#three cheers for dismissing Bolin's trauma

[wilcze-kudly]

I wish that Kuvira and Bolin's relationship was more explored. Like. She genuinely outed all Bolin's flaws and weaknesses. His naivetë, his fear of conflict, his conplacency. She manipulated him and made him look like a fool, then terrorised him when he had any doubts.

Like I always felt so bad for him watching this scene.

Imagine working on a project for three years only to realise you've been helping create an ethnostate fascist dictatorship complete with concentration camps when all you wanted to do was prove yourself and help people. Like the amount of time and effort, and also being at odds with everyone he held dear. Not to mention Bolin coping with the trauma of what happened to Korra by projecting her qualities onto Kuvira.

I always wanted to see Bolin confront Kuvira over how she used him. (and Varrick over what happened in B2 but that's for another idea.)

Sadly, Bolin being manipulated and used by others is a pattern that keeps appearing. And he just... carries on like his trust hasn't been terribly breached?

I can't imagine this wouldn't leave some trauma here.

So when Kuvira started hanging with the Krew in RotE , I was kinda hoping for Bolin, to blow up on her? But the closest we got to that was:

Like, fascinating look into Kuvira's psyche, but so dissapointing for Bolin's character. I wish there were more of a confrontation between them.

He could've been a good first person to make Kuvira realise that she had fucked over and hurt a lot of people.