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-->'''Asami''': Blue, I’m not going to shoot you. Not this time. But you ask about that again, and I swear I will. No last words, not even another warning. You say those words ever again, and I will kill you.



-->'''Asami''': Blue, I’m not going to shoot you. Not this time. But you ask about that again, and I swear I will. No last words, not even another warning. You say those words ever again, and I will kill you.

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The Beifong syndicate all wear green.
* CombatMedic: According to Korra, all of the waterbending officers in the Southern Water Tribe were trained on how to use [[HealingHands the healing side of waterbending]] in order to save lives.



* CombatMedic: According to Korra, all of the waterbending officers in the Southern Water Tribe were trained on how to use [[HealingHands the healing side of waterbending]] in order to save lives.



* DoesntLikeGuns: Yasuko, when she was alive, ''hated'' guns. Sama remarks that she probably would've hated the fact that her daughter Asami creates and uses guns with ruthless efficiency.



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%%* * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Asami.Asami has pale skin and long black hair, and she's been termed the "Red Raven" by the media for her looks ''and'' her murderous tendencies. She was behind the Last Dance massacre; she snuck into the club where the Agni Kai Triad were having their meeting, and slaughtered them all because [[YouKilledMyMother they killed her mother]].



* HarmfulToMinors: Asami apparently saw her mother's blood-ridden corpse with the head crushed, and was a survivor of her home being burnt down anyways, all while she was a little girl. No wonder she's so messed up in the present.



* JustInTime: [[spoiler: Mako arrived just as the remnants of the Agni Kai Triad were about to kill Korra in front of Asami, and then torture her to death.]]



* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Asami gives Korra the option between becoming her bodyguard permantly or being killed. Justified, as Korra knows Asami's AchillesHeel and she doesn't want that becoming public knowledge. Korra is also really good at fighting and detective work, so [[PragmaticVillainy it would be a waste to kill her]].

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* MythologyGag:
**Korra claims that she ''wasn't'' the one holed up in a compound, it was Asami. This is the exact opposite of canon.
**Korra claims that the Avatar is a myth that one tells to children. In canon, she ''is'' the Avatar.
**In this universe, bloodbending is a story that the Southern Water Tribe tells children to scare them into behaving.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Asami gives Korra the option between becoming her bodyguard permantly permanently or being killed. Justified, as Korra knows Asami's AchillesHeel and she doesn't want that becoming public knowledge. Korra is also really good at fighting and detective work, so [[PragmaticVillainy it would be a waste to kill her]].


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* SecretRelationship: Asami has to keep her relationship with Korra a secret, due to her father viewing affection as a weakness and barely allowing Korra to be her bodyguard as is. After they spend the night together, Asami leaves early and makes her side of the bed without waking Korra.


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* SlashedThroat: Asami slashed ''everyone's'' throat during the Last Dance massacre.


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* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Downplayed and justified. Sama remarks that Asami certainly didn't get her good looks from her father, though Hiroshi certainly isn't ugly, just average.

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* ForcedIntoEvil: How Asami views her and Korra's actions. She claims that because their actions are just an effect of another action, they didn't have a choice in what they did.
-->'''Asami''': A ripple. You didn’t have a choice. No one here did, tonight. They killed my mother, so I killed them. Now, they try to kill me, and… well, I can’t really explain why some traitor saved us. But we’ll find out. Anyway, then this guy tries to kill me, so you kill him.



* TheInfiltration: Korra is ordered by Captain Beifong to infiltrate the Beifong syndicate, but ends up falling in love with the MafiaPrincess Asami.

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* TheInfiltration: Korra is ordered by [[DaChief Captain Beifong Beifong]] to infiltrate the Beifong syndicate, but ends up falling in love with the MafiaPrincess Asami.Asami.
* InterrogatedForNothing: Asami realizes while interrogating a dying man that he doesn't know the answer to what she is asking him.
-->'''Korra''': Asami, I… you don’t have to do this. He either knows or he doesn’t. You can’t beat knowledge out of him that he doesn’t even have.



-->'''Korra''': I hold on tight to Asami, trusting that she’ll keep me safe. Maybe she thinks the same about me now. I did kill that man. Right or not, it was the only thing to do. I was just riding out a ripple. I wonder where it’s carrying me, where it’s carrying us. We’re still together, after all. Hanging to each other like lone survivors of a shipwreck. We’re each other’s driftwood.



* PistolWhipping: Asami smashes her pistol into the face of a man that she's interrogating.



* TraumaButton: Asami loses her mind and starts bawling her eyes out at the sound of a certain song that she seems to associate with her mother's death.

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* TraumaButton: Asami loses her mind and starts bawling her eyes out at the sound of a certain song that she seems to associate with her mother's death.the Last Dance massacre.



** Asami massacred most of the Agni Kai Triad because they killed her mother during a break-in. The newspapers termed it ''The Last Dance Massacre.''

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** Asami massacred most of the Agni Kai Triad because they killed her mother during a break-in. The newspapers termed it ''The Last Dance Massacre.''Massacre'' after the club where the killings took place.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: After Asami takes Korra out to a restaurant, Korra mentions that their leftovers are in a Styrofoam cup. As the story takes place vaguely around the 1920s, Styrofoam wouldn't be invented yet (it was invented in the 1940s).


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* ClingyJealousGirl: Downplayed with Korra. When she and Asami visit a restaurant, she admits that she wishes that the Water Tribe girl leading them to their seats was a little less pretty. She even questions if Asami saying that she wanted water was her trying to flirt with the waitress right in front of Korra.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Korra must decide whether she is loyal to the Sato syndicate, or to the Republic City police.


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* TheInfiltration: Korra is ordered by Captain Beifong to infiltrate the Beifong syndicate, but ends up falling in love with the MafiaPrincess Asami.


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* YesMan: Asami is absolutely surrounded by people who would agree with anything she said because her father is TheDon. Asami even admits that one of the reasons she likes Korra is because Korra is the only person with the guts to say no to her.
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* UndignifiedDeath: The waterbender that Korra kills dies trying to piece his fractured skull together, fix the bloody mess that is his eye, screaming his loved one's names, and pissing himself.
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** Korra's petname, "Blue", is because she has blue eyes.

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** Korra's petname, "Blue", is because she has blue eyes.eyes and wears primarily blue clothing.

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* MeaningfulName: Opal Beifong literally has opal eyes.

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* MeaningfulName: Opal MeaningfulName:
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**Korra's petname, "Blue", is because she has blue
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
**Asami is objectively a horrible person, but she does truly love her father, her dead mother, and Korra. She'd kill for any one of them.
**Hiroshi is TheDon but loves his daughter Asami to shreds, and is willing to kill for her.
**[[BloodKnight Kuvira]] is mentioned to have a fiancee, who is one of the only people that she drops her violent facade around.



* MafiaPrincess: Asami's father Hiroshi is TheDon of the Sato syndicate. She somehow proves even more ruthless than her father, massacring all off the Agni Kai for something that their leaders literally spend 15 years in jail for. She describes herself as dead on the inside from all the killing involved.

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* MafiaPrincess: Asami's father Hiroshi is TheDon of the Sato syndicate. She somehow proves even more ruthless than her father, massacring all off the Agni Kai for something that their leaders literally spend spent 15 years in jail for. She describes herself as dead on the inside from all the killing involved.



* MinorityPoliceOfficer: In a fashion. Korra, a member of the Southern Water Tribe, is kind of like an undercover police officer for the Republic City police, except she doesn't have the legal protections that actual cops have.

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* MinorityPoliceOfficer: In a fashion. Korra, a member of the Southern Water Tribe, is kind of like an undercover police officer for the Republic City police, except she doesn't have the legal protections that actual cops have.have and they don't have any paperwork on her, so they can deny her existence if necessary.
* MoralityChain: Korra and Asami are morality chains for each other.
**Korra has Asami encouraging her to not kill and stay innocent, because she doesn't want Korra to turn out just like her.
**Asami uses protecting Korra as a leash to prevent her from turning even more into a killing machine than she already was.



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%%* * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Asami again.is known as the "Red Raven" due to her flowing black hair and red clothes, and also the amount of blood she has spilled in her role as a MafiaPrincess. She is best known for her massacre of the whole Agni Kai Triad during her RoaringRampageOfRevenge because [[YouKilledMyMother they killed her mother]].


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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After her mother was killed by the Agni Kai Triad, Asami sneaks into their meeting at the Last Dance club and massacres all of them. The event came to be known as the Last Dance Massacre and Asami became the "Red Raven".


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* YouWouldntShootMe: When Korra has a gun to Asami's head during the first time that they meet, Asami calls her out on the bluff and rightly states that Korra wouldn't dare to shoot her; Asami has her surrounded with armed guards.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Asami gives Korra the option between becoming her bodyguard permantly or being killed. Justified, as Korra knows Asami's AchillesHeel and she doesn't want that becoming public knowledge. Korra is also really good at fighting and detective work, so [[PragmaticVillainy it would be a waste to kill her]].

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* BerserkButton: Don't you ''dare'' mention the Last Dance massacre around Asami if you want to live. She even threatens to shoot Korra if she does so much as mention it.

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* BerserkButton: Don't BerserkButton:
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**Don't suggest that Hiroshi didn't love his wife. Asami nearly shoots Kuvira over this.


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* MafiaPrincess: Asami's father Hiroshi is TheDon of the Sato syndicate. She somehow proves even more ruthless than her father, massacring all off the Agni Kai for something that their leaders literally spend 15 years in jail for. She describes herself as dead on the inside from all the killing involved.


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* MercyKill: Hiroshi shoots a woman who is dying a slow and painful death through the face to end her suffering, though part of it might have been that she was insulting his daughter. As he says, "We Satos don't torture people. We're above that."

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* CombatMedic: According to Korra, all of the waterbending officers in the Southern Water Tribe were trained on how to use [[HealingHands the healing side of waterbending]] in order to save lives.



* DefiantToTheEnd: The [[spoiler: Triple-Threat firebender]] that Asami and Kuvira capture spends her last moments cussing them out. Justified, as she was already dying from her bullet wounds, so she might as well insult the woman that [[YouKilledMyFather killed her parents]].



* DrivesLikeCrazy: Asami is known to accelerate at the drop of a hat and take the tightest turns possible, to the point where the only thing stopping Korra from flying out of seat is her seatbelt.

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Asami is known to accelerate at the drop of a hat and take the tightest turns possible, to the point where the only thing stopping Korra from flying out of her seat is her the seatbelt.



* HealingHands: Korra can use the healing side of waterbending, as in [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra canon]].



* PapaBear: Downplayed, Hiroshi shoots a woman who was cussing out his daughter, but she was dying anyways so he justifies it as a MercyKill.



* YouKilledMyFather: Asami massacred most of the Agni Kai Triad because they killed her mother during a break-in. The newspapers termed it ''The Last Dance Massacre.''

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* YouKilledMyFather: Asami YouKilledMyMother:
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massacred most of the Agni Kai Triad because they killed her mother during a break-in. The newspapers termed it ''The Last Dance Massacre.''''
**The [[spoiler: Triple-Threat firebender]] that Asami and Kuvira capture explains that the reason why she hates Asami is because said firebender's parents were Agni-Kai and died in the Last Dance massacre that Asami perpetrated.

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* AdaptationalAchillesHeel: In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Asami didn't have her TraumaButton being a certain song like she does here.



* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Korra shoots a man ''four times''. Her first shot landed in his [[EyeScream eye]], her second exploded his skull, and the third and fourth were to finish him off. He apparently was conscious until the fourth and final shot, trying to piece together the fragments of his skull and the bloody mess that was his eye, before Korra puts him out of his misery.
* DancesAndBalls: The Sato have a dance with the Beifong to mend relations and figure out a way to work together, as [[PragmaticVillainy it is more profitable than fighting as the two biggest crime syndicates in Republic City]].



* EyeScream: Korra shoots a waterbender directly in the eye during a fight, which turns his eye into a bloody mess.



* GenericEthnicCrimeGang: As in TheLegendOfKorra, the Red Monsoons are



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Korra doesn't react well to killing for the first time, though it's more out of guilt for the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath amount of suffering]] she had to put the guy through before finally killing him. She even wonders if the name he was screaming was a wife or a daughter's and begins to vomit profusely.



* RobbingTheDead: During the fight with [[spoiler: the Airbenders]], Asami steals a machine gun from a dead body.



* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Korra doesn't react well to killing for the first time.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Justified. It is social suicide amongst the Satos to wear an outfit twice. Considering the fact that they're mafia, it probably is to show off their wealth to outsiders.

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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Korra doesn't react well to killing for TraumaButton: Asami loses her mind and starts bawling her eyes out at the first time.
sound of a certain song that she seems to associate with her mother's death.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Justified. It is social suicide amongst the Satos Sato to wear an outfit twice. Considering the fact that they're mafia, it probably is to show off their wealth to outsiders.

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* CementShoes: Korra mentions that the gangs in Republic City are fond of disposing of enemies by tying a brick to them and leaving them to drown in the Republic City harbor.



* HasAType: Captain Beifong tells Korra that Asami has a "weakness" for Water Tribe girls, which leads to Korra questioning whether Asami actually likes her or her tribe association.

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* GenericEthnicCrimeGang: As in TheLegendOfKorra, the Red Monsoons are
* HasAType: Captain Beifong tells Korra that Asami has a "weakness" for Water Tribe girls, which leads to Korra questioning whether Asami actually likes her or her tribe association.tribal association.
* MeaningfulName: Opal Beifong literally has opal eyes.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: In a fashion. Korra, a member of the Southern Water Tribe, is kind of like an undercover police officer for the Republic City police, except she doesn't have the legal protections that actual cops have.
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* HasAType: Captain Beifong tells Korra that Asami has a thing for Water Tribe girls, which leads to Korra

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* HasAType: Captain Beifong tells Korra that Asami has a thing "weakness" for Water Tribe girls, which leads to Korra questioning whether Asami actually likes her or her tribe association.
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* HasAType: Captain Beifong tells Korra that Asami has a thing for Water Tribe girls, which leads to Korra


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* UnlimitedWardrobe: Justified. It is social suicide amongst the Satos to wear an outfit twice. Considering the fact that they're mafia, it probably is to show off their wealth to outsiders.

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* AffectionateNickname: Asami calls Korra "Blue" because of her blue eyes.



* BerserkButton: Don't you ''dare'' mention the Last Dance massacre around Asami if you want to live. She even threatens to shoot Korra if she does so much as mention it.
-->'''Asami''': Blue, I’m not going to shoot you. Not this time. But you ask about that again, and I swear I will. No last words, not even another warning. You say those words ever again, and I will kill you.



* DrivesLikeCrazy: Asami is known to accelerate at the drop of a hat and take the tightest turns possible, to the point where the only thing stopping Korra from flying out of seat is the seatbelt.

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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Asami is known to accelerate at the drop of a hat and take the tightest turns possible, to the point where the only thing stopping Korra from flying out of seat is the her seatbelt.



* RedBaron: Asami is referred to as the "Red Raven".

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* RedBaron: Asami RedBaron:
**Asami
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**Kuvira of the Beifong syndicate is known as "The Butcher of Ba Sing Se".

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* DontCallMeSir: Asami would rather Korra call her by her first name instead of Miss Sato. If Korra has to use Asami's full name, she insists on being called "Asami fucking Sato" instead.

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* DontCallMeSir: Asami would rather Korra call her by her first name instead of Miss Sato. If Korra has to one ''must'' use Asami's full name, she insists on being called "Asami fucking Sato" instead.instead.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Asami is known to accelerate at the drop of a hat and take the tightest turns possible, to the point where the only thing stopping Korra from flying out of seat is the seatbelt.
-->'''Korra''': She’s picking out the longest straight stretches of road she can find, and speeding up until the engine’s roar becomes a scream to boil your blood. She’s finding the tightest turns, and taking them like she’s got a deathwish.

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* AppropriatedAppellation: Asami's moniker of "Red Raven" has become the name of a jazz club.

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* AppropriatedAppellation: Asami's moniker of the "Red Raven" has become the name of a jazz club.


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* YouKilledMyFather: Asami massacred most of the Agni Kai Triad because they killed her mother during a break-in. The newspapers termed it ''The Last Dance Massacre.''
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* DontCallMeSir: Asami would rather Korra call her by her first name instead of Miss Sato. If Korra has to use Asami's full name, she insists on being called "Asami fucking Sato" instead.
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Asami.

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* %%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Asami.



* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Asami again.

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* BodyguardingABadass: Asami doesn't have any bending abilities, but she's better with a gun and much more ruthless than Korra.
* TheConfidant: Korra to Asami.


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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Korra has to repeatedly deny that she and Asami have become an item.

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* FemmeFatale: Asami.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: Korra, very frequently, around Asami.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Asami.
* FemmeFatale: Asami.Asami, in contrast to subverting expectations in the series.


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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Asami again.
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* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Korra doesn't react well to killing for the first time.
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Beech cites \"Unreliable Narrator\" as one of his favorite parts of writing this story like all the time. Or, he did, when he was writing it. So here it is. Also I wanted to be able to say that I was the one who added this specific trope :P

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* UnreliableNarrator: The entire story is told in first person, and only from Korra's perspective. Unfortunately, she's not very genre savvy.
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* TheAce: Asami, even more than in the main series. On top of being a great engineer, martial artist, and driver, she's her father's second-in-command in their criminal enterprises, the ''lead'' engineer of Future Industries, and an absolutely lethal combatant.


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* FishOutOfWater: Korra quickly becomes aware of how in over her head she is, getting orders, going undercover, and winding up at Asami's side in less than two days.
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* AppropriatedAppellation: Asami's moniker of "Red Raven" has become the name of jazz club.

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* PurpleProse: Most of what Bolin says.

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* PurpleProse: Most of what Bolin says. When trying to impress women, at least.
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3168725/chapters/6880583 Republic City Blues]]'' is a noir-AU fan fiction of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', written by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Beech27/pseuds/Beech27 Beech27]]. The plot focuses on ''detective'' Korra's efforts to infiltrate the Sato syndicate.

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!!Republic City Blues contains examples of:
* FemmeFatale: Asami.
* FilmNoir: Detectives, criminals, darkness, etc. Prohibition-era United States is a major inspiration.
* PurpleProse: Most of what Bolin says.
* RedBaron: Asami is referred to as the "Red Raven".
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