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Re: Korra

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:22 pm
by Büge
So bow down to her if you want, bow to her! Bow to the Queen of Slime! The Queen of Filth! The Queen of Puuuuuuuutrescence! Booooo! Booo! Rubbish! Filth! Slime! Muck! Boo! Boo! Boooooooo!

Re: Korra

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 9:44 pm
by Disposable Ninja
so I'm pretty sure that crazy hallucination Korra is actually Vatuu's influence.

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:23 am
by patito
I hope it is, because if you haven't noticed I'm still a little sore about that whole deal.

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 1:30 am
by Mongrel
I don't know if that would be good or not. It could really go either way - remind us of a battle that was a probably a Super-Saiyan step too far for the Avatar universe, or tie the series together better. It'd really depend on how they play it.

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:10 am
by IGNORE ME
I keep waiting for one of these characters who can metalbend to realize that Kuvira is wearing a noose around her neck at all times.

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:12 am
by patito
maybe her armor is made of platinum or whatever that unbendable metal was

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 4:16 am
by Mongrel
I was actually thinking "Why doesn't Korra remember she can metalbend?" during that fight.

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 5:30 am
by patito
having actually seen the episoe now, that is a good question

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 3:32 pm
by beatbandito
It seems like she wouldn't just be peeling off the slabs Kuvira without metal bending, and understands that she's a way worse metal bender.

But this fight definitely confirmed that Korra is just straight-up terrible at fighting. In every non-avatar state fight she uses that technically influenced firebending style, which should be her weakest as a native waterbender. She did learn fire and earth bending seemingly around the same time as water and may have never shown a particular aptitude for water because of it. And since her water training was in some large part healing with Katara and firebending comprised most of her combat training it makes sense that she defaults to it even if it's not doing her any favors.

Re: Korra

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:03 am
by Mothra
Alrighty, just caught up.

Soooo fucking happy we're getting a really solid Varrick arc. This forgives a lot about how ehh the season's been so far.

I love that Zhu Li gave it her absolute all in a two-on-one mech slog, barely scraping together a victory by grit and wits alone, only to have Varrick chide her like she hadn't done a god damn thing. That infuriated look she gives I read as self-directed, for failing to do her job, as impossible as it was.

Re: Korra

Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:52 pm
by Mongrel
Reunion is easily the best episode of the season so far. I was actually clapping at one point (when Varrick goes MacGuyver).

Oh and I see Korra remembered how to metalbend!

Re: Korra

Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:24 pm
by beatbandito
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Re: Korra

Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 10:26 pm
by Büge
Oh dear. Has Kuvira never seen Ferngully?

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:13 am
by IGNORE ME
I was thinking "Did Avatar just turn into........ Avatar?"

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:15 am
by Disposable Ninja
Hey, as long as Korra is wearing those arm-length fingerless gloves again, I'm happy.

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:38 pm
by beatbandito
Büge wrote:Oh dear. Has Kuvira never seen Ferngully?

Except Toph is Hexxus and there aren't any fairies and no leveler and I guess I'm kind of losing this analogy but Toph is going to go fucking HaM on Kuvira's army and I am totally pumped for it.

Re: Korra

Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:39 pm
by Mongrel
Come to think of it, Toph should remember who Kuvira is, shouldn't she? Makes me wonder if A: we'll get a backstory exposition, or B: Kuvira will try to pull an "Ah, but I have your daughter hostage, muahahaha!"

Re: Korra

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:39 am
by patito
why would she remember kuvira

Re: Korra

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:58 am
by Mongrel
Because she lived in Zhao Fu for many years and helped found it?

I mean, maybe the overlap was only for a few years, but Toph was there for many years (the show seems to make this really easy to forget!) and Su's family took Kuvira in when she was a kid, IIRC, so it would be pretty weird if those two periods didn't have some overlap.

Re: Korra

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:09 am
by Büge
Well, Toph should remember that Bataar Junior is her grandson, at least. And be equally disappointed in him.