Korra Discussion Post: Out of the Past

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Discussion for this week below! Spoilers up to 1x09.

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[diet_poison]

I agree with this whole comment especially wanting Asami and Korra to remain friends no matter what happens. And I like Mako with either girl but at this point I actually kind of hope he stays with Asami, but whatever. I am sick of them milking the whole romance thing and building up the drama to feed the rabid shippers rather than having the characters put that aside for the sake of their mission.

I do think Mako kissed Korra back, which was bad. But to be fair, he was caught off guard and probably didn't have a clear head. Korra should have known better than to kiss him and I think it was a big no-no, definitely NOT cool, but like you said at least she backed off when he told her to.

[opusculasedfera]

It would be pretty great if Mako does stay with Asami, especially if they actually managed to have a conversation about men and women being able to be friends and worry about each other without it being relationshippy, even if there has been mutual attraction. I really want everyone to be friends, basically.

True, neither of them is totally without fault, but they at least tried to fix shit and didn't let things go anywhere. The things that are really causing the problem are, frankly, Tenzin's kids and Bolin telling Asami things in a sketchy kind of way. I'm totally cool with Korra and Mako and Asami having to have a talk where they apologise for not telling her things because she could be hurt, even if nothing really happened; I just really hope the writers don't act like this is a real infidelity plot instead of a plot about people making things worse by interfering.

[diet_poison]

The things that are really causing the problem are, frankly, Tenzin's kids and Bolin telling Asami things in a sketchy kind of way.

ugh, omg, yes, that pissed me off. They need to butt out >:/

I would love to see them have such a talk. For some reason it makes me think of Ember Island from ATLA even though that's not exactly the same thing. But I also hope they don't make it the point of any of the few episodes we have remaining. It's something they could do maybe at the end of one after a big fight or sth idk. they've already put so much screen time into romance and I wish they wouldn't have but now what are we gonna do? =/