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Legend Of Korra


Ektris

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So yeah. I watched the first two episodes the other day. Wanted to share my thoughts.

 

 

The first episode was okay. I felt it was moving too quickly and there wasn't enough exposition - then I got to the end of the episode and realized the entire point of it was for exposition. The second really picked things up, and like many others I love the pro-bending.

 

As for characters... Well, the old first: Katara being in it was nice, but Sokka being dead was a bit of a disappointment. :( The mention of Zuko's mother was such a blatant shoutout to fans, but I liked it for that. Too bad it didn't go any further than a mention. :P I really wish that it had been mentioned what became of Zuko's lineage, since all of the others were explored rather quickly. Well, except Sokka's potential children, I guess. I can only hope they'll get to that eventually.

 

New characters... Tenzin's interesting. I feel like they definitely made it clear he inherited his father's goofiness, but it doesn't seem to fit his character that well. His son is incredibly annoying. The daughters are okay. But ugh his son.

 

Korra is a very interesting Avatar. So much different from Aang, and that's a good thing. I can't believe they're throwing out shipping so soon with Mako, though. It simply could not have been more obvious.

 

 

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I agree wholeheartedly about the first episode having somewhat odd pacing since it was all exposition. The second definitely is the one that got me looking forward to the rest of the series.

 

The mention of Zuko's mom is excellent. On one hand, the creators are definitely trolling their fans in that endearing way we've grown accustomed to. On the other hand, it's a great way of acknowledging, "Hey, we still recognize we left some loose ends that you want to see tied up! We'll get to that eventually, but not right here and not right now."

 

I like Tenzin because unlike other "mentor" characters in the series, he doesn't really perform that well as a mentor. He gets flustered easily and is definitely not prepared to handle the strong-willed Korra.

 

Likewise, I like all of Tenzin's kids, even Meelo. He's completely ridiculous, but that takes the responsibility for more childish forms of comic relief off the shoulders of Ikki and Jinora, allowing them to have character traits more in line with their ages (Ikki's hyperactivity and Jinora's reservedness, unless I'm confusing their names).

 

I'm kind of ambivalent about shipping. I watched the shippy moments in A:TLA happen and enjoyed them as just a part of the show, rather than coming up with my own OTP and insisting that that's how it's going to play out. Real romance isn't that straightforward and sometimes it takes more than good chemistry for two characters to be ideal for each other. The context matters, and so while it was cute seeing Toph's obvious crush on Sokka in some episodes I wasn't proclaiming "TOKKA FTW" and hating on Suki for innocently coming between two characters who weren't fated to end up together. In this show I'll probably feel the same way. If two characters look like they're moving closer together, that's great, but I won't feel like a perfect relationship has been ruined if something causes them to move apart again.

 

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You bring up a great point about Tenzin. I'm really look forward to his character development.

 

The kids may grow on me. Or not.

 

I don't care for shipping at all. I have never followed any sort of shipping interest ever, for any series. It just seems so pointless to me. It's the vocal minority who takes it foo far that makes me apprehensive for this. (Like the "Tokka" people you mentioned...)

 

And I completely forgot to mention the White Lotus! Them being a now-open order was completely unexpected, but another great throwback to the original series.

 

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