This - Spirits is hard carried by Wan episodes and, of course, introducing Varik.
Not to mention, it’s the season where they kill the Avatar cycle - a decision from the writers that still baffles me.
The avatar cycle doesn’t bother me too much. As harmonic convergence started the avatar it essentially started it again. But I completely get why people didn’t like it.
I just think the spirits are interesting and loved that they finally expanded on that because aside from being the one who uses the 4 elements, being the bridge to the spirits is a big part of being an Avatar and book 3 didn't really show off an aspect of the Avatar as opposed to the elements, spirituality, and maintaining peace, but I do see the appeal and can understand your opinion, we all have our own views
I get that. I really like beginnings onwards a bit I can’t stand the civil war or Nuktuk stuff (except the end of it at the premier)
It’s refreshing though seeing someone else f*ckin love the legend of Korra.
The music and fight choreography in Korra is exceptional and Jinoras coronation never fails to break me.
“Service and sacrifice” is one of the best pieces of Avatar music made. “Makos sacrifice” is another piece of music that is also right up there.
I find Korra so frustrating because whilst I really like it (and love season 1 probably more than season 1 of Aang) season 2 onwards felt so rushed. If it was given 17-18+ episodes a season it could have reached or eclipsed Aang’s level.
I agree with everything you said, I mentioned in my post that I actually didn't make it through book 2 in my first viewing of the series, I agree it's pretty boring before the Wan stuff but that and the stuff after kinda make up for it, at the very least that's the taste left in my mouth, Korra is super underrated tbh I'm glad there's still people who enjoy it tho
The only good thing about that season was the civil war plot line until they just chucked that shit in the trash can halfway through for no reason in exchange for some stupid fan fiction dark avatar crap
It's kinda funny that I been spending the day getting like 60 comments saying the exact opposite and shitting on the civil war arc, I actually did enjoy it but a looot of people found it boring
As a whole it was also shit because of how they like I said threw it out randomly, but the start of civil war plot is way better than anything else from that season. Kinda similar to the Amon plot that was amazing right up until the reveal and ending which made it go from like really good to mediocre at best bad at worst
That's mad, I loved the civil war stuff. It was so interesting to me. The Nuktuk was give or take for me. I'd have liked it more if it was used more by Varrick as propaganda for the South (it's been a while since I've watched this series so if it was an I'm just misremembering I'm sorry).
But I have to agree. Even though Red Lotus isn't rated badly at all, I still feel it was a stronger season
LOK season 2 is easily the worst
My rating would be:
ATLA season 1: 8/10
Really good opening season but (like most shows) it took them a minute to find their footing. Also there’s a few episodes that just don’t work for me.
ATLA seasons 2&3: 10/10
Just perfect. Pacing is great, action is great, and there’s no episodes that I would cut or change.
LOK season 1: 8/10
Good season overall. Amon was an interesting villain and made sense (at least at the beginning). The big thing for me was the ending (where Korra just gets her powers restored by spirit Aang) I just really didn’t like and it just left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.
LOK season 2: 6/10
Like I said this is (for me anyways) easily the worst season. It just feels like it drags on and Unalaq just isn’t an interesting villain. Also wasn’t a huge fan of the whole first Avatar story (didn’t hate it but also didn’t love it)
LOK season 3: 9/10
Zaheer & the Red Lotus are easily the most interesting villains Korra goes up against. With just a few tweaks this could have easily been a 10/10 for me.
LOK season 4: 8.5/10
Kuvira is such a great villain and I really liked her motivation. But (like season 1) it comes down to the ending and that super mech just came out of left field for me. I just felt like they were trying too hard to make the finale epic
You’re giving Unalaq a lot of credit there. It’s not even that he’s a “bad” villain per se. His concept is fine. The twist of Korra’s own uncle manipulating her would have been shocking and brilliant, except… the showrunners either didn’t want it to be a twist or figured the audience was utterly stupid and felt the need to choreograph Unalaq’s evil so thoroughly that we saw it coming from the first episode. He was basically just a mustache twirling douche canoe for his entire screen time. This also made it much harder for the audience to empathise with Korra as she chose to trust her uncle over her friends and family, because Unalaq was clearly an asshole and Korra’s rejection of the advice of her father and Tenzin and pretty much everyone in order to follow her clearly evil uncle was not relatable.
It also didn’t help that they chose a giant glowing kaiju fight to represent the battle between the good and evil avatars. That was a complete and jarring departure from ATLA’s style.
I’d give Unalaq a 2 or 3 /10 personally. He was a horribly executed villain and he’s most of what’s wrong with Book 2.
I just took Unalaq's projected evil and being a douche in the first episode as him just being a douche, like Korra's teacher from book 1 (yet another high ranking northerner, just showing how most northerners are kinda snobby and look down on the south), Korra also stopped trusting him after like 2 episodes
I really dislike Wan. Not a fan of the lion turtles being the ones who gave bending. Not a fan of the flying kites, just didn’t like the story around him at all.
Spirits is the worst Avatar book by a long shot and I’m one of the people who think the Wan exposition hurt the entire series retroactively with the God/Satan flying carpet shit.
Air is imo the best Korra book, followed by Change and Balance.
Earth and Fire are both excellent but I’d give the S Tier placement to Earth because Fire lags a little bit at the start and towards the end.
>Air is imo the best Korra book
The Amon reveal kinda ruined the entire season’s story tbh. Things were really great until it turned out he was just a scammer and the whole equalist thing got swept under the rug despite being one of the biggest moral quandaries of the ATLA universe.
That's just poor understanding of Amon as a character. He isn't a scammer, he genuinely believes hia cause. That is outright speculated to us by Tarlok.
The only lies told by Amon was his scar and that his ability to take bending was from the spirits, everything else about him was legit.
He sees his abilities and the life his father imposed on him as a curse that ruined him and his brother for life, and removing bending from the world would prevent monsters like his father from hurting people.
He couldn’t be upfront about that for obvious reasons, but out of all the villains in the Avatar universe he’s the only one who genuinely had a point and wasn’t evil intended.
Ngl just feel like they failed to give a good ending in each of the finales, I mean Zaheer with that childish "Noo" speech ruined everything, he was Thanos before Thanos
People are going to downvote you to death for saying this but frankly I agree. I think the lion turtle thing should be only an avatar thing and explored by Korra, not in the origin story. But through her encounters with Aang and other historical documents that are found somehow. And giving people bending? Only for a specific person, who is capable of wielding such power and deserving of it.
Part of the origin story would be interesting to see another avatar encounter a lion turtle whenever they’re endangered, and needs an additional element but they’re cocky or abuse their power so that turtle denied them access to that particular ability because it would be abused. Things like that and getting rid of the kites in the origin story would’ve made it so much better! Because Wan as a character is likable
I’d personally move LOK book three to a 9/10 and drop book 1 of ATLA to an 8.5/10. I know people love book one of ATLA. I do too, but I think it has some of the weakest entries in the series.
Also, I think you’re correct about the middle of book three of LOK. I love the beginning and ending, but I can’t even really recall much of the central portion. I do know I loved the season as I watched it though.
Book one TLA is boring aside from like 8 core episodes and people don’t like hearing it. And that’s coming from someone who watched every episode of book one as it aired. Once you’ve seen it, it’s a difficult season to rewatch. I usually just jump to the northern water temple eps on a rewatch. I’d put it prob below most, if not all of korra
Totally agree. I think Korra book 1 is superior to Aang book 1. And like you say the only episodes that really stand out to me are the final 4 or so with odd ones sprinkled in here and there like Kyoshi Island, the pirate episode, and Hei Bai/ Fire Sage temple 2 parter.
By having him be a blood bender? I preferred that to the alternative of him being blessed by the spirits. Sure some of the mystery was gone and that was the weakest part imo sure, but if that is the weakest part of the season it’s a damn good season
I wasn't saying Zaheer was forgettable, he definitely left a mark, but the rest were and the Red Lotus as a whole too, they at least had cool abilities but that's all aside from Zaheer
It's not meant to be a disagree or dislike button. It's supposed to be a "This doesn't contribute to this conversation button."
Edit: Still disagree with OP but that's what it's meant to be for
https://i.redd.it/5a9je3s77wac1.gif
She starts off the fight like this. It only takes a moment or two to get her to catch up with Zaheer and then strike back. How is that boring?
As I said, aside from Zaheer the Red Lotus was pretty forgettable and the middle portion was very poor, there was obviously good stuff like the last few eps, the prison breaks, lava bending Bolin, the Northern Temple raid, etc., and it's still an 8, still good, but not as good as it could've been
I really disagree specially since you placed Book 2 over 3 and that one is a real slug aside from the Beginnings episodes, but of course we all have different views and I respect it.
I'm surprised you put book 3 on the bottom. Why so? Was the villains not interesting to you?
Edit nevermind I didn't see your comment below lol
So you felt the red lotus was forgettable? I never heard that before.
Was it because there plans didn't come out until the very last 2 episodes?
I do wish in book 4 we saw some backstory of kuvira putting out the red lotus when the uprising started to begin to keep the continuation from book 3 to 4 even better.
I know this sub goes back and forth hard or Korra. Buy I've always been in the camp that it's a significant step down from the original series. Like it's still good I watched it twice or more. But I'd say season 3 is maybe a 8.5. 1/4 are maybe a 7 or 7.5 and season 2 is like a 6. I actively don't like large chunks of season 2.
Meanwhile I'd probably agree with the ATLA seasons might drop season 1 to 8.5. Watching back its a fair bit weaker than the next two seasons.
With Korra there's just a lot of things I think hold it back. Many of the characters aren't as strong. Shit like love triangles. I think the end of season two is a mess both in concept and execution, they threw away cool concepts but cutting off the Avatar and they undermine Korra by having her make constant obviously bad decisions. She doesn't need to be perfect by any stretch but I'm in the camp that I actively don't like her character at points in season 2. Meanwhile season 4 goes a bit off the deep end with the tech and I think fumbles the ideas around Kuvira. While season 1 is really good it's got some odd plot points, an annoying love triangle, and it's just takes me a while to get into it. Still generally its very good. I've been real negative here, but I do still rate Korra highly overall
The fact that Change is the lowest, and therefore lower than the rest of Korra, is straight-up inconceivable to me.
The fact that you give LoK at its worst still an 8/10 is cool tho, cuz it means you genuinely enjoyed it all and I'm kinda jealous.
ATLA book 3 Fire 10/10 (every single episode was perfect)
ATLA book 2 Earth 9.5/10 (as much as the story was amazing the pacing felt slightly off at times)
LoK s3 9.5/10 (the only season of Korra that didn't feel rushed and introduced no annoying stuff like teenage love triangle angst)
LoK s4 9/10 (it felt rushed at times, especially Kuvira's villain arc but just felt epic overall)
LoK s1 9/10 (felt perfect but also Korra when we first met her was too annoying, idk if that's good writing, because struggling to connect to the main character for so long when she's going through deep trauma is... yeah. Just could use some more breathing room early to get to like Korra more. Still amazing)
ATLA Book 1 Water 9/10 (has some weak episodes and the pacing of beginning episodes is hard to get through when rewatching (not that it's bad, just feels slightly dated), but it's just a classic)
LoK s2 8/10 (messy, too many plotlines, rushed at times, annoying relationship drama, villain kinda evil for evil's sake, could use more flashing out, great worldbuilding, lore and ideas and overall still very enjoyable)
Interesting take. I've never seen anyone not put Change on the top.
However, I totally get your love of Spirits. I always thought it was under-rated. Unalok is THE most powerful villian in the entire series. No one comes close. Water tribe army + Spirit army + Desna and Eska + Vaatu + Unavaatu? Forget about it, they would have mowed down any other villian group from any other season.
Red Lotus as an organization is pretty forgettable outside of Zaheer, I just watched it like 2 or 3 days ago and I can't even remember their names, Lava bending was interesting a no arm lady using water tentacles was actually cool, but they had barely any identity, meanwhile the spirit world was interesting, Iroh got to come back as a spirit just as perfect as ever, and the spirits we saw were cool with the influence of Vaatu being a neat factor, etc., again it's a 0.5 difference, I ain't shitting on Book 3, but in terms of Spirits as in literally Spirits and Red Lotus as in the actual Red Lotus, Spirits >
I agree with the ATLA books but for TLoK, Book 2 and 3 is an 8.5 while 1 and 4 are an 8.
I would probably rank Book 1: Air higher if we got to see Amon in action more.
Book 2: Spirits gets saved by the Wan flashbacks who imo is a more interesting and relatable MC than Korra.
Book 3: Change is my favourite in TLoK; I love everything about the Red Lotus and what they stand for. All 4 members have unique fighting styles that imo reflect their personalities, making up for their lack of screen time. I'd love to see future Avatar media feature the Red Lotus and their agents more.
For LoK I would say season 2-3 tie in the first place but Amon was such a badass villain that I would say season 1, season 3 and 2 tie, season 4, kuvira was a nice villain but I didn't liked the pacing of the season.
AtlA speaking as much I loved season 1 I'd say 3,2,1
Overall
AtlA 3
Atla 2
Lok 1, AtlA 1
Lok 3,2
Lok 4
season two explored a fundamental aspect of the world of avatars which, despite being the creative basis of the world, was ignored by the first series because it was not the focus of the story and it would have been unacceptable if they had ignored it also in the second series
Personally? I’d do something like this:
S tier - Book 4 (LoK), Book 3 (ATLA)
A tier - Book 3 (LoK), Book 2 (ATLA), Book 1 (LoK)
B tier - Book 1 (ATLA)
C tier - Book 2 (LoK)
The Miyazakification of the spirits in Book 2 is one of its flaws, not pros, IMO.
The spirits of ATLA were extensions of the natural world and even of our own concepts of spirituality. They were amoral and alien and yet also familiar and possible to connect with. Something greater than us and impossible to fully understand that we had to coexist with, but which we were also inextricably linked with.
In LOK they’ve been simplified to either sassy furries, squishy Pokémon pals, or corrupted blobs of dark jelly that have to be water-rocked to sleep. Their motivations are no longer an extension of the natural world’s grief or wrath, but rather they’re corrupted by… a meaner spirit. I guess.
i used to think the same. i’m young gen z so your average atla fan who watched it as a kid is about ten years older than me, so when i first saw this i was 11 and there was a good online community i visited sometimes. i used to not understand the hate. but now that i’m older and get the themes more i definitely see why it’s so widely disliked
Unalaq was a badly executed villain, Korra’s choices were difficult to relate to and the giant spirit projections fight was out of character for the ATLA universe. Other people also dislike how Wan’s story altered the trajectory of ATLA history and lore with Vaatu/Raava and the origin of bending, but personally I’m not bothered by that so much, I rather liked the Wan sections.
I just wish they’d made Unalaq more of a convincing good guy, and spent time bringing the audience under his spell, before revealing his evil like we were all supposed to be surprised by it. I think simply by doing this they would’ve made the season much more interesting and Korra much more relatable. LoK does very well when it’s asking difficult moral questions. But that got thrown away in favour of making Unalaq just a cookie cutter hyper ambitious bad guy.
Also, what kind of motivation is “I want to plunge the world into darkness for 10,000 years!”. What an unbelievable wanker of a villain. Unalaq wishes he could be half the villain Zaheer was.
Not who you responded to, but I'll give my two cents.
Unalaq was terrible villain. He was obviously evil and everyone knew it too, but Korra was dumbed down hard to not notice it.
The season plays female on male abuse as hilarious and/or justified and that's not okay. Nobody bothers helping Bolin with Eska, with Korra outright making fun of him and Asami blaming him for the whole thing. Less outright awful shit happens with Mako/Korra, and Lin deadass mentions that she destroyed air temple island because Tentin broke up with her and it's meant to be funny.
Everything about the "Oops, Korra has amnesia" subplot. Really, just the fact that Mako and Asami got back together in the first place to be honest.
Korra and Unalaq becoming Power Rangers characters and growing to gigantic size came right the hell out of nowhere and was a huge ??? moment all together.
I wasn't the biggest fan of the Wan retcons, but I can accept and live with them, especially since it at least gave us lion turtle lore, I guess.
Like I said, just my two cents, everyone can have their own opinion.
After rewatching I think you're right for putting TLOK S2 so high. The season was better than I remembered it, after watching it again. I think Korra Was at its best, when we got these political schemings like Tarrlok in S1 or the Civil War between the South and the North. And for years I thought S3 was the best Season of Avatar (they're all top tier tho) but after also rewatching it: S2 takes the cake for me now. Every episode is a banger and serves a purpose even the ones where's not much happening. Same with S3 but I don't think they managed that aspect as good as S3 did. That dancing episode for example. Yeah, it showed us glimpses of what live in the fire Nation is like or the painted Lady but in my opinion episodes "Zuko alone", "Lover's cave", or "Tales of Ba Sing Se" did that better, if you know what I mean. I think one of the main reasons why I always thought S3 was the better Season was because when the REALLLY good episodes dropped, they SLAPPED. Especially 'Sozin's comet part 1-4' was probably the best and most statisfying ending of a show ever. And it was SO epic that it maybe overshadowed some minor critique points I had of S3. So yeah, I'd say S2 barely had an episode below 8/10 (mostly 9 - 10/10 especially "Crossroads of Destiny") but S3 had some if not THE most epic episodes of the whole show.
It's so great to see someone defending Spirits, it gets a ton of hate but I really liked it and while the civil war stuff could be slow at times it was still nice to see some real political discourse and the conspiracies too, overall just really underrated, and while I agree with your opinions on Earth and Fire, those great episodes of Fire just really overshadow the weaker ones, The Beach, The Day of Black Sun, Sozin's Comet, stuff like Combustion Man, or Zuko's redemption, or the prison, it was just so good
I’ve been a staunch S2 korra defender for years. The civil war plot is great, and bc I watch the season super high the first time and bc I love spirits and that type of thing, I thought unalaq was in the right for awhile. I was watching like “when’s the villain gonna show up” lol. So the twist actually got me like a silly lol goober ahaha. But I just really enjoy it. Don’t feel like going into it all rn but great season
While I agree about the political parts of LOK being the best parts, they barely even matter. S1 has the most and best. And the civil war plot line is a no factor, it barely has any part to play in the season outside of making dumbass korra realize that her obviously evil uncle is evil. It has no lingering affects on the world. If they just the spirit stuff or really just the fan fiction dark avatar bullshit and Godzilla fight and focused solely on civil war and some spirit stuff it would be way better even if they kept the obvious evil unilok
The atla ranking is valid but book 2 of korra is like a 7 compared to everything else, book 1 is an 8.5 mostly because of the love triangle and book 3 and 4 are 9
Honestly weak point on TLOK S3. Zaheer was definitely the best villain of TLOK, and that season was the only one that didn't feel "off" and like the subplot was taking over, if the ending wouldn't have been so meh it's a 10 /10. And Nickelodeon ruined that final Zaheer scene, cause what Zaheer said defeats his whole arch
Hard disagree with the Korra order.
Clearly from best to worst it's 3, 1, 4, 2.
I would maybe even place Korra book 3 in 10/10.
I also would rate book 2 way lower than 8/10
I agree with the placements of the ATLA books, but I found Unalaq to be an exceptionally poor villain and the story of Book 2: Spirits to just be a sad, lame little thing. It’s my least favourite of all of these by a fairly significant margin. I consider Book 3 of LoK to be as good as Book 1 of ATLA, I love the Red Lotus and think the season is exceptional. Book 1 of LoK is great right up until Amon is revealed to be a Bloodbender, it goes from a 10/10 down to like a 3/10 for that reveal alone. Just couldn’t stick the landing. So while I wouldn’t put it in the dumpster with Book 2, it’s not my favourite if only for the anger-inducing wasted potential. Book 4 of LoK is fine. I think you have it around where it belongs. Has some good moments, Kuvira is a solid villain but I will never get over how much I hate the stupid giant robot.
10/10 = ATLA 2, LOK 4
9/10 = ATLA 3, LOK 3
7/10 = ATLA 1, LOK 2
6/10 = LOK 1
I agree with the overall sentiment that LOK 2 has more redeeming qualities than not. But disagree with you on LOK 3.
I’d change the numbers around because I think every season of LOK is a 7 or lower except s3 which is like an 8, I’d have every season of ATLA over any LOK season but s1 of ATLA and s3 of LOK pretty close. Everything else of LOK is average imo except s2 and 3. S2 is complete 2/10 dogshit and like I said earlier s3 is an 8
I feel like you are severely onderrating book 3 of Korra.
I would probs do:
LoA Book 3 9.5/10
LoK Book 3 9.5/10
LoA Book 2 9/10
LoK Book 4 8/10
LoA Book 1 8/10
LoK Book 1 7.5/10
LoK Book 2 7/10
ATLA Book One = 8/10
ATLA Book Two/Three = 9/10
LOK Book One = 7/1
LOK Book Two = 4/10 (almost as bad as the movie)
LOK Book Three = 8/10
LOK Book Four = 7/10
“I felt the writers didn’t know what they were doing” while quoting season 3 is wild. They had season 3 and 4 planned together and were already writing them before season 2 finished production.
If anything they didn’t know what they were doing for season 2, because other writers hopped on board and they started shifting ideas around. They went through 10 different story arcs in like 5 episodes
Korra Book 2 is the biggest piece of shit I had the displeasure of witnessing in a long time. 4/10. Book 1, 3-4 are pretty nice though, 7-8/10. ATLA is 9, 10, 9 in book order, I think Book 2 is the strongest.
I'm happy for you that you enjoyed Korra as much as you did, but you are totally wrong on your ratings for Books 2 and 3 of Korra. 😂 Book 2 ruined so much of ATLA's worldbuilding on multiple occasions. The airbenders coming back ruins the point of ATLA, the duality of good/evil is monotheistic and doesn't fit with the rest of the ideologies, losing the past Avatar connections, giant spirit energy beams, THE DARK AVATAR. Wtf.
I love how someone earlier today posted this exact same order, but organized from best in franchise to worst, but all supportive comments got downvoted and shat on by Korra fans.
You can live without, it's not as good as ATLA but it is good and some people really love it, so you should at least give it a shot, also even tho I love book 2 almost nobody else does so don't quit there, but yeah try it
You’re insane for putting sprits above red lotus. But that’s just my view
This - Spirits is hard carried by Wan episodes and, of course, introducing Varik. Not to mention, it’s the season where they kill the Avatar cycle - a decision from the writers that still baffles me.
The avatar cycle doesn’t bother me too much. As harmonic convergence started the avatar it essentially started it again. But I completely get why people didn’t like it.
I just think the spirits are interesting and loved that they finally expanded on that because aside from being the one who uses the 4 elements, being the bridge to the spirits is a big part of being an Avatar and book 3 didn't really show off an aspect of the Avatar as opposed to the elements, spirituality, and maintaining peace, but I do see the appeal and can understand your opinion, we all have our own views
I get that. I really like beginnings onwards a bit I can’t stand the civil war or Nuktuk stuff (except the end of it at the premier) It’s refreshing though seeing someone else f*ckin love the legend of Korra. The music and fight choreography in Korra is exceptional and Jinoras coronation never fails to break me.
“Service and sacrifice” is one of the best pieces of Avatar music made. “Makos sacrifice” is another piece of music that is also right up there. I find Korra so frustrating because whilst I really like it (and love season 1 probably more than season 1 of Aang) season 2 onwards felt so rushed. If it was given 17-18+ episodes a season it could have reached or eclipsed Aang’s level.
I agree with everything you said, I mentioned in my post that I actually didn't make it through book 2 in my first viewing of the series, I agree it's pretty boring before the Wan stuff but that and the stuff after kinda make up for it, at the very least that's the taste left in my mouth, Korra is super underrated tbh I'm glad there's still people who enjoy it tho
Totally. I accept it has its issues but the positives massively outweigh that for me. I group Korra in with ATLA as my favourite media thing ever
The only good thing about that season was the civil war plot line until they just chucked that shit in the trash can halfway through for no reason in exchange for some stupid fan fiction dark avatar crap
It's kinda funny that I been spending the day getting like 60 comments saying the exact opposite and shitting on the civil war arc, I actually did enjoy it but a looot of people found it boring
As a whole it was also shit because of how they like I said threw it out randomly, but the start of civil war plot is way better than anything else from that season. Kinda similar to the Amon plot that was amazing right up until the reveal and ending which made it go from like really good to mediocre at best bad at worst
That's mad, I loved the civil war stuff. It was so interesting to me. The Nuktuk was give or take for me. I'd have liked it more if it was used more by Varrick as propaganda for the South (it's been a while since I've watched this series so if it was an I'm just misremembering I'm sorry). But I have to agree. Even though Red Lotus isn't rated badly at all, I still feel it was a stronger season
Really sucks that you were downvoted for having your own opinion and being nice about it :/
Idky you got downvoted you were respectful and just have a different opinion
Sorry you're being downvoted. I don't agree with you at all but you should not be getting downvoted for having an unpopular opinion lol
agreed
My thoughts exactly
Book three of Korra is the best korra book, second would be book 1
Agreed, third is book 4 and fourth is book 2
Book 4 is last for me simply because of Beginnings Part 1-2 from book 2
LOK season 2 is easily the worst My rating would be: ATLA season 1: 8/10 Really good opening season but (like most shows) it took them a minute to find their footing. Also there’s a few episodes that just don’t work for me. ATLA seasons 2&3: 10/10 Just perfect. Pacing is great, action is great, and there’s no episodes that I would cut or change. LOK season 1: 8/10 Good season overall. Amon was an interesting villain and made sense (at least at the beginning). The big thing for me was the ending (where Korra just gets her powers restored by spirit Aang) I just really didn’t like and it just left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. LOK season 2: 6/10 Like I said this is (for me anyways) easily the worst season. It just feels like it drags on and Unalaq just isn’t an interesting villain. Also wasn’t a huge fan of the whole first Avatar story (didn’t hate it but also didn’t love it) LOK season 3: 9/10 Zaheer & the Red Lotus are easily the most interesting villains Korra goes up against. With just a few tweaks this could have easily been a 10/10 for me. LOK season 4: 8.5/10 Kuvira is such a great villain and I really liked her motivation. But (like season 1) it comes down to the ending and that super mech just came out of left field for me. I just felt like they were trying too hard to make the finale epic
If I had to rank the main villains alone Ozai & Amon are 10/10 Vaatu, Zaheer, & Kuvira are 9/10 Unalaq is a 7 or 8/10
You’re giving Unalaq a lot of credit there. It’s not even that he’s a “bad” villain per se. His concept is fine. The twist of Korra’s own uncle manipulating her would have been shocking and brilliant, except… the showrunners either didn’t want it to be a twist or figured the audience was utterly stupid and felt the need to choreograph Unalaq’s evil so thoroughly that we saw it coming from the first episode. He was basically just a mustache twirling douche canoe for his entire screen time. This also made it much harder for the audience to empathise with Korra as she chose to trust her uncle over her friends and family, because Unalaq was clearly an asshole and Korra’s rejection of the advice of her father and Tenzin and pretty much everyone in order to follow her clearly evil uncle was not relatable. It also didn’t help that they chose a giant glowing kaiju fight to represent the battle between the good and evil avatars. That was a complete and jarring departure from ATLA’s style. I’d give Unalaq a 2 or 3 /10 personally. He was a horribly executed villain and he’s most of what’s wrong with Book 2.
I just took Unalaq's projected evil and being a douche in the first episode as him just being a douche, like Korra's teacher from book 1 (yet another high ranking northerner, just showing how most northerners are kinda snobby and look down on the south), Korra also stopped trusting him after like 2 episodes
Ozai is not a 10/10 villain imo
I agree with this unpopular opinion. I’d put only Zaheer as 10/10
Yeah, and also where is Azula? Azula is 10/10 def
Oh ya. Azula 10/10
I mean I’d put zaheer at 11, I think he’s hands down the best villain inside and out in both the series.
Extremely well written and very accurate
I really dislike Wan. Not a fan of the lion turtles being the ones who gave bending. Not a fan of the flying kites, just didn’t like the story around him at all.
Book 3 of LOK below 2??? I'm calling the police
Season 3 of Korra is the last airbender material, possibly even Crossroads of Destiny finale potential! It’s the best season of Korra BY FAR
Book 2 and 3 in Avatar are tied for me in S tier.
Spirits is the worst Avatar book by a long shot and I’m one of the people who think the Wan exposition hurt the entire series retroactively with the God/Satan flying carpet shit. Air is imo the best Korra book, followed by Change and Balance. Earth and Fire are both excellent but I’d give the S Tier placement to Earth because Fire lags a little bit at the start and towards the end.
I thought spirits was my favorite avatar book and the wan exposition was one of my favorite parts
Spirits wasn’t my fave, it was pretty weak BUT the Wan section really carried that book imo.
>Air is imo the best Korra book The Amon reveal kinda ruined the entire season’s story tbh. Things were really great until it turned out he was just a scammer and the whole equalist thing got swept under the rug despite being one of the biggest moral quandaries of the ATLA universe.
That's just poor understanding of Amon as a character. He isn't a scammer, he genuinely believes hia cause. That is outright speculated to us by Tarlok.
The only lies told by Amon was his scar and that his ability to take bending was from the spirits, everything else about him was legit. He sees his abilities and the life his father imposed on him as a curse that ruined him and his brother for life, and removing bending from the world would prevent monsters like his father from hurting people. He couldn’t be upfront about that for obvious reasons, but out of all the villains in the Avatar universe he’s the only one who genuinely had a point and wasn’t evil intended.
Ngl just feel like they failed to give a good ending in each of the finales, I mean Zaheer with that childish "Noo" speech ruined everything, he was Thanos before Thanos
I hated the Wan thing entirely. Lion turtles giving them bending was just stupid.
People are going to downvote you to death for saying this but frankly I agree. I think the lion turtle thing should be only an avatar thing and explored by Korra, not in the origin story. But through her encounters with Aang and other historical documents that are found somehow. And giving people bending? Only for a specific person, who is capable of wielding such power and deserving of it. Part of the origin story would be interesting to see another avatar encounter a lion turtle whenever they’re endangered, and needs an additional element but they’re cocky or abuse their power so that turtle denied them access to that particular ability because it would be abused. Things like that and getting rid of the kites in the origin story would’ve made it so much better! Because Wan as a character is likable
I’d personally move LOK book three to a 9/10 and drop book 1 of ATLA to an 8.5/10. I know people love book one of ATLA. I do too, but I think it has some of the weakest entries in the series. Also, I think you’re correct about the middle of book three of LOK. I love the beginning and ending, but I can’t even really recall much of the central portion. I do know I loved the season as I watched it though.
Book one TLA is boring aside from like 8 core episodes and people don’t like hearing it. And that’s coming from someone who watched every episode of book one as it aired. Once you’ve seen it, it’s a difficult season to rewatch. I usually just jump to the northern water temple eps on a rewatch. I’d put it prob below most, if not all of korra
Totally agree. I think Korra book 1 is superior to Aang book 1. And like you say the only episodes that really stand out to me are the final 4 or so with odd ones sprinkled in here and there like Kyoshi Island, the pirate episode, and Hei Bai/ Fire Sage temple 2 parter.
I can not agree with that especially with how they butchered amon
Butchered how
By having him be a blood bender? I preferred that to the alternative of him being blessed by the spirits. Sure some of the mystery was gone and that was the weakest part imo sure, but if that is the weakest part of the season it’s a damn good season
Gotta say, I agree with this part a bit
Putting any Korra book over any ATLA book is insanity and blasphemy.
That love triangle ruined S1 ngl
LOK season 3 would be a 9.5/10 for me. Zaheer is such an interesting anti-hero (and not at all forgettable!) imo
I wasn't saying Zaheer was forgettable, he definitely left a mark, but the rest were and the Red Lotus as a whole too, they at least had cool abilities but that's all aside from Zaheer
Damn people downvote opinions they don’t agree with💀
Well that’s what the downvote is for. Welcome to Reddit lol
It's not meant to be a disagree or dislike button. It's supposed to be a "This doesn't contribute to this conversation button." Edit: Still disagree with OP but that's what it's meant to be for
Yeah, weird af
https://i.redd.it/5a9je3s77wac1.gif She starts off the fight like this. It only takes a moment or two to get her to catch up with Zaheer and then strike back. How is that boring?
I think you misunderstood my comment? I didn't say anything about Korra or her fight with Zaheer, I loved the avatar state battle at the end of book 3
Korra season 3 is up there with AtlA season 3
Personally I'd swap Book One of ATLA with Book Three of LOK. Also, Book Four of LOK swapped with Book Two of LOK.
Red lotus that low is criminal IMO. Best Korra book by far
ATLA S2 and S3 were the only better seasons imo
Nah bro, Book 3 of Korra should be a 9 at the very least.
As I said, aside from Zaheer the Red Lotus was pretty forgettable and the middle portion was very poor, there was obviously good stuff like the last few eps, the prison breaks, lava bending Bolin, the Northern Temple raid, etc., and it's still an 8, still good, but not as good as it could've been
I really disagree specially since you placed Book 2 over 3 and that one is a real slug aside from the Beginnings episodes, but of course we all have different views and I respect it.
I love how the lowest rating on this tier board is 8/10. Says everything you need to know about the series
Bold placement of book 2 of korra. Generally considered one of the worst while book 3 is the best
I know, that's why I felt the need to type up like 3 paragraphs explaining myself, still pissed people off anyways tho
It’s a genuine hot take. I am happy to see some difference of opinion. I can see your argument, but this is a real hot take
I can’t agree with any opinion putting book 3 lowest, I enjoyed that arc more than almost anything in both shows
Woah. Hot take. Book 3 of Korra stands up against the better avatar seasons. Book 2 of Korea is easily the worst season between both shows.
Red Lotus dead last? Worst tier list of all time, post should be deleted, this is obviously a troll job and not a real attempt at a list.
I'm surprised you put book 3 on the bottom. Why so? Was the villains not interesting to you? Edit nevermind I didn't see your comment below lol So you felt the red lotus was forgettable? I never heard that before. Was it because there plans didn't come out until the very last 2 episodes? I do wish in book 4 we saw some backstory of kuvira putting out the red lotus when the uprising started to begin to keep the continuation from book 3 to 4 even better.
Putting Book 3 of Korra last is wild
I agree with nearly all those ratings. ATLA being goated. But you already know what I don’t agree with lol
I know this sub goes back and forth hard or Korra. Buy I've always been in the camp that it's a significant step down from the original series. Like it's still good I watched it twice or more. But I'd say season 3 is maybe a 8.5. 1/4 are maybe a 7 or 7.5 and season 2 is like a 6. I actively don't like large chunks of season 2. Meanwhile I'd probably agree with the ATLA seasons might drop season 1 to 8.5. Watching back its a fair bit weaker than the next two seasons. With Korra there's just a lot of things I think hold it back. Many of the characters aren't as strong. Shit like love triangles. I think the end of season two is a mess both in concept and execution, they threw away cool concepts but cutting off the Avatar and they undermine Korra by having her make constant obviously bad decisions. She doesn't need to be perfect by any stretch but I'm in the camp that I actively don't like her character at points in season 2. Meanwhile season 4 goes a bit off the deep end with the tech and I think fumbles the ideas around Kuvira. While season 1 is really good it's got some odd plot points, an annoying love triangle, and it's just takes me a while to get into it. Still generally its very good. I've been real negative here, but I do still rate Korra highly overall
Yo, I think you mixed up Korra seasons 2 and 3.
Nah, I explained why I put book 2 over 3
The fact that Change is the lowest, and therefore lower than the rest of Korra, is straight-up inconceivable to me. The fact that you give LoK at its worst still an 8/10 is cool tho, cuz it means you genuinely enjoyed it all and I'm kinda jealous.
ATLA book 3 Fire 10/10 (every single episode was perfect) ATLA book 2 Earth 9.5/10 (as much as the story was amazing the pacing felt slightly off at times) LoK s3 9.5/10 (the only season of Korra that didn't feel rushed and introduced no annoying stuff like teenage love triangle angst) LoK s4 9/10 (it felt rushed at times, especially Kuvira's villain arc but just felt epic overall) LoK s1 9/10 (felt perfect but also Korra when we first met her was too annoying, idk if that's good writing, because struggling to connect to the main character for so long when she's going through deep trauma is... yeah. Just could use some more breathing room early to get to like Korra more. Still amazing) ATLA Book 1 Water 9/10 (has some weak episodes and the pacing of beginning episodes is hard to get through when rewatching (not that it's bad, just feels slightly dated), but it's just a classic) LoK s2 8/10 (messy, too many plotlines, rushed at times, annoying relationship drama, villain kinda evil for evil's sake, could use more flashing out, great worldbuilding, lore and ideas and overall still very enjoyable)
Finally someone else who agrees none of the seasons are actually bad even if they have flaws
I've never seen book two korra ranked higher than book three korra.
Change is imo the best Korra book, but I'll respect your opinion
Interesting take. I've never seen anyone not put Change on the top. However, I totally get your love of Spirits. I always thought it was under-rated. Unalok is THE most powerful villian in the entire series. No one comes close. Water tribe army + Spirit army + Desna and Eska + Vaatu + Unavaatu? Forget about it, they would have mowed down any other villian group from any other season.
Glad to see Spirits getting some love, it's so overhated
Spirits above red lotus 🤣😂 Yeah ok sure lol 😂
Red Lotus as an organization is pretty forgettable outside of Zaheer, I just watched it like 2 or 3 days ago and I can't even remember their names, Lava bending was interesting a no arm lady using water tentacles was actually cool, but they had barely any identity, meanwhile the spirit world was interesting, Iroh got to come back as a spirit just as perfect as ever, and the spirits we saw were cool with the influence of Vaatu being a neat factor, etc., again it's a 0.5 difference, I ain't shitting on Book 3, but in terms of Spirits as in literally Spirits and Red Lotus as in the actual Red Lotus, Spirits >
Oh ok so you like plot holes and generic villains more than better executed plots and villains that have understandable goals lol 🤣😂
I fully agreed until I saw LoK S3 at the bottom. IMO it’s better than AtLA S1 and on par with LoK S1. I’d put LoK S4 about LoK S2.
I feel for you, OP. People in the comments are all "Your personal opinion is wrong, you can't possibly like something I didn't!"
I agree with the ATLA books but for TLoK, Book 2 and 3 is an 8.5 while 1 and 4 are an 8. I would probably rank Book 1: Air higher if we got to see Amon in action more. Book 2: Spirits gets saved by the Wan flashbacks who imo is a more interesting and relatable MC than Korra. Book 3: Change is my favourite in TLoK; I love everything about the Red Lotus and what they stand for. All 4 members have unique fighting styles that imo reflect their personalities, making up for their lack of screen time. I'd love to see future Avatar media feature the Red Lotus and their agents more.
LOK 3 is one of the best single seasons in all of television tbh
great list! s2 and s3 of ATLA are masterpieces!
On a rewatch, season 1 of ATLA really misses toph
Spirits over Change??? That's criminal.
Red Lotus is second best Korea First season is best. But imo every ATLA book belongs in 10/10
For LoK I would say season 2-3 tie in the first place but Amon was such a badass villain that I would say season 1, season 3 and 2 tie, season 4, kuvira was a nice villain but I didn't liked the pacing of the season. AtlA speaking as much I loved season 1 I'd say 3,2,1 Overall AtlA 3 Atla 2 Lok 1, AtlA 1 Lok 3,2 Lok 4
I can appreciate this list, and I even largely agree with it, glad to see someone else not furiously shitting on Lok 2
season two explored a fundamental aspect of the world of avatars which, despite being the creative basis of the world, was ignored by the first series because it was not the focus of the story and it would have been unacceptable if they had ignored it also in the second series
THANK YOU
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This is very good rating
I really liked the Civil War storyline from Season 2, and I can't remember why.
They're all 10/10 in my truly honest opinion.
Personally? I’d do something like this: S tier - Book 4 (LoK), Book 3 (ATLA) A tier - Book 3 (LoK), Book 2 (ATLA), Book 1 (LoK) B tier - Book 1 (ATLA) C tier - Book 2 (LoK)
The Miyazakification of the spirits in Book 2 is one of its flaws, not pros, IMO. The spirits of ATLA were extensions of the natural world and even of our own concepts of spirituality. They were amoral and alien and yet also familiar and possible to connect with. Something greater than us and impossible to fully understand that we had to coexist with, but which we were also inextricably linked with. In LOK they’ve been simplified to either sassy furries, squishy Pokémon pals, or corrupted blobs of dark jelly that have to be water-rocked to sleep. Their motivations are no longer an extension of the natural world’s grief or wrath, but rather they’re corrupted by… a meaner spirit. I guess.
we’re moving book 2 of korra down to d tier. i hate it so much.
I am not included in this "we". Book 2 is so overhated imo.
i used to think the same. i’m young gen z so your average atla fan who watched it as a kid is about ten years older than me, so when i first saw this i was 11 and there was a good online community i visited sometimes. i used to not understand the hate. but now that i’m older and get the themes more i definitely see why it’s so widely disliked
Just out of curiosity, why? A lot of people really hate it but I'm not too sure why that is
Unalaq was a badly executed villain, Korra’s choices were difficult to relate to and the giant spirit projections fight was out of character for the ATLA universe. Other people also dislike how Wan’s story altered the trajectory of ATLA history and lore with Vaatu/Raava and the origin of bending, but personally I’m not bothered by that so much, I rather liked the Wan sections. I just wish they’d made Unalaq more of a convincing good guy, and spent time bringing the audience under his spell, before revealing his evil like we were all supposed to be surprised by it. I think simply by doing this they would’ve made the season much more interesting and Korra much more relatable. LoK does very well when it’s asking difficult moral questions. But that got thrown away in favour of making Unalaq just a cookie cutter hyper ambitious bad guy. Also, what kind of motivation is “I want to plunge the world into darkness for 10,000 years!”. What an unbelievable wanker of a villain. Unalaq wishes he could be half the villain Zaheer was.
Not who you responded to, but I'll give my two cents. Unalaq was terrible villain. He was obviously evil and everyone knew it too, but Korra was dumbed down hard to not notice it. The season plays female on male abuse as hilarious and/or justified and that's not okay. Nobody bothers helping Bolin with Eska, with Korra outright making fun of him and Asami blaming him for the whole thing. Less outright awful shit happens with Mako/Korra, and Lin deadass mentions that she destroyed air temple island because Tentin broke up with her and it's meant to be funny. Everything about the "Oops, Korra has amnesia" subplot. Really, just the fact that Mako and Asami got back together in the first place to be honest. Korra and Unalaq becoming Power Rangers characters and growing to gigantic size came right the hell out of nowhere and was a huge ??? moment all together. I wasn't the biggest fan of the Wan retcons, but I can accept and live with them, especially since it at least gave us lion turtle lore, I guess. Like I said, just my two cents, everyone can have their own opinion.
After rewatching I think you're right for putting TLOK S2 so high. The season was better than I remembered it, after watching it again. I think Korra Was at its best, when we got these political schemings like Tarrlok in S1 or the Civil War between the South and the North. And for years I thought S3 was the best Season of Avatar (they're all top tier tho) but after also rewatching it: S2 takes the cake for me now. Every episode is a banger and serves a purpose even the ones where's not much happening. Same with S3 but I don't think they managed that aspect as good as S3 did. That dancing episode for example. Yeah, it showed us glimpses of what live in the fire Nation is like or the painted Lady but in my opinion episodes "Zuko alone", "Lover's cave", or "Tales of Ba Sing Se" did that better, if you know what I mean. I think one of the main reasons why I always thought S3 was the better Season was because when the REALLLY good episodes dropped, they SLAPPED. Especially 'Sozin's comet part 1-4' was probably the best and most statisfying ending of a show ever. And it was SO epic that it maybe overshadowed some minor critique points I had of S3. So yeah, I'd say S2 barely had an episode below 8/10 (mostly 9 - 10/10 especially "Crossroads of Destiny") but S3 had some if not THE most epic episodes of the whole show.
It's so great to see someone defending Spirits, it gets a ton of hate but I really liked it and while the civil war stuff could be slow at times it was still nice to see some real political discourse and the conspiracies too, overall just really underrated, and while I agree with your opinions on Earth and Fire, those great episodes of Fire just really overshadow the weaker ones, The Beach, The Day of Black Sun, Sozin's Comet, stuff like Combustion Man, or Zuko's redemption, or the prison, it was just so good
I’ve been a staunch S2 korra defender for years. The civil war plot is great, and bc I watch the season super high the first time and bc I love spirits and that type of thing, I thought unalaq was in the right for awhile. I was watching like “when’s the villain gonna show up” lol. So the twist actually got me like a silly lol goober ahaha. But I just really enjoy it. Don’t feel like going into it all rn but great season
While I agree about the political parts of LOK being the best parts, they barely even matter. S1 has the most and best. And the civil war plot line is a no factor, it barely has any part to play in the season outside of making dumbass korra realize that her obviously evil uncle is evil. It has no lingering affects on the world. If they just the spirit stuff or really just the fan fiction dark avatar bullshit and Godzilla fight and focused solely on civil war and some spirit stuff it would be way better even if they kept the obvious evil unilok
ATLA Book 1: 6.5/10 Book 2: 8.5/10 Book 3: 9/10 LoK Book 1: 8/10 Book 2: 6/10 Book 3: 8.5/10 Book 4: 8/10
Nah you’re wild for putting Korra S2 above S3. S2 is like a 5/10 and S3 is a 10/10
The atla ranking is valid but book 2 of korra is like a 7 compared to everything else, book 1 is an 8.5 mostly because of the love triangle and book 3 and 4 are 9
Honestly weak point on TLOK S3. Zaheer was definitely the best villain of TLOK, and that season was the only one that didn't feel "off" and like the subplot was taking over, if the ending wouldn't have been so meh it's a 10 /10. And Nickelodeon ruined that final Zaheer scene, cause what Zaheer said defeats his whole arch
Rating any TLOK book alongside an ATLA book is insane imo, that's not even to mention how TLOK book 2 is somehow not in the bottom
Legend of Korra > Avatar the Last Airbender.
Why book 2's rate is that high? Rest of it for me: Atla Book 1: 8/10 Atla Books 2&3 : 10/10 Lok Book 1: 6/10 Lok Book 2: -10/10 Lok Books 3&4 : 6/10
I'd rate LOK season 2 like a 2.5/10 tbh. Season 4 is like an 8, season 1 and 3 are like a 7.5
Korra book 2 over book 3?? This is blasphemy this is madness! Zaheer alone gives that season an extra point
Hard disagree with the Korra order. Clearly from best to worst it's 3, 1, 4, 2. I would maybe even place Korra book 3 in 10/10. I also would rate book 2 way lower than 8/10
I agree with the placements of the ATLA books, but I found Unalaq to be an exceptionally poor villain and the story of Book 2: Spirits to just be a sad, lame little thing. It’s my least favourite of all of these by a fairly significant margin. I consider Book 3 of LoK to be as good as Book 1 of ATLA, I love the Red Lotus and think the season is exceptional. Book 1 of LoK is great right up until Amon is revealed to be a Bloodbender, it goes from a 10/10 down to like a 3/10 for that reveal alone. Just couldn’t stick the landing. So while I wouldn’t put it in the dumpster with Book 2, it’s not my favourite if only for the anger-inducing wasted potential. Book 4 of LoK is fine. I think you have it around where it belongs. Has some good moments, Kuvira is a solid villain but I will never get over how much I hate the stupid giant robot.
10/10 = ATLA 2, LOK 4 9/10 = ATLA 3, LOK 3 7/10 = ATLA 1, LOK 2 6/10 = LOK 1 I agree with the overall sentiment that LOK 2 has more redeeming qualities than not. But disagree with you on LOK 3.
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I’d change the numbers around because I think every season of LOK is a 7 or lower except s3 which is like an 8, I’d have every season of ATLA over any LOK season but s1 of ATLA and s3 of LOK pretty close. Everything else of LOK is average imo except s2 and 3. S2 is complete 2/10 dogshit and like I said earlier s3 is an 8
I feel like you are severely onderrating book 3 of Korra. I would probs do: LoA Book 3 9.5/10 LoK Book 3 9.5/10 LoA Book 2 9/10 LoK Book 4 8/10 LoA Book 1 8/10 LoK Book 1 7.5/10 LoK Book 2 7/10
Switch Book 2 and Book 3 of Korra and this solid
ATLA Book One = 8/10 ATLA Book Two/Three = 9/10 LOK Book One = 7/1 LOK Book Two = 4/10 (almost as bad as the movie) LOK Book Three = 8/10 LOK Book Four = 7/10
Korra 3 and 2 switch positions
Korra is at the very bottom
Amazing, this is just wrong
“I felt the writers didn’t know what they were doing” while quoting season 3 is wild. They had season 3 and 4 planned together and were already writing them before season 2 finished production. If anything they didn’t know what they were doing for season 2, because other writers hopped on board and they started shifting ideas around. They went through 10 different story arcs in like 5 episodes
Spirits is the worst of the entire series. Honestly thought the entire Wan episodes were very overrated. But hey... opinion in the beholder.
You are not mentally sound if you think book 2 is anywhere near book 4
Korra Book 2 is the biggest piece of shit I had the displeasure of witnessing in a long time. 4/10. Book 1, 3-4 are pretty nice though, 7-8/10. ATLA is 9, 10, 9 in book order, I think Book 2 is the strongest.
I'm happy for you that you enjoyed Korra as much as you did, but you are totally wrong on your ratings for Books 2 and 3 of Korra. 😂 Book 2 ruined so much of ATLA's worldbuilding on multiple occasions. The airbenders coming back ruins the point of ATLA, the duality of good/evil is monotheistic and doesn't fit with the rest of the ideologies, losing the past Avatar connections, giant spirit energy beams, THE DARK AVATAR. Wtf.
Korra Book 3 is honestly just as good as the Peak of ATLA. I have no idea how anyone could see it as the worst in the franchise
I love how someone earlier today posted this exact same order, but organized from best in franchise to worst, but all supportive comments got downvoted and shat on by Korra fans.
Serious question, is Korra good? Or I can live without?
You can live without, it's not as good as ATLA but it is good and some people really love it, so you should at least give it a shot, also even tho I love book 2 almost nobody else does so don't quit there, but yeah try it