Oh yes, we’ve been tracking Feathered Hat Man.
Since I’m guessing Bolin and Korra go get drinks together in Episode 5, we’ll at least know to be on the lookout.
-Da7e-
Oh yes, we’ve been tracking Feathered Hat Man.
Since I’m guessing Bolin and Korra go get drinks together in Episode 5, we’ll at least know to be on the lookout.
-Da7e-
While all the ships crash into each other as press materials tease episode 5 as revealing that romance will be taking a front seat, we thought it was time for more Pabu.
It’s always time for more Pabu.
Pabu baked the cake
mystery solved.
Yes. New places open up tomorrow 5/4 on Nick.com’s “Welcome To Republic City."
The police station is one of those new locations.
Here’s hoping that Toph statue has info on if she’s dead or not.
Soon..
WIRED’s Korra “Spirit of Competition” Clip
The Asami/Mako butterfly kiss heard round the world.
This video is amazing!
It’s been another great week in and out of the iTunes TV/Film Top 10. There are just a bunch of popular Game Of Thrones podcasts.
We like Game of Thrones, but we LOVE Korra.
Here’s our current iTunes rating count:
And here’s the count for the top Game of Thrones podcast:
Wanna show HBO what’s for?
If we beat all the Game of Thrones casts in sheer numbers of ratings, I will freak out and probably do something like announce our future special guest or finally have the conversation with Matt and Devindra about what to do between Korras Book One and Two. : )
Yo. Heard the hate you’ve been getting because of your podcast for episode 4, and I just wanted to say how jerky people are being. Everyone says dumb stuff sometimes, and honestly the whole “Korra is not the avatar” theory wasn’t even that stupid. It was definitely no where near stupid enough to be unforgivable. Anyway, I still love you guys, and I’m excited for your next podcast. Cheers!
From the near-essential atla-annotated:
Praying at the Dinner Table
“We are grateful for this delicious food, for happiness and compassion…”
Yes, Tenzin was saying a blessing/prayer at the dinner table. Keep in mind that they live in a quasi monastery. They live on Air TEMPLE Island. Buddhist monks pray before eating.
And no, we never see Aang do this, but then we never really saw him eat at the flashbacks at the Air Temple.
Examples of a Thai monastery day: Click me!
More about the Air Nomads.
Team Transcription is AMAZING!
Our initial 5 have made themselves this logo and have completed RCD Episode 3.
You can download it as a PDF HERE. It will also be linked on the episode page.
They plan to do the previous 2 episodes and future episodes. Join their ranks by e-mailing me here.
Nobody freak out!
This image is making a comeback, but is just AMAZING FAN ART by an artist named Mudron.
Great use of the style, though. But – yes – Fan Art – Not Going To Happen – Aang doesn’t have his now canonical beard. : )
comment from lackingapoint:
“Korra can’t do Airbending because she’s "as opposite to an Airbender as you can get.” Her words and that’s very obvious, lol. She’s the Avatar. Don’t worry guys. In fact, the original title of the show (as you guys addressed) was “Avatar: The Legend of Korra” but they lost the rights. You guys really DO read too much into it… Just saiyan. That being said, I do love listening to the show! Keep it up!“
art by megane-koneko
“OMG. What is air?! I don’t even need it. OMG.”
/rolls away
I just listened to your recent broadcast and I just have to say this: the theory of Korra not being the Avatar floored me, not just because it’s completely out of left field but because it completely made sense. Though if she wasn’t the Avatar, why would she be having flash backs of an incident she had no previous knowledge of? – makenzie-rush
I have an interesting theory about the Amon/Korra showdown. I’m guessing that they will make their stands in the spirit world. If you think about it, Amon is clearly very connected with the spirits, and Korra needs to get in touch with them. Is there any real justification in that? – thetolkiengeek
Did y’all notice that the hat Korra’s wearing while at the Equalist rally in ep. 103 has a LEAF on it? I think it’s a reference to ep. 102 where Korra needs to “be like the leaf” and how she is gradually becoming an Airbender (what with escaping the island shows freedom and she’s starting to avoid attacks, like the doorman with the monkeywrench). I just thought it was one of those cool subtle things the creators put in to hint that Korra is becoming an Airbender without her or us realizing it. – Anonymous comment
I wonder if the series will transition or jump to a “Great Depression”-like era. Since each season of this series will have its own plot and goals, maybe one season’s specific goal is for Korra to help the citizens of Republic City to get back on their feet and help create jobs again. I know it sounds kinda boring but it would be an interesting political situation for Korra (who btw might become a high-ranking political figure in Republic City later in life) to be in. – Anonymous Comment
I think the possibility of Amon being descended from a previous character is unlikely; I almost hope he isn’t, because it would feel almost shoddy. Mike and Bryan are more creative than that. I don’t know that Amon is working with Koh, either, but I think his claim of being in cahoots with something spiritual provides the perfect opportunity to bring Koh back. – amandakthompson
I’m with you that the spirits are probably at play here. It’s a strong possibility that Amon doesn’t buy into his own rhetoric and that it’s just propaganda, but maybe he really WAS contacted by a spirit that fed him these (most likely) lies in order to manipulate him to its will. It isn’t far-fetched to assume that perhaps a spirit is making a power-play of some sort here. Also; I don’t think that Republic City being out of whack has anything to do with the exclusion of fire and air. Personally, I think it’s a conflict of society vs. nature. Bending and all things spiritual are part of nature, and as the city progresses further into its industrial revolution nature (and the spiritual) is left behind. Korra’s difficulty with the spiritual side of being the avatar is a literary device mirroring this loss of balance. As she learns balance she can begin to restore it. – slightlypsychicparade
What most people don’t remember is that when Legend of Korra first started development and production that it was intended by the creators to be a 12 episode mini-series. This should explain the somewhat quick paced character, relationship, and narrative development. Most of the first season is most likely still following the mini series formula. Whether we will see more chances for continuity between this season and season 2 is still highly possible later in this season. – lminor3d
From @inkasrain:
Strange and slightly unsettling theory that occured to me when you mentioned the world no longer needing an Avatar: What if it’s not that Korra isn’t the Avatar, but that she *is* and must choose not to be? What if Korra must allow herself to lose her bending, and learn that her power is not in mystical abilities, but in her own personality– and this is what makes her worthy of being a leader of benders and non-benders both? It does seem thematically apt, albeit terribly bittersweet.
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Yes. I really like the storytelling complexities about what you’re saying. I don’t know that I (or anyone) know has enough hints from the four episodes already broadcast, but I’d be all in for this kind of twist.
Although I may not be too much on the “Korra is not the Avatar” Matt Patches theory train, I do think that Korra has to deal with something no other Avatar has had to deal with before, and that’s Republic City.
So, I think Aang changed something about being Avatar and we’ll spend this season figuring out what that is.
I’ll go with whatever theory tells me the best story! : )
-Da7e-
Well, here’s kicking off the big question of this week:
CAN SOMEONE SOURCE ME THE THING THAT SAYS TOPH IS DEAD?
The Avatar Wika page for her reads: “Toph passed away sometime before 170 ASC, but a statue now stands in her honor at Republic City’s police headquarters.[7]”
But that little 7 that is supposed to link to the source leads to an interview with Andrea Romano, voice casting director, who only says a few lines about Korra, one of them being
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Q: Will Aang in any way be in the series?
ANDREA ROMANO: I don’t know how much of the series I’m allowed to tell you, but that whole generation has died. It’s the next generation. So it’s really cool. It’s the same producers. It’s the same brilliant attention to detail and I’m very excited. Right now we are just making twelve of them and we’ll see what happens.
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Michael: So Toph, as you know, was a metal bender. She kind of like, travelled the world, started teaching people, earth benders, how to harness this ability. It’s still kind of a rare thing. Not every earth bender does metal bending but, we have these kind of, it’s the elites, kind of swat team of Republic City.“
Future Toph says: “Try Harder”
Hey RCD/Korra fans! Something went wonky with the corporate monolith that is the all important iTunes. We’re in the process of getting it fixed! Hopefully by around 4PM EST today, EPISODE 3 will be ready to automatically download to your iTunes.
If you CANNOT WAIT, click here to head to the Soundcloud page and click the downward facing arrow to download the MP3 and transfer it to your device.
Matt’s right, as much as I love answering the questions, we should try to keep the podcast on the front page as much as possible.
We’ll be back Monday geeking out over who is or isn’t The Avatar. : )
-Da7e-
ENCORE PRESENTATION!
Little age progress thing I did over the span of three days (should’ve been one but I got emo because my tablet suddenly was causing problems)
I kind of like Asami so far even though I haven’t seen her in the show yet. :3
Fear not, Makorra’s, yumiko27 has it figured out:
My sister and I were just discussing how Mako is totally not Zuko 2.0, but Katara 2.0.
Which means, with all the previous Avatars’ track records, Makorra is endgame!
Dear Johnnyish: Please keep posting your progress. This is awesome.
Almost finished with the gloves for my fire ferret costume.
We’re officially 1/3 of the way through The Legend Of Korra’s first book.
Ahhhhh! It’s going too quickly!
“ I enjoy your theories of what is to be on the show but I don’t think Korra and Amon would became allies even reluctantly. (not saying it can’t happen and Korra would probably try if the need arouse) see Korra is every thing Amon stands against.most likely would not want or feel that he doesn’t her help,need which i feel may be what leads to his downfall.But more importantly they are antitheses. While there goals seem similar, they are very different.See besides Korra being more physical and Amon more spiritual, but they are not just Characters(really cool one) but representations of Ideals. Such as Korra as “Balance” and Amon as “Order”,”freedom” vs.”equality”, and etc. See I my mind Korra greatest treat is not the Equalist and Amon the people but the Movement itself. Also Amon is just disfigured, he is like V from V for Vendentta. ”
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