❝
My old friend, the Avatar. It's been a long time...
You've come to me... with a new face.❞
It would be a HUGE waste to not have Koh in book named “Spirits”.
Also Korra is so freakishly similar to Kuruk, Koh would have so much fun with comparing the two.
Now that I think of it… Koh should totally steal Mako’s face! Who’s with me?
Yeah, she’s a natural at it.
See, THIS scene (and this episode) were awesome because they were great at setting up the idea that people learn in different ways; it also showed plainly that Korra does not have the mindset needed for proper airbending. Yet she was able to do fine in learning probending, which was about force and fighting and aggression. It was all consistent and logical and by the end of the episode, she actually APPLIED something she had learned, and both her and Tenzin apologized to each other for their mistakes, and it was all just brilliant — theming via symbolism/metaphor, character development, application of theming/’lesson’, reflection, and rounded interactions where no one looks like the ‘bad guy’ or ‘good guy’ but everyone’s just human.
THIS was brilliant, this was good stuff. Loved it, still do.
The finale? Not so much. The finale flopped where LoK’s opening episodes excelled.
Here’s hoping season 2 will have a more balanced setup with more episodes like this one.
Bolded for emphasis.
Agreed with all things above, except for having hope in second season.
LoK lost me by screwing up royally with the finale… and almost the whole second half of the first season, for that matter. I don’t identify as a fan anymore.
SUBMISSION: you-are-bolin
One thing that artists can’t seem to get is how spandex/tight material + boobs actually works. Unless you have small boobs, the spandex will not perfectly conform to the shape of the breast. It creates a flat area between the boobs. You have to literally vacuum-seal the costume to get that effect, which is what they had to do to Michelle Pfeiffer. She said it was extremely uncomfortable and she was only allowed to wear it for a few hours at a time.
I hate to bring up LoK again, but this submission more accurately conveys what I was trying to say a few days ago- in terms of the physical portrayal of women, the series does it right.
-Satya
Despite all of the fuckups of LoK, I can’t really fault character design much at all.
^ THIS
primus-pilus asked boobsdontworkthatway:Who do you consider a good female hero? Who is constantly portrayed doing it right?The thing about a lot of comic heroes and heroines is that they have a history and a legacy, with many different authors and writers working on them at different time periods. So a lot of heroines have taken positive and negative turns throughout their histories.
But as for who is consistently and constantly “doing it right”, I always love to point to Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: The Legend of Korra. Both shows are absolutely incredible about breaking out of negative tropes. Positive character representations include Katara, Toph, Lin, Korra, Asami… basically any female character in the shows. I can rant about it for ages, but the show is amazing at creating characters that are dynamic, realistic, inspiring, and rarely if ever tropic or sexist. The fact that they do this within a children’s show is just incredible.
And DAMN can these ladies fight.-Satya
A big YES to Avatar: The Last Airbender, a big NO to The Legend of Korra, at least when it comes to characterization.
Both shows have admirably excessive female cast (as in, no Smurfette Principle) and pretty much all female characters are as active and significant to the plot as male ones, but… AtLA did it consistently right, while LoK left anything resembling character development halfway through season one.
As one of the commenters summarizes it:
birdbrainblue said: tbh, Korra and Asami are great in theory but a lot of their development gets shafted by terrible romance drama
Plus Korra, despite having lots of potential, ends up as Mary Sue with deus ex machina forced plot resolution.
Granted, DiMartino and Konietzko even at height of their poor choices stay gender-blind. Korra and Asami are just as underdeveloped as their (boy)friends.
Oh, also, as it’s reblog from boobsdontworkthatway, let’s adress that:
Both Avatar shows have utmost respect to female body. There’s no gratuitous ”sexiness” as ‘cost’ of having many women in the series. I can’t think of a single cleavage shown either (feel free to correct me on that one). Sex appeal comes from personality and well-done designs, not visual shortcuts for arousal (which is not intended in a kids show, after all).
# the gaang was awesome # they were much closer # because they were like aang’s family # even when they had their differences # they all came together as a team and family # whereas korra’s ‘krew # had romantic issues # and are facing a love square
Reblogging with all the original tags, because they tell it all.
A love square is so shallow reason to bond heroes together, especially when character development is totally put aside for the whole second part of the season :-/
AtLA would be superior to tLoK even for this one reason only. But there are many, many more, unfortunately.
is this the wrong way to celebrate Mako Appreciation Day or
Nope, I thinking you’re doing it right.
This is a Mako Hate Zone
I for one don’t see what there is to celebrate or appreciate. other than his face. that’s the only thing he has going for him is his face. sadly his face can’t magically wash away what he’s done to everyone.
Probably too late, but had to reblog.
Fans are allowed to favor whoever they wish, even if the character is supposed to be a straight-up dick (Tahno) or is mistakenly written as a dick (Mako).
They’re certainly not allowed to force other fans to change their opposite opinions on such characters, even for a day,
But if all she loves about herself is her bending and not anything else …
Sometimes I just feel like I’m watching an entirely different show from everyone else. *sighs*
I don’t get how Mike/Bryan can say that your abilities should determine your self worth and that if you lose them you aren’t/shouldn’t love yourself anymore.
Really, it would’ve been wonderful if Korra had cried herself out and then thought- hey, but I’m still the Avatar. I can still help people. And then maybe they cut to a few months later and they show her meditating and understanding herself and helping people and then she meets Aang and restores bending if that had to happen. :-/
I agree. I wish they could’ve shown that people are more than their bending, especially since her rash actions have hinged on her being able to throw power around.
Bryke
just
omg.
what. the. hell.
That is a terrible way to view people. I’m not one to say this usually…but, Bryke? Your privilege is showing.
You wanna know why Aang was fucking amazing? Because the Avatar was NOT the entirety of his identity. He knew that he was a very wise, very kind, very talented, very charming, and very knowledgable kid. Thats who he was as a person and he had that confidence without the title of Avatar at his helm, and it made him so easy to love. He didn’t even want to be the Avatar half of the time.
I now see why Korra was held in a compound for all her life instead of being given a chance to obtain a social life and begin her training at 16 like she was supposed to. Not for any actual socio-political reasons in the Avatar Universe, or because Aang thought carefully about the place of the Avatar in the world and thought she’d be better off cooped up. Why would Aang, who got so much of his world view and experience from traveling all over and making so many dear friends from each corner of the globe, come to that decision logically?
He wouldn’t. Korra was cooped up in a compound so Bryke could play out this really sick situation of taking someones identity from them. A shallow, unhealthy identity that Korra should have fought, and in return developed into her own person. But Bryke doens’t even see it as unhealthy or flawed. They rooted for it and took solace in it. Thats really…disheartening. They don’t see any issue in Korra’s actions, nor her inability to learn. They truly feel like the love you have for yourself should ultimately be decided by your abilities, and if you lose those abilities you don’t have a reason to live anymore, or to love yourself, and you’re incapable of being able to return any love you get. Even if the theme was failure, and the degredation of her heritage, she shouldn’t lose all hope out of these.
Its apparent that Bryke not only has lots of issues with general storytelling and owning up to their privileges, but have bad concepts of general relationships and they should probably take a step back and realize how destructive their being by thinking this is okay.
/incoherent rant
Reblogging for the beautiful commentary.
Honestly, you guys are pumping out beautiful observations.
The Legend of Korra Randomness | What Really Happened #1 by UltimateDBZFan2000
Watch the original video! Thanks to UltimateDBZFan2000 for giving me permission to gif this.
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http://www.ultimachu.tumblr.comYou know this should have happened and Aang would have done this.
I wish this was canon rather than this Deus Ex Machina “I have ALL the powers now!” deal.
With all the SDCC hullabaloo going around, here’s a distinction I’d like to make.
Fan entitlement and criticism are two very different things. The former is selfish, immature, and disrespectful to the creators. The latter is a mature, reasonable, and respectful response to a work of fiction.
Fan entitlement: “I dislike Mako/Makorra because he/it got in the way of my preferred ship.”
Valid criticism: “I dislike Mako/Makorra because I was disappointed with the way his character was portrayed/the way the romance was developed.”
Fan entitlement: “I think Tahno should come back because he’s a popular character and my personal favorite.”
Valid criticism: “I think Tahno should come back because he has great potential for character development and I think he would be a fun/interesting addition to the group dynamic.”
Can we please stop assuming that someone is being disrespectful when they voice valid criticisms?Please?
(I’m still kinda processing my thoughts/feelings about all the new info revealed today. There’s more to take in than I expected! One thing’s for sure: I’m really excited about Book 2’s focus on the Spirit World.)
THIS^
I thought this post will look best as a follow-up to the previous reblog
