Legend of Korra: The Beifong Bunch
It's Beifongs saving Beifongs in this perfectly executed episode.
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It's Beifongs saving Beifongs in this perfectly executed episode.
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I really wanted to see Toph turn herself into an earth collossusryazoph said:Aang: horrible father
Toph: horrible mother
It's too bad we didn't get to see Toph hold her own against an army of benders, before being forced to retreat since there's too many of them.
So much this. I wanted Toph to either singlehandedly destroy theDaystar Clarion said:Kind of a bullshit copout that the greatest earthbender there ever was did nothing more than give the big bad a stern talking to.
Your family is in danger and you choose not to wreck the doomsday rail gun? Yeah a'reet, seems legit.
This. I mean, I do love Toph. She was my favourite character from LoA. However, Korra is it's own damn show with it's own cast of characters, most of whom more than stand up on their own merits. Sure, I'll nit-pick comparisons to the original show like any other fanboy, and the occasional callback is always good. That said, I'll also admit that the absolute worst thing they could have done with Korra is to make it all about the old cast and not give the new blood any room to grow. If they did that, then the overriding impression Korra would leave in the long term would be just "Hey, remember this other show you liked better?"The Madman said:I must be the only person alive who doesn't have some sort of fascination with Toph. I mean she's entertaining and all, but I wouldn't have wanted her to end the entire series as some people are suggested and I'm glad they resolved her story arc the way they did. She got a moment of badassery and a number of satisfying plot moments without actually stealing the spotlight, that's enough.
As for why Toph didn't take on Kuvira and all her troops? Because Toph is old, that's why. Maybe at her prime she'd have been overpowered and reckless enough to take that challenge, but now she's old and her back hurts and as much as it probably pains her to admit it once the shock of her arrival wore off and Kuvira's troops recovered, she and the rest of the Beifongs might very well have not been able to escape at all. She might not have been a great mother, but it's clear enough that Toph still cares for her family and wouldn't want to put them at risk if she doesn't have to.
The entire reason she's even there to begin with was to rescue her daughter after all, not get involved in a war she's repeatedly said she has no interest in getting involved with.
Did you not watch the end of the episode? She says exactly why she's not fighting. She isn't in phenomenal shape like Bumi was. She probably would've seriously hurt herself doing something on that scale.Daystar Clarion said:Kind of a bullshit copout that the greatest earthbender there ever was did nothing more than give the big bad a stern talking to.
Your family is in danger and you choose not to wreck the doomsday rail gun? Yeah a'reet, seems legit.
So it's better to leave the uber death ray machine to wreak havoc on the world? I'm pretty sure that Korra and the Korraites are going to risk seriously hurting themselves to stop the weapon when it's inevitably pointed at Republic City at the climax. No reason other than "We can't have Toph be the badass she is, because she will upstage Korra" makes any sense.KazeAizen said:Did you not watch the end of the episode? She says exactly why she's not fighting. She isn't in phenomenal shape like Bumi was. She probably would've seriously hurt herself doing something on that scale.Daystar Clarion said:Kind of a bullshit copout that the greatest earthbender there ever was did nothing more than give the big bad a stern talking to.
Your family is in danger and you choose not to wreck the doomsday rail gun? Yeah a'reet, seems legit.
The reason is more like "We can't have Toph be a badass because she is old as hell and might not even be capable of the things she used to be able to do." I mean did you see her? She's frail and hunched over. Bumi was a wall of muscle. Perhaps I phrased it wrong but I thought it was obvious why she didn't take it down. Its not that she would hurt herself, which she would, its also we don't know how much her bending has deteriorated over time. Physically demanding are harder to do as you get older. That is a fact of life. As much as I'd love Peyton Manning to keep throwing the ball and playing for my Broncos I know at best he's got realistically one more season left, two if I'm being generous before he retires. Its because, for Football, he's starting to get old and your body just starts saying "No." after a certain point.Happyninja42 said:So it's better to leave the uber death ray machine to wreak havoc on the world? I'm pretty sure that Korra and the Korraites are going to risk seriously hurting themselves to stop the weapon when it's inevitably pointed at Republic City at the climax. No reason other than "We can't have Toph be the badass she is, because she will upstage Korra" makes any sense.KazeAizen said:Did you not watch the end of the episode? She says exactly why she's not fighting. She isn't in phenomenal shape like Bumi was. She probably would've seriously hurt herself doing something on that scale.Daystar Clarion said:Kind of a bullshit copout that the greatest earthbender there ever was did nothing more than give the big bad a stern talking to.
Your family is in danger and you choose not to wreck the doomsday rail gun? Yeah a'reet, seems legit.
Well to be fair, Kuvira's forces built the damn thing pretty quick, and destroying it wouldn't destroy the knowledge of how to build it. All it would achieve is Kuvira would probably rock up to Rebublic City with a reinforced version.Happyninja42 said:So it's better to leave the uber death ray machine to wreak havoc on the world? I'm pretty sure that Korra and the Korraites are going to risk seriously hurting themselves to stop the weapon when it's inevitably pointed at Republic City at the climax. No reason other than "We can't have Toph be the badass she is, because she will upstage Korra" makes any sense.KazeAizen said:Did you not watch the end of the episode? She says exactly why she's not fighting. She isn't in phenomenal shape like Bumi was. She probably would've seriously hurt herself doing something on that scale.Daystar Clarion said:Kind of a bullshit copout that the greatest earthbender there ever was did nothing more than give the big bad a stern talking to.
Your family is in danger and you choose not to wreck the doomsday rail gun? Yeah a'reet, seems legit.
Fair enough, but that sort of nitpicking can also easily be applied to the original show as well. I mean the entire end of the show pivots on the kinda dumb idea that Aang only won because he got hit in the exact right spot to magically cure his chakra or whatever to conveniently let him go all Avatar at the last moment. That's pretty lame.Reasonable Atheist said:I loved the first series so much, and i really really want to like this one too. I have been watching every episode as they come out and I am just getting more and more pissed off. I do not know if I have ever seen a series where the protagonists could easily solve their problems so often and simply don't because that would ruin the story. FFS bolin can lava bend now? nobody else around can do that, what stops him from creating a small pool of lava under the train and just screwing up everything for kuvira? Why does nobody just metal bend kuvira's stupid armor into her chest and kill her? Why don't they just have any generic fire bender shoot a lightning bolt at her and fry her ass? Why does bolin immediately after using an earth bending tunnel to escape and exploding train, completely forget that he can do that and try to pass the earth kingdom wall at the garrison instead of just going under it? Driving me crazy.