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PupsOfWar posted:A couple of weeks ago, a poster suggested that korra might take up a hermit-like existence in the former Earth Kingdom, then get pulled back into the action by warlords rampaging across the now-balkanized continent. That was me. Still hoping that she's shacked up with dude and gotten hitched, so they can murder the gently caress out of him and Korra can get her rampage on. 
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WilliamAnderson posted:So we've seen anarchists and socialists, time for fascists? Teaching our kids to "watch out of these motherfuckers".
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JohnnyCanuck posted:What's wrong with monarchy? But truth be told I just want a referendum for the sausage sizzle. Any excuse for a sausage sizzle. *** Calling it now, the Earth Prince puts together a constitutional monarchy and enforces free and democratic elections with the Dai Li.
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Combed Thunderclap posted:Inside Nick headquarters... Accidentally make Avatar : The West Wing Walking and Bending, or Bending and Talking?
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Holy poo poo that photo of Aang
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Gnome de plume posted:Wu discovers a long-lost descendant of Bosco and they go off to have life-affirming adventures around the world together. He is the founder of the resistance, him getting crowned is his Juan Carlos long con. EDIT: Wild speculation, his room in republic city is bugged and the Spa is the only place where he can meet with his co-conspirators. Rougey fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Oct 14, 2014 |
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Sato posted:Not gonna lie, if this happens I will be very disappointed. We already have one flamboyantly kooky guy who is secretly a mastermind and as much as I like Wu he can't really compete with Varrick. Besides, we know Varrick is a genius (abet a mad one) from the start, despite his quirks given he runs a highly successful company and we know he's sitting on a gold mind with his movers. With Wu, we have nothing to suggest he actually has a brain behind that perm. He doesn't need to be a genius, just a person who understands they're a pawn and knows they'll live longer if they play the part of the fool.
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So I’m guessing Zhu Li is playing the long con; my theory is she actually has majority ownership of Varricks Global and her position as Assistant is really just to keep the Golden Goose laying eggs. Also Toph better show up during the inevitable siege to “hold the line” in order to buy time for the inhabitants of Zaofu to evacuate, making a grand entrance via terraforming the countryside in a hurricane of earth and old lady vitriol. Three minutes of no holds barred raw destruction is all I ask for, and for Toph, unyeilding and steadfast to the last, to go down roaring with laughter as she drags most of the army down into the bowels of the earth with her. Remember Melonlord.
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Nov 2, 2014 13:50
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:Hitler's the go-to comparison for all things authoritarian. Because you mention Francisco Franco and people go "who?", hell even though Stalin/Mao have a higher scores they did it to their own people, so Hilter is the go to dictator.
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Nov 3, 2014 14:13
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I'm just disappointed with won't see Bolin in the Stella episode, even odds Kuvira will Zhu Li Batar Jnr then pull a Ghazan and Varrick herself.
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Nov 8, 2014 01:25
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From what we've seen of past Avatars, I'm seeing a trend of "Generals fighting the last war". Korra would have trounced Ozai before she hit puberty, Aang being perceptive as he was would have stayed close with his friend and taken measures to curb their aggression... Koshi? Well poo poo, she was a reaction to Kuruks inaction and, while ultimately effective, proved too harsh leading to Roku having a lenient streak that doomed him and the world to a hundred years of strife. Korra, not having her past lives, is at something of a disadvantage, but it's also a clean slate. But yeah given the short length of the season we don't have enough time to explore that beating the poo poo out of the figureheads doesn't resolve the core issue so we get a 30 second handwave at the start of season 2 and now the writers play Deus Ex Handicap from then on in to compensate. Rougey fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Sato posted:Aang couldn't control the Avatar State until the very end of the series. When it did come out it was a defense mechanism and was controlled by the combined rage of 100 Avatars: it's like going to 100% every time so it's going to take a while to power up. It was treated as something to be feared for the most part because for most of that series Aang wasn't in control so people had this uncontrollable channel of cosmic energy causing chaos. Once the Avatar can control the Avatar State they can control the level of power they use: after Aang's battle against Ozai he used the Avatar State to clean up and it looked exactly the same as when Korra uses it. The same goes for the other Avatars--Kyoshi in the Avatar State was shown to act the same way as Korra (and Aang after he gained control) and nobody's doubting her power levels. With Korra we see her flick it on and off like a light bulb. Korra is somebody who likes to be in control. She doesn't like to be told what to do and wants (or wanted) to be the Avatar so badly that controlling it came as naturally to her as bending did at a young age. This is the crux of the problem, so rather than another deus rock machina they tone it down whenever she uses it at whim. We don't actually get to see the Avatar State use her it until she was so far gone from the torture, hallucinations and poison in her body whilst trying desperately to die that she lost it and started throwing mountains around. She didn't even have her past lives to as a reference point, it was pure rage driving that State and having no control probably scared the living poo poo out of her as much as nearly dying did. It's her deepest, darkest fear. In the Kuvira fight Korra attempts to maintains control of the State because it's who she is, and having fought for three years to regain agency over her body she doesn't want to let that grip slip. It's in that moment, standing on the edge of control between Korra and that brutal, destructive beast that hunted Zaheer down, that she encounters her fear again. Aang was afraid of Avatar State controlling him, while Korra is so completely and utterly terrified by it that she externalises it and in a moment of triumph chokes. TL;DR having control over the Avatar state and maintaining self awareness reduces its raw potential. But when the State uses the Avatar that's when we get to see some good TV. Rougey fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Nov 10, 2014 |
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Carlton Banks Teller posted:The last scene of Reunion had me cackling. God I can't wait for the inevitable showdown, and I'm happy we haven't seen the last of Toph. Calling it now, next episode Toph goes down in a blaze of glory, by opening up a fissure in the earth and cackling madly as it swallows her and half of Kuviras army.
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Carlosologist posted:Toph is definitely going down in a blaze of glory or surviving and returning in the finale. JT Jag posted:Toph is eventually forced to retreat due to sheer numbers, decides to track down Zuko and Katara and get the gaang back together, go Expendables on this motherfucker
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