Honestly I am stoked for this. I am already writing out a Seven Havens fic just to get it out of my head, lol.
The whole premise of a shattered post-LoK world is so mineable, as is an actual White Lotus character, and I think my only bugaboo may be that Nisha and Pavi are allegedly very young (nine?). But I’m sure there will be an “old character” plot like Zuko/Iroh and Tenzin’s family.
…And I’m kinda disappointed how lukewarm the community reception is, especially on Reddit. It feels like I’m increasingly alienated from the fandom because I don’t worship the original over other entries.
The ages makes sense, it is still a kids show. Korra had too much romance and adult/teen drama for a typical kid.
I like the new angle, we’ve seen or read 5 stories about the “chosen one” who is celebrated basically everywhere they go. This new show sounds like it’ll be like Anti-Avatar Day everywhere they go.
The only think I’m disappointed in, is its another stain on Korra’s legacy for the community to shit on. The community calling her the “worst avatar” because she chose to break the avatar line has always been annoying. Can the world end after she died? or maybe she exploded which took out the world, I’d be okay with that.
Also Jinora had better be dead before the world ended or they better have a good explanation how she didn’t pull some spirit bs to “deus ex machina” save the world again.
Also Jinora had better be dead before the world ended or they better have a good explanation how she didn’t pull some spirit bs to “deus ex machina” save the world again.
This has sarcasm tags, right? Or half sarcasm tags. Heh. There will absolutely be rants about that…
But yeah, people are going to obsess over lore mechanics and hate it. It reminds me of the part of the Star Wars fandom utterly obsessed with the trilogy, prioritizing lore details to where they can’t even see the story/characters. Hence I have zero desire to participate in /r/thelastairbender.
The ages makes sense, it is still a kids show. Korra had too much romance and adult/teen drama for a typical kid.
I thought ATLA was a little too far in the opposite direction. Aang being 12, Katara being 14, was borderline too young for coming-of-age with no big timegaps, even though it fit Aang’s ‘airy’ personality. Zuko/Iroh was just about perfect. Zuko was basically Korra’s age, but was not in a mental place for much romance. NATLA supposedly having a bigger gap is, amusingly, more ideal.
I feel like Pavi/Nisha being 9 is even more extreme, unless they are really trying to “kid” it down (which seems unlikely).
I like the new angle, we’ve seen or read 5 stories about the “chosen one” who is celebrated basically everywhere they go. This new show sounds like it’ll be like Anti-Avatar Day everywhere they go.
Yeah this sounds really cool.
On second thought, maybe the darker setting with a very young Avatar (and an older guide) would work. That’s a nice juxtaposition with her naivety.
I guess half sarcasm on the Jinora bit. It’s like any show where they introduce an over powered ability and never use it again. Lightning bending in ATLA was terrifying, in LOK its just another rock to the face.
9 is definitely a young starting point. But you can definitely get a good story out of that age. Plus the states age doesn’t have to align with our perception of how a kid that age would be; especially in ATLA we basically mentally aged everyone a few years; Azula was 14…
In LOK its just another rock to the face.
I contest this. We only really see Mako and a notorious mob boss do it (both top tier benders) Mako kills someone with it very quickly, and for all we know those factory workers are rare. Not even Korra does it. And I like the idea of it being used as a “utility” for zapping cars and stuff.
I went with that same idea in my fic, where there’s a “blacksmith” type lavabender who uses his bending for hilariously mundane purposes, not large feats like Ghazan.
I also have a headcanon of there being a long-refined and secretive “royal” form (like we see the royal family do, and was largely lost after ATLA) and “street” lightning forms like we see in LoK.
9 is definitely a young starting point. But you can definitely get a good story out of that age. Plus the states age doesn’t have to align with our perception of how a kid that age would be; especially in ATLA we basically mentally aged everyone a few years; Azula was 14…
Yeah I am warming up to this. I like the idea of some poor kid in a darker setting, it gives the story some light.
That being said, this kinda annoyed me about ATLA too? Like it wasn’t a big deal, but how emotionally/physically mature those kids were was kinda odd. It served the purposes for the story (and it makes a lot of sense for Azula who had a screwed up upbringing), but it’s a bit of a “reality stretch.”
If they are nine, I hope they act properly immature, especially at first, while mentors do some heavy lifting. The fandom probably wants them to act ~fifteen like in ATLA, but I think that would be a tragedy.