Album Rating: 4.0

Damn, I'm gonna miss this show so much

Me too.

Now for the next Avatar in line. One from the Earth Kingdom! :D

Yea one can hope!

Album Rating: 4.0

Either that, or if they made a midquel about the original characters grown up, that'd be cool too

Yea there's so many things they can do with this world. It definitely feels like they're not done with it.

I'm pretty sure Bryke said they're done with making anymore Avatar series. It's depressing but I think we got enough out of them.

I don't buy Korra and Asami as a romantic pairing at all.

Album Rating: 3.5

Bryke is done for now. They said they might be open to it in 5-6 years. I'd be happy if they waited for inspiration to come. I'm not sure how unpopular of an opinion this is, but retrospectively while Korra had its moments, I don't think it was really at the level of A:TLA. I think there was a lot of untapped potential. Season 1 felt totally inspired (I watched '....And the Winner Is': holy shit what a good episode), even if I really disliked the finale. Season 3 also felt completely fresh. Seasons 2 & 4 felt like they weren't given enough time though. Plus, they must be burnt out, after 7 seasons of dealing with Nick, plus the content, the conventions, etc. I'm sure they, as creators, have other ideas they'd like to make happen.



"it's not too far fetched."



No doubt, but it's still unlikely compared to the null case (she has no romantic pairing). I understand it on a logical level, but I just don't think they had any romantic chemistry. But you know, I don't think my problem is with them as a pairing. It did feel like fanservice to me because there was no proper buildup to them kind of being romantic. But even if it were logical, LoK was never in any sense about Asami and Korra's journey together: it was either about Korra alone (ha), or Korra, Mako, Bolin, and Asami. So it shouldn't have ended with just them two alone. It worked in A:TLA but there were entire plotlines dedicated to Kataang ('The Guru' anyone?). It doesn't make sense here. I would've rather they had a Korrasami scene before, and instead ended with the four of them together going on a trip to the Spirit World.

I wouldn't be surprised if Bryke was influenced by the fans of the pairing while developing the subplot and probably coming with the final pair for the main characters; He's pretty notorious for his constant comments on these matters, particularly regarding KataraxZuko as a pair (I think he even made fun of the pair in a video once). I'm especially convinced he was fandom-influenced because he has a tumblr, and tumblr is a place with a particularly high concentration of shippers, huge contention regarding that kind of matter is extremely frequent. It's also a place with many strong LGBT supporters with progressive ideals (even though they don't exactly explain the ideals well a lot of the time), and since Korrasami is a lesbian pair and by extention LGBT... Yeah.

Still, it's a fairly bold move to actually make a same-sex pair canon (Or at least sort of implied to be canon) in a show as widespread and so not about these type of social topics like this, so points for that I suppose. All of that being said I haven't actually seen Korra since like... half way into Season 2, maybe, or ealier than that I think? So I really dk how well it looks from an actual development perspective, but it seems the pair is pretty popular and it got more popular as time went on, so I'm assuming something was done right.

^Bryke is two people.

It worked in A:TLA but there were entire plotlines dedicated to Kataang ('The Guru' anyone?). It doesn't make sense here.

Point is the creator(s) has(have) been in an area full of people who could've easily influenced the out come of this, and seeing as the creator(s) are aware of how big fanbases are regarding this stuff I wouldn't be surprised if they indeed were influenced by them.

Still the whole "ballsy/admirable move" only goes so far, it's still supposed to be a properly developed story and therefore even if the social idea behind it is admirable if the development behind it wasn't good then it rings hollow, as that's just pandering. Like I said though I haven't actually seen the show in a long time so if they did develop it well props to them for going through with it, but if not then someone should tell them proper character/relationship development comes first when it comes to making this decision.

You definitely have to watch the show to understand what's going on.

Korra and Asami as a romantic pairing doesn't make that much sense based on the level of their relationship development but the way the ending was executed lets the audience believe any one of the two outcomes (whether or not Korra and Asami end up together) without being wrong either way. Nevertheless, the idea of Korra and Asami as a lesbian couple is there whether you choose to believe it or not, and the fact that it's able to exist so clearly without being forced onto the viewers at all (i.e. you don't have to believe it) is just remarkable.

Album Rating: 4.0

It'll be interesting to see if the creators end up commenting on it later down the line. At first I believed the Korrasami thing was real with that final scene, but that's also because I wanted it to happen. After reevaluating it, I'm definitely on the fence about the whole situation. I'm not going to comment too much on it until something is confirmed concretely by the people involved with the show (if they even end up confirming anything at all).

Album Rating: 3.5

Good points all around. I can acknowledge how the scene could be ambiguous enough for someone who doesn't ship them to be happy, but I personally don't see it as ambiguous at all, even though I didn't believe in Korrasami for a second. I don't buy their relationship but I also don't buy that scene was platonic.



I also tend to agree with Gwyn re: it being "ballsy/ admirable." I think it is an admirable move, but it's also completely pandering and just pretty terrible from a storytelling perspective. I said it before, but a Korrasami end might have been okay if they didn't make it the literal last thing the show ended with. It's saying, "Korra's journey is complete... so now she's going on vacation with Asami." ...wait, what?



BTW Gwyn, if you stopped at Season 2, you should read a synopsis and watch at least Season 3. It felt a lot like A:TLA, but mixed in with the best parts about Korra: beautiful animation, an interesting political setting, and a few surprisingly heavy scenes. Plus it's the first time that the entire Team Avatar was likable at the same time.

It's official!

http://mikedimartinostory.com/2014/12/22/korrasami-confirmed/

Korra + Asami

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What an amazing and progressive ending. I have a group chat and we talked about them two having a romantic
tension a while back.

Yea that's pretty cool and the more I think about it it actually makes sense. That was a huge life threatening battle they had. So maybe it was a wake up call for both of them. Maybe they just said "fuck it I like you" or something haha

Album Rating: 3.5

the more i think about it, the more i'm considering the possibility that season 4 was supposed to be korrasami buildup (maybe even the season 3 finale) and bryke just are very flawed writers. in that vein, korrasami is nothing more than another entry on my list of things that could have been executed better in LoK. i miss the both ehasz's :/

The Korrasami ship is true. They just confirmed it.

Album Rating: 3.5

watching a:tla again. the episode with the dragons and the beautiful fire omg i remember why i love this franchise again ;-;

Album Rating: 4.0

Hellyeah, that's one of the best episodes! Plus, it was a great episode to have Zuko and Aang finally bond more since Zuko

had only recently joined Team Avatar by that point