re: Avatar: The Legend of Korra Books 3 and 4 Thread (Book 4 premieres in October)

Bastards. With the online viewing we'll probably be unable to skip commercials as well.

Well, the next episode has been released, and it's completely excellent, but let's face it, this post is a moot point. It will be the same thing like the last series that 2 years after it's done, people will watch and realize how great it actually is. I'm disappointed in you people for giving up on Nick's demands, when so far this is looking to be better than Season 2 of the original series. I'll be here 3 years from now when half the posters catch onto it and wonder why they haven't heard of it. It was the same thing with the last series, and it's clear that from Season 2 onward they've gone back to that format.

I'm still thinking they killed Aang, and maybe Sokka as well in the raid to capture Korra. They needed Aang dead in order to open the portals with a newer more naive Avatar, but there is still something they need from Korra, or else Zaheer would have just thrown her in the Fog of Lost Souls.

I don't see how Korra is going to defeat these guys in 3 episodes. I think they'll be the villains of the next season as well. Plus, how the hell do you top these guys? They're definitely the strongest villains that have been presented in either series.

You think that was the message they wanted the brothers to give to Korra?

Zaheer has a Bane-like quality to his approach.

Of course it will be corrupt!

Is what Zaheer did to kill the queen equivalent to bloodbending?

Breath bending?

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I'm still thinking they killed Aang, and maybe Sokka as well in the raid to capture Korra.

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That's something I was never really clear on. Like what is the reincarnation process exactly? Since we know the Avatar Spirit Raava is a separate sentient entity, does Raava like...fly into the nearest pregnant woman's womb in the next nation in the cycle? Or dies she like...fly into a baby after he or she is born or can either happen?

And does Korra even have the Avatar State anymore? Part of what made it so powerful was all the knowledge from the past lives. But Avatar Wan was using back to fight Vaatu and he had no past lives to draw from.

This show keeps getting darker going from happy moments with team getting reunited to Tenzin, Bumi, and Kya getting their asses handed to them.

The fight with Tenzin and the Red Lotus was probably the most brutal of the entire series. I also don't like how they cut away from Tenzin getting beat up on from the entire Red Lotus. Especially right after he said he won't stop fighting until he's dead.

Killing the Earth Queen was one thing but killing off Tenzin, man that would be some ballsy stuff. And would make me think even more that the ratings aren't the only reason Korra isn't on TV.

By the way the last episode of this book is called "Venom of the Red Lotus" which sounds more like a cliffhanger then a finale. If Tenzin isn't dead then I'm guessing somebody major is going in that episode.

I jumped off when Korra got her powers back at the end of the first season. It was too easy of an out for what could have been really solid character development.

But I remember Amon was a badass and his death scene was the darkest thing I could remember in a children series.

I might eventually catch back up.

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I jumped off when Korra got her powers back at the end of the first season. It was too easy of an out for what could have been really solid character development.

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Honestly, this is a complaint I completely understand, since this is the single biggest frick-up in the history of the franchise. The thing is, Korra is kind of a count for the first half of season 2, and it makes no sense. It's the arc she went through in the first season, but if she lacked the other 3 elements to fight evil, then her actions would be rational and make sense. And on top of that, there is a perfect opportunity both from a plot and character perspective in Season 2 for her to regain her full powers.

But in the end, knowing the history of the series, it's hard to blame them. Korra was initially planned as a miniseries, and then they'd do a miniseries on Zuko finding his mother and a miniseries on Avatar Wan, but when they saw the quality of the first season of Korra, Nick blindly gave them 3 more seasons of it. As a result, it seems Seasons 2-4 are more a continuous plot, and the first season really has nothing to do with the plot at all.

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I might eventually catch back up.

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Even the haters of Korra are agreeing that so far, this is the best season in the Avatar franchise. Think of how great and dark Season 2 was of the original series, and basically double it. I think taking it off the networks was largely because of the fact that the creators took a ton of pages and tropes from Game of Thrones and put it into Avatar.

So I'm thinking in Enter the Void will just be a set up for the climatic fight for the final episode. I think Korra and her crew get the jump on the Red Lotus but it leads to a complete 180 when Tenzin or another major character is killed. The Red Lotus force out Korra and her gang while they continue to bring down the Earth Kingdom.
With her homeland under siege I think Toph will reveal herself with a possible betrayal by Lin's sister.
As for Book 4, I think it will focus heavily on the fire nation as the Avatar crew has been defeated and suffered heavy losses. Zuko will have a bigger role and we will see the return of General Iroh and the first appearance of the Fire Lord