The Avatar Series (The Last Airbender and Korra) *SPOILERS*
Dec 17, 2014 1:05:11 GMT -5
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Post by Axalon on Dec 17, 2014 1:05:11 GMT -5
As far as villains go:
Aang also wouldn't have gotten nearly as far without his friends helping him either. IIRC, aside from a few battles with Zuko and the final battle with Ozai, Aang required help for pretty much every major battle.
Aang's villains were also much simpler, consisting of mostly firebenders. Skilled firebenders, but just firebenders nonetheless.
Bloodbending wasn't even a thing until TLA's final season, and Korra fought a master bloodbender in her first real test as the Avatar. Likewise, Season 2 had her fighting the polar and primal opposite of the spirit that lets her be the Avatar in the first place, fused with a master waterbender and spiritbender. Season 3 had a more "traditional" set of villains as far as powers go, but even then there were things like lavabending, waterbending with no arms, and advanced airbender techniques that hadn't been used in centuries that even Tenzin couldn't do. Season 4 I think actually has the weakest villain of the four, as far as raw power goes, but also has a Korra that isn't exactly in the best of shape, physically, mentally, and spiritually. It doesn't help that advances in technology have started to even out the playing field between benders and non-benders as well. A decent pilot with a mechsuit can handle basic benders pretty much blow for blow.
Its also worth noting that as far as Season 2, 3 and 4 go, Korra *would* have defeated those villains on her own if not for outside factors coming into play. Korra quite clearly had Vaatu on the ropes and was about to imprison him for another 10,000 years before Unalaq showed up and fused with him. Zaheer was practically the Joker in terms of planning, backed up with a formidable team of benders, and damaged Korra so much that she's STILL recovering a full season later (Kuvira wouldn't have been a major player at all if this wasn't the case) even as the show is about to end.
Amon totally had her though.
That being said I do think TLoK is trying to do a bit too much with too few episodes, with both the characters and overall story suffering as a result. TLA sometimes had the opposite problem though, with what felt like filler in some of the seasons.
Would type more but I'm a bit pressed for time at the moment, will have to continue this train of thought later.
Aang also wouldn't have gotten nearly as far without his friends helping him either. IIRC, aside from a few battles with Zuko and the final battle with Ozai, Aang required help for pretty much every major battle.
Aang's villains were also much simpler, consisting of mostly firebenders. Skilled firebenders, but just firebenders nonetheless.
Bloodbending wasn't even a thing until TLA's final season, and Korra fought a master bloodbender in her first real test as the Avatar. Likewise, Season 2 had her fighting the polar and primal opposite of the spirit that lets her be the Avatar in the first place, fused with a master waterbender and spiritbender. Season 3 had a more "traditional" set of villains as far as powers go, but even then there were things like lavabending, waterbending with no arms, and advanced airbender techniques that hadn't been used in centuries that even Tenzin couldn't do. Season 4 I think actually has the weakest villain of the four, as far as raw power goes, but also has a Korra that isn't exactly in the best of shape, physically, mentally, and spiritually. It doesn't help that advances in technology have started to even out the playing field between benders and non-benders as well. A decent pilot with a mechsuit can handle basic benders pretty much blow for blow.
Its also worth noting that as far as Season 2, 3 and 4 go, Korra *would* have defeated those villains on her own if not for outside factors coming into play. Korra quite clearly had Vaatu on the ropes and was about to imprison him for another 10,000 years before Unalaq showed up and fused with him. Zaheer was practically the Joker in terms of planning, backed up with a formidable team of benders, and damaged Korra so much that she's STILL recovering a full season later (Kuvira wouldn't have been a major player at all if this wasn't the case) even as the show is about to end.
Amon totally had her though.
That being said I do think TLoK is trying to do a bit too much with too few episodes, with both the characters and overall story suffering as a result. TLA sometimes had the opposite problem though, with what felt like filler in some of the seasons.
Would type more but I'm a bit pressed for time at the moment, will have to continue this train of thought later.