That was my main complaint with TLoK. Seems like every other episode she's either severely injured or put into some kind of coma that takes her out of action.
But LOK had crazy villains and Korra was not strong enough for them, so it makes sense. I prefer this over the "good guy ALWAYS wins!🌈" philosophy in kids‘ animation. She struggled severely to keep going and I found that refreshing to see. So that doesn’t bother me at all. However, all of that has taken a huge psychological toll on her and it apparently can only get worse and ultimately end in utter chaos. The more I think about it as I type, the more it wouldn’t surprise me if we do get a euphemism for Korra‘s suicide in the new show. Something like she detached her spirit from her body and disappeared into the spirit world forever until her physical body turned into dust, idk. Either that or she is BRUTALLY killed. This girl has no luck. 💔
I don’t have a problem with the hero struggling against villains. My problem is when it seems half their fights leave them in a near-death state like Invincible.
Struggling is natural, that's what make it a good story. But why is that Korra has to constantly have physical handicaps?
Korra has many flaws that make her a good hero imo. She has a certain level of arrogance she struggles against, she's hot-headed and quick to anger, she's really physically strong and an amazing natural bender but about a spiritual as a damp rock, she was raised largely in seclusion from the outside world sort of like a monk but then tossing into a chaotic urban setting. The list could go on.
Rather than watching her struggle with and overcome a lot of those flaws, she instead gets chained up, poisoned and borderline tortured at times until her past lives or some random spirit mumbo-jumbo feels bad for her and sort of cleans up the mess.
For the record, I still love TLoK, I just think that Korra was the weakest link in the story since the story seems more interested in putting her through the ringer than actually seeing her grow as character.
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u/losivart Feb 20 '25
That was my main complaint with TLoK. Seems like every other episode she's either severely injured or put into some kind of coma that takes her out of action.