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Irish Joe posted:Are you a woman? Are you? A lot of guys explaining to me how women do with their friends.
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Turtle Sandbox posted:I give my friends longing looking into their eyes while clasping hands all the time, just being a bro, yo. I've seen friends sitting on each other's lap, hugging and kissing each other on the cheek (been kissed by friends myself), giving compliments to each other and so on. The fact that I normally am not touchy-feely does not mean that looking each other in the eyes should somehow be perceived as a definitive sign of romantic feelings.
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Irish Joe posted:Are you a woman? This is why we can't have nice things. Or have this thread survive for long.
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How about we just accept that the ending was meant to be ambiguous and not turn this into what constitutes as romance and what doesn't?
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Timett posted:Fire bending has always been kinda dumb to me on the show. I have not actually seen The Last Airbender film but from what I understand they actually require a fire source to bend from in that film and that seems better to me. Maybe I'm just being dumb but can't we consider Lava "firey earth" and Mako should be able to bend at least the firey bits. Or by show logic he should be able to use the heat from the lava to make his bending stronger or something. In Chinese medicine "heat" is one of the elements of a body that can be out of balance and lead to health problems and, more importantly, in kung fu styles that feature an internal element, energy being directed around the body is often described as "heat". One of the most important things in managing this energy (or chi) is proper breathing which is also what Iroh says is the most important thing to master for firebending. In essence, firebending is transforming internal heat into external heat as a weapon and this makes it the most "realistic" (using that term loosely here) type of bending alongside airbending.
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I honestly think that Korra is gay and not bisexual. She was just good friends with Mako. I kiss friends and go on dates with them all the time. All those people with a hetero frtish are delusional.
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ApeHawk posted:How about we just accept that the ending was meant to be ambiguous and not turn this into what constitutes as romance and what doesn't? 
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This is all clouding the most important part of the episode, which is -- Guys, did you see that takedown that Korra did on Kuvira in the mecha command bridge? Like there wasn't any bending involved at all, Korra straight up leapt-up and grabbed Kuvira by the shoulders with her legs. That was some crazy BJJ poo poo right there, it was awesome!!! Like, dudes, I am beside myself with how awesome some of the fight choreography in this show was. On that point, I feel, it's head and shoulders above ATLA. Fitting to a more urban, more realistic, mature setting, they mix up some of the magical kung fu with actual real-life contact martial arts, and it looks fantastic! Like, do you remember the big fight scene with Korra and Mako against the Chi Blockers in season 1? The way that one Chi Blocker hooked Korra's leg, that was such a neat move!! DrSunshine fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Dec 21, 2014 |
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DrSunshine posted:This is all clouding the most important part of the episode, which is -- Guys, did you see that takedown that Korra did on Kuvira in the mecha command bridge? Like there wasn't any bending involved at all, Korra straight up leapt-up and grabbed Kuvira by the shoulders with her legs. That was some crazy BJJ poo poo right there, it was awesome!!! Between that and the Mako & Bolin fights the Avatar finale was looking like a magical MMA match.
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The Sharmat posted:I was shocked to discover that Azula was supposed to be younger than Zuko. I always thought she was like 18. In any other environment her violent, antisocial tendencies would have been discouraged by everyone around her. As is, it was just her mother (Who disappeared when she was young) and brother (Who she was encouraged to disrespect). Everyone else involved in her upbringing hypocritically both encouraged and distrusted her. She craved love, and had no idea how to be loved because her childhood taught her that being a prodigy equaled being a loved and respected person.
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nutranurse posted:Between that and the Mako & Bolin fights the Avatar finale was looking like a magical MMA match.
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I was never super into the concept when it was first brought up in the thread, but now that the series is over, the more I think about it the more I really do kinda wanna see future cyberpunk Avatar. A lot of LoK was showing how bending dealt and intersected with "modern" things like cars and planes and skyscrapers and giant robots, y'know, things that we have in the real world. But I'd love to see that taken even further, like, "Can airbenders dodge lasers" further. I do think a whole other series might be pushing it, though, both in terms of content and, y'know, resources. Maybe just do a movie, like Bryke was talking about at some point, or a true contained miniseries with three or four hours' worth of content. Chaltab posted:Except less rolling around shirtless on the canvas.
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Kazy posted:We'll never know whether or not Su's dad was Sokka Suyin's dad is totally this guy from the comics.
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(Either Suki died young, or Sokka cheated on her and the reason he's not around was because Suki killed him 
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BrianWilly posted:But I'd love to see that taken even further, like, "Can airbenders dodge lasers" further. I think you already have an answer for that...
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Couldn't an airbender simply superheat the air or kick up enough dust to deflect/dissipate the laser?
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How many lightning benders are needed to power the city? We saw Mako working at a power plant in book 1, but if everyone is evacuated during the robot death battle, how is there power? Also, how are the suits powered? How many licks does it take to get to the Rava center of an Avatar?
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T-man posted:How many licks does it take to get to the Rava center of an Avatar? THERE'S A JOKE I COULD BE MAKING BUT I WON'T
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Irish Joe posted:Couldn't an airbender simply superheat the air or kick up enough dust to deflect/dissipate the laser? That raises a shitload of questions and also enables some really dumb things
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Also, it's not a laser, it's a seaser, if anything, being powered by spirit energy.
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Just as Waterbenders are able to change the state of water, and Earthbenders are able to change the state of rocks, doesn't it follow that Airbenders should be able to change the state of air particles? Could an airbender, theoretically, freeze or liquefy the air? Perhaps a sufficiently talented firebender could create plasma. I bet there's hundreds of bender-scientists in Korra's time working on these types of questions, just as there were hundreds of scientists in our 1930's working on Quantum physics. 
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When Mako was in the spirit vine reactor, I was just really reminded of Iroh talking to Zuko about how lightning bending could be really dangerous. It was nice to see that come back into play.
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demota posted:When Mako was in the spirit vine reactor, I was just really reminded of Iroh talking to Zuko about how lightning bending could be really dangerous. It was nice to see that come back into play.
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lol if you think Bolin was actually crushing on Korra in S1 and didn't just admire her probending.
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Mymla posted:lol if you think Bolin was actually crushing on Korra in S1 and didn't just admire her probending. 
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So I've been thinking. The Republic City vines are clearly extensions of/caused by Vaatu: they have his dubstep lasers and everything. However, the spirit vines from the Swamp appear to be interchangeable, as they have the same appearance and purple dubstep lasers an everything, the Republic City vines reacted to their power in the finale, and the interaction of Raava's light and the swamp vines' dark created the spirit portal. AFAIK the only spirit who has actually created vines is Vaatu himself. Does this mean that at some point, maybe before Wan's time when the two great spirits were connected, Vaatu created the Swamp? It does have spiritual capabilities we haven't seen at any other area in the Avatar world.
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I loved the Korrasami and never in a million years thought they would actually do it, but it's been talked about to death. I want to talk about some non-Korrasami things from the finale. Things like...
All in all, this was pretty loving phenomenal. And just like a bad ending can erase a lot of goodwill (HIMYM  ), a good ending can make up for a lot of bullshit. And this was a good ending. A very, very good ending. 
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I will never get tired of hearing the dubstep cannon. It seems so goofy in theory but it's so effective in practice.
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Vaatu is the spirit of spiritiness. He has dominion over all spirits and he wanted to usher in ten thousand years of spirit rule in Season 2. So, yeah, the spirit vines are Vaatu vines, but every spirit is as well. Season 2 was not well written.
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I just remembered that Avatar Wan's story was in Season 2 which was great so there's that one tiny glimmer of good in that giant shitpile.
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Eej posted:I just remembered that Avatar Wan's story was in Season 2 which was great so there's that one tiny glimmer of good in that giant shitpile.
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IIRC, the Book 1 thread already had the One True Pairing edit.
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thexerox123 posted:Also, it's not a laser, it's a seaser, if anything, being powered by spirit energy. ALL HAIL
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Eej posted:I just remembered that Avatar Wan's story was in Season 2 which was great so there's that one tiny glimmer of good in that giant shitpile. The Varrick part of the Mako sub-plot was great; especially when he turned around with the smuggest look after having Asami sign over her company. If it hadn't had Lin being a massive idiot the whole sub-plot would have been good.
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Genocyber posted:The Varrick part of the Mako sub-plot was great Varrick single handedly saved Season 2. "I did some good things too! Korra, who warned you about Unaloq? I did! Bolin, who got you into the movers? I did! Asami, who saved your company? I did! Mako, who got you thrown in jail? I did!"
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Suspicious Cook posted:Varrick single handedly saved Season 2. This is why I am glad I stayed out of show discussions. I had no issue with season 2. My only real show problem was the Deus ex healing at the end of season 1. I dunno why people are saying cyberpunk for a mythical series 3. Save that for the totally unlikely Firebender Avatar series 4. I mean Korra was roughly 50 years after Avatar. So next should be Kung Fu Magic 70s goddamnit. Think about it. BELL BOTTOMED BADASSES ON THE MEAN STREETS OF FUNK. (This is actually the name of a card game I keep meaning to get. Also best title for anything ever.) That would be awesome as hell. Saturday Night Fever with magic Kung Fu! Low level personal computers! Telephones still rotary and color TV sets still uncommon. Still under the shadow of the Mushroom Cloud. (Someone above mentioned now spirit vines are basically nuclear power. MAD changes poo poo. SFDebris.com has a long review of The Day After which came out in 83. For those of you in your 20s or younger I really recommend at least watching the intro video segment. poo poo, everyone really.)
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Captain Rufus posted:I mean Korra was roughly 50 years after Avatar. So next should be Kung Fu Magic 70s goddamnit. Leaked image of the next avatar! 
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Captain Rufus posted:This is why I am glad I stayed out of show discussions. I had no issue with season 2. My only real show problem was the Deus ex healing at the end of season 1. Actually, Korra was set 70 years after Avatar. It seems that Avatars tend to live pretty long, judging by Roku and Kyoshi, so Korra might survive well into their millennial era.
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Spirit chernobyl opens the fourth portal, earth kingdom refuses to acknowledge it until spirit fallout starts drifting into the fire nation.
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I really need someone to set the Collosus + Korra v. Kuvira fight to a mashup of Collective Consciousness, It Has To Be This Way, and the main Korra theme. Like the “Violence breeds violence” bit could TOTALLY be mashed up with the “Duuuuh duh dah dah duuuuuh” bit of the Korra music and sound fantastic but I DON’T HAVE THE SKILL TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. But I need to see it.
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You know that area between the West of the Fire Nation and the East of the Earth Nation that never gets any attention? What do you suppose is there?
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Mraagvpeine posted:You know that area between the West of the Fire Nation and the East of the Earth Nation that never gets any attention? What do you suppose is there? Water?
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