History ComicBook / TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars

** Besides outright anti-gay stuff, the major fan criticism of the Korra-Asami pairing is the (alleged or real) nigh-complete lack of foreshadowing and prior character development leading up to it. Here, Korra and Asami effectively argue at some length against that as they reminisce about their past, agreeing on how they felt special together (but maybe didn't quite understand it right away) from the very first time they met, and how they grew closer with time, as well as why they nevertheless would never clearly state their feelings before this comic [[JustForPun came out]].

* NotSoDifferentRemark: After years of always being told she was too HotBlooded, Korra cites the day Asami took her racing as proof the latter could be just as intense as me" and was relieved by that fact.

* OffModel:
** In various ways, the art in the comic is different from the series. One flagrant example is that Korra's cyan eyes are often colored a very dark blue, seemingly even brown in some panels.
** When Asami and Wonyong Keum converse in captivity in Volume 3, the artist apparently forgot to draw in her nose in several panels, which gives her face a somewhat bizarrely inhuman appearance. In another example in the same sequence, her mouth is drawn wide open without even a hint of teeth, making her look toothless.

* RatedMForManly: Raiko's reelection poster has him with an open shirt punching out the Colossus, with the slogan "Vote Raiko--He'll wallop tyranny with a knockout blow!" Considering his popularity is in the gutter because he surrendered to Kuvira, he has to appear tough somehow. Korra wastes no time mocking it when she finds it on his desk.

* DarkActionGirl: Jargala. [[BadassInCharge Leader of the Creeping Crystal Triad?]] Check. [[DefiantToTheEnd Fearless even on the brink of defeat?]] Check. She'll fit right in.

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* {{Filler}}: Basically, the whole trilogy is this. While it delves into the relationship between the the two female leads, and deals with a problem closer to home, it has very little bearing on the greater plot. Understandably, you can skip this trilogy with only minor disturbance to the storyline of rebuilding the Earth Kingdom since the Book 4 finale.

''Turf Wars'' is a graphic novel trilogy set in the ''[[Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar]]'' universe, following the events of Book Four of the television series ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. The first graphic novel trilogy based on ''Korra'', it is written by franchise co-creator Creator/MichaelDanteDiMartino, with line art by Irene Koh and coloring by Jane Bak and Vivian Ng. The series' other co-creator, Creator/BryanKonietzko, will act as a consultant for the novels. The first issue of the series was released in comic book stores on July 26, 2017, and in mass market retailers on August 8, 2017. The second part of the series was released in comic book stores on January 17, 2018, and in mass market retailers on January 30, 2018. The final part was released on August 22, 2018, with the mass market release on September 4, 2018.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Tokuga, the new leader of the Triple Threats and badass gangster street fighter, has a name that is just a few letters short of [[UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu Tokugawa]].

* {{Gayngst}}: The worldly-wise Asami is initially hesitant about the more reckless Korra telling people about them, fearing the [[DeliberateValuesDissonance setting-appropriate reactions]]. Korra herself gets hers later, when ''she'' eventually comes to understand that they will probably always be hated or held in contempt by many/most people in their world, and is consequently dejected that much worse from the realization.

* InherentInTheSystem: While the comic blames specific villains for the Fire Nation's anti-homosexual policies (i.e., it was supposedly all Sozin's fault), it applies a more realistic take to the Earth Kingdom: there, it's simply the conservative and conformist culture in general that isn't accepting of any such deviations from its norms, irrespective of evil overlords. Even Avatar Kyoshi, who is now said/rumored ("by all accounts," according to Kya) to have entertained same-sex liaisons herself, proved unable to effect change on this point--despite otherwise defeating whole armies, instituting the [[SecretPolice Dai Li]] and generally being the power behind the throne in her time.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: While it's somewhat softpedaled by seemingly making all of Korra's and Asami's friends and immediate family [[ExceptionallyTolerant tolerant and enlightened]], most of ''Avatar'' society in general is (according to Kya, at least) not very appreciative of variant sexualities. The Water Tribes believe in what amounts to Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell, the Earth Kingdom is generally conservative, and the Fire Nation was originally accepting but outlawed homosexual activities during Sozin's time on the throne.[[note]]The Fire Nation's current attitude is not made clear, as Kya only speaks of that time without elaborating.[[/note]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Raiko has always been an obstructive dick to Korra and friends throughout the series but has gotten away with it because he is the president. In this series his decision to surrender to Kuvira has caused his popularity to plummet and his attempts to double down on his dickery only alienates him further from the main cast. [[spoiler:After he is filmed [[DirtyCoward hightailing it away from the Spirit Portal]] during the Tokuga crisis and Zhu Li is shown bravely risking her life to save a child from the poisonous gas she wins the election and Raiko losses his presidency.]]

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* NotSoDifferent:
** After years of always being told she was too HotBlooded, Korra cites the day Asami took her racing as proof the latter could be "just as intense as me" and was relieved by that fact.
** The way Korra acts when dealing with Raiko in volume 2. Not only does she try to intimidate the democratically elected President of the Republic and order him around, when one of his aides tells her that she needs to make an appointment to talk with him, she casually metalbends a steel gag around his mouth, leaving him panicking trying to remove it. All of this makes her look very much like ''Kuvira'', the metalbending EvilOverlord of the last season, who used a very similar Darth Vader-ish leadership style--which becomes a darkly ironic echo of Korra's own words to the effect that she and Kuvira are NotSoDifferent after all, back in the series. Fortunately, ''un''like Kuvira, she gets more sad than angry in volume 2 when Raiko turns a crowd against her and backs down despite Asami and Tenzin sticking up for her.