Legend of Korra Season 2 Premiere Release Date 2013

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The “Avatar: Legend of Korra” season 2 premiere release date may be closer than you think. The popular cartoon series aired last spring on Nickelodeon and according to the latest rumors “Korra” book 2 is scheduled to premiere in early spring 2013. Latest Rumors [REPORT]

The “Avatar: Legend of Korra” season 2 premiere release date is expected to arrive in early spring 2013, which would line up with the first season’s schedule. These rumors were only bolstered when two “Korra” season 2 voice actors tweeted that the epic cartoon’s premiere release date is already set April 2013.

”’@Lynner2010_O: @DavidFaustino New Korra? xDDDD’ I think April, no??”@DavidFaustino tweeted.

AU: Korra doesn’t recognize Aang’s voice and he’s too socially awkward to correct her.

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AU: Korra doesn’t recognize Aang’s voice and he’s too socially awkward to correct her.

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Great La… I would not have become Zhao. I did not want to cleans only one type of bending— I wanted to remove it all! Is it imbalance if—

Silence! Who are you to define balance? Perhaps you would not have tried to murder me, but you have corrupted our names and used them as your weapons. You were arrogant enough to claim our power as your own, and you must suffer for it.

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Five reasons why Asami is a better female role model than Korra.

benditlikekorra:

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swan2swan:

1. Let’s get the easy one out of the way first: she is an independent woman who doesn’t need to cling to a man (but still likes to). What she does is not done to win a man’s attention or approval; in fact, she calls out the “man” (actually a boy) on his faults and keeps moving onward without begging him to take her back or pay attention to her or even openly crying and wailing about it. She also didn’t let the fact that she couldn’t be with her man destroy her motivation to fight alongside him; just because there was no kissy-kissy waiting at the end of the adventure didn’t mean that it was time to quit…or jump ship (you know, to where her father was?). She knew what was right, and she stuck to that, regardless of what it cost her.

2. She indulges in “girly” things while remaining action-oriented; she does not spurn the idea of “acting like a lady” as something that is weak or wrong, and shows that you can be girly while still not having to be seen as something less than a man.

3. Asami takes charge as a leader; she is the one driving the car, she’s the one telling the Krew what to do as she’s piloting the vehicle, and she’s able to go off on her own without asking for help (or refusing it). Korra has moments where she gives orders and takes the lead, but mostly she’s mainly balancing it out and participating; Asami takes charge.

4. Asami is a Normal. Take that as you will, but the fact is that there’s no way for someone to make the excuse “Well, Korra’s a powerful bender” in real life. And it’s not just that Asami is rich, either—when Asami loses her money and privilege, she has difficulty adjusting (see the food…), but she copes and presses on. When Korra loses her privilege, well, let’s not get into that (and yes, she would have had time to recover, and she’s allowed to cry, BUT WE DIDN’T SEE THAT). She also offers to help Pema with the dishes, a move that shows that she is aware of what has been granted to her and that she’s willing to repay the acts of kindness.

5. She’s not the type who runs and hides from bad news. She goes and asks about Mako’s feelings for Korra from Bolin, and when she gets the information, she presses until she knows enough. She doesn’t sit quietly and wait for everything to happen around her until it’s “time for her to know”; she stands up for her father, she goes into the secret basement, and she confronts Mako about his feelings face-to-face.

the only time Asami Sato goes into the kitchen is because another woman needed some help in there and Asami was a gracious houseguest, and then she left the man in the kitchen to take care of his kitcheny business, asami sato is better than you, this is actually serious business, because The Legend of Korra was a big step for feminism and TV, and it might have stumbled a bit at parts, but duuuuude, that Asami

1. Neither did Korra.

2. And that makes Asami better somehow? Korra may not be girly, but she doesn’t scorn femininity (when she tries on the make up, she wears a dress to her party). THERE IS NOT ONE ACCEPTABLE WAY TO BE A FEMALE ROLE MODEL. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE WEARING HEELS AND MAKE UP AND BEATING UP PEOPLE TO BE AN ACCEPTABLE FEMALE ROLE MODEL. YOU HAVE TO BE FEMALE* AND YOU HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN PERSON. THAT’S. FUCKING. IT. ASAMI IS A FANTASTIC ROLE MODEL, BUT SHE IS NOT SOMEHOW BETTER THAN KORRA BECAUSE SHE EMBODIES THE EXPRESSION OF KICKASS FEMALE YOU DEEM ACCEPTABLE.

3. “She’s the one driving the car”—-uh, maybe it’s because none of the other three can drive? Korra makes it explicitly clear that she cannot drive. Besides, they’re in it together. Asami takes charge when she’s needed to (with dealing with her father, etc), but she is in no way leader of their Equalist busting group. The narrative never says any such thing. Korra also takes charge when she feels is necessary and right (such as when she’s in that box, when she calls out Hiroshi, when the Equalists invade the probending arena, going to save her friends), but she also (JUST LIKE YOUR GODDESS ASAMI) has inner demons to deal with.

4. This is just so goddamned stupid—

Asami is a Normal. Take that as you will, but the fact is that there’s no way for someone to make the excuse “Well, Korra’s a powerful bender” in real life.

I’m sorry, THE LEGEND OF KORRA AND THE AVATARVERSE ARE A DISTINCT SEPARATE WORLD FROM OURS. THE BENDERS ARE JUST AS “NORMAL” AS NONBENDERS ARE. THERE IS NO SHOWN STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A BENDER OR NOT. In fact, being a certain kind of bender is something historically associated with underprivilege (see: fire nation treatment of the Southern Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, and the Air Nomads for 100 fucking years). Both Sokka and Pema make comments about bending in a negative manner.

And it’s not just that Asami is rich, either—when Asami loses her money and privilege, she has difficulty adjusting (see the food…), but she copes and presses on. When Korra loses her privilege, well, let’s not get into that (and yes, she would have had time to recover, and she’s allowed to cry, BUT WE DIDN’T SEE THAT).

THIS SHOW IS NOT THE LEGEND OF ASAMI. IT IS THE LEGEND OF KORRA. IT DEALS WITH KORRA AND KORRA’S STRUGGLE. ASAMI IS A SUPPORTING CHARACTER. WHAT PART OF THIS DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND? OF COURSE we’re going to see Korra struggling with losing her “privilege” more than Asami. Why aren’t you pressing the same standards to Asami? You should be incensed that Asami’s working with Future Industries again, you know, since she’s “pressed on”. 

JUST BECAUSE THEY DEAL WITH THEIR PAIN DIFFERENTLY DOESN’T MAKE ONE BETTER THAN THE OTHER.

She also offers to help Pema with the dishes, a move that shows that she is aware of what has been granted to her and that she’s willing to repay the acts of kindness.

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Korra graciously offers to let Asami (and Mako and Bolin) to stay at the Island. Can we also mention that Korra thanked Pema for the food during that episode? Can I also mention that she was meeting with Lin and Tenzin during that scene about what just happened to her—you know, being kidnapped? There are vastly different contexts here. Why aren’t you complaining that Bolin didn’t go and help Pema? Or Mako?

5. Korra does the same exact thing. See: the Hiroshi incident, her fight with Tarrlok, her trying to bust the three out of prison, etc.

I’m not even going to address the tags.

It is one thing to like a character over another. That’s okay. You like Asami more, cool beans. I like Asami too. BUT IT IS ANOTHER THING ENTIRELY TO JUSTIFY WHY YOU LIKE THE CHARACTER SO MUCH WITH FALSEHOODS AND INAPPLICABLE CONTEXTS AND HOLDING THE OTHER CHARACTER YOU ARE DETERMINED TO HATE TO DIFFERENT, MORE UNREACHABLE STANDARDS. 

Look, you like Asami, alright. But to claim that she’s the better role model overall because she fits your very specific idea of what a good role model should be and is therefore better than everyone else and to ignore similar qualities in the character you’re trying to hate isn’t a smart thing to do. 

You know why Korra is a little bit more progressive than Asami? Because she is a lead character, a woman who is dark-skinned, muscular, loud, rash, and proud of who she is, something that a lot of characters like her aren’t afforded. She subverts the stereotype of the Strong Female Character, a girl that can kick ass in heels. 

I’m not saying it’s wrong to be that—it’s a perfectly valid expression, but it’s something that too many female characters come packaged in, and other characters that are different, that don’t fall neatly into that expectation, are written off and discarded as not good enough. It’s another form of sexism, another way of asserting authority over women who dare to be different.

Both Asami and Korra are perfectly fine role models. Who you identify with more is something personal, and it doesn’t really matter in the end. It’s important to note that Korra is flawed—she is extremely rash, lacks patience, has power issues, etc. It’s also important to note that we haven’t seen enough of Asami to get a full scope of her character. No one is pure sugar. What makes Asami go? What are her flaws? Why does she do the things she does? You know, the things that make characters dynamic and dimensional.

But honestly, that post? That isn’t crit, that’s thickly veiled hate. This isn’t the Legend of Asami, and no matter how hard you pray to Bryke for it, it will never be.

Why do people feel the need to bash on one female character in order to raise another? I don’t fully agree with this response, but a lot of this is dead on. 

Seriously. I don’t understand why you have to put down one character to like another. Seriously, just cool your fucking jets.

tophbreaker:

rcnano13:

…all chakras unlocked. 

Wow, this actually looks like it could be a scene straight out from Book 2. Even though Book 2 of LOK is not out yet, but this looks so fitting of the whole ‘Spirits’ concept for Book 2.

makos-lightningrod:

I will never give up.

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The Factions of Avatar Shipping

Giancarlo Volpe(Storyboard Artist): There are two factions of people who go for the Aang/Katara pairing and then the Aang/Zuko-no. That’s not right! The Zuko/Katara pairing.

thelastairbendersecrets:

I really hope that because Korra has become more spiritual and that she has a lot of interaction with Aang next season.