I wanted to mention the contrast between Korra and Gravity Falls as well! I was taken aback when Franz actually said, "We're going to kill her!" because Korra had to mask the queen's assassination with death euphemisms and I found that amusing. Maybe Disney is just more lax than Nick?

I pretty much caught up with all Gravity Falls episodes in two days because 1) wow, this show is great and 2) I wanted to join in on the discussions here. I feel like after the first two episodes of season two, we needed a goofy, filler episode as a break. We got a lot of cool new revelations from "Scary-oke" and…

Oh well, I'm still glad the queen is dead. Even if it means Ba Sing Se has descended into chaos.

Zaheer must have really impressed the Earth Queen. You could even say he took her breath away.

When Mako used it on Amon it really showed how skilled he is as a bender. Even Amon admitted that no one was able to strike him in such a way. In that scene, you could see Mako giving it everything he's got—-the determination on his face, especially after watching Amon take away Korra's bending. So it really took a…

Funny how you mention the cauliflower ears. Bryan Konietzko, co-creator and one of the character designers for Zaheer, made sure to add that detail. I think he wanted to depict Zaheer as some former boxer or MMA fighter.

Lightning is very taxing on one's chi. It's not something that can easily be generated like fire coming out of a fist. If you noticed from the old series and Korra, lightningbenders tend to take this stance wherein they have both their arms extended, so you can't do this stance if you are running around. Also, the…

…we should all be worried because Naga hasn't been shown in any more trailer footage after this episode.

I really enjoyed this episode! I liked the slow pace in the beginning with the stakeout, and then everything went to hell really fast but not in an overwhelming way. Korra sometimes suffers from extreme pacing, trying to cram as much as possible in one episode that the viewer doesn't even have time to breathe. But…

Speaking of that picture, I just finished reading a fan theory here: http://korraspirit.tumblr.c…

Truly! If the episode ended with that explosion, I wouldn't have been able to sleep, eat, or breathe until next Friday. I mean, I knew the Krew would still be alive since future trailer footage shows them all intact, but I really thought major damage had been done. You just can't expect rainbows and sunshine with a…

Can I get some reassurance that Su isn't going to betray Korra? I keep thinking about that scene when Aiwei was questioning the guards, and Lin suggested asking Su if she had anything to do with the attack. Why would Lin ask that when her sister just helped them in that fight? She dropped down in cables and even…

Korra used it in the first episode when she was clearing the vines in Republic City. A fan asked Bryan Konietzko that question yesterday at SDCC, and he said yes, Korra still has the Avatar State. He went on to say that it's not diminished in power by the lack of past lives, because Korra's still Korra and she's got…

I still laugh every time I remember that scene after they bust out P'Li (Combustion Woman), and she's making out with Zaheer. Ghazan's next to them driving the car and goes, "Really? Right now?" That brought him to the top of my list of favorite baddies of the series.

Opal reminds me so much of the 1920s Flapper Girls, and we just got confirmation yesterday that Bryan Konietzko used those exact models as inspiration for the character. Just gorgeous!

Especially when X planted a bomb that would have killed the Avatar and her friends if Korra didn't cover themselves with her air bubble. That shit was so intense! Kid's show…yeah right!

This rare type of bending has really improved since Sparky Sparky Boom Man. He couldn't even bend with trajectory like that!

I was hyperventilating during the entire nighttime sequence, from the moment Zaofu closed off for bedtime, right up till we saw Korra safe but still paralyzed on the couch. It was like something out of a horror movie! Pabu sees Zaheer's gang but Bolin doesn't listen to him, and all the while you're shouting, "BOLIN!…

I've been reading some comments about how Tenzin gets major development every season only to return to his old self, which I think is a bit unfair. Aren't we all allowed to regress sometimes? Zuko struggled in making the right choices throughout all three seasons. Even when we thought he was finally making a change…

I was genuinely terrified during that bridge scene. Ming Hua threatened to stab the driver with an ice pick arm if he screwed up. P'Li just straight up made cars explode without a care in the world, then Ghazan melted cars with his lava. They scare me a lot but I love it. It's hard to believe that there'd be actual…