What are your opinions on the original Mahsami? I know Mahsami 2.0 had several reasons, mainly the emotional pain Mako was in. But the first Mahsami was just two attractive fire nation teens dating, and a way to bring Asami into the Krew. I just didn't see anything in it.
I mean if we pull back the curtain we know that it was Bryke’s way to get Mako and Korra together.
But looking at characters, I wrote about it awhile back here (Masami Analysis from Asami’s POV). I could analyze it more from Mako’s head space I guess, but IMO 1x09 made it clear what was going on with him.
But yeah, I wrote that before the weird hipster Masami-shipping-within-the-Korrasami-fandom trend started, so I probably could revisit it too in light of other analyses. Not that I really land anywhere different tbh. They were two hot people with no compelling reason not to date, but it’s clear that they were never exactly in love. They were fine.
It’s a solid B for a first relationship. Then 2.0 was both of them hiding from their respective pain and needing a distraction (I’ve talked about it’s narrative impact here), but it never had a future.