Legend Of Korra: Will It Bend!

[BRC]

This thread is for the discussion of Avatar The Last Airbender, specifically the new series Legend of Korra.

For those of you just joining us, this is the story of a teenage girl who is destined to preserve peace in the world. With the unique ability to use all four types of magic/martial arts (Bending), she will be forced to navigate the intricate world of Republic City, where new technologies and beliefs clash with old traditions, where the Anti-bending "Equalists" call out for the end of Bending. It's an interesting setting full of potential.

So obviously the most important question is which of the barely-introduced characters she's going to end up with.

[Jahkaivah]

So obviously the most important question is which of the barely-introduced characters she's going to end up with.

The hobo who lives in a bush, obviously.

[pffh]

The hobo who lives in a bush, obviously.

Nah it's clearly going to be the policeman that snagged her hair.

[BRC]

The hobo who lives in a bush, obviously.

I have deemed him the "Erudite Hobo", and I like to imagine he's in a committed relationship with a can of beans.

[John Cribati]

I have deemed him the "Erudite Hobo", and I like to imagine he's in a committed relationship with a can of beans.

His name is Sparkly Sparkly Bush Man, thankyouverymuch.

[hobbitkniver]

Here's a source of info I'm sure at least someone here hasn't seen. It's been around for months before any mention of the series on TV. Complete with Q&A with the series' creator.

http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/The_Legend_of_Korra

[Madara]

Why does is matter who Korra pairs up with? I want to know who her animal companion ends up with. Maybe it'll be a sky bison and we'll get a new animal breed! Dogbearson*!




*note: A bear is already a crazy animal companion in dnd, do not let your druid convince you to let them play a combination of dog, bear and bison, needless to say it will not end well.

[Randomguy]

So obviously the most important question is which of the barely-introduced characters she's going to end up with.

The trailers always spoil.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXPupzRcygghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXPupzRcygg

It's at 0:21.

The question NOW is, do they actually end up together or is this a romantic false lead? I'm seriously hoping for the latter. It would suck if they gave away the entire romance arc in a trailer. Also, it feels like they're just pleasing the fanbase with a "proper Zutara romance".

I wonder if this will cause conflict between Mako and Bolin? Another trailer gave away that

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Bolin gets kidnapped.

Maybe this had something to do with it?

[Aotrs Commander]

Seeing this thread, went and watched trailer.

Oooh. Shiny.

Looks very good.

Very tempted to do what I with with Avatar and actually wait all the way until the DVD set came out before watching it in anger.

(Especially since the likelihood is it'll be out on DVD I can cadge from the states before it makes the telly here, and almosy certainly before they show all of it...)

[AtlanteanTroll]

Dogbearson*!

You know what's odd? Air-Dog-Bear-Bison rolls off the tongue easier than Dogbearson.

[Madara]

That is quite odd.

They're both too long to work

[Lord Raziere]

thats because your doing portmanteaus wrong. true portmanteaus both incorporate all the words and roll off the tongue, by making the words flow into each other, until they are one word.

Air-Dog-Bear-Bison:

Bear + Air

Beair.

Beair + Bison

Beaison

Beaison + Dog

Beaisog

and there you have it: an air dog bear bison, would be a Beaisog. (BEE-I-SOG)

[averagejoe]

the intricate world of Republic City

Wait, what? I have not been up on the news for this series at all, but there seems to be at least one major problem with that statement.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

Wait, what? I have not been up on the news for this series at all, but there seems to be at least one major problem with that statement.

Statement referred to: "the intricate world of Republic City"

I don't see anything obviously wrong with it - I mean, apart from the non-literal use of the word "world", but it is a standard figurative use ("the western world" or "the suburban world"). Can you elaborate, please?

Grey Wolf

[Starwulf]

I just have three question to ask: Is this already out, and what channel does it play on?(is it released in the U.S. would be the third question).

[JadedDM]

Nickelodeon.

And the first two episodes are online now, but they won't air on television until April 14.

[Flickerdart]

this is the story of a teenage girl who is destined to preserve peace in the world by blowin' stuff up

Fixed it for you.

[dehro]

I think it's not yet started, though the first 2 episodes have been leaked on the net. it will of course first air in the USA, Nickelodeon if I'm right.. being an american production.
ninja'd

it just occurs to me that genetics and bending are funny..
you don't only have to have the right parents..you also somehow have to look the part. Tenzin looks and dresses like an air nomad and is an airbender. his sister (the one that water-bends) looks entirely like a water-tribe member. neither of them look much like one another.
Korra looks like a water-tribe member and the 2 brothers expect her to be a waterbender. it doesn't even occur to them she might just be wearing a custom or have weird heritage.

[Xondoure]

I think it's not yet started, though the first 2 episodes have been leaked on the net. it will of course first air in the USA, Nickelodeon if I'm right.. being an american production.
ninja'd

it just occurs to me that genetics and bending are funny..
you don't only have to have the right parents..you also somehow have to look the part. Tenzin looks and dresses like an air nomad and is an airbender. his sister (the one that water-bends) looks entirely like a water-tribe member. neither of them look much like one another.
Korra looks like a water-tribe member and the 2 brothers expect her to be a waterbender. it doesn't even occur to them she might just be wearing a custom or have weird heritage.

Admittedly, it does occur to them before assuming she's the Avatar. So it probably isn't unheard of.

[Starwulf]

Nickelodeon.

And the first two episodes are online now, but they won't air on television until April 14.

Sweet! Thanks for the heads up. I remember hearing about this a while back, had no idea they were so close to releasing it. Greatly looking forward to it!

[Mauve Shirt]

I've decided the guy in the mask is Zuko's forsaken son. For no reason at all.

[AtlanteanTroll]

thats because your doing portmanteaus wrong. true portmanteaus both incorporate all the words and roll off the tongue, by making the words flow into each other, until they are one word.

I wasn't even trying for a portmanteau. I was just messing around with the words in my head.

I've decided the guy in the mask is Zuko's forsaken son. For no reason at all.

The ways of the fangirl are strong in this one.

[pffh]

I've decided the guy in the mask is Zuko's forsaken son. For no reason at all.

Now ship him with someone and your transformation will be complete!

[Kobold-Bard]

I've decided the guy in the mask is Zuko's forsaken son. For no reason at all.

He's Sokka & Suki's son. His parents got sick of taking Aang/Katara/Toph's crap so they raised their kids to resent Benders & become the Equalists.

[Mauve Shirt]

The ways of the fangirl are strong in this one.

♩ ♪ Deny! Deny! Deny! Deny the accusations of Fangirlism! ♫

He's Sokka & Suki's son. His parents got sick of taking Aang/Katara/Toph's crap so they raised their kids to resent Benders & become the Equalists.

I like that one too, but I don't think Sokka has it in him to be that bitter.

[Socratov]

bitter, no, but a few episodes he splits from the party to pursue becoming a swordmaster. He literally tells de gAang that while the rest have special talents while his was his boomerang, which he even lost! He felt like a fighter in a party of clerics and wizards, or for that matter, BMX bandit in BMX bandit and Angel summonner...

[Morty]

I have to say I'm really interested in how the Equalists will turn out. I've always been interested in the relations between supers and non-supers in such settings and how easy it is for those relations to turn ugly. I trust the writers not to make the Equalists straight bad guys and make it so that there's some reason to their slogans.

[Grey_Wolf_c]

I have to say I'm really interested in how the Equalists will turn out. I've always been interested in the relations between supers and non-supers in such settings and how easy it is for those relations to turn ugly. I trust the writers not to make the Equalists straight bad guys and make it so that there's some reason to their slogans.

They didn't shirk from it in the first season, when (as Socratov mentioned) Sokka complained that he's just the guy with no powers of the team. Yes, the others didn't see him as such, and came to depend on him for planning and management, but the point was made. I suspect mask guy will go straight for the Well Intentioned Extremist (WIE) trope, not unlike Jet. WIE make for some very interesting bad guys - RedCloak, of course, jumps to mind immediately.

Now, I have enough respect for Konietzko & DiMartino that I doubt they'll do expys (expies?) of either Sokka-the-less-capapble or Jet, but they will nevertheless, I'm sure, show how benders can be rather disagreeable idiots when they were disagreeable idiots to start with, regardless of bending abilities. The crucial point they'll try to make, I suspect, is that the problem is not the bending, is people being people, and that bending is just an amplifier of the issue. And since I'm already going to hell for mentioning tvtropes, I might as well go all the way, and both say that it is an anvil that needs to be dropped, and that unless Konietzko & DiMartino have suddenly lost the ability to write, it will likely not be too anvilicious.

Grey Wolf, well aware that there is a circle of hell reserved for those who refer to tvtropes in this forum, although not entirely clear on why.

[Mauve Shirt]

Grey Wolf, well aware that there is a circle of hell reserved for those who refer to tvtropes in this forum, although not entirely clear on why.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I like that one too, but I don't think Sokka has it in him to be that bitter.

No, but ... Wang Fire does.