Rewriting Book 2 of The Legend of Korra
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- Опубликовано: 16 дек 2018
- Here are some of my thoughts on how I would rewrite Book 2 of The Legend of Korra. It should be noted that this rewrite's core demographic is myself, so chances are you may have viewed the show differently. If that is the case, let me know what changes to The Legend of Korra you would have liked to see (if any).
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Hey! After a bit of a wait, here is my take on how I would rewrite Book 2 of The Legend of Korra. It took a little longer to make because a) it ended up being much longer than I first expected and b) we ended up going a much different direction in terms of visuals. Chadunda did all of the animations you see throughout this, so consider checking out his channel and giving him a lotta love.
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Personally, I'd really like to see the water tribe civil war element get fully utilized, the conflict of independence and unification is what really interests me this season, unfortunately it literally got forgotten mid-season.
Very constructive video dude
Koh should have the face of Jet.
Now hear me out: After the mindwarp that he suffered and the supposed (definitely did happen) death by the hands of the agents of Ba Sing Sei, Jet wanders the spirit world truly lost as the two warring mental matrices fight for dominance.
After Jet, the true mind, hears of a benevolent spirit that deals in many faces, he struggles his way to find it.
Being led to believe it is the Mother of Faces, he is disappointed, shocked, and ultimately consumed by the Face Stealer, both Jet and and brainwashed matrix.
An interesting situation would be that the spirit of Aang within Korra would become angry, and a chase could begin with Koh, and Korra could be lead to the fog earlier and a deep introspection could take place as she deals with the fallout of season 1.
Just my thoughts.
Did Jet die?
@@razbuten I believe he did, not confirmed, but the Dai Li are ruthless, cutthroat, and show no mercy... Thus, I cannot see a plot where Jet and his friends live in that situation where we left Jet last.
What is this? Amon having actual lasting consequences? The show actually getting to visit the Fire Nation and show us what it's like in the aftermath of the hundred year war? Bolin having actual motivation for doing the movers? Unalaq actually having motivation for being a bad guy? Vaatu not fusing with Unalaq? Heck yes!
bless em
Vaatu not existing and the beginnings episodes not existing would be incredible
@@xavierrodriguez2463 Those were the best part of book 2 bro.
@Zycron I tend to agree with you. However, could the people of Aang's day have been misinformed about the origin of bending?
Amon's revolution not having any lasting consequences can be attributed to the fact that Korra was initially meant to be a one-season spinoff so the season 1 ending was written with the mindset that it was the end of the series. However when more seasons were greenlit suddenly they needed to figure out how to continue the story and clearly the script for season 2 suffered from it.
"hmmm maybe its too dark"
*proceeds in showing koh with sokka's face*
lol you got no chill
Thomas Meehan I hope not, but it does give a reason to Sokka’s death instead of leave us wondering
Pedro I just figured that Sokka died due to Yakone blood bending him. I know it doesn’t make sense but since there isn’t anything else...
Munkee Man doesn’t seem likely to me, since Aang didn’t mention Sokka when taking YaKone’s bending away and Katara didn’t seem to have a grudge against YaKone’s kids. Sokka probably just died of natural causes
@@Pedro-wv8fe The wiki states that Sokka died between 158 AG and 170 AG; considering he was born in 84 AG, this means he lived to be anywhere between 74 and 86 years old. That seems to be a pretty respectable age if you ask me.
Imagine Korra having guidance from her past lives in seasons 3 and 4. Imagine her facing Zaheer and in a moment of distress, she channels Aang like he channeled Roku. We could've had a conversation between them about the new air nation, maybe even a moment between Aang and Bumi and Tenzin.
Only the avatar can to talk to onther avatar the onther people can’t talk to them also it’s to early for her to solve her problems she was meant to lose her past lives you can’t change what she meant because it’s really important
@@jadenchamoun6785 No, Avatar Roku showed up in Book 1 to other people; once when he helped Aang escape from the Fire sages and Zhao, and the other when Jeong Jeong refused to teach Aang fire-bending.
Edit: I also remember Kyoshi showing up when Aang was on the verge of being sentenced to death in Book 2 (?)
@@traceekd6816 ill also add the fact that kyoshi appeared to suki in her standalone comci
@@traceekd6816 *comic
Aang speaking to Zaheer about the air nation oh my god. Oh my GOD. I would pay so much money to see that
One thing you didn't mention is that this gives Lin an arc over the season, having lost her bending. Maybe Bolin tries to learn metal bending from her but one problem is her trying to teach, without being able to use her bending. It would also effect her position at work
I completly forgot that she was also one of Amon's victims! That would've been a great side plot, maybe dropping some hints on her relationship with her family, especially Toph. I know a lot people doesn't like her character, so it could've help in uderstanding her more.
Pleas don’t. Change the ending of book one
The reason they made it easy is so they wanted to make room fore onther villan they didt want one problem to lead into onther series this is the worst video ever This video is overrated everyone should hate it also book Tao is interesting it ruins the interest if she didt get her
@@jadenchamoun6785 How about no? Your opinion is trash.
This is my Korra canon now.
Agree
Agreed.
Yes, one where Nickelodeon confirms all seasons ahead of time instead of forcing the team to working 1 season at a time, preventing long-term set up for character arcs.
Same.
Same.
Instead of Sokka's face Koh steals, maybe it can be Suki's. Because then we actually know what the heck happened to her, why Sokka didn't marry her, and why we don't see much of Sokka.
Also this is 15,0000 times better then the actual Korra book.
Ahh yhh that would be greatt
Either that or throw Zhou’s face on there. He was even seen in the spirit world later in the series.
Wait, how do you know Sokka didn't marry Suki? Did I miss something?
or CABBAGE MAN
@@zimonzieclown1633 it's not confirmed who Sokka married making some fans worried about Sokka x Suki
I'm only 5 minutes in but I'm blown away at how you connected Wan's story, Korra's story, and the Northern Tribe plotline, with Wan appearing as a dream and inspiring her to go North, establish a connection with Yue and get her bending back.
Like that seriously makes so much more sense than what we got it's actually kind of baffling.
I feel having Koh steal Sokka's face would not sit well with a lot of fans, and he's too much of an important character to just be killed off by Koh, but I feel a more secondary character, like the cabbage guy, would be a better fit, as he's not important but it would be a nice throwback.
Aunt Wu (the fortune teller) I think would be another fit, maybe Long Feng?
Gods can't die
@@williameckerle4113 why would you say aunt wu? could you elaborate a bit?
Maybe sokka and kataras father
Haru?
We never got to see Korra learn bending besides airbending. Watching her regain bending by visiting each nation and learning their true origins would have been awesome.
nah they got with aang, anything else just would have been a poor mans version or changed it in a way that pissed people off
@@DumbIdeaPresentedStupidly Aang wasn't taught by the original benders or the spirits representing the element (with the exclusion of Ran and Shaw) though
Yeah she only learned the practical uses of bending by her teachers from the white lotus. She lacked the spiritual aspects which also goes along with the theme of the season
and make her like aang? You simp
Let's not repeat Aang's journey. I'd rather have another book 2 than that.
"Raava and Vaatu aren't... rugs" made me immediately imagine Wan and Raava singing "A Whole New World"
OKAY IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD.
they're kites
I want someone to animate this so bad
@@alicegandro5824 SAME
@Roel Jogano yes they are kites :)
“A summer home in the northern water tribe” killed me because it seems so in-character for Varrick 💀
I do like most of this, but I prefer Varrik trying to start a civil war to profit from it, than just shady real estate. The cool thing about Varrik was how he could go from quirky and eccentric, to scheming and maniacal in an instant. Like when he's reminding Mako that "things" could happen to Bo Lin and Asami, while also sounding weirdly cheery about it
@AllOutPotato One thing I think I would change from what he said is instead them blaming Korea the blame would go more to the non benders I think the benders would blame the non benders claiming they all let him take power they punished all bender for what a few did they let it happen and honestly I think it would divide benders and non benders even more
@@liam6170 true I would also have mako and start dating in at end of season 3 so both have time to grow and mature
idk, after watching kay and skittles’ video I agree that the warmongering capitalist should NOT be quirky and likeable. It’s just... wrong. If his schemes are more harmless I’d be more okay with him being made so appealing to the audience.
@@nesbits22 fair point, but Varrick's quirky and likable personality only makes it that much more startling and sinister to learn about his true nature, and shows just how cunning and devious he can be as a businessman. It's a facade.
@@liam6170
Benders and Non Benders blame each other making the conflict even more dangerous as even with Amon and Tarrlok gone, they have won in the end along with Yakone. They conquered republic city, become the greatest blood bender masters ever and destroyed the avatar mentally and physically. The long term affects are apparent as they still win even if they are defeated and they will go down in history as some of the most dangerous villains the avatar world have ever faced more dangerous than Ozai and Azula.
Korra had to deal with the guilt that because of her mistakes, many people lost their abilities forever, war is coming ever closer in republic city and it is more unbalanced due to Aang’s mistake of keeping Yakone alive. If that is not bad enough, she had to deal with her dad and her uncle facing against each other in a civil war. Like Book 2. That is very struggling for Korra to go through as she contemplated suicide but didn’t as she was held by Mako as she cried with the realization something worse if about to happen six months from now. As the world goes bleaker and more dangerous, who will save the world now?
I am not a Korra hater, but I like this a lot better than what we got.
Gary Does Things Yep I agree but it was not the writers fault but nickelodeon, at first they only gave LOK 1 season then kept on adding till season 4, that’s why there are 4 villains, and four goals, unlike the last airbender. If the writers would have known that they were going to get 4 seasons then they could have come up with something much much better possibly better than the last airbender. Still hoping another series of avatar comes out
@@rajshriingle8952 I want that as well
He stated it the best anyone could at the beginning: this rewrite could only be as good as it was because we can learn from the successes of failures of the show. Still, I'm kinda upset he made it seem like Wan's story didn't line up with ATLA lore. It completely does, people just don't think about it at all.
Jk, his version is good too. But seriously though, original Wan story worked fine with ATLA lore.
Rajshri Ingle wow this my first time hearing that nick did that. The show has so much potential and they did it wrong. Im so sad and disappointed. ATLA was such an impactful show and they treated the sequel like sht
Yeah everything has changed so much
That was an exceedingly respectful intro, wow
This might be one of my favorite comments ever
One must acknowledge that a lot of this mess was due to production hell.
They had less episodes than planned, less budget, animation teal changed midway (and you can see it actually) etc...
Sad to think how nickoldeon s turmoil at the time.probably stole from us the LoK we deserved.
I looove the conflict of Aang’s kids feeling inferior to the generation before them and also the generation after. Such an interesting setup
I’ve a heard a saying from someone that said, “Unremarkable people make remarkable children. And remarkable people make unremarkable children” That could play out for Tenzin and his siblings as they are the ones in the middle.
Not saying they are mediocre, but they are the “plateau” of an uphill slope.
I like how you just glossed over the fact that korra doesnt loose her connection to her past lives in this version, that is personally what i like the least about season two of korra, since it ruins one of the most important and special part of the avatar as an idea. I can see why they would want to change it up a bit, and it also puts more effort onto korra as an avatar, making for a perhaps interesting story, and for their defence, they did build upon it. but for me it breaks more than it fixes
Agreed, we also never got to see Aang properly acting as a guide, like Roku did, he doesn't have to be the main one, y'know since "It's important to draw wisdom from many places" and all that, not even Roku was the main guide/mentor to Aang in the first show. Aang just has to be there when Korra needs him, not always
Quick thought for the next earth avatar who ll only have access to korra for advice 😅
damn, I've always been a Korra apologist. Like I recognize all the really glaring flaws of the series but I still really enjoyed LoK. BUT DAMN, this video was full of straight 24k GOLD, this would have been so much better
100% agree on all levels
Same
tbh that is me with everything, i like bad shows just like good shows. the only time i actually just refused to watch a show after seeing a little of it was dragon ball gt, but it comes down to ¨i hate it when you have a desert full of shops in tent´s, i hate it so so so so so SO MUCH!¨ and i don´t know why, i just hate that.
It's not that Korra is necessarily bad (altho a lot of it really is), it's that most of its writing completely SHAT all over the masterpiece that was ATLA. Even if it was narratively better than it is, it would still be disliked for that reason.
The spirit world was not fucking digimon, for instance. Nor are they spooky sludge ghosts.
@@CorwinTheOneAndOnly yeah you are right, korra isn't that bad; *it is much worse*. one of my favorite E;R qoute's. i think TLOK is bad even if it is seen as if it was it's own show and not a sequal.
Almost perfect.
Last adjustment: change the art design for the spirits to something more like the original Avatar.
Yeah! So, although I did not mention it in here, that is definitely something that I would want to see. I love how unique and interesting the spirits in ATLA were, and I would definitely want that represented in this remake.
Completely agree. These were trying too hard to look like spirits from spirited away/mononoke. Like what was up with the green blobs with leaves on their head and a carrot with eyes??
As cute as some of the spirits are, i agree! They seemed a little out of place
im so offended that u would even think about sokka dying to the face stealer.
The people without faces don't immediately die. In the Avatar graphic novels, they touch on it. The person without a face seemed to kind of exist between life and death.
AbigailLilac that’s even worse lmao
There's no way Sokka would survive the Face Stealer's test. Sokka shows emotion in every scene he's in.
@@IM_7031 Yeah but he didnt need to pass the test, because they didnt need to meet eachother. And they never did.
@@bibi5587 Sokka wanted to know where metors have landed so he could create Space Sword part 2
I would've liked to have seen a more amoral, less colorful, bright and childlike spirit world. The glimpses we got from ATLA showed a (literally) grey world that very visually resembled the extreme like-nesses of human emotions. I'm not sure why Korra deviated to hard, though if someone has some explanation that would actually be helpful for closure
I think it appeared brighter and more colorful in LOK than in ATLA bc of 1) the animation upgrade and 2) also just plainly bc they tried to show us different areas of the spirit world. The spirit world itself is huge, vast, and going with the logic of reflecting and resembling human emotions, there are going to be brighter, more positive zones to their darker counterparts that we see in ATLA (and we barely saw the spirit world in ATLA-- the ONE time we saw isn't gonna encompass and represent the entire spiritual realm). Even so, it wasn't always happy-go-lucky in LOK either. It was pretty diverse and there were creepy, dark parts of the spirit world shown in LOK as well. I really liked them branching and playing with the different tones of this new world. What we saw of it in ATLA was kinda depressing ngl, so I'm happy they expanded their color palette a bit.
@@zaynstyles6917 i think we should've seen a development of the spirit world after harmonic convergence. So like in Wan's time we see it is bright and colorful but in Korra's time (just like Aang) we see it is dark and corrupted. After the whole harmonic convergence mumbo jumbo it slowly turns brighter as time goes on so by the next avatar most of the spirit would is "fixed: from darkness except for the parts that are supposed to be dark and grayed.
Looking back on it, I really love the way they used color in the spirit world for ATLA. The colorlessness of the spirit world really made Aangs blue form and any other colors pop out. Like Rokus red robe is such a strong memory for me because of the color patterns
I feel like this is what the writers would have more than likely done had they had known they were going to get more seasons after book 1. Book 1 was originally going to be a stand alone series with a complete story but it was such a hit, Nickelodeon commissioned another season. It wasn’t until later that seasons 3 and 4 were picked up. Had the creators known the full extent of what they had to work with, the story would have been extended more and felt more fluid and transitional between books. At least with seasons 3 and 4, they could extend the story a bit cause they knew they had two more seasons to work with. Damn Nickelodeon fucking things up with the unknown. I wish they had just said you have four seasons, give us a masterpiece - and Korra would have been even better than it is. I still love Korra and am happy that the avatar series has seven seasons of pure fun, an incredible concept and story, and is something no one will ever forget.
That's a fair point
This one hundred percent. I still love the series because it’s more avatar. Hopefully we get another series that knocks it out of the park
They also cut down books 3 and 4 (or at least book 4) and told them to wrap it up ASAP. Which is why the ending of the series isn’t as impressive as it should or could be.
@@guitarbass22 There was literally the entire episode that was a call back using animation already created so they could save on the budget for the last few episodes. A fully realized series without such limiting constraints would have been amazing!
you would be right.... but if i was the writers i would have prepared for such a case.... and written the stories just in case more seasons would come.... they did have nearly 10 years to think about writing LoK after all...
Dude, I don't even dislike Book 2 as a whole, but this was an incredible improvement. This is such a thought-provoking and insightful way to provide constructive input, and you totally nailed it here. You connected plot threads that needed to be connected, strengthened existing ones, and created new and exciting ones that I would have loved to see. The idea of Korra regaining her bending in that way got me fucking giddy. I think you just wrote the best season, not gonna lie. No disrespect to Korra; I still love the show. I just loved your take on Book 2 that much.
Glorified fan-fiction or not, this is the first time I've heard about Korra from another perspective and genuinely rooted for that perspective, rather than just understanding and appreciating it. This video kicks ass!
Bless.
I'm in agreement. This is a really good rewrite that takes into consideration more complex story arcs. I was disappointed with Korra Book 2 because it took what little we knew about the spirits from ATLA and instead of establishing a proper world with proper rules gave everything an air of, "it's this way because it just is."
yeah, the biggest issue with book 2 is that book 1 was forced to have an ending to it since book 2 might be cancelled. It lead to 2 deus ex machina's(having one is fine if it's simply due to universal ignorance. Shooting someone in real life with a gun you found 2 seconds ago in a random bush isnt a deus ex machina either). The book 1 ending was unacceptable, it violated certain rules set in the universe already. The book 2 ending was kinda acceptable considering that the tree was literally a legend for thousands of years(so, universal ignorance) and Jinora was literally getting more and more powerful with her spiritual projection. Adding the fact that Harmonic Convergence makes any spiritual thing stronger in the first place, it isnt that much as a deus ex machina. It feels like that, sure, because it didnt follow Chekov's gun.
@@Predated2 Not like LoA was without DEM either. Overall writers imo just got used to fix problems of the characters on several situations with "let spirits/ancient beings fix stuff". It's really nothing new.
Same
I like how Korra has an actual journey that makes her progress to spiritually, avatar state and even her bending more earned, as well as exploring the world before season 3.
That’s too early to res,ove. Problem s she isn’t meant to have a jorneoy with aang
Like aang
This was very good! My favorite part was how you actually connected Book 2 to Book 1 by actually showing the consequences of Amon and the anti-bender movement.
I thought it was terrible writing how the anti-bending moment just disappeared after Book 1 even though it had thousands of members. That kind of a social issue doesn't just go away! But you provided a logically conclusion to the problem where non-benders can actually see the value of benders to reform their own views.
If I may make one more suggestion, it would be to make Unalaq _even more_ sympathetic. Don't make him evil, make him a traditionalist who is trying to solve conflict between the spirits and humans.
The first part of your rewrite is perfect, he can have his good intentions carry all the way though and but then he is manipulated by Vatu (who promises to have all the solutions) once they meet. But stop Unalaq from going full on evil by holding Jenora hostage and trying to wipe of Republic City, that seems kind of out of character. And when he refuses to do these acts Vatu can cast him aside and become he main antagonist.
It just feels like a more natural character arc, I don't think Unalaq would want to take action that directly endangers human lives and goes against the Avatar who is the bridge between worlds even if Unalaq thinks she has failed. She is his niece, that counts for something. Also, I don't think most spiritual beings are keen on committing evil. That feels like a violation of the goodwill spiritual tendencies generally have.
Oh, and having Sokka's face get stolen? Dude, not cool. My man deserves a happy ending! Otherwise great job! I was pretty disappointed in Legend of Korra and you really did make Book 2 and the entire series leagues better than it actually is!
Didn't expect to see you here Obi-Wan
I have the high ground now obi wan
It was very brief, but they did mention how non-benders got more representation in Republic City after Amon was defeated.
@@pranav3848 Yeah, President Raiko was a non-bender as opposed to a council filled with Benders
Hello there
Nope, nope, NO.
You do _NOT_ get to do my boy Sokka like that...
He deserves better, than to be face stolen...
face stolen with suki
what if he stole Momo's face??
@@callmeswivelhips8229 no just no
@@insertsomethingrelatable2494 Well la di da, your emotions are too sensitive for such epicness. Noted
@@callmeswivelhips8229 that would just be cursed
I don't care how book 2 actually went, this is my canon now
we call that a headcannon
@@moonlight_oats uh book 2 doesn't exist anymore
@@SirGrimothy ??
Grim Reaper _there is no book 2 in ba sing se_
@@ll-eg4se there is no ba sing se in book 2
8:40 the perfect face for Koh to steal from ATLA would be general zhao! Zhao was at the scene of the crime when he killed the moon spirit supposedly Koh’s friend, or you could take it as a crime Koh saw fit to punish because it was an attack against spirits alike. Instead he ended up in the pit of forgotten souls or something
Piggybacking off of your idea of how Tenzin, Bumi, and Kya were born into upholding such a legacy and their struggle of how they would live up to Aang. I think S3 could have explored their sibling relationship so much more. Building and cultivating to each of their own character arcs finding a resolution to their relationship to Aang. And the icing on the cake would be their climactic showdown and victory against the red lotus.
Ofc that would mean a rewrite in several directions but just an idea.
It'd be great if Ko got the original cabbage guy's face but his cabbagey spirit still inhabited it so that he could only say "My cabbages!""
This place is worst than Omashu!
they already got the cabbage throwback refderence in book 1, but thats funny
That wouldn't make sense as republic city was formerly crayfish town, which was founded by the cabbage man and the og team avatar
@@Neon64 I'm not getting how that doesn't make sense still...
@@Ki_Adi_Mundi Because why would you even dare do such great things if not even your face will be shown in history? Besides, ko can only take the faces of those who come into its domain. And I don't think the cabbage man is a very spiritual man. Kruruk's fiance was lured into Ko's domain as punishment to Kuruk for not being an active avatar. And the only reason she could be lured was because they lived in the northern water tribe, near the spirit oasis. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there isn't a spirit oasis in the earth kingdom. Besides, as I have stated, he isn't spiritual. And most people aren't spiritual in lok, so they most likely were not spiritual directly before the plot anyway.
This was really interesting! It's fascinating to see how you and I would rewrite it differently. You are a lot more generous, but this was really great. Your editing is 10000% better than mine, I love how you rewrote Korra's spiritual growth to be more realistic, and I can tell you put a hell of a lot of work in. In particular, you seem to focus a lot more on the Beginnings story-thread, while I would focus more on the Civil War story-thread.
Very interesting. I have seen a few comments mention that their ideal rewrite would have more focus on the civil war aspect too, and, while it is a storyline I am less interested in, there is a lot that could have been fleshed out in a much more interesting way. At the end of the day, I think the season really just needed to focus more on one or the other and it would have been a lot stronger for it. Thanks for the kind words and your time!
Not more realistic, just better paced. At least in terms of book 2. Her overall spiritual growth in the series was well written.
Maybe you should post your idea for a rewrite *cough cough* that would be pretty great.
I would have completely rewritten the entire series from the bottom up to instead build up to a final battle with vatuu. Using the rest of the villians(amon, kuvira, the red lotus) as loosely tied into the vatuu threat that is subtlely built up over the series....kind of like game of thrones or the stormlight archive and how it builds up to a larger cosmic threat slowly.
Why not collaborate?😉
I think it might have been better if they said that even though the lion turtles gave people power, these animals and spirits taught people how to wield it
they did, you can see wan training his fire bending with a dragon
@@senseisalt1863 Yeah, felt tacked on for sure tho. I just dont get why they changed the origins of bending. The fact humans learned bending by studying nature and animals was an essential part of the original series. The Avatar's connection with nature was really interesting, and making bending nothing more than gifts from giant lion turtles took a lot away.
@@Ray03595 completely agree
Ray03595 elements were gifted by the lion turtles and tought to bend by the dragons, bison, moon spirit and badger mole
sterlin Ferguson The humans were able to bend after they were gifted elements by the lion turtle. There was little skill behind their bending but they were still able to do it . The original show does not mention lion turtles having anything to do with the origins of bending
The change of her going to all the first benders to get her bending back makes season 1 feel like it actually mattered.
This is a really good alternate version of Book Two. I also wish that getting her bending back had been a struggle for Korra, rather than ‘mope, mope, mope - oh hi Aang.’ I think the problem with Book Two is that they could have focused on the civil war plot or on the spirit/harmonic convergence thing, but it didn’t work when they tried to do both. Pick one, writer’s! And I like how you completely retconned the Dark Avatar thing because that was just...ugh. Having Unalaq be a ‘well intentioned extremist’ rather than a full on ‘Evil McEvilFace’ would make him more interesting.
I agree. There was way too much to cover in such a short amount of episodes. I also think that, with the other villains being really strong in Korra, it is a bummer that Unalaaq wasn't more compelling.
They could quite easily do both the civil war and harmonic convergence thing since they were related. Having Unalaq to be evil would have made sense if he trained Korra due to Tonraq pushing him. I mean, why teach the most powerful person on the planet, the only thing that they could use to foil your plan willingly? Tonraq knew Unalaq was more spiritual. It would have made sense for Unalaq to have a bookcase filled with books about the spirit world and accidentally dropping a book(while "helping" Korra with the removal of evil spirits by lending her spiritual bending books) that had an image of Raava and Vaatu, having Vaatu's name or picture encircled, or even accidentally giving Korra a book about Vaatu with lots of things highlighted. Seeing as Korra isnt much into reading, she would need to find out that Unalaq was extremely worried giving away a wrong book. Add some red lotus signs in there, and voila, he would be a set-up to both book 3 while keeping "evil" intentions(even though they simply want to undo what Wan did and reverse the "natural" order that existed long ago). Add in some background conversations with Aiwei, who we later get to know in book 3 and most things would fall into place.
You know, except for the ending of book 1
I agree. Or they could have saved the civil war for the 4th season, as another consequence of the Red Lotus' doing. Then Korra and co would have to stop what could escalate into another war between the nations, which would have been interesting as well.
It would have been cool also to show vaatu not as evil but as part of the balance of the world
To be honest, I saw Unalaq at the start of the season trying to pull Korra away and thought "ill bet he's a bad guy". I started having serious doubts though because there was no indication at all until he came out about it. Most friend-villains you get subtle dark/evil smiles when characters arent looking that alert the audience something is up (it doesnt even have to be an evil smile, just a smile at a normally inopportune time). Nothing. I mean, even Varrick had his moments when subtly threatening Mako, and he's the most "surprise" villain of the bunch.
Lol they aren't rugs.
They're sanitary pads
Raava is a fresh one. Vaatu is used and ready to be changed
gross.
LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao
*Where's the unsee button when you need it.*
>Vaatu is a used ones ready to be changed
Book 3: *CHANGE*
This foreshadowing is fantastic!!!!
Unalaq having this "new motivation" of doing the right thing seems more cohesive with the whole story for me. The original "Evil Avatar" seems a little too much if you consider the other 3 villains from the series, they all wanted to do what felt right to them, in the end only Unalaq kind of was trying to make the world a worse and more unbalanced place than it already was.
Something else I would be really interested in seeing.
As someone else mentioned, make Raava represent Order, and Vaatu represent chaos rather than just being good vs evil, but something else that would make them much more interesting: Make them actual manifestations of the spirit of the avatar, rather than the spirit which "created" the avatar (and dark avatar).
Make it so that Wan was special because he was very close to spirits, and had managed to partially fuse himself with 4 spirits which each contributed a different element. Over time the spirits and Wan's actual spirit combined to form Raava AND Vaatu, in order to create a balance of both Order and Chaos, and also to explain why only the Avatar can energy bend. Due to the personality of the avatar, "Raava's" influence naturally became stronger as the world became more ordered, and the first people began to inhabit with spirits more and the original benders came to exist. The disruption of balance between the two halves of the Avatar's spirit also explains why it wasn't until Aang that an avatar was able to energy bend again, as the spirits were disrupted and their combined power weakened.
This leads to the segregation which we see for thousands of years, and what eventually leads to the Fire Nation's ideal of supremacy over the inferior benders such as the Air Nomads. The tipping point of the Hundred Years War was that Raava had grown too strong in the avatar, and it had a lasting physical impact on the planet, everything had grown to be far too ordered and segregated.
When the avatar disappears for 100 years, the world begins to fall into chaos. The Fire Nation takes advantage of the comet to increase their power and remove the Air Nomads from the world, removing one of the greatest spiritual links known to humans, and disrupting the balance of the elements. Vaatu, effectively dormant and weakened inside of Aang, slowly begins to grow stronger as the chaos in the world increases and the Air Nomads no longer exist and Aang experiences emotions which an Avatar up to that point had never experienced (the loss of his people and the disruption of balance). Unknowingly, this contributed to Aang's ultimate decision in the comics to ignore Roku and the previous Avatars as they state that it's Aang's responsibility to maintain the order and separation between the nations.
This leads to Korra having more turbulent emotions, and further enforces her struggle as the Avatar, as she begins to learn that the true avatar is meant to embody far more than even any previous Avatar (aside from likely Wan) had understood.
Then we get Amon. Now, instead of a ridiculously talented blood bender, Amon is actually an energy bender. Why? Because he was also incredibly spiritually connected, but was born a non-bender that actually had seen strife at the hands of violent benders. Amon goes to the spirit world and ends up joining a spirit that is capable of energy bending, and begins to remove bending from people in order to bring both order (all humans lose bending) and chaos (the balance of the nations and humanity is disrupted).
Amon's energy bending is generally weaker than the Avatar's, as he's only using some of it's power, and not the power of Raava and Vaatu which the Avatar uses. Amon also justifies the use of energy bending because it isn't capable of the physical harm that other bending is capable of, but ironically damages and severs the spiritual connection of the individual. This creates an ironic and somewhat hypocritical juxtaposition of Amon's ideals, outlining him to be an interesting but flawed villain, rather than just a hypocrite who uses blood bending.
Amon, however, is leaning far more towards chaos, which contributed even further to Vaatu growing stronger inside Korra. Korra continues to deal with inner turmoil, and struggles because she understands Amon and the non-benders point of view, but views herself and the position (and title) of Avatar to be critically important. When she begins to lose to Amon, he severs Korra's connections to the original bending spirits inside of her, and prevents her from reconnecting to the Earth, Fire, and Water spirits, however because she had yet to truly connect with the Air spirit he isn't capable of separating it.
With the shards of the 3 spirits now "dormant" inside of her, much like Vaatu once was inside the previous avatars, Vaatu grows even stronger inside of Korra and she falls even further emotionally. By finally connecting with the previous incarnations of the avatar, now revealed to be the "memories" of Raava and Vaatu, she learns that she needs to reconnect with the original spirits which contributed parts of themselves to create the Avatar. She is then forced on her journey to find the places which these spirits are physically constrained to (as it's explain in ATLA that spirits are confined to certain areas on the planet for each individual spirit).
Then, Unalaqq reveals essentially that he wishes to free these constraints on spirits, as he believes that by restricting spirits, much like the benders of the previous nations were restricted, the job of the avatar isn't truly being accomplished. This continues on with spirits being freed, Harmonic Convergence, and what not. Unalaqq isn't really a villain this time around though, but just someone with half-baked knowledge of the spirit world that doesn't appreciate the Southern Tribe's culture, and rather than a fight, he is changed (along with Korra's dad and the southern tribe) through ideological conflict rather than physical conflict. Instead of having an over-arching villain, this season just outlines the struggles of Korra as she begins to understand what it truly means to be the Avatar.
I think everyone liked Amon as a blood bender but everything else you wrote sounds really cool
Wow. That comment could have been its own video. And still could be! "My Alternate Fan Theory of AtLA and LoK" or something. I'm impressed with how deep you went on this. And how long.
(And I thought some of my comments could be oversized.)
The big question is how the air bison, dragons, moon, badgermoles, and lionturtles fit into this.
Because ATLA said the original source of those bending powers were these creatures, by saying the real origin was the spirits, you kind of undermine ATLA
"Make it so that Wan was special because he was very close to spirits, and had managed to partially fuse himself with 4 spirits which each contributed a different element."
-> How did the Air Bison, Dragons, Badgermoles, Lionturtles, and Moon fit into this?
Are the creatures the original source of bending, or the spirits?
Trying to fix this:
It could be the precursor the the air bison or dragons were just normal bison or giant flying snakes, but when they fused with the spirits they became the dragons and air bison
-> this raises futher questions of how the avatar got their bending, so idk
"Over time the spirits and Wan's actual spirit combined to form Raava AND Vaatu, in order to create a balance of both Order and Chaos, and also to explain why only the Avatar can energy bend. "
-> but the avatar learned how to energy bend from the lionturtle. Why is the source of energybending now Raava and Vaatu?
"Amon goes to the spirit world and ends up joining a spirit that is capable of energy bending, and begins to remove bending from people"
-> Again, ignores the lionturtles
Ok i've spent way too much time trying to harmonize the ideas that bending came from spirits and/or creatures in ATLA, but i cant get anything im remotely satisfied with, so i'll stick to nitpicking.
I did find the duality of order and chaos inside the Avatar to be somewhat interesting though. If thats true, i wonder if Avatar Kuruk being a "go with the flow" kind of avatar interacted with his chaotic side more.
@@ovencake523 The issue is that Korra introduced the debate over who the real original benders were in the first place, not me.
Korra changes the animals from being the "original benders" in the sense of them bestowing bending to people and instead they just taught people how to use the bending which the Lion Turtles gifted to people.
This isn't my idea, this is actually canon now. Canonically, the "original benders" were not the source of bending, just the ones that taught it.
Love it! Also just to add, the whole Eska and Desna taking down Unalaq thing could be related to the whole Jinora and Tenzin arc. This idea that kids are supposed to be better than their parents, having being guided by them and that this isn't a bad thing. Desna and Eska are better than Unalaq in this case
This is a really great thought that never occurred to me when writing. Thank you for the insight.
So true! Also would make a better setup for Eska and Desna to be shown as deserving rules of the north water tribe in subsequent books.
yep they should remake Kora and make it this good.
But not heavy handed, as that is a theme Toph emphasizes in book 4. "Sooner or later, you gotta leave it to the kids."
And it would make Korra's statement if when she said "Sorry for what happened to your dad" more important and sad in a way since they were the ones who had to put him down
I’m convinced that if they’d been given four seasons from the beginning, or at least known season 3 and 4 would be a thing, the actual season would have been comparable in writing and scope.
I really wish they'd gone into the specific cultural/spiritual traditions of the two water tribes, because I think it's pretty much inconceivable that they had the exact same culture pre-100yr war. Unalaq's problem would be that he's trying to enforce *northern* traditions rather than bringing back southern ones. They could even keep Wan Shi Tong in, as Korra & Jinora could've tried to look in his library for information abt the south's culture.
Idk, the answer to "how to bring back spirituality in the south" seemed so obvious to me that it ended up preventing me from enjoying the season, 'cause I didn't get why everyone jumped straight to spirit portals & Harmonic Convergence when the answer was so simple.
BTW, what happens to Unalaq after the fight in this? Is he dead?
Very good idea!
Also,he ded. Ain't comin' back,too,apparently. Not so sure about Vaatu,though. Heard he ain't comin back, too.
Normally, I'd be angry at them making no sense, but now...
I'm just grateful I ain't gonna see that thing again.
THANK YOU for bringing in Koh! I remember watching this show anticipating that Koh would somehow be brought up again but was disappointed when it never happened
This is brilliant, and I have one further suggestion that solves a problem I had with book 2.
In my version, Rava isn't good and Vatu isn't evil. Rather, Rava is the spirit of order and Vatu is the spirit of chaos. Rava, and by extension the avatar, is the force of order and seperation. Rava strives for seperation to keep order and peace: seperation of the 4 elements, the 4 nations and seperation of the mortal and spirit worlds, with only Rava's Avatar as the bridge between them all. Rava views seperation as neccesary for peace. This ties in well to Roku's motivation in "The Avatar and the Firelord". Sozin wanted to break down national boundaries to spread the fire nation's influence. This goes against the Avatar's job as keeper of order, as if Sozin succeeded it would start a war that would kill thousands. Vatu on the otherhand is the spirit of chaos and strives to break down all barriers to allow all forces to interact without rules or boundaries. Vatu sees war as a neccesary consequence of true freedom. Together they act as 2 extremes that only together can create balance. In case you can't tell this is based on the concept of Yin and Yang
You can then add on some lore. For example, there was a war between Rava and Vatu. Some spirits were on the side of Rava, some on the side of Vatu and some remained neutral. Vatu became extremely powerful and influential in the spirit world. Some spirits who feared Vatu the most migrated to the mortal world, such as Twi and La (moon and ocean) and Wan Shi Tong (it's easier to gather knowledge surrounded by peace). Rava herself fused her spirit form with that of a mortal, creating the Avatar, Rava's bridge between the worlds to enforce their seperation. Eventually, Rava succeeded in sealing off the spirit world from the mortal one, but not before Vatu had made almost the entirety of the spirit world into logicless chaos. Vatu can still influence the mortal world as Rava can with the spirit, but neither can take control while the other is in that realm. It wasn't until the Avatar disappeared for 100 years that Vatu was able to influence the breakdown of division in the mortal world via the 100 year war. The Avatar eventually returned and restored balance but not before the damage had already been done. Now we have the United Republic, where people from all nations and elements mix freely. This is what's allowing Vatu to gain more power in Korra along with the harmonic convergance, and now he's turning his sights to destroying the barrier between the mortal and spirit worlds, finally allowing him to bring chaos to both realms.
Everything else plays out as you said, but Korra's motivation for defeating Vatu is to preserve their current way of life and to prevent inevitable war between man and spirits alike. Not because Rava is good and Vatu is evil.
Edit: also Vatu's goal of chaos would lead in very nicely to Zaheer's anarchism in book 3
In this Zaheer's anarchism should be treated much better with a focus on breaking unjust hierarchies. The essence of Anarchism that was hardly touched upon.
OMFG YES!!!!!! I WAS THINKING the same thing but didn.t have the words !!! ♥️♥️♥️
I don't like the spirits war thing bc wan shi tong says "you think you're the only ones who think their war is justified" which means he scoffs at the idea of wars and he wouldn't ever join one.
@@worldbuildingjuice You missed the part where he added 'neutral spirits'. Wan Shi Tong would be considered a neutral spirit.
@@BrokensoulRider I guess but I was thinking all the spirits wouldn't fight a war so fast
A really nice reconstruction of what is no doubt the low point of LOK, and without the vitriol or arrogance that seems rather common when other people try something similar. Book 2 just didn't have the space for both the spirit and civil war storylines, and so neither ended up being fully explored. I think focusing on the spiritual side is the right call, since that's supposed to be a major part of Korra's character arc but isn't given the space or structure that it needs.
my favorite thing about this is that the avatar state isn’t over used. in the original show, the avatar state was used so much in the season that at the end of the season, Korra needed to turn into a blue giant because the writers realized that the avatar state wasn’t as important to korra as it was to aang and every other avatar. Treating the avatar state as a toy was the biggest problem I had with the show
I disagree, the avatar state was still relevant and important in LOK. I thought the blue giant was cool-- she connected with her cosmic self, similar to how Aang connected with the ocean spirit in ATLA. I don't think the Avatar-state was used toyishly as Korra's avatar state is strong as hell and used in most of her major battles and her best moments. Her feats with the avatar state are still impressive. It's fine being attached to Aang's journey and how he used the avatar state, but I'm personally happy that LOK decided not to reiterate that journey with Korra. It would've been repetitive and would've set her up for more hate, and would've broke the theme with Aang and Korra being each other's foils and dealing with different issues.
@@zaynstyles6917 The cosmic stuff seemed like a coverup on the writers part because if anyone can do that then even nonbenders would be strong and people who wanted to do good wouldn't really need the avatar. Aang fused with moon? or whatever it was and that's how he grew, it makes sense cause he traveled to the spirit world to gain knowledge I believe. Its also overlooked on Aang's part because he was already spiritual to begin with. Korra was not and although they tried showing how she "was spiritual" and how she "got stronger" we never see her actual development. Everything came easy to her but we never see her work to improve, they show like one scene of her working on whatever it is and then she just gets it. It doesn't seem like much either because although they gave her these things she is still pretty weak and can't even defeat her enemies(minus Kuvira because honestly anyone just about can beat Kuvira. I feel like people like Mako and Bolin would actually struggle with her and that's about it.)
Aang was the exception not the rule, we don't know about a lot of avatars but why wouldn't they use avatar state as a power boost
@@zaynstyles6917 it was nothing but a small power up
I loved Books 1, 3 and 4, and thought 2 had a lot of potential but they didn’t really take it the right way. And killing off the past lives wasn’t the best choice either.
Aang never lost his bending? Also, remember chakras?
@@Shnarfbird it might not be best but it wa she at to happen it had to be a choice it was meant to be a choice so they has to do it
The intro just reminded me of how excessively they used fart humor with Milo
@I. Th. I wouldn't say excessive but I would say they were poorly timed
@I. Th. Honestly... Yeah. It shouldnt have happened once. Also holy shit I keep seeing you everywhere
@I. Th. To an extent, but I do think it was more blatant in korra. I don't remember aang farting.
@I. Th. Ok, that's true, but I still think it was more obvious. The main sin is putting it all in one recurring character, thereby making people associate meelo with farting. He will forever be the fartbender. Also I dont think Aang burped, Guru patik only made reference to his chakra opening 'less like a gushing stream and more like a burping bison'
@I. Th. I guess it feels more out of place since kora is more mature, especially in seasons 3+4
Damn, every time I watch these rewrite videos I feel so bad afterwards because it shows me what we could have gotten instead…
Awesome video mate, keep it up!
Yeah, and, like, everything I laid out here could 100% play terribly if it were an actual show, but there is always the "what coulda been?" feeling.
@@razbuten It could be a very bad execution, or it could be perfect. It just depends on how much effort is placed into it.
Just look at the movie whose name shall not be spoken for an example of great source material that was executed poorly. I don't think Avatar translates to live action well, but it definitely could have been better than that. It took what 6 earthbenders to move a large rock? Toph was tearing down the palace steps in Ba Sing Se by herself and it only took two or three Dai Li agents to move the massive Badgermole statutes (a feat we know is difficult because Kyoshi had to use the Avatar State to move 2 of the same statues.) Not to mention King Bumi was throwing entire buildings off of Omashu during the Day of Black Sun (referenced in a flashback during the Season 3 Finale). One could claim those are above average benders, but look at what Haru was doing with little to no training when the Gaang first met him, he was capable of moving rocks larger than himself.
You're preaching to the choir buddy
@@razbuten I agree with your insight for the most part and have shared some insight would you consider highlighting the topics discussed
no we couldnt
My main problem with Book 2 was Unalaq. Amon and the Equalists felt like a very powerful and organized threat, as well as both them and Zaheer feeling like they were extremely smart and always one step ahead of team Korra. Kuvira's military was powerful and she was a genuinely good leader despite being a dictator. Unalaq was... kinda just there? The one time he felt like a big threat like the others was when he separated Raava from Korra, became a Dark Avatar, and became godzilla. And that was quickly resolved with the giant spirit water trick.
Honestly, this retelling was gold. I always felt each season of LoK was rushed, especially season 2. Then again, with the pressure that Nickelodeon put on the writers and the limited amount of episodes, Korra and the characters never really caught a break and the plot's villainy had to advance haphazardly without any hard thoughts on the consequences or implications on future episodes and the past canon. I'm glad you made Unalaq a misguided religious fanatic instead of a satanist and gave Team Avatar and Aang's children a chance to develop their relationship. What LoK seriously lacked were "filler" episodes that didn't focus too much on the A-plot that still loomed over, which would give each season a slower and more climactic pace. Even Aang and his friends managed to have some full-episode fun before big battles because of the episode count and they were in the middle of a war!!!!
I personally would have liked to see The unlocking of chakras be incorporated into Korra’s character arc: 1). It would have fit in with the spiritual things. 2). It would have emphasized the difference between her and Aang (Aang unlocks them all in one episode, korra takes a whole season.) 3). It would make her ability to go into the AvatarState earned instead of handed.
4) it actually fits. Aang's struggle to unlock his chakras mirrors Korra's general spiritual struggle and a journey to unlock hers would definately better explain getting her bending/Avatar state back better
It was meant to be handed
Vaatu and Raava are clearly kites with tassles on them!
No strings though. I think they are descendants of the flying carpet from Aladdin.
Lol, your puppet show effects are amazing! 12:47
Oh, and your version of the story is much better than the original.
Yue being back actually ticks me off; how the hell can you go out of your way to bring on Seychelle Gabrielle, the actress that LITERALLY played Yue, and not have her voice her once in a vision to the WATER TRIBE AVATAR
This makes me so sad. Even imagining the moment where Korra goes into the Avatar State in this version gives me chills
I can picture it so clearly in my head that I have almost tricked myself into thinking it is canon.
Someone give this man a budget and let him write an avatar show
Yessss
Yesss
The problem was no just the creators. The problem was Nickelodeon. They should have trust in Korra and Give her 4 seasons. Just that.
I hope in a few years, like 15 years in the future, the team tries to rewrite lok to fix it's flaws. Like a remake but a TV show.
If cabbage guy was stolen by koh then there could have a little joke where he would randomly scream MY CABBAGES!!! And koh would be annoyed
Lol that would be good.
Although you fix most of the big issues in the second season (and tbh the entire series), I would like to say that I think the existence of Raava and Vaatu are just as damaging to the series as a whole (not Wan, as I think he would still have an interesting relevance, regardless of the two). Their existence just seems to over-simplify a world of mystery, confine morality, and convolute what it means to be the avatar, and bending as a whole. I love most of the changes you made, however I'd probably also scrap the entire concept of Raava and Vaatu
YES! It would be far more interesting!
I agree with you and I don't, at the same time. I don't like at all the concept of Vaatu and Raava, because it narrows the show's morality to "bad and good". This kind of morality is the exact oposite of what they tried in ATLA and, even more, in LoK. Presenting the antibending revolution and Zaheer's anarchist believes were really interesting and fitting in the modern world of Korra, for my taste. That being said, I think Raava and Vaatu could exist in the show without over-simpliflying it and making it less compelling. How? Simple: treat them as peace and chaos, light and dark. Wan fuses with Raava because chaos is much more likely to be spread than peace and, to keep balance, it must actively be controlled. With this simple change, Wan's fusion with Raava, and therefore the creation of the Avatar, make much more sense, and the concept of why the Avatar is so powerful and the reason of the existence of the Avatar State and why the Avatar can reincarnate actually feels earned and positively contributes to the world-building.
Agreed. Korra included a lot of stuff that took away the mysteriousness of the world. It kinda just reveals a bunch of crazy stuff that conflicts with the world building that was already set in place.
I agree. I think Raava and Vatu could work, but only if they represented true eastern morality... not the Euro-centric Christian good and evil dichotomy. The Avatar could have been a human medially between both Vaatu and Raava, embodying the balance between the two and limiting their conflict to just the spirit world. I also think he also misses an opportunity to correct poor side-character development.
I absolutely agree, I also felt like it was too similar to Yin and Yang which already happened in the story
You know I always thought we could give Vaatu depth too.
I mean remember that wan's clothes were practically identical to those of the legend of aang and ten thousand years have passed. We could use that.
make vaatu not only the spirit of darkness but also chaos while raava is the order one. but here is the thing, Raava is the spirit of order that kept the world stagnant for ten thousand years without creativity or change as is the order. while vatuu is creativity, change, imagination etc.
I think this would make it a more interesting antagonist and reflect the theme of the program's balance.
at the end the paradigm becomes that you need both of them to have a functional world.... and she fuses with Vaatu in order to bring harmony to the spirits battling each other... instead getting order and chaos in a loving relationship rather than a spiteful and clashing one.... something Aang would be extremely proud of, and we could get him showing up to show how proud he is of korra. But... this somehow upsets the order of the world.... because (no conflict creates other problems).... somehow.... and we are left realizing that in order to have life and death there must be an inner conflict in order to keep people/spirits alive and motivated.
This
Unrelated: why do people say "the legend of aang" its AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
It’s because in some countries (e.g. Italy and I think France as well) the title of the series was trailered as “avatar: the legend of aang” rather than “the last air bender”
@@virginia905 yeah, in argentina was like that
there is one problem with getting bending by studying how the original masters did it, why isn't everyone a bender? you'd think everyone would want to be able to do it
I'm pretty sure the HUGE AtLA fan "Hello Future Me" has a video or two on that here on RUclips. Please feel free to check him out. (In case you didn't know\see he left a comment on this video.)
i have watched only 6 episodes of book 2 , but I'm in for your version. really the thing i hated most in book 1 was how korra didn't have to face the consequences of her losing the elements. i really like this version.
If Koh had Sokka's face he'd feel _so_ much more terrifying than he _already_ is. If I had to pick one thing in this video to canonize it would be this
Make it an old sokka face too. Also do not know how but I think the only person who could kill it would be Mai, love to see that interaction but thats just my lame fan fic
and the way korra escapes him is by throwing a boomerang at his face, knocking it off.
Not Sokka :(
I think it would just be sad, rather than terrifying.
Someone should write a fanfiction of this and credit you. This was incredible and I can't get over how cute and enjoyable the sound effects that add to the animation were!
(Honestly, I'm tempted to do it myself......................)
A few people have said they are going to do that, so we’ll see!
I feel like it would’ve been interesting to have had Kuvira in season two because Lin wouldn’t have had her metal bending or even her Earth bending, so she would’ve had a call on somebody to help, so she calls on her sister and her sister sends Kuvira. This would lead into the knowledge that Lin has a sister, and by her sister not even showing up, and is sending someone else in her place, you can tell that there’s bad blood between the two of them, while simultaneously showing that Su cares about Lin.
Personally, I think of the establishment of a Kuvira in a small power such as Republic city could’ve led to her developmental skills as a leader and will push the idea of her being a dictator even more as it would have already been set up. I also think that before they go and travel to help Korra regain her elements, Kuvira and Asami could’ve interacted more which could’ve led to a Kusami relationship (imo they would’ve worked and I find that with a few minor changes they could’ve ended up together, given how much they actually have in common, if interested I could explain it). I also think that we could’ve kept Makorra as a relationship, and have them get together in S3 officially, take a break in S4, then at S4 they are officially together. while I am personally a big fan of Mako and Korra just because of what they mean to each other, I definitely think that they need to be developed a bit more to fully get the you know, landscape of it done properly. Like we want to see if their relationship holds up post revolutionary war and not just “we might die, tensions are high, I love you”. We need to test the relationship a bit more, and I think that by not getting them together right away but still leading to an almost will they, won’t they slow burn, really makes them getting together in the end that much better.
Last thing, I would’ve made Mako a member of the white lotus, because whether or not he is with Korra, he promises to always fight by her side and to always be there for her. It would’ve been almost full circle for him to become a white lotus member, and would definitely add to his self-sacrifice type of personality.
This is fantastic ur version is so much more meaningful and I love this ❤️
In my opinion the rugs shouldn't exist at all
Yeah, I was trying to keep certain things from book 2 and not just torch all of it, so I needed the rugs in there. If I were working on a fresh, unrelated version of Korra, I probably would cut that idea completely.
RUG NAZI
Nah, they really pull the room together
Razbuten I’ll be honest Korra was somewhat entertaining but i think all of Korra should be reset. Like the setting changed entirely. I forgot which video I watched, but they made the point that the technology in Korra advanced by like 200 years in like 100 years. Now I understand that bending would increase innovation but it just doesn’t seem realistic. I feel that with this sudden increase of technology that’s kind of shoved in there it just doesn’t fit with avatar.
And I think that you are totally right about season 2 being a mistake. Like the bending mythos and spirituality of avatar where both open ended and air tight, but the creators went all midichlorian on us
@@konradhomiak3700 I think bending would decrease innovation. I mean, why design train engine when you can just have old steve push it with his earth bending powers. Why make a steam powered pump to keep water out of your mines when a handy water bender can just do it for you, etc. etc.
Season 2 had some of my all time favourite episodes, but, I feel that you simply can't ignore how Nickelodeon's treatment of Korra led to some of book 2's shortcomings. Especially the cheat code regaining of her bending at the end of book 1 due to them thinking it was only 1 book long. Nevertheless, another great video!
Thanks! Yeah, I know that some people were not big fans of the spirit and Wan stuff, but I felt like those episodes had some super compelling ideas in them (and the general aesthetic of the Wan episodes are great). I think what the show lacked was the presentation of its ideas though.
@@razbuten Yes the Avatar Wan Episodes and the Episode with Iroh in the Spirit World (as well as the Fog of Lost Souls) were some of the best ideas presented in either show.
I for one would like to know what exactly Jinora's worst fear was that she saw in the Fog of Lost Souls. Tenzin's was his percieved inadequacy, Bumi's was of cannibals he likely encounter while shipwrecked in the United Forces, Kya's was having family, and Zhao's was his defeat at the Northern Water Tribe. I don't know what Jinora would have seen since she was so young, but that would be something that could be explored in comics or even an off-shoot mini series that looked at various people trapped there for an eternity, but that may have been too dark for the intended audience.
@@bnadit1949 The Fog of Lost Souls was a refreshing new idea.
Arif Ahmed yeah I don’t understand why Nick was so... mean to the writers
@@gracekim25 Because it wasn't Nick being mean to the writers, it was the writers being incapable of writing a good story all by themselves. Nick fucked the distribution and promotion parts but had nothing to do with the creative process.
I consider this canon now.
Also:
Minute 13:00 : Korra enters the Avatar state.
Imagine it would be like this: She is in a situation where she is trapped by vatu and is almost dying. Just like we say "Your life passes by when you die", she has flashes of all 4 original benders and Wan, piece by piece coming together, joining forces and in the moment when they all touch, she enters the avatar state.
I especially love Unaloq’s rewrite. If I could change any one thing from Book Two, it would be his motivation. Is there a way to fit Korra’s parents into this rewrite? You could take them out almost completely (including Book Three). However, considering Aang is completely alone in ATLA, I enjoyed Korra’s relationship with her father all the more.
How could you NOT like
Book 2 - Nuktuk: Hero of the south!
I'd kill someone for a full series of nuktuk
The world's greatest propaganda film.
To be fair Nuktuk was the best part
I love and hate these kinds of videos. They are fascinating and entertaining, but then I remember that we'll never get this version and the weaker product put out officially is still canon.
Haha, well, while I obviously like these ideas, if they aren't presented in the right way, I am sure my rewrite would be just as frustrating. Regardless, I am glad you were entertained by it!
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Well they are doing a live action avatar on Netflix, so if they ever get to Korra hopefully they would rewrite it similar to this..
somebody earn enough money and make this version canon. Make the harmonic convergence at end of book 3. make korra face zaheer. make her lose the connection to past avatars. then we begin, what could be the best avatar yet. the next avatar. the earth-bender, it would also finish the avatar cycle (roku, aang, korra, and the earth bender) make him/her the cool-headed avatar. funnier than korra, more serious than aang, make tough decisions like kiyoshi, make him struggle his choices. YOU KNOW WHAT, I'm gonna do it myself.
Let us know when you're done.
"summer home in the north pole"....
yup, that sounds exactly like a Verrick thing
15:28 I hate how they did Raava and Vaatu in the series. The Avatar world wasn’t really one that needed to have god level “light spirit” and a “dark spirit” divine dualistic split. Because Balance wasn’t something that the spirits directly were responsible for. It’s what they were effected by, and had to exert effort to alter just like humans. And there’s the simplistic one is good one is evil view, when that’s really also not what most of the philosophy of the show is about. One of the things I firmly believe the show should’ve done is display them rather as Light and Dark, but Order and Chaos. In Raava’s time, people like Chin the Conquerer and the Fire Nation were allowed to exist, oppressive regimes who existed in “order”. Then show what bad Vaatu does.
Also, "balance" doesn't mean that light and dark (order/chaos) have to be equally powerful, in my opinion...
ATLA and TLOK both have a tradition of taking interesting philosophy/psychology and watering it down until it makes no sense. See also the chakra episode from ATLA, where Aang works through his chakras in a quick and efficient manner, healing himself from all his trauma and pain (such as the genocide of his entire people) just by realizing it's there. At least they tried to make Korra's PTSD a little deeper in Book 4.
No spirit shows responsibility over any balance besides those two Ravva and Vatu.
great video but you failed to address one very important thing
HOW WOLD THIS IMPACT THE PHONE CALL IN THE CLIP SHOW WHERE THEY MAKE FUN OF UNALAQ?
Oh shit. Um, uh, er, I think I need to delete this and try again from scratch...
Don't you dare delete this video bro I'm gonna need it
Game Sharks top notch profile and "timeline" photo.
that is BY FAR the best part of the whole Korra franchise. we cannot sacrifice it
Razbuten No. Don’t. You’ve did a good job rewriting Book 2.
My god Razbuten, I'm new to your channel but the stuff you bring here is really really cool. I love the way you see this series. Very nice job indeed.
I love this animation so much, and the voice over too. You did a great job on the whole video!
i'm glad to hear someone acknowledge the ball was rolling on korrasami before it happened, and i agree it would've been great to begin developing their relationship before season 3
idk man, watching season 1 knowing about 4 it seems like she really wants Korra to hang out a bunch and be her 'good friend'
"rolling" as in a few glances that looked more friendly than lustful or emotionally vested. korasmi should have been hinted at from season 2 onwards..... and honestly it's pretty stupid either way because of the fact that they both went after mako.... love triangles are pretty dumb.
i rewatched the entire show this week and their relationship is so dumb. They only talked to like 3 times in each season. Even in season 4 they still didnt seem that close except the fact that korra only wrote to her which seemed force cause they clearly werent close at all.
@Shayla the best they could have done is not written a half assed relationship... and just went with something else.
Korrasami is creepy as hell
I love how you would put a focus on exploring the „old“ cities of ATLA. And a small story arc about Sokka and Ko would also been great, maybe in combination with Kos face-changing ghost mother from the comics?
But a major problem to me is Jinora‘s OP spirituality. I really love her character and her resemblance to Aang. But in my opinion there needs to be a better background for her abilities. Something like Yue‘s story who was given life from the moon, which lead to her being able to sacrifice herself later on.
Respect man I loved the video. This helped me feel better about the series and possible more series future. It helps to see what could have been with a more stable production plan and studio. I’m sad that that season turned out the way it did and hope that amends can eventually be made. Thanks again, love the avatar content your channel gives out and I look forward to what you have for us next.
It's time to try and write a story , I've learnt so much from your channel and others, thank you
The remake movers you brought up should be the episode recaps when they are established! Just a fun idea similar to the Ember Island Players
I really like how you tied Korra's arc into ATLA and the lore we learned in that show. I think it would be even cooler if you could parallel Bolin's arc about not being able to metal bend and learning to lava bend, to how Sokka felt sad that everyone around him was a bender and yet he turned out to be a great swordsman. Personally, I'm not a fan of Vaatu in general. I like how you fix Unalaq though. He should be convinced what he's doing is right. I think we could go even further by really embracing the chaos aspect of Vaatu. He really is just evil for the sake of evil. But imagine if Korra had to learn to accept that Chaos is a natural part of the universe. So instead of just killing Vaatu with some glowing spirit water, she learned to live with Vaatu instead. It'd definitely change the theme of the show a bit, but just a thought. Anyways, great video as always.
Yeah! So if I were rewriting the entire series, I would have completely cut Vaatu and Raava, and found ways to repurpose their roles in the story. However, I felt like I couldn't really get rid of them without disrupting the rest of the narrative a bit too much.
@@razbuten Totally get that. Also, I don't if you've given this any thought. But what would a 3rd Avatar series look like? I've thrown around some ideas in my head, but I'd love to see what you think. Prequel series with an older avatar??
I think it is really hard to imagine how the story continues after Korra. The technology has moved so quickly that the next Avatar story would almost be a modern day one, obviously still mixed with all the worldbuilding of the Avatar, and I don't know that a show set in that era is appealing to me (although I imagine a ton would love that). I'd definitely be interested in a Young Kyoshi series (I know they are doing a comic on Kyoshi, which will hopefully be cool). My only other thought would be to jump 1000 years in the future and have a futuristic world based around bending.
@@razbuten I'm with you. Wasn't a fan of the industrial setting, I doubt a modern day one would be much better. Wasn't aware they were doing a Kyoshi comic. I'll be sure to check that out.
@@razbuten Actually the industrial boom in korra makes perfect sense. We saw in TLA that the fire nation started the industrial revolution. Also, wars always motivate immense technological growth. Just look at how fast our world grew after WW2.
This is brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
I wish the tlok had more of those 'side stories' that atla has. Some examples are episodes like the one where sokka gets his space sword, tales of ba sing se, the one where katara learns blood bending, etc. They help develop the characters and give them more depth and backstory which is what atla is so good at doing. In tlok, it feels like the characters just sorta exist
Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is exactly how I wanted season 2 to go. All the edits you made addressed every plot misstep and underdeveloped character arc that drove me crazy and ultimately set the subsequent seasons on a much lower trajectory than they should've had. No more Korra getting to the Avatar state with no real effort or sacrifice, destroying the link to previous avatars, making Korra's uncle and cousins cartoonishly evil, brushing over or trivializing the relationships of neo team avatar and Ang's kids, and missing all opportunities of foreshadowing and building a clear and compelling narrative through line.
Rant incoming:
I always hated Wan's origin story, a) because it was too simplistic, and b) because it completely retconned the more interesting and natural bending history established in ATLA. And yeah, Korra achieving the avatar state in book 1 was too easy, whereas doing so inches from death is less so, and fits with established lore (the avatar state acting like a defence mechanism as in ATLA). I also hated the fact that she was cut off from her past lives; that was what made the avatar THE AVATAR. They were deified because they were above mere mortals; they were reincarnated, bestowed with godly power, and the wisdom and knowledge of a thousand lifetimes. I understand the direction that the show took, what with her being more disrespected (in part due to the emergence of increasingly advanced technology), but I feel the show lacked the reverence for her shown to Aang (and he got a lot of flack for abandoning the world for a century).
ATLA was much more natural, in part because it was based on a wide range of real-world cultures and traditions (such as the method of identifying the avatar used by the Air nomads, similar to that of identifying the Dalai Lama) - by creating the vatu-rava thing from scratch it felt, well, more artificial, and too hollow. Don't even get me started on the whole "good vs evil", "light vs darkness" spiel. The whole point of the avatar is to bring balance: having rava, 1 half of a whole dominate over the other half, is not balance. It's the same problem as with the Jedi's idea of balance - only the light side of the force, as opposed to actual balanced grey Jedis. Book 2 even touches on this, saying that rava cannot exist without vatu just as he cannot exist without her. This imbalance could have been avoided had they just not chosen to go there, story wise.
Another gripe I have is that the different nations and cultures in avatar are fully built around their respective elements. All parts of society, culture, and infrastructure are shaped by it. But in Wan's creation story you see the different cultures already somewhat formed. And yes, you could argue that the fact that they have access to certain elements (when outside their cities) could alter their mindsets somewhat, but it's not the same as constantly having access to it, inside the cities (shown to prohibited - at least within Wan's city). Bending doesn't seem tied to martial arts either (again, very culturally ingrained). They just bend, but without form. Yes that could have evolved later, and I'm not necessarily arguing that there's no logic to the way things played out, but I just think they could have gone a different route, closer to that of ATLA.
There is so much more I could rant about, but I can't really be asked at the moment.
I agree with most of what you said, but they really didn’t retcon the origin of bending. If you watch Beginnings, you specifically see them include a dragon teaching Wan firebending and immediately after people talk about how he uses the fire like an extension of himself. The lion turtles bestowed the supernatural ability to wield elements, while the original benders (dragons, bisons, badgermoles and the moon) taught them how to use it. Honestly it makes a lot more sense and explains the presence of non-benders, rather than the original idea that “some waterbenders watched the tide and then spontaneously learned to manipulate it except for some people who couldn’t I guess”. The only real problem with this comes from the story of Omashu, which admittedly either needs to be retconned or placed aside as just a myth.
I agree with most of your comment especially the part about the light v dark balance. I think this could be amended by having a future avatar have to deal with having vaatu one day burst out of him and maybe he has a venom/spiderman dynamic where he has a split personality when vaatu takes overm would be dope
Lucas Frank in Star Wars, balance is the light side of the force. The dark side is an imbalance which can be the same said about raava. George Lucas even said that with the dark side there can be no balance.
I agree with The light and the dark balance point you made. Though i prefer Hello Future Me's version of Raava and Vaatu representation... It doesn't make them straight forward light vs dark but more of gray Order and Chaos... Too much order, too strict. too much chaos, it would be chaotic
Something I always thought would be a good cool is instead of them basically tossing balance out the window by killing vatu off for good at the end of Kora S2, they instead accidentally start a second avatar cycle. This wouldn't come into play for the rest of the Kora series really, instead it would be the premise for a 3rd avatar series some amount of years in the future.
Wow, this is very well thought out and seems really nice. It fixed a lot of the problems that I had with the season and show overall and honestly it just seems better. Nice job mate.
One thing I think I would have changed is instead of most of the blame going to Korra I think most benders would blame the non benders for everything claiming their actions in supporting Amon caused all this and they betrayed not only republic city but the avatar
Love rewriting stuff, would love more of this if you got any
Because Netflix is doing live action Avatar hopefully they will carry on with Live action Korra and hire you to be a writer for The Legand of Korra with this storyline
Your hopes are too high... I sense disappointment in your future...
Ultimate Dragon that’s rude af
@@SoftboyComics How so?
I would actually prefer rebooting this show without nickelodeon's control than a live action.
Cal Cifer same i don’t understand the point of remaking something already great with no addition? Like ATLA doesn’t need to be touched it’s amazing by itself! I wouldn’t hate another season of /additional/ content but a remake of what’s already happened is boring
And why didn't nickelodeon hire this guy?
I wish I could write for a kids show so that someone would make a video on RUclips talking about all the ways I messed it up.
@@razbuten lol trust me, u have the talent, u just have to hope there is someone out there smart enough to notice all ur mistakes
Shouldve hired aaron ehaz too
@@razbuten, yeah. i ''kinda,'' agree with you bro, but not just ''only,'' kids ''cartoon-shows,'' what about more ''mature-shows,'' something ''little,'' similar to ''avatar the legend of aang,'' + ''avatar the legend of korra,''
(& maybe with additional aspects such as: interesting, dramatic, thriller, deep, dark, epic, mysterious, serious, emotional, & spectacular,)
just like some cartoons, or animes, here some examples:
(some nostalgic ''cartoons,'')
''world of winx,'' (since 2016.)
''winx club,'' (since 2004.)
''W.I.T.C.H.'' (since 2004.)
''totally spies,'' (since 2002.)
''teen titans,''-(the original version, since 2003.)
''huntik,'' (since 2009.)
''martin mystery,'' (since 2003.)
''scooby-doo were are you,?'' (since 1969.)
''mysticons,'' (since 2017.)
''danny phantom,'' (since 2004.)
''kim possible,'' (since 2002.)
''medabots,'' (since 2006.)
(some nostalgic ''animes,'')
''the garden of sinners,'' A.K.A. ''kara no kyoukai,'' (since 2007.)
''blood the last vampire,'' (since 2000.)
''blood-C, (since 2011.)
''sailor moon crystal,'' (since 2014.)
''yu-gi-oh,!"' (since 2000.)
''fate zero,'' (since 2010.)
''fate / stay night,'' (since 2006.)
''fate / extra last encore,'' (since 2018.)
''today's menu for the emiya family,'' (since 2018.)
''the case files of lord el-melloi II,'' (since 2014.)
''fate / grand order - absolute demon battlefront: babylonia,'' (since 2019.)
so i hope you will think about this idea?. (just let me know, when you read this.)
@@thatoneguynamedmatt8413 So what do you think of "The Dragon Prince"? :>
Omg these suggestions are amazing!!!
5 minutes into this and all I can conclude is that haste makes waste. Your ideas are really spot on and I would encourage you to seek more opportunities to develop your own writing as you seem to have a really solid aptitude for it. These are some really good ideas. I understand you have the benefit of hindsight, your ability to dissect a story and articulate positive changes shows a real aptitude for writing. I realize that I'm late to the party so to speak, but I only encountered Legend of Korra recently. Great analysis, a wonderful video essay so to speak. EDIT: Your comments on Tenzen at approx 10:48 with him struggling to deal with the fact that Ginora is a better spiritual mentor than he is himself is so spot on! It's a powerful narrative point and insightful as hell. Great work.
See, when I thought up a rewrite, I kept too much similar. This is a truly interesting re-imagining that really makes the series as a whole better.
Fantastic job, my dude.
I wish I could like this video more. I keep coming back to rewatch it. It’s fantastic!
This and the Star Wars prequel rewrites have given me so much to think about! I love it
I would include some of Hello Future Me's rewrites of Beginnings into here as well, including the idea that the Avatar has both Raava and Vaatu inside of themselves
I haven't watch TLOK in a long while, but this is a general question, to be honest: but aren't the two rugs supposed to be like two sides of a coin? Like, unlike Western interpretations, in Eastern mythos, light and dark is less "good and evil" and more "positive and negative" aspects? So, why is it that the world remains in balance while Vaatu is locked up somewhere, while Raava is out being the Avatar spirit or whatever? Again, a general question that I'd been thinking about while watching different Korra videos.
That said, I really like the changes you made. I felt that many of the characters needed more solid character development (esp. Tenzin and Bolin) that they really didn't get in the series, so I'm all for this.
I think this is certainly fair. I saw someone suggesting that it would be an interesting twist if Korra decided to take on Vaatu's darkness as a way to have balance, which I think could be interesting.
@@razbuten Regarding the possibility of Korra taking on Vaatu´s darkness, I remember that after watching the end of season 2 of LoK I was left wondering: If Raava and Vaatu were supposed to be 2 sides fighting to keep balance; how come the solution of the main problem (and the resolution of the season) is "killing" Vaatu? And on that note, I also ponder does this mean that a tiny Vaatu is growing inside Raava and that eventually there could be an actual "evil" (hate the term, but lets use it for brevity´s sake) Avatar?
What about if two spirits would reside in Korra? Anyway the entire idea of those Rava and Vatu makes no sense from the story-line perspective.
1) As you reach to the source they are mixed up representation of ying and yang from Asian mythology with roles reversed.
2) From the very first episode of ATLA it is established the we are talking about the spirit of the world able to master all four elements.
3) It needs to have more sophisticated explanation of bending. Because lets be honest even a woman in the kitchen can bend four elements, same for the smith, potter and many other professions. This actually can be a theme from another TV series about the origin of the bending.
4) The harmonic convergence can be actual explanation of the bending origin without this evil spirit stuff. Once every 10000 years the spirit give bending to those worthy one or something.
Imagine if the Avatar took on Vaatu's darkness and it brought he/she to actually have no qualms about killing another person if it's completelt necessary, despite upbringing (like Aang being an Air Nomad and therefore pacifist.)
@@lubystkaolamonola529 Only on Nick's website was it stated that the Avatar was the spirit of the world. Apparently it was in the story bible, but supposedly Bryke decided against it while in production. Or so they've said. We never hear any mention or either a Raava like origin or spirit of the planet origin in the original ATLA... but I sure liked the spirit of the planet idea much better! All of the fans assumed it was canon by the way, since it was on the website. But apparently the Nick website people simply didn't know... Am not really a fan of your last idea...
looks like you worked really hard on this. glad i subscribed.
Thank you! The whole thing was a really big undertaking. Chadunda, who I mention in the pinned comment, drew every single character and animated it beautifully. Dude’s a talent.
I love this version!! Really well done
I just might use some of your ideas in one of my future fanfictions. I'm a fanfiction author and you just gave me a ton of new ideas for one of my future projects.