Korra good. (ALSO: *this DOES NOT MEAN any random non-bender can just search out a sky bison/the moon and learn the bend*. I think the ability to learn like this has been mostly lost as civilisation developed and they grew further from the spirit world. These guys lived isolated along sky bison for generations, airbending being the most spiritually connected element, and it wasn't even many of them. It would be so rare, so difficult and mystical at this point that doing so would be dismissed as rumour. ~ Tim
@J_Halcyon
2 жыл бұрын
Korra gud!
@joshua2400
2 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ the good sovereign who miraculously healed me of my chronic breathing issue instantly in prayer, cares about you :" )
@swagguy7515
2 жыл бұрын
koora gud :)
@millernick671
2 жыл бұрын
Korra good
@Arelenedhel
2 жыл бұрын
Korea good
@thomasadler5172
2 жыл бұрын
Korra’s dad destroying the spirit forest and not having much respect for spiritual traditions also fits really nicely into an explanation of why Korra struggled so much spiritually as an Avatar in season 1. Aang was raised by monks. So much of our flaws or strengths, ways of thinking about the world are a product of how we are raised
@loturzelrestaurant
2 жыл бұрын
Has Anyone here watched the bst Abortion-Coverage ive seen? The 2 GOP-Videos of "Some More News"?
@caffetiel
2 жыл бұрын
Korra was also raised by monks, though of the White Lotus rather than the Air Nomads. Though I don't remember if she was in the reworked Book I
@adttada
2 жыл бұрын
@@caffetiel in the show, we watch Korra get trained and attended by monks and Tenzin, but she still has a home with her family. I think that distinction's useful enough to say that her parents *raised* her, and the monks *taught* her. Whatever avatar lessons she drew from the White Lotus crowd, she'd still draw lessons from her time with her parents, too.
@noblesseoblige319
2 жыл бұрын
Isn't that what happened in the canon though?
@MrE_
2 жыл бұрын
@@noblesseoblige319 in the Canon, he was blamed for it, but it wasn't really his fault
@nrnrn999
2 жыл бұрын
I'd just like to say, its always a bugbear for me that 'chaos' and 'evil' are so often conflated. As you point out, unchecked chaos can be dangerous and destructive but unchecked order is restrictive and stagnant. You need a balance of both for humanity to keep growing.
@BlueBlazeKing
2 жыл бұрын
I mean Korra did somewhat tackle that with kuvira
@kspoo10_
2 жыл бұрын
It's probably because order keeps the status quo while chaos could change hierarchies. Both have positive and negative effects, but people with power encourage positive views of order and negative views of chaos.
@ntexq2985
2 жыл бұрын
My biology teacher always said that stability equals stagnation and progress only comes with chaos.
@FelisImpurrator
2 жыл бұрын
That's extra important considering it's Avatar. The themes have always been very emphatic about the need for nuanced, non-black-and-white morality and the importance of balancing tradition and progress.
@UGNAvalon
2 жыл бұрын
I also hate how “order” is always conflated with “light” and “chaos” always with “darkness”. Fire is light, but also chaotic/uncontrollable by nature. Aang’s carefree nature was a perfect example of “chaotic good”. Snowflakes are orderly, frozen things are preserved (“safe” from the rot/entropy of time).
@thelastcrow5660
2 жыл бұрын
Something I HATED about season 2 was that Unalaq didn't even feel like Korra's uncle. At no point in the show do they act like family and he seemingly has no love for his niece, so one dimensional. It's even more odd when you consider how big of a role the theme of family played in ATLA.
@ashketchum13579
Жыл бұрын
Right?? Especially in the water tribe
@bafbaas1210
11 ай бұрын
Well they were estranged right and Unalaq lived on the other side of the world. Alsp doesnt seem like a dude that's into familial bonding
@Gigawolf1
10 ай бұрын
The guy exiled his brother & (as of season 3) was involved in trying to kidnap her because she's the new Avatar. Unfortunately he's just not a family guy
@DishonorableMentions452
6 ай бұрын
Awatar @@Gigawolf1
@RAVEN-hf6rf
6 ай бұрын
This is the EXACT problem I have with TLOK. The theme of family is mostly forgotten
@Sumguyinavan_
Жыл бұрын
The only value that came from the Bolin/Eska relationship was Eska's moment with Zuko bonding over trying to kill the Avatar. Dry comedy gold.
@TheNeraum
6 ай бұрын
Eksa could make advances and Bolin shuts her down because, well, she's abusive, she gets pissy and still hires an assassin so the joke still works!
@RD-um9dy
6 ай бұрын
I feel like she could still be in the show though
@anothergamer112
2 жыл бұрын
I had the biggest smile on my face when you described the little boy learning to Airbend at the end. I would've cried if I saw that on a TV screen back in 2014 and not BWAAAAAAAAAAAA
@cybersearcher1041
Жыл бұрын
bro what do you mean you didnt cry at the descriotion alone : """"" D
@GlitterWolves_
10 ай бұрын
"the boy floats"... YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY, so happy. i smiled so much there
@thesaintlymarco
2 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps when you described the child touching the bison and floating. THAT is how we needed airbending back. How airbenders first got it - by working for it. Not just a lottery. There's a reason every single air nomad was an airbender.
@nickconley4794
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, it was such a beautiful representation of the culture that was almost lost finding a way to be reborn.
@pantazacondei5606
2 жыл бұрын
The only flaw is that zahir is not anymore an airbender
@thesaintlymarco
2 жыл бұрын
@@pantazacondei5606 not at all, this would work perfectly with Zaheer gaining air bending because of his intense dive into air nomad culture.
@ntexq2985
2 жыл бұрын
Literally every airbender ever after the ones who left the lion turtles got airbending by a lottery, namely being born into the air nomads. no airbender ever "worked" for their bending abilities. they just worked for their skills, just as the new ones in LoK did
@pantazacondei5606
2 жыл бұрын
@@ntexq2985 but thats how every bender gets their bending
@serenepastel
2 жыл бұрын
I love that each member of the team feels like they’re doing something, with Korra and the war, Asami and her business getting a bigger role, and the brothers doing their parts in Republic City. It makes each member feel like they contribute instead of just filling out the team ensemble. Everything was reorganized in a way that made the themes clear, satisfying, and in parallel with the first season you established. Nice job!
@RD-um9dy
6 ай бұрын
Yeah but the feel too disconnected, they need more moments where they are all together
@villeandersson1487
Ай бұрын
He basically plugged the leaks of the first half of the season, and scuttled the second half of the season entirely.
@Kenseiblades
2 жыл бұрын
I like the reference to Aang as a "parent". A lot of people forget that the Air Nomads don't foster traditional parent/child relationships, but instead the entire temple would contribute to their care. Aang never growing up in this dynamic and not having an entire temple to rely on may have felt pressured with the extra responsibility in addition to his responsibilities as an Avatar and maintaining and rebuilding the Air Nomad Civilization. Dude had a lot on his plate, no wonder he died young. He was stressed. Heck he ended a 100 year war when he was developmentally 13 years old. Probably had a stroke.
@SonGoku-bn5di
Жыл бұрын
He died young because he spent 100 years in the Avatar State and stuck in an iceberg essentially draining his life. Physically he was 152 when he died. Mentally he was 64.
@mtarantino42
Жыл бұрын
Rise of Kyoshi novel spoilers ahead. I reccomend it highly, especially to anyone who is interested enough in the series to watch this video. I think that aspect of airbender parentage fits in really nicely with what we see in RoK as well. We learn that Kyoshi's mom was a renegade airbender, whom she was also abandoned by. Her parents kept her safe from their lives of crime but they still abandoned her. Aang isn't the first airbender to do (by other nations standards) traditional parenting but we can see that he's not alone in his shortcomings as a parent. Other airbenders who have come down from the mountains struggle with this as well.
@TuskyBaby
Жыл бұрын
@@SonGoku-bn5diThis is such goofy headcanon monsense. He was FROZEN. He did not age. He was not "physically 152" when he died at all. If this was even remotely true, he wouldn't have popped out of the iceberg as a 12 yo boy. He'd be a shriveled old man if he was "physically" over 100 years old. Stop spreading such nonsensical garbage throughout the community.
@daniellevy2272
Жыл бұрын
Such an awesome comment
@jagnestormskull3178
Жыл бұрын
"You wouldn't know much of fathers, would you, having been raised by monks?" ~Zuko to Aang
@Mr_Mimestamp
2 жыл бұрын
I love how Tenzin’s story was handled in this rewrite, always in the background, but almost entirely disconnected from the main story until Beginnings came around. Probably setting up for it to take main stage in Book 3, and I really like how it was built up! Also, I like how Asami, a former twist villain, had to face a twist villain of her own in this season with Varrick’s plans.
@thaddeushamlet
2 жыл бұрын
Korra good. I love all of these changes, except for one: Wan learning a second element before meeting Rava. It implies that "anyone" with enough dedication and an open mind could learn to bend multiple elements, which contradicts the whole thing with the avatar being the sole person who can. I think you can have Rava (maybe and Vaatu) be the key to this ability without having to bring back the whole lion turtles giving bending thing. Maybe living creatures and "younger" spirits only have the capacity to form a connection with one element, but Rava and Vaatu being some of if not the oldest spirits, older even than bending at all, have no such limitation. Wan, having combined with Rava and later Vaatu, still has to form his own connection with each element but thanks to them is no longer "locked" into the one he was born with/learned first.
@SuffleKoh13
2 жыл бұрын
This is what annoys me most about people who are locked into ATLA’s idea of learning bending. It makes no narrative sense that just being around the original benders unlocks bending in people. There is an obvious genetic componentz The Lion Turtle explanation gives a credible explanation why people can’t just work hard and become benders. If the original human benders just spent a long time looking at the moon or animals and learned to manipulate elements, what is stopping every other guy from just becoming a bender?
@kyosayasimp7109
2 жыл бұрын
@@SuffleKoh13 true but even in ATLA it’s was kind of hinted that having some sort of spiritual connection at all is what allowed people to bend to begin with(the 100% bending rate for the air nomads). But to be honest I agree with what you said because it just diminishes the mystery those with bending.
@krishanmistry6372
2 жыл бұрын
My head canon when I watched ATLA is the reason the avatar can bend multiple elements is because they're remembering how they did it in a past life. I think it would have been more interesting if the first four avatars each learn one more element than the previous. And the only reason the avatar can do it is due to Raava and Vaatu they are more connected to their past life
@lennart7002
2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I was thinking, but I wouldn't give spirits any role in bending. A key theme of the series is that bending is an earthly thing. Water, earth, air and fire are elements of the material world, which is why spirits can't bend. In ATLA you couldn't bend at all in the spirit world, which I think they should have preserved. I like that they made lion turtles ancient creatures that are NOT spirits. It make sense that they would give humans the power (but not ability) to bend. If you'd ask me I'd retain that element but change that it would still take a lot of time and learning to do your first bending after you've been given the power by a lion turtle.
@TooSweet353
2 жыл бұрын
@@SuffleKoh13 people complain about this but then they miss the point entirely, Bending is spiritual and it is genetic, the original benders were highly spiritual people (not just random nobodies) who took up the cultures and ideals of the originals, they were with them for a long time. That's how they learnt how to bend. Spirituality is the first reason benders could bend before they could learn from those original benders, that's why every air nomad is an airbender.
@elwynn9931
2 жыл бұрын
A spin-off series/graphic novel I would love to see is Jinora learning about and practicing her spiritual abilities. Traveling around, finding people who can see spirits, spiritual sites, and even spirits and learning from them. All so she can better use her abilities and to teach the air nomads, as they were the most spiritual of all the peoples before the war.
@gloriafrimpong17
2 жыл бұрын
Even though the finale of season 2 was terribly written and definitely felt underwhelming, I admit I actually still really loved the animation of Korra connecting with her deeper self in the tree and then her spirit pushing out of her body. I thought the music and the animation worked really beautifully together then. Even if it was ultimately not really good from a plot perspective Edit: oh and KORRA GOOD!!!
@d7whatever
2 жыл бұрын
I would end the season with a little boy playing with an air bison alone in a field. The air bison notices a puffball of a dandelion and blows on it to watch it float in the air. The little boy stares at the group of dandelions beside him and reaches his hand out as if to grab one. A gust of wind extends from his hand and the dandelion puffballs separate into the air, floating up to the sky. The last shot is the floating flower fragments in a clear blue sky across the field. The shot goes immediately to black. End of the season.
@unripetheberrby6283
2 жыл бұрын
Aw.. what a lovely visual 💕
@Lag._.
2 жыл бұрын
I think this is better. The ending that Tim provided is of course well written, but it is very packed towards the end. This could be resolved with more episodes, but that isn’t the assumption of this video. So, wrap up the civil war with Unalock, Tonrock, and the conversation Korra has with her mother. after some time for things to settle has passsed the conversation between Korra and Asami happens, perhaps Bolin and Mako show up shortly after keeping the same ending Tim proposed with them all meeting up. Everyone is back together and the civil war has been resolved. Short fade to black to make you think that’s the end of the season then queue the transition to the scene with the little boy playing with an air bison in a field.
@yamisarkar91
2 жыл бұрын
Wooo. Very poetic and flowery. Love it 😄🎉
@vin.freeman
2 жыл бұрын
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@vin.freeman
2 жыл бұрын
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@johnstajduhar9617
Жыл бұрын
The biggest problem with Korra was that the plot didn't really serve the story. The broader thematic arcs were all great, but the plot that strung the points together got so muddled, especially in the 2nd season. Idk what happened in the writers' room but it always felt like there wasn't a single, agreed-upon thematic center for the seasons that all the plot elements would spin out from, like there were three different head writers who had different ideas or something.
@gloomygloomstalker3878
8 ай бұрын
You might not be far off if the rumors of studio interference is to be believed, and honestly I could believe that considering ATLA was a cash cow so Korra was up to bring in big bucks if marketed to the broadest audience
@johnstajduhar9617
8 ай бұрын
Probably most telling is that Aaron Ehasz, the head writer for TLA, wasn't on Korra at all.@@gloomygloomstalker3878
@Unhappytimeaper
6 ай бұрын
@@gloomygloomstalker3878 Except the problem is Nick at the time wanted to funnel more money into other projects which is why season 1 had to be so stand alone and it hurt it because they couldn't give Korra breathing room to relearn bending [instantly giving it back because it would have been poor to leave it off on such a strong cliffhanger]. Similar to season 2 not enough was given to them and I think that level of condensed time, chaos, and not knowing the future of the show made it so everyone was on different pages and ideas trying to fit in everything they could which got sloppy. The show wanted to be more plot driven, but when the plot falters and the characters aren't their to save it [again heavy in season 2] it sadly is the biggest damage the show can have. Nick I think wanted the money and success of ATLA without caring for the people making it.
@gloomygloomstalker3878
6 ай бұрын
@@Unhappytimeaper and all that combined with a missing third writer, and many ideas after the success of the first series collided to make a show that was pretty good but really misses the mark in some places. Again I enjoy the show I think season 2’s second half is by far the weakest segment but everything else was such a nice continuation, it just shows that it was very fragmented
@mrptr9013
2 жыл бұрын
I'd actually like to see an inversion of the old "magic is fading trope" here. Sure, progress and technology are diminishing bending, but the avatar could do her f**ing job and bridge the divide inherent to progress vs tradition, and the next avatar could go full on urban fantasy with bending being very widespread with technology mixed with it in everyday life
@TheVivaciousNerd
2 жыл бұрын
I think that this rewrite very neatly sets things up to go in that direction if you want... like, now that Korra understands that spirituality is the key to bending (i.e. magic), and with the spirits now roaming the material world and sharing their knowledge and wisdom, I could easily imagine Korra and the spirits working together to help humans relearn that side of themselves, and bring back the "magic" of the avatar world. This story sets Korra up quite nicely to be more of a spiritual or mystical leader rather than a fighter, so having her spread the word of how to hold on to the magic makes a lot of sense! Yaaaas urban fantasy! I also think equating machines with anti-spiritualism is silly, you can be spiritual and still use technology
@TechBlade9000
Жыл бұрын
@@TheVivaciousNerd I think that's what he's getting at, have a season or show paint the idea it's not a basic binary, after all a theif with just their hands can be not very spiritual
@anushaamorim4104
Жыл бұрын
@@TheVivaciousNerd It would also be interesting to see her walk a path completely opposite of Aang. Times demanded he be a warrior, while he was a more spiritual, "talk" kinda person. Korra is a brawler, but times demand a more spiritual, peaceful approach like you said.
@gloriafrimpong17
2 жыл бұрын
The more I think about it, the more I love the idea of the avatar being made of both chaos and order. Example - I think of Roku regretting his decisions. Him sparing Sozin could be interpreted as preserving order because killing him (or disempowering him in someway) would cause chaos in a way. But because of him refusing to lean into that chaos, it led to the 100 year war. Every avatar has made mistakes that led to consequences in the next avatar’s time, and the avatar being purely light/order takes away from the moral ambiguity that avatars can take part in.
@guicaldo7164
2 жыл бұрын
As much as this rewrite improves on the original, I'm still missing the extended, exciting finale. Don't get me wrong, the story around it was _atrocious,_ but there were elements I enjoyed that, in a different context, could've worked really well. So here's how I would've rewritten season 2 (keeping a lot of your changes): Early on, Unalaq starts to mentor her as he did in the show, but it's not working very well. Korra is very resistant to change. Even when she accepts, and even supports, Unalaq's side, she struggles to connect with the spirits. Even when she supports restoring tradition, she just can't get out of the framework of "I must pick the right side, and police the world". And eventually, as Unalaq gets more extreme and once her family gets involved, Korra ultimately sides against him. At which point, Unalaq does enact his plan to replace Korra as the Avatar. Not sure how he'd do it, I agree that the "good spirit vs evil spirit" duality is awful. Either way, let's say they set up a way for him to do that throughout the season. But the reason he does that isn't because he wants power. It's because he doesn't believe Korra is fit to be the Avatar. He tried to mentor her, to make her understand her place in the world, but she just wouldn't understand. He is still the villain at the end of the show, but his motivations are consistent with his philosophy. And perhaps his plan doesn't even involve Korra's death, so it's not all that villainous. From his perspective, it's as if a bratty teenager was put in charge of a large, powerful nation. And a well-meaning, seasoned politician goes "that kid will run this country into the ground unless I do something about it". First he tries to mentor the teenager, but when they don't listen, he decides that power needs to be taken away. It would still play into the ideological conflict of what the Avatar is supposed to be. Both Korra and Unalaq have a restrictive view of what that entails. And while Korra's view grows over time, Unalaq's doesn't. So the main stakes of the final conflict are about who should carry the mantle of Avatar. Korra can still open the spirit portal. And there could, and should, still be a key moment where Korra walks away from a conflict and lets others handle it. But they way you described it, the climax of season 2 felt a little lacking. What I described would still require some re-structuring of the season as a whole, but I think it'd make for a more intense and satisfying climax.
@yamicardiel8215
4 ай бұрын
Honestly this sounds like a perfect way to continue off Unulak as a villain/character going into season 3 or even be brought back in season four as a parallel to Kuviea and the prince.
@thatoneinternetgirl7965
2 жыл бұрын
I think that it would be better if instead of running into Katara who is upset about people forgetting traditional celebrations, it’s Korra who seeks her out to ask why people don’t know and aren’t observing the traditions. Korra grew up with Katara and was taught waterbending by her and is a southern water tribe member. I feel like your rewrite acts like she’s an outsider when she’s not. Sure she hasn’t been to the tribe often cause of her training, but Katara likely would have taught her or at east explained to her the traditions she observes. I like that you have Korra be excited to see the celebrations, and I think that still works, but I think it would be better for her to realize that this commercial celebration replaced the traditional one that Katara showed her growing up, and that people just don’t know that there had been anything different which upsets her and see seeks out Katara to talk cause of it.
@zoro115-s6b
2 жыл бұрын
That's a good point. Though at the same time, I feel as though Korra, raised around the traditional, more somber and spiritual version of the festival, would have been excited by the more fun-centered version. She wouldn't have immediately seen it as a bad thing, but she WOULD have immediately seen it as different from what she expected.
@jeniferjoseph9200
2 жыл бұрын
The show seems to make it clear that Korra was sheltered from most kind of traditionalism despite learning bending extremely quickly
@kengineexpress
2 жыл бұрын
@@zoro115-s6b I keep saying this, but her lack of interest in traditions and spiritual manners matches closer towards an earth bender, not water. Earth is the least spiritual element of all of them. Her entire personality is more relatable to earth benders, not water so in a way, she is an outsider or a black sheep of the water tribe.
@thatoneinternetgirl7965
2 жыл бұрын
@@zoro115-s6b Yeah! I definitely agree! I think she would be excited especially cause she isn't very spiritual herself, I just think she would be surprised and shocked when she realized that there are people who don't know about the spiritual parts of the festival at all cause it was so important to Katara when she was growing up.
@unripetheberrby6283
2 жыл бұрын
@@thatoneinternetgirl7965 That's a good point and relates to Korra and Katara's bond!
@casperrabbit7254
2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for addressing the whole outcry over the revelation that Aang wasn't a perfect parent 😩 People be out here acting like he never spoke to Kya and Bumi at all when all he did was leave them at home whilst he taught Tenzin airbender stuff I know people don't like accepting that a character they love grew up to be a lousy parent, but flaws are what makes a character at the end of the day Also Korra good
@matthewmuir8884
2 жыл бұрын
And even then, the end of the episode went out of its way to make it clear that Aang _wasn't_ a lousy parent; he was still a good parent despite his flaws and they were all still a happy family.
@newsystembad
2 жыл бұрын
See, I don't have a problem with Kya and Bumi saying he played favorites and mainly paid attention to Tenzin to teach him airbending. My problem with it is that with it is that Aang not teaching them about their _heritage and culture_ really stretched my credulity. Like, I'm Indian, my culture is in no danger of going extinct anytime in the next century, but I would _never_ leave any of my hypothetical kids out of the equation when it came time to teach them their heritage. And I'm fully aware that not everyone feels so strongly, but it's difficult for me to believe that someone who is literally the last of his kind--and whose culture was so important to him--to leave two of his kids out of that. (Really, though, that whole aspect of the series has always been a bit wonky. The story has an unfortunate tendency to interlink bending with the nations' culture in a weirdly bioessentialist way, and it's one of my major issues with the worldbuilding.)
@Redpoppy80
2 жыл бұрын
I actually get behind Aang not being the best parent in the world. For one he lost all of his family and even his time period which is HUGE for culture understanding. Aang had learned one way of life and then was thrown into an entirely diffrent lifestyle and second Aang was also consumed by his Avatar Duty to make sure that he was not going to be the last Airbender and also he had to accecpt the fact that he was not going to live to an old age because of his 100 year sleep so of course he wouldn't be the best parent. I think he did great given the trash hand he was delt. Was it a good job? No. But did he do what he needed to? Yes. And he did try to fix his flaws even though he never won against them. And lastly, it make logical sense that this would happen because of the state of the world he inherited. Aang had to do things that only he could and that costed him and those around him dearly but he never gave up.
@YamiKisara
2 жыл бұрын
It was literally established in the show that Aang was as good as never home after Tenzin was old enough to train, Katara had to give up all of her ambitions (skilled fighter, healer, diplomat, reduced to a trophy wife, instead of using her skills to either serve the world or teach the new generation) to keep the family together, as well as pretty much always having to swallow her own wants and needs for Aang to feel good, and the few occassions Aang WAS home, he never really bothered with his other two kids, nor did he teach them much in terms of history or combat prior to Tenzin's birth. That the family was a total mess is further cemented by the whole love triangle history between Tenzin, Lin, and Pema. Aside from Lin staying forever salty, it's a 1:1 scenario to Aang, Katara, and any random Air Acolyte girl avaiable during their time. Yeah, Bumi and Kya smiling for a second over a family photo totally throws all of that out the window, lol. They still had a loving mother, she managed to raise them to be good natured people, but they were never rooted to their herritage, hence why they were lost for decades, trying to find a place they belong (which tends to happen to people who grow up in a fatherless household). And the worst part is, as much as I don't hold Bryke's writing skills in high regard, this actually fits Aang's character perfectly well. Never understood why people choose to turn a blind eye to that.
@ReblazeGaming
2 жыл бұрын
@@newsystembad Yeah that’s really weird. Why did they make it so that Aang ignored his two other kids just because they couldn’t airbend? I mean we see in korra that it’s the air acolytes, non benders that are keeping the air nomads culture alive. And Aang was literally the one who started the air acolytes. Then he doesn’t teach his culture to two of his literal children because they’re a water and non bender? It would make sense that Aang would train Tenzin’s bending, but other than that he should be teaching them all as all his kids are half water tribe, half air nomad. People keep saying it makes sense for Aang to be a bad parent. But this makes him horrible. With writing you can write anything. Aang isn’t a real person. He doesn’t HAVE to be anything. They couldn’t easily made him be a good parent but didn’t for some extra unnecessary character drama.
@daverimar1237
2 жыл бұрын
Dude, this was so good. I wish you could put it into a graphic novel and sell it without getting sued
@TyJay20
2 жыл бұрын
I think the idea of the avatar being fused with both vaatu and raava is so good. It just makes sense, the whole point of the avatar is to bring balance to the world, how can they do that without being balanced themselves
@brandonhelcher3691
2 жыл бұрын
I love how Unalaq never outright seems like a villain here. Sure he's an antagonist but his goal is always protecting his people from spirits and preserving their culture. Plus he's still alive and probably doesn't have ties to the red lotus here, it'll be interesting to see him in book 3.
@matthewmuir8884
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. My one criticism would be that I don't like the idea of Unalaq being willing to use Varrick's tech and even seeing it as an ace up his sleeve. In this rewrite, Unalaq really is a hardcore traditionalist, so him being willing to use the tech, especially with Hello Future Me saying that its use would cause his supporters to falter and even turn on him, has much the same problem that Amon had in season 1: reducing the antagonist to a hypocrite so his supporters turn on him for easy resolution. I think it would make more sense for a plan built around tradition and the spirits to be the ace up his sleeve that raises the stakes (and no, not by him becoming a dark avatar; I'm talking about him using it in a way that isn't damaging to the lore). It would fit his character better and his refusal to use the tech would reflect how order without chaos can cause stifling and stagnation.
@brandonhelcher3691
2 жыл бұрын
@@matthewmuir8884 So like him rallying the normal spirits to fight for the north or utilizing an ancient waterbending technique forgotten by the south? That could work. Personally I didn't mind him using the tech as much because it could be seen as way to show how much he cares for his people/culture, he'll sacrifice his own principles if it means his tribe is safe.
@matthewmuir8884
2 жыл бұрын
@@brandonhelcher3691 Yeah; stuff like that. I know what you mean about it possibly showing how far he'll go; personally, it was the moment where Hello Future Me said that his supporters falter and even switch sides because of the technology that made me think, "This sounds too much like the Equalists disbanding at the sight of Amon waterbending; it sounds too much like an easy way out", especially since this is not supposed to have an easy way out. I was even thinking; I know I said "not by him becoming becoming a dark avatar" but, with Hello Future Me keeping Beginnings and having Wan fuse with Raava and Vaatu, if I had to keep that idea of Unalaq using the spirits to make himself more powerful in the climax, as dumb as it is, I might consider trying it in a way that _might_ work, like maybe Unalaq, in desperation, tries to fuse with a spirit like how Wan fused with Raava and Vaatu, but because he's not in balance and he doesn't actually fully know how Wan did it, it goes horribly wrong. But this would only be if I was told I absolutely had to keep the 'dark avatar' idea in some form. Otherwise, I would just have him be using the spirits, not trying to fuse with him.
@brandonhelcher3691
2 жыл бұрын
@@matthewmuir8884 Yeah see what you mean about the amon parallels, also similar to how Zaheer and Kuvira have real points but eventually go to extremes that invalidate them. I really like the show but that's an issue I'm just realizing: it brings two sides of an argument then throws one side out the window for an easier conclusion. Also as far as incorporating a dark avatar goes, not bad. He is pretty in tune with spirits, that could make him arrogant assuming that if Wan could do it then of course he could.
@matthewmuir8884
2 жыл бұрын
@@brandonhelcher3691 Thanks. Honestly, I don't think them going into extremes is the problem; they're supposed to be antagonists after all. I think the real problem is them going into the realms of _hypocrisy_ as an easy way to undermine them. "Amon has a point about systemic inequality. Oh, wait; he's actually a bloodbender. Never mind." "Unalaq has a point about the Southern Water Tribe and the industrialized world forgetting to respect the spirits. Oh, wait; he's actually pure evil and he wants to become a dark avatar and plunge the world into pure chaos. Never mind." Zaheer didn't have that problem, and was the best of the Korra antagonists in execution. He actually sticks to his ideology of anarchy and doesn't go into hypocrisy when it comes to it; the only hypocrisy he dabbles in is that he supposedly has great respect for the air nomads while simultaneously using them as bait and being willing to melt an air temple in lava. The way his plan fails with the Earth Kingdom even makes sense as a consequence of his actions: anarchic societies can only arise organically; immediately removing a long-existing power structure just creates a power vacuum waiting to be filled. Ironically, Kuvira had the exact opposite problem: she embraces an inherently toxic and hypocritical ideology (fascism) and yet the show treats her as being just as sympathetic as previous antagonists. She's a fascist; she's mistreating-her-children away from Ozai levels of villainy. Thanks. I still think the idea of a dark avatar is something to be avoided at all costs, but if I absolutely had to include it, that's how I'd do so.
@LandgraabIV
2 жыл бұрын
I like your fixes given the rules you stipulated. I do feel like Bolin was left out of the plot, but then again, better left out than the whole actor and Eska thing.
@rustyshackelford312
2 жыл бұрын
I just pretend it doesn't exist. There I fixed it.
@diegonathanielmina7361
Жыл бұрын
It does make a great amount of sense for Tenzin to be involved in Water Tribe traditions and to even attempt to veto who Korra should relearn waterbending from. He is, after all, a son of the Southern Water Tribe as well!
@GGGKlimpt
2 жыл бұрын
My favourite change is not keeping Unalaq as 1-dimentionally evil. In the original, you knew he wasn't what he seemed and was clearly suspicious - but for his actual motivations to just be comically supervillian were very silly.
@joshuadouglass7454
8 ай бұрын
I LOVE rewriting shows I feel are bad in q similar way you do: same character, same length, and roughly the same plotline. The way you’ve been rewriting Korra makes me truly appreciate how skilled you are as a writer, even if the foundation was already laid.
@catharticreverie
2 жыл бұрын
I do feel like with how people are able to learn bending through understanding the element's nature and empathizing with the natural bending animals, which does go along with the original show's themes. But does that undercut Asami's Role and the equalist cause in general? Because now it seems like we got a bunch of non-benders that are going to be told just "learn how to code", to be equal with rest of their society, which is seems a little weird
@samuelpain4746
2 жыл бұрын
Having non benders being able to bend just like that is weird and undermines the whole inequality thing between benders and non benders especially since he chose that to be the main issue in the 2 books , also he forgot that after the war a lot of northerners went to the south so them not having a normal amount of benders is not logical (but I guess if for him bending only comes from spirituality it follows some logic since they're supposed to be less spiritual...)
@kerricaine
2 жыл бұрын
i think non-benders having the ability to learn bending would be an interesting idea. there's still a large divide; imagine having to put in years of dedicated work and training just to master the same level of skill as a child who's naturally a bender.
@jeniferjoseph9200
2 жыл бұрын
I think it’s still made clear that some people can bend and some can’t. The spirit portal just helped unlock a new group of people who could potentially learn it.
@brandonlyon730
2 жыл бұрын
Asami always felt like she barely had a role since past the first season, like other then providing transportation and money and occasionally fighting a couple of goons she barely has a point in being in the team at this point. Wished they kept her original character of being an equalist spy, at least from there she could have redemption arc of sort and make her more unique to the group.
@Frazier16
2 жыл бұрын
Well couldn't you say the same thing for the lion turtles
@mariocruno3772
2 жыл бұрын
When it comes to Raava and Baatu, I felt that if they wanted to make the avatar a mediator or “good” there should have been a 3rd spirit that was the one that checked that neither of them overthrew the other. Kind of like a Zygarde esto Xerneas and Yveltal. But I quite like the internal conflict of having both chaos and order in the same being that you suggested :D
@the_senate8050
2 жыл бұрын
If anything, that should have been the Avatar, the wild card that can work freely, it would also make the whole conflict not just about spirits, but also about the humans stuck in the middle as a third side.
@SonGoku-bn5di
Жыл бұрын
*Vaatu
@venusgin7779
2 жыл бұрын
I love your story redesign so much. I am a Korra lover forever mainly because I could never relate to Aang in any way shape or form. He is a fun-loving pacifist vegan nomad tween, but I have never had that freedom as a child. I had to be emotionally mature as to not worry my mother. I learned to micromanage emotions and reactions of those around me which meant I had to turn my emotions off because those were a variability. I chose friends who used me because they were easy to predict, unlike people who seem to love you but you can’t control. My only emotions were white (uncontrollable) anger and panic attacks. I was also weirdly sheltered as a child despite all of this. I saw myself in Korra. She was hotheaded and angry and couldn’t manage her emotions. She had trouble navigating love and her identity. She talked fists first and she felt useless over and over again. She was a perfectionist and a gifted child who never learned how to work hard for something which made her angry at herself when she couldn’t do something. I went through most of those. I understood Korra on a fundamental level. I could relate to her. Honestly, she was like a less psychopathic Azula (wish that was explored, especially when Zuko was back). I also think that the reason I don’t hate Korra in any way is because I didn’t watch either shows until I was much older (in my mid teens) and even then I watched Korra first. I connected with her first so I could look at both more critically.
@Magnolia29
Жыл бұрын
I 100% agree! Aang was a perfect avatar, his morals and actions were always aligned and ultimately perfect. He was a great protagonist who let the character development of others shine and brilliantly connected it all together. Korra herself is one of the greatest written characters, she makes mistakes and learns and from season 3 onwards there are lasting consequences to both her and the world which is something Aang didn’t have to deal with as much. She is such a perfect person to have as an avatar because she is so relatable and realistic to the circumstances. Her character development is the star of the show, and it aligns so well with the world development and I couldn’t agree more I love love her as an avatar. I still love to critique aspects of the show and the two but the direct slander of Korra herself to me is unfounded she is absolutely awesome to me
@janehowlett5158
2 жыл бұрын
As you were talking about the Raava/Vaatu fight, I was REALLY hoping you would retcon the "Satan trapped for a thousand years" thing with Vaatu AND Raava being inside the Avatar, AND YOU DID! Love your writing Tim. Lots of fun.
@wesleypatterson2989
2 жыл бұрын
I was actually recently wondering if you'd decided not to continue this series, so you can imagine how excited I was to see this pop up! Overall, I really like this. I especially like the addition of the people learning to airbend. It's always something of a theory of mine that Micheal and Bryon wanted to use LOK, with the new airbender plot and Mako and Bolin in particular, to explore the relationship between someone's personality or "soul" or whatever and their bending but couldn't due to the behind the scenes drama. The one critique I would give is that if I were to rewrite season two, I would really want to keep the idea of Unalok being a religious extremist of sorts. While everyone is entitled to their opinion, I don't think all his talk about the south having lost it's way was just a way of justifying taking it over. I think he not only genuinely believed he had a special connection with the spirits, but that he was "chosen" to lead the world into a new age of spiritual connection. And while I agree that the giant avatars, lazer fight was dumb, I actually really like the idea of Unalok being so confident that he understood spirits better than even the Avatar that he believed he could control Vatoo, even though he knew full well that was literally the embodyment of chaos.
@Fabiocean2000
2 жыл бұрын
That's a nice idea, and could work somewhat with the other changes. Maybe Unalaq found a way to seperate Raava and Vaatu, and steals one of them from Korra, seperating Order and Chaos once again. The rest of the story could play out more or less the same, just with a heavier focus on those two aspects, with Korra uniting them again after defeating Unalaq.
@heliax9924
2 жыл бұрын
@@Fabiocean2000 another idea is that begginings plays the same way as the original with a few minor changes and there but korra at the end for the first time after so long uniting them once again anything could work better than what we got here in the original that is for sure
@orisandler9144
2 жыл бұрын
He could even steal rava and leave korra with vatu. It would make sense because the problem with Unalaq was that he was too orderly/controlling, not that he was too chaotic. Plus it would, together with the flashback, show that they really do need to be in balance.
@heliax9924
2 жыл бұрын
@@orisandler9144 yeah true that is good idea
@tijmuhn8034
2 жыл бұрын
Another great rewrite! Loved the video. I have a few remaining questions tho; 1. So Wan can be considered both the first avatar aswell as the first bender in general? 2. So Wan is an earthbending avatar? Instead of firebending? 3. What is Bolins function this season? I believe he did not really have much to do. 4. So korra can still only Airbend at the end of the season? 5. Do spirits now cross over to the mortal world and cohabitat the world? Like they could and did at the end of s2?
@gametime9520
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah Bolin doesn’t really do anything. At least in the Original run even though he was a goofy movie star and had a terrible girlfriend at least he had more of a role than in here. I really loved the scene where he saves the president
@iantaakalla8180
2 жыл бұрын
And Bolin’s adventure have the neat payoff of ruining the plans of Varrick because Varrick made Bolin into a hero, of which the henchman of Varrick believe. This also helps develops him as a people person and PR person, tying into his arc with Kuvira in Season 4 about unwittingly helping along nationalistic conquest because he seems reasonable.
@yetz2291
2 жыл бұрын
1. Yes 2. Yes but idk why he wrote the video this way, as it retcons the Omashu story too 3. Basically he's a background character, yeah. Other than the stuff with Varrick, which is more setup than anything else. 4. Korra can waterbend and airbend at the end of the season, the way I understood it. 5. (in Sokka's voice)Y'know...It was really unclear.
@HelloFutureMe
2 жыл бұрын
1. Definitely first Avatar, and yes I guess technically the first bender, but only of one element! He only searches the world for other elements when other humans have already gone on to live alongside the spirits/original benders. So there would be other waterbenders/firebenders/airbenders before him. 2. Yes, though I can't remember *why* I had to make that decision. I think it was because we needed to see waterbending discovered last. 3. Bolin barely has any function in the original season either. He can be the propaganda actor if you want, but yeah, he's under-utilised this season. 4. Korra can airbend and waterbend! I'm thinking maybe a timejump to allow her to acquire the other elements. 5. Yes! ~ Tim
@tijmuhn8034
2 жыл бұрын
@@yetz2291 I dont think retconning the Omashu story is any problem. That story just is a mythos WITHIN the universe, it probably never was the real truth.
@calladricosplays
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if, for a while, they had to consider the possibility of using artificial means to airbend as a way to keep the culture alive. They already have artificial means of lightning bending (sorta) and several means of powered flight. Imagine what that could have meant for Tenzin as he was the last airbender for a time, especially with what it did to his love life lol
@vinceinman9666
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this rewrite series you're doing and look forward to season 3 and what you're able to strengthen with the narrative between Korra and Zaheer
@AMoniqueOcampo
2 жыл бұрын
I also love how you redid the Beginnings 2-parter. Originally, I saw parallels between Wan and Prometheus, the one who brings fire to humanity. But now you brought in another aspect of Greek Mythology: The Apple of Discord. I also like the grayness, that order and chaos aren't diametrically opposed.
@RenaissanceM
Жыл бұрын
It’s funny, I kind of get the impression that Bryke choosing to essentially reset the Avatar cycle was actually a response to all the fans that were disappointed with the end of season one, and the fact that Korra regained her bending without much consequence. I feel like Bryke were saying to themselves “Oh you want consequences!?!? We’ll GIVE you f*cling consequences!!!” 😂😂😂 Really though, if you think about it, her connection with Raava means that she’ll always have an insight into her past lives. The link may be gone, but Raava’s memories will always be there. 😌 I get a kick out of the idea of Raava recounting her time with Kyoshi. 😂
@leftenantthunder
5 ай бұрын
I agree it did seem like a petty "oh well here you go then! "
@shadowofchaos8932
2 жыл бұрын
What if Aang sent Korra to find the last Lion Turtle to get all her bending back. We could see the progression of her airbending and dealing with losing her other forms of bending. P.S. Aman survives season one.
@jaimeerindy4573
2 жыл бұрын
Season 2 is such a mess I wouldn't know where to begin, but I do love this! I also love Korra slowly getting her bending back one at a time as she learns important lessons, harkening back to the core message of Avatar, which is balance and understanding.
@jonathanvilario5402
2 жыл бұрын
I love how you showed air Bender's return here! The original show made it feel more like a deus machina, here it progressed more naturally
@channelknightfadran7901
2 жыл бұрын
I really like the changes you made here! Season 2 was... *really* weird and kinda disappointing, so I really appreciate that people share the sentiment that it really could've been improved. If you're going to continue down this "fixing Legend of Korra" series (which, by the way, I am *totally* okay with), I guess I'll express an important concern. In AtLA, Aang's initial story arc was him going from kingdom to kingdom learning all the forms of bending. That worked swell, but when I first watched LoK, I was worried that it was just going to be the exact same thing. I was pleasantly surprised when she was pretty much immediately a master of all the elements (except airbending, of course); it really signaled to me that this was going to be its own show with its own story. However, by taking away Korra's bending and restoring each element over the course of the seasons, it kind of puts it back into that same arc that I was hoping they were going to avoid. Obviously, these are just my personal concerns. I just figured I should express them.
@TheDJYosh
Жыл бұрын
A season of Korra just being an Airbender and having to cope and adapt would is a compelling idea. Imagine if part of the plot was trying to keep her secret from the media, so Mako and Bolin use their bending to keep up the illusion kind of like when Katara pretended to be an earth bender. Korra can still explore the Southern Ocean bending style (it's something she tries early and it doesn't work, but it's impressive nonetheless). The energy released from opening the portal shatters the imbalance of chaos and order and knocks her bending into place. She can even have a sweet moment where she comes back and learns a bit of southern style bending.
@alanhegewisch4486
Жыл бұрын
This was a fantastic rewrite! Season 2 suffered so much of good vs. evil that it managed to retcon the whole origin of bending and the Avatar just to suit the season's plot without any regard for the overarching themes of the series. I like that Raava and Vatu are just neutral spirits here and that the new role of the Avatar is clearer. It makes perfect sense for the "Water Avatar" to have to learn how to bring spirituality back and to connect people rather than destroying evil. Water is all about cleansing. I also wish the show had been able to go this route with Korra getting back her bending. It makes for an arc different from Aang's but also a structured journey where we can see the heroe's growth along with her powers. My only gripe if this had been the actual season was how disconnected the whole team Avatar is. Korra's friends were more like acquaintances this season. I wish the original story had developed their relationships more. The rewrite was amazing, but it made it apparent how little you had to work with when it comes to team Avatar's interactions... They gave us nothing this season :(
@relicking9207
2 жыл бұрын
I can't help but think a bender using the items/tools that Asami makes for non-benders in this, swapping out which one they're using depending on the situation along side their normal bending, acting as a sort of middle ground understanding the Equalists but also understanding the benders like Mako and Bolin.
@Giovanni_iaboni
2 жыл бұрын
love your versions of raava and vaatu - it gives me Sanderson vibes with Preservation and Ruin, where readers can sometimes mistake the former for “good” and the latter for “evil”, but we come to see a greater complexity
@xXAlphaxWolfXx
2 жыл бұрын
I love that you made everyone a very in depth complicated character. No one is pure good or pure evil. It’s much more well rounded than that of good versus evil.
@zapbooo2
9 ай бұрын
Get this man a job screen writing
@MMM-wg2vm
2 жыл бұрын
I have another major complaint about spirits in Korra. The sprits in ATLA all had unique and distinct designs, roles and locations, with a bit of ambiguity when it came to their morality. They only cared about protecting their home. In korra, the spirits are just kind of shapeless blobs with no real motivation and a one or the other, human-based moral compass. They kind of just chilled and stood around, or jumped around slapping people. There really wasn't anything compelling or mysterious about the spirits in Korra, which kind of sucked. They only ever existed where the plot needed them too, which is obviously true for atla, but atla makes you feel as though the spirits genuinely have a home where they show up.
@Megalodon27_
7 ай бұрын
Korra starting to dream about Wan is so simple it's genius
@lonebattledroid4474
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking forward to this
@kamg.7022
2 жыл бұрын
Ok Count Dooku
@ManuraAriyathilake
2 жыл бұрын
The video quality has doubled since the last time you watched.
@paulywick
2 жыл бұрын
@@kamg.7022 tell me why I was about to post this as well 🤣🤣
@lonebattledroid4474
2 жыл бұрын
@@ManuraAriyathilake Good. Twice the quality, double the payoff
@blackhood7200
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Hello Future me, I saw your video on villain redemptions, and I know one character who's arc I personally I think is on par with Zuko's, which is Arbiter from Halo. In the beginning of Halo 2, he was a high ranking Elite(Sangheili) in the covenant and as loyal as they came, but when the first Halo ring in Combat Evolved was destroyed, the prophets were disappointed and stripped him of his rank and Tartarus, chieftain of the Brutes(Jiralhanae) gave him the mark of shame by burning it on him. The prophets then decided to make Thel the Arbiter to redeem himself. He was then sentenced to kill the heretic Sangheili leader. The Heretic leader told arbiter some of the lies the prophets were spewing to the covenant and why he left before arbiter killed him along with 343 Guilty Spark. He then questioned his beliefs about the covenant. He then was sent on a mission to find Sargeant Johnson and Miranda Keyes to retrieve the relic to activate the Halo ring. When they retrieved the relic, Tartarus then betrays arbiter and tells him the prophets ordered him too, during the time The Great Schism began. Then Arbiter along with Chief were held at the will of a Flood Gravemind who spoke poetically and was intelligent. He then showed an Oracle like Guilty Spark and showed the prophet of regret absorbed by the Gravemind. The oracle spoke of what Halo would do to all life, and regret told his religious belief about activating Halo. This made Arbiter question his faith even more. Then the Gravemind teleported Arbiter to where Tartarus and the brutes were taking Miranda Keyes to activate the Halo ring. Arbiter told Tartarus the lies of the prophets that have been corrupting their minds. Then 343 Guilty Spark said to everyone what Halo is actually and is not what they thought it was that the prophets have told them. The line, "Tartarus, the prophets have betrayed us." shows how broken Arbiter was about finding the truth about Halo. Reflecting on how many lives he's killed, many places glassed, all for a lie. Tartarus sadly didn't want to believe Arbiter because his belief of the prophets was too strong and didn't want to believe everything he was working for was for a lie. Arbiter has no choice but to kill him. Then in Halo 3, Arbiter and his elite soldiers team up with the humans, stop the covenant, and then he kills the prophet of truth and finally makes peace with the humans, and returns to his homeworld along with his fellow elites. That's a good redemption story that could be compared to Zuko's.
@wynnt1
2 жыл бұрын
I personally re-envisioned the two kites as a fox and a llama. (Raava as the fox and Vaatu as the llama).
@lukasvogl4575
2 жыл бұрын
i would like to see this as a remake. the story is much more coherent this way. grate work! Korra good :)
@ninnie714
2 жыл бұрын
I like to see Ravaa and Vatuu as two big Japanese spirit cranes.
@HighlandHellboy
2 жыл бұрын
I've been thinking about how a new series in Avatar could work, and I think you just made me realise what I want to see. I like how Avatar had slight political themes and Korra massively built on that. I'd love to see a proposed Avatar/Korra spin-off look at modernisation vs traditionalism in depth. Expand on: - Origins of different bending techniques like what the Sun Warriors were for the Fire Nation - Old structures being demolished like we saw with the Earth Kingdom refugees - New technologies that non-benders can use to give them an equal footing - Destruction of land, deforestation and polluting the water sources - Traditional role of the Avatar vs the new role of the Avatar - Barriers of nations breaking down, and more places like Republic City being built - Migration of spirits and potential segregation of spirits - Electoral representatives vs monarchies, and their cohabitation - Innovation vs Technology - Science vs Religion and that both are unified through faith - Bending learned through understanding other nations (à la Lightning Redirection) - New positions for air benders in a modern society as well as being fully established again
@baratacom
2 жыл бұрын
I love this retelling and I love even more how seamlessly it flows into the series actually: The portal naturally closes over the year and needs to be reopened at the festival; but it hasn't been done in the last 100 or so years due to the war from the original show, spirits being immortal, from their perspective the 100 years were barely over a decade, which is why they took so long And the South being a humid watery land, lots of the nuances from their culture must've passed orally, but during the war most of the Southern shamans died, which is why no one knew they were supposed to open the portal or that it was there to begin with
@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606
2 жыл бұрын
Aang went through trial after trial, keeping his beliefs despite war, death, and darkest hour, _arguing with his past lives_ and getting a gift from a lion turtle, to get the power to take away ONE PERSON'S bending, _IF_ he had a stronger will, a power he only used twice. And korra gets to shoot city-sized lazer beams from her mountain-sized spirit-body because she sat in a tree.
@batsight1
2 жыл бұрын
Aint it weird how in S1 of Legene of Korra the bending Supremacists win? After S1 you dont see anymore mentions of equal rights for none benders.
@zamkowicz
2 жыл бұрын
The conflict was resolved with disbanding of the bender council and electing a non-bender president, but the only attention they give it is like 1 or 2 lines in Season 2 opening narration, so it's easy to miss completely
@jonasquinn7977
2 жыл бұрын
I mean you kinda do, the all bender council is removed from power and replaced by President Raiko, a non-bender, the police expand to let in non metal benders and Asami, another non-bender, becomes one of the most influential people on the planet
@joelsasmad
2 жыл бұрын
@@zamkowicz That's like saying "racial oppression in America is solved since there was a black president." It shows a gross misunderstanding of long standing prejudice and inequality baked into a national system.
@soulstealer5625
2 жыл бұрын
@@joelsasmad “American imperialism is absolutely justified because we had a black president once. Before i fucking killed him.”
@mikemorro140
2 жыл бұрын
@@jonasquinn7977 Wasn't Asami's father already immensely influential like he built a bunch of tech for Republic City and was immensely rich we also know that Sokka was head of the council before Korra's time
@crimsonarcher213
2 жыл бұрын
The only thing I would change from your rewrite is that wan learns a different element first like water or air. Mostly because as we learned in The last air bender ang couldn't bend the "stone" area on the lion turtle
@zoro115-s6b
2 жыл бұрын
I mostly like this, however, I have one issue, and it's a pretty big one, that both your version and the original version of LoK have, and it's with Korra's personal arc. To understand what I mean, think back to Aang's arc, specifically what he learned at the end. Throughout the series, Aang is under a lot of pressure to become a warrior, to become a weapon, to become someone who can defeat the fire nation with force, because to most people, that seems to be what the world needs, however it is the very last thing that Aang ever wants to be. Even his own past lives tell him that as regrettable as it might be, he needs to kill the Firelord to end all this. But in the end, Aang's realization is that he isn't a weapon or a warrior, and he's not going to be, that even if that was the way other Avatars would have solved this problem, it's not who he is and so it's not what he's going to do. He isn't any of the past Avatars, he's himself, and even though they were all good and wise people who he learned a lot from, he needs to solve this his own way. To find a solution in keeping with who he is as a person. Then we fast forward to Korra. Korra is VERY different from Aang. Aang was a pacifist who would rather have been a normal kid than the Avatar, and who avoids conflict whenever he can. Korra, meanwhile, is hot headed, loves to fight, and wants nothing more than to be proactive, to go out into the world and be the deciding factor in making people's lives better. She craves conflict, excitement, and challenge, and loves to show off her power. And where Aang learned that his own approach to the world was one with merit and value, that his pacifism and sense of fun could help heal a world that had been ravaged by war, that even if it didn't seem like it, a goofy kid could be exactly what the world needed to heal, Korra learns nothing of the sort. Instead, Korra's unique personality and approach to the world is treated almost entirely as a bad thing. She comes in wanting to be proactive and make a difference, and is rebuffed over and over again by everything she tries to do blowing up in her face. As she goes through the series, these characteristics that defined her are eroded more and more until by season four, she's almost unrecognizable. Where Aang learned that he needed to be his own kind of Avatar, not just a copy of previous ones, Korra is instead over and over and over shown that she needs to stop being herself and be more like Aang. Having Tenzin as her mentor is almost explicitly this. I love Tenzin as a character, but what he teaches Korra is basically a retelling of Aang's philosophy, minus Aang's sense of fun, and at the end of the series, that's what Korra feels like: Aang without the fun, someone who'd rather not be involved if they could help it. While I really like most of your version, especially the idea that the spirits of both order and chaos are a part of the Avatar, it feels like it just doubles down on this idea: that all that hotheadedness and desire to be proactive and get involved that defined Korra in season one is just a bad thing, an unwanted aspect of her that she needs to get over if she's ever going to be a good Avatar, and that just feels wrong. Just like it was wrong to make one of the two spirits a simple bad thing that they needed to get rid of, it's wrong to make these aspects of Korra's personality simple bad things. Sometimes, the Korra way to solve problems needs to be the right way. This is already a long comment, so I'm not going to write a full version, but if I were redoing Legend of Korra, I would absolutely keep the idea that many people, especially Tenzin and maybe even Aang, want Korra to cool off, take it easy, and not be so quick to rush headfirst into a problem. And I would make balancing that against Korra's impulses be a struggle for her. BUT, I would incorporate the idea that sometimes these people are just wrong, that sometimes rushing headfirst into a problem and taking decisive action is exactly whats needed, even if that's not what Aang would have done. Heck, Tenzin even learned this lesson, that he's not Aang and shouldn't be Aang. Korra could learn the same thing. Korra good is exactly the lesson that the original writers totally missed. Korra isn't Aang, and that's okay.
@unicorntomboy9736
2 жыл бұрын
To this day I absolutely hate the writer's decision to make it so that Korea gets her connection with the past Avatars permanently severed. Why in good lord that decided to write that I don't know. I cannot believe the writers screwed up that bad, and it ruins the show for me. It makes me nervous about how the new Avatar movies will turn out
@tijanaself897
2 жыл бұрын
same
@TwentyNineJP
2 жыл бұрын
I hated this more than the kaiju battle, and I hated the kaiju battle I know they were trying to drive home some theme of individuality, but I just don't think it was earned. If they want to kill the past avatars, they have to earn it
@Duiker36
2 жыл бұрын
Because it raised the stakes and they didn't know how to do that without putting more Cosmic Bullshit on the line.
@the_senate8050
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree, they took the (in my opinion) most interesting part of the Avatar, being one single being with many lives and replaced all those lives with a "pure good" flying carpet. In a time when the world is changing to be more interconnected, with people from different nations interacting, why would they get rid of the thing that gave the Avatar a set of perspectives to aid them in that!!! I've pretty much lost interest in all official Avatar content that happens after Season 2 of Korra, I just can't bring myself to care about this new setting. Luckily fantastic stuff like the Kyoshi novels are set before this event and can ignore it.
@unicorntomboy9736
2 жыл бұрын
@@the_senate8050 I really don't understand what the narrative purpose of that decision by the writers was. What was it there to facilitate? I watched all four seasons and I could not figure it out. I certainly don't think it was there to facilitate Korra's development as a character, that's for sure.
@GrizzlyBearable
2 жыл бұрын
My only real issue with this rewrite is the same one I think is the reason they just gave Korra her bending back: We don't want Aang 2.0. We don't want *another* show about the Avatar traveling the world to learn how to bend. Other than that, I love this!
@etienne8110
6 ай бұрын
Yeah we want a show about giant kites throwing lasers and robots and mecha suits... 😅 Or not.
@Soulz_Samurai
6 ай бұрын
Well personally, I kinda like the idea of the “Dark Avatar”…but not actually EVIL just the idea of another Avatar at the same time. Problem is Unulaq and Vaatu thing was just Waterbending and lasers so it didn’t even give us the one important thing about the Avatar: the Four Elements! My whole idea regarding Korra’s rewriting would definitely abandon the notion of sticking to the story but making small changes, or the idea that each season needs to have a villain live and die/defeated. I was thinking Raava could’ve manipulated or misled Wan into defeating Vaatu, when previously in all past Harmonic Convergences, they always tied and the world is in balance. Raava’s “Order” has a Tyrannical Oppressive side, the one that seals Vaatu to ensure that Order prevails for the next 10K years. And it could also explain why the Avatars always had to fix each others messes, because the world was always off balance now. I probably would remove Unulaq entirely and maximise each antagonist roles more to flesh out over 3 season each of 16 episodes. When Aang was frozen in the iceberg, Vaatu’s seal grew weaker, especially with all the violence and chaos happening during the 100 year war and when he’s freed, he doesn’t seek to destroy or rule the world but actually balance it. He has no Evil or Good desires, but fulfilling his role. So he incarnates into a Fire Nation baby, since that was a child, he didn’t need to synchronise with the vessel like Raava and Wan because the Child’s ego was underdeveloped unlike a grown man. When the child dies, one of the last surviving air benders in hiding had a child Vaatu incarnated into, the child would soon die at an early age before Aang was freed and Vaatu goes on to the Water Tribe, eventually when Aang dies, Vaatu kills the host and reincarnates into the last element: Earth. Since S4 was trying to make parallels between Korra and Kuvira so much, especially with them looking alike and even being covered in blue and purple, the idea of her being the “Dark Avatar” would work well and remove one more character from the roster so we can consolidate the writing on a more focused group of characters. Kuvira wouldn’t be a tyrant or dictator or anything like that, I was thinking she might be indoctrinated by the Red Lotus, trained under them even in that case and Vaatu’s “Chaos” can match well with the Red Lotus’s philosophy of Anarchy and Freedom, since both of those would be closer to Vaatu’s nature than Raava’s but not outright ONLY Chaos attributed, doubling down on the Yin-Yang symbolism. Kuvira in general would have either managed to escape and somehow be adopted by Suyin later, or just fully on the Red Lotus’s side. As for Amon, I’d really prefer if he genuinely was a non-bender, given a power by some powerful ancient spirit that negated bending. Like if someone shot fire around him, it would just miss him even at point blank, he can also erase bending using Energy Bending from that spirit, though it wouldn’t be ABSOLUTE like with Aang and Korra’s, so that Korra can actually learn the elements again on her own. The Red Lotus would stay the same, but I’d just like to add Bloodbending to Ming Hua cause it can have some really cool visual flare if her slain enemies blood becomes her arms or something. These were just a few quick ideas I had, but as to how I’d fully write the conflicts around them, I don’t have a fully developed fleshed out idea right now, especially since I wouldn’t want them to be a villain of the season but go through all three seasons as driving forces. All I have in mind is that by the end, Korra would energy bend Vaatu to absorb him and his past lives to become whole. Raava and Vaatu both vie for dominance but have a slight motivation to keep in balance. They both would lie and manipulate their hosts like with Raava convincing Wan to seal Vaatu. And Korra after a tough journey faced with losses, enlightenment and resolving her identity would unite them again within herself, as a mark of a new hopeful beginning. She does open the ruptures in the “barrier” between Spiritual and Physical Worlds, they aren’t portals that just teleport people into these world, humans still need to meditate but it’s now easier to go through and spirits need to have an earthly attachment to go to the physical world like declaring ownership or caring for a forest or river for example. She has a time where she loses connection to her past lives, not permanently of course but just losing sense of herself, her duty and such. Amon has an actual hatred for bending and actually seeks equality because his spiritual abilities only works on bending, he is equal to all non benders. He does it out of a genuine desire for equality not daddy issues. A lot of other things need working though, I have some ideas but also some are just vague AF. The Krew in general, even in your restricted rewrite, feel very disconnected and actually useless aside from Korra, Tenzin and maybe Asami.
@jacob6071
2 жыл бұрын
honestly I prefer the lion turtle granting bending lore better, the ability for anyone to learn how to bend brings up the question "why is there only one avatar if you just have to train to learn an element?" since I'd keep season 1 mostly the same, I think the changes from this I like are the dreams, unalok/war aspect, and vaatu+raava being part of the avatar together and not kites
@lasernatoo0
2 жыл бұрын
I love LoK, but thinking about a version of the story where Korra is captured by the Red Lotus as a child and is indoctrinated into their ways, I honestly kind of wish it had gone that way. Showing the Red Lotus using Korra to take out world leaders while Korra slowly realizes the wrongs of the RL's plans, all while an equally villainous Kuvira does everything in her power (including potentially killing civilians) to take them out after the Earth Queen's death. It could even fix my issues with Unalaq and Vaatu, considering how tied they were with the group, and could provide a lot more instances where Korra legitimately gets help from her past lives. I actually don't have that much of a problem with her losing her connection, but I do have a problem with it not being a huge loss for her specifically. She never really relied on them consistently when she probably should've.
@afrosamurai9382
2 жыл бұрын
I mean on the past lives part, it should’ve/ would’ve been detrimental to her if they didn’t retcon the concept of the avatar state. She wouldn’t have access to the immense power of that ability (and the help it provides) since in the original series it was powered through the energies of the countless past avatars as stated. It would’ve been interesting seeing her develop with that nerf as she no longer can access the greatest power of the Avatar, as the first avatar of the new cycle and being the start of a new avatar state that’ll be used when she’s reborn into her earth avatar successor…but I guess she’s good with the glowing carpet’s energy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@beachwitch89
2 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic. I love your change for beginnings, it always felt so ingenuine to the spirit world from atla
@-noplangaming-9268
7 ай бұрын
the only thing i would change from yours is that in order to learn how to bend you need both the spirit portals open and a strong connection with the culture you are trying to bend.
@atsukana1704
2 жыл бұрын
When you said chaos and order fuse, I just went “whoaaa that’s so cool” much more profound and has a great theme than what was presented simply there originally in beginnings
@matthewdavis9966
2 жыл бұрын
Really loving this series of yours! Can’t wait to see your takes on seasons 3 and 4!
@vlogergames
2 жыл бұрын
i am SO happy you had vatuu fuse into the avatar, i've always much prefered the idea of that, the avatar representing true balance is thrown off by it being just a human fused with the light spirit!
@Jekyllstein_Gray
2 жыл бұрын
Bolin as Nuktuk was AMAZING and I will NOT have his acting career BESMIRCHED! That being said, I 1,0000% agree about his relationship with north princess.
@gametime9520
2 жыл бұрын
The Rewrite is mostly solid but I feel like writing off Asami’s father really takes away from his redemption from season 4. Also I feel like Eska and Desna could still have improved roles in the story. Getting rid of the Lion turtles ability to give bending really makes it seem like anyone could attain any bending they wanted, anyone could obtain all types of bending as well. Anyone could’ve been the avatar. I feel like lion turtles unlocking one’s potential to learn bending, but they still have to be spiritually connected to the animals would be better
@factual_banana4608
2 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with all of this. Although I feel like Asami's father's redemption arc was very rushed in the end and it hardly felt earned.
@gametime9520
2 жыл бұрын
@@factual_banana4608 I agree that’s why the start of his redemption should’ve been incorporated during season 3
@JohnSmith-pm3ew
2 жыл бұрын
I do like this rewrite as well, and I disagree that this approach makes it seem like anyone can be a bender. Because bending requires a spiritual component in addition to the physicality of it. We don't see a ton of how the average bender is trained, but, at least in this rewrite, Tom does try to emphasize that being an air nomad means following its philosophy, a water bender with the ocean, etc. Also, definitely writing off Asami's dad gives her less to work with, but you could really come up with another storyline there.
@SportingRedwood
2 жыл бұрын
Unalaq won the “Not as Big of a Jerk as You Could Have Been” award!
@atalhlla
6 ай бұрын
… And Tenzin, not wanting kids to chew on his ears, says no they can’t. …
@lonebattledroid4474
2 жыл бұрын
My issue with Aang’s parenting wasn’t necessarily that he spent more time with Tenzin but that when he had free time he would only spend it with Tenzin and ditch the rest of his family and go on vacation. If instead he spent more time with Tenzin to teach him Airbending or he had difficulty connecting to his other kids because they had different interests I’d be fine with that
@matthewmuir8884
2 жыл бұрын
I think it still makes sense in that Aang would want to make sure Tenzin had the childhood that had been essentially ripped from Aang before the burden of being the last airbender would fall to Tenzin. The things that Tenzin listed that his dad did with him were all things that Aang wanted to do as a child.
@lonebattledroid4474
2 жыл бұрын
@@matthewmuir8884 I guess, but why wouldn’t he want the same for his other kids? Or more importantly why would Katara be ok with this? She’d have slapped Aang upside the head if he’d done this
@joechisten7176
2 жыл бұрын
I think it makes perfect sense that aang wasn't a great dad, considering he comes from a culture that doesn't have parents or the concept of a nuclear family
@OntheOtherHandVideos
2 жыл бұрын
And yet in this re-write you make Varrick a literal Last-Jedi mustache twirling war profiteer. You added depth to Unalaq and made him more interesting, but turned Varrick into a one dimensional villain instead. You could *maybe* justify this by adding redemption in season 3, but why not lay the groundwork by not making him only the cliche 'evil greedy businessman' and giving him at least some depth in this season?
@alyseleem2692
2 жыл бұрын
Excuse my question, but how much depth did you see in him in the original version? Was he anything else other than a war profiteer? Maybe because he gave them his ship? Or because he fell in love with his abused assistant two seasons later and suddenly grew a conscience without warning in the process? The guy is a perfect capitalist, a perfect bastard and perfectly funny. That combination doesn't require much, but it works. In fact, I'd have preferred that they kept it that way, instead of him going soft 😒
@vojtechkorhon4159
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, evil capitalists and war profiteers are much more realistic than satan carpets and dark avatars
@OntheOtherHandVideos
2 жыл бұрын
@@alyseleem2692 Enough depth to like him as one of the best parts of the show - he was written intentionally as comedic relief and not given much depth (at least for the first and middle part of the show), and with little role in the story I was satisfied with little depth. Make him a bigger part of the story, especially one of the big players in this re-writing where every major character is gray and there aren't overly simplified good and evil players, it does a disservice to the theme and his character. I'd dare say they gave him a bigger role and more development in the 3rd season because they realized they had made a good character that people liked, and they wanted to lean into that more. I'd put forward that this re-written version of Varrick is very similar to the original version of Asami's dad - a one note CEO villain who didn't have enough character, screen time, or development to make his 'redemption' later on matter very much.
@OntheOtherHandVideos
2 жыл бұрын
@@vojtechkorhon4159 I don't care what's "realistic", I care about good writing. If this whole exercise is to improve the story and writing, I'd prefer the best story possible. This is a fictional world, the premise is that there are parts that are very much not realistic, and if done well it entertains and allows reflection on people, motives, etc. Usually the best kind of stories have good villains - ones that have depth and humanity despite being antagonists.
@alyseleem2692
2 жыл бұрын
@@OntheOtherHandVideos Except..... Varrick's original character would be compromised by making him either too sympathetic or too cheesy as an evil guy. That's the entire point. You CANT make him deep in a way that matters like that, or at least, it's very hard. For characters like Varrick, who exude both comic relief and intimidation factors, character development is almost a foreign concept because they themselves are not that kind of character. They don't change, and when they do, it's either because of something truly drastic or the writer compromised their character in favor of sympathy, therefore removing their original appeal. That is not good writing. If they wanted for someone to have a character, take Tahno as an example. He barely appears, and yet I can already think of one for him. Arrogant bender and sportsman, laid low and humbled by the loss of his power, returning to greater heights of humility and care for his fellow man. There! It's so simple when you have material to work with. We just don't have that with Varrick. Seriously, I'm not saying Varrick is a bad character. He's just not meant to be that deep. He's pretty good as he is. Perfect, even. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
@andrewd6438
2 жыл бұрын
I made very similar suggestions on the last fixing korra video! Difference being you restrained yourself to the original episode count. Very interesting video! "2. Split season 2 into 2 seasons and delete the absolutely stupid giant glowing fighting people. Change raava and vatuu to better match eastern philosophy instead of Christianity. Raava would no longer be the "good spirit" but instead a manifestation of justice and order and simultaneously tyranny and punishment. Vatuu would be a spirit of freedom and individuality but also of anarchy and selfishness. Neither would be an "avatar" spirit instead there would be a third spirit who symbolizes BALANCE the core concept of the avatar (maybe some sort of ancestor to tui and la). The season 2 conflict about the portals is now instigated by a being locked in the spirit world trying to escape through the portals. This will later be discovered to be a lion turtle who will gain korras trust as a spiritual teacher only to betray her, essentially replacing unalaq. His goal is to release his master vatuu from the tree, but korra is saved and he is thwarted by a spirit. Korra takes this spirit to be a friend but it is in fact the servant of ravaa(important that this character is portrayed as servile due to ravaas theme of tyranny). Korras learning point comes in the balance and defeat of both enemies instead of taking one of their sides. Korras loss of the past avatars would now be moved to a later season. Unalaq would be introduced in this season while korra is investigating the northern portal, and portrayed as a supportive uncle and wise ruler ( for better pay off in the later season, that was part of season 2, when he betrays her). 3. Minor change but: Wan and his entire culture should be modeled after the sun warriors instead of looking so modern. 4. Season 3 comes next, in between the two halves of what was season 2. The events of the new season 2 has still created new airbenders and the season progresses pretty much the same, but there needs to be something at the end that more heavily emphasizes the consequences of the anarchy in ba sing se on the individual citizens rather than just what we got which was focused on political ramifications. Haven't thought of anything yet. The poison in this season will now be what blocks korras access to her past lives and will stay with her for much longer. 5. Now comes the second story line of original season 2: the water tribe Civil war/ northern incursion. Korra goes back home to heal and during this time of healing is when uncle's plan begins to unfold. With the portals already open, unalaq begins sending spirits through the southern portal to setup the need/ righteous reason to "help" his southern sister tribe, but he controls the spirits not through water bending but instead through rituals(stop trying to make waterbending OP M&B). This season will focus heavily on the theme of colonialism and water tribe culture as well as korras recovery, but she won't be able to remove the poison yet and will remain unconnected from the past avatars. In The background we will see mako become a cop and Bolin a movie star as the original but improve/ change the relationship between beifong and mako to make her seem less ignorant. This season now also give some background development time for Kuviras rise to power and the reform of the earth kingdom so its not so sudden. Maybe even have an episode that's mostly from her POV."
@matthewmuir8884
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting ideas. I would just like to point out that Raava and Vatuu don't really reflect Christianity. Ravaa and Vatuu are presented as two equals with one being good and the other being evil; that is not reflective of Christianity in the slightest. In Christianity, there is only one God, and God is good. Satan is a fallen angel; a former servant of God who became proud, rebelled against God and fell. I really don't know what having two equal beings: one good and one evil, would be reflective of.
@Ilsezwarts
Жыл бұрын
Its so sad that such tiny tweaks could have made TLOK sooooo much better. You're right that it's probably mostly studio interference. My story beat gripes with Korra are mostly 1) honestly everything about beginnings 2) them just bringing air bending back super easily 3) Iroh being in the spirit world? Like idk, i feel like a man that spiritual would want to move on, would like to die and be with his son? Not even in a heaven type deal but just,, idk Iroh being in the spirit world has always bugged me SO MUCH. Also I just really dont like Korras friend lmao. Tenzin and co are great tho.
@Darkessnight1608
6 ай бұрын
9:30 background music hits
@roseslikemusic
2 жыл бұрын
This was a perfect rewrite. It makes sense, and sounds incredibly interesting. I would have loved to watch it.
@halmittens
6 ай бұрын
23:56 your varrick impression is SOO good
@beedoesthings8037
Жыл бұрын
I would personally keep the Lion Turtle thing with the bending. I like the idea that they gave people the *ability* to bend, while the moon, dragons, sky bison and badger moles taught them the spiritual and artistic side to bending. How to manipulate your chi, how to use your mind and body to manipulate the elements. It was shown in The Last Airbender that spirituality is the core of bending, more than ability even. How, even though Zuko could bend, he’d lost his motivation and sense of self so he basically lost his bending for a time. And it was mentioned that Kyoshi’s mother used the fans to enhance her declining airbending abilities because she had lost her connection to her nomad lifestyle and the spirituality of airbending. So while the Lion Turtles gave you the ability, it was useless and weak unless you had the spiritual component of bending as well. So the original benders would have taught them how to use their abilities and connect with the natural world. And this could still go hand in hand with your rewrite of the nomads. It could be that a portion of their population always had the ability to airbend, just that without the spirituality of air nomad culture they lacked the use of their chi to utilize that ability. And when Tenzin and Jinora showed them about air nomad life and beliefs they figured out of how to.
@sandstormxx
2 жыл бұрын
So, i wrote my first comment without having seen the whole video. I will say, I absoultley prefer your version. I would just say, I think that maybe your version needs a bit more heart? Like, I think the legend of korra does work when we have the four friends being friends with each other, and yes that's not much in book 2, but I think more would help the season, not less. I'm still not convinced that Korra being banished from Republic City (for the time being) would make much sense since moderate non benders would probably like her being around and then Asami asking Korra to leave is only appeasing the most extreme equalists that she probably shouldn't be doing? I don't think having such a harsh divide between the Republic City and the Water Tribe stuff really benefits Korra as a character or the show as a whole. If we have her friends in this show, they should actually be her friends, you know? This version has even less friendship than the main season of the show. I'm not sure how to fix it within your version, but I really don't know if Mako and Bolin and Asami couldn't just join Korra for the beginning and finale and we could still have the Varrick plotline.
@sandstormxx
2 жыл бұрын
I like most of the rest of the retelling though. It's definitely improved. Honestly, I would perhaps just have Korra regain her powers--- I don't really need Korra to relearn gaining back her bending, we've already had Aang do the same thing and this feels too similar. Her getting her powers back opening the portal or something is fine.
@theempress4483
2 жыл бұрын
While I agree with your point, and if a full team was working on this, I'm sure it could be written better, I feel like a lot of the friends being friends would have to be slipped into the down time. And while Korra doesn't get much time with them, if written well enough you can still have characters talk in a way that bring makes them feel more like friends. As for the ban, I agree even more. I believe that the point is to hit Korra over the head with the fact that her actions have consequences. She's very stubborn and hot headed, and realistically needs something like that to start driving the point home. It could be written better though, and I'm sure that having an actual team for the writing, like a lot of shows, would help.
@sandstormxx
2 жыл бұрын
@@theempress4483 sure- I think the legend of korra is best in the show proper when it’s korra focussed. I just think relegating mako and Bolin to just a side plot makes their whole characters feel superfluous. With the ban, I don’t really want to keep punishing Korra more though. She already loses her bending. I don’t think kicking the Avatar out makes much political sense for the moderates on either side. I don’t think the ban actually affects the plot described in this video much. I’m all for consequences but I don’t know why, a ban on the Avatar just seems excessive and punishing towards Korra as a character.
@theempress4483
2 жыл бұрын
@@sandstormxx yeah, you have a point. And I do mostly agree with the ban feeling like it's mostly just tacked on. Maybe it'll be used more in season 3 or 4? And after rewatching the first video, apparently it was also about how the show seems to be about how the avatar isn't needed all that much anymore. Which is fine, I guess, but the avatar is a pretty fundamental part of the world, and I feel like that argument falls flat when the avatar stops the conflict of the spirits of order and chaos, and also stops the spirits and humans from murdering each other. Like, I personally kinda feel like the only ambassador to the spirit world SHOULD be an important political and social figure when the spirits are an active force in the world, but whatever, I'm going off on a tangent. I kinda get what you're saying about the other characters being pushed aside, but I didn't really care about them that much at this point in the show, so I don't really mind. I'd rather focus more and just having them do something and be interesting and useful characters. Which, at least from my memory, a lot of people in the show failed to do, at least, consistently.
@Calvinooi
6 ай бұрын
I think the only issue im having with this, is that whats stopping people from learning more than 1 elemental bending? The lion turtles in the original are the one bestowed the people with it, and Ravaa is the one that kept the energy to ensure Wan survives bending multiple elements.
@zeik101
2 жыл бұрын
Bolin being a star in the propaganda is actually important, because Bolin is actually something of a celebrity what with being connected to the avatar, and being on a decent Professional Bending Team. He has name recognition, which brings people to the viewings, which grows support for the south.
@Aparajith_
Жыл бұрын
Amazing story modification. I love it❤ Oh I actually weeped with Joy and tender emotions. Thanks
@AIexRAwesome
2 жыл бұрын
The competing company being Varrick spelled/said backwards is a lovely touch lol
@onesith4528
2 жыл бұрын
My biggest problem with season 2 was when Korra lost her connection to all the previous avatars. it gave me serious last jedi vibes and I didn't like it at all. Literal thousands of years of experience, knowledge and wisdom just gone. When Aang was in trouble, when Kyoshi was in trouble in the novels, they sought wisdom from their past lives, and for the most part, it helped them greatly. Who else can sympathize with the struggles of the avatar then someone who was in their shoes?
@balabanasireti
2 жыл бұрын
Meh
@elli_senfsaat
2 жыл бұрын
I've always find it strange both Season 1's and 2's main villains are waterbenders. It made me think, maybe it was intentioned for the series as a whole have one single main villain (like Ozai) from the water tribe, and the plot revolving about benders vs non-benders and a few Avatar-spirits-aspects. But then budget cuts kicked in, the uncertainty if the series is going to survive past its first season, so they needed to divide the origin story line with one major villain into Amon and Unalak. Ofc with some drastic changes, thus the extreme good vs evil plot climaxing in BWAAAA
@yassslay8269
2 жыл бұрын
what are you talking about ? why cant waterbenders be villains ?
@elli_senfsaat
2 жыл бұрын
@@yassslay8269 did you even read my comment properly? I never said waterbenders can't be villains, did I? On the contrary, I said I think it was meant to be one singular water tribe main villain for the entire show (like in TLoA) before it was divided into seasons more or less independent from each other.
@iridescentdemon
2 жыл бұрын
29:38 i love this whole section about how the first avatar happened, it sounds so compelling compared to the lion turtles and good vs. evil stuff; the spirituality is what's important
@sehr.geheim
10 ай бұрын
9:25 "The North remembers"
@NBvagabond
2 жыл бұрын
wait omg... this writing is so good - when you're talking about the people raising the sky bison, /living like them/ just like the original benders did..... it feels a LOT more fitting for this to be how the airbenders come back than how they did in the show also korra good
@aweckzs
2 жыл бұрын
always lovely to hear ur takes on a show i dearly love! the one thing is i wish you included more scenes of team avatar interacting, as their friendship is missing in book 2 for not much of a reason.
@sonja2730
2 жыл бұрын
30:10 Omg it would make so much sense for Vaatu to just REALLY be Chaos. Chaos will always sneak into any system, and you have to work against it. This is basically what the Avatar does - the world regularly becomes more chaotic and out of balance, and the Avatar works against that. There is never balance forever, with time there comes new chaos.
@jonasquinn7977
2 жыл бұрын
I think for me the biggest issue with Unalaq as a villain is that every other villain represents something I feel is very important for a good society to have but taken too far and I just fundamentally disagree with the idea that someone as subjective as “spirituality” or “tradition” ranks up there with equality, freedom and order
@jonasquinn7977
2 жыл бұрын
I also think it doesn’t help that the spirits are kind of dicks who act as if they have an inherent right to demand things from humanity when they absolutely don’t
@katharineelizabeth7689
2 жыл бұрын
Good v evil = order v chaos is a common mistake made by people with a Christian background. Christianity has a good v evil dichotomy and as people we don't always realise that other faiths/beliefs don't use that dichotomy. Which is why pre Christian gods of Europe that represent chaos are painted as evil. The same thing happened here, the chaos vs order of ying and yang was skewed by the Christian Good v evil lense. Rava and vaatu could have worked if the people who came up with it had proper understanding of ying and yang in accordance with the cultures it comes from.
@Ironsuaba
2 жыл бұрын
To me, judging from my life experience, it is the order that's evil.
@joshua2400
2 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ my miraculous healer who healed me of my years long chronic breathing issue instantly in prayer, cares about you :" )
@studio2898
2 жыл бұрын
That’s not what they did at all and they’ve studied it thoroughly. The show is based off the principles of Hinduism and Taoism but due to them not trying to make it religiously focused plus it’s a show so they had to add their own spin to it
@shinkamui
2 жыл бұрын
@@Ironsuaba how so is concept of order itself evil? you can't produce stuff like food without orderly action. Your body is one entire monument to order, as its constantly battling entropy by maintaining a homeostasis. The entire point is that neither are inherently evil or good, but both can be used to do good actions and abused by ill intended actors
@SerGio-mw9pc
Жыл бұрын
This is the story of Korea book 2 that I will CERTAINLY watch, if it ever going to be edited
@mocharoll3486
2 жыл бұрын
Not only you made the story SO MUCH BETTER WITHOUT THE DRAGONBALL KAIJU LASER FIGHT, I love how your version of Mako sounds way less of a dick, and you gave Bolin some respect and dignity.
@lewisbaker9894
2 жыл бұрын
Can we expect a rewrite for Book 3 and 4? I know they're far from perfect but S3 for example is often described as the best book in the entire ATLA/LOK series. Also loving the early doors Korrasami. What could have been if it was allowed to be truly developed. Showing how well they work together is so awesome as well. I know we got some in Book 4 with the Wu chace but having more is always better. Thank you so much for this! Looking forward to your other vids in the future
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