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Tearjerker bonus if he dies or goes to prison with a Final Speech telling her he's sorry for all he did and if she'll forgive him. Additional bonus points if he has a Last Request to Mako to take care of Asami for him. Asami's already among the Biggest Woobies as of Episode 7 and what better way to pour more Angst and Tearjerkers into the show?
- Jossed for how it happens, but in season four confirmed when Hiroshi sacrifices himself shortly after redeeming himself to his daughter.
- Seconded. As utterly unfair as it is to compare Asami to another 'verse's villain on looks alone, the unintended similarities are so striking for this troper that Asami rings alarm-bells in spite of evidence she's genuinely nice and not, say, evil and planning stab Mako once she loses interest.
- Jossed - The creators have noted it to be a coincidence, but they have however embraced the similarities between the two. See the Shout-Out entry on the main page. The link to Bryan's tumblr fills out the details.
- Maybe they embrace it because they're evil.
- Who is Lust?
- This gal.
- She's evil.
- I just realized recently that the reason I didn't trust Asami when she first appeared was that, for just a split second when she takes off her goggles, she looks exactly like June.
- If all she wanted was a pro/trophy boyfriend she probably had better choices other than the hot new guy. If Asami and/or her dad are Equalists she either bribed the referees to save Mako or convinced Amon/her dad to do it. Any further motives hinge on whether Asami knows and cares that she's in a love triangle/rectangle with all three Fire Ferrets.
- Especially considering that the Fire Ferrets are still kind of a rookie team. If Asami wanted a pro-bender for a "trophy boyfriend", she'd likely go for one with more prestige, such one who has won championships.
- As of episode seven, it's more likely her father did it. He'd be in a better position to as well.
- Jossed: it would seem the wolfbats did that on their own.
- -Looking like Lust? Brychael have publicly embraced that resemblance via Bryan's Tumblr after having it pointed out to them.
- -Makorra? Episode five clearly shows Brychael are willing to troll ship warriors, and Korra's handling of her crush on Mako has hardly been portrayed as a positive in the early going (which in itself is an example of the Fridge Brilliance in Korra's immaturity in general — her sheltered upbringing justifies her portrayal as a reflection on the hardliners in her own fanbase).
- -The Satos being rich? The orignial series' Five-Man Band included two kids of a chief, a runaway noble, and a banished prince. Clearly their families have established a powerful trust of sorts within the world since that war, what with Aang having a Statue of Liberty in the city, Katara being the reasonable member of the White Lotus, their son a city councilman, and Toph's daughter the chief of metalbending police. Furthermore, the Satos actually contributed something positive to the world to earn their station in life, so why should we assume they'd side with the guys whose idea of equality is to bog everyone down?
The Avatarverse is a world overflowing with tropes, many of which have been either subverted, played atypically, or toyed with and averted. With so many little things playing out in ways that have the fanbase wistfully thinking Asami is Obviously Evil without even looking at her characterization or place in the story that we've seen thus far, she is bound to go in the opposite direction, remain a face, and NOT overtake the story.
- JOSSED. Her father WAS an Equalist, but she doesn't join him. Instead, she becomes one of the primary members of New Team Avatar, and a good friend of Korra come Book 3/
- In addition to that, Asami's going to be eventually be the Wrench Wench / Gadgeteer Genius for the team. Aside from growing up in the lap of luxury, Asami grew up knowing about automobiles and mechanics in general. Hiroshi was probably grooming her to succeed him in heading the company, so she knows a thing or two about machines, which will come in handy against the Equalist Mechas that are made of pure platinum, i.e Metalbenders can't come near them so they have to be taken out another way.
- What's this "hone" nonsense I hear? As of episode 7, it's pretty clear that she was a Badass Normal all along.
- As a wrestling fan, I have seen TNA pull off way too many of this same kind of asinine Character Derailment Ass Pull Face–Heel Turn by guys selling out to some Spotlight-Stealing Big Bad that anyone still on the "Equalist!Asami" bandwagon is basically asking for.
- Then that begs the question of why they would spend an entire episode, when they only have five left, trying to make her sympathetic just to have it mean nothing? That doesn't really sound like Mike and Bryan. At least when Zuko gave up his chance at redemption, it made sense. I dunno. I am of the simple belief that Asami is Suki 2.0
- And this is actually my point. Mike and Bryan do not treat the Avatarverse like TNA writers treat TNA. They don't pander to the bizarro equivalent of a smark, and they don't pull constant stupid "shock twists" out of their ass. They don't do things like turning a memetic soldier ready to strike out on his own as a major badass face into a hate-mongering lackey jobber in one night. They don't have an acrofatic physical killer destroy a group for months in a Roaring Rampage of Revenge for breaking his arm, have a chance to win a hard fought ladder match to become world heavyweight champion at his fingertips, then literally just stop and give the title to the enemy faction's leader, who he's hated since they met on the roster in the first place, on a silver platter. They actually write stories that make sense.
If Asami was actually an Equalist spy, there was literally no better time than the moment she took that gauntlet from her father to make The Reveal and join him in his Face–Heel Turn by attacking Mako. It almost literally would've won Amon the war then and there. Instead, she did the opposite, and like you said, it made the entire episode a sympathetic look at her. For this to be a ruse where she later turns out to be Evil All Along, especially with five episodes left in this seasonal arc, IMO would just smack of the same - derailing a character into a jerkass as a means to an end for other characters (in this case shipping). For that to be the road paved to Makorra would stain that ship for many a sane or non-shipper, and even risk putting people off the show depending on how much they liked Asami before or how much Makorra gets shoved down their throats since. This isn't Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara (who thankfully no longer work for the company), this is Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko. These gentlemen are not self-deluded idiots.
- Given what happened to a certain non-bender who wanted to do right in extreme ways, he will likely die as a result.
- Bonus points if Asami calls the old man out, telling him that her mother would never approve of him helping in ways that would kill/or harm countless innocent people and he realizes that she's right.
- Well, there was no Heel–Face Turn, at least not in book 1 (though not confirmed dead, he was effectively stopped and he's definitely fallen off the slippery slope). But her calling him out and stating that her mother would hate what he's turned into did occur in the finale. And he seems to be showing remorse for his actions when he reappears in Book 4.
- Confirmed in the season four finale, Hiroshi sacrifices himself shortly after reconciling with his daughter.
- Bonus points if Asami calls the old man out, telling him that her mother would never approve of him helping in ways that would kill/or harm countless innocent people and he realizes that she's right.
- You say that like it's a bad thing.
- How?
- Platinum is a powerful catalyst. Gasoline (or something else readily flammable)+something containing nitrate or nitrite+platinum=great balls of fire, which firebenders can proceed to throw into the cockpit and roast the pilot alive.
- Mako, brother, meet your new superpowered flare gun.
- Jossed.
- Platinum is a powerful catalyst. Gasoline (or something else readily flammable)+something containing nitrate or nitrite+platinum=great balls of fire, which firebenders can proceed to throw into the cockpit and roast the pilot alive.
- Well, at least this version of the "Equalists financed Hiroshi" theory clarifies that Hiroshi wasn't just arbitrarily bought.
- Second that. Remember Korra had only "driven" Naga and there's no mention of the car being returned or sold (it was last seen being effectively a playground for the Airbender kids) so expect to see a fanservice-y shot of Asami working on it under the hood or underneath it, asking Korra for tools in another Friendship Moment and/or one of the brothers as a gender flip.
- Confirmed in the preview of Episode 8!
- For bonus points, they'll go to a local Jade Dragon as a Call-Back to Zuko's relationship with Iroh.
- Further prediction: Asami will not accept the rescue, saying that he's escalating the conflict, just like Tarrlok, and that she'd rather be legally released from prison. She also won't leave without Mako and Bolin, and her father refuses to help "the enemy".
- Jossed.
- Confirmed by Book 3. Bring on the Les Yay.
- Season 4 is for you then.
- From how she asked Bolin about Mako and Korra in Out of the Past, she does seem jealous, but also sad that Mako pays more attention to Korra than her in the episode. I'm guessing that she'll confront Mako about it in the next episode. I also ship Asami and Mako so I'm really hoping that they don't break them up just to have Makorra.
- Original poster here, I agree you. If they can bring Makorra around in a believable way I'll accept it but sacrificing a character just for a ship seems stupid. Masami and Borra FTW.
- Ultimately Jossed Asami averts being clingy and eventually just breaks up with him, with a small revival in season 2, and in subsequent seasons becomes closer to Korra.
- Highly improbable for the simple fact that we've already had a non-Bender traitor in Hiroshi Sato, and repeating the same basic plotline would be rather weak in show as short as this. It would also undermine the series' goal to give equal treatment to Benders and non-Benders, in moral terms. Turning the only non-Bender of the Team Avatar to a bad guy over petty jealousy would be compareable to Sokka joining the Fire Nation; it just doesn't fly. No doubt there's going to be a confrontation of some sort, and it may well be angry and bitter, but it's not going to turn Asami into a villain.
- Likely on the way to a prompt Jossing as of episode 10. She knows about the kiss, but the only person she's getting on about it is Mako and she still likes Korra (as a friend).
- Jossed. She doesn't join her father. Instead, she calls him out for his behavior while fighting him in a mecha tank.
- It Asami and Mako have a serious talk in Episode 10, and it ends in Asami leaving Mako, she could rebound to Bolin out of (A) spite, (B) first person she runs into, or (C) Bolin just trying to comfort Asami. Thoughts?
- Out of those options C seems the most likely and in keeping with Asami and Bolin's characters. Asami doesn't seem like the type to use Bolin out of spite, but you never know, she might show some Hidden Depths.
- Jossed. She & Bolin never hook up. He becomes interested in Eska in Book 2 and becomes an Official Couple with Opal in Books 3 & 4. Asami spends the rest of the seasons becoming closer to Korra.
- Out of those options C seems the most likely and in keeping with Asami and Bolin's characters. Asami doesn't seem like the type to use Bolin out of spite, but you never know, she might show some Hidden Depths.
- Possible, but a more likely version is that after the love triangle blows up, Asami will be hurt and angry enough not only to just leave Air Temple Island, but to find and rejoin her father, now with her own motives for fighting benders, or at least getting rid of Mako and Korra.
- This could also end in Asami pulling a Big Damn Heroes moment in the end, when either Mako, Korra, or maybe even Bolin calls Asami out on the fact she is taking her anger out on all benders because of one failed relationship. It could work, and be really impressive if done properly. Especially if Bolin or Mako is the one to talk Asami out of working with the Equalists.
- I'd see it far more likely that Asami will call Hiroshi out for assuming that her ideals are so shallow that a failed relationship could screw them up, and then chew up the rest of the Team Avatar for assuming that she'd turn against them. What better Take That! could there be for the fans who assume that the sole non-Bender of the Team is just inches away from becoming an Equalist.
- Comfirmed
- The poor girl was given just about every reason imaginable reason that is normally given for a betraying Team Avatar. It was just shocking that she stayed the good path.
- Bonus points if the Makorra breakup happens in episode 1 of Season 2.
- Let's hope. Mako is already beginning to come off like a prize douche. And if he breaks Asami's heart and doesn't end up regretting it, I'd call that confirmation.
- I think Mako comes off more as a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who is just has Selective Obliviousness
- No, Mako is definitely bad news.
- Mako seems to regret breaking Asami's heart in their "goodbye" scene. And he seems to genuinely care for Korra, as well. I chalk the whole "it's complicated" thing up to dorky teenage hormonal angsty-ness, myself.
- Confirmed, but the love triangle gets rather bumpy in Book 2. By the end of it, Mako has neither Korra nor Asami, who spend the next two seasons getting closer.
- I think Mako comes off more as a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who is just has Selective Obliviousness
- Confirmed, but not out of spite.
- Descended is probably not likely, considering they're Fire Nation and she's Earth Kingdom. However it is a pretty cool theory.
- Well, Asami has green eyes which hints at Earth Kingdom heritage so...
- According to the above link, the Future Industries logo resembles Lian's signature mark. The evidence, it is accruing.
- Jossed, Asami stays firmly on the side of good.
- Jossed, Instead she just gets with Korra herself.
- He might well come to his senses if he saw a Bender mother torn from her non-Bender family, like his wife was taken from him and Asami.
- He does seem close to a My God, What Have I Done? moment in Episode 10.
- Tentatively Jossed, I suppose. The Equalists are over, and Hiroshi just became worse with the finale, coming to the conclusion that Asami couldn't be 'saved' and trying to kill her. Bolin calls him a horrible father during the following rescue, something that Asami agrees with just before hitting him with a shocking bola.
- It ain't jossed until he's dead and still unrepentant.
- Confirmed! He helps Republic City fight back against Kuvira.
- Plus, they both look of Fire Nation ansestry
- Wasn't June supposed to be of Earth Kingdom ancestry? This would still point to Asami being descended from her since her green eyes imply that her mother was Earth Kingdom because her father, with his mutton chops and amber eyes, is straight out of the Fire Nation.
- Because two people such as Hiroshi and the Lieutenant would never place themselves in a position to be electrocuted and taken out within in seconds just to hide the identity of one person.
In present day, Hiroshi is unable to cope with the knowledge that he himself is to blame, and instead decides to not merely put the blame solely on the Agni Kais, but on all benders in general. He may even have blocked out the memory of arranging the raid himself to avoid facing his guilt.
- Confirmed near immediately. But it's because Varrick hired the Triads to sabotage Future Industries to the point where Asami signed over the company to him. This scheme ends when Varrick fails to kidnap the President, and although he escapes jail, control over Future Industries returns to Asami.
Think about it. Asami is basically a modern day Prince Sozin. She's the daughter of a hyper-rich plutocrat, modern royalty. She's described as coming from a long line of colonists that trace their ancestry back to the first Fire Nation colonies, and her family's worldwide success represents the embodiment of Sozin's "expand the empire" talk. Future Industries is a global company that transcends borders, a financial empire whose product ("Satomobile") is so ubiquitous as to become the default name for the technology. In fact, having the world's most advanced technology is what makes the Sato empire possible, just as it did with the Fire Nation. Like Sozin, Asami inherits that empire at a young age.
Except it all goes wrong for Asami at every possible stage, because the universe is punishing her for transgressions in a past life. Hiroshi Sato's bid for world conquest flounders, despite his edge in military tech. We know in the next season that Future Industries is collapsing. The Sato fortune is presumably going with it. Asami loses her first romance... to the Avatar. It's like the universe is replaying the Fire Nation's history up to a certain point, and then demolishing it around Asami.
- Funny to think about considering how Book 4 ended. According to this theory, Sozin repented and not only learned from his mistakes but was rewarded by the universe through by having Asami/Sozin develop a romantic relationship with the Avatar.
- Jossed, she does on the other hand design her own type of flying Mecha.
- Confirmed...kind of. When Bolin visits Mako in jail and he asks where Asami is, Bolin uncomfortably says that Asami said she couldn't come because it reminded her of her father. So chances are that she has visited Hiroshi, but it isn't shown on-screen.
- Turns out that didn't happen — until season 4, where she does go to her father to return his letters, unopened. Fortunately they end up bonding a bit, anyway.
- Unless Republic City has some sort of law against that (and there was nothing made to that indication; the risk Asami noted was more about the seas being dangerous than having to dodge the police who, you know, investigated the shipments going missing), unlikely unless they want to make Raiko a complete Jerkass who bends the law. Its the difference between trying to undermine his authority as Commander-in-Chief as Korra did versus just choosing who to sell equipment to. As far as we know, Republic City has no laws against weapons sales to either side like the US Congress tried to implement during both World Wars before the USA joined properly.
- Jossed. It doesn't happen.
Asami is the only member of Team Avatar without bending, and bending has been shown to pop up in random folks in situations of extreme duress. Both of the people we see or hear about gaining their bending for the very first time gain it in stressful situations (Bumi falls off a cliff, and Da was arguing with his brother heatedly). As a member of Team Avatar against the very dangerous Irregular Benders, she's going to be in a number of stressful and dangerous situations, conditions ripe for her to gain bending. It may not even be airbending, given Asami's extremely graceful style and motions, waterbending might occur, given Kya seems to be sitting this book out.
- Kya actually features kind of heavily in the Book 3 trailer, shown fighting Big Bad Zaheer. Also, I like that one of the most important and combat-capable protagonists is a non-bender. I'll be disappointed if this turns out to be true.
- I don't either, we're just supposed to be guessing what happens.
- Jossed. She's still a nonbender.
- I don't either, we're just supposed to be guessing what happens.
- Confirmed in the final episode.