Dieselpunk cliche of giant robot battle.
- Where the duality of this being a positive and negative is funny, Im still kinda lost on "giant mecha" as a trope. Was actually 100% a negative for me, even if it had some decent foreshadowing.
Foreshadowing of what? Anywho, rudimentary giant robots are a dieselpunk thing.
It was PRO for artistic reasons. Considering that the world of Korra is
very dieselpunky, it almost wouldn't be right to NOT have a giant unstoppable robot. I just expected something better for the finale. Unless they were trying to go for a 5
th season.
Korra's never ending OP Saiyen style of growth.
-I thought this made sense given what we saw of Aang in the original series. Had incredible power and a pre-pubescent age, where Korra had trained straight to adulthood. The only thing holding her back was her own mental limitations which is a big theme of the show.
Take her metal bending. A few lessons and then she's pro enough to bend mercury out of body? Or one meeting with Toph and she can read the vines like a book?
The overly stressed insta-bff relationship between Korra and Asami that bordered on other things to a Frodo-Sam level.
-Korra / Asami is confirmed via comics and whatnot to be bisexual and entered a romantic relationship. This was intended by the writers, but Nickelodeon did not want this included due to fears of a negative audience reaction. Thus a weird and unclear viewing experience.
Just go ahead and ship 'em: Korrasmai. <puke> It was as painful as that kiss at the end of ROS. It served no purpose in the story, so why bother with it? "Because we're so inclusive and progressive."
No resolution of the loss of the past lives.
-I'd argue that the resolution to this is Korra becoming a stronger and more independent person. From a meta perspective if Aang was there to hold her hand the whole time, it would devalue her in the viewer's eyes since most viewing this show had an attachment to the character of Aang already and would be less willing to let Korra grow and be her own unique character. Either way, this could have been fleshed out better.
But as established in ATLAB, Aang relied a lot on Roku's guidance, but was never once told that he had to do it the same way the Avatar had done it for centuries. Aang was permitted to be his own Avatar, just as each of his predecessors had done before him. NTM why the hell go through all the trouble of the story of the first Avatar, and establish the importance of Korra's spiritual development only to throw it away?
Battar Jr.'s unexplained beef with his parents.
-My understanding was resentment and ambition. He wanted to be great and do something to be remembered and sitting in a silent utopia did nothing for that dream.
Hmm. He was boring, so I probably just didn't remember. Not to mention completely whipped. I saw him being used as a "bargaining chip" ending badly from a country mile away.
*Note; you might be making a joke or reference with Kuvira's name im just too dense to understand. Been a long day forgive me if that correction came out rude.
No, joke. V is not a consonant I'm used to hearing in Asian dialects. Considering that the world of Avatar is heavily based in Asian/Pacific cultures, the J sound made more sense in my memory.
