FIGHTING GAME?! | The Legend of Korra Book 1 Episode 2 Reaction
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Let's be fair to my man Tenzin. He's a husband, father to three (and counting) young Air Benders that he is also teaching. He's literally the only Master Air Bender in the world, representative of their culture, a leader in Republic City and the rest of the world, and now he's trying to teach this headstrong teenage girl about Air Bending and Air Bender philosophy.
Tenzin has a lot of pressure on his shoulders. The Air Nomads are one bad day away from being erased from the world. And the world needs Air Benders.
Tenzin is one of LoK's biggest highlights for me. We all love Uncle Iroh, but perfect mentors with limitless patience and wisdom are not that hard to come by in kids' shows, even if he was a peak execution. The fact that Tenzin has just as much to learn from teaching Korra as she does from him makes their relationship so satisfying to watch develop, and really stands out especially against a lot of its contemporaries.
Korra and Tenzin’s relationship is pretty much the heart of the show. It’s beautiful.
I love how Tenzin tried so hard to be the Aang he saw (perfect control and calm) when he really just ... isn't.
Plus, JK SImmons is always a win
Absolutely. I love Avatar so much, but the relationship between Korra and Tenzin is the best thing to come out of the franchise. It is wonderful in how they both help each other and learn from each other, and watching the way it evolves as Korra matures is especially beautiful.
kind of like Zuko and Aang teacher learning along with a student and both benefiting from each other
Fun fact: Mako was named after Uncle Iroh's original voice actor, Mako, who died after recording book 2. The episode Tales of Ba Sing Se (which aired a few months later) was dedicated to him.
I love how you noticed the difference in earthbending styles, republic city earthbenders use a more light on their feet style that bends smaller rocks
while Korra is trained in more traditional earthbending focused on being unmovable and bending large boulder.
Traditional earthbending is stronger but republic city earthbending causes less collateral damage.
I think what's going on is that only a certain level of bending is legal in a match. Like, they could easily bend more but the amount is limited for a match and a quicker bending style evolved to compensate.
@@madladdie7069 That's certainly true, but throughout the series, I noticed the more light-on-your-feet style used not just by professional benders but by most earth benders in republic city so I think it might also be influenced by just the urban environment of the city where throwing massive boulders isn't as practical.
@@jotunnraider you make a good point. like how the metal benders in this episode were bending metal more than Toph but their actual feats were rather low key.
One of the biggest themes of Korra is the modernization of the world and where that leaves bending, and my favorite example of this is how modern benders use a more modern style akin to MMA that tends to leave behind the more cultural and traditional roots of bending
You can see a clear visible difference in fighting style between the more traditional and modern vendors it's very interesting to watch
And it makes sense irl too. Once something becomes cross cultures, you're gonna find things needing to become more "optimal". Proper movemts, not leaving yourself open. So if course modernized fighting would be a lot more standardized
This is my issue with a lot of commentators on the show in general. Nothing here, but this comment thread reminded me of these ideas.
I understand the idea of vibing with traditional/pure styles of bending. However, what I don't agree with is when people use this more mma style as a gripe against the show.
I firmly believe that republic city style water, earth, and fire bending is indicative of water, earth, and fire bending culture. It's like kudo, Krav Maga, and jeet kune do. They may take a lot of the same inspiration and even incorporate the best techniques for proper fights into their individual styles. But they are still representative of their own culture. Kudo is still Japanese, like Krav Maga is still Israeli, like jeet kune do is still Chinese.
I haven't watched much of Korra yet, but I'm curious to how this styles will do in actual bender x bender powerhouse fights, without rules or anything... Kind of why I'm not a fan of the Mecha side they seem to take often here.
The reason I'm curious is, old school bending seemed to be about making the most out of the elements, no amount of fancy footwork would save your ass in the Azula x Zuko Agni Kai, or against Boomie and Toph...
Seems to me like a "MMA vs Street Fight" debate that's still up to this day.
@@Mairilik amen brother!!
It also makes a ton of sense practically. The mark of a powerful bender in ATLA was very often the sheer size of their bending, hurling massive boulders, or unleashing gigantic fireballs. But we see very clearly in LoK's first episode why that's a terrible idea in an urban setting when Korra destroys half a street fighting those gangsters. Bending mastery in Korra's time is about control, precision, and creativity, which ends up making for some _incredible_ fight choreography.
I just finished rewatching korra in preparation for your series, so excited! I also love that already we can see that Tenzin is very much Katara’s son. He looks up to his dad so much and does his best to emulate him, but that Katara rage slips through every now and then 😂 (not that Aang didn’t also have his moments lol)
I think he's more mature and level-headed like Katara too. He surely remind me more of Katara even though he tries to be Aang.
Love the apologies from Korra and Tenzin near the end of the episode. Still, Korra destroying those 2000-year-old Airbender relics is just crazy. 💀 They were probably one of the few surviving things that Aang and crew recovered from the air temples after the war.
to be fair, Tenzin could´ve easily replaced the 2k+ wooden relics with newer, more repleaceble ones before teaching the angsty, frustrated teen that can throw fire, he really should´ve seen that one coming
@@marioalbertomoreno3819 Ain't no way we victim blaming Tenzin. Lmao.
@@Joseph_Siri I´m not blaming him, but he def could´ve thought of the situation better
Call me crazy, but people really overemphasize the value of old things. The only actual worth they have is what they can teach us about history. Beyond that, they're just things. Korra destroying some wooden boards isn't a big deal if they can be replaced. The knowledge is all still there, and that's what matters. The rest is just stuff.
I don't remember if it was ever stated in the show but after looking it up (because I was always confused on this). A team wins a round by gaining the most territory in 3 minutes. A team wins the game by either winning the most rounds or by "Knockout". Knocking all 3 members of the opposing team off automatically wins you the game. So even if the other team wins 2 rounds, a 3rd is played in case Knockout occurs.
They never explain it in the show explicitly
Alicia, your insight about korra lacking freedom is dead on the nose. And i love it, not many people seem to catch on that Korra isnt just laughing at the dualities of tenzin being so strict. But also she has never experienced enough freedom to find airbending herseld
Yeah I can't believe I never realised this, but her lack of freedom growing up was probably one of the reasons she struggles with Airbending. It's also the complete opposite of Aang, who has already been around the world by the age of 12.
The problem is not that there is no explanation. The problem is that we don't see her struggle with anything. You can easily see what I mean by looking at a perfect example: Toph (since Korra is basically based on Toph). Toph is a rebel who was limited and vastly underappreciated by her parents. She, as well as Korra, has a natural talant. But, unlike with Korra, we see Toph's struggle with her parents, with her not being able to do what she likes. We see how and why there is so much missunderstanding between her and her parents. One episode was enough for all of this! There is nothing like this with Korra: we just see time skips and have to assume what her relationships with other characters and her feelings were like and that's it. It feels like Korra is like this just because.
@@stevengucum There are similarities, but they aren't the same either. Toph had those restrictions placed on her sure, but even as a child she could see that the rationnelle behind them was baseless. She wasn't the helpless fragile girl that her parents saw her as, so when hiding who she really was didn't work, and when trying to share the real her self with them also didn't work, she made the justified choice to leave them. Korra doesn't have that certainty though. When the white lotus or Tenzin restrict her freedom, the basis is something more along the lines of "the safety/growth of the avatar is more important than (thing you want to do)" which can be much harder to argue with in individual circumstances. Her safety and growth ARE important, and the people making those decisions are sincerely trying to help her achieve that, so rather than a strict opposition forming within her it's a dichotomy of how much she agrees with them vs how much she wants the thing they're restricting her from. And it sucks, because even if they are well-meaning, the way theyve raised her with this logic does a ton of damage to her throughout the series.
@@emptynight4861 my point wasn't to compare Korra with Toph, my point is that the lok doesn't show anything of what you said while the last airbender did
@@stevengucum Is that actually a problem though? Good character writing is just making characters behave consistently, they don't have to spell out everything that goes on for it to be true. And they are extremely consistent with the issues she has and how the traumas she experiences affect her. That consistency is what gives insights into the things you're saying they never included, and I'd say the mere fact that we can talk about the deeper motivations of her character at all proves that we got all the information we needed from the show to do so.
What I love about this episode is the dynamic between pro bending, and training. Correctly the training isn't working for korra, she doesn't work that way. And the pro bending she's more comfortable and happy. She just needs to find her path
She's competitive, headstrong, and functions much better in moment to moment decisions and adaptations over contemplation. It makes perfect sense that in combat, even sterilized, the best parts of her shine.
Curious if everyone agrees that Bolin is peak himbo energy
Peak? Nah he cranked it up to 11.
Bolin is Bro-lin. Best Boi-lin
Hell yeah, he is!
Bolin Bo-for-the-win
I love your analysis of Korra's behaviour and that she acts perfectly realistic considering the terms that she grew up with: isolated from the world, gifted as a kid and the problems that come with it. I know that many reactors didn't like Korra for her entitled behavior. And above all, she's also just a teenager who wants to see the world, wants to have freedom and fun, and not just live under strict rules like she did all her life.
This whole episode can be summed up as "trying to force a punk to become a Buddhist is not a great plan". Tenzin is a tradithionalist trying to force a rebel into a box and frustrating both himself and her in the end.
Ironically while trying to teach her the element of freedom
"Mockery of the noble tradition of bending", like Gyatso's noble tradition of throwing cakes
So what I love about the scene where Bolin goes over about her fighting style is what is often brought up in modern day martial arts. While traditional styles are fine in a dojo in a real fight or much like in this case sports. I think the best example is much like mixed martial arts where they take the best aspects of a style and utilize it. The more showy or formal aspects of a style are dropped as they leave you very vulnerable in a fight.
I like the conflict in this episode, both Tenzin and Korra have their flaws that lead to issues. Korra is very proud and used to being able to master bending easily, this leaves her impatient when she struggles with air bending and in turn doesn't know how to learn from her faults. Tenzin meanwhile, despite being a master of an element that is about flexibility and approaching problems from different angles, is being inflexible with Korra and keeps trying to approach the issue from the same direction, discipline and patience. And fittingly for air bending, it's only when Korra takes to the basics of air bending is when she approaches the issue from a different angle. And what makes the conflict good is both are able to make peace and admit their own faults that caused the very conflict.
That, and Tenzin definitely inherited Katara's stubbornness, so he doesn't like to admit when he's wrong, and that doesn't gel well with Korra's personality either.
If you’ve noticed, the traditional forms of bending are based off kung fu for firebending and hung gar for earthbending. But in pro bending, they are based off boxing moves
The thing about Tenzin is, out of the 3 children Aang had with Katara, he was the only Airbender.
And before that, Aang was known to be the last.
Take that into acount and look a Tenzin's reaction with Korra, and i'll let you imagine what kind of relationship he had with his father.
I remember a meme from this ep:
Mako, stating wistfully into the night: Korra…..
Korra, staring wistfully into the night: Pro-bending….
Mako's definitely got the looks but Bolin's got that genuine charm.
I'm surprised you haven't noticed or talked about how Tenzin is voiced by J.K. Simons, same voice actor for Mark Nolan (OmniMan) from Invincible, he does so well as a voice actor in this show too, its amazing to see his range from being a homicidal alien father, to a loving and patient father, who trains one of the most important people in the world.
"damn he pulls?"
hellyeah bolin pulls, hes a loveable dork and he looks pretty good
Honestly season 1 isn’t what people have issue with. Season 2 and 4 seems to be what divides the fan base
"divides" is a very mild way of putting it... like saying Kanye statements divide it's listeners.
Those 2 seasons are the reason is universally hated.
Honestly i loved season 4. The set up was really well executed and the cast were put in very interesting situations for them. (Minor spoilers from here on)
I love how split up the cast was at the beginning with differing views on how things should be. Biggest problem with 4 was how it ended. The way they wrapped up the set ups the season provided was kinda dissapointing.
@@Dan_Kanerva "universally hated"... How about you let someone watch a show, and form their own opinions about it. Also, your bias is showing
@@AegisofZeus6189 "how _about u let someone watch a show_ dud"
Who is stopping you again? You cna jump in a pool of lava if you want. Nobody can stop you. And my "bias" is as justified as anyone's so nice try 😂
Well I agree that season 2 has it’s issues. Directionless writing is the biggest one. But 4 season imo was alright if you binge it. Maybe most of people hate around it sprung up because of mess of how it was broadcasted and censored because they couldn’t show the end goal pairing normally.
Alicia, as you can see, Bolin and Mako are brothers and bend Earth and Fire, and we also have Tenzin and his siblings who maybe inherited waterbending (Its pretty obvious that they didnt got airbending tho, since Tenzin is said to be only one to be able to teach Korra bending). Since the industrialization of the world of Avatar, the miscegenation has increased and we can get more diverse people. Eyes and stuff dont predict their bending and its kinda cool having an avatar out of siblings lol
Korra does improve character wise throughout the show. She does some absolutely insane and illogical things sometimes, however I believe it has to do with her upbringing. All the other Avatars were told of their status and power till they were older, more experienced, and mature. Aang only found out early because of the war, and even then, he freaked out and ran. Korra has known since she was in diapers practically; she has been told she is unique, special, and gifted from day 1. That can lead to arrogance and blind frustration whenever ANY difficulty is encountered, and that mindset can only be helped with a huge pile of Humility slapped on.
Notice that avatars often have trouble with both the element most unlike their own such as earth ending being opposite of airbending but they also have the most trouble and often learn last the element of the avatar before then for Korra while water ending and airbending are similar in technique bc of the avatar cycle it's hardest for her to learn being the previous natural element of anng
Korra's personality fits an earthbender despite being from the water tribe. Tough, headstrong, break through, the exact opposite of Aang who could not earthbend right away. People think since she started as a waterbender, fire would be her wall, but this shows how emotions can factor in.
ATLA did an amazing job with the world building, so many cultures, styles of bendings and personalities.
And one of the things a like the most in Korra is how they took this amazing world and evolved it in a natural form. With Aang and Zuko working to make a world more unified it's logical that nations would interact with each others and people like Mako and Bolin appears, being mixed of two different cultures.
Also the pro bending matches shows an amazing job adapting the classic bendings in a way more fast and making them perfect for a sport.
There's a lot of examples of how good they treated the world and I can't wait to see you reacting to them
You are one of my new favourite reactors!! You seem to catch the heart of the story more than anyone else I’ve seen. Now I need to go back and watch your other stuff!
I’m so glad you’re enjoying Korra so far! I adored getting to see how the world of Avatar changed and adapted to time and loved all the characters! I can’t wait to see your reactions to future events!
Bolin got dat W Rizz. Some people may not like him, but he's always been my favourite LOK character. I wouldn't say the best, but my favourite.
Bolin is the best charcter and every body knows it
poor korra has the issue of she's a natural, just like azula its never been hard for her, so she got headstrong and proud, she could do it, any lesson she could do it,,,, so Air the element of Indirect and apation isnt her at all she's never had to be in the situation where she cant plow through
I'm glad you're giving a fair analysis to this and not just either automatically lionizing or demonizing any of the characters.
When aang gets involved in an unfamiliar sport, he gets an earthbending teacher. When korra gets involved, she fouls three times in five seconds. This kid rules.
Meelo with his lumpy head. "Be da leaf!" 😂
Kids in permanent trollface and it makes him a permanent delight
Pro Bending and Earth Rumble 6 are very different beasts. Though to call it drivel is being rather close minded.
I like the touch with the sleeves. It just immediately shows her as feeling apart and trying to be herself, while Tenzin fails to realize how stifling and rigid he's being.
We saw with the mafia goon that Korra relishes in confronting a direct problem, but the training showed she can be quite light on her feet.
Precisely. Korra wants freedom, craves it, needs it, but even now, far from the compound, she can feel that brief taste of it fading. Tenzin is trying to force his standards on her, and she wants to succeed to be done with the mediation and isolation. Being told to wait after she's waited not only to be taught, but still waits to do something for the world or even for herself in the world.....
This is just continuing to wind her key tighter and tighter. And to hit a road block after smooth roads dives the talented up a wall.
Bolin's attraction is more cringey than I remember, but I last saw it in high school so....
Republic city was founded at the heart of what used to be the oldest Fire Nation colonies. Lands that had been in the Fire Nation's sphere so long that they didn't feel like they wanted to go back to the Earth Kingdom. Add in a ton of immigration, and it's a lot harder to be sure who's what.
You were a sports commentator? Neat! Also, you're going to have a lot to work with in this season.
Toph was queen of Earth Rumble, but this is a whole different game. A limited area, defined boundaries within the ring, set sizes and weights on thrown stones, and padding. You can't rotate the entire arena or burrow under it. You can't anchor your feet. In a more regulated and limited match, different strategies and tactics emerge as meta than the metas in a free for all that ends with knockout or ringout.
I'd be lying if I said Korra didn't have issues, but she's not entirely wrong about Tenzin being a bad teacher. Doesn't mean she was right to lash out, but he isn't being very adaptable.
I mean, you can see how throwing someone new, if conventionally talented and classically trained into the deep end would go wrong. She was trained for battle.
These guards are going to be busted down to mopping, armory upkeep, laundry, and kitchen duties for sure.
Still a long road to improvement, but they're on their ways.
I honestly think Korra is a very likeable character and more relatable than Aang. Aang's main flaw was lacking confidence, which is a good character arc in of itself, but Korra coming into her own and interacting with an ever changing world rather than a fixed one in a poor state is more interesting. Especially since she was raised in a sheltered environment where she was mainly told she could not do something and her only form of release and confidence came through bending. Her power was her place of comfort but in a modern world personal power can only do so much. I would definitely say the shows highs outweigh the lows and she feels very real in her story.
Also Korra has never had freedom then was told by Katara you need to find your own path. Now Tenzen is telling her to confine herself after letting her stay. Right next to the equivalent of New York city a stones throw away. What frustrated country teenager with a rebellious streak wouldn't chafe at it.
I wil say, you blame Tenzin for his inability to train Korra, but her personality is also a complete clash to him. He did say he had other duties on top of training her, which she did FORCE into the situation. Remember that still going forward that she did indeed push herself to do something they weren't ready to do immediately. And it's only been a few days starting.
Second note tho: He's happy she can learn and it works to help her potentially lead to air bending. He's doing what he can to teach someone but it takes them time to find a style that works, and for ego's and personalities to find common ground. They sometimes never show that very little time has passed still.
From a spiritual sense, tenzin has a point. Pro bending makes a big spectacle put of a purely spiritual practice, and prevents innovation due to the limited techniques one can incorporate. You can't exactly use earth and waterbending to their maximum potential when you can only use what is in the arena.
Tenzin is too strict and Korra is too bull-headed, but I can understand both of their situations.
Korra was born with amazing powers, most of which she could access early on. In a world of magical powers, she has more than those who were so blessed to have even one. She knows she is special, but she is also impatient. The responsibility of being the Avatar was placed on her shoulders before she could figure out who she is, and it would seem whenever she can't figure something out she resorts to brute force. Can you imagine trying to teach or discipline a child with that much power.
But I feel mostly for Tenzin. His father was the last Avatar as well as the last airbender before he and his siblings were born. Not only is he the child of the Avatar that ended the 100 year war, he now has to train the new Avatar, the reincarnation of his father. He knew his father was a great man that did so much for the world, but now he has to train the person that is the vessel for his soul. What stress would it be, to lose your father, then have to teach "him" to be as great as "he" was before. The idea of failing the memory and reincarnation of someone so important to his life must be haunting.
Ah, the episode that causes Firefly flashbacks. (IYKYK)
Mako maybe kind of rude and passive aggressive but I think that's acceptable when it's your livelihood.
Imagine if you worked in office and had a cubicle you share with three people and one of them just brings random women by all the time. Then one day one of the people from your cubicle doesn't show up to work and he just lets this random woman do his work for him. And you're like I'd rather call out sick then do that. I don't really think that's a bad thing.
Don't forget said woman messes up on the paperwork pretty bad at first because she thought she knew how to do it or would pick up how to pretty quickly and now you all are getting penalized for it. Mako had every right to be wary. Imagined how embarrassing it would've been if Korra didn't pull through at the end
@@ninjaboy4831 Agreed.
It's even worst than a cubicle, it's a changing room, it's supposed to be private as you're basically changing clothes. If the genders were reversed, people would call Korra a creep for barging here and acting like that. But apparently if you're Mako, you're supposed to kneel down to the great avatar, and later you're supposed to be happy to be kissed without your consentment even if you clearly stated you weren't interested and were already with someone. And guess what? Most of the fandom will only blame you for that because growing up in a white lotus camp gives you excuses to be a creep.
What's interesting is that Korra is basically what Aang WOULD have been, if he didn't have Monk Gyatso as his guardian. It's clear the other monks were only interested in teaching him airbending and keeping him absolutely focused on getting stronger due to the impending war with the Fire Nation. Which, ironically, probably would have made Aang a much worse airbender than he turned out as! It's just fun to see these parallels between the two shows :)
To be fair, there is a lot presure on Tenzin to. He is the only airbending master in the world. He tries to cultuvate culture long dead. Culture that is his heritage from Aang.
The thing about LoK is it started as ONE season.
The stories are great but it doesn't really have a single overarching narrative due to nickelodeon buying them one at a time. If you take each season as it's own thing, it's a really enjoyable show
Bolin really is the Sokka/heart of the new Gaang. He's a sweet dork, not super bright, but overall a cinnamon roll.
To be fair, Tenzin is Strictly taught the Traditional way
Pro Bending isn't Traditional
It’s basically martial arts teacher throwing shade at wrestling. Rough comparison but this what comes to mind for me.
Not really sure what you mean about Mako being weird twards women. He was just annoyed that his brother kept bringing people to their locker room essentially, and just wanted to focus on the match. While also having a teammate who actually sucked and was being a hindrance to the team.
You are actually the very few reactors that actually tried to understand Korra’s perspective and her struggles. It’s so refreshing because there are so many people that don’t even bother and it doesn’t help when Korra is so over-hated for no reason.
Here's why Korra has difficulty with Air
Each Avatar has had a bending style that was hard for them
For Aang it was Earth
The opposite Element to their personality will be the hardest
Korra is strong willed rebellious even, Water is the most Mulible Element
Water to Ice and back again simple
Earth having a literal tie to the Ground itself
Fire is life and Destruction in one if one can master it they control the Fire the fire doesn't control them.
Air is letting go of things letting your Spirit in the wind guide you rather than instinct
Korra relies on simply her INSTINCTS in Bending
Bolin is the embodiment of "me and the bad bitch I pulled by being goofy"
Alicia: "You deserve a nice boy..."
Korra: "No, I don't think I will..."
I have big problems with the writing of Korra as a whole, but the modernization of the world and how joining the nations made a mix of each highlights is great world building wise.
Book 1 is in my opinion my favorite and the one had had the least problems with the story and writing. Its nice by it self
I don't know if anyone mentioned during the last airbender comments, but since you mentioned The Boulder, they couldn't get The Rock to voice him, so they did the next best thing and got his tag team partner Mick Foley
I think the writers kinda retconned the meaning behind opposing Elements. In Aang's series, the Elements themselves opposed each other, as well as complement which is why Aang had so much trouble with Earthbending but picked up Waterbending easily. In Korra's series Tenzin claims a Bender's Personality opposes the Element. If Korra was playing by Aang's rules, she'd have no problem with Airbending. Since she's Water Tribe the element she should've had trouble with is Fire.
Bolin's got more than just looks, he's a Himbo. Like the good boy who's not smart enough to do everything but dumb enough to try anything.
Kinda like how Sokka is A Dork, and he definitely pulled.
24:30 No, I'm sure they have tried to teach her that before. If they did in the appropriate way, we don't know, but she's been under the White Lotus supervision for most of her life and its leader clearly has talked her about it before. He said to her in the last episode "Once again you're getting ahead of yourself. We still haven't decided if you passed your firebending test. As usual, you exceed at the physical side of bending but completely ignore the spiritual side". I certainly doubt that guy makes a great teacher but we do know for sure she's been addressed this before at least.
Let me start by saying I love this show. That said, it's the little thing that I dislike about it. For example, if Korra dreamed of seeing a pro bending match in person, that would mean she's a fan. As a fan, I can understand not being able to keep up right away, but you'd think that she would at least know the rules.
Everytime I hear Tenzin angry all I hear is "get me more pictures of spider.
It's Tenzin first time trying to understand a rebellious teenager, especially one that he doesn't know that well.
My man is doing his best.
He's not a bad dad or a bad teacher we can see it reflected in his children. Funny enough they both just need time and patience and that's a luxury they can't have jungling all the city problems and Korra wanting to do it her way and whatever she wants.
Its a bit frustrating.
Pro Bending is basically supposed to be the Avatar equivalent of MMA.
Toph was apart of Earth rumble matches its different then what their doing now
Am i the only one who hears Jameson from the Spiderman movies when tenzin talks
I Love how my Bitrate Just aight heads Out when im Not watching at Home 🤣 great vid btw...
YES!!! BEST BOI-LIN IS HERE!
And... **grunts** Mako too, i guess.
Honestly, Mako gets too much hatred.
Understandably so, perhaps, given what happens in Season 2. But I think they managed to pull his Character around in Season 3 and 4 after dropping the Love-Triangle nonsense.
I agree that Bolin is much better and best boy, though.
@@alexandersturnn4530 exactly. Bolin is like the Korra version of General Iroh in a sense. You love the guys' vibes, take a crack at their goofiness, and can't find a reason to hate them at all.
Well, of course Iroh played a more mature and wise role as a parental figure, but i like to think Bolin is a mix of Iroh and Sokka in this second story.
I’m loving your reactions to this show so far! Most people really have a problem with the second season (which i get, even though i’m a huge fan of the series as a whole), but i think this show is way overhated, especially after having a solid first and fourth season and a genuinely fantastic third season
So the spiritual side of bending is vital. Bending is both a biological trait that can be passed down and a spiritual aspect of their cultures. The more spiritual a culture, the more Benders. The Air Nomads as the most spiritual culture was 100% Benders. The Earth Kingdom as the least spiritual has the lowest number of Bender per capita.
24:11 she needs an uncle Iroh
Not sure if you know about old sitcoms, but Mako's VA played the son in Married with Children.
If you remember in the first episode, they were talking how Korra has ignored the spiritual side of bending and has basically only fought, despite her trainings. I'm pretty sure she was taught to be spiritual and the spiritual side of bending, but rather than listen she didn't care at all about it, so she went fk it blamed everything/everyone else and went with the mentality, if it won't help me in a fight I'm not gonna learn it. Then the one time she is able to use something from air bending/ a more passive fighting form in a real fight, suddenly she starts liking air bending and the spiritual side. I rather think that instead of others not teaching her, that she herself was extremely narrow minded, headstrong and spoiled, which led her to think nothing was ever wrong with herself.
Mako chegou, o personagem com as piores relações românticas possíveis nessa obra. Até o livro 2 eu detesto ele, do fundo do meu amargo coração.
Curiosidade: Bolin, no Brasil, é dublado pelo mesmo dublador do Rigby, de Regular Show, e Ben Tennyson, de Ben 10. Um ótimo dublador, tanto que qualquer um gosta do Bolin graças a ele, o carisma do personagem simplesmente decola.
We stan Bolin in this house.
So funny thing about the sport... it's pretty much a 3 vs 3 boxer match (only difference is each player is a specific player/bender. Air Benders would be allowed if they hadn't been wiped out because of the war).
this is very early to be saying this but i am sooooo looking forward to when you get to book 2, but especially book 4. a lot of people are very divided on some of the plot points, but the bigger story aside, i really appreciate all the smaller character moments in those seasons.
you're gonna LOVE the airbender kids even more in future seasons
That's right. Dodge Bob's weave. 😅
Regarding Korra and her difficulty with air, the avatars still seem to have trouble with the elements of their predecessor. Korra with air all like Aang with fire. To see if the next avatar that has been announced will have difficulty with water.
The pro bending which unites 3 bending techniques to symbolize unity, is the positive counterpart of the Triple Threat Triad, which also unites the 3 bending techniques. Showing in two episodes that the unit has as many good as bad elements.
Mako and Bolin, future characters that you will surely love.
Just reviewing this series with your reaction, I realize that there are so many characters that I appreciated in this series, and often present, that I can't wait for you to meet them in turn.
Aang didn't have problems learning firebending, he was afraid of using it again because he hurt Katara. He had trouble with Earth.
The opposite of Air is Earth, Aang had the most difficulty in Earth, he got a knack at Fire easily, he was just traumatized. Korra's supposed to have a hard time mastering fire as we see it's the last element she tried to master till her teenage years. About air, It just so happens that she lacks the spiritual aspect and/or probably because Tenzin was also not available for a majority of Korra's growth as we see that he's busy being a councilman and raising (making lol) his kids
The main reason I love this show is shown in this episode. The characters make mistakes a lot but they actually grow from them and truly apologize for them.
Bolin is Thicc Soft Boi Himbo incarnate, it should be no wonder that he has so many fangirls :P
Guarantee Alicia bout to fall in love with Bolin
Probending is bending as sport vs what we have seen is bending as war. They are 2 different styles with 2 different purposes. Korra was destroying her opponents but not following. In a no holds bar knuckle drag fight she could probably beat the other team on her own.
There are a lot of things probenders do that are great for teamwork and one on one bender on bender fights. But fighters fight on muscle memory and we are going through the next 2 seasons that what they are training themselves to face, isn't the type of opposition they are going to face. Which is where their growth as benders will come, from facing different kinds of adversity and each of them will have to learn and adapt to those scenarios.
LoK may not be AS good as ATL, but it certainly starts out stronger and is a little more consistent. My opinion being season 2 being its weakest season, but still not bad. I am ready for this journey.
Lesson 1 of Airbending: Surrender Steven
(Good on you if you get the reference)
pro bending is akin to boxing, hence the way they move with it.
Personally I think korra "was that out of line" because tenzin has already given her so much leeway just for the fact that she even staying at his house.
21:07 they messed up Mako's eye color...😅🤣🤣🤣🤣
10:16 I will not tolerate this disrespect of Bolin
Honestly this is one of my biggest gripes with the Korra series. It turns the martial arts of bending into more brawl-ish MMA style fights. The choreography is just so different and I get that an advancement in time would change how people would use it loses something more in the process
Yes but... That's the whole theme of the show, is the question of where do bending and the avatar belong in a rapidly modernizing world?
I think its pretty realistic 😂 that would definitely happen if bending existed
@@bisongaming729 and I understand that, I just feel/wish they could of kept more of the old choreography. I understand and fully value the thoughts of "adapt or get left behind" but it's also gotta mean something to hold to the core of what it was, though that's more seen in writing issues down the line I guess
@Marty Melcher in the context of a world that is more or less divided between the four nations... yes, I would agree. However, it's not simply a matter of leaving old tradition for something that is "new or better". The new style of bending, I.e. the more "brawly style", represents cultures coming together in and of itself to become a new distinct one. This more unified style that can be adapted into any nations bending is the style of republic city, a place that is not tied down by any nation other than itself. In that respect, nothing is truly lost. At the same time, a hybridized martial art can still represent the culture it was created in. Take jeet kune do, Krav Maga, and kudo for example. Though they've all taken from other cultures to add more realism and effectiveness to their fighting styles in their country to make these new hybrid martial arts. Despite these three drawing from similar inspirations and represent less traditional fighting, they are still representative of the country they come from. As such, a water bender using a more republic city style to bend, for example, is no less waterbending than the purest sense.
And to make this last point quick, in the last Airbender, we already got to see bending that was not purely one nation. Take for example lightning redirection. The synthesis of techniques from one culture to another was already there. This was inevitable, and lightning redirection is no less firebending than pure fire bending. So, adapting republic city style to firebending is no less firebending than traditional firebending.
Korra can be stubborn and hotheaded but she’s not above apologizing when she’s wrong.
It’s one of her more underrated traits and one of the reasons why she’s one of my favorite characters in television.
Imma tell y'all right now, life is complete with Bolin.
Bad Alicia, tenzin WAS teaching her that, she just hard headed
People need different approach to learn sometimes, one way of teaching will not work with others. They both have to adapt.
While Mako isn't the best example of the male species 😅 I don't think he is weird towards women. He is aggressive and rude at the start but that is kinda the firebender MO tbh.
BROLIN! BEST BOY!
The show might not be perfect, but it is still pretty enjoyable, and I still love it
The show might not be perfect, but it has Bolin, and i still love it
@@BlakeGrifter couldn't agree more
EARLY YAYYYY GOOD MORNING ALICIA🎉🎉
Good morning!! :D
Possible implication of minor spoilers:
"Avatar can participate as long as she solely bends water"...wha? NO!!!!
"Hey i hit the avatar with a stone block and it barely moved her, she just took it in hand and threw it. she is earth bending!!! Foul her!!"
"Nuh uh, i pinky promise i didn't earth bend i just built different, trust me." :)
But hey at least they can abuse another broken rule themselves: 21:42 if you knocked out from the side of the ring, the attacker gets a foul. And you don't get a foul if you touch or lean on the rails...sooooo. just stand on it. If you get touched, "oh geez oh god oh geez Imma fall" Naymar style :)
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All and all its a funny nitpick (for now) so for now it's a haha
A waterbender can bend water to dry themselves, silly Alicia. 😜
I thought it after I said the air bending to blow dry. Cause I thought of how Katara also dried herself with water bending but I was like meeeeeh imma keep it moving haha
Ahahah, everyone don't want to see in a couple Korra and Mako. I Hate that to
I'm concerned about these pro bender's health, being hit by fireblasts and doused with water after, falling in water even.
I liked the first seasons but later it was just ok for me till last season
S3 was the best
10:22 the disrespect to bolin is crazy 😭