That was an amazing, albeit, slightly rushed finale. Iroh was epic. Korra was epic. Bolin was epic. Asami was epic. Mako was a JERK. Amon's story was mindblowing and even touching. (but I strangely called it) And the ending was a bit Du Ex Machina but still pleasing.

However, I have one big problem. How in the world did they pull off a Murder-Suicide (Not spoiling because I won't say who dies) onscreen without getting flak from Nickelodeon?! The show is rated Y-7! That was very PG. . .

Overall, I enjoyed the finale, but there were some things that bugged me.

-Amon uses bloodbending to take away people's bending. Okay, but... how? Just "bloodbending" is not really an answer. It probably won't be resolved, but it's a huge hole in the story.

-Naga saves Asami, Iroh, and Bolin. How did she get past the fence? I suppose she could have jumped it (we saw a pretty good jump out of her in "Turning the Tides"), but whatever.

-Korra lost all of her bending, but not her airbending. It's not the fact that she could airbend, or that she was good at it (she said she'd mastered lots of forms in "When Extremes Meet") that bothered me, but again... the why? It's never explained why her airbending wasn't taken away.

-Mako says Amon would just redirect his and Korra's attacks, making it seem like he was doing that all along. But every time someone is bloodbended, they are very aware of it. How does Amon bloodbend without people noticing? Is he just that good at it?

-Amon just "believes bending is the root of all evil"? That is a forced and weak motivation.

Besides that, I feel as though a lot could be edited out of the series to make it clearer and to focus a lot more on the main plot: the Equalists.

-Pro-bending as a whole. It adds nothing to the story, and essentially wastes two and a half of the twelve episodes. I've never seen anyone say they preferred the sissy pro-bending to the real, more violent bending of a real battle. It seems like something Mike and Bryan came up with, and thought it was a cool idea so they shoved it into a story where it doesn't belong.

-The love triangle. It seems like it's there just to have the shipping, and not as a natural part of the story. As a whole, all of the romance felt separate from the rest of the plot, rather than as a part of it, like it should be. I didn't really care who Korra ended up with, or whether she ended up with anyone at all. I normally really get into shipping, but the romance in this show seemed forced and shallow.

-Mako, Bolin, and Asami. Hear me out, here. Without them, we can still have Korra, Tenzin, and Lin. Tenzin and Lin are important figures in Republic City who Korra would have to interact with anyway. Without pro-bending, there's no real way to introduce Bolin or Mako, and by extension, Asami. Hiroshi Sato can be evil without a daughter. Without the rest of "Team Avatar," we can avoid the fact that we're supposed to believe they're all really good friends when there's no real evidence of that in the show at all. (Plus, with how he treated Asami, Mako became an unlikable character to me.)

Now, I still want to say after all that, that I enjoyed the finale and The Legend of Korra as a whole. I just think some things could have been done or explained better. Discuss?

@gome: I think it's pretty clear that Amon and Tarrlok are dead. It's just not plausible that he survived. I think that Tarrlok's decision makes sense, and I respect him as a character because of his backstory and that decision. Amon's death was a twist, and I didn't have any issue with that part of the story. But that's just my opinion.

I know Naga can fight for herself, but that doesn't explain how she got past the electric fence.

That reason for her not losing airbending is just speculation. A fan's guess doesn't fix the fact that it was left completely out of the show, and it doesn't fix the plot hole.

That's what I'm thinking, but every other time we've seen bloodbending, the person is very aware. And don't you think you'd notice if your arm jerked a little so your lightning bolt would miss? It just seems odd to me.

Saying "it's a kids show" doesn't excuse pointless filler and unnecessary characters in a show that didn't have time for it. I know the reasons why they had it, but strictly from a story and writing standpoint, those things don't need to be there.

Your reason for pro-bending is to introduce Mako and Bolin, but if pro-bending wasn't there, they wouldn't need to be either. Why does there need to be people she interacts with her own age (other than the fact that it's a kids show)? We're supposed to believe that "Team Avatar" are all really good friends at the end, but I don't get that feeling at all. There was no development of their relationships at all, but we're just supposed to take it in stride and not question it?

The romance part can be cut for the same reason, that just twelve episodes isn't enough to adequately explore all of this. Makorra was the most forced of all the relationships, but I don't think it would be if there was more time. But the Equalist plot itself wasn't even fully explored, and it was the main plotline of the show.

Hiroshi wasn't evil because of Asami. He was anti-bending because a firebender killed his wife. He abandoned and attempted to at least hurt, if not kill his daughter. She didn't need to be there in order to have Hiroshi on the Equalist side. Having someone kill your wife is plenty of motivation.

How is it a dumb ending? It's Tarrlok taking responsibility for his and his family's actions. I thought it was in character with the new Tarrlok we saw in "Skeletons in the Closet." I'm curious as to why you think it's "dumb."

Maybe theoretically they could have survived it, but I think it's pretty clear that they died in the explosion. Especially because there was originally only going to be these twelve episodes.

I think they said in one of the interviews I posted awhile ago that they picked or preferred the mini-series format. I liked it overall, too. I looked forward to and enjoyed it every week. Mostly, I just wish the characterization was better, and that some of the major plot holes would be filled. But I like The Legend of Korra. I really do. Here's to hoping season 2 is better.

@gomenesigh: I'm not judging it based on the network, I'm judging it as a work and as a successor to Avatar: the Last Airbender. Avatar pushed the boundaries of shows on Nickelodeon further, and I expected Korra to push them again. It did in some ways, but the main character development and overall characterization fell flat. There's nothing wrong with ending a show with someone not in a relationship. And who is to say she doesn't have friends? I'd guess she had friends in the south pole. And besides, I believe sixteen is an adult in the Avatar world, and Korra is seventeen. As the Avatar, she's going to have to deal with adults even as a "kid." There's little to no character or relationship building in the show, so it makes the friendships and relationships seem forced. The writers tried to cram too much into too few episodes.

You said "I don't believe Hiroshi would be evil without Asami." That's saying Asami was the reason he was evil, so you did say it.

All you said about the ending is this: "It's a very anti climactic way for Amon to die in the end really... I don't believe a show like Korra would have such a dumb ending like that killing himself and his brother." That's not any reasoning at all, it's an opinion without any reasons given. All I said is that I was curious, and you refused to elaborate or give more detail.

Also, there's no need to say things like "people like you" and "I'm not going to repeat myself." I'm trying to have a friendly discussion. "People like me" is a lot of people who hoped for a lot out of this show. And you wouldn't be repeating yourself because you'd be saying it for the first time.

@Saphirarox: I have no problem with letting us make assumptions. But Energybending was explained in the first show, so I don't understand why they didn't explain this.

I knew Makorra would happen too, but the characters weren't developed enough for it to be convincing. Hardly anyone says anything that isn't directly related to the plot (the exception being "The Spirit of Competition," the only episode with any real "Team Avatar" character development).

I noticed that too. I'm just thinking they'll be dead because The Legend of Korra was originally only supposed to be the first season. That's kind of why almost all of the loose ends were tied up.

Drawing your own conclusions is one thing, but it doesn't make sense. Why wouldn't all of the Avatar's bending be taken at once? Does that mean Amon could've just take firebending, for example? It's just never made clear or explained, and I feel like it's something that should be.

I think Roku was usually blue, like Aang when he went to the spirit world. But yeah, I had no problem with Aang showing up the way he did.

I guess I'm asking why it's anti-climactic then. If it's just your opinion but you don't have any concrete reasoning, then okay.

I think the characters would have been better developed and the relationships would seem more real if there had been more episodes or more time devoted to character development. To me, that's important in a story.

But it isn't a speculative thing. She got a clear picture of Aang. It's not really something that's unclear. I know you know that, though.

Where does it say in the first show that bending requires certain chakra flow? In the first show, chakras were just essential to the Avatar State. Aang could airbend before he released his chakras. Which of the "the things we learned about bending in the original Avatar" are you referring to?

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So, the San Diego Comic Con is coming up, and there's going to be a Korra Panel. This post on ASN details the information, as well as giving to places to follow along live. The important part, to me at least, is that we might get some information about Book 2!

I never said it wasn't an opinion. I'm just asking why you think it's anti-climactic.

Who is "the monk?" Guru Pathik? I looked through all of his lines in "The Guru," and he never says that each bending element is associated with a chakra. Also, Aang had bent all four of the elements before he ever opened any of the chakras.

Here's the transcript for "The Guru." I want to see where "the monk" says that.

Sorry to interrupt here guys, but MAJORLY EXCITING NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT!! There have been 26 new episodes of Korra ordered by Nickelodeon, giving us Books 3 and 4 or in other words, season 2! Apparently Season 1 comprises of Books 1 (Air) and 2 (possibly "Energy"!). This means the show in total will be 52 episodes, 1 episode more than ATLA! More details and article here. I can't wait for this!!!! :D

Are you sure it's going to be just 52? That quote says that they are ordering an additional 26 episodes alone and that doesn't even count the first season of Korra. When I first looked at it I thought it meant that First season was 14, the next 3 will consist of 52 in all but that is a liiittle much. I'm a little disappointed if that is the case which makes next season only 12 episodes long (possibly). That would put episodes at 66 by the end if my first thoughts were right which is a looot more than the original Avatar. In any case, I hope they get rolling soon on that! I can't wait to see what happens in the next season.

This is good news. Plenty more episodes, so plenty more time to flesh out these characters, and hopefully let us see more of the Avatar world in Korra's time period. I really hope there's more information about this at SDCC.

They are doing the one villain per book thing, if this interview is any indication:

I'd imagine that Book 2, at least, will have its own villain. The interview I linked to says "Nickelodeon had picked up 'Korra' for 12 episodes but recently decided to order 14 more shows," so the one-season-villain should be true for Book 2.

I want to know whether the new 26 episodes will be their own season, or broken up into two more books. I really hope it's the former, because that allows time for the plot to breathe and makes their pacing easier to manage.

Well, SDCC is tomorrow, so we shouldn't have to wait long for more information.

It's not really a leak since it's from one of the creators, but that's awesome.

I have a feeling that if Mike and Bryan are the only head writers for episodes, like in Book 1, the issues people had with Korra are going to remain. Hopefully they have additional writers or I'm wrong, but we'll see.

At any rate, I guess let's hope for more information about Book 2 specifically from SDCC tomorrow.

I get what you're saying, but I still care if it's good or not.

Also, here's some information about Book 2, including the title: www.avatarspirit.net/news.php?id=674

It certainly looks like we can see more of the Avatar world, including the Spirit World.

Here's a summary of (hopefully) all of the information gained from SDCC:


Source for that quote.

There's also a news story on Hollywood.com detailing some information.

There's also a poster titled "New Friends." (picture)

Individual buttons of the characters were also given out. (picture)

That's kind of old news, but I don't think it was shared here, so that's good. I wasn't too impressed with the first two parts of The Promise, so I'm not really excited about The Search. It'll be cool to find out what happened to Ursa, but the comics themselves kind of suck.

would this be on hulu cause i know its not on netflix

Toph probably could have helped him find it. She's familiar with the metal it's made from because of her bracelet.

You should be able to watch all of the episodes on Nick's site, or here, or various other places if you search.

Someone uploaded the entire Korra panel to Youtube, if you guys would like to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqFQ-MoFTbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_yA-m9Nq9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHzXjgZnouY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W81HyvWYOXc

A sword definitely seems like a dated weapon considering the technology we saw in Korra.

The Nick shop now has Korra merchandise in it. Some of it's pretty cool, though it seems a little pricey for what you're actually buying.

IGN has posted an article about Korra, which gives us a little more information on Book 2.

Highlights of new information:

- "While the creators mentioned that additional appearances from Avatar Aang are still possible, they also revealed that they have something special planned for Book Two. 'We have one of the most flashback-y of flashbacks coming up,' said DiMartino. 'We have something in store. We don’t want to give it away quite yet. It seems like we always do some kind of flashback episode or sequence, something like that.'"

- "DiMartino clarified the love interest situation: 'Korra and Mako are now together,' he said. 'They both have these really important jobs. He’s a cop, she’s the Avatar -- and things can get a little complicated. They’re in these respectable positions, and they're trying to maintain this relationship. Then we have one of the most bizarre love stories for Bolin, which I don’t want to give away. In Avatar, we have plenty of relationship stuff going on -- love triangles and stuff like that -- but I think the ones we deal with in Book Two, we’ve never done before. They’re different dynamics.'"

So, possibly another appearance from Aang, some kind of huge flashback (probably relating to the original characters, is my guess), Mako and Korra are still together, and Bolin may finally find a girl of his own.

So it's getting to be that time again... time for Korra to come back :D anyone hear anything about the release date? I haven't really been keeping up with it but I'm guessing sometime next month? or is it still further off?

also it makes me sad how there have been no posts here since August :(

Haha true. I like your avvy by the way!

But yeah I kept seeing rumors about it being March but that seems a bit too early, considering it's about 12 days away...

This is from The Avatar Portal's twitter:



That was from February 27th, so.... I'm not sure :/

They did have this color correction image for the 2nd book though. Looks good to me!

Haha yeah, no one can mess with Korra 8)

But ahh exciting news!! According to this short article, the LoK season 2 premiere should be sometime in mid April! :D Although there is no official release date as of yet, Janet Varney (voice actress for Korra) tweeted a fan saying the date would be mid-April. But we can expect them to announce that date soon. Some people are finding it strange that there has been no other word of the release aside from this though, so maybe we can't say for certain whether it will come out next month or not. My guess it will be sometime before summer though...

That'd be awesome if it did, but I'm not gonna get my hopes up. Especially because there isn't any official news yet. It started in April last season, I believe, so I could see it starting around the same time.

I check AvatarSpirit every couple of days, and they only put official news, so I should know fairly quickly if it's announced officially. Hopefully it's coming soon.

Yeah, unfortunately Janet Varney tweeted again saying she was wrong about the mid-April release :( But I've been hearing that it should be out at least by the summer..... I guess I shouldn't have been surprised though, we've only seen two fully finished images from Season Two, as seen here:

Bolin talking to Eska (Korra's cousin)
http://25.media.tumblr.com/a4f4dea91906f22089a5e6eeb8d232fe/tumblr_mkg9jiidCp1qez005o1_500.gif

http://25.media.tumblr.com/928588363ccce88626cf1fe9ea7e6f45/tumblr_miaobiKz0W1rptk5lo1_1280.jpg

Where are those images from? One of the creators' Tumblrs or something? I don't think they've had a presence at any recent conventions.

They're from Bryan's tumblr. The Eska and Bolin one is pretty new, but I think the Korra color correction is about a month or so old? In any case, it seems like the show is still not ready to have a trailer released. And as you said, no official news from Nick has been released, so we still have to wait for that.

In other Avatar-related news though, the Search part 1 is out! We actually got it in the mail today. I'll let you guys know how it is ;P I kinda can't believe it took them nearly 5 whole years to tell us what happens to Ursa though.....

I think It could really happen this summer or fall. Hopefully summer, but fall wouldn't be too bad. As long as we're not waiting all the way until next year.

I'll have to read that, too. Maybe I'll have to get a copy. Or wait for Dark Horse to release a digital copy.

I agree, haha. Even if it's an airdate for fall, at least it's an airdate nonetheless.

Haha same, only because I thought all along it would be out at least by summer if not spring. Dang false promises -_-

So maybe we can talk a little about the upcoming season to help the time pass by. So far we know it takes place half in Republic City, and half in the Southern Water Tribe. There's going to be a festival of sorts, and during that time the main villain, which is a spirit voiced by Grey DeLisle, will make its appearance, correct? I'm interested to see Korra interact more with her spiritual side. She really needs to focus on that and less so on the physical bending aspect. The Avatar has to be well-rounded 8)

Sounds right to me. Besides checking if there's an airdate, I haven't really kept up too much on the show. I'll get back into it when it gets closer.

I do definitely agree that Korra needs to focus more on the spiritual aspect. I don't think we ever really saw her do anything with it in the first season, unless you count the deus ex machina thing with Aang at the end.

I'd still like to find out exactly how Amon got rid of people's bending using bloodbending, but I suppose we can only guess at a true answer.

Yeah same, the only things I ever see are from like facebook and twitter posts lol, even then I sometimes read through those without noticing. #oops

Haha yeah, communicating with Aang was about the only spiritual exchange we saw her take part in. It makes sense for them to have made Korra like this, though, after Aang being Mr. Spiritual-Mambo-Jambo pants lol :P

That's the biggest gripe I had with the last season, cause we were just supposed to be content with "oh he used bloodbending to take people's bending" -____- And now since they're moving on to a new villain, I feel like they might not go much into the Amon stuff anymore. But maybe they'll have a nice tie-in or something cool.

Also, The Search was GREAT. Yous def have to read it!

Aside from maybe a small mention, I doubt we'll see too much about Amon. And he won't be making a new appearance, because he's most likely dead.

The Promise wasn't that great, so I didn't really have high hopes for The Search, but it could be better I suppose.

That seems plausible. It's possible he looked sick to convey how upset he'd been about losing his bending too, though. It's Tahno, by the way. I had to check.

I believe they did say she would be working more with her spiritual side. And even if they didn't, the next book is called "Spirit." That alone gives us a clue of at least some of the content. That scenario sounds familiar, too.

Right, we've only seen a little bit of the Spirit World in the past. Just that bit in the season 1 finale of ATLA.

That should be interesting. The only real "enemy" spirit was Koh in ATLA. So really, the villain could be capable of anything.

Well, I know Bolin is the leader of a new Fire Ferrets (since Mako and Korra left), so it seems likely we'll see him again. Or at least possible.

I don't feel too much excitement yet. I might when we actually get a release date, but I'm not feeling too much right now. Which is actually good, because I'm waiting on too many other things right now.

It's extremely likely we'll see him again actually. He told Aang they would meet again. Based on that conversation, he would count meeting Korra as meeting Aang again, because they're both the Avatar.

Most likely a ridiculous entry sequence, like the one from the first season in the finals.

For the most part, it's when I get a release date for something that I get excited for it. That's not true for everything, but it seems to be for Korra.

For a second I thought you guys were talking about Aang meeting Tahno again, and I was so confused hahaha. But yeah, I do think it's likely we'll be seeing Koh again in Korra. I mean spirits are immortal, so he's still around, and the book is "Spirit" (like you already said) lol soo. I wonder if they'll elaborate on Kuruk ever finding his wife Ummi? Since Koh's face did change to her face once, in one of The Siege of the North episodes. I mean probably not, but it's cool to think about.

I mean I'm kinda excited just thinking about the fact that sometime in the neat future we'll be able to sit down and experience new Korra episodes :D But yeah, it'll definitely be more exciting having a release date.

Bryan posted another finished image from Book 2 on Tumblr:


Korra, upset with someone off-screen, yet pleased with her new Book 2 shirt.

I doubt we'll see anything like that. Didn't the Avatar Escape comics deal with that though in Kuruk's "episode"?

I think so. I always get pumped for stuff once I know when it's coming.

I'm glad he posted an image that gives virtually no information. Although it looks like she's in a Water Tribe building, based on the waterfall and blue background.

At any rate, there's a little news: the DVD/Bluray of the first season is coming out on July 16th. So that's something. Although I already have them digitally, so I'll likely skip the release. Though the bonus features might be cool.

Well, I don't even know where to find the Avatar Escape comics anymore. I know AvatarSpirit has transcripts of them, but that's not really the same. But I don't even think Nick has the Flash game up anymore. I suppose they may be on YouTube.

As long as they make it more relevant, I'm game. Probending kind of completely dropped out of the story after the tournament. I guess I get why, but after spending several episodes on it, it seems weird. I feel like they could have been more productive with that airtime.

I can't really tell, but I don't think it's her hair. I thought it was that loose strand, but that looks like it goes off to the other side of her nose. I don't know.

I know that ATLA is on Netflix, so TLOK will probably make its way there eventually.

Hey, there's actually some information on Book 2! This information comes from IGN. I'll post the part of the article about Korra:

The stuff about that scene is pretty cool, but the biggest thing to me is the statement about it coming out "later this year." Since we're already so close to summer, it seems like we're looking at a fall airdate for Book 2.

Oh, I'm sure they will. I mean, why not air seven in the fall and seven in the spring? Although I doubt it will ever be as bad as the wait between the first and second halves of the third season of AtLA. That was several months long.

First or second, since there's a good chance they'll air together as the premiere of the second season.

It would definitely be awesome if there were more episodes now, but I have enough occupying me and other stuff coming out this summer that I'll be alright for the time being. And I think that would probably be a good way to get your Avatar fix.

Ugh I've totally been forgetting to post in here! I actually had a somewhat important tidbit of information to share.

So Grey DeLisle a.k.a. the voice actress for Azula tweeted something a while back that may or may not be important as to the air date for Korra Season 2. The tweet since then has been deleted, so I don't know what that says, but it was something like, "LEGEND has it that certain hard-KORR fans will get a surprise this SUMMER, just in the NICK of time". But again, it's hard to say anything about this, if it holds any validity or not. Judging from her twitter, Ms. DeLisle can be a bit eccentric lol.

But I seriously need my Avatar fix too! Cripes it's been so long since Season 1 came out that I've forgotten my love for ATLA/LoK :'(

So, we have some footage from Book 2! Here's all of the relevant info:

The Actual video from IGN

Summary of the scenes from AvatarSpirit.net:


Thoughts?

Dear God, that girl was annoying as hell! lol. And she said, "I just airbent"..... which doesn't make sense lol. But the clip looks pretty sweet!! We're finally seeing small bits get released.... I guess Nick is slowly starting to promote the new season. The only gripe I have is that the one spirit looks a little weird? Idk, it looks a little too cartoonish, and doesn't seem to fit in to me. I mean the one from the scene where she's fighting alongside Mako. The bending and other aspects look great, though.

Did you mean the awed look at the very end? Idk, I guess it would be because the spirit wasn't affected by her airbending. Is it possible to fight against spirits, actually....? Aang kinda fought against Hei Bai in the episode, The Spirit World... but I can't remember if his attacks did anything.

I agree that I think they did it to make them look otherworldly. That's what I assumed when I saw it.

I'm glad they're promoting the second season a little bit now, but I wish we had an airdate.

A couple of new things:

The Legend of Korra won "Outstanding Casting For An Animated Series or Special" at the Daytime Emmys. Cool to see the show recognized.

And here is a quote from Bryan's blog:

Hopefully we'll get a new clip or two from SDCC. I'm expecting at least a trailer for the new season.

Ah, I didn't even think about an airdate! Hopefully.

We do know now that Nickelodeon's panel in on July 19 from 11:15am to 12:15pm (in Ballroom 20, if for whatever reason you end up attending).

Nick is also making an interactive book, The Legend of Korra: Enhanced Experience, available in iBooks on July 2. Characters, animatics, and storyboards are present.

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So it's really not too far away!

Some information from the interactive ebook, The Legend of Korra: Enhanced Experience.



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Did I forget something from earlier where it says he's the antagonist for Book 2? Not saying he couldn't be, but that description doesn't scream "bad guy" to me.

From Comic-Con's website:

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Cool! Thanks for posting the Enhanced Experience info, I was annoyed when I found out you could only view it on iPad and hence didn't try to look more into it lol.

Hmm, Unalaq is definitely jealous of his brother, but idk if that means he will be a bad guy or not. It seems feasible though. Are Desna and Eska his kids? Looks like their relationship with Korra might make them slightly antagonistic.

But wow.... I didn't even realize from this picture that one's a boy and one's a girl lol.


But yay! Can't wait for the Comic Con news Less than 2 weeks!

Really big information this time, guys! ASN was able to interview the co creators of Avatar and Korra, so here's the link!

The biggest things to me are how Amon was able to block bending (as a "word of god" answer) and that Book 2 will come "soon." To me, that seems like an airdate revealed at SDCC and this fall it'll air? Maybe in the spring I guess, but spring doesn't feel "soon" like fall does.

Of course, there's other stuff in there too, but those are the biggest things for me.

And the Korra panel is on July 19th.

I'm gonna go ahead and double post for this. I'll get right to it and make it quick.

Book 2 in September 2013.

Trailer.

Sneak peek of Chapter One: Rebel Spirit. Nick.com Crappy YouTube Upload. (There used to be a better YouTube version, but it got taken down.

Thread on ASN with links to information, pictures, etc. on today's panel.

Also, the full episode "Rebel Spirit" was shown at SDCC today. Hopefully Nick uploads it soon, like they did with the first two episodes of Book One. Or it leaks. You know, whichever.

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So Nick isn't going to post it, because they suck, basically. Because we all have the means to just go to Comic-Con, right? Yeah, okay. Thanks for the middle finger, Nick. I guess we're hoping for a leak.

EDIT2: So here's the deal. @KorraSpirit recorded the episode at the screening and is going to post the link to watch/download tomorrow at 12 BST (7am EDT). So, I'm gonna try and be up for it, but just so you guys know if you see this and want to try and grab it for yourself. By the way, you can see posted screens of the episode in earlier tweets by her.

EDIT3: Okay, this'll be my last edit here unless something else happens. Though @KorraSpirit didn't leak it, the episode has leaked. Obviously, it's done with a camera. The video's okay, all things considered, but the audio is, quite frankly, pretty crap. It's discernible at times if you turn it up, but otherwise it's really not. I do have links to the leak if you're interested, just send me a PM about it (since I'd rather not post a link to something that's not really legal).

That is the first ever Avatar. Wan. Quote from ASN:

Yeah, and at the panel, the one of the creators lumped the whole fandom together calling them "those people online," so it's all kind of irritating as a fan of the show. I'll see if I can find the exact quote for a later post.

I would. Honestly, I probably am. I can't really understand anything they say in the few parts I've tried to watch (outside of a few phrases), so I'll probably wait until it officially airs. Unless a decent quality leak comes out, like when the first episode leaked ahead of Korra Nation's release of it.

That seems plausible. He was a bender before he became the Avatar, so he had to be one of the four.

Yeah, September is only a little over a month away. Although if it airs later in September, it's more like two months, but that's still not that bad.

Well, it may have seemed significant in ATLA, but in TLOK firebenders aren't considered "evil" at all any more. It could mean something, of course, but I feel like it wouldn't - or perhaps shouldn't - have significance in TLOK.

I really hope Nick will change their tune and let us see the first episode. That seems unlikely, however. If that doesn't happen, I don't think we'll really get anything else besides a commercial or two when we get close.

I found what Bryan said at the panel before they previewed Rebel Spirits:


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I just find that off-putting.

Possibly. There could still be lingering feelings from the people who were alive during the war, perhaps.

As long as it's not like the commercials from last season. With the Nick comments? "Bolin makes me lol" and such? Ugh. That commercial.

I doubt he was trying to be offensive either, but he says it like anyone can just go to Comic-Con. It's not like the tickets sell out in twenty minutes, or that it's pretty expensive with tickets, travel, hotel, parking, or whatever. We don't all have the money or time to go, but he was acting like other people weren't as big of fans because they didn't - couldn't - go.