The Legend of Korra... 10 Years Later

I think a big factor is Team Avatar basically lived together, every hour of everyday. They were like family

I watched the Legend of Korra for the first time last year, after being a huge ATLA fan since I was a kid. I had avoided it for a long time because of the negative reputation it had. I wish I had given it a chance sooner, but I'm sort of glad that I watched it as an adult. I feel like the themes and Korra's character resonated with me more as a young adult trying to figure things out.

Also Vaatu and Ravaa being described as “good vs evil” was the first mistake. Describing them as “order and chaos” would’ve made more sense, and could’ve been used as a better narrative thread for the season.

your reasoning for not including suki makes complete sense and that's the thing; every member of team korra feels like suki. they all have connections to korra but none to each other. they feel like coworkers who are around each other because they happen to work at the same place, not because they actually value each others company

I kinda like the odd friendship between Bolin and Asami. They hang out with each other the most outside of Mako and Korra respectively, the people they tend to get paired with most frequently. It's not anything super deep, but it provides some nice contrast between their upbringings and leads to some humorous moments

I think something that was awesome about Korra that sets it apart from ATLA is just how intimidating the villains she faces are. Aang always held back when fighting and only really had to go all out against ozai and sometimes azula for the most part, and Amon, Zahir, and Kuvira being arguably the best benders of their respective type was a great thematic way to challenge the Korra as the Avatar, a person usually seen physically unparalleled Edit: my phone always auto corrects Korra’s name to Korea

As I got older, I resonated with Korra's inability to move forward from the attempted poisoning, as she dragged her feet through life, holding onto resentment and feeling weak. The idea we're not the same after trauma is true, but we can still relearn strength. Thinking you can't be strong again is precisely what holds you back.

About the short cuts you mentioned that the writers took in season 4: the writers had to sacrifice one episode (which became the recap episode) because of sudden budget cuts by Nickelodeon. Seriously, Nickelodeon did they best to sabotage TLOK at every turn, not realizing at all what they have with the Avatar Universe.

LoK is certainly flawed, but I still love so much of it. Season 2 is the only one that I would considered truly subpar, but Season 3 and 4 stepped up quite a bit. Even with Season 2, there's some good stuff, the animation in general, Iroh's scenes, getting to see more of the spirit world. While part of this may be because of the shows somewhat troubled behind the scenes issues, we still have to take the show as it is. While it's not as good as Avatar, I still love the show, and think it gets too much hate not only for its mistakes, but partly because so many people were expecting a show just like Avatar and didn't get that.

I always thought that Korra cries at the end of season 3 because of the resemblance of Jinora and Aang. Like Korra seeing Aang getting congrats, while she has failed over and over and will never accomplished the respect that Aang did.

Damn, it’s been 10 years? I’m old asf

Damn time flys by... how has it been 10 year since korra. I remember being super excited to see a follow up show of avatar finally getting released

The first time I saw ‘The Legend of Korra’ on Nickelodeon many years ago, I wasn’t a big fan because it felt different. But now, as an adult and rewatching the entire series, I can genuinely say I love the show.

Amon is a critique of populism and the cult of personality not communism. He doesn’t care about economics or redistribution or the idea of a stateless society. He even teams up with the richest man in Republic City which is not what a communist would do but rather what a populist would do. Mustache Man in WW2 is a great example of this as he had the support of many of the richest men and women in Germany at the time.

To be fair, Korra couldn't develop relationships because of the limitations in episode number. Last Airbender had so many "filler" episodes in order to do that.

The idea of Vaatu and Raava isn't even a bad idea and could have played into the themes of everything not being so black and white like you said. Having their be two different spirits each representing a difference in role and personality could have also been a great way to both subvert expectations and helped with Korra's arc of learning that not everything is black and white. When Korra meets Raava and Vaatu for the first time of course sides with Raava because she's supposed to be the embodiment of all good but after working with her for a bit she has a realization that Raava's methods are flawed regardless of how well intention it might be. This would also be a great way to trick the audience inot thinking this is just going to be a classic story between good vs evil but then turns into something more complex. Then she meets Vaatu and has realization that while Vaatu's methods might be cruel and unjust they are a necessary evil and do have some positive outcomes. After working with both of them this could also help in trying to find a balance between the Northern and Southern Water Tribes. And in the final battle between Raava and Vaatu they both try to convince Korra to choose a side but rather than doing that she finds some kind of middle ground that keeps them both of them in balance.

I really love the Legend of Korra. Especially because how it adresses depression.

The main differences between the 2 are that ATLA is a character driven story where Korra is a plot driven story. I wish they had focused more on the characters in Korra, not just the main characters, but also the villians. This is the real reason people don't like Korra as much as they do ATLA. Because things happen simply because the writers say they do and not because we actively see the characters growing, changing and making decisions. The character's choices are plot devices instead of being built upon the character's growth and individual story.

I really like your interpretation on the end of season 3 because when i 1st watched i was also confused on why she's crying i just assumed because of s4 she was reflecting on how all her villains have damaged her and there's even a edited clip on YouTube showing that. But yeah it does make sense korra loves being the avatar and even though it wasn't tenzin intention he basically said we don't need you.

At 58:32 You said Korra instead of Kuvira, which is funny since the writers wanted them to be alike, not just in name but in personality, Kuvira is a lot like Korra in season 2, but now Korra isnt like herself in that time.