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Sgt. Politeness posted:Hey, that's Janet Varney! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5U8cqwyd74
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Korra never did anything as bad or with as awful an outcome as when Aang ran away. For that matter, Roku made an enormous fuckup, and that one waterbending Avatar was a complete failure at his job. and the very first Avatar accidentally let the evil spirit of chaos out into the world and although he got the thing caged again, he couldn't stop the human wars that came as a result of his actions. The only comparable action Korra could be accused of is opening the Southern Spirit Portal, but since that ultimately lead to a harmonic coexistence between humans and spirits, and the creation of a bunch of new airbenders, it all turns out. obviously Kyoshi is the best Avatar depicted in the series, but Korra's definitely second. I mean, bending a giant spirit energy laser blast has to count for something.
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Dec 28, 2014 23:29
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Honestly none of the past lives had any good advice except for Yangchen. All the Avatars are giant fuckups.
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Dec 28, 2014 23:36
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Goku wouldn't run away
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Dec 28, 2014 23:45
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Goku is dumb. There, I said it.
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Dec 28, 2014 23:48
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I mean, if it's any consolation, no one actually died when Korra lost her past selves. Every Avatar Cycle, Raava is bound to the same spirit, Wan's spirit. Aang wasn't inside Korra, Aang became Korra. The past selves were simply shades, figments of old memories, ghosts of Avatars as Raava remembered them. Raava was struck down, and those memories were sadly lost. But it's not the memories that make you an Avatar. From Wan down to Aang and everything in between, Korra has always held the spirit of the Avatar within her. She is still their legacy.
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Dec 28, 2014 23:49
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:Maybe she could have asked some of the past avatars how to actually fight well 
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Dec 28, 2014 23:49
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:Goku wouldn't run away
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Dec 28, 2014 23:51
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JT Jag posted:I mean, if it's any consolation, no one actually died when Korra lost her past selves. Every Avatar Cycle, Raava is bound to the same spirit, Wan's spirit. Aang wasn't inside Korra, Aang became Korra. The past selves were simply shades, figments of old memories, ghosts of Avatars as Raava remembered them. Raava was struck down, and those memories were sadly lost. But it's not the memories that make you an Avatar. From Wan down to Aang and everything in between, Korra has always held the spirit of the Avatar within her. She is still their legacy. Wan leads a truly nightmarish existence. I have no bending, and I must scream.
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Dec 28, 2014 23:53
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The Sharmat posted:Wan leads a truly nightmarish existence.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:05
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:Maybe she could have asked some of the past avatars how to actually fight well If you don't like comically inept anime protagonists, then I don't know what to tell you and may even have to question your Big Anime Fan credentials. You'd think the big mecha and kaiju fights would've made it obvious that Korra was Shinji already.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:09
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Now that's what I'm talking about
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Probably Magic posted:If you don't like comically inept anime protagonists, then I don't know what to tell you and may even have to question your Big Anime Fan credentials. You'd think the big mecha and kaiju fights would've made it obvious that Korra was Shinji already. Why would you insult Korra like that? What kind of horrible and unhinged monster are you? (Shinji is terrible. Like worse than Jar Jar Binks. )
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Dec 29, 2014 00:14
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JT Jag posted:I want to think it's exactly the opposite. Wan is the Avatar. That is his purpose, his role, the compact he made with Raava. While Raava embodies the primal and spiritual power of the Avatar State, Wan embodies the human side of every Avatar who has ever existed. Wan was Wan, and then he was the Waterbender whose life was thrust into warfare, and then an Earthbender, and then a Firebender, and so the cycle went forevermore, one identity after another, nearly reaching enlightenment but always staying for the sake of the world. That is his purpose, and he is content with it. And now that is Korra's purpose, past lives or no. Wan is forced to be reborn again and again doing a job no one should have to do and being a magnet for evil Kung Fu wizards, all for making one mistake. Even death is no release because he's just reincarnated. He was probably really glad when Unalaq erased him.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:15
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Probably Magic posted:If you don't like comically inept anime protagonists, then I don't know what to tell you and may even have to question your Big Anime Fan credentials. You'd think the big mecha and kaiju fights would've made it obvious that Korra was Shinji already. Try talking that kind of poo poo about Yusuke Urameshi pal
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Dec 29, 2014 00:15
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Asuka is the true hero of Evangelion
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Captain Rufus posted:Why would you insult Korra like that? What kind of horrible and unhinged monster are you? You know what lies on the other side of that beam into the Spirit World? Ming-Hua, Tonraq, Amon, Yakone, and Aang all wishing Korra, "Congratulations!" Big Anime Fan Here posted:Asuka is the true hero of Evangelion It's Misato, actually.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:18
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Captain Rufus posted:Why would you insult Korra like that? What kind of horrible and unhinged monster are you? Shinji is terrible. Like worse than Jar Jar Binks.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:22
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Probably Magic posted:It's Misato, actually. This. Asuka is at least as hosed up as Shinji, if not moreso.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:22
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The Sharmat posted:Wan is forced to be reborn again and again doing a job no one should have to do and being a magnet for evil Kung Fu wizards, all for making one mistake. Even death is no release because he's just reincarnated. He was probably really glad when Unalaq erased him.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:27
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That's even worse. Raava is a monster for doing this to Wan. Edit: Come to think of it, what the gently caress does a soul do? I mean it doesn't retain memories, or personality, or genetics...or anything that defines a person. What's it for?
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Dec 29, 2014 00:28
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The Sharmat posted:That's even worse.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:32
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I think the worst part about erasing the previous avatar lives (or memories whatever) is that we probably won't ever get to see the story of the avatar who invented the Five Point Exploding Bullet Rock technique and what kind of hellish period they lived through where they would have to resort to using it.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:36
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The Sharmat posted:This. Uhhhh saving the world isn't contingent on how mentally well you are, it's contingent on being a teen killing machine
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Dec 29, 2014 00:42
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Xelkelvos posted:This was actually addressed in one of the latest comics with processing ore. Essentially, technology would still outpace benders eventually, but it would take longer to make them obsolete since benders haves a higher level of productivity than normal humans. Also, cave ins are still a danger, even to earthbenders, just less so. Hmm, that would make sense. Earthbending coal miners still have to rest and eat and go home and so on, eventually, so if you could get a rotating crew of cheaply-trained nonbenders operating automatic machines, they could keep the operation going 24/7.
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DrSunshine posted:Hmm, that would make sense. Earthbending coal miners still have to rest and eat and go home and so on, eventually, so if you could get a rotating crew of cheaply-trained nonbenders operating automatic machines, they could keep the operation going 24/7. That's also why automated spirit-vine plants are gonna be a way better power source than squads of lightning benders shooting electricity at a battery station.
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Dec 29, 2014 00:57
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Right from the very beginning, the wise and learned of the internet knew what a great character Korra was
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The only time I didn't think Korra was cool was during the "gently caress YOU, DAD" arc in early season 2 and even then I could kinda see why she was being so stupid.
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Dec 29, 2014 02:49
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Big Anime Fan Here posted:Uhhhh saving the world isn't contingent on how mentally well you are, it's contingent on being a teen killing machine She sucked at that too. Worse than Shinji. In Korra, she'd be Tenzin.
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Dec 29, 2014 02:56
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The Sharmat posted:The only time I didn't think Korra was cool was during the "gently caress YOU, DAD" arc in early season 2 and even then I could kinda see why she was being so stupid. Unalaq moved the entire Northern Water Tribe fleet and is occupying all important posts in the city? Makes sense I guess...
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Dec 29, 2014 02:59
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Korra is incredibly naive at that point in the series, yes.
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It's not as if she didn't attempt to find a diplomatic solution to that problem anyway. It just so happened (through dodgy writing, I fully concede) that there wasn't really any solution to the problem that didn't involve punching someone.
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The Sharmat posted:Korra is incredibly naive at that point in the series, yes. If only she took a second to consult one of the 100+ ghost dads and moms she had living inside her head for advice on how to deal with "another nation just occupied my hometown, is this bad y/n?"
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That's not what happened though. The Northern and Southern Water Tribes were -- technically, in theory -- supposed to be the same nation led by the same chieftain. In practice, a war against the Fire Nation that lasted a hundred years (and whose fault was that, eh?) split relations between the tribes to the point that they were effectively two different nations, but technically Unalaq wasn't "invading" and the Southerners who fought back against him were in fact trying to upend their rightful leader, under their own laws.
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Dec 29, 2014 03:29
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:But it did! It forced Korra to grow up! She became such a better character in Books 3 and 4 and a huge part of that, narratively speaking, was the loss of her past lives. It made sure she'd never take being the Avatar for granted ever again. When it was occasionally used it was cool and could have been cool in the future and Korra could have developed with or without it.
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Dec 29, 2014 04:10
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Probably Magic posted:It's Misato, actually. She's hosed up too.
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Probably Magic posted:She sucked at that too. Worse than Shinji. In Korra, she'd be Tenzin. You don't know what you're talking about broheim. You're making a mistake here broheim
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Dec 29, 2014 04:16
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THAT'S MY FUCKIN WIFE BROHEIM
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What is the BEST form of bending there is? Personally, I think Earthbending is where it's at. You can build poo poo, mine for poo poo, travel faster, hit hard, you're almost always around your element, etctera. It's the bees knees, man.
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Airbending cuz u can fly.
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