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

One of the most intense season finales I've watched. I honestly can't wait for season 4.

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Do you think Zaheer could only now fly because his lover had just died and he no longer had any earthly ties?

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This was stated in the show.

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One nit-picky thing: Why can someone not metal bend platinum, but metal bend a liquid metal?

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They don't give too much detail on this other than saying, "Platinum is too pure of a metal, not even Toph herself could bend it."

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Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but Bolin didn't create lava, he only could control the lava when he lava-bended right?

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You're right. They never showed him creating it, only manipulating it.

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And, when did Mako have the capacity for electrocution? Does anyone remember the last time he used that?

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He has always been able to do that. In the Book of Air, he got a job at a power plant where he was using lightning to produce power for Republic City.

I have a few gripes with the finale:

First, is how Zaheer goes from a non bender to damn near an airbending master (who can do something that only 1 other airbender in history has been able to do) in the matter of months.

Second, is how Zaheer couldn't take on Tenzen who was whipping his arse until he had numbers on his side with the rest of the Red Lotus yet he could take Korra on in the Avatar state.

Third, is how they take Korra from the previous season who took down Unalaq and Vaatu and make her struggle to fight Zaheer. Aang was a 12 year old boy fighting Fire Lord Ozai with Sozen's Comet making him exponentially more powerful without the Avatar state and still didn't look as weak as Korra did fighting Zaheer. Although this I can somewhat let go of since she was poisoned.

Fourth, speaking of the poison, how do they even know it is going to work. They develop a poison that is supposed to activate the Avatar state with only having one person in the world to test it on yet they obviously haven't been able to test it and it just works perfectly.

Finally, Korra goes into Avatar state due to the poison and rips the chains from the earth. Why didn't she just do this to begin with before they hit her with the poison?

As far as the action and intensity the finale was great. Especially having Korra dragged down as low as she can go, reminds me of Aang after he was shot with lightning from Azula. Ready to see her transformation next season along with the Air Nomads roaming the world assisting with the restoring of balance.

Oh and the woman that saved Korra's dad was definitely pushed too hard just to be some character that fades off after this episode.