With book two of Legend ofKorra closed , it ’s time to wait ahead . We already know that book three will be called “ Change”and mickle with the after - issue of Korra ’s conclusion to leave the human worldconnected to the spirit world . There ’s a lot of potential there , and the goodnews is the squad behind the show can work from a multi - time of year view forthe first time since Korra ’s founding . Still , there are always pitfalls . Here ’s what want to hap for the third season to be a success .
1.Love Mako no more
This one is obvious , proper ? Imean , if you ’re actually not threadbare of look womanhood like Korra and Asami fawnover pretty - male child - Mako , please get us have sex . Otherwise , joinme in hoping that the writer see that they ’ve long since wrung the fewdrops of striking tenseness out of this romantic dynamic . Frankly it was played out by theend of time of year one , but it did make sense to show how date the Avatar might bedifficult . What was stupid , though , was having Mako and Asami get back togetherfor all of a few episodes . And the only thing more stunned than that was havingMako straight - up lie to Korra about getting back with Asami while Asami was tolerate powerful there .
Props to Asami for not stirringthe flock when more important things were at stake , but she should know betterthan to take Mako back for a 2nd time . And since Korra and Mako are officiallydone ( We all heard them say it ! No locomote back now ) , that entail Mako and romanceshould be kaput . I ’d rather look on him extremely - cop it around Republic City . He’sactually kind of interesting that way , take people depart hear to hiscorrect hunches .
Plus , if any love story deservesattention it ’s Bolin and Eska . It ’s a human relationship I actually buy into , and it’sas funny as it is sweet . I ’m no sailor but I ’ll send them all day .
2.A 2d industrial rotation
Some might get this opinion controversial , but I think it ’s time someone figured out how firearms work . I understand thatgiving guns to non - benders makes it much comfortable for them to pop benders , butthat ’s exactly what I want . The equalists had their electricgloves and beat - pin to even out fight , and that did make for some beautifulfight scenes . Still , it does n’t make sense anymore for firearms to be abstracted inthe world of Avatar . I mean , they have plane , remote detonated explosives , andfucking mecha now — you ’d think someone would have issue forth up with the idea for arifle by now .
And I know that technology hasdeveloped on a different path due to deform being a superior / more versatileform of munition , but we ’ve already see engineering swing over to closing thegap between carousal and non - benders . It ’s prison term to see the dynamic shift key again . It would also be impertinent for our characters to amount up with some novel innovation to get by with the newpresence of spirits in the human reality . manifestly Future Industries is lookingfor a market to take over , and it would be nice to see some ingeniousness that tookinto accounting man ’s raw neighbors .
3.Don’t bring back Korra ’s preceding living
When Vaatu destroyed all of Korra’spast lives , I was very well-chosen . It was n’t that I dislike the Avatar ’s power tocommune with preceding life — it ’s just that I ’d seen it in The Last Airbender . I think it ’s a far more interesting determination to force Korra to work up from theground up , without 10,000 year of experience to draw on . It keep the writersfrom using deus ex machina to get Korra out of tricky situations and it makesher project things out on her own . This room she ’ll continue to grow wise in theway we ’ve been waiting for all along .
Besides , I think a lot of Korra’sanxiety about make decisions come from the fact that everyone is telling herto do different thing . Without past lives to potato chip in their two cents , she cantrust her gut and become positive enough to pass the Modern globe she ’s produce . That said , I would n’t listen seeing Raavamaintain a bearing . It was weird enough that she was so hushed despite being there all along , and she can volunteer a modicum ofguidance more appropriate for a post - preceding - life - having Avatar .
Also related : Korra salutary seethe ramifications , both near and bad , of her decisiveness to keep the bridgebetween the smell and human earth . Since that seems to be the focus of thewhole time of year though , I ’m not too upset about that .
4.Korra on a world tour
Republic City is an interestingplace , but as The Last Airbender taught us , it ’s not the only city in theworld . It made good sense for Korra to stay put in the first time of year and the secondseason did a good business of expanding our view of the world ’s current state byshowing off the Southern Water Tribe , but it ’s metre to see the rest . Our character talk about Ba blab Se enoughthat we should be seeing how it ’s aged , and the changes bring in on by thespirits is as good a reason as any to air Korra on a quick jaunt around theworld to make certain thing are run smoothly everywhere . additional points if Ikki ’s fell bison fellowship is the one to take Korra on her travels .
In gain , the fact that we haven’tseen many other cities has raise some confusing interrogation . For object lesson : do theother Carry Amelia Moore Nation retain their reign or are they beholden to the president ofRepublic City ? The Northern Water Tribe had their own army which leads me to believeeach urban center can make its own telephone call — but if that ’s the case why did n’t Korra lookelsewhere for military support when President Raiko shot her request down ? It’sa little , shrewish problem , but there ’d be an answer if we were shown where theother cities of the world trifle into global politics .
5.Change the art of bending again
The Legend of Korra did a greatthing by “ modernizing ” the means the great unwashed bend the elements , but I think a newchange is called for . modernistic societies have a rapid turnover when itcomes to cult and trends , and I see no reason why bending would n’t be affected . Perhaps some image starts a crusade for a departure from the fisticuffs - deflection of Korra’sera and a return to the “ vintage , ” traditional bend of Aang ’s era . I thinkit would be funny to see Bolin ( who we ’ve seen is susceptible to the whims ofthe masses ) taste to practice rigid earthbending forms while fighting off hisapparent ADD .
We could even see asuper - minimalist bending movement that does n’t calculate a thing like martial arts . It may not become commonplace , but I ’d love to see someone larn to bendwithout have to lift a digit . That kind of run low against the whole opinion ofbending , but it ’d make for a dangerous enemy at the least .
6.Korra still is n’t ready to be the Avatar
The moment Korra is ready to bethe Avatar is the moment her time in the spotlight is over . It ’s just not thatinteresting to watch the journey of someone who has a perfect handle on theirjob . Despite the fact that Korra is making forward motion and angst gets old tight , we still need to see her make mistakes on a semi - veritable basis . I ’d love forher to be more critical , but that does n’t have in mind her decisions have to be theright ones .
Also , Korra should n’t go allgiant - spirit - mode ever again during the serial ’ run , because replicate thattrick just cheapens it in retrospect . The Avatar State is enough as it is andhas in all probability change since she ’s lost her past lives . She need to be strongerthan almost everyone else when it comes to bending , but only by a thin marginmost of the sentence . It ’s fine to have her dominate on affair , but we still needto see her conflict .
7.A human villain with human motivation
Even though neither villain gotas much ontogenesis as they merit ( due to the writers not knowing if therewould be a next time of year each year ) , Amon was more interesting than Unalaq andVaatu . cosmos - jeopardise crises can be enamour , but putting the entireworld at stake is something you only get to do once in a serial publication . The third bookneeds a villain who can peril enough of the cosmos to be worth Korra ’s time butnot so much that it feels like we ’re watching the same affair as book two .
In a standardised vein , a spiritantagonist like Vaatu is n’t as interesting as either human villain . It ’s notthat a spirit would inherently make a boring Big Bad , but “ destroying theworld ” motivations are really clichéd . Amon want to commence a gyration to stampout bending because his father was a goliath . Vaatu wanted to destroy the worldbecause it ’s just his nature to do so . As long as the likely villain hasactual motivations alternatively of desires for the sake of desires , we ’ll be okay . A human resister loan itself well to that kind of development .
8.No more manhood vs. feeling , please
time of year one explored a reallyinteresting question that had been roiling beneath the open of The LastAirbender from almost the beginning : do non - benders resent toot ? Andconsidering they had to wrap the whole issuance up in one volume , the author did agreat job . But pock benders against even citizenry seems uncomfortably closeto another source of tension for the forthcoming time of year — pitting humans againstspirits .
There will be some adjustmentthat looks like the objection Amon induce in the first season , but the entireseason should n’t be dedicated to some active dissident who is trying toeliminate all spirits . We saw how that work out in the first time of year and Ithink we ’d all rather have a new kind of conflict for Korra to resolve . Bookthree will , without a doubt , place human race and spirits against each other attimes , but as long as that battle is n’t the focal point everything will befine .
9.Exploring the broad blue yonder
This might well be the season wherethe Avatar world open up up — if only because there is a whole second cosmos toexplore . We ’ve been told that the heart world is a grievous place for regularpeople , but that ’s never intercept a headstrong IE . In fact , Varrick wouldbe the perfect person to lead a madcap junket into the spirit creation . He’dfind some mode to grow a earnings .
disregarding of who rifle , someonehas to . intent will no doubt be colonizing the human worldly concern so human beings should gocolonize the spirit earth . Not only is it a clean business deal , but it ’ll beinteresting to see how the spirits take to it . Since they get pretty uppity withhow superior they , it ’ll be interesting to see how they react to the newneighbors .
10 . A happy family with Tenzin , plus more Meelo
This is the time of year where Aang’swhole family should at long last find some harmony . I mean , it ’ll never be peacefulwith Bumi around ( which I think we care ) , but at least there ’s some common understandingamong the radical . Now that Tenzin is liberal from his sire ’s shadow he mightactually be less accentuate all the sentence . Plus Korra wo n’t keep sack him asan advisor any longer ( I desire , since it ’s been done in both seasons and sheregretted it both times ) . Book three is shaping up to be a story in whichTenzin can in conclusion become the calm person an melody nomad is supposed to be .
There is one pit this seasonfor the family , though , and that ’s Jinora . We learned last season just howspecial she is , but Tenzin should gain from his own sibling that it ’s amistake to play favorites . Ikki and Meelo are both very sensitive characters , and it would be a ignominy if Tenzin recapitulate his founder ’s mistake by neglectingthem . Plus both of them are uproarious and more clock time with them will never suffer . Especially Meelo . There necessitate to be 500 percent more Meelo .
11.This is n’t your regular meerkat
This is fundamentally a goodopportunity for a gag , but beneath Lie a valuable windowpane into this new worldKorra has created . Since many spirits appear undistinguishable fromregular creature , I ’m certain there will be import where people disconcert a spiritfor a quotidian animal only to get an bawling out about it afterward .
On a more serious side , this willbe a good prospect to show the change Word of God three is theorize to be about . Humanitywill have to adjust to living in a world where it ’s not like a shot apparentwhether the matter you ’re address with is spiritual or routine . It ’s going to beconfusing and it ’s go to cause problem , but seeing how people acclimatewill be interesting .
12.Spirits should utilize automobile
There are only a few timeless characteristicsof the Avatar serial publication , and one is that spirits calculate down on humans . From 10,000years ago to the story ’s present time , world is seen as a pain that doeslittle else but cause job . The occasional someone ( Wan , Bumi , Iroh ) willprove that some human being are deserving befriending , but almost everyone else treatedlike those darn nipper that wo n’t get off the strong drink ’ lawn . Now to be middling , humanity has been troublesome and selfish at metre , but they ’re also far moreingenious than any spirit . And with that in mind , I need to see some spiritsblown away by what humanity has created in their absence from the human reality .
certain , not everyone is going tolove skyscraper , but some spirit should . They should be awed by the tuner andthe auto , and some spirits should even learn to use them . Basically , humans needs to get a fiddling respectfulness for creating things no spirit could everdream of making .
13 . Make Lin competent again
This one is a outcry to our homegirl Lin Beifong — because what the hell was up with her last season ? Forsomeone who is so discriminating and powerful , she was reduced to nothing but aroadblock for Mako in his detecting adventure . And what ’s even sadder is thatshe believed those two mustachioed morons who see like they ’ve never solved acase in their careers . I understood that Mako was “ just a greenhorn ” and thatrookies are “ always faulty ” in their higher-up ’ eyes , but my uncoerced suspensionof disbelief was stretched to its utmost .
In the coming season , I want Linto have a level head about integrating spirits into the human globe , and I don’twant her to overlook the obvious connection that Mako will shove in her face . She’sthe most knock-down metalbender on the planet and a wedge who merit betterwriting than she get in the 2nd season .
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