[TV] The Legend of Korra - Page 146

On June 30 2012 12:17 Xenocide_Knight wrote:

I thought that was going to be an important conflict though. Disappoint T.T

Like when Lin decides to go outside the law, I figured she would use Toph-like godmode bending and topple entire skyscrapers in order to kill a couple chi-blockers (it actually sorta fits the personality I would imagine from Toph's daughter. Maybe have an episode about Lin's rough upbringing at the hands of one of the most strict and feared mothers of all time who was also chief of police). Tenzin would confront her and tell her that she's out of control and the innocent lives she's sacrificing only helps to further Amon's goal. Lin struggles with her conscience but as the season develops and more and more of her officers are losing their bending, she decides that the only way to fight a madman like amon is to become equally ruthless (like alfred says in the dark knight). Maybe Jinora was exploring Republic city and got caught by Amon and lost her bending. Tenzin being Mr. spiritual-super moral is devastated but still will not stoop to Lin levels of collateral damage. Lin is disgusted and that could be her breaking point to truly go over the edge.

At which point the council (basically Tarlok who sees the chance to forever take control of the police and council) would rule that Lin is now a criminal on the same scale of Amon. Korra would obviously be caught in this crossfire of Lin vs Tenzin vs Amon vs Tarlok, not to mention the love drama that is tearing apart the friendship of Mako-Bolin-Asami-herself. Bolin and Mako have a huge falling out and fight but as they lose restraint, they accidentaly kill Asami. Bolin being the seemingly more empathetic "nice" character is devastated that he contributed to not only the death of asami, but other innocent bystanders. He surrenders himself willingly to Amon and it is later revealed that Bolin is one of Amon's new Lieutenants(I figure a pro-bender would be at least better than your average joe at hand-to-hand combat).

That obviously leads to an epic/dramatic/sad Mako-Bolin fight and Tenzin-Lin fight (since they used to be lovers it'd be even more emotionally charged. Maybe one episode dedicated to their past story, preferably real tragic. Lin would probably also mention how if Tenzin just grew a backbone, he probably could have stopped Amon before Jinora lost her bending). It also removes the cheesy love square with Asami dead and Mako/Bolin both feeling so guilty about her death. Mako especially feels awful since as we found out, he always preferred Korra to Asami anyway.

Perfect setup for final epic Korra/Amon fight where after a 10 minute battle across the city, Amon manages to subdue Korra and is about to take her bending. As he tries to take her bending, Korra finally goes avatar state and does generally epic things. Korra being Korra, there is a final scene where she decides to spare Amon but then Amon goads her and taunts her until she kills him in a fit or anger. With his dying breath, as Korra comes out of the avatar state, he tells her to look around: Republic city is a ruined, desolate landscape with hundreds, maybe thousands dead.

That also makes it so you don't have to unmask Amon. Just leave it V for Vendetta style where Amon is the faceless manifestation of the unjust rule by benders. Could maybe have a scene during the Korra/Amon fight where benders manage to save themselves amidst the burning city while non-benders pretty much all die, stuck in collapsing buildings/bridges/etc. Final scene could be Korra sobbing among the ashes of Republic city (aang's statue should be the only undamaged tall structure since it was on an island.) and General Iroh's fleet approaching through the smoke on the horizon.

Then season 2 would be setup great. What will Iroh's stance be? Zukos? Zuko's daughter's? Zuko would probably side with Amon and be horrified by the deaths of so many innocents. Zuko's daughter would take the other side and declare the supremacy of benders over non-benders. Her name should probably be Azula. Iroh would then obviously be caught in the conflict between his own family. He would then become TLA's Zuko-style conflicted character. Ironic considering his namesake.

As for the other characters, it could go anyway really. Tenzin probably kills Lin in a tearful finishing blow (which his wife considers revolting and causes a separation in the family of last airbenders. Not to mention Jinora losing her bending and Lin being the one "avenging" her. Tenzin's wife probably unfairly blames Tenzin for Jinora. "Maybe if you were more like Lin, this wouldn't have happened") Tenzin himself is shocked by his act of killing Lin. It was so out of character: only brought on by his past with Lin and the anguish/guilt of Jinora losing her bending. He becomes numb and unresponsive to an increasingly desperate Korra. Mako probably spares Bolin leaving the potential of Bolin+Amon's Lieutenant teaming up after the death of Amon. (Mako beating Bolin also symbolically underscores the bender>non bender theme)

Korra wrestles with the overwhelming guilt but she still has to confront major obstacles: how did Amon take people's bending? Was he really connected to the spirits? It is no longer such a ridiculous notion that the spirits would be outrages by the atrocities committed by benders in season 1. How will she master airbending with Tenzin in such a terrible state? How can she help his marriage falling apart? Lin clearly was out of control but who was truly the bad guy here?

Mako is a shadow of his former self: brooding and distant. Iroh has enough of his own problems dealing with Zuko/Azula2.0 and the now incredibly angry non-bending survivors of Republic city. (Could probably insert a Mengsk/Sons of Korhal character here: Intelligent, manipulative, and determined to rally a rebellion to overthrow the current government of benders. Probably will recruit/work with Bolin and Lieutenant man). Korra would be truly alone and in a terrible place, thus setting the stage for her exploration of the spiritual side of bending. Probably get help from Spirit Aang and maybe Katara.

etc, etc, etc.

On June 30 2012 12:17 Xenocide_Knight wrote:

I thought that was going to be an important conflict though. Disappoint T.T

Like when Lin decides to go outside the law, I figured she would use Toph-like godmode bending and topple entire skyscrapers in order to kill a couple chi-blockers (it actually sorta fits the personality I would imagine from Toph's daughter. Maybe have an episode about Lin's rough upbringing at the hands of one of the most strict and feared mothers of all time who was also chief of police). Tenzin would confront her and tell her that she's out of control and the innocent lives she's sacrificing only helps to further Amon's goal. Lin struggles with her conscience but as the season develops and more and more of her officers are losing their bending, she decides that the only way to fight a madman like amon is to become equally ruthless (like alfred says in the dark knight). Maybe Jinora was exploring Republic city and got caught by Amon and lost her bending. Tenzin being Mr. spiritual-super moral is devastated but still will not stoop to Lin levels of collateral damage. Lin is disgusted and that could be her breaking point to truly go over the edge.

At which point the council (basically Tarlok who sees the chance to forever take control of the police and council) would rule that Lin is now a criminal on the same scale of Amon. Korra would obviously be caught in this crossfire of Lin vs Tenzin vs Amon vs Tarlok, not to mention the love drama that is tearing apart the friendship of Mako-Bolin-Asami-herself. Bolin and Mako have a huge falling out and fight but as they lose restraint, they accidentaly kill Asami. Bolin being the seemingly more empathetic "nice" character is devastated that he contributed to not only the death of asami, but other innocent bystanders. He surrenders himself willingly to Amon and it is later revealed that Bolin is one of Amon's new Lieutenants(I figure a pro-bender would be at least better than your average joe at hand-to-hand combat).

That obviously leads to an epic/dramatic/sad Mako-Bolin fight and Tenzin-Lin fight (since they used to be lovers it'd be even more emotionally charged. Maybe one episode dedicated to their past story, preferably real tragic. Lin would probably also mention how if Tenzin just grew a backbone, he probably could have stopped Amon before Jinora lost her bending). It also removes the cheesy love square with Asami dead and Mako/Bolin both feeling so guilty about her death. Mako especially feels awful since as we found out, he always preferred Korra to Asami anyway.

Perfect setup for final epic Korra/Amon fight where after a 10 minute battle across the city, Amon manages to subdue Korra and is about to take her bending. As he tries to take her bending, Korra finally goes avatar state and does generally epic things. Korra being Korra, there is a final scene where she decides to spare Amon but then Amon goads her and taunts her until she kills him in a fit or anger. With his dying breath, as Korra comes out of the avatar state, he tells her to look around: Republic city is a ruined, desolate landscape with hundreds, maybe thousands dead.

That also makes it so you don't have to unmask Amon. Just leave it V for Vendetta style where Amon is the faceless manifestation of the unjust rule by benders. Could maybe have a scene during the Korra/Amon fight where benders manage to save themselves amidst the burning city while non-benders pretty much all die, stuck in collapsing buildings/bridges/etc. Final scene could be Korra sobbing among the ashes of Republic city (aang's statue should be the only undamaged tall structure since it was on an island.) and General Iroh's fleet approaching through the smoke on the horizon.

Then season 2 would be setup great. What will Iroh's stance be? Zukos? Zuko's daughter's? Zuko would probably side with Amon and be horrified by the deaths of so many innocents. Zuko's daughter would take the other side and declare the supremacy of benders over non-benders. Her name should probably be Azula. Iroh would then obviously be caught in the conflict between his own family. He would then become TLA's Zuko-style conflicted character. Ironic considering his namesake.

As for the other characters, it could go anyway really. Tenzin probably kills Lin in a tearful finishing blow (which his wife considers revolting and causes a separation in the family of last airbenders. Not to mention Jinora losing her bending and Lin being the one "avenging" her. Tenzin's wife probably unfairly blames Tenzin for Jinora. "Maybe if you were more like Lin, this wouldn't have happened") Tenzin himself is shocked by his act of killing Lin. It was so out of character: only brought on by his past with Lin and the anguish/guilt of Jinora losing her bending. He becomes numb and unresponsive to an increasingly desperate Korra. Mako probably spares Bolin leaving the potential of Bolin+Amon's Lieutenant teaming up after the death of Amon. (Mako beating Bolin also symbolically underscores the bender>non bender theme)

Korra wrestles with the overwhelming guilt but she still has to confront major obstacles: how did Amon take people's bending? Was he really connected to the spirits? It is no longer such a ridiculous notion that the spirits would be outrages by the atrocities committed by benders in season 1. How will she master airbending with Tenzin in such a terrible state? How can she help his marriage falling apart? Lin clearly was out of control but who was truly the bad guy here?

Mako is a shadow of his former self: brooding and distant. Iroh has enough of his own problems dealing with Zuko/Azula2.0 and the now incredibly angry non-bending survivors of Republic city. (Could probably insert a Mengsk/Sons of Korhal character here: Intelligent, manipulative, and determined to rally a rebellion to overthrow the current government of benders. Probably will recruit/work with Bolin and Lieutenant man). Korra would be truly alone and in a terrible place, thus setting the stage for her exploration of the spiritual side of bending. Probably get help from Spirit Aang and maybe Katara.

etc, etc, etc.

On June 29 2012 14:57 Acetone wrote:

I agree, as did Tarrlok. Yakone was a pretty bad apple, and given his great power, a terrific example of how oppressive bending can be. Maybe not all of season 2, but I think at least the first few episodes of it will involve Team Avatar, Tenzin, Lin and Co. convincing the Equalists that most benders aren't power-hungry douchers and that outlawing bending would be like if the USA were to repeal the right to bear arms: nobody would actually be any safer (shock glove, anyone?). And hopefully, the result of their efforts will be a similarly democratic government to the one that existed before the Equalist attack, only with equal bender and non-bender representation.

On July 01 2012 03:09 Gahlo wrote:
Then there's the whole"throughout the series Korra's chakra were getting unlocked" thing. I find it hilarious how much people feel the need to be handheld through the series.

On July 01 2012 03:09 Gahlo wrote:
At the same time, the Avatar State was exposed multiple times in TLA. If that isn't "good enough" it was shown in the flashbacks as well. Then there's the whole"throughout the series Korra's chakra were getting unlocked" thing. I find it hilarious how much people feel the need to be handheld through the series.

On July 01 2012 07:14 Firebolt145 wrote:
Tbh after reading that, it sorta reminds me of the mass effect 3 indoctrination theory. It sounds amazing and I want to believe it but sometimes I wonder if all this chakra theory stuff is us finding things that we want to find.