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>>1934569
Closing in on almost a full year of our favorite gal pals!
>>1934569
And here I was in the last thread warning that the next OP had better remember the anniversary. Good show, sis.
>>1934526
>Korra doesn't exactly come of as a "snack" person actually. Usually we see her eat full meals. The only time she had a snack was the cotton candy.
And even that was just an excuse to be cutesy with Mako.
Guess she'll be snacking a lot more often.
>>1934585
May as well finish the set.
>>1934586
I really hope she's a total showoff in the comics.
>>1934588
I think the chances are pretty high.
>>1934591
>not posting the gif
Are you serious about this anniversary or not, neechan?
>>1934592
I didn't have it so I had to google for a shitty Tumblr still instead, thanks for spotting me!
>>1934600
Was gonna post an image but then thought that we're already going a bit crazy posting one every time. I'll give others a chance to contribute. This thread should last at least a week after all.
Anyway, regarding your image; HNNNGGGGG
I love Korra initiating it.
>>1934569
Out of curiosity, does anyone have the google excel document that /u/ handjammed together in response to Korrasami being canon?
>>1934616
Should still be in the pastebin.
>>1934628
>webm
Never has so much homoerotic tension been squeezed into such a such a short amount of time.
Watching RWBY's S3 from the beginning, I realized a tournament is the best plot device to show the power rankings between characters who would still be on the protag's side.
Regardless of the contestant pool, the main characters will inevitably square off, and the tourney is a great way to show off underutilized and overlooked skills.
If plot armor is acceptable, then balls to the wall, no holds barred (the original term for "mixed martial arts") is fine, so for Avatar's case all the bending and weapons, regardless of how lethal they are, will be fine to allow.
If you want to play the trope straight, a non-bending, barehanded tournament would make actual sense. Some argue that even so far as a non-striking tourney would be more realistic, as any concussive sport allowing damaged fighters to fight more than one fight a night is known to be dangerous.
Regardless, if you want the most drama to ensue, Asami and Korra would end up in the finals. Bla bla blah, scissoring, 69, Winner.
>>1934716
I'd also be interested in the keks to be had in the earlier rounds. Who eliminates Mako? Himself? Will the Beifong twins pull a switcheroo? Will Kuvira be cockblocked fro getting to eliminate Suyin? Will Varrick try to buy off the entire roster to ensure Nuktuk wins?
>Regardless, if you want the most drama to ensue, Asami and Korra would end up in the finals. Bla bla blah, scissoring, 69, Winner.
For the purposes of this scenario, I'm saying no one knows about Korrasami until the match begins and it becomes obvious when they give each other a good luck kiss.
>>1934979
The reveal can be used whenever the author sees fit. Could be all the way in the beginning to set the tone, sometime in the middle, just before the final, during the final, or right at the end.
A nice scenario could be after Korra beats Asami through the power of shonen relativity timespace, wherein Korra learns all that is needed to beat her vastly superior and untouchable girlfriend through the power of heart and friendship and yelling, all in the span of a 5 minute fight.
The yelling isn't the nice part, instead it's Asami accepting her loss, in a contest that should have been hers from the very start, in such a endearingly dignified manner that Korra cannot help but get googly moogly eyed.
Yotsuba-teary eyes would ensue and Korra cannot contain her lesbian lust for lip locking. Cue MGSV memes from the audience.
>Asami
>I'm korra
Uhh.. you don't get to bring lesbianism
But this thread will die before the anniversary.
>>1935040
>Cue MGSV memes from the audience.
Tenzin on commentary:
>"Such a lust for Sato"
sees Jinora and Ikki staring
>"-mobiles."
>>1935047
>But this thread will die before the anniversary.
/u/ is inconsistent. There was worry at the beginning of the last thread that it would still be up come the anniversary.
>>1935085
>dat lip bite
>dat tracing lines on dem abs
>>1935092
>Korra sappy and blushing
>Asami lusty and gropingRaava'sinherHeaven; all's right with the world.
>>1935085
Notyue is going to turn Korra whitehaired in 2 solar cycles, tops.
>>1935126
Would have been better if I posted with this.
>>1935093
Get that NGE bullshit out of here, Gendo!
We need more winter themed art in here!
>>1935152
Yep.
>>1935251
>tfw you don't have a qt3.14 lesbian gf to snuggle with during the winter cold
I totally understand why so many oneechans drink a lot.
>>1935251
>>1935252
>tfw the vodka only numbs the pain
I need more Korrasami titties.
>Korrasami titties.
If you say so.
>>1926276
>was behind that screencap where Korra gets trained into being Asami's ditzy trophy wife.
>>1926286
>>1926291
>>1926294
Turns I had the screenpcap after all.
Heh
http://oldmanknees.tumblr.com/post/135133870820/why
>>1935825
>obvious homage to lesbian couple
Yet if you were to ask the creators, they'd insist there is nothing going on between the pair.
Adventure Time is flat out trolling at this point.
>>1935152
Any excuse for Korra to warm up Asami.
Kind of crazy to think that this time last year, Kuvira shot the spirit ray at the warehouse.
>>1935715
based anon.
>>1935715
>>1936220
Reminder that when these were written, it was the end of Book Three. Yet /co/, who apparently thought that Korrasami came out of nowhere, were shipfagging them like mad.
>>1935137
>Get that NGE bullshit out of here, Gendo!
Glasses, took his wife's name, innovative scientist, utterly, utterly disappointed in his son... Someone better make sure Bataar Sr. doesn't have Vaatu grafted into his hand..
>>1936214
Holy shit I love this pic
Mods are asleep, post more hand holding
>>1936284
>>1936288
>>1936284
>Michael Jackson snuggles his sister.jpg
>>1936284
>Holy shit I love this pic
Was reminded of the exact same pic, too.
>Mods are asleep, post more hand holding
The ban will be deserved, but worth it.
>>1936339
Goddamnit, Anon.
>tfw the gay pride flag of the Avatarverse will be maroon and blue
>>1936290
>censor
I'm glad SOMEONE is thinking of the children for once.
As somebody who just finished watching LoK last night, did I miss something or was the extent of the /u/ material literally confined to the last 10 seconds of the show?
Like, I watched all 4 seasons with yuri goggles on, but until the very last scene there was literally nothing /u/ in the show at all? To the extent that the last 10 seconds seemed rather out of character?
>>1936352
>did I miss something
It certainly seems so.
>>1936339
Dang, Mike had better tits than I remember him having
>>1936352
The ending took me by surprise the first time around too, probably cause I miraculously hadn't been spoiled to it even though I was almost 3 months late in watching the show. Second round watching it was much easier to see coming, though it was still mostly pretty damn subtle. Aside from a few things like >>1936359
>>1936352
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yKenTwk17k6MzeKqyhmnhVvEJLJtm4DzuQ18sV4tcPY/edit?usp=sharing
It's consensual that most everyone up to the minute was hopeful that Korra would end up forever arone instead of ending up with Mako again, which would not inherently have been so terrible were it not for the precedent and the implications of future Bryke exacerbation.
People forget that /co/ both unironically and jocularly shipped Korrasami hard from S3 until the actual blushing waaaaaaay the fuck later in S4E7, literally in the second half of S4. The homophobia wasn't the cool thing to do for the cool kids in cool school until the very end, further flamed by Bryan's and Mike's separate confirmations, on tumblr.
>>1936375
>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yKenTwk17k6MzeKqyhmnhVvEJLJtm4DzuQ18sV4tcPY/edit?usp=sharing
>holy shit, this wasn't just some crack ship i'd been seeing on /co/? there's an actual lesbian relationship in cartoons?
>Man, that's fucking gay for a kid's show
>>1936375
>It's consensual that most everyone up to the minute was hopeful that Korra would end up forever arone instead of ending up with Mako again, which would not inherently have been so terrible were it not for the precedent and the implications of future Bryke exacerbation.
True, but we still all saw the signs/subtext, unlike >>1936352, who I cannot tell if genuinely a dunce or just trolling so close to the anniversary.
Also, in case the mods are still asleep, have some more lewd handholding + blushing
>>1936410
I admit, I was also personally was thinking they'd go full-on Makorra, simply because that's how things usually go. If anything, I was getting hella annoyed with all the 'gay baiting' they were doing, since it'd make the eventual Korra Mako kiss at the end so much more of an asspull.
Then the ending happened and I was basically audible to dogs for a good few minutes. Bloody tasteful too, which I REALLY wasn't expecting.I still want to see them kiss eventually, though, maybe in the comics. And I mean I want them to suck face, like they were trying to absorb each others' nutrients. I want each of them to stick their tongues down each others' mouths like they were mining for gold. I want the two of them to French so hard the fucking Germans invade.
>>1936413
>>I was basically audible to dogs
>>I want the two of them to French so hard the fucking Germans invade
Anon I'm crying. 10/10 would hold hands with you any day.
>>1936410
>True, but we still all saw the signs/subtext, unlike >>1936352 (You), who I cannot tell if genuinely a dunce or just trolling so close to the anniversary.
Not trolling. I literally picked it up the show solely because I knew from /u/ that it had a canon /u/ ending, but it wasn't until >>1936359 that I picked up on *anything* & iirc that was very close to the end of the show. I guess I was simply disappointed that a show I thought would have /u/ elements throughout ended up only introducing it toward the very end & IMO not developing it anywhere near enough to have the show end with them together.
>>1936419
>anywhere near enough to have the show end with them together
The entirety of S3 and parts of the decimated S4 were enough to warrant a handhold and gazing into each other's eyes.
>>1936418Sorry, onee-chan, but I'm a dude.
>>1936419
>I literally picked it up the show solely because I knew from /u/ that it had a canon /u/ ending
That's not a very good way of watching the show, I guess. Korra's tentative romance with Asami is a small part of the story, as you now know.
Still, there is stuff before that. From the beginning of season three they start spending a lot of time together and are rather impressed with each other. Asami in particular becomes very supportive and protective of Korra, culminating in the season finale where she's nursing Korra, which is the moment people started to seriously consider the possibility of Korrasami happening. At the beginning of season four, you have Asami pining for Korra and Korra showing that she might respond to Asami's feelings with the stuff surrounding her single letter.
>>1936419
Wow. Going into it knowing the endgame and still not picking up ANY clues until Reunion? That's kinda sad, neechan.
>not developing it anywhere near enough to have the show end with them together.
Even here on /u/ we'll agree that there wasn't quite enough, but we're also cognizant of the fact that Bryke's hands were tied, and more really wasn't possible for them. So pissing on them for that is only worth eyerolls here. Pissing on them for other numerous failings? Go for it. Also, while technically together, you do realize it's literally a relationship that just started, right? I mean they're u-hauling like a couple of lesbians by going on vacation for a first date, but still.
>>1936227
I was half that screencap. I just wanted it back because my hard drive died.
Though yes their change of heart was a bit of a shitty thing.
>>1936441
>Though yes their change of heart was a bit of a shitty thing.
I think it was just a bunch of loud shitposters; I know I was usually in the /co/ threads until they became too poisonous, and I doubt I'm the only one either.
>>1936443
yeah /co/ was one of my first main boards, but I kinda ditched it after I stopped being able to tolerate the board.
>>1936410
>This unneeded lashing out at and insulting of a genuinely puzzled anon looking for discourse
See now, this is why you're better off here in /u/; you're not rational or emotionally mature enough to discuss LoK with other people beyond putting up cute pics. And I'm glad you and yours don't even attempt to visit /co/'s LoK threads anymore, because Raava knows how much worse they'd be with you harpies screeching in them.
>>1936452
See now, this is the kind of response that will make people think you're Concerned. Also, "genuinely puzzled anon looking for discourse" doesn't mean they're not a dunce. I didn't even pull the autism card. Not only that, trolling is a legit conclusion, because there have already been salty trolls in the korrasami tag popping up close to the anniversary.
>Raava knows how much worse they'd be with you harpies screeching in them.
...are YOU a troll? This seeming unironic use of "Raava" and implying the LoK threads on /co/ could possibly get any worse...
Perhaps you're just easily...TRIGGERED?!
>>1936284
>>1936419
>>1936486
This scene was super gay.
>>1936487
I do laugh at co saying that's just shit straight girls do. Nah not really.
>>1936487
It's amazing what passes for a Y7 cartoon these days. Kids are exposed to such mature scenes, it's no wonder they're so inured to sex.
>>1936489
As I point out on /co/ from time to time, I also find it highly suspect to think that a straight girl would volunteer to move out of her palace of a mansion, run her lucrative business long distance, and live at the South Pole for the forseeable future purely to look after her invalid best friend and keep her company while she recovers.
Let's say I don't think fucking ANYONE would think "they're just friends" around the time Korra gets poisoned if one of them was a dude.
>>1936444
That was my deal with [a/.
>>1936489
>>1936487
That was definitely the moment where I went 'Waaaaaait a minute'.
>>1936497
>Let's say I don't think fucking ANYONE would think "they're just friends" around the time Korra gets poisoned if one of them was a dude.
As annoyingly as he phrased it, Bryan was right. Hetero-goggles are probably the main reason most nonKorrasamians didn't see anything. (The rest of the nonKorrasamians are salty Makorrafags who stabbed their eyes out after Book 2.)
>>1936508
I think the moment I first twigged was "somebody order a fully equipped Future Industries airship?" That posing. That flirty tone. Bumi being quicker on the uptake than me. I mean I thought the whole driving lesson was pretty gay, but this? The beginnings of Thirsty Asami. This was a girl on a mission.
>>1936497
I keep forgetting whether Asami was the one who commissioned the giant Korra statue or not.
>>1936489
Straight girls do hold hands and offer support to their friends when they're in need.
Now offering to abandon their business is something that straight girls wouldn't do, but it happened in episode 4.
>>1936551
>episode 4
Goddammit, I meant "season 4".
In honor of the memorial, what would have happened if mako was a girl? would no board have been safe as /co/ would still hate the show and /u/ would be perpetually consumed by shipping arguments?
>>1936547
I think it's in the art books or bts that said Asami was involved in the creation of the park. To what extent, and who decided on the statue, is up in the air as far as I know. But considering her thirst, the strings she can pull asCEOand lead developer of the entire city's infrastructure (apparently), and that scene of her being miserably alone at the same park...it all seems to imply a few things, don't it?
>>1936551
>Straight girls do hold hands and offer support to their friends when they're in need.
True. But the delivery of those lines...
>offering to abandon their business is something that straight girls wouldn't do
Totally. Hell, some actually married spouses won't do that.
>>1936562
Well Makorra would be marginally better, if only because lesbians make everything better. It'd still be horrible though. And one of the most annoying things about Mako is his cynical character creation, so if you drop one of the main things he was specifically engineered as to be most appealing, his gender, that part of the annoyance factor also goes down? Again, still a bad character (until Book 3) but slightly more palatable?
Actually Mako being a girl may just make him universally hated, because if people shit on Korra - main character, most popular - for doing the right thing, they'd be all over girl!Mako always making shitty decisions. I'm half-convinced the amount of Asami-haters is so low because she's practically a saint, and you can't really unload on her without sounding like a completely unreasonable git.
>>1936551
I'm a grill. Hang around straight girls, have had straight girl friends all my life. Nah handholding ain't really some regular shit. Real close hugs, hands around the shoulder, hell maybe a kiss on the cheeks if it's a culture thing but not so much handholding.
I remember once meeting a girl and we were handholding after some joke thing and I thought "oh nah lol this is just a straight girl joke" but nope even she was gay and just into me. I once held a girls hand while both drunk and she thought I was insulting her ("I CAN WALK BY MYSELF") and then I just joked that "nah I want to hold your hand cause you're cute" and that was like the smoothest line in my drunk mind.
Point is hand holding is some intimate shit. The only time I've ever felt it platonic is like from my parents and grandma or like a child crossing the street.
You do see it played up more in tv/cartoons as platonic but even then it's still some heavy hinted/implied shit. I know if I saw bolin doing that hand hold I'd think "whaa they're gonna make him have feelings for her again?!". I saw asami do it and thought "awe bs tho they're just teasing shippers now. it's not gonna happen but thanks for that image"
>>1936562
I'd enjoy the triangle love story a lot more if mako was a girl. But he'd get more shit than anything for all his bad shit being a girl.
>>1936572
As another grill, I sorta concur. It happens, but it's not the norm. Never did it while walking (das gay) but I have had straight girls hold my hand when sitting on the couch, cuddling, etc, both with girls who knew I was out and who didn't. Now arm-linking while walking? Seems almost exclusively platonic, unless paired with handholding and head-leaning-on-shoulder/heads-leaning-together.
>I once held a girls hand while both drunk and she thought I was insulting her ("I CAN WALK BY MYSELF") and then I just joked that "nah I want to hold your hand cause you're cute"
Ngl, that's cute af. I wish I could think of any lines when I'm drunk. I just laugh a lot.
>>1936572
There's a difference between a full-blown hand holding session, where two people are actively involved, and putting your hand on someone else's in a comforting gesture. Yes, shoulder hugs are more commonly used for comforting, but hand holding isn't something out of the ordinary when we're talking about providing support.
I've seen it happen quite a few times. Coincidentally, most of those I saw during my stay in hospital, where comforting sick/injured friends or relatives is a thing that occurs on a daily basis.
>>1936599
It isn't just the fact that Asami holds Korra's hand, but how it's presented. If you wanted to make it look platonic, you wouldn't use a close-up of their hands or give Asami those lines, delivered like that.
>>1936602
Maybe I'm just an autist, but I really didn't see anything out of the ordinary back when I first saw that episode. Those were all the things I would've done and said to my best friends if they were gravely injured.
Now, with the knowledge of what happened next, it is kinda hard to see it's as platonic. But it's a retroactive thing for me, never throughout the whole third season when it was airing had I ever thought "wow, that's gay".
>>1936604
Someone actually broke down that scene explaining how not-platonic it was - starting with the opening close-up on Asami's lips - but damned if I can remember which tumblerina did that.
>>1936609
...Eh. Someone's explanations are of little value to me, unless that someone was on the writing team that wrote the scene.
Grab a hardened hetfag and they'll explain how 100% absolutely platonic it was. "Hidden signs", "presentation" - what people take from it is mostly subjective and depends on what they were expecting initially/wanted to see. I'm not saying that there aren't some objective points that the presentation of certain scenes/events can make, but this isn't the case here.
>>1935715
>screen
How come Ginger!Korra isn't a thing?
>>1936352
>Like, I watched all 4 seasons with yuri goggles on, but until the very last scene there was literally nothing /u/ in the show at all? To the extent that the last 10 seconds seemed rather out of character?
I think you might need your yuri goggles checked. Even in season one, there were moments to justify shipping them of you had the goggles on. Most of us didn't realistically begin doing so until either the end of Book 3 or Book 4.
>>1936363
>Second round watching it was much easier to see coming, though it was still mostly pretty damn subtle
Like they admitted, they were just trying to hint that they were heading toward something in the future, because being obvious would have got Nick on their backs. A concern justified by Nick telling them to "proceed with caution" when they decided to ask for permission and had to bin whatever the original ending animatic was.
>>1936618
That's not a very good way of approaching fiction. The events themselves are only a part of how meaning is conveyed, and not the most interesting one. If you ignore everything having to do with presentation, you might as well just read episode summaries.
>this isn't the case here.
In general, close-ups of hands holding one another conveys a great deal of intimacy, physical and otherwise (in Sailor Moon S, Ikuhara makes Haruka and Michiru hold hands in a way that's essentially turns it into a sex scene). If you want to depict two people as platonic friends, you probably don't want to do it, especially if you've already given them some love interest moments like Asami watching over Korra as she's in the spirit world.
>>1936618
While it's true a lot of analysis is way overdone (spirit world frogs, anybody?) it doesn't mean you can't glean anything from it because it's not directly from the people involved. I mean if that's the case, then the scene in question is automatically gay as fuck, because Bryke have already confirmed that Korrasami is canon, and have been subtly laying the tracks since Book 3.
But like it's been mentioned already, if one of them had been a man, would you really have trouble reading ANY romantic leanings? A lot of people who don't see any romantic Korrasami early on keep leaning so hard on "friends totally do that too" seemingly ignoring the fact that that kind of behavior is not exclusive to platonic friendship. People falling in love/in love also do these things, so take a step back and think "why was I so hellbent on reading this scene platonically as opposed to romantically, when it's completely plausible for it to be both/either?"
Also, just because you didn't get it on the first go around (I'm assuming you've since rewatched?) doesn't mean the intent wasn't there. I missed a couple of cues myself, and only seeing things upon retrospect doesn't negate the development. In fact that's an excellent, subtle, tool to use in storytelling, and something Bryke is usually horrible at doing, especially in regards to romantic relationships.
...I feel as if I've gone off the point somewhere.
>>1936463
Different abon but going around calling someone basically an idiot for "not picking up on all the subtext" is still a bit shitty, especially considering that romances are hardly subtle in this day and age and thus subtext isn't something people these days are accustomed to since we're being hit on the head with romances left and right.
On another note here's a friendly reminder that Asami's a itty bitty Disney Princess
>>1936626
Because she wouldn't be ginger :^)
She'd beblonde.
>>1936413
>spoiler
Capped and saved.
>>1936419
>but it wasn't until >>1936359 that I picked up on *anything* & iirc that was very close to the end of the show. I guess I was simply disappointed that a show I thought would have /u/ elements throughout ended up only introducing it toward the very end
Wait, so none of these mements warranted note, even though you were looking for the /u/? Asami looking like she was going to die when Korra chose to give herself up to Zaheer (while Mako and Bolin were being retards). Asami taking care of Korra and promising that she's there for her "if she ever wants to tak... or anything"? Asami wanting to just up and leave her home and follow Korra to the Southern Water Tribe? Korra only trusting Asami to write back to with her fears? Korra choosing to return to Republic City right after she talks with Asami "to be where her friends are"?
I don't want to be mean. It's a huge cast of characters, so you could easily miss small moments like this, but weren't you actively looking for yuri?
>>1936562
Haven't I explained it dozens upon dozens of times when it comes to the one truth about Mako?
>>1936632
>romances are hardly subtle in this day and age and thus subtext isn't something people these days are accustomed to since we're being hit on the head with romances left and right.
You do know what board you're on, right? Besides, that Anon apparently knew Asami and Korra were going to become a couple and still apparently didn't pick up anything until the blushing started. Now I wouldn't call that idiocy, but it is a little surprising.
>>1936634
But she isn't in the screenshot story.
>>1936639
It doesn't say she isn't either. Just that she became what she always wanted to be a. A submissive bimbo in life, a submissive bimbo in love...with her mistress.
>>1936508
>That was definitely the moment where I went 'Waaaaaait a minute'.
This (slightly enhanced pic) was my 'Waaaaaait a minute' moment.
Fair to say if that had been guy watching over Korra and staring at her like that after she explained she had a new plan, people wouldn't have been so resistant to accepting authorial intent.
>>1936638
Even here it has become way more "text but just shy of a kiss" compared to the subtext of old.
>>1936568
>And one of the most annoying things about Mako is his cynical character creation, so if you drop one of the main things he was specifically engineered as to be most appealing, his gender, that part of the annoyance factor also goes down? Again, still a bad character (until Book 3) but slightly more palatable?
Girl Mako would, as you say, be slightly less irritating simply because the cynicism of his creation would have been lessened (at least in one manner).Still think Future Industries flamethrower Mako is best Mako.
>I'm half-convinced the amount of Asami-haters is so low because she's practically a saint, and you can't really unload on her without sounding like a completely unreasonable git.
She's not a saint; she just comes across as one compared to her friends. Even then, she fucks up too. Reigniting Makorra in Book 2? SweetRaava H. Vaatu, no.
I'm going to write Ginger Sato fanfiction and you can't stop me. How does that make you feel?
>>1936630
>ignore everything having to do with presentation
Not what I said.
I ignore other's explanations of what they took from the presentation, because ultimately, the only thing that matters is what I took from the presentation. I might have seen signs that others didn't see, or it might have been the other way around; either way, other people's interpretations hold no value for me, as they mostly rely on subjective things and/or on the mindset of the person describing them.
>>1936631
>automatically
Retroactively, yes. During the time the episode was aired, no. As I mentioned earlier, I'm talking about how I felt when I first saw the episode, which happened before the Korrasami was announced canon.
>would you really have trouble reading ANY romantic leanings?
Yes. I'm naive like that, I believe in true friendshipand generally prefer it to romance, since romance often means forced drama. Thanks, popular media.
>seemingly ignoring the fact that that kind of behavior is not exclusive to platonic friendship
Just like it's not exclusive to romantic love, either. It's kind of in the middle, and as I said before, what you take from the scene depends on what you expect or want to see. I expected them to lay off the romantic subplots for a while, since first two season were butchered because of them, and I got what I wanted - a nice season that focused on Avatar stuff and not on oh-who-am-I-going-to-go-out-with-this-week. So all romantic undertones went completely unnoticed by me, and I'm absolutely fine with that.
>doesn't mean the intent wasn't there
Whether or not there was intent isn't the point of this discussion, however. It's about how people treat certain scenes regardless of their creators' intent (that was only made clear a whole season after the hand holding happened).Goddammit, notmoot, stop screwing up posting for me.
>>1936630
>In general, close-ups of hands holding one another conveys a great deal of intimacy, physical and otherwise
Listen to the Book One commentaries. Bryan goes into detail about how meticulously arranges and directs handholding and contact scenes (in reference to Masami at the time). He explains that things like that don't happen by accident in animation.
When Asami grabbed Korra's hand at the end of the third season, and the camera lingered on it, there were Kill Bill sirens blaring in my head.
>>1936654
>I'm going to write Ginger Sato fanfiction and you can't stop me. How does that make you feel?
Relieved that you're not writing Legend of 'Asami' fanfiction.
>>1936632
Like >>1936635 said, anon went in with knowledge of endgame, even watched the series because there was /u/. So yeah, you gotta be kind of an idiot or autistic to miss the subtext when you were looking for it in the first place.
Also, this is the fucking internet, on fucking 4chan. Of course I'm going to to be a little shit. Honestly almost everything I write here is tinged with tongue-in-cheek humor. Did you just come from tumblr or something? (Btw I wrote that in jest, the intent of which to note the ever growing presence of anons on 4chan complaining of nonPCness of this board. Also I don't really think anon is autistic, that is again said in jest, as it is a common joke on 4chan. We all clear?)
>>1936654
That you should do it about Korra instead. Not enough stuff in that genre that deals in what this board deals with.
>>1936663
Word. I think there is some great deal of aggression that needs to be vented.
OK another topic, what kind of modern music would Korra and Asami like?
>>1936648
>Still think Future Industries flamethrower Mako is best Mako.
No arguments here.
>She's not a saint; she just comes across as one compared to her friends. Even then, she fucks up too. Reigniting Makorra in Book 2
Yeah, but even then there's a lot to "explain" her behavior so she doesn't come off like a douche, unlike a few other people. I mean, her worst offense is making a poor romantic decision at one of her lowest points? Still pretty saintly.
>>1936665
>modern
None.
Old-school jazz music is the only music worth listening to.
>>1936489
>>1936497
I think it's obvious that Asami was deep into Korra. A criticism I'd acknowledge would be that Korra's reciprocation wasn't as well realised (because PTSD arc). Dismissing it out of hand "because that's what girls do lol" is being facetious.
>>1936656
>ultimately, the only thing that matters is what I took from the presentation
But why can't you talk about the presentation with other people, evaluate their arguments and possibly incorporate that into how you read the scene when looking at it closer? It's not like we're talking about a personal mystical experience. Competent directors don't just stage scenes based on whims. There are, if not exactly rules, at least guidelines and precedents to it.
>>1936667
>Old-school jazz
Speak for yourself grandma.
>>1936664
Not enough bimbo stuff that deals solely in the bimbo being hungry for puss puss.
Besides Asami being corrupted isn't quite as interesting to watch/read as compared to Korra.
Especially if Asami is the architect behind Korra becoming a bimbo so that she can eventually secrete her away to the sato sex dungeons to never be recognizable again.
>>1936668
>deep into Korra
Ovari deep?
>>1936671
This isn't going to have a ton of sex in it honestly. I always preferred the works that focused on the psychological state of the victim over the ones that just have her hair bleach itself before she starts screaming "ME WANT SEX".
>>1936419
>I literally picked it up the show solely because I knew from /u/ that it had a canon /u/ ending
We have always warned against doing this, since way back since last December. If you're only watching this show for the romance, you're watching it for the wrong reasons. The first season's romance is absolutely horrid. The second season's is a deconstruction of the first, which is admirable, but not fun to watch. The third and fourth decided to go the subtle route, because the writers realised that romance should be at most a background noise in the legend of Korra the avatar.
>>1936674
It doesn't have to be, I just feel that Korra would be better especially if she realizes and then accepts her new state in life.
>>1936676
>legend of Korra the avatar
Don't you meanJinora and her Amazing Friends (Bolin and Varrick)?
>>1936648
Actually, I've been wondering why Asami's so likable. She's brilliant, rich and beautiful, a good fighter, the most reasonable person around and always does the right thing, even when no one could have blamed her for joining the Equalists after Mako's antics. Aren't almost perfect people supposed to be boring and unlikable?
>>1936682
>even when no one could have blamed her for joining the Equalists after Mako's antics.
Anyone sane would probably blame her for joining a terrorist organization over a bad breakup.
>>1936532
>I think the moment I first twigged was "somebody order a fully equipped Future Industries airship?" That posing. That flirty tone.
Later for me, because I dismissed it as just Asami really liking Korra (not that way), and the pair just having chemistry together, like in Air.
>Bumi being quicker on the uptake than me.
Than ALL of us.
>>1936669
>But why can't you talk about the presentation with other people, evaluate their arguments and possibly incorporate that into how you read the scene when looking at it closer?
I can. I just don't want to. As I said, it's subjective, and I don't particularly care about what people think of X scene and how they interpret that, unless I'm specifically interested in discussing that scene. Then yes, I would read other people's interpretations, but only for the sake of discussion.
Besides, this discussion started with how people read the scene when they first saw it.
> It's not like we're talking about a personal mystical experience.
Not mystical, of course, but it is personal. People familiar with "guidelines and precedents" will automatically compare what they see with their pre-existing knowledge, and will interpret it based on that knowledge while still having some personal feeling about it. People unfamiliar with aforementioned guidelines will only rely on their subjective feelings and opinions. Different people with different personal experience and knowledge may have completely opposite interpretations of the same scene.
What you're talking about is a logical analysis that happens after you watched something and then dissected it. What I'm talking about is the impression one gets during the process of watching. While both can happen at the same time (especially if the person is well-studied in the field of cinematography and knows how presentation carries intent), usually the first impression is separate from a logical conclusion.
>>1936572
>Point is hand holding is some intimate shit.
Don't forget that this is a counterfeit chinese cartoon, and people are used to certain conventions. Real chinese cartoons often fetishize girl/girl relationships, showing having a level of physical and emotional intimacy often not found outside of partners in the real world.
I'm not surprised that some viewers had presumed a platonic pretext. But, like has been said, replace either character with a man, or have two women play out their relationship in live action, and watch the denialism evaporate.
>>1936631
>A lot of people who don't see any romantic Korrasami early on keep leaning so hard on "friends totally do that too" seemingly ignoring the fact that that kind of behavior is not exclusive to platonic friendship. People falling in love/in love also do these things, so take a step back and think "why was I so hellbent on reading this scene platonically as opposed to romantically, when it's completely plausible for it to be both/either?"
This x 10.
>>1936696
>Real chinese cartoons often fetishize girl/girl relationships, showing having a level of physical and emotional intimacy often not found outside of partners in the real world.
They do that with male/male ones too.
Just look at Samurai Flamenco's surprise /y/ ending
Asami isn't really the touchy feely handholdy type with anyone else she's not romantically involved in anyway. Korra is, but Asami is not. Rather than lean on what "girls" are supposed to do, maybe look at the characters as individuals.
>>1936670
Fight me, youngling.
>>1936696
>Real chinese cartoons often fetishize girl/girl relationships
Real Chinese cartoons often fetishize all relationships, including het ones. Hell, a lot of modern Western shows/films fetishize relationships.
>>1936661
>even watched the series because there was /u/
Which you should not do. Watch it because of the animation or the music and voice acting, or because you're a fan if AtLA, sure.
But not for lesbians. The story was never about lesbians. It was incidental to Korra and Asami's main stories.
>Btw I wrote that in jest, the intent of which to note the ever growing presence of anons on 4chan complaining of nonPCness of this board.
Enjoy it while you can. Outside of /b/, expect this place to be gentrified in a couple of years.
>>1936692
Ah, okay, you were saying you personally didn't feel like analyzing the scenes when the show aired, not that doing so is inherently futile. That's fair enough. You can appreciate art however you want, and there's worse things than being wrong about cartoon lesbians.
>>1936696
Yeah, but you're still supposed to realize that said Chinese cartoons are evoking romance. That's why most of /u/ (and /co/) thought Korrasami was just shipping bait that wouldn't deliver, rather than a platonic friendship.
>>1936707
>Enjoy it while you can. Outside of /b/, expect this place to be gentrified in a couple of years.
Ah, like the censoring of certains words already?
>>1936666
>her worst offense is making a poor romantic decision at one of her lowest points? Still pretty saintly.
You can't fool me, Satan. I know she was a predatory lesbian that betrayed her bff's trust and sexually assaulted her when she was too ill to defend herself.
>>1936710
>Yeah, but you're still supposed to realize that said Chinese cartoons are evoking romance. That's why most of /u/ (and /co/) thought Korrasami was just shipping bait that wouldn't deliver, rather than a platonic friendship.
Considering how Nanoha and Fate are still only "friends" officially...
>>1936714
>Satan
Come on, that's like super ultra mega Lilith. Not just Satan.
>>1936680
>>1936680
>spoiler
I haven't been this triggered in months. Good show, neechan.
>>1936714
There's a reason Korra sent Asami to the sidelines in Book 2. On a completely instinctive level she knew Asami was Bad News, and Vaatu would bond with her over Unalaq in a second, creating a truly unstoppable evil.
>>1936714
Mai-HiME is the other way, anon.
>>1936714
It would have been delightful if she had kissed Korra in a moment of weakness and then spent the next three years hating herself for it.
>>1936717
To be fair I prefer One-Punch Korra and Asamos way more.
>>1936720
>On a completely instinctive level she knew Asami was Bad News, and Vaatu would bond with her over Unalaq in a second, creating a truly unstoppable evil.
>Implying Korra wouldn't enjoy every second.
>>1936700
>Asami isn't really the touchy feely handholdy type with anyone else she's not romantically involved in anyway. Korra is, but Asami is not.
Good point. Korra (and Bolin) and the ones physical intimate with friends. Asami (and Mako) restrict that to romantic relationships. Except when they're both falling for Korra; whether it be the loathsome "Give her some space guise, jeez!" or Asami's taking care of Korra, both of them were in full Water Fever mode, and the normal rules of engagement were suspended.
>Rather than lean on what "girls" are supposed to do, maybe look at the characters as individuals.
What, are you a fascist with this individualism shit!? People fit into easy categorised groups, and we can presume to know their experiences based on said broad categories!
>>1936734
>Beat me to it.
I have to admit I'm slightly dissapointed about not even seeing a hint of pubes on Asami there though.
>>1936737
>I have to admit I'm slightly dissapointed about not even seeing a hint of pubes on Asami there though.
They burnt away in her spiritual fiery rebirth!Or it's just easier to draw nudes without them
>>1936737
Enjoy my impeccable Paint skills.
>>1936740
>spoiler
Probably. But I'll be honest and say that I don't enjoy blank pussy.
'sides the show is trying to emulate the 20 and shaving down there wasn't trendy at the time. Add to that the fact that it's also weeaboo land, with Asami clearly being Japanese inspired and we all know Japanese chicks seem to like their pubes a lot.
>>1936741
Huh. Now that's actually not half bad, sis!
>>1936632
>On another note here's a friendly reminder that Asami's a itty bitty Disney Princess
Asami - Belle
Korra - Beast
Tenzin - Candle
Suyin - Teapot
Mako and Bolin - Gaston and his sidekick
Hiroshi - inventor father
Everyone else - townspeople or cutlery
I think I found another AU.
>>1936743
>She did give Bolin that hair tousle in Book 2
Which went a good way to showing how desperately Asami needed that deal with Varrick, and how drastic a situation was in. The first eps of Book 2 really suffered for lack of Asami. She really could have brought some relief and variety to the shitshow that was Unalaq/Tonraq, Bolin/twins and Korra/Mako.
>>1936751
OK now this is important. Who would the duster?
>Mako as Gaston
Fuck you. Gaston doesn't deserve that shit.He did nothing wrong.
>>1936707
>>1936755
>dresses
Did the neechan that was looking into possibly getting a hold of something like Asami's dress at the wedding ever make any headway?
>>1936755
Reminds me. How would have Korra been if she was born in the north?After all North Watertribe is BEST Watertribe.
>>1936757
>Who would the duster?
Ginger.
>Fuck you. Gaston doesn't deserve that shit.
>Gaston
>shown why people love him and think he's awesome and allowed to come to our own conclusion
>Mako
>repeatedly told how awesome and amazing he is and practically demanded to love him
>spoiler
All he did why try to save a kidnapped woman in the throws of Stockholm Syndrome from her monstrous captor.
>>1936760
She'd have trained to know that "bitches ain't no thang", and would probably have pursued Asami from the off, looking for a quickie, while thinking that Asami and Mako together was adorably doomed. Her pursuit would have awakened Asami's nascent homolust.
We'd have had a full love triangle with everyone could fuck anyone rather than one centred on the show's worst character.
>>1936774
>rather than one centred on the show's worst character
I didn't know Bolin was in love with Varrick too.
>>1936775
Pretty sure that anon was talking about Milo.
>>1936777
EK!Girl/Meelo/Asami?
Honestly though I had to chuckle at his over the top self-portrait.
This reminds me of one of those Korrasami porno mover ideas we had a few months back.
>>1936679
>It doesn't have to be, I just feel that Korra would be better especially if she realizes and then accepts her new state in life.
Counterpoint: Asami is probably the smartest and most put together of the main and supporting cast so her becoming a bimbo works better from a psychological angle.
>>1936793
*Poke*
>>1936796
Ditto. I think that's all that doxy's done so far. Just have to be patient.
>tfw you can't put in the effort for proper bimbofication fanfiction so you just post some fragments on a CYOA porn website and call it a day
We all knew it would end this way
>>1936809
>pic
Mother of Koh...
> you just post some fragments on a CYOA porn website and call it a day
Not for bimbo stuff, but for any porn, yeah. That's how it be.
>>1936562
It would probably have turned /co/ off the show immediately, for better or worse.
Mako would've still been a pretty shitty girlfriend and Asami and Korra being exclusively lesbian rather than bisexual would've put canon Korrasami on the table immediately.
If we're changing things, I still prefer Asami nearly hitting Korra with her bike in Episode 1, a four-season buildup to Korrasami, and Mako not being a love interest at all.
I think there could've been some good stuff if Mako and Bolin weren't athletes but criminals who turned their lives around because of Korra. They could have noir-style detective subplots with Lin from time to time, it'd be nice.
what's the best fanfic you read of korrasami
link me iiiit, I wanna read
>>1936873
>If we're changing things, I still prefer Asami nearly hitting Korra with her bike in Episode 1, a four-season buildup to Korrasami, and Mako not being a love interest at all.
>I think there could've been some good stuff if Mako and Bolin weren't athletes but criminals who turned their lives around because of Korra. They could have noir-style detective subplots with Lin from time to time, it'd be nice.
Oh, the things that could have been. Has there been any good (well, passable, can't be too picky) that go this route?
>>1936893
The pastebin up top has all of /u/'s preferred fics, I think. Haven't looked at it in a while, so not sure whats been added. And ignore anybody who tries to link you to Bearpaw. It's a cruel trap.
>>1936893
>what's the best fanfic you read of korrasami
You're going to have to be specific. Do you mean a fanfic centred on Korrasami, or one that happens to have Korrasami? Does it have to be complete? Can it be ongoing? Abandoned.
LoK /u/'s unofficial fic is Between the Wheels: http://archiveofourown.org/works/3219722/chapters/7007882
It's ongoing, but it's not strictly a Korrasami story. It's about Asami's role during the timeskip.
Personal fave is The Nights: http://archiveofourown.org/works/3206633/chapters/6974375
Some more (be warned, one of these might be me trolling):
Who Rebuilds The Builder (short one-off, read it): http://archiveofourown.org/works/3212162
Aftermath (post finale continuation; very good, not entirely focused on Korrasami) http://archiveofourown.org/works/3147311/chapters/6827465
A Second Glance: (retelling of the series with Korrasami happening earlier, very readable, but very triggering): http://archiveofourown.org/series/193646
Two nights with the lion of desolation (because if I didn't recommend it, someone else would): http://archiveofourown.org/works/3197009
The Avatar's Non-Bending Master (infuriatingly, written in the present tense, and also filled with SJW rhetoric, but has some of the best chemistry I've seen between Korra and Asami): http://archiveofourown.org/works/2887367/chapters/6528749
In the World: (roughly a billion pages long, and with a bizarre premise, is way better than it should be): http://archiveofourown.org/works/3330158/chapters/7280936
What if Babies Come From the Spirit World? (retarded story for retards; a must read): http://archiveofourown.org/works/3117590/chapters/6755315
The Avatar and the CEO (glorious tale of the sapphire-eyed water tribe girl and the perfect jade eyed heiress): https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10916774/1/The-Avatar-and-the-CEO
I'd suggest following the advice here >>1936911 and having a a look at the pastebin. You'll even find some trigger warnings in there.
>>1936873
>I think there could've been some good stuff if Mako and Bolin weren't athletes but criminals who turned their lives around because of Korra
why not both?
>mako and bolin are struggling wanna-be probenders who get by as bookies for illegal gambling on probending because they know the sport better than most
>one day they see korra beating up some triad thugs, and realize she's the avatar
>strike up a conversation
>realize she wants to probend
>convince her to join their team
>use her as the ringer-est ringer to ever ring
>bet lodsa money on their team at silly odds, even taking out triad loans to bet moar
>get a "friendly favour" from the local triad by telling them who to bet on in advance
>use the winnings to pay the triads off to let them walk away clean and start a new life
>at the after party for the match, they run into heiress and probending enthusiast Asami Sato, who takes an interest in sponsoring this upstart team (and in meeting THE avatar, who she quickly discovers to be unreasonably qt)
>things get interesting when the Equalists show up
>>1936995
But that's unreasonably interesting. It ruins the shaggy dog, poor orphan boy story that was necessary to counter Mako's overall abrasiveness. Plus it would reinforce the idea that benders have a natural advantage over nonbenders by showing the brothers escape the mob's chain in a way no nonbenders could have.
It also abandons the "Asami hits Mako with her Vespa" schtick that was obviously a holdover from when Asami was planned to be a spy. Which would mean the contrived coincidence - Hiroshi's daughter just happening to bump into a probender - caused by the rewrite, would be removed. Can't have that.
Yikes, I can't maintain this sarcasm. I just feel disappointed with how Book 1 could have been turned into something amazing so easily. All the ingredients were there, and Bryke chose to serve up contrived porridge.
>>1936741
Saved.
>>1937015
>that image
I would have thought that Asami would be the clingy one, but okay.
>>1936795
>That entire Korra physique
HNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
>>1937033
>I would have thought that Asami would be the clingy one
They share clinging duties.
>>1936934
>A Second Glance
I feel like this one had been ruined by the amount of kinky sex author decided to add.
With the first two "books", it wasn't that difficult to imagine that something like that might have happened off-screen. Then suddenly it's book 3 and Korra and Asami are fucking in every room on the airship. Kind of ruins the immersion.
>>1937100
I understand that. I think there's author appeal involved. I imagine the author had those sex scenes in mind from before they even began writing.
The irony is those scenes feel less intimate and important than describing a kiss or holding hands. Maybe I'm just an old prude, but if the scene accomplishes nothing beyond the pornographic, it's okay to fade to black.
>>1936794
>Counterpoint: Asami is probably the smartest and most put together of the main and supporting cast
>Asami
That's not Mako, Jinora, or Varrick
>>1937113
>The irony is those scenes feel less intimate and important than describing a kiss or holding hands. Maybe I'm just an old prude, but if the scene accomplishes nothing beyond the pornographic, it's okay to fade to black.
When the author's Book 1 had the two of them touching each other before the counterattack leading to the finale I was smiling so hard. But like you said, not feeling much of anything with all the rampant sex here and there in the Book 3 "behind the scenes."
>>1937033
Turtleduck boat ride shows they can switch on the fly.
>>1936934
The usual suspects. I was hoping for different new stories to read and being surprised by the quality. I guess I'll just have to brave the new fics and find gems.
Also I recommend this pirate one, it seems to be building to something big: http://archiveofourown.org/works/4241964/chapters/9598089
(Nothing triggering except maybe a tattoo or two but it would make sense in this setting, also I approve of this version of Jinora that we get.)
>>1937163
>Mako
Completely retreated from relationships after Korra had enough of his shit. Korra was over it in two weeks. Mako was still obsessing three years later.
>Jinora
Spiritual leader who is less patient than her hyperactive little sister. Has a boyfriend in Canada she spends all day talking to on Spirit Skype. Put up less of a fight against possessed vines than a tourist with a stick.
>Varrick
Wut.
>>1937172
>Turtleduck boat ride shows they can switch on the fly.
But muh feudal lord!
>The usual suspects. I was hoping for different new stories to read and being surprised by the quality.
Sorry. I assumed you were new to the thread and just asking for a recommendation. I've actually quite the backlog to get through. Shouldn't take too long, what with most fics betraying their sixteen-year-old tumblrina origins within a few hundred words.
>>1937183
>what with most fics betraying their sixteen-year-old tumblrina origins within a few hundred words
I'd love to see a list of absolutely horrible fics. Unintentionally horrible, not "hurr durr i dunno how 2 write XDDDDD". I think the only one I remember was... something something Book 5? The one that got over 100k words in just a few days.
>>1937185
>I think the only one I remember was... something something Book 5? The one that got over 100k words in just a few days.
Oh, THAT one. I couldn't bear to read it. Not after /u/'s description.
Thing is, I do understand that there are people that enjoy horrible, horrible fics (just like movies). I get the appeal of unintentional comedy and cringe. What I find more disappointing are mediocre fics; whether they be bursting with uncreative prose, insipid dialogue, wish-fulfilment, fanon; these are the ones that can't even be enjoyed ironically.
Plus they usually take a few hundred more words to suss out than plain dross.
>>1936352
>I watched all 4 seasons with yuri goggles on, but until the very last scene there was literally nothing /u/ in the show at all?
Are you sure? Literally no /u/ in the show at all?
>>1937190
>What I find more disappointing are mediocre fics
I feel you, sis.
What is even more disappointing are fics that started out good but then rapidly got worse. You can usually see that the author is a newbie, tends to use purple prose a lot or exaggerates things in the first couple of chapters. What worse is when the author just loses their way after writing for a while. Or misjudges the reason why people find their fic good; that's how a lot of authors accidentally ruing the atmosphere/feel of the setting, like the aforementioned "Second Glance".
>>1937198
>What is even more disappointing are fics that started out good but then rapidly got worse
Yes, the author has a great idea and is propelled by this momentum to begin what seems like a potentially fine story. And then the momentum fizzles out.
>What worse is when the author just loses their way after writing for a while.
Or this. They don't plan their story ahead, or write themselves into a corner. It'll happen to most people starting out.
>Or misjudges the reason why people find their fic good; that's how a lot of authors accidentally ruing the atmosphere/feel of the setting, like the aforementioned "Second Glance".
I'll defend it despite it bordering on this type of fic. Like I said, I think the porn is purely for the author's benefit. Second, if there was ever a time to indulge in gratuitous shit like that, it was during the airship tour of the EK, so at least it was placed in the right part of the story.
Now, I'll immediately bitch about how the story has fanon Asami up the ass, and pointlessly de-aged Korra, making Asami seem even more school marmish. Plus, it has more triggers than LoK /u/'s gun collection.
I still need to read its Book Four to give a full opinion.
>>1937211
>Like I said, I think the porn is purely for the author's benefit. Second, if there was ever a time to indulge in gratuitous shit like that, it was during the airship tour of the EK, so at least it was placed in the right part of the story.
But here's the thing, the whole premise of the story was that it supposedly described the events that occurred off-screen and/or in-between episodes. And up until Book 3, you could, with some voluntarily suspension of your disbelief, pretend that it really happened. But then something happens that no voluntarily suspension of disbelief is going to withstand, and you find yourself halfway through the fic, too far gone to just drop it but no longer immersed in the story. At least, that's what happened to me.
I understand what the author was trying to do, I just wish they didn't do it.Speaking of, I also remember a fic with a similar premise that had a sudden magic impregnation at the end of Book 3. Now that one I never regretted dropping.
>>1937215
>voluntarily
Goddammit, autocorrect, I meant "voluntary".
Someone asked in the last thread if there was any more of this, and said that they couldn't find the commissioner of the piece anywhere on tumblr. Turns out, they're on reddit, and are planning a continuation for the anniversary.
>>1937215
>But here's the thing, the whole premise of the story was that it supposedly described the events that occurred off-screen and/or in-between episodes.
I was thinking of that, and wondering if the author would have written scene after scene of Makorra fucking if they had decided to cover the six month gap.
>At least, that's what happened to me.
I understand what the author was trying to do, I just wish they didn't do it.
Perhaps it was based on personal experience, perhaps that really is their interpretation of the canon. Perhaps they think stuff like this did happen in canon but was hidden behind the Y7 rating? Because the teen cast in this have sex like you'd imagine modern teens might; not like you'd imagine Korra and Asami would.
>spoiler
Wow. That sounds egregious.
Spirit baby shenanigans should be reserved for farce and little else.
>>1937215
>spoiler
So, neechans.
If I were to stream on the anniversary, would that interest anyone?
>>1937683
>>1937684
>>1936487
>>1936489
From south america, we hug, hold hands, and kiss friends on cheek when saluting or saying goodbye, even male friends. And even between males they do it as well (though a strong hug is more accepted between them). I didnt see shit.
However THIS scene was the "wait a minute" scene for me as well. Not because of the hand holding, but because of the special frame and seconds the hold took. When a director does this kind of stuff it always means it is or will be important to the story.
>>1937696
>When a director does this kind of stuff it always means it is or will be important to the story.
This. Especially in drawn animation, where every frame is important.
>>1937696
>>1937701
As mentioned here >>1936657 Bryan has gone into detail about how carefully he frames moments like this. We're clearly meant to notice the increased physical intimacy. After that point at the end of Book 3, moments where they touch - beyond the Reunion hug - become casual enough that they don't warrant special framing.
Like Korra helping Asami onto the train, or across the carriages. Or leaping from the rain, and even the big gay hug.
Or look at this moment. Rather than mirroring Asami's hand position - left hand grasping the cup, right hand flat and supporting it (which is how you're meant to take it) - Korra clasps both her hands around Asami's to take the tea.
Go try that with someone and see how they react. It's a more intimate gesture than you'd think. But it's treated as completely natural between them, and not worth the special focus it had been a season before.
>>1936795
>>1936352
>As somebody who just finished watching LoK last night, did I miss something or was the extent of the /u/ material literally confined to the last 10 seconds of the show?
>Like, I watched all 4 seasons with yuri goggles on, but until the very last scene there was literally nothing /u/ in the show at all? To the extent that the last 10 seconds seemed rather out of character?
Just have a look here: http://avatar-dacia.tumblr.com/post/106377125369/just-the-two-of-us-sounds-perfect-came-out
>>1937683
Why dose Asami have a gap?
>>1937738
Just a basil leaf stuck in her teeth. Korra helpfully removes it.
>>1937664
It's been a while since I rewatched any LoK, so sure, I'd try and make it.
>>1937738
Korra had to teach the bitch a lesson.
>>1937759
A feudal lord's gotta let a handmaiden know where she stands, amirite?
>>1936284
>post more hand holding
Who am I to say no?
Asami's makeup is disgusting.
>>1937904
Mate, you're gonna need better bait than that.
>>1937905
>implying
Seriously it's fug.
>>1937726
Fucking Adam Warren fish lips.
>>1937917
:^)
When is the comic coming out ....
>>1937726
Still looking forward where this is going. I love that Asami seems to be horny as fuck here.
>>1937726
Knowing Doxy, I sure hope Korra's talking about her muscles there.
>>1937938
>When is the comic coming out ....
Autumn 2016.
>>1937972
Hell, I'd read it even if it was futa. But doesn't look like it because we'd see the shlong in the second page then.
>>1937990
She used her towel to wipe across the camera lens because she breathed on it.
>>1937994
Oh.
I knew that.
>Fanon Korra stutters into battle!
>>1937972
wassa matter, afraid of a little girlcock?
Once again the Avatar comics give me nothing.
>>1938047
>Fanon
You will regret your words and deeds.
>>1938080
How so?
>>1938116
I wanted someMai/Ty Lee.
>>1938139
For what purpose?
>>1938140
To hurt me... ;_;
>>1938154
Don't cry Azula, I'm sure you'll get your acrobat.
>>1938157
Yeah... in chains. Believe it or not, I don't think she wants that. Just someone how genuinely loves her.
But that 'ant Ty Lee no more... Thanks Yang.
>>1938161
Old flames can be rekindled.
>>1936685
Non-benders gotta look out for each other. Also, dat filename.
I don't believe for a second that masked woman is Azula. The last time we saw Azula was a raiving lunatic and that masked chick that shot lightning had it way too together.
>>1938161
Ty Lee's just in deep cover.
>>1938186
She was a raving lunatic in the forest with that mother of faces bitch in it.
If that doesn't sound like a recipe for weird shit happening, i don't know what is.
>>1938195
But those masked freaks were around even before Azula got out of the looney bin.
Besides, perfect way to showcase other people using lightning to set up for it to become more common in Korra.
>>1938199
I suppose.
I'm still of the camp that believes that making it common was stupid.
Aww shit, Ursa got burned hard by Kiyi
http://41.media.tumblr.com/25d3a504ed244c20037c8117a352171d/tumblr_nzh65k8b001rfuw7ao7_1280.jpg
>>1938203
Her skill at raising girls is truly astonishing.
>>1938205
Friendly reminder that this is the great mother we thought Ursa was. If I ever meet Yang, I'm going to slap his shit.
>>1938203
I love Kiyi. I really want her and Azula to bond over this.
>>1938212
bond or "bond"?
>>1938219
Both. It's traditional.
>>1938220
Fucking royalty.
>the only time I see Zuko actually be relaxed these days is everytime he talks with Suki
This is getting ridiculous.
>>1938186
It's obviously some new girl. She'll explain anyone can lightning bend, and that's why people can lightning bend in Legend of Korra.
