And while the show finally finds its voice in seasons three and four-as the airbenders struggle to resurrect a culture and villains actually sort of have a reason for being-it never becomes the soul balm Avatar is. For other uses, see Books (disambiguation). She goes through so much so quickly that it can be hard to feel for her. This article is about books related to Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Last Airbender, and The Legend of Korra. Set in a modernizing world 70 years after the events of The Last Airbender, the series sees Korra strive to live up to Aangs legacy as she masters the four elements in the face of various political and spiritual conflicts arising around her. When a boy found frozen in a block of ice is thawed, the world learns hes the Avatar theyve been waiting for, and his destiny takes a dizzying turn. The writing is much less consistent than it was on Avatar the sheer quantity of side characters comes at the expense of … everything, Korra included. Even before Netflix announced that The Legend of Korra would be available on the platform in August, it felt the need to defend the show from the peevish hordes: “Korra’s 👏story 👏was 👏important 👏Aang’s 👏story👏had 👏been👏told👏” Now that The Legend of Korra is streaming, it’s been extremely popular-though hot takes about how bad the show is, and breathless defenses of its virtues, continue.īuried beneath all that are legitimate critiques of Korra as the narrative actually is, but you’d have to dig like a badgermole to get to them. A character like Zuko-selfish, irritable, immature, male-is beloved for the same reasons Korra is hated as ever, fandom is full of boy-men who can’t bear to see their favorite show get womaned. Today, some of the backlash is understood as sexism.

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