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115984 No. 115984
Night of a Thousand Stars followed by Harmonic Convergence!

Shit's about to get real!
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>> No. 115985
Do you think they'll once more make light of Bolin's lack of metalbending ability re: breaking Mako out of prison?
>> No. 115986
Nick is posting the entire finale online tonight, if it can get 10k reblogs to this post:

http://korranation.tumblr.com/post/67056426031/heres-our-big-news-straight-from-janet-varney

Very very weird.
>> No. 115988
>>115986
So I guess we're getting the finale. Its at 12,111 I think. Wonder why Nick would do this? Maybe they think that if the internet gets a hold of the finale, and likes it, then more people will watch it on TV so higher ratings?
>> No. 115989
>>115986
Looks like it's done.
>> No. 115990
>>115986
hopefully its a realization they fucked up the scheduling for this book and are just now trying to clean it all out so Book 3 can get back on the schedule Book 1 had.
>> No. 115991
>>115986
Should have asked for a lot more than that.
>> No. 115993
Does anyone have a download link? I tried like 3 streams and all of them froze horribly.
>> No. 115994
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>mfw these episodes
It was all so good, even the romance drama.
>> No. 115995
Very fun episodes in a summer blockbuster way. Great animation
>> No. 115996
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>>115994
>> No. 115997
I think I need to rewatch all the "Mako is screwed" scenes 20 times.

Such bootiful expressions.
>> No. 115998
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“You’re a real life hero now, Bolin, so now I’ll be your girlfriend.”
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115999
Vague prediction.

Vaatu will be a body-hopper, since Unalaq only has access to super-waterbending. At some point he'll possess either Mako or Asami, and then reveal the truth about their break-up to her in the cruelest way possible.
>> No. 116000
>>115996
I think I find it so entertaining because Mako's awareness that he's fucked up and needs to step up is more obvious than it was last seasons.
>> No. 116001
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>>116000

And he's facing down all the judgement.
>> No. 116002
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116002
My mistake. Bolin doesn’t love Ginger. He wants Eska again.
>> No. 116003
>>115998
*Achievement Earned..?
>> No. 116004
I think Japan has infiltrated the Avatar thread on /co/. No love for giant fights FOR SHAME.
>> No. 116005
UGH... I hate to say it, but does anyone have a proper upload for the last two? I love what Nick did, but their site is having some... buffering problems.
>> No. 116006
someone should have a WEB DL of them later HQ likely next week though.
>> No. 116007
>>116004
Are they just bringing up the similarities to Evangelion, or is it something else?
>> No. 116008
RIPS OF TONIGHT'S EPISODES:

http://www.4shared.com/get/3U-EU6CU/TheLegendOfKorraS02E11E12Night.html

WEBRIPS OF FINALE

http://www.4shared.com/get/z3I1Yysp/TheLegendOfKorraS02E13Darkness.html

http://www.4shared.com/get/I_y078Hr/TheLegendOfKorraS02E14LightInT.html

I- I need a few hours to compose myself. I am thoroughly satisfied by tonight's events. I bow down to Korra forever. This is now truly HER Legend.

Holy. Fucking. Shit man.
>> No. 116009
So, Korra can no longer contact the past Avatars. That's going to make things pretty tough. I wonder how that'll factor into the next season.
>> No. 116010
>>116007
nah just EVA nothing really intelligent.
>> No. 116011
So, Korra can no longer contact the past Avatars. That's going to make things pretty tough. I wonder how that'll factor into the next season.
>> No. 116012
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116012
mfw Giant Korra went full John Cena mode and gave Unavaatu an FU into a fucking mountain
>> No. 116013
Man, oh man that finale RULED! I think it would have been fine to have left the series there, but I'm really looking forward to the next two books now.

Also, I was glad Varrick ended up being more of an ambiguous figure in the end.
>> No. 116014
So, overall, I really liked it and I think generally book 2 was stronger than book 1. I feel like Bryke are really playing with fire with this whole spirits roaming freely thing and Korra losing contact with her past lives, but maybe that'll be a plot for the next book.

I did have a few problems though, mostly along the lines of:
- They really should just let Makorra be a couple and leave it alone. They said themselves that they still love each other, they're inevitably going to get back together but it's now going to be dragged out.

- Asami completely disappearing, though I can recognize she couldn't fly a plane through the spirit portal and bomb the spirits.

- Not really a con, but I'm a little confused as to what Jinora was doing exactly.
>> No. 116015
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116015
>Korra's sex hair

Wow I am emotionally drained after those last four episodes. So much good stuff to digest, I was literally just typing OH FUCK *OH FUCK* over and over as one incredible thing happened after another.
>> No. 116016
Poor Bolin... Eska loved him JUST for who he was, as opposed to stupid Ginger. :(((
>> No. 116017
being an asami fan is suffering
>> No. 116019
>>116014

>Not really a con, but I'm a little confused as to what Jinora was doing exactly.

I would say that is the one thing that actually comes close to being a major con for me.

I'm pretty sure the answer is "Jinora got some Raava in her after touching the Wan statue at the start of the season" and that energy is how she eventually either rekindled the original Raava inside Vatu or created a new Raava or whatever...which creatively I don't actually have a problem with. Raava and Vatu said neither can really ever destroy the other, so it makes sense, but...

The real con part for me is that this season has been fairly heavy on exposition and explaining things, even to the point of it becoming a little grating at times with dialogue sounding pretty unnatural in some parts...but when we got to this one instance that ACTUALLY could have used some exposition...even just a single line or a quick flash back to Jinora touching the statue...there was no exposition to be found.

I've seen enough people confused already that I'm confident in saying this is not one of those "answering too many questions and explaining that the force is really Midi-chlorians takes away the magic and fun" type situations. This is more a "a fairly large number of people seem confused over exactly what plot point turned the tide of the final, climactic battle and it probably could have used a tiny bit more explaining," type situation.

But again, if that's the worst complaint I have to lodge, then I guess it save more about how cool I thought everything else was.

The following two points are other minor questions/problems I had. I already posted them on /co/, might as well post them here too.

1. How exactly did Korra turn all energy giant? I know she "connected with the cosmic energy of the universe," but is that something anyone could do with enough meditation? Or was it because she mediated specifically in that memory tree? Or was she specifically able to do it because she was the Avatar, even though she had lost Raava at that point?

2. What exactly happened to Vatu at the end? Korra told the twins she couldn't save Unalaq, but even if Unalaq is dead, I thought the rule was that Raava and Vatu couldn't actually defeat each other. Was Korra able to finally defeat Vatu because of the extra power gained during Harmonic Convergence, and now he's now gone forever? Or is he just gone for another 10,000 years? Is this Vatu gone, but another will be eventually be reborn from Raava, much like Raava was possibly/apparently reborn from Vatu after Jinora appeared?
>> No. 116020
>>116019
-The energy giant thing was something from back in ATLA, when the lion turtle talked about how people used to bend the energy within themselves rather than elements.

apparently the ancient world was some Pacific Rim shit
>> No. 116021
My only complaint about the finale is that they threw so much at us at once. I think I'll need some time to piece it all together and reconciling it with everything we know up to this point.
>> No. 116022
My only complaint about the finale is that they threw so much at us at once. I think I'll need some time to piece it all together and reconciling it with everything we know up to this point.
>> No. 116023
>>116021

4 episodes were thrust upon us all at once expectantly. I agree it's a lot to parse though. If anything, all 4 episodes are packed with stuff worthy of a rewatch.

It was a goddamn feast for the eyes and ears, regardless. Studio Mir and the Track Team knocked it out of the park.
>> No. 116024
It was good.

That is all.
>> No. 116025
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116025
Pilot the Eva Korra! You have to prevent harmonic convergence!
>> No. 116026
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>>116025

When Unavaatu made landfall in Republic City I knew who this job was suited for before Korra arrived to bury him

Dem Kaiju horns during this battle was such a Toho shoutout
>> No. 116027
Most important reveal of the series: Varrick invented doughnuts!
>> No. 116028
>>116027
Oh shit can I just love that they set Varrick up for a return?

Also, Grey Delisle was the spider spirit and the spirit mushroom.
>> No. 116029
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BRRRRRRR APPLEDOUGH!
>> No. 116031
HOLY SHIT I JUST REALIZED NICK SHOWED ALL THE EPISODES TODAY. FUCK YOU NICK YOU DIDN'T TELL ME SHIT!
>> No. 116032
>>116031

The last two episodes are up on Nick.com. If you're American you can view them. If you aren't, there's ways around that (like some chrome extension).
>> No. 116033
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116033
Best part.
>> No. 116034
Also, was Bolin and Eska's kiss the first one with saliva trail on a kids show? Yuck.
>> No. 116036
That finale was pretty cool. Cheesy as fuck, but some of the most fun I've had in awhile watching tv.
>> No. 116037
>>116025

In the year 10015, the Dark Spirits, huge, tremendously powerful extradimensional war machines appear in the United Republic for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Avangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERVE, a special United Forces agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Dark Spirits can dish out, the Avangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of children, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Dark Spirits first appeared, are able to interface with the Avangelion. One such teenager is Jinora, whose father heads the NERVE team that developed and maintains the Avangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that she does not understand, Jinora is forced to plumb the depths of her own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.
>> No. 116039
I liked how Denske and Eska didn't betray their father and that Unalaq was able to justify what he was doing. The series would have been much worse if Unalaq didn't have a real reason for what he was doing.

Just a few problems with this episode:

1) Why did Varrick only have 4 water benders to try and kidnap the president? Unless the president was unguarded you'd think Varrick would need more more than 4 water benders to defeat all the metal bending police officers.

2) By saving the president Bolin ended up making it less likely that soldiers would be sent to help the Southern Water tribe. Had Varrick's plan succeeded then Korra would most likely have had an easier time fighting against the Northern Water tribe.

3) Why did the Metal benders arrest Varrick as soon as the Water Tribe man said his name? Unless the acoustics in the bending arena are very good the police shouldn't have been able to hear what he said. Especially since there was a much louder movie playing.

4) Lin Beifong was inept the entire time this was happening. She never once tried to follow up on any of the evidence Mako gave her. What the Republic City arc was missing is a scene showing which other leads Beifong is following and why she considers them more valid than Mako's evidence.

5) Despite having a battleship full of weapons because everyone procrastinated for so long the Souther Water Tribe's resistance got wiped out making all these weapons useless. So the only useful thing from the Republic City arc was one plane (something they could have gotten from Asami as her company builds planes). The battleship wasn't useful as it was never needed for combat, so the same result could have been achieved with any ship capable of carrying a plane. As a result the whole Republic City arc could have not happened and the main plot wouldn't have been effected in any way.
>> No. 116043
>>116039
Just watched eps 13 and 14 (didn't know they'd been released). I feel that the betrayal by Denske and Eska was handled well as they did require a lot of convincing, rather than just accepting that he was evil.

I'd say there were 2 bad parts:

1) Unalaq attacked Republic City for no reason. I'm guessing the writers did this so that they could show all the characters in Republic City but from a story perspective it made no sense. Unalaq should have attacked the Souther Water Tribe or nearby earth Kingdom lands, not attacking Republic City to give minor characters more screen time.

2) The part where Korra meditated in a tree to gain cosmic power so she could fight Vaatu felt like an asspull. Jinora's involvement made this 1,000 times worse. Seriously how was Jinora able to do whatever she did? It was like the writers wrote themselves into a corner, then decided that Jinora would save everyone without putting any thought into why Jinora would have this power.

The writers could easily have explained why Jinora could do this by showing her being trained to calm spirits or having Raava give Jinora a piece of herself, which she could then give to Korra (like the Moon Spirit did in Season 1 of ATLA). Instead we got a confusing mess.
>> No. 116044
>>116039
>What the Republic City arc was missing is a scene showing which other leads Beifong is following and why she considers them more valid than Mako's evidence.

Am I the only one who thinks Beifong thought Mako was right all along, and just did what she did out of duty? When she released him from prison, she didn't say, "Mako, I apologize, you were right all along," she complimented him on being one of the finest on the force. I don't know, I could be reading too much into it, but that line and her lack of surprise when Varrick launched his plan seemed to indicate that she had faith and trust in him all along.
>> No. 116045
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>>116043

>no reason

Let me propose something.

You are a giant kaiju/demigod, with the ability to smash the shit out of anything and are immune to most forms of mortal attack. Do you go stepping on igloos for your first night out on the town? No. You go to the biggest, shiniest city and blow the shit out of it so everyone will know you're the baddest bastard in town.

Learn to kaiju, anon.
>> No. 116047
>>116045

That and I'm sure the most technologically advanced city on Earth would be a sore point for the man who believes the world to have become so spiritually bankrupt he needs to remake everything.
>> No. 116052
>>116043

>republic city for no reason

Why do you think New York gets fucked over in nearly every western produced disaster flick? The big metropolis is ALWAYS target #1.
>> No. 116054
>>116043
>1) Unalaq attacked Republic City for no reason.
Unalaq attacking Republic City made perfect sense for me. Republic City is the harmony between the peoples of the four nations. No other city on earth represents the Avatar like Republic City does. By razing it to the ground, Unalaq shows that he will not stop with killing Raava, but he will destroy everything the Avatar represents.

>2) Cosmic Power Korra and Jinora.
I agree, this part confused the hell out of me. I'm waiting for a good explanation.

After the series finale of ATLA, I felt the Lionturtle was complete dues ex machina until someone explained that it fit with Aang's pacifism (and with all that was revealed in Korra). Aang killing the Fire Lord would have been against everything Aang stood for and his entire character development. Killing the Fire Lord would have been the real asspull.
I'm confident that a good explanation exists for this season finale as well.
>> No. 116055
So I'm halfway through the finale, but it seems like vine powers are a thing of Unalaq/Vaatu? Is this where the "wood" element of Chinese mythology is going to show up, as a spirit thing? Since Western "air" took its place and "metal" got subsumed into "earth". I haven't seen the old episodes of ATLA but I seem to remember waterbending plant manipulation only being in the presence of preexisting plant life rather than summoning them from thin air.
>> No. 116060
>>116054

I think what they wanted to go for was something to represent Korra's attachment to the Avatar label and her own self-perceptions of what that meant. Think about it. She won using the power inside of herself. No light spirit. No past lives. In fact, she has no more past lives, her connection to them is gone. If the Avatar cycle is still a thing, the Avatar state might be just Korra and Raava, she's Wan all over again.

Maritova and I were talking about it, and we figure it's the production team's effort to do something new, separate from A:tLA. The first two books were all about legacy villains. Yakone's defeat at Aang's hands led to a new battle between Korra and Amon/Noatak. Vaatu's defeat at Wan's hands led to this new battle between him and Korra, plus people from Korra's past and immediate family factored into it.

It's possible this is supposed to be an intentional departure from the previous show and the kind of stuff that happens in it.

...Unless we go full JRPG and Book 3 and 4 are about fighting the gods who created the Spirit World.
>> No. 116061
So uh, why exactly did Korra leave the portals open? Did she miss that part in Wan's flashback where the sprits killed humans for daring to eat meat?
>> No. 116062
>>116061
It was a different time then and there are arguably a LOT less humans back then that didn't have bending or technology. But we know from ATLA and LOK that there are good spirits and I imagine those are the majority that are going to choose to come back and live aside humans.

Yeah, dark spirits will crossover and try to do harm but I think Korra's aware of that.
>> No. 116063
>>116061

It's a different era. Humans are self-sufficient and are capable of befriending the spirits (Jinora and Furry-foot, Bumi and Bum-Ju). There will be no Spirit Wilds in Korra's world.
>> No. 116064
>>116062
That lemur asshole was supposedly a "good spirit" and he was pretty cavalier about casual murder of hunters who wanted nothing to do with him.
>> No. 116067
>>116064

I think Anon is talking about the spirits that lived in harmony on the Air Lionturtle.
>> No. 116076
>>116067
The only people who didn't eat meat. You see where I'm going with this?
>> No. 116077
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Heh dawww.
>> No. 116079
>>116067
Or rather; do you see where THEY'RE going with this. Spirits live forever and I doubt they attitude has changed any. If Korra ends up forcing the whole world to be vegans so as not to upset the horde she just unleashed like the biblical plagues "because maybe Unalaq was right" I don't think many people are going to be happy with her.
>> No. 116081
>>116076
>>116079
I sincerely doubt every single spirit's stance is "MEAT IS WRONG". The panda spirit didn't care, he was kidnapping people because of the destruction to the forest. The Painted Lady didn't care, Koh doesn't seem to care, Tui and La sure as hell didn't.
>> No. 116082
>>116081
That was back when spirits were more like Kami who were the spirits inhabiting individual places and less like Miyazaki creatures.
>> No. 116083
To put that another way: they used to be gods. Now they're just monsters.
>> No. 116097
I couldn't read half this thread since some of you were talking about the finale (already got spoiled on something, feelsbadman) but here are my thoughts on these episodes.

Republic City gets its first president and already he needs to be impeached. "What's that, the world is going to end and you want my help? lolno, I'm still gonna be a douche about it and turn you down anyway."

Bolin's time in the spotlight was awesome, although it sort of felt like they were just throwing him a bone since he hasn't done anything really significant this season. And thank you, stupid TV episode description, for telling me beforehand that he was going to save the president. Spoiler alert.

Mako, what you are doing is bad and you should feel bad. The romance triangle drama is even worse this season and I wish they had just left it alone. Mako should apologize to Asami and take back Korra, although at this point in time, I don't think he deserves either of them. Oh, and now that Bolin's a big hero, Ginger is finally going to throw herself at him? So now both brothers each have two girlfriends to deal with. But from what I've seen in this thread, it looks like Bolin/Eska master race might win. Yay.

And as far as the twins go, you think it'd be easier to convince them to help after their father basically wrote Desna off last time. Same thing goes for the Northerners helping him. Can't someone just inform them that "Hey, this guy is going to fuck the world over if he wins, why are you helping him?"

I was surprised Jinora had been in the Spirit World for a week in LoK time as well as real time, I would have thought Korra, at least, would find a way back to try to save her right away.

Bumi and Kya (but mostly Bumi) finally got to do something! Yay! I liked having them around, but they were mostly useless, just hanging around and teasing their little brother.

So while I have liked this season overall, I can see where and what it's lacking. They needed a more coherent plot. The civil war was all but forgotten until now, I wasn't even sure if there really was a war going on, or if the North was just an occupying force. TBH, they could have thrown that plot out completely and nothing of value would have been lost. Of course, I could say the same for the romance drama and the Nuktuk storyline, but at least the latter was amusing.

People complained a lot about the first season and how M&B screwed up by opting to write the entire thing by themselves, but look at how much more focused the plot was compared to now, even with these good writers who have worked on ATLA before. Perhaps this is a case of too many cooks spoiling the soup.
>> No. 116101
>>116097
Yeah, no. Mike made this soup from his own fucking recipe and everything in it is there because he put it there. That's what being head writer means.
>> No. 116103
Did he have to have Varrick in the story? No. He's a naked plot device that robs the other characters of agency just so there can be some kooky nonsense going on to keep everything unserious. Did he have to have anything set in Republic City at all? Hell no. Its meaning to the plot was nonexistent. Korra and Mako could've broken up at the south pole and it would've played out the same way. I had some problems with Bumi and Kya early on but they recovered and made them pretty amusing in the end but did they need to be there? Only for an action sequence and to give Tenzin someone to talk to.

Like the first season this script has the paradoxical twin problems of overplanning and underplanning. They thought up way too much shit they wanted to do and failed to integrate any of it organically into a narrative that flows the way season 2 of Avatar did once Toph joined the party; effortlessly and without any reason to ask "why am I watching this?".

If Mike and Bryan have one giant flaw as writers it's that they're too attached to their toys to ever put them away and do something constructive. They are not writers by trade; they've never had an ounce of training for that job. They're artists. They designed characters to have visual appeal and look distinctive and they are scared to fucking death of putting them away because it would detract from the visuals.

A lot of people say the difference between the old and new Star Wars movies was that George Lucas stopped using visual effects to enhance a story and started using a story to enhance visual effects. They work the same way. They storyboard out whatever will allow them to keep all their toys on screen as often as possible and disregard everything else.
>> No. 116104
>>116103

>They are not writers by trade; they've never had an ounce of training for that job. They're artists. They designed characters to have visual appeal and look distinctive and they are scared to fucking death of putting them away because it would detract from the visuals.

>they've never had an ounce of training for that job

That is abso-fucking-lutely untrue. Mike and Bryan are both veterans of the animation industry and while Bryan is indeed more focused on the visual side, both have been directors and creative staff on other shows.
>> No. 116106
>>116104
When did they have writing training? Directing and producing is not writing training. They didn't go to school for it; they admitted before the first season that it would be their first time writing anything by themselves. Where?
>> No. 116108
>>116106

I'm sorry, is "writing training" a thing? Like, something you have to do, or can do once you're actually working on shows? I'm sure there's classes for writing over at RISD, but "writing training" seems kinda nebulous. I mean, you don't just end up a producer or director of a show without the ability to write something.

Season 1 was their first time writing something by themselves. Key words, there, because they were differentiating them writing Season 1 between the two of them from them being the heads of the writing team for A:tLA. Did you forget that they're the writers of several episodes of the original show, including the last two episodes of the previous show's finale?
>> No. 116109
>>116108
Yes. People like Hedrick and Hamilton are writers by trade. They do it professionally; it's exclusively how they make their living. I'm sure they went to school to learn how to do it; unlike Messrs. Rhode Island School of Design
>> No. 116110
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116110
You know what? Fuck it. Ban me again. This is like talking to a machine.

(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
>> No. 116111
>>116110

Get lost.
>> No. 116113
>>116109

So? Alfred Hitchcock's college degree was in mechanical engineering, not writing or filmmaking, and look at his legacy. What does the training have to do with anything when you're actually there, doing the work?

>>116110

Since you asked!
>> No. 116114
>>116110
Why was this user banned this time?
>> No. 116115
>>116114

He asked for it. Literally.

Straight up, though, if he's gonna be that way, then I don't care much for it. Lavanya Six's critiques of the series are pretty much what I'd consider well made observations of this season's weak points. I enjoyed the show, but I can agree with what was said. Nobody has to go all out and write a huge paragraph of stuff, just saying "The Varrick plot could have been left out and not much would have changed," is enough. I loved Varrick, but he was kinda small potatoes in the end, more about facilitating the B-plot and providing vehicles than being a super-important antagonist (though it's obvious they're setting him up for a larger role in Season 3.)

This guy made posts like >>116030, and decided that Mike and Bryan aren't real writers because they didn't take any classes that he knows about.
>> No. 116122
>>116109
As a writer myself, I can confidently state that you don't need to "go to writing school" to become a writer. That's ludicrous. You write something, other people pick it apart, you do another draft...I'm mystified why you think people need a certificate for it because the world doesn't work that way.
>> No. 116127
>>116122
Yea some of the writers from the '80s Fantasy Fiction wise sprung out of DnD sessions with their custom worlds which they started to write up and then pass around to each other.
>> No. 116134
>>116019

Energybending, as Tenzin explained.


>>116055


This has left me curious as well. Is it a sign that Vaatu truly is part of nature and indespensible for life to exist, or "lol tentacles lol"
>> No. 116138
This finale/season left me so confused and underwhelmed that it's not even funny. I hope they .. um, elaborate further on what the fuck just happened next season. Or not, whatever.
>> No. 116139
>>116138

What's so confusing about it, pray tell?
>> No. 116140
>>116139
I don't know about that anon, but I myself am still wondering what the fuck was up with the entire spirit calming stuff, and am wondering if Raava could theoretically make 'light' spirits subservient to it's will.

Am also annoyed at the relative ambiguity that the Mako/Asami relationship is in. Are they together or not, because at this point I'm not entirely sure.
>> No. 116142
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>>116140
>Am also annoyed at the relative ambiguity that the Mako/Asami relationship is in. Are they together or not, because at this point I'm not entirely sure.

I think Asami's face says it all. They're done.
>> No. 116143
>>116142
Some actual confirmation would be nice, though. Heck, any kind of scene between the two following Korra's return would have been nice.
>> No. 116144
>>116143
Agreed. If Book 3 picks up right where Book 2 left off with no 6 month gap, I really want to see Asami not just chewing Mako out, but telling Korra the whole story.
I also want to see Varrick replace Tahno with Bolin in the Movers. I'm probably not the only one who wants that, either.
>> No. 116145
>>116144
I think you're probably the only person who wants Tahno specifically. I don't think anyone's thought of him all season.
>> No. 116146
So Book 2 and 3 are supposed to make up one "season" right? Because it seemed like the last episode was pretty damn conclusive, and I'm not really sure where they could go from there without starting a completely brand new plot altogether. Unless the crux of the new story involves Vaatu not being totally defeated and Unalaq somehow coming back for a bit, or Korra needing to find a way to restore the connection to Aang and the others, which would feel like a step backward.
>> No. 116148
>>116146
Well we are now in a Brave New World. And from the sound of things Spirits wandering the world is going to have some impact on the Earth Kingdom. Opening might be Korra and company heading over there to settle some dispute between the spirits that were in that area eons ago and the current Earth Kingdom. This is how the Avatar will achieve the balance as not the bridge but the mediator.
>> No. 116149
>>116146

Books 1 & 2 are considered by the production as the first season. 3 & 4 will be the second season. Each Book's story will be self contained story arcs.
>> No. 116151
>>116150

You're leaving out a few more qualifiers

>after unlocking your spirit's path to Cosmic Energy
>while meditating in the Tree of Time in the Spirit World
>during Harmonic Convergence, when Spiritual Energy is at its peak

So it's like this is some magic trick any mortal can achieve whenever. Korra going all Michael Jackson's Moonwalker won't happen again, this was her Koizilla moment.
>> No. 116153
>>116149
Oh, when you put it as Books 1/2 going together it makes a lot more sense thinking of it that way. Really curious as to where they're going to go from here since there are just so many possibilities.
>> No. 116154
http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/67191862329/mike-and-i-had-a-nice-dinner-with-three-of-our

they are working on it. Also trying to schedule so they don't lose momentum like the gap between the last two books.

>we have seen the first four episodes of Take 1 animation from Studio Mir on Book 3. AWESOME STUFF! They continue to blow us away. The premiere date hasn’t been pinned down, but we are on track to airing Book 3 with MUCH less of a wait than the unfortunate one there was before Book 2 aired. We are all incredibly excited for you all to see the new book. For now, I hope enjoyed the Book 2 finale!

Also someone mentioned as to why they likely pushed the finale out early was due to the huge amount of stuff happening next week that would kill the ratings (X-Box launch, Nintendo LoZ Release etc) Think we'll get this next book about mid summer maybe?
>> No. 116155
according to some the goal is to actually have Book 3 hitting by this spring.
>> No. 116156
>>116154
>>116155
I'm thinking late spring or early summer with a slight chance at early fall.
>> No. 116157
>>116045
Since when has Republic City been the biggest city? What about Ba Sing Se or the Fire Nation capital?

You'd also think Unalaq would want to test his power out one a small city before trying to destroy a larger and heavily armed city. Especially since he's not invincible and bombs capable of destroying battleships were invented by Sato.

>>116047
>>116052

If Unalaq had mentioned his hatred for Republic City then this would make sense, but so far he's only criticised the Southern Water Tribe for not being spiritual enough. So there's no reason for Unalaq to specifically target Republic City rather than anywhere else (though he does have a reason to attack the Southern Water Tribe).

>>116054

Given that Aang's development has been from an optimistic kid to a more serious one killing the Fire Lord wouldn't have been an asspull. Also an inconsistent character isn't considered an asspull. You need some sort of Deus ex Machina for it to be an asspull.

>>116061
Maybe this will be the plot of season 3 & 4, spirits vs humans.
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