Ehhhh. I pretty much disagree with most of this post, tbh.
As far as Amon goes, I have the complete opposite opinion. I think that him being a bender makes more sense than him being a non-bender who can randomly take bending away. If that were the actual case I would have found that pretty shitty. Also, just because he was a massive hypocrite doesn't make all of the equalists the same. Their leader lied to them, tugged on their heartstrings, used them, and just fucked everyone ever over in the end. And I was glad for it. That massive punch in the gut was what made him interesting.
Not to mention the whole thing of Korra's spiritual journey consisting of her feeling a sad
Sad? Just sad? I think that's WAY too much of an understatement. She basically had her entire identity ripped from her. Everything she had built in her life was destroyed in an instant. I think she was WAY more than just sad. And I think it makes sense that she had to give up one extreme to discover the other. They said in the beginning that she's a prodigy in physical bending, but her spiritual side was weak. Well. Once she lost the physical stuff, the spiritual was all that was left, and I think that's what saved her. It made sense to me.
The love-triangle from hell I can agree on, though. Because eww. I mean, yeah, I'm glad that Korra and Asami weren't at each other's throats over Mako, but that's the only thing I can appreciate about that whole debacle. Not to mention Mako didn't get shit in terms of character-development, IMO. He was basically treated like a trophy, except a really shitty one because he is just NOT a good boyfriend. Way to blow off Asami! Gonna do the same to Korra once the next hot thang comes along? Because that's kind of my impression. Really, Mike and Bryan's first two canon pairings I despise: Makorra and Masami. FUCKING EWW. So poorly handled, both of them. But I guess that's just shitty teen romance for ya. Maybe that's the genius behind it? IDK.
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Date: 2012-06-24 05:11 am (UTC)As far as Amon goes, I have the complete opposite opinion. I think that him being a bender makes more sense than him being a non-bender who can randomly take bending away. If that were the actual case I would have found that pretty shitty. Also, just because he was a massive hypocrite doesn't make all of the equalists the same. Their leader lied to them, tugged on their heartstrings, used them, and just fucked everyone ever over in the end. And I was glad for it. That massive punch in the gut was what made him interesting.
Not to mention the whole thing of Korra's spiritual journey consisting of her feeling a sad
Sad? Just sad? I think that's WAY too much of an understatement. She basically had her entire identity ripped from her. Everything she had built in her life was destroyed in an instant. I think she was WAY more than just sad. And I think it makes sense that she had to give up one extreme to discover the other. They said in the beginning that she's a prodigy in physical bending, but her spiritual side was weak. Well. Once she lost the physical stuff, the spiritual was all that was left, and I think that's what saved her. It made sense to me.
The love-triangle from hell I can agree on, though. Because eww. I mean, yeah, I'm glad that Korra and Asami weren't at each other's throats over Mako, but that's the only thing I can appreciate about that whole debacle. Not to mention Mako didn't get shit in terms of character-development, IMO. He was basically treated like a trophy, except a really shitty one because he is just NOT a good boyfriend. Way to blow off Asami! Gonna do the same to Korra once the next hot thang comes along? Because that's kind of my impression. Really, Mike and Bryan's first two canon pairings I despise: Makorra and Masami. FUCKING EWW. So poorly handled, both of them. But I guess that's just shitty teen romance for ya. Maybe that's the genius behind it? IDK.