^This right here is what did it.Gordon_4 said:
I generally think shipping is really dumb, because it almost never makes any fucking sense.
...But Korrasami snuck up on me.
They very randomly ended up isolated and working together as their own team in Season 3, and everything just sort of clicked and made sense like no other duo on the show ever had.
I think EVERYONE went "Holy shit, how did we not realize til now how awesome they'd be together?"
And so the show just kinda kept them together....and then it started to become obvious that they weren't just an amazing team for kicking ass.
It became rapidly apparent that Asami is the one who can cool Korra's fury and dispel Korra's insecurities like no one else in the show has EVER been able to do.
Where Korra gets angry at others and stops listening to their advice/opinions, Asami always gets through to her load and clear....
I mean...that's one of those powers typically held by the person you love....their words are what you're tuned in to and inherently place high value on. Their opinion is the one that ACTUALLY matters to you, and can often have the power to override all others, even your own.
We don't get nearly as much time to study Asami but, going the other direction, it seems like Korra is the stubborn force of will and raw power that Asami doesn't have in the same way. Asami's certainly not insecure, but she's realistic about her very human capabilities and limitations, and tends to err on the side of caution...unless Korra's with her. With Korra at her side, Asami's confidence seems to lean much more towards outright certainty that they can pull off/handle/face/succeed at ANYTHING.
Korra and Asami are PERFECT for each other.
- Korra is the world's most powerful spiritual force, the elemental force of nature, probably the most powerful warrior alive, fierce and headstrong, brash, and unrefined.
- Asami is the world's most powerful industrialist, most advanced technologist(aside from perhaps Varrick), a master of machines and industry, extremely skilled and graceful, a master of elegance and society, fierce, kind, sweet, and an extremely skilled warrior in her own right. Skilled enough to stand by Korra's side without any Bending.
They're extremely close.
Asami is the Beauty to Korra's Beast.
Asami is the Yin to Korra's Yang.
Asami is the Pepper Potts to Korra's Tony Stark.
When Korra can't open up to anyone and doesn't talk to anyone else outside the South Pole for 3 years during her rehabilitation, Asami is the ONE person she can't go without talking to.
The same types of compliments Korra shrugs off coming from anyone else, make Korra blush when they come from Asami.
Hell, even Mako senses there's SOMETHING going on between them.
Mako and Bolin OBVIOUSLY aren't right for either of the ladies.
Bolin and Opal make great sense.
Mako's just kind of an ass when it comes to how he's treated both Korra and Asami while they were dating...
And, basically, at this point in the series there's simply no one who makes ANY sense to end up with Korra other than Asami, and no one makes sense for Asami except Korra.
They've grown together extremely organically, and now it just seems obvious.
So basically, for Korra and Asami, the ONLY two legitimate options at this point in the series is either a Korrasami ending.....or nothing.
Any other pairings for them would seem artificial and forced, because they simply don't have the episodes needed to make anything else develop and feel natural, let alone MORE natural than Korrasami.
As of now, it seems like the creators of the show are all aboard the Korrasami train too, and it'll just come down to a matter of whether or not Nickelodeon actually let them get away with it.
