(10-08-2013, 05:45 PM)Tobias Nightbringer Wrote: Lol, okay I see your point. And yes, I also know a LOT of people are saying that basically Season Two is moving along like Season One never even happened.Â
To which I point out that, WHAT did exactly happen in Season One that made people think that Korra, or any character for that matter, have any real SOLID character development? She beat Amon, great, but why would that make her any more mature? A character doesn't change over just a season USUALLY (though it happens due to ingenious story-writers), which is ironic because they even tried to make that happen in one season because the creators were under the impression that they were originally JUST going to have one season. WHICH is why they rushed Korra/Mako relationship, but I do agree it did feel very rushed and sudden.Â
I've got zero beef with Korra's character and am actually enjoying Book 2 right now (with the exception of the very predictable Mako-Korra action - I mean really, we all know that by the next episode, she'll find out that Mako was "right" and then she'll ~forgive~ him and they'll get back together la la la *gag*). I think Korra has fantastic depth and a lot of people aren't seeing her actions for what they really are: the product of a young, intensely independent woman with some serious anger issues. She jumps to conclusions easily, does not understand the meaning of the word diplomacy, and is naive enough that she'll believe what most people tell her at face value (which has left her very open to manipulation, as we've seen in Book 2). She holds strong moral ideals, but she sticks to them with the kind of youthfully ignorant tenacity of one who doesn't know how to apply those ideals.Â
What she accomplished at the end of season 1 did not get close to fixing the issues she has, and those who feel like the writers have forced her to take a step backwards don't actually understand the development that did happen. Tenzen tried to point it out to her: just because she's able to use the Avatar state doesn't mean she's mastered anything - least of all herself. I have a feeling we'll find out that the angry spirits that keep popping up will have a lot to do with how Korra is developing as the Avatar, and less to do with any spiritual wasteland in the southern water tribe.
So yeah, there's a lot of really solid build-up going on with Korra. A+ work on her character. Mako though? Just stuff him in a bag and come up with something new, please. XD
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