the final episode and the series as a whole

Stay classy Avatar fanbase

You really think Kairi spent all that time waiting for Sora doing nothing on that island full of hormonal teenagers?

Would it really make a difference if the manual said she was 28 and not 16?

In what backwater country do you live in where 16 is considered odd in any way?

How else will I legally produce a loli of my own?
Adoption? pffft.

Got a pretty nice coat of white on ur mums ass last night.
#rekt

Post of the ****ing year

CURSE HIM
CURSE THE CHRISTIAN KING AND HIS ARMY OF INFIDELS
THEY GO AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD AND MUST BE MADE TO PAY
EVERYWHERE THEY RIDE, THEY LEAVE ONLY SUFFERING IN THEIR WAKE
THEY SAY IT IS A CRUSADE
A CRUSADE FOR WHAT!?
IGNORANCE!?
VIOLENCE!?
MADNESS!?
WE MUST RESIST!
WE MUST FIGHT THEM IN ANYWAY WE CAN
....
CURSE HIM
CURSE THE CHR-

Just play the fan translation so that you can find out that Simon Keyes is the mastermind

Not sure how this became a UC thread but here's Kamille throwing Jerid off a ****ing cliff

Still looking for it unfortunately. V Cast is a lot of hoops to jump through.

Original Final Mix was actually the first game I ever imported in my entire life.
So far the only KH game I don't own is the original coded and 2.5.

60 GB is big?
What is this 1998?

Gives me a boner
It's alright

Eh, I prefer the original but it's alright