Fixing Korrasami and the End of Korra 

KORRA GREAT. ~ Tim

The series would have so mich better if they build the gang as friends more before they dived right into the love triangle. Like, make us care about them first before you make them lovers.

I don't think having mako die is a good decision. Like you said, it makes the ending a lot more somber, but I think it has more rippling effects past that. With how this plays out, mako dies on bad terms with kora and asami, and then they get together right after his funeral, which is like... Damn? That's rough buddy

KORRA GREAT. ..but I still feel like Mako needed more attention even in this re-write. Him having non-bending prejudice is really good conflict, but as the story goes on it still feels more like he's just there to be the team fire bender more than anything. Back when season 1 of Korra was airing, the memes for him surrounded his being a team mom, and to this day I still feel like that could have been his most defining roll in team Avatar. Mako being overprotective of Bolin, Asami, and Korra could have been a good dynamic for the team, and I thought this would be an interesting contrast with his natural insensitivity and emotional immaturity. Him being the older sibling and losing his parents forces him to grow up fast - he would learn to take care of himself and his bother (domestic and responsible) but develop an unhealthy callousness as a coping mechanism. It would contrast even more with Bolin's seemingly boundless optimism, and avoid him being Katara 2.0. Perhaps it could have been Wu that finally breaks through to him, having Mako tearfully open up and admitting he misses Bolin during the book 4 conflict or something. It could be part of a series long arc for him that tragically ends in his death.

A way to get around the Opal airbender/Beifong problem in this rewrite, is to make it so that Sue kind of has a connection with Opal, who could be an orphan. Opal as an airbender might stop by Zhou Fu often, and is invited into the family in a way. That way she is still an airbender and has a connection to the Beifongs

Maybe it's just me but I always got the feeling that the Fire Nation in Korra's time was undergoing a mirror to the Japanese Sakoku isolationist policy

I'm enjoying these rewrites (KORRA GREAT), but one thing- if you're abiding by the same episode limitations that the Korra team had, you should only give yourself 12 episodes to fit everything in. Bryan Konietzko wrote a post on his Tumblr at the time the show was airing talking about how Nick had cut the show's budget for season 4, and they had to make a choice between making a clipshow episode to save money or fire some of their staff to cut costs. I don't think they were happy about having to do "Remembrances" either.

Man you got me over here grieving over Mako's non cannon death 😭 You did a great job with this series, had me on the edge of my seat through all four videos.

“Mako is just being Mako”. Pretty much sums up his character in each season

I think one missed opportunity in your rewrite is in the episode where korra visits zaheer in his prison. In the original story, this part is focused on her reconnection with rava. I think in this version, you have her reconnect with vatu. Rava being the spirit of order would love kuvira. And I think it would be really interesting if we saw rava speak about how kuvira is doing it all correct. Then we have korra find vatu, and vatu opens up her eyes to how the chaos she feared so much in season 3 is the only thing that protects the everyday person from people like kuvira. Great job though love this!

My god I am so invested in this. Let me tell you--Audiobooks are NOT my thing. My mind always wanders and ends up anywhere else rather than the story i'm supposedly listening to, but daaaaang your rewrites had me hanging on to every word. I honestly felt like a little kid again, leaning my head on a pillow close to the screen and watching my favourite series better than ever before. Thank you so much for doing this

so when i first saw the final episode, i didn't even think they were in a relationship (granted i was young and naive) but there was nothing building up to it, so when i did learn that it was supposed to be a romantic relationship i was surprised. so i think you building up to it is really good. because when i first saw it i genuinely thought they were going on a " Girl's trip" to the spirit realm

A huge issue I’ve alway had when it came to Korra was how they showed off character struggles. It felt like a lot of the time instead of the problem a certain character is facing being the main issue, it is the lover of the character being mad at them and that is where the struggle is derived. I.E Bolin stuggling with the morality of working with Kuviera being manifested by Opal. Macos struggle as a cop being Manifested by korra. And Genora wanting to rebel, Manifested through Kai. The writers seem to think that a great way to show a character is struggling or changing, is to give them love related conflicts and it starts to feel forced and overdone.

I imagine the cannon moving through the city slowly. Stopping regularly to fire a sweep across the city, leveling parts of the city, destroying forces and blasting key buildings and locations to take out any place for the enemy to hide…. A nightmare on the battle field for sure

I've always thought the best reinterpretations/critique/rewrites come from a love or passion for the original, and this series shows it. You really highlight what works and what doesn't with Korra and you capture the tone of the original while improving it drastically. I'll always love Korra but I love exploring the ways it could have been better

Kuvira turning out to be the good guy would have been such a great ending, and a clever subversion of Chosen One trope this universe is fundamentally built on. It is crazy how much unused potential there is with The Legend of Korra.

-"You'll remain in charge, but under my supervision." -I'm sorry. That came out wrong." The dialogues you wrote feel so in character.

Your description of the situation with Ikki being rescued from the Earth Kingdom soldiers implies to me that you changed the scene where she basically Lima Syndromed them into letting her go (I know she was technically rescued in the original, but she was really close, and the way she talks right after implies that she was doing it completely on purpose, and that was freaking hilarious). I could see Kuvira doing the camps thing, less as a concentration camp reference and more as a re-education camp reference, plus a bit of a reference to how the Earth Queen was capturing the airbenders in the original show (I know you nixed that because of your shift in how the new airbenders emerged in this). Less a racist, revanchist action, more as a pragmatic "these people have abilities that could be valuable to the empire, and if they're living here they must be made to serve us by any means necessary." kind of action.

@Hello Future Me Only watched half way through, so far, but I'm enjoying how this is all continuing on from previous videos and I agree with the omissions. One thing I'd do differently: Korra only gets her earthbending back in the swamp, not her firebending. There are some narrative reasons for this: Korra only needs her earthbending to remove the metal poison and, in your reimagining, she has only regained one element at a time so far. Conceptually, earth is the element of substance, and you must have inner and outer strength to move the element (see Toph's lessons to Aang). So Korra needs the firm will and the resolve to alter the substance inside her and remove the metal, which she learns through Toph and the badgermoles. She regains her firebending when she goes to Zaheer. Up until this point, she has lost her drive and her passion for being the avatar - two things which are essential for firebending. And it is the trauma and fear of Zaheer that is stopping her - similar to how Zuko's firebending is blocked by his loss of purpose after he renounces his Father. So she confronts Zaheer, and he confirms her strength and zeal (like he does in the show) and motivates her to regain that courage and drive to go into the spirit realm, thus resolving her psychological/spiritual crisis. She then encounters a dragon spirit (maybe even Fang with Roku) and does the dancing dragon with it to regain her bending. I've been looking forward to this final reworking for weeks now - really looking forward to seeing how you conclude this. Hope you like my ideas Tim. And please take care of yourself - these weekly reviews of RoP and HotD must be tiring along with your usual content. You owe us nothing more than you owe yourself health and happiness, and we will understand if you need to take a break.

Honestly Im so glad you're making this tbh, I finally see someone say korrasami was underdeveloped and how s4 was weird as hell

Korras disability, depression and development in season 4 was very important and meaningful to me as a newly disability teenager when I watched it - it was done beautifully

Thanks for this Tim. I especially Hated how Kuvira was simultaneously cartoonishly Evil and Sympathetic. Especially considering she is a fascist who commited genocide.

One thing I might change from your rewrite here is how you portray the Earth Kingdom's monarchy. It's a great opportunity to parallel how the British Empire transitioned from a full monarchy to that separation of state and government that they have now. That's something that alot of people don't really understand, even people who live in the United Kingdom, so having something in a story like this could be a great way to gateway people into that knowledge without brow beating them with it.

I Really love rewrite series and yours is up there. I loved how you made the romance between Kora and Asami more subtle, better paced, and believable. And the fact that there wasn’t a confirmation kiss feels very refreshing. If you plan to continue these rewrites in other series, Maybe you could do a rewrite that’s a lot more challenging. Maybe, Steven Universe?

Gotta say I absolutely loved the first half of this season where Kuvira is presented in a more nuanced light. I think there’s actually a lot of sympathy and audience can give a leader figure for trying to reduce strife and suffering if the people and get carried away with order to the detriment of the society. She’s an under rated antagonist due to nuclear robot warfare

KORRA GREAT! I've definitely loved this series, and while I don't agree with all the changes you've suggested, your ideas are always well-substantiated and thoughtful. It's gotten tiring to me seeing people who hated Korra try to "rewrite" it, because it feels like they're just trying to tell the story they wanted instead of taking cues from the oftentimes amazing building blocks that are already in the show. Like many of my favorite series, Korra often stumbles under the weight of the stories it's trying to tell, but there are so many points of thematic complexity and beautiful storytelling throughout, and it's nice to see people acknowledge the value of those stories and try to do them more justice. Thanks for putting so much effort into this awesome video. :)

Maybe one way to rework the whole "superweapon" and colossus issue is to change the macguffin into focus more on Kuvira's fascism and develop the equivalent of air-raid bombs. Similar to the "scorched earth" strategy that Fire Lord Ozai did, only with actual gunpowder or electricity.

Mako's death would've been one of the most devastating deaths in fiction to me. Wish we could've gotten a Korra like this

When Netflix does the inevitable live-action adaptation of Korra, I hope they get you on the writing team!

The giant mecha is definitely part of the same show as the Unalaq/Vaatu v Korra/Raava battle. It also makes a lot of sense that the easiest thing to do with the spirit vines and their spirit energy is destruction. The thing I'd change there is not getting rid of the S2 kaiju battle, nor the mecha here, but rather changing the spirit cannon's effect. Rather than just blasting neat holes through things with no fallout, no side-effects, have it transform and awaken the targets, spawning twisted spirits. Rather than a clean superweapon, it's one that requires cleanup afterwards, increasing the parallels with nuclear bombs. You can also then have Korra as Avatar intercepting the final blast and not only saving Kuvira's life, and opening a new Spirit Portal, but also spilling purifying spirit energy around the City, healing the twisted spirits created by earlier blasts.

Probably been pointed out already but Kuvira would know about Korra’s poisoning. She was one of the soldiers Suyin brought with her. I remember the season 3 artbook had character models for that group and Kuvira had a note about how she’d be important later, please draw her on model. Korra great! Seasons 3 and 4 really showed how much potential the series had once Nickolodeon stopped yanking the creator’s chain over how many episodes they’d get. (Nickolodeon just yanked it in other ways. See slashed budget requiring clip episode, see the last few episodes being banished to premiere only on the website.)

On rewatching Korra I definitely have a better understanding of where the writers were trying to take her story. I think that if they had more time perhaps they could have really explored these themes the way I'm sure they wanted to

yes for reconnecting to the past avatars...i'm just imagining them getting like...3 years of extra time like "oh we weren't disconnected for that long-oh no she's traumatized"

I honestly can't help but blush a bit in every KorrAsami rewrite (esp 37:30) . The romance feels so fleshed out. Truly outstanding job. I really enjoyed this series it has been a treat.

I left a comment on your first video in this series inquiring how you would handle the Korrasami relationship development and I'm so happy I finally get to hear your thoughts on this. I loved the changes you included to show how their affection for one another grew slowly over time. The conversation you wrote between them at ~37 minutes in actually moved me to tears, it felt perfect. All those years, writing me letters....why did you come find me in the swamp? ....Everyone else came looking because they needed the Avatar back..... [[I came looking because I needed Korra back]]

Between this and Razbuten's fix for season 2, I've essentially rewritten the show inside my own head with the scripts you guys provided!

I loved this. KORRA GREAT. All I want in the world is to see all of this written into a full fanfiction to go through.

While I am one of those people who doesn't like Korra all that well, I nonetheless respect your thoughts on it Tim, and I really enjoyed your "fixing" videos on the show! They were really great! I hope you make another series like this at some point in the future! :)

As someone from South Africa (a previously colonised country), I think it would have been really interesting had the LOK writers shifted Kuvira's villain arc more onto taking the United Republic rather than being an evil dictator. I, personally, sympathised a lot with Kuvira at the start of the series, seeing her as an almost post-colonial, unifying figure. Kuvira had so much potential, which I think they ruined when they made her out to be a fascistic and xenophobic figure. I think it would have been much more interesting had Kuvira managed to reunite the earth kingdom somewhat peacefully - still being perceived as a controversial (and slightly authoritarian) figure, but someone necessary for stabilising the earth kingdom. She could have even proved herself to be beneficial for the nation's people: eliminating the threat of bandits and redistributing resources to aid the poorer states, towns and villages. However, I believe she should have started to clash with Korra and the rest of the Avatar world when she advanced on the United republic. Kuvira would only then become more aggressive as the world began to oppose her. Eventually, a showdown would have happened in Republic city, where she would have lost (minus the mechs and spirit vines because that was ridiculous). This would have left the season with a much more nuanced villain and philosophical question. After all, the United Republic's land DID belong to the earth kingdom and was taken away from them by fire nation colonists. When the 100-year war ended, this land was partitioned and given to the United Republic without permission from the Earth Kingdom (this has occurred many times in post-colonial countries - cite the middle east). Kuvira would argue she was only liberating these lands after decades of external rule. So then the debate arises, was Kuvira wrong in wanting this land back? Of course, Korra would have argued that what happened to the Earth kingdom was wrong; however, reclaiming the United Republic would cost many lives. Kuvira would have been so focused on her goal of reunification that she disregards this, and she and Korra fight. Korra defeats her, and Kuvira reluctantly agrees to return to the earth kingdom. However, Korra and her allies don't leave feeling too great themselves. They come to sympathise with Kuvira and understand the wrongs Aang and Zuko took when forming the United Republic, and how many people it still affects. The season ends with them pledging to resolve it. Anyways, I think this resolution would have been much more enjoyable. If they had fleshed out Kuvira's character to be more of a fervent earth kingdom nationalist and defender rather than a cruel and somewhat evil dictator, the season would have sparked a productive conversation about colonialism and how it STILL affects the world today. It would also have been far more educational to younger viewers.

I loved this rewrite series so much. It’s nice to see LoK getting the love they’re deserved to have. Also, using the Putin analogy for Kuvira is a really great parallel so kudos for involving current events!

I like the baatar death, not sure about Mako's death but both give a more realistic approach. Otherwise, I would not change a bit in the final fight, if there is something that was really well done in the series (Both Last Airbender and Legend of Korra) are the fight scenes, no matter how much I so them, they are master pieces in comparison to other final fights in several series. Instead, I would add a bit of explanation on all of the spiritual vines things. Having Korra nerfed by the element control is a good point too, because it is consistent with the fights she was defeated.

Great work! This is my head canon now. Wish I could just rewatch it with these changes. Maybe I’ll just go back to each season right before watching ur changes or Vice versa. ❤

holy crap. 12 minutes of credits and patreon names just scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. I think that speaks volumes about the quality of the series and honestly the quality of the content in general.

Korra's ptsd is the best thing abt this show ill die on this hill

I can't come over babe last part of fixing the legend of korra just dropped

The flashback episode was annoying, but it's not really the writers fault. From Wikipedia: "After Nickelodeon cut the season's budget by the amount required for one episode, DiMartino and Konietzko decided to include a clip show, which reuses previously produced animation, as episode 8 ("Remembrances") instead of dismissing many of the creative staff." Unfortunate but it seems like the best decision they could have made given the circumstances

They cut Korra’s hair to save on animation but I think a cool way to really emphasize the depression would have been to have it matted so badly it needed to be cut

I binged all your videos about the rewrites and one thing I'd like to mention is Lin Beifong. Maybe I missed it, but one thing that could make her and Toph further reconnect is her still not being able to bend. For Lin, this can feel like a "handicap", although it's not actually that of course, but she does have to adapt to the world missing something she had her whole life. So what I was thinking is that Lin shows off through seasons 2 and 3 that she's training in hand to hand combat and maybe even chi-blocking, which would feel foreign to her as an earth bender, because it requires her to be quick on her feet and move swiftly, which contrasts with earth bending. This can serve as a bonding moment between her and Korra, where Korra explains that air bending also felt very foreign to her because she's kinda like Lin in her fighting style. During season 4, after the time jump we can see that she has gotten a lot better at chi-blocking, but not fully mastered of course. And although she has learned to fight and protect her loved ones again, she still doesn't feel whole again. When she finally reconnects with Toph, this can further help getting them along more as she opens up about her feeling like she is weaker and, in her mind, lesser then Suyin and other benders because she lost her ability to bend. Toph can then comfort her, telling her that she also used to feel like this as a young child, but discovered to work her way around her blindness to become even stronger than she ever imagined. Some more dialogue should happen where Lin and Toph are clearly talking about feeling handicapped, but I'm not that experienced and it should be written by someone who actually knows what that is like. The point being for what I wrote is that Lin felt a bit left to the side after season 1, and only becomes more relevant again because she's a Beifong and not because she's Lin. Following your rewrite where she doesn't get her bending back (as I interpreted it anyway), she still manages to play a bigger role in the story and serves as a nice side story about personal perseverance. Alternatively she can start trying to learn how to earth bend again through the badgermoles after learning that Korra relearned her water bending after interacting with the ocean, which than can still serve as a deeper connection moment for Toph and Lin, because Toph also learned earth bending by the badgermoles. I don't know, both sound like some resolution for her character. I don't see Lin just giving up fighting and that kind of stuff after losing her bending. Of course I understand that you can't go over every character and Lin certainly isn't a major character in TLOK, but she's one of my favourite minor characters in the series so I'd like to think of this as some sort of thought experiment. If someone has something to add or change please let me know, I'd love to hear everyones thoughts.

Frankly I'd have been happy if Korra, Asami and Mako just stayed friends. Bolin can still be with Opal but there's not rule that says the characters in Korra have to hook up with anyone. It made a bit more sense with Aang because 1. He was a little kid and wore his emotions on his sleeve, including attraction, 2. Aang pretty much HAD to fall in love with someone in order for Airbending to stay alive 3. It was established in episode one he had an attraction to Katara and things only started to really develop in Season 3, so it felt earned. Korra and Asami hooking up in the Fourth Season after at best acting like just good friends will never work for me.

BWAAAAAAHH never ceases to make me laugh. Anyways, I love how you handled Korra's healing and even gave me an idea for a different story (assuming i ever pick myself up to do it) Korra great

In their final conversation, I would have liked to see Kuvira’s dialogue to be her attempting to align with Korra and the avatar’s role in the world: “The avatar is supposed to bring balance to the world. I was trying to do the same. You were gone, and the earth kingdom, my home, was in chaos. I wanted to bring order back to my people. How is that different from what you’ve done - from what all avatars have done?” Every villain in Korra had a vision of what “balance” looks like. Equality, spirituality, freedom, order. It’s the lack of their own internal balance and their use of force to overcorrect the status quo that places them against Korra. It would be her opportunity to use all the wisdom she’s acquired to explain that to Kuvira, to let her know balance, order, and peace are not the same, nor are they mutually exclusive. It’s in the *struggle* for balance that the Avatar (and all of us) find purpose.

Great envision! While I don't think Mako didn't need to die, but I can see why you chose to. Keep up the great work!!

The first section about Kuvira conquering warlords reminds me of the movie Hero(directed by Zhang Yimou). In the film, its a fantastical depiction of an assassin plotting to kill the emperor of China. In at the end of the film, the emperor is portrayed not a bloodthirsty warlord, but genuinely trying to achieve peace by uniting all of China, granted through bloodshed and conflict. I wish this is the direction they took Kuvira in.

I really like how you strip korra of all elements and let it be a maturing and spiritual journey to bring it back like mastering was supposed to be

Honestly that voice acting of yours thats just casually thrown in there gives me goosebumos every time. Esp with Korras first line. Aand korra awkwardly trying to find out if asami likes her romantically. I just love that interaction. Also, thanks for taking a good show and making it great

Tried to get my wife to watch this show. Couldn’t sink the hook. You did great to rewrite it all!

years later, I revisit your channel and you are still making great content

I’m not a big fan of legend of Korra, but I love your fixing videos! It makes me wish this was the kind of show we could have gotten!! Thank you!!

The only thing I will say with this rewrite of Asami, is that it kinda makes her character fall into the trope of the female love interest only being in service to the main character, and only there to elevate that character. When you remove her arch with her dad, it eliminates a lot of the personal growth she has, as well as a story line where she is able to have the main focus. Similar with the hummingbird mechs, it acts as a reminder to the audience of the talent and skills she brings to the table. This can help present her character as more of a equal to Korra, with her own goals, accomplishments, and decisions. She is similarly capable of combat, is deeply smart, and quickly learns and adapts to situations. In doing this, Asami is conveyed less as a damsel (kinda in distress)that needs to be protected. The edit should avoid writing only included Asami in the narrative to be a romantic partner to be pursued, and as the emotional support and confidant, which is a way women are often wrote as in media. They desperately needed to develop their relationship better. Korrasami in the show was definitely not developed throughly, came across rushed and lacked a lot of emotional buildup that would have helped make it a super sick relationship. Their relationship deserved better, and it sucks cause depicting a happy queer relationship for the target demographic would have been amazing. I like a lot of what this edit could do for Korras character, but is should not comes at a cost of Asami being a full fledged character. She deserves to not just be a plot accessory to make Korra better.

I think Korra shouldn't get the Avatar State back 'til her meditation with Zaheer. The other elements, yes, but the Avatar state for whatever reason remains blocked off. It could even be that during her fight with Kuvira, she *tries* to use it, and fails.

I really really hope the new Avatar studios watches this series of videos you've done. I don't expect them to do any of the things you wrote, but I think it would be very helpful for understanding how a good story structure for Avatar plays out and what topics don't fit as well as others. You tied everything together so nicely.

One problem overall with the re-write is that Lin has always played such a big role in nearly every major fight in the series. Without her bending, that role is diminished to completely removed. How exactly will her fight with Suyin go down? I don't exactly have an answer to that either but, as someone whose favorite character is Lin, I'm sad to see her role in the rewrite diminished.

I love it! I especially loved the call backs to pro bending when Mako and Bolin were fighting. Honestly, these edits could have made Korra into an instant classic just like ATLA, if not even better.

KORRA GREAT. I’m glad you still kept the Nickelodeon censors in mind when improving Korrasami. This felt deeper, but not necessarily more explicit like Nick would’ve never allowed

This is what Legend of Korra could've been if those in power recognized what it was. The Avatar series as a whole could've been the single greatest thing Nickelodeon ever produced, if they trusted it.

Brilliant stuff, so happy to see this series done! Given me so many ideas for my stories, so thanks so much!

Can I just say that your end cards, while relatively simple with audio, are SO goddamn relaxing? Genuinely the best rain white noise audio I've heard in a long time

I always love hearing you and others exercise their minds making suggestions on how to take the stories we share and bring them to another level. Thank you.

That fight in the control room was so smooth. I loved that.

Great work Tim. This rewrite makes the whole series feel more cohesive and organic.

I actually like the spirit laser as a superweapon, but I do prefer it in the railway gun form like you do. It makes it feel more like the Drill - a big, immobile siege weapon that doesn’t pose much of a threat to the characters, but must be stopped to save the city.

Really loved your rewrite, enjoyed it a lot and I think the biggest flaws of the main series are fixed now, especially having Asami as an Equalist and working Korrasami into the story. Also, ironic how the "worst" season (season 2) had the greatest potential for a rewrite. I always thought that KORRA GREAT had more potential than they dared or rather could make good use of, and I am so happy to see it fulfilled this way!! Thank you so much for taking us through the legend of Korra, once again!

Really enjoyed your re-writes! I agree that Mako shouldn't have survived; and that it made no sense to have everyone walk out of that building Kuvira bombed unscathed and without explanation. The thematic connections between the seasons was excellent, as was your more thoughtful worldbuilding and development of the relationship between Korra and Asami. Thanks for this!

KORRA GREAT. I feel like a broken record with how often I've said this before, but people give this show way too much hate. Looking forward to what you're going to do with the finale!

Korra's trauma also stockpiled until she couldn't be the Avatar for awhile.

KORRA GREAT I really enjoyed your rewrites, it made me love the show again after falling out with the whole spirit laser bs

Like with all your other videos, I really appreciate you singing the praises of the show far above what everyone else has done 😊

Thank you for making these Korra rewrite videos. It makes my fond memories of it that much more fonder.

Having the cannon not be on a mech might actually use some really cool metal bending where troops of metal benders have to ride on top of tanks and lay down the tracks and the super weapon goes

Thank you Tim! I have been improving my writing because of you

Thank you so much for uploading this video I really needed it

This channel is my designated wholesome zone when I see all the negative comments about this show.

When Korra regains control over the Avatar State, I'd make one addition, her eyes glow white as she bends all four elements, like she did in the season 1 finale. As she lands, Raava's markings flashes across her chest, and then, just for a second, Vaatu appears as well, before vanishing and a second later, Raava vanishes as well.

I LOVED the Korrasami angle in the swamp scene!

GOD that scene between asami and korra all but confirming their love for each other amidst the battle, with korra saying that it's her turn to take care of asami, who's spent basically her entire life taking care of others, the two of them being vulnerable...literally breathtaking, i played that moment on repeat just because i could see it so vividly and loved it so much. absolutely what their relationship needed. the legend of korra is my favourite show of all time. it came out at a time where i really needed it, it inspired me and helped me think about storytelling and the world in new ways. i think it's a really wise show, despite all of its flaws, and your rewrite really honestly truly stayed true to its wisdom. if this is the legend of korra i'd grown up with, i think it would have been one of the greatest shows of the 2010's, and now i'm honestly kinda wanting to see this version of the show animated (as much as i love the original version), but for now i'm entirely content with this reimagining of it, and ESPECIALLY what you did with korrasami.

Had a lot of fun with this series. Great job

I *MUST* commend you on making Mako and Bo Lin waaayyy more compelling! I have suffered an attack of the onions, I cant stop 😭. Thank you, most kindly! Edit: bold and great choice on Mako. *JUST RIGHT* 👌

I see a huge problem of “being out of practice” in the avatar state. She still has every single one of her past lives, basically it’s still god mode

I've been waiting for this! Edit: Regarding the spirit energy weapons, I thought it would be interesting if Kuvira pushed their development due to increasing paranoia about the other nations violating the Earth Empire's sovereignty, and that, to her, the only way to prevent them from interfering in the affairs of the nation would be through "deterrents." Many of her policies and actions as dictator are motivated by these nationalistic sentiments, so I think throwing in paranoia that leads to prejudice against non-Earth benders would be somewhat realistic. On the thematic portrayal of the Avatar's changing role in a modernizing society, I generally prefer the approach taken in the show where the spirits and their world begin to become more explored and the energy they produce being quantified and harnessed in new technology. For me, this "demystification" of the spirits parallels the rise of rationalism over religion and the decline of traditional culture in favor of societal modernization. The fact that people now view spirits in a fundamentally more "physical" than "ethereal" way thanks in part to drastic advancements in science has, to me, some interesting implications about shifting views in the time of Korra. I honestly have far too many thoughts about Kuvira to put them down here. My reimagining of her is far more drastic in terms of how much she changed (like Asami for me), which deviates from the premise established by this series. The version in the video's reimagining is definitely more optimal for the story she falls in, but I personally would've quite liked to see the flashback episode be used as I believe it was originally intended (I got this from hearsay, I am likely wrong), to explore her backstory. The idea of a dictator projecting their own trauma onto the country they lead is a fascinating one to me, and the exploration that they do do in the comics is enjoyable, but still not as in-depth as I would like it to be. I do definitely agree with the point raised in the video that the conditions for Kuvira's rise to power ought to reflect the nationalistic fervor of the people, which is why I think integrating that fact into Kuvira's background would have been an excellent way to have the cake of good world-building and eating it too with an interesting backstory for the season's main villain. What I have specifically in mind is too long and complicated for here (it involves deeply emphasizing Kuvira's relationship with Su, the history of Zaofu before the arrival of the Beifongs, and being physically disabled by the harsh conditions of what once was a backwards and unforgiving mining town), seeing as this comment is already far too long.

An emotional moment in 17:00 and then a Lego Ad akdbja

every time the 'BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM' appeared had me wheezing ... KORRA GREAT.

I’m so happy I’m not the only who found episode 6 to be my favorite! I empathize so much with her failure of that fight. Nonlinear healing

God I wish you wrote on this show. Your videos improving Korra have been incredible and finally give us the Korrasami we deserve.

KORRA GREAT I really appreciate what you did with these rewrites and honestly I was shedding a few tears for this season rewrite.

"They would immediately combust into rainbow confetti"

so recently in history class we've been covering the reunification of italy and germany and on one of the topics we had to make a distinction between the french defintion of a nation and the german definition (nation/ality is a set of common beliefs and ideologies that a group of people follow according o the lesson) in the fench version a nation is described as only capable of existing within the state and in the german version it is described as all encompassing thing that anyone can be a part of no matter their location german version sounds better right? it effectively represents what we're doing right now and trying to connect everyone to bring about amore peaceful world, until you see the slow creep of propaganda that while maybe unintentional in the future allows for a set of very nice people to 'justify' their expansionism by saying that they are "simply reclaiming what was already ours" and "bringing our brothers in arms together while purging that which has corrupted them" and listening to this video really got me thinking about the fact that no matter how good of an ideology you build and how flawless it may be as long as bad people exist they will use anything to justify their 'bad actions' and in tern suck out all the good said ideology was meant to bring simply the futility of thinking that by regulating what is accepted and what the people believe or even think of will change anything(for both people trying to find the bad in good ideologies and trying to find the good in bad mindsets) because as long as they are people that have free will it won't of course i have no way of solving such an issue but i believe that at least pointing it out might be something and might do any amount of good (or maybe bad...)

The emotion in your voice as you read is epic.

I enjoy Book 4 a lot but this is my favorite of your season rewrites by far. It's pretty much flawless.

Korra great! Really enjoyed your fixes to season 4 and the whole show in general! You definitely tightened things up thematically and made for a more cohesive show.

I liked LoK, even have the Blu-rays. Like you said it had a lot of interesting ideas but never explored them; like having a giant ocean but they only stuck to the shallows. Even the comics didn't explore much and felt like fanfiction, and they were still written by the creators!