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Animation 1: I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Drawn That Way

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Polter-Cow - Oct 19, 2013 9:35:38 am PDT #57 of 1079

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Brilliant insight from the A.V. Club comments:

The whole thing starts when Wan steals fire from the the Lion Turtle. That makes him Prometheus, right?

Dana - Oct 19, 2013 10:44:14 am PDT #58 of 1079

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Wow, that was awesome.

Consuela - Oct 19, 2013 2:25:13 pm PDT #59 of 1079

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Wow, the art in this is so different than usual in Korra. It's really lovely, and also excellent.

Consuela - Oct 19, 2013 2:37:00 pm PDT #60 of 1079

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

And now I'm at the end, and that was great. It really does explain a lot, and now we know why the spirit issue is so important. I'm guessing that Unalaq is channeling Vaatu, opening the spirit portal on purpose to import tainted spirits and increase the chaos and darkness in the world.

As for Raava, is she dead, or just bonded with the Avatar forever? Because she doesn't seem to have communicated directly with either Aang or Korra, and nobody has ever mentioned her. I'm just wondering, because the whole yin/yang balance thing seems like it would be perpetually out of wack if Vaatu lives and Raava doesn't.

Polter-Cow - Oct 19, 2013 2:54:20 pm PDT #61 of 1079

What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'm guessing that Unalaq is channeling Vaatu, opening the spirit portal on purpose to import tainted spirits and increase the chaos and darkness in the world.

That seems to be the general speculation and it makes sense. What happens if he bonds with Vaatu and becomes a Dark Avatar?

As for Raava, is she dead, or just bonded with the Avatar forever?

The latter. She even says that. I don't know why she never talked to Aang or Korra, but I guess you could say she has, through all her past incarnations.

Kalshane - Oct 19, 2013 7:40:29 pm PDT #62 of 1079

GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

It's kind of sad that one of the best episodes of the season barely features anyone from the main cast. That was some good stuff, though. And I really liked the art style for the backgrounds and bending making it look very much like traditional paintings from China and Japan.

I also feel like Chief Bei Fong is being criminally under-used this season. She deserves so much better than to be the stereo-typical shouting police captain.

Consuela - Oct 19, 2013 8:05:17 pm PDT #63 of 1079

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I really liked the art style for the backgrounds and bending making it look very much like traditional paintings from China and Japan.

ITA. I also felt the character designs for some of the secondary characters seemed to reflect traditional East Asian art as well.

Kalshane - Oct 19, 2013 8:27:02 pm PDT #64 of 1079

Well, the statue of Wan makes total sense now: [link]

Tom Scola - Oct 20, 2013 3:04:42 am PDT #65 of 1079

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

And as the AVClub review pointed out, a whole lot of Mononoke and Spirited Away.

Sheryl - Oct 21, 2013 12:49:42 pm PDT #66 of 1079

Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

My DVR cut off slightly early. The last thing I saw was Korra flying off on a flying bison. Anything after that?

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