The Legend of Korra

I think we've had at least two Amon/Equalist/"does bending bring about inequality?" debates since you posted last, maybe three.

edited 27th Jan '15 3:23:43 PM by DrDougsh

Yikes.

I'm guessing more stuff about if Amon and Zaheer were good villains or not too??

Tons!

And also -get this- whether Zaheer was a good person. He wasn't.

Amazingly, attempting to brutally murder the main character has a way of making you look evil.

Who knew?

edited 27th Jan '15 3:35:22 PM by ultimatepheer

I'm vaguely curious about whether killing Korra was actually the plan the entire time.

I don't think there's any indication either way.

I'm also wondering what they wanted to do with Vaatu. I mean, they didn't want a Dark Avatar. But they did want him freed. Would they have helped Korra destroy him, or.

I mean. Red is a very Vaatu color. And White is pretty close to Raava.

So. I dunno.

Vaatu sounds pretty tyranty to me.

It sounds a lot like a Sith name to me. Darth Vaatu works perfectly.

edited 27th Jan '15 3:44:07 PM by Mukora

I'm stating my opinion, weather people want to make something of it or not.

He had good, even noble goals to start with. And it's strongly implied the system shaped them just as much as they did to themselves. So yes the system isn't completely blameless, but on the other hand, short of death sentences, you have no choice but to not trust such dangerous people, especially when they can and will try to kill you and escape at every possible moment

There doesn't seem to be a good way out of that one.

But his ideology doesn't mean anything whatsoever if he's willing to screw over peoples' lives without any say in the matter. Any idea is an extreme when you've made the justification that you yourself are the only one allowed to be right.

He could be an order-obsessed military soldier and it'd not make his actions any better. Point is, Zaheer and company aren't bad people for what they believe, they're bad people because of what they've done to justify that belief.

This was practically spelled out when Korra admits that they had good intentions to start with. I really thought that was blatantly obvious.

I mean.

The Red Lotus would probably think Vaatu ruling wouldn't be much better.

But they did seem to want the portals open. Because spirits and stuff I guess.

And they seemed to think that Wan separating Raava and Vaatu in the first place was really dumb. Which. Fair enough.

I always love a good fanvideo.

I admit, a few videos of this song have caught my attention.

edited 27th Jan '15 3:56:57 PM by unnoun

Zaheer calls Wan "foolish" for separating Raava and Vaatu in the first place, if I recall correctly. I think the implication is that he wants them to be in the same equilibrium they were in during Wan's time.

Wasn't hipster Zaheer a meme thing?

It's ya boy, Zaheer.

^^ Yep. Reposted a couple of weeks ago, though I forget on which thread page and the site search is unhelpful.

edited 27th Jan '15 4:13:21 PM by MisterNoh

There was some original art of them but I can't find it.

Naga has puppies.

Mako isn't invited because...? Maybe he doesn't like puppies.

I'd think Mako being the comically serious guy would've been too obvious.

"Its just puppies you guys. You're acting crazy." -tries to steal one-

DOG MOMS

Has anyone else considered the hilariousness that could occur if Korra energy-bent Rohan into a Water/Earth/Fire bender while babysitting?

Is that even possible?

''*finishes marathon of books 3 and 4*

...holy crap, did they just make what I think they made pretty much cannon?