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"The Yai State shall be dissolved under this contract, and under the regulations mentioned in this contract; and under the appointment of the international community, shall come under the protection and regulation of the Great Interim President of the Earth Nation, Kuvira of the Metal Clan."

Leader of the Yai State (space intended for the governor to sign)
Great Interim President of the Earth Nation, Kuvira (space intended for Kuvira to sign)

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

It haunted her around the world for six months.

During the last thread when people were talking about how Korra was so much weaker than Aang since she had so much trouble taking out Zaheer even in the Avatar State, I said this:

Similarly, saying "oh I guess it was just a bunch of metal that was the problem LOOKS LIKE THE WRITERS hosed UP CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT ONCE AGAIN" completely ignores that the poison functions on a narrative level as poison to her soul. It is, literally and metaphorically, a reminder of the trauma she has suffered that has thrown her out of balance. Even as soon as it enters her body the poison serves this function, causing her to hallucinate all of her past enemies. And the reason her trauma has thrown her out of balance is because she hasn't learned from her enemies. She hasn't understood why these things have happened to her. In "Korra Alone" all she says about what Zaheer did to her is "A crazy man poisoned me." And as long as Korra sees Amon, Unalaq, and Zaheer as random crazy people with no real motive except to hurt her, she will always be afraid. That poison will always be inside her. In Korra's hallucination in the Red Lotus cave, she links all her foes by the common thread of them wanting to destroy the Avatar as part of their vision for a new world (something they share with Sozin.) Toph helps her see the other side of this. That all her enemies are linked by being people with positive ideals, who have been thrown horribly out of balance. And then Toph gives her a lesson that a lot of people were hoping to see in Book 1: the very true, very hard to accept lesson that bad people sometimes have good ideals at the core of what they do, and you should try to learn from them even when they hurt you. And that is what Korra needed to hear. That's what allows her to release the fear that's been poisoning her for three years. All this time she's been afraid of the very real possibility (really it's an inevitability) that returning to being the Avatar means sooner or later she's going to come into conflict with another fanatic. But now it will be different. Rather than another bullet point in a long list of traumas, she will face the challenge not as an existential threat, but as an opportunity for further growth so she can help shape the world. When she inevitably faces off against Kuvira, she will not be running away in terror, she will not be a blue giant, she will not be a mindless embodiment of wrath and pain. She will be Korra, standing against someone not unlike herself. And rather than being terrified by the similarities of their ideals, she will use that as her greatest strength, and shall, being balanced, prevail over Kuvira, who is out of balance.

It's gonna be legendary.

RareAcumen posted:

Oh, she got fixed already. Well drat, I guess that the mercury was pretty much the only problem. I was expecting her Avatar State version of herself to be a much bigger problem in the series but oh well.

Sydin posted:

I'm assuming both he and Zaheer will return, along with somebody associated with season 2's plot (Varrik I guess?) and Korra will have a confrontation with an artifact of each of the previous villain plotlines. Each of them can represent how Kuvira stands at the opposite extreme of each of the previous villain's agendas: threatening equality with her conquest, the spirit/human balance with her abuse of spirits for technology, and freedom via fascism.

BrianWilly posted:

Translation

SpiderHyphenMan posted:

It haunted her around the world for six months.

DrSunshine posted:

Actually, I think it'd be neat if her PTSD wasn't banished completely. If it came back to haunt her later on, but she'd work through it and struggle onwards despite it.

VanSandman posted:

I'm glad that Korra's basically figured out that she needs to start thinking about WHY people want to change the world. I hope when she gets back to Republic City she's told "GO TAKE OUT KUVIRA" and she says "Not yet," but I doubt it. Kuvira has to take Zaofu after all.

Sato posted:

Or Suyin could just hold them off Siege of the North-style.

I'm still curious if anyone we already know will end up being a member of the Red Lotus. I'm hoping Raiko won't.

Sato posted:

Or Suyin could just hold them off Siege of the North-style.

I'm still curious if anyone we already know will end up being a member of the Red Lotus. I'm hoping Raiko won't.

Charlz Guybon posted:

Wu discredits Monarchy, Kuvira discredits Fascism, Raiko discredits Democracy, what's left?

Korra installs herself has God-Empresses of Earth.

ImpAtom posted:

The Red Lotus literally said they were there to murder Raiko in Season 3.

A good poster posted:

Has anyone put up a translation of Kuvira's contract?

Vic Boss posted:

Probably Magic posted:

Hating an episode of a show aimed at kids because it focuses on the kiddie characters instead of focusing nonstop on the politics because this is a Very Serious Show For Adults is pretty laughable to me, but whatever. Meelo's an rear end in a top hat, but that's pretty much acknowledged and it's basically his thing.

A cute episode, though it was weirdly filler considering how plot-driven the entirety of season 3 and this season has been so far, which probably means the next episode will be a drama-fueled two-parter. This episode will probably seem better if (when) the entire season comes out on DVD and is seen back-to-back methinks as a breather.

Misandrist Wytch posted:

im very aware this show is for children but meelo was still very annoying this episode. it wasnt even all the kids it was pretty much just him, the voice acting was not good and neither were his lines.

meristem posted:

Meelo, though, was weird. I mean, where did he get those obnoxious views? It's not like Tenzin socialised him into "be a MAN, put down your sisters". It felt like pushing a stereotype onto a character that can't really support it.

Aces High posted:

Too bad that we may not see any more Toph for the rest of the season unless she comes out of the swamp to help her daughters

meristem posted:

Yeah, I think that most people mean Meelo. Ikki and Jinora were great.

Meelo, though, was weird. I mean, where did he get those obnoxious views? It's not like Tenzin socialised him into "be a MAN, put down your sisters". It felt like pushing a stereotype onto a character that can't really support it.

Badly written. The delivery only made it worse.

Vic Boss posted:

meristem posted:

Meelo, though, was weird. I mean, where did he get those obnoxious views? It's not like Tenzin socialised him into "be a MAN, put down your sisters". It felt like pushing a stereotype onto a character that can't really support it.Badly written. The delivery only made it worse.