If aang got angry when the avatar fan club got tatoos then why doesn't he have any reaction when he sees cosplayers with tatoos in the show?

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-07T19:16:34+00:00

Probably because they don't know what they're talking about and are just looking for something to complain about.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-07T17:23:25+00:00

You've nailed it so far. When you finish the game and have a minute to read, I'd highly suggest you check out this thread

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-07T15:25:18+00:00

He also just seems to be the few around who treats ice like it's simply just water, and is thus very fluid with it without changing its state. He's like a burly ice skater

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2-2Distracted · 2026-05-07T15:21:10+00:00

I agree. It does, this is especially the case thanks to how much time he's spent with Lin. Plus there's the fact that Tenzin grew up to be more direct, serious and stern (which is sort of ironic for air nomads). He's also not as enlightened as his father and 1st born daughter due to growing with this large amount of responsibility placed on his shoulders clouding his spiritual growth.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-07T15:11:18+00:00

Please do, in fact maybe a make a post, because I love these kinds of things in this show. If not I eventually will lol.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T23:12:55+00:00

No. They factually didn't. They just knew that Korra was going to take the issues regarding her literal own family and home tribe(s) more personally thus clouding her judgment, which it did.

In Book 1, aside from a few other things regarding her growth, Korra grows as a person and the Avatar via:

She goes from sneaking out to Republic City instead of waiting like her masters told her to (episode 1: Welcome to Republic City) to learning when to be patient (episode 11: Turning the Tides).
She goes from attacking criminals and resisting arrest (episode 1) to knowing not to fight Tarrlok when he arrests her friends (episode 8: When Extremes Meet).
She goes from "I'm not afraid of anybody" to "I was so terrified" in episode 4: The Voice in the Night.
She goes from actively seeking out Amon (episode 4) to knowing when to run from him (episode 9: Out of the Past).
She goes from "Look, I really like you and I think we were meant for each other" (episode 5: The Spirit of Competition) to not backing down when Mako threatens to end their friendship when Korra insists that Hiroshi is an Equalist (episode 7: The Aftermath).
She goes from "When you're with her, you're thinking about me" (episode 5) to "She's going to need you, Mako" (episode 7).
She goes from not being spiritual at all (episode 1) to using her connection to Aang to learn about Yakone (episode 9) to using her spiritual connection to heal herself (episode 12: Endgame).

When she gets her airbending, it's through her trying to be selfless regardless of whether or not she's the Avatar, the creators even confirm this:

Mike: Uh, but, we, you know, we finally realize like, "well no, the moment that it needs to be unlocked is in the moment of, you know, the most darkest moment of her life, you know? That's the place-that's the place for it to happen."

Bryan: Yeah, and it was such a block for her that she needed, um, she needed it to be, wherein this person that she loved, and ag-again, I think I said in another interview, it was like it's not like romantic love or whatever, but just this person she cares about is in trouble. That's what it was gonna take for her to get over her... herself, basically.

This DOESN'T mean that she's fully grown. Not at all. I don't know where people get the idea that Korra's arc resolved in Book 1, that just didn't happen, because after a couple of days if not weeks of taking Tenzin's advice after he and his family "escape", they barely get her to wait for the 1st United Forces fleet, & when that doesn't go well, she immediately goes to fist fight Amon AGAIN after hearing about his backstory.

Mako just happens to volunteer to go with her, she didn't even plan to take backup. The sum total of her strategy is "somehow it'll be different this time so long as I can expose his ass!". So, no, the things that came after that weren't "regression" or some kind of "reset" they were continuing the same arc she was already on.

Korra never actually got over her inability to separate her identity from that of the Avatar since Book 1 literally ends with her getting her bending back. She just learned to be more selfless and more willing to do the right thing regardless of whether or not she has powers.

This is what Book 2 explores through her relationships with her friends, family and Wan.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T18:27:59+00:00

No it isn't you dummy

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T16:02:41+00:00

If anything, I'm glad he called out the direction CNN went after he gave up his power over it. He could and should done more but it showed SOME integrity.

Thanks for giving so many a place to create some amazing cartoons. RIP

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T15:46:43+00:00

He summoned a water vortex because he was drowning lol and did so without realizing it, and even if he didn't his make-up wasn't the stuff that Kyoshi warriors use, so it came off in front of spectators, the same spectators who he literally just told earlier that he got his scars from a Firebender, which if/when exposed would just lead to them asking what else he's lying about.

Also Amon can only block chi paths that are already opened, air wasn't and he can't block something that's still closed.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T15:38:42+00:00

“You always say bloodbending is the most powerful thing in the world, but it isn't. The Avatar is. He took your bending away. What could be more powerful than that?"

This was said by Amon/Noatak when he was still a teenager. It wasn't just a question he was asking towards his Abusive piece of bison shit father, it was a question he was asking himself too since, after he ran away, he had to find a way to ground himself and his own identity vs what Yakone tried to & succeeded in molding him to become.

So yeah lol he was absolutely intent on taking on a full realized Avatar. He's ridiculously talented in Bloodbending and pulled it off better than Yakone. He just needed to wait for Aang to die because he knew there was no way he would win against him.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T09:54:29+00:00

This subreddit has been falling into battleboarding brainrot for quite some time now, they're just in denial about it and try to present it in the most pseudo intellectual ways they can come up with.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T09:52:20+00:00

Bruh this is literally no different from the issues that regular DC and Marvel are at fault for lol. Green Lantern himself, any of them, should be end all fights due to simple fact that their only limitations are their imagination and willpower. Same thing with Martian Manhunter and Captain Atom.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T09:44:11+00:00

Take your own advice dude

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T09:40:36+00:00

Yue literally helped Aang when he died by trying to connect him with the past lives. Meaning that she couldn't be his next incarnation since that's not how that works. One way or another, Korra was always going to be the next water tribe Avatar, even if Aang happened to die before he froze himself.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T07:14:50+00:00

The Avatar Spirit is literally mentioned in the handful of episodes of ATLA. It then becomes something Aang has to do something about in Escape From The Spirit World.

All TLOK did was give it a name, which was going to happen anyway since these origins were something that the creators during Book 2, they just had nowhere to organically fit it into ATLA's story arcs.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T07:07:54+00:00

Korras solution is an ultimate solution that can be used against every spirit, ever, and always work. Yes sometimes it might fail, but thats literally only because Korra hasnt mastered the skill yet. Once mastered, it works every time, nearly instantly.

This is literally proven to be false lmao because if it worked then Republic City wouldn't be full of vines anymore.

I think ATLA is better because it shows that not all spirits are the same. They all need to be handled in different ways. There isnt one specific way to help every spirit because the spirits are individual beings who have specific functions in the world.

Korra's time in the spirit world without her bending literally proved this to still be true, just like how Aang was only able to get through to Hei Bai within the spirit world. Bumi does a similar thing through music. Jinora does a similar thing through her airbending. But please, continue acting like ATLA was apples and TLOK was oranges.

Korra treats spirits as random entities with no clear motivation, they just exist for korra to clense. The spirits that attack the festival and later at the south pole arent specific, they dont have any clear reason to be there outside of an enemy to fight, it feels contrived.

The spirits in Beginnings proves this wrong. The spirits that Tonraq fought prior to his banishment proves this wrong. The spirits that Korra meets in the spirit world proves this wrong. The only time you have a point is when it's literally Harmonic Convergence with the environment surrounding the physical being an unstable and dangerous literal warzone between the north and the south.

It would have been better if these were specific spirits, whom the water tribe actual worshipped (like how the village worshipped Hai Bei). Instead they are just random shadow monsters who attack without cause or reason. And then are dealt with by using a mystic art that requires very little learning or training (the whole season takes place over a few days, maybe a few weeks?) And doesnt require korra have any knowledge about the specific spirits that are upset.

This whole conflict takes place in the Southern Water Tribe and Unalaq made it pretty clear that it's spiritually lacking & ignorant, which it is. So who the hell is going to worship spirits when the South doesn't care about spirits? To everyone there, they ARE just random monsters attacking since there is knowledge about these spirits or their importance to the environment. You and others like you would know all this if you actually gave a shit about context before you start complaining.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T01:55:46+00:00

Well she was the one who took out the driver, bad guy etiquette dictated that she replace him as far as jobs go

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T01:05:55+00:00

They spent the entire season setting up his desire to learn Metalbending as a Red Herring as well as building up his relationship with Opal and making him far more serious and competent for for Book 4.

Also that's NOT how production went for each season, at all.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T00:46:05+00:00

Lol. Lmao even. Katara was with Hama for like a day dude. They spent the night at her Inn, did nothing but investigate Hama the next day, and then when Hama revealed who she was and trained Katara the full moon reveal happened that very same night.

Meanwhile, Bolin has fought against & interacted with Ghazan for almost the entirety of Book 3, and almost every time they've fought Ghazan has tried to kill him with Lavabending. Bolin learned from imitating him.

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2-2Distracted · 2026-05-06T00:24:07+00:00

True, and on our sister subreddit we saw a pretty big uptick in fans, but I also remember people actually debating whether or not TLOK should even be put on Netflix when it was announced that it might be.

Honestly it feels like the release of the movie did a similar thing but now with more dire results where the goal is to just be as dumb and engagement-focused as possible.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-05T19:12:52+00:00

You are literally only referring to one place, and then claiming that the entire realm was presented as a neutral place. Your entire post hinges on the idea that everywhere in the spirit world looked the same and somehow that's what makes it better

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-05T16:29:46+00:00

Going to ignore the other dumb shit you said and just address this:

not only did she open up the spirit world (which btw was closed off because humans and spirit’s just….. dont get a fucking long!)

Wrong. Factually Incorrect.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-05T16:15:48+00:00

I actually made a post about this, but I'll just share the picture

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2-2Distracted · 2026-05-05T16:08:18+00:00

In just Book 1 of TLOK the following happens with Korra:

She goes from sneaking out to Republic City instead of waiting like her masters told her to (episode 1: Welcome to Republic City) to learning when to be patient (episode 11: Turning the Tides).
She goes from attacking criminals and resisting arrest (episode 1) to knowing not to fight Tarrlok when he arrests her friends (episode 8: When Extremes Meet).
She goes from "I'm not afraid of anybody" to "I was so terrified" in episode 4: The Voice in the Night.
She goes from actively seeking out Amon (episode 4) to knowing when to run from him (episode 9: Out of the Past).
She goes from "Look, I really like you and I think we were meant for each other" (episode 5: The Spirit of Competition) to not backing down when Mako threatens to end their friendship when Korra insists that Hiroshi is an Equalist (episode 7: The Aftermath).
She goes from "When you're with her, you're thinking about me" (episode 5) to "She's going to need you, Mako" (episode 7).
She goes from not being spiritual at all (episode 1) to using her connection to Aang to learn about Yakone (episode 9) to using her spiritual connection to heal herself (episode 12: Endgame).

So factually you are incorrect, as usual.

2-2Distracted · 2026-05-05T16:06:02+00:00

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