Albino_Yeti
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The Legend of Korra, sequel show to the greatest story-based cartoon of all time: Avatar the Last Airbender, had its fair share of fans and detractors. Personally, I thought it did some things better than the original, and some things worse. No character in Korra comes close matching the complexity and awesomeness of Zuko, for example. Zuko may very well be my favorite cartoon character ever, and his arc of bad->good->bad->good isn't seen very much. But other than Zuko, the villains in TLA are nowhere near as good as the Red Lotus, or Amon. The Firelord is pretty one dimensional, and Azula and her crew are good, with 'The Beach' being one of their better episodes, (in fact, it was this episode that kinda convinced me that they weren't really considered actual villains, but more good people on the wrong side of the conflict) but not as good as Korra's best villains. Zaheer is an absolute boss, with actual motives that you can understand besides 'I'm bad because I'm bad.' Amon was a badass as well, and I remember everyone coming up with crazy theories trying to figure out who his actual identity was. Kuvira and Tonraq were weaker, with Tonraq being the weaker of the two, but seasons 2 and 4 had some great episodes to make up for this (the Wan episode and the Korra Alone episode).
The fight scenes in Korra are definitely more consistent as well. This is probably more due to the advances in technology, but the Red Lotus fights were all extremely awesome, and are right up there with the best fight in both Avatar shows, The Final Agni Kai from TLA.
The characters in Korra, I thought, weren't as great as TLA characters. I've already mentioned Zuko, but Team Korra isn't as fleshed out as Team Aang. Katara, Aang, Toph, and Sokka all go through great character growth, and while Korra's crew does as well, they don't grow to the same extent of TLA characters, with the exception of maybe Korra herself. Having said that, Tenzin was a phenomenal character, and I really wish we could have seen him and Zuko take on some baddies together.
Also, Sokka was a faaaar superior comedic relief character than Bolin. Sokka's cactus juice scenes were some of the funniest things I've ever seen from a cartoon.
So yea, I definitely loved Korra, but overall I would have to say TLA is still my favorite of the two. Which one did you prefer? Did you hate one and love another? Love em both? Let's hear it!
The fight scenes in Korra are definitely more consistent as well. This is probably more due to the advances in technology, but the Red Lotus fights were all extremely awesome, and are right up there with the best fight in both Avatar shows, The Final Agni Kai from TLA.
The characters in Korra, I thought, weren't as great as TLA characters. I've already mentioned Zuko, but Team Korra isn't as fleshed out as Team Aang. Katara, Aang, Toph, and Sokka all go through great character growth, and while Korra's crew does as well, they don't grow to the same extent of TLA characters, with the exception of maybe Korra herself. Having said that, Tenzin was a phenomenal character, and I really wish we could have seen him and Zuko take on some baddies together.
Also, Sokka was a faaaar superior comedic relief character than Bolin. Sokka's cactus juice scenes were some of the funniest things I've ever seen from a cartoon.
So yea, I definitely loved Korra, but overall I would have to say TLA is still my favorite of the two. Which one did you prefer? Did you hate one and love another? Love em both? Let's hear it!