History ShipTease / TheLegendOfKorra

!!! TheAftermath

* [[spoiler:The last scene of the GrandFinale is full of such blatant HomoeroticSubtext that you honestly wonder how they [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar got it past the radar]]. [[note]]WordOfGod is that they did so by politely telling the radar's operator what they intended and asking for permission[[/note]] It's modeled after the final scene of ''A:TLA'', minus the kiss between the official couple. The final image of Korra and Asami shares [[http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/dsxsqfvpbmxvrg41skc6.jpg the same shot design]] as other couples on the show.]]

* The culmination of all the buildup between Korra and Asami's relationship is shown in the season finale, where Asami is fixing up Korra's hair [[spoiler: while the latter is wheelchair bound and recovering from her battle with Zaheer]]. Asami proceeds to take Korra's hand (an act that is almost always a romantic gesture) and tell her that she is there for her in case she ever wants to "talk... or anything". It's around here that people started to seriously wonder if it could happen.

* When Asami compliments Korra's new hairstyle it causes Korra to [[CrushBlush blush]] and refer to Asami as being 'snazzy as always.'

* Bolin's letters to Korra are [[PurpleProse overly flowery]] and Mako's letters are [[{{Adorkable}} predictably awkward]]. Asami's, on the other hand, expounds upon how she misses Korra and that things aren't the same without her around, asks how Korra's doing, then finally goes into what she's been up to. Of these three, Asami is the only one Korra writes back to, because she feels the boys just would not understand what she is going through. It may be that Korra simply sees Asami as her closest, most trusted friend, but the subtext is as clear as crystal.

* Started immediately when the two meet in Book 3 Episode 5. Bolin compliments her name, prompting a blush, and then an awkward silence before Lin tries to abduct Opal. Opal makes an InnocentlyInsensitive comment at dinner that she is immediately horrified about when she learns Bolin was a street urchin before, though Bolin brushes it off as no big deal. After Mako convinces Bolin to go for it, {{Adorkable}}-ness abound for both of them after Opal calls Bolin out on his CasanovaWannabe behavior, before [[MomentKiller Korra]] interrupts.

[[folder:Mako/Korra - Makorra]]

* No sooner than the ''second'' episode did they manage an obscene amount of ship teasing between Mako and Korra. This continued for a vengeance for multiple episodes, including a tonne of WillTheyOrWontThey and multiple kisses, until they become the OfficialCouple in the season 1 finale.
* Unfortunately, it hits a rocky shoal and goes aground in Season 2, thanks to Mako's [[TheDitherer dithering]] and Korra's bull-headedness.
* The season 4 finale gives a small tidbit in the form of DevotedToYou when Mako tells Korra that no matter what he will aways have her back, [[spoiler:giving the Makorra ship a definitive yet graceful end.]]

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[[folder:Bolin/Korra - Borra]]
* Bolin's attempts at impressing Korra, most importantly his words to Mako after the latter berates him for bringing into their prep room another one of his fangirls (or so he assumes). Bolin tells him, "There's something special about this girl. I can feel it." But after episode five, when his heart was broken [[spoiler: thanks to Mako & Korra kissing]], Korra and Bolin agree to stay friends.

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[[folder:Mako/Asami - Masami]]
* They begin dating shortly after their MeetCute moment in Episode Four of Book One.
* Episode 6 of Book 2 has a moment where Asami kisses Mako after the latter says in a suggestive way "I won't give up on you" after admitting to having a falling out with Korra while the former had her life practically destroyed.
* But then this ship gets torpedoed and sunk after Asami witnesses Mako fall back to [[TheDitherer dithering]] and neglecting to tell a partially amnesiac Korra that they broke up.

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[[folder:Bolin/Opal - Bopal]]
* Started immediately when the two meet in Book 3 Episode 5. Bolin compliments her name, prompting a blush, and then an awkward silence before Lin tries to abduct Opal. Opal makes an InnocentlyInsensitive comment at dinner that she is immediately horrified about when she learns Bolin was a street urchin before, though Bolin brushes it off as no big deal. After Mako convinces Bolin to go for it, {{Adorkable}}-ness abound for both of them after Opal calls Bolin out on his CasanovaWannabe behavior, before [[MomentKiller Korra]] interrupts.
* In the next episode, the course becomes clear for these two when they have a heart-to-heart in Suyin's meteorite garden.
* The ship is in rough waters in Book Four, with the possibility of it being sunk, due to Bolin choosing the opposite side from Opal in a power schism/family feud over what to do with the anarchic Earth Kingdom. Even after Bolin's HeelRealization, he has a lot of atonement to do before Opal will forgive him. He earns it with participating in the rescue of her captive family.

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[[caption-width-right:351:Just in case you were oblivious to all the ship teasing between them since the start of Season 3...]]

* This line gets a CallBack in ''Turf Wars'' when Asami tells Korra that she'd like to visit the spirit world for vacation.

* Book 3 took this to the point where people started wondering if it was being done on purpose 9[[spoiler: It is not known from what point it became intentional, but WordOfGod treats them as a developing couple and SecondLove in the second half of the show]]). After the relationship drama in the first two Books, Korra and Asami's friendship is played up while Mako and Bolin's family is explored. Korra and Asami thus spend a lot of the Book together.

* Book 3 took this to the point where people started wondering if it was being done on purpose {[[spoiler: It is not known from what point it became intentional, but WordOfGod treats them as a developing couple and SecondLove in the second half of the show]]). After the relationship drama in the first two Books, Korra and Asami's friendship is played up while Mako and Bolin's family is explored. Korra and Asami thus spend a lot of the Book together.

* This line gets a CallBack in Turf Wars when Asami tells Korra that she'd like to visit the spirit world for vacation.

* There's this line from Mako, which is borderline LampshadeHanging on it all:

* In the PreviouslyOn intro for "Beyond The Wilds", Shiro Shinobi says that "Korra is safely back in Republic City". The accompanying clip shows Korra and Asami's hug from "Reunion". Not only did they choose to use this of all scenes as the first thing shown in this episode, but they also took the time and effort to [[http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/102086 re-touch it]] and clean up some animation errors (such as Korra missing part of her stomach), making the hug look even closer and more intimate than in the original episode.

[[caption-width-right:351:Just in case you were oblivious to all the deliberate ship teasing between them since the start of Season 3...]]

* Book 3 took this to the point where people started wondering if it was being done on purpose ([[spoiler:and in fact, it was]]). After the relationship drama in the first two Books, Korra and Asami's friendship is played up while Mako and Bolin's family is explored. Korra and Asami thus spend a lot of the Book together.

* Bolin begins fanboying over Korra the moment he learns she is the Avatar.

* As the Book goes on it has shown the two train together and eat side by side at big dinners. Not only that, they become somewhat of a BattleCouple, with Korra praising Asami's genius. There is also the fact that Asami is the one that keeps watch over Korra's body while she is in the spirit world, a task usually reserved for significant others (Aang and Katara, Zaheer and P'Li).

!!! In Harm's Way
* The episode starts off with Asami acting as Korra's sparring partner to help her relieve some of her frustrations regarding the Earth Queen.

* In a small moment during the middle of the season finale when [[spoiler: Team Avatar breaks into the Red Lotus hideout to free the captured airbenders and Korra]], Suyin immediately knocks out one of the Red Lotus guards then creates an earthwall to protect the rest of the group from the remaining one. Asami then leaps over the wall, runs up to said guard and [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend violently electrocutes him]] whilst looking [[http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/File:Asami_stuns_a_guard.png incredibly]] [[http://korrasami.tumblr.com/post/106741720540/an-interesting-development-seeing-the-ladies-at pissed off]].

!!! Enemy at the Gates
* When Asami is confused and upset over her father's desire to reconnect with her, she ends up going to a park that contains a giant statue of Korra -- perhaps as a way of being closer to her?

* Despite being apart for three years, Korra and Asami are in perfect sync with one another, while Mako is a step behind.
** During the car chase, Korra trusts Asami to know which way to go, while Asami maneuvers the car so Korra can leap to the van without either of them having to say a word.
* During the car chase scene, some people have noted that Asami has a new car that is [[http://dongbufeng.net/media/gallery/albums/k407/k407-1015.png dark blue similar to the color that the water tribe]] would use rather than [[http://i.imgur.com/xXPUE.png black like]] [[http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Cp6oJENS1dQ/hqdefault.jpg it was during]] the earlier seasons.

* [[http://korrasami.tumblr.com/post/106741720540/an-interesting-development-seeing-the-ladies-at Korra's reaction to]] [[spoiler:Hiroshi Sato's HeroicSacrifice]], and how it mirrors Asami's reaction Korra's kidnapping in Book 3.