Well, I finally got to see this episode on Nicktoons tonight, and I have to say the disappointment continues.
Same issues as last time, I still find Mako boring, Bolin is too much comic relief, and Asami is nowhere to be found. What's going on here? Why isn't the "New Team Avatar" more involved? Why aren't they interacting with Korra about these serious situations?
And as for Korra, I realize that she has conflicting emotions and is trying to stop a war between tribes, but it feels like it's being handled poorly. In A:TLA, I was usually with the Gaang's plan of action usually, but here, I can never really get behind Korra.
Also, and here is where a lot of frustrations are coming from, the siblings. It was fun the last two episodes because it felt more like simple teasing, that happens. But what's being dug into here, it really is troubling.
The fact that they hold so much resentment and that they argue like this, to me, almost seems like not only Aang, but also Katara, may have not been stellar parents. It's such a shame because I enjoyed these characters so much in the original series, but the new series is really putting them in a poor light.
Now, one could argue that Katara did the best she could, and that Aang was busy with his duty as being Avatar, but I say, look at the original series. I remember Katara being very much a glue that held people together, being referenced as the "mother" of the group even.
And with Aang, I don't know what happened later, but the events of A:TLA was arguably the most trying times of his career as the Avatar. And yet, during that time, he very much held good relationships with his friends and was trying to get the relationship with Katara going.
The idea of them having a less than loving family life with Aang and company just doesn't seem to fit.
Of course, this season is still early. I get that, and we will see where this all leads to. But for the moment, I'm just calling it how I see it, and what I see, I don't like.
