[TV] The Legend of Korra - Page 235

On November 01 2014 20:32 Spaylz wrote:
What I would personally like would be for Korra to achieve the true power of the Avatar by the end of the show. I would want her to crush Kuvira by a landslide the way Aang did Ozai. As it stands, and while she can enter the Avatar State at will, I don't consider Korra a fully realised Avatar. She still lacks the power and discipline Aang and the other powerful Avatars had.

On November 02 2014 02:28 blade55555 wrote:
I don't get why you guys say Korra's avatar state was weaker.

She has only used it what twice? Once versus Unavatuu who was as strong as her (due to being fused with Vatuu obviously, alone they were getting their butts kicked).

Then she used it against zaheer with poison inside her which weakened her a lot. Even with the poison she almost won until it eventually zapped her of almost all strength.

We have never seen her go into it full rage mode and she never will due to being able to control it.

Also she isn't a fully realized avatar you are correct, but neither was Aang at the end of ATLA. He never mastered earth bending or fire bending (this was stated in one of the episodes before he fights ozai, the one when zuko tells them of his fathers plan).

On November 02 2014 02:28 blade55555 wrote:
I don't get why you guys say Korra's avatar state was weaker.

She has only used it what twice? Once versus Unavatuu who was as strong as her (due to being fused with Vatuu obviously, alone they were getting their butts kicked).

Then she used it against zaheer with poison inside her which weakened her a lot. Even with the poison she almost won until it eventually zapped her of almost all strength.

We have never seen her go into it full rage mode and she never will due to being able to control it.

Also she isn't a fully realized avatar you are correct, but neither was Aang at the end of ATLA. He never mastered earth bending or fire bending (this was stated in one of the episodes before he fights ozai, the one when zuko tells them of his fathers plan).

On November 02 2014 02:44 Fi0na wrote:


I would love for Korra to retire from the show and officially allow Bolin to be the main character. And Asami.

Also I really would like to see Bolin become slightly smarter. Not noticing the evil Kuvira is up to, sloppy escape for Varrick, and then he turns himself in so Varrick does not get killed even though Varrick is essential to weaponizing the spirit power and won't be killed anyway.
And drown the entire valley of Kuviras army in lava

By the way, I too believe it was a fake submission of Varricks assistant. They do have a thing going on, and she probably figured this was the best way to do what Varrick wanted to do, warn the others about the super weapon.

On November 02 2014 03:08 Spaylz wrote:


I strongly suggest you rewatch the whole show.

I recently did with a friend, and I was under the same impression as you beforehand. In reality though, she uses it twice at the very end of Book 1, and she uses it in nearly every episode of Book 2. And I really mean nearly, almost once per episode.

Come on, she uses it to win an airball race against Tenzin's kids.

On November 02 2014 02:44 Fi0na wrote:


I would love for Korra to retire from the show and officially allow Bolin to be the main character. And Asami.

Also I really would like to see Bolin become slightly smarter. Not noticing the evil Kuvira is up to, sloppy escape for Varrick, and then he turns himself in so Varrick does not get killed even though Varrick is essential to weaponizing the spirit power and won't be killed anyway.
And drown the entire valley of Kuviras army in lava

By the way, I too believe it was a fake submission of Varricks assistant. They do have a thing going on, and she probably figured this was the best way to do what Varrick wanted to do, warn the others about the super weapon.

On November 02 2014 06:32 blade55555 wrote:


I should rephrase. I meant more for combat purposes. She has used it more then twice at the end of book 1 (1 for showing it, the other for restoring bending).

And by combat main combat not for things like airball against tenzin's kids. I did forget about the spirit that she went into the avatar state for 3 seconds (which always bothered me. Whenever she went avatar state against those spirits it was the briefest thing and that made no sense to me).

Season 3 was only once and I still think it's kind of silly she didn't do it before she got captured but whatever they needed to have her captured .

But the two times we actually see it for more then a few seconds were end of season 2 and end of season 3.

End of season 2 was equal fight in terms of raw power, season 3 she had poison and that weakened her a lot and well we know how that ended.

On November 02 2014 07:16 Spaylz wrote:


I was talking about in-combat situations too, mostly.

Really, go watch it again, not being pedantic here. I was surprised to see just how often she uses it.

On November 02 2014 06:00 jodogohoo wrote:

i don't really blame bolin. He was tricked and manipulated. He saw the good but not the bad. It's also hard to think of the people treating you nicely as evil. Even in real life, if your friends do questionable stuff, or your family does questionable stuff, you probably won't report them to the police or whatever.

The whole Earth Kingdom situation is not just a problem caused by Kuvira but also the people following her. The people running the "slave camps" and "re-education camps" are all responsible. How could generally good people end up doing such vile evil?

One possible source of blame is the previous Earth Queen and people who could have dealt with the Earth Queen's evil and corruption. Under her rule, there was widespread inequality and abuse of power. But what could have been done? How do you stop her without violating the sovereignty of the Earth Monarchy.

On November 02 2014 06:32 blade55555 wrote:


I should rephrase. I meant more for combat purposes. She has used it more then twice at the end of book 1 (1 for showing it, the other for restoring bending).

And by combat main combat not for things like airball against tenzin's kids. I did forget about the spirit that she went into the avatar state for 3 seconds (which always bothered me. Whenever she went avatar state against those spirits it was the briefest thing and that made no sense to me).

Season 3 was only once and I still think it's kind of silly she didn't do it before she got captured but whatever they needed to have her captured .

But the two times we actually see it for more then a few seconds were end of season 2 and end of season 3.

End of season 2 was equal fight in terms of raw power, season 3 she had poison and that weakened her a lot and well we know how that ended.

On November 02 2014 07:25 blade55555 wrote:


I know I already commented on it. I also commented how she would go into the avatar state but for only a few seconds in those fights and wasn't sustained for longer then what 15 seconds? unlike the fight with vatuu and zaheer.

On November 04 2014 03:06 Plansix wrote:

That is because the Avatar state is fucking terrifying. It has been depicted in the series as the wrath of an angry god. One part of the avatar state that we have seen in both shows is that it is very easy for the avatar to accidentally kill people. That is why Ang was so scared of it. That is why they use is to sparingly, especially in combat.

And Korra is totally going to wreck shop in the Avatar state, but someone is going to have to provoke it out of her. In a lot of ways, Korra is trying to become more like Ang. And i don't think she is any weaker that Ang was in the Avatar state. As we saw at the end of season 3, the Avatar state gives zero fucks and can use air to push back lava. The thing she lost was the ability to go back and talk with her old lives(which is more of a plot thing for her not having all the answers and guidance at her call at all times)