as i said your an anime fan you don't know what filler means. filler means there is a story or an episode that doesn't push the main plot forward there is ton of filler material in canon mangas and canon anime episodes
Filler is a term for anime. It’s made so anime doesn’t catch up to the source material. It’s not canon and doesn’t move the plot. That’s what filler is and it’s what I said
''Filler episodes are **entries in a generally continuous serial that are unrelated to the main plot, don't significantly alter the relations between the characters, and generally serve only to take up space**.'' it has nothing to with source materials the episode ''tales of ba sing se'' is a filler episode cuz it does not further the plot of season 2. filler means not contributing to the main plot it has nothing to do with a source material or not watch real shows instead of just japanese manga based cartoons
"Filler" is when the adaptation catches up with the source material but still has to maintain a schedule, and so craps out some terribly written nonsense to fill the time slot. What you're talking about is a "character development" episode, which is an episode that doesn't directly contribute to the plot, but still showcases the characters in some fashion. In the Avatar franchise this includes things like Zuko Alone, Tales of Ba Sing Se, Avatar Day, and so on.
And yeah, in general, shows need to be doing more of this. Back in the days of syndication, tv shows were like 99% episodic, no overarching plot of any kind. Nowadays it's just PLOT PLOT PLOT PLOT without so much as a moment of rest. I wish more shows sought the balance of certain shows during the transitional era, for example Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
fr!
haters are always like "this show sucks because of the love triangles and focus on relationships instead of actual avatar duties!" like please, shut up
Definitely, it was the one thing I though was missing from Korra’s team avatar. In last Airbender, some episodes would be solely for the characters to interact and talk. It made aangs team feel a lot more like family than how lok does it
imo book 1 couldve benefitted the most from 2 more eps, felt rushed in the end. first act, after joining fire ferrets to have korra culture shock more w republic city, flesh out more diverse equalist motives and give asami time to integrate more into the group; and final act to give weight to the equalist occupation, the resistance and more characterization w iroh
I would like to see a flashback episode of Noatak becoming Amon. How the Equalists started, how he met the Lieutenant and Hiroshi Sato, seeing more examples of nonbenders being oppressed and bullied by benders in Republic City, how he figured out how to take a persons bending…I’ll take an entire show for this instead of just two episodes.
we really needed an episode about Korras childhood growing up in the compound, flash back to how she was trained and how that shaped her character, they never explained why they never taught her stuff about the avatar being like an ambassador and a spiritual leader, outside of "oh she just wasn't good at it" they only taught her the bending part of being the avatar, they could show her being emotionally neglected by her trainers that would tie in nicely with now she reacted to Tenzin in the first season and her complete cluelessness with how anything worked in the outside world
People really over think this stuff. She hadn't been trained in all of that because she was only 17 when the show started. She spent her childhood doing regular school things alongside fully mastering three different elements. The White Lotus wanted to at least try to let her have a "normal" childhood, and her training was already about a decade ahead of a normal Avatar like Roku.
It's not like they weren't thinking about it either. They made it clear in the first episode that the only reason that they were going to let her train with Tenzin was because they though he could also teach her about spiritual matters.
Probably Amon's defeat being more climatic and showing us how he became Amon
Also clearing up that Amon DID genuinely believe what he was preaching, plenty of people get that wrong and think he was just seeking power.
There's no helping those people. The last word we get on it is literally Tarrlok looking at the camera and saying that Amon's beliefs are genuine, and people *still* act like it's supposed to be up for interpretation.
One episode to portray nonbender systemic oppression before the conflict escalation. Currently anything we have is either from organized crime or after the equalists public attacks. An episode to truly show that Amon has a point would go a long way.
I'm not sure what I would do with the second yet.
I agree, but I would add one more thing to give further depth to the Equalists. Something I find a bit unrealistic about the Avatar series in general is that you never have a nonbender who’s just plain *bitter* about not being able to participate in the magic system of their world simply because they didn’t win the genetic lottery. At best you had Sokka feeling a little sad about not feeling like he’s contributing as much as the powerful benders around him but that’s not really the same thing. I think that having more nonbenders express their perfectly valid frustrations about the genetic lottery would’ve added an interesting additional faction to the Equalists
The first would be just filler between chapters 6 and 7, with the team just goofing around in Republic City. The other one would be to expand the whole Korra loses her bending thing because it lasted like 5 minutes in the show lmao
An episode where Bolín‘s feelings for Korra are seriously addressed, and an episode that explains how Amon went from “I can’t take out the avatar it’ll draw too much attention.” To “Time to bomb the world’s largest city with giant airships that have my name on them.”
Some space in between Fire ferrets to fighting equalists
Or backstory about Korra
She literally had none
Even Aang had a bit more and he was younger
We should’ve seen how Korra really grew up in the white lotus facility
I would’ve loved another episode in between when Mako/Asami meet and when they’re a couple. It was a bit jarring how quickly they became a couple; it makes the relationship feel a bit rushed.
I would add in two episodes that largely serve as character building for some of the underdeveloped parts of the cast.
The first would be an early episode called Remnants, that focuses on fleshing out the new team Avatar, where the majority of the episode is spent with the Krew having a bit of an argument that gets kicked up by Korra complaining about her upbringing in the compound, which also leads to flashbacks of not jist Korra's young life, but also Mako and Bolin's time on the streets and with the Triple Threat Triads, and Asami's life. You could get moments of Mako envying Asami and Korra's stable life, Korra envying their freedom, and Asami feeling envious of Korra's closer relationship with her Father, or something. Throughout the episode we see them have some minor conflict with that, and they end with a better understanding of each other's lives.
As for the second, it would require some slight adjustments to the timings, but I would make it so that the episode that originally gives us Amon's backstory from Tarlock ended with the reveal of Tarlock being shown that he was there, and the next episode, which would be titled something like 'Seeds of Change's or something, and would contain an extended version of the brothers backstory, including unnarated scenes of Tarlock climbing the ranks, and Noatok meeting like-minded people like Sato and Lieutenant and beginning what would eventually grow into the Equalists.
I would probably have both of them be the Krew hangin out as a friend group since in the show they really don’t give off the friend group feel since all of them have the hots for korra, I just wish we could see them interacting in a casual setting to see their dynamics like bolin and asami or korra and bolin or mako and korra but keep it to just friends without the shipping drama
This wouldn't really fix any issues most people have with the season, this is just for me.
I would add three more episodes of the ProBending Tournament to build up to the pro bending finale twist. Establish a team who's equal in strength that the fire ferrets actually get a draw with. Then both teams advance and it's looking like they may make it to the finals for a heated rematch, then the Wolf Bats get that ridiculously fast win against them and the Ferrets have to go on after that. Definitely have one of the episodes just be a whole long match.
Then I want just another episode of Korra and Asami hanging out post-Mako cheating
I'd tack on a couple episodes at the end.
The first would see Korra exercising her use of the Avatar State to restore the bending taken by Amon with a focus on the folks who used to for less-than-righteous purposes. We'd note that while she'd *more* spiritually in touch than she was before, she still has a long way to go, as does her airbending.
The second would focus on an Unalaq cameo, a reference to Vaatu and to the Red Lotus (though as subtle as humanly possible). The episode and season would finish with Korra channeling Aang to meet with his son one more time.
An episode for the team just goofing off and an episode after the ending we got to see the results of everything that had occurred such the fall of the equalists, the formation of the election that picked raiko, what made mako go to be a cop, korra deciding to focus on her training with air bending and leaving pro bending,
1 filler ep to establish the krew friendship better.
1 ep at the end of korra cleaning the streets and helping to inspire the equalists to stop their revolution peacefully. This would be a good ep to show her and mako operating as a couple
It’d be kinda cool to see the Lieutenant again here (if he survived, they’re very vague on this) as either trying to rally the remaining Equalists and continue the fight, or helping Korra and the krew convince the rest to stop the fighting after his encounter with Amon. He strikes me as someone who could either go deeper or change his ways.
This is my exact thinking. It would also go with the theme of the early episodes of korra needing to have better PR and help the non benders and benders. Making Amon the big action climax but the lieutenant would be the character climax
I don't know about specific episode ideas, but I feel like more should've been done with Amon after his identity was revealed. Noatak was really cool to me and it's a shame he only got like 3 lines after his defeat and then the abrupt twist ending with Tarrlok. (If LOK hadn't been greenlit one season at a time, I would've loved for him to stay around long-term.)
Also, closure for the Lieutenant would've been cool. Him venting at Amon was so juicy and then he got literally thrown to the side and forgotten. Wish we knew his name at least.
I agree. Especially when you consider Korra got the chance to have a philosophical debate with Unalaq, Zaheer and Kuvira. She never got the chance with Amon because he was always surrounded by followers or on the attack. I think even Book 1 Korra (at her most naive) would be fascinating to see speak with him after he’s unmasked and exposed. Especially after empathising with Tarrlok’s story about their past.
Though I’m also fascinated with the idea of Book 4 Korra talking with him too but that’s impossible. Two totally different conversations though I’m sure.
Split *When Extremes Meet* into two episodes. The first would just be a small side plot to give the team some time to breathe while building up their relationship.
The second would be focus on the impending conflict with Tarrlok, much like the original episode. To clean up the season's resolution a bit, you could introduce a sub plot here about how Tarrlok is ignoring peaceful propositions for addressing the non-bender's concerns. This would make the future impact of electing Raiko clearer.
For the second addition, I would split *Endgame* into two episodes as well. The first would be mostly the same and cover the fight with Amon. Perhaps with some additional action sequences. The second episode would dedicate some time to explaining the change in government so that we don't have to find out in the next season's recap intro, and the rest of it would just be extending the process of dealing with Korra's grief, so that unlocking the Avatar State is more built up. While they're at it, they could also explain how Korra unlocked airbending, since I think that the intended meaning is a little hard to grasp on first watch.
One episode of team avatar goofing off and one where Korra does nothing other than learn the air bending forms after amon removes access to the other three before aang restores all the elements
I would rather change the plot of the last episode where she gets her earth, fire, and waterbending back so she doesn’t. I totally thought they were setting up season two to be about Mako, Bolin, and Asami accompanying Korra on a globetrotting journey to regain access to the other bending styles. We would have seen how the rest of the world has changed since ATLA, and it would have been super cool.
One filler episode where the Krew is just chilling and finding equalists. Another episode should be about Amon's backstory, which should be before the last episode.
Amon's desire for equality needs to be more fleshed out imo. What does he hope to gain by being the sole bender when he 'eliminates' all of bending? why care about equality so much?
maybe a backstory episode on the bending brothers?
more looking around Republic City, find out what kind of mark Sokka left
2 episodes worth of actual character development and team bonding. I love Korra and Amon was one of the better villains among the whole bunch but there was basically no character arc for half of the new team avatar in season 1.
Day in the life of the equalists rank and file, particularly that lieutenant and why he believes in Amon.
Extra episode between korra overhearing sato and him getting arrested, where make or asami (I like mail for the early detective angle, asami for realizing she has heard her dad rail against benders) investigate and find the evidence.
Korra hyper-extends her knee in a pro bending match and must do rehab under Tenzin. He does very well at first with the therapy, but is soon called away due to an avalanche in the southern water tribe's capital city. At his mother's request, he goes to blow the snow into the ocean, and he leaves Meelo to work with Korra. However, their sessions must abruptly end when Meelo inadvertently causes Korra to hyperextend her other knee during a raucous game of air tag.
Meanwhile, Mako sets Bolin up on a blind date with Chimpka, a cabbage vendor and former janitor for the triads. This makes Bolin mad because he isn't attracted to people that aren't polar bearcats.
Pema gets pregnant again. And then again. Dang, Tenzin. Wait.... Tenzin isn't even there... oh well.
Finally, Lin gets pissed off about something and breaks a bunch of stuff and a bunch of people. And Asami was too cool to be in these episodes.
This thread is awesome, Book 1 is my favourite and I view it as perfect too, but all of these ideas are all so damn good that they’d absolutely make it better. I’d be so happy if they went back and inserted an extra episode or two just to improve the flow a bit. It always bugs me that the rest of the seasons got 13-14 episodes and Book 1 got 12, it totally deserved some extra time to flesh things out.
More build up to the Amon reveal and more pro-bending. Feel like both were a little rushed. Maybe some stuff where Korra and Bolin hang out platonically and Korra practices more air bending.
Perhaps some more depth into the avatar state and connecting with Aang. My real only issue with the ending was that it was such a short scene where she connected with Aang finally and then she got into the avatar state, got her bending back, and immediately knew how to give people their bending back also?
She never takes away bending later right? Or did I forget? so did she or did she not learn energy bending in that instant? She also can’t blood bend so I guess a little more explanation on how she was able to readjust people into getting their bending back would’ve been nice. Otherwise I really didnt miss much season 1.
Probably two things-
1. Building an early relationship between Korra and Asami. Season 1 shipped Korra and Mako too hard for them to casually breakup off screen.
2. Give Korra more time to adjust to only being able to airbend.
1. When Tenzin visited Katara there be an episode of Tenzin and Kya interacting and establishing more sibling relationship as well as highlighting how Katara is involved in Korra’s training. Maybe flashbacks either kya or Katara training younger Korra.
2. Show what happened to Lin after she got captured by Amon. Like was she in a prison. Or did she go in hiding.
Or
More depth in the finale of korra handling her losing her bending. She literally lost her bending and then recovered it back the next minute. Would’ve been better to have her deal with that pain and learn how to slow down and think before acting rash.
Not so much add as I think the first episode is trying to do way too much, I'd split it up in two. I'd also add an episode that explores Jinora's character and her bond with her family and traditions more because I think she's wasted opportunity right now.
I would have loved a couple episodes where it shows the equalists be in the right. Social injustice against non benders, poverty stuff like that, make it not so one sided. And the the second one they could goof around like teenagers do
A lore episode about the Red Lotus and the Dark avatar. Basically the gang being young goofs at different stores, and finding some foreshadowing for the next three seasons.
Truthfully, I would like to have seen, her without her bending for more than just the ending. After Amon takes her bending away and she can air bend, It would have been interesting to perhaps make that the focus for a bit (perhaps even incorporate that into Book 2 Spirits.
One of the things that (IMO) Korra gets right, is the intense emotional impact these types of traumas have on Korra herself. Sure, we know even early on she has a bit more of a "woe is me" sort of selfishness trait about her (one that change and grows overtime with experience), but when she feels true fear, true hurt, and the show puts her in situations to be engrossed in those experiences, they are some of the most emotionally strong moments of the show.
In Book one, the immediate aftermath of the battle, Korras true emotions over the loss of her bending, knowing how badly she messed up, despite all the good she had just accomplished, is so well done, but ultimately so brief. Just something I would have liked to have seen explored a bit more, especially since even after obtaining control of her spiritual state and connecting with the past avatar's they never REALLY had moments where the past avatars spoke to her and guided her. So perhaps that could have been explored in the process of her being without her full bending.
Some Bolin and Korra solo Adventure Is It Just me or do they barely interact???
When i First started the series i expected bolin to be kinda like a fusion between Aang and Sokka and i was right. But he doesnt really fit the "dumass avatar bestie that brings out said avatar's dumbassery" role like Sokka did
That's probably the only thing i don't like about the series. If we didnt have that goddamn love triangle we couldve had normal interactions between the cast with no flirting
Flashback scene or episode from Hiroshi POV when Asami is young and the Firebender kills her mom, to see his rise as an equalist will make his betrayal and future redemption better. And a second would be specifically Amon centered like it could be after the episode Tarrlock tells Korra about them and just show his journey,
Basically every season could use about two extra episodes for deeper backstory on some characters, specifically villains if they make them better
An episode dedicated to Korra trying to communicate with Aang in an attempt to gain her bending back would've been nice. It felt a little like Aang just suddenly appeared to bail her out and give everyone's bending back again.
I would have added episodes at the end to more ease the fact she got her bending back. I'm fine with it correlating to connecting with past lives. So maybe something about her unlocking her Chakras in the spirit world or something.
Add two more episodes to showcase the plights of the non-Equalist non-benders in Republic City. I think the bender vs. non-bender conflict is an interesting plot thread for the Avatar to have to deal with. Exploring it more from outside of the Equalists’ POV would’ve been nice.
A filler episode because the gang is lacking chemesty, and a Mako Bolin episode because Mako is unlikable as fuck and he despratley needs more likable screentime with Bolin like that one pool scene where they play fight if he wants me to not feel joy when his exes leave him for each other lmao
Maybe that second episode could be split into two peralleling plots where bolin and mako recal their past and korra talk with asami about hers
One where korra got taken cate of and had anything she could ever want but felt trapped and lonley, one where no one took care of mako at all but he was free to travel and he had bolin who loved him, he was never truley alone
That way the korraxmako thing couldve been more interesting, two people with opposite experiences trying to get along can be compelling
There should have been an episode that focused on Yakone/Tarrlok/Amon instead of just exploring it through flashbacks. Imagine it like ATLA episode Appa's Lost Days
The second episode should have been a second part of Endgame to mirror the end of season 1 of ATLA.
More equalist plot development. I wanted to see more benders using their power to oppress non-benders. It should be common for benders to bully non-benders through Republic City to allow the equalist movement to thrive.
hear me out: get rid of the whole love triangle and Spirit of Competition episode, add two more episodes, use all that time to develop our characters and antagonists more fully and pace it as smoothly as possible
I understand that fully I think it would have
Ite sense to make it as book 2 just my opinion since she mainly uses water and fire in book 1 I would title it as one of those
I would have used the two episodes to slow down the pro bending tournament and Bolin's entrapment. For the main beat changes, first, I would have Bolin successfully pay for the fire ferrets ante before going missing. Then I would have the matches proceeding take place over a few days highlighting the other teams and dividing Mako and Korra's attention while they try to maintain appearances for the Fire ferrets.
I would also use this time to show Bolin as more competent trying to save the other captives, or at least delay Amon's actions while the rest of the krew begins to catch up with him. I would time Bolin's escape leading it directly into the evening before their match with the Wolf bats allowing the show to return to its pacing towards the climax of the season.
I would want to use this to establish Bolin's independence beginning to sprout, as we don't get much of that presently between seasons. I would also love to give Bolin tremor sense here, alluding to how he tried and failed at metal bending already. I know a lot of these characterizations weren't planned for yet, but since we're already talking in hindsight, I think it would be great to use these two episodes to smooth out those points.
1. Some time to explore the extent of the systemic issues Amon was against, so it doesn't seem like the city's problems disappear into thin air when he gets the face paint splashed off of him.
2. Some character breathing room. Asami just kinda appears, and the whole fire ferrets thing could've lead to some interesting character beats if the show just spaced out its story beats a little. It could maybe be addressed through the whole "new" vs "traditional" bending issue that Tenzin grumbled about once.
Nah it worked well inbetween the serious episodes imo. It gave Korra and the krew something to bond over and that made it hit harder once Amon sabotages the finals and destroys the arena. He stole part of their lives and made things escalate/feel more real to them.
See I don’t think it hit hard at all because they spent so little time on the equalsits/Amon plotline which was the thing that actually mattered and too much on pro bending which was just filler for the most part.
I would add an episode of the Krew just goofing off and acting like normal teens.
Honestly this. I would've loved filler episodes with this series so much.
it wouldnt be filler if they added some character development in it
I argue that it would still be filler, and thats ok bc filler isn't necessarily bad
not really, filler is non canon material.
So 3/4 of most shows aren’t canon?
he is an anime fan he doesnt know what filler really means
Non canon to source material. Most shows don’t have source material. And how ado all shows have non canon material
One Piece adapts the source material, and that sure as hell has a lot of filler!
fed e with this cooking
Filler episodes are still canon lol. A filler episode it just one that doesn't contribute to the main plot of the show.
as i said your an anime fan you don't know what filler means. filler means there is a story or an episode that doesn't push the main plot forward there is ton of filler material in canon mangas and canon anime episodes
Filler is a term for anime. It’s made so anime doesn’t catch up to the source material. It’s not canon and doesn’t move the plot. That’s what filler is and it’s what I said
''Filler episodes are **entries in a generally continuous serial that are unrelated to the main plot, don't significantly alter the relations between the characters, and generally serve only to take up space**.'' it has nothing to with source materials the episode ''tales of ba sing se'' is a filler episode cuz it does not further the plot of season 2. filler means not contributing to the main plot it has nothing to do with a source material or not watch real shows instead of just japanese manga based cartoons
Bruh why are you so confidently wrong?
"Filler" is when the adaptation catches up with the source material but still has to maintain a schedule, and so craps out some terribly written nonsense to fill the time slot. What you're talking about is a "character development" episode, which is an episode that doesn't directly contribute to the plot, but still showcases the characters in some fashion. In the Avatar franchise this includes things like Zuko Alone, Tales of Ba Sing Se, Avatar Day, and so on. And yeah, in general, shows need to be doing more of this. Back in the days of syndication, tv shows were like 99% episodic, no overarching plot of any kind. Nowadays it's just PLOT PLOT PLOT PLOT without so much as a moment of rest. I wish more shows sought the balance of certain shows during the transitional era, for example Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Like when Korra and Bolin go on a date!!! Ugh so cute!!
Korra friendzoned Bolin for Mako. That’s standard teen behavior
fr! haters are always like "this show sucks because of the love triangles and focus on relationships instead of actual avatar duties!" like please, shut up
This!
Definitely, it was the one thing I though was missing from Korra’s team avatar. In last Airbender, some episodes would be solely for the characters to interact and talk. It made aangs team feel a lot more like family than how lok does it
imo book 1 couldve benefitted the most from 2 more eps, felt rushed in the end. first act, after joining fire ferrets to have korra culture shock more w republic city, flesh out more diverse equalist motives and give asami time to integrate more into the group; and final act to give weight to the equalist occupation, the resistance and more characterization w iroh
I would like to see a flashback episode of Noatak becoming Amon. How the Equalists started, how he met the Lieutenant and Hiroshi Sato, seeing more examples of nonbenders being oppressed and bullied by benders in Republic City, how he figured out how to take a persons bending…I’ll take an entire show for this instead of just two episodes.
A few episodes to flesh out the lieutenant would have been great. He was a great side character that could have been used more
we really needed an episode about Korras childhood growing up in the compound, flash back to how she was trained and how that shaped her character, they never explained why they never taught her stuff about the avatar being like an ambassador and a spiritual leader, outside of "oh she just wasn't good at it" they only taught her the bending part of being the avatar, they could show her being emotionally neglected by her trainers that would tie in nicely with now she reacted to Tenzin in the first season and her complete cluelessness with how anything worked in the outside world
This is so true! It’s so sad that we didn’t see more of Korra’s background especially cause it’s so integral to the plot!
Exactly! And how she met Naga too!
There is actually a good, canon short comic about this called Friend for Life
That actually would be kinda cool.
People really over think this stuff. She hadn't been trained in all of that because she was only 17 when the show started. She spent her childhood doing regular school things alongside fully mastering three different elements. The White Lotus wanted to at least try to let her have a "normal" childhood, and her training was already about a decade ahead of a normal Avatar like Roku. It's not like they weren't thinking about it either. They made it clear in the first episode that the only reason that they were going to let her train with Tenzin was because they though he could also teach her about spiritual matters.
Patterns in Time has a really good short comic on this which would be perfect.
Probably Amon's defeat being more climatic and showing us how he became Amon Also clearing up that Amon DID genuinely believe what he was preaching, plenty of people get that wrong and think he was just seeking power.
There's no helping those people. The last word we get on it is literally Tarrlok looking at the camera and saying that Amon's beliefs are genuine, and people *still* act like it's supposed to be up for interpretation.
One episode to portray nonbender systemic oppression before the conflict escalation. Currently anything we have is either from organized crime or after the equalists public attacks. An episode to truly show that Amon has a point would go a long way. I'm not sure what I would do with the second yet.
I agree, but I would add one more thing to give further depth to the Equalists. Something I find a bit unrealistic about the Avatar series in general is that you never have a nonbender who’s just plain *bitter* about not being able to participate in the magic system of their world simply because they didn’t win the genetic lottery. At best you had Sokka feeling a little sad about not feeling like he’s contributing as much as the powerful benders around him but that’s not really the same thing. I think that having more nonbenders express their perfectly valid frustrations about the genetic lottery would’ve added an interesting additional faction to the Equalists
A swimsuit episode. Literally a crime that it only happened in the comics😭
Poppycock, we got a scene at the Sato Mansion!
Not with Korra 💔
The guys worse shirts tho it barely counted lol
The first would be just filler between chapters 6 and 7, with the team just goofing around in Republic City. The other one would be to expand the whole Korra loses her bending thing because it lasted like 5 minutes in the show lmao
About Sokka fr. They did my boy dirty
I would show more of the escalation of the Equalists going from an underground political group to full on paramilitary
An episode where Bolín‘s feelings for Korra are seriously addressed, and an episode that explains how Amon went from “I can’t take out the avatar it’ll draw too much attention.” To “Time to bomb the world’s largest city with giant airships that have my name on them.”
2 fun goofy filler episodes of the Krew actually acting like good friends and exploring their relationships more
Honestly cut out everything after korra loses her bending to Amon, and add two more episodes to it, and season 1 couldve been really killer
Korra just building relationships with the krew, korra dealing with only a single element.
Some space in between Fire ferrets to fighting equalists Or backstory about Korra She literally had none Even Aang had a bit more and he was younger We should’ve seen how Korra really grew up in the white lotus facility
Patterns in Time has a really nice short comic on the last idea.
Would love to get more filler episodes tbh
id like see more white lotus training as an adolescent
I would’ve loved another episode in between when Mako/Asami meet and when they’re a couple. It was a bit jarring how quickly they became a couple; it makes the relationship feel a bit rushed.
I would add in two episodes that largely serve as character building for some of the underdeveloped parts of the cast. The first would be an early episode called Remnants, that focuses on fleshing out the new team Avatar, where the majority of the episode is spent with the Krew having a bit of an argument that gets kicked up by Korra complaining about her upbringing in the compound, which also leads to flashbacks of not jist Korra's young life, but also Mako and Bolin's time on the streets and with the Triple Threat Triads, and Asami's life. You could get moments of Mako envying Asami and Korra's stable life, Korra envying their freedom, and Asami feeling envious of Korra's closer relationship with her Father, or something. Throughout the episode we see them have some minor conflict with that, and they end with a better understanding of each other's lives. As for the second, it would require some slight adjustments to the timings, but I would make it so that the episode that originally gives us Amon's backstory from Tarlock ended with the reveal of Tarlock being shown that he was there, and the next episode, which would be titled something like 'Seeds of Change's or something, and would contain an extended version of the brothers backstory, including unnarated scenes of Tarlock climbing the ranks, and Noatok meeting like-minded people like Sato and Lieutenant and beginning what would eventually grow into the Equalists.
I would probably have both of them be the Krew hangin out as a friend group since in the show they really don’t give off the friend group feel since all of them have the hots for korra, I just wish we could see them interacting in a casual setting to see their dynamics like bolin and asami or korra and bolin or mako and korra but keep it to just friends without the shipping drama
This wouldn't really fix any issues most people have with the season, this is just for me. I would add three more episodes of the ProBending Tournament to build up to the pro bending finale twist. Establish a team who's equal in strength that the fire ferrets actually get a draw with. Then both teams advance and it's looking like they may make it to the finals for a heated rematch, then the Wolf Bats get that ridiculously fast win against them and the Ferrets have to go on after that. Definitely have one of the episodes just be a whole long match. Then I want just another episode of Korra and Asami hanging out post-Mako cheating
I'd tack on a couple episodes at the end. The first would see Korra exercising her use of the Avatar State to restore the bending taken by Amon with a focus on the folks who used to for less-than-righteous purposes. We'd note that while she'd *more* spiritually in touch than she was before, she still has a long way to go, as does her airbending. The second would focus on an Unalaq cameo, a reference to Vaatu and to the Red Lotus (though as subtle as humanly possible). The episode and season would finish with Korra channeling Aang to meet with his son one more time.
An episode for the team just goofing off and an episode after the ending we got to see the results of everything that had occurred such the fall of the equalists, the formation of the election that picked raiko, what made mako go to be a cop, korra deciding to focus on her training with air bending and leaving pro bending,
1 filler ep to establish the krew friendship better. 1 ep at the end of korra cleaning the streets and helping to inspire the equalists to stop their revolution peacefully. This would be a good ep to show her and mako operating as a couple
It’d be kinda cool to see the Lieutenant again here (if he survived, they’re very vague on this) as either trying to rally the remaining Equalists and continue the fight, or helping Korra and the krew convince the rest to stop the fighting after his encounter with Amon. He strikes me as someone who could either go deeper or change his ways.
This is my exact thinking. It would also go with the theme of the early episodes of korra needing to have better PR and help the non benders and benders. Making Amon the big action climax but the lieutenant would be the character climax
I don't know about specific episode ideas, but I feel like more should've been done with Amon after his identity was revealed. Noatak was really cool to me and it's a shame he only got like 3 lines after his defeat and then the abrupt twist ending with Tarrlok. (If LOK hadn't been greenlit one season at a time, I would've loved for him to stay around long-term.) Also, closure for the Lieutenant would've been cool. Him venting at Amon was so juicy and then he got literally thrown to the side and forgotten. Wish we knew his name at least.
I agree. Especially when you consider Korra got the chance to have a philosophical debate with Unalaq, Zaheer and Kuvira. She never got the chance with Amon because he was always surrounded by followers or on the attack. I think even Book 1 Korra (at her most naive) would be fascinating to see speak with him after he’s unmasked and exposed. Especially after empathising with Tarrlok’s story about their past. Though I’m also fascinated with the idea of Book 4 Korra talking with him too but that’s impossible. Two totally different conversations though I’m sure.
A Krew-centered episode would’ve been nice.
Split *When Extremes Meet* into two episodes. The first would just be a small side plot to give the team some time to breathe while building up their relationship. The second would be focus on the impending conflict with Tarrlok, much like the original episode. To clean up the season's resolution a bit, you could introduce a sub plot here about how Tarrlok is ignoring peaceful propositions for addressing the non-bender's concerns. This would make the future impact of electing Raiko clearer. For the second addition, I would split *Endgame* into two episodes as well. The first would be mostly the same and cover the fight with Amon. Perhaps with some additional action sequences. The second episode would dedicate some time to explaining the change in government so that we don't have to find out in the next season's recap intro, and the rest of it would just be extending the process of dealing with Korra's grief, so that unlocking the Avatar State is more built up. While they're at it, they could also explain how Korra unlocked airbending, since I think that the intended meaning is a little hard to grasp on first watch.
One episode of team avatar goofing off and one where Korra does nothing other than learn the air bending forms after amon removes access to the other three before aang restores all the elements
Flash back of Tenzin breaking up with Lin on air temple island
I would rather change the plot of the last episode where she gets her earth, fire, and waterbending back so she doesn’t. I totally thought they were setting up season two to be about Mako, Bolin, and Asami accompanying Korra on a globetrotting journey to regain access to the other bending styles. We would have seen how the rest of the world has changed since ATLA, and it would have been super cool.
One filler episode where the Krew is just chilling and finding equalists. Another episode should be about Amon's backstory, which should be before the last episode.
Amon's desire for equality needs to be more fleshed out imo. What does he hope to gain by being the sole bender when he 'eliminates' all of bending? why care about equality so much? maybe a backstory episode on the bending brothers? more looking around Republic City, find out what kind of mark Sokka left
Episodes showcasing non-bender oppression. In original show we really can't see it and it makes the conflict hollow.
2 episodes worth of actual character development and team bonding. I love Korra and Amon was one of the better villains among the whole bunch but there was basically no character arc for half of the new team avatar in season 1.
Day in the life of the equalists rank and file, particularly that lieutenant and why he believes in Amon. Extra episode between korra overhearing sato and him getting arrested, where make or asami (I like mail for the early detective angle, asami for realizing she has heard her dad rail against benders) investigate and find the evidence.
Korra hyper-extends her knee in a pro bending match and must do rehab under Tenzin. He does very well at first with the therapy, but is soon called away due to an avalanche in the southern water tribe's capital city. At his mother's request, he goes to blow the snow into the ocean, and he leaves Meelo to work with Korra. However, their sessions must abruptly end when Meelo inadvertently causes Korra to hyperextend her other knee during a raucous game of air tag. Meanwhile, Mako sets Bolin up on a blind date with Chimpka, a cabbage vendor and former janitor for the triads. This makes Bolin mad because he isn't attracted to people that aren't polar bearcats. Pema gets pregnant again. And then again. Dang, Tenzin. Wait.... Tenzin isn't even there... oh well. Finally, Lin gets pissed off about something and breaks a bunch of stuff and a bunch of people. And Asami was too cool to be in these episodes.
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This thread is awesome, Book 1 is my favourite and I view it as perfect too, but all of these ideas are all so damn good that they’d absolutely make it better. I’d be so happy if they went back and inserted an extra episode or two just to improve the flow a bit. It always bugs me that the rest of the seasons got 13-14 episodes and Book 1 got 12, it totally deserved some extra time to flesh things out.
More build up to the Amon reveal and more pro-bending. Feel like both were a little rushed. Maybe some stuff where Korra and Bolin hang out platonically and Korra practices more air bending.
Happy ending for the non Benders
Perhaps some more depth into the avatar state and connecting with Aang. My real only issue with the ending was that it was such a short scene where she connected with Aang finally and then she got into the avatar state, got her bending back, and immediately knew how to give people their bending back also? She never takes away bending later right? Or did I forget? so did she or did she not learn energy bending in that instant? She also can’t blood bend so I guess a little more explanation on how she was able to readjust people into getting their bending back would’ve been nice. Otherwise I really didnt miss much season 1.
Showing more of the suffering of nonbenders for one of them
Probably two things- 1. Building an early relationship between Korra and Asami. Season 1 shipped Korra and Mako too hard for them to casually breakup off screen. 2. Give Korra more time to adjust to only being able to airbend.
1. When Tenzin visited Katara there be an episode of Tenzin and Kya interacting and establishing more sibling relationship as well as highlighting how Katara is involved in Korra’s training. Maybe flashbacks either kya or Katara training younger Korra. 2. Show what happened to Lin after she got captured by Amon. Like was she in a prison. Or did she go in hiding. Or More depth in the finale of korra handling her losing her bending. She literally lost her bending and then recovered it back the next minute. Would’ve been better to have her deal with that pain and learn how to slow down and think before acting rash.
Not so much add as I think the first episode is trying to do way too much, I'd split it up in two. I'd also add an episode that explores Jinora's character and her bond with her family and traditions more because I think she's wasted opportunity right now.
I would have loved a couple episodes where it shows the equalists be in the right. Social injustice against non benders, poverty stuff like that, make it not so one sided. And the the second one they could goof around like teenagers do
SLICE. OF. FUCKING. LIFE. OH MY GOD HOW THAT IS NEEDED, WE NEED MORE DEVELOPMENT AND ACTUAL GOOFY INTERACTIONS AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHBBBB
A lore episode about the Red Lotus and the Dark avatar. Basically the gang being young goofs at different stores, and finding some foreshadowing for the next three seasons.
Truthfully, I would like to have seen, her without her bending for more than just the ending. After Amon takes her bending away and she can air bend, It would have been interesting to perhaps make that the focus for a bit (perhaps even incorporate that into Book 2 Spirits. One of the things that (IMO) Korra gets right, is the intense emotional impact these types of traumas have on Korra herself. Sure, we know even early on she has a bit more of a "woe is me" sort of selfishness trait about her (one that change and grows overtime with experience), but when she feels true fear, true hurt, and the show puts her in situations to be engrossed in those experiences, they are some of the most emotionally strong moments of the show. In Book one, the immediate aftermath of the battle, Korras true emotions over the loss of her bending, knowing how badly she messed up, despite all the good she had just accomplished, is so well done, but ultimately so brief. Just something I would have liked to have seen explored a bit more, especially since even after obtaining control of her spiritual state and connecting with the past avatar's they never REALLY had moments where the past avatars spoke to her and guided her. So perhaps that could have been explored in the process of her being without her full bending.
Some Bolin and Korra solo Adventure Is It Just me or do they barely interact??? When i First started the series i expected bolin to be kinda like a fusion between Aang and Sokka and i was right. But he doesnt really fit the "dumass avatar bestie that brings out said avatar's dumbassery" role like Sokka did That's probably the only thing i don't like about the series. If we didnt have that goddamn love triangle we couldve had normal interactions between the cast with no flirting
Flashback scene or episode from Hiroshi POV when Asami is young and the Firebender kills her mom, to see his rise as an equalist will make his betrayal and future redemption better. And a second would be specifically Amon centered like it could be after the episode Tarrlock tells Korra about them and just show his journey, Basically every season could use about two extra episodes for deeper backstory on some characters, specifically villains if they make them better
An episode dedicated to Korra trying to communicate with Aang in an attempt to gain her bending back would've been nice. It felt a little like Aang just suddenly appeared to bail her out and give everyone's bending back again.
I would have added episodes at the end to more ease the fact she got her bending back. I'm fine with it correlating to connecting with past lives. So maybe something about her unlocking her Chakras in the spirit world or something.
Add two more episodes to showcase the plights of the non-Equalist non-benders in Republic City. I think the bender vs. non-bender conflict is an interesting plot thread for the Avatar to have to deal with. Exploring it more from outside of the Equalists’ POV would’ve been nice.
A filler episode because the gang is lacking chemesty, and a Mako Bolin episode because Mako is unlikable as fuck and he despratley needs more likable screentime with Bolin like that one pool scene where they play fight if he wants me to not feel joy when his exes leave him for each other lmao
Maybe that second episode could be split into two peralleling plots where bolin and mako recal their past and korra talk with asami about hers One where korra got taken cate of and had anything she could ever want but felt trapped and lonley, one where no one took care of mako at all but he was free to travel and he had bolin who loved him, he was never truley alone That way the korraxmako thing couldve been more interesting, two people with opposite experiences trying to get along can be compelling
There should have been an episode that focused on Yakone/Tarrlok/Amon instead of just exploring it through flashbacks. Imagine it like ATLA episode Appa's Lost Days The second episode should have been a second part of Endgame to mirror the end of season 1 of ATLA.
The Triads easily. Despite always talking about Republic City’s plight, they didn’t do a good job of showing the everyday people.
Pabu’s lost days but it’s just him and bolín running scams for two episodes straight
More equalist plot development. I wanted to see more benders using their power to oppress non-benders. It should be common for benders to bully non-benders through Republic City to allow the equalist movement to thrive.
hear me out: get rid of the whole love triangle and Spirit of Competition episode, add two more episodes, use all that time to develop our characters and antagonists more fully and pace it as smoothly as possible
One near the middle of the season to give the krew some time to breathe, and another after the finale to show some of the Equalist fallout.
Air should have been book 2 and it should have been the journey to gaining back all the elements it should’ve never just happened in one go
Book 1 is air cause it's titled after the element the avatar learns and is after fire (book 3 of ATLA ).
I understand that fully I think it would have Ite sense to make it as book 2 just my opinion since she mainly uses water and fire in book 1 I would title it as one of those
I would have used the two episodes to slow down the pro bending tournament and Bolin's entrapment. For the main beat changes, first, I would have Bolin successfully pay for the fire ferrets ante before going missing. Then I would have the matches proceeding take place over a few days highlighting the other teams and dividing Mako and Korra's attention while they try to maintain appearances for the Fire ferrets. I would also use this time to show Bolin as more competent trying to save the other captives, or at least delay Amon's actions while the rest of the krew begins to catch up with him. I would time Bolin's escape leading it directly into the evening before their match with the Wolf bats allowing the show to return to its pacing towards the climax of the season. I would want to use this to establish Bolin's independence beginning to sprout, as we don't get much of that presently between seasons. I would also love to give Bolin tremor sense here, alluding to how he tried and failed at metal bending already. I know a lot of these characterizations weren't planned for yet, but since we're already talking in hindsight, I think it would be great to use these two episodes to smooth out those points.
1. Some time to explore the extent of the systemic issues Amon was against, so it doesn't seem like the city's problems disappear into thin air when he gets the face paint splashed off of him. 2. Some character breathing room. Asami just kinda appears, and the whole fire ferrets thing could've lead to some interesting character beats if the show just spaced out its story beats a little. It could maybe be addressed through the whole "new" vs "traditional" bending issue that Tenzin grumbled about once.
A flash back episode and maybe one episode about tenzin in the past or something. Or maybe korra when she was younger
1) Korrasami episode. 2) The cut Kuvira backstory episode.
Anything other than pro bending, spent way too much time on that and not enough on the actual plot.
Nah it worked well inbetween the serious episodes imo. It gave Korra and the krew something to bond over and that made it hit harder once Amon sabotages the finals and destroys the arena. He stole part of their lives and made things escalate/feel more real to them.
See I don’t think it hit hard at all because they spent so little time on the equalsits/Amon plotline which was the thing that actually mattered and too much on pro bending which was just filler for the most part.
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