The Legend of Korra

Are airbender tattoos glow ink or something? Even that doesn't explain why they don't just stay blue in the avatar state

edited 26th Apr '16 6:09:31 PM by yellowturtle

As Sokka wisely says, "That's Avatar stuff, it doesn't count".

I forget if it was just a theory or Word of God but I remember hearing something about the tattoos glowing because they follow the flow of a person's chi.

Katara mentions him when she alludes to the idea that she's basically the last one of the original crew left. "My brother and most of my friends are gone." This was back when there was only supposed to be one season, of course, so when later seasons revealed Toph and Zuko to be doing just fine, it kinda made her look like a drama queen.

Sokka did appear during the flashback to Yakone's trial as one of the councilors responsible for Republic City.

I think she said many, not most. And that could account to a bunch of people we never see, or friends she made during the long interval between the two shows.

Also, Toph had been living as a hermit in the Misty Swamp for years, so she probably fell under the definition of "gone". For all Katara knew, she was dead.

edited 27th Apr '16 8:48:49 AM by DrDougsh

It could be a bunch of people we never saw but then there wouldn't be a narrative reason to write the line in. The purpose of having Katara say that is to inform the audience that Korra's adventure isn't going to be filled with faces from the past. It explains why Katara is the one and only returning character, discounting things like flashbacks or post-mortem appearances of Obi-Waang. It was passing the torch and saying, "This is the story of Korra now. Not me and Toph and Zuko and everyone. It's Korra's all-new adventure."

Which was subsequently rendered pointless when later seasons brought back the old gang anyway.

edited 27th Apr '16 9:52:29 AM by TobiasDrake

Katara's pretty old. I'm sure she's made a lot of friends that weren't part of the Gaang. Zuko and Toph may be alive but Haru, Tio, the Freedom Fighters, Mai, Suki, etc are probably dead.

It's not like they take over the plot or anything. None of the major climaxes of any season put a returning character in a prominent role.

edited 27th Apr '16 2:36:56 PM by Kostya

Well Toph does do her best to steal every scene she's in... but she was doing that in the original anyway.

She's still only in three episodes of the series.

''It explains why Katara is the one and only returning character, discounting things like flashbacks or post-mortem appearances of Obi-Waang. It was passing the torch and saying, "This is the story of Korra now. Not me and Toph and Zuko and everyone. It's Korra's all-new adventure." Which was subsequently rendered pointless when later seasons brought back the old gang anyway. ''

This feels like a good segue to talk about how much I liked the conscious attempts that they took to differentiate LOK from ATLA in book one and how lame it is how they backed down after it proved divisive.

I think the balance is good, the old characters are in for a nod to the ATLA fans, but they never override the plot. There are enough of them so that we understand the continuity, but not too much so that it becomes weird for some of them to be missing.

As actual, living beings we only see three ATLA characters. Considering the size of the cast in the show, it is a very small number. And since they were both the youngest and the most influential characters in ATLA, it makes sense for them to appear instead of, I don't know, Suki, Ty Lee or Mer - even if they are alive, they might very well have nothing to do with the plot.

Avatar Kyoshi sure is... unusual.

edited 29th Apr '16 4:08:40 PM by yellowturtle

Yep, Avatar Kyoshi is great. ^_^

Avatar Fuck Da Police, Actually Scratch That Let's Make A Secret Police For The Totalitarian Government, That Never Backfires

It sounds like they were only supposed to be museum guards or something.

WELL THAT SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL DIDN'T IT

It just goes to show, that Indiana Jones was wrong.

We need to stop putting stuff in museums because it leads to secret police.

Toph was an earth-wrestling champion??

EDIT: OH MY GOSH she is even more awesome as a kid.

I guess that's why she called Korra 'twinkle toes'.

edited 29th Apr '16 4:49:52 PM by yellowturtle

Yup.

And since she ran off with the belt, she's probably never been dethroned.

edited 29th Apr '16 4:43:36 PM by Bocaj

Like anyone could have dethroned her anyway.

edited 29th Apr '16 4:50:24 PM by ultimatepheer

Of course Toph didn't actually get permission.

Are you watching A:TLA for the first time?

Yes, they are.

Which reminds me, yellowturtle, how much do you know about Zuko's arc?

Yeah, Yellowturtle watched Korra first and is now watching ATLA.

Is that why they're posting their thoughts here? Don't wanna get spoiled in the other thread? Makes sense.