lizbee | Legend of Korra 1.10: "Turning the Tides" (Reply)

EXCUSE ME, IT APPEARS TO BE RAINING ON MY FACE.

Things which never fail to make me emotional (in a good way): characters knowingly walking towards inevitable death or destruction, hoping that the outcome is worth it. THAT LADY IS MY HERO. She fought for the future of airbending, and refused to give up Korra, and in doing so lost her bending, and with it a strong connection with her mother.

I also love stories about characters who have suffered great losses rebuilding their lives. I WANT ALL THE FIC, GUYS. ALL THE FIC. And maybe a whole series just about Lin Beifong.

(I also note that Lin paid attention to Sokka, Toph and Suki's tales of airship-destruction, and also took lessons from Zuko and Azula in Airship Surfing 101.)

(Someone on

white_lotus is arguing that this is (a) a sexist punishment of Lin for being single, and also (b) the tragedy of losing one's bending is being overplayed. MY EYEROLLS, LET ME SHOW YOU. I was going to compare it to a disease that leaves one physically disabled, but it's more like a physical assault. To me, anyway.)

Also, GENERAL IROH. I am kind of side-eye at the naming, because everything I've read says that most Asian cultures avoid naming people after others, but hey, we already had Azula being named for Azulon. I feel kind of bad for him, though, because while Dante Basco is almost 40, he sounds perennially 15. I'm guessing he's the son of the current Fire Lord (and, I think Bumi, who is seen wearing the same collar as other Fire Nation royals in the scanned family tree), but until proven otherwise, I choose to believe that he was an unexpected change-of-life baby for Zuko and Mai. (Not least because he looks way too pale to be Bumi's son, although obviously Tenzin is also very pale, and genetics can work oddly like that.)

(I have this whole fanon worked out for the royal family, with Fire Lord Honoria actually being Zuko and Mai's second child, and only becoming the crown princess after the death of her older brother in early adulthood. Which is purely because another narrative I enjoy is people being unexpectedly put in situations they're not quite prepared for, and finding that they can cope and thrive. Anyway, I'm going to be super-irate [not really, I HOPE] when the show gives me some other kind of story all together.)

It does worry me a little, though, that apparently the United Republic's army is three days away from its capital city. IDK, was it off waging war on Kyoshi Island or something? IT SEEMS POORLY PLANNED, IS ALL.

Oh, oh, oh, and TENZIN. It seemed almost like a relief when he was attacked outside the council building, like he could stop waiting for the other shoe to drop and defend himself without worrying about his family. But no, they were just saving Air Temple Island as a last resort. (I have so much side-eye for people who still say they're on Amon's side, btw, when he has shown himself more than willing to wipe out the last half-dozen remnants of a culture and tradition destroyed by genocide.) It was cool to see him finally letting loose in a proper fight.

OH WAIT, WERE THERE OTHER CHARACTERS IN THIS EPISODE? OH RIGHT, AIRBABIES. So great, those kids. Aang would be proud. Except maybe of the fartbending, but I'm possibly projecting there. I SHARE LIN'S FEELINGS ABOUT MEELO. So does

delphi, and you can pretty much just read her post and assume I agree with everything.