Korra Discussion Post: Skeletons in the Closet & Endgame

[whitelotusmods]

The two-part season finale of Korra airs today! Spoilery discussion below.

Although we've reached the end of the season, do be mindful that not everyone will be able to catch up at the same time and continue to mark for spoilers when posting to the comm. Thank you! <3

Comments

[swatkat]

Amon and Tarrlok's backstory really worked for me.

My problems:

1) Too rushed, with not enough emotional resonance with respect to the protagonists - although, again, I don't think anything could have had the emotional resonance of the previous episode. A way to make this work, though, would perhaps have been to allow Korra to be without her bending for a longer period of time - although I understand why they didn't (they would have to deal with complaints about a female lead being depowered and 'incompetent', then, and they may not want to come across like that). To allow Lin to remain without her bending, as glad as I am that she's fine and that we'll not miss out on her metalbending next series. I cheered when Aang appeared and when Korra went into the Avatar state, don't get me wrong, but it felt a little anti-climactic. It did not feel the show had earned that moment.

2) Slapdash romance plotline. No really, Bryke, I get that this was meant to be a mini-series and you did your best with Korra/Mako, but it's still very pastade on YAY!It's about as slapdash as Aang/Katara, and that's saying something.

3) Predictable in parts. Although, this might just be Tumblr's unerring capacity to predict everything, such as Korra's airbending saving the day.

4) Leaving a lot of questions unanswered. I do not honestly expect the show to answer certain questions in a manner satisfactory to adult viewers like me, but there are still questions like 'but how can the Avatar give back bending?' and 'so what about the point Amon raised?'

Asami vs. Hiroshi Sato was also amazing - Asami has really come onto her own as a character.

Lin is going to KILL Tenzin. As she should. <3

Overall verdict: brilliant in parts, rushed overall like the AtLA finale (complete with deus ex machina!), Lin is the best, can it be S2 already?

[lonespark]

With the end and getting back the bending, I wish they would have split the difference. Like Aaang does show up, so we know there's hope, and he says something about exploring your spirituality and making connections and putting things right, and Korra looks in a meaningful, determined manner toward Lin, and then we have to wait for next season to actually see it work out well.

[swatkat]

Sigh. Yes. Korra connecting with the spirit world and it ending there would've been wonderful.

I understand that they had no idea that they were getting an S2, but how on earth did they think that was an acceptable ending for their series? How has she learned about bending vs non-bending in Republic City?

[hokuton_punch]

I loved Tarrlok and Amon's backstory, but then I'm also a fan of the idiot Uchiha brothers in Naruto and I could see a few parallels between them and Tarrlok and Amon, so I have a feeling I'm pretty biased there.

Asami was great for the entire finale. She and Bolin made a good team, too.