Zuko : my sister ⚡🙆 was born ➡ lucky 🏅🏆🎁 and i 😞👎 was lucky 😣 to be born 😟😤😭 but i dont 😎 need luck though 🙄😂 i dont want it 🙅 ive always had to struggle ✊🔥🔥 and fight 💪🤘 and thats made me 🙌 who i am 💯✔❗
let yourself wonder for a moment. unbecoming , the world UNWINDING in your fingertips. where is reality , for surely you are no longer within it ? ponder the hue of his eyes , the curve of his lips. LOVELINESS WITHOUT AND WITHIN. a dream world , fractal patterns of your own delirium played out. his warmth goes to the very marrow of your bones , never before have you felt such FIRE on your skin. ( lucky your hands already HOLD him , less they find their home exploring his face , lost within his hair. ) voice made of weariness and all things GENTLE ———– you do not honor it was a response. it’s not NEEDED. he’s already LOST to the world once more. cradle him close to your chest and begin your journey. it’s your home , after all. a place cluttered with your memories , with the journey you have found your way through. flashes of katara in the kitchen , your father in his favorite chair doing work , aang BOUNCING through the front door to pull you all away on another adventure. even ZUKO , there , a quiet presence. there , when you swore you saw him SMILE , again , while you sat with him as he lived through his frustration and agony. and now a new one , a memory to be bathed in gold and remembered in WARMTH and surprise. your feet find their path , you blink and you stand in your room. thoughts carried you away when you could not find answers. breathe , feel your heart thunder beneath his head. how do you lay him down now ? when he is already held so dearly within your arms , within the safety you know you provide. his hair tickles against your chin. slowly , settle into a chair , keep him held against you , something in your heart UNWILLING to let go.
it’s because you’re haunted. where your mind becomes unfit to comprehend reality & fiction , where the twisted soul of someone darker becomes apparent. WHO IS THAT IN THE MIRROR ? the boy who looks like you , but o , does he terrify. the countenance of someone you know too well OR WORSE. the person who knows you better than you know yourself. feel your heart , how rapidly it beats in your chest. can you look at him ? do you know that face that haunts ? the boy who saw through your stoic gaze & the boy who turns your body cold. HE IS YOU / YOU ARE HIM. sound made , subtle & restless from lips painted red. shifted lashes , body turns. it’s not much , but you only wake for a moment brief , golden hue bathed in the waning moon. he’s right there , holds you close. you can hear it if you listen. the way his heart beats , steady in his chest. reminds you of something you never had. reminds you of the way life should have been. then you falter again , head falls towards him. this time it’s black. the type of darkness that dares swallow you whole. breathe. feel the fire that exudes from your heart drown your veins , burns your WAKE UP ! sudden jolt , sharp inhale. ❛ shit. ❜ blink , watch the silence unfold around you , as chest rises & falls.
on the skeletons of his past
he stands like a lion over conquered prey,
but there’s no meat on those bones.
that boy was built to be a warrior,
he was born to be a soldier,
but no one has told him his battle’s over.
does ash recall when it was fire; does it long to burn again? | m.a.w (via dvoyd)
so i’ve had this on my mind for a very long time & i’ve decided to finally just put my opinion out there in full. i will be talking about my personal opinion about the legend of korra as a series. this is gonna be long so it’s under a read more.
in order for me to talk about this i will be addressing the overarching flaws of the show including timing , series arcs , character development , etc. again , this is all my opinion but i will be drawing for the show for some specific points.
1) LORE CHANGE.
this cannot be avoided & is one of the main reasons why the show failed for me personally. also , i have to heavily draw from ATLA in comparison , simply because it was the template for LOK. in ATLA , we were given a vague description of ‘ why ‘ the avatar universe worked. truthfully , we didn’t need an explanation about bending other than : there were original benders that people learned from. although briefly mentioned before , it is spoken of mostly in S3 E13 , evidence of that HERE.
we do not need an origin of the avatar to fall in love with this universe. regardless , LOK decides to give korra a flashback to wan , the original avatar who did not learn from the dragons , but was rather endowed with the mystical powers of firebending from a lionturtle & greedily decided to keep them for himself. of course , there’s no problems with vigilante justice or an anti - hero , but there’s really no motivation for his character other than stealing food & this directly changes the ideology presented in the original series. & personally , is somewhat of a let down. the original avatar , the first person to master all four elements , was nothing more than essentially an accident.
another conflict arises in the wan arc : what the avatar is in & of itself. in the original series , the avatar is essentially just that : an avatar of the universe’s spirit. a representative that is created to restore balance to the world. in LOK , the avatar is a mesh between spirit & man. there is nothing inherently wrong with this ideology , but it is different than what was originally presented. in the original series , there was no mention of raava or vaatu. in fact , most spirits were based in animalistic creatures such was WAN SHI TONG , KOH , etc. whereas raava & vaatu have strange designs that are not based in anything previously shown or alluded to. again , there is nothing wrong with this in a standalone series , but there is a conflict that is unavoidable in watching the two shows & comparing their origins.
2) WRITING
the first season of LOK was the one that made the most sense to me , even there , i found issue with the plot & world building. ( but that’s a different meta , in short : how did they progress from simple warships to radio & cars in 70 years , why not have the villain ACTUALLY be an oppressed non-bender ? ) i think that if they kept it a mini - series , i would have been able to overlook many of the issues that arose later in the series. LOK addresses many mature issues & i will praise it for that , but the later writing is subpar at best with multiple plot holes & features confusing or plain lack of character development. there are so many deus ex machina’s that i can’t even count them : korra suddenly learning airbending is one of the major ones from the beginning of the series. the show itself doesn’t have enough time to tell the story that it aims to tell & i think that is unfortunate. i believe a major reason for the lack of stellar development & writing issues is because the head writer for ATLA did not return for LOK. evidence for that HERE. this is not the first show that has nose dived because the original writers did not return , i just think it’s a shame because of what LOK could have been.
3) CHARACTERIZATION
although this could be a sub-category of the last one , i have decided to give it it’s own category due to how many issues arise with it.
KORRA
many of my issues with the series truly stem from korra herself. i concede , she is an extremely strong character , iron - willed & stubborn. but her negative aspects tend to outweigh the good ones. for the main protagonist of a series , this is not a good sign. for the sake of comparison , i would think that korra is almost akin to an outspoken version of zuko , before he changed sides. he was extremely hotheaded , stubborn & iron - willed. although zuko had 1) a reason for his extreme behaviors 2) a redemption arc. but the difference is that zuko was punished ( either by a loss of capturing the avatar or some other issue ) whenever he didn’t think things through , whenever he flew off the handle. there was always some kind of realization that there is no reward for acting the way he did. korra , on the other hand is constantly rewarded for her behaviors & learns no lessons from having an attitude. her mentors seem to let her do what she wants & even when she is in trouble --- she’s really not. some deus ex machina or lack of proper caretaking will suddenly fix that. her character develops somewhere darker through the series , but she doesn’t truly change & develop into a more mature version of herself that i would have liked to see. her lack of sincere apology for any misdeed she does leaves me with a bad taste , i want more from her. in short , she’s unlikeable as a protagonist & the series suffers for it.
BOLIN
the shining light of the series who is tossed aside with absolute zero development. bolin had extreme potential as a character. to become a great fighter , but still not be the most talented in the group. he is fun loving & kindhearted , a dynamic similar to sokka’s but still different enough to be even more likeable in my opinion. his humor is hilarious & personality an amazing contrast to the rest of the main cast. but after S1 we got nothing from him. pushed aside , he barely seemed part of the show. he was instead thrown around into different roles & relationships that didn’t suit his character. i would have loved to see bolin develop further with korra & asami , but especially mako. if we could have seen their relationship progress & more of bolin , i think his character would not have felt as wasted as it did.
ASAMI
asami is great , probably one of the best characters in the series. the only major flaw i have with her stems from something in S1 where she turns on her father that she has loved up until that turning point just to help people she barely knows -- but that can easily be overlooked & i won’t shame her for being a genuinely good person.
MAKO
truthfully , a similar issue as to what happened with bolin. although more on the forefront , mako did not have any character development. there as a crutch to korra’s character more than anything , i would have loved to see mako become more expressive as a character throughout the series. i did not see much from him after S2
anyways , might add more to this. i might not. take it or leave it.
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