#lok s2

[shadelorde]

me when im like "is my interpretation of unalaq too Out There. am i unhinged" and then i watch the rest of lok s2 and theres eska abusing bolin and bolin assaulting ginger and mako degrading korra and korra throwing mako's desk across the room and lin talking about wrecking tenzin's island when he broke up with her and whatever the fuck is going on with how varrick treats zhu li and im like Wait. this is entirely on brand with the background of this season actually

[thanks-for-the-crabapples]

if i had a nickel for every time a female protagonist ran away from a queer situationship to be in a fight ring yada yada

[ididgettomeetyou]

I think using LOK as a gotcha against kataang is a fallacy. not everyone watched LOK/ not everyone cares about lok.. some of us got bored during s2 and haven't watched it since after korra lost touch with her past avatars and called it quits cause the writing teethed us off.

plus.. Fanon ideas are allowed to exist.. the show can tell us one thing and we don't have to agree with it.. I mean zutara is fanon/ taang is fanon.. so kataang fans are allowed to make hcs of their own about future kataang i dont need it to be perfect either im just saying lok .. i didn't even get past s2 so i don't care about using it to prove kataang=bad.. it bored me,

..

I did ship korra/bolin for the 5 seconds they had together. .. i think it makes more sense than her and makko no hate to mako but man did makorraa feel forced

[lemonhoarddragoness]

Legend of Korra: Tahnorra Private Lessons

Just because you lost your bending, doesn't mean you've lost your fight.

Korra and Tahno find themselves coping with the loss of their bending in a mutually destructive way. They can't probend; but they can still train, they can still fight. There's no ref in the arena to tell them how hard they're allowed to punch or kick or bite— Every shot counts as long as it lands.

[therulerofallpotatos]

Mako being a cop annoys me more than Toph

[localfanbaselurker]

I’m watching “Voltron: Legendary Defender” for the first time and these are my compiled thoughts.

This is Season 3

(S 1-2) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)

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<this one will be a little longer because I took more pictures when I watched these two seasons, as I got a little more invested in the show>

(Edit: apparently I can only put 10 pictures per post, so while I planned for this to be season 3 and 4, this has to be a solo season post because I have wayyyy too many thoughts and a lot of them need accompanying pictures)

Pre-Season 3

-> I wonder who is gonna be the new black paladin, I hope it’s Allura. Or Keith I guess, but his ass is NOT ready for leadership

-> I need to know where Shiro is. Bring back my Cruella Deville!

-> the witch is altean! This is gonna be sooo important I just know it

-> I wonder how Allura and Keith will interact now that she sorta accepted him being part galra. that’s actually a really interesting topic.

->Keith being galra is gonna be something very important as well I think.

-> Pidge BETTER find her brother and father this season or I swear Dreamworks is gonna catch these hands

Post-Season 3

-> ^if villain why hot?

->his ideals are giving Roman Empire. (I guess that makes sense considering he’s the prince of the Galra Empire)

->^hmmm.🤨🤔 (I know what you are)

->^Space TyLee! And Space Asami, too!

->^oh so Keith gets to be insecure now, I guess everyone gets their own “angst” episode

->^hes the first to comfort him! is this a “klance” moment? It feels like one

->^Once again have to talk about Allura and her dad. She already threw away all her dad’s memories and his “essence” of him. Now she can’t even stay connected to him by piloting his lion ☹️. I genuinely get so sad every time I think about her. 🙁 All I do at 3 am is cry. 😕

->I originally got super sad about that, but then she became the blue one and I was really happy. But I was reallyyyy confused about the schematics of the switches. (still kinda am) like the lions don’t fit their personalities. And isn’t it the point that they get chosen for a reason?? Like when the blue one chose Lance in s1? And the red one chose Kieth, etc. ?? I guess it makes sense for them to call on other paladins when Shiro “dies” (his ass is not dead, I’m 100% sure of that) but Allura fits Black/Red better imo.

-> But then again, I did like how it was executed/explained. “Oh Lance ur the new red one cus you accepted Keith as ur leader and now you have to be the right hand. Get it cus red is Voltron’s right arm??” like yeah. And of course:

->^Allurance!! I finally see it, now.

-> Also, my supposed question about “langst” was proven wrong, there’s more than just the “seventh wheel” episode.

“Not only am I not meant to be the leader, I guess… I guess now I’m not even meant to be a paladin”

He is really insecure about that isn’t he? Does any of this ever get resolved??

-> this season was huge for klance apparently. They have so many moments together. When they get dragged by evil elsa Lotor to that weird planet and have their lions talk face to face, the shoulder touch, them seeking each other out for/being the first to give the other comfort/reassurance, “Leave the math to Pidge” , Lance being the most upset that Keith isn’t at the parade thing, their teamwork in “Tailing a Comet”, “Yeah, who am I gonna make fun of?”

You guys just kept winning this season honestly slay.

-> The Lore drop that Coran did about the creation of Voltron/Original Paladins. Bro

->I’m still hung up on that. Honerva I could have saved you.

-> Gotta say though im all for an evil couple.

-> I loved all the S1 call backs to the original paladins “I’m a leg!” Like yeah 🩷 you are 💛 and the og blue paladin does the “lance in the intro” thing

->^When they form Voltron for the first time in the flashback, the colors are brighter, much like the original 80s show’s colors, and the captions later read “Defender of the Universe”, which was the name of the original Voltron show. This is an especially fun detail because not only are they honoring the “original paladins/voltron” of the show’s lore, they are also doing so in reference to the original show itself, which I think is all so beautiful

->Baby Allura is soooo cute!

-> We get Shiro back! I knew he wasn’t dead. Low key I was scared he lost another arm or something but no! He’s okay 🖤🤍

-> I did some research and it turns out he is in fact 25, I don’t know whether to be happier or sadder for him. On one hand, thank fuck he’s not like 15-17 like the others, on the other hand, he should be at the club. He should be finding love, he should be at his 9-5 paying taxes and doing laundry not having his arm chopped off and replaced with magic and having to fight in the space coliseum and then escaping and having to pilot a giant robot and be a part of an intergalactic war. (I suppose that last part is true for all of them, but the rest is shiro-specific, and it all makes me a little sad)

-> call me crazy but he looked hotter when his hair was long

-> on that note, WHERE did he find a razor. Did he just use a sword or something?? Like in mulan??

-> in “Tailing a Comet”, they apparently meet alternate space reality!Kuvira from atla:lok , and ASR!Bataar Jr. I mean, really, down to the bun and the mole, as well as the controlling dictatorship-esque behavior and the “really, this is actually for their own good” attitude when it comes to said controlling behavior. Did the writers of each show just share ideas or??

-> im so serious with that last question. The thing that came out of the “quintessence rift” that the original paladins had to fight? A dark spirit from LoK: Book 2: Spirits. Whatever tf happened to zarkon when he got too close? When Unalaq got possessed by Vaatu. I mean really, were they just passing cards like go fish?

->I genuinely cried when Keith left for the Blade of Marmora (to save time, I’m gonna start calling them the “Blades” or “BOM”)

-> however, I feel like him leaving for the blades is gonna be really plot relevant later on

-> I think that’s when S3 ended im pretty sure. I don’t have further thoughts other than those I could’ve discussed if I could upload enough pictures for my S4 thoughts that accompanied them.

These are thoughts I’ve had compiled for a while. I finished S3 on 06/26/24 and S4 on 06/30/24. As of today (07/3/24) I am on S5E3.

I will continue to post my thoughts/Updates on the tag “laura’s first vld”

[taumoeba]

waited for the writers and actors strikes to be over before i posted this but in honor of invincible s2 im reposting this venn diagram i made right after i watched s1 for the first time in 2021. sorry to everyone but you cannot deny the truth

[allgremlinart]

feel like a lot of people dont realize how much Nickelodeon was gunning against Korra from like. the BEGINNING. they literally wanted the creators to change her to a boy because they were worried having the main character be a girl meant boys wouldn’t watch the show... like this is what they were dealing with production wise 💀

[lolli-popples]

Empires SMP s2 spiritually the same as The Legend of Korra.

Don't ask me to elaborate because I WILL-

[cold-neon-ocean]

I very much engage with Baatar and Kuvira from the stance of "pov of the antagonists" I by no means think "oh they're good guys actually" or that they never did anything wrong lol I love when they are sick and twisted. I love thinking about how they brought themselves to where they are. I know most in the fandom are big on villains getting their proper punishments and righteous justice but I can't lie, I love when the villains are villaining and continue to do so and not all conflicts get wrapped up quickly and neatly in favor of the heroes lol like in my ideal world Baatar and Kuvira remain as these two very polarizing leaders of the Earth Nation and that's their legacy on history bc they can't just be fought into submission as the issues they present are too complex and widespread. I was robbed of my cunty villain era for them so I'll be damned if I don't play with it myself lol

[mariecurieraditation]

I jist saw the most untru hidcannon of Jon an Abe relitionship!!!!!!!

Peeplo on th inernet Arse so Dum!!!!!!!!!!

i hate phannon so MOOCH!!!!!!!

[thanks-for-the-crabapples]

The video below is probably my favorite Arcane tiktok that I've seen (slight volume warning), because it so viscerally reminds me of my friends and I watching and reacting to The Legend of Korra series' finale 10 years ago (December 14, 2014 if you can believe it!).

That night will live with me the rest of my life. The longing, the hopefulness, the disbelief, the relief, the awakening (hehe). All of our screaming and squealing and gasping surely waking up my parents. People say it a lot, but it truly was the crack ship of all ships. I think every viewer went into the finale knowing there was a 99% chance Korrasami would never happen. But thankfully, we live in the timeline where it did.

A timeline where stories like Arcane can be told. And I'm not saying The Legend of Korra and Arcane can be directly compared. LoK was a kids' show and Arcane explicitly is not one. Korrasami was a crack ship, while Caitlyn and Vi's story has been written for a long time. But despite their differences, seeing stories like Arcane can't help but remind me of that fateful night in 2014, and cause me to remember and appreciate that the world has changed a lot in 10 years.

When I think about who I was then, and who I am now, and what the world today is like for the girls getting to watch Cait and Vi kiss. Wow. Wowowowow. The joy they have in this video is the same joy my friends and I had that night. It's the same joy I imagine all queer people feel when they get to watch their stories be told. When they get to see themselves on screen. When they experience compelling, complex, and beautiful stories.

I'm so grateful to have experienced Korrasami, and all the amazing stories since, but especially this epic story of Caitlyn and Vi, 12 years in the making.

Hope you all enjoy this captured reaction as much as I did.

Link

[iminaworldofpureimagination]

I keep hearing Katara was ruined in LOK but all i hear is its because she's aang wife. and a mom.. . seems like a really convienent excuse to say that ruined her bec momhood is such a terrible thing. lot of anti feminist takes made for LOK katara

[raayllum]

Another reason why spending 2-3 years in the TLOK fandom back in the day makes me immune to TDP S4 criticism: this was the drop in quality between S1 and the first entire half of S2. 

I’ll take a couple of faces looking a little wonky lineart wise (specifically Rayla and Claudia in like two scenes) any day

also the show has never had prettier lighting and rendering like wow

[laoih]

Almost done with watching Netflix's Avatar The Last Airbender, and I have some thoughts.

First – it's by no means as good as the original series, but I don't think anyone was expecting it to be.

The original series is probably my favourite series, and I doubt anything will change that anytime soon. I won't hold any other show to its standards, including this remixed version of it.

Second – it's by no means as terrible as some people make it out to be.

It certainly has its flaws, and depending on what you value most from the original series the flaws will weight more or less heavy. But there's undeniably some heart in it that can be felt in the story. It's good enough for me to wish it success and another season. And I hope many people will like this enough to check out the original animated series as well.

[bugsongs]

book one is bad because it has decent ideas but fails to make anything connect or follow through. book two is bad because it is flat out uncompelling and unwatchable