Legend of Korra Book 4.44: This is (Not) Anime

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CeallaSo: May 3, 2013; Wisdom from a Fool

Big Anime Fan Here posted:

I think the good guys are going to win

That's pretty naive and dumb. You are gonna be so surprised when you're 100% wrong and Kuvira stands victorious atop their ~~corpses~~ unconscious bodies.

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iSheep: Feb 5, 2006; by R. Guyovich

They better pack some parachutes.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 07:52

Antifa Spacemarine: Jan 11, 2011; Tzeentch can suck it.

CeallaSo posted:

their ~~corpses~~ ~~unconscious~~ "taken down" bodies.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 11:50

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

Kuvira wins. In the epilogue we get a scene with the next Avatar being carefully trained as a loyal Earth Empire citizen.

ImpAtom posted:

Considering that the only Avatar finales not to involve a Deus Ex Machina involved the Avatar being temporarily killed? Probably.

Korra Book 3 didn't have a Deus ex Machina either.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 15:39

Pomp: Apr 3, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

The Sharmat posted:

Kuvira wins. In the epilogue we get a scene with the next Avatar being carefully trained as a loyal Earth Empire citizen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8VepzrQ-M

# ? Dec 18, 2014 15:47

hiddenriverninja: May 10, 2013; life is locomotion
keep moving
trust that you'll find your way

Pomp posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8VepzrQ-M

Wow that is depressing.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 15:54

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

Pomp posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8VepzrQ-M

All hail the Great Uniter.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 15:56

Raenir Salazar: Nov 5, 2010; College Slice

enraged_camel posted:

Weakness discovered. As far as I remember, the domes aren't made of platinum, which means metalbenders can bend the gently caress out of that robot.

If that Rock Titan from the Disney Hercules movie charged at you I don't think any Earthbender including Toph could bend it; mass has a lot to do with how well you can bend something.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 16:20

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

Y'know I kind of want the next big Avatar thing to just be a Jade Empire style RPG now.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 16:30

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

The Sharmat posted:

Kuvira wins. In the epilogue we get a scene with the next Avatar being carefully trained as a loyal Earth Empire citizen.

Korra Book 3 didn't have a Deus ex Machina either.

Korra Book 3 also featured the Avatar being inches from killed so...

# ? Dec 18, 2014 16:44

hiddenriverninja: May 10, 2013; life is locomotion
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trust that you'll find your way

Book 3 is pretty amazing (especially the finale) and will be the book I rewatch over and over.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 16:56

hiddenriverninja: May 10, 2013; life is locomotion
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trust that you'll find your way

Bending out all the little non platinum parts (like the doohickey Kuvira took from Zhu Li) from the mecha to shut it down shouldn't be too hard.

edit: oops double post

# ? Dec 18, 2014 17:11

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

hiddenriverninja posted:

Book 3 is pretty amazing (especially the finale) and will be the book I rewatch over and over.

I think Korra Book 3 is basically the best thing in the entire franchise. If this finale ends up blowing me away I might change my mind though.

hiddenriverninja posted:

Bending out all the little non platinum parts (like the doohickey Kuvira took from Zhu Li) from the mecha to shut it down shouldn't be too hard.

edit: oops double post

I think most of the mech is not platinum, since it appears to be moved by metal bending and a big hunk of it is made out of Zhao Fu's domes.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 17:18

Mraagvpeine: Nov 4, 2014; I won this avatar on a technicality this thick.

I thought Beginnings was one of the best parts of the whole franchise.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 17:32

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

Those episodes were really well constructed but they do have some thematic issues that are never really addressed. I never cared about the Eastern Mysticism part of the series that much anyway though so it didn't bother me.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 17:43

MacBook Air Gamer: May 6, 2007; Here I go, deep type flow.
Jacques Cousteau could never get this low.

Korra is killed by Kuvira but is revived after a kiss from Asami.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 17:49

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

Korra accepts herself as the Avatar. We then cut to a scene where she strangles Asami on a beach.

Mako's giant head quietly rots on the horizon.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 17:53

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Mako has too little personality for that role.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 17:54

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

A big part of Rei's personality is that she was never allowed to develop an actual personality, actually.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 17:58

RyuujinBlueZ: Oct 9, 2007; WHAT DID YOU DO?!

The Sharmat posted:

Y'know I kind of want the next big Avatar thing to just be a Jade Empire style RPG now.

If that's what it takes to get another Jade Empire game, I would support it unquestioningly.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 18:20

ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

The Sharmat posted:

A big part of Rei's personality is that she was never allowed to develop an actual personality, actually.

I'm aware.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 18:24

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Mraagvpeine posted:

You think there will be a Deus ex Machina in the finale?

I hope so, Avatar State Korra controlling a gently caress off giant robot would be pretty rad.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 18:37

AshB: Sep 16, 2007

The Sharmat posted:

A big part of Rei's personality is that she was never allowed to develop an actual personality, actually.

That's the joke.

Also, I hope to all hell that the giant mech is dismantled quickly. I have absolutely zero interest in the mech being the final showdown.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 18:47

TheKingofSprings: Oct 9, 2012

The Sharmat posted:

A big part of Rei's personality is that she was never allowed to develop an actual personality, actually.

A lot of things are starting to click about your opinions on Avatar

E: what are the chances we get a bait and switch for the finale where the final thing Korra defeats is a spirit possessing Kuvira, Vaatu, zombie Ozai or the like?

# ? Dec 18, 2014 18:52

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

TheKingofSprings posted:

A lot of things are starting to click about your opinions on Avatar

I've only seen Evangelion once, sue me.

TheKingofSprings posted:

E: what are the chances we get a bait and switch for the finale where the final thing Korra defeats is a spirit possessing Kuvira, Vaatu, zombie Ozai or the like?

The final boss is Koh then, is what you're saying.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 19:16

Probably Magic: Oct 9, 2012; Looking cute, feeling cute.

The Sharmat posted:

Kuvira wins. In the epilogue we get a scene with the next Avatar being carefully trained as a loyal Earth Empire citizen.

That would set up an awesome sequel series at least, where an Avatar who has been trained in imperial all his/her life connects with others outside the regime and begins to question the role of avatar, empire, etc., leading to a rebellion.

Which LoK could've been too, but that would've involved throwing Aang's children under the bus and other things that were never going to happen. Ah well, what could've been.

# ? Dec 18, 2014 20:34