I was going to draw Mako and Bolin but then this happened.
I regret nothing.
finishing book 4
Korrasami, me encanta la idea de una asami igualitaria
En un mundo alternativo donde yo reescribo el libro 1, Korrasami inicia en el libro 1 después de que Asami se hace una facción de los igualitarios que enfrenta a Amon.
- Me desharía del triángulo amoroso
- Asami golpea a Korra con su vespa
- Yo sí hubiera hecho a Asami igualitaria, PERO disidente y cuando no le gusta el camino que está tomando Amon, hace su facción
- Asami vs Korra. Tienen varios encuentros, pero un encuentro, el decisivo donde vuelan puñetazos y se carean. Korra descubre la verdadera identidad de Asami, y que no está deacuerdo con el autoritarismo de Cd. República; y Asami que no está del todo de acuerdo con Amon, pero que la Igualdad debe prevalecer.
- Asami vs Amon. Asami se alia finalmente con el Avatar. También le planta cara a su padre y se defiende de su intento de asesinato.
This parallel is kind of fascinating to me, because it simultaneously shows how much Aang and Wan have in common while making it clear how different either of them are from Korra.
Can you imagine a bad guy ever saying that to Korra? It’s hard to do, isn’t it? What isn’t hard to imagine is how Korra would react if a bad guy said she was too afraid to use her power — she’d immediately act to prove them wrong.
Aang and Wan, when they have someone at their mercy, are kind of horrified about it. Their compassion takes over, and they pity the cowering, helpless adversary at their feet, whether they deserve it or not.
But Korra? Korra despises helplessness. She hates it in herself and holds those she inflicts it on in such contempt that she feels no guilt for even her most outrageous behavior. Her rage doesn’t dissipate when her enemies cower; if anything, it grows even more dangerous.
With that said, I would love to see Korra end up with a parallel scene sometime in Book 4, because it would simultaneously show just how far she’s grown and be something completely different from what we see here.
Imagine this: Korra decides, for whatever reason, that violence isn’t the answer, and holds herself back instead of finishing a fight. Her enemy, of course, mocks her for it. But, instead of looking away guiltily, her eyes flash with rage and she summons fire to her hands before she realizes what she’s doing. And then, she closes her eyes, takes a deep breath, and wills the fire away before saying, “If I were weak, you wouldn’t be here right now.”
I came across this when checking my meta master post for something else, and I feel like it needs an update, because Book 4 actually gave us two parallels rather than one. ;)
First, we get a rather direct parallel:
“I knew you were weak. [Gifs by Cainora]
And then we get the inverse:
“Her power is beyond anything I could ever hope to achieve” [Gif from Cainora, screenshot from Recentlyheard.com]
Even in the direct parallel, of course, the circumstances are different. Korra’s “mercy” is derived from mental illness rather than principle, and she probably agrees with Kuvira’s assessment of it as a sign of weakness.
But it’s the inverse in which the true brilliance lies, because it shows how different both Korra and Kuvira are from their predecessors.
Korra’s act of mercy isn’t motivated by horror and pity, but by a sense of kinship; she doesn’t relinquish her power over Kuvira out of guilt so much as use that power for Kuvira instead.
And Kuvira, in turn, recognizes that. She sees Korra’s mercy as powerful rather than seeing her as “weak” or “afraid,” and she respects her for it. It’s a great reversal of the usual dynamic that allows Korra to remain Korra while still showing how much she’s grown. ^_^
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