Wow-The legend of Korra Finale
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I actually watched the entire season today after seeing this thread for the past few days and I must say it was very mature and actually quite good! Now I have a few theories on how they're going to continue it:
Since they never gave any indication that Amon is actually dead I think he may come back even more pissed off than ever. Now I know he blew up in a gigantic fire ball, but until I see a dead body floating in the water, I never actually believe someone is dead in this sort of show. And also I think it'd be a bit of perfect irony if he showed up again with a burn on his face similar to the one he painted there. So I think it's setup well for a return. I mean the guy was a really powerful character, I have no reason to believe he couldn't have survived that blast somehow.
Well in terms of everyone saying that they'd like Korra to not actually be the avatar, but instead just a bender who is capable of bending all of the elements, I would say that's a very possible idea...but...at the very end she went into the avatar state, and throughout the season she experienced visions passed down by Aang, so therefore I think that pretty much debunks the Korr ≠ avatar theory. However when Amon took away her bending she said that she was no longer the avatar, which may mean that they will introduce a second avatar which was triggered by the spiritual loss of Korra. (An example of a show which has done something similar to this is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy dies temporarily and while she is dead a new vampire slayer comes around, and the Buffy comes back to life. Bam! Two vampire slayers!). So based on that information I don't think it would be too outrageous to bring in a second avatar.
I've also read people saying that Korra is a fully realized avatar and she has essentially mastered all four elements, but I'm not buying it. I think she is very good at all four elements, but I don't think she has mastered air bending as well as Tenzin, hasn't mastered fire bending as well as Iroh, hasn't mastered earth bending as well as Lin, and I think she has arguably mastered water bending since that is her primary bending form. But that still leaves three forms of bending she hasn't mastered, and additionally they barely touched on the avatar state, she did it once at the very end, and it wasn't anything. She got her bending back, went into avatar state, floated there for a bit, and then it was over. I just think that between the lack of total mastery of three elements and the utter neglect of the avatar state, they have a lot to work with in terms of how to develop Korra.
I don't think Korra is a "fully realized" avatar just yet. She barely knows how to airbend (she just threw punches and a kick), and she never showed mastery over the avatar state. She went into it, but she never had the short instance of the glow that signifies control over it. So the way I see it, she can airbend but has not mastered it, she can energybend because Aang showed her how (just like the Lion-turtle showed him), and she can access the avatar state now, but not at will. I may be wrong, but that seems to be the case.
And for those wondering how bloodbending someone's bending away (a physical reaction) can be cured by energybending (a spiritual reaction), I have a theory. Both techniques are applied to chakras, and as we saw in the original show, chakras can be locked or unlocked both physically (Aang getting struck by Azula's lightning locked one, and hitting that protruding rock unlocked it) and spiritually (Guru Pathik showed Aang how to unlock each chakra through meditation and explained how each was locked by a certain negative spiritual trait). So one could safely assume that a chakra blocked by a physical action could be unblocked by a powerful spiritual one and vice versa. The reason Aang couldn't unblock his final chakra in the original show was because the blocking was so violent (it left a huge scar, and also killed him for a short time). This would also explain why waterbender healers can't fix it: because while they can manipulate chi to cure wounds, they can't manipulate it as strongly as a master bloodbender or an energybender. Anyway, that's just my theory, take it for what you will.
And for those wondering how bloodbending someone's bending away (a physical reaction) can be cured by energybending (a spiritual reaction), I have a theory. Both techniques are applied to chakras, and as we saw in the original show, chakras can be locked or unlocked both physically (Aang getting struck by Azula's lightning locked one, and hitting that protruding rock unlocked it) and spiritually (Guru Pathik showed Aang how to unlock each chakra through meditation and explained how each was locked by a certain negative spiritual trait). So one could safely assume that a chakra blocked by a physical action could be unblocked by a powerful spiritual one and vice versa. The reason Aang couldn't unblock his final chakra in the original show was because the blocking was so violent (it left a huge scar, and also killed him for a short time). This would also explain why waterbender healers can't fix it: because while they can manipulate chi to cure wounds, they can't manipulate it as strongly as a master bloodbender or an energybender. Anyway, that's just my theory, take it for what you will.
Except the fact that those flashbacks were witnessed by Korra through Aang already proved she was the avatar. So I don't know why exactly you'd focus on that statement from Sokka if that's the episode that fully proved she was Aang's reincarnation.viranimus said:
The Korra/Mako/Asami love triangle will be elaborated on in Season 2. Don't expect the creators to just go "Mako basically cheated, but nothing bad is going to come of it." There will be more conflict with that.
Remember, she did not think those flashes were significant. Also it wasnt until a later episode that she saw a corporeal vision of Aang as is the traditional means for avatar spirits to communicate with the current avatar. With modifications the story could have went that way.Jack the Potato said:
But I think you misinterpreted me. I did say that I understood why it was, and that elaboration was not what I thought happened, but what I wanted to see happen. It would have set up for a much better story.
Well, I disagree that it would have been better, but to each his own, I guess. I will say that if it happened your way I would have been kinda pissed. >.>viranimus said:
Jack the Potato said:
Aye, thats kinda the point and why it would have been better. End the season on the reveal that its actually the avatar and came to the conclusion the only way for the Avatar to restore balance to the world is to eliminate bending all together. Then focus the second season around Korra trying to put a stop to this. She is not the Avatar, but she can gain a degree of the avatars power due to her ability that brings her close to its power. Eventually have the Avatar spirits begin guiding Korra instead of Amon because in their eyes Amon has diverged from the intended path of the Avatar.
Yes that sort of ending pisses you off, but it makes for a serious cliffhanger to end the season on and draw interest and build anticipation for the next season. As it stood the existing ending feels more like they were not sure if there would be a second season so they tried to wrap it up just in case.
Yes that sort of ending pisses you off, but it makes for a serious cliffhanger to end the season on and draw interest and build anticipation for the next season. As it stood the existing ending feels more like they were not sure if there would be a second season so they tried to wrap it up just in case.
But I get your PoV and I can understand why not everyone would agree with that version of the ending.