Be a leaf!

[swatkat]

Can I just say how much I adore Korra? She's goofy and impatient and always looking for a fight, and she sneaks out at night to join a Pro-Bending team! \o/

We finally meet Mako and Bolin, and I'm already in love. I can also kind of anticipate the shipwars that will break out (if Tumblr fandom is anything to go by), so I'll just be here in my KORRA/EVERYONE corner and be happy.

It's interesting how Mako moves differently compared to Zuko and Azula: was theirs the more aristocratic, stylized sort of firebending, compared to Mako's... rougher style? IDK, would like to watch more.

PS: MORE LIN BEI FONG PLZ

Comments

[musesfool]

It's interesting how Mako moves differently compared to Zuko and Azula: was theirs the more aristocratic, stylized sort of firebending, compared to Mako's... rougher style?

Ooh, that's an interesting point, especially since Mako and Bolin "came out of nowhere" and are from "the school of hard knocks" according to the announcer, which could be hyperbole, but they are also living in the attic of the arena, so they're not from the city and they have nowhere else to call home.

[nestra]

So how does it work that one brother is a fire-bender and the other is an earth-bender? Doesn't that kind of thing run in families?

[swatkat]

That is very odd, and I hope they'll elaborate on it soon. It could be that they're step-brothers... or maybe one parent is a firebender and another an earthbender, and each brother inherited one trait?

[swatkat]

I've seen some speculation that they're related to Zuko somehow, but I think it's far more likely that they aren't - which would be make it a lot more interesting to me, anyway. I don't know enough about martial arts to comment on bending styles, which do draw inspiration from a variety of forms, but something was distinctly different about Mako's movements and I doubt it was entirely unintentional.

I also wonder if Korra can bend lightning.

[silveronthetree]

Korra is wonderful. I love her strength and goofyness and her sense of justice.

I'll have to rewatch the pro-bending scenes. I didn't register the difference in Mako's movements but I want to know more more more about the brothers.

[swatkat]

I'm not well-versed enough in martial arts to actually understand the difference, but it somehow felt... not the same!