History WhatAnIdiot / TheLegendOfKorra

'''As a Result:''' The President refuses aid to Korra yet again, which results in Korra ([[spoiler: being unable to stop Unalaq from merging with Vaatu, and Team Avatar only barely manage to prevent Vaatu and Unalaq from defeating Rava, ending the Avatar cycle, and plunging the world into milennia of darkness.]])
* Probably the biggest goof up in the entire season, if not the entire series. In "The Guide", Korra now knows about the Harmonic Convergence and now resolves to close the Southern spirit portal to prevent Vaatu's escape. She has to do it from the spirit world as it will no doubt be heavily guarded from the human world's side. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' For her to realise that she simply has to do '''''absolutely nothing''''' and simply wait out Harmonic Convergence. Vaatu needs ''both'' portals open and Korra is the only person capable of opening and closing the spirit portals. If she is ignorant of this fact or thinks that just one portal is enough to break Vaatu's prison, Raava or Wan should start spilling the beans. Problem solved.\\
'''Instead:''' Due to a combination of BecauseDestinySaysSo, IdiotBall and PoorCommunicationKills, Raava and Wan clam up about this very important fact while Korra and Jinora enter the Spirit World due to Tenzin not being able to enter himself.\\
'''As a Result:''' Jinora gets captured by a vengeful and ignorant Wang Shi Tong and is used as a hostage. As a spirit, Korra is without her bending and is at the mercy of Unalaq. With Jinora as a hostage, Korra was forced to open the Northern spirit portal. This results in the events of the rest of the season, if not the series. Jinora's spirit gets lost in the Spirit World which cost Team Avatar the aid of Tenzin, Kya and Bumi, whose presence could have at least allowed Korra to re-imprison Vaatu. This allows the Dark Avatar to be formed while causing the destruction of the connection to the previous avatars.\\
'''Not to mention:''' In Book Three, it's revealed that while Harmonic Convergence restored the Air Nation and prevented any future possible inbreeding among Aang's descendants, it also gave [[BombThrowingAnarchists Zaheer]] the power of airbending as well, resulting in the return of the Red Lotus and the rise of the Earth Empire.

'''The Result''': At first Mako understandably tells Korra that such a confession is inappropriate because his relationship with Asami is serious. Then Korra angers both brothers when she kisses Mako after going on a date with Bolin, and nearly sabotages their teamwork in a Pro-Bending tournament. To top it all off, Asami is seriously hurt when she finds out about the kiss, and she finds out while seeking refuge on Air Temple Island. Pema gets a HeelRealization when she sees Asami's heartbreak, since Asami didn't deserve a boyfriend tempted by the Avatar.

** Wonyong Keum, the owner of the land surrounding the new Spirit Portal, plans to turn it into an amusement park and offer tours of the Spirit World. In addition to this scheme being opposed by Korra, Asami and the Air Nomads, Keum is implicitly threatened by one of the spirits, who is very clear about not giving a damn for human property laws.\\

'''As a Result:''' The spirits show up to attack the triad, Tokuga gets mutated by the same spirit who tried to warn Keum off building on the spirits' land, and he responds by kidnapping Keum and seizing control of all of his assets, which he then uses as part of a plan to take control of Republic City.

'''You'd Expect:''' Korra, now understanding what everyone means, would turn around to quickly apologize to her parents while she was still in the Southern Water Tribe's side of the spirit portal.\\
'''Or Even:''' Asami to have said all of the above ''before'' suggesting to Korra that they leave the Southern Water Tribe palace.\\

'''Instead:''' She immediately gets aggressive with Bolin, angrily questioning his loyalty and threatening to send him to a re-education camp, prompting Bolin to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere defect]].

* Zuko finds out that Zaheer has become an airbender as a result of Harmonic Convergence, and used his newfound gift to escape from jail and rescue his friends Ghazan and Ming-Hua, both of whom are very skilled benders. Zuko guesses rightly that the trio will go to the North Pole to try and rescue P'li, the last member of their old group and Zaheer's girlfriend. To stop them, he assembles a team consisting of himself, Tonraq, Desna and Eska, to stand guard over P'li's prison.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That any of the people involved would bring along support of some kind. After all, Desna and Eska are joint chiefs of the Northern Water Tribe, Tonraq's chief of the Southern Water Tribe, Zuko's the father of the current Fire Lord, and both Tonraq and Zuko have connections to the White Lotus.\\
'''Or Even:''' Just kill P'li. If the Red Lotus are as bad as they seem, it might not be nice, but removing a powerful Combustion Bender from their potential ranks would be smart.\\
'''Instead:''' The four of them go it alone, with only two [[{{Mook}} White Lotus guards]] and Zuko's pet dragon backing them up.\\
'''As a Result:''' Zaheer, Ghazan and Ming-Hua are subsequently able to spring P'li with little effort.

* Korra and Mako freed Tenzin and his family. Korra tells them to run and she create a diversion to draw Amon away.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler:Knowing that he is a dangerous psychic bloodbender,]] Korra raise many chunks of earth to block Amon's path, making it impossible for him to follow.\\
'''Instead:''' Korra set the floor on fire which dissipate a few seconds later. Amon has no trouble passing and finds Korra easily.

'''Instead:''' Due to a combination of BecauseDestinySaysSo, PlotInducedStupidity and PoorCommunicationKills, Raava and Wan clam up about this very important fact while Korra and Jinora enter the Spirit World due to Tenzin not being able to enter himself.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Pema would consider that actions have consequences, and be careful about how she phrases her advice. After all, when she confessed her love to Tenzin, Lin was really hurt by it and trashed Air Temple Island after the breakup. The experience scarred Lin, to the point where mentioning her failed relationship sets off her BerserkButton. Further, as the wife of the leader of all Air Nomads in the world, whose word carries significant weight, she would have had lessons or experience with public speaking so as to carefully consider her word choice.\\

** Season four starts with Kuvira and Suyin at odds. Kuvira left Zaofu when Suyin refused to become an Earth queen or leader, fearing that the power would make her a tyrant as bad as the previous Earth Queen Hou-Ting. (She may have been right given her past as a SpoiledBrat and {{Delinquent}}.) Instead, her adopted daughter is launching campaigns to protect Earth Kingdom civilians and recruit them as part of her growing empire.\\

Characters on ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' [[WhatAnIdiot occasionally make stupid decisions.]] [[MemeticMutation You gotta deal with it]].

'''Instead:''' He not only lies, but he ''[[UpToEleven lies about his lying]]'' such as denying he was dating Asami, admitting she was right calling him out on lying in the past about cheating on her then lies ''again'' about rebounding to her and ditching her to re-date an amnesiac Korra.\\

** Season four starts with Kuvira and Suyin at odds. Kuvira left Zaofu when Suyin refused to become an Earth queen or leader, fearing that the power would make her a tyrant as bad as the previous Earth Queen Hou-Ting. (She may have been right given her past as a SpoiledBrat and {{Delinquent}}. Instead, her adopted daughter is launching campaigns to protect Earth Kingdom civilians and recruiting them as part of her growing empire.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Kuvira would not try to directly antagonize Zaofu or maybe suggest a compromise. Instead of ruling over the Earth Kingdom, they could come up with a democracy that allows for people's voices to be heard. Suyin believes that they are still family and is willing to hear her out.\\

'''Instead:''' From what we see and hear, Toph seemingly takes no action to sort her wayward daughter out and never gives her other daughter the approval she seeks[[note]][[FridgeLogic Maybe she did]] but failed to make a point because her daughters were [[NotSoDifferent just taking after two different aspects of her youth]][[/note]]. She just expects everything to somehow work out in her favor.\\

'''Instead:''' Suyin tries to pretend that the events of the past never happened, and actually [[NeverMyFault gets shirty at Lin for not getting back in contact with her and Toph]], because [[SarcasmMode how dare Lin]] be reluctant to talk to a spoilt brat ''who permanently scarred her face'' and the mother who enabled her. She also seems to think that being the founder of a prosperous city and the matriarch of a big happy family will make Lin see her as a changed person, rather than as a KarmaHoudini. This also indirectly leads to Lin taking her anger out on Opal who had ZERO to do with the situation concerning her mother, aunt and grandmother and was only trying to nice.\\

'''Instead:''' Suyin tries to pretend that the events of the past never happened, and actually [[NeverMyFault gets shirty at Lin for not getting back in contact with her and Toph]], because [[SarcasmMode how dare Lin]] be reluctant to talk to a spoilt brat ''who permanently scarred her face'' and the mother who enabled her. She also seems to think that being the founder of a prosperous city and the matriarch of a big happy family will make Lin see her as a changed person, rather than as a KarmaHoudini.\\

'''Instead''': She lets Kuvira is off the hook due to her terrible upbringing and tells Opal they need to be patient with her.\\