#imagine Amon taking out the red lotus because they were getting in his way

[dont-blame-it-on-the-kids]

Sometimes I think about what LoK could have been had they known they had more seasons from the start. Amon would have been the perfect over arching series bad guy.

They could have really spent more time with Korra struggling with not being able to air bend. And what that means for her, how her spirit got so troubled she can’t connect to the other avatars.

Season two could have never happened

Instead it could have been about her connecting to her avatar spirit and we could still get the whole origin story but without destroying every Avatar before her because ??? Who thought that was even remotely the right move??

In season three we could have more of Lin’s story maybe even got to see her and Su’s fathers.

We could have seen and explored so much more than the ham fisted endings and showing characters give and grow so much only to be cut off at the knees for the plot to progress somewhere else.

We could have seen Suki and Sokka. We could have seen more of Aang and fuck it even more of the Gaang jr as kids. I don’t think we got to see young Bumi Kya and tenzin other than the photo.

I just wish they had the time to detail out this wonderful world they set up with AtLA

Just Imagine a Legend of Korra where they actually planned things out properly and allowed the seasons to work together instead of trying to make a Grande Finale every season.

[potatoesandsunshine]

ok, my first time watching legend of korra continues! i’m up to episode 5 of season 2, a season that seems designed to Take My Questions About The World And Exacerbate Them. 

i still really like the characters - the rest of season 1 really cemented my attachment to them - even when i have some things i could like more about them. the first four episodes of s2 said “you will see asami approximately Once” and i said “no” and then they said “yeah.” i do continue to Struggle with the setting. and the rules. and the world? i have a couple issues and a couple questions. i have Thoughts. it’s like this: 

 republic city abolished the council system and elected a president in the six months between season 1 and season 2 and that’s just? given to me in one sentence in the intro? i love the radio recaps but did say “what the fuck?”

imagine if they’d shown me a campaign…. the steps that led to this change in government… propaganda… radio debates… i dream of it… my favorite parts of season one were honestly the open political maneuvers going on. taarlok i hated you but i miss you my dude. if he was still around taarlok would be president and i’m right, he knew How To Play The Game better than anyone else.

future industries invented cars and invented planes but has lost so much reputation from their equalist ties that they’re on the verge of bankrupt? listen, they invented cars. people are still buying cars. i don’t - they don’t seem to have competitors. maybe they do? maybe other people are making the cars people are buying? i don’t know. anyway

ok this one isn’t about the world but korra did say “i beat amon” and like, from what i remember taarlok actually did that part so uh. 

she did learn how to heal people’s bending though so that was awesome, thank you korra we love to see it

on a similar note - i say this with love - if i’m korra and i spent all of the beginning of season one being manipulated by a politician. i would be a little more wary of unalaq. listen, i get that he’s your uncle. i get that you’re a little sheltered. but we spent so much of season one seeing korra grow and try to take control of her own place as both a political figure and just, as a person, and for her to instantly get manipulated again is A Lot For Me To Take.

keep in mind that i just finished civil war(s?) part 2 so he probably does more stuff that’s bad but. just. as soon as he said the south had “lost its way” you knew the north was gonna invade. you knew they would. maybe that’s just as an audience member - if my uncle showed up and could help fight spirits and i was an avatar famously not in touch with her spiritual side i too would have stars in my eyes - but he just. everything he says is a red flag. 

and then he Does The Damn Thing and invades the southern water tribe; blockades, soldiers in the streets, apparently deposes the chief? maybe i misunderstood that line but when the meeting is happening in korra’s parents’ house i think someone said that. and korra’s just like, “yeah, this is good. he’s a good guy actually.” maybe i don’t give unalaq enough credit as a manipulator but he’s So Clearly A Villain that i don’t know why korra doesn’t see it for so long. her instincts were good enough to pick up on asami’s dad in season one why does she not detect her uncle’s bad vibes

you know what i did like to see? the super corrupt judge that got brought in for the trial. now that’s calling back to some of the themes of season one. anything that actually deals with Power In The World is so fascinating to me. i just have to wade through mako being a cop to get to it.

also, he’s talking about making detective but did fully leave the city to go to the south pole with his girlfriend? whatever, i guess it’s about who you know 

also i love the interpersonal drama between the kya-bumi-tenzin siblings. now that was compelling. 

and. baby… baby sky bison…… 

this post is way longer than i meant it to be but i do want to say that it Shocks me that they’re being sent to get United (unified??) Forces backup for the south pole when they essentially did fuck-all to amon’s guys. i’m supposed to believe that they’re powerful i think but all they showed me in season one was that they were easily defeated (to be fair. no one had ever had to fight planes before i guess) and that young iroh didn’t give a shit about the rest of the fleet and fully abandoned it to go gallivanting with the avatar and her friends

maybe i’m being a little harsh on him but like. i don’t know why i’m supposed to care about the united (unified? not sure about the name) forces

“hey we’re having a problem where the northern water tribe is invading, go get help from the new president and the unified forces (now i’m coming around on unified), neither of whom are From Here” is WILD to me. korra, just fight the war. aang fought in a war and it seems like it worked out. you know kyoshi was fighting in wars. 

kyoshi would’ve stopped this in like 10 seconds but that’s not the point ANYWAY

the idea that there’s just some kind of Neutral Army sitting around is so absurd to me… like… what is that. what is that. i hate this. there’s no such thing as a neutral military. its very existence has an agenda.

i feel nothing for this faction

what would be cool is if they made it a condition that they would help the southern water tribe only if the southern water tribe then joined their territory and government, having to choose between being annexed by the northern water tribe or the republic faction, or choosing to continue to fight for their independence and autonomy. i will not hold out hope for this layer of conflict

korra’s dad being manipulated into his banishment honestly made the plot feel toothless to me. i don’t really know how to say it but. i liked him more when he was someone who honestly just fucked up big-time and had to live with the consequences.

that it Wasn’t His Fault makes me feel a whole lot of nothing, which is too bad.

but also if you’re gonna have possibly rebellious meetings in your house you can not have korra there since she’s just gonna go openly name you and your conspirators to the guy you’re conspiring against, apparently (see point: it feels like korra should be more conscious of the Politics following season one. i love her but please. please. korra please. think before you do things. please.)

all this to say, i’m gonna keep watching but the show kinda isn’t giving me anything to sink my teeth into. are all problems the result of some unseen Big Bad manipulating things? because that’s Not Interesting to me, i’m sorry

i think i would feel different if korra had gotten to grow up in the southern water tribe? like i get that she’s from there but it seems like she got taken away to be in the care of the white lotus away from everybody. it doesn’t feel like it’s her home being invaded, just a place that she feels some connection to? not sure if that makes sense. southern water tribe i care about u

anyway i just complained for about a billion words but the show did give me baby sky bison, I Would Die For Blueberry Spicehead. that is all.