How You Can Have a Bunch of Great Ideas but Still Fuck Up Real Bad: A Korra Essay

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Hahahaha ever since Saturday the Korra finale seems to make me angrier and angrier. As a storyteller and as a fan of solid storytelling, it is an atrocious mess! I stand by the creators are amazing directors, amazing concept artists, amazing producers, but wow are they terrible writers. They have absolutely no understanding of dramatic convention, and so the first season of The Legend of Korra suffered greatly from terrible execution, and the core ideas were so good it should’ve been a gamechanger. It should’ve been the most brilliant thing on television and instead we were given a 12-week narrative case of blue balls.

Disclaimer: if you enjoyed/love/fanatic about Korra, by all means continue to do so! I enjoyed a lot about Korra. In fact that is why I am so frustrated. But that aside, this is meant as a critique and a dissection and as such you can take it or you can leave it. Nothing I have to say will change the show, nor will anything I have to say will have any effect on what season 2 will bring. Mostly I have been ranting about it to everyone on a daily basis since Saturday and this is my way to finally just. get. it. all. out. So this is me shouting into the ether for my own cathartic glee.

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Really detailed essay about Legend of Korra. A lot of the points I agree on. While the creators were only slated for 12 episodes at the time this was made, there was a lot of potential for this series. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy it. I did, and the animation was amazing, but the finale left something to be desired :/

10 months ago  #The Legend of Korra #avatar: the last airbender #critique #season finale #last one I promise!  10,188 notes
atla-annotated: animationtidbits: Avatar: The Last Airbender - “The Search” “This weekend at the American Library Association, Dark Horse announced Yang and Gurihiru will return for a second “Avatar: The Last Airbender” graphic novel series called “The Search,” which explores the biggest unsolved mystery in “Avatar” lore: what happened to Prince Zuko’s mother?” Quotes from Gene Yang: ““The Search” focuses on Zuko and Azula. Aang, Katara and Sokka will be there, of course, but the Fire Nation royal siblings are really the drivers of the action. In “The Promise,” we see Zuko struggling with his responsibilities as Fire Lord. “The Search” is the next stage of that struggle.” “In “The Search,” the Gang are still teenagers. “The Search” takes place immediately after the end of “The Promise.”“ “In “The Search,” we’ll see what a prolonged stay in a Fire Nation mental institution does to a person.” (About Azula) “At the beginning of “The Promise,” Katara and Aang are still in that lovey-dovey stage of their relationship. They call each other pet names and are way too affectionate. By the end of “The Promise,” they will have gone through their first conflict. Their relationship will continue to mature in The Search, but it will take a backseat to the Fire Nation Royal Family. After all, that is one messed up family. They need all the panel-time they can get.” “I love Toph. She was my favorite character to write in The Promise. Sadly, though, she doesn’t have a big role to play in The Search.” Full Interview HERE. Yay, … I guess. I really am not a fan of how he writes Aang. Or what he does with the pairings.

atla-annotated:

animationtidbits:

Avatar: The Last Airbender - “The Search”

“This weekend at the American Library Association, Dark Horse announced Yang and Gurihiru will return for a second “Avatar: The Last Airbender” graphic novel series called “The Search,” which explores the biggest unsolved mystery in “Avatar” lore: what happened to Prince Zuko’s mother?”

Quotes from Gene Yang:

““The Search” focuses on Zuko and Azula. Aang, Katara and Sokka will be there, of course, but the Fire Nation royal siblings are really the drivers of the action. In “The Promise,” we see Zuko struggling with his responsibilities as Fire Lord. “The Search” is the next stage of that struggle.”

“In “The Search,” the Gang are still teenagers. “The Search” takes place immediately after the end of “The Promise.”“

“In “The Search,” we’ll see what a prolonged stay in a Fire Nation mental institution does to a person.” (About Azula)

“At the beginning of “The Promise,” Katara and Aang are still in that lovey-dovey stage of their relationship. They call each other pet names and are way too affectionate. By the end of “The Promise,” they will have gone through their first conflict. Their relationship will continue to mature in The Search, but it will take a backseat to the Fire Nation Royal Family. After all, that is one messed up family. They need all the panel-time they can get.”

“I love Toph. She was my favorite character to write in The Promise. Sadly, though, she doesn’t have a big role to play in The Search.”

Full Interview HERE.

Yay, … I guess. I really am not a fan of how he writes Aang. Or what he does with the pairings.

10 months ago  #avatar: the last airbender #comic #new #Zuko's mom #Azula  6,358 notes

brain-food:

New The Legend of Korra Trailer

APRIL 14TH, I AM SO EXCITE!!

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1 year ago  #avatar: the last airbender #The Legend of Korra #trailer #animation  22,401 notes