Fig
The Altruist
This week's episode was pretty good in my opinion as we got to see the plot from Bolin and Varrick's side of the story. It was interesting to see what were they were going to do should they arrive at a checkpoint of the Earth Empire knowing they are fugitives and enemies of Kuvira. Everything was pretty smooth and well written. I think the thing that got me nervous was Kuvira's attack on the Spirit Tree, where Toph currently resides in. Obviously there will be friction between the two, and I'm just saying, but I'm willing to put my money on Kuvira simply because Toph is old. Toph even stated to Korra that she isn't in her prime anymore so that adds more bearing that Kuvira can beat Toph as he was as prodigy in her youth with Su.
I think this was just a safety precaution on Kuvira's part. She and Bataar could assume they died in the explosion, but judging from the fact that Bataar noticed Bolin and Varrick left via the vents in the train beforehand, I think he would assume they would have survived. Either way, Kuvira was smart and made sure she was prepared should Bolin and Varrick survuved the explosion.
As Term said, shipping isn't a problem, however there are ships that just downright have the extremist supporters and thus is why people say "shipping" is toxic and I can agree on that aspect. I personally think Korrasami is one of these ships. Don't get me, I have nothing against it, however the fact that most of the supporters of this ship go to lengths of practically telling the rest of the fandom that if they don't believe in Korrasami, then they have no right to be an Avatar, enjoy Korra, etc. This is a main reason why I'm disgusted by Korrasami. I don't hate the concept of that ship, however I have a problem with its toxic supporters. Obviously not everyone who supports it is toxic, but when 90% of the supporters are extremists, things will give me a bad taste. Seriously, I had death threats given to me because I simply said "I don't support Korrasami" or that "I didnt' see any hint of Korrasami". Sure there's nice supporters of it, but usually whenever I see Korrasami, I personally get disgusted in which I then get branded as a Makorra shipper, to which I am not.
I am with Mask-Salesman here in the sense that romance in Avatar/Korra just makes room for error in terms of the story. Heck I really hated it when the creators tried to get Aang and Katarra together. It makes them both awkward and their emotions become flustered and don't allow them to think straight when conflicting with a difficult situation. And that's exactly what happened in both Book 1 and 2. I personally only think romance between/of main characters can only work when the series is finished and no moment sooner. Only then will accept a relationship between characters for a series like Avatar/Korra.
This episode was great, but I had just two gripes with it. Just two. One: I thought Wu would have changed a bit after that talk from Mako, but he doesn't seem like he's changed much at all. Kinda disappointing, but I guess I'll give him more time. Two: If... Bataar Jr. thought Bolin and Varrick were dead... Why were there wanted posters of them...?.
I think this was just a safety precaution on Kuvira's part. She and Bataar could assume they died in the explosion, but judging from the fact that Bataar noticed Bolin and Varrick left via the vents in the train beforehand, I think he would assume they would have survived. Either way, Kuvira was smart and made sure she was prepared should Bolin and Varrick survuved the explosion.
don't be a ship hater
Seriously, though, I am a huge shipper. I love me some romance. It's fine if you don't care for romance, but don't rain on others' parades.
As Term said, shipping isn't a problem, however there are ships that just downright have the extremist supporters and thus is why people say "shipping" is toxic and I can agree on that aspect. I personally think Korrasami is one of these ships. Don't get me, I have nothing against it, however the fact that most of the supporters of this ship go to lengths of practically telling the rest of the fandom that if they don't believe in Korrasami, then they have no right to be an Avatar, enjoy Korra, etc. This is a main reason why I'm disgusted by Korrasami. I don't hate the concept of that ship, however I have a problem with its toxic supporters. Obviously not everyone who supports it is toxic, but when 90% of the supporters are extremists, things will give me a bad taste. Seriously, I had death threats given to me because I simply said "I don't support Korrasami" or that "I didnt' see any hint of Korrasami". Sure there's nice supporters of it, but usually whenever I see Korrasami, I personally get disgusted in which I then get branded as a Makorra shipper, to which I am not.
I am with Mask-Salesman here in the sense that romance in Avatar/Korra just makes room for error in terms of the story. Heck I really hated it when the creators tried to get Aang and Katarra together. It makes them both awkward and their emotions become flustered and don't allow them to think straight when conflicting with a difficult situation. And that's exactly what happened in both Book 1 and 2. I personally only think romance between/of main characters can only work when the series is finished and no moment sooner. Only then will accept a relationship between characters for a series like Avatar/Korra.