Legend of Korra season finale
For those of you who don't know, I am an avid Avatard. I loved The Last Airbender, so when Korra came out, I was thrilled. It didn't disappoint for the entirety of the first season - elenuial and I loved it - and we followed faithfully.
Until we watched the finale tonight. Hoo boy, was that not how I would have ended it.
Now, I liked some things about the finale. Naga demonstrates her 'metalbending' by smashing the shit out of everything? Adorable. Asami's epic final showdown with her father, in mech suits? Priceless.
But alas, they used the awful, cheap, super-hand-wavey 'Avatar State Fixes Everything' ending. When Korra runs away, after being told "BUT I LOVE YOU" by the dude with the girlfriend in an attempt to resolve their season-long romantic tension in the last two minutes, she cries and Aang pops up like a bald and bearded fairy godmother. And puts her in the Avatar state. Which fixes everything that went wrong in the show, including her relationships?
Her bending? INSTAFIX.
Everyone else's bending? INSTAFIX.
Her authority as the Avatar? INSTAFIX THAT TOO.
Her relationship? INSTAFIX, YO.
Needless to say, I was less than impressed.
THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE A BETTER ENDING:
- Korra now has her airbending, but needs to re-visit the original sources of bending power to regain her abilities. Dragons, badgermoles, lionturtles - like Aang had to. BAM! Instant plotline thread for season 2.
- Some variation of the above, where she still has to earn or otherwise relearn them.
- Aang gives her the ability to restore other people's bending, but not her own. Like salt in the wound! Angst makes a great driving point!
- She can only use the other elements when in the Avatar State, i.e. in moments of life-or-death crisis.
- She has to kill Amon to break his bloodbending hold, healing her and everyone else, but taking a life in the process. Existential Avatar crisis ftw!
- BADGERMOLES BURST OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND BITE EVERYONE, GIVING THEM ROCK RABIES. KORRA SPENDS SEASON 2 DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR A CURE WHILE FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
There are more, I'm sure. But that's what came to mind at the moment.
So, yes. Majorly sad that they phoned it in for the damn finale.
...still going to watch next season, though.
Until we watched the finale tonight. Hoo boy, was that not how I would have ended it.
Now, I liked some things about the finale. Naga demonstrates her 'metalbending' by smashing the shit out of everything? Adorable. Asami's epic final showdown with her father, in mech suits? Priceless.
But alas, they used the awful, cheap, super-hand-wavey 'Avatar State Fixes Everything' ending. When Korra runs away, after being told "BUT I LOVE YOU" by the dude with the girlfriend in an attempt to resolve their season-long romantic tension in the last two minutes, she cries and Aang pops up like a bald and bearded fairy godmother. And puts her in the Avatar state. Which fixes everything that went wrong in the show, including her relationships?
Her bending? INSTAFIX.
Everyone else's bending? INSTAFIX.
Her authority as the Avatar? INSTAFIX THAT TOO.
Her relationship? INSTAFIX, YO.
Needless to say, I was less than impressed.
THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE A BETTER ENDING:
- Korra now has her airbending, but needs to re-visit the original sources of bending power to regain her abilities. Dragons, badgermoles, lionturtles - like Aang had to. BAM! Instant plotline thread for season 2.
- Some variation of the above, where she still has to earn or otherwise relearn them.
- Aang gives her the ability to restore other people's bending, but not her own. Like salt in the wound! Angst makes a great driving point!
- She can only use the other elements when in the Avatar State, i.e. in moments of life-or-death crisis.
- She has to kill Amon to break his bloodbending hold, healing her and everyone else, but taking a life in the process. Existential Avatar crisis ftw!
- BADGERMOLES BURST OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND BITE EVERYONE, GIVING THEM ROCK RABIES. KORRA SPENDS SEASON 2 DESPERATELY SEARCHING FOR A CURE WHILE FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
There are more, I'm sure. But that's what came to mind at the moment.
So, yes. Majorly sad that they phoned it in for the damn finale.
...still going to watch next season, though.