Avatar thread?
Yes
>>83802166
if you have stuff to post, go ahead
Never finished korra, do we find out who sokka and toph end up with? Aang was with katara and zuko was with mai but at the end of tla but from I know we never who those two ended up with. I imagine for sokka it was suki.
>>83802689
>>83802689
Toph had two daughters by two different men. Lin's father is a guy named Kanto, we don't know who Suyin's father is.
>>83802781
Remember when we thought those were important mysteries? Good times.
>>83802781
Isn't it obvious? Suyin's father was Johto.
>>83802876
>>83802938
>>83803057
kek leave it to yurifags to ruin everything
Avatar thread WOO WOO
Just looking at these qt pictures of Toph is making me so bitter about how lok ruined her entire character
>>83803057
>backstabbing each other for 2 seasons
>magically friends in S03
>munching carpet in S04
Any reasonably explanation for this?
Who is the biggest cuck between Mako and Bolin?
>>83804783
>Mako
>gets on with two 10/10's
>fucks it up
>fucks it up so hard, those two qt's cuck him with each other
>>83802590
Zuko looks dreamy
I see the Korrasami fags have allready infested the thread, game over i guess.
>>83804363
Bryke wanted to be remembered for something, and despite it being nothing yurifags ate it up.
>>83804271
LoK takes place in a alternate reality. That's why benders are so much weaker than in ATLA and why the metaphysics are completely different.
You think we'll ever get a decent S3?Do you think it'll be set in space?
>>83804363
>backstabbing eachother for 2 seasons
Except that didn't happen
>shown hanging out and getting along
>magically friends
>Asami at least is clearly interested
>beyond belief that they could end up dating
>>83805209
>both straight
>keep stealing eachothers boyfriend
>ever wanting to date
yeah sure it made perfect sense...
I wish this column was a weekly thing.
>>83805199
I thought Season 3 was slow but pretty good regardless. Wasn't is only the ending that was truly subpar?
>>83802901
How did she fuck Pokemon regions?
>>83805489
She is the greatest earth bender to ever live.
I only finished season 1 of korra is the rest worth watching
>>83805657
Season 3 is good, But 2 is quite bad and 4 has the worst ending in the franchise.
>>83805438
It was. I guess what I meant to say was will we ever get a 3rd good avatar show.
>>83804271
Era being a shit mother fit perfectly with her flaws on the show. Stop whining.
>>83805789
Probably not, atleast not anytime soon.
>>83802537
There's more of this r-right?
>>83805821
>people can never bring their flaws into perspective with their virtues positively like Katara, Aang, Zuko, Sokka, or Iroh.
>people are exactly the same as they were when they were middle school and this is treated as a good thing in real life and considered good character in works of fiction
Just like Toph, I don't see it.
>>83805962
Not yet, but more is coming. It's a CYOA by Mrpotatoparty and currently his patreons are voting for the next bit.
So, who's your favorite waifu?
>>83805991
What the fuck are you talking about? Toph had shitty parents to learn from and had a shitty personality for childrearing. Why should she have turned out to be a good parent? Because you're a stupid little baby who can't handle anything bad happening in fiction?
>>83806064
Korra. If i had to choose a second it would Katara. Can't handle the Watertribe.
>>83805789
I don't there will ever be another series. Nickelodeon hated the Korra ratings so much that they actually pulled the show from television completely at one point and only aired it online.
Avatar was fine on Nick but Korra was aimed at older teenagers and their actual audience was more interested in Spongebob re-runs.
Series 3 would be possible if Nick sold the Avatar rights to a company like Netflix to create an online series, but they never will.
Also Series 3 would have to be set in the past, like based on Kyoshi or something. The technology got too advanced in Korra and made bending almost obsolete.
Instead of the sick bending choreography and dynamic fights that we got in Avatar/at some points in Korra (pic related), we got mech slug-fests. Culminating in a giant mech final boss.
>>83806064
Azula did nothing wrong.
It is fire's nature to consume.
>>83805889
That's some shitty pixel art
>>83806138
>Instead of the sick bending choreography and dynamic fights that we got in Avatar/at some points in Korra (pic related), we got mech slug-fests. Culminating in a giant mech final boss.
Which is what would happen if Amon won like people wanted and clamored for back then. And yet people wanted bending to go away and for Amon to gain victory and everyone lose their bending forever because consequences.
>>83806433
Have some more.
>>83802166
>tfw still no Zuko/Toph field trip
>>83806517
The only difference would be Korras amount of bending being restricted to Airbending. And most also wanted Korra to regain her bending through a story arc, possibly season 2.
>>83803057
Someone, somewhere, is still screaming "NATORARE!! NETORARE!!" at the top of his lungs.
>>83806138
>The technology got too advanced in Korra and made bending almost obsolete.
Only in terms of fighting large scale battles, and even then benders were able to find a way to damage and destroy Kuvira's mech. Non-benders on a whole are still useless in combat. If anything the bending in Korra was a lot more deadly.
>more firebenders who can generate lightning
>metalbending has been honed to the point where people can basically throw knives at you
>bloodbenders who don't need a full moon exist
>ripping the air out of someone's lungs
>>83802361
That art isn't what I want, but everything else is. Moar, plz.
>>83806573
And then she would give it back to everyone else? People kept wanting the United Republic of Nations to fall and for things to domino effect and for things to ramp up while Dick and Dickless traveled around and "taught" Korra had to bend again since they knew more about bending than her or something.
Or was I just in the other threads?
>>83806138
>Series 3 would be possible if Nick sold the Avatar rights to a company like Netflix to create an online series, but they never will.
It's a strange feeling, wanting and hoping for something so dramatically, but knowing deep down it will never fucking happen. Nick would never sell the rights to Netflix. What's worse is that Netflix could a great new series that would have blown Korra out of the water, but Nick is just too greedy.I can still dream...maybe one day...
>>83806807
There were many solutions to it. Some had to do with spirits and the spirit world. My point was though that Korra not getting the power to bring back bending would matter very little as the only two returning characters that lost bending were Korra and Lin. And Korra still had bending so there was no need to up technology.
>>83806905
I doubt it would be much different if it was still in Brykes hands.
>>83806534
>zero shading and color blending form.
it gave me cancer
>>83806959
Even if we could get another mediocre series like Korra, it would be a god send.
>>83806998
Just give someone other than Bryke a chance, they would have a hard time doing it worse.
>>83807041
No doubt. I imagine Netflix could get some good people on board if they got a hold of making a new series.
>>83807041
Bryke do well enough when working with a larger crew of writers. They're good enough idea guys, but they need more people to help hone them.
>>83806985
A job well done.
>>83807102
I guess they need a head writer to tell them no.
>>83804363
pandering
>>83805412
>that is not a question
>>83807423
For anyone unaware her voice actress was in the live action movie.
>>83805209
Oh boy, here come the bryke defenders
>hanging out and getting along
Yep, just like every other character
>Asami is at least clearly interested
When? Where? Show a specific example that implies romance.
>>83805237
it was never said they were striaght.
having one boyfriend doesn't make you straight.
>>83806064
water tribe always delivers
>>83804864
Zuko isn't in that picture..
>>83807607
It doesn't make them bisexual either. However they were portrayed as straight for the entire show sans 5 seconds at the end.
believe or not, it really is toph
>>83802166
nice art op
>>83802166
whos the artist?
>>83810692
Ya'll niggas need to learn how to use the resources available to you.
TKG
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1364988
http://tkg9104.blog.fc2.com/
https://twitter.com/TKG9104
>>83806064
Katara is just Korra+
The only reason Korra is hotter is because Katara is 14 and not developed yet, but when we start LoK Korra is and already has her tits.
I've been rewatching ATLA with a friend who's new to the show. His favorite episodes so far have been The Great Divide and Appa's Lost Days. We're just at the beginning of season 3 though, so that might change.
>>83802901
If she fucked johto we'd have heard about it, since johto never stops calling.
>>83811296
>Great Divide over The Storm and The Blue Spirit
The fuck?
A:TLA was the only good series. Fuck your shit Bryke
>>83811483
He thought it was funny, that's pretty much the only reason why. It was also the first episode I showed him, to be fair. I always thought the first two episodes were pretty boring and only got interested towards the end of the first season. I wanted to show him an episode that was fairly spoiler free and The Great Divide was the only episode that doesn't really show much that happened in previous episodes, besides Appa flying and Momo being part of the team.
>>83802876
What happened to her mouth in the third panel?
>Literally the only enjoyable character of her own show (short of maybe Varrick)
>finally get a game that's just about Korra doing Korra stuff with none of her dumbass/boring friends around.
>It's short and decidedly mediocre.
Being a Korrafag is suffering.
>>83805209
>Except that didn't happen
Korra stole Mako twice
>shown hanging out and getting along
they are only shown to hang out in S03, for no apparent reason, and right after Korra cucked Asami again with Mako and then ditch him.
>Asami at least is clearly interested
you mean she is clearly 'a friend' by S03; not interested.
>>83813089
one of the many failings of this show is that the designated core group of friends had no compelling reason to be friends or even be around each other at all. They just weren't believable as a group of people who would actually hang out together if given the option. Having the basic, bread-and-butter social interaction of the main cast fail so badly was one of the shows biggest failings, though it wasn't its most spectacular or attention-grabbing failure and thus tends to get glossed over in discussions of where and how the show went wrong
>>83813089
>Korra stole Mako
Takes two to tango. She kissed him but he didn't have to drop Asami and run to Korra and suddenly love her. No stealing was done.
Asami's reason is that since she has no character and exists only for love drama then she only went along rather than just give them an airship was because she hates being behind a desk all day and wants to travel. Then she probably saw Korra with her hair down and in her casual sleeping clothes and that was the end of that.
Korra has no reason though. Asami could at least be given a reason since she has nothing else to her.
>>83813247
That's one of the major things that people bring up. But it tends to get divided into:
Have Korra and the older characters interact and carry the story.
Have someone else be the Avatar in her place as though that character would suddenly be written well.
Have the show focus on people other than the naturally gifted, rich and famous, or world leaders.
And the most popular one being just have the Gaang continue since we already know them and the world they are in so you don't have to start from scratch with new people.
>>83813247
Eh, I could buy Mako, Bolin and Korra hanging out together. Two of them are brothers, they spent time as teammates, the brothers are Korra's first friends ever and they seem to like the adventure filled world that comes with being around the avatar.
I never understood why did Asami stick with them after Mako dumped her.
>>83813288
>Takes two to tango
Both times, she is literally made the first move. Taking both to do it or not, the fact that she started it means she is a backstabber for not respecting her friend. Think for a second: you have a girlfriend, and then someone you thought was your friend starts dating her. Are you really going to keep being friends with that guy?
>she hates being behind a desk all day
Some people call that a job, and it's kind of important. The thing is, everyone had better things to do at S03 and they al 'magically' were attratted to go with Korra. Still, it was very clear that Asami resented Korra and Mako by the end of S02 and they left it unresolved. It really makes you wonder why are they friends in the first place.
>>83813512
>Still, it was very clear that Asami resented Korra and Mako by the end of S02 and they left it unresolved. It really makes you wonder why are they friends in the first place.
The only explanation is that Asami is a cynical, sociopathic industrial tycoon who considers a personal relationship with the Avatar to be a critically important business asset. And to be fair, Korra does tend to go around destroying things and creating markets for Asami's war machines while simultaneously shielding Asami and her other friends from the consequences. Asami probably sees Korra as a sort of black ops asset that she can set loose on a region to create demand for her products
>>83802938
I wanna see these two in a well written show...
My friends, I bring terrible news.
He has returned.
http://www.vcpost.com/articles/86253/20150823/avatar-last-airbender-2-updates-director-m-night-shyamalan-defends-first-film-ready-sequel.htm
>>83813512
>The thing is, everyone had better things to do at S03 and they al 'magically' were attratted to go with Korra.
Bolin had nothing. Mako should have stayed in the city and done his police job but then the other characters might develop or be useful and we can't have that.
Tenzin had a job in that he was on the council. But we saw how effective he was, he may as well have not been there especially considering how he acts like it is always like this and talks to Korra like Tarrlok has always been this way. Asami could have staff who do the work for her while she's out and about but to dive into that might take away from a joke or two and would require Bryke to give a damn.
>and then someone you thought was your friend starts dating her. Are you really going to keep being friends with that guy?
I, apparently, broke up with my girlfriend off screen. Or so I think I did.
She kissed him, she didn't do anything else and in the same episode she says she was wrong to do that. The reason they didn't get Asami's input on this until later was 1.) drama and 2.) Bryke and 3.) drama
Why doesn't sage work. I keep getting upload failed. Do I need a 4chan gold membership now or something?
>>83813089
>Korra stole Mako twice
You can't steal what was freely-given.
>>83813739
>http://www.vcpost.com/articles/86253/20150823/avatar-last-airbender-2-updates-director-m-night-shyamalan-defends-first-film-ready-sequel.htm
Fuckin hilariously tragic.
Mako got the shaft of team Avatar.
>brother became a mover star, world's only lavabender, and got a hot airbending gf
>first ex-gf is big time industrialist
>second is the avatar, who didn't even bother sending him any letters during the timeskip as she recovered
>they end up lesbians for each other
>all he has left is his job as a cop in a shitty city
>>83813739
AAAAAAAAAAH
>>83813739
>http://www.vcpost.com/articles/86253/20150823/avatar-last-airbender-2-updates-director-m-night-shyamalan-defends-first-film-ready-sequel.htm
>"It's really weird because on the show the average age was, like, nine-years-old"
Smoking pandalily flowers, Schmuckamalan?
>>83813739
>>83813739
fuck me
>>83813739
wasn't that fake?
>>83814101
Nick wants nothing more to do with Avatar. The comics are, so far, not offensive and still make it to the top of the New York Times Bestseller's List plus they don't take a lot of money to make.
>>83802361
Source?
>>83812035
At least the porns good
>>83813819
Mako's obviously happy being a detective. Just hope he doesn't get stuck with Wu again in the comics or dates Izumi's daughter like they originally planned.
>>83814323
>or dates Izumi's daughter like they originally planned.
Nailing the future Fire Lord would be a pretty sweet gig, I think.
>>83814367
Iroh II is the future Fire Lord.
>>83814323
>or dates Izumi's daughter like they originally planned.
Considering they stuck the origin of the Avatar, the civil war of the Water tribes, and the past lives dying, all of which were ideas they had previously (origin since AtLA, civil war for season 1 of Korra,) it wouldn't surprise me if they had Mako one-up the others by marrying royalty or becoming the Prime Minister of the Earth Nations/Kingdom/Union.
They "got to give them something to do" so love shit is inevitable.
>>83804363
Teenage girls go through phases.
>>83814513
Mako should become president.
>>83803057
The book 2 part is hilarious when you realize Korra and Asami spoke to each other literally two times in the entire book and so there's nothing to draw based on it.
Looking back, I'm halfway surprised Hue was never going to be a member of The White Lotus.
>>83804363
>Carpetb munching
kek
>>83813739
>august 2015
>no other sites mention it
k
>>83815545
I wanna give Ty Lee smack on her upside down butt
>>83811480
10/10
If I had a cookie, I'd give it to ya.
>>83802901
Dammit Carlos!
>>83804363
Something something signs something something the writers know what they are doing
>>83815514
>>83815545
Goddamn I love me some mai art
>>83814323
>dates Izumi's daughter like they originally planned.
At least that would lead to something to do with the FN in LoK's time besides their navy or leaders showing up. At least we don't have to worry about Azula's VA voicing her, although she doubtless could do a far better job of it than Basco.
>>83814323
> dates Izumi's daughter like they originally planned.
They originally planned for Makorra to be endgame and look how that turned out.
BesidesMako/LinBeifong best OTP
>>83816148
I could dig it.
>>83802689
It's a little bit more complicated than that. Aang and Katara marry, but his main relationship is with Zuko and Katara's first two kids were fathered by Sokka, who is also possibly the father of Toph's second daughter. Sokka himself ends up with Suki but it's unclear if they have any children. Zuko has a daughter that obviously couldn't have come from Aang so he most have had relations with a woman. The most probable contenders at this point are either Ursa or Azula but it isn't clear with the current canon information.
>>83804271
>ruined Toph
How, exactly?
Lin deserved some love.
>>83816051
New too anon. It's a shame she has such a small amount of it
http://avatarthelastairbenderonline.com/avatar-the-last-airbender-adult-colouring-book-announced/
Huh, okay.
>>83806064
Ty Lee, Toph is pretty close.
>>83806064
Suki for sure. So underrated
Why did Tyzula take off like it did?
Maizula was objectively better.
>>83817508
Mai squashed that ship herself for Maiko because she has terrible taste.
>>83816679
Best OT3
The fan art for Korra was decent enough, overall, but it's nothing compared to the old show.
>>83819200
>>83819223
>>83819238
>>83812035
Korra is a cunt
>>83819200
The character designs were better for LoK, but TLA had far better characters.
>>83819612
>character designs were better for LoK
Don't delude yourself, they weren't even close. TLA took in tons of well rounded inspiration. LoK for the most part is just lazy casual clothing everywhere. Not even the Unaloq nor the Red Lotus dressed in any grandeur fashion distinguishable for their status.
>>83819710
Red Lotus dressing in grand clothes would contradict their characters, since they loved equality and were wanted criminals who wouldn't want to stand out.
>>83819742
Red Lotus in general was extremely wishy washy and contradictory all over. But I get your point.
>>83806064
katara for marriage
toph for girlfriend
korra and azula for sex slavery
I can't come to Avatar threads anymore since I gotta see that Korra crap come up and be associated with the agreeable better Aang timeline.
Avatar had a great power system I'd I'm being honest. Versatile and simple.
Posting best girls
>>83820352
Agreed.
It's overlooked behind the characters and the setting and story etc. but the concept of bending is nothing short of genius in terms of a magic system.
It's so easy to understand yet it's always exciting and dynamic. I know it's unpopular to credit Bruke with anything but they absolutely knocked it out of the park with bending.
It's also absolutely perfect for the medium. It's visually interesting without being visceral, like realistic violence, so it can be featured in a family show without it feeling like th action is being too neutered or dumbed down.
>>83813819
He gets to fuck Lin, tho
>>83814278
There's too much korrasami porn though.
>>83820402
In terms of visually interesting, that's partly because of the real life basis. Tai chi for watervebding and all made it realistic.
To be honest it stresses me out because whenever I want to create any power system for story telling I am reminded of how inadequate it is compared to avatar.
>>83814593
Also kinda funny how Asami seemed quite angry when Mako and Korra got back together in front of her.
But then again, Korrasami fags are always delusional.
Best girl coming through.
Why is Lok such trash?
>>83821607
Read the posts above. Then realize that quite a few people who worked on LoK are working on Voltron and that is already better than LoK because
1.) No Bryan Konietzko
2.) No Michael DiMartino
3.) No love relationship drama
4.) The characters have a reason for being there
>>83820402
Was it their idea though? I heard they wanted to make a cyberpunk show until Nick told them they wanted a fantasy show instead. So maybe the bending idea wasn't theirs.
>>83821726
I don't actually. Asami is boring and does nothing for me, atleast not in a threesome scenario.
>>83821807
I want bolin and Asami to have time together. I feel like team avatar was never really a team. You knew how every character interacted with each other in ATLA. Not so in Korra.
>>83821784
Cyberpunk with elements. They worked with Sifu Kisu and together they developed bending.
Then, much like the Flavor of the Month, they started watching MMA and wanted that in the lore which confused Kisu and he barely ended up helping in the first season then went on to do other things.
http://sifu-kisu.tumblr.com/post/131036647592/hey-sifu-kisu-so-while-trying-to-pay-attention
>>83821889
I'd agree, but not sure if you mean in a shippy way for Bolin and Asami. Personally i'd prefer Borra, and just more "filler" to flesh out the characters.
>>83821905
They also hired a tricking expert for LoK as a martial arts instructor, which is probably why there is so much weird acrobatics in it.
>>83821925
I meant just normal interaction. Definitely more non plot related need. Its what made ATLA so great, it build up the characters and the universe. Korra felt like a weird dystopia a bit, I had no idea how things were.
Immediately we understood there were little communities with their own ideas about the war from Kyoshi Island episode, and we saw how THE FIRE NATION was effecting the world, negatively. It was good
>>83806064
Katara was my first waifu
>>83821807
Thank you.
>>83820352
>>83820402
Absolutely agreed.
They managed to get something visually exciting, something that can be varried with tons of different fighting styles, and something not excessively violent, but still effective. If nothing else, they got bending perfectly. It even had a nice amount of mystery around it.
But just like a lot of things in Korra, it got fucked up. We didn't need the First Avatar/Spirti World stuff to explain bending; the mystery surrounding it was evocative and enigmatic, and it worked. Also, the Harmonic Convergence stuff was pure bullshit.
>>83821784
Bending was definitely Bryan's idea. He's an old style Kung Fu movie fan and is an amateur martial artist himself. A lot of the fleshing out came from Sifu Kisu because he's insanely knowledgable about that kind of shit but a lot of the ground work was Bryan's.
The sci-fi stuff was the original concept but they scrapped it when Bryan watched a documentary about the Shackleton voyage and wanted to base part of the story about a society that lives at the polar caps.
>>83822288
The sci fi concept was scrapped because Nick told them they didn't want a sci fi series.
Don't know about the bending though. I just have a hard time believing bryan did much with it desu.
>>83821458
I think what I've taken from it is that simple, well defined and limited systems work the best. They're quick for an audience to pick up and everyone knows what people are capable of.
It's allows for magic to exist but without vague "A wizard did it" bullshit.
It's a long, long way to Ba Sing Se,
But the girls in the city,have got big titties!
>Katara and Sokka comic
Please be good
>>83822907
Yes please, also have more grandpa Pakku.
>>83822819
That binding looks so needlessly complex.
>>83822955
This. It misses the simplicity and useage of the sarashi - it's a binding, and mostly for medical purposes. Not a bra substitute.
>>83822907
Such a shame that Zuko didn't join the trip, he'd work much better as a chill supporting character than as the drama queen that fucks up everything.
>>83822937
that's grandpakku to you
>>83823066
>grandpakku
I have shamed myself for not seeing it.
Ty Lee.
>>83823024
I mean, it is aesthetically pleasing, so I could see wearing it if you were planning to have someone else take it off of you, but it's not like Toph actually knows how it looks, and as something to tie every morning before you go out it would such a pain.
>>83823126
Too bad we didn't get to see them in that face paint some more it was a nice look.
Don't mind me, just posting best ship
>>83823066
I'd rather have Suki join them to be honest. Toph going to the South Pole doesn't make any sense because she can't tremor sense on ice and Suki's development has been hamstrung by her being stuck in the Fire Nation. A Sokka focuses story would have been a perfect opportunity to get her more involved but oh well...
At least we're getting to see Hakoda again.
>>83823165
Ty Lee joined the Kyoshi's permanently now though.
Don't mind me, just posting best ship
>>83823208
>>83804363
what backstabbing was there in S2 I don't remember
What did she mean by this?
>>83822288
Sci-fi is still possible, we don't know what almost drove humans to extinction and onto the backs of lion turtles, do we?
>>83823330
Sauce?
>>83823415The original cut of the Shyamalan movie set the Avatar world as a post-apocalyptic version of the modern world but it got cut after initial critic screenings
>>83823402
Maybe cold, damp porcelain is a comforting reminder of their arctic home?
>>83823208
It also became sort of canon in Smoke and shadow
>>83804805
Korra was a bitch to Mako. Then he risks his life in the robot and fucks his arm up and gets cucked. Poor guy.
>>83822678
Remember when we all thought Amon was going to invent the firearm?
>>83823155
That's why you have someone you trust help...
Word of god
>>83823931
>>83823208
>reads Smoke and Shadows
>Azula competent again
>her entire plan is a roundabout way of getting Zuko's dick
>>83823289
Which is nice. Now we just need Azula to get that face paint some more
>>83805412
>>83822907
It can't be worse than Smoke and Shadow. That story was ass, such a letdown after The Rift.
>>83824169
What horrifying abomination is that?
>>83824225
It's slightly better if you pretend that Azula wants to fuck Zuko
>>83812030
She's biting her lip.
>>83823387
i imagine it being, Asami and Mako hooking up again while Korra was away, the same day they broke up, and then Korra hooking up with Mako again when she got back, right in front of asami.
>>83824246
I'm always pretending that everybody wants to fuck everybody in Avatar anyway, it's a moot point.
>>83824245
don't look
>>83823415
Seems to be implied that it was the spirits who had taken over the material world.
>>83823425
legoman
>>83824287
Appa was so good.
So much more personality than Naga...and Asami
>>83821726
>>83822907
>>83824326
Until the end even the show basically forgot about Naga....and Asami
>>83823330
>>83824364
>how_to_make_a_Bumi.gif
>>83824379
>>83824326
I actually feel more sad about Naga not doing anything.
>>83824379
Naga suffered from the same tech-jump that the tone in general suffered from. The avatar had a cool animal companion and mount in the original show, so of course the new Avatar has to have one too... except now everybody drives a car, or rides an airship. Naga has no place in LoK's setting, of course she gets left by the show's wayside.
>>83824429
I really think the show should have dropped the whole mythical side (I mean completely not just half arsing it) and reflected stories of it's time in Asia like Avatar reflected stories of it's time frame
Would have been a big jump and may have put people off but I think the show would have been better for it
>>83824475
I'm the opposite, i think they should have dropped the whole uber technology angle and kept the fantasy setting.
Then Amons equality problem would also have seemed more compelling.
>>83824475
The mythical stuff is what drew me to Avatar in the first place, I probably wouldn't have watched a sequel that dropped it entirely. As it was, I didn't even finish Korra when it became clear how badly they were handling that stuff.
The show probably would have been better for having a more focused tone, but at that point I have to wonder why make it an Avatar show at all?
>>83824326
>and Asami
That's not fair, the melon lord and even Haru had more personality than Asami
I'm in a forgein country right now where they still show two episodes of avatar every night. So many things about this show is great. So much depth. And the team dynamic. I wish I had the ability to express myself better so I could rave about how amazing ATLA is.
>>83824429
Pretty much, Appa always remained relevant because he was also the gaang's home and their getaway vehicle.
>>83824475
>>83824508
I thought that they had a good premise, actually. Where do mythical arts fit into a world that's catching up, technologically? I'm also a big fan of the early-20th century Hong Kong vibe.
The problem is that they dropped the ball on both sides - they fucked up the spiritual stuff (especially in S2, when they tried delving too much into the past and the whole big spirit battle). They fucked up the tech/mechanical stuff by making Amon a bender (and thus destroying the whole "anti v bender" thing going on) and then not actually focusing on how the world had changed (like having giant fucking metal bender robots).
>>83824671
I'm currently re-watching it with some friends in order to get one of them to finally see the show (the rest of us have seen it already). It's really just spectacular what they managed to accomplish. But they couldn't catch lighting in a bottle twice.
>>83824671
All in all despite its original target audience now being older, it still managed to be more mature and well written than TLOK was
>>83824705
Oh yeah the idea of a plot focusing on Mysticism/spirituality vs technology is good. But you can't have that story if you exclude the mysticism. And as you said they failed to actually tell that story.
>>83824804
>Oh yeah the idea of a plot focusing on Mysticism/spirituality vs technology is good. But you can't have that story if you exclude the mysticism. And as you said they failed to actually tell that story.
I don't think they excluded the mysticism so much as they destroyed it. A bit of mystery is good. Ambiguity isn't always an issue. But instead of allowing bending, spirituality, and the related issues to keep their vagueness the writers decided to fuck it all up by creating a shitty history and then throwing in forces of Absolute Good and Absolute Evil.
Not caring, of course, that a big part of the original show was that there was certainly a spectrum between good and bad, and that that kind of black and white, good v. bad thinking wasn't good. ATLA was all about Balance, and Korra shit all over that.
>>83824804
I would have much preferred technology as an extension of the mysticism. I mean, in Avatar-verse, lightning is literally made of chi divided into its yin and yang halves, rather than electrons. I would have loved a setting where all of this technology is the product of technicians and sages working in conjunction. If your car breaks down, the machinist at the garage is the one who has to replace the stripped gear, but it's his partner the monk who has to rejigger the car's artificial chakras so that chi properly flows through the car's body, like some kind of automotive feng shui.
>>83824880
I was mostly refering to this:
>I really think the show should have dropped the whole mythical side (I mean completely not just half arsing it)
When i said you shouldn't exclude mysticism.
Otherwise i agree completely with you.
>>83824927
That could also have been an interesting take on it. Maybe that should have been the result of Book 2: Spirits. So that instead of Bending and spirits moving away from eachother they end up complementing eachother instead.
Now i'm aware that Book 2 didn't really manage to focus on that issue (technology vs spirits) or even a lack of spirituality in this new world.
>>83814323
But Wu and Mako was one of the best parts of book 4.
>>83825043
No
Last thing we needed was another annoying "lol random" character
>>83823402
It's a polite, Eskimo way of saying that they fuck
There's a lot of bad in Beginnings part 1 and 2. But the art was nice and captured the myth feel of the flashback quite well.
>>83824264
What's happening in this gif?
>>83825455
cpr
>>83825472
And I guess she's doing it with her tits?
>>83825507
It's just the breathing part.
>>83825783
This is pretty great actually.
>>83824705
>making Amon a bender (and thus destroying the whole "anti v bender" thing going on)
It could have worked, with a self-hating or idealistic bender instead of the conman we got. A lot of social revolutions were started by members of the ruling class. Same with Unalaq, he would have been great with an once of subtlety.
I wonder how they managed fuck up all their villains so much. They seem decent in the first episodes, but then go in Eviiiiiiil territory every time.
And worse of all, there was no overarching plot. Avatar had season specific villains linked by a purpose, Korra had nothing of the sort, and every organisation crumble once the leader has been taken out.
How hard was it to bring the lieutenant back and continue the Equalist conflict ? And "Keep balance" isn't an objective, it isn't finite.
