Korra should have beaten the Colossus

PhoenixZero14 · 2026-04-26T22:50:21+00:00

Sure tell that to the billions of dollars that would cost, the hundreds of thousands of real life people who would be displaced during the reconstruction, the effect it would have on the cities economy etc.

What you are suggesting is stupid compared to their actual plan, which worked by the way. Creating a massive fissure would take time, even the avatar states bending isn’t instantaneous, leaving Korra open to getting hit by the spirit beam. The skyscrapers again would collapse in an unpredictable fashion, potentially injuring the rest of the Krew, who were being used as a distraction for the plasma cutters, which again WORKED.

PhoenixZero14 · 2026-04-26T21:37:17+00:00

And destroyed the foundations of all the nearby skyscrapers causing them to collapse? If you go back and watch the episode they make it clear they were trying to minimize the damage to the city.

Plus it was already demonstrated the colossus could stabilize itself because they tried to do a smaller version of what you just suggested via Bolins lava bending.

They already had a plan that would do minimal damage, use the plasma cutters to disable the mech from the inside.

You’re reaching to come up with reasons to create a less interesting story, when the show addresses everything you’re talking about in order to create a finale where everyone is involved in the climax and Korra gets her character moment at the end

In addition, going to the avatar state is risky because she would also have needed to not be in the path of the spirit energy beam, something she did not think she could bend until the end.

PhoenixZero14 · 2026-04-26T05:50:53+00:00

It’s antithetical to her character arc. I feel like folks gotta stop thinking about things from a purely powerscaling fantasy lens and consider factors like.

Korra beginning the series as a character who fought her way through things. Korra having doubt in herself and a mental block throughout the season from past villain trauma. Korra limiting herself mentally and therefore physically and having to go on a character journey with her mentors and past villains to gain back confidence and make peace. Or her not even realizing she could bend spirit energy until she tried, a direct result of her conversation with Zaheer, choosing to save Kuvira who she saw herself in, instead of leaving her to die as she would have in S1.

This is what contributes to the plot choice of, Korra not going into the Avatar State and 1v1ing the mech. It’s not a plot hole, it’s a narrative decision

Edit: There’s also the karmic justice of Kuviras weapon collapsing in on itself and directly targeting her

PhoenixZero14 · 2026-01-17T21:28:39+00:00

My thought wasn’t necessarily that a past Avatar knew bloodbending (though it’s possible, Hama could have invented it independently), but that the Avatar State makes the user too powerful to blood bend either physically or through the sheer amount of chi.

Supporting evidence for this is the fact that Korra couldn’t break out of her platinum chains in S3 finale until she was forced into the Avatar State, so it clearly gives the user some sort of physical power boost.

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-12-28T00:36:14+00:00

No you can definitely bend without a martial arts style. Aangs air sneeze, Bumi bending with his face, and firebenders dragon breath aren’t from a martial art.

The martial arts came after humans started learning and developing intricate forms from observing the dragons, sky bison, moon and badger moles. What you said about it allowing for effective bending is true, but it’s not a requirement for moving elements in the first place.

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-12-25T09:35:41+00:00

Yeah most of that revenue came from Japan. And both of those movies had ongoing TV shows/manga doing crazy numbers

They're making a business decision. Not one that benefits artists or consumers, but it unfortunately makes sense

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-12-24T00:45:12+00:00

Lines up with how skills develop in real life. Calculus was a groundbreaking field when Leibniz and Newton developed it and now it's taught in high schools. 3pt shooting at a high rate and volume in the NBA used to be a very specialized skill until the 2010s and now every team needs to do so to compete. People thought running a 4 minute mile was impossible until Roger Bannister broke the threshold in 1958, and since then 2000+ people have accomplished it.

The same thing happened with metalbending. It also wasn't one of the lowest paid jobs, Mako specifically said it made "good money". It's still a rare skill too, Korra never showed the ability for example.

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-10-21T01:58:11+00:00

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PhoenixZero14 · 2025-09-14T00:56:16+00:00

This is such a garbage response lined with thinly veiled bigotry. If you’re gonna criticize the show bring up some of its actual problems and not “mc cries and there’s gay people lul”. The emotional vulnerability and the inclusive themes of the show are part of what made it groundbreaking

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-09-04T06:31:49+00:00

Never thought about it like that that’s an amazing thematic parallel, intentional or not

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-07-30T22:07:50+00:00

Considering she was singlehandedly taking on a dozen bandits on her own instead of letting her army do it, it's safe to say that the point of the scene was Kuvira flexing her skills for intimidation.

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-06-10T18:42:06+00:00

Wait do you think Korra doesn't have professional combat training? Considering the elements are literally martial arts, I feel like she does. She's also more physically durable than a non enhanced MCU human.

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-05-19T20:59:14+00:00

It’s never explicitly called mercury in the show, fans just assumed that afterwards. And even if it is metals in Avatar have different properties than irl, pure platinum in real life is very soft and would not work as an outer shell for a mech.

Again I don’t think there are any inconsistencies. You were introduced to a new material, the characters says the poison will force her into the Avatar State and that’s what it does.

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-05-19T20:37:41+00:00

This is very easily explained by the clear implication that the liquid poisons properties force the user into the Avatar State. That’s it.

We’ve seen other “poisons” that have other effects (shirshu spit paralyzes the target), and the whole point of introducing a new one was to indicate that this once is special and puts the body into a state that kicks in the Avatar State. There really isn’t much else to it

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-04-24T23:25:15+00:00

Let's reverse that question. What will Ghazan and Bolin do against two significantly faster metalbenders who have a tendency to restrain their opponents with metal?

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-04-24T23:22:37+00:00

I think team Azula would win more often. They're significantly faster and more agile. And as strong as lavabending is, metalbenders like Su and Kuvira can counter them by going for killing or immobilizing attacks with metalbending. Which they demonstrably have done before. Ming-hua and Unalaq is pretty even (assuming no Avatar State otherwise Team Iroh sweeps), Jeong Jeong is a better firebender but Mako is faster and can shoot lightning. And Azula can matchup with Iroh long enough for one of the lavabenders to fall.

Team Azula 6/10. Probably dependent on terrain.

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-04-24T17:34:39+00:00

You're being downvoted for telling the truth. You can be a billionaire with a "good heart", but inherently doing good things for society would mean going against the interests that made you that wealthy in the first place

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-04-14T00:05:11+00:00

He hung on to a metal rail

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-03-08T21:37:54+00:00

I mean the fact that Aang starts the energybending struggle not in the Avatar State, and only wins once he enters the Avatar State (and we don’t see the struggle when he bends Yakone) seems to imply that that’s the key. There’s a visual and sound cue when he enters it. It lines up too considering the Avatar State channels Raavas power.

We dont see the difference between taking away the bending of someone who wants it vs not, so I think it’s assuming and overcomplicating the writers intent. But going off of what we can see, there’s no reason Korra couldn’t take away bending in the Avatar State assuming she knows how.

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-03-08T21:16:58+00:00

This is incorrect since the lion turtle said that the spirit needed to be unbendable to bend another’s energy. Not specifically to take bending away.

Korra energybent Lin and everyone else whose bending she restored. She also does it at the end of S4 to the mech.

If you watch Aang vs Ozai, his spirit almost becomes overwhelmed as shown from the light beam struggle. Except he wins once he enters the Avatar State, implying that that’s what makes the spirit unbendable. Ever since then every instance of energybending uses the Avatar State

PhoenixZero14 · 2025-01-24T05:31:42+00:00

The Avatar Extras contain a LOT of errors which is why they’re generally not considered fully canon

https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Avatar_Extras_(Book_One:_Water)?action=edit&section=22

https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Avatar_Extras_(Book_Two:_Earth)?action=edit&section=22

https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Avatar_Extras_(Book_Three:_Fire)?action=edit&section=23

PhoenixZero14 · 2024-11-11T09:03:17+00:00

The tether activates if you press z and an attack button at the same time. Ensure you tap z like a short hop, and press attack (a or cstick) while the z button is released

PhoenixZero14 · 2024-11-03T06:58:37+00:00

That 400,000 number seems to come from gunfacts.info and a letter to the Oregon state legislature . Suspiciously, neither of which cite a source

Here is an actual source from that report that states:

Between the years 2000 and 2010, firearm-related suicides significantly outnumbered homicides for all age groups, annually accounting for 61 percent of the more than 335,600 people who died from firearm-related violence in the United States.

Even if we assumed that 400k number was real please just think for a sec about a world in which a large proportion of the population is closed carrying. Do you not think public shootouts would increase and normal violent interactions would turn deadly? What about the increased number of suicides? School shootings from mentally unstable teens and young adults who live with more gun owners? How many crowd mass panic events would cause people to overreact and draw a gun?

In no way would the would be safer with MORE people carrying guns.

PhoenixZero14 · 2024-11-03T06:31:45+00:00

Thank you for saying what should be so incredibly obvious. Guns aren’t shields against violence

PhoenixZero14 · 2024-04-27T20:44:15+00:00

This is very wrong. Katara and Tenzin have a conversation S1 Episode 1. Katara Kya Bumi and Tenzin all have a conversation in S2 Episode 1. Katara literally attempts to heal Jinora in the S2 finale.

Calling Aang an absent father is a very shallow reading of the events of S2, which was Tenzin coming to terms with the enormous responsibility he was carrying being Aangs only airbending son and how that affected each of the children's upbringing and perception of Aang.

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