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\\\"Yeah Amon and Tarrlok have done much worse, but in their case, the narrative treats their actions as wrong.\\\"
Mako\\\'s actions are not treated as right, but they do have a greater degree of moral greyness. And we \\\'\\\'do\\\'\\\' see how mistakes he makes hurt people.
\\\"And while Mako\\\'s actions aren\\\'t on par it doesn\\\'t invalidate it as being harmless\\\"
Which no one has argued.
\\\"(Really, cheating on someone while not on the level of genocide or terrorism is hardly as tame as say chewing gum in a classroom or calling someone a childish name like poopyhead). I mean Asami did have to deal with another man she loved who was keeping the truth from her.\\\"
You make it sound like he was \\\'\\\'actively\\\'\\\' cheating on her, which he didn\\\'t do in the first place. He broke up with Asami, \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' he confessed to Korra. Unless Korra forcing herself on him is now his fault. I think we have [[DoubleStandard a trope for that.]]
\\\"But not only do Amon and Tarrlok get called out on their actions, they receive consequences for them.\\\"
Like Mako does when his legitimately upset girlfriend gives him a well-deserved ultimatum in private?
\\\"Amon loses support of the Equalists and is killed by his brother,\\\"
So the punishment fits the crime then.
\\\"while Tarrlok loses his bending as well as his power & respect in Republic City.\\\"
Again, the punishment fits the crime.
\\\"Heck even Tahno who\\\'s biggest offense was merely cheating in a competition was met with humilation of being publicly debended by Amon.\\\"
And that was considered a \\\'\\\'bad thing\\\'\\\' by the plot and he was shown truly suffering from something well out of proportion to his crime.
\\\"Mako on the other hand receives no consequences for his actions.\\\"
...except for all the problems it causes in his relationship with Asami? Which is, by the way, the correct punishment?
\\\"I\\\'m not talking death or isolation, but his relationship with several members of the cast should have been seriously strained because of the lack of sensitivity.\\\"
Why would anyone have a problem with him besides Asami? He and Bolin had their falling out, but if two people who literally relied on each other to survive for the majority of their lives completely and utterly fell out over a girl, that would be highly unrealistic. Also, it would make Bolin a lot more petty considering that he\\\'d only gone on one date with Korra AND Mako wasn\\\'t the one that tried to kiss her (though Bolin probably didn\\\'t see that part since he thinks Mako initiated the kiss.)
\\\"Maybe have Bolin displaying some disappointment in his brother,\\\"
Like when they had a fight that almost cost them something they both loved? I mean, what more do you want?
\\\"and Asami who granted will still work with him for the greater good shouldn\\\'t have been so forgiving (I mean, taking the higher road doesn\\\'t mean having to be pals with someone just because you\\\'re going to be respectful towards them).\\\"
Wait, since when are they pals? They broke up and they\\\'re not seeing each other anymore. Which is perfectly valid as Mako feels at the least awkwardness and at the worst serious guilt, and why in the world would Asami willingly spend time with her now-ex boyfriend once the Equalists were defeated?
\\\"Also, just for a bonus comparison. In ATLA: The Desert, Aang gets out of control with rage after Appa was stolen. So much so that Katara has to calm him down.\\\"
I think the problem was that Aang had turned into a living god of rage and lost control of his powers. Not that he was upset.
\\\"Now when Mako is about to kill an Equalist out of rage, neither Tenzin, Lin, Bolin or Asami try to even talk him out of it or calming him down.\\\"
Because he didn\\\'t try to kill him and people using their powers to threaten people on this show all the time. I could give you a \\\'\\\'laundry list\\\'\\\' of potentially fatal applications of bending used by the heroes that nobody blinks an eye at. I have no idea why the fuck mako brigade focuses on \\\'\\\'that one scene\\\'\\\' aside from needing more reasons to hate Mako and only having so many scenes where he\\\'s on camera.
\\\"Now why is Aang called out on his rage, but Mako\\\'s is overlooked?\\\"
Because they have nothing in common?
Mako\\\'s actions are not treated as right, but they do have a greater degree of moral greyness. And we \\\'\\\'do\\\'\\\' see how mistakes he makes hurt people.
\\\"And while Mako\\\'s actions aren\\\'t on par it doesn\\\'t invalidate it as being harmless\\\"
Which no one has argued.
\\\"(Really, cheating on someone while not on the level of genocide or terrorism is hardly as tame as say chewing gum in a classroom or calling someone a childish name like poopyhead). I mean Asami did have to deal with another man she loved who was keeping the truth from her.\\\"
You make it sound like he was \\\'\\\'actively\\\'\\\' cheating on her, which he didn\\\'t do in the first place. He broke up with Asami, \\\'\\\'then\\\'\\\' he confessed to Korra. Unless Korra forcing herself on him is now his fault. I think we have [[DoubleStandard a trope for that.]]
\\\"But not only do Amon and Tarrlok get called out on their actions, they receive consequences for them.\\\"
Like Mako does when his legitimately upset girlfriend gives him a well-deserved ultimatum in private?
\\\"Amon loses support of the Equalists and is killed by his brother,\\\"
So the punishment fits the crime then.
\\\"while Tarrlok loses his bending as well as his power & respect in Republic City.\\\"
Again, the punishment fits the crime.
\\\"Heck even Tahno who\\\'s biggest offense was merely cheating in a competition was met with humilation of being publicly debended by Amon.\\\"
And that was considered a \\\'\\\'bad thing\\\'\\\' by the plot and he was shown truly suffering from something well out of proportion to his crime.
\\\"Mako on the other hand receives no consequences for his actions.\\\"
...except for all the problems it causes in his relationship with Asami? Which is, by the way, the correct punishment?
\\\"I\\\'m not talking death or isolation, but his relationship with several members of the cast should have been seriously strained because of the lack of sensitivity.\\\"
Why would anyone have a problem with him besides Asami? He and Bolin had their falling out, but if two people who literally relied on each other to survive for the majority of their lives completely and utterly fell out over a girl, that would be highly unrealistic. Also, it would make Bolin a lot more petty considering that he\\\'d only gone on one date with Korra AND Mako wasn\\\'t the one that tried to kiss her (though Bolin probably didn\\\'t see that part since he thinks Mako initiated the kiss.)
\\\"Maybe have Bolin displaying some disappointment in his brother,\\\"
Like when they had a fight that almost cost them something they both loved? I mean, what more do you want?
\\\"and Asami who granted will still work with him for the greater good shouldn\\\'t have been so forgiving (I mean, taking the higher road doesn\\\'t mean having to be pals with someone just because you\\\'re going to be respectful towards them).\\\"
Wait, since when are they pals? They broke up and they\\\'re not seeing each other anymore. Which is perfectly valid as Mako feels at the least awkwardness and at the worst serious guilt, and why in the world would Asami willingly spend time with her now-ex boyfriend once the Equalists were defeated?
\\\"Also, just for a bonus comparison. In ATLA: The Desert, Aang gets out of control with rage after Appa was stolen. So much so that Katara has to calm him down.\\\"
I think the problem was that Aang had turned into a living god of rage and lost control of his powers. Not that he was upset.
\\\"Now when Mako is about to kill an Equalist out of rage, neither Tenzin, Lin, Bolin or Asami try to even talk him out of it or calming him down.\\\"
Because he didn\\\'t try to kill him and people using their powers to threaten people on this show all the time. I could give you a \\\'\\\'laundry list\\\'\\\' of potentially fatal applications of bending used by the heroes that nobody blinks an eye at. I have no idea why the fuck mako brigade focuses on \\\'\\\'that one scene\\\'\\\' aside from needing more reasons to hate Mako and only having so many scenes where he\\\'s on camera.
\\\"Now why is Aang called out on his rage, but Mako\\\'s is overlooked?\\\"
Because they have nothing in common?
