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\\\"And I really don\\\'t understand the last couple sentences. Why are you bringing up genocide or terrorism?\\\"
Because usually when people try to defend Mako, they point out how he doesn\\\'t need to be called out on his actions, you know, because there are characters who\\\'ve done much worse than two-timing.
So I figure that Sokka and Tahno\\\'s behavior is more comparable, yet they got chewed out by the narrative, while Mako didn\\\'t. Plus to play the devil\\\'s advocate, sexism and cheating at sports is something that teenage boys do. Thus aren\\\'t wrong.
\\\"Sokka and Tahno get called out for their actions because they were acting like obnoxious pricks. Mako, for the most part, doesn\\\'t.\\\"
* Never admits his part in the kiss.
* When approached on it, he still denies it.
* Tries to put his brother on the spot. Yeah, the only time you get to keep secrets and expect others to do so is when it\\\'s not a harmful secret (undermining someone elses trust and all).
* When Asami makes some well deserved jabs, he makes her out to be the bad guy for the horrific crime of \\\"wanting her boyfriend to be honest\\\".
* And even if you don\\\'t think he could have backed out of the first kiss, he was about to kiss Korra in Episode 11. You know, in the same room where his girlfriend was sleeping.
* Ok, even if there wasn\\\'t time for a lengthy apology on his part, why could his dialogue have been \\\"I\\\'m sorry I messed things up between us\\\", rather \\\"I\\\'m sorry things got messed up between us\\\". What we got sounded more like condolences offered by a guy who wasn\\\'t at fault for how things turned out, whereas my rewording of it as small as it maybe at least has him admitting he is partially to blame.
\\\"Based on your quote of Bryke, I have to agree with MrDeath in that he\\\'s not being talked about as correct and his behavior is excused, but rather his behavior is understandable in that he\\\'s a confused and inexperienced teenager who doesn\\\'t always make the best decisions.\\\"
Yeah, all good in theory, but the point is they want us to respect the character, even without doing anything writing that would provoke the audience to cooperate. Giving him a more direct apology, plus having him break up with Asami without the certainty that Korra would take him, would have been a big step in that.
In contrast, Sokka directly apologizes for his sexism and develops more respect. As such, the audience is more inclined to respect him.
Tahno, well aside from sympathizing, he works as his character isn\\\'t suppose to be respectable.
And I\\\'m still iffy on whether or not there was enough time for a better apology. So, we can\\\'t fit in a better apology, but we definitely needed to have Amon praising Mako\\\'s \\\"talent\\\", and fit in some moments where Bolin\\\'s buttmonkey status is demonstrated.
So whether it\\\'s favoritism, or not understanding that you have to earn respect through admitting and working on your flaws, Bryke doesn\\\'t come off well either way.
Because usually when people try to defend Mako, they point out how he doesn\\\'t need to be called out on his actions, you know, because there are characters who\\\'ve done much worse than two-timing.
So I figure that Sokka and Tahno\\\'s behavior is more comparable, yet they got chewed out by the narrative, while Mako didn\\\'t. Plus to play the devil\\\'s advocate, sexism and cheating at sports is something that teenage boys do. Thus aren\\\'t wrong.
\\\"Sokka and Tahno get called out for their actions because they were acting like obnoxious pricks. Mako, for the most part, doesn\\\'t.\\\"
* Never admits his part in the kiss.
* When approached on it, he still denies it.
* Tries to put his brother on the spot. Yeah, the only time you get to keep secrets and expect others to do so is when it\\\'s not a harmful secret (undermining someone elses trust and all).
* When Asami makes some well deserved jabs, he makes her out to be the bad guy for the horrific crime of \\\"wanting her boyfriend to be honest\\\".
* And even if you don\\\'t think he could have backed out of the first kiss, he was about to kiss Korra in Episode 11. You know, in the same room where his girlfriend was sleeping.
* Ok, even if there wasn\\\'t time for a lengthy apology on his part, why could his dialogue have been \\\"I\\\'m sorry I messed things up between us\\\", rather \\\"I\\\'m sorry things got messed up between us\\\". What we got sounded more like condolences offered by a guy who wasn\\\'t at fault for how things turned out, whereas my rewording of it as small as it maybe at least has him admitting he is partially to blame.
\\\"Based on your quote of Bryke, I have to agree with MrDeath in that he\\\'s not being talked about as correct and his behavior is excused, but rather his behavior is understandable in that he\\\'s a confused and inexperienced teenager who doesn\\\'t always make the best decisions.\\\"
Yeah, all good in theory, but the point is they want us to respect the character, even without doing anything writing that would provoke the audience to cooperate. Giving him a more direct apology, plus having him break up with Asami without the certainty that Korra would take him, would have been a big step in that.
In contrast, Sokka directly apologizes for his sexism and develops more respect. As such, the audience is more inclined to respect him.
Tahno, well aside from sympathizing, he works as his character isn\\\'t suppose to be respectable.
And I\\\'m still iffy on whether or not there was enough time for a better apology. So, we can\\\'t fit in a better apology, but we definitely needed to have Amon praising Mako\\\'s \\\"talent\\\", and fit in some moments where Bolin\\\'s buttmonkey status is demonstrated.
So whether it\\\'s favoritism, or not understanding that you have to earn respect through admitting and working on your flaws, Bryke doesn\\\'t come off well either way.
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\\\"And I really don\\\'t understand the last couple sentences. Why are you bringing up genocide or terrorism?\\\"
Because usually when people try to defend Mako, they point out how he doesn\\\'t need to be called out on his actions, you know, because there are characters who\\\'ve done much worse than two-timing.
So I figure that Sokka and Tahno\\\'s behavior is more comparable, yet they got chewed out by the narrative, while Mako didn\\\'t. Plus to play the devil\\\'s advocate, sexism and cheating at sports is something that teenage boys do. Thus aren\\\'t wrong.
\\\"Sokka and Tahno get called out for their actions because they were acting like obnoxious pricks. Mako, for the most part, doesn\\\'t.\\\"
* Never admits his part in the kiss.
* When approached on it, he still denies it.
* Tries to put his brother on the spot. Yeah, the only time you get to keep secrets and expect others to do so is when it\\\'s not a harmful secret (undermining someone elses trust and all).
* When Asami makes some well deserved jabs, he makes her out to be the bad guy for the horrific crime of \\\"wanting her boyfriend to be honest\\\".
* And even if you don\\\'t think he could have backed out of the first kiss, he was about to kiss Korra in Episode 11. You know, in the same room where his girlfriend was sleeping.
* Ok, even if there wasn\\\'t time for a lengthy apology on his part, why could his dialogue have been \\\"I\\\'m sorry I messed things up between us\\\", rather \\\"I\\\'m sorry things got messed up between us\\\". What we got sounded more like condolences offered by a guy who wasn\\\'t at fault for how things turned out, whereas my rewording of it as small as it maybe at least has him admitting he is partially to blame.
\\\"Based on your quote of Bryke, I have to agree with MrDeath in that he\\\'s not being talked about as correct and his behavior is excused, but rather his behavior is understandable in that he\\\'s a confused and inexperienced teenager who doesn\\\'t always make the best decisions.\\\"
Yeah, all good in theory, but the point is they want us to respect the character, even without doing anything writing that would provoke the audience to cooperate. Giving him a more direct apology, plus having him break up with Asami without the certainty that Korra would take him, would have been a big step in that.
In contrast, Sokka directly apologizes for his sexism and develops more respect. As such, the audience is more inclined to respect him.
Tahno, well aside from sympathizing, he works as his character isn\\\'t suppose to be respectable.
And I\\\'m still iffy on whether or not there was enough time for a better apology. So, we can\\\'t fit in a better apology, but we need to definitely have Amon praising Mako\\\'s \\\"talent\\\", and fit in some moments where Bolin\\\'s buttmonkey status is demonstrated.
Because usually when people try to defend Mako, they point out how he doesn\\\'t need to be called out on his actions, you know, because there are characters who\\\'ve done much worse than two-timing.
So I figure that Sokka and Tahno\\\'s behavior is more comparable, yet they got chewed out by the narrative, while Mako didn\\\'t. Plus to play the devil\\\'s advocate, sexism and cheating at sports is something that teenage boys do. Thus aren\\\'t wrong.
\\\"Sokka and Tahno get called out for their actions because they were acting like obnoxious pricks. Mako, for the most part, doesn\\\'t.\\\"
* Never admits his part in the kiss.
* When approached on it, he still denies it.
* Tries to put his brother on the spot. Yeah, the only time you get to keep secrets and expect others to do so is when it\\\'s not a harmful secret (undermining someone elses trust and all).
* When Asami makes some well deserved jabs, he makes her out to be the bad guy for the horrific crime of \\\"wanting her boyfriend to be honest\\\".
* And even if you don\\\'t think he could have backed out of the first kiss, he was about to kiss Korra in Episode 11. You know, in the same room where his girlfriend was sleeping.
* Ok, even if there wasn\\\'t time for a lengthy apology on his part, why could his dialogue have been \\\"I\\\'m sorry I messed things up between us\\\", rather \\\"I\\\'m sorry things got messed up between us\\\". What we got sounded more like condolences offered by a guy who wasn\\\'t at fault for how things turned out, whereas my rewording of it as small as it maybe at least has him admitting he is partially to blame.
\\\"Based on your quote of Bryke, I have to agree with MrDeath in that he\\\'s not being talked about as correct and his behavior is excused, but rather his behavior is understandable in that he\\\'s a confused and inexperienced teenager who doesn\\\'t always make the best decisions.\\\"
Yeah, all good in theory, but the point is they want us to respect the character, even without doing anything writing that would provoke the audience to cooperate. Giving him a more direct apology, plus having him break up with Asami without the certainty that Korra would take him, would have been a big step in that.
In contrast, Sokka directly apologizes for his sexism and develops more respect. As such, the audience is more inclined to respect him.
Tahno, well aside from sympathizing, he works as his character isn\\\'t suppose to be respectable.
And I\\\'m still iffy on whether or not there was enough time for a better apology. So, we can\\\'t fit in a better apology, but we need to definitely have Amon praising Mako\\\'s \\\"talent\\\", and fit in some moments where Bolin\\\'s buttmonkey status is demonstrated.
