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I know the 5 man band page says it can be four, but generally if you have to drop it to 4, you shouldn\'t be making any other stretches. (And that clause may actually be removed as well, as the trope\'s currently undergoing repair.) \
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I know the 5 man band page says it can be four, but generally if you have to drop it to 4, you shouldn\\\'t be making any other stretches. (And that clause may actually be removed as well, as the trope\\\'s currently undergoing repair.) \\\"Leader, dissent, brains, brawn, and heart\\\", that\\\'s the setup.
Basically yes, we need to see more of this new 4-man team\\\'s interactions. Because let\\\'s face it: the 3-man fire ferrets weren\\\'t any combo of \\\"Leader, dissent, brains, brawn, and heart\\\" \\\'\\\'\\\'when acting as a team\\\'\\\'\\\'. Bolin played heart in episode 5, and that\\\'s it. Korra never led the group, Mako never came up with a plan, Bolin was never the tough one, etc. There\\\'s no way we can just assume the dynamics of this new one are going to move to \\\"Leader, dissent, brains, brawn, and heart\\\" yet.
Bolin \\\'\\\'might\\\'\\\' be the heart on a more regular basis, but we have to see. And If Korra is Leader/Brawn and Mako is Dissent/Brains, it\\\'s not a 5 man band. Again, a single person holding 2 roles is pushing it. Any more and it\\\'s just not that trope.
And yes, Mako may have qualities of a secondary type of brains, but that doesn\\\'t mean much when you\\\'ve got Asami exhibiting the more standard qualities of the archetype. The point really is that qualities don\\\'t matter, what matters is that the character has to be the brains of \\\'\\\'\\\'the team\\\'\\\'\\\', which Mako has not been to date.
Pabu and Naga fit TeamPet. Tenzin should not be included for now, as he\\\'s only Korra\\\'s mentor instead of the team\\\'s (though that could change).
And yes, we cannot assume Lin will even be part of that current team. and even if she was, she would not be TheSixthRanger, as they only have 4 members. Having a standard 5 will usually just reveal the 4 man team never quite fit the trope, \\\"fixing\\\" the 5 man band dynamic instead of breaking it.
So one more time: FiveManBand is first and foremost a \\\'\\\'\\\'group dynamic trope\\\'\\\'\\\'. We cannot say Korra\\\'s group is a 5-man band until we\\\'ve a) confirmed the makeup of the new group and b) seen their dynamic as a team working together. So Mako can be smart, but if he\\\'s not the brains of the group it\\\'s not a 5-man band. Korra may be the hero, but if she\\\'s not leading the group, it\\\'s not a 5-man band. Asami may be pretty and girly, but if she\\\'s not the heart of the group it\\\'s not a 5-man band. And Bolin may be an earth bender, but if he\\\'s not the muscle of the group it\\\'s not a 5-man band.
Basically yes, we need to see more of this new 4-man team\\\'s interactions. Because let\\\'s face it: the 3-man fire ferrets weren\\\'t any combo of \\\"Leader, dissent, brains, brawn, and heart\\\" \\\'\\\'\\\'when acting as a team\\\'\\\'\\\'. Bolin played heart in episode 5, and that\\\'s it. Korra never led the group, Mako never came up with a plan, Bolin was never the tough one, etc. There\\\'s no way we can just assume the dynamics of this new one are going to move to \\\"Leader, dissent, brains, brawn, and heart\\\" yet.
Bolin \\\'\\\'might\\\'\\\' be the heart on a more regular basis, but we have to see. And If Korra is Leader/Brawn and Mako is Dissent/Brains, it\\\'s not a 5 man band. Again, a single person holding 2 roles is pushing it. Any more and it\\\'s just not that trope.
And yes, Mako may have qualities of a secondary type of brains, but that doesn\\\'t mean much when you\\\'ve got Asami exhibiting the more standard qualities of the archetype. The point really is that qualities don\\\'t matter, what matters is that the character has to be the brains of \\\'\\\'\\\'the team\\\'\\\'\\\', which Mako has not been to date.
Pabu and Naga fit TeamPet. Tenzin should not be included for now, as he\\\'s only Korra\\\'s mentor instead of the team\\\'s (though that could change).
And yes, we cannot assume Lin will even be part of that current team. and even if she was, she would not be TheSixthRanger, as they only have 4 members. Having a standard 5 will usually just reveal the 4 man team never quite fit the trope, \\\"fixing\\\" the 5 man band dynamic instead of breaking it.
So one more time: FiveManBand is first and foremost a \\\'\\\'\\\'group dynamic trope\\\'\\\'\\\'. We cannot say Korra\\\'s group is a 5-man band until we\\\'ve a) confirmed the makeup of the new group and b) seen their dynamic as a team working together. So Mako can be smart, but if he\\\'s not the brains of the group it\\\'s not a 5-man band. Korra may be the hero, but if she\\\'s not leading the group, it\\\'s not a 5-man band. Asami may be pretty and girly, but if she\\\'s not the heart of the group it\\\'s not a 5-man band. And Bolin may be an earth bender, but if he\\\'s not the muscle of the group it\\\'s not a 5-man band.
