If we're talking spinoffs, I'd rather see something set in that world that's distinctly NOT about the Avatar, or any other kind of big macher like royalty, really.

@avclub-1ff70043c78f44fc8841bd8203c00ed3:disqus "I don't normally play this card, but I'm the Avatar."

You're not the only one.

Yeah, that's kind of my point. Giving Korra everything she wanted at virtually no cost in season one was counterproductive, lazy writing, and now it's having a negative effect on her arc in season two because she has to learn the exact same shit over again.

Except we actually see Zuko struggling with that throughout the second season of A:TLA, and we actually see him struggling with his decision to jump ship back to the Fire Nation throughout the third. His regression is part of a constant, gradual process of character development.

I wouldn't necessarily put too much stock in the book titles, considering last season ended up having fuck-all to do with Air.

It could make for a pretty great MMO, too.

As long as they contain the mawkish melodrama of the fallout from that to one or two episodes, I'm all for it. As of now Mako is nothing but boring dead weight.

Nah, I actually liked the first season of A:TLA quite a bit more than the first season of Korra, especially when you compare the back halves of both.

I was in Prague when the first season was airing, so I can kind of relate. Keep fighting the good fight!

I wonder if part of the problem is that LoK is trying to do hourlong cable ensemble drama storytelling in 22 minutes, on a network that requires them to devote a decent chunk of that time to recapping and clarifying.

Which is problematic, because we didn't really end up learning all that much about the characters last season, and they didn't really grow or develop at all, either. I'm still hoping the show figures out that the best way to properly integrate character and plot is to sloooow the fuuuck dooown every once in a while.

Agreed about Unalaq, so long as they play up the mysticism angle instead of just making it a front for yet another petty power grab and conflict between brothers. Both Ozai and Amon were trying to push visions of the future on the world, so it would be nice to shake things up a bit and have a villain who's more of a…

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus Huh, cool. Northern Air Temple is interesting because there have been people living there for several generations now, and by the end of that episode Aang seemed to be reasonably satisfied that they were carrying on the Air Nomad legacy in their own way. So I wonder if…

@avclub-77a30f3aed77aef3d4ed12bf43df6964:disqus There is, and it's spectacular. I guess they're just not an Avatar fan? You'd think there'd be a good amount of overlap there, though.

@avclub-1881baeccb7399f3452cd7f37cdb2b29:disqus And it took around the same number of episodes, too. But this time around the long wait after the first batch of episodes made it easier to get impatient wating for the show to "find its groove."

I immediately thought of her as "Avatar's April Ludgate" and I didn't even realize she was actually voiced by Plaza until reading this review.

I'm currently barreling through the third season of Venture Bros and I'm terrified of what the wait is going to be like once I'm all caught up.

Yeah, I didn't even realize it was premiering tonight until WOT was posted this morning.

Gravity Falls really did come out of nowhere to become one of my favorite new shows of the past year.