I really have no idea; but I know one thing. There's going to be a lot of fanservice for women and girls who get misty in their undercarriage when Edward Cullen Mako is around

If we don’t find out who Lin’s father is, or who Zuko’s daughter is, or what happened to Zuko’s mother, or how many kids Sokka had, there are going to be a lot of angry fans.

>>104172
Just like Bioware and Tali's reveal, the show will be damned either way if any of those questions are answered.

>>Season 2, given Season 1 was meant to be self-contained.

It's hard to say at the moment. A lot depends on the origin of Amon's odd abilities, because Bryke might have built in a thread they could follow next season. For example, if Amon really did get his abilities from the spirits, then Korra might have to win over the Spirit World next season, or discover why they've decided to muck around with the United Republic.

But, given the 1920s era setting and Bryke's historical use of real world parallels, I think a few things are possible:

* 1923 Great Kantō earthquake: Maybe a natural disaster strikes Republic City, already divided from the failed Equalist Revolt, and Korra & Co. have to deal with the devastation and reestablish a unified government block-by-block, Batman "No Man's Land" style.

* Great Depression: The show's set in an analogue to the Roaring Twenties, and we all know how that ended. Could be used to hit on Korra dealing with a problem she can't just punch, and to further explore non-bender/bender issues. Although it mighty be a bit too touchy a topic given our current RL economic situation.

* A World's Fair: A way for Republic City to show it's got its shit back together, show the viewers other corners of the world by bringing them to Republic City, and demonstrate cool "new" technologies like TV and atomic energy. Also could introduce terrorists/revolutionaries of other stripes from around the world, like Neo-Sozinists or One World Government types.

>>104172
>what happened to Zuko’s mother

Aren't they hoping to make a mini or a series out of that? Revealing what happened to her would pretty much torpedo that plan.

Making a second season just for the sake of making a second season is a horrible idea in any medium. INB4 "HURR HURR SHUT UP WE WANT MOAR" -- Yeah, that's the problem. Book 2 and 3 were obviously needed and had a purpose. If, as they've said, all the problems of this season are resolved by the end of it.. anything they do for season 2 will feel like an unnecessary tack-on.

Oh nooo, Amon's dead but his son's back for revenge. Hurrr.

"To the current Avatar,

Recording this message, I cannot help but regret that your predecessor refrained from doing anything that would incite my ire during his tenure as a...hm...guardian of the world. I say such, because I believe he would have made for more interesting discussion than yourself, but I digress.

No doubt you've noticed that several citizens of Republic City's nonbending and former bending community have displayed strange and incredible powers. The ability to render oneself unseen; The capacity to foster a hive of obedient, ravenous insects in one's body; The power to create phantasmic illusions to scout and distract; Along with the utilizing of elemental methods of offense and defense you may be more familiar with.

A gamut of trivial questions must have risen since these incidents: How, Why, What. For the first, I say with all due respect, you could never hope to grasp the science behind these occurrences, so I won't even bother trying to explain. As for the second, because I can't very well release a product untested to my peers...if I can help it. And regarding the last, the future, my dear, it is the future.

And now you quiver with humiliation and rage, barking: But what of the painful withdrawals, the heightened aggressiveness, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera? As someone who was practically handed a veritable smorgasbord of fortune, you must be made aware that greatness comes with a price.

These people you have so concerned yourself with were parasites, layabouts, and do-nothings. Constantly moaning for someone to save them as they sat on their hands and latching on to whoever promised them a shinier tomorrow: The Council, The Triads, The Man in the Mask, You. My product has liberated them from their weakness, put them shoulder to shoulder with the hardworking, ambitious and visionary peoples of the world. The recent bouts of chaos and instability have rendered the City in desperate need of strength and independence. The side-effects are merely all the discomfort and sacrifice one must bear to be exceptional, concentrated in a small frame of time. It's a mutually beneficial exchange, really. They can save themselves, be masters of their own destiny, free of natural weakness and their own personal excuses, and I save my patrons grief by refining my catalogue based on the results of Republic City's consumption.

Your ignorance partially lifted, I urge you not to interfere. There exists a possibility that your meddling could corrupt the data and I can't have that. Stick your nose into my business and I will be forced to levy reprisals of an extreme nature upon you. Make no mistake, I have devices and inventions at my disposal that make the machinations of that socialist worm, Sato, look like tinker toys. Your involvement would only escalate the speed and severity of the testing as well as the...collateral damage.

Ah yes, there must be one last, big question rattling around that thick skull of yours: Who? To that I answer, a free man, an individual liberated from State, Law, and Spirit.

Good Day,
Andre Rai-En"

>>104181
This season feels like an unecessary tack-on. Why mess with what works?

At the same time though, this season seems rushed. With only 12 eps, they had more ideas than they had room to properly showcase them in. Tarrlok got unmasked as a villain himself and is taken out of play before he so much as finishes his "MWA HA HA HA HA". So I suspect there's a lot of things that got either cut for time or weren't elaborated on as much as they could have been, and the second season is a chance to go into those things.

If they were REALLY smart (and they might have been, who knows) when they planned out this first season they intentionally set up things for a second season "just in case".

>>104182
"How sad it must be to look upon our city with such a wasteful, shortsighted and ultimately self-destructive view and only see the raise of the self. Truly the mind of a lonely man.

The Avatar, by nature, stands for unity, peace, and balance. Only through her -- who I shall henceforth refer to as nothing short of our savior -- can the people of Republic City come together under one banner. A peoples rooted in perdition and a poisonously competitive attitude will never outgrow their caveman-like needs. Benders against non-benders? No civilization could ever flourish through these conflicts. Adding your ill-gotten drugs to the mix will only aggravate this further.

The terrorist Amon was correct, yet his method flawed. We must come together as a single collective -- a Family, if you will, and love our neighbor above all else. Even the Self, which should be fought at all cost.

This city was founded on altruism, Mister Andrei. I hope you come to realize this before it's too late."

Season 2:

"Sup guys, I was actually pulling Amon's strings the entire time. I'm the REAL villain."

>>104191
"Bolin? But... WHY?

...Oh right, all those things we did."

>>104187
"A saviour? While I profess to admire the deeds of the last Avatar, I can scarcely respect the man himself. I say so because the Avatar, the very concept of this medium between the real and the land of make believe that sages use as an excuse to line their coffers, is the grandest farce ever conceived.

The ignorant man puts this creature on a pedestal, it becomes a symbol of power, nobility and excellence. But that is a misnomer. Because for all its power, the Avatar is nothing to admire or worship. For the Avatar is the lowliest and most wretched of creatures, a slave. Robbed of choice, and put on a path of indentureship and servitude. It cannot use its powers to elevate itself or change things, rather it binds itself and those around it to a cycle of spiritual stagnation. It would forbid us from carving out our own place in the world for the sake of a small grove of trees or a swath of fetid marshes. We should be punished for wanting more, wanting to be more, because it upsets the balance. Leaving the neutered masses susceptible to the campaigns of subhuman cons like yourself, parodies of the renaissance man that gently tug them towards war, crime, poverty and ruin. The fruits of the hardworking man's efforts feasted upon by those heading these grotesque collectives. Those that could have been great, forever enslaved by their 'altruism'.

Take for example, Hiroshi Sato. I cannot tell you how many of my scientifically-minded peers scoffed at the idea of him joining our community, telling me how behind his devices and 'innovations' were to their own, how he wasn't "Nirvana Material". But I admired the man, pulling himself out of the slums, gathering investors, creating a corporation (however arrogantly named) from almost nothing with his bare hands. We were cut from the same cloth he and I. I was all but ready to invite him into our inner circle once I could convince the rest of the Council. Then he threw it all away, shacking up with those masked hoodlums, allying himself with an organization that would one day punish the ingenuity and drive that had netted him wealth and acclaim. It was different from your betrayal, as I never trusted you. His transgression cut deep, he spat in the face of what my society was built on, he perverted the prize his hard work had won into a weapon for the parasites...he made a fool out of me, and for that, he will be made an example of soon enough.

I am however glad, that we can agree that the Avatar is not worthy of a name, a title of distinction. No matter what she does, she will be eternally bound by society and her own nature to a thankless, anachronistic role. Compelled, coerced, barely a person, a golem, a homunculus.

And Dr. Yang? I'm rather surprised to be hearing from you. I thought you to be permanently indisposed. I must have some of my people look into this.

Good Day."

>>104176
Hold on, keep posting, I've gotta go find my wallet so I can throw money at my screen.

>>104176
I love these ideas, the earthquake one in particular.

The rise of some kind of supercriminal who takes advantage of the post-Equalist chaos might be interesting to see. Someone who isn't a bender, but maybe more of a mix of Azula's personality with Ty Lee's skill set? Like the Hiroshi Sato of Crime.

Someone to be the Joker to Korra's Batman.

And some of Ty Lee's grandkids as acrobatic cat burglars could be fun.

The next season takes place 5 years into the future where Meelo, Bolin, and Asami must travel to another planet and ask their sprits to restore bending on Earth. Meanwhile Korra heals grave injuries and must harness the powers of the Super Avatar, while dealing with anti-spirit sentiment being set forth by Gor-Dom God-Frei. Tenzin lost his memories in the season finale, so Mako must travel to the western Air Temple to retrieve them from the great Air-Terminal because Tenzin believes that he's an Equalist.

And Lin gets a cell phone.

The finale ends with the four nations, seeing the Equalists overrunning Republic City, deciding that the United Republic of Nations is a failed experiment that now poses a threat to the rest of the world. Over the objections of Tenzin and the Avatar, a preemptive strike is made on the city using a new weapon created by the Fire Nation. Republic City is reduced to radioactive embers, Korra travels the world as a courier, Bolin becomes a Ghoul, Naga becomes a Yao Guai, and

Lin's got spools that jingle jangle jingle
JINGLE JANGLE

Last episode ends with basically everyone dying except Korra and Amon. Next season it turns out he can reanimate the dead and we get a zombie apocalypse.

Booyah.

The show got renewed when season one was still in production, I dont' think there's any reason to worry.
There's more writers, more directors, more storyboarders (Lauren Montgomery is back and she's seriously one of the best in the field).

Besides, this is what Bryan said at the last comic con about season two:

>and as cool as this first twelve [episodes] is going to be, man, the next fourteen will blow those away.

http://korra.avatarspirit.net/transcripts.php?num=002

>>104229
>>104230
Both of these ideas are stupid and I would like them very much.

>>104231
What's Lauren Montgomery worked on?

>>104245

Besides Avatar: The Last Airbender? She directed the Wonder Woman movie and co-directed Crisis on Two Earths.

>>104246
How was the Wonder Woman movie anyway? I only watch DC things if they're part of the DCAU.

>>104231
Welp, exciting news me thinks.

LoK has been good so far. But it always fell short of being great.

Maybe Mike and Bryan lacked the input of someone as prolific as Montgomery on the team.

>>104257

Haven't seen it. I've heard good things and that it was surprisingly violent, but not much else. I think it has ~85% on Rotten Tomatoes.

>>104259
>>104257
It's really, really good.
If you think Korra is strong, female heroine done right, then you should watch Wonder Woman. It does her one better.

It's also surprisingly deep and mature. And yes, they do tackle gender issues. But never in a groanworthy or one-sided way.

Also Diana stabs a monster with the heel of a stiletto at one point (for lack of a better weapon).

>>104260
Good move considering that's literally the only thing high heels are good for.

We're introduced to a Milkbender murderer. Like in that Misfits episode.

The last episode ends with me losing my virginity to Toph.

the end

I hope there are 3 books again.

>>104271
well, i hope he'll be gentle with you

>>104295
Bei Fong doesn't "do" gentle.

Just hope it will be revealed who was badass enough to impregnate Toph.

>>104368
Smellerbee of course

>>104376
You know that Smellerbee is a girl, right?

>>104368
see >>102222

>>104376
i'd buy that ship for a dollar

>>Tahno returns in Season 2, leading a vigilante gang of ex-benders, attacking Equalists and their supporters.

>>They target Asami, now penniless after the family fortune and company was seized by the government, to punish Hiroshi who's untouchable in prison. Korra has to pull bodyguard duty with the girl whose boyfriend she kinda-sorta stole.

>>Asami and Tahno have a showdown, competing in the Suffering Olympics over who's lost more to the Equalists.

>>104427
>Asami and Tahno have a showdown, competing in the Surfing Olympics

what i read

>>104430

That'd be pretty awesome too.

Tahno reinvents himself as a pro-surfer!

Apparently season two won't take too long.
http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/25072262528/wow-thanks-everybody-im-really-glad-you-like
I think having more directors can speed up the episodes development.

It's going to work out something like season 2 in TLA. There's a big conclusion to the season of course, but unfinished. Maybe Amon isn't truly defeated, or maybe even Korra is: maybe her bending is taken away and season 2 is all about figuring out Amon's special gift/powers.

I was completely sceptical about Amon's typical evil-masked guy demeanor when the show aired but holy shit is he interesting. I truly hope the big conclusion does not come until the end of season 2.

Again, this is all we know about season 2.

>TOONZONE NEWS: The series was originally announced as something shorter before it was expanded to a 20+ episode season. How did the expansion affect the development of the show and your plans for the first story arc?
>MICHAEL DIMARTINO: Book 1 was always going to be 12 episodes. When we started writing, we didn't know if we would do more beyond that. Unlike the original series which had a three season arc, we designed "Korra" so that each season had it's own villain and clear resolution, so they are more stand-alone seasons. Although there are definitely arcs that carry over from Book 1 to Book 2.

We also know Basco's character is coming back. Maybe he's voicing Bumi?

>>104541
>We also know Basco's character is coming back. Maybe he's voicing Bumi?

If you look at the picture of Bumi from that family tree pic, he's wearing the same collar that Zuko and Azula had on their royal robes from "The Awakening", so its very possible he's part of the Royal Family, and Basco did say he was voicing somone connected to Zuko, so Bumi's a pretty good bet. If that's the case, I'm 90% certain it'll be Zuko's daughter he marriedto, but it would be way more interesting if it turned out to be Azula's.

>>104538
I like the idea that its those old spirits/gods whatever that Aang kinda messed over/had to defeat are carrying out vengeance by destroying his dream. Something they couldn't do during his cycle since he's known them and he'd likely pick up their presence in these matters and just go Avatar State and thump them. Say this series end hints at it because Amon is gone but they find a really old book/journal detailing the methods on "stilling" a bender. They take it to some historian or artificer and then we get the whole "where did you find this!!??, this book could only have come from Wan Shi Tong's Library..etc." Which would then lead to a journey to find the library and discover how and why Amon was able to get that book.

>>104547
>I'm 90% certain it'll be Zuko's daughter he marriedto, but it would be way more interesting if it turned out to be Azula's.
Like there'll be a difference.

>>If that's the case, I'm 90% certain it'll be Zuko's daughter he married to

That'd be cool. Although it seems odd for the Fire Nation to invite a foreigner to marry the firstborn, especially when their children will one day sit on the throne. It'd suggest the FN isn't too xenophobic, and has a dash of Avatar reverence again.

Bonus points if Zuko's daughter is named Zutara. That'd put the trolling about Ursa in the pilot to shame.

>>104552
I doubt Zuko would've let her out of prison that easily, so I doubt she has any children and even if she did she would have had to leave the Fire Nation so they wouldn't be nobility anyway.

>>104564
...

...It was a joke.

...

...An incest joke.

>>104564
I doubt Azula spent her life in prison or exile. Based on some of the stuff the creators have said, it sounded like there was still a chance for, and the effort was being made toward, rehabilitating her.

I imagine she wouldn't be close with Zuko, or ever trusted with authority again, but she might be allowed to retire to a nice quiet place in the Fire Nation countryside.

With Ty Lee.

>>104535
Yeah, according to this season two will air TWO YEARS after season one.
All I can hope for at this point is that the story will finish before I turn 40.
Seriously.

>>104576
> it won’t be another two years from now, as we are already in production on it

reading is good

>>104577
Being sick at work with a headache, however, isn't. Oopsie.

Korra still never takes off her boots... I'm starting to think those are her actual feet.

>>104721

The foot fetish slot is already taken by Lin.

>>104721
>implying girls boots aren't the hottest thing ever

>>104731
Don't take me wrong, I <3 those fuzzy boots

>>104731
cowgirl boots? sure. stiletto boots? hell yes. Eskimo boots? only if they're the only thing she has on. they're basically Uggs and they are called that because they are ugly

>>104739
You don't know what you're saying.

>>104741
this is no infinite hog monkey theorem in effect. i know exactly what i'm talking about. Korra's base model boots completely hide her feet and any shape of her lower legs. that's why, with clothes, they're not sexy. there is no titillation, just obfuscation. now, her nude, lying chest down on a Naga with her legs bent up with just the boots on is sexy because of that concealment. you can see every inch of her except her feet. that is basically the only situation in which those potato sacks could be boner bending material

I wonder if there'll be a timeskip for the next season, the kids VAs probably grew up since recording for season one.
I'd love to see more of Jinora (best airbaby), maybe an episode about getting her airbending tattoos.

I want to see a Mechanist's descendant, making first rockets, like von Braun or Goddard in RL's 1920's.

It could be nice hint of upcoming changes in the world, thanks to industrialization...

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/06/22/the-legend-of-korra-creators-answer-your-questions/

>>[Dr. Dardo]: Will book 2 stay confined to Republic City the way book 1 did?

>>DiMartino: I would say it’s a mix of both. There’s definitely a significant part in Republic City, but there’s also a little more exploration of some other areas which we won’t tell you about just yet.

>>[They both laugh, like they're in on some secret joke.]

>>Konietzko: It’s definitely not as confined, but like Mike said, about half and half.

>>105626
Spirit world journey confirmed.

I hope for a time skip. But I feel like her story is pretty much done as is. Wouldn't mind jumping around in time and seeing one of the older Avatars

>>106452
Legend of Korra book 2: where's Korra?

Korra comes to the conclusion that to best help the world she needs to understand how it works in order to resolve the bender and non-bender tensions, so she decides to go to law school, upon discovering DAT DOSH she decides to dump Mako in order to focus on her career and becomes a sexy single female lawyer.

>>105626
I wonder if we will ever see Wan Shin Tong's library again (and the professor that ended up in the Spirit World inside it).

On that note, what if we take a nineteen/early twentieth century approach to the Spirit World. You know, séance sessions with spirit mediums, a gentleman's club/society of the occult that investigates reports and sights of spirits and their nature, tries to separate fraud from real instances, etc. That sort of thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9ance

>>106513
I would be cool with this, IF the persons doing the medium fooferah are played by Paul F Thompkins and Paget Brewster.

>>106487

>>106513
Interesting idea. Also

>I wonder if we will ever see Wan Shin Tong's library again (and the professor that ended up in the Spirit World inside it).

My theory is that Professor Zei became some sort of more benevolent knowledge spirit and assistant to Wan Shi Tong, hopefully getting him to see that not all humans are bad. Failing that, he starts up his own awesome spirit library.

Idea for the focus of Season 2 if we don't mind a rehash and a time skip.

SOZIN'S COMET
RETURNS
For the last time?

>>106638
A 30 year time skip is way too much.

Korra uses her influence as the Avatar to integrate Airbending into Pro-Bending matches . . . but there are no Airbenders old enough to join beside her and Tenzin, so Jinora and Ikki become ring girls

sexy mini skirts for everyone!

ALIENS

>>106714

>so Jinora and Ikki become cheerleaders

HNNNNNNNG!

>>106714

>so Jinora and Ikki become cheerleaders

HNNNNNNNG!

>>106714
>>106723
>>106724

Should not want so badly.

IGN interviewed the cast and crew about TLoK Season 2. A lot repeats what we already know, but there's some new info that I'll summarize below: http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/27/the-legend-of-korra-cast-and-creators-talk-book-two?page=1

>>Mako is making a name for himself busting triads.

>>Hiroshi is in prison

>>The creators are well aware the fanbase intensely dislike Mako. However, there's trouble ahead for Makorra due to their new responsibilities and devotion to their own careers.

>>Bolin has "one of the most bizarre love stories" in store, confirming earlier hints that Bolin gets a love interest this season.

Finally, regarding Korra's continuing character arc, there's this quote from Bryan:

>>"Korra is now kind of the Avatar, so how does she deal with it? Even though she has all this power... she’s kind of the bull in the china shop. She rushes in and fights with emotion and gets a little hotheaded. So that still gives us a lot of opportunity in the writing room."

>>109033
>Bolin has "one of the most bizarre love stories" in store, confirming earlier hints that Bolin gets a love interest this season.

Just please dont let it be a love triangle. Please please please please don't let it be a love triangle.

>>109033
Ty!

>Mako is making a name for himself busting triads.
That's good, right? Fight that oppression, Mako.

>The creators are well aware the fanbase intensely dislike Mako. However, there's trouble ahead for Makorra due to their new responsibilities and devotion to their own careers.
More drama and shipping stuff? Do not want.

>Bolin has "one of the most bizarre love stories" in store, confirming earlier hints that Bolin gets a love interest this season
Damn now I'm curious.

>>109035
Bolin/the spirit monster thing?

>>109035

Maybe Pabu turns into a catgirl fire ferret girl.

>>109041
Or maybe Bolin gets turned into a Fire Ferret.

>>109042
Thus turning Mako and Bolin into Jak and Daxter.

>>109043
So Ferret Bolin will still be able to talk?

This just got interesting.

>>106723

Die in a fire.

>>109033
I'm really glad Hiroshi isn't dead. I thought he might have been crushed since we never got a follow-up (i.e. cops pulling him from the wreckage and handcuffing him).

But ugh I don't want Makorra drama. We had enough of that in season 1. Please convince me they are cute together and can have a functional relationship. Please do not introduce drama or break them up because the fans currently hate Mako, which, for the record, is due almost entirely to relationship drama. His reputation with them could totally be fixed if he was actually a respectable partner to Korra.

>>109067
Don't be so naive.
You know damn well that Korra's personal shit is going to get in the way of everything. But as with the last time the problem will be completely toothless and no doubt resolve itself.
(I could probably deal with the retarded drama, if they actually had the guts to properly address it and have them work through it. But since they were incapable of writing Mako as a decent human being for some reason...ahrgh.)
Either that or the whole character dynamic resets itself to pre-season 1, because they have another 26 episodes to write after this...
We're totally going to run into this Nathan Drake problem, where he and his ball n'chain split up between every single game only to get back together.

Why no love interest for Naga? She's the most underrated bitch on the show.

>>109077
Well they did say Bolin's involved in a "bizarre" lovestory.

>>109080
Reminds me of that family guy episode with Ted Turner.

>>109081
Hey, if Harry Potter did it...

Some useless or potentially plot damaging stuff I want to see next season:

- Korra and Asami's va can sing, give them a karaoke night or something
- more of Korra with her hair down
- a little swimsuit fanservice (highly unlikely since the outfits are getting even heavier)

>>109080
I'm calling it now...
Both twins develop a crush on Bolin.

>>109196
Then in the final episode Mako breaks up with Korra and swoops in to date both twins, at the same time.

Bolin is left all alone to blubber

Job offerings for a storyboard and character design artist for the show.

Storyboard Artist:

http://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=MTVNETWORKS&cws=1&rid=4438

Character Design:

http://tbe.taleo.net/NA5/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=MTVNETWORKS&cws=1&rid=4516

>>109293
It's good that you posted this here! This would be a great way for all those expert storytellers who bitch constantly about book 1 to FINALLY do it their way!
Good luck, kids!

>>109294
It's a little late for season 2 though. I'll guess they'll be able to improve the show only from season 3.