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maybe watch the end of it to see what I mean

Rewatching Aang vs Korra (Cat) by dillongoo provides further insight into the obvious contrast in character and personality of each Avatar, and how it will affect the Avatar of Seven Havens.

 

Let’s start with Roku. Roku is one of the most disrespected Avatars of the franchise, given his supposed inaction against the Fire Nation—an ill-received perception held by those who lack a keen sense of analytical observation. A given fact, obvious to those who disrespect Korra.

Avatars, by default and status, are world leaders. Pointing out the obvious, they are not bound to any authority and may exercise and impose their values upon the populace, nay, the world, should they wish to do so. An Avatar is a world leader on their own right—a conciliator among all world leaders.

 

[Roku]

 

Roku is a fully realized Avatar, like every other Avatar before him. It’s worth noting that, among the known Avatars of the franchise, only Avatar Kyoshi and Avatar Roku (prior to Avatar Aang) have respective shrines, which signify their level of competence and authority in the physical world.

 

Roku is dutiful and, I dare say, honorable in fulfilling his duty as the Avatar. During his era, the world is at peace as there is no geopolitical conflict among the nations. Roku earns respect and fear from the rest of the world leaders, such that none dare openly defy him. In contrast to Avatar Kyoshi where another world leader dares to openly defy a fully realized Avatar whose incompetence in her duty leads her to take no action against Chin the Conqueror in unifying the Earth Kingdom, and she only acts when Chin is at her doorstep.

 

Then comes Sozin, who, being Roku’s closest friend, is overconfident enough to think Roku will not be an obstacle to his vision. Sozin dares to test Roku with a taste of imperialism, disturbing the peace Roku maintains. Sozin gauges how his best friend will react. Roku is, by far, the only known Avatar to reach twilight age while retaining his strength (Kyoshi is built differently), which means that, in the entirety of Roku’s service, none dare defy him. Sozin, a world leader, with an anchored attachment with Roku, leads him to openly defy another world leader. Roku, as we know of him, exercises his duty as the Avatar, warning Sozin that another defiance means death, sparing him due to their shared past. Thus, Sozin realizes Roku’s detachment. No amount of strings will shake Roku’s duty being the Avatar.

 

Since then, Sozin dares not defy the Avatar and kept his warships and tanks at bay. Roku keeps imposing his will upon the world, and the world remains peaceful. During the unfortunate volcanic eruption, Sozin takes advantage. With the Avatar out of the equation, the Fire Nation invades.

 

Sozin, fearing the power and authority of the Avatar assaults the Air Nomads with the objective of eliminating the most powerful being that can stop them—the Avatar. Sozin is extremely terrified of Roku who kept the world at peace during his era, for Sozin learned first-hand how extremely powerful a fully realized Avatar can be who has no scruples in destroying the Fire Nation palace and defeating the Fire Lord in seconds to showcase the fact that the Avatar answers to no one. Sozin is consumed by dread against Roku, whom he thought is simply a friend with a title, learning this friend has the unstoppable power to destroy everything. Sozin realizes, despite hunting dragons himself, he is but a dust beneath the fingernails of the fully realized Avatar. That fear is instilled into The Fire Nation which spends the next hundred years searching for the Last Airbender.

 

The world is at peace because of Roku. It has to be thrown off balance in order for the story to move forward.

 

[Aang]

 

Aang is somewhat, not a complete polar opposite of Roku for Aang is a gentle spirit.

 

Aang is your typical reluctant hero, who flees from his duty as the Avatar due to overwhelming pressure. He wishes not to embrace his status as the Avatar, in contrast to Roku, who spends his whole life being the Avatar. Roku binds himself to his duty as the Avatar that his reincarnation no longer wishes to be the Avatar.

 

Aang is also emotionally open, in contrast to Roku being emotionally reserved. Roku has only ever shown a surface level of masculinity: authoritative and stoic. Aang is openly masculine: he openly sheds tears and has no qualms about his feminine side. Aang is openly sentimental and emotionally vulnerable. Aang is someone who shows no discomfort in talking about feelings, all while remaining heterosexually masculine.

 

Aang is lighthearted, playful, and adventurous—a complete polar opposite of Roku’s attentive focus on his duty and honor as the Avatar. Roku only has one friend, Sozin. Conversely, Aang makes a ton of friends. Roku acts as the Avatar alone. He keeps the world at peace alone, whereas Aang fights for peace with his friends. It is not Aang alone who saves the world, as his son says during The Legend of Korra’s introduction, “My father, Avatar Aang, told me the story on how he and his friends heroically ended the hundred year war. Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko transformed the Fire Nation colonies into the United Republic of Nations…”

 

The physical world is at peace that it has to be spiritually threatened in order for the story to move forward.

 

[Korra]

 

Whilst Avatar Aang embodies the perfect interpretation of masculinity in any given form of media, Avatar Korra embodies the perfect interpretation of how being overpowered should be threatened.

 

Avatar Korra earns disrespect from those who are immature and lack discerning qualities of perspective awareness. Anyone who disrespects Korra is either a child or an adult who still thinks like a child. There is no middle ground. If you see anyone who disrespects Avatar Korra, show them this post.

 

Avatar Korra is known to be direct, impulsive, and abrasive. She does not hesitate to initiate a fight and escalate a situation until it becomes a full-blown brawl. Avatar Aang, who is known to be compassionate and fully embraces pacifism, resorts only to violence for necessary defense; his reincarnation has to be near the complete opposite of his character and personality. Avatar Korra is brash, headstrong, and hot-headed because Aang is reluctant and calm. Korra seeks confrontation because Aang avoids confrontation. Korra attacks because Aang evades. Korra will not hesitate to feed anyone their own teeth because Aang smiles—a lot.

 

Avatar Korra starts spiritually weak, in contrast to Avatar Aang being naturally connected to the spirit world. She begins unable to meditate and connect with her spirit, unlike Aang, who can use the bathroom in the spirit world while being in the physical world.

 

Avatar Korra is physically powerful. Avatar Aang is physically small and skinny—talented, yes, but he earns his skills through training and discipline with his masters. Whereas Avatar Korra is physically imposing—chiseled, toned, sculpted. Korra is a prodigy at bending. Whilst Avatar Aang strives to master bending. At the end of the original series, Aang himself only has mastered airbending. Avatar Korra’s powers come naturally to her. Avatar Aang spends his whole life learning to be powerful and showing restraint over his powers, such that he awakens after his death as someone who is already powerful. Avatar Korra earns her bending mastery with not much effort. She already has that experience from her past life; she has no need to struggle in mastering the elements again.

 

Avatar Korra is extremely, ridiculously, physically overpowered, unlike Avatar Aang, who has to learn how to be powerful. Avatar Aang spends his early childhood years not being ready, forced to be ready, plunged into a world at war at such a young age that Aang’s fear of being ill-equipped and unprepared for war is driven deep into his spirit; thus, his reincarnation has to be born ready. Korra is born knowing how to bend and basic martial prowess of three elements at four freaking years old and masters airbending in the blink of an eye after unlocking it. Korra is born physically ready, mastering 20 martial arts, in contrast to Aang mastering only 8:

https://www.reddit.com/r/legendofkorra/comments/xbqs2h/a_martial_arts_analysis_on_why_korra_is_a_better/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastAirbender/comments/y4t6ft/a_martial_arts_analysis_on_why_korra_is_a_better/

 

Korra is physically talented enough to destroy Ozai in seconds, like what Roku does to Sozin. Korra has Toph’s overwhelming brute force, Katara’s sublime calm and focus during stressful combat, athletic finesse of Zuko, Sokka’s innate leadership, commanding groups and attracting followers and Suki’s tactical observation and adaptability during combat. Korra is born and built to destroy the Fire Nation air fleet by herself, such that the creators, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, have to challenge her mentally and spiritually instead of giving her physical challenges. Korra has to experience genuine fear (Amon threatening to remove what she thinks, at the time, is her whole persona—her bending prowess); Korra has to be deceived (Unalaq); she has to be poisoned and crippled (Zaheer); and she has to be weakened through trauma and PTSD to make the fight even against (Kuvira). Korra is hated because she is extremely physically gifted and overpowered, such that she has to be given a non-physical handicap; otherwise, she will sweep the floor with anyone she encounters.

 

Pointing out the obvious, Avatar Aang is born into a world that needs an Avatar. Avatar Korra is born into a world that does not need an Avatar. Avatar Aang maintains peace and exercises his authority as a world leader during his era in an ever-growing world—an amalgamation of shared principles, ideologies, and technologies. A world without war, built on compromise, law enforcement, and authority, where citizens are no longer subjects but free people. A world that requires no arbiter, no physical or spiritual mediator. The physical world during Avatar Korra’s era is ready to resolve conflict and attain peace without an Avatar—completely opposite to the world Avatar Aang is born into. At the beginning of Korra’s legend, the world has evolved to where the status of being the Avatar, as a world leader, is simply honorary. Avatar Korra has to prove herself to a world in conflict by itself—a world where bending reigns supreme and non-bending is exploited—a wound she fixes. The physical world is in such a state of equilibrium that it requires a spiritual threat, and Avatar Korra has to be emotionally manipulated to throw the world off balance. Unalaq has to ally with Vaatu to challenge Korra’s reign. Korra is now a legend, defeating the most amount of villains and world threatening calamities no Avatar before her has ever faced.

 

10,000 years of peace and order has to be destroyed in order for the story to move forward. The narrative is compelled to otherwise we will have a slice of life show of people with bending in the modern world, watching TV and heating tea with bending.

 

[The Avatars of Seven Havens]

 

The talented creators, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, have created such a rich world that the only way for it to move forward is to destroy it. Once again, the world Avatar Korra is born into is a world where people have learned from one another, adapting values from all cultures and traditions to solve violence through mediation. Korra built a world where humans and spirits learn to live with one another harmoniously. A world growing infinitely powerful and fast, where bending can be surpassed by technology. Who needs firebending when you can boil your own tea from a stove? Who needs lightning benders when steam from a power plant can generate power without employing labor? Who needs air bisons when you have planes? Who needs an army of benders and non-benders when you can have mechs?

 

I think the next Avatar, or Avatars, will be meek and submissive, in contrast to Korra being bold and domineering. They (two Avatars) will either be patient and calm instead of proud and feisty, or a wimp, a sissy, someone who whines and complains, someone who says no instead of thinking, “Just do it!” The next Avatars will be physically weak and emotionally sensitive, a polar opposite of Korra being physically imposing and thick-skinned.

 

The next Avatars will be unsure of themselves and will doubt themselves, lacking Avatar Korra’s confidence and pride of being her authentic, unapologetic self. They will be extremely docile, unmotivated, passive, indolent, and perhaps lazy. They will have no desire to carry the burden of being Avatars. They simply wish for a simple life, they do not wish to carry the world’s burden on their shoulders. Korra’s first words are, “I am the Avatar, you gotta deal with it!” The next Avatars will be, “I am the Avatar? Give it to someone else—I don’t want it.”

 

[The future of Avatars]

 

It’s a running joke for avid Avatar fans: all Avatars are either celibate or attracted to the feminine sex. Either they are asexual, heterosexually attracted to femininity, or homosexually attracted to femininity. It is certain that all female Avatars will be gay.

 

Unfortunately, all succeeding Avatars after Avatar Aang will suffer from trauma. Aang is haunted by the loss of his people; Korra is haunted by her own ghost; and, given that the next Avatar is a cripple, I can be certain she will have recurring nightmares about how she lost her leg.

I am gonna be honest straight up, i thought the last air bender was 1000 times better then the legend of korra but if you are gonna compare who was stronger then its Korra and it's not even close. Aang is only better at bending Air but Korra mastered the other elements as a litteral baby. Plus she can go into the avatar state whenever she wants with no trouble when it took ''Katara dying'' for Aang to finally get into the avatar state. Plus Korra is a litteral mma fighter who is muscular and actually fought stronger opponents on her own. its not close. aang only has the speed and agillity

Also ps. Aang is vegetarian which means his body isn't as strong as it can be. Plus aang doesn't like fighting. I just think people are so biased because aang had the better show but if Korra was in the last airbender she would only need half a season to take care of ozai

I get that there's a bunch of people out there that hate Korra or the show. I get that plenty of them do it for stupid reasons like sexism, whether they realize it or not. I get that it's frustrating to see people hate on your favourite show.

But can we please stop giving them so much attention?

There are times when it feels like half the posts in this sub are just people complaining about haters. Sometimes it's not even complaining in a meaningful or creative way, just someone posting a screenshot of some TikTok calling Korra stupid, with just a title along the lines of "what are your thoughts?". No thesis of their own, no arguments, no counterpoints, just "What are your thoughts?".
It's gotten to the point where I've probably seen more people talking about haters than I've seen actual haters. Now, that may be because I curate my online experience, and if so, I recommend doing the same (it's not cowardly to block people you've never interacted with or to click "don't recommend this channel to me").

Still, can't we focus on what we like about this show? How it portrayed trauma and healing? The way Korra's arc of being a warrior forced to be a diplomat creates narrative tension and contrasts so beautifully with Aang's arc of being a diplomat forced to be a warrior? How Korra and Mako's messy romance showed a teenage audience that being into each other is not enough to sustain a lasting relationship if the two of you aren't compatible?

Or even talk about where the show fell short, like how Korra and Asami's romance could have used a little more build up (still one of my favourite ships, but they could have gotten more time), or how show liked to use the trappings and origins of political ideologies (like early socialist workers' unions for the equalists or anarchism for Zaheer), but kind of fumbled the ball on actually examining them, or how platinum is a terrible metal for combat vehicles, especially when it's load-bearing, and is apparently pretty common in the universe (seriously, just call it a platinum alloy instead)?

So, can the mods please either institute a rule against these kinds of posts or limit them to a specific day? "Complainers' Tuesday" maybe?

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Am currently re watching the show, and i can't understand why people hate on it. Yes, season 2 is garbage, and needs to be removed from canon, burned to ashes, put on a Saturn V rocket and launched towards the sun, and the seasons themselves need to be longer so the characters have room to grow. But other than that, it's a damn good show, and Korra(and just about everyone on the show) are amazing.

I remember reading a comment on how lin pretty much uses her grudges and anger as armor to deal with the world. So much that she doesn't let go of things for decades because she needs it to function.

But is it all truly because of her past or more because of her personality or a mix of both?

Tenzin had said even as children she has always been difficult