The Problem with Spirits in Legend of Korra

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• CR

  @crona1794 · 3 years ago

  I also loved how in the show, Koh the face stealer isn’t described as “evil”, he’s simply described as “dangerous”.

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• BR

  @BreakerX42 · 3 years ago

  Avatar saw Spirits as embodiments of nature while Korra saw them as Pokémon

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• SA

  @sarahespin5798 · 5 months ago

  The spirits in atla were scary, haunting, beautiful, and mysterious. I hate the way they turned them into like, kid plushies in korra. I didn’t understand it at all.

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• 0D

  @0dragonice0 · 3 years ago

  I saw a comment about the moon and ocean spirits a while back that made me appreciate the scene even more. The moon is "pull", and the ocean is "push". When the moon spirit is gone and Aang basically lets the ocean spirit run wild, all of its attacks are "push". It's such a small detail but it shows the spirits have a domain they fit into.

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• KU

  @kurosan0079 · 3 years ago

  It's kinda funny how a show with more "adult" characters has an immature take on spirits, while the show where all the main characters are kids have a more nuanced take on spirits.

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• MO

  @MoeruHoeru · 1 year ago

  Atla : Close to how East asia spirits are in the story<br>Korra : Bad ghost, casper.

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• FR

  @FrostyTheSnowPickle · 3 years ago

  In ATLA, the spirits felt like something otherworldly. In Korra, they were glowy cartoons.

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• MA

  @maybe8985 · 3 years ago

  The spirits designs are some of the best of all medias. The painted lady is just BEYOND gorgeous.

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• SP

  @spacecats2185 · 2 years ago

  I find in interesting that they made Vaatu a force of chaos without understanding that chaos exists naturally and is not necessarily good nor evil.

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• SU

  @suenoslucidos3899 · 3 years ago

  So we’re just going to pretend the owl spirit didn’t just lay down the coldest line in the series with “You think your the first person to believe their war was justified?” That will automatically awaken you as a child yall don’t even know. Nothing is black and white, sometimes things are grey.

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• SH

  @shaggyrogers6769 · 3 years ago

  Imagine if instead of being plain evil, Vaatu appeared evil when imbalanced because he is a being that acts on pure impulse alone, he represents chaos and passion unrestrained<br>But at the same time, when Raava is imbalanced, she becomes obsesed with order, completely rejecting emotion and change. She represents knowledge and serenity, but taken to an extreme leads her to inaction.

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• AR

  @artmadebyRed · 7 months ago

  The ATLA spirits feel like actual spirits or gods, the Korra spirits like cool looking digimon.

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