#tarrlock

[gladerwolfstarkimagines]

Imagine getting annoyed when Korra puts herself in danger because you're in love with her

As a strong bender around Korra’s age Tenzin thought you’d be a perfect companion for her and so he sent you to the water tribe compound before him to meet Korra. Ever since that first encounter you wondered if Tenzin was psychic as well as a master Airbender. You instantly connected with Korra and became fast friends. Your feelings quickly grew to more and you realised you were in love with the avatar long before she moved to Republic City. She was strong and sweet but also cocky and dramatic which you loved. The only downside was her lack of self-regard. Korra could be reckless and every time you saw her come back with physicals injuriess or emotional wounds it hurt you too. You tried telling her to be more careful but she never listened. She threw herself into the fight against Amon and then Tarlock too when he brought in his non-bender curfews. You watched in horror as she almost got into a fistfight with the northern water tribe representative in the middle of the street. You agreed what he was doing was wrong and were very upset Asami, Mako and Bolin had been arrested but you thought Korra’s behaviour was just out of hand. You finally managed to get her back to your apartment without being arrested but Korra didn’t seem happy about that. She started ranting about Tarlock and you finally snapped.

"Korra you can't just jump into dangerous situations like that avatar or not!" you cried. "Why can’t I?" Korra asked "i’m literally the most protected person in the world, i have the avatar state to save me". "So you just put your life at risk at every opportunity?". "Our friends were in danger you really expected me to sit back and let it happen?" Korra shot back. "There was nothing you could do but you risked your life on a fool's errand that had little chance of success". "Maybe but I had to do something. It doesn’t matter if I get hurt in the long run as long as Amon is stopped" Korra nodded adamantly. "That’s not true!" you yelled "Korra If you get hurt we all get hurt too. You being in pain isn’t something we just ignore. If you saved me at the expense of yourself I wouldn’t be happy I'd be just as bad". "Why?" Korra cried and you sighed "because I love you, you idiot!". Silence followed and Korra blinked "you...what?". You sighed "I'm in love with you Korra and have been for months...you're pretty oblivious". "I...I guess I am" Korra nodded "but why?". You paused "why what?". "Why do you love me? How...". You sighed "I mean I guess that's a hard question and at the same time an easy one. Ever since I met you I've been mesmerised. I've never known a person be such a paradox. You're the strongest most confident person i’ve ever known and at the same time you're so gentle and naive. You're so intelligent and then other times you just jump into things blindly. You can be closed off but are also so loving and caring to everyone. You have the literal world on your shoulders but then little things like watching pro-bending excite you. You can be so hot and attractive and then also be so adorable I'd punish anyone for hurting you. You're just one in a million and not because you're the avatar but because there’s no one like you, Korra. That's why I love you". Korra stared at you "you really feel all that about me?". You nodded "so I guess the only question is...have I just made a fool of myself? How do you feel about me?". Korra looked down and you felt your heart skip. "I...I feel a bit differently" Korra admitted. You winced but nodded "that's okay...". "I don’t think you're a paradox I just think you're amazing". You looked up daring to believe this was what you hoped it was. "You've always been there for me and I feel like I've known you years not months. You’re one of the few people who I know only has purely good intentions for me and I like the person I am around you. You were my first proper friend and I think...there’s nobody else I'd want to become something more with than you". "You would?" you grinned and Korra smiled "yeah so...can I kiss you or are you still angry at me for risking my life?". You smiled "I'm still angry but a kiss might actually solve that". Korra smiled "well I'm happy to try as many times as you need" and she leant into you. 

A while later you gasped for breath pulling away but Korra didn’t seem to want to let this moment go. She kept her strong arms around you and peppered your neck with kisses. "Shouldn’t we go bail Asami and the others out of prison?" you asked. Korra looked up at you mischief in her eyes "we could...or we could let Tenzin so it. I alerted him to the situation so he’s probably almost there now...so it might be pointless for us to go too". "Korra are you really ditching your friends to make out with me?". Korra blushed "well I'd probably just aggravate the situation, if anyone can get them out its Tenzin. So I think I'm exactly where I need to be" she grinned that crooked grin that made you weak. "You know I'd be inclined to agree" you nodded and gripped her tunic tightly taking her back towards you.

[grudgby]

rating the death scenes in korra

[ID in alt text]

noatak/amon and tarrlock - legend of korra’s first death scene starts strong with a MURDER SUICIDE. the first time i saw this i was like “is this allowed?” it honestly surprised me 9/10

unalaq - them both being giant takes away from the reality of korra killing her uncle but ... turning to little balls of light is nice so its fine 6/10

the earth queen - i cant be the only one who cheered audibly when this happened. also the added horror of actually seeing airbending used to suffocate someone. all around great death 10/10

ming-hua - mako said murder is okay but what do you expect from a cop. this death is visually stunning but the fact that this lady thought she could take a lightning bender while she was in the water is just so stupid to me that it gets a 7/10

ghazan - i get he didnt want to go back to prison but he didnt need to destroy AN ENTIRE AIRTEMPLE to achieve this. fuck you ghazan -10/10

p’li - now this is what im talking about!!!! suyin wrapping her armor around p’li’s head and making her blow her own head up is truly iconic and i’ll never get over it. 12/10

these guards from the united forces with 10 seconds of screen time - these guys were just minding their own business sitting guard at the watch tower and kuvira had to spirit nuke them smh. the guy on the left is cute though and the massive explosion was cool and showed what a big threat kuvira was so even though these characters aren’t named i’ll give them a 8/10

hiroshi sato - the goodbye scene to asami was sad but it does not overcome the fact that he was just squished like a bug. 7/10

[middleofnowhere92]

Tarrlock has distinguished gay uncle vibes. Ikki needs to quit.

[lxviathancas]

Me as the firelord making threats toward both of the water tribes so that I get to hold a diplomatic meeting with all the water tribe himbos

[ghouleyeddemon]

Justice for Amon and Tarrlock...they deserved better🥺

[13lesbianfangirl]

I love how all of the Korra villans are connected.

Like.

Zaheer wouldn't have escaped prison and killed the Earth Queen if it wasn't for Unalaq.

Kuvira wouldn't have needed to "unite" to Earth Kingdom if the Earth Queen wasn't dead.

But then, there at the beginning, we have Amon, who....isn't connected to the other villans at all. Unless you count the fact that he was originally from the Northern Water Tribe. Maybe he might have known Unalaq? There's a bigger chance Tarrlock and Unalaq knew each other though. That's the biggest connection, lol.

[eggsepicness]

THE LEGEND OF KORRA HAD A M/S and no one said anything 😤😤😤 put some respect on the legend of Korra

[attackfish]

Five headcanons from a fic I will never write:

Takes place in the AU first discussed here: [Link]. In Book One, Tarrlok captures Korra, and Amon intercepts him. She then escapes Amon. But after running away from Amon, she trips over a tree root and collapses into the snow, where Naga leads the Krew to rescue her. In this AU, Amon follows after she escapes and picks her up, recapturing her and locking her away.

1. Amon makes the taking of the Avatar's bending into a huge showpiece to cap off his takeover of Republic City. The entire city sees the Avatar robbed of her power and made helpless by Amon after they themselves have been brought to their knees. People flee the city in droves.

2. Because he is both a true believer and a traumatized child, he spends a not insignificant amount of time talking at Korra, on some level trying to convince her of the rightness of his actions. And in the cell beside her is Tarrlok. He tells her who he thinks Amon really is, and it's not long before Korra starts talking back, challenging Amon verbally the way she currently can't do physically, while Tarrlok whispers his weaknesses in her ear.

3. At first Korra is all bluster. She has never before been in a position of real powerlessness before, and she masks her terrible fear with a transparent show of confidence. She strikes where Tarrlok and her own instincts tell her it will hurt, but her jabs and insults are clumsy and unpracticed. She is woefully unprepared for this kind of fight. She was never taught how to fight this way. But slowly, as the world narrows to them and their verbal battle, she learns. She gets better. She learns to wound. She learns to craft an argument that makes him storm away. She learns to infuriate him so badly he bloodbends her to shut her up. And eventually, she learns from this how to bloodbend, until one day, she unbloodbends herself and starts bloodbending him. This too becomes a feature of their fights until she has lost count of the number of times they have broken through each other's control.

4. Meanwhile, the United Republic's armed forces battle for control of the city. Korra uses the distraction to escape. She reveals Amon for who he is, and is able to see him arrested as the city is retaken. He is put in a jail cell modified for waterbenders.

5. The problem is, Korra can't seem to stay away. She comes to rail at him like he used to do to her. She comes to see him locked in prison alone with his brother, just as she had been. And he can't seem to stop arguing with her either, or giving her advice, picking holes in her logic, forcing her to mend them. When she goes to the South and sees her uncle, she is a very different girl from the one he faces in canon.