Y'all, we finished Legend of Korra and I'm honestly disappointed. No thematic resonance, no great earned catharsis. Shoulda just watched Last Airbender again instead.
Spoilers below, mute this tweet if you don't wanna see em.
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I'm super down for Korra being bi, and Asami was treated so terribly throughout the show (both by writers & other characters) that she deserves a happy ending dammit.
But like, you gotta develop their relationship to make the pairing feel right? And make em kiss you cowards.
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And DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED on how terribly Zhu Li was treated, and somehow her marrying Varrick was The Big Catharsis? For the whole show? When she didn't even have a character trait to speak of until s4? I'm sorry, whut?
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AND I can't even describe how nonsensical the big climactic moment was. Korra had to get PTSD to have empathy for others? And then magically didn't kill Kuvira, bc plot? But also didn't incapacitate her? And then Kuvira was all oops my bad? Also bc plot? And no other reason?!
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I think if Last Airbender hadn't been SO PHENOMENAL in terms of thematic resonance, character interiority, believable and gradual and earned change, and pretty much all other writing elements, I wouldn't've been so disappointed in Legend of Korra. My hopes were set too high.
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But hell, it was still pretty. And the updated worldbuilding was fun. And the cinematography and sound design were great.
I just kinda wish I'd seen Korra first, and Airbender second. It would've been a much better experience.
/endrant
6/6
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