And Legend of Korra went back on so much of that; turns out anybody who wants to make society more equal is just jealous of the super special individuals who dictate it, and anyone who pretends to represent you actually just wants to be the only super-special individual. Also it’s fine to work with fascists as long as they’re nice to you.
The jealous people are actually the only antagonists with a good point, which was undermined when it turns out they were unknowingly led by an ultra super special guy. And then they were essentially ignored after the ultra super special guy was out of the picture.
Of course this was partially an artifact of the show’s production history. The first arc was supposed to be all there is, then the network started adding and subtracting seasons at random. It’s hard o tell a nuanced story in one season and even harder to tell a coherent one when your life expectancy fluctuates wildly.
In my opinion LOK would’ve been a bit more interesting if they’d spent more time examining social tension in the city instead of focusing on the actions of a few people. Explore what it takes to turn several mutually antagonistic factions in a confined area into one functioning society and discuss the effects of long-term social tension.
Of course there would still be some bad guys to punch. Can’t have an Avatar show without good fights.
there’s also the option of not insisting that there must be some grand plot, and instead just coming up with cool shit that can exist in an industrialized world filled with benders.
Like fire benders working at a power plant just zapping the shit out of a battery, they could have done more of that.
And Legend of Korra went back on so much of that; turns out anybody who wants to make society more equal is just jealous of the super special individuals who dictate it, and anyone who pretends to represent you actually just wants to be the only super-special individual. Also it’s fine to work with fascists as long as they’re nice to you.
Or: fascists with a grudge found a real issue to exploit. Nope, no relevance there
The jealous people are actually the only antagonists with a good point, which was undermined when it turns out they were unknowingly led by an ultra super special guy. And then they were essentially ignored after the ultra super special guy was out of the picture.
Of course this was partially an artifact of the show’s production history. The first arc was supposed to be all there is, then the network started adding and subtracting seasons at random. It’s hard o tell a nuanced story in one season and even harder to tell a coherent one when your life expectancy fluctuates wildly.
In my opinion LOK would’ve been a bit more interesting if they’d spent more time examining social tension in the city instead of focusing on the actions of a few people. Explore what it takes to turn several mutually antagonistic factions in a confined area into one functioning society and discuss the effects of long-term social tension.
Of course there would still be some bad guys to punch. Can’t have an Avatar show without good fights.
there’s also the option of not insisting that there must be some grand plot, and instead just coming up with cool shit that can exist in an industrialized world filled with benders.
Like fire benders working at a power plant just zapping the shit out of a battery, they could have done more of that.
True, you could do that; but then the show would just kinda suck.