[TV] The Legend of Korra - Page 51

Xayoz

Estonia373 Posts

May 12 2012 20:58 GMT

#1001

On May 13 2012 05:43 NPF wrote:
Great episode. Anyone else notice the little shout out to Cabbage Corps. for all your latest news and in the original Avatar there was always someone losing all his cabbages.

It really made me smile.

Totally missed that one. :D

Mordiford

4448 Posts

May 12 2012 21:03 GMT

#1002

This episode was absolutely amazing.

The battle on the roof between Korra and the Lieutenant was incredible and the setup of the whole event was just great. I'm super psyched for the rest of the season.

Also, the music throughout this episode was just perfect.

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10366 Posts

May 12 2012 21:06 GMT

#1003

Missed the cabbage thing as well o.o

trikshun

United States437 Posts

May 12 2012 22:19 GMT

#1004

It looks like there will be no new episode next week.

WolfintheSheep

Canada14127 Posts

May 12 2012 22:41 GMT

#1005

On May 13 2012 05:07 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Cousin? do you mean brother in law? That may be technically a cousin (?) but they're not blood related, so I don't think it is out of the question. Though I don't think it's Sokka, but maybe xD

Sokka and Katara are brother and sister, so their children would be cousins.

Clarity_nl

Netherlands6826 Posts

May 12 2012 22:43 GMT

#1006

Great episode, noticed the cabbage thing as well

Not much more to say other than I'm surprised the episode didn't go through the "we don't negotiate with terrorists" bit, the council was unanimous with stopping the tournament after a threat?

Gahlo

United States35172 Posts

May 12 2012 22:58 GMT

#1007

On May 13 2012 04:41 Cyanocyst wrote:
Oh yeah btw do we know, who Toph's husband was? (Lin's father) I mean she must have had somebody. I refuse to believe it was the Duke.

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I have a feeling it actually might have been Sokka.

Lin's father is listed as being "unknown." Knowing Nick, Sokka probably ended up with Suki.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/Aaron123/AInews/Nick/avatar_s3/Korra_CharaSheet.jpg

chillswithhippos

United States74 Posts

May 12 2012 23:07 GMT

#1008

I hope this episode shuts up the people who thought the previous episode was all for drama and filler. As you see, this episode shows that the whole pro-bending tournament had a purpose and that it actually linked to the direct plot, making it NON FILLER. The drama that it started, it also ended, and now we can see Mako and Korra progress naturally since she got over her crush for the most part, and Bolin will stop hitting on her and go back to being happy and funny. Don't see why people are complaining about that

I'll agree that the last one had a bit more drama than I would have liked, but people were acting like the whole show was taking a step in that direction when it was ONE episode. I'm starting to think those same people never watched TLA if they thought that one "romancy?" episode was something to get all upset about.

Anyways, bad ass episode. It's starting off really well and I'm interested to see what happens next!

erkicman

United States206 Posts

May 12 2012 23:57 GMT

#1009

I picked it up when they said it. Glad to see that the guy, in the 20 years after TLA, managed to make something great out of his cabbage business.

Now here's my question:
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Did Cabbage Corps design the chi-blocking gauntlets as revenge against all the benders who kept destroying cabbage carts?

iSometric

2221 Posts

May 13 2012 00:05 GMT

#1010

Really liked this episode. Good plot and great action especially at the last 3 minutes of the episode.

Gummy

United States2180 Posts

May 13 2012 00:10 GMT

#1011

Bumi is Amon right?

Xayoz

Estonia373 Posts

May 13 2012 00:10 GMT

#1012

On May 13 2012 08:57 erkicman wrote:
I picked it up when they said it. Glad to see that the guy, in the 20 years after TLA, managed to make something great out of his cabbage business.

Now here's my question:
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Did Cabbage Corps design the chi-blocking gauntlets as revenge against all the benders who kept destroying cabbage carts?

Hm. Amon - son of the Cabbage Merchant? I can see the age-old grudge here.
Also, the backing of Cabbage Co would indeed explain where the Equalists get all their props.
Yes. Make this happen.

Chronos.

United States805 Posts

May 13 2012 00:25 GMT

#1013

On May 13 2012 09:10 Xayoz wrote:

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Hm. Amon - son of the Cabbage Merchant? I can see the age-old grudge here.
Also, the backing of Cabbage Co would indeed explain where the Equalists get all their props.
Yes. Make this happen.

That would be one of the greatest plot twists ever. The main villian being in power because of something so inconsequential in the last series.

Another things they could do is make Amon Sakkas son. He wasn't a bender and could have been killed by a fire bender, it would make for a very emotional build up when they finally reveal who Amon is.

Either way, I just hope they make Amon someone cool and somehow related to TLA since they have so much material to work with instead of just making him some stereotypical bad guy.

Leefang

42 Posts

May 13 2012 00:30 GMT

#1014

On May 13 2012 06:03 Mordiford wrote:
This episode was absolutely amazing.

The battle on the roof between Korra and the Lieutenant was incredible and the setup of the whole event was just great. I'm super psyched for the rest of the season.

Also, the music throughout this episode was just perfect.

Completely Agree bro,
Anybody who hasn't seen this series yet, good time to go watch the first 6 eps back to back XD !

Crazyeyes

Canada1342 Posts

May 13 2012 00:40 GMT

#1015

On May 13 2012 01:09 Munk-E wrote:

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On May 10 2012 17:15 Shock710 wrote:

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On May 10 2012 16:51 Crazyeyes wrote:

On May 10 2012 12:42 Mordiford wrote:

On May 10 2012 12:36 TheAmazombie wrote:

On May 10 2012 12:33 unit wrote:

On May 10 2012 12:28 TheAmazombie wrote:

On May 10 2012 12:26 Cyanocyst wrote:
Hey guys, ...why are Makos eyes golden? I though only people from the fire nations royal family could have golden eyes. At least from my memory it seemed that way in TLA.

Though if this were the case and Mako and Bolin were really related to the royal family some how, it seems unlikely they would have wondered the streets as nobody's though out child hood.

I hand't noticed this...but Bolin's eyes are green. Maybe not really brothers if that is the case, or half?

i think the bending difference is a bigger tell of that
irl siblings have different colored eyes all the time

This is true, but if there was a royal family connection, then it is a bit weird...also, isn't bending somehow genetic? How did they end up as different benders if they are related? I guess if the father was one type and the mother another...possible history plot point there.

It is probably not worth thinking too much about yet, but maybe something someday.

Yes, they had parents from different elements. I'm pretty sure that's been established in the show already.

As for Mako's eyes being golden, I don't see why a trait such as that would be entirely limited to the royal family. It could be a prevalent characteristic among the royal family but that doesn't mean nobody outside of that group possesses it. I don't recall any specific mention that "only people from the royal family could have golden eyes".

They havn't ever actually mentioned it, but it's common knowledge that Tenzin's sister is a waterbender. So yeah, your parents can pass bending down. I wonder, though. I'm sure there are, for example, waterbenders with two parents that aren't benders. So what happens when you really start mixing things up? Eventually you'll have randoms getting maried and they'll have a random chance of having children of any bending ability.

Quadrouplets: one of each. That'd be cool.

Anyways, I just rewatched all the episodes since someone wanted to watch them, and honestly that last episode wasn't that bad at all. I've also been rewatching the origional series, and season 1 is faaaaaaarrr more cheesy than anything we've seen so far.

You know though...as far as I know they never mentioned a bender being born of two non-benders. They have shown some parents of benders who they never said could bend, but never said they couldn't either. It seems to be a pretty genetic thing...

If they could have other benders born, not from genetics, then you would think that there would be more airbenders around, not just the ones passed down from Aang, the last airbender, but they did specifically say that Tenzin was the only airbending master...

my friend said that one of their kids is tenzin, another a water bender, and the last a non-bender(poor him)

Yeah, so that would mean that bending can be like a dominate gene. If the non-bending gene is mixed in there, then two benders can have a non-bender, but we are still not sure if two non-benders can produce a bender. If that be so, then the rules would be different...

Sorry, I am just trying to figure out what we actually know about the specifics of the bending "gene" or the rules or what have you.

Oh, and yeah, I heard that too...there was some talk and speculation that the non-bender could be or could be related to Amon on some level.

I think the non bending parents having bending children might only work for the avatar. Do we know if any of Korra's parents bend?

Also, what distinguishes a bender from a non-bender? If there's a physical characteristic, the genetics could be able to be figuredd out. Also, how is it decided whic element the child gets? Is it like a punnent square where for example the father's dominant earth, recessive fire or something and the mother is dominant water recessive non-bending? If this were true, it would be possible to rank elements in terms of genetic strength.

Although we know katara's mother or father weren't water benders, but that means at least two of her grandparents were, and waterbending would actually be a recessive trait.

if you look at aang and katara, they had 1 of each child, which means aang must've been half non-bender I think.

EDIT: It's been a while since I took biology, do I make any sense?

It says that both her parents were waterbedners.
AFAIK there's no physical charactaristic; you don' nkow they can bend until you see them bend.

Honestly I don't think the writers thought of it as a gene thing. Theres probably no science behind it. Its all 'spiritual' or some shit.

Also I'm pretty sure Katara's mother was a water bender.

For Aang, he can't be half non-bender; all Air Nomands were air benders.

On May 13 2012 04:12 MountainDewJunkie wrote:
I have been hearing very positive things about this show.

I will be sure to take a look.

And yes, I LOVED the original series.

Don't judge.

We all did. That's why we even bothered picking this show up.

On May 13 2012 03:29 Gahlo wrote:

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I'm merely debating a topic, far from arguing about it. If it "seems pointless" than just let it be and not issue a cheapshot. =\

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I think it has to do with the distance from the source. While nowhere near canon, I have seen an Avatar D20 system where part of waterbending's restrictions is the amount of water available and distance from the source. From stage to pool seems to be a decent distance, stage to near-roof even farther. It probably takes a lot of effort to pull the water up that far and still propel forward.

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On May 13 2012 01:09 Munk-E wrote:

On May 10 2012 17:19 TheAmazombie wrote:

On May 10 2012 17:15 Shock710 wrote:

On May 10 2012 16:59 TheAmazombie wrote:

On May 10 2012 16:51 Crazyeyes wrote:

On May 10 2012 12:42 Mordiford wrote:

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On May 10 2012 12:33 unit wrote:

On May 10 2012 12:28 TheAmazombie wrote:
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I hand't noticed this...but Bolin's eyes are green. Maybe not really brothers if that is the case, or half?

i think the bending difference is a bigger tell of that
irl siblings have different colored eyes all the time

my friend said that one of their kids is tenzin, another a water bender, and the last a non-bender(poor him)

At the same time, the badgermoles taught the first earth benders, dragons the first fire benders, and sky bison air benders. It could easily enough be tossed to "they were capable but didn't have anybody to teach them" but Korra started earth and fire bending before she was even affirmed by the White Lotus as the Avatar. Are benders capable of picking up the element without a teacher or not? Toph herself said she was taught earth bending by the badgermoles. Neither of her parents showed any signs of being capable of bending.

Is an Avatars ability to self-realize bending different than a normal benders? I think bending being more of a bestowed blessing works better with the, pardon the pun, spirit of the show.

I thought this episode was amazing and I hope they work metal bending into Korra's repertoire.

Sorry. I guess it was a bit uncalled for. Anyways, I think youre right about the distance from the source. I mean, her water typhoon jetpack thing was itself made of water. Did you see how high she went? She probably exhausted most of her water supply in the first place. And yes, her distance from the source was really far... I don't think we've ever seen anyone bend water that was as far away as she was from that water.

Toph: I'm pretty sure one of her parents was an earthbender, and they already knew she was an earthbender. She was in 'lessons,' but her parents kept her from learning further than the very basics. She ran away from home (or something? I'm not there in my rewatching yet) and learned from badgermoles on her own.

That being said although I dont htink its ever been mentioned, I'm certain that people can realize on hteir own that they're benders. People bend by accident all the time. Katara when angry for example split an iceberg in half in episode 1. In fact, I think she herself might have self-realized her water bending and taught herself a bit. She had no teacher until the end of season 1.

YES! I was happy about that too. I've been waiting for someone to yell 'MY CABBAGES!'

I love your guys theory regarding it. That'd actually be awesome as hell. That might cheapen the whole revelation though, as it would basically be a big joke. Still, better that than some random stereotypical baddy, right?

On May 13 2012 05:01 SeaSwift wrote:

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Yeah, the whole point of bending lightning was that he was integrating techniques from different nations (specifically the Water-tribe), and of course with all the nations coming together in Republic City it's hardly unlikely that this became more common.

If my memory serves me correctly, lightning bending doesn't have anything to do with water bending. It was the redirection of lightning that used techniques from water bending. Using lightning was just very dangerous and required the user to be very focused and have a clear mind. Azula, being awesome and a progidy and very calm and calculated (until she went crazy) had no problem generating it.
With the spread of information and plenty of masters in a big city and stuff, all techniques become commonplace.

Still, it could very well be that only more skilled firebenders can do lightning. Mako did say it pays well, after all.

As for Sokka/Toph... Sokka definitely got married to Suki.

Man this post is friggen long. Loved the episode. I hate how I had to wait a week for 22 goddamn minutes. Was over so fast. -.-

biology]major

United States2253 Posts

May 13 2012 01:27 GMT

#1016

the pacing in this show is absolutely brilliant

Hulavuta

United States1252 Posts

May 13 2012 01:37 GMT

#1017

On May 13 2012 09:10 Gummy wrote:
Bumi is Amon right?

waaaaah, where did you learn this?

TwoToneTerran

United States8841 Posts

May 13 2012 01:39 GMT

#1018

On May 13 2012 09:10 Gummy wrote:
Bumi is Amon right?

Been over this, unless he has the ability to change his skin tone at will, Bumi is not Amon.

He has persistently been shown with white skin while all images of Bumi (Aang and Katara's non bender son) show him with darker, water tribe skin tone. Also it's much too obvious.

ps: I want to make love with this show it is so amazing.