The Trouble with Lin (and Other Stuff)

A little while ago, this article by Slavoj Žižek on TDKR was doing the rounds on FB, which prompted a rather lengthy, rambling conversation between zorana, A (that girl shows immense fangirl potential, I must say), and myself about certain narrative problems and disappointments in TDKR, and its parallels with LoK. FB is hardly the sort of place for this sort of a thing, so re-posted here for archival (and further discussion!) purpose:

( spoilers for TDKR and the Legend of Korra )