yo-lady:

masterarrowhead:

Oops! My hand slipped and I Borra’d…

hhehehe

at least this would have made more sense…

KORRA FINALE

Pretty awesome episode. Omfg I was so scared when Amon tied up the airbending children like that, that fucking bastard, seriously just wanted them to be okay before anything else.

Amon and Tarlok’s backstory was incredible but WHYYY DID IT HAVE TO END????

ALL MY DREAMS FOR AN AWESOME STORY GOING UP IN SMOKE BASICALLY

So much childhood trauma right here. So much drama and brotherly love. IT COULD HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL. *sigh* Why did they have to kill them dammit? Also, I definitely didn’t take Tarlok for the type to commit suicide… And psh there go my Amorra feels pce out c u nvrrrr

About Korra getting her bending back, I was so effin’ happy but it was a bit over the top? I think? Couldn’t she have worked harder than crying on an icey cliff to get her bending back? I was hoping she would learn how to unblock her chis in order to get it back, like having her go on a journey to do it butttttt.. Aang just showed up and was like ok let’s cut to the chase.

Also, was there any build up for season 2? That was a little disappointing but whatevssss

And don’t tell me Iroh left!!! HE AND ASAMI DIDN’T EVEN TALK GRRRR

Now that Korra and Mako openly love each other I don’t ship it anymore lollll what is wrong with me? I feel like this romance is being forced upon me… no likie

And does anyone else have a dirty mind like me?

JUST LOOK AT THIS CAP DUDE

COME ON

Am I the only one?

equalistsfuckshitup:

ahollowyear:

So… can we talk for a moment about this, fandom?

Sooooooo. Am I the only one who was really really disturbed by this scene? Like, here’s Mako threatening an equalist mook with a FIST FULL OF FIRE, and this guy, he doesn’t have his hood on, he has a face and everything, and he’s scared and has no defenses against this firebender and he doesn’t even have anything to do with what’s bothering this firebender and he’s about to get his face burned off anyway. Like this is EXACTLY what he feared and that’s why he’s an equalist mook in the first place.

This is a clear example of why the equalists exist but a) the show didn’t comment on it in that context at the moment (more on this later) and b) from what I’ve seen, the fandom was too blinded by shipping love/hate to analyze the moment. Unless I’ve completely missed the huge discussion we should be having about it, which is TOTALLY POSSIBLE because I’m ancient by fan standards and actually have a life/husband/kid/work/dog/hobbies/friends that I need to attend to so the blink-and-you-miss-it pace of tumblr is just too much sometimes.

ANYWAY. I just wanted to comment on this scene and how Mako is, let’s be honest, abusing his power here. Imagine if you were a nonbender, and you live in a world where anyone could be a bender and you wouldn’t know it right up until the moment they decide to earthbend you into a wall or bloodbend you or burn you. It’s like that thing some girls are taught, that all men are potential rapists (not talking about the truth or validity of that, just that it is A THING); you live in a world where anyone could be a bender and hurt you in ways that you just can’t prepare for. Knives and guns in the Real World are scary, but no one is born with a knife or a gun in their hand, and EVEN THEN it’s definitely a weapon that can maybe possibly be defended against. What are you going to do if an earthbender decides to open the ground under you and swallow you up? How do you defend against a flamethrower that you can’t see coming? And this usage of power just comes so easily to Mako that he doesn’t even seem to think about it. (And this is NOT character hate, it’s just an example. Sorry Mako, you just kept popping up on my dash; it is worth noting that Korra does this shit, too, especially in the first episodes, like with the Equalist rabble-rouser on the corner with his megaphone.) All the benders in the show seem to do this (except maybe Tenzin because he’s a monk and the airbenders seemed to realize that with their power came the responsibility to not use it against other creatures, as evidenced by Aang’s reluctance to kill and vegetarianism, etc). Piss off the wrong person and you’re subject to demigod powers, not just an angry dude with a knife.

(As an aside, this was one of the things that made Zuko and Iroh so interesting in season two. They couldn’t use their bending in public. They had to hide and it really made for interesting interactions. This is also one of the reasons why Zuko rules so much as a character; yeah, he’s not the greatest firebender in the world, but he learned some serious combat skills to make up for it.)

Back to the point, the scene in question up there just made me sick to my stomach. The guy’s just this guy, you know? Yeah, he’s on the side of the antagonist, but that doesn’t make him evil or bad, and he’s about to get face-melted by an angry teenager and he’s scared and helpless. And fire hurts. Recovering from burns is awful. It ooks me out in ways I can’t explain that the protagonists are shown in this manner. I’m hoping the show, in the next season, goes into this further. There are moments in season one that hint that this might be a possible direction for the series. They aren’t commented on in the context of the show (again, this scene, korra bullying the equalist dude, raiding the equalist training camp and really fucking those people up REALLY BADLY), but if Korra’s bending is taken in the finale, I would be happy to see this angle explored. I’m hoping someone else has better thoughts on this than me, because I’m scattered and need to get back to work, and also I wrote this post while eating white queso nachos and so yeah now i have to clean my keyboard. 

So that’s my word-vomit about a children’s cartoon. Thoughts? Gifs? Angry anonymous asks?

honestly theyre handling this oppression stuff all wrong. what mako did was scary. what lots of characters did are scary.

This is why I feel so conflicted at times about who to actually root for. I think the equalists should stop using violence against benders, of course, and that they should stop taking away their bending, but what about some of the exclusionary sports they play? In places like these, only benders are allowed to play and it just seems unfair and I kind of see where these non-benders are coming from.

KORRA

HOW IS IT THE SEASON FINALE NEXT WEEKEND ALREADY IS THIS SOME KIND OF A JOKE????

AND WTF HOW COULD THEY TAKE LIN’S BENDING AWAY SHE IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER YOU DON’T FUCK WITH MY FAVORITE CHARACTER DUDE 

ALSO, WHY DOES IROH II HAVE ZUKO’S VOICE? HE’S A GROWN SEXY MAN HE SHOULD HAVE A MANLIER VOICE PSHHHH

side eyeing you legend of korra

myforestlove:

I love asami and I love korra

but Korra “oh NO OFFENCE I thought you were a prissy girl” kind of annoyed me

ok now asami has to like fast cars becauseto make the audience like asami we have to associate her with something that is traditionally considered as for boys?

oh I get it now

girly=bad

thnx for letting me know, tv doesn’t tell us this enough

my feels exactly at the part. I cringed…

Legend of Korra bending speculashunz

I think it’s awesome that Mako and Bolin are brothers and different types of benders at the same time, like having different blood types or something. It makes me wonder at the genetics of bending abilities I mean was Mako born a fire bender because the fire bending gene is more dominant than the earth bending? And does that mean that they each have some earth/fire bending genes in them that they can pass down? Like, can Mako have an earth bending baby because his mom/dad was an earth bender? Questionssss