My recent reblog has got me thinking of how comically bad a Netflix live-action adaptation of LOK would be. A few friends and I collaborated on what would happen:
• Korra would learn airbending in the time skip between B1-B2 rather than it being unlocked due to her other elements being blocked.
• Katara would be dead and have a bunch of statues to satisfy the dumbest of the fanbase, but her impact on the world would be entirely erased and she would just be present as an occasional reference.
• Zuko and Toph would be present throughout the entire show despite having nothing to do. They would get the exact same “whoa the old people can still fight” scene in every season.
• Bolin and Mako would still have living parents who just disagreed with their choice to be pro-benders and are estranged from them because of it. They would have no other tragic backstory to them.
• Every single one of the seasons’ moral quandaries would skew the wrong way: B1 would be black and white and say that non-benders in general are bad, B2 would make Unalaq clearly villainous towards Korra from the start rather than being nice to her, B3 would skew pro-totalitarian rule and side with the Earth Queen, and B4 would be pro-fascist.
• Side note to the above point - the Earth Queen would be portrayed as a tragic figure who loved her people, but at the same time they would still show her subjects suffering, much like how NATLA softened Ozai but for some reason still has him do the same evil stuff he did otherwise.
• Korrasami and Makorra would be teased consistently throughout, and whichever route they chose at the end wouldn’t make sense.
• Harmonic Convergence, the Red Lotus, the Zaofu arc, and other things from later seasons would be crammed into B1 purely for fan service.
• Korra will constantly insult and belittle Asami.
• Korra will only gain skill or wisdom if a male character either teaches it to her or causes her to learn it.
• Bolin will explain his entire thought process out loud during the scene where he learns lavabending, which will happen way too soon in the story in a scene with much lower stakes.
• They will spend at least 10 minutes showing Kuvira killing citizens because violence = mature writing…I guess.
• They will change the circumstance in which Su gave Lin her scar for no reason whatsoever.
• Lin will not do what she did in B1 and betray the police force for the greater good because the show will be vehemently pro-corrupt cops and hate women.
• Jinora will be as sidelined throughout the show as Katara is in NATLA, if not worse.
• Instead of being a stressed but well-meaning teacher for Korra, Tenzin will be generally mean to her and everyone else for no good reason other than lack of nuance. Much like his father in NATLA.
• Fire Nation and its royal family have more of a presence but entire lore gets fucked up.
• Varrick is not portrayed as morally grey and is just a bad guy until they decide he isn’t at the very end. He also has none of the personality he has in the show and is just a boring CEO villain stereotype to be “more realistic.”
• The Kataang children’s beef is simplified into Aang just being a bad dad rather than the nuance of his responsibilities and Kya & Bumi’s feelings of Tenzin’s privilege being the driver of it. It will be solved off-screen.
• The Fog of Lost Souls appears in B1 purely to throw a bunch of old characters in it for fan service. It won’t be limited to just Zhao.
• Korra won’t have her connection to the past lives severed because they don’t want any stakes and they don’t know what to do without endlessly referencing the prior avatars for fan service.
• Lin and Tenzin’s complex relationship will be simplified into Lin and Pema having beef that is never solved. Tenzin will be equally mean to both of them.
• The Beifongs (as in Lin, Toph, and Su) will be separated by some contrived tragic circumstance rather than complicated family dynamics. Lin and Su will be happy to see each other despite having the ability to do so for decades.
• Avatar Wan will be a painting in the background of a single scene.
• Pabu and/or Naga will be killed off and revived for cheap emotional effect.
• All the airbenders created via Harmonic Convergence will just willingly join Tenzin. There will be no arc about them having to search them out or convince them to become air nomads. They will just magically appear and be air nomads.
Please feel free to leave your ideas below.
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