Amph ATLA and The Legend of Korra (ATLA live action remake coming Feb 2024)

So how about that metal in Korra's body still? That was crazy right? Crazy.

 

Knowing avatar, it's probably Walrus-ermine.

 

Nice to see GrandAdmiralJello and Jabba-wocky back at their schticks.

 

I'm not seeing either Wu or Kuvira to be a preferable ruler, though Kuvira would be more competent. Bit that competency is what makes her so dangerous.

Maybe they'll elect Toph at the end of the season.

 

The thing about Wu is, he seems like such a nascent Joffrey-in-the-making. Sure, it could be very good for him that he's gone through a very humbling process with his lackluster and ultimately thwarted coronation, but does that roll back 15-20 years or so of just acting like a general ****? Who knows, it's an awful risk.

 

Would Joffrey be friends* with his commoner bodyguard, instead of treating him as a disposable servant, if Joffrey even bothered to note his existence? Would Joffrey express sympathy that said bodyguard had a fight with the bodyguard's brother while in the middle of his own depression from being usurped, especially if the brother is working for the person who did the usurping? Would Joffery, upon being told that he wasn't a very good leader in the middle of freaking out over the usurpation, go "I guess you are right, I appreciate your honesty"?

Which brings me back to Wu vs Kuvira: that last line alone makes Wu better than Kuvira.** When someone disagrees with him, his takes into consideration instead of just threatening people.

*Well, Wu thinks they are friends anyway.

**Though, admittedly, I am spending far too much time around Jello.
I remember when Yin asked Mako why he wasn't dating either Asami or Korra I was like "Your grandson is a street cop born from a poor Ba Sing Se family, and who used to be a criminal. They are the head of one of the world's largest corporations, and the divine guardian of the world who is also a princess to boot. He is absurdly lucky to have seen them, much less date them."
Then I was like "Oh god, I am thinking like GrandAdmiralJello "

 

Joffrey has acted like that. You know, in the conciliatory, mature manner. Remember when he gave Sansa a necklace to make up for some previous trouble of his own instigating? Of course, that was pure, cold calculation. We really don't know that about Wu, and that's my whole point. Wu's a big, fat unknown, but what we've seen him of so far is that while, yes, he sometimes acts very admirably, he still mostly acts petulant, entitled, and bratty.

 

I'd take a spoiled brat who can still see reason over an evil twisted psychopath any day.

 

Exactly what type of bending did Kuvira invent? She would be crushed like a bug by the great Toph Beifong should she ever deign to lower herself to fight someone as insignificant as Kuvira. Toph is connected to the Earth in a way Kuvira could never be.

Even Kuvira knows how important the Beifong line is. Hence why she has chosen Suyin's son as her consort so that her rule may be legitimized and her offspring may be of the Beifong lineage. She may decry the idea of monarchs, but she has no problem marrying noble blood.

 

I feel like Kovera will be the New Hitler of the Avatarverse.

 

Ozai was Hitler; Kuvira is Stalin.

 

This is a better comparison.

 

This is a thing of beauty.

 

I think she is supposed to be Chiang Kai-shek: ended a period of wardlordism and banditry, extremely nationalist, ended the world's longest lasting monarchy after using the monarch to gain some legitimacy for him/herself, and her troops dress like Kuomintang soldiers.

 

My historical analogy powers only extend to white people.

 

GET OUT OF MY HEAD, LEWS THERIN! I'M NOT MAD YET!

*ahem*

Sorry.

 

The reason I thought of hitler first was because of the Hail kovera.

 

I really am deeply ashamed and embarrassed by this whole thing. I only wish that Kuvira had a more eloquent, competent spokesperson than myself on these boards. I wish someone could make you see why I like her so much. That you could understand the source of my confidence that she is the perfect leader for the Earth Empire. She deserves so much better than all this.

 

I'll start pulling for her if she starts shouting "Imperius Regina!" In battle

 

Episode 4: The Calling...

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This was good...and that was about it. Wasn't great, but wasn't a waste of time episode. Stuff did happen, but nothing to the extent of the first three episodes. The episode does fulfill one of the things I was really looking forward to the most in The Legend of Korra until now: spending an extend time with Jinora, Ikki and Meelo.

Episode starts out with the three kids packing for their trip atop Pepper, Jinora's Sky Bison. Pema is naturally worried but Ikki points out how they're the same age as Aang and the original group during their time. Tenzin needs to stay in RC to resolve the Kuvira issue. We spend a good chunk of the episode following the three kids: Meelo tries to act tough, while Ikki is hyperactive and Jinora the grouchy leader/babysitter who is meditating and Astral searching for Korra, but she can't pick up her energy.

We follow the kids for some time as they search through towns. Best comedic scene in the entire episode is Meelo flirting with a girl and the girl clearly interested in him, giving him a flower before the three kids have to depart. Meelo is mad at Ikki for her teasing. At an Earth Empire territory, Meelo throws away the prepared food and Ikki is annoyed and runs off to look for food while Meelo does the same and Jinora meditates. Ikki befriends a flying squirrel, and is captured by two of Kuvira's soldiers. Both are clearly bored being stationed out in the boonies while Ikki plays nice with him. They disclose that Kuvira is mobilizing to take Zaofu, and that troops are stationed everywhere except for the swamp. Jinora and Meelo rescue her and they set out to search the swamp.

Korra meanwhile is getting no help from Toph, who demands her to get food from the swamp. Along the way she gets visions of Amon taking her Airbending away,, Unavatuu taking Raava out her, and Zaheer poisoning her. Korra is strained from these visions, and Toph decides to take her to the banyan tree, confirming that this is the exact same Swamp from the TLA. She connects with the tree and sees the airbender kids, who in turn see her. They kids and Korra reunite, with them being introduced to Toph. Toph immediately takes a liking to Meelo's bluntness.

Throughout the episode Toph has been telling Korra about how Korra's previous experiences have gripped her in fear. Toph gives her a pep talk at how Amon, Unalaq and Zaheer all had their goals, but lacked balance, something Korra is lacking too. She is far gone back into the past and is afraid to let go of these fears because of them. At Toph's dwelling, Korra decides its time and Toph tells her she has to do it herself. Korra is shaky at first, but she eventually forces all the remaining metal out. Thus, Korra departs with the airbender kids, and Toph is happy to have peace and quiet once again.

 

Spoiler

I hope they remember to explain that chained up, evil version of Korra that was following her around before.

And Meelo is just plain annoying. Probably my least favorite character in either show.

 

Spoiler

Usually, these Airbender-only episodes are so painfully boring your can't watch in one sitting. The last one literally spurred the cancellation of the program. So I'm happy to report that, relative to all that, this was a huge step up in quality. I still wouldn't rank it as a "good" episode, but it was passable. Tenzin's children were tolerable, there were a few nice moments, and the ending was great, even though there wasn't really much build-up to it at all.