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I\'m not sure what the right trope for this is, or if it\'s just my opinion that doesn\'t warrant a mention, but I can\'t help but feel that Tenzin and his family\'s capture in episode 12 is a bit of an AssPull and DiablousExMachina. Firstly they are shown getting away in episode 10 thanks to [[spoiler:Lin Beifong\'s HeroicSacrifice]] (the undamaged airship turned away), but it seems the only purpose of their capture and threat of de-bending is to give Korra and Mako a reason to attack Amon and set-up a final showdown instead of retreating as they were planning on doing.
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I\\\'m not sure what the right trope for this is, or if it\\\'s just my opinion that doesn\\\'t warrant a mention, but I can\\\'t help but feel that Tenzin and his family\\\'s capture in episode 12 is a bit of an AssPull and DiabolusExMachina. Firstly they are shown getting away in episode 10 thanks to [[spoiler:Lin Beifong\\\'s HeroicSacrifice]] (the undamaged airship turned away), but it seems the only purpose of their capture and threat of de-bending is to give Korra and Mako a reason to attack Amon and set-up a final showdown instead of retreating as they were planning on doing.
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Garion seems to age normally, so he might not actually be immortal. My guess is that the Prophecies are what keep the sorcerers we\'ve seen alive, not their sorcery itself. Therefore, since Belgarion has already accomplished his destiny by the end of the series, he only needs to live long enough for Geran to be ready to inherit the throne. I may be wrong about the how and why of it, but since several characters including Belgarath and Polgara make a big deal out of Garion needing to have an heir, it can be assumed that he\'s mortal.
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Garion seems to age normally, so he might not actually be immortal. My guess is that the Prophecies are what keep the sorcerers we\\\'ve seen alive, not their sorcery itself. Therefore, since Belgarion has already accomplished his destiny by the end of the series, he only needs to live long enough for Geran to be ready to inherit the throne. I may be wrong about the how and why of it, but since several characters including Belgarath and Polgara make a big deal out of Garion needing to have an heir, it can be assumed that he\\\'s mortal. Also, Aldur made a bigger deal out of Polgara\\\'s immortality than he did Durnik\\\'s lack of sorcery, which is conceivably a big issue to a relationship. And as for why Ce\\\'Nedra doesn\\\'t need sorcery for her relationship with Garion to be equal, it\\\'s because Garion and Polgara are fundamentally different in their approach to, and us of, magic. For Garion, no matter how experienced with it he gets, still seems to consider magic mostly an ace in the hole, a superpower he brings out when he needs to. For Polgara, however, magic is a basic fact of her existence; she\\\'s had it for thousands of years, and it permeates everything about her. Ce\\\'Nedra doesn\\\'t need sorcery because Garion is just a normal person who has been given incredible power; Durnik needs sorcery because Polgara\\\'s magic and immortality make her fundamentally different from other people, and that kind of inequality is likely more than their relationship could stand otherwise.
