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If you liked it, that's fine. I didn't and thought it was a cheap way out. The show of force wasn't really that great over anything else Korra has done and that Kuvira would of known or saw in person. It was a weak way for Kuvira to go out.

I'm sorry, but it wasn't cheap. They could have easily killed her if the writers wanted to. Just have the spirit weapon backfire on her (as it did) and then kill her. She personally killed Unalaq and tried to kill her other antagonists. Killing Kuvira does nothing for Korra's character and is really character regression where she just resorts to mindless violence like she did when facing down Tarrlok.

I could see more this argument with Zaheer, since Korra's father really should have slit his throat on the spot and actually is too dangerous to be kept alive since I see no reason he can't continue to lead his organization through the Spirit World. But what is Kuvira going to do? Just rot in jail filled with regret that she ruined her relationship with the family that took her in. Just killing her does absolutely nothing, and where Korra was as a character and how Kuvira is as a villain, I could see from the start of the season that Korra wasn't going to kill her and Kuvira would survive. Killing Kuvira is the cheap and easy way out that I think most storytellers would resort to instead of using it as an opportunity to build up our main protagonist. Korra from the first 3 seasons would have killed Kuvira without a seconds thought, but Korra has learned from her past mistakes that this usually isn't the best way.

And I really think they should have made Kuvira Zaheer's daughter. Would have been nice if Zaheer explained that to Korra when went to visit him that he abandoned Kuvira in order to capture the Avatar and start new world order. Su took her in, and she saw it as a personal insult from Su not to let her restore balance to the Earth Kingdom after her father destroyed it. Would have also been another nice bonding moment between Korra and Kuvira in the end since that was the man who ruined both of their lives.

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Posted by Dam Guide

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Posted on 12/19/14 at 8:38 am to OMLandshark

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I'm sorry, but it wasn't cheap.

I'm sorry, yes it was... It was the cartoon thing to do. GI Joe, where people hardly ever die and the giant fricking laser destroys the city, but no one dies from it.

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But what is Kuvira going to do? Just rot in jail filled with regret that she ruined her relationship with the family that took her in.

You are still looking at it from an angle where she just gives up. I didn't want her to do that. Hell, her soldiers were still willing to die for her when she pussed out. If I was in one of those suits, I would of rekt her arse for that shite.