I too am having trouble understanding complaints about Korra's lack of development, because I thought her growth was pretty huge. No, she didn't sit down and tell Tenzin precisely what she learned, but I didn't really need a Pete-Campbell-explains-his-whole-season-arc-in-2-minutes speech to get it.

I too am having trouble understanding complaints about Korra's lack of development, because I thought her growth was pretty huge. No, she didn't sit down and tell Tenzin precisely what she learned, but I didn't really need a Pete-Campbell-explains-his-whole-season-arc-in-2-minutes speech to get it.

Pretty much. Like Ozai, he groomed his children to be sociopaths and succeeded with one of them.

Pretty much. Like Ozai, he groomed his children to be sociopaths and succeeded with one of them.

@avclub-b2c4b2c51fe41bc50bf423450c6e09f0:disqus  That's funny, because the Moth podcast this week featured a man talking about being subjected to some pretty horrifying stuff on hunting trips with his father. I couldn't stop thinking about it while watching this episode.

@avclub-b2c4b2c51fe41bc50bf423450c6e09f0:disqus  That's funny, because the Moth podcast this week featured a man talking about being subjected to some pretty horrifying stuff on hunting trips with his father. I couldn't stop thinking about it while watching this episode.

@avclub-e65076d21d4b718526e684473c359d55:disqus  Ding ding ding ding!

@avclub-e65076d21d4b718526e684473c359d55:disqus  Ding ding ding ding!

I don't think we should assume that Aang's personal development stopped after "Sozin's Comet." We just didn't get to see it.

I don't think we should assume that Aang's personal development stopped after "Sozin's Comet." We just didn't get to see it.

I LOVE the Ba Sing Se arc, but I can't help but agree with you here. I recall also being frustrated with how easily Azula turns the Dai Li against their own people. I mean it is Azula, but seeing the Dai Li open the city to the Fire Nation felt like we skipped a few steps.

I LOVE the Ba Sing Se arc, but I can't help but agree with you here. I recall also being frustrated with how easily Azula turns the Dai Li against their own people. I mean it is Azula, but seeing the Dai Li open the city to the Fire Nation felt like we skipped a few steps.

@avclub-e14267dedd4e1d0cc0093bc13643fd59:disqus I think you hit the nail on the head here:

@avclub-e14267dedd4e1d0cc0093bc13643fd59:disqus I think you hit the nail on the head here:

What's so sad is that what both these guys needed was an Iroh (the elder). They made terrible choices as adults, but the fundamental root of who they were was pretty much set in stone by their father. There was never anyone there to show them an alternative. (These aren't excuses. I'm just adding more pathos to the…

What's so sad is that what both these guys needed was an Iroh (the elder). They made terrible choices as adults, but the fundamental root of who they were was pretty much set in stone by their father. There was never anyone there to show them an alternative. (These aren't excuses. I'm just adding more pathos to the…

@avclub-ab5266a567015c1fa88e4cb37ae91f51:disqus  U mad, bro?

@avclub-ab5266a567015c1fa88e4cb37ae91f51:disqus  U mad, bro?

I don't think it was overt racism so much as his penchant for police state tactics in general. He wanted to be a hero and fight back against dangerous men like his father (his invocation of Yakone in "A Voice in the Night" makes more sense now), but he forgot that the show isn't called Legend of Tarrlok.

I don't think it was overt racism so much as his penchant for police state tactics in general. He wanted to be a hero and fight back against dangerous men like his father (his invocation of Yakone in "A Voice in the Night" makes more sense now), but he forgot that the show isn't called Legend of Tarrlok.