twinkie-sparklepie33
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Reblog if she is completely innocent and it’s probably all Avatar Wan’s fault of something
WDYM TLOK ISN'T ON NETFLIX ANYMORE 😭😭😭
Share illegal websites guys, that was my comfort show they took
"THE POWER OF THE AVATAR"
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a little break from work and Xmas preparations - please enjoy this messy wip of my favourite gal pals of all time *throws a sketchbook at you and runs back to the insanity that is December*
A Bit Of Emotional Damage: Regarding the sisters last moment
*spoilers*
I was just thinking about this moment after seeing yet another comment that Vi got Jinx killed… Aside from Jinx clearly being alive, Vi just couldn’t take anymore… I have done this whole spiel already so you can look there for my whole rundown, but unless I’m mistaken this is the first time in all of Arcane where she doesn’t defend herself. She blocks the hit, is knocked back, and just crawls backwards terrified and begging for Vander to stop…it’s fucking heartbreaking. We are seeing Vi just not able to take any more hurt and it almost kills her as she is calling for her dad to stop… And in that moment, Jinx saves the sister who tried so hard to save her.
https://www.tumblr.com/ben-talks-art/768764373186625536/motivations?source=share
What is your opinion? (it's a bit long if you don't want to read I would understand)
But it talks about the motivations in the legends of Korra and the characters
Well, on one hand I find myself partially agreeing with some of OP's points on the other hand, I disagree in some points too. It's true that atla is much more character driven than tlok. They are still bound by the main plot, but the multitude of side episodes allow us to focus more on developing the characters.
Tlok doesn't have this, with averagely 13 episodes per season to atla's average of 20 per season. This, obviously does not give us as much time to focus on the characters and develop a plot at the same time. Tlok will hint towards backstories and things going on under the surface, but rarely go deeper. I may think that's why so much of the additional materials
So let's revise the character 'motivations' OP outlines in their post
Actually, Korra wants to be the Avatar because she has never known anything else. Remember, she was scooped up as a wee lil kiddo by the White Lotus and raised to be the Avatar. This is told and shown to us multiple times in the show. And it's something that causes a lot of her difficulties socially and emotionally.
Mako's main motivation at the beginning of the show is to keep himself and Bolin afloat, while also keeping their slates clean. Over the show we see Mako struggle to build his life out further than caring for his life and that of Bolin's.
Bolin wants to help because he bases his self worth on the opinion of those around him due to his childhood coping mechanisms. He struggles to find his place in the world, after so many years of slipping through the cracks.
Asami's motivations vary from trying to do the right thing in opposition to her father and trying to keep her family's company afloat in the first two seasons. Seasons 3 and 4 clearly play into Asami's crush on Korra and if you think that being a pining sapphic isn't enough to drive a character through the plot, you don't know sapphics.
The lack of overaching plot for all the seasons is what causes the character motivations to vary from season to season and I think the charcters suffer from the disjointed nature of the show.
But I think there's something so compelling in the characters of tlok. Korra, Asami, Mako and Bolin are all young people finding their place in the world, struggling to establish themselves. Rather than the Gaang, who have cleraly established goals and motives, the Krew are messy, lost. They feel, maybe not more relatable or real than the Gaang, but the speak to me more as a young adult struggling with many similar issues.
I always hated the general consensus that the point of Korra was to be humbled, and I don't think that was really something expected of her until Book 3. But this once again goes back to OP sorta completely missing the fact that Korra was raised in a compound with no social life, no alternative to being the Avatar, no social skills.
If you were to compare Aang and Korra's backstories, I'd phrase it as: Aang is a person first, Avatar second. While Korra is the Avatar first and a person second.
Korra makes mistakes, she's cocky and rash, but this really isn't a criminal offence, it's what peopke love from Toph and man male characters. And so up to season 3, Korra's arc mainly surrounds her struggling with balancing her life and feelings as a teen with being the Avatar, and the expectations placed upon her.
And then season 3 happens and this strange trend of Korra getting completely beaten down and humiliated, until she 'realises she's not all that' as OP put it, and comes out 'changed for better'.
For a while, I had many questions about this change. Why this sudden switch? And what made Korra more worthy of being 'humbled' than Toph, or male characters lime Zuko and Sokka?
Well, if you allow me to theorise, Korra was an outspoken, confident, if not a bit socially stunted, teen girl of colour (who wasn't east asian), arguably one of the most relentlessly put down demographics. Look back to how people treated Katara!
Season 3 is just about the time the opinion about Korra solidified in the fandom. A lot of people saw her as a bitch, overly cocky, a mary sue, and many other things. And I wouldn't be surprised if the creators took notice of this and decided to please the fans by essentially beating Korra into a smaller, more tepid version of herself. Which is somehow better. Don't get me wrong, it was a relatively nicely done arc... but I just can't not see the implications of beating the shit out of a teen brown girl until she loses confidence and spirit and for a largely white audience to celebrate that as a good arc.
This won't be the first time I theorised something was done purely to placate the fans. This is especially jarring. People complained about the Gaang being sidelined in the show that isn't about them, so B3 and B4 feature shoehorned in guest appearances from Toph and Zuko. A lot of people felt bad for Bolin having shitty luck with women so B3 gave him a contrived, milquetoast heterosexual romance (and Opal is like my fave female character of the show. She was wasted as Bo's love interest).
But Korra's motivation throughout the show stays the same, despite what OP thinks.
I'm surprised that this is OP's conclusion, since just a few paragraphs earlier, the seemed to easily grasp that Tenzin's motivation was to 'live up to the hype of his dad and fulfill his job as the only air master in the world'. Because this is extremely similar to what Korra's motivation is. She also, like Tenzin, wants to fulfil the duty that was instilled in her since she was a child, and she wants to live up to Aang's legacy, and continue his goals.
Korra: See, I'm still in training, but, look, all I know is Avatar Aang meant for this city to be the center of peace and balance in the world, and I believe we can make his dream a reality. I look forward to serving you!
It's literally in the fucking intro, Korra mirroring the pose of the towering starue of Aang as she tries to measure up to his legacy.
I'll agree with OP that the characters have less agency than the characters of atla and that does often leave a sour taste in my mouth, since it deprives them of important moments of character development. Though the example OP gives is odd, because I think they misremembered the plot of "the Revelation".
And I know this may come off as nitpicky, but I think it's important to clarify that Bolin wasn't trying to spy on Amon. He was trying to make enough money for the Krew to pay the entrance fee for the Probending Championship, you know, the thing thar could get the brothers out of poverty. Bolin was hired to act as muscle for the Triple Threat Triad.
This is an interesting character moment for Bolin, because, while it is presented in his typical goofy fashion, it shows that Bolin is willing to return to a very dark period of his and Mako's lives. With the added bonus context that Republic City hustle gives us of Bolin being the one to initiate the brothers leaving crime behind them to be probenders, it really shows how much Bolin is teying to return the favour Mako did to him by sheltering him from the worst parts of their life on the streets.
[People will talk up and down about Mako sacrificing himself to destroy the mech but I don't see enough credit for Bo throwing himself between his brother and friends and flowing lava.]
That episode is also one of the only times Mako and Bolin's background is treated with any seriousness. Mako gives us a very compelling and interesting backstory of them being orphans forced to live on the streets and mingle with criminals. Tragically this thread is rarely elavorated on, as Mako and Bolin's trayic childhood is often only alluded to, if not reduced to outright jokes.
It's sad to see such an interesting dynamic be placed on the backburner, though perhaps it was a blessing in disguise for them, looking at how people treated Katara even daring to mention her dead mother every few episodes.
This is once again a passage I partially agree with and don't. The Krew do have meaningful backstories, they just didn't really often get moments like the atla characters to sit down and tell you about them. We often have to work off context clues and throwaway lines to form an idea. I personally enjoy this format because it makes me feel like that one meme of the guy with the corkboard and red thread, but I can understand why peopke wouldn't like that, especially if they're coming from atla, which is a show that, while having it's subtler arcs, often explains outright what is going on, how people are feeling, what their past was.
I do agree that the characters being made to bend to the plot makes them feel less enjoyable, but I also understand that it was a necessity with the much shorter runtime of the seasons. I wish we'd gotten more of the characters getting to exist as people, like atla, since I find the Krew genuinely compelling and loveable, despite the low opinion a lot of people have of them.
Tlok is a show that isn't able to give you filler episodes like "The beach", or character motivated ones like "Sokka's Master", or even side quest esque ones like "The Blue Spirit". This does deal a huge blow to the characters, and it leaves us with having to scrape up crumbs, when we previously were handed big ole bread loaves of character development.
I still love picking up on the small nods and clues given to us by the creators, but I understand that for most viewers, especially the young teens who first watched the show, wouldn't really 'get it'.
I think, as OPs grievances of minimal agency of the characters and the show being more plot driven are valid. But the characters did have solid and compelling backstories and motivations to be explored, they were just too restrained by the show's runtime, studio meddling and possibly attempting to please the fans to be focused on as much as atla did.
And it's a crying shame really, beacause now you have to be an overanalytical and weirdly motivated freak to find the really good parts of the show that should've been centrestage or elaborated on.
I predict this will be Korrasami's dynamic in @whatifitookalilnap Omegaverse AU
They have that outfit cuz Bridgerton = fancy dresses (I haven't watched nor read it 😔)
So i saw this on tiktok i think, and thought of Wenclair so
They are supposed to be like in the rooftop of their room or something 😭
