Anybody who thinks a scared untrained child is comparable to a trained adult that trusted the most evil looking dude when everyone else warned her not to:
Korra was 16
And "evil looking" is quite subjective. He was just a normal water tribe guy, he seemed stern, not mean. Which is consistent with his profession. Furthermore, his spiritual knowledge was very high, which contributed to her believing in him. Plus, Korra had just found out that everyone she trusted had lied to her and kept her trapped in the Water Tribe.
See good intentions. Why did she never ask about this. Like, yeah, they lied to her, but she never asked why. Instead, she jumped in front of the first person who dangled the carrot and played like a fittle. Also, for a second, let's ignore the whole avatar eraser thing. Why on God's green earth would she leave the spirit relm wide open after witnessing Wan's whole anime back story? Like hardly anything good has come from it and now it's more than likely the reason why the world is fucked now!
in universe reason, a freer exchange can alloe for actual communication and understandibg. As it is Unalaque was a damn psycho but could get the spirits on his side and also knew spirit stuff better than most.
Korra also probably saw few people, outside of immediate family and her teachers. Unaloque was just one more person she mever saw. The White Lotus meant well but their decision was ultimately the wrong one, though i will admit that hindsight is also 20 20
Again, we see countless examples of why the spirits can't co-exist with humans. Hell The spirits were the reason humans only lived on the lion turtles. Also, Korra never tried to communicate or bridge a connection between the human and spirits. All she did was beat up either side whenever they action out and used the spirit world as a honeymoon spot.
Also, even after the air benders were brought back, why would she leave it open? There's no reason to. They actively gain nothing but more problems from keeping it opening, like people figuring out they can make weapons with the destructive power of a mini death star.
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u/Business-Ad7289 Mar 01 '25
Anybody who thinks a scared untrained child is comparable to a trained adult that trusted the most evil looking dude when everyone else warned her not to: