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Quick summary:

• Ikki can’t keep her mouth shut about Korra’s crush on Mako.
• Meelo farts on everybody.
• Tarrlok’s a dick.

Tarrlok dun fucked up

It's not even a full moon...
HIBY CONFIRMED

>your face when Tarrlok is a literal puppet master

I have a sneaking feeling Bolin bellowing "KOOOORRAAAAHHH" way too long and loud was not in the script.

Meelo's skill at Buttbending is truly impressive for his age.

Guys, guys.
I think Tarrlok is a bad guy

Tarrlok dun goofed.

Can we have one episode that doesn't end with Korra getting her ass kicked? One?

Though I must admit she was sexy as hell with her battle damage at the end of this one.

Go to Aang, child. He lives in you.

Alright, from memory the awesome moments...

Airtemple kids are best kids.

That reaction to Ikki spilling the beans on Korra's crush to Asami

Ikki's reaction to being shut out

Meelo. JUST ALL OF MEELO

Asami was fucking amazing in that chase scene, and yeah she has every right to go squinty eyed at Korra and Mako. I approve of this reaction.

Fuck yeah, Korra fighting for the nonbenders

Oh god Tarlock and that bloodbending

dat face

OH GOD

ALL THOSE THINGS THAT JUST HAPPENED

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAI WANT NEXT EPISODE RIGHT NOW I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT GIVE ME NEXT EPISODE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Tarrlok rising from smarmy politician to extremely capable bad guy? Oh my. And it looks like the show might actually examine the fact that bending has advanced over the past hundred years, since I'm sure we'll find out why Tarrlok can bloodbend so well.

And I hope the next few episodes are about Korra getting to terms with her spirituality, with added guidance from Aang.

(And it looks like Aang's mysterious villain whose name I can't spell properly was a bloodbender, too?)

why am I so chimp-like in appearance

>>103110
"Be sure and tell 'em Large Marge sent you!"

I just want to hug Korra.

HIBY confirmed, indeed.

And here we all thought Amon was somehow related Yakone. Turns out Tarrlok seems to have some weird "corrupt the dream city of the man who killed my Pa/Sifu" thing going on.

His bloodbending makes me wonder... maybe Amon wasn't entirely bullshitting about the spirits giving him his ability. It might not really be energybending, just an extraordinary form of chi-blocking, yet some malicious spirit taught him it the same as it did uber-bloodbending to Yakone and Tarrlok.

GODDAMNIT I NEED A LINK!
The one I was watching CUT OUT ON ME towards the end!
HELP!

I don't think moonless bloodbending is such a stretch, really. Hama invented the art in the same timespan the original series, so there was plenty of room for it to improve.

A lot like how the metalbending that Toph pioneered has evolved from clunky brute-force ripping and tearing to fine control over lengths of wire.

Only question is where Yakone learned the art himself. Korra knew the details of how bloodbending worked, so maybe Katara was not quite as tight-lipped with the info as she should've been.

That means now Korra and Lin are now....

SCAR BUDDIES!

;_;

There better be mucho ass kicking to end the season. You can only do so many Empire Strikes Back endings before it gets tiring. We need a taste of triumph dammit!

>enemy dangling from a ledge
>Korra shoves him down
get it girl

>>103123
>>Only question is where Yakone learned the art himself

Or where Amon learned his energybending/uber-chi-blocking.

Amon claims he learned it from spirits who turned against the old Avatar. What if he's only half-bullshitting? A spirit who can dispense secret knowledge? With a beef against the Avatar?

There's one that fits just that bill.

Meanwhile, outside the council building.

>korra confirmed for never having airbended this whole time


interestingly enough, I had a theory that the spirit world was being disrupted or that the avatar chain was corrupted in Aang's time, which would explain why Korra herself is not capable of being spiritual. I guess it seems slightly more plausible now.

It's good to see that Meelo is such a ladies man. The future of the Airbenders is in good hands.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/when-extremes-meet,79208/
Can't agree with this episode getting a lower rating than 1x05, but Emily's reviews are always the best.

Could stand to have his other eye uncovered, but I think I like him like this more than with the duckbutt.

Nice 720 version that's less than 200mb.

http://www.mediafire.com/?alv77bbc9nz5d4y

So Tahno apparently now counts as a non-bender, legally. Not a waterbender with a medical condition.

I think I finally found a link to something that could come close to describing the feeling... I... felt... after the ending:
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/AAAA

>>103136
i don't think that's tahno

Good lord Tarlok is a dick. No news there, but damn.
Also, total pussy who fights in a water bubble so he won't get hurt. When Korra hit him with an ENTIRE WALL that was just badass.

>>103136
the cops earth bending made me lol

>>103136
It looks to me like that person's wearing a dress and has got boobs... I don't think it's Tahno.

>>103142
Maybe Amon took away more than his bending.

Yakone must've been pretty fucking powerful, rewatching the flashback scenes.

He's literally bloodbending the entire courtroom with his hands bound.

>>103142
Maybe that sort of hairstyle is just very fashionable in this time period. Or she's just a huge Wolfbats fan.

Does anyone have some caps of Tarrlok bloodbending Korra?

Lion Turtle: "To bend another's energy, your own spirit must be
unbendable, or you will be corrupted."

I'm begenning to think that Korra's inability to airbend or lack of spirituality isn't actually her fault. I think that Aang took Yakone's bending away, but in the process, Yakone was able to fight back enough that he somehow damaged the Avatar spirit itself, causing an imbalance between the spiritual and physical.

That's why Korra was able to master the more physical elements so fast and young, but can't manage to airbend or can't even activate the Avatar state to save her life, literally.

The damage to the Avatar spirit may have also been why Aang gave instructions to have the next Avatar after him guarded so closely by the White Lotus.

>>103110
Korra you just went full anime, NEVER go full anime.

>>103150
Anon-chan, hidoi yo...

I think Korra is very kawaii

Looking back at those flashbacks, Yakone either was INSANELY powerful waterbender, since nearly everyone in courtroom was struggling to move, or he had his own waterbender terrorist group(look, Toph's hand is pulled back, so it may have been his asociates).

Either way,
DAMN.

How do you people even know that's Yakone? Yakone was mentioned in passing once and everyone automatically assumes it's him.

Don't get me wrong, there is a very strong possibility it could be him.. but I think you may just as easily be misleading yourselves.

>>103145
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX!

>>103152
In Aang's part it looks like someboedy is waterbending in the background.
Bloodbending triad?

>>103153
Why else would he be mentioned by name? In a series with 26 planned episodes, they don't really have time to fuck around and name drop people who don't have anything to do with the story.

Damn you all, I'm totally unable to watch it since I'm still at A-Kon (I've seen maybe one or two Korras, it's a crime.) Might be able to download it off iTunes or something, or see if my phone can handle a rapidshare when it goes up later.

>>103157

It's already up.
This is hd but it's missing a couple of frames/words every once in a while.
http://www.mediafire.com/?alv77bbc9nz5d4y

http://mattdemers.com/post/24281539212/watch-review-the-legend-of-korra-s1e08-when
New review/recap is up!

>>103156
Remember the Chin the Conqueror arc when he came back from the dead and became a major antagonist? That was my favorite park in Book 3.

>>103160
Even though he never actually came back. He was responsible for the creation of the Dai Lee and the events that lead to the Earth Kingdom's fall. I can't see a name said not to have some impact to the storyline.

>>103161

Kyoshi formed the Dai Li, not Chin.

>>103162
Yes, but he was the reason.

>>103163

Kyoshi formed the Dai Li because of the Earth King, not Chin.

Whoops fucked that up. Chin with the reason she created the Dai Li.

So his only point was to explain the lengths at which Kioshi would go to do what she felt was necessary.

>>103148
Found one.

>>103159

The line that escalated Korra and Tarrlok's fight was her saying that he's as bad as Amon. When she said that, his eyes bugged right the hell out. There's clearly something there that we don't know yet.

As for Korra's 'excessive' force, he was clearly trying to kill her the whole time. He wasn't just splashing water around, he was using it like blades with cutting force...and he didn't escalate up to that or anything, that was his opening move. And Korra...well, she's always had a temper. Not surprising she wouldn't take kindly to this smug prick opening up her face.

I really enjoyed Tarrlok in this episode.

>>103167
>There's clearly something there that we don't know yet.

Tarrlok and Amon are brothers, gifted by a vengeful spirit with the power to unmake Republic City in the name of imbalance, because fuck Aang?

>>103170
Quick, somebody post this on tumblr, and get them going on 'rape culture' again!

>>103170
He looks a lot like Ozai with his hair down. Not trying to theorize anything crazy, just saying.

>>103173
Or Gaston.

>>103171
Or

Tarrlok is Amon

Think about it guys. Tarrlok is a persona, the corrupt councilman, which he is using to stir up dissent within the non-bender population and drive a wedge between them and the Totally Oppressive Bender-Only Council. He basically made the bender/non-bender divide a real thing just to give Amon's claims more meaning, to show that every non-bender is going to be affected. Non-benders are the majority, and if all of them stand together, they will be able to overpower the council. And they stand behind Amon, who has already stated his aim to control the city, and is driven by his hunger for power instead of equality. Tarrlok has a very similar goal made clear in this episode.

"Tarrlok" will be ousted with the rest of the council but he will still be in charge from under the mask.

Perhaps they are different people and are just working together, however I can't see Tarrlok taking the fall like this. What does he gain by playing the bad guy and demonising the social class he's in?

>>103176
Please return to regular /co/

>>103179
oh and the source used is 720p.

>>103151
WHITEWASHING

Is that Suki behind Aang?

>>103206
fuck i was wondering if that was someone important

she doesn't look like she's being bloodbended though

>>103206
She doesn't look much like Suki at all...

OH MY FUCKING GOD THAT EPISODE WAS AMAZING

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE

QUICK SOMEONE LETS MAKE A TIME MACHINE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FUCKING WAAAAAAAITTTTTTT

>>103215
well, that could be green she's wearing and if she married sokka chances are she didn't stay with the kyoshi warriors. also remember that the characters are in their 40s in this, suki wouldn't look facial wise how she did in atla.

I can't wait for Tarrlok to get his shit pushed in.

What a fucking prick.

Oh mah gawd.

Everyone's just got the creepiest and nastiest abilities in this series. It's like every 'worst case' scenario I ever talked to anyone about between ATLA and this is coming to pass.

I really hope some chink is found in all these techniques. Nothing can be as imposingly total as this appears to be.

Also, that last set of flashbacks seems to have threaded a few things together rather nicely, theorywise. I'll be interested to see what people will make of it all over the next few days.

>>103224

This was probably the best theory that can come out

http://birdbrainblue.tumblr.com/post/24281699688/an-analysis-of-the-flashbacks

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Heh, when the episode first started, the whole Krew's on the island, i'm half-expecting it to be a "rest" episode building up the characters and the relationships more... then BAM WHAM OH GOD IT'S BUILDING UP SO QUICKLY EVERYTHING IS BLOWING UP

God, that Tarrlok-Korra fight escalated so quickly! Dem cuts and rips and firebreathing and KORRA SMASH and

bloodbending... even creepier and more sickening to hear it at work than in the original ATLA episode. Far less "puppetmaster" and more "I will break you."

And I liked the touch at the end with the credits at the bottom as Korra's getting taken away instead of having them running after the end frame. Leaves more time for the viewer to go "no no no Korra no goddammit Tarrlok this can't be how the episode ends...."

Yakone's collar clasp/button is the same crescent moon that Tarrlok could bloodbend under. Above, a flashback shot of Yakone before he starts bloodbending. Below, the pan up show at the end of Episode 8 as Tarrlok drives Korra out of the city.

>>103226
Dayum. Well reasoned.

In case anybody still needs a dl link
http://www.mediafire.com/?poup2xmkt7dwqdp

>>103247
Is it just a shitty gif or do the frames actually skip in the show? Because that's pretty stiff/awkward.

>>103251
It's a really shitty gif, the colours aren't even right in it. The animation is a lot smoother in the show.

>>103142
after Amon took his bending he decided to become a gender bender.

I guess the rope Tarrlok used to tie up Korra with is made of metal.

Also, the windows in that Satomobile must be very strong.

Did anyone else notice how Korra attempted to use the pro-bending style of fighting against Tarrlok and ended up getting destroyed?

I'm assuming this is when Korra realizes she needs to learn from real masters and not from spectacle fighting.

>>103256
Actually, Korra pretty thoroughly beat his ass until the hax bloodbending came out.

>>103256
She just flinched a bit like Pakku did against Katara's ice disks, except Tarrlok's attack was much stronger. She pretty much won the fight before getting bloodbended.

Asami was pretty badass in that car chase fight. The way she just casually electrocutes those equalists in the middle of a high speed kung-fu chase battle. ahaha

What gender is this fuck

>>103260
I thought from the appearance that it's a guy, but after hearing the character's voice, I assume it's an old woman.

>it's not even a full moon
AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA

>>103256
Uh, who do you think Korra learned water, fire and earthbending FROM? Also, hurling a wall at someone isn't probending style.

>>103127

True! Plus, wasn't there that that one scene in the first show that hinted one of the spirits joined the Fire Nation? Don't remember anything happening with that, so maybe the writers were thinking REALLY far ahead. Then again, I could be remembering wrong.

>>103256
Absolutely nothing Korra did in that fight was even remotely reminiscent of pro-bending. Watch it again. She starts the fight by ripping half the floor up, follows that with a continuous flame-thrower like stream of fire, pulls a wall to block Tarrloks attack, uses the entire wall behind him to smash him out of his office, explodifies the walkway he's holding on to, then jumps down and craters the ground as she lands.

The only part of the entire fight that's even remotely pro-bendingish is when she does a back flip to dodge Tarrloks barrage, and even that's a pretty basic martial arts tactic to escape an attack.

>>103265
>wasn't there that that one scene in the first show that hinted one of the spirits joined the Fire Nation?

No, there was absolutely nothing like that in the original show whatsoever.

Just noticed the non bender woman and her kid had Korra and Ikki's VAs.

You know what would've been useful at this juncture? Airbending. lol.

I cant' stop rewatching the fight scene.

Okay guys, Tarrlok or Amon? Who's your evil husbando now?

>>103270
not even close

>>103270

The answer is obvious -- threesome.