The Legend of Korra 1x11 "Skeletons in the Closet" First Time Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- Arianna and Maple are back with an explosive reaction to The Legend of Korra Season 1, Episode 11: "Skeletons in the Closet." No spoilers here, just high energy and deep analysis as they watch Korra navigate the underground of Republic City, save allies, and uncover shocking truths. Witness their reactions to the strategic battles against the Equalists, the powerful character revelations, and the suspenseful setup leading to the season finale. Subscribe to Diegesis and don't miss a moment of the action and intrigue of the Avatar world!
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Synopsis:
In this penultimate episode, tensions rise as Korra and her team hide from the enemy's gaze. Iroh's arrival brings hope but also new challenges as the Equalists show their might. Unlikely alliances are formed and startling family connections are revealed, all culminating in a thrilling set-up for the season's climax.
00:00 - Intro
00:13 - Reaction
12:21 - Discussion 
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You aren’t losing your mind being suspicious of Asami. Her character design is very villain coded because she was originally conceived as an antagonist.
Right?!
Her character design was inspired by Lust from Fullmetal Alchemist
@@beckhambrooklynpenza1708Again, _no_ it wasn't.
Asami's look was based on old-school actresses, including Rita Hayworth, from which Asami's hairstyle was inspired.
@@DiegesisMy memory (it could be wrong) is that basically all of your initial instincts are right *but* she was so popular with fans AND writers that they basically bailed on the idea but couldn't cut all the stuff that made her villain-coded (which also makes the "she's actually chill" thing a twist of its own).
@@campbell91988Not with fans. The entire season would’ve been finished before any of it aired.
I genuinely don't remember if it was explained or not, but my headcanon for Amon's abilities is that he figured out a way to use bloodbending to permanently block a person's chi pathways, preventing them from bending again. He's definitely not taking their bending so much as he is blocking it, like clogging a pipe or locking a door.
Same, it isn't explained but I don't mind it. The magic isn't always explained.
The blood bending brothers story is heartbreaking. Coming from experience of a horrible father raising me and my older brother.
In the DVD commentary track for the next episode, the creators talked about the idea of Asami and General Iroh II getting together, and Mako confronting them about their age gap, since General Iroh is in his 30s (Mako is 19 IIRC). They joked that Asami would tell Mako "what do you mean? Iroh is 35, I'm 29....wait, how old are you???" 😂
Age is just a number.
@@jmwilliamsartokay, R. Kelly
No, Iroh doesn't have two different eye colors. You just saw the reflection of Korra's healing in his left eye.
Don’t you know how much technology the Fire Nation had during Avatar? Now that Aang & Zuko made a place for all 4 nations to be integrated, Republic City), and it be 70 years after Avatar, technology can be advanced very quickly
Yeah Zuko is closer to 90 my guy, Katara is in her 80's and Zuko is even older (not by much true, but still older)
he’s only 2 years older
Yeah if you look at our world the first Wright Brothers flight was 1903. 70 years later the Boeing 747 had been in regular flights for five years already. The model T ford was 1908. 70 years later we had Blue Flame, a land speed racing car that set the new world record at 622mph.
@JackulaHD forget the 747, we had the MOON LANDING less than 70 years after the Wright bros
Episode 11 debuting at 11am PST on 11/11 - gotta love it
Amon’s second hand man is voiced by Lance Henriksen. He was not in Avatar but he has a rad voice. Mostly a horror actor. Aliens, Near Dark, Pumpkinhead, etc.
Also voiced General Shepard in the Original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
@@matthewmills7988was going to say this. He sounded menacing but badass.
He also starred in The X-Files spinoff Millennium.
Not to mention he's been a regular in James Cameron's movies almost from jump. For example, he, as mentioned, played Bishop in Aliens.
You know Bolin would handle this romantic drama way better. Because he is not a blank of wood.
5:25 the names of aang and katara's other kids were known since episode 1. katara said their names when she was talking about how they all behaved as kids. kya was named for katara's mother, and bumi after aang's friend. time for a rewatch already, no complaints here! 😆
And tenzin is gyatsos nickname
@@MrsDuck356no it’s not
@@spazzout1k350 It actually is.
@spazzout1k350 it is, Tenzin Gyatso.
“What was that posture?” We call it “violence gremlin”, Arianna.
The pull and spin fairies you are thinking of were called Sky Dancers. They also had a similar one called DragonFlies
Katara mentioned Tenzin’s siblings, Kya and Bumi in the pilot episode. Bumi named after King Bumi and Kya named after Katara’s mom.
Amon uses a combo of blood bending and chi blocking
The 4 nations improved a lot since 100 year war, that meant technology. By this point all nations have their own weapons based on their bending. Just as Arianna said: the industrial age remove the mystical thing
Anyone else remember one popular theory about Amon's identity was that he might be the old Cabbage Merchant guy? 😁
Also, I like how even though Maple and Ariana don't dislike this Book's romance as much as a lot of fans, even they say it's distracting from the main story too much. 😄
Actually I think the two colored eye thing was just Korra's healing reflected in his eye. He has two orange-ish eyes in every other scene. So the blue-ish one was probably just the glowing water as he was being healed. That's how it looks anyway.
So, Yakone, who you said was "Handsome Squidward" is actually Mr. Crabs with a new face! Clancy Brown plays Yakone and Mr. Crabs! That fact made your comment even funnier! (To me, at least...) Great reactions from both of you; you are on the same page for so many elements of the story!
Tarrlok and Noatak backstory made us all tearbend.
It's so interesting to me all of the different sibling dynamics ATLA and TLOK have and the stark differences between them and the influences that help or hinder them in being supportive relationships or not. (Sokka & Katara vs Zuko & Azula and Mako & Bolin vs Noatak & Tarrlok)!
idk if y’all caught it but Iroh is Zuko’s grandson
Someone once asked me how it was possible for Amon/Noataq to LEARN to take someone's bending away. Aang only get the knowledge from an ancient Lion Turtle who passed the knowledge on "spiritually." It is a kind of unanswered question actually, but I can only assume that in his years of travel - before he re-emerged AS Amon - he did a LOT of research. Aang was just the first one we SEE doing it, but the fact is that there were hundreds - possibly even thousands - of Avatars before Aang. Who's to say that NONE of them ever learned this same ability?? And if another one HAD learned it, then maybe, just maybe, there is a record of it somewhere. Perhaps Amon even learned that it was a very ancient bending technique (which it actually IS - spirit bending). And since the spirit is actually connected to a person's nervous system (Aang getting his spine popped back into place during his fight with Ozai and his body readjusting and summoning the Avatar powers) perhaps Amon discovered that bending someone's blood can reproduce the same effect as Chi Blocking, just on a more permanent basis. That's what I suspect Amon learned. Advanced Chi Blocking.
The implication is that he's using blood bending to internally block people's chi. It isn't truly spirit bending since it's a purely physical phenomenon. I do wish that they would have explained this in the last episode, since it would strengthen the connection between Amon and his chi blockers and potentially leave some watchers less confused.
@@nathancollins1715 to he honest I never once thought that Amon was "Sprit Bending" exactly, I mean Aang would have been the one to actually do THAT. But since blocking someone's Chi is essentially just damaging nerve endings, I always assumed that Amon Blood bent in order to do THAT. Seeing as even in Avatar Healing couldn't fix anyone attacked by Ty Lee, they just had to wait it out. Waterbender Healing was most likely able to speed up recovery but That's about it. The show TRIES to explain things (sort of), but does a bad job. Thety say that Yakon was able to Bloodbend Psychically. Like the combustion benders who use Fire bending psychically to create clusters of micro explosions. But the lack of actual detailed explanations have led to many web articles making wild claims.
Like here's one as an example. There is a theory that After Yakon died his widow remarried and had two sons: Tonroq and Unaloq; essentially making Korra related to Amon and Tarloq and Amon. Another crazy theory is that Yakon is actually Sokka's son. which makes absolutely zero sense since Yakon appeared to be OLDER than Sokka in all the flashbacks. Yet another theory (one that fits if you choose to believe it) is that Yakon is an unwanted and unloved son of Hama, the Blood-bender who forced Katara to learn. The theory is that at some point she gave birth to a son and because the father was Fire Nation she just abandoned him. Finally there's a theory that suggest that Unaloq and Tonroq are Sokka and Suki's sons, making Katara actually Koraa's Aunt.
So many theories with so little thought put in to the actual show's evidence is very easy to find.
@@patrickcromwell7554 Yeah, I always find "X character is secretly related to Y character!" theories to be a bit stupid, because they actively make your world smaller. If every single main character is related in some way, then the show amounts to a family drama. And worse, it doesn't actually serve to make the characters better or deeper in any meaningful way. How does Amon being Korra's secret uncle make either character more interesting? It doesn't.
@@nathancollins1715 right??? Although the connection between Ham and Yakone is one that I think fits; especially in the flashback scene where he tells his sons that they come from a line of "powerful Blood-Benders" As far as we know from the shows Hama INVENTED Blood-Bending. so the idea that she may have had several unwanted children, making an entire bloodline of Blood-benders IS very intriguing to me. I would actually love to SEE that side story if it exists.
But in general I agree. FINDING links to connect EVERYONE to someone else is just lacking in imagination. It has to be done carefully and intelligently. The theoretical Hama and Yakone link?? Intelligent, because they aren't main characters and it would be FUN to imagine Hama 10 - 15 years younger training her secret army of Blood-Bending children.
Good reaction to an amazing and sad episode. It's quite the reveal going on here! Next episode will blow you guys out of the water! Can't wait!
Maple and her ad lib has become my favorite 😂
Maple's Mako impression 👌👌🤌👌
Amon mixes chi blocking with blood bending, permanently taking away bending
10:55 Tarlak's mom is actually beautiful.
I wish they did elaborate more on how the bending goes away instead of leaving it at oh it was his blood bending. Ok but how exactly.
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Bolin knows how to add Humor to a whole war
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Imo Amon is using bloodbending to block chakra paths. Just like a chi blocker but better and permanent.
Yakone sounding exactly like Mr Krabs from Spongebob makes it difficult for me to take him seriously. Also, Amon being a bender doesn't logically undermine the argument that non-benders seem like second-class citizens.
6:22 the only problem with that is that General Iroh is like twice her age. The man is like 36 here
Love triangles are always a bad idea i don't care how "realistic" some of them may be. thats the only defence people have for them it seems.
Yeah, the love triangle season 1 is really annoying. Given what the creators have said, thinking they only had one season at that point I can see why they did it the way they did, but it still feels so stunted. Even knowing the end 🤭, its annoying to sit through multiple scenes where nothing really happens except to show to the audience that theres still a trangle.
I think it shows that relationships are complicated at that age, especially for Korra who was so sheltered. But I was also annoyed sometimes, I wish they could’ve went for the decision they did at the end earlier but I know it wasn’t possible at the time
@@weisserdracheymy relationships were never like this growing up 😭😂
@@MapleDivine Korra was extremely sheltered. Mako Bolin and Asami are her first friends that are her age. Mako and Bolin grew up on the streets. I think considering that it makes sense that it would be messy
@@weisserdrachey Mako Bikini made me cackle
@@barroslucasc 😂 I didn’t even notice lol
Bad dads always have time to invent felonious tech.
always
Young Noatok’s voice actor Aang 😂
So Maple, the theory that people have about Amon and taking bending is that he is using blood bending and chi blocking.
Yeah that's what I had been thinking too!!!
Yeah, the show said that
Yeah it basically ends season one on that point lol
@@GiveMeTheRice
Besides the end of season 2 - Korra doesn't hit as hard as it does in this episode. So many feels and a great story about a villain that we can connect with in some way after his heartbreaking story.
I agree. After S1 and having the story writers not mention ANYTHING from S1 is ridiculous. The show had high potential but it’s riddled with freaking stupid story arcs that shouldn’t have been taken.
@@mylesyuh Totally understand. That was just my opinion to take or leave. I'm sure other people loved every episode and there's nothing wrong with that either.
So I just looked it up: General Iroh is 36 in Book 1 of Korra.... so maybe not a good fit for Asami lol
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Let’s gooo, the best couple episodes of the show
My question is, where do you think Lin is?
There are several fan-fictions that speculate on what Lin was up to after her bending is taken away in the last episode. But for anyone watching, fist time or seen it all, where is Lin, and what is she doing?
Did the Equalist lock her up? Did she go back to where ever she lives? Did she try to find allies or do her own form of resistance?
Interesting question. Somehow I never thought of that before. Perhaps she is locked up somehwere like her metal bending officers were in an earlier episode. I always thought it was strange though that they'd keep them as prisoners after taking their bending away, which is supposed to be their goal, not jailing people.
@@cjg8763 yeah i feels a bit hypocritical to keep former benders as prisoner. Of course Amon is a hypocrite but the rest of the movement should be confused. They were “equalize” by their own rhetoric they should no longer be a threat.
That being said Lin makes sence because she has very real connections to other world leader. Being Toph’s daughter and all, you cannot tell me she doesn’t know the current Fire Lord and Earth King/Queen and such. Even with out her bending Lin could have been seen as a political threat.
Maple is too smart 👏🏻
Almost 5 minutes of a 15-minute video discussing the love triangle... well, at least the two of you got their priorities sorted out. 🤣
I'm of the opinion that only the individual can have their bending taken away. So When Aang took Yakon's bending ONLY HE was affected. Any children he might have are still able to become benders because it's balance. If Aang took away the bending of an entire family forever until the bloodline dies out, that's NOT balance; that's Aang playing God. like with Ozai. Even though HIS bending was taken away, any new children he would potentially have COULD be benders. Besides children aren't necessarily the same as their Parents. Amon doesn't actually WANT to rule Republic City from the Underworld Like Yakon did, he just wants to FORCE full equality for benders AND non-benders. I mean it's kind of clear that Republic City is under Bender control. ONLY benders are on the Ruling Council. It's - by default - an unfair leadership status.
"And then they give us this entire depressing story ark?!" 😂
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love me some bolin
Maple looks like Asami ngl
I don't know, I'm eyeing a Korra and Asami couple
korras idea of showing everyone that amon is a bender would not unfuk them from benders that mistreated them
this writing/thinking is naive
Oh no, a 17 year old character is naïve? And systems of power tend to adapt to try to hold onto it instead of deconstructuring to address the roots of the problem? Like how it's taken multiple waves of feminism to continue to advance egalitarian rights, and we've still got issues? It's almost like art imitates life and life imitates art.
So, snark aside, you're right that it wouldn't fix the problem forever, but that doesn't mean people in-universe aren't willing to accept it as a solution. It definitely was sufficient to stop specifically the organization running the Equalists, but I don't think anyone's pretending that no one holds any anti-bending sentiment anymore. It's fertile grounds for future stories to sprout from, a historical event to reference in when describing the long march to freedom.
I mean...if you saw season 2 you know that it didn't...
Blood branding? Lol
Mako AND Korra are to blame
Skydancers ?
I like the love triangle. Reminds me of me back in high school. I was makko. Sad to say but i also enjoy the representation
I'm not entirely mad at how they explained Amon's ability, but gosh wouldn't it be way cooler if he really was a non-bender who was granted these powers by some upset powerful spirit? He's ideologically right and provides a much needed perspective into the world dominated by benders.
I don't think that would have worked, because I assume the writers wrote the whole yakone and backstory storyline first and then traced back from there to Amon, Tarlokk and everything.
Lmao 8:28 yeah that’s the only downside I have with avatar all the dads seem pretty shitty
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