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@ Larkman, there\'s a difference between \
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@ Larkman, there\\\'s a difference between \\\"focus\\\" and \\\"relevance.\\\"

If there wasn\\\'t, the RomanticPlotTumor trope wouldn\\\'t exist.

That said, Mako was \\\'\\\'completely irrelevant\\\'\\\' to Korra learning how to airbend, up until he became the very reason she could finally airbend. That is the crux of what I\\\'m trying to point out.

A better explanation of the two brothers would be that they \\\'\\\'\\\'started off\\\'\\\'\\\' with the same amount of relevance (part of the GAang, potential love interests), but Mako simply ended up with much more Character Focus, which led to his seemingly-out-of-nowhere plot relevance at literally the last minute.

EDIT: Actually, I think the way Hodor puts it is best.

\\\"Mako and Bolin started out in the same position, but because the creators chose to make Mako the romantic interest and emphasized Bolin\\\'s role as a Butt Monkey, Mako got to be the one fighting Amon.\\\"
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@ Larkman, there\'s a difference between \
to:
@ Larkman, there\\\'s a difference between \\\"focus\\\" and \\\"relevance.\\\"

If there wasn\\\'t, the RomanticPlotTumor trope wouldn\\\'t exist.

That said, Mako was \\\'\\\'completely irrelevant\\\'\\\' to Korra learning how to airbend, up until he became the very reason she could finally airbend. That is the crux of what I\\\'m trying to point out.

A better explanation of the two brothers would be that they \\\'\\\'\\\'started off\\\'\\\'\\\' with the same amount of relevance (part of the GAang, potential love interests), but Mako simply ended up with much more Character Focus, which led to his seemingly-out-of-nowhere plot relevance at literally the last minute.

EDIT: Actually, I think the way Hodor puts it is best.
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@ Larkman, there\'s a difference between \
to:
@ Larkman, there\\\'s a difference between \\\"focus\\\" and \\\"relevance.\\\"

If there wasn\\\'t, the RomanticPlotTumor trope wouldn\\\'t exist.

That said, Mako was \\\'\\\'completely irrelevant\\\'\\\' to Korra learning how to airbend, up until he became the very reason she could finally airbend. That is the crux of what I\\\'m trying to point out.

A better explanation of the two brothers would be that they \\\'\\\'\\\'started off\\\'\\\'\\\' with the same amount of relevance (part of the GAang, potential love interests), but Mako simply ended up with much more Character Focus, which led to his seemingly-out-of-nowhere plot relevance at literally the last minute.

EDIT: Actually, I think the way Hordor puts it is best.
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