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

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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.

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I never understood the huge complaint. Was it fast tracked that she got her powers back? Yes, but they don't have 20+ episodes a season in this series to burn them on filler. Not to mention as you stated this was supposed to be a one season deal in the beginning.

One way I've looked at it is that Amon didn't know how to block airbending from benders being he had never gotten the chance to try it on anyone before (meaning that his technique varied from each element of bending). Not having the other elements left Korra with no other choice but to connect with airbending which allowed her to connect spiritually with previous avatars which brings about the cosmic/spiritual energy of the avatar thanks to Rava. This would give her the ability to overcome Amon's waterbending block.

I do like this series not having wasteful filler though, every episode progresses the story well. I just hope this move to the internet doesn't kill the series before the final season, it would be terrible for it not to finish.