Legend of Korra season finale

[schrodinger]

Ok fellow escapees the season finale aired at 12:00 a.m. ET, and i think it's time to discuss what happened.

Ye be warned, there will be massive spoilers ahead so read at your own risk!

First of, WRITERS, stop making Lin an idiot. She had a developed character in season 1 and she's been getting worse this season. Episode 11 made it worse; she almost allowed the president of republic city to be kidnapped! They better not regulate her back into a useless background character for next season.

Ok, on to the actual episodes:

Spoiler

AANG AND THE OTHER AVATARS ARE GONE?! DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT?!
Now, they did say she didn't have a connection to the other avatars anymore, but it sounded like all the avatars are now gone. After you go introducing Wan, you do this show creators; how cruel.

Watching UnaVaatu killing Raava and all the avatars was depressing to see.

Nice job to all who predicted Unalaq would be an anti-avatar/dark avatar. Since Vaatu and Unalaq did merge and were 'killed in the avatar state' does this mean they're permanently gone or temporarily gone?

The final fight was Giant UnaVaatu vs Giant spirit Korra; not as awesome as the fight between Ozai and Aang, but decent overall. The creators do love their deus ex endings, with Jinora miraculously appearing and reviving? Raava. Overall, not a bad way to end season.

This season would of benefited from the sense of urgency the last couple episodes had, with spirits running rampart and potentially causing great harm like 10,000 years ago.
The next season needs to cut out the filler BS and concentrate on the story. They only have a limited number of episodes and need the limited time to make sure the story is told coherently and paced well.

In summary:

Jinora is now jesus.

Varrick is still awesome, and flies off into the sunset to become Batman, probably.

The flailing romance of mako and korra is officially over! Also, Bolin x Eska is now canon.

Asami gets her heartbroken AGAIN.

The human and the spirit worlds are now connected again.

"Maybe Avatar Wan was wrong" Fuck you Korra

The previous avatars might be gone forever


Oh and apparently General Zhao(the one who killed the moon spirit in season 1 of ATLA) appeared in the final episode, but i didn't see him. If someone did spot him, kindly please point him out.

I rate this season a 7/10. Could have been better, but still decent.

Now we must wait for season 3

 

[Robot Number V]

Ok fellow escapees the season finale aired at 12:00 a.m. ET, and i think it's time to discuss what happened.

Ye be warned, there will be massive spoilers ahead so read at your own risk!

First of, WRITERS, stop making Lin an idiot. She had a developed character in season 1 and she's been getting worse this season. Episode 11 made it worse; she almost allowed the president of republic city to be kidnapped! They better not regulate her back into a useless background character for next season.

Ok, on to the actual episodes:

Spoiler

AANG AND THE OTHER AVATARS ARE GONE?! DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT?!
Now, they did say she didn't have a connection to the other avatars anymore, but it sounded like all the avatars are now gone. After you go introducing Wan, you do this show creators; how cruel.

Watching UnaVaatu killing Raava and watching all the avatars was depressing to see.

Nice job to all who predicted Unalaq would be an anti-avatar/dark avatar. Since Vaatu and Unalaq did merge and were 'killed in the avatar state' does this mean they're permanently gone or temporarily gone?

The final fight was Giant UnaVaatu vs Giant spirit Korra; not as awesome as the fight between Ozai and Aang, but decent overall. The creators do love their deus ex endings, with Jinora miraculously appearing and reviving? Raava. Overall, not a bad way to end season.

This season would of benefited from the sense of urgency the last couple episodes had, with spirits running rampart and potentially causing great harm like 10,000 years ago.
The next season needs to cut out the filler BS and concentrate on the story. They only have a limited number of episodes and need the limited to make sure the story is told coherently and paced well.

In summary:

Jinora is now jesus.

Varrick is still awesome, and flies off into the sunset to become Batman, probably.

The flailing romance of mako and korra is officially over! Also, Bolin x Eska is now canon.

Asami gets her heartbroken AGAIN.

The human world and the spirit is now connected again.

"Maybe Avatar Wan was wrong" Fuck you Korra

The previous avatars might be gone forever


Oh and apparently General Zhao(the one who killed the moon spirit in season 1 of ATLA) appeared in the final episode, but i didn't see him. If someone did spot him, kindly please point him out.

I rate this season a 7/10. Could have been better, but still decent.

Now we must wait for season 3

I see your list of reactions, and raise you a list of reactions.

Spoiler

OK, on one hand, I'm happy that Makorra is dead. On the other hand, WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF THAT STUPID FUCKING AMNESIA BIT IF WASN'T EVEN GOING TO GO ANYWHERE ANYWAY?? I mean, I guess killing that dumb-as-dicks plot point quickly is better then pursuing it, but....Why the fuck did they start it in the first place?

Yeah, this show really fucking hates Asami. Which is weird, because she's awesome. Too bad she had like, 6 lines in this entire season.

"Maybe Avatar Wan was wrong"...Wait, "Fuck you Korra"?? Why? Was Wan not wrong[footnote]If you can come up with a better way to phrase that statement, I'm all ears[/footnote] to separate the worlds? Leaving the portals open seems like a pretty damn good move to me. Wan was the one who closed them, therefore, he was wrong. About that one particular thing.

And finally...

How the fuck did you miss Zhao? He was the guy who looked exactly like General Zhao, who was seen wandering around in the fog literally saying "I am Zhao" over and over again. Look, I don't want to sound like a dick, but nothing that I just said was an exaggeration. That is EXACTLY what happened. Unless you were being sarcastic (And I can't think of a reason why you would be) I think you may have missed a scene.

Now, onto reactions that aren't just reactions to...your reactions.

-I wasn't a fan of the Giant Unalaq vs Giant Korra thing. Felt kinda like a really elaborate episode of Power Rangers. I liked their fight WAY more when they were normal size.
-I actually really admire the writers for permanently separating the Avatar from their previous cycles from this point on. That's a pretty gutsy shift in the mythology.
-So, yeah...Ginora is Jesus now. Do we even need the Avatar with her around?
-This show really needs to figure out what to do with Bolin. Look, Sokka was a comic relief character, but he was still an important part of the character dynamics. I kinda feel like you could remove Bolin and it wouldn't change anything all that important.
-So is Korra still the last Avatar? I mean, I'm totally cool with having a "last Avatar" at some point, but does it have to be Korra?
-Yeah, watching the previous Avatars fuckin' explode was...harsh. Probably my favorite moment of the last 4 episodes. (That is, all the episodes released today)

 

[manic_depressive13]

Spoiler

The deus ex Jinora thing was really stupid.

What was Aang doing in the fog of lost souls? Or was that just Tenzin imagining Aang? Either way, it seems like he overcame that obstacle way too easily.

What actually happened to Vaatu? Is he just gone now? I'm kind of pissed that they went with that dark avatar bullshit. I knew that it would only end in disappointment. Oh well.

I really hope that both Asami x Mako and Mako x Korra are finished now. The latter just doesn't work, and Asami is just way too good for Mako.

I hope they keep this strangely sober Korra for the next season, instead of hitting her over the head with the stupid stick again.

I wonder why they decided to destroy Korra's connection with the previous avatars? Was it to show us that there isn't going to be any more back-story? Or is it the exact opposite? Maybe the next season will be an epic quest to reconnect with all the previous avatars?

Overall, I guess I'm pretty happy with how it ended, mostly because of Korra's ultimate decision. I think it sets the groundwork for a potentially really interesting next season. Although this series does have a history of disappointing me.

Oh yeah, and this season completely ruined Lin for me. Even if they "fix" her next season I'll never be able to look at her the same. She deserves to lose her job just as much as those dumb mustachioed detectives.

 

[Krazy]

Spoiler

Giant spirit Korra was silly (Not to mention Jesus Jinora). The whole cosmic power thing seemed very hard to achieve in the second season of ATLA. I guess the "tree of time" helped there, but then everyone with a strong spirit should be capable of doing similar godlike things.

That said, I really enjoyed the episodes leading up to the final one. Great fighting scenes, especially between Korra and Unalaq. I like the fog of lost souls and the meeting with Zhao. The best part of this entire season was the character of Varrick. He is just great, I enjoyed every scene he was in.

I guess i speak for everyone when I say "thank god that Mako x Korra ended", altough they might rekindle it in the next season (pls no). Also I feel terrible for Asami. First she is being basically dumped for the same girl twice and then she gets benched for the entire final sequence.

Finally I liked the decision to keep the spirit portals open as it seems to me like it has great potential for the next season, as the manic_depressive guy pointed out.

The beginning of the season I found kinda 'meh', like Korra in Avatar-state losing to a single dark spirit. But with the flashback episodes of the first Avatar it really brought back my enjoyment of the series. Ultimately, I think it was very entertaining and can't wait to see the third season of the Legend of Korra.

 

[CommanderL]

overall this seasons has been very weird in terms of quailty and the finale was no different

Spoiler

also Avatar wan was not wrong I mean humans had to live on fucking lion turtles due to how aggressive the spirits where opening the portal will only lead to trouble [/quote]

 

[Genocidicles]

I loved it to be honest.

but one thing I wish they explained was:

Spoiler

Was Vaatu seperated from Unalaq? Was Unalaq killed? Will the Dark Avatar be reincarnated? Presumably as an Airbender if it goes backwards from the regular cycle.

 

[Gizmo1990]

Having watched it I think that I am finaly done with this series. I get why people love it, I really do, and I don't think they are wrong to do so but as I was watching this ultimate battle between good and evil I just did not care what happened. I simply don't like any of the characters in any way to care if they live or die and when that happens it is time to stop watching.

 

[Anomynous 167]

Come on! Can't we at least hold off this conversation till the Wednesday after the episode gets released, as is customary for a foreigner to watch a show that gets Express From The U.S... And since Nickelodeon doesn't do "Express from the US", I could get banned for admitting that I watched any of the season 2 episodes...

So how about waiting about 48 Mondays, the standard period of time it takes for Australia to get programmes from Nickelodeon of America, before having such episodic discussions?

I loved it to be honest.

but one thing I wish they explained was:

Spoiler

Was Vaatu seperated from Unalaq? Was Unalaq killed? Will the Dark Avatar be reincarnated? Presumably as an Airbender if it goes backwards from the regular cycle.

1)Nope
2)Yes
The third answer is spoiler tagged because it ain't a one word answer... something something...
[spoiler Spoiler Tags for just this one point because I feel like the fact that I must go in depth for speculationness] I reckon yup, but not as an airbender but as an earthbender me-thinks. An earth-bender named Nuptuk (it will become a more common name by the time of the dark avatar reincarnates) whom can also bend water, but is unable to bend the other two elements. [/spoiler]

 

[DaWaffledude]

Spoiler

Vatuu's only gone for the next 10'000 years or so. Can't destroy light or darkness.

Also, The original Avatar cycle is completely over now. Korra just created a second cycle, thus making her both the last of the old Avatars and the first of the new ones.

 

[havass]

Spoiler

Still don't understand the Jinora thing...what exactly did she do??????????

Mako stop being a dick; please don't get together with anyone else

I am so disappointed with the Avatar v Avatar fight lol it could have been so much better. I know Unalaq wouldn't be using the other elements since he's not familiar with them but Korra got beaten way too easily..........

Also I agree with OP they regressed a lot of the characters into background roles. Lin and Asami had such nice character development arcs in season 1.

Overall, not a bad season, I love the spirit world and this season had so many cameos to A:TLA. Korra losing her connection to the past avatars made me feel like I was losing a piece of my childhood...but I'm excited to see where this goes.

 

[soren7550]

And isn't it kinda heartless from Tenzin ignoring all the other guys lost in the fog?

I thought so as well, but as the boyfriend pointed out to me, they've probably gone so mad that even if Tenzin pulled them out, there wouldn't be anything he's saving them from. They're already gone.

I too, am confused with Jesus Jinorra, but with all the heavy-ness of the last four or five episodes, I thought it was pretty alright. This season was kinda all over the place.

But, it seems that I'm the only one that's pissed about how the show handled Mako and Korra.

Korra: "I love you!"
Mako: "I love you too!"
Korra: "But even though we love each other, we should remain broken up."
Mako: "Yes, I agree. You finding out about me getting back with Asami would have made for a good reason for you to not want to get back with me, but we're not going there."
Korra: "But we'll always love each other!"
Mako: "Yup!"

Suck a fat one, writers! Enough of this stupid contrived love triangle! You've now made Asami be burned twice by Mako, when she should have never gone back a second time (she was clearly over Mako in the first season, and she's allegedly smart), and all evidence shows that Mako and Korra love each other very much, yet somehow you keep writing them so that they break up.

Also, I'm guessing that next season will be Korra trying to reconnect with the previous Avatars.

 

[schrodinger]

Quote system all f'ed up.

Snippy

Spoiler

Ok, to clarify on the commander zhao cameo, i didn't see him because my stream froze for 30 seconds. Sorry about that.
The reason why I believe Wan had it right to close the portals the first time is because humans and spirits were constantly fighting each other, thus peace could not exist between them. For Wan, this was a logical move to separate the worlds to keep peace and to keep anyone from reaching Vaatu. It had worked for 10,000 years so give him credit.

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I loved it to be honest.

but one thing I wish they explained was:

Spoiler

Was Vaatu seperated from Unalaq? Was Unalaq killed? Will the Dark Avatar be reincarnated? Presumably as an Airbender if it goes backwards from the regular cycle.

Spoiler

Supposedly since UnaVaatu was killed in the 'avatar' state he might not reincarnate until 10,000 years

 

[Scarim Coral]

Ok I gonna put my thought in order of the final four episodes-

Spoiler: Night of a Thousand Stars

First thing first, way a go Bolin!! Finally they gave him some screen time and the spotlight too, in another word awesome again! Also is Zhu Li a robot or a lover to Varrick to be that competely devoted to him? Also the scene with Pabu having lazer eyes crack me up!

Also I could of sworn those two mustache detectives were in league with Varrick rather than being imbecile at their job.

So Mako is promoted to dectective, I wonder who is the other people who going to work with him seeing how it was two open spots.

Spoiler: Harmonic Convergence

Just like the last episode making Bolin awesome, they made Buni awesome too! I pretty sure as usual he will exagerate it (alter the part where the dark spirit chase after him into the mecha tank to being befriending them to get those to run amonk while he get into the mecha tank.

Spoiler: Darkness Falls

It's not suprising that Iroh did know Tenzin and another cameo with Zhao! Also wait? Buni greatest fear is cannibas (well ok that can be scary) while Kya fear is losing her memory? They better bring some back stories with Kya or something spotlight related seeing how we got some Buni time!

Also danm! Bolin is a pimp now, first Ginger and now Eska!

Spoiler: Light in Darkness

First thing, danm the past people were good at recording and preserving their lore (the part with Tenzin explained the tree of time which predate before Wan). I do got to agreed that Korra does have alot more inner strength compared to Aang so I find it believable with Korra fought Unalaq in her giant spirit form.

Also why use vines? Couldn't Unalaq be sterotype and summon an army of dark spirits to attack the city? Another thing is that was a weak attack on the statue of Aang, way a go Unalaq by simply shoving the statue into the sea! It didn't even get broken to pieces!

So who want to speculate what happen with Varrick now? I guessing he will become an underworld mob boss or a dark merchant/ buyers or the like. Still I want them to redeem him as he is a fantastic character!

Oh I kind of find it ironic that Unalaq light bending thing to erase the dark spirit was used against him by Korra! Speaking of which does anyone want to see a special mini episode on Unalaq as they never explain how or why he was more intune with the spirit world or how and when he planned it all out and end up corhooting with Vaatu?

Yeah I don't like the connection with the past Avatars being gone but I don't believe it is competely gone like when Aang thought he had lost his connection to the Avatar State.

I also agreed with the "Fuck you!" reaction to when Korra say Wan is wrong about closing the portals. By all mean while the human and spirit should coexist in harmony but it won't happen in one day. We all saw the frictions that the two side causes in Wan time and if he didn't close it maybe they may had co exist at the end but not without many bloodshed and it would of been a faulty peace at best during his time. I pretty sure she didn't close it so that she got a job to do now since we saw that some spirit hated the human and like human nature, some human will probably now exploit or hate the spirit in one way or another. With that in mind are the human now have to accomadate with the spirit among them like having special spirit seat for them to sit in a theatre?

Lastly will Asami want Mako back now for not telling Korra the truth with the break up? If I were her I wouldn't want him back for that. (It make me wonder how long did it took for him to break up with her after he kissed with Korra at the end of season 1?)

I almost forgot, since they already explain that the light and dark cannot truly destoryed each other and we all saw how the other side reside deep within the other body, I am guessing that the avatar who will appear 10,000 years from now will become the second (or rather true) dark avatar? Raasa explain that if Vaatu did won, she would of been born again within him 10,000 years later.

Lastly, danm I seen/ read way too many trope/ story cliche to be totally wrong about the finale especially what I said in the speculation thread weeks ago! I thought Vaatu would of finish off Unalaq once he was free and also Zhu Li betrayed Varrick to be liberated from him! (I didn't knew there were two more seasons in the making so I thought season 2 would of end it all.)

Overall I had enjoyed the finales despite certain suspend of disbelief reaction from some people. So what season 3 and 4 books are going to be called? Steel and wood (ancient Chinese believe those two to be in the same element league with Water, Earth and fire while they thought Air wasn't int eh same league as them) or would they reused the word Water, Earth and Fire again?

I am really hoping that the next season also mean that Korra has properly mature now for the better (especially when the last few episode her growth as a character had grown alot). By all means she can still have the conflict thrown at her but by not being bitchy and whinny about it!

 

[Ham Blitz]

I liked the finale, though I will admit it was very deus ex-ish and it seemed kind of hurried to me. This might of partially been because I didn't know 11 and 12 were the two episodes before the finale till afterwards it said to watch the finale next week (Then I proceeded to watch it online this morning). The final battle between giant Korra and super Unalaq was a bit out there (at least for me the giant blue Korra was a giant deus ex) though fun to watch, and kept making me think of both Attack on Titan and Pacific Rim.

 

[Robot Number V]

Quote system all f'ed up.

Snippy

Spoiler

Ok, to clarify on the commander zhao cameo, i didn't see him because my stream froze for 30 seconds. Sorry about that.
The reason why I believe Wan had it right to close the portals the first time is because humans and spirits were constantly fighting each other, thus peace could not exist between them. For Wan, this was a logical move to separate the worlds to keep peace and to keep anyone from reaching Vaatu. It had worked for 10,000 years so give him credit.

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I loved it to be honest.

but one thing I wish they explained was:

Spoiler

Was Vaatu seperated from Unalaq? Was Unalaq killed? Will the Dark Avatar be reincarnated? Presumably as an Airbender if it goes backwards from the regular cycle.

Spoiler

Supposedly since UnaVaatu was killed in the 'avatar' state he might not reincarnate until 10,000 years

(I'm gonna stop using spoiler tags, now. Anyone who came into this thread without seeing the episodes has officially had their chance to leave.)
Yeah, I'm wondering about the prospect of Dark Avatar Reincarnation, too. I hadn't thought of the fact that he was in the Avatar State, though. I think it wasn't explained because this is pretty new territory for everyone. I'm pretty sure Korra and Vatulaq were the first people to ever enter the whole "Giant Avatar State", so no one really knows exactly what happens next.

Anyway, about the spirit portals: I don't think ending the war by separating the two sides is a good idea at all. That's kind of like how the people of Ba Sing Se just built a wall and pretended the 100 Year War didn't exist. Or if Aaang had ended the war by just building a big fucking wall around the Fire Nation. Wan's solution should have always been considered temporary, and instead he just appointed himself permanent "spirit ambassador". And the spirits got a pretty rough end of that deal, considering the Avatar seems to historically be way more concerned by human issues, and in general, has only dealt with spirits when they absolutely needed to.

 

[FPLOON]

Okay... First off...

Spoiler: To those that predicting two of the plot points from this season (Non-season spoiler)

Second off... This season had more of a mixed bad feel than the first season... Granted, I had the same feeling of indifference throughout both seasons so far... Then again, I'm not so quick to judge and/or predict like some people, so whatever...

Now, on to what I thouhgt about this Season 2 finale:

Spoiler: I suggest you legally try to watch it on Nick.com before diving into this Spoiler tag, me thinks...

-Atack on Spirit, anyone? Serious, the second half of the finale I could not stop humming the theme song to Attack on Titan...
-Mako... Just never date anyone again... LOL
-Jinorra is the new "Jesus"? Jinorrus?? Are you sure this isn't just "The Legend of Jinorra" told from a different perspective?? (Or is Book 3 going to be called "Book 3: Jinorra"?)
-Bolin is like the comedy of Sokka mixed with the plot-driven nature of Jet... Even though he's my second favorite character (with Varrik taking first all the way, hands down), the way the show uses him is just to drive a plot point further with a side of comedic commentary... Even his so-called "love confession" felt like it's was just there just so that both him and Mako can head out of the spirit world... Touching, a bit funny, but overall a plot point...
-Speaking of Varrik... FUCK YEAH! (That is all... I mean, only he can top himself every time... I love it!)
-Tenzin needed that little epiphany... and what way to do it is to go a little mad and talk to your deceased father... Now, I wonder what the other sibling's greatest fears were? I know they kinda hinted it through their dialogue, but I kinda want to know more details on their fears... unless I'm missing something here...
-Delaying the inevitable... only to end it with a Deus ex Jinorra fixer... Are you sure you guys needed that extra episode? You know what I'm talking about...
-Oh Glob! The cycles!!! FUCK!!!

...Actually, now that I think about it, this entire season feels like not only a slap to fans that over-think through these episodes as well as judging them very harshly compared to TLA, but also a suble "fuck you" to Nickelodeon for basically having them work through their decision-makings about keeping this show going or not... If Nick just trusted the creators with giving them, at least, the same amount of seasons as TLA, they could have planned every season-based story in advance sop that each transition felt natural and not so much a dissonance in character development... Sure, they can do it now, but the risk they showed us as well as how fans were reacting to these "changes", I don't blame the creators themselves... I still blame Nick for putting them in this situation and letting them handle "their" own mistakes like it's not relatively Nick's fault...

So yeah... It was okay... Hated how some of the plot points could be predicted ahead of time... (I mean, WAY ahead of time...) And, my glob, learn how to romance next time, creators... or just don't... "Experimenting" with these side-plots just leads to more hurt for both the "fans" and Asami... since she's clearly the certified romantic punching bag, according to Korra Season 1...

 

[bug_of_war]

I liked the finale, though I will admit it was very deus ex-ish and it seemed kind of hurried to me.

Hurried, yes. Deus Ex Machina like, no. I've seen this used FAR too much in this thread. To be a DEM you have to have NOT established at any point in the plot ANY elements to say that it's possible to do x. It was established that Jinora was very much in tune with the spirits, much like Unalaq. It had been stated that neither the Light nor Dark spirit could truly be destroyed. It had been shown that when the protals are open spirits can move freely between worlds. So, Jinora coming to rejoin Korra and Rava is not a Deus Ex Machina.

What would have been a DEM is if they had said that Korra regained her connection to her past lives.

 

[FPLOON]

Okay... First off...


Now, on to what I thouhgt about this Season 2 finale:
-Atack on Spirit, anyone? Serious, the second half of the finale I could not stop humming the theme song to Attack on Titan...

I know I am sort of advertising my own youtube video here, but I have to say I wasn't humming the Theme song during it, my thoughts went more like this:

Well, I was mostly talking about when "Vatuualaq" entered the scene and the Republic military were trying to shoot him down... But, now you reminded me that basically you could use AoT's OST throughout the whole ordeal... From "Vatuualaq" attacking to Giant Korra laying down the smack down on "Vatuualaq"...

Great... Now, I wanted that whole sequence to be as long as a episode of AoT... I feel as depressed as when I first started watching AoT... (and I love it...)

 

[Issurru]

This season was rather up and down for me, while I loved people like Varrick and his assistant. I feel like everyone other than Mako was hit with the retard/***** stick, Korra being a complete bag, Bolin acting like a complete douche with a "higher than thou" stick up his ass and Asami just being kinda dumb kinda irritated me.

As for some of the other stuff near the ending I didn't mind it at all, the whole Dark Avatar thing could have been much better but it was alright the way it was. His fight with Korra was pretty bad ass at first, I really think that Korra should have won that fight since she was a fully realized Avatar and he had waterbending. I do understand that she wouldn't be nearly as good a fighter as him but she didn't really put up much of a fight.

Spoiler

Then there's the whole Raava "dying" thing along with Jinnora finding Raava afterwards. I found it perfectly fine that Jinnora found her, seeing as how she's so closely attuned to the spirits and with the overwhelming presence Raava would have Jinnora could have easily found her since Raava can't actually be destroyed/killed or whatever.

Which leads into the whole losing connection to the past Avatars. It kinda stung watching Aang, Roku and Wan all get blown up but, i'm fairly certain that they'll be back soon enough. I don't think the writers would shit can them forever, it would piss too many people off. I think the next season will have Korra reconnecting with Raava to regain her connection to the past Avatars and everything will be back to normal for the most part.

As for her leaving the Spirit Portal open, I think it's a well meant plan but will end up backfiring and she'll end up having to pull a Wan and close the portal down again, I see humans freaking the hell out about there being spirits. They don't seem to deal with new things like that very well, that and all the people like the Triple threats will take advantage of anything bad or end up turning the spirits dark again which would be really shitty for Republic city since I think Korra and maybe a few others only know how to tame/calm the spirits

I think my post comes off a little scatterbrained, my apologies, i'm typing this while listening to Desert Bus in the Steam browser which sucks ass. I'll probably come back and try to clarify in awhile if people don't understand what I mean

EDIT: Oh I totally forgot, that gigantic spirit battle thing sucked ass, that is all