RETURN TO REPUBLIC CITY! | Legend of Korra Reaction | Book 2, Chapter 5, "Peacekeepers"
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- The Gaang finally goes back to republic city! Everyone is up to something different, and things are getting more and more chaotic! We can't wait to see what happens next, and we loved seeing Republic City again!
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The Legend of Korra, Book 2, Episode 6 "Peacekeepers”
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Hey
When you guys finish the show you should react to ms mojo videos about it. I also think you two should watch ‘legends of tomorrow’, it’s a DC show about D list heroes. It’s really funny
We need "BolRick" to happen, but not in any sexual way but in a solo shenanigans fun story\ series way. They are just fun as a pair.
Well, in 1990s series it was actually Ed Asner that yelled at Pete to take pictures of Spidey.
27:18 well, someone just find out how TV shows work. Impressive
SPOILERS
In the s2. ep. 13 you will cry
Kenny: “Mako really hasn’t broken up with anyone yet”
Me: HA JUST YOU WAIT
Spoilers
@@PeterFilmAUS whatever
all of you hates mako? i dont
@@RodriGamesz Mako hates you
@@dr.j7542 hahahhaahah, how funny
Rumour has it that before Tenzin broke up with Lin, Air Temple Island was actually attached to the mainland... and when they broke up, Lin pulled a Kyoshi and turned it into an island 😂
(This is not canon at all, I just absolutely love the thought 😂)
Unfortunately, we see in the comics that Air Temple Island was already an island way before Lin was even born, but I love this theory, lmao.
@@celian.6577 even so, that’s my new headcanon
@@celian.6577 Double headcanon that Aang connected the island to the mainland for convenience sake , and then Lin bent it back into an island decades later, haha
I hope you guys notice sokka’s statue since you didn’t notice the zuko one in season 1 😂
We notice it!
@@LettsReact yayyy!!
Wait theres a statue of sokka and Zuko where?
Edit: I found the sokka statue
@@salmonking1238 sokka at the southern water tribe cultural centre in this video.
Zuko is in season 1 when bolin was doing circus trick with pabu and when mako looking for bolin at the spot at night. Zuko statue fire bends. Lol
They way I shouted “look!” to my screen as if they would hear me when sokka’s statue came up😂😂
“The children?”
“THE CHILDREN.”
*intense sesageyo*
WAR!!!!
for the children
clinging to their last coins...
This episode is the only time where I understand and agree with Mako and the President more than I do Korra. Like Korra obviously has every right to be frustrated and upset with the President. She has her family and the whole South Pole counting on her to get troops to aid them and he isn’t helping her despite her telling him all the wrongs Unalaq has done. However taking Varricks’s advice and trying to get HIS troops involved with a war behind his back doesn’t even remotely sound like a good idea. Him and the rest of the United Republic would be the face of any wrong move and it could possibly result in another huge war. It wasn’t right of Mako to blindside her like that, but you have to also ask yourself if he had told her it was a bad idea, would she have listened?
Mako: being honest
Kenny & Montana: 👁👄👁 you can't do that
Her: So people used to wait a week to know what happened
*me crying waiting a week for their next reaction*
We post 2 times a week tho!!
@@LettsReact 2 times is not enough 🥺
@@derallerechte5983 it's a lot dude! Look at all that editing. We are lucky and fed well.
@@pennalopievalentine6604 You’re right...☹️👊🏽
@@derallerechte5983
And Penelope Valentine
You're both right and that's what sucks
Mako, tried telling korra what he found and she totally didn’t care just like everyone else. Had to throw that point in there. He kinda feels hopeless with everyone, when he has the answers. Y’all have to keep watching. I don’t agree, BUT I also understand where he’s coming from
Yeah you can sympathise but still dislike him
Not only that, but point blank: If you want someone to violate their personal code for you, you need to tell them ahead of time. Korra had no right to expect Mako to assist her in what he considers to be a mistake just because. She should've tried to get him on her side instead of yelling at him because he wasn't. Same thing with Raiko, honestly.
Also, he genuinely thinks that Varrick's idea will make things worse. He knows he is betraying Korra, but he also thinks he is keeping her from making a big mistake.
Personally I find Mako to be totally in the right to be honest about what he knows. Firstly, Bolin's mistake for telling Mako about sketchy activity. Never put friends of family in authority in that kind of position. Secondly, whatever Korra's doing was schemed by Varrick, and we're seriously not about to say that Varrick has the moral high-ground here. Just because Korra's the avatar doesn't mean everyone has to go along with whatever unsavory ideas she has. If she wants to beat them up for it whatever, but then there goes the whole "peacekeeper" persona. And as far as her being his "girlfriend", puh-lease. A job is far more likely to last longer and be more stable that a teenaged significant other. Lastly, it's not like Mako went to volunteer information of his own desire. He would've kept the secret if he weren't asked directly.
Honestly watch Korra go to the fire nation to ask for help and Izumi's like "SCREW YOU AND YOUR WAR". It's simply something Korra must deal with in another way.
@@vindifference You've read my mind
You guys (most notably Kenny) must have really enjoyed reacting to Bolin as Nuktuk Lol
kenny has like the most biggest crush on bolin
I have a lot of issues with Mako in the first two seasons, but I actually completely agree with him in this episode. No one was listening to him (including Korra), and Korra and Varrick's idea was way out of line.
I felt like he could have used a different rationale tho since he turned around and hired some triple threats (working with and hiring gang members)to do some dirty work right after he was like “Korra, you can’t do illegal things”.
@@crystalwang1532 in fairness though he didn't hire them to do anything illegal. He paid them essentially for security work.
It's a fairly high pressure situation since you'd be causing another nation (or is it just a city state for now?) to enter a war and escalating the situation. Plus he's a cop and being directly questioned by the President. For this episode, at least, I'm totally on Mako's side.
Pete Hurley But going behind your girlfriends back to rat her out to the president knowing full well that doing so would practically mean killing her whole family and tribe…that’s a dick move. Especially when your girlfriend is the avatar. He essentially said “my job as a beat cop is more important than the lives of your family, your fellow tribespeople, and you entire southern culture, not to mention your trust”
@@crystalwang1532 No it wouldn’t be killing her whole tribe and family. If Korra went through with getting Iroh’s army it would spiral out of control and involve replubic city in this war and would become a full blown world war. Involving the United Forces in the building conflict between the North and the South could pretty much only have disasterous consequences. The president was correct in trying to attempt diplomatic means of resolving the issue, as is only correct for the leader of what is essentially supposed to be a politically neutral organization like the Republic. It wasn’t the right move and Korra hasn’t really listened to reason this entire season so trying to talk this out wouldn’t have done much to change her mind
@@crystalwang1532 in his defense the president was already a bit suspicious so if he asked them Mako said no and then Korra still went along with her plan that could have been something that legit landed him jail. Just saying.
They probably used water bending villains as we just saw mostly fire bending villains in atla, the sub story line of a younger brother getting onto the throne instead of an older brother was represented with zuko’s uncle and father and now represented again as korra’s
Did you realise how strong Eska and Desna actually are? The‘re such underrated waterbending masters🤔
Unalaq too. Unalaq is top 5 waterbenders of all time and people sleep on him.
Yeah
@@Dan-kg9no yes
I just love that she said "imagine having to wait a week for the next episode" right before telling us we have to wait 4 days for their reaction to it 😄
Am I the only one who’s mad that everyone got a statue expect Katara!? 😒😭
Yass, they could have give her one in front of a hospital or something
It could also be that Katara's influence wasn't fully/primarily in Republic City. Aang and Zuko established it, Sokka and Toph ran it and the Cabage Man formed a mega corporation. So its reasonable they'd get statues there. Maybe Katara will eventually one in the Southern Water tribe?
@@jonathanjohnson6727 true true I don't like the cabage man anymor
Katara isn't dead too
Just wait 😉
korra: *creates the presidents job"
The President: "You have no power"
I mean yea
The way you two make each other smile and laugh is freaking *A D O R A B L E* 😭
Honestly, I really understand Mako here. Everyone is dismissing his findings, most importantly Korra, and her idea for having the whole army (which she has no authority over) just work around official orders is really terrible.
Mako still a huge asshole tho. Took me till season 4 to actually like him and it was around the end.
@@BARALover96 dude. Shut up.
Fr. I don’t understand how ppl think mako was supposed to lie to the president
They blame mako for everything even when he’s completely right
@@aaronreed2424 funny how mako understands lying to authority when it's something he cares about and not an entire tribe's freedom at stake. As someone that had to operate outside legal means to survive, he sure forgot that here.
There's this fun "theory" in the fandom that said that The Air Temple Island wasn't originally a island and that Lin pull a Kyoshi and make it a island after Tenzin broke up with her
Don't let facts get in the way of a good story
"The whole 'be the alpha' thing was disproven years ago"
I was HOPING Montana would be the one to call this out.
"Be the alpha" is also the most anti-air philosophy you could possibly get.
Kinda true to Tenzin’s character, as much as he claims to be an air nomad, I would actually pin Kya to be closer to that of an Airbender personality.
@@Gamelover254 She's spiritual, an actual nomad, and waterbender in the way an airbender would.
@@hairystylus Hah, definitely a good point. Though if the idea was that animals associated with those elements would have personalities associated with those elements, then that sort of hierarchy wouldn't do very well. But then again I'm not sure why they would be associated, anyway.
@@Gamelover254 Tenzin definitely has some Katara in him. Kya I guess has more of the Air background. But I think Bumi is the most "air" in terms of actual personality, of the siblings anyway. Tenzin just takes me more as earthy, oddly enough. A little more about rules, routines, orders, etc. Probably from pressure as the only airbender.
Honestly I think that Mako’s decision to tell the president was right. For one reason, the president was pressuring him to do so with his “you are under an oath” which is true. If he kept information that would immediately make him a corrupt cop and ruin his credibility. Plus what Korra is doing is against the law and something that is even against avatar ideals. She does not have any order over the ENTIRE army of the *Republic Nations*. SEVERAL nations. When Aang got the support of armies it was by the own accord of their leaders, AND they were in the middle of a 100 year war. The north and the south is barely at the beginning of one, and it is one that so far only directly involves the north and south. And while the president is a jerk, he is right that they cannot just send armies to support the south. Their at the very beginning of war, and they don’t want to start an even bigger one.
THANK YOU, you put it into words.
I mean, general iroh was on board with it...
I agree! Besides starting a war without approval of the elected government is incredible shady.
@@pri2x0x True, but that's something I don't quite like (while also agreeing it can be realistic for Iroh to have a character flaw!). I can imagine that Iroh is much more willing to side with the Avatar no matter the issue because of the friendship his grandpa Zuko had with him.
@@sebastianjoseph2828 Because his grandfather wisely taught him to trust the avatar's instinct (s1e11 direct quote) which turned out to be completely right. Even with Unalaq's plan for world domination exposed in the later episodes, Raiko STILL chose to do nothing.
I get that Mako telling the President wasn’t cool of him. But it is his job and the President has a right to know.
I mean when it comes to Mako telling about Korra's plan, she basically told a cop she was going to break the law.
@@nathanielreik6617 exactly! Like what’d she expect would happen
@@colinbeaton3225 THANK U
next episode, Mako breaks the law and hires the triple threat triad, so at best he's a hypocrite
@@pri2x0x are u slow or sum? Honest question
Last episode
“You can’t just fly as an air bender”
Me: I wish
Funny but shhhhhhh
dude ._.
Yeah, if only there was a way to get untethered from the earth.
Mako is right btw. Unlike ATLA, lawlessness has consequences in this series. In order to keep his job he needs to be honest with the President.
I mean when it comes to Mako telling about Korra's plan, she basically told a cop she was going to break the law.
Was it not Bolin that told mako about the plan? As far as I know Korra wasn’t going to tell him.
@@g.t2231 reson for no
@@Michelle-dv3jcdoesn't matter. He found out about a genuine plan to violate international AND domestic laws. Korra seriously needed to consider that aspect. She should've gone straight to the fire nation instead of republic city.
Mako was right in telling Raiko, for once he had a job instead of sleeping in the streets or in the probending building, he knew Korra was acting without thinking so he did the right thing. Getting the United Forces, which are under Raiko's command, to interfere in the war would get Republic City into the war, at a time in which the city is recovering from Amon and it's having its first president, it really shouldn't get involved in a war unless there's no other option, and Raiko was analyzing the options and wanted to reach an agreement without going to war. You don't go to war unless it's necessary, Korra just saw the occupation and thought "hmm the only option is to obliterate them with an army".
In this season Korra reacts very emotionally which makes sense because she discovered Tenzin and her dad lied to her, and then the only guy who trusted her to do things was actually using her and then the water tribes went to war and she's worried about her parents. It's a lot of trouble and she wants to fix it, but she's not doing it right and poor Mako, he's had enough because Korra prefers to think about herself being right instead of questioning her own methods. And of course she'll learn and improve about this issue and become a better avatar throughout the rest of the series. I love this show.
Exactly this. Korra is in full panic mode because she _did_ trust Unaloq over her own family, and when that blew up in her face she _did_ start the war to get them out of the mess she helped put them in, and she needs herself to fix it more than anything else. This is happening because she screwed up in the earlier episodes, and she is so heated because nobody else is acting like they are personally responsible for what happens next.
*spoiler*
There's a reason that Korra appears as a frightened, lonely, child in the spirit world.
@@AStrangeWindmill Had never thought about that. I love that point of view.
Thats a whole lot of analysis to justify Korras stupid behaviour. Idk, never seen these kinds of comments in ATLA, probably because they weren't needed.
Ok but mako then hires some gang members to help him spy on a ship after his commanding officer told him to drop it. So he really has no leg to stand on by going with the whole “it’s illegal and my job is to stop illegal activity” thing.
Lagrange7 Cuz nostalgia colors everyone’s perception of ATLA. People were like 12 when ATLA came out so there’s obviously not gonna be a lot of analysis on the show. And rewatching it, all they can thing about was “wow this is my childhood”. That audience was like 16-17 with Korra. There is less nostalgia and more actual thoughts on the show
Montana: "So people had to wait for a week after that? That's mean"
THE HYPOCRISY :D
U ONLY WAIT 3 DAYS MAX haha I getchu tho
@@LettsReact that’s another factor of the LOK season 2 hate. It like you wait a whole week only to get more frustrated. But lowkey with all the behind scene... issues between Nickelodeon & the Avatar Crew, season 2 turned out a lot better than you would think.
"That's why your shoes raggedy."
"That's why to mama dead. Dead as hell. What shoes she be wearing?"
Oh God, my stomach. 😂😂😂😂
That edit was hilarious 🤣
i love how you guys try to understand korra and how y’all know it’s understandable that she’s mad at mako for going behind her back. i can’t wait to see your reactions to the rest of the show!
She went behind the back of the president to manipulate the wholeass military... I can definitely understand why she's mad, but Mako did the right thing.
@@erickalena I understand both sides. They both had their reasons. But they both did wrong.
@@PxndaCakes What exactly did Mako wrong, other than not letting his girlfriend break the law and spark an international incident?
25:40 She's probably not surfing for the same reason the twins came in on jet skis: It's far more comfortable to ride a machine that can do it, than have to focus on bending the entire time you're traveling an ocean.
I was like..."why ride a bike if you can run really fast?"
In the future you’ll be happy for bolin and for bumi season 3 is the best season
Ya and season 4 is Varrick's season
Yeah bumi did get a lot of character change when he "unlocks the skill"
@@zero-5695 ssshhh
Why do people love spoiling things for others so much?
@@zero-5695 Can you not? Oml
Mako did the right thing. The president acted responsibly according to the information he has and his position. You don't declare war because some unelected selebraty tells you to. Korra conspired with a general to illegally force a nation into a war. Remember that the president reprisents people of northern tribe decent as well. And korea isn't even a united Republic citizen. Mako is a police officer asked a direct question about incredibly criminal activity. Lying there would be aiding and abedding an insurrection.
Here is a idea Kenny cosplaying as Nuk Tuk. Yes or no ?
Yes!!!
Kenny: “Korra just casually gets eaten?”
*my gay mind* “Korra is not a kids show”
I find it weird how eager a lot of people who watch this season seem to be for a random unelected person to get to command a giant army with no oversight. Like obviously we're watching the show and we know that Korra is in the right, but in-universe it makes total sense that the President isn't willing to declare a war at her request.
It's a common thing in superhero stories. You think people would be cool with a Jeff Bezos suiting up and roaming Seattle sending every drug dealer he finds to the hospital they can't afford? No, but people love Batman.
That is certainly true. I personally don't like Raiko, but I understand some of the decisions he makes in this episode. That said, the decisions he makes later in this Book, and in Books 3 and 4, and the comics is where I start having issues with him, but we're too early in the reaction series to bring those up in detail.
Yeah she's not a citizen but she gets to order around their military? They vote elected officials into power and some chick that was just born powerful gets to walk in and completely overrule them? Korra is 100% wrong here lmao.
roku literally attacked firelord sozin and ordered him to not attack the earth kingdom. The avatar is political figure with a role that can clearly supersede world leaders if necessary.
@@pri2x0x maybe before but definitely not now that was two avatars ago the world has changed now the world leaders supersedes the avatar
Honestly I think Mako was in the right in talking to the president in this case. Yeah, his gf is the Avatar BUT she is essentially commiting a war crime by trying to rally troops to attack who she believes is responsible for the bombing. Mako has pretty decent evidence to warrant questtioning the involvement of the North in the bombing, but Korra refuses to listen to him, she is letting her emotions get in the way of rational thinking. Sure she can be angry, and want to fight the North, but, refusing to listen to evidence because it doesn't go with the narrative you believe in is actually a bad trait for the Avatar to have.
At the very least, this situation isn't very black and white, there is a lot of grey area mixed in which is why i like TLOK. I just think you guys were being too harsh to Mako in this specific scene/episode. He finally did a "good thing" in that scene but i guess because of previous crappy things, it's hard for us to see it properly?
So much this, very well put.
@@alexschwarz4749 thank you! At the end of the day Korra is using the bombings reason to rally troops and not the actual injustices that are occuring in the South. There is already enough evidence to suggest maybe someone other than the north is responsible so as the Avatar that needs to be looked at properly.
Also, think of the consequences of the people of the world finding out that the Avatar committed a war crime. Not only would it ruin Korra's reputation as an individual person, it would ruin the Avatar's reputation as a whole and probably spark several more Equalist-like movements throughout the world. And think of the struggles future Avatars would have to deal with if she succeeded.
Mako makes sense though. He voices that he thinks the army plan is bad and is ignored. He knows it was not a water tribe member, so if the Avatar showed up to support a side WITH AN ARMY and she was wrong then that can only end poorly. The Avatar is meant to help maintain balance.
Am I the only one that actually isn’t mad at all about Mako telling the president about the plan? For one, it’s literally trying to manipulate an entire army based on personal feelings and lack of evidence when presented with evidence, and two it’s war. So many people could die and so much after shock could happen to so many other nations. Korra being the avatar (a hot headed one at that who has no experience in solving political and civil issues) doesn’t overwrite all of that and being his girlfriend doesn’t overwrite the weight of literal war.
I just thought of something. Mako is the ideal, looks wise, man. A reason Korra got with him might be to fit the status quo. We know this show is about self discovery and we know people of the world, in the show do not particularly like her. Don’t get me wrong, she deeply cares for him, he was one of her best friends. But, her dating him could be an escape from a specific reality that does not appear clear yet. I also think, anytime she was angry at Mako she was actually angry at herself.
Good ol' projection.
Using Mako doesn't necessarily make Korra look any better.
@@Prince_the_One you're not wrong. Though in this context, AND ONLY THIS CONTEXT, it ends up benefiting Mako's character in the long run by allowing him emotional growth.
@@Prince_the_One I don’t think she’s technically using him. At least I don’t think she knew she was
@@toksopeifa5413 I don't think it counts as using someone if you are not consciously acting with the intention to use them.
Groaning at Mako for telling the President about korra's plan to sneak around his back to talk to Iroh, like; imagine if she'd actually done it. Think about how MASSIVELY she'd screw up the credibility of the government of Republic City if a private individual, avatar or not, can just ignore their directives and basically hire a national army for themselves. Then imagine what it would have been like for the United Forces to actually show up at the civil war; talk about escalation, and way to show the entire world a complete lack of neutrality by both the avatar and the republic. And on a side note; if it was later discovered that Mako had known and deliberately not reported it; that'd be it for his job. Mako was right to say it was a terrible idea, and doubly right to report it.
The title of the video should of been: “Kenny simping for bolin for 32 minutes”
Would you guys ever consider reacting to She-Ra Princesses of Power on Netflix? It's great queer rep, and has very intricate and intense themes regarding trauma and deconstruction of beliefs/morals. Highly recommend if you haven't heard of it!
I know! They should totally react to She-Ra and the princesses of power, considering it's on Netflix. In my opinion the main theme of the show is destiny. And the show does great job at exploring it.
@@boardtoonsguy agree
Please tell me I'm not the only one who absolutely cackles when Mako says,"well you wouldn't have to if you didn't keep messing it up!"😂 He's kind of got a point though. 🤣🤣🤣
I process the Mako Telling thing this way:
Unalaq is not a man afraid to commit a war crime. He is actively colonizing a different tribe and preventing due processes within that tribe (he bribed the judge).
Should you obey the law, who is dismissing the struggles of the Southerners, or take matters into your own hands to end it right then and there?
I do think Korra shouldnt command an army yet- thats why she asked other people to do what they could based on their expertise. She said "Help" and Iroh II said "this is how"
The bi energy from seeing nutuk 😂
>Korra making literally every bad decision she possibly could.
>Mako making almost literally every good decision he possibly could.
>wHaT iS mAkO dOiNg!?!?!?
FINALLY!!!
Although I don’t like Raiko later on, here I’d say he’s being a pretty decent president (by that he’s doing what you’d expect). He doesn’t confirm everything with Korra, since being the Avatar she is too high profile to be trusted with his own views, and he only says stuff which shows that he is trying to be neutral until concrete evidence comes. Cutting to his meeting to Lin, he then asks about the Northerners specifically, showing that he secretly believes or shares suspicions with Korra. Whether or not this is the case, he can’t go out and try to criticise a seemingly legitimate cultural and political leader without evidence.
Then with Mako, he’s straight with him, but at the same time deliberately ordering his knowledge of him so that he appears as a cop first, Korra’s boyfriend second. And at that point, Mako is unsure himself what he is: he loves his work and he loves Korra but at the moment only the former actually gave him joy. Raiko doesn’t even ask. He just reminds Mako of who he has chosen to be.
Honestly thou - on Mako revealing the Iroh plan, i don't blame him. Are sworn oaths supposed to be worth anything. Sure it sucks in that situation, but also you can't just say "Yeah ditch truth and an oath cause your GF is involved". Making an oath to speak the truth doesn't work like that. Also illegally acquiring a military battalion is really a bad idea in the first place ngl.
Minor SPOILERS
Only 2 more episodes left untill "that" episode. Can't wait to see they're reaction to it :D
Ikr 😁
Or "Them" as it's a 2 parter
I kinda hope they do one really long video for it.
Can't wait to see they react to episode 7 and 8
I'm surprised you two were so on board with Korra getting the United Republic military to act with the order or the President. That's pretty dangerously close to a coup. I think Mako made the exact right decision here.
I honestly love rewatching this with you both. It’s awesome to see other people who love this world so much feel all the feels for the first time!
Eska, Desna, and Unalaq are underated. They are fantastic and very precise water bending masters.
I like how 2 guys laughing at mako when Lin called him moron 😂
I was worried there for a second when you didn’t see Sokka’s statue at first 😂 Keep up the good work!
I agree with Mako that their idea was terrible. And I agree that eh made the right thing to tell the president. Just because she’s his girlfriend or the avatar doesn’t mean he follows her blindly??? even when it’s gonna risk people’s lives???
Its understandable that Korra would feel so impulsive to make a move given her nature and the personal connection she has to the conflict but the fact that Bolin and Asami and Varrick just used that chance to capitalize on the conflict really rubs me the wrong way everytime. All Asami thought about was her company and all Varrick thought about was making money and all Bolin thought about was being in the spotlight. Literally only Mako put any personal issues or needs aside and tried to look for the root of the problem to try and tackle this without risking lives and lunching into war.
I feel like many reactors’ bais towards which characters they like more blinds them to some character’s behavior where it becomes like certain characters can do no wrong and others even when they’re right are still written off.
3:55 Okay. Now we need an Attack on Titan reaction too
X2
You forget Bolin is an Athlete lol of course hes jacked xD
“Stop sucking”
Mako over here just tryin to do his job correctly.
Love the reaction though!
29:02 being the Avatar dosn't make her right, it just give her a lot of power, she could be wrong even being the avatar.
Montana: " So people had to wait a week after that? That's mean."
Did no one tell her that fans had to wait an entire year between book 2 and 3 of the original series? There's a reason why the avatar fanbase is a patient bunch
Had to wait more than a year between book 1 and 2 of Korra not even knowing if there was gonna be a book 2 for a lot of that. I understand it wasn't as big a cliffhanger but still.
they want to show that everyone can be evil or good. In the last airbender,firebenders were usually the only bad guys (except dai li and hama.
Xin Fu and the boulder,
The absolute BISEXUAL energy from the both of you when Bolin comes on screen (mainly from Kenny) and when Korra’s amazing back muscles or Asami comes on screen (from Montana) is amazing. 😂
I don't blame Mako. He grew up on the streets and even ran with gangs for a while before pro-bending. Now that he has a stable job on the right side of the law where he can be seen as useful and necessary, he wants to keep it. He could be fired for going against the law and disobeying the government. PLUS, I am SURE that to Mako, being a corrupt cop that goes against the law makes him feel like a criminal again, which is the last thing he wants to be. He regrets that part of his life and only did it so he and Bolin didn't die hungry on the streets. He ALSO knows the North didn't bomb the embassy, so while he cares about Korra and the South, he knows he can't just blame everything on the North and think that all the problems will get solved. I feel for Korra and I want her uncle gone, but Mako has a point and a perspective that deserves to be heard out.
Damnit you guys! I was drinking when you made the abbs joke and I almost spit it over my keyboard. XD
Anyone else think the best moment in the whole wonderful season is, "I just broke up with the Avatar." "You got off easy. You should have seen air temple island after Tenzin broke up with me."
Lin's roasts and one-liners are great in this one!! "What in the flameo happened here?!" Makes me laugh EVERY time!! 😂😂
The bisexual energy that spews from you two gives me life lmao
Honestly
I think they’re a bi couple and i LOVE to see it😍Just my theory lol.
omg yesss i'm here for it
they are going to love the ending of korra. i cant wait
The "when will you learn!" At Mako cracked me up 😂
Would you consider reacting to The Dragon Prince at some point? I think it is made by some of the same creators as Avatar.
Also, shows like Castlevania, Beastars and Mob Psycho 100 are worth watching and reacting to, IMO.
I dont know why is every comment about The dragon prince so underrated like for real, it's one od the greatest shows to date
Dragon prince kinda sucked tho
@@emersonperez6125 Why?😅
After looking back, none of these shows, including ATLA, were very good at all. They're still enjoyable, but nothing really happens. This could just be my numbness, tho.
I love the Dragon Prince.
I love the representation is amazing. For POC, LGBTQ+ and the disabled community. It’s beautiful.
Am I the only one who keeps hearing NUT TUCK??😭😭😭
Stop 😳🤣💀
I feel like Mako got it a bit harsh. From his perspective, he knows Korra has a tendency to be headstrong in her decision making, and he believes there is an exterior threat to Republic city (the bombers). So letting Korra weaken the integrity and security of Republic city isn’t necessarily the right thing. He betrayed her trust, but she actively was doing things that were in direct conflict with his work. Also, Korra time and time again just does things her way, and hates being told no. Mako would have to sacrifice all of his integrity if he went along with everything Korra wants
Korra is very hotheaded in this episode but I still believe she was in the right, her behavior was bad but that doesn't mean her point is less valid. She is worried for the safety of her family, her mom and dad, and she has a real chance to aid them as well as support Asami. Mako chooses to intervene behind her back in order to look good in his job, not even keep his job it wasn't threatened, a job he hasn't had for even a year. He is motivated by personal interests and self importance, a need to be right, Korra is being motivated by the destruction of her people as well as a personal vendetta. Either way massive dick move as a boyfriend.
He literally was trying too tell her and she didn't listen and y'all are deliberately ignoring that smh
I’m glad you guys are enjoying this season regardless if many other out there don’t.
“OMG MAKO YOU CAN’T DO THIS!”
Cringe. Korra was about to hijack an army of a foreign country (which she doesn’t have any right for whatsoever) to turn a civil war that actually barely even began into a full blown world war because she is biased in this conflict even though she shouldn’t be for she is the avatar. Being upset doesn’t justify committing war crimes. But I guess Mako is wrong because he wasn’t lOyAl
Love your reactions. Did my undergraduate at Harvard with a secondary field in psychology. Just wanted to chime in, there’s plenty of research that supports the effectiveness of dominance (but not abuse of course) from the trainer when it comes to training animals. Most mammals simply won’t consistently listen to non authority figures. Perhaps you were referring to something else?
Oh my god, the hearts in Kenny’s eyes when he saw Nuktuk, though! XD
Glad most people in the comments agree. You guys are so harsh on Mako, and completely disregard his perspective or value. He was most definitely right this time.
12:28 didn’t she open a portal to the spirit world and then stand by when her uncle invaded the southern tribe? Im not saying she didn’t have reasons but she did mess up the world big time
The way Kenny’s left eye sorta twitched at Bolin 😂
12:05 Damn I kinda forgot that Korra pulled off a Link right here
"Well exCUUUUUUSE ME OFFICER"
I don't get why people say that Korra has to remain neutral in a conflict like this. Like, no she really doesn't. One nation invaded another. They're both water tribe, sure, but they are separate nations with their own governance and traditions and rules. Aang didn't have to remain neutral when the Fire Nation invaded, because that clearly upset the balance. So would the North taking over the South. It would be like saying that (mild spoilers) in season 4 Korra should have just let the Earth Kingdom sort things out itself, and shouldn't have picked a side.
Mako was right to tell the President about Varrick and Korra's plan. It sucks that he had to betray them like that, but what they were doing was asking the United Republic Forces and General to basically defy orders and engage in warfare that they didn't have permission to engage in. I'm pretty sure that's a serious issue and probably an actual crime.
Pres. Raiko was in the wrong, for sure, but so were Korra and Varrick. Mako was in an impossible situation and if one thing's for sure about Mako, it's that he tries to have the right answer and make the right choice. Confusing or shades of gray situations are hard for Mako.
I love how Korra talked bad to mako about taking g sides yet she already sided with the southern water tribe and not keeping it equal
That's not it though. She gets mad when he seem to take the opposite side of her opinion. That's different than her being mad that he simply chose one side, cuz she herself admitted that she is not neutral and has chosen a side.
This is not to say that her anger each time is justified, I'm just pointing out that that's not true.
I feel like Raiko actually has a point though. It is frustrating for us the viewers to see him not immediately take Korra’s side, but it makes sense for him to want to try a diplomatic approach first. He doesn’t have all the facts and Korra might be right, but he also has to factor in Korra is from the Southern Water Tribe and it might be biased in the situation. Like you guys said if the Avatar is wrong and just commands or force people to do what they say it hurts their credibility. If she is wrong she dragged another nation into war that could make things worse for all parties.
The United Republic wanting to stay out of another nations affairs also makes sense. They are themselves just recovering from Equalist Movement. A lot of people might be unhappy having to fight a war in another nation that they have no stakes in. That is cold, but I can see people who might feel the UR needs to recover from their own problems first before they help other nations. Then coming in could even escalate the war. What if the Northern Water Tribe for example managed to bring the Earth Kingdom into the war for help by promising if they win the war they will take United Republic land and return it to the Earth Kingdom. Remember the United Republic was created from the old Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom, so there is a good chance the Earth Kingdom could want it back and back the North for a chance to take it back. The United Republic joining in could easily escalate a civil war into a much bigger war with larger consequences for the world at large. Those are some factors that need to be considered by the President of any nation I feel.
Korra is not helping her case by trying to go behind the presidents back and force the United Republic to go into war without his or the rest of the people’s consent. The Avatar does have a duty to keep the world balanced and world leaders should listen to them. At the same time with that power also means Korra has to consider those world leaders concerns and try to work with them, even if it means sometimes things might be slow. I think Korra should have tried to get another nation to hear her out first not try to force United Republic’s hand. That’s not a good look. To the rest of the world it looked like the Avatar will shutdown any of their concern and decide what is right on her own with no one else’s input. As we saw before the Avatar can be mistaken and take the wrong side in a war like what Korra did by siding with Unalaq before. Korra winning public support probably would have been better since it would force Rakio’s hand the right way.
I think she should've gone straight to the fire nation honestly
I think the hard part about this story is that korra isn't just the avatar here. Her people are the victims of a literal holy way. Its hard to be neutral like that. No body would have wanted aang to stand by during the fire nation invasion. No one would have asked for him to be neutral. Or is occupation not worth fighting against for your people? Or even for balance of the world? Or is it different because its in between people of the same element?
i still stand by makos decisions korras judgment was too clouded this whole season
Your edits are hilarious. The zooms, the face swaps, erthing.
For all the hate Mako gets (and I'm not a big fan of his character, I just don't specifically hate him), I don't think he was in the wrong here (definitely with some of his responses to Korra and Bolin which were completely out of line). He has a lead on the case that no one is listening to, including Korra (I know she's busy but trust goes both ways), and he's stated that he's against this plan, which Korra hid from him.
Also, Raiko definitely doesn't have my vote, but he's not being unreasonable here. What Varrick and Korra are doing is quite similar to the stuff people give the US govt so much grief for doing, like the Iran-Contra affair, and they're not elected officials. Involving your country in a war by subverting a military officer, especially as the Avatar, is treason. I thought you guys would be against foreign intervention into a foreign civil war. Suddenly it's okay because we have characters we like involved?
After rewatching this season with you guys, I have a newfound appreciation for season 2. But as for what Kenny said last episode about how could anyone dislike this season. I think most of the hatred comes from the finale. To me the entire finale felt like one big "wait what?" But idk it's just my opinion and I mean no hate🙂
You guys are gonna love the next episode, it is filled with so much wonder and amazing things:D
Best LOK reactors, hands down
Time for that sweet sweet Mako hate train to come rolling in! 😂
I LOST IT AT “Mako with the police drip” 😭😭😭
21:42 "Not a kid's show counter: +1"
I call this episode, "Everybody Hates Mako"
😭😭😭 it’s hard being a Mako Stan in this fandom
Istg it’s not even his fault y’all think everything is black and white
@@haneenhugaz5142 I call it this due to what he goes through not because I hate him
@@haneenhugaz5142 Our reason for hating him is explained S4, E8.
19:55 It's the trolly problem basically, as far as I see it. Mako put the potential "lives of the many" before his girlfriend. There is potential for mass destruction in the information that Mako holds, shouldn't he lose his job if he withheld that from them? What has the potential for more harm, him telling or not. I think that him not telling has, no?
I kind of agree with Mako actually because just because Korra is the avatar does not mean she is always right. Bolin shouldn't have told Mako what they were doing. If the president found out Mako knew about the scheme he could lose his job . I would have done the same thing avatar or no avatar.
I do feel like meelo is going to follow in uncle bumi's footsteps...same crazy energy
S4: 👀
@@PxndaCakes ikr
7:40 I was really impressed with the editing considering the fact that you had a ''REPUBLIC CITYYYY'' on stock, or went to look for it after remembering it from an earlier episode. Then I got to 8:05
23:20 Me: The flash is the fastest man alive
Me after seeing meelo training every single winged-tailed lemur in a day: No, impossible
Quick Star Trek aside that I feel is relevant:
Ferengi Rules of Acquisition #34 & #35
#34: War is good for business
#35: Peace is good for business