Legend of Korra

Saw this on a Tumblr post.... where is the lie though?

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This is something that has really irked me for a week now, but I hate that in avatar when Korra is facing off against Kuvira, she can’t even land ONE blow. Correct me if I’m wrong, and I know that she’s a “little rusty” and Kuvira is at the top of her game, but by now despite that, I expect season four Korra to have put up SOME type of a fight—and I absolutely didn’t expect her to beat Kuvira now at all, but to have been utterly dismantled by her is just such a let down.

I just feel like Korra struggles way too much until the very end of each season, and that is not realistic at all. Like, Korra is clearly the biggest threat to Kuvira, and I expected her to have thrown Kuvira a little off her game and make her struggle in ANY way, but to have Kuvira completely toss her around like a rag doll gives Kuvira no real reason to want to train and try to be better for the final fight as well—which allows more development and humanization for Kuvira. I love Kuvira as a villain, she represents the modernization and development of the world, and I expect more for her from the writers………..

And I hate that the only way Korra was able to be somewhat in control of the fight was when she entered the avatar state, which is basically saying she went from 0 to 100, whereas when Aang did it, he went from like 80 to 100…it basically means that Korra the human is a pointless character, and anytime I feel like she’s made any progress, she basically falls flat.

I’m just ready for the earth kingdom/empire avatar already.

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I can't disagree with the majority of that post, but...

she went from 0 to 100, whereas when Aang did it, he went from like 80 to 100

To say that Aang went from an 80 to a 100, especially during the Osai fight, is severely overvaluing his non-Avatar State form in addition to undervaluing his Avatar State. I'd say it was more like from a 50 to a 100.

But otherwise I really agree with that post. Korra got completely devastated and it made no sense. It's one thing to have that ending of the fight for her, and another thing to make her utterly pathetic and useless and then still freeze at the end. Right now you'd think she never trained at any point ever and couldn't fight a squirrel.