Korra 4.9

[psocoptera]

YES ZAHEER YES YES ASAMI WORKING ON THE SUPERWEAPON SITUATION YES. Okay I am basically at the point of insane squeeing every time they show us anything on this show but there was just so much to love here. Asami twisting Varrick's wrist. Bolin being all earnest and mature with Opal - not that she didn't totally have a point that a picnic was hardly going to make up for the past, but I still found the way he went about it totally non-cringe-inducing which is amazing for romance on this show. (Now if we could just get a little more Jinora/Kai...) Korra's conversations with various people about whether they still believe in her as the Avatar and OH MY GOD GOING TO SEE ZAHEER I really wanted that and didn't actually think they would do it. Confirmation that Zaheer spends all his time in the spirit world (and is basically only still in that prison because he wants to be, come on, he could be through those chains in seconds if he chose) and Zaheer helping Korra because he doesn't like dictators and... I might ship it a little now guys I'm sorry.

Question: is Korra putting too much emphasis on her injury/recovery for why she wasn't invited to the strategy meeting? Because I feel like it's been a running theme for the whole show that the various civil authorities (Lin, then Raiko) aren't particularly eager to work with the Avatar or include her in their councils. (Also related to that scene, I felt like Izumi had a good point that the Fire Nation does not have a great track record with wars. (And how great was it to see Fire Lady Izumi and her sexy little glasses? I am really enjoying the representation of middle-aged ladies on this show.))

Comments

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3. but when Asami is out there solving shit in person, her problem-solving strategies are relatively tech-light (an assortment of gizmos like the stun glove, maybe, but nothing like an awesomesuit that defines her powerset), very hand-to-hand and improvisational, and highly dependent on exceptional agility and physical training. that all seems much more Batman than Iron Man to me.

4. that could really work.

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Yeah, okay, that is a solid argument and I retract my case. (Although I still think it's important to keep an eye on her being in the "making amends for my parent's misdeeds" trope rather than a revenge trope.)

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and she could still go all flying mech-suit before the end, which would tilt things the other way.