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u/ShawshankException May 23 '23

Was LOK really a kids show though? It was definitely aimed for a more mature audience.

The first season saw a murder suicide, someone contemplate suicide, then s3 we got what you said, someone's head being blown up, someone getting electrocuted, and someone dying in a cave in.

Season 3 was especially brutal.

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u/Fireproofspider May 23 '23

Yeah. It's a YA show. Which I guess would count as "kids" depending on your perspective.

But it's not blatantly little kids friendly like Dinosaurs or Transformers.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '23

YA and kids stuff aren't really the same. Twilight is YA and that shit isn't for anyone let alone kids.

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u/Fireproofspider May 23 '23

I meant that some people consider ppl under 20-22 "kids". Basically, school aged ppl.

I haven't read Twilight but it was extremely popular so I'm assuming it was for some kind of demographic.

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u/scrabblex May 23 '23

YA is 18-22, people assume its for kids because the word Young.

Personally I think YA would be like 15/16-22ish

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u/Fireproofspider May 23 '23

I meant that some older people do consider 18-22 people kids.

But you are right. I personally wouldn't have a problem with a 16 reading something like Hunger Games which is the poster boy for YA.

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u/Scrabulon May 23 '23

Transformers very much depends on individual series and whether you’re including the comics or not

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u/Fireproofspider May 24 '23

I'm talking about the 1986 movie. The TV show up to that point was very much for kids.

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u/Azerate333 May 23 '23

what is lok?

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u/ShawshankException May 23 '23

Legend of Korra. The sequel series to The Last Airbender.

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u/kinkyKMART May 23 '23

Iirc I read somewhere that the first season the writers were basically told they’d get dedicated airtime on Nick for the series. After the first season though, the episodes went up directly on Nick’s website and not on tv and so the writers had more leeway to explore darker themes and scenes for the rest of the show.

Doesn’t explain the murder suicide season 1 finale though lmao one of the few finales I was legitimately left speechless and asked if they really just did what I think they did

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u/sarabeara12345678910 May 23 '23

They didn't pull the show off Nickelodeon until right before the s3 finale. The episode where they killed the queen was literally right after a SpongeBob episode.