#lok lore doesn't exist in this world

[kingwuko]

Since it is a given that movers exist in lok and they probably cast from every region on the world, is it there any actor that makes Wu's tingle? What would be Wu's reaction? Or viceversa for Mako and actor/actress

Ooooh Okay soooo I'm gonna have an Avatar Legends lore dump for this ask. In Avatar Legends, there are a few mover stars mentioned.

From the show we have Bolin and Ginger. From Avatar Legends we have:

Akar (Core Rulebook, Plot Hook "A Worried Groom"): Akar is a mover star from the Northern Water Tribe. He has recently come out as gay and announced his engagement to his long time boyfriend, Jieren. The two of them are planning a large star-studded wedding. Xue (Movers and Shakers, quick start adventure): Xue is the star of the mover "Sengo: Lady of the Wind", a spiritual successor to the Nuktuk movers. She comes from an air acolyte family and was very excited to land the role of the leading lady Sengo, an airbender. Rai Feng, AKA "Breeze" (Movers and Shakers, quick start adventure): Breeze is a stuntworker who is faking being an airbender to gain more fame (his assistant is actually the airbender) Quin Yu (Movers and Shakers, quick start adventure): Quin Yu plays the antagonist of "Sengo". He is actually an opera performer who thinks himself a true artist and thinks movers are beneath him; however he has had to resort to mover work because he's deeply in debt from his lavish lifestyle.

As for what Mako and Wu think of these mover stars? I think Wu definitely gets a little star struck by mover stars in general. I hc that Wu loves going to the movers. I don't doubt he finds some of the actors attractive. None of them are more attractive than Mako though!!! Unfortunately I wouldn't be surprised if, during the time skip between seasons 3 and 4, Wu attended a mover premier and hit on an actress at the afterparty or something. (though we all know he's just trying to hide his feelings for Mako and maybe make Mako jealous)

Mako I think does not get starstruck at all. Bolin is a mover star, and Mako has probably turned off the whole mover production scene in general because Bolin was kind of an arrogant ass about it and Varrick, the creator of movers, framed him after he discovered a clue linking Varrick to the bombing on the mover set. So I think Mako probably doesn't look at movers or mover stars and actors/actresses as being anything special.

I do like the idea of them publicly supporting Akar and Jieren. Desna and Eska were invited (they have been openly supportive of same sex marriages) presumably because Akar is from the norther water tribe. Maybe Wu manages to get an invite for him and Mako too.

[aberooski]

Random yet brilliant GX/Avatar au thoughts I had after rewatching ATLA and watching LOK for the first time:

Idk if I'll ever actually write this but if I did I'd use the Japanese names because obviously they'd fit in better here but for the purposes of my random bullshit and by being my default names I'm still using the dub names in my notes lol

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- Obviously Jaden's the Avatar lol. Avatar Jaden of the Fire Nation (since he's a big fan of red and all 🤭)

- Fire Prince Chazz, Lightningbender ⚡⚡⚡

- Dragons are a thing so Light and Darkness Dragon anyone?? 👀👀

- Atticus is a Waterbender, but Nightshroud is a Bloodbender 👻

- Atty and Lex are prince and princess of the Northern Water Tribe

- Alexis is also a Waterbender but since in the North it's forbidden for women to learn Waterbending except for healing purposes (at least it is in ATLA, clearly that's not the case anymore in LOK since y'know, Eska. But this is my brain I can use whatever lore I want aksksk), Atticus taught her how to Waterbend himself in secret 🤫

- Zane and Syrus are mixed nations like Mako and Bolin, Zane is a Metalbender but Sy is a Waterbender

- Syrus specializes in healing, not combat. I imagine Zane treats him basically like he's a helpless non-bender as a result. But in that mean basically telling him he's useless way that he would, not in a protective brother kind of way. He understands it's a very valuable skill but really wished his brother could fight and fend for himself so he didn't have to be protected all the time.

- Very high concentration of Earth Kingdom squad members lol

- Bastion gives me Earth Kingdom vibes but also I feel like he would be a Waterbender because Water Dragon 🤔 can't decide 🤔

- Jim's Earth Kingdom but a non-bender. I imagine in the equivalent to the accident that lost him his eye as a kid he just went blind. Shirley is his seeing eye Crocogator 🐊 (y'know, since basically all the animals are hybrids 🤭 i know Catgators and Crococats exist but this is funnier and I can make jokes about her totally just being a normal Croc that Jim's passing off as a cross between a Catgator and a Crococat 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭)

- Jim's a mega badass swordsman though even with the blindness. Wouldn't be surprised if he had some Earthbending power lying dormant inside him, like a fossil waiting to be unearthed (no pun intended 🤭), but he's more than content to be a regular human, he doesn't need bending to enjoy his life.

- Hassleberry's 100% an Earthbender. Dude can probably even Lavabend but that's a big maybe. (I mean volcanoes helped kill the dinosaurs and all too so)

- My guy Crowler teaches at the University of Ba Sing Se and if he's a bender he's probably a Metalbender (cuz y'know, Ancient Gears. I am taking their decks somewhat into account here 🤭), probably a member of the White Lotus

- Sheppard's got that Airbending Master status babyyyy, also the current Grand Lotus, just chilling with his non-bending wife Dorothy 😌

- Slade vs. Chazz in a fucking Agni Kai, a la episode 35 !! (🤜🔥 🔥⚡🤛)

- Jaden has a Firebending block similar to Zuko at some point, but because his fire comes from his passion, not hate. In his emo era his passion is gone and he has to find it again and reignite his inner fire!

- Jesse's got those Earth Kingdom green eyes, probably from the Earth Kingdom, but I think he has some Air Nomad heritage in there. He's very connected to his spirituality and the spirit world. Kinda gives me Jinora vibes in that area, he definitely is a very spirit heavy guy. Crystal Beasts, am I right?

- Jesse could've been the Avatar if the cycle wasn't up to fire at the time. (Literally forget any and all timelines none of that matters this isn't a crossover we're talking about. Full au so continuity be damned! All that matters is that the Avatar cycle is now at fire 🔥)

- Axel's Fire Nation I mean c'mon his whole thing is fire aksksk, strong Firebender and probably in the Fire Nation Army too somewhere. A good man though, a very honorable and just guy, not a shitty shitty bad Firebender as is the general consensus in the world about Firebenders most of the time it seems.

- Aster also gives me Water Tribe vibes but like only kinda, he's hard to nail down element wise...... 🤔 he's got the blue eyes so I'm gonna say Water Tribe atm we'll see if my brain agrees with that later. Whether North or South idk, I'm still on the fence about him being a Waterbender but water is my favorite so not gonna complain about making more Waterbenders..... 🤔

- His dad was a non-bender and was 100% killed by a Firebender though. That would cause issues with him and Jaden since Jaden is a Firebender Avatar. Oof there you go, Aster's whole like fucking "you can't hide from destiny" batman era bullshit?? He's going around beating up Firebenders because he doesn't know who exactly killed his father ooooooooo 👀👀👀 (I guess kinda like Katara I guess in a way but also not really I mean she saw the guy who did it, not that she knew exactly who he was without Zuko's help figuring that out but shhhhh remember none of that's important right now 🤫)

- Dark Spirit Yubel ???? 👀👀👀👀👀

- DARK AVATAR SUPREME KING PAST LIFE !?!?!?

- Winged Kuriboh spirit guide 👀👀👀

- oof Adrian as a bad guy Airbender now that's a yikes idea. Sorry Air Nomads, somebody's not a good noodle.

- Chumley once again representing the Earth Kingdom

- Bro not sure about Banner..... so many options.....

- Earth King Kagemaru (bro those guys are almost always shady bitches whether it's the Earth monarch or the Dai Li bro we can NEVER trust the Dai Li)

- y'all Banner is so Earth Kingdom but he's also giving me Fire Nation, like aesthetically and vibes wise he could be either. But also because of his like alchemy background and straight up making a homunculous for himself and shit like that he's also giving me secret Bloodbender I'm literally on so many fences with this guy I can't decide 😭

- Also totally in touch with some spirits and stuff, totally dies and passes into the spirit world to continue existing there like Iroh did so Jaden can talk to him like the ghost we all know and love like another sort of spirit guide and Pharaoh can follow Jaden and crew around afterwords aksksk

- Stormshipping and Spiritshipping all over the damn place! It's me. You knew that was going to be a thing here.

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That's all I got at the moment. Like I said I don't know if I'd ever actually write this, I know I have way too much on my plate right now to even think about this in a more on the table way than this but my brain won't stop so I have to indulge aksksk

Let me know y'alls thoughts if you got any I'm just messing around here really so lord knows 🤭 anyway if I come up with anything else maybe I'll add it later but for now holy shit guys isn't my mind a wild and crazy place??? 😜😂😅

[somebodys-nuisance]

I've always liked the idea of adding some kind of downside to bringing energybending back into the world, but I always thought the consequence should come about more naturally.

Aang goes to the lionturtle and he asks for a way to defeat Ozai without sacrificing his prinicples. Lionturtle basically spells it out (he can talk in this one lol,) saying that is impossible. Aang's like WHAT, come on, there's gotta be something! Lionturtle says oh, no, you can totally defeat him without killing him, but what you asked for was a way to defeat him without sacrifice.

That does not exist.

Aang's like, I'm twelve and I'm confused.

Lionturtle lets him know that, whichever way he chooses, he will have to make a sacrifice, as that is the way of the Avatar. Aang's like, I understand, but this is a life, a human-being, how can he possibly snuff out a life??

Lionturtle asks him if he understands what he told him. Aang's basically like, sure, why not.

So, lionturtle "gives him" energybending. Though, in actuality, he didn't "give him" energybending. He unlocked energybending, which was an ancient Avatar form that, Aang would come to realize, one of his past lives sacrificed quite a lot to have locked away for good.

Aang uses energybending on Ozai and takes away his bending. But, it's about two million times worse than Aang thought. Turning off vending isn't like a lightswitch. It doesn't just flick on and off. We have a certain level of precedence for this, with Ty Lee's chiblocking. I don't think what she does is the same as energybending, but in order to temporarily stop the flow of chi, it's uncomfortable at least, maybe even a little painful. Energybending goes deeper than that. This would also allow the lore in general to go deeper into where exactly bending comes from (LOK doesn't exist, yet) and how it works.

In order to "take away" someone's bending, you essentially have to cut off access to a person's soul life, which every single human being has, even non-benders. Chi is something everyone shares, it just manifests physically for benders. But, to cut someone off permanently from their own chi flow is basically a fate worse than death.

Ozai is now in constant aching pain that no medicine can cure, but even worse, he has no spiritual connection to the redt of the world around him, essentially robbing him of any humanity he may have had left. He's a pain-wracked shell of a human being, incapable of emotion or compassion. Sure, he can't bend anymore, but any route towards forgiveness or rehabilitation is permanently closed to him. He will live the rest of his life in agony, suffering.

Aang did NOT want this. Part of him is like, well, at least he's still alive, but a much larger part realizes how much worse this is.

The state of their leader causes the scattered Ozai loyalists to band together with even greater fervor, determined to get their revenge. Zuko still becomes Fire Lord, but he has his hands full, trying to quell constant pockets of rebellion. They live this way for many years, with Aang having to help quell the unrest he unknowingly caused, having thoughtlessly brought back a form far more devastating than bloodbending could ever have hoped to be.

Eventually, Tenzin, Aang's only airbending son, is felled by a group of Ozai loyalists.

After this, Aang makes the same pilgrimage as his past life before him and locks away energybending again, hoping no further Avatars will uncover it.

In the debate between pro-aang-kill-ozai and anti-aang-kill-ozai. Which side are you on and why? If it's the anti then did you like how it was done or do you picture something else?

I think I've mentioned before, but I am not inherently against Aang not wanting to kill Ozai. Some of my favorite heroes have a no-kill policy. I don't even mind the lionturtle solution itself. What I didn't like was how it was handled. There was plenty of time to address Aang's reluctance to kill before the second to last episode. I can think of three points in particular where it would've been thematically appropriate and given Aang's bland, two-dimensional character some depth.

First, right after the siege at the Northern Tribe. Aang may not have technically been the one who killed all those Fire Nation soldiers, but it couldn't have happened without him. You would think that someone who is both committed to pacifism and also the one the entire world is relying on to end a war that people have been fighting and dying in for a century wouldn't just be able to shrug off what happened. Aang did, though. Didn't even cross his mind when he was whining about people expecting him to kill Ozai.

What should have happened was the next season should've opened with Aang grappling with what happened and his part in it. He should feel guilty about it, not because he was actually wrong, but because it should feel wrong to him. Then, Katara and Sokka should comfort him and tell him he did nothing wrong. Build it up that their word are comforting him a little, then drop the bomb when they start talking about how cool it was. How amazing it was to see all those soldiers running in fear for once. How relieved they are that so many of them died. Then have Aang snap on them about the sanctity of life. He needs to be angry and hurt, and this should be the point where he decries the powers of the Avatar. He'd call himself a monster, and maybe he would call Katara and Sokka monsters, too. Then they (probably mostly Sokka) would argue with him that they aren't monsters, they're just trying to survive, and the Fire Nation is a threat to be taken out. This would be the first time it's brought up that Katara, Sokka...the entire world expect Aang to kill Ozai. I think it would be perfect as a season 2 opener. Season 1 was light and goofy, and Zuko was their biggest immediate threat. The siege raised the stakes, and season 2 should continue on that rising. Aang should also have started looking for another solution here. In the library, Aang should've asked Wan Shi Tong if it was possible to end the war without more violence. We should've seen Aang coming to terms with the fact that the world is suffering and he is the one they are looking to to save them. One thing I think the Harry Potter movies in particular did well was that shift from goofy and whimsical to darker and more frightening (as far as kids movies go) as the story went on and the stakes got higher, and the danger felt more real to the characters. Aang never gets that realization. He has moments when the danger feels real, but he's goofy and whimsical for pretty much the entire series until the plot of an episode needs him not to be.

The second place they should have brought up his reluctance to kill was DoBS. This really should've been a no brainer. Aang was loosing sleep over facing Ozai. He had his anxiety about losing- though not really what losing would mean for his friends and the world- but he didn't even consider what winning would take. If DoBS had been successful, there's no way Ozai would've been able to be taken alive. Logistically, killing him would've been the easiest, safest option. You mean to tell me no one brought it up? No one asked Aang how he was planning to take Ozai out? No, instead we get Aang proving he knows what enthusiastic consent looks like and taking away his excuse for what happened later, but nothing about Aang weighing his personal beliefs against the needs of the world. That training montage and confrontation that he has with his friends in the second to last episode should've happened here. This should've been when his tendency to run away should've been challenged, too, because half a season before he was crying about how he abandoned the world again. Now his instinct would be to run, but his friends would challenge him, calling back to that moment. They could demand that he present an alternative to killing Ozai. I don't think any of them would object to him living to stand trial, but Ozai is a rabid dog, essentially. He needs to be put down. Aang's got nothing, but not for lack of trying. When he tells his friends about all his efforts to find a non-lethal way to defeat Ozai, they are unmoved. They are at the doors of the Fire Nation, and now is not the time to be indecisive. He has to go face Ozai. And he's probably relieved when the plan fails. This whole situation would have the added bonus of skipping that first Kataang kiss because no way would Aang want to kiss Katara after her insisting he terminate Ozai with extreme prejudice.

The third place Aang's no-kill policy should've come up is TSR when Zuko asks him what he's planning to do when he faces Ozai if he's so against killing. This should scare Aang, and it should be his focus for the rest of the season. He should be more withdrawn from his friends, because with all the training he's doing (and he would still be training on all the elements because he's not that good at any of them), talks about the most efficient way to kill would be unavoidable. Katara might actually try to teach him bloodbending. Toph would just tell him that a big rock is just as effective as some fancy bending move. Zuko would be warning him about his father's ruthlessness and cunning. This would be where Aang looses his patience with his friends and insists that he's a pacifist and Ozai doesn't deserve to die. This would piss Katara in particular off because by this point, Aang knows what happened to her mother. He would get an earful about how Ozai's plan is to do to the Earth Kingdom what his grandfather did to the Air Nomads and how he's going to let millions of people die because of his refusal to kill one. Now, Aang can take off, only instead of just running away from his friends because he doesn't want to hear them anymore, he could be making one desperate last ditch attempt to find a solution that both ends the war and keeps him from having to kill Ozai. EIP could still happen in this circumstance, but instead of getting mad that he's being played by a girl, he would focus more on how eager for his death the Fire Nation is. That would come up in the argument about killing Ozai.

Now, for the lionturtle. I'm about to blow some minds. I have been vocal about my hatred of the Lionturtle/Rock of Destiny desu-ex-double team, and I do still hate it with a passion. However, as a concept, I don't mind the lionturtle. This is a fantasy adventure. You expect a bit of magical intervention. What I wanted was Aang grappling with this problem for more than half an episode. I wanted him working on a solution the entire time, starting from right after the siege. I wanted to see him take initiative. To actually think about the problem. Maybe have him specifically looking for the lionturtle. Then when it shows it, it could be because it knew Aang was looking and decided he was worthy of a meeting. Aang could still have his meeting with his past lives, and that could still go the way it did. Then the lionturtle could speak up. Instead of poo-pooing the idea of killing Ozai, it could agree that it was the most effective way to make sure that the war would end. Then, when Aang is despairing that he'd wasted all that time trying to find a different solution, the lionturtle could offer the spirit bending. But it would have to come at a cost, and it might not work the way that Aang hoped. Now Aang has to make a choice. Sacrifice something for this spiritbending ability (I'm thinking he loses his airbending, because it seems poetic) that might not have the outcome he's hoping for, or give up his pacifism- one of his few connections to his heritage- and kill Ozai. He chooses the spiritbending. Instead of the conveniently placed rock, Aang would actually have to give up his attachment Katara. I think he would be half-way there, having finally realized how little he understood her. He "loved" her because she was pretty and took care of him, but he's come to realize there's a lot more facets to her that he hasn't gotten to see because they don't fit his narrow view of her. He also understands what Guru Pathik was trying to tell him about one person not being able to replace everything Aang has lost, and he realizes how unfair to her he had been. He still loves her, but as a friend and caretaker. This will actually lead to a deeper friendship between them. Aang defeats Ozai without killing him, but now he has to deal with the loss of his airbending, which only now does he realize was a much of a connection between him and his people as his beliefs. He still has spiritbending. He can still airbend in the Avatar State, but he's effectively cut off a limb to keep his integrity. He will go the rest of his life wondering if it was worth it, especially after Ozai goes to trial and is sentenced to execution anyway. The effects of that on his children could be explored in LoK.

TL;DR I don't have a problem with Aang not wanting to kill Ozai. I just wanted to see him deal with it before the last minute. I think the show would've been better for it, and Aang would've been a more interesting character.

[blazingenigma]

sequel (sequel to the sequel?) of atla and lok

alright, so it isn’t perfect but i’ve been thinking up this instead of doing my online school so-

the avatar/main protag is still unnamed and ive been thinking of doing a nonbinary avatar because why not. i don’t know if i want to do earth kingdom or fire nation, but im leaning towards earth kingdom because also why not.

they grew up in fear of benders, in the background maybe we see propaganda against benders, maybe some sly comments made by other people? they are 16 years old and attends the local school in a large city (maybe ba sing se if i do end up going with earth kingdom). one day they are in a life or death situation of something, and in their flight or fight response they bend, but this is important, they have to bend an element that isn’t traditionally of their nation. so like water or air.

people see, and people point and stare and then the police start to chase them down because y’know, bending is illegal. they run. they end up outrunning the police-y people and proceed to have a freakout. if you watch SPOP think when adora first got the sword and learned what the horde really does. now this is a VERY first draft outline i clearly don’t have all the ideas, but they end up ACTUALLY NO.

if they were trained to think benders were bad, then they wouldn’t run from the police. okay so they get caught by the police, and they are TERRIFIED. i mean, they grew up thinking bending is an abomination, something no one can control, and on top of that, they are an airbender? on their way to the prison for benders, they are confused on how it is possible they can airbend until they realize they must be the avatar.

now in this story, every time the avatar is reborn there is a massive hunt to track the new one down. the avatar before unnamed protag was an eight year old waterbender. most are found before they are ten, so the fact that they survived to 16 is either a miracle or someone they know is protecting them (yes...we do find out the answer to that).

ANYWAY. they are in the prison. it is quite literally HELL. everyone there is miserable, and goes through “treatment” to make them hate themselves and their bending. that actually might be a bit too dark, but i can work on that later in a second outline.

through a series of events i can’t bother to figure out right now, they decide that bending isn’t necessarily dangerous and that their system right now is totally FUCKED. so, they escape and probably have 1-3 new friends they made in the prison because y’know they need companions. end of first two-three episodes i guess?

anyway the backstory i’ve started forming is something along the lines of a conspiracy theory (yeah, i know)-

after ozai was defeated, naturally people wanted answers. and a lot of them. so it was decided once the final member of avatar aangs little “group” died, their testimonies and reports would be released to the public. so the last one to die was either katara or toph (because) and true to their word, everything was released. most of it was unproblematic for the most part, but it was when people learned about azula, and hama and other terrifying masters of their respective elements, fear started growing in peoples hearts.

over time (a very long time) all of the known benders were imprisoned and people feared them. but what is important, is that not everyone fears them, someone (probably the Big Bad) considers benders a threat to the control and power they have over wherever they rule (i don’t know where they’re from yet, but it isn’t going to be the fire nation fyi).

so yeah. i spent about...38 minutes or so writing that. fun.

[maoam]

You're not wrong on LoK. It's really bad. Have you ever posted about why you dislike it?

Not on this blog. But I can say some things at the top of my head:

1) The lack of respect for the lore and mythos of Avatar

Firstly they changed the origins of bending. The whole Vaatu/Rava thing felt more like Christianity with the good vs evil, which misses the point, because originally the story drew from Yin and Yang concept, which are supposed to be complementary opposites, not good and evil. What about complexity and balance? Who thought it was a good idea to turn everything into the same old good vs evil Jesus vs Satan figures? It simply doesn't fit.

The destruction of the past avatars was probably the worst thing in the whole show. They're supposed to be mentors who guide and give different perspectives to the current avatar. While atla took liberties with the buddhist lore, there was still consistency and basic respect, meanwhile Lok just does whatever it wants, because Korra is just so good she won't be needing her ancestors!

There's a lack of learning and inspecting different cultures and forming bonds with the members of said cultures that was one of the really good parts of Atla. Why is Korra being trained at her home instead of going on a journey and meeting the right type of trainer and forming a bond with them? I mean if I remember correctly they kept Korra isolated because of the Red Lotus but it's regardless a missed opportunity from the writers' part (and since Korra was supposed to be a mini-series, the Red Lotus excuse didn't even exist yet when they made her train like that). As the Avatar, who is supposed to protect the world, the Avatar should actually learn about the world. Korra should have have gotten to know more people and should have been challenged more by characters with different views.

I don't even have the energy to go into the americanization of everything.

2) The story lacking focus and meaningfulness

Unlike in Atla, where the whole show was building up to defeating the firelord and ending the long war, Lok had a different plot for every short season. The problem is that they do the same mistakes every season.

The badly written romance subplots, such as the love triangle between Korra, Mako and Asami and Bolin being abused by Eska for comic relief or Bolin himself harassing Ginger for comic relif not only distract from the plot during seasons 1 & 2, but are also obnoxious to watch. This was admittedly improved in season 3, when the romance was kept to a minimun and it was also much more tolerable, like between Kai and Jinora. And then they ended season 4 with Korra and Asami randomly going to the spirit world which was silly although not the worst thing in the season, but let's not pretend they had development for a good romance.

The other characters in the main gang are aimless a lot of time and don't have proper character arcs or even given interesting things to do. Bolin is mostly used for poor comic relief and he is basically Sokka with all the depth, growth, charm and actually being funny removed. Asami is mostly a love interest or someone to provide money or hang around Korra. Even her industry plot line was handed to other characters. Asami as a character is terribly treated by the writers and is never allowed to become her own character. Mako funnily enough becomes more likeable after his romance with Korra ends, but he is also not given a lot of interesting things to do.

Every sociopolitical problem is "solved" by a boss fight that Korra wins just because she has to, and nothing is learned. This is first seen in season 1 when after Amon's undeserved defeat the equalists apparently dismantle, which is never shown, just told to us, and the problems established in the start such as the bending crime gangs terrorizing non-bender citizens are just dropped.

The creators care more about showing dark, edgy scenes to shock the viewers like Zaheer suffocating the Earth queen or Korra being brutalized at every possible moment of the show instead of writing a good story, because they think doing so makes the show more mature than Atla.

There's so much to say, but to put it short it simply lacks the heart Atla had and you end up not caring. It's funny because they try to be "more mature" than Atla yet also try to ride on Atla's success, by making constant references to it.

3) The lack of growth from Korra

Korra's character is a hot mess. And it's consistently a mess throughout all 4 seasons. In season 1, she starts fine, nothing wrong with a hot-headed physical character, but it all starts going downhill quite quickly. First, she is more interested in sports than learning airbending, causes property damage, yells at her mentor for calling her out and never thinks she's wrong. Now this wouldn't be a problem if she actually went through meaningful growth. But does she?

By 2/3 to the season, she still hasn't learned or gotten even closer to learning airbending, she hasn't managed to do anything about the season's main threat, the equalists, nor has she grown even a little as a person. Everytime Korra is in some mess, someone else comes in to get her out of trouble, or there's a plot convenience, thus she is never forced to rethink her actions, because things always end up in her favor no matter how bad it gets, and there's no real consequences for any of her actions. The worst example of this is when she gets airbending out of nowhere, without any justification for it, just to beat up Amon. Then at the end Aang comes back to give Korra back her bending! Everything was handed out to her, airbending, beating up the bad guy, and her bending. She's even given the spiritual bending so she can return everyone's bendings, and everyone can pretend this was all thanks to Korra, and not because Aang literally handed out all this to her. She learns absolutely nothing and also seemingly does nothing about the gangs that were terrorizing the citizens or the other problems since all of these issues are dropped after the equalists dismantle off-screen.

In season 2, Korra is being incompetent again and trusts Unalaq and yells at everyone who disagrees with her. She helps Unalaq to take over her home and then gets knocked out for a few episodes. Then she turns into a giant and Jinora saves the day because civil war is naturally solved by magic powers and Godzilla fights. Because this show is more mature than Atla. Because defeating the big bad Unalaq is obviously going to remove every other problem. And what was Unalaq's goal again... 10 000 years of darkness or something... And needless to say the connection to the past avatars being destroyed is definitely the worst thing that happened in the whole show. And Korra isn't even shaken by it.

Season 3 is probably the most tolerable season but it still repeats the cycle of endless brutalization of Korra and Korra getting her ass kicked and having to be saved instead of trying to do a proper character arc. She literally gets kidnapped 3 times if I remember correctly and at the end Zaheer almost kills her but she ends in a wheelchair instead. And I still didn't see her learn or change. Why did they make a character who constantly ends up failing?

Season 4, Korra is literally supposedly battling ptsd because of Zaheer. In my opinion ptsd is treated horribly, Korra struggles with it for 3 years and in the end the solution is more like "yeah things suck but just get on with it". And the biggest problem is, Zaheer wasn't the worst thing to happen to Korra, she lost the connection to the previous avatars! That should be traumatizing! Imagine destroying thousands of years of ancestry that are connected to your very own self, and are supposed to be guides to the avatars coming after you as well. But Korra kind of just shrugs it all off. Oh and Korra spending half the season battling ptsd damages her supposed romance with Asami because they aren't given much time to interact. Just like season 1 could have used its time to actually make Korra learn airbending instead of doing probending sports or being part of a love triangle, season 4 could have developed her endgame romance to make it more believable. Or at least, tried to do something meaningful.

We could be here all day if we started to really dig into this show... but hopefully this answers the question at least somewhat.