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The Legend of Korra_Book 04: The final we deserved

This one's gonna be short

It's not the end we needed, but the one we deserved.

I like book 4 but we would agree that book 3 was perfect and had one perfect finale, I think book 4 could be considered more like a epilogue.

Do not get me wrong but Book 3 ended in a very strong way. There was an epic battle. The price for the victory was high, had a great sacrifice from the protagonist, also had emotional development of the villains (the price could be too high for them too), had the consecration of an important character and was quite touching.

In fact, the entire book 3 was perfect, it's one of my favorite seasons of all the series i ever watched.

But we know that the end of Book 3 was very depressing and pessimistic / realistic (it depends on the point of view), and although it was great in terms of set piece and all, it was not enough for us, the audience.

It could have ended there and continued with the comics but I think the creators decided they needed to tell more about this adventure / fight and im glad they did.

We see them here dealing with something that, unfortunately, is not much approached when we speak of powerful characters (such as super heroes for example), which is what I call "after the fight"

There is no going home to watch a Netflix after a fight like the one that Korra had with Zaheer, and I found it of utmost importance and relevance to be approached in Korra. We see a heroine with PTSD.

But again, I dont want to go too deeply into the subject of Korra and Korrasami, she deserves her own Review

Do you remember Kuvira who saved Korra's dad in Book 3? Yeah, she turned into her own version of Hitler.

In the end, we see that she just wanted to ensure prosperity and order for her people (Earth Kingdom).

Remember, dictators always think they are doing good to their nations(and themselves) and that this is more important than any consequence. And also that whenever a government is destabilized, these "heroes" will appear promising to restore the country.

Except that they consider only part of this country who agrees with their agenda.

Dictatorship may seem like the solution in times of danger, but it is a danger to think like that.

After being saved by Korra, when they Avatar saves her from her own weapon, creating a new spiritual portal in the hearth of Republic City (Raiko must have been so angry with thay), Kuvira decides to surrender. She was humbled to recognize that it was not right and to thank The avatar for saving her life.

Kuvira had little development, but much charisma. I particularly wanted to know more about the character.

We also have some parallels from her with Korra from Book One, such as the will to do things without thinking of the consequences.

The whole season was on Korra. Mako, Bolin, and Asami followed their lives when the Avatar was out.

It was hard to see Bolin as a soldier, but I believe he came into this much more by the innocence of finding himself helping people than by vocation.

Mako as Wu's private security, was fun. Wu was also an interesting addition to the cast but without much develophment because again, the focus of the season was really Korra.

Asami took over as Republic City's engineering. And probably one of the most rich people on The city

It was really cool to see these characters growing up and becoming young adults. After all, book 4 goes 3 years after his predecessor.

In the final battle we had a version of "united we will win" that we saw at the end of The Last Airbender, where, although a lot of people forget it, Aang did not win the Fire Nation alone.

He needed the wiseness of the Lion Turtle, he needed Zuko and Katara when they both beat Azula, he needed Sokka, Toph and Suki when the three destroyed Ozai's fleet.

And so, Korra also needed help to overthrow Kuvira's colossus.

The avatar also needs help and there is nothing wrong with that.

The final battle was good but well below the final battle of Book 3. Something I noticed was also the difference between the soundtrack. The music that plays in the battle of Korra vs Zaheer is much more epic, whereas the one that touches when Korra and the squad is fighting against Kuvira, is more militarized.

(me vs life)

Another important point was the help of Zaheer in the recovery of Korra. Reviewing again, I found it very problematic. Like, get help from someone who almost killed you? It sounds crazy.

It's hard to believe.

For Korra's luck, Zaheer was sensible and in fact helped the Avatar to end a problem that was born when he murdered the earth queen. But I think that was a narrative choice to show to us Korra facing her fear, seeing Zaheer not as a unstapable monster but a human instead, without all this don't being inside of her mind in the most fight club kinda of thing

But I think the highlight , a part from Korra and Korrasami, was Toph's appearance.

In which I will highlight two lines of it

One, when she says that "The names change but the streets stays the same" about her work in the police and this fight against crime.

This is something that, for countries with social inequality, is reality. For in these countries, it focuses on restraint of the problem, punishment and what I call "failure policy of fear", not on prevention of the problem.

Something that this failed policy of fear is linked to an expectation of "act and consequence" and reward that the criminal may have. And let's face it, criminals are not known to have these thoughts about consequences

Act and consequence, is to evaluate. For example, if I steal a store, I can be arrested and spend a few years in jail and my life would not be the same after. The act of stealing generates a lasting consequence. Its Worth it? For me, a college student who still has a promising future, does not. For someone who literally has nothing to lose? Maybe

Another thing is when Toph suggests that, the problem with villains is that they are out of balance and that Korra might learn something from them.

And this is a very important lesson, many times we have to find meaning in suffering so we learn something and evolve. It means being able to learn something even with the worst of tragedies. And that takes a lot of courage.

And the final ...

Just one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen, no joke. And to see the impact that the end has had, both for television and the audience, is always refreshing and even after years, continues to bring me tears.

We can not forget that before having anything non-heteromative in cartoons, we had, for example, a cartoon like The Legend of Korra that in 2014 dared to go beyond, dared to embrace something out of the standard. And so, it made a difference in the lives of many people, including mine.

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