amanuensis1 | Legend of Korra heartgasm!

KORRA. Omigosh omigosh I just want to watch these two episodes over and over until the next episodes air. What a wonderful fulfillment of expectations.

Korra herself is so likable. Confidence is not something this lady lacks; she's so sure of herself that if something doesn't come easy to her she looks for a scapegoat. But she's affectionate and open and good-hearted and quick to apologize when she realizes she's wrong. Authority can have her respect, but has to earn it. Score one again for the fabulous female characters of the ATLA canon.

I love the balance of shout-outs to the characters we've known in balance with the reality that it's seventy years later. I was prepared to have no one familiar except in terms of lineage and backstory, but then they gave us KATARA and I turned into this vulnerable pile of mush; oh show, do not do this to meeee. When Katara hinted that most of the people she knew were gone, I was simply nodding because, duh, we expected that, but then when she confirmed that Sokka was dead I couldn't stop myself, I choked up.

CHARACTERS CHARACTERS. Even the mooks are well-fleshed individuals, it's killing me with the wonderful. Everyone they introduce feels unique, from vagabond park guy (I won't be surprised if he shows up again) to mobster heavies to long-suffering cop asking, "Is this your polar bear-dog?" I like every major character so far, Tenzin and his "Don't bring up my MOTHER" off-guard twitchy moment, airbending kids of utter handful, eager Bo Lin (when he showed up I riffed, "Burgess Meredith turns our protagonist over to Wedge Antilles,"), and moody love interest Mako. (Aw, what a nice name tribute too.) The ending of episode two was sweet; I love how Mako's got that wistful look for a girl, but Korra's look is for this amazing city and everything it's got to show her.

I just love it. I want to watch it and macro it and speculate shipping and everything. When I saw ATLA I had the luxury of having it complete when I started watching, DVDs 'n' everything right at my fingertips. I've been whimpering for months and months now that I don't know how I'm going to stand going an episode a week, oh dear god a SEASON A YEAR. I WON'T MAKE IT HOLD ME SOMEONE.

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We can hold each other! (Seriously, I loved the first two episodes so much, and I'm so excited to see more.)

*holds* Oh so flippin' DELIGHTFUL. How am I going to last through the WAITING??

Answer: Tumblr. So many animated gifs with which to pass the time.

I'm conflicted about it. I was sad to see the "learn airbending through violence" technique, but it does work for her. All told, Korra feels more like Zuko than she does Aang (which makes me want to write head!avatar!Aang fic for some reason.) Mako is the new Zuko, I think.

otherwise, was a bit strange to see the technological jump from the two series. That much modernization feels a bit off to me, and they are clearly going for a more modern Chinese city vibe (complete with triads!), but I did like how the 2nd episode ended. I think that Korra will definitely grow on me as a show.

I came to peace with the technological jump because the world of Avatar was doing the industrial revolution thing when we saw it 70 years ago, so progress is to be expected. I wouldn't have minded more story rooted in the same world we left but I'm still okay with what they've done.

Triads? Educate, please!

wow, this reply is somewhat late. The wikipedia article on the triads explains it better than I can. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_%28underground_society%29

Ooh, thanks for this! *settles in to get educated*

GOD. I AM WATCHING EP 1 NOW AND IT'S JUST. JUST.

A lot of yelling and flailing. Polar bear dogs! Korra's awesome! LIN BEI FONG. TENZING.

AANG'S GRANDCHILDREN.

When I saw Republic City I said, "I want to live there. In a way I never ached for Hogwarts like everyone else did, I WANT TO LIVE THERE."

I just love it, it's perfect, everything is perfect. I tend to follow shows slowly, start watching them once a week as they come out and then taper off and watch the rest later, or just wait until it's over and someone I trust tells me to watch it. Because usually I like shows, but I don't feel a burning need to watch them as fast as possible. I get distracted. But KORRA dfskja;fj this show gives me FEELINGS.

I can probably handle an episode a week since that's often the fastest I watch things anyway, but I don't know if I can handle having seen the first two episodes, getting hooked on the world and the music and the CHARACTERS (dear gods the characters) and then having to wait a month to get anything more.

~~also I may be writing Korra/Bolin/suits fic~~

Oh, I can SEE that fic! ~~Him with his arms around her showing her how things snap together...~~

When I really love a show and have to wait for episodes I get hyperventilaty. Hasn't happened for a couple years... *remembers Kuroshitsuji II*

When I saw ATLA I had the luxury of having it complete when I started watching, DVDs 'n' everything right at my fingertips. I've been whimpering for months and months now that I don't know how I'm going to stand going an episode a week, oh dear god a SEASON A YEAR. I WON'T MAKE IT HOLD ME SOMEONE.

Me tooo!!!! I hate waiting! but you know there's always a chance that some hacker or nick will leak another episode before then....:D

But they can't leak THE WHOLE SERIES AT ONCE and that would be the ideal that would save me. ^_^ But I must wait and will wait and will count the waiting and anticipating as part of the experience. But only because I'LL HAVE NO CHOICE. ^_^

It was the mention of Sokka being gone that had me wailing quietly into my tissue :(

This. T_T who's going to come up with all the brainy ideas?

So much tissue wailing. I know he's gone because so many are gone, but they could have just not said that, you know? They made the choice to say, "We'll leave you guessing that maybe some of Katara's peers might still be alive and ancient, but we won't let you know who, and we ARE going to give you an emotional jolt that someone you care about is gone, gone, gone, because this show is not shy with its well-placed emotional jolts."

You know why this is? This is because they are evil, evil trolls. Like that line about what happened to Zuko's mother. THEY TAUNT US! They hurt us precioussss!

I'm starting to like it more and more as the episodes progress. It's funny; I don't tend to like hothead characters, but I do like Korra (mainly because of the reasons you list above).

And not just score, but SCORE. The music is FABULOUS--obviously Chinese-influenced, but beautiful, and with some of the themes from the old series.

I KNOW we have to actually wait now *clings*

Oh, that music. If we'd lost that Chinese-influenced score my heart would have broken. I had to watch House of Flying Daggers that night to give me another dose. :D

I am delighted that you are delighted by the premiere episodes.

*pensive look* I am not sure if you are happy for me because a) you are simply pleased by my fandom-y glee or b) you don't like the new episodes yourself. Wanna talk more?

Of course! And it's definitely a! I'm just happy a writer whose Harry Potter fan work I adore is into a new series I love! :D

Squeal! And I'm enjoying it SO MUCH. It's already starting to inspire fic. ^_^

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