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I don\'t think you\'ve read my post clearly, blacklamerose.
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I don\\\'t think you\\\'ve read my post clearly, blackflamerose.
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First thing, whether Asami betrayed Hiroshi or vice versa is completely irrelevant to the point I was making at the time, which itself was, as I put it: \
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First thing, whether Asami betrayed Hiroshi or vice versa is completely irrelevant to the point I was making at the time, which itself was, as I put it: \\\"in a complete aside from proving Mako to be a Creator\\\'s Pet.\\\" Similarily, the situation with Mako and Asami, while incredibly misrepresented in your post, also has little to do with Mako being a Creator\\\'s Pet.
That\\\'s first.
Now, let\\\'s get on to your attempt to say that he isn\\\'t a Creator\\\'s Pet (i.e. let\\\'s get back tot he point of this conversation).
Your \\\"argument\\\" if it could even be called that was on the point of Mako\\\'s Character\\\'s Focus. I\\\'ll say it again, condense the plot of the season into one sentence, and you get that the story is about Korra fulfilling her duty as the Avatar by learning airbending and bringing balance to the world by defeating Amon. It\\\'s pretty much in the title: Avatar Legend of Korra.
Now, the story sets up these two goals as the centerpiece of the story, but the problem is that it shoehorns Mako as a key component of both of these quests at the last minute. If Mako had greater significance to the plot and there was a specific plot based reason that Mako should be the key component of the show\\\'s entire premise, then this wouldn\\\'t be Character Focus. However, his only ties to the plot are that he\\\'s a bender, and that he\\\'s the Avatar\\\'s boyfriend. He is not presented as necessary to Korra attaining Airbending or to Korra defeating Amon, yet he happens to be just that for no good reason i.e Character Focus.
You brought up the issue of Katara having Character Focus; while I could no doubt endlessly debate the extents to whether or not Katara recieves \\\"unnecessary\\\" Character Focus, A.) It doesn\\\'t matter if she has Character Focus or not, since to be a CreatorsPet you need to have all 4 problems, and as far as I know she isn\\\'t a Scrappy, and the narrative (i.e. the Creator) calls her out on her bullshit.
Then there\\\'s B.) Whether or not Katara has Character Focus, or is even a CreatorsPet herself, \\\'\\\'has absolutely nothing to do with Mako being a CreatorsPet.\\\'\\\'
Let me tell you what you can do though. Look through the CreatorsPet page for Western Animation. Find a \\\'\\\'single character\\\'\\\' on that list who fits the bill more than Mako does, and then tell me where Mako falls short.
Because if anything, Mako fits the page a lot better than most of the examples currently listed.
That\\\'s first.
Now, let\\\'s get on to your attempt to say that he isn\\\'t a Creator\\\'s Pet (i.e. let\\\'s get back tot he point of this conversation).
Your \\\"argument\\\" if it could even be called that was on the point of Mako\\\'s Character\\\'s Focus. I\\\'ll say it again, condense the plot of the season into one sentence, and you get that the story is about Korra fulfilling her duty as the Avatar by learning airbending and bringing balance to the world by defeating Amon. It\\\'s pretty much in the title: Avatar Legend of Korra.
Now, the story sets up these two goals as the centerpiece of the story, but the problem is that it shoehorns Mako as a key component of both of these quests at the last minute. If Mako had greater significance to the plot and there was a specific plot based reason that Mako should be the key component of the show\\\'s entire premise, then this wouldn\\\'t be Character Focus. However, his only ties to the plot are that he\\\'s a bender, and that he\\\'s the Avatar\\\'s boyfriend. He is not presented as necessary to Korra attaining Airbending or to Korra defeating Amon, yet he happens to be just that for no good reason i.e Character Focus.
You brought up the issue of Katara having Character Focus; while I could no doubt endlessly debate the extents to whether or not Katara recieves \\\"unnecessary\\\" Character Focus, A.) It doesn\\\'t matter if she has Character Focus or not, since to be a CreatorsPet you need to have all 4 problems, and as far as I know she isn\\\'t a Scrappy, and the narrative (i.e. the Creator) calls her out on her bullshit.
Then there\\\'s B.) Whether or not Katara has Character Focus, or is even a CreatorsPet herself, \\\'\\\'has absolutely nothing to do with Mako being a CreatorsPet.\\\'\\\'
Let me tell you what you can do though. Look through the CreatorsPet page for Western Animation. Find a \\\'\\\'single character\\\'\\\' on that list who fits the bill more than Mako does, and then tell me where Mako falls short.
Because if anything, Mako fits the page a lot better than most of the examples currently listed.
