So naturally, any episode of Korra that manages this is going to be an instant favorite. I would happily watch a series of just Aang’s children (with occasional guest appearances by Katara when they visit their dear mom) because they give us so many insights into the “epilogue” of AtLA. Now that Avatar Korra can bend water, earth and fire, she is anxious to start her airbender training. After recovering from Unalaqs attack, Korra discovers a way that she can defeat the ultimate dark spirit and save the world.
And that itself raises so many more questions, too: did Katara notice he was favoring Tenzin? Did she have an opinion on that? Was it a problem in their marriage? Did she favor Kya, since Kya is a waterbender? And how sweet is it that they named their first child after Bumi? (I can only answer the last of these questions with any sort of certainty. It never occurred to me that he’d have played favorites with his children or put so much pressure on Tenzin as the only hope of rebuilding the Air Nomads. I have to be honest here: I’d never thought about how Aang must’ve felt when he and Katara had an airbender son.
And while I do think Korra’s angst can get to be a little much sometimes, it’s not out of character or unbelievable, given the situation she’s in.īut, of course, those of us who loved AtLA were probably hanging onto every word of what was easily the best storyline of the episode: Tenzin, Bumi, and Kya. That’s what Legend of Korra should exist to do: tell us stories that were impossible in its predecessor in order to further build the rich tapestry of the Avatar universe. What’s more, it’s a storyline we never could’ve had in AtLA, due to the fact that Aang’s culture and family were gone.
Korra’s tightrope walk between her loyalty to the Southern Water Tribe, her duties as the Avatar, and her love for her family is believable and interesting. But moving on to what did work this week.
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