In the midst of an "Avatar" fandom renaissance sparked by "Avatar's" return to the platform in May , fans will now be able to watch both the original series and its four-season sequel. Bold, brash, and filled to the brim with confidence, Korra travels to Republic City, a bustling s-esque metropolis that brings together people from all four nations.
There, she trains under airbending master Tenzin, joins a pro-bending team alongside a pair of brothers, and works to maintain balance amid growing tensions between benders and non-benders.
Across the show's four seasons, she becomes a fully realized Avatar, maintaining balance amid political strife. The explicit content of the series meant that Nickelodeon was hesitant to air Legend of Korra on a channel geared towards children, but pushing it online without warning meant that devoted fans had difficulty finding new episodes.
Already dealing with a ratings drop from waiting 18 months to release season 2, Legend of Korra never recovered after its move. Even despite Nickelodeon's sabotage, Legend of Korra season 5 may not have happened anyway, as DiMartino and Konietzko were ready to work outside of their creative partnership.
As a result of the show's soft cancellation or due to its low ratings, Legend of Korra season 5 never moved forward - but the story did continue after the show ended in a three-part graphic novel, Legend of Korra: Turf Wars. The graphic novel was written by DiMartino and is considered a canonical continuation of the series. Legend of Korra was criticized for the lack of an overarching plot but spent most of its run under the threat of cancellation due to the rapidly dropping ratings and explicit content.
Once the initial shock wore off, it was the innovations and the way they built on the incredible world of the original that made me obsess. JM: The thrill of Korra eventually getting gay is very important to me, even if I did spend a lot of the show wishing it got gayer faster. Bolin clearly needs to come out, this is my personal hobbyhorse, but anyway.
But Republic City looks gorgeous, especially whenever they include a painterly backdrop of the harbor or its pseudo Central Park, and so much thought was clearly put into the world-building. Korra befriends two competitive bending stars, Mako and Bolin, and the show does a great job with scenes where the matches play out without much exposition, trusting the action will explain itself. ZH: Not only does Korra have shorter seasons than TLA , but each season focuses on a different villain, starting with the totally-onto-something Amon.
It gives us a couple of iconic villains, each with a compelling set of morals that Twitter stans debate to this day, but I wish we had more time to duke it out and also see the effects of the resolution. I think they deserved more time to build up to the romantic climaxes. In later seasons, the focus on Korra and her personal relationships — especially with villains — really becomes the core of the show, as they strip away expectations. She also said that from her perspective, she saw only support from Nickelodeon.
But she understood how the network shifts looked to fans. All of this confusing history just makes the show all the more primed for a timely cultural reappraisal. But if many fans both new and old are looking forward to the Netflix release, plenty more are gearing up to re-wage old battles. When Airbender arrived on Netflix in May, it was an instant hit. But if many fans were overjoyed by the news, many others were disgruntled.
Additionally, many fans have been rehashing the old comparisons between Aang and Korra, often with the requisite sexism and homophobia embedded in the arguments against Korra. Irene also said she hoped viewers would give the show time to develop. Varney told me her hope is that more people get to experience Korra in a new context.
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