Love Letter to Korrasami
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024
- hey friends! this has been in the works for a while now, and we really hope it speaks to you in the same way it does us. without korrasami, shows like she ra, dragon prince, and a lot more couldn't be doing it the way they do. thank you so much to everyone who's subscribed and said the most kind amazing words on the last two she ra videos!! we can't express the excitement and humbleness it makes us feel. stay kind.
-sara & fox
recorded by: sara
edited by: fox
written by: sara & fox
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Korrasami just felt so natural to me. It wasn’t the big romance, the main driving force for the characters. It was just two women, growing closer, trusting each other with more of themselves than they do with other people, being friends and eventually more than that. It was a story about deep connection on multiple levels which helped both of them find not only each other but also themselves.
It really touched me and I remember writing my best friend afterwards just telling her over and over again YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS. Because it was in a fandom, in which I myself feel at home. And the romance wasn’t dramatic but soft. It was what I wanted, finally shown in a way which felt like it was made for me and people like me.
PREECH
"Legend of Korra walked so She-Ra could run."
As much as that moment, in retrospect, sort of pales in comparison to other, later moments in animation, I don't think we should ever stop appreciating just how much this show paved the way.
Between this and the She-Ra video from a few weeks ago, this channel is pretty consistently making me bawl my eyes out. Really great stuff.
Florence Definitely agree! It’s because of daring to do this, even if it wasn’t explicit in the aired show, it opened so many doors for others. Thank you so much!
Noelle in that interview she did with Rebecca does credit Steven Universe with paving the way for Catradora (I think). But for the most part it was a pretty independent process from the POV's of both creators. So one could say that none of these instances of gay representation "walked so that the next could run", but these moments did provide Networks with viable reasons to actually let these characters be who they are, rather than censor it out of fear and/or bigotry.
Hopingover Leavesinfall When that’s said, at least from us, we are talking more the latter of what you were describing. Television needs to be pushed in general so networks, producers, writers, etc. know these stories can be successful. Though maybe not directly inspired by the story of korrasami, its influence on the culture made an impact i think.
@@5x5Takes I agree, it's just interesting to note that these instances don't automatically make the next attempt a walk in the park if you know what I mean.
Hopingover Leavesinfall oh definitely I agree, I think it’s a continuous struggle for anyone who’s trying to make an attempt at pushing what networks are comfortable with
Korra as a character has been through so much suffering in her world, and even in ours with the amount of hate she gets from the fans. And yet, she still kept fighting. Eventually, slowly, and amidst all the chaos, she found balance.
drabsyo she’s my sweetheart
I like her because she's the opposite of Aang. He grew up with monks so his state of mind was clear and he just had to learn new bending styles whereas Korra already knew bending but had to change her attitude and mindset. Although I find Korra more relatable/human in some way, I still like both and I can recognize their growth and maturing.
I’m blaming Season 2. Season 1 is mostly Mako’s fault I think, but Korra in season 2 just sucked. I’m binging the series and I’m almost done with S4 and I love Korra now, but I still hate mako and the show know mako’s a dumb dumb X,D
@@corpsenymph4644 Mako is a underdeveloped character. You never understand why he makes the (terrible) choices he does, and the few positive ones he makes (his friendship with Woo, joining the police force) seem to happen more because it was the path of least resistance. The only thing they really developed was his straightman foil to whatever funnyman they wanted to pair him up with.
Many of the side characters in Korra are similarly underdeveloped. Except for Bolin. They did something worse to him; they rewrote him every season. There's 4 Bolins and little rhyme or reason connects them.
@corpsenymph4644 Korra didn't nothing wrong in Book 2.
"This was the Avatar's love, and it looked like mine." I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THIS STATEMENT EVERYDAY
SAME
“This was the Avatars love, and it looked like mine too.” Alright that broke me. Wonderful video once again. I remember that finale like it was yesterday and everything you described (other than not shipping it initially) I felt too. I’m so glad this helped open the doors for other shows like She-Ra and more. It was truly a wonderful thing to witness.
that line broke my heartttt T_T T_T
"It's funny to watch strangers scream in unison"
The reason I watched these same reactions to begin with :)
the VOLUME on the hand hold is ridiculous
Korra was the first character that really felt like me. I felt seen. She's a woc, she's strong, sassy, brash, and loud. She was the first character that showed me ptsd, and helped me understand my own trauma. And she holds a woman's hand. I didn't allow myself to consider being gay until around 18. Korra helps me feel authentic. I can be strong, I can be sassy, I can still struggle, and I can love. I can love freely, the way I want to. I will always be grateful to Korra.
Thankyou for making this. When in discussion about lgbt representation in cartoons, I’ve been noticing that Korra Is brought up less and less. So to have a video that is quite literally a love letter to korrasami; it feels really nice. Korrasami was my first taste of progress. I don’t think I’ll forget about that ending for a long, long time.
Athena - Moena I know what you mean! I think it’s important to remember how impactful it was when it happened, and celebrate it. Getting to see Korra and Asami be together was like a warm hug. Thank you so much 💕
@@5x5Takes Ofc, it was a lovely video
“this was the avatars love, and it looked like mine too” g o d... i have nowhere near the full context for this video in a narrative sense since i still haven’t finish atla or started korra but the way you two sew love into the very essence of the videos you make and the stories you tell with them i So Important and i’m so glad i get to listen to and watch the artistry you compile your thoughts with GOD
Riley Finn Lesbian Productions ok spoiler king
jk thank u that’s what we try to do here ❤️
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This is so off topic but your username has made me realise that Riley is actually a himbo 😭😭
@@vortex262 you're just now realizing that? I figured that out 20 years ago.
oh shit, it's been that long? I'm old....
I'd say the principle of the Korrasami relationship was devotion and compassion. That's what makes the final exchange so good, and that's what makes the final image so good as well. Korra and Asami are now balanced, both now willing to be and being able to be devoted to each other.
The only disappointing thing about that scene was they didn't get a kiss, thank god for the internet and people fixing what the censors wouldnt allow ;3
I was so happy to see it, its one of the reasons i LOVE Korra, because i liked the subtlety and uncertainty, the nuanced adult take of not gushing openly or fumbling and big declarations, yea, thats fine as a kid, when you get older, its the little things that matter and you notice and they just hit so much harder.
If it weren't for these two, i wouldn't have gotten Catradora from She-Ra, and honestly that's the only other time I've felt that same glorious feeling, jumping and screaming even if its by myself that LOVE triumphed and got to just be~
They kissed in the comics
While that was certainly the reason, it does kind of make sense to me anyway. Korra finally has a moment to pause and breath. They are both wondering "is there something here" and now they get a chance to answer that question.
It feels like a ripple effect. Korrasami paved the way for steven universe, steven universe allowed for she ra, she ra opened the door for The Owl House. Im so grateful to see all these shows including wlw characters, and idc if im a few years "too old" to be crying at cartoons. But when een told that lesbian is a dirty word, and gay people are inappropriate, and only realising my true identity last year, it means so so much to see these shows. People dont know how much representation matters until theyre the ones being underrepresented.
@@bellac6311 they were definitely the big 'start' in western cartoons, and while my partner and i joke about how the past couple years have been 'nothing but lesbians~' it's still fun to see, especially when its genuine, and imo ita a good thing that its become such an easy thing to do... let women love women, men love men, and everyone in-between love everyone~ its fun~
And yea, doesn't matter how old you are, you can still cry at cartoons, you can still enjoy things and still learn more about yourself~
@@tesreso5448 Totally! And tbf, after decades of cartoons only showing straight couple, a few years of lgbt couples starring in cartoons isnt gonna hurt anyone
“We loved the universe and the universe loved us back, this was the avatars love and it looked like mine” GOD IM CRYING SO BAD. This video perfectly captures WHY korrasami meant so much to so many people. Thank you so much for this video
As a 13 year old kid who’s still figuring out who I am, this means so much to me. Somehow your videos are able to describe feelings that I have that I dont even understand myself. Even though I didn’t grow up with Avatar or Legend Of Korra, they affected me in a way that most other shows can’t. Shows like these have been able to help me begin to find myself and feel comfortable with who I am and who I’m becoming. A lot of people give Legend Of Korra so much hate because of that fact that it’s completely unlike Avatar, but I think Legend of Korra is amazing in its own way, and this video shows that. Thank you.
Abby Gannon Thank you so much! we are so happy to be here to help you in any way possible, we understand where you are in life 💕
ah you've put my feelings into words! I'm 14 and I also didn't watch Korra as a little kid, but I found it last year. At that point I was still questioning, and Korrasami (plus my constant shipping of Catradora, and then Catradora actually becoming canon) helped me figure it all out. I'm confident in my sexuality today, and I have LOK and SPOP to thank for it.
This whole thread is everything I've been thinking too! I didn't watch avatar and only just started watching Legend of Korra but I recently watched she-ra and these shows mean so so much to me and are exactly the shows I wish I'd have had growing up. I'm 13 and only came out to myself & others in the last couple months too. Finding these pockets of the internet that truly understand me make me so happy :)
I'm 13 and currently questioning but I completely took korrasami for granted because I had already watched she-ra. I'm really glad I watched this video because I didn't realize how The Legend of Korra really paved the way for more progress in kids cartoons. :)
Seeing you here and seeing that there are people like me make me cry
That edit of the Gurus speech on grief so needs to be it's own video, actual tears.
fox really snapped w that edit let’s hats off to them
I loved that part of the video. But really, there's so much to love about this video anyway.
I just recently finished LOK and despite backlash I had cried, laughed, smiled, guessed and cursed. When it came to the last episode and scene it was joyful tears
For the romance korrasami ending, They couldn't show more of course because nickelodeon wouldn't allow it. But it was a breakthrough in animation history as it was the first huge lgbt moment for a main character in a kid's animation show. Korra was the stepping stone for many shows down the road that would get more freedom on tv and portray lgbt couples in kid's shows.
I personally liked it a lot because it's one of the only ones that feels more subtle and actually progresses slowly for a romance in the universe. The more you watch it, the more signs you see.
I didn't like Korrasami that much before but upon rewatch, it really grows on you particularly as a film student where you try to show subtext and development that is not too overt. I feel the problem with many animated shows is they don't build enough or make it too childish with many overt scenes that lead nowhere until the end.I mean korra was definitely the closest with asami and the hints were there in season 4 from the blushing to the conversations to the writing of letters only to asami.
It's true that it's hard to see how you make the jump from best friends to romantic feelings but sometimes it just happens. It's just hard to fathom but they were very close, it would have seemed clearer of course if it was mako and korra that were that close. They of course couldn't show what korra was actually thinking as well.
I particularly like the ending for the character of korra because it seems she is not rash and impulsive anymore compared to how she was with the love triangle, it's just an invitation to a first date and nothing more. It's like the start of a new journey and a new adventure for them as they enter a new romantic relationship, a new world and a new phase in their life. (It actually feels less unrealistic then Kataang and their final everlasting love kiss that did feel like coming out of nowhere since their last scene together was that rejection in ember's). The fact that korra and asami didn't kiss as well was because it would have felt like coming out of nowhere particularly on a first date.
I liked how it really builds and feels actually more like an adult relationship, it feels very real and the end is picture perfect.
Anyway that's my take.
"We loved this universe, and it loved us back." Man, I love your takes, Sara. What's more, even though the shows have ended, both series continue on in the comics. We get to see what happened with Zuko's mother, and we get to see Korrasami's relationship build.
Lauren Frey once they don’t have the same censors, the korra comics SEND it. it’s very cute
Your videos are so underrated. Keep it up.
RIGHT!
"this was the avatar's love...and it looked like mine too" that made me tear up
Time to cry, I guess.
this is fire!!
BRO we love your channel! thank you so much!
Five by Five Takes and now I love yours’!! Keep up the good work!
#TVspecial4LegendOfKorra
That edit of Korra and Aang over Guru Pathik's monologue and "It looked like mine too" has made literal tears fall. Thanks for making this.
I remember getting annoyed with the little korrasami hints in books 3 and 4. i thought they were teasing us with something that would never happen. Its a children show after all, it was impossible. I refused to even consider they might be building to something real. Then the finale hit. I cried and shrieked and acted like a lunatic. It was amazing. Yes, it was only a tiny step but it was the tiny step we needed. It made history and we shouldn't forget it.
“Storytelling is emotional,”
Me, a writer: (sighing) yeah...
Harmony storytelling ROCKS! thanks for doin what u do
Korrasami was the start of it all. We all felt it and were watching them, but none of us believed it would ever happen. Like all the popular pairings in the past, it would remain in fanfiction and discussions, and fandom rants as we all rolled our eyes and wait for the inevitable. that is a straight ship would prevail, probably with Mako.
...only that didn't happen. Korrasami was the first show who stepped away from subtext. It walked out of the shadows of fandom and fanfiction. They walked together, on screen, into the light. And they lead us all along with them.
Korrasami is very special and its thanks to their first step, that lead us and western animation into a new world we never thought we'd see.
Thank you Avatar Korra, for changing the world.
"this was the avatars love. and it looked like mine too".
i honestly broke down crying this video was so powerful idk im just so emotional
"This was the avatars love, and it looked like mine too." That's so powerfully phrased, and exactly how I felt when I saw it the first time.
your video put the biggest and dumbest grin on my face. i absolutely loved how you played guru pathik's speech about grief and love over Korra's grief and her emergence of love through the Airbender kids, her friends and ultimately Asami. i loved this so much 😭😭😭"this was the avatar's love and it looked like mine too"
Xabiso Mdluli thank you so much!!! i really wanted to get across with the speech that grief isn’t just loss of people and death, but grieving over any kind of loss, including korras bending and connection to her past lives.
Not part of the LGBTQ community, and I was also very young when I first watched the show so I don't think I understood everything that was going on when I first watched the finale but it was still so important and beautiful. I cried watching this. Both shows mean so much to me and everything in this video resonated on a personal level.
Thank you.
Albane Mbow Thank you so much for your kind words!! Both shows have so much meaning to so many people, the beauty of it is so universal 💕
Totally agree
Would be nice to get one more comic story after Turf Wars and Ruins of the Empire.
Something more personal, without the warring factions. I really felt like we needed more time with Korra and Asami after the day was won in RotE, but the book was too busy with the aftermath of that primary conflict.
I love Korra so much. My closeted 17 year old self was so happy when that finale aired.Thank you for this video 💕
"this was the avatar's love, and it looked like mine." That was a gut punch to the feelings in the best way. I wish I could remember watching TLOK as a kid (i remember when it aired but can't remember if I watched it all the way through) and now, grown up and figuring out who I am, seeing Korra and Asami fall in love like this, and on a children's show from the early 2000s no less, it made my heart happy. And this video made me feel warm and safe. I wish I had animated shows that represented wlw relationships when I was a kid, but I'm happy that because of Korra and Asami, kids can have that now and see that no matter what, love wins.
God all of your videos have me on the verge of tears. The feeling of sincerity in your voice and the topics you analyze really just make me emotional. Such important stuff! Thank you, honestly.
that’s the intent, so it’s heartwarming to know it comes through. thank YOU for watching
I admit, I didn't actually get into avatar while it was out. I only watched the show 3 years ago and haven't gotten round to rewatching it. But I have written tons of Korrasami fanfics and they have always remained to this day one of my favourite gay ships. I always credit Korra and Asami with what I call "the lesbian renassiance" when media and shows just started having tons of gay characters out of nowhere and I am glad they were the ones that started that trend. Did a lot of those shows do the gay stuff well? yes, but others didn't. Looking at you Voltron.
But Korrasami was imo the start of it all. And I am glad ships like Catradora are carrying on the legacy.
Amazing video!
When you think your ship is going to Klance but it actually does a Korrasami
*progresses in the comics aggressively*
Oh god I haven’t finished voltron yet and now I’m scared
@@johanabi You should be
Klance as Zutara before was never a thing...
You just reminded me what I did after the finale hit, my memory is pretty bad, but seeing all those reactions I remembered some of the faces. It reminded me that I also kept watching reactions and I am starting to remember more about where I was when I did, that it was late in the night when others were sleeping.
Thank you for that, I forgot how happy I was when I first saw it, how I couldn't get enough. I think Korrasami was my first ship, the first time I started shipping in a show.
Willow Arkan So glad it could help you remember a little! Their love is so infectious 💕 Thank you friend
So, I literally cried??? I am not even sure why... great video
It still bums me out that I didn't watch LOK when it came out because I could really have used Korra Alone back in 2014.
I was forced to re-anchor my identity in something new and it would have been nice to have someone, however fictitious, that was going through the same kind of thing to relate to.
"THIS is the avatar's love, and it looked like mine too"
This line cry so hard😭🥺
I love your videos!
💗💜💙
I looked at the comments and so many of them are exactly like mine🥺
This line touched so many people💘
"And now world that raised us as children was welcoming us with warmth and kindness as adults." Beautifully captured. I also watched all those reactions over and over after it aired - cried right along with them. Teared up at the end of this video, too.
the CHILLS it still gives me man. the little “ding”.
Korrasami Rose from the water so Garnet could crawl. Garnet crawled so catradora could walk. Catradora walked so lumity could run
When I say I Cried watching this. You articulate the exact emotions I felt about korrasami, and avatar in general, So well
I'm a relatively new fan of LoK, bc I didn't know it existed until it dropped on Netflix. I'm such a huge fan I honestly didn't think it was possible at my age lol (I'm in my twenties). Korrasami was unexpected bc I devoured it the first time I watched the show. That ending seen, is so pure and important I was left breathless. I've watched the show so many times already and I've read up on the writers comments on the show and people critiques and rewriting. Even the fanfiction has a huge variety. This show is so powerful.
Anyhow, I just wanted to say, your video brought me to tears.
You captured my exact feelings about korrasami in a beautiful way, thank you, it's been almost 6 years and I don't think I'm ever gonna get over it
Crying, once again. Just as your videos always make me. Because your so *right!* God i just heh it means so much to me. I cant exaplain it
Korrasami was the first wlw couple I've ever seen and they hold a really special place in my heart ever since. This was really beautifully said. Thanks
Goshdarnit, seeing the reactions to the finale made me, too, grin like crazy as tears formed in my eyes; strangers united by love blossoming, love strengthening, love prevailing.
Korrasami will always have a special place in my heart and every time I rewatch the series, it burrows ever so deeper in there ❤
Thank you for the wonderful and touching video; stories makes us feel and stories connect us - and through them, we see ourselves.
I will now spend the rest of the evening grinning like a besotted fool. Thank you kindly for that 😊
If I wasn’t in front of my family, I would totally cry my eyes out for HOURS, I just discovered you through your She-Ra videos, please do more, your voice is so soothing and your videos just touch my fragile soul to the point of cracking 🥺💜
Now I’m sobbing, beautifully said. Thanks for that!
I thought the relationship really worked. The two had great chemistry.
Sniff sniff
Mnm
I smell a very underrated youtuber, even though I've been subbed for about 5 to 6 months now. Seriously, just the way you say your statements just feel so powerful. And big big props to whoever's does the edits as that was beautiful this vid. But again, just the way you deliver your lines just feel so powerful. So powerful to the point that I'm sure the whole world would stop what their doing and listen to you if they could. Thankyou once more for making a beautiful video for a character who is undoubtedly my favorite protagonist out of any show. Seriously. If anyone has anything bad to say about her character I will literally fight them (You can imagine I get into a lot of arguements because of how many people seem to unfortunately dislike Korra). Anyways, have a great rest of your day and know that this random person is always excited to watch more of your content.
Edit: Have you watched The Owl House? If you haven't I highly suggest it as, personaly, it has some really interesting characters who I'd love to see you cover (Looks at Luz and Amity).
And also Lumity, cause it's the most adorable thing I've ever seen.
Alright I have no words to express this emotional love letter.. You worded it so perfectly, so wholesome, so relatable.. I got tears in my eyes during your beautiful words full of true emotion but I broke down at your very last sentence.. 'This, was the Avatar's Love. And it looked like mine, too'.
Korra and Asami remind me of Xena and Gabrielle. Xena and Gabrielle paved the live action way for women's love and Korra and Asami did the same for animation. It was special, pivotal(?) It was unique and paved the way to somehting so, so incredibly important..
The way you edited the end together to show Korra’s grief right before finally playing the finale music (I’d been hearing in my head for the past 10 minutes) absolutely broke me. Thank you and bravo
"we loved this world, and it loved us back."
dude this was absolutely stunning. thank you so much, i love all of your videos but this one was beyond incredible.
3:55 it's like what perfuma said ''it's hard to keep your heart open it makes you vulnerable but it doesn't make you weak and you have to believe it's worth it''
This whole video just gave me chills so many times
Idk if you will see this but I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole with your videos after watching your arcane analysis videos and almost cried with multiple videos but this one for sure brought me to absolute tears. Thank you.
Made me cry; thank you for making something beautiful
My GOD this was amazing! Especially since ATLA and TLOK came onto Netflix and many people (myself included) are experiencing this amazing and beautiful universe for the first time! I was absolutely ecstatic about the endings of Korra and ATLA, and a little sad too. Both these shows have amazing stories to tell and I will remember both of them for the rest of my life.
I really love how they found each other in times of need, always being there for the other. The gentleness in Asami that could make Korra let her guards down, the compassion and unyielding characteristic they share, Korras trust and both their wish to protect their loved ones. They just make such an amazing pairing and I was a sucker for the slow burning friendship to lover relationship when I first saw the series.
Also I really like that they kept it subtle with holding hands. They were not only physically stepping into another world, they were doing so emotionally, too, wishing to explore what could be with tenderness and mutual respect. A very grown-up pov, but that's what made this series so amazing: It aged with the audience that watched Aang and his story unfold. Will Korrasami last forever? Who knows. But they want to find out and the ending scene with them looking at each other, holding hands... It made me cry happy tears. So glad that Korrasami exists and that this was a foundation for so many other queer representations on screen.
second time i've cried after watching one of your videos. i don't know why but your she-ra video and this one made me yearn so hard that the desert of my tear ducts burned with a rush of the rain of emotions
weep with me
I was on the verge of crying all through this, but hearing "this was the avatar's love, and it looked like mine too" absolutely broke me. And I'm definitely not complaining about it 😄 Love this video!
HAPPY 7 YEARS OF KORRASAMI
Probably one of the best Korrasami's videos I ever watched! Thank you so much for this!
'You got chills too, right?' Pff what an understatement. I'm grinning like an idiot two seconds into that clip and will be for the next hour
First of all, your voice sounds a little bit like Korra's :)
What a beautiful video. Beautiful words that convey beautiful and special feelings. Your voice and narration is so soothing.
I want to say more but I guess I'm at a loss for words now.
There's so much to unpack in this presentation. And I love just everything you put together.
Thank you.
The Avatar franchise has always made me feel loved. The shows were made by people who loved and cared a lot about them and that shows. At the same time, the shows were made with so much care for us. They gave the folks who grew up them so much: the lessons taught in them, the opportunities to see ourselves reflected, and fantastic stories. I just find it so touching when I remember how much of the care put into this show was done for us.
I had to be told they were a couple and not "just friends". When I heard the official announcement I halfway didn't believe it. Not because it wasn't true, but because I had somehow missed every single sign and it felt like someone was trying to retcon my memories. I really need to rewatch Korra sometime soon.
It's really nice to hear how much korrasami meant to someone who _wasn't_ blind
What a beautiful analysis! Thank you for the wonderful video!
I loved Korra as a character and I am very happy that she ended up with Asami. I also liked that the two brothers, despite having had feelings for her which ended up unrequited, decided to stay to her side as friends. I loved the dynamics and the maturity of everyone involved.
A fantastic show.
this video made me sob. i’ve never felt this way about a show, let alone a kids show. atla and tlok are my life. no one understands why i love these shows so much, but this sums it up. thank you 💞
Every time I rewatch this finale, I cry. This is powerful for me, because I'm not someone who regularly cries when watching stuff. To see this relationship that wasn't just started on the basis of quick infatuation, but built up over many seasons; it feels earned. During this time, I never really believed that I was capable of being loved, not in the way I really wanted. And then I watch this, and seeing someone who was also at rock bottom pick herself back up with the help of those she loves (both platonically and romantically), it showed me that I could too. Yes, I love TLA, I always will, but I can't help but love Korra more. She's someone who I relate to as a human, and seeing her successes overcoming adversity, it gave me hope.
You’ve pulled at my heart strings and pretty much put my feelings into words. I Love avatar, it’s not just a hobby. It’s also helped me overcome heartbreak when I was a teenager...
you put everything i’ve felt about this series and this relationship into words. thank you.
I loved atla as a kid and watched reruns, finally watching it all with my brother in 2014, but I never got into Korra. I got two seasons in one day when i was ill and couldn’t get out of bed and never really touched it again. I was still half in the closet when Korrasami happened and it blew my mind. I finally watched all of atla again during quarantine and when Korra was added to netflix I was at my lowest physically and mentally and needed background noise whilst chugging through the end of my degree in isolation. Seeing her struggle through all these things whilst also accepting her identity hit so hard. Like I’m an adult now and I’m out and proud of it, but god do i wish i could have found a way to watch this whilst i was still hiding away. It helped so many people when it aired and even now it still helps me.
I may have watched most of your vids in one sitting and started crying, great channel and I love what you do!
Once again I am so so thankful for these captions you provide! Since english is my third language it's so much easier to actually understand the beautiful words you're saying. I am definitely subscribing to this wonferful channel. You guys deserve so much more recognition! ♡
Thank you so much for this video!
My experience of Aang's avatar was as i just got out on my own and became a parent. There were so many anime tropes mingled with Americana, as an afterthought. But, I, too, felt like it was a world I had once lived in and experienced. Aang's awakening and training was like alchemy, helping me in my actual meditational practices.
Korra came much later. Her story and emotions were so much more relatable to me in my state, at a point where my own relevance and identity was in similar disarray. Even without my daughter's comments about the Korrasami ship, the ending felt more satisfying than Pride and Prejudice because it was there, that subtle yet beautiful wish and hope.
And, yes, I cried. That show was like therapy!
Not me actually tearing tf up as you played that
Oh shit I cried again when you showed the 4th chakra edit GAHHHH
okay i just binged like all your she ra videos and now i'm onto avatar and buffy and just. i am owed CUCUMBERS for my EYES i can't stop crying!!! your videos are sososo on point and so poignant. THANK YOU.
Thank you for making me cry my eyes in joy. I absolutely loved this show and this ship and still rewatch the series.
Ugghh you're KILLING ME with these connections! I can't believe I didn't see some of these
Your ability to evoke the feelings and emotions I felt years ago is awe inspiring.
You deserve the praise you get, your consistency in the quality product you create is absolute.
so far all of your videos have made me cry, thank you for analyzing and putting yourself out there, you’re touching many hearts and connecting many people
"I think the last few notes of Avatar do the trick for many of us."
You played those notes and my eyes got teary!
This channel is quite refreshing and honest, very different from other channels that criticize the Legend of Korra. Yes, the writers rushed through the seasons like Aang rushing out of bed and going swimming fast. Yes, Korra did end the Avatar cycle. Also, that bit about Wan threw out the mythos of the original meaning of Chi. But LOK does have a great message and character development too. At first, like most, I was thinking 'What is Asami doing there?' Towards the end of the show, it made sense of how much their relationship had grown and their true feelings for each other. I hope more fans give the show a watch.
TLOK is DieselPunk fantasy (reason why there are cars, airships and RetroFuturistic technologies like Mechas) and main theme is conflict between tradition and progression and what place Korra as a person and Avatar have in this new early 20th century like modern world.
TLOK have two story arcs, Book 1 is more or less self-contained mini series, while Books 2, 3 and 4 were simultaneously in production (confirmed by the creators themselves) and make a 3-part story arc that is basically a REVERSE ATLA story arc.
I’m crying at the last edit of Guru Pathik over scenes of KorraSami and Kataang 😭😭
Goddamn you really got me when you said it was this world we'd grown up with embracing us. It makes me think about Harry Potter where JKR has revealed nothing but hate and ugliness for such a large section of her fanbase, rejecting those fans and everything they loved about her world and story and characters.
We're so used to creators just wanting to profit off us and our engagement with their media, but this was an act of love. This was the writers of Avatar truly seeing us, seeing our loyalty in sticking with a flawed and troubled show that had faced a lot of adversity from the start against the network, and responding with love, giving us a beautiful and lasting gift.
I LAUGHED. I HAD LITERAL CHILLS. Thank you for this OMG
The day the last episode came out on Nick's website I was at school, and me and my best friend at the time watched it on computers in the library during a study hall period. I still remember how we just looked up at each other halfway through the last scene, eyes wide, mouthing "no way," only to look straight back and see that, yes, it was real. I was 17 and had just started to figure out that I was trans. Seeing something queer on this show, a show I'd loved from the beginning and the sequel to one that defined part of my childhood, portrayed with such warmth and against such daunting odds and norms? That meant everything.
just how i like to start my workday -- bawling my eyes out over something i've sobbed over a thousand times but it still hits me hard ToT Korra & She-ra.. we've come so far.
The conclusion at the end is beautiful 🥰
Such an amazing commentary, and video! I cried,. You inspire so much emotion in me! Thank you for making this. It was beautiful to watch.
"This was the Avatars love, and it looked like mine too"
Your videos bring me so much joy. Between this and the She-Ra one I think I'm cried out for the night. Thank you :)
The score from avatar: my brother and I, sitting on our parents bed, staring at the TV knowing exactly what’s coming and laughing about the dramatic swell of music.
The score from legend of korra: me, laying alone on my bed two years later, having no idea what’s happening and bawling my eyes out afterward.
This is the best Korrasami retrospective I've ever seen. I'm bawling my eyes out in the best possible way. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
You eloquently told everything I've ever loved about avatar universe and korrasami Brian and Mike pour all their hearts love for creating art it's all ours now and I absolutely love it so much I feel eternally grateful that avatar the last airbender and legend of korra existing
This was so beautiful 😭😭😭 I'm so happy, thank you for making this
Her voice just adds onto the emotion and it’s so beautiful
This video made me cry! "It'd happened in a sequel to al generationally defining show. Avatar was our world ... The world that raised us as children, was welcoming us with warmth, and kindness, as adults". This quote touched my heart and that is absolutely true!
Damn chills this is so beautiful I think I’m going to give Korra a second try
we all connect to different things--but i'd support that, there's a lot to love.