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>>1924198
This honestly feels more in character than 90% of tumblr's output.
>>1924199
>>1924200
SHLP
>>1924201
>>1924202
https://youtu.be/1TmVGoLVi0o?t=3m19s
>>1924206
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pcxrdP3ums
And done.
This will be the dresses they'll wear on their anniversary
http://iahfy.tumblr.com/image/134082964615
http://iahfy.tumblr.com/image/133557398765
>>1924199
Korra's boobs are very in character
>>1924214
Niiice.
>>1924219
>Korra's boobs are very in character
And at the end of the day, isn't that what's most important?
>>1924233
Korra's too fit in this one though. She's suppossed to look like a swimmer, not someone that does serious weightlifting.
>>1924235
I'd rather have too much than not enough.
Unless we're going into hyper territory. That's not my thing.
>>1924233
Asami's ass is delicious
>>1924239
The sixpack is unrelistic though, considering she always wear a pretty tight shirt that already shows of the muscles on her back. So if she had a sixpack we'd see it there too.
>>1924244
It's porn. Sometimes they just draw stuff because they find it hot and not because it's accurate.
>>1924192
You know what the terrible thing is? This thread will probably still be up for the anniversary
>>1924239
>Unless we're going into hyper territory. That's not my thing.
Forced my hand, neechan.
>>1924260
>You know what the terrible thing is? This thread will probably still be up for the anniversary
Though not due to us.
>>1924245
That's artistic nude. Porn involves sex.
>>1924307
If it was made primarily to inspire sexual arousal it's porn, I don't care if there's penetration or now.
>>1924307
>>1924308
It can be both.
HOLD THE PRESSES!
When the fuck was this made?!
>>1924192
Here's the larger version.
>>1924383
Literally almost a russian roulette fraction of the file size if iahflesbians would have just saved at 90% quality.
>>1924233
This image truly disgusted me.
>>1924605
That's just because you're retarded.
>>1924605
Shoop Anon? Is that you?
>>1924541
That doesn't answer my question when she actually drew this.
>>1924605
>Red hair
Yawwwwwn. That's last season, nigga.
Do we know when the Korasami comic is being released by Darkhorse?
>>1924843
Fall next year.
>>1924383
She's finally given in!
>>1924843
We're a ways off yet.
>>1924897
Then where was it posted by her? I found it on paheal.
>>1924904
>Then where was it posted by her? I found it on paheal.
Really? Then this is a mystery. I assumed you must have gotten it from her second blog where she only reblogs lewd stuff.
>>1924914
Nope. I check there daily.
>>1924915
>Nope. I check there daily.
Owler, please.
>>1924384
I can easily imagine Korra doing some Superman/Lois Lane stuff and showing off in the Spirit World to try to impress Asami.
>>1924610
I never left.
>>1924995
But you stopped making shoops.
>>1924950
>Owler
Pfft, doesn't Kyhu fuck her roomie?
surprise Tyzula
>>1925076
Tyzula brings with it its own risks.
>>1925051
>Pfft, doesn't Kyhu fuck her roomie?
It's about as heavily implied as Korrasami, but neither of their parents have confirmed it on their tumblr blogs yet.
>>1924260
>You know what the terrible thing is? This thread will probably still be up for the anniversary
Last thread was up eighteen days. We should just about make it.
>>1924260
Then make some other /u/ related threads as we get closer to help push this thread off? What else would you want to /u/ that you haven't seen /u/'ed before?
>>1925086
>but neither of their parents have confirmed it on their tumblr blogs yet.
When either of their parents makes a comic I hope their work manages to show it rather than have to say it in their livejournal. That was so tacky.
>>1925080
>subzula
disgusting.
>>1925114
I think you mean 'perfect'
>>1925117
No I don't.
>>1925118
Yes you do.
>>1925114
There's always one...
>>1925114
Azula would agreeif Ty Lee permits it.
>>1925145
Nah I think it doesn't fit too I just didn't comment because I don't much care about Tyzula.
>>1925175
>I just didn't comment because I don't much care about Tyzula.
You make Grey Delisle sad.
>>1925181
She's not even one of my VAfus
>>1925185
>VAfus
Jen Hale represent.
>>1925114
4 U
>>1925186
Jen Hale and Laura Bailey for me
>>1925189
Delicious
>>1925189
Perfect.
>>1925189
Funbut inaccurate.
>>1925189
That is not how you ride a pony.
>>1925191
>>1925192
Also 4 U.
>>1925193
>spoilerAzula can dream.
>>1925193
You're right.it needs more fire
>>1925190
I've huge love for Janet, but if we're talking prolific VAs, I have to pick... goddamn, Jennifer Hale and Laura Bailey as well.
>>1925216
I assumed Janet Varney went without saying in this thread so I didn't bring her up.
>>1925214
>it needs more fire
Like this?
>>1925223
I wouldn't go so far as tot say like that as that would imply that I found something enjoyable about that art.
>>1925217
>I assumed Janet Varney went without saying in this thread
Safe assumption.
>>1925227
Poor Anaxus. Always getting shat on.
>>1925200
That's how they roll in the Fire Nation, sis.
>>1925018
Oh yeah. I make them spur of the moment.
>>1925214
>>1925267
Okay now that is fantastically shitty.I adore it.
>>1925267
>[SCHLICKING INTENSIFIES]
>>1925267
Powerful and beautiful.
Who's that Avatar?
It'sOld Korra, "Deal with it."
>>1925304
>spoiler
Fuck it, imma buy it.
>>1925282
I wanted a more realistic tyzula.
>>1925419
I love that pic.
>>1924899
That Korra looks way too young. I understand this is supposed to be a cartoonish style, but still.
Anyone got the tyzula pic with Azula exhaling blue flame?
>>1925431
Have to reach that status qua, ha?
>>1925400
>>1925416
Quality OC right here.
>>1925428
>That Korra looks way too young. I understand this is supposed to be a cartoonish style, but still.
It's Korra in isolation, though. We don't know how she'll look compared to everyone else. Plus, without colour and shading, it's not fair to really judge.
>>1925419
>more realistic tyzula.
Wouldn't that involve Azula having a psychotic breakdown and Ty Lee going into the Avatarverse's equivalent of the witness protection program?
>>1925504
>We don't know how she'll look compared to everyone else.
That doesn't matter. Compared to her own self in the cartoon, she looks too young. It's either the way her eyes drawn, her eyebrows or her hair. Probably a mixture of all three coupled with exaggerated emotions.
>colour and shading
Again, doesn't really matter. What makes her look younger are her expressions. They remind me of Saturday morning cartoons, the kind that opt for a more... well, "cartoonish" style of drawing instead of a more realistic one.
It's probably just me, but I'd rather them try to follow the style of the cartoon. Maybe it's because I'm more used to it.
>>1925539
>What makes her look younger are her expressions
And the fact that she's for once really happe and in luuuuuuuurve
>>1925504
They're going to really have to turn it up then because that Avatar State doesn't exude anything to me compared to the show one.
Korra's hips are not as prominent and her chest is somehow flatter. The art makes her look much younger too in terms of her face.
>>1925575
She was really happy towards the beginning once she got the hang of intro to airbending, still could have the opportunity to commune with her past lives eventually, hadn't met Amon, and got to play punch punch kick elemental dodgeball. It's just plain cartoony though considering Brittney Williams work it is to be expected and probably preferred by Mike as though children are actually going to read comics.
>>1925600
>She was really happy
Don't fool yourself. She never was.
>>1925539
I totally agree. Legend of Korra had an adult feel to it by the end of the series, and this feels like it's nearly going back to Aang's age. I hope it'll stick to its' mature atmosphere instead of going for cheap childish laughs and jokes....
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>>1925539
>Compared to her own self in the cartoon, she looks too young. It's either the way her eyes drawn, her eyebrows or her hair. Probably a mixture of all three coupled with exaggerated emotions.
If anything, it's reminiscent of the exaggerated facial expressions we often saw during Book One. I didn't like them there. But I'm actually more than willing to forgive them in a comic, because exaggeration of expressions and body language is crucial to communicating emotions and tone that could be conveyed by voice acting and animation in our fake chinese cartoon.
>colour and shading
>Again, doesn't really matter.
It does. The expression is the promary factor, but lighting can be used to emphasise a thoughtful (i.e. mature) expression, or to add a sense of gravitas. If done well, you barely notice it. If done poorly, it can really throw the viewer off (see Book One again, where the staging of much of the love triangle was set up incongruously to its actual importance or audience investment).
>It's probably just me, but I'd rather them try to follow the style of the cartoon.
It isn't just you. But unless they got Bryan or one of the key animators from Studio Mir over to do it, we were always going to have to accept a new style.
>>1925617
>Don't fool yourself. She never was.
Sis, please.
>>1925628
>It does.
Not in this case. Here, the style seems out of place because of the way she's drawn. I can't really explain it, it just *feels* off, mainly because of those eyes and eyebrows. Even with a masterfully done shading it's going to lean more on the cartoonish side. While at the same time, un-shaded (this isn't even a word, is it) screencaps from the cartoon still keep that... well, I wouldn't quite say "mature", but certainly older and calmer look.
I'm not trying to argue that it's not possible to make a character drawn in that kind of style look thoughtful or mature for a moment with a skilful use of coloring and shading, because you're right, it is very much possible. I'm saying that this particular character, Korra, doesn't look herself when drawn in that style. And it really ticks me off. I know that in the end I will have to either accept it or skip the comics entirely, but, hey, at least I can whine for a while.
>>1925620
>Legend of Korra had an adult feel to it by the end of the series, and this feels like it's nearly going back to Aang's age. I hope it'll stick to its' mature atmosphere instead of going for cheap childish laughs and jokes....
I don't want to risk skirting the "mature cartoon for mature people such as myself line", but it's certainly true that some of the more child-friendly "humour" felt horribly out of place and forced in LoK. There's nothing wrong with physical comedy. Think of Korra airbending Mako, or Toph surprising Korra when the latter was trying to catch her off guard. They have a set-up and some value.
But then we get Meelo, who is sometimes amusing as the "little dictator", but cringe-inducing the rest of the time. He farted. That's the joke. Get it?
>>1925641
>I'm saying that this particular character, Korra, doesn't look herself when drawn in that style.
That's a fair complaint. But these are just previews she likely hashed out just for the NYCC Darkhorse panel. I doubt that they're what convinced Mike and Bryan she was right for the job.
>>1925656
>SWEETIE
Oh god please no.
>>1925657
>SWEETIE
>Oh god please no.
It is coming.
>>1925641
It's gonna be tough for her to do that much less consistently. Here's a link to a group shot of other older/varied characters:
http://anotherbrittneywilliams.tumblr.com/post/121718083953/heroes-con
Korra ends up looking like the Supergirl on the bottom right.
>>1925666
>Korra ends up looking like the Supergirl on the bottom right.
Well, Satan, I think Korra would be better served looking closer to her version of Wonder Woman, perhaps crossed with Lois Lane. Her Poison Ivy already looks like Asami.
>>1925656
It's slightly alarming that I've been here so long I can remember every single one of these being discussed
>>1925666
>older
I think only male characters show some signs of age, and even then, it really only noticeable on Jack and whatshisname on the top center picture.
>>1925670
>It's slightly alarming that I've been here so long I can remember every single one of these being discussed
Another December 21st refugee?
>>1925673
I was never a true regular. I used to check in on 4chan every once in a while (admittedly mostly in /u/, but I visited /co/ and a couple others sometimes). It's just after Korrasamiheld handsI couldn't contain my glee, and found myself parked on LoK/u/ because not only were there glorious Korrasami pics, there was genuine, good series discussion, with the added bonus of all /u/s neechans enjoying the delicious taste of Makorrafag tears.
Now I've pretty much given up on other boards, and remain exclusively on /u/ AtLA /Lok threads.
>>1925678
I was never a regular visitor to /u/ myself. Was immediately exposed to Korrasami when they won bowl and that became the tipping point for me to actually get into LoK.
Suffice to say, a few posters in the LoK/u/ generals were very much excited to see what I had to say as a virgin LoK viewer.I hadn't felt so apart of a niche 4chan community since drawfagging in /tg/.
>>1925678
STOP BEING ME
>>1925687
>Suffice to say, a few posters in the LoK/u/ generals were very much excited to see what I had to say as a virgin LoK viewer.
I think I was one of those posters. Were you the new watcher from January or March? I'm sure there were a couple of others as well, but I'm having trouble remembering.
>spoiler
Muh neechan.
>>1925512
Why would they bother protecting a charred corpse?
>>1925687
>Suffice to say, a few posters in the LoK/u/ generals were very much excited to see what I had to say as a virgin LoK viewer
Ah, yes, we had a few of you guys. It's always a nice breath of fresh air. It also means we got to use spoilers for their actual intended use instead of irony.
>>1925690
It seems it doesn't matter when we got into LoK or this thread, in the end we are all /u/.
>>1925690
>January to March
Yup, sounds about right, built my new computer then and immediately set out to get into LoK. I was marathoning entire books because I couldn't get enough of it and was having immense amounts of fun. I was enjoying every single aspect about LoK up until Kai. I also fell in line with most of Lok/u/'s opinions about the series on my own accord as well except the rampant hatred for Mako.I pretty much forgot about platonic galpal hand-holding when I saw the interaction between Mako and Lin.
>>1925539
Her face is also shorter and more pixieish. Korra has pretty round cheeks in the show.
>>1925600
>and probably preferred by Mike as though children are actually going to read comics.
They are, it's just the children in question are in their early 20's.
>>1925678
My 4chan home is /vg/ myself. I came to /co/ just for LoK and then rather quickly left /co/ forever when I saw the quality of discussion. I then took that half joking "if you really want to talk about the series, go to /u/" line seriously...and here I am.
>>1925770
That happened a lot around the end of LoK.
It's debatable if that's a better introduction than trying to get to /v/ and misclicking.
>>1925787
I dunno, "I just stumbled in lesbianism" is pretty great.
>>1925805
The gay dude who ended up here was a pretty funny story.
>>1925702
>spoiler
Ah yes; LoK /u/'s TRUE ship.
>>1925767
>They are, it's just the children in question are in their early 20's.
>>1925808
>The gay dude who ended up here was a pretty funny story.
>tfw still worried I'll one day have to explain why I have lesbian cartoon porn on my harddrive
Saying "it makes me happy" probably won't get across what I mean.
>>1925770
>My 4chan home is /vg/ myself. I came to /co/ just for LoK and then rather quickly left /co/ forever when I saw the quality of discussion
I wonder if anyone here is veteran of ancient /co/ from before LoK? If so, what were the attitudes to AtLA back then before it became beatified in /co/'s eyes?
>>1925512
How do I edit an image to look like that?
>>1925836
Ask shoop anon. Unless you are shoop anon, in which case, beats me.
>>1925646
Man that still reminds me of that scene in the finale where Meelo is all set up to make another horrible fart bending joke and they just skip it. I was so relieved.
Anyways LoK really is one of those weird rare cartoon for mature people though. Not a lot of cartoons show characters that aren't just evil for evils sake and have actual real world ideologies like zaheer, Kuvira, and kind of amon.
>>1925838
Amon was an SJW gone mad.
>>1925837
Reminder that I'm shoop anon not art anon.
>>1925840
Nah he's just a generic revolutionary. It just happens that the ruling class in the atla world are benders.
Benders are like the samurai of japan or the aristocracy of france.
>>1925631
Up until then. That was the entire point of the discussion.
>>1925844
>Benders are like the samurai of japan or the aristocracy of france.
Except a lot of them have shit jobs and l i t t l e m o n e y.
>>1925848
Samurai then. They couldn't into money anyway. At least when it came to numer crunching. That's why merchants were tolerated.
>>1925848
Same with both those groups near the time of the revolution. The big difference was they had special rights and power over other citizens by birth.
Some samurai at the start of the meiji era had basically nothing and lived off their stippens. Most were not particularly rich anymore. All still had the right to chop down any random peasant they wanted though.
In france before the revolution some of the bourgeois was starting to amass more wealth than the petty aristocracy who still had special rights above them.
The issue is an inherent power gained through birth that gives you special abilities and rights over other people regardless of your actual standing in society.
>>1925853
This isn't legal power though. This is just a talent that others don't possess. Amon is basically Harrison Bergeron played straight. Only an SJW could like what he was peddling.
>The issue is an inherent power gained through birth that gives you special abilities and rights over other people regardless of your actual standing in society.
Chop the fingers off all piano playing privileged shitlords imo
>>1925855
Yeah but the difference is he has the power to remove the the special ability from those people without really harming them in any other way. Apparently we're supposed to believe it's psychologically crippling to be a normal peasant but I don't buy it.
The show clearly tries to make him out to be just a revolutionary and not some kind of weird SJW. He doesn't want to make every equal in everything after all. He just wants to remove one specific inequality that has created a special kind of class system in that world.
>>1925859
>Apparently we're supposed to believe it's psychologically crippling to be a normal peasant but I don't buy it.
It'd be like losing a limb. Of course it's psychologically harming. Like breaking a dancer's legs. "Oh but you can still walk and run, why are you whining?"
>The show clearly tries to make him out to be just a revolutionary and not some kind of weird SJW. He doesn't want to make every equal in everything after all. He just wants to remove one specific inequality that has created a special kind of class system in that world.
It's not actually a class system before he comes along though. All the legal differences were in reaction to him using benders as a scapegoat to raise mobs.
>>1925855
>This isn't legal power though.
Definitely not, but the city also didn't really seem to manage a lot either, since there were still a bunch of bender triads shaking down non-benders and the police couldn't do much because at the end of the day they need enough evidence to hold on court. Same deal with real criminal organizations. So in a way Benders DID have power over the non-benders.
>>1925866
Should have just invented guns.
>>1925867
In a world without lead?
I don't buy it at all.
>>1925871
You filthy pirate.
>>1925872
>Ammo doesn't have to be lead. Also who says lead doesn't exist?
Just an assumption, or don't you think it would be brought up as a pretty dense material?
And what ammo would you use?
>>1925879
>Just an assumption, or don't you think it would be brought up as a pretty dense material?
Why?
>And what ammo would you use?
Even in real life people use steel jacketed ammo for armor. Even plastic. There's other soft metals you could use too if lead doesn't exist for some weird reason.
>>1925880
>Why?
Because I'm pretty sure it would be non-bendable too, just like Platinum.
>>1925883
>Because I'm pretty sure it would be non-bendable too, just like Platinum.
Platinum isn't unbendable because it's dense. This is never said in the show.
>>1925844
>Nah he's just a generic revolutionary. It just happens that the ruling class in the atla world are benders.
Generic revolutionary in the sense that he was a Marxist gone mad, which is how many people feel about SJWs.
>>1925855
This is why I think people were silly to think that Bryke would portray Amon as in the right. It would be akin to Bryan saying, "yeah, it's unfair that I make a living from my artistic skills; lets sever my tendons."
>>1925859
>but the difference is he has the power to remove the the special ability from those people without really harming them in any other way.
It completely broke most of them. I doubt Korra was the only victim feeling suicidal.
>He doesn't want to make every equal in everything after all. He just wants to remove one specific inequality that has created a special kind of class system in that world.
How would Amon have reacted to his post-bending utopia where non-benders like Varrick and the Earth Queen still take advantage of and exploit normal people? I can't help but think the next step would have been redistribution of wealth (but of course, not for high-ranking people within the Equalists like Hiroshi).
>>1925877
You wouldn't download a satomobile.
>>1925884
Fine not because it's dense. The dense part was mostly because it's pretty good against radioactivity but that's obviously not a thing in Avatar anway.
But I'm pretty sure that lead is kinda lacking what makes metal bendable in the first place.
>>1925887
>It completely broke most of them. I doubt Korra was the only victim feeling suicidal.
Makes you wonder how many went through with it though.
>>1925888
>But I'm pretty sure that lead is kinda lacking what makes metal bendable in the first place.
With the explanation they gave (which was kind of a retcon) any sufficiently refined metal would lack that. As it is, we can only assume it's a property unique to platinum because pure mercury was still perfectly bendable.
>>1925887
>How would Amon have reacted to his post-bending utopia where non-benders like Varrick and the Earth Queen still take advantage of and exploit normal people?
Amon was really unclear about his post revolution nonbender utopia idea. I figure he would just enjoy being in power since his anti-bender stuff came from daddy issues.
>>1925887
>I can't help but think the next step would have been redistribution of wealth (but of course, not for high-ranking people within the Equalists like Hiroshi).
So pretty much anything under Lenin. Because he sure as fuck didn't live like "everybody else"
>>1925888
>The dense part was mostly because it's pretty good against radioactivity but that's obviously not a thing in Avatar anway.
>tfw the comics reveal everyone involved in the testing and construction of the spirit ray has cancer
>even the people nearby when Kuvira was spamming the gun everywhere are all sterile now
>Lin laughs at Su for seventeen hours
>Korra and Asami just adopt anyway
>>1925891
>Amon was really unclear about his post revolution nonbender utopia idea.
A common trait of revolutionaries
>>1925891
>since his anti-bender stuff came from daddy issues.
When describing AtLA and LoK villains, it's far more succinct just to assume the villain is driven by family issues, and mention it when we see the rare ones that aren't.
Zhao, Long Feng and Zaheer, in case you were wondering.
>>1925895
I rest my case.
Just because he wants some form of equality doesn't make him an SJW. SJW isn't just a buzzword to throw around. They have a defined albeit loose set of goals and beliefs. There's no reason to believe Amon believes in any form of social justice just because he wants to remove bending.
>>1925890
>With the explanation they gave (which was kind of a retcon) any sufficiently refined metal would lack that
Can we be sure they actually use refined metal? Might sound a bit weird but since metal benders are a thing maybe most metal isn't completely refined to make it convienient to bend if there's a need for it. Which is pretty much only in two places the case anyway: Zaofu a metal bender city, and Republic City which has a Metal bender police force.
Also did they ever bend Satomobiles?
>pure mercury was still perfectly bendable
Working on the assumption that shit was mercury and not some mumbo-jumbo they made up because Korra clearly hasn't gone full Caligula or Sun Quan.
>>1925897
I thought long-feng was driven by his peasant past. That kinda counts as family issues right? Since his family were living shit lives in the shit ring?
>>1925895
You sound a bit bitter.
>>1925900
>Just because he wants some form of equality doesn't make him an SJW. SJW isn't just a buzzword to throw around. They have a defined albeit loose set of goals and beliefs. There's no reason to believe Amon believes in any form of social justice just because he wants to remove bending.
Actually his goals are very much SJW goals using SJWesque terms (though appropriate to his setting). He's an SJW revolutionary, and the sympathies seen on left leaning parts of the internet for his character makes that clear.
>>1925903
How do you get that from a one line post like that? He sounds neutral.
>>1925897
And I got bitched out a few months ago when I brought the same thing up.
>>1925907
Because anon there seems adamant to make Amon a SJW.
>>1925913
Is that the same anon? I really can't tell anymore. There's definitely more than two people arguing.
>>1925909
Did you? Only complaint I remember was implying that was inherently a bad thing when it supports the theme of the show in most cases. Not anyone saying the pattern wasn't there.
>>1925889
>Makes you wonder how many went through with it though.
We had a discussion about that half a year ago. I remember wondering how many people may have even left Republic City after they were debended, perhaps returning to their ancestral homes and not knowing that the Avatar had the power to fix it.
Then I decided to be cruel and conceive some Fire Nation citizen having returned to the far west of the FN, who borrows the money to return to RC and passes within a mile of Korra on her way to the FN, stays in RC for weeks, and keeps just missing her and is unable to get an appointment because Raikoand Asamiare eating up all her time. He finally tracks her down only to be not allowed to cross the police line. He waits patiently for the mob to disperse, only to learn the Avatar has been banished. Cue a mad chase across the EK where he tries to keep up with Asami's airship. He finally, finally tracks her down at the Northern Air Temple, just a day behind.
I don't think this hypothetical guy would have survived the three year wait.
>>1925913
no u tbqh
>>1925917
I was mostly bringing it up as a pattern. It's fine to use it, but you shouldn't overuse it.Did Mike or Bryan have a rough childhood?
>>1925902
>I thought long-feng was driven by his peasant past. That kinda counts as family issues right? Since his family were living shit lives in the shit ring?
If you want to see it that way, then sure. We're down to two (Varrick doesn't count).
>>1925922
Being raised by Circus Folk would explain his derangement.
>>1925922
Zaheers friends are kind of like his family. Maybe you could argue that he's fighting not only for freedom for all but especially freedom for him and his family.Ok I'm pushing it now.
>>1925914
>Besides that the script implies it, yes, their level of technology kind of demands very pure refined metal.
And yet there are no guns. This shit is bonkers.
Should stayed consistent with ther fluff, because if they can bend refined metal AND fucking mercury, then they can bend platinum too. There's nothing special about it that differentiates it from any of the others. Especially with fucking space rocks being bendable for metal benders.
>>1925921
>spoiler
Bryan seemed to imply that the falling for two girls at once thing that Mako went through was based on his college days.
Though I doubt he meant to imply that he was using one when she was convenient and dumped her (by making her do the work) for the other when she was no longer beneficial to him.
>>1925927
Bryan seems like kind of a douche so he might have done that without realizing it like Mako did.
>>1925924
Yes, I think this is a stretch too far.
But I'm oddly in favour of anything that will increase Zhao's specialness.
>>1925930
I thought of that when I was posting, but his sharp rejection of Mako and glee at humiliating him in book three make me think that even if that's the case, he eventually understood just how fucking horribly they'd written him.
>>1925931
>But I'm oddly in favour of anything that will increase Zhao's specialness.
That's pretty much impossible. Dude's the first bad guy airbender, managed to learn a technique that no one could in thousand of years and can enter the spirit world no problem and better than a damn master airbender. If that's not the specialest of snowflakes I don't know what is.
>>1925938
Ah shit you wrote Zhao. Ignore my post.
>>1925909
>And I got bitched out a few months ago when I brought the same thing up.
I hope not by me. I pray I'm at least sort of consistent in my opinions.
>>1925935
Most people hate their teenage selves when they grow up. People that don't are more likely to have never grown up at all rather than being the rare non-douchey and retarded teenager.
>>1925913
You're mixing us up.
>>1925941
I'm more forgiving of my teen self than my college self. What an arrogant, know-it-all shitbag twenty year old me was.
Why does Korra's face remind me of a certain character?
>>1925943
People mature at different rates and in different ways. Some people are douchier in college, yeah. Especially the ones that think they really know something now.
>>1925945
BURN IT
>>1925944
He killed Korra's great-grand aunt.
Now it's personal.
>>1925949
Zhao 2: Moonslaying Bogaloo
>>1925951
I'm only saving this begrudgingly.
>>1925953
Enjoy!
>>1925926
wasn't the concept of metal bending that the "impurities" inside could be bent? I only watched LoK once so i could be wrong, but platium was supposedly so "pure" that they couldn't bend it.
ignoring the inconsistent rules of metalbending, why not just make hollow point bullets out of platinum seeing as it's common enough to build a giant fucking pacific rim robot out of. i think the bigger question is would a platinum gun withstand the pressure of the bullet being fired.
amon x firearms is the otp that never had a chance to fly.
>>1926042
Platinum is only a bit more pure than Gold, Silver and Copper. And a little fun fact: pure metals are not exactly practical since they are too soft, brittle and react chemically. You don't need some special cutter to cut platinum and those dropped buildings should've already put a serious dent into the hull too.
>>1926053
Basically, they just wanted a magic metal for the Colossus that could resist bending but was also incredibly, ridiculously tough. But they'd already used platinum earlier in the series, so they were stuck with it.
So we have a situation where a speeding car can total mech made of platinum in Book One, but Korra throwing building sized rocks in Book Four doesn't even scrath the Colossus' exterior.
I guess Bataar really is a bigger genius than we all thought.
>>1926042
>wasn't the concept of metal bending that the "impurities" inside could be bent? I only watched LoK once so i could be wrong, but platium was supposedly so "pure" that they couldn't bend it.
That's how it was established in ATLA as well.
>>1925831
Not oldfag to that extent, but I never even watched a single episode of Avatar until Korra's predebut hype basically took over /ko/ in 2010.
Before it was cool to shit on yuri and lesbians in /a/ and /co/ as it was last year, /ko/ at the time naturally came to the nonconformist consensus that Korra was hard gay and alpha as fuck, but in a good way unrelated to SJWs, as they weren't a big deal then.
X-Arielle's and another artist's renditions had Korra paired with The Moon/Princess Yue early on, and everyone was completely apathetic to any of the three introduced male characters, setting the tone for equally complete and utter disappointment by the end of S1.
I had a drawfag make this in the hectic threads, noticing the bangs similarity with Korra and ZSSamus. I asked the drawfag to give her the Space Sword, but the initial draft had too small asses, had the gun way too close to the other's head, but did fulfill my request for outstanding trigger discipline.
>>1925918
Capped for fun:3
>>1925949
Ah yes I forget she has NWT lineage.
![The.Legend.of.Korra.S03E05.The.Metal.Clan.720p.WEBRip.x264.AAC.mp4_snapshot_05.23_[2014.12.30_08.34.32].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/W74Fp0c.jpg "The.Legend.of.Korra.S03E05.The.Metal.Clan.720p.WEBRip.x264.AAC.mp4_snapshot_05.23_[2014.12.30_08.34.32].jpg")
>>1926072
He probably discovered the joy of metallurgy, and finding out about alloys.
>>1926149
Do you think Kuvira at least let Bataar watch?
>>1926127
>Before it was cool to shit on yuri and lesbians in /a/ and /co/ as it was last year
The herd mentality truly was in full effect.
>/ko/ at the time naturally came to the nonconformist consensus that Korra was hard gay and alpha as fuck, but in a good way unrelated to SJWs
/ko/ sounds pretty cool.
>X-Arielle's and another artist's renditions had Korra paired with The Moon/Princess Yue early on
That much I knew. Korra x Yue was a big thing before the debut,
>everyone was completely apathetic to any of the three introduced male characters
I don't think anybody could have expected just how bad the brothers would end up being. At least Tenzin worked out.
>setting the tone for equally complete and utter disappointment by the end of S1.
It really is the most disappointing season.
>Korra and ZSSamus
Muh ponytailed waifus.
>>1926141
H-harsh ;_;
>>1926168
>It really is the most disappointing season.
I feel sorry for everyone that was hyped as hell before the premiere. I watched it after hearing it was a huge disappointment and I loved it for the most part.
>>1926168
>liking ZSS as anything but fap/schlick fuel
absolutely unauthorized
>>1925855
Actually, I kinda feel like Amon is like a human character from the X-Men transplanted into a world where Mutants are the ones with political power rather than the arbitrarily hated minority in a world full of superheroes people DON'T build giant killbots for.
The equalists had a nice one-two punch in that there is the classist argument that benders have all the physical AND political power in most places through accident of birth paired with team normal people's usual problem with superpowers, the whole "your next door neighbor might snap one day and barbecue you, what are you going to do about it? Beat the guy who can shoot lightning from his hands with your fucking kitchen knife?"
I'm not saying Amon's actions were justified, I'm saying it would be very very easy for him to play on an animosity that would exist in any society that in any way resembled our own plus genetically selective magic.
>>1925891
I don't think Amon had an endgame. Taking RC was doable but it is basically impossible for him to have taken on the unified forces that would descend on him like the wrath of god afterwards. He might be ridiculously overpowered, but he can't be everywhere. The Equalists would have been slaughtered eventually, although they'd have been a bitch to take down.
Which is part of the reason I feel like it would've made some sense if Amon had been revealed to be Red Lotus, starting his doomed revolution in Republic City to take it and as much of the United Forces down with his followers as possible, weakening the world's defense force right as he is mistaken for a martyr by disgruntled normal people and kicks off a dozen smaller revolutions in unhappy areas like the Earth Kingdom.
It honestly would've felt a little more in keeping with Amon's actions than Unalaq being Red Lotus, but Unalaq was sort of a perfect storm of terrible writing.
>>1926181
why the name?
>>1926186
>>1926188
I can't tell if this is supposed to be disagreeing with me or not.
>>1926170
>I feel sorry for everyone that was hyped as hell before the premiere. I watched it after hearing it was a huge disappointment and I loved it for the most part.
The premiere was fucking awesome, and it still holds up as by far and away the best ep of Book One. I don't know what's not to like about unless you either took an immediate dislike to Korra herself or were just whining because it was different from Avatar.
It's a bitter rewatch because of the wasted potential of the first season. All of that time, money, effort, talent - all pissed away on Mako.
>>1926173
>absolutely unauthorized
Adam pls.
Korra and Samus actually went in different directions for me. I loved Samus from Super and Prime; wished she'd get more exposure and attention. Then Nintendo put ZSS in Brawl, which made millions of people realise that Metroid was a girl. The porn increased a hundredfold. That was fine, Even if she looked like a cartoony supermodel now, she was still a badass. Then "you know what" was released. Since then, Samus has regressed into merely, as you say, fap/schlick fuel.
Korra otoh was someone I knew from fanart long before I watched the show, and thought her design was hot as hell. Eminently schlickable/fappable. Then I watched the show, and regretted my words and deeds.
>>1926188
It is absolutely vital to social justice in the Avatar world for guns to be invented and the right to bear arms be fervently protected.
>>1926193
>The premiere was fucking awesome, and it still holds up as by far and away the best ep of Book One.
I think When Extremes Meet is the best episode.
>It's a bitter rewatch because of the wasted potential of the first season. All of that time, money, effort, talent - all pissed away on Mako.
I enjoyed rewatching it as well. I was speaking of the entire season, not just the premiere.
>Korra and Samus actually went in different directions for me. I loved Samus from Super and Prime; wished she'd get more exposure and attention. Then Nintendo put ZSS in Brawl, which made millions of people realise that Metroid was a girl. The porn increased a hundredfold. That was fine, Even if she looked like a cartoony supermodel now, she was still a badass. Then "you know what" was released. Since then, Samus has regressed into merely, as you say, fap/schlick fuel.
I feel really guilty about the fact that this plays right into my bimbofication fetish and makes me feel funny in my groin
>>1926194
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
>>1926196
>I feel really guilty about the fact that this plays right into my bimbofication fetish and makes me feel funny in my groin
It would seem someone at Nintendo shares your kink. Have a bimbo, on me.
>>1926200
Third person speak just makes me laugh and kills the arousal.
>It would seem someone at Nintendo shares your kink.
I will never forgive Sakamoto for making me feel this way.
>>1926190
>btw "Korra" lost and got headkicked the fuck out a fortnight ago
>tfw Ronda returns and saves the world in three years time
>>1926188
>It honestly would've felt a little more in keeping with Amon's actions than Unalaq being Red Lotus, but Unalaq was sort of a perfect storm of terrible writing.
Book Three tried to redeem his character in some way. But it raises more questions that it answers.
>>1926202
>I will never forgive Sakamoto for making me feel this way.
He basically turned Ellen Ripley into a dull, compliant playboy bunny.
>>1926188
>I don't think Amon had an endgame. Taking RC was doable but it is basically impossible for him to have taken on the unified forces that would descend on him like the wrath of god afterwards. He might be ridiculously overpowered, but he can't be everywhere. The Equalists would have been slaughtered eventually, although they'd have been a bitch to take down.
I imagine he was hoping for Equalist revolutions to begin outside the URN once he started one.
>>1926206
Book three tried.
Book four succeeded.
>>1926208
>He basically turned Ellen Ripley into a dull, compliant playboy bunny.
hnnnnnng
but fuck him for ruining one of my favorite game series
but
hnnnnnnnnng
>>1926193
>regretted my words and deeds.
There's no shame in trying to build a tasty burger.
>>1926193
>It's a bitter rewatch because of the wasted potential of the first season.
The one season where they had a budget to do something and they used it on probending, love triangles, lumbering technology and not-Ty Lees who would only have a few months training defeating seasoned veterans, and moonless psychic bloodbending of which the bloodbending part just seemed to me to clash with the bloodbending episode from AtLA, it all hurts.
>>1926212
The animation in book 1 is universally gorgeous and the Equalist fights were all really fun to watch.
>and not-Ty Lees who would only have a few months training defeating seasoned veterans
This is a dumb criticism when the name you're dropping involves a fourteen year old girl with not much more training doing the same thing. At least the Equalists are adults.
>>1926209
>I imagine he was hoping for Equalist revolutions to begin outside the URN once he started one.
Maybe in the EK. In the Water Tribes or the Fire Nation, such an uprising would have been dealt with swiftly and harshly.
Plus, they can smuggle all the weapons they want, but without the element of surprise Hiroshi's tech brought, backed by a trained small army and a near godlike being, the Equalists were never going to be as successful outside the URN. Did they even establish control of anywhere in the URN besides RC?
>>1926216
Again, this is why I feel Amon's plan makes WAY more sense if he was Red Lotus and was setting up events that would allow his brothers and sisters across the world to make their move in the wake of the chaos he unleashed, but it seems like he was just an entirely unrelated revolutionary working to bring down the established order.
>>1926216
>Maybe in the EK. In the Water Tribes or the Fire Nation, such an uprising would have been dealt with swiftly and harshly.
That's a huge part of the world under Equalist control.
>but without the element of surprise Hiroshi's tech brought, backed by a trained small army and a near godlike being, the Equalists were never going to be as successful outside the URN.
If things went to plan they'd have destroyed almost the entire United Forces Fleet. Power projection for much of the world's other powers would be shot. It's not unlikely that there was an Equalist presence in the militaries of various places too.
>Did they even establish control of anywhere in the URN besides RC?
No. Remember, the last few episodes all take place over a few days.
I mean, the USSR is a thing that happened.
>>1926214
>This is a dumb criticism when the name you're dropping involves a fourteen year old girl with not much more training doing the same thing
And a thirteen year old bender with little experience had her number. Katara learned pretty quickly just to use her bending to keep Ty Lee from closing in.
>>1926221
An implausibility countered with an implausibility.
>>1926212
>There's no shame in trying to build a tasty burger.
How long before Asami presents Toph with the Vine Burger?
>>1926220
>That's a huge part of the world under Equalist control.
I said "IN" the EK, not the entire EK. The Dai Li still control Ba Sing Se at that point, and Su has her own grip on Zaofu. Across the rest of the EK, we saw just how defenceless entire cities were against small group of roving benders, who were only too eager to become outlaws. If those people felt they were the target of Equalist attacks, I don't think they'd have restricted themselves to reacting lawfully. They're only a danger to benders when they have the element of surprise.
>>1926220
>If things went to plan they'd have destroyed almost the entire United Forces Fleet.
Which just seems to be the URN's Navy. Unalaq and Izumi's fleets would be untouched. The latter would even have a personal reason to actually get involved.
>>1926231
>What is ingenuity?
Something you can slap on to any implausible piece of writing as a bandaid.
She does nothing no other bender shouldn't have been able to do, save be the protagonist. If this kind of thing bothered you, it should have bothered you through the entire franchise.
>>1926232
>I said "IN" the EK, not the entire EK. The Dai Li still control Ba Sing Se at that point, and Su has her own grip on Zaofu. Across the rest of the EK, we saw just how defenceless entire cities were against small group of roving benders, who were only too eager to become outlaws. If those people felt they were the target of Equalist attacks, I don't think they'd have restricted themselves to reacting lawfully. They're only a danger to benders when they have the element of surprise.
We saw it was ripe for a revolution. If Amon claimed to know how to make their situation better, he'd probably persuade a lot of these civilians and people forced to turn to banditry, not to mention provincial governors, EK soldiers, etc.
>Which just seems to be the URN's Navy.
It has Fire Nation nationals serving in it.
Unalaq might get involved, or might not. he's got other plans. His ships are as defenseless against air power as everyone else's, though.
you guys have a lot of internalized /co/ going on with how much you resist any attempt to explain how something might not be a flaw
>>1926216
>or the Fire Nation, such an uprising would have been dealt with swiftly and harshly.
Nah Izumi would issue a public address apologizing for her privilege and outlaw bending immediately.
>>1926236
>you guys have a lot of internalized /co/ going on with how much you resist any attempt to explain how something might not be a flaw
But some of us are literally talking about and agreeing with each other that things are flawed.
>>1926237
>Nah Izumi would issue a public address apologizing for her privilege and outlaw bending immediately.
Only Firebending: the PRIVILEGED bending.
URN was built on the backs of Earthbenders, don'tcha know? She also banned dressing like an Air Acolyte for Firewe'en, even if you are an actual Air Acolyte. Finally, it's a spirit-aggression to ask a dark skinned person which Water Tribe they're from. Just know that it's okay to be biased and bigoted to the privileged Northerners, but not to the oppressed Southerners.
>>1926190
>>1926200
I wonder what Sakamoto would make of Korra
>>1926276
He was behind that screencap where Korra gets trained into being Asami's ditzy trophy wife.
>>1926286
What screencap is this?
>>1926287
A screencap from the end of the 2nd season where jesus!jinora saves the day and gives failure!Korra to Asami. Ended up devolving into what I said.
>>1926289
Oh, I think I remember that one. Damn /co/ was mad.
>>1926291
I don't anyone got anything?
oh christ girls I'm back on the vodka
hold me, /lokg/
>>1926306
Vodka-anon pls, you don't need to drink Slav tonic when you can sustain yourself on the tears of /co/.
>>1926273
Beautiful OC, neechan.
>>1926306
I never stopped.
>>1926415
B-but I'm vodka anon. ;_;
>>1926294
Didn't keep the cap, but /co/ was unleashing all its bitterness. Like dozens of posters screamed out in butthurt, and were suddenly silenced.
>>1926449
>and were suddenly silenced.
Your pic shows otherwise.
>>1926464
Nah, that pic isn't even 1% as mean-spirited as the cap we're talking about.
>>1926208
Way to overreact.
She got nothing on Nintendo's ORIGINAL BimboPrincess Peach
