No way Bolin is 20. They're all teenagers.

A lot of fans are hoping for this, but I think it's pretty clear from the very minor roles played by Zuko and Katara so far that the older guys are only showing up as brief fan service. I'm very doubtful they're going to play a major part in this season.

You're right, but I kinda feel like the effects of Zaheer's work are the very reason for the existence of this season, so it's not like the writers have completely forgotten about it. One can only hope that at least a conversation would be had between Kuvira and Korra about the difference between a monarchy and a…

The pacing was a bit off, but I liked the episode. I especially liked the bit where Toph pointed out that all the bad guys so far have wanted things that are actually good (equality, communion with the spirits, and freedom), they just lacked the right balance of perspective to execute their visions. In order words…

I remember a lot of the good episodes had an Aaron Eshaz credit for writing, and I didn't see his name at all in Korra's first season. I don't doubt they have primary creative control over where the show goes but the execution and developments in Season 1 and 2 (especially Season 2) left a lot to be desired.

None of those things needed to be in the next season. Kuvira barely had any lines in Season 3, Zao Fu did not seem like it belong in some kind of grand plan, and Zaheer could easily have not killed the Earth Queen while still furthering his goals. I mean it's nice that we have continuity, but Season 3 would have been…

Maybe they got coached. I too thought that it was because of renewal uncertainty, but it's not. All the stories in each season have been self-contained, one villain per season. After 1 and 2 I thought the reason they sucked was limited time to tell a full story, but 3 showed you can tell an excellent story in 12…

I guess, but I don't think Kuvira would be as simple-minded as that. Her raison d'etre is that having some kind of innate power doesn't automatically make you fit to lead. Trying to gain respect by infusing a spirit inside yourself seems way to shortcutty for her. I'm leaning more on the spirit nuclear weapon theory,…

This makes no sense. Avatar of what? Some mindless spirit residing in a tree trunk? And what can said spirit do? The Avatar is powerful because Raava is literally the spirit of light. Why on earth would anyone want to be possessed by an angry tree root?

Naa. I think they got a fresh set of good writers. I heard that the creators penned most of season 1 and 2 and it shows. They may be excellent animators, but they're not very good writers.

I don't think one powerful bender has ever been able to solve the world's problems (even in the early days Wan admitted failure with his dying breath), and it's disappointing that people view the Avatar this way. The Avatar is the one person that can bend all four elements. They are the bridge to the Spirit World.…

Exactly. It's easy to see why we're friends with cows. We're the ones eating them. Being their friend is a sign of our power. If cows had enough intelligence to understand that they were being bred for no other reason than death, I highly doubt they'll view us in a positive light.

Oh I agree. I was just saying that the inevitable forgiveness Sasuke is going to receive is not out of the ordinary. Sasuke is the only person so far not to fall for Naruto's Talk-No-Jutsu, but I'm pretty sure that by the end of the series he would have succumbed as well, not just because he is a primary character,…

Isn't that how it is with everyone though? Gaara murdered people in cold blood, but it's all good now. Even bloody Obito was a good guy at the end of his life, and he has probably killed more people/caused more deaths than Madara, unless you count his murders as Madara's as well. In the end if you're one of the…

We're a little sparse on details which I think is on purpose; we need to have a reason to tune in next week. There was definitely some betrayal of Suyin involved, but I don't think it tallies with a betrayal of Wu. I think the betrayal was agreeing to lead an army and unify the earth kingdom, and then taking a lot of…

That's the thing: I believe Kuvira was given orders to re-unify the kingdom in the name of Wu. She's not some babe that just happened to get and army and said "Let me do this for my King." She was in the Avatar's inner circle. I'm sure there was a discussion and she agreed to head up the division. Somewhere along the…

Yeah but Lin said that Kuvira was cleaning up the kingdom for Wu. If it's clear that Kuvira is not on their side they should be getting an army ready to combat her. It seems like they're all going to be in for a rude surprise when they get to Ba Sing Se. Even weirder is the fact that Mako knows that Kuvira supporters…

Well she's not unlike a general that has been tasked with getting something done. That'll be like the original Fire Nation being suspicious that Commander Zhao was going to conquer the Water Tribes for himself. If people suspected that on a regular basis nothing would get done.

With Varrick I don't think there's been…

Yeah that'd be cool, but like you said I doubt that. She's clearly very depressed and thinks the world doesn't need her anymore. The trailers hint that she'll find Toph tho, so maybe we'll get some mentor advice to get her out of her rut, and some earthbending training. Girl got her ass whooped.

Oh it evidently doesn't need a democracy, but the past two Earth Monarchs have shown that having power in the hands of an unquestionable figure has disastrous effects (see Long Feng and Hou Ting). Totalitarianism and autocracy only work when the rulers are really nice people, or when the people they rule actually…