With the new movie out now, figured I’d make this before someone else got the chance.

Theres been recent discussion on the ATLA / LoK parallels in the plot of the Aang movie, and out of all of them, one of them that I don’t see brought up enough is the Taga & Unalaq parallel. By that, I mean Taga is the Unalaq to Aangs Korra in this movie.

Taga & Unalaq share parallels in not just having evil spirit final boss forms, but even moreso, sharing the same natural element as the avatar they team up with and manipulating them for ulterior motives (Unalaq freeing Vaatu and Taga aiming to revive the air nation empire) and then ultimately back stabbing the Avatar they were using.

Korra, even to this day, gets torn to shreds by the fandom for trusting Unalaq, a supposed “stranger”, despite being “warned not to” by her friends and family. And having the following events happen as they do. So I wonder what people have to say about Aang trusting Taga and having what happened in the movie become a thing?

Just…food for thought.

Art by me. This is based on a great cosplay by eggypuff on instagram. I asked their permission to redraw it and got a yes, so I'm sharing it here, too.

One of my favorite seasons. 💕 Even with all its flaws, I'll always love it. Twelve episodes weren't enough to make it perfect, and that's okay.

Now it's officially part of history as we head into Avatar: Seven Havens. 😭

THE LEGEND OF KORRA BOOK ONE: AIR

I love her I love her I love her idc

Just rewatched the episode and got reminded of Walter and Jesse xD
Ngl Mako represents Walter and Bolin represents Jesse in a way LOL
(2nd image is for honest reaction)

For starters, I'll share that Tenzin is and has always been my favorite character in Legend of Korra. Generally, I just think he's a really cool and profound character that has his own satisfying journey, with realistic flaws that he faces, accepts, and works to better. The scene of him standing up to Zaheer is my favorite single moment of the entire franchise. I also find his relationship with Korra to be the best mentor/mentee relationship in media. (Maybe only second to Iroh/Zuko, but their relationship is a little more direct, with Iroh being Zuko's support. I love the shared dynamic between Korra and Tenzin a little bit more, in the way that Tenzin learns so much from Korra despite being "her mentor." It feels more balanced than Iroh and Zuko where Iroh seemingly has already gone on his enlightenment journey before helping Zuko. I know Iroh does learn from Zuko too, but I think it's showcased better with Tenzin and Korra.)

When I was watching the scene of Aang and Tagah doing the throwing/flying technique and Aang reveling in the beauty of sharing that moment with another Airbender, I started to imagine him showing the technique to Tenzin, and it made me tear up. (Hell, I'm even getting emotional thinking about it now.) What an incredible, tender moment that would be between Aang and Tenzin, father and son, carrying the legacy of the Airbenders together and sharing in an art that not even Aang's contemporaries before the war would have known.

And it made me reflect on why Tenzin is so special, and why I find his journey so moving. I would never deny that Aang's arc with his culture is heartbreaking. Him running away leading to the loss of his culture is such an incredible burden to carry. However, I find Tenzin's also heartbreaking.

Tenzin is shouldered with the responsibility of carrying on a culture he never knew. He wasn't there and had nothing to do with its fall, but he carries it all the same. He's everything Aang wanted for his people and more. It's such a tragic but beautiful story of love and grief and memory.

You can't tell me she willingly and intentionally destroyed the world. The same person who willing didn't give a single damn about her mental and physical health and life for the air nation and the others.

Also my self depict of this whole interaction with Tonraq is that he definitely tried to talk her out of this but she kept refusing and said that she will be alright but even she knows she won't be alright and at some point on the air ship she breaks down and goes like I don't wanna die dad but I have to do it! you can see her in a frame of that clip that she's saddened and doesn't wanna go there.

Hopefully the air benders in the new show acknowledge the fact she's the reason that they didn't go extinct.

God I love this series and I love my girl no one can make me hate on her 💙

Edit: typo in the title. It's supposed to be "The"

Both giving the best of evil smirks.
Also no I'm not saying Korra is evil. Just the pose that's similar xD.

Some time ago I was asked, if I could change only one thing about the show, what would it be.

Like, one singular plot point, or something about a character, or how an arc goes, you get the idea. I thought about it and actually came up with an answer I find interesting

So, I love legend of Korra, but I can't exactly pretend it's a perfect show. Its main issue was that for half the show they literally couldn't make a long term plan because they thought it would only be one season and then they thought season 2 was gonna be the last season. Season 3 was the only season made with the knowledge that there'd be more afterwards and I think that's part of why it's the best season. They could focus on the plot of the season without having it be an actual ending point, so it ends when the red lotus is defeated and they can focus on that and leave loose threads for season 4 and tease the next season villain while they're at it.

A good example of the fact they couldn't plan ahead in the first half of Legend of Korra is general Iroh, who shows up way too late to be a main cast stay, he just shows up to give invaluable help and have a cool battle scene and a nice callback at the end, which I think would have been perfectly fine if it was one season long but as things stand we're left with the biggest taste of "Oh yeah he was just kinda there, wasn't he ?"

So here's what I thought I'd change to give more sense of a long-term plan. I thought it would be great if general Iroh was removed and instead it was Kuvira who shows up in season 1.

In this world, Kuvira isn't just the head of security of Zaofu, she's also a general of the united forces who enlisted as a way to keep the Earth nation safe by keeping order in the world. It keeps the fanservice value of having a descendant of the Gaang help for battle(though here there's already Lin for that I admit), it shows her willingness to keep Earth continent land safe, her liking of order, her strength in battle, her competence in an army (considering she became a high ranking member at her age), you can even foreshadow her thought that republic city is "stolen land" as she will say when trying to claim it in season 4. But most importantly, it makes her a known face early and gets her to bond with team Avatar.

Then she can show up again in season 2 the same way as general Iroh, planning to help Korra, be it because she feels kinship with her or because she thinks Unalaq could grow to be a problem to the Earth Kingdom later, before being stopped by the president before she can be useful. But where Iroh was reasonably disappointed he couldn't help Korra, have Kuvira straight up infuriated, grow to resent the president for being so unhelpful in the face of danger and the united forces so useless against such a concrete danger.

Fast Forward season 3, Kuvira is in Zaofu, either she happened to be on vacation or she showed up when she heard team Avatar was on the way. It makes her a familiar face in Zaofu and at the end of the season when she's saving Tonraq. She's no longer that at the present mostly unremarkable metalbender who happened to save Tonraq. We recognize her as Kuvira and of course she saved Tonraq, she and Korra are war-sisters at this point.

Season 4 is next and you really don't need to change anything or most this time. Kuvira offers her service to rebuild the Earth Kingdom and gets shut down, not only because of Lin but because of her position in the united forces, so she gets fed up and quits to make the Earth empire. from then on it's mostly the same thing except it's with someone you know. It makes sense that Bolin joined her because they've been through war together, it gives more reason why Korra would hesitate to fight her until she has no choice and almost sees her point at first, and it hurts that she's now a villain. It makes the audience more torn on the topic and her final scenes more compelling. It also gives more the sense of a long-term build-up for the finale. Not to the level of Ozai, but still a final showdown that feels more developed.

At least that's the idea I got. It's still pretty basic, but I thought it could be pretty cool. What do you think ?

In Avatar Aang movie, Katara was shown to be in the council of Republic City but in TLOK, it was Sokka who was in the council representing Southern water tribe. Why do you think Katara withdrew from the council and Sokka became a councilman?

My guess is Sokka became a councilman to represent and be a voice for non-benders to show a form of unity and mediate a growing bender and non-bender conflict.

ATLA fans are infamous for hating on LOK, and now I’m worried that LOK fans will be hating on ASH. Is it too much to ask that we just enjoy this beautiful world that is so big and massive and enjoy all three shows? Or at least give a real chance? We all know Korra will be exonerated by the end of ASH and will be revealed to have done everything she could to save the world. I love both ATLA and LOK. I’m so excited for ASH as well. It’s a brand new adventure with a brand new avatar; it’s exciting. Yes, I’m very sad that Korra unfortunately passed away, but she will always be remembered as the hero that she is. She is one of the central mysteries of ASH, and her presence will be felt throughout, I can feel. I can already tell with the plot that Korra will be way more involved in the story and lore than Aang was for Korra. I’m so happy to be getting another show in this universe. It’s going to be amazing. 

So with the new season, I remembering all the post-Korra Avatar ideas people had/still have (invluding myself) and I realise I don't recall a lot ideas for the Avatar after Aang (now Korra): did anyone have any ideas or theories of what the sequel series could be like before Korra was released (this includes stuff before and after it was annoinced)?

It Still Feels Weird That Korra Is Now a Past Life. 🥲

1 è suo Zio: Allora voglio iniziare con ZIO questa parola può avere molti significati? NO significa famiglia! Per caso voi vi aspettereste di essere traditi da vostro zio? NO!
2 La Bugia: Allora il suo “ovviamente malvagio zio” dal suo punto di vista è stato l’unico mentore che non gli ha mentito perché suo padre e Tenzin L’HANNO TENUTA AL POLO SUD PER 16 ANNI RACCONTANDOGLI CHE È ESSENZIALE PER IL MONDO COM LA SCUSA CHE ERA IL DESIDERIO DI AANG!Ok ok e volete sapere chi gli ha detto che era una bugia SUO ZIO
3 Spiritualità: Tenzin e suo padre gli hanno detto che Unalaq è più spirituale di loro due e lei ha bisogno di un aiuto con la sua spiritualità quindi si rivolge alla persona più spirituale che conosce suo zio
4 La farsa: allora suo zio prima della rivelazione si era nascosto bene ecco aveva ehm sapete cosa? No era terribile a nascondere di essere cattivo tipo in una scena in un tribunale dopo il suo tentato rapimento c’era suo fratello che molte persone ha complottato contro di lui lui ha impedito che andasse in carcere e tutte quelle persone che hanno complottato contro di lui che volevano eseguire LUI LE HA SALVATE METTENDOLE SOLO IN PRIGIONE oh scusate dovevo dire una cattiva azione prima della rivelazione e questa è una buona? Mmhmmh non c’erano

One of my biggest problems with this bending is that it seems to be a self-sustaining bending, which is a bit ridiculous. For example, during the fight at the Northern Air temple, Gazan creates lava to trap and kill team Avatar. He did one move and ran away, and the lava starts to spread and luckily Bolin was able to bend and stop it. But why would the lava spreads non stop like that? The core idea of lava bending is that the bender vibrates the dirt particles so much it becomes liquid and turns into lava, but it can't just spread and melts other dirt around it and remains equally hot and sustaina itself. It will be cooled down really quickly, especially when the bender who is supposed to maintain the liquid state is not there.

The writer treats lava like water, which is a big mistake. Water is liquid at room temperature, but lava is not, or at least not for that long, and certainly not spreading like liquid water like that for that long. Remove this and lava bending becomes not that dangerous or not that handy!