When Korra is on the cliff and Aang was talking about how she was at her lowest point, it is heavily implied that she was so depressed over losing her bending that she was gonna jump off the cliff and commit suicide. Its not really outside the realm of possibility because not even 10 minutes ago, they show the murder/suicide of Amon and Tarrlok. It's amazing how dark this Nickelodeon show could get.
I still follow this theory. At that point it seemed giving her life not only because of how depressed she was that she was no longer the Avatar at that point. But also to continue the cycle so a full Avatar can come again.
Nickelodeon is no stranger when it comes to having dark elements in their shows. Things like Invader Zim, Rugrats, SpongeBob, Fairly Odd Parents, and so on only prove that they aren’t afraid to go the extra serious mile like what goes on in LOK.
The interesting part is that in her case suicide is actually kind of reasonable. Since the next reincarnation of the avatar would have their bending back.
Remember katara said in episode 1 “ tenzin Kya and bumi” so it’s not a spoiler that Tenzin’s siblings are Bumi and Kya. Bumi being named after the earth king and Kya was the name of Katara’s mother
You have to remember that this 1st season was meant to be the only season which makes sense why the loose ends are tied up so quickly in this season finale with Korra getting her and others bending back and Amon’s death. Psychic Bloodbending is way too OP of an ability introduced so early and it makes all the more sense that this 1 season was meant to be the only season because I can’t imagine any other villain in the franchise as threatening as Amon except for maybe 1.
That's the problem. There are a lot of great concepts in the first season. but not enough time to properly explore them. I've never hated Korra, but it is disappointing to see a lot of just unrealized potential
IMO the season 3 villains are the best of either of the two shows. At that point they stop beating around the bush and introduce villains who are willing to kill people
@@amahlgrant Some moments like Korra unlocking air bending just in the most valuable moment, never getting a real explanation of how Amon takes bending away and the way everyone gets their bending back feels too easy. But I understand why this happened as TLOK was originally just going to be one season.
@@diegocaceres3475 amon used his bloodbending to block chakras, thus preventing bending. When amon blocked her chakras, the chakra required for airbending(heart/love chakra) wasn't blocked because she hadn't unlocked it yet. But she did as she saw the one she loved (mako) in serious danger. At least, I believe that's the widely accepted answer. As for her unblocking the chakras of others without bloodbending, I honestly dont know what to say other than avatar state/spirit powers are op
Tarrlok's and Noatak's double suicide was such a tragically "beautiful" end to their story. Noatak can feel people's movements, which is why he knew what Tarrlok was going to do and he accepted it, he knew that this is how far they'll go. They can't change their past and won't be able to leave it behind, the ghost of their father would've haunted them forever. This was more powerful than had they been imprisoned for their actions or struck down by a hero.
To my knowledge, you were right about using blood bending to block chi/chakras. That's why korra was able to unlock Airbending even after amon used his technique on her
I think the actual reason is because she haven't obtained it yet by the time amon took her bending...so he can't take what's not there and block what's not coming. So she was able to do it freely
@@clonnlijinhlong2713 it also came to her during a moment of crisis, she was fighting for her and Makos freedom from Amon, airbending being the element of freedom does make it make sense.
It's a shame that, to my knowledge, we don't know for certain the reasons or functionality behind it. So any explanations we have will more or less remain head canon and nothing more. Hopefully, the next series covers such things in more depth so that we aren't flailing in the dark.
I don't think it would be possible because blood bending is only an addition to water bending like mental bending to earth bending. It has to be because she never had it beforehand and unlocked it the ability to airbending when she had nothing left.
Chi would be like a river Chi blockage: Throwing dirt and rocks at it temporarily stops water from passing through. Bloodbending: Creates a dam, but the water is still there. Energy Bending: Dry the river or cause a flood to break the dam
I will never understand the hatred Korra gets. It's obviously more about her mental state than physical abilities. She constantly neglects it and gets in these low states which just shows that the mental and spiritual side to the Avatar is just as important to the physical. She cant brute froce her way out of things and she's learning that. It's freakin beautiful 😭
To be honest, whenever I asked people over the years why they thought Korra wasn't as good as the original, everyone points to the forced love triangle as being the weak spot. Story-wise and character-wise, I think everyone I know agrees it holds its own and it gets credit for not being another "Avatar travels the world!" story while not disrespecting what came before.
@@ultrahotwings9738 Korra has alot of good stuff in it and I enjoyed the show but, in its entirety I think its lesser than Avatar. If nick let the studio plan out all of Korra instead of screwing with them every season the show would have been way better. For example Korras character development gets reset so she can relearn lessons she had in season 1. I could go into more detail but this is the wrong place to do it.
@@ultrahotwings9738 anytime i asked why they hate korra they always say because shes not aang. Like damn didnt realize korra had to be a carbon copy of her previous life to be good. 😂 its a stupid argument. I cant say much about season 2 because these guys havent seen it yet but theres another reason they like to blame korra for when she was literally the victim of the scenario.
My siblings are avid Korra haters (watched ATLA when they were young, then Korra years later) and every time I ask why, they can never give me a valid reason. It's nostalgia fr
The meaning of the last scene when Korra's staring the abyss is amazing. She doesn't feel a complete Avatar anymore, and thought about "ending" herself for the next Avatar be what she couldn't
@s0 Its not,thats literally what was going on,they just couldnt outright say it or make it more obvious because nickelodeon,Korra's entire identity revolves around being an avatar,loosing the ability to bend all elements and get stuck with one made her feel like a total failure,specially because as far as she knows,Amon scaped and a lot of people lost their bending and she couldnt do anything to save them,being the avatar means everything to her,without that she feels useless and pointless.
@@ShotoStephen Book 1 and 3 of Korra is one of my favorites as the antagonist actually had a goal not to far off the protagonist and they are also interesting.With the conclusion to those seasons being bittersweet is also really nice
I’ve seen quite a few tragic backstories and the one with Tarrlok and Amon is pretty messed up. Being raised to become tools of revenge by their own father, committing animal cruelty using bloodbending, it’s almost hard to believe. And the two of them meeting their end…I’m like “dang.”
i feel like their ending wouldnt have been nearly as heart-wrenching, at least to me, if it wasn't for Amon tearing up at the end. Like heartbreaking enough they went through unbelievable childhood trauma and abuse but to think at the very end, tarrlok knew his brother was too dangerous, powerful, and broken to be allowed to live, and amon probably understanding and accepting this as well, let him blow them up. like his acceptance that it was the end for the two of them. god it pains me so much every time
@@bellyjean6652 As Tarrlok said, they were still guided by the ghost of his father, and Amon knew that he has become just like his father, that tear is like both children broken by an awful man, and they knew that they can not be helped at that point
Thinking that the ghost of Tarrlock’s father shaped him is a mental trap that Tarrlock fell for, I think. After all, as manipulative and lawbending (pun intended) as he was until Korra busted open his office window, he attempted to follow the law until his life was in danger. Technically, taking the political route is a better route to ruling over others than being a mafia leader or a terrorist. He only became the bad guy because he refused to do a gambit where his face gets burned off. Well, I say all that, but I wonder why he has a cabin on a mountain with a cage prepared in it 😅 Some would say that Korra isn’t the first person that Tarrlock bloodbent *while* being a politician… he could’ve gotten rid of other political rivals by uaing bloodbending 😅 Also, I’m certain that practicing bloodbending on animals is better than practicing on humans. Kinda like how irl rats, dogs, monkeys, etc. are used in science experiments in an attempt to avoid/minimize harm to human test subjects.
The fun part is how accurate the technology development is in this when you think about it, war etc made stuff advance real fast. It went from little house on the prairie to ww1/2 real fast.
I always appreciated this aspect. I find it funny when other people complain about this aspect for the same reasoning as if we didn't do the same thing in real life even faster. It was instantly believable for me & when I heard they were making it I was hoping for a more futuristic setting. When ATLA ended I always imagined the ways Zuko & Aang could use the advancements the fire nation made for the good of the world after everything was over. Knowing that the Mechanist probably got free reign to help & develop the world with them I knew they had to make the world what is was for LOK.
War is the necessity of invention or something like that. They came out of a hundred year one that genocided are whole culture and it’s people except one. The fire nation from then wouldn’t be able to do that now, not with everyone’s progress in bending and technology.
The first season of Korra was only given 12 episodes. Season 2 was not approved until after Episode 12 of Korra season 1 aired. (Rinse and repeat for each season essentially, so the creators never really could do a multi-season multi-storyline arc properly, as if another season would air was unknown. Additionally, Season 3 and 4 never aired on Nickelodeon directly, only on DVD’s for sale originally.)
Season 3 aired on the nick channel up until episode 8 after that it was pulled, and then aired weekly online only on the nick website. Season 4 was online only.
I saw a comment on another reaction video that apparently seasons 2 3 and 4 were all green lit at the same time (after the finale of season 1 aired) but apparently the budget for season 2 was reduced and production of the second half was done by another studio (I don’t know how true any of that is) I wonder if the way season 2 ends is because they were concerned that seasons 3 and 4 would be cancelled
I always thought of Amon's way of talking the bending was exactly what Boom said with him blocking the flow of Chi 'permanently'. Katara was able to heal those affected by Ty Lee's chi blocking so it would make sense he uses his bending in the opposite way. Katara just can't fix it because she couldn't and probably wouldn't want to use bloodbending to reverse it.
It's the vocal minority that hates Korra while a majority of the fandom enjoys korra, it's just that the majority that likes Korra isn't as vocal as the minority that hates the show, because the show has quite a high rating.
Same with RWBY. Very vocal haters that overthrow the enjoyers but a majority still enjoy the show and has a high rating. Hope they react to that too and form their own opinions on it.
I think a lot of people (like me) like Korra but compared to The Last Airbender, after season 1 it becomes a lot more muddied and incoherent. Like yes comparisons suck and Korra is good, but there are really a lot of problems with it that can’t be denied story-wise. Idk. I still like it tho
@@brandonjasper2189 ATLA has it's own big problems but just noone speaks about because "Why hate Aang when there's Korra?". I saw many trash reviews about Korra but noone wants to make it about Aang (at least in Russian TH-cam). I think it's because of nostalgia. But everytime I'm gettin very dissapointed when I reading comments like "Aang is perfect" or "Korra has plot problems compare to Aang". It's both have this troubles, common.
@@jasonraystewart Weird. I don’t really see that many critiques of ATLA’s story except for the fact that some side characters aren’t really included or are included a little too much. Anything about the actual characters in airbender I see they say they have flaws but compared to Korra they might as well be perfect. What do you see abt ATLA that they disregard?
@@brandonjasper2189 there's plot troubles... In the end of 2 season Aang got blocked his Avater State. But somehow our dream team still wants him to go beat Fire Lord. Like... he's regular 12 kid without Avatar State against 40 year strongest firebender in the world plus comet. Aang even doesn't has Master level of 3 bendings. He knew only basics. He would get destroyed. How our dream team hoped he would win? With God's miracle? Iroh was way stronger than Aang and has really chance to beat Fire Lord but he didn't do that. All the meaning of 3 season lost in this moment when I realised it. They were sending Aang to death. Probably to get knew Avatar with Avatar State I guess. And it's sooo damn lucky for Aang he met lion turtle just right before the battle. What an accident! Many haters say that Korra got her airbending for nothing, got restored all powers but nothing (it's all not true sure). But Aang met lionturlte right on the moment when plot needed that. He got access his Avatar State "very accidently" by hitting to that small rock in the certain place when plot needed that. Even Azula when she was in chains she used her firebending but didn't used it to get free. Katara stood near Zuko for some reason noone knows why (the meaning of battle was 1 vs 1). And Zuko got suddenly incredible speed to get lightning to himself to save Katara.
I find it interesting how Korra uses her Air Bending. Unlike Tenzin who relies on short streams and winding currents, Korra is doing quick strikes like she’s Fire Bending. Neat character thing.
One of the core aspects I like about LoK is how they immerse us in its world-building's progress to the modern-ish age, an age where the question "do we even need an avatar?" comes to mind, an age where because of Toph's discovery and pioneering of metal building - technology advanced quickly, and an age where ideologies sprawl and set in and teeter on the extreme sides of the spectrum (like our world's versions of capitalism, communism, fascism, etc.) which is a complete and beautiful oxymoron to one of the Avatar's core characteristics: finding and being balanced.
remember that korra was planned to be a 1 season show... for that i think they tied together the end pretty well, otherwise i agree they wouldve gone for the route in which korra relearns the elements
Every single time I watch this episode I get goosebumps and weepy I love it so much from korra getting her air bending right when it’s needed like she’s got nothing else left then boom she’s got air, korra on the cliff getting her bending back and her being able to restore everyone is just amazing and a perfect ending I’m so grateful to have seen it
A lot of people give korra a lot of crap for not being as good as avatar. And they’re sort of right in a sense, I do think there are some points in korra that gets a lot more messy then avatar did. But the same time I still love this series. I really love korra as a character, the multiple twist and turns they pull throughout the series is really interesting and cool, especially in season three, and I still love all these characters, even if they are new. I hope you guys enjoy what the offer.
Thank you! I’ve had to defend her and the show so many times because people over exaggerate her faults to the point it’s just nonsensical. She is by no means a perfect character and she’s obviously not Aang (she’s the exact opposite of Aang, actually), but I really love her for that.
Saying Korra isn’t as good as Avatar is like saying silver isn’t as good as gold or vanilla isn’t as good as chocolate, Avatar is one the greatest cartoons of all time any show 1/10 as good as Avatar is by default a great show.
I feel the same. I actually like Legends of Korra, I'm just not a fan of some of the decisions they made in later seasons, and I really don't like all that technology, it sorta ruins the world for me. Beyond that, I really like it.
I like Korra as a character but capital H Hate how they did the relationships with her Mako and Asami. Like her ending up with Asami is nice in the fact that they found each other even at Korra’s lowest low, but the triangles and pushed relationships beforehand really do a load on her character
Honestly, Amon being the strongest blood bender kinda also makes him one the strongest waterbenders by proxy. Can’t imagine even Katara would be able to do much against his level of psychic bloodbending. She is of course, the better overall waterbender when it comes to the craft. But when it comes to bloodbending, no one has shown to be Amon’s equal and luckily it looks like no one will ever have to deal with it.
Katara is the best healer, Ming-Hua is the best ice/water bender and Amon is the best bloodbender. Honestly people don't give Ming-Hua the respect she deserves, she's got that Toph buff from a disability fuelling her bending. For the other elements, Tenzin is the best airbender, Azula is the best lightning bender, Ozai is the best firebender, P'Li for Combustion, Toph is the best earthbender, Bolin for lavabending, Metal is Zuvira imo but you could argue for a lot of other characters. Also I love Iroh but Ozai beats him in firebending easily.
@mellow3995 probably just not wanting to talk about future stuff on a season 1 video. It might not matter tho I think they said they've finished this show on patreon
Bloodbending is sub bending of waterbenders. If a waterbender is more powerful than another waterbender/bloodbender, then they can resist the bloodbending, that's what I heard. If we go by that, katara most likely can resist amon but she can't bloodbend him back without full moon as she didn't want to train it. So then he would need to use waterbending on her and yeah there she wins.
@@ΔημΣΚ Nah you need access to Bloodbending to resist it, Amon was able to completely resist the full bloodbending of his brother and not even during the full moon. Amon beats Katara in Bloodbending easily. The only bloodbending we've seen Katara resist was an old ladies who she was far superior to. And she was amped by the full moon as well.
There is an very simple explanation for Amon's ability to take bending away, remember when The Guru taught Aang to open his chacras so his chi would flow? thats it! chi is the energy for bending to happen the same way you can mess with the chi flow using your hands like Tylee you can also use blood bending to go even further and block it all right away.
I see it as also a commentary on Guru Pathik's explanation of how everything is interconnected. Bloodbending isn't the same as energybending, but it can do something related to it.
Also bending is connected to having chi. Chi is energy that flows through peoples bodies. Like chakra. Chakra points are nerves in your bodying that lets the energy flow. When the chi/chakra is blocked the energy is can’t flow right and can make you feel sick. Amon used the blood in the benders body to block the nerves are form bending. That’s how he « took away their bending ». It’s why they didn’t have any energy. When he tryied to take all of korra’s bending away he only aimed for the nerves that were connected to earth, water, and fire. The Nevers for when weren’t functional yet. Also here’s something that people kinda glossed over when they first introduced blood bending, its not a killing technique or a telekinesis technique, its a torture technique. Water in avatar was used to cut through rocks. When Hama was teaching katara water behind she pulled water from then trees and when she did she ripped it out. Not just pulled, ripped. And when she did the trees broke. Trees are much more denser than people. Which is why when Hama used it on katara she was crying because when the blood was pushing against her veins, muscles, organs in her body, it was hurting her. But for the person who was practicing the technique it takes a lot of effort because they have to find the traces of water in their opponents body. They are learning to take contrôle over a persons body. So they get lost in causing pain and having that amount of control. Until it becomes addictive. No matter who learns blood bending they’re mind willed become dark. Even if someone used it to end a war, mo
I think a lot of ppl complained and bashed Korra because they wanted it to be copy of last airbender but with new characters, Im personally glad they matured the themed a little and many issues stem from this series having to plan for only one season at a time and not the longer story, being forced in production to be closed and whole when the season ends. Or complaints about too much romance in it but seriously, it wasn't that bad with cast of older teen characters. Im glad you guys enjoyed it and can't wait to see more reactions!
@@SethRGray To be fair, I went the entire show forgetting half the characters' names 😂 Not to say they're forgettable cause they're not. I'm just shit with remembering names and also my memory is shit in general. I still struggle remembering Tenzin's kids' names except Jinora and even she took me a while to remember and she's one of my favorite characters!😭
So I think people miss that detail Boom said, and the detail of Korra's being known as the Avatar from the age of 4. She had 13 years to master her training of the elements and establish her ability as an Avatar. And now she learned and connected with both the primary aspects of being the Avatar, as well as all four elements for the first time. With all the training she's had... OF COURSE SHE ALREADY KNEW HOW TO USE THE AVATAR STATE.
*AANG SHOWIN UP AND DROPPIN THOSE BARS AND THEN RESTORING HER POWERS AND SEEING AANG WITH THE PAST AVATARS BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES AND JOY IN MY SOULLLLLLL!💯🤗*
Nickelodeon hitting us with the double murder-suicide (for kids)!! It made sense cause at the time they thought season 1 was gonna be the only season - you gotta wonder if they'd have kept the brothers around if they knew there would be more of the show
Yeah each season of korra feels like a final season because nickalodeon made the studio creating the legend of Korea believe that each season would be the last season and would only end up green lightning another season after they had already finished making a season so they always made the seasons in a way that it would be a good ending if they didn't get greenlit for another
Just for addtional information. It was explained in the Korra artbooks as to how Amon takes away bending. And you are right, he uses bloodbending to block chi paths in the body. So, he blocks it unlike the Avatar who uses energybending to completely removes the chi paths and takes it away permanently. If you remember, in the Book 1 in ATLA, when Katara went to learn healing. There was a dummy that had chi paths drawn on it and kids were being taught to heal along those chi paths. Amon uses that only but instead of healing, he moves the blood and blocks them.
Amon and Tarrlok’s backstory reminds me somewhat of Zuko and Azula: Horrible father raises his kids to be weapons, and one kid is more gifted than the other. The main difference is that BOTH rebel against him somewhat early PS their death had me in shock when I first saw it
Big difference. Ozai never loved his family nor cared for his own children and never regretted his crimes. Yakone did love his family and initially moved on from his criminal past. After Noatak ran away, he regretted everything he did.
This finale is one if my favorites in the whole series. It's gonna be rough eventually going through some things in season 2, but boy does the show come back swinging. Honestly, a lot of my favorite stories are kinda like that.
15:30 Boom is correct about how Amon removed bending. He could use bloodbending to block the active chi pathways for bending. Korra was able to keep and unlock her airbending simply because she had yet to unlock and activate those chi pathways.
Back in ATLA there were a few mentions of Chi-paths and how they could be utilized by water benders for healing purposes. When a earth kingdom solider was hit by ty-lee's pressure point technique Katara remarked that the earth kingdom soldiers chi paths were blocked. With bloodbending I assume it's the same principle only the effect doesn't wear off, since the physical chi-paths have been closed.
I think the understanding of the avatar state is important. I always interpreted the avatar state when aang did it, as uncontrolled & chaotic. He even explains this himself several times. We get to see Roku & other avatars use the avatar state & seemingly be in control so that type of power aang possessed was purely from inability. Korra becomes capable in all bendings by the ending only lacking the spiritual connection within herself & when she finally is low enough to unlock the avatar state contemplating suicide, comprable to aang when he was near death in the ocean originally, she unlocks the ability & already has the control of the all the elements therefore control of the avatar state.
@@dubioustheatreyt8096 yeah. I still enjoy a lot of parts but man did Nickelodeon screw this show over by only letting them write seasons 1 and 2 as if the show would after each season and then writing seasons 3 and 4 together
The hate Korra gets is unfair because they constantly compare her to Aang. They are different people. It's kinda like getting compared to a sibling. I enjoyed Korra cause i just saw her as her own person and didn’t compare her to anyone.
I am so happy you guys enjoyed this finale so much! I personally don't really like this finale compared to the rest of the season but I love how open-minded you guys are. I personally cringe at the Aang suddenly fixing everything scene but I'm quite happy y'all got teary eyed during it.
I always thought that after he took everyone’s bending he’d find a way to take his own or at least not bend anymore. Like sure his movement may have been built on the lie about his tragic backstory and not being a bender but he had a real life more tragic backstory and I feel his group would’ve understood why he was a bender who wanted no more benders if that makes sense.
I think this is not said anywhere but the canon among fans is that Amon blocks with bloodbending Chakra on top of people head so he cut them off from "pure cosmic energy". Which is the thing that gives people bending.
So here’s something that people kinda glossed over when they first introduced blood bending, its not a killing technique or a telekinesis technique, its a torture technique. Water in avatar was used to cut through rocks. When Hama was teaching katara water behind she pulled water from then trees and when she did she ripped it out. Not just pulled, ripped. And when she did the trees broke. Trees are much more denser than people. Which is why when Hama used it on katara she was crying because when the blood was pushing against her veins, muscles, organs in her body, it was hurting her. But for the person who was practicing the technique it takes a lot of effort because they have to find the traces of water in their opponents body. They are learning to take contrôle over a persons body. So they get lost in causing pain and having that amount of control. Until it becomes addictive. No matter who learns blood bending they’re mind willed become dark. Even if someone used it to end a war, most likely because of how much they love the power of it they are not gonna stop there. Also people gloss over how dark Hama was too. She created a puppets after every victim she blood bending and dragged to the cave for them to die. If you look at it from a « criminal minds perspective, she got lost in torch ring people.
Korra has it’s moments! Season 1 is really good, season 2 Is where everyone goes a little sideways. But I think you’re going to love Season 3! Love watching you guys react
yall imagine what it was like watching this when this was the only season being worked on, so i had no idea if they actually took away her bending forever and was just gonna end it at that 😭
Hyped for season 3!!! Season 1 definitely needed some more episodes, season 2 was a little bit too long. But season 3 is chefs kiss. Season 4 is also really good!!!
It's not really shown in the show, but between the 1st and 2nd season, republic city become a democracy instead of having a group of bender to rule. The new leader is not a bender, so it kind a close the equalist chapter by giving them an equal right to vote.
Raiko isn't the mayor of Republic City, he is the democratically elected president of the United Republic of Nations, which is larger than just Republic City, which is the capitol city of the republic. It's a shame we never got to see the rest of the United Republic, other than some of the mountainous outskirts of Republic City where Tarrlok's cabin was, and a couple of remote places in the middle of nowhere that I won't mention more specifically here because they haven't come up yet. Would have been cool to see other towns within it.
Hi! New to the channel, huge fan of AtLA and LoK. I appreciate hearing a vocal group about how good this series started. I see a lot of the problems people point out, but none of them soil the whole series for me, I'm glad to see you guys valued this independently from AtLA. Its a very different series taking place in the same world. I'm... hesitant for your season 2 reaction, but excited for if you find good in it despite people's many complaints.
33:11 this is actually normal, people forget aang is an exception and really young. we see from the novels that avatars like yangchen could enter and leave the avatar state at will by age 16
Oh, Hiroshi Sato absolutely ends up in jail. He didn't get away, Asami hit him with the electrified rope. Plus he was already an escaped criminal. He was arrested after the battle at Sato Mansion when he was found out and Amon breaks him out when he took over the city. He's going to be locked up for a very long time, haha.
My biggest criticism about LoK boils down to the fact that the writers will develop an interesting conflict that poses both moral and philosophical questions (i.e. the Equalist movement revolving around the power imbalance between benders and non-benders) only to oversimplify or completely bypass that same issue as the season moves along (the power disparity and prejudice between the benders and non-benders would still be an issue despite Amon's ousting, and the Equalist movement would probably move on under new leadership). I still love the show, I just wish that the stories were a little tighter and less black and white.
I never noticed this before, but its interesting that she got the ability to give and take bending and control over the avatar state right here, after she finally learned the last of the four elements, like how aang got it in the story after he became a fully realized avatar
Fun fact: zach callison (steven universe) voiced young tarrlock. He sounds so baby though and he already started off SU doing a special voice for Steven that it’s hard to hear.
One thing that really pisses me off about the first season of Korra is that they focus a lot on "look how bending evolved, metal benders being society's police, lightning benders working in energy factories" but then they don't explore the real issues So... like, the only job left for non-benders is subservience, like salespeople, nannies and butlers. All real work, like in factories, hospitals or civil engineering was done specifically with fire, water and earth bending in mind, for example, and I'm not even going to delve into things like the fire department or the army, leading them to have worse jobs. Apart from other issues such as the police being made up only of benders and the council only having benders... I mean, these people have no political representation, the people who make the laws are not like them and the people who oppress them, who has the right to use violence to quell rebellions are the same type of people who deny them rights.
Well to note if I remember correctly I believe they didn't know if there were gonna get more seasons I believe so hence why they focused On the subplots/Main story focus
@@eagleangel5568The situation in the other seasons is no better, the problems of non-banders simply “disappear”, a (apparently) non-bander mayor appears and that's it, but the series doesn't improve, it presents the equalists with a good idea and so on, but it never investigates the real problems. Furthermore, for example, we never know the situation in the Earth Kingdom during Kuvira's dictatorship.
@@xmant8842In theory yes, but the show doesn't show that, think about which poor nonbanders you remember the name of? none, because he doesn't focus on any, the equalists' entire speech is about removing the bend because the people who hold it are dangerous, the characters' entire speech can be summarized as "this bender hurt me or someone I love", no delves deeper into the social discussion of all inequality in the face of this power. Everything I said at the beginning is an assumption based on a few seconds of technological "evolution" presented by the series and details that I only noticed years after watching the series (and I watched it when it premiered).
So it's essentially like Chi Blocking. Amon disrupts the paths the Chi flow's through in a bender and then is able to take someone's bending away. It's pretty much the same thing that happens when Ang takes away someone's bending
"It allowed itself to stand on its own story for almost the entire season except when it was absolutely necessary to tie all these things together." FINALLY SOMEONE WATCHING LEGEND OF KORRA WITH SANE MIND! This should be the correct way of watching Legend of Korra. Most people who commented negative about it were Aang groupies and ATLA supremacists who refuse to mature with the content they grew up with. Thank you for a very insightful review of LoK first book! The second one will be a doozy because that one was the lowest rated ever in the whole Avatarverse. But I promise you, if you give season 2 a chance, it has story beats that are as emotional, action-packed and as insightful as this. I can't wait to see your reactions to that!
I personally loved all of Korra, I have a low tolerance for stuff, so I can enjoy stuff which people will have a problem with. But can't wait for your guy's reactions to the next seasons
the way season 1 ended with tarrlok and amon is still my favorite moment in all of TLOK. it stuck in my mind in a way none of the other vilian arcs stuck
You guys are gonna love season two so fricking much because of the amount of lore that we get, the story itself, the little jokes. Oh and something else. Something that you will fucking love.
Don't listen to anybody who jumps to fill your Korra experience with negativity! So glad to watch you go through this journey, and it was cute to see you guys emotional towards the end. Love yall!
Korra is definitely more politically focused. Each villain for every season has a radically different political ideology from the others. And like most answers, the correct answers lie somewhere in the middle. Amon is essentially a communist. The next villain is a theocrat, then there's an anarchic villain, and finally a villain that is tantamount to fascist.
Karls Marx must be turning in his grave with this comparison. The first season seems only political, I think Xman manages to go deeper into this discussion. But the next seasons are definitely a little deeper in this aspect.
@@amigoeuestouaki4880 all of their ideologies are a warping of what the ideology actually is. As I said, the true answer lies somewhere in the middle. For everything. And for all ideologies.
@@samfisher6606The essence of socialism is the expropriation of the means of production, the end of private property (things like factories and production farms) and the seizure of power by the working class. How does Amon come close to this? His speech is to remove the bending and that's it. he doesn't talk about the oppression of nonbanders in a structural way, his speech - almost racist - boils down to "they are violent, that's why they oppress us".
@@samfisher6606 Unalaq hardly acts much Theocratic other than saying how amazing the spirits are, other than that he’s just a boring mustache-twirling villain and not even the fun kind.
I’ve loved all of your various and evolving theories so far. Even when they weren’t quite correct, they were either off just a little or just missing something the story hadn’t given yet. It’s made watching this even more fun for me.
When Korra is on the cliff and Aang was talking about how she was at her lowest point, it is heavily implied that she was so depressed over losing her bending that she was gonna jump off the cliff and commit suicide. Its not really outside the realm of possibility because not even 10 minutes ago, they show the murder/suicide of Amon and Tarrlok. It's amazing how dark this Nickelodeon show could get.
I still follow this theory. At that point it seemed giving her life not only because of how depressed she was that she was no longer the Avatar at that point. But also to continue the cycle so a full Avatar can come again.
Nickelodeon is no stranger when it comes to having dark elements in their shows. Things like Invader Zim, Rugrats, SpongeBob, Fairly Odd Parents, and so on only prove that they aren’t afraid to go the extra serious mile like what goes on in LOK.
@@SpacialRend7 It's more the writers trying to get away with hints and such more than Nick allowing stuff like that into their shows.
The interesting part is that in her case suicide is actually kind of reasonable. Since the next reincarnation of the avatar would have their bending back.
@@danielgonzalez-pf5elUmmm....that doesn't sound right bruh....😬😬😬
Remember katara said in episode 1 “ tenzin Kya and bumi” so it’s not a spoiler that Tenzin’s siblings are Bumi and Kya. Bumi being named after the earth king and Kya was the name of Katara’s mother
Not the earth king just only king of omashu
@@MrsDuck356 He's the earth king of my heart though.
@@shannonbutler-williams7261 same
Wasnt Katara's mom named Kanna?
That was Gran Gran@@gergopiroska5749
You have to remember that this 1st season was meant to be the only season which makes sense why the loose ends are tied up so quickly in this season finale with Korra getting her and others bending back and Amon’s death. Psychic Bloodbending is way too OP of an ability introduced so early and it makes all the more sense that this 1 season was meant to be the only season because I can’t imagine any other villain in the franchise as threatening as Amon except for maybe 1.
Korra and Asami get together in the very final episode of Korra.
@@ncard00 Random unnecesary spoiler dude
I would say the same after watching season one ONLY.. but when I learned about the 4 lion-turtles and 2 superior spirits, Amon is not even near
That's the problem. There are a lot of great concepts in the first season. but not enough time to properly explore them. I've never hated Korra, but it is disappointing to see a lot of just unrealized potential
IMO the season 3 villains are the best of either of the two shows. At that point they stop beating around the bush and introduce villains who are willing to kill people
The final moment with tarrlok and amon was so great
I have my problems with this finale but that scene is just perfect.
I know right I was screaming thinking that he literally committed suicide
@@diegocaceres3475 like what?
@@amahlgrant Some moments like Korra unlocking air bending just in the most valuable moment, never getting a real explanation of how Amon takes bending away and the way everyone gets their bending back feels too easy. But I understand why this happened as TLOK was originally just going to be one season.
@@diegocaceres3475 amon used his bloodbending to block chakras, thus preventing bending. When amon blocked her chakras, the chakra required for airbending(heart/love chakra) wasn't blocked because she hadn't unlocked it yet. But she did as she saw the one she loved (mako) in serious danger. At least, I believe that's the widely accepted answer. As for her unblocking the chakras of others without bloodbending, I honestly dont know what to say other than avatar state/spirit powers are op
Tarrlok's and Noatak's double suicide was such a tragically "beautiful" end to their story. Noatak can feel people's movements, which is why he knew what Tarrlok was going to do and he accepted it, he knew that this is how far they'll go. They can't change their past and won't be able to leave it behind, the ghost of their father would've haunted them forever. This was more powerful than had they been imprisoned for their actions or struck down by a hero.
To my knowledge, you were right about using blood bending to block chi/chakras. That's why korra was able to unlock Airbending even after amon used his technique on her
I think the actual reason is because she haven't obtained it yet by the time amon took her bending...so he can't take what's not there and block what's not coming. So she was able to do it freely
@@clonnlijinhlong2713 it also came to her during a moment of crisis, she was fighting for her and Makos freedom from Amon, airbending being the element of freedom does make it make sense.
It's a shame that, to my knowledge, we don't know for certain the reasons or functionality behind it. So any explanations we have will more or less remain head canon and nothing more.
Hopefully, the next series covers such things in more depth so that we aren't flailing in the dark.
I don't think it would be possible because blood bending is only an addition to water bending like mental bending to earth bending. It has to be because she never had it beforehand and unlocked it the ability to airbending when she had nothing left.
Chi would be like a river
Chi blockage: Throwing dirt and rocks at it temporarily stops water from passing through.
Bloodbending: Creates a dam, but the water is still there.
Energy Bending: Dry the river or cause a flood to break the dam
I cannot believe that they got away with characters literally killing themselves
I mean, spoilers
There are characters getting killed on screen on later seasons
@@ivanelugoyeah that crazy shiz really took my breath away
@@Fiona-wd5sx Same, it's mindblowing that they did that! Not a kids show to the max 😂
I remember korra watching from time to time when I say the scene I was speechless that a cartoon will show someone offing themselves
@@Fiona-wd5sx Let go of your earthly tether
Enter the void
Empty, and become wind
I will never understand the hatred Korra gets. It's obviously more about her mental state than physical abilities. She constantly neglects it and gets in these low states which just shows that the mental and spiritual side to the Avatar is just as important to the physical. She cant brute froce her way out of things and she's learning that. It's freakin beautiful 😭
To be honest, whenever I asked people over the years why they thought Korra wasn't as good as the original, everyone points to the forced love triangle as being the weak spot. Story-wise and character-wise, I think everyone I know agrees it holds its own and it gets credit for not being another "Avatar travels the world!" story while not disrespecting what came before.
@@ultrahotwings9738 Korra has alot of good stuff in it and I enjoyed the show but, in its entirety I think its lesser than Avatar. If nick let the studio plan out all of Korra instead of screwing with them every season the show would have been way better. For example Korras character development gets reset so she can relearn lessons she had in season 1. I could go into more detail but this is the wrong place to do it.
@@ultrahotwings9738 anytime i asked why they hate korra they always say because shes not aang. Like damn didnt realize korra had to be a carbon copy of her previous life to be good. 😂 its a stupid argument. I cant say much about season 2 because these guys havent seen it yet but theres another reason they like to blame korra for when she was literally the victim of the scenario.
My siblings are avid Korra haters (watched ATLA when they were young, then Korra years later) and every time I ask why, they can never give me a valid reason. It's nostalgia fr
It comes from people not being able to understand extremely simple concepts such as "having fists doesnt make you a martial artist"
The meaning of the last scene when Korra's staring the abyss is amazing.
She doesn't feel a complete Avatar anymore, and thought about "ending" herself for the next Avatar be what she couldn't
agreed masterpiece of a scene! The writing was remarkable for the first season on all aspects
that is a reach.
@s0 Its not,thats literally what was going on,they just couldnt outright say it or make it more obvious because nickelodeon,Korra's entire identity revolves around being an avatar,loosing the ability to bend all elements and get stuck with one made her feel like a total failure,specially because as far as she knows,Amon scaped and a lot of people lost their bending and she couldnt do anything to save them,being the avatar means everything to her,without that she feels useless and pointless.
Amon will always be one if my favorite avatar villains he's just such a cool concept
Same! Being voiced by Steve Blum is also a huge plus. Amon, Azula, and Korra Book 3's villains are so good.
@@ShotoStephen Book 1 and 3 of Korra is one of my favorites as the antagonist actually had a goal not to far off the protagonist and they are also interesting.With the conclusion to those seasons being bittersweet is also really nice
I’ve seen quite a few tragic backstories and the one with Tarrlok and Amon is pretty messed up. Being raised to become tools of revenge by their own father, committing animal cruelty using bloodbending, it’s almost hard to believe. And the two of them meeting their end…I’m like “dang.”
And the sad part for me is Tarrlok almost ended the cycle, but he still somehow became obsessed with power. He was doing so well, until Amon.
i feel like their ending wouldnt have been nearly as heart-wrenching, at least to me, if it wasn't for Amon tearing up at the end. Like heartbreaking enough they went through unbelievable childhood trauma and abuse but to think at the very end, tarrlok knew his brother was too dangerous, powerful, and broken to be allowed to live, and amon probably understanding and accepting this as well, let him blow them up. like his acceptance that it was the end for the two of them. god it pains me so much every time
these last 2 episodes really made me cry ngl 👀
@@bellyjean6652 As Tarrlok said, they were still guided by the ghost of his father, and Amon knew that he has become just like his father, that tear is like both children broken by an awful man, and they knew that they can not be helped at that point
Thinking that the ghost of Tarrlock’s father shaped him is a mental trap that Tarrlock fell for, I think. After all, as manipulative and lawbending (pun intended) as he was until Korra busted open his office window, he attempted to follow the law until his life was in danger. Technically, taking the political route is a better route to ruling over others than being a mafia leader or a terrorist. He only became the bad guy because he refused to do a gambit where his face gets burned off. Well, I say all that, but I wonder why he has a cabin on a mountain with a cage prepared in it 😅 Some would say that Korra isn’t the first person that Tarrlock bloodbent *while* being a politician… he could’ve gotten rid of other political rivals by uaing bloodbending 😅 Also, I’m certain that practicing bloodbending on animals is better than practicing on humans. Kinda like how irl rats, dogs, monkeys, etc. are used in science experiments in an attempt to avoid/minimize harm to human test subjects.
Iroh(this one, from Korra) is not son of Zuko. Zuko is his grandfather
The fun part is how accurate the technology development is in this when you think about it, war etc made stuff advance real fast. It went from little house on the prairie to ww1/2 real fast.
I always appreciated this aspect. I find it funny when other people complain about this aspect for the same reasoning as if we didn't do the same thing in real life even faster. It was instantly believable for me & when I heard they were making it I was hoping for a more futuristic setting. When ATLA ended I always imagined the ways Zuko & Aang could use the advancements the fire nation made for the good of the world after everything was over. Knowing that the Mechanist probably got free reign to help & develop the world with them I knew they had to make the world what is was for LOK.
War is the necessity of invention or something like that.
They came out of a hundred year one that genocided are whole culture and it’s people except one. The fire nation from then wouldn’t be able to do that now, not with everyone’s progress in bending and technology.
@@0ddkid7 realistic =/= good writing though
@puruglychonk good writing is objective. Some would say season 1 of Korra is better than all of ATLA. To each their own.
@@0ddkid7 you mean subjective lol?
The first season of Korra was only given 12 episodes. Season 2 was not approved until after Episode 12 of Korra season 1 aired. (Rinse and repeat for each season essentially, so the creators never really could do a multi-season multi-storyline arc properly, as if another season would air was unknown. Additionally, Season 3 and 4 never aired on Nickelodeon directly, only on DVD’s for sale originally.)
They moved 3&4 online to their website iirc but yeah once it ended it was dvds or whatever streaming service it would eventually get on
Season 3 aired on the nick channel up until episode 8 after that it was pulled, and then aired weekly online only on the nick website. Season 4 was online only.
Season 3 and 4 were greenlit at the same time, I believe, actually
@@SethRGrayIf not at the same time, very early in 3's production that is for sure.
I saw a comment on another reaction video that apparently seasons 2 3 and 4 were all green lit at the same time (after the finale of season 1 aired) but apparently the budget for season 2 was reduced and production of the second half was done by another studio (I don’t know how true any of that is) I wonder if the way season 2 ends is because they were concerned that seasons 3 and 4 would be cancelled
For all the moments that were dark before this, none come close to the onscreen murder suicide.
Although there are some really shocking scenes after this that will really blow your mind
@@nathannunez3127 Or leave you breathless
Some are down right shocking. ⚡️
And it's not only shocking but genuinely sad.
@@user-ck6tc3ci9q Some deaths are even groundbreaking
That moment at the end with Korra and Aang man, its so freaking amazing. And with the best soundtrack of the entire series too, bro I cry every time.
I always thought of Amon's way of talking the bending was exactly what Boom said with him blocking the flow of Chi 'permanently'. Katara was able to heal those affected by Ty Lee's chi blocking so it would make sense he uses his bending in the opposite way. Katara just can't fix it because she couldn't and probably wouldn't want to use bloodbending to reverse it.
Ruff getting immediately correct has become one of my favorite moment of this channel now 😂👌🏾
It's the vocal minority that hates Korra while a majority of the fandom enjoys korra, it's just that the majority that likes Korra isn't as vocal as the minority that hates the show, because the show has quite a high rating.
Same with RWBY. Very vocal haters that overthrow the enjoyers but a majority still enjoy the show and has a high rating. Hope they react to that too and form their own opinions on it.
I think a lot of people (like me) like Korra but compared to The Last Airbender, after season 1 it becomes a lot more muddied and incoherent. Like yes comparisons suck and Korra is good, but there are really a lot of problems with it that can’t be denied story-wise. Idk. I still like it tho
@@brandonjasper2189 ATLA has it's own big problems but just noone speaks about because "Why hate Aang when there's Korra?". I saw many trash reviews about Korra but noone wants to make it about Aang (at least in Russian TH-cam). I think it's because of nostalgia. But everytime I'm gettin very dissapointed when I reading comments like "Aang is perfect" or "Korra has plot problems compare to Aang". It's both have this troubles, common.
@@jasonraystewart Weird. I don’t really see that many critiques of ATLA’s story except for the fact that some side characters aren’t really included or are included a little too much. Anything about the actual characters in airbender I see they say they have flaws but compared to Korra they might as well be perfect. What do you see abt ATLA that they disregard?
@@brandonjasper2189 there's plot troubles...
In the end of 2 season Aang got blocked his Avater State. But somehow our dream team still wants him to go beat Fire Lord. Like... he's regular 12 kid without Avatar State against 40 year strongest firebender in the world plus comet. Aang even doesn't has Master level of 3 bendings. He knew only basics. He would get destroyed. How our dream team hoped he would win? With God's miracle? Iroh was way stronger than Aang and has really chance to beat Fire Lord but he didn't do that. All the meaning of 3 season lost in this moment when I realised it. They were sending Aang to death. Probably to get knew Avatar with Avatar State I guess.
And it's sooo damn lucky for Aang he met lion turtle just right before the battle. What an accident! Many haters say that Korra got her airbending for nothing, got restored all powers but nothing (it's all not true sure). But Aang met lionturlte right on the moment when plot needed that. He got access his Avatar State "very accidently" by hitting to that small rock in the certain place when plot needed that. Even Azula when she was in chains she used her firebending but didn't used it to get free. Katara stood near Zuko for some reason noone knows why (the meaning of battle was 1 vs 1). And Zuko got suddenly incredible speed to get lightning to himself to save Katara.
I find it interesting how Korra uses her Air Bending. Unlike Tenzin who relies on short streams and winding currents, Korra is doing quick strikes like she’s Fire Bending. Neat character thing.
One of the core aspects I like about LoK is how they immerse us in its world-building's progress to the modern-ish age, an age where the question "do we even need an avatar?" comes to mind, an age where because of Toph's discovery and pioneering of metal building - technology advanced quickly, and an age where ideologies sprawl and set in and teeter on the extreme sides of the spectrum (like our world's versions of capitalism, communism, fascism, etc.) which is a complete and beautiful oxymoron to one of the Avatar's core characteristics: finding and being balanced.
remember that korra was planned to be a 1 season show...
for that i think they tied together the end pretty well, otherwise i agree they wouldve gone for the route in which korra relearns the elements
Every single time I watch this episode I get goosebumps and weepy I love it so much from korra getting her air bending right when it’s needed like she’s got nothing else left then boom she’s got air, korra on the cliff getting her bending back and her being able to restore everyone is just amazing and a perfect ending I’m so grateful to have seen it
A lot of people give korra a lot of crap for not being as good as avatar. And they’re sort of right in a sense, I do think there are some points in korra that gets a lot more messy then avatar did. But the same time I still love this series. I really love korra as a character, the multiple twist and turns they pull throughout the series is really interesting and cool, especially in season three, and I still love all these characters, even if they are new. I hope you guys enjoy what the offer.
Thank you! I’ve had to defend her and the show so many times because people over exaggerate her faults to the point it’s just nonsensical. She is by no means a perfect character and she’s obviously not Aang (she’s the exact opposite of Aang, actually), but I really love her for that.
Saying Korra isn’t as good as Avatar is like saying silver isn’t as good as gold or vanilla isn’t as good as chocolate, Avatar is one the greatest cartoons of all time any show 1/10 as good as Avatar is by default a great show.
I think Korra has a lot of good ideas but just had a very sloppy execution.
I feel the same. I actually like Legends of Korra, I'm just not a fan of some of the decisions they made in later seasons, and I really don't like all that technology, it sorta ruins the world for me. Beyond that, I really like it.
I like Korra as a character but capital H Hate how they did the relationships with her Mako and Asami. Like her ending up with Asami is nice in the fact that they found each other even at Korra’s lowest low, but the triangles and pushed relationships beforehand really do a load on her character
I was one of those who watched Korra before Aang. And this season will forever have a special spot in my heart...
I watched Korra first as well. Good as it is.
Honestly, Amon being the strongest blood bender kinda also makes him one the strongest waterbenders by proxy. Can’t imagine even Katara would be able to do much against his level of psychic bloodbending. She is of course, the better overall waterbender when it comes to the craft. But when it comes to bloodbending, no one has shown to be Amon’s equal and luckily it looks like no one will ever have to deal with it.
Katara is the best healer, Ming-Hua is the best ice/water bender and Amon is the best bloodbender. Honestly people don't give Ming-Hua the respect she deserves, she's got that Toph buff from a disability fuelling her bending. For the other elements, Tenzin is the best airbender, Azula is the best lightning bender, Ozai is the best firebender, P'Li for Combustion, Toph is the best earthbender, Bolin for lavabending, Metal is Zuvira imo but you could argue for a lot of other characters. Also I love Iroh but Ozai beats him in firebending easily.
@mellow3995 probably just not wanting to talk about future stuff on a season 1 video. It might not matter tho I think they said they've finished this show on patreon
@@mellow3995 iroh best tear bender.
Bloodbending is sub bending of waterbenders. If a waterbender is more powerful than another waterbender/bloodbender, then they can resist the bloodbending, that's what I heard. If we go by that, katara most likely can resist amon but she can't bloodbend him back without full moon as she didn't want to train it. So then he would need to use waterbending on her and yeah there she wins.
@@ΔημΣΚ Nah you need access to Bloodbending to resist it, Amon was able to completely resist the full bloodbending of his brother and not even during the full moon. Amon beats Katara in Bloodbending easily. The only bloodbending we've seen Katara resist was an old ladies who she was far superior to. And she was amped by the full moon as well.
There is an very simple explanation for Amon's ability to take bending away, remember when The Guru taught Aang to open his chacras so his chi would flow? thats it! chi is the energy for bending to happen the same way you can mess with the chi flow using your hands like Tylee you can also use blood bending to go even further and block it all right away.
I see it as also a commentary on Guru Pathik's explanation of how everything is interconnected. Bloodbending isn't the same as energybending, but it can do something related to it.
Also the lion-turtle was the water one. Just connected the ability to remove bending further.
Also bending is connected to having chi. Chi is energy that flows through peoples bodies. Like chakra. Chakra points are nerves in your bodying that lets the energy flow. When the chi/chakra is blocked the energy is can’t flow right and can make you feel sick. Amon used the blood in the benders body to block the nerves are form bending. That’s how he « took away their bending ». It’s why they didn’t have any energy. When he tryied to take all of korra’s bending away he only aimed for the nerves that were connected to earth, water, and fire. The Nevers for when weren’t functional yet.
Also here’s something that people kinda glossed over when they first introduced blood bending, its not a killing technique or a telekinesis technique, its a torture technique. Water in avatar was used to cut through rocks. When Hama was teaching katara water behind she pulled water from then trees and when she did she ripped it out. Not just pulled, ripped. And when she did the trees broke. Trees are much more denser than people. Which is why when Hama used it on katara she was crying because when the blood was pushing against her veins, muscles, organs in her body, it was hurting her. But for the person who was practicing the technique it takes a lot of effort because they have to find the traces of water in their opponents body. They are learning to take contrôle over a persons body. So they get lost in causing pain and having that amount of control. Until it becomes addictive. No matter who learns blood bending they’re mind willed become dark. Even if someone used it to end a war, mo
I think a lot of ppl complained and bashed Korra because they wanted it to be copy of last airbender but with new characters, Im personally glad they matured the themed a little and many issues stem from this series having to plan for only one season at a time and not the longer story, being forced in production to be closed and whole when the season ends. Or complaints about too much romance in it but seriously, it wasn't that bad with cast of older teen characters. Im glad you guys enjoyed it and can't wait to see more reactions!
And you know the same people would have complained if it was a copy ATLA
Amon will forever be a menace with a very badass death
Kinda hilarious that they forgot they said Tenzin had siblings in ep1
I mean, what's the channel name? They forget incredibly basic stuff in every show they watch.
To be fair, we don't know how many shows they are watching at the same time or how long the gaps are between recording sessions
@@SethRGray To be fair, I went the entire show forgetting half the characters' names 😂 Not to say they're forgettable cause they're not. I'm just shit with remembering names and also my memory is shit in general. I still struggle remembering Tenzin's kids' names except Jinora and even she took me a while to remember and she's one of my favorite characters!😭
So I think people miss that detail Boom said, and the detail of Korra's being known as the Avatar from the age of 4. She had 13 years to master her training of the elements and establish her ability as an Avatar. And now she learned and connected with both the primary aspects of being the Avatar, as well as all four elements for the first time. With all the training she's had... OF COURSE SHE ALREADY KNEW HOW TO USE THE AVATAR STATE.
*AANG SHOWIN UP AND DROPPIN THOSE BARS AND THEN RESTORING HER POWERS AND SEEING AANG WITH THE PAST AVATARS BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES AND JOY IN MY SOULLLLLLL!💯🤗*
I always thought when korra went to the cliff she was considering jumping.
Kaya and Bumi were mentioned in the first episode by Katara as being Tenzin's siblings.
'Political thriller' is definitely one of the best descriptions of this show, and the key difference between this and The Last Airbender
It's still crazy to me that Nickelodeon let them air an unambiguous murder suicide.
“When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change.” - Avatar Aang✨
Nickelodeon hitting us with the double murder-suicide (for kids)!!
It made sense cause at the time they thought season 1 was gonna be the only season - you gotta wonder if they'd have kept the brothers around if they knew there would be more of the show
i'm so glad you kept watching despite negative comments , don't worry you'll enjoy the whole thing .
If a past Avatar achieved something, we can safely say the next in line will be able to do it too... Because they already did it before
I was really glad to see Aang and the other Avatars at the end of this episode
Yeah each season of korra feels like a final season because nickalodeon made the studio creating the legend of Korea believe that each season would be the last season and would only end up green lightning another season after they had already finished making a season so they always made the seasons in a way that it would be a good ending if they didn't get greenlit for another
I love the way Korra uses bending it’s so aggressive and foward while aang took a more peaceful approach
Just for addtional information.
It was explained in the Korra artbooks as to how Amon takes away bending. And you are right, he uses bloodbending to block chi paths in the body.
So, he blocks it unlike the Avatar who uses energybending to completely removes the chi paths and takes it away permanently.
If you remember, in the Book 1 in ATLA, when Katara went to learn healing. There was a dummy that had chi paths drawn on it and kids were being taught to heal along those chi paths. Amon uses that only but instead of healing, he moves the blood and blocks them.
Seeing planes drop bombs on the avatar as a kid was 🤯 and seeing a murder/suicide on Nickelodeon
Yes, Amon cried cause he sensed Tarrlok doing that, he accepted it
Amon and Tarrlok’s backstory reminds me somewhat of Zuko and Azula: Horrible father raises his kids to be weapons, and one kid is more gifted than the other. The main difference is that BOTH rebel against him somewhat early
PS their death had me in shock when I first saw it
Big difference. Ozai never loved his family nor cared for his own children and never regretted his crimes. Yakone did love his family and initially moved on from his criminal past. After Noatak ran away, he regretted everything he did.
I just realized that Tarrlok is voiced by Dee Brandlee baker. The VA for the clones
This finale is one if my favorites in the whole series.
It's gonna be rough eventually going through some things in season 2, but boy does the show come back swinging.
Honestly, a lot of my favorite stories are kinda like that.
15:30 Boom is correct about how Amon removed bending. He could use bloodbending to block the active chi pathways for bending. Korra was able to keep and unlock her airbending simply because she had yet to unlock and activate those chi pathways.
Korra gets so much hate, but it is a wonderful series!
Looking forward to the rest of the Korra reactions!
Perfect screenshots do exist!
I have a shot of you 3 AND Kora making the same face
"But you called me here"
Hahahhaa i was waiting for it
Back in ATLA there were a few mentions of Chi-paths and how they could be utilized by water benders for healing purposes. When a earth kingdom solider was hit by ty-lee's pressure point technique Katara remarked that the earth kingdom soldiers chi paths were blocked. With bloodbending I assume it's the same principle only the effect doesn't wear off, since the physical chi-paths have been closed.
I think the understanding of the avatar state is important. I always interpreted the avatar state when aang did it, as uncontrolled & chaotic. He even explains this himself several times. We get to see Roku & other avatars use the avatar state & seemingly be in control so that type of power aang possessed was purely from inability. Korra becomes capable in all bendings by the ending only lacking the spiritual connection within herself & when she finally is low enough to unlock the avatar state contemplating suicide, comprable to aang when he was near death in the ocean originally, she unlocks the ability & already has the control of the all the elements therefore control of the avatar state.
They mentioned Aang having 3 kids in season 1
i love how since Korra is more used to the most agressive bendings like earth and fire she airbends with the strength needed to earthbend
honestly i really love this show and i'm so happy you guys are enjoying it too
Good news: We are closer to Season 3 which is peak Korra
Bad news: We'll have to go through Season 2 first
😂😂😂 oh boy, too real, too real
Ah well. At least we'll have Varrick and Zhu Li.
@@HarleyQuinn-vb5dm The only good additions of Season 2 lmao
@@dubioustheatreyt8096 yeah. I still enjoy a lot of parts but man did Nickelodeon screw this show over by only letting them write seasons 1 and 2 as if the show would after each season and then writing seasons 3 and 4 together
Dont forget Nuktuk! Hahaha@@HarleyQuinn-vb5dm
I personally theorize that there is some part of the brain that helps control bending and that blood bending can sever that part. Like a lobotomy.
The hate Korra gets is unfair because they constantly compare her to Aang. They are different people. It's kinda like getting compared to a sibling. I enjoyed Korra cause i just saw her as her own person and didn’t compare her to anyone.
I am so happy you guys enjoyed this finale so much! I personally don't really like this finale compared to the rest of the season but I love how open-minded you guys are. I personally cringe at the Aang suddenly fixing everything scene but I'm quite happy y'all got teary eyed during it.
"You called me here."
Words cannot describe the feeling the fandom felt at hearing that voice.
I always thought that after he took everyone’s bending he’d find a way to take his own or at least not bend anymore. Like sure his movement may have been built on the lie about his tragic backstory and not being a bender but he had a real life more tragic backstory and I feel his group would’ve understood why he was a bender who wanted no more benders if that makes sense.
I absolutely love Legend of Korra. Glad you guys enjoyed it. And yes, i loved all 4 seasons.
I think this is not said anywhere but the canon among fans is that Amon blocks with bloodbending Chakra on top of people head so he cut them off from "pure cosmic energy". Which is the thing that gives people bending.
I hope the Patreon and TH-cam Members have already let you know that you can read, 'The Promise' and it won't spoil this series
12:02 Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?
I really like Season 2 :D I can't wait, seeing season 1 with you guys was so much fun, thanks for the reaction :)
So here’s something that people kinda glossed over when they first introduced blood bending, its not a killing technique or a telekinesis technique, its a torture technique. Water in avatar was used to cut through rocks. When Hama was teaching katara water behind she pulled water from then trees and when she did she ripped it out. Not just pulled, ripped. And when she did the trees broke. Trees are much more denser than people. Which is why when Hama used it on katara she was crying because when the blood was pushing against her veins, muscles, organs in her body, it was hurting her. But for the person who was practicing the technique it takes a lot of effort because they have to find the traces of water in their opponents body. They are learning to take contrôle over a persons body. So they get lost in causing pain and having that amount of control. Until it becomes addictive. No matter who learns blood bending they’re mind willed become dark. Even if someone used it to end a war, most likely because of how much they love the power of it they are not gonna stop there.
Also people gloss over how dark Hama was too. She created a puppets after every victim she blood bending and dragged to the cave for them to die. If you look at it from a « criminal minds perspective, she got lost in torch ring people.
25:20 dark fun fact: it was confirmed Amon exploded the lieutenants lungs
Korra has it’s moments! Season 1 is really good, season 2 Is where everyone goes a little sideways. But I think you’re going to love Season 3! Love watching you guys react
yall imagine what it was like watching this when this was the only season being worked on, so i had no idea if they actually took away her bending forever and was just gonna end it at that 😭
Hyped for season 3!!! Season 1 definitely needed some more episodes, season 2 was a little bit too long. But season 3 is chefs kiss. Season 4 is also really good!!!
It's not really shown in the show, but between the 1st and 2nd season, republic city become a democracy instead of having a group of bender to rule. The new leader is not a bender, so it kind a close the equalist chapter by giving them an equal right to vote.
Raiko isn't the mayor of Republic City, he is the democratically elected president of the United Republic of Nations, which is larger than just Republic City, which is the capitol city of the republic. It's a shame we never got to see the rest of the United Republic, other than some of the mountainous outskirts of Republic City where Tarrlok's cabin was, and a couple of remote places in the middle of nowhere that I won't mention more specifically here because they haven't come up yet. Would have been cool to see other towns within it.
Hi! New to the channel, huge fan of AtLA and LoK. I appreciate hearing a vocal group about how good this series started. I see a lot of the problems people point out, but none of them soil the whole series for me, I'm glad to see you guys valued this independently from AtLA. Its a very different series taking place in the same world. I'm... hesitant for your season 2 reaction, but excited for if you find good in it despite people's many complaints.
I just realized the mask on the Aang statue was some clever foreshadowing. It hints the man behind the mask is also a bender.
33:11 this is actually normal, people forget aang is an exception and really young. we see from the novels that avatars like yangchen could enter and leave the avatar state at will by age 16
Oh, Hiroshi Sato absolutely ends up in jail. He didn't get away, Asami hit him with the electrified rope. Plus he was already an escaped criminal. He was arrested after the battle at Sato Mansion when he was found out and Amon breaks him out when he took over the city. He's going to be locked up for a very long time, haha.
My biggest criticism about LoK boils down to the fact that the writers will develop an interesting conflict that poses both moral and philosophical questions (i.e. the Equalist movement revolving around the power imbalance between benders and non-benders) only to oversimplify or completely bypass that same issue as the season moves along (the power disparity and prejudice between the benders and non-benders would still be an issue despite Amon's ousting, and the Equalist movement would probably move on under new leadership). I still love the show, I just wish that the stories were a little tighter and less black and white.
In the first episode katara says Tenzin have brother and sister, called Bumi and Kya
15:00 I think Amon essentially uses bloodbending as a permanent form of chi-blocking.
I never noticed this before, but its interesting that she got the ability to give and take bending and control over the avatar state right here, after she finally learned the last of the four elements, like how aang got it in the story after he became a fully realized avatar
Fun fact: zach callison (steven universe) voiced young tarrlock. He sounds so baby though and he already started off SU doing a special voice for Steven that it’s hard to hear.
One thing that really pisses me off about the first season of Korra is that they focus a lot on "look how bending evolved, metal benders being society's police, lightning benders working in energy factories" but then they don't explore the real issues So... like, the only job left for non-benders is subservience, like salespeople, nannies and butlers. All real work, like in factories, hospitals or civil engineering was done specifically with fire, water and earth bending in mind, for example, and I'm not even going to delve into things like the fire department or the army, leading them to have worse jobs. Apart from other issues such as the police being made up only of benders and the council only having benders... I mean, these people have no political representation, the people who make the laws are not like them and the people who oppress them, who has the right to use violence to quell rebellions are the same type of people who deny them rights.
Well to note if I remember correctly I believe they didn't know if there were gonna get more seasons I believe so hence why they focused On the subplots/Main story focus
Isn't that the whole point of the equalists even existing?
I’m almost sure that’s exactly what the first season dealt with..
@@eagleangel5568The situation in the other seasons is no better, the problems of non-banders simply “disappear”, a (apparently) non-bander mayor appears and that's it, but the series doesn't improve, it presents the equalists with a good idea and so on, but it never investigates the real problems. Furthermore, for example, we never know the situation in the Earth Kingdom during Kuvira's dictatorship.
@@xmant8842In theory yes, but the show doesn't show that, think about which poor nonbanders you remember the name of? none, because he doesn't focus on any, the equalists' entire speech is about removing the bend because the people who hold it are dangerous, the characters' entire speech can be summarized as "this bender hurt me or someone I love", no delves deeper into the social discussion of all inequality in the face of this power. Everything I said at the beginning is an assumption based on a few seconds of technological "evolution" presented by the series and details that I only noticed years after watching the series (and I watched it when it premiered).
So it's essentially like Chi Blocking. Amon disrupts the paths the Chi flow's through in a bender and then is able to take someone's bending away. It's pretty much the same thing that happens when Ang takes away someone's bending
"It allowed itself to stand on its own story for almost the entire season except when it was absolutely necessary to tie all these things together." FINALLY SOMEONE WATCHING LEGEND OF KORRA WITH SANE MIND! This should be the correct way of watching Legend of Korra. Most people who commented negative about it were Aang groupies and ATLA supremacists who refuse to mature with the content they grew up with. Thank you for a very insightful review of LoK first book! The second one will be a doozy because that one was the lowest rated ever in the whole Avatarverse. But I promise you, if you give season 2 a chance, it has story beats that are as emotional, action-packed and as insightful as this. I can't wait to see your reactions to that!
I personally loved all of Korra, I have a low tolerance for stuff, so I can enjoy stuff which people will have a problem with. But can't wait for your guy's reactions to the next seasons
It only gets better from here!!!!! This series is soo good
the way season 1 ended with tarrlok and amon is still my favorite moment in all of TLOK. it stuck in my mind in a way none of the other vilian arcs stuck
It was during this episode where I realised we haven't seen Korra in the avatar state even once during the previous episodes
You guys are gonna love season two so fricking much because of the amount of lore that we get, the story itself, the little jokes.
Oh and something else. Something that you will fucking love.
They already finished the whole show, season two is their least favorite, but they still enjoyed it
the only good thing in that season is Avatar Wan, that's it! the rest is just trash.
Don't listen to anybody who jumps to fill your Korra experience with negativity! So glad to watch you go through this journey, and it was cute to see you guys emotional towards the end. Love yall!
Korra is definitely more politically focused. Each villain for every season has a radically different political ideology from the others. And like most answers, the correct answers lie somewhere in the middle. Amon is essentially a communist. The next villain is a theocrat, then there's an anarchic villain, and finally a villain that is tantamount to fascist.
Karls Marx must be turning in his grave with this comparison. The first season seems only political, I think Xman manages to go deeper into this discussion. But the next seasons are definitely a little deeper in this aspect.
@@amigoeuestouaki4880 all of their ideologies are a warping of what the ideology actually is. As I said, the true answer lies somewhere in the middle. For everything. And for all ideologies.
@@samfisher6606The essence of socialism is the expropriation of the means of production, the end of private property (things like factories and production farms) and the seizure of power by the working class. How does Amon come close to this? His speech is to remove the bending and that's it. he doesn't talk about the oppression of nonbanders in a structural way, his speech - almost racist - boils down to "they are violent, that's why they oppress us".
@@samfisher6606 Unalaq hardly acts much Theocratic other than saying how amazing the spirits are, other than that he’s just a boring mustache-twirling villain and not even the fun kind.
Tarlaq: this books recipient of "the not as bad as you could have been" award.
Aang: "I only have few screentime here, better make it worth it for everyone" 😂😂
(At 25:35) Mako: Now I SMIGHT THEE!
oh dear for years I suspected Amon was slightly blood bending his enemies to make them miss but I never realize it was explained here
Anyone who says it’s not worth watching TLOK needs therapy
I’ve loved all of your various and evolving theories so far. Even when they weren’t quite correct, they were either off just a little or just missing something the story hadn’t given yet. It’s made watching this even more fun for me.