re: Avatar: The Legend of Korra Season Long Thread

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Amazing episode, the story sped up big time. Tarlok may try to cook up some story that equalists attacked him and Korra at his offices and were able to kidnap her. That would cover up his deeds and work towards building anti equalist sentiments. It would also paint him as a victim.

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That would make sense, but I know that Tenzin wouldn't believe it. He knows that Amon would probably take Tarlok, someone who has visibly abused non-benders and has claimed to save Korra for much later. I just see a three way war brewing in Republic City: Team Avatar/Tenzin and the Air Nomads, Tarlok/Police Force, and finally the Equalists, not to mention the Triads that we haven't seen in a while.

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I agree with the three way war. I can sort of see Tenzin staying in Republic City to try to solve things diplomatically and then sending team Avatar and maybe Bei Fong to find Korra since he knows Korra's rash nature and the fact that Tarlok is a liar.

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I don't see how long Tenzin can wait really. Tarlok isn't really much better than Ozai or Long Feng and very much has the potential to be worse. He's already got non-bending camps and curfews for them. Tarlok needs to be killed immediately, since unless he's to be kept in a padded cell with his arms and legs restrained for the rest of his life, he's got to be executed really since he'll immediately escape. I could see Katara making a return and really kicking his arse.

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I agree that it needs to be done but I just don't see Tenzin doing it. He seems to be like his father in that regard. I don't mind his character having occasional outbursts but I like his calm adn controlled personality. Also, it doesn't seem like anybody else knows that Tarlok can blood bend. I'm sure if Tenzin knew that he would have told Korra just in case.

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Bloodbending is not the problem from Tenzin's perspective. His only chance for a non-confrontational dethroning of Tarlok is bring the entire press to the meeting the next day, and force him to resign, but even that would probably not be enough. I think Tenzin will just arrive and see the aftermath and be greeted by the rest of the council, who all already knew of Tarlok's power and are terrified of him, which is why they've been blindly going along with all his proposals. He'll then have to retreat finally fully realizing the direness of his situation. He will probably send word to Katara and then of course team up with Lin and join her going completely outside the law in reclaiming the city. I fully expect Tenzin and Lin to bust out the rest of Team Avatar next episode, considering the episode isn't entirely flashbacks (which I think it probably will be).

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I'm beginning to reassess how this sesaon goes now. I agreed with some earlier that Amon would be taken out in the end revealing a much larger threat. Now i'm thinking that the rest of this season will focus on getting Korra back and having her take out Tarlok, maybe finally going into the Avatar state in the process. During all of this Tarlok will do something even more drastic to further divide benders and non-benders. Then Amon will carry out whatever his greater plan has been. Basically I imagine this being similar to the end of book two of TLA where Ba Sing Se was overthrown. That leaves the final season for Korra and the rest to begin picking up the pieces and take down Amon.

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I really have no idea what direction the series is heading. It's incredible how much the city has gone to shite in 8 episodes. I still think there is some truth to Amon's speech near the beginning of the series, in that some spirits did indeed choose him and granted him the power of spirit-bending. The spirit that did is probably much worse, and would be a logical next opponent for Korra to face due to her lack of spiritual development.

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Maybe Koh has something to do with it. Amon made a deal to get his power and it cost him his face!?

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I mentioned that earlier in the thread. I think we'll see Koh again in this series, another movie, or the next series (they said they plan on continuing the universe after this series), but I don't think he's behind it. It would be great to see Korra, as hot headed as she is, go against Koh in some form. Maybe she has to go get answers from him like Aang did, which would be great. Would be cool if she showed emotion and has to flee from him, kinda like Aang and co. did from Wan She Tong.

I think Amon's even more dangerous than we've seen to this point. Their two paths are seemingly on a collision course, and taking down Tarlok would show just how much of a threat Amon is.

I don't see someone killing Tarlok, but they're going to have to remove him as a threat at some point as the plot progresses.

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IF a spirit gave Amon his abilities it's not to far a stretch to assume the spirit may have given Tarlok a boost as well ex blood bending wout a full moon.

If a spirit wanted to destroy Republic City, which seems to have moved on past believing in the spirit world, quickest way to do it is arm 2 opposing sides and let them destroy each other.

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Damn, damn good theory. Tarlok did say "There's alot you don't know about me." I think it's highly highly likely we'll find out what we don't know about him.

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I feel like Amon and Tarlok have been developed very well so far. I think the same of Korra and even Tenzin.

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Yeah, all 4 of these are very well developed characters.

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Does anyone else think that the rest of Team Avator, Mako, Bolin, and Asami suffer in that regard?

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I think the problem is they don't mix as well together. The 5 members of the original Team Avatar mixed very well together and each brought out their best sides and the worst in the other. With Korra's Team... not so much. Seriously, have Bolin and Asami said one word to each other yet? Mako is probably the least realized of all of them. I think they just took Zuko and made him less pissed off and conflicted, but it doesn't really work as well.

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Oh yeah, nobody mentioned how much of a creeper Meelo is.

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Meelo's just completely out of control, and not in a good way. Ikki's humor works in the series, but fartbending? Really? Come on guys, you're clearly better than writing fartbending jokes. While I've always been curious of what airbendings ultimate technique is (in the vein of lightning, metal, and bloodbending), I really didn't imagine it to be so anti-climatic.

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I know this is probably jumping the gun since there is plenty of time left and we are only 8 episodes in but I just worry that they represent a weak area character wise.

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Supposedly, the seasons are suppose to be more stand alone than the previous series. With only 4 episodes left for this season, and at least 1 SPOILERS


centered heavily around the past and having Zuko in it that doesn't leave much time to develop those 3 at least in this season.

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Oh yeah, nobody mentioned how much of a creeper Meelo is.

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Not only is he is a creeper but he is an annoying character and possibly the worse drawn character out of either of the 2 series.

In fact he is so poorly drawn compared to the rest of characters I wonder if that is the creators way of telling us don't take this kid seriously he is just an outlet for the stupid things we want to say.

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Not only is he is a creeper but he is an annoying character and possibly the worse drawn character out of either of the 2 series.

In fact he is so poorly drawn compared to the rest of characters I wonder if that is the creators way of telling us don't take this kid seriously he is just an outlet for the stupid things we want to say.

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Sadly, I think that's exactly what they're trying to say. Meelo is the Jar Jar Binks of the Avatar universe, but fortunately he's not important to the plot and has only been in a few minutes of less than half the episode.