KORRA BATTLES THE DARK AVATAR! | Legend of Korra Reaction | Book 2, Chapter 13 "Darkness Falls"
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- THINGS JUST WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE! Unalaq combines with Vaatu to become the dark avatar, and the battle that ensues is INSANE! Not to mention fog spirits, appearences from Aang and Iroh, and Tenzin finding himself! We are loving this finale, and can't wait to see how it all ends!
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Korra loses her connection to her past lives maybe the next avatar will try and reconnect to them but she permanently loses her connection in her lifetime.
Vaatu could grow to that size because raavaa died. Like how raavaa shrank while vaatu grew in wans time
UnaVaatu became giant because they killed Raava, there is no more light, just darkness, and it grows free, that's why the Light Avatar didn't grow bigger before, because she he didn't kill Vaatu, only sealed it.
Korra just became the 2nd first avatar
what if the reason why vatu/ unolock dont have all the elements because Vatu never collected the elements from the lion turtles like how rava did
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LMAOOO FR
Zhu Li, do the thing!
Wheres that green tea I love?!
Why does nobody talk about the animation in this episode. It’s so underrated.
Yesss 5hats what i thought
The waterbending is insaneeeeeee
This show in general has great animation.
Season 2 had the best animation and best music and the two best episodes on the show (Avatar Wan story)
But the rest was trash so ofc nobody will remember the merits.
They're too busy hating
Definitely
Wan and Raava learned the elements from the lion turtles, that's why Unalaq can only water bend.
*Received
@Geoffrey no he can’t n won’t because the lion turtle give raava the element which is why korra can bend 3 at a young age because raava have them within her that’s how the avatar works
@@x97k8 false Wan was given the elements and Raava temporarily took them.
@@x97k8 Did you just like, not watch ATLA?
Seeing Korra defenseless and in actual, PHYSICAL PAIN as her connection to her past lives are being destroyed and then actually seeing them disappear is so so BRUTAL
Unalaq just murdered Aang.
@@pwnorbepwned Well idk. The concept that Unalaq killed Aang's spirit forever upset me so much that I almost stopped watching the show. But depending on the reality of incarnation or the nature of spirits in the Avatar world, Aang's spirit either still literally exists as Korra, just without his memories of being Aang, or he might exist in an afterlife or the Spirit World, just not psychically connected to Raava and Korra.
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Haha best comment XD
yep
Yesss!!
+ Attack on Titan
YESSSS!!!!
When you realize zhao has been walking around in the fog of lost souls for over 70 years.
How many times did you watch lok? I swear I see you on almost every channel who reacts to avatar series lol
I've seen you comment on so many almost all of these, and I respect your devotion.
Whats up, Gay Ninja?
@@lollalofi3933 the same question can be directed to you, too O.O lol and to me as well haha
hi :D
People hate on Korra because her connection to her past lives was severed, yet they give Aang a pass for being killed while in complete control of the Avatar State. If Katara hadn't revived him, the Avatar cycle (not just the ability to connect with past lives) would've ended.
-PS: Before people respond by saying "sneak attack", he still put himself in a vulnerable position
the thing is that if Korra still had her past lives and called Aang during the rest of the show they still would have shitted on Korra because she is using the easy way out, she's being handheld by Aang and the other avatars. Not having the other avatars make Korra unique, new, and fresh.
Korra and Tenzin's journey this season is about shredding every connection with the old ATLA (mostly Aang). And then in the 3rd season, you have a plot very similar to the old ATLA style but with a new perspective, Korra's. Where the final battle with this superpowerful foe happens in the same place as Ozai's battle and the avatar's allies (Sokka's squad/Airbenders & company) play a huge role in the battle
Unalaq’s move was kind of a sneak attack too. Who the heck could’ve predicted that he could do that mouth spirit tentacle move. Almost everyone i know who saw that went “What the f*ck”
If I remember right, some people say the lesson from Tenzin also applies to the show as well. Korra isn't trying to be another ATLA, it is its own show like Tenzin is his own person.
the " dark avatar" could become so big BECAUSE they killed Raava, notice how he starts changing the moment Raava dissipates into thin air. before it was like yin and yang, he only had 50% and he got rid of the light side he is now 100%.
More like 99.9999999999% 🙊
@@StephanAlfisz ohh yeah since a little bit of Raava will always be inside him, so that is right! thanks for pointing that out!
i was talking about his power level which went over 8000
Flashback to the moonspirit
i am not a reflection of my father. I am tenzin, I am tenzin!"
Which can also translate to: "i am not a reflection of Avatar the last airbender. I am legend of korra, I am legend of korra!"
That's actually insightful
I think that's what they were going for with that and it's beautiful
@@cheeseburger442 fr
True but even the creators said that in the very next season they put the story the closest to ATLA
@@trainerkai1313 they also destroyed the connections to the past lives, Aang, Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, everyone. They cut the connections to the past, so a new and fresh Korra with new experiences could do her own mistakes and rights. She started the season listening and trusting her elders, like Unalaq, and that trust in what came before her played her and destroyed every connection to her "elders", she needs to make her own calls, not Tenzin's, not her father's, not Unalaq's. She is Korra, the start of a new generation of Avatars, a more powerful one
FUN FACT: Grey DeLisle-Griffin returns as a voice actor for the ATLA universe in this episode! This episode is the first of 10 that she'll complete in the LOK series! In Darkness Falls, she voices the friendly mushroom and the dark spider spirit. She's so talented & such a chameleon that a lot of people don't realize all the voices she does throughout both ATLA and LOK! :)
She was the friendly mushroom?? Wow, I had no idea all these years. Vocal chameleon is right!
ye she also does Ming-Hua
@@HyrubatoMusic ****SPOILERS****
Yes! I honestly didn't even recognize her as Ming Hua until she's in the back of the truck with Bolin and Mako as prisoners. I thought I heard a touch of Grey's voice and looked it up, and I was shocked that I was right. She does such a fantastic job playing so many different voice parts!
@@overthinkingqueen2300 i heard it in Ming Huas scream
She is also a villain in season 3
An interesting point about Zhao here is that Tenzin, Kya and Bumi don’t know who Zhao is. Zhao’s central goal was to be remembered by history and the children of his greatest foe don’t even know who he is. Poetic Justice.
Another detail is that here Tenzin, Bumi and Kya wear very similar clothes to the og 3. Tenzin wears air nomad clothes and tattoos like Aang, Kya and Bumi wear Water Tribe clothes like Katara and Sokka.
I read it that they DID know who he was. They were shocked to see him and said that they hoped they weren't down there as long as him.
"Find the light in the dark." I sure hope that doesn't come back to haunt him
Find the dark in the light 0-0
Ocean and moon spirit callback POGG
They had some balls to sever the connection of the past Avatars in one second flash on the screen. It’s ambitious. Korra seldom asked her past lives for advice. She trusted Unalaq at first and this is how he repaid her.
But then again the past lives can't help korra they can only help with their problems the only person who was helpful was aang and I guess they could've keept him because he had some knowledge of this timeline but that would be bias to the others so they just wipe the slate clean but they can use the tree of time 😩 for answers from the past
It was a bold move for sure, but I'm still iffy on it.
But that's just me.
Take Care. 👋🏻
@@crusader2112 I’m still iffy on it too. Take care too as well!
i personally like that they made that decision
I love this decision it was in need of a reset wisdom is useful but like we see with roku it can get very outdated in a new world
Plus I like to think Kyoshi can finally rest and go find rangi in the afterlife instead of waiting at the avatar phone
I like how they realize that when Bumi is freaking out they bring up his war trauma and what he saw.
Same. I kinda don't like how it was almost portrayed as a joke. PTSD isn't funny.
Rewatching this with them makes me realize that season 2 isn’t as bad as everyone claims it to be.
It's just losing the Avatar is what pissed people off
Yeah it’s actually good but fast paced and the whole losing the connection.
Why am I letting people influence my opinion😔
Korra really would have benefited from longer seasons. Nickelodeon really hobbled the show especially with season 2, more time to develop the Civil War and the villian would have maybe made people more sensitive to how much Korra was manipulated. (Probably not since some have some inherent biases against her)
It's still more disjointed than the other seasons, but on my second viewing I definitely appreciated Varrick and Mako's contributions more. Lots of cool propoganda/detective stuff there.
@@babadook4404 Yeah 20 episodes season like ATLA would have been even better
To be honest as much as i think is sad af that Korra lost her connections with her past lives i think is was necessary.
And maybe the airbenders themselves predicted that since there's no room for other avatar statues after Korra in that room of Avatar statues in the Southern Air Temple.
Korra was meant to be both the last of the old cycle and new of the new cycle
It is going to happen every ten thousand years light can't exist without darkness I just wish it wouldn't be on korra timeline but with another avatar so the show wouldn't get so much hate
@@KEEMchoosen777 imo Korra got the d*mned if you do d*mned if you don't treatment. As they didn't care for the limited and more so underlying repercussions from season 1, nor the lasting consequences of season 2. Add in that certain fans only wanted stories on one avatar specifically; Aang(even though its much more interesting seeing how multiple Avatars navigate their eras key issue). Made it inevitable certain types would only view the series in a negative way.
I'm sad about it but I think its poetic too. Wan created the 1st line of avatars on harmonic convergence and a new line begins on the next one
no ❤
Not only that but we’ve seen how much the world has changed even from Aangs time in ATLA to now.
Their will reach a stage where the past avatars can no longer assist and give their outlook onto present avatar situations because they are now very much out of touch from the world (if that makes sense)
Korra allows a fresh space and start for the avatar cycle in a modernised world with modernised issues
I think the loss of the past lives is one of the reasons people tend to resent korra - and I won’t lie it makes me sad but I don’t think it’s any reason to blame her. I love korra and Aang almost ended the cycle as a whole in Ba Sing Se. it is also so cool when you realise that it was always meant to happen with the avatar statues in ATLA - korra was always meant to be the last one in the cycle.
In my opinion I find it kind of symbolic. With the fight between raava and vaatu happening every 10,000 years it's almost like the cycle is being renewed.
@@naheen4628I think you could take it further and say that it also symbolizes a new era where humans and spirits could get to live in harmony
I don't resent her for it but I just wish they'd shown more resistance on Korra's part before Raava gets destroyed. Like seriously, Unalaq, a newbie that JUST GOT fused with a spirit, manages to rip out Raava in five seconds. I know that's a nitpicking thing but still. I still really enjoy the series.
@@messingmusic_and_animation Unalaq is a master waterbender though, probably the strongest waterbender aside from the waterbenders that can bloodbend.
Fusing with Vaatu powered him up even more
@@messingmusic_and_animation probably having Raava being ripped out left her very weak. Also, we don't know if she could use the avatar state or even bend the elements without Raava inside her body
Montana is 5000 IQ. I never thought about how zhao literally called tenzin aang just before he had his revalation moment. And ive seen this series front to back 15 times atleast.
Remember: THIS IS NOT KORRA'S FAULT, SHE IS THE VICTIM.
... Of the evil spirit that broke loose because she opened two portals she wasn't supposed to.
@@AStrangeWindmill she was manipulated by Unalaq and we have to remember that she is just a teenager. Before going to Republic City, she was isolated and she didn't have good social skills so of course she was naive and did some mistakes
@@AStrangeWindmill If she didn't open the portal Jinora would be dead, so yeah she made the right choice especially season 3 has positives and negatives for opening the portal.
@@AStrangeWindmill Exactly, being tricked into doing what they want you to do even if it ends up hurting you, is also a definition of victim, i'm glad you understand that Korra is the victim, thank you for affirming.
@@Bigsteelguy4 Wan and Raava showed her that it was the avatar who can control the portals, and she had not yet opened the second. She only had Unaloqs dubious word telling her otherwise. I chalk that more up to the writing of season 2, but she should not have gone into the spirit world with Jinora without some reason other than "Unaloq is telling the truth _this_ time".
The loss of the past lives hurts so much, but it makes total sense, especially once Book 3 gets rolling. Harmonic convergence changes the world and a new avatar with new knowledge and new experiences is needed to guide the world. The old avatars' knowledge is not as relevant to this new world.
Food for thought: in another 10,000 years, Vatuu will reform (since neither can be fully destroyed) and we'll end up here again. So the lessons from Korra must endure that long.
@@therach1 yeah, I think the Avatar cycle is destined to be restarted every 10,000 years during harmonic convergence
I forgot to add, even Aang refused to take the past avatars' advice and kill Ozai, he forged his own path which is one of the key points in this series overall
@@therach1 correction he won't reform. as Rava didn't reform either, Jenora had to put the light in the world so that Raava's essence formed inside Vaatu. meaning in 10,000 years the darkness will simply reform inside Raava. so in 10,000 years Raava and Vaatu will actually be eternally connected like they were before Wan/ but this time inside of the Avatar
the most important factor of the Avatar state was to empower the avatar with the power of all the past avatars
I can't even begin to imagine how helples Korra felt in this exact Moment, when Unavatu destroyed her Connection with her past Lifes!
Fr
Bolin shouldn't have save the president!!
Yh
@@x97k8 Oh absolutely
A lot of people noticed this but when the Kataang siblings were roaming in the woods they were dressed as the original trio: Aang, Katara, and Sokka.
probably that also triggered Zhao when he saw them, he thought that they actually were the og trio but older
"Bolin is powerful"- boy, you haven't seen anything yet
Yeah
🧱🌋🔥What Are You Talking About 🌋🔥🧱
When he said 4 arms I nearly died.
They are in for a treat for season 3
It's crazy to think this is one of the few times an Avatar popped in for a person who isn't the Avatar, the other being Kyoshi appearing to Suki when she was giving up hope while imprisoned in the Boiling Rock.
23:45 “You can Un-Avatar someone.” 😂😂😂
Idk why but I’m wheezing! The girl is such a mood
Can't wait for chapter 3... It's pretty breathtaking...
That's a good way of putting it.
I understood that reference
It's mindblowing
@@mateoagudelocanaveral9780 That too!
It's also very shocking😉
Seeing korra get the past lives basically ripped out of her was painful to watch. You can see her trying to get up and fight but every time unalaq hit raava she was getting weaker. I cried at this scene😭
I just realized, Aang visited his family in the fog of lost souls, chatted with Tenzin to give him a pep talk, and ignored his other two kids.
Checks out, lol.
The first time I saw this when I was just a teenager I cried when the connection to past avatars was broken but not for Korra but for Rava because Korra may have mostly lost her connections to her past lives but those lives were all ones Rava lived with them she lost the memories and connections to her best friends from over 10,000years
Now imagine people blaming Korra for losing the connections instead of Unalaq/Vaatu, victim blaming at it's finest.
Especially after what Aang did
@@golfie46 Yes, Aang literally DIED in the avatar state, but Korra haters have selective memory and conveniently forget this so they can keep hating Korra.
They have tunnel-vision hate, it's irrational through and through.
@@Goliath1337 I think it it more that the show never repairs that, like ATLA did. So, it means that Aang and all the other avatars are gone, forever. Or did it repair? I can't remember.
@@TheCheese1988 And most people don't know that Aang deliberately severed his connection to Roku in the comics because his advice didn't match up with the times and almost started another war
@@TheCheese1988 They are gone. But Aang himself didn't repair that, he was extremely lucky Katara with Spirit Water was there.
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This is one of my most favorite episodes of LOK, just look at the action, great music, emotions, surprice at the end and IROH
The next episode is even better
As the announcer said in the second episode, “this is gonna be a doozy”
For Bolin and Eska I think he started it as acting but he actually let some true feelings appear in what he was saying, he did kinda still like her
The scene in the fog with Zhao is one of my favorite in the series. Just thinking that Aang didn’t just kill him, but forced him into eternal madness is crazy to me
Aang didn't do that the water spirit did. Remember the water spirit returned aang back then grabbed Zhao after
@@kevinsims5791 and Zhao could have escaped if only he took Zuko's hand
Rava being shredded is the most painful moment of the entire Avatar saga.
I always feel that the CREEPIEST part of the whole show of The Legend of Korra is in this episode where you find out Zhao has been walking there for more than 70 years. It always gives me goosebumps knowing that he hasn't got rest in peace. We didn't even think that he would be shown up in this show until you saw him here 😳
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Fun fact: The mushroom has the same voice actor as Azula :)
This episode have so many goosebumps and tearbending moments. Can't wait to feel it all over again with you guys
Yh and when it's all done it's just left this hole in me makes me feel sad just like when I watched the last airbender
Bruh Raava is not gone.... she literally says to Wan, "He cannot destroy light as I can not destroy darkness. One can not exist without the other." Raava is still there inside of him.
This this this this this this this this
You really need to let them EXPERIENCE this. This is absolutely a spoiler
@@RvrStyxRasputin not really. There’s only so many assumptions you can make regardless of if you remember that line. And the bigger experience is figuring out exactly how it happens and who does it and the realization of what their role actually is.
correctionm, Raava and Vaatu are just the avatars of light and dark. light and darkness can't be destroyed but they are spirits so they can be killed. in 10,000 years for example Darkness will reform but inside Raava so Raava will be the avatar of both light and dark in 10,000 years
@@houseofaction same goes for Vaatu... if ur saying Raava is the avatar of BOTH light and dark, Vaatu is ALSO the avatar of BOTH light and dark because of your explanation stated due to Vaatu and Raava CO-exist, so they "needed" each other even if one destroys the other.
This episode really solidifies to me that all the pressure to achieve greatness put upon Bumi, Kya, and Tenzin comes directly from the world projecting Aang's legacy on them and NOT Aang himself. It's more obvious with Tenzin becuase he, throughout the course of the series so far, has always seen himself as an extension of Aang rather than his own person. Kya and Bumi's resentment toward Aang also never came from Aang's personal expectations but from the world's expectations based their association with Aang.
Also getting rid of the Past Avatars was a GREAT decision because it proves the writers didn't want to rely on cheap and easy fanservice to get fans to positively associate their nostalgia with The Legend of Korra. An episode where Aang walks Korra through his journey would be nostalgia bait.
Very much agree with your first paragraph, very much disagree with the second paragraph. For me it only indicated that the writers had no idea how to handle the past lifes creatively and were way too scared of Aang overshadowing Korra. There were many things they could have done with Aang as a spirit guide that would have not have felt like nostalgia bait and wouldn't have detracted from Korra as a character and as a show. And I really like LoK as a show in general, but that part always seemed to me a poor decision made for the wrong reasons.
Okay but the gasp of pure joy I gave the moment I saw Appa on screen-
Gonna be crying and shocked faces I bet probably idk but hope that you guys liked it can't wait for Thursdays reaction as well
people hate season 2 because of this, they think Korra is weak and they shoulden't needed broke the connection with past avatars. When that Korra 30 minutes ago was passed out, then she went to the spirit world fought with Vaatu (won) was attacked from behind and had to fight against the strongest opponent we saw in the franchise, and even then she was holding her own, until Unalaq simply take Raava out of her
Wau...nice spoiler for the people who neber watched tlok lol
Well many tend to not see that Korra parallels Wan just as much as Aang did Roku. Which foreshadowed what is to come and what'll be needed from each successor within their era. As there are distinct similarities.
For me, the big downside was (not spoiling it but don't read ahead if you don't want hints at spoilers) the deus ex machina ending.
She lost the avatar spirit and ends out winning against a dark avatar who was much more in touch spiritually than her through things... not exactly explained... or at least well.
Also one thing that I really didn't like was the lack of balance as a theme. When I first saw it, the 'mistake' that Wan made which I thought was the whole point of the season was locking Vaatu away and ONLY having order/light as an influence on the world with chaos/darkness being just as needed. A yin yang deal. I thought the season would end with Korra realising that unalaak was not entirely wrong and Wan did unbalance the world and merge BOTH vaatu and raava into herself. Let the avatar LITERALLY be the person who holds the world in balance by containing both the light and dark spirits. Instead of just "vaatu, one of the two original spirits just shouldn't exist at all".
@@UnevenRanger POTENTIAL SPOILER
what made Unavaatu so overwhelming is that Unalaqs individual spirituality was so great *and* it aligned perfectly with Vaatu. Which is why Korra had to grow and attain a greater sense of self that is separate from Raava(it felt rushed since it was the conclusion episode. Though it was similar to _The_ _Guru_ just condensed.) If you factor in that this period in time is literally the most spiritual of any point in the Avatar verse; think Sozins Comet for firebenders/full moon for waterbenders. You can see it clearer. And Korra does see the point made by Unalaq and mistake by Wan. Which is why she leaves the portals open and works toward bringing spirituality back into society(what you suggest could happen later on in Korra's cycle of Avatar or in the next cycle entirely)
@@jonathanjohnson6727 DEFINITE SPOILERS: (thanks I like this header incase the Letts duo look into the comments)
I completely agree that the reason Unavaatu was so seemingly overpowered compared to regular avatar was the unique mix of Unalaqs deep spiritual connect and the harmonic convergence being a massive spiritual power boost, my complaint is closer to the fact that Korra... who while having her moments has never been overly spiritual herself... was able to overcome Unavaatu with just her empowered spirit. Yes she had growth and I liked that she was forced to take some time without Raava to look at her own spirit but it is very much a toddler taking their first steps, too soon to overcome everything she did.
Overall, don't hate the ending to the season, just like you said it was rushed due to ALOT happening in the final episode and felt very 'here is what happened, there is no way you could have foreseen this happening" which to me is the sign of a bad ending. No-one can tell me they predicted Korra spirit bending herself into a Kaiju haha
Second point... I have to disagree especially after the 'let it go, you won' theme of season four with Korra.
I got the impression that (and you are completely right in that it technically could happen with a future avatar) but with her accepting that Wan was wrong and Unalaq had a point about the world being out of balance... but then her turning around and destroying one half of the two ancient spirits as opposed to accepting he needs to exist just felt very much like she had one foot on the step but never TOOK the step. So I found it disappointing, but open to other peoples interpretations.
(Apologies for rant, it is rare to get to chat about my thoughts on the show with someone)
Iroh’s cryptic message: If you go too deep in the Spirit World, you’ll end in a place where only the lost will ever find you.
Tenzin response: Where only the lost will ever find you? That’s it! I know where we can find Jinora!
Actually i think the idea of unalaq and vatuu going so big is the same concept as the spirts going inside people in Wan's episodes. We can see that "unavatu" looks more like Vatuu than a typical human. The only difference why Korra and previous avatars wasn't looking like this is because Ravaa didn't want to make them like this while Vatuu took over and he didn't care about Unalaq at all so he made him a giant monster, which makes perfect sense for me. I also think that the reason why he is so big is the idea that when Ravaa was going smaller he was going bigger, so while he destroyed her he could gain his maximum power and size. On the other hand I think it's better to be super powerful while staying in the typical human shape and that's why Ravaa never took over. For me it's just the concept of balance with the light spirit who doesn't want to deformate the human body and be on the equal rights in this combination.
Only the cover of the video made me anxious for the video, my God
One of my favorite moments in the series, I love the severing of past lives.
This is the first time I ever noticed that the creepy scorpion/spider/anglerfish spirit said “Humans in the spirit world only belong in one place.” That makes for two counts of foreshadowing/hints to tell Tenzin how to find Jinora.
Oh this is the moment that everyone hates Korra for. But honestly she fought as hard as she could. It's sad to see the past lives dissappearing but she really did everything she could.
I think the reason that the Avatar couldn't grow big just like what happened to Unalaq and Vaatu was because Raava was "destroyed" so the other counterpart grew. And maybe because Vaatu just completely overtook Unalaq's body.
I think that Vaatu was just taken by surprise when Wan entered the Avatar State and didn't know what to expect but with Korra he did
The reason why unalaq doesn’t have all bending is because since he is the fiestas tat of his kind he has to learn the other elements then he can use them
I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure the giant lion turtles are the only ones that can give bending. Wan already had all four when he merged with Raava so all his reincarnations have all four elements as well.
Unalaq is a water bender, he was never bestowed the ability to bend the other elements by the lion turtles, that’s why he can’t bend them
@@chuuberry5778 wrong anyone with the power of Energy bending can bestoy the power of elemental bending. so if she wanted to Korra could actually grant bending to anyone. if she chose to she could do what the lion turtles did for wan and choose someone to grant all 4 elements
That thumbnail looks epic!
Peoplr hate mako but honestly mako had to raise himself and bolin at a young age he had to grow up fast his parents were killed in front of him
Well yes, but he also isn’t the best at having relationships.
Still don't like him in the first 2 seasons. In seasons 3 and 4 I like him though. Good things don't overwrite bad things.
@@Pleoxz I totally agree with Kennys defense - as a person he's been great, it's mostly relationships he sucks at und the current disaster is really not your everyday honesty in a relationship trouble. While he did warm up to dating Asami again, she kinda pushed herself on him in a moment of vulnerability. And Korra, in the midst of a global crisis, lost her memory just assuming they were still together. Also their break up isn't far in the past and they didn't break up because they don't have feelings for each other anymore, but because they realized their relationship doesn't work with all the situations clashing all the time. Looking at how messy most real life relationships can get sometimes, I'd think that's a reasonable point to at least be tempted to rebound.
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Also we see them sorting it out at the end again, and in S3&S4 Mako taking a break from relationships in general to focus on himself (which is probably a good thing for him). The only victim for whom it really sucks is Asami AGAIN! She and Mako work even worse than him and Korra because she keeps ending up in the middle between the two without Mako fully committing 🤷♂️ My empathy goes out to Asami but overall the situation is very human, and I think it's just peoples tendency to want to have ONE to blame for the mess up. Which isn't fair to Mako
mako was fine in books 3 and 4 but i think the love triangle and the shitty boyfriend thing from the first 2 books turned a lot of people off in terms of his character
I think that's his character development
Mako started of as a selfish kid who only cares about him and bolin(mostly bolin)
Then through the season, he started easing up and trusting people. He became more connected with other people by showing mako that they're no longer alone.
Kenny's hair is getting more and more Bolin-ish :)
The thumbnail looks amazing! GOOD JOB, KENNY! WOWWWW
For me, when Korra goes into the Avatar State, she's herself. She's not Aang, or anyone else of the past. Also, to have such control of it like she does, ain't no one else driving but her. It's so dope watching her discover how powerful she is.
I've followed you for like two months now and somehow I still forget you always do a premiere and click the video with the expectation to watch it now 😭✋
Mako has a lot of emotional trauma that the fandom forgets about it’s not an excuse but he just has a lot of growing to do.
And how do you think the loss of their parents (I guess that's the emotional trauma you're referring to) affected his relationships with Asami and Korra?
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Not seeing a proper loving relationship between 2 consenting people? Tf
Zhao’s comeback was very dark, creepy and unsettling… he was desended into eternal madness… which is a fate worse than death
Kenny: imagine if someone has 4 arms bending
Me: 😶🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐
I was looking for this specific comment!! Thank you for the laugh
@Killua Zoldyck yep
@Killua Zoldyck I was talking about ming-hua. I don't know if op was talking about the same person but since he used the "no spoiler" emoticon I supposed he was talking about her too
Saying "oh man I shouldn't say anything about that specific thing they said" is literally the same as confirming it. You're still spoiling
Saying "oh man I shouldn't say anything about that specific thing they said" is literally the same as confirming it. You're still spoiling
That cameo by Gen. Zhao was perfect and it answered our question about his fate. But what would happen if Zhao got freed and saw how much things changed since his time??
He would be like WTF?
The reason why unavatuu got big is because darkness grows in the absence of light. You saw in the Wan episodes that when wan separated vatuu and rava from there battle, rava immediately shrank. As time passed on she continued to get smaller and vatu continued to get bigger. As darkness grows and spread vatus size is the same and rava shrinks. Once he destroyed rava he grew to an enormous size as there is no more light and just pure darkness. It makes sense
(At 11:05) he won Korra over and made his little brother run off, crying. True, Korra was mainly at fault for that, but from Bolin's point of view, he can only blame his brother for stealing that opportunity from him.
This episode has about 74 reasons why season 2 is the best season. The whole scene where Unalaq kills Raava and then grows because it gets bigger when the light gets smaller (and I guess they already saw the finale so this won't be a spoiler, but if you didn't then don't read any further)
and at that point where Raava got killed, it instantly started re-growing inside Vaatu but as a microscopic light, so Vaatu could get that immense. That whole scene and the music and the twins seeing his father become the giant monster, and the music ugh it's sad how underappreciated season 2 is, right as TLOK altogether was underappreciated for all these years. And also season 1, season 1 is underrated too when it's probably the strongest season out of any show for how well everything ties together, and the Tarrlok and Noatak deaths. My hope is that just as TLOK finally got appreciation after many years, in some time season 2 will get the praise it deserves as the fucking best fucking season.
(At 7:27) Technically, from Iroh point of view, they ARE still kids even, if they are in their '50s.
The Tenzin Aang scene is really subtley executed. All season, Tenzin has been touting this special position he had as the last airbender after Aang, that he inherited the responsibility of restarting a whole culture and is a spiritual failure. His perception was that he should be like Aang. In the interaction, Aang tells him that he should not be him. Tenzin basically reaches a state of enlightenment and that’s how he’s able to see through and exit the fog.
It’s really beautiful to me.
In the Last Airbender comics, we saw when aang was in the process of forming republic city - that avatar roku was extremely against building a place where all nations could bond + form a melting pot. This showed me that connections to past avatars, at least for Korra being a post-modern avatar, was very limited on how much insight past avatars could provide her. Even though the writers did this because they thought this would be the last season - I know a lot of people disagree but i think it was important for korra’s story and for the franchise in general.
This the episode that made people hate season 2 and the series all in general for me not really it shocked the hell outta of me but korra developed as character as it went on
“Why can’t the Avatar get that big?”
Just wait! I can’t wait to see you guys’ reaction!
I feel like that moment with tenzin was a message for tenzin but also the fans who are hyper focused on the past thinking legend of korra is ONLY an extension of avatar . A lot of people looked at tenzin as aang 2.0 and that korra should be exatly like aang hyper focusing on her not being SPIRITUAL enough when it’s like she’s not the first avatar to not be the most spiritual like yes that’s important but she’s not an air nomad that way of living is gone forver . This is legend of korra these characters are a new generation and they have to find their own path which is also why I love that they kinda got rid of Korras connection to the past avatars because it’s a message of letting go of the past . For korra and for the fans
Bruhhhh this episode is gonna fucking break them in half 😭
Tear out their soul
Sometimes if I wanna hurt myself, I look up the video of Korra losing her past lives. Works every time.
"Couldn't it be any of them if she's in the avatar state?" She does not channel one she channels all.
I think the reason Una-Vaatu got huge and spooky was because at that point Raava was dead and Vaatu became the predominant spiritual force in the world. Remember that when Wan travelled with Raava, she did get gradually smaller as Vaatu grew stronger.
I love that Appa is a Huskey.
“The fog is a spirit, slowly infects your mind and drives you mad and imprisons you in your darkest memories.”
Me: So you’re in Spirit world Hell essentially.
I really want to know about the Cannibals…
Tenpin doesn’t really have dark memories tho except for living in Aang’s Shadow.
About the comparison between Eska and Desna vs Mako and Bolin:
To add to Kenny's take on this, I would also think that one thing that helps give Eska and Desna a potential edge over Mako and Bolin is that not only do they have potentially increased coordination from both wielding the same element, but that their doubled-up element happens to be water. Water is probably the best element for having coordinated attacks anyway because of its flowy nature, so the fact that their shared element happens to be water, Eska and Desna could have even more of that sibling synergy with the coordination of their bending.
I think the reason vatu/unalaq were able to become a giant, titan-esque avatar probably boils down to the complete defeat of Rava. Without the balance of the opposite spirit, Vatu’s power is completely unfettered. (Same as how he was growing throughout Wan’s episode)
This episode always breaks my heart 😭
I FINALLY HAD A QUESTION PICKED. When I tell you my heart skipped a beat 🥰❤️
This is a very crowded thumbnail but it’s still good 😂
I wanted to imitate the chaos of the episode!
If you thought this battle was bad wait until next episode
We are also getting closer to the best book of tlok (book 3)
I don’t like it at all either
But if anyone else enjoys it I’m happy for them
so I think the reason unalaq/vaatu were able to grow so large is because darkness grows when light fades, and raava was destroyed. the spiritual energy is also elevated during harmonic convergence, so I think it was a bit of both
*What I Like About the Zhao Cameo in Legend of Korra* -
One thing I personally like about the Zhao callback in the Fog of Lost Souls is how it weaves further continuity of the Avatar lore by creating another connection between The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Specifically, it ties together Aang's pacifist nature with an act of poetic justice at the hand of the Ocean Spirit.
In The Last Airbender, it seemed like Aang with the Ocean Spirit apparently drowned Zhao for harming the moon spirit fish. But by having Zhao instead be trapped in a part of the Spirit World, it is the life-sparing punishment that is a fate worse than death all over again, (like when Aang took Ozai's bending away at Sozin's Comet). Aang preserves his pacifist principle by not actually having killed Zhao while fighting to protect the Northern Water Tribe, Water Tribe culture, and the moon spirits. As for the Ocean Spirit, Zhao is spared, but lives out a continuous existence of being tormented by unresolved and impossible-to-ever-fulfill, 'dog-eternally-chasing-its-own-tail' ambitions of capturing Avatar Aang. This parallels to Aang sparing Ozai's life, but taking his bending away to make him live a spared life of powerlessness which is torture to a power-hungry bully, control-freak, and conquest-driven warmonger.
Additionally, looking backwards chronologically, it's like a sort of "reverse foreshadow" to how Aang would apply a similar tactic to stop a bad guy who is doing great harm, and seeking to do even greater harm if he succeeds, but without having to actually kill him to foil the villain and his plan.
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(Anyway, so why does Legend of Korra suck so bad again haters?)
One thing I'd like to add to the discussion whether Mako and Bolin or Esna and Desna are a better team: They always faced off in places with an abundance of water so far. So either in snowy/icy regions or on the ocean. I think if they were to fight outside of such a region, Mako and Bolin would have the clear advanatge since they wouldn't be dependant on sources of the element as much since earth is often all around them (unless they were to be on an airship, for example) and fire doesn't need a source (There is also another thing later that definitely makes them stronger, but I won't specify in any way what it is or how it affects their abilities).
And a thing towards the "Becoming a giant being thing": Maybe Unalaq was able to do that because Vaatu took over and therefore transformed their body, something Raava would only do in the most dire circumstances. The respective Avatars and Raava always worked together, that's why they didn't turn into this form while Vaatu doesn't care about Unalaq.
It might also be that Raava doesn't do it because it might damage the human, we know that holding multiple elements harms the human and that if spirits possess humans they also get harmed, so Raava who holds 3 elements possessing someone and also changing their body, might destroy the human or make them unable to turn back (Like maybe that is their way of deforming the human hosts like with the tree-guy).
Bolin is carefree and kind because Mako took on the role of a parent to raise Bolin. I think the hate he gets is a bit unfair considering this is probably the first time where he had someone care about him.
Another exciting episode of S2 this is! The directions this one took was pretty wild, from Korra’s face-off against the merged Unalaq/Vaatu to Tenzin’s shining moment. Even the callback with Zhao surprised me and cleared up what had become of him in the OG Avatar series. Awesome episode and reaction overall!
P.S: Loved Appa’s small screen time in this video. And that yawn...too cute!
The only reason that the avatar has all the elements is because wan went and got the elements from the lion turtles. So the power was wan's and not Raava's. So the dark avatar wouldn't be the same because he doesn't have all the elements
Rava did keep a hold of the elements for Wan though, so he could only use one at a time. It was only after convergence where they got fused that he could use all four at once, I think I remember.
@@TheCheese1988 no, he could still use them all separately before they fused. The fusion just gave him the power to use all 4 at once
I think Vaatu and Unalaq were able to grow so big because Raava was destroyed, so there was no more balance between light and dark, so Vaatu was able to reach the height of his power (,like the concept of "darkness grows as light fades"). Maybe Raava could do the same thing if Vaatu would be destroyed.
Personally, I think the heroes made a bad call splitting up like that to fight the baddies and find Jinora at the same time. Things would have gone so much smoother if they’d teamed up, bodied Unalaq and Vaatu, and then gone in search of Jinora once the spirit world was safe to do so in.
I really love that Jason Isaacs came back for just that one scene. So good.
if you go back to atla when they introduce the avatar statues in the southern temple, you will notice that there is only one empty spot left which is aang. The writers might made for the avatar cycle to end with aang and for Korra to start a new cycle. it sucks that because of this, people hate on Korra. I do wish they would done a better way for the viewers to say goodbye to the past avatars and not just traumatize us with each of our favorite avatar disappearing.
Yh wish it was an next avatar after korra but it's going to happen every ten thousand years
That's just a theory and a bad one at that. That episode has mistakes that shows that the creators hadn't put together some pretty important stuff for the lore. Also, the statues move.
Vatuus fusion with unalaq is wayyy violent
I just watched the Spirit Mushroom scene out of context clip and I laughed and I WANT THAT SPIRIT MUSHROOM PLUSHIE!
glad you guys have enjoyed the series. I love Legend Of Korra sooo much :)
Mako: Bolin, make a high barrier around the portal
Bolin: smart play bro!