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* TakeThatScrappy: Many fans were dissapointed at how the Order of the White Lotus had regressed to glorified bodyguards and bending teachers in season 1, compared to the mysterious network of [[CoolOldFolks wise old badasses in the original series]]. In season 3, [[spoiler: Zaheer calls them out on this and claims his [[BombThrowingAnarchist Red Lotus group]] is what the White Lotus should be.]]
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* TakeThatScrappy: Many fans were dissapointed at how the Order of the White Lotus had regressed to glorified bodyguards and bending teachers in season 1, compared to the mysterious network of [[CoolOldFolks [[CoolOldGuy wise old badasses in the original series]]. In season 3, [[spoiler: Zaheer calls them out on this and claims his [[BombThrowingAnarchist Red Lotus group]] is what the White Lotus should be.]]
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* EvilIsCool: Zaheer, Ghazan, Ming-Hua, and P'Li instantly got popularity surpassing Amon's thanks to their being introduced making [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Tai Lung-esque]] prison breaks. Zaheer in particular gets attention for being an evil airbender, a first for the series. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in-universe during their first encounter with the Krew:
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* EvilIsCool: Zaheer, Ghazan, Ming-Hua, and P'Li instantly got popularity surpassing Amon's thanks to their being introduced making [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1 Tai Lung-esque]] prison breaks. Zaheer in particular gets attention for being an evil airbender, a first for the series. It's even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in-universe during their first encounter with the Krew:
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** With the return of the Dai Li, some fans were pretty disappointed at the lack of the Kyoshi Warriors as it would've been a great opportunity for them to appear in this season that was primarily set in the Earth Kingdom.
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** There are fans who felt Suki should've been the Chief of Police in the flashbacks in which Aang confronts Yakone as they felt it made more sense for her than for Toph due to her being the leader of the Kyoshi Warriors and would've been a good opportunity for the character instead of being unmentioned in the entire series outside her appearance in the mural from the first episode.
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** The restarting of the Avatar Cycle. Some see it as a meaningful and thematically appropriate consequence of the events of the season and a great way to ratchet up the stakes without killing anyone off, while others see it as the writers stripping away one of the main things that made the Avatar special, and robbing future Avatars of their ability to contact their past lives for guidance. Unsurprisingly, this tends to go hand-in-hand with the above BrokenBase and wether or not the person liked the new lore surrounding the origins of the Avatar Cycle.
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* CommonKnowledge: Raava and Vaatu have been criticised for being God and Satan analogues in Avatar world. However, while Vaatu's personality does fit Satanic Archetype, their roles and functions are completely different from traditional depictions of God and Satan. Most notably, they are equal in power and it is specifically stated that neither of them can be destroyed because they form a cosmic balance. Raava is never even hinted to be the creator of Avatar world, with her notably referring to Lion Turtle as "Ancient One". If anything, they function more as [[{{UsefulNotes/Zoroastrianism}} Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu]] analogues.
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**Raava and Vaatu have been criticised for being God and Satan analogues in Avatar world. However, while Vaatu's personality does fit Satanic Archetype, their roles and functions are completely different from traditional depictions of God and Satan. Most notably, they are equal in power and it is specifically stated that neither of them can be destroyed because they form a cosmic balance. Raava is never even hinted to be the creator of Avatar world, with her notably referring to Lion Turtle as "Ancient One". If anything, they function more as [[{{UsefulNotes/Zoroastrianism}} Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu]]analogues.analogues.
** Korra severed The Avatar's connection to their past lives. In reality, that was done by Vaatu and Unalaq. Korra never wanted to restart the Avatar Cycle, but she was forced to do so after losing a fight. Vaatu and Unalaq destroyed Raava, breaking the cycle of reincarnation and Korra was forced to start it anew after resurrecting Raava. Vaatu and Unalaq are the reason that future Avatars won't be able to contact any Avatar past Korra, while Korra is the reason that future Avatars will exist at all.
**Raava and Vaatu have been criticised for being God and Satan analogues in Avatar world. However, while Vaatu's personality does fit Satanic Archetype, their roles and functions are completely different from traditional depictions of God and Satan. Most notably, they are equal in power and it is specifically stated that neither of them can be destroyed because they form a cosmic balance. Raava is never even hinted to be the creator of Avatar world, with her notably referring to Lion Turtle as "Ancient One". If anything, they function more as [[{{UsefulNotes/Zoroastrianism}} Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu]]
** Korra severed The Avatar's connection to their past lives. In reality, that was done by Vaatu and Unalaq. Korra never wanted to restart the Avatar Cycle, but she was forced to do so after losing a fight. Vaatu and Unalaq destroyed Raava, breaking the cycle of reincarnation and Korra was forced to start it anew after resurrecting Raava. Vaatu and Unalaq are the reason that future Avatars won't be able to contact any Avatar past Korra, while Korra is the reason that future Avatars will exist at all.
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** Korra still didn't fully recover her memory until the finale and all we learn that she still couldn't remember was her breakup with Mako...and nothing else.
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Korra's lack of respect for her newfound airbending powers isn't an asspull, it's the point. Her arc in season 2 is learning to respect that power.
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** Korra finally picking up airbending can be viewed as one. Despite learning techniques for the entire season, and the philosophies of using the least confrontational route to a conclusion (which were very important to Aang's comprehension of each style - he couldn't even earthbend until he learned to stand his ground), Korra [[spoiler:airbends during a ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend moment using a technique that implied she was still trying to access her firebending rather than airbending, showing no real change in character barring panic]]. We knew she'd learn eventually, but the timing made it seem very forced on the writers' part. It didn't help that, in spite of [[spoiler:Aang's speech]], she showed little growth at the beginning of the next season.
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** Korra finally picking up airbending can be viewed as one. Despite learning techniques for one as she isn't actually able to bend it in the entire season, and the philosophies of using the least confrontational route to a conclusion (which were very important to Aang's comprehension of each style - he couldn't even earthbend until he learned to stand his ground), Korra [[spoiler:airbends during a ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend moment using a technique that implied way she was still trying to access her firebending rather than airbending, showing no real change in character barring panic]]. We knew she'd learn eventually, but trained and uses it more like firebending. It's also the timing made it seem very forced on the writers' part. It didn't help that, in spite of [[spoiler:Aang's speech]], she showed little growth at the beginning of the next season.first time that we see someone bend an element due to pure duress when before, extra stress actually effects their focus.
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** Tophs decision to cover up the crimes of her daughter. Doing that and explaining that she can't have a daughter in jail as the chief of police could be implied as way to protect her, because Toph can be expected to have put away many dangerous criminals and sending Suyin to jail would mean that she would encounter those criminals and they would punish Suyin for the deeds of her mother.
** Tophs decision to cover up the crimes of her daughter. Doing that and explaining that she can't have a daughter in jail as the chief of police could be implied as way to protect her, because Toph can be expected to have put away many dangerous criminals and sending Suyin to jail would mean that she would encounter those criminals and they would punish Suyin for the deeds of her mother.
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** TophsAlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Toph's decision to cover up the crimes of her daughter. Doing that and explaining that she can't have a daughter in jail as the chief of police could be implied as way to protect her, because Toph can be expected to have put away many dangerous criminals and sending Suyin to jail would mean that she would encounter those criminals and they would punish Suyin for the deeds of her mother.
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** Some fans were left disappointed that other spirits like Yue (in her Moon Spirit form), the Painted Lady and Koh the Face Stealer didn't appear in the season as they could've worked well in this story focusing on spirits.
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Unalaq is much more of a religious fanatic than en environmentalist and Kuvira isn’t redeemed ( in the show) and is more of an anti-imperialist third world nationalist than a European imperialist.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: While the show leans heavily on WhiteAndGrayMorality as well as WellIntentionedExtremist for its villains, and more broadly its frequent use of RousseauWasRight and GoodCapitalismEvilCapitalism, the series is rather aggressively centrist in its politics, with a heavy bias towards neo-liberal capitalism, portraying political radicalism (especially left-wing) in an unflattering light mostly by turning certain villains into StrawmanPolitical types; Amon's pseudo-communist rhetoric is ultimately portrayed as hypocrisy due to him being a bender himself; Unalaq's environmentalism is just a ploy so he can become TheAntichrist; the Red Lotus are [[BombThrowingAnarchist Bomb-Throwing Anarchists]] who commit short-sighted terrorist acts with [[AnarchyIsChaos no further game-plan to implement any anarchistic systems that would help people]]. Meanwhile, Kuvira, who has very deliberate fascistic and imperialist undertones (with off-handed mentions of concentration camps and ''ethnic cleansings''), is treated much more sympathetically and given a chance at redemption at the end.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: While the show leans heavily on WhiteAndGrayMorality as well as WellIntentionedExtremist for its villains, and more broadly its frequent use of RousseauWasRight and GoodCapitalismEvilCapitalism, the series is rather aggressively centrist in its politics, with a heavy bias towards neo-liberal liberal capitalism, portraying political radicalism (especially left-wing) in an unflattering light mostly by turning certain villains into StrawmanPolitical types; Amon's pseudo-communist rhetoric is ultimately portrayed as hypocrisy due to him being a bender himself; Unalaq's environmentalism religious revivalism is just a ploy so he can become TheAntichrist; the Red Lotus are [[BombThrowingAnarchist Bomb-Throwing Anarchists]] who commit short-sighted terrorist acts with [[AnarchyIsChaos no further game-plan to implement any anarchistic systems that would help people]]. Meanwhile, Kuvira, who has very deliberate game-plan]], and Kuvira's nationalism just a cover for fascistic and imperialist undertones (with off-handed mentions of concentration camps and ''ethnic cleansings''), is treated much more sympathetically and given a chance at redemption at the end.revanchist tendencies.
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I agree with the overall point but Amon *does* believe in what he says, confirmed by Tarrlok's comments and Word of God
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: While the show leans heavily on WhiteAndGrayMorality as well as WellIntentionedExtremist for its villains, and more broadly its frequent use of RousseauWasRight and GoodCapitalismEvilCapitalism, the series is rather aggressively centrist in its politics, with a heavy bias towards neo-liberal capitalism, portraying political radicalism (especially left-wing) in an unflattering light mostly by turning certain villains into StrawmanPolitical types; Amon is revealed to be an AgentProvocateur who didn't actually believe in his Amon's pseudo-communist rhetoric; rhetoric is ultimately portrayed as hypocrisy due to him being a bender himself; Unalaq's environmentalism is just a ploy so he can become TheAntichrist; the Red Lotus are [[BombThrowingAnarchist Bomb-Throwing Anarchists]] who commit short-sighted terrorist acts with [[AnarchyIsChaos no further game-plan to implement any anarchistic systems that would help people]]. Meanwhile, Kuvira, who has very deliberate fascistic and imperialist undertones (with off-handed mentions of concentration camps and ''ethnic cleansings''), is treated much more sympathetically and given a chance at redemption at the end.
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** "The Revelation": Amon can take away people's bending. [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Admittedly, some of the trailers hinted at this]].
** "And The Winner Is...": Lin was the third person in Tenzin and Pema's LoveTriangle.
** "The Aftermath": One of the Satos is working with the Equalists. It was a long time theory. Also, mechas. Super bonus points for those who saw the blueprints way back in episode 1.
** "Out Of The Past": Tarrlok is Yakone's son, and Amon has a means of protecting himself from bloodbending.
** "Skeletons In The Closet": Tarrlok is Amon's brother--his younger brother. Tumblr went on fire for that one. And Amon is a bender--and a bloodbender.
** In fact, pretty much every major plot point was successfully predicted. The only one that wasn't was the joke prediction that the parent-murdering firebender is a waterbending SerialKiller named A. Firebender.
** "The Revelation": Amon can take away people's bending. [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil Admittedly, some of the trailers hinted at this]].
** "And The Winner Is...": Lin was the third person in Tenzin and Pema's LoveTriangle.
** "The Aftermath": One of the Satos is working with the Equalists. It was a long time theory. Also, mechas. Super bonus points for those who saw the blueprints way back in episode 1.
** "Out Of The Past": Tarrlok is Yakone's son, and Amon has a means of protecting himself from bloodbending.
** "Skeletons In The Closet": Tarrlok is Amon's brother--his younger brother. Tumblr went on fire for that one. And Amon is a bender--and a bloodbender.
** In fact, pretty much every major plot point was successfully predicted. The only one that wasn't was the joke prediction that the parent-murdering firebender is a waterbending SerialKiller named A. Firebender.
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** Combined with HilariousInHindsight is that ''Avatar''/''Naruto'' crossover fics were common due do the fact that the designs weren't horribly dissimilar. Cue Studio Pierrot, Naruto's animation studio, animating for Book 2 of ''Korra''.
** "Civil Wars: Part 2": Did anyone tell you that Uncle Unalaq is evil? [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic No? Because they didn't have to!]] Yet, that was only the tip of the iceberg.
** "The Sting": Many people were not the least bit surprised that Varrick turned out to be a CorruptCorporateExecutive who staged the attacks on his own vessels so he could buy out Future Industries.
** "Harmonic Convergence": Unalaq reveals his master plan, to become the Dark Avatar by merging with Vaatu like Wan did with Raava. Lots of people saw that coming a mile off, but most dismissed it because it was so ridiculous. Joke's on them, eh? The giant battle between Korra and Unalaq was also unexpected.
** Combined with HilariousInHindsight is that ''Avatar''/''Naruto'' crossover fics were common due do the fact that the designs weren't horribly dissimilar. Cue Studio Pierrot, Naruto's animation studio, animating for Book 2 of ''Korra''.
** "Civil Wars: Part 2": Did anyone tell you that Uncle Unalaq is evil? [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic No? Because they didn't have to!]] Yet, that was only the tip of the iceberg.
** "The Sting": Many people were not the least bit surprised that Varrick turned out to be a CorruptCorporateExecutive who staged the attacks on his own vessels so he could buy out Future Industries.
** "Harmonic Convergence": Unalaq reveals his master plan, to become the Dark Avatar by merging with Vaatu like Wan did with Raava. Lots of people saw that coming a mile off, but most dismissed it because it was so ridiculous. Joke's on them, eh? The giant battle between Korra and Unalaq was also unexpected.
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** "In Harm's Way": When P'Li mentioned she had been locked up for thirteen years, some fans did the math and theorized that the Red Lotus were imprisoned for attempting to attack/kidnap Korra when she had just been revealed as the Avatar. They were bang on the money.
** "Long Live The Queen": As soon as Zaheer was introduced, the fandom just ''knew'' he'd get to show off what airbending could do if it weren't in the hands of a pacifist. The most horrifying possibility is that [[spoiler:they could suck the air out of somebody's lungs]]. Come episode 10, ''Zaheer proved them right.''
** "Enter The Void": After a season of failing to metalbend, many fans began to speculate that Bolin would [[spoiler:instead be revealed to be capable of lavabending.]] This got confirmed in this episode.
** "In Harm's Way": When P'Li mentioned she had been locked up for thirteen years, some fans did the math and theorized that the Red Lotus were imprisoned for attempting to attack/kidnap Korra when she had just been revealed as the Avatar. They were bang on the money.
** "Long Live The Queen": As soon as Zaheer was introduced, the fandom just ''knew'' he'd get to show off what airbending could do if it weren't in the hands of a pacifist. The most horrifying possibility is that [[spoiler:they could suck the air out of somebody's lungs]]. Come episode 10, ''Zaheer proved them right.''
** "Enter The Void": After a season of failing to metalbend, many fans began to speculate that Bolin would [[spoiler:instead be revealed to be capable of lavabending.]] This got confirmed in this episode.
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** "Korra Alone": Numerous predictions abounded about the nature of [[spoiler: Toph's reappearance]] - those that were proved right were [[spoiler: 1) she would be a CliffHanger right at the end of her first episode 2) Korra would meet her in the Foggy Swamp, where Aang first "met" her 3) Toph would make a joke about her blindness - "It's good to ''see'' you again." 4) Toph would call Korra "Twinkle-Toes".]]
** Likewise, many fans believed that Aang would still be doing his "marble trick" as an adult. Then in this episode, a proud seafood-seller shows off his picture of Aang performing the same trick with two sushi rolls!
** A few months before Book 4 aired, Jeremy Zuckerman posted [[https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-zuckerman/legend-of-korra-a-cue-from-a-scene-from-an-episode-from-a-season "a cue from a scene from an episode from a season."]] Some fans managed to correctly predict that this was from the scene [[spoiler: where Korra gets her ImportantHaircut.]]
** "Operation Beifong": many fans guessed that [[spoiler: Zhu Li was faking her loyalty to Kuvira in order to sabotage her plans]].
** In the first episode this season, astute viewers caught onto [[spoiler: Kuvira's mostly filled in map having slots occupied by the location of the United Republic, and guessed that she would try to conquer it as well as the Earth Empire.]] The ending to "Operation Beifong" confirms it.
** When fans saw the title "Kuvira's Gambit", many of them reasoned that she would, as the title implies, sacrifice something willingly for her victory. [[spoiler: Many fans guessed she would sacrifice her fiancé, Baatar Jr. And they were right.]]
** Many viewers had [[spoiler: Hiroshi Sato]] pegged as dead as soon as his first appearance this season [[spoiler: since his capture and defeat at the end of Book 1]].
** "Korra Alone": Numerous predictions abounded about the nature of [[spoiler: Toph's reappearance]] - those that were proved right were [[spoiler: 1) she would be a CliffHanger right at the end of her first episode 2) Korra would meet her in the Foggy Swamp, where Aang first "met" her 3) Toph would make a joke about her blindness - "It's good to ''see'' you again." 4) Toph would call Korra "Twinkle-Toes".]]
** Likewise, many fans believed that Aang would still be doing his "marble trick" as an adult. Then in this episode, a proud seafood-seller shows off his picture of Aang performing the same trick with two sushi rolls!
** A few months before Book 4 aired, Jeremy Zuckerman posted [[https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-zuckerman/legend-of-korra-a-cue-from-a-scene-from-an-episode-from-a-season "a cue from a scene from an episode from a season."]] Some fans managed to correctly predict that this was from the scene [[spoiler: where Korra gets her ImportantHaircut.]]
** "Operation Beifong": many fans guessed that [[spoiler: Zhu Li was faking her loyalty to Kuvira in order to sabotage her plans]].
** In the first episode this season, astute viewers caught onto [[spoiler: Kuvira's mostly filled in map having slots occupied by the location of the United Republic, and guessed that she would try to conquer it as well as the Earth Empire.]] The ending to "Operation Beifong" confirms it.
** When fans saw the title "Kuvira's Gambit", many of them reasoned that she would, as the title implies, sacrifice something willingly for her victory. [[spoiler: Many fans guessed she would sacrifice her fiancé, Baatar Jr. And they were right.]]
** Many viewers had [[spoiler: Hiroshi Sato]] pegged as dead as soon as his first appearance this season [[spoiler: since his capture and defeat at the end of Book 1]].
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** While Tahno eventually became sympathetic, the fandom already got him a pair of leather pants when he was at his {{Jerkass}} prime. And then there's Amon. When the fandom isn't RootingForTheEmpire, they're swooning over him for [[EvilSoundsDeep other]] [[EvilIsSexy reasons]].
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** While Tahno eventually became sympathetic, the fandom already got him a pair of leather pants when he was at his {{Jerkass}} prime. And then there's Amon. When the fandom isn't RootingForTheEmpire, they're swooning over him for [[EvilSoundsDeep other]] [[EvilIsSexy other reasons]].
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** General Iroh had a strong introduction near the end of the first season, but he makes very few appearances after that and doesn't appear at all in Season 3. His lack of screentime in the show is considered disappointing by some considering he's the grandson on a beloved ATLA character.
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** Mako had some strong potential considering his history with the Triads and Lightning Bolt Zolt (who basically adopted Mako and Bolin after the boys' parents were murdered, and he personally taught Mako lightningbending). Unfortunately, with Republic City becoming OutOfFocus after season 1, and his character revolving around the RomanticPlotTumor and the aftermath, there was never an opportunity to capitalize on it.
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** Mako had some strong potential considering his history with the Triads and Lightning Bolt Zolt (who basically adopted Mako and Bolin after the boys' parents were murdered, and he personally taught Mako lightningbending). Unfortunately, with Republic City becoming OutOfFocus after season 1, and his character revolving around the RomanticPlotTumor and the aftermath, there was never an opportunity to capitalize on it.
