so how about that book 2 premiere?

[talibusorabat]

I've posted a few thoughts over at my journal, but I'm curious what other people thought about it.

What's going on with Jinora? Do you think there's a chance she'll become Korra's true spiritual teacher? That would be pretty amazing. I'm wondering how long there are going to be these split storylines / at what point Jinora&co will meet up again with Korra&co.

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[opusculasedfera]

I would actually be interested if this was the Korra and Jinora show! As it is, that was a lot of set up for 40 minutes, and none of it was done well, except for ASAMI AND BIPLANES, which needs to be its own spin-off.

I don't understand why we're supposed to think that Korra's being super unfair to Mako. I mean, yes, storming off all the time isn't a great idea, but it seemed pretty clear to me that she wants him to discuss the options with her and offer an opinion as well as support, and he's just flopping between giving her an opinion without discussion, or telling her he supports her in a vague way. Only I'm not sure the show is actually presenting "having a lengthy discussion" as an option in a way that the kiddies will understand, so I'm not really optimistic about this plotline.

[talibusorabat]

I haven't rewatched it yet, but going off of my memory -- I think it's clear to the viewer what Korra wants, but I don't think she really makes it clear to Mako. In the first fight, he offered an opinion and she shot it down, leading him to think she just wants support. So he offers support and then she gets angry that he doesn't give her an opinion. Mako is neither tactful nor particularly perceptive -- I think there's plenty of room for improvement with both of them, relationship-wise.

[opusculasedfera]

I would be okay with that, except that I felt Korra's apology later kind of undercut that arc. Yes, she is being difficult, but Mako got to have the last word of "yup, being your boyfriend is SUPER HARD" without acknowledging that he wasn't exactly being the paragon of usefulness that he thinks he is.

[talibusorabat]

Yeah, that didn't particularly sit well with me either. =/ This show's adoration of Mako is just....weird.

[opusculasedfera]

I, somewhat cynically, wonder if they were trying to replicate some of the success of Zutara, by making the love interest less goofy and conciliatory than Aang was with Katara. Problem is, Zuko and Katara fought because of REAL DIFFERENCES, and Zuko had a lot more on-camera hardship to face (Mako's is mostly pre-show, iirc) and got knocked off his pedestal a lot, which made his posturing bearable. Mako and Korra are just straight teen romance where "being the Avatar" could probably be just as easily replaced by "going to highschool" or "having a part-time job" for all the specificity it lends to their fights. I don't mind that they're teenagers, but I want the setting to matter!