u/Invite-Healthy

It was a big misstep by the writers to not explore this character further, especially once they had the idea for her to be in a relationship with Korra.

Outside of surface level traits, we aren’t shown much of, if at all, how her childhood affected her outlook on the world. How did she cope with losing her mom at a young age? How did that shape her worldview growing up? Were there any aspects of growing up super rich that her childhood experience? They only scratched the surface with the character work they could have done with Asami.

I’m rewatching Book 3 right now and I never realized just how little characterization Ghazan, Ming-Hua, and P’Li have. Outside of P’Li‘s relationship with Zaheer, they don’t have any conversations that aren’t directly some form of “where is the avatar” “get her”.

None or them have any clearly identifiable personality traits and the show doesn’t do much to explore what each member contributes to the Red Lotus apart from their bending. They are powerful benders who look cool but that’s it.