@Background Pony #1690
Don’t forget, once LOK became online-only, Nick made the short-sighted decision to cut the show’s budget, forcing the staff to do a clip show! Sure, they managed to make it entertaining, but it still sucks that they got shafted so hard.
Oh, but don’t fret, because Nickelodeon is COMPLETELY on-board with all this Korrasami buzz! Now it’s like they never have it out for Korra, at all! rolls eyes
@Mojo
Don’t forget, Nickelodeon was originally skeptical of Legend of Korra, since they didn’t think a female main character in an action-adventure series would catch on. However, when they did some test screenings during mid-production, the response was mostly positive! The audience didn’t care that Korra was a girl, as long as she was a badass! As a result, Nick ordered three more seasons, thus resulting in a self-contained, one-shot miniseries becoming a first season.
One change that Mike and Bryan made was scrapping their plan for Asami to leave Republic City with Iroh II and join the United Forces. Also, I heard that they were originally aiming for one of those “complicated” relationships between Korra and Mako. You know, the ones where both parties love each other, despite getting under each other’s skin. Obviously, it didn’t work out; neither from a writing standpoint, nor from a character standpoint. Not only that, I personally got sick of seeing Asami constantly getting caught in the crossfire.
Well with the first two seasons, that’s cause they thought both of them would be the last, unlike ATLA where they knew how many episodes and seasons they’d get from day one. Season one in particular is Written as a mini-series because that is what it was before it was expanded into a full series.
Books 3 and 4 are a lot better and feel more like a single story because they were written together with knowledge that 4 would be a thing that was happening after 3.
@SemiJuggao
Korra in general had growing pains. It seems a lot like the writers were really pushing themselves and seeing just where they could take the series, rather than having a relatively solid foundation to follow from start to finish.
@DAPLR
I agree, Korra’s spoiled brat phase made the first five eps of Book 2 pretty painful to sit through. However, from a writing standpoint, if you think about the way Book 1 ended, it made a lot of sense. Thanks to Aang, Korra got everything she wanted! Her bending was restored, she could energybend, and she could enter the Avatar State at will! To top it all off, she even got to hook up with the boy of her dreams… Even though it was at poor Asami’s expense! All that stuff going straight to Korra’s head was understandable, but I’d be lying if I said that they didn’t go overboard with how unbearable she was acting.
Book 2 did an excellent job of breaking Korra down and rebuilding her into a much more humble person. Even with all her problems, all I ever wanted was for Korra to develop into a better character, which she did! Hell, despite not being as polished as its predecessor, I actually prefer LOK over ATLA, because of how amazing it was to see Korra’s transformation into a mature and compassionate young woman. By the time Book 3 rolled around, not only was Korra much more likable, but the story and writing was much more solid, with no more love triangles to drag down the plot!
Also, I’m glad they focused more on Korra and Asami’s friendship, since they barely interacted in Book 2. In fact, I definitely noticed how much closer they were becoming in Books 3 and 4. Still, I didn’t think they were actually building up to a romantic relationship, for obvious reasons. Sure enough, Bryke ended the series with Korra and Asami realizing that it was more than friendship holding them together and I loved it! :)
@Niggoslav_Krawczyk
Well, I enjoyed the first season. I actually didn’t like the first half of season 2, Korra felt REALLY whiny, but once we got into Avatar backstory, it was great again. Season 3 was the best overall, but even though the conflict of Season 4 dragged a bit, it was still really fun to watch.
The whole Korrasami started manifesting subtly in Seasons 3 and 4. I came into the series just after it finished, so I was looking for signs of it, and without the hetero-only shipping goggles on, it was clear as day these two were going somewhere with each other.
@angrybrony@DAPLR It was mostly the first two seasons, both due to bad characterisation/writing and also being on a cable network. Since it had such a large install-base, going online increased the amount of viewers when normally it sinks like a rock.
@lunafan22
yeah but those are two completely different shows with completely different themes and adduces and they’re the only two to do it and from what i’ve heard from fans korra didn’t even do it that well
@angrybrony
True. Not in a totally fan fiction kind of way. They have to give her a reason to return to Equestria. Temporarily, that is. Because the human world is like her home now.
