Avatar: The Legend of Korra

Originally posted by AuraAngel
Still I do wonder something: how come Korra, who uses the Avatar State that allows her to access the past Avatar lives like Wan, can't defeat a simple dark sea spirit?

Is she just really bad at it? I mean she has Wan's experience and Wan beat down the equivalent of a god as far as this universe is concerned.

I figure the Avatar State isn't just a switch that automatically grants you all the past Avatars skills and knowledge, instead you (the current Avatar) actually has to communicate with a specific spirit in order to gain their knowledge/skills.

I imagine the "last resort" version of the avatar state they go into when their lives are in danger just grants them temporary access to a level of bending that they aren't capable of producing on their own... that is collective knowledge/skills being used in the moment, but for more specific knowledge/skills they actually need to contact the spirit, e.g. the way Aang asked Kyoshi and the other past Avatars for advice on how to deal with Ozai.

Korra sucks at the spiritual side of her powers, so i guess communing with specific Avatar spirits is still beyond her at this point.

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
Well Vatu was the stronger spirit prior to Wan beating up on him. Maybe if Vatu had a host he could make an even stronger Anti-Avatar assuming of course it could energy-bend people for the other 3 elements.

So...Korra's "I Win Button" isn't working or something. I mean the Avatar State is pretty much God-mode for any Fully Realized Avatar which I'm assuming Korra is at this point. What gives?

sidenote: apparently there are 2 A's in Vatu and Rava's names.

I'm not as critical about this series as some of the people here, but I do agree that Korra is impulsive, has yet to really learn anything, and seems much weaker/less effective than Aang was by the second season of TLA even though she's older and more physically inclined than he is and can already use all four elements.

I'm waiting for her Avatar state to do something cool like Aang did when he became Koizilla.

"Korra represents what is wrong with our societal norms today. She is the embodiment of a post-Feminism culture infused with serious entitlement issues.

She's unlikable because she, like most girls brought up in today's "I'm special/feminine infallibility" culture, has no concept of the qualities of heroism. She has sacrificed nothing, has taken as she pleased, has shown no maturity or growth and disrespects everyone.

She is the antithesis of Aang in every way - she has no virtue beyond her powers, cares more about her own desires than the greater good and has a complete disregard for even the most basic considerations of those around her.

Where Aang was a hero and someone I would be happy for my kids to see as a role model, Korra is an anti-hero (I'd go so far as to say "villain"😉 and exudes the selfishness and inflated sense of entitlement commonly taught to today's young women.

I find this follow-up to the Avatar: The Last Airbender masterpiece a great disservice to its fans and completely contrived from businessmen and marketing analysts instead of born from timeless poetry and relate-able lessons and morals.

I was deeply saddened to see such an unlikable and negative protagonist presented to our children as "one of the good guys." Shame on the writers. "

Plus she can't fight for shit. It seems like Benders are just in general less effective and powerful. Maybe it's because in TLA, it was during war time and Katarra/Toph/Aang/Zuko etc. were all very gifted. Still, feels like apologetic excuses.

Huh? I'm not the biggest fan of Korra but whoever wrote that is down right wrong.

Right at the start he begins attacking feminism and then continues throughout his rant. Wut? Is he even watching the same show? Korra's sense of entitlement has nothing to do with being a women or feminism, it all has to do with the fact that she is the avatar. And frankly, it makes sense. It seems the author simply dislikes a central female protagonist.

The rest is utter nonsense. Korra has shown signs of maturity and development. And, while she is selfish at times, she certainly does put the greater good first.

Korra isn't that bad.

Yeah, I actually liked her in Book 1. Sure, she has become a bit of a b**** in Book 2 but I expect she will become better after these episodes.

Korra's core character is fighting the narrative in a way similar to Mako's fought it last season. Sucks really.

She's a much better protagonist than Aang in every way. I loathe the feminist stance but yeah if she were a dude I bet people wouldn't care as much.

Naw, Aang was a pretty great protagonist imo. Korra had the potential to be better if they'd kept her personality as it was in the pilot though.

Well the thing about character development is the character has to change somewhat from how they were in the pilot lol.

Korra has a lot of potential there but the show is physically fighting with her and she is losing.

Originally posted by Based
She's a much better protagonist than Aang in every way. I loathe the feminist stance but yeah if she were a dude I bet people wouldn't care as much.

Waaaaaaat?

Originally posted by AuraAngel
Well the thing about character development is the character has to change somewhat from how they were in the pilot lol.

Originally posted by Nephthys

Waaaaaaat?

As cool as evil Mako could be the show is really not setting it up all that well. Sincerely hoping he isn't going to become the host of Vaatu or something.

This also lends credence that Mako is a descendant of Wan. Le sigh.

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Bad as I hate to for the next few days I'm gonna be pirating Korra. Sucks cause I really don't like doing it since I want to support shows(even if Korra might not deserve it for all the betrayals) but schedules are too packed.