See, this is why I wanted Patches to stop saying “Obama.” : ).

Yes, you are correct. Although I think the metaphor we were reaching for was not that Korra was Obama, but that Raiko was Obama, in the sense that there was a Civil War between the Water Tribe. The United Republic of Nations is actually a fifth tribe, not a governing body for all the rest, and that’s where the Obama analogy starts to fall apart.

BUT – that’s not to say that Raiko isn’t echoing the archetype of democratically elected leaders who observe a civil war from a distance and don’t want to get involved. So the archetype is there, even if the direct comparison doesn’t work as well.

Not to mention that all of this was written well before the US decided to do anything in Syria (not that we did anything in Syria), so we’re certainly seeing the Korra Team pulling from long-existing political archetypes, not real-life examples.

I haven’t gotten a chance to sit down with anyone responsible for writing Korra, but I’ve always wondered how it feels to write something like this President Raiko scene, record all the dialogue, then when it’s out being animated something like Syria happens.

Or last season when they started seeing Dark Knight Rises ads as Amon rose. : )

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