For one, if you like Makorra, Mako, and Korra I would reccomend just clicking off this page unless you can respectfully handle my opinion. I'm not forcing you to read this, but if you chose to and get offended to yell at me because I warned you and you didn't listen. Anyhow I'm not typing this to be mean but to get my opinon out there.
Part 1: Makorrak
First of all I don't like Makorra because it reminds me of Zutara. I always hated Zutara (but that's another story). The fact that Makorra resembled Zutara was enough for me to distaste it before it even happened. But at that point I was willing to give it a shot.
Secondly, and this is a big one for me: Makorra is product of a cheating jerkbender and a man stealing jerkbender. I wouldn't hate Makorra quite so much had Mako actually talked to Asami instead of lying to her. She's a sweet girl, she would have understood, I seriously doubt she'd force Mako to stay with her against his will. But no, he took the cowardly way out and went behind her back after how nice she was to him. She sponsored him in the pro-bending tournaments and went against her own dad for him, and to do the right thing. He reapays her with disloyalty and dishonesty and that's not alright. And Korra she was totally aware of her friend's relationship with Mako and she went right in and kissed him. What kind of friend is that?
Which leads to Korra before she stole Mako. She was being really rude; whenever Asami entered Korra would make some immature face or shudder and then she'd pretend that everything was okay. So behind Asami's back she'd be rude and to her face she'd act all nice. Why? Because she was jealous. And whenever she saw Asami and Mako kiss or hug she would stick her tongue out or make some childish face. How old is she? Old enough to not make those grossed out faces when her friend is dating the man she wants. Again she should have talked to Asami about it instead of behaving like a child.
I also hate how it took up precious scree time. The whole finale was practically about Makorra; characters like Asami, Bo, Iroh, and Lin where pushed aside to make room for Makorra scenes. Bo and Asami's fight with her father was made super short to make time for Makorra. And time that could have been used to build up for the fight against Amon was pushed out to add Makorra. And if that wasn't enough; the fighting Amon scenes were sprinkled with cheesy and unneeded Makorra moments.
I also didn't like how fanservice-y it seemed. I swear Makorra was only there to appease unhappy Zutarians; I mean come on, fire/water good girl/bad boy, it's the same idea but with different people. And there was so much of it at that...
To top it all, it was rushed. They didn't even try to develop it. If Asami wasn't there Mako and Korra would have went from "I hate you" to "I love you" in under an episode.
Lastly, I swear Mako only liked Korra because she was the avatar, before he knew that he treated her like crap. And Korra only likes Mako because he's 'hot'.
Part 2: Mako
I don't like Mako for many reasons here are a few:
He's a cheater, as mentioned above he could have done the right thing and talked it out but instead he cheated.
Secondly, he was a real jerk. To Korra, to Asami, and to Bo his own brother. Before she mentioned she was the Avatar Mako was very unkind to Korra and didn't want her to stay with him and Bo. He was willing to send her back to the streets. He was rude enough to cast Asami aside after all she has done for him. And the way he always yells at Bo is not cool.
Thirdly, Mako discarded his own brother's feelings for Korra. Not only did he hurt Asami by cheating, but he hurt his own little brother. The one he said he did everything he did for.
He's a lair and a coward this was explained above. I can't stand a cowardly character.
Part 3: Korra
Now I don't hate her as much as Mako. In fact, up until analyzing the confessions on tumblr I didn't even realize that I didn't like her.
For one as discussed above the stealing of Mako got me really mad at her. She thinks she can have everything because of her Avatar status (more on that to come). She took advantage of her friend. But even worse, she lead Bo on. She took him on a date and made him think a relationship was possible, and then on the same night kissed his own brother. How cool is that? Note the sarcasm. It;s not, not at all.
So about the abuse of power. This was seen from the very start when she tried to worm her way out of getting in trouble for property damage. She outright told Lin that "you can't do this I'm the Avatar". Lin basically told her "Avatar or not, the law is the law". And I'm glad Lin wasn't having any of that. I mean gosh; Aang was never cut any slack, in fact most accused him of being an imposer. She used her status as the Avatar to steal Mako. Power abuse is not okay. And if I remember right she used her power as the Avatar to intimate that guy protesting bending in episode one.
Secondly, she's not a very good avatar; she's immature and irresponsible, and neglects her
responsibilities to improve her love life. I'm just going to pull my comment from the tumblr confession poll for this. (The confession states;I hate when people say Korra is a bad Avatar just because all she does is care about her relationship, give attitude, and didn’t have to work for anything. She was kept in a compound for 17 years of her life. There wasn’t a major war going on when she was young, unlike Aang, and she was forced to stay with the White Lotus. Circumstances are different in this season. Cut Korra some slack. Imagine if you were kept in the same place your whole life, and was then thrown into a situation like Republic City.) I also disagree with this one. Aang was i a relationship(ish) with Katara and he only once let that get in between his duty as the Avatar but that's because Katara was dying and he'd rather save her and wait for another time to master the Avatar state Mako was never really in any life or death situations but almost all of her energy was focused on him, it was ridiculous. She was going to Pema for relationship advice more than she went to Tenzin for airbending advice! And she does give attitude, yes this isn't as big a problem but it's still pretty annoying. And no she didn't really have to work for anything, and that's not cool. Aang had to work for literally everything; food, shelter, and people to teach him bending, and he accomplished so much. Korra was way to sheltered. I don't care if she was in a compound, she still could have worked for things. Believe me I try to cut her some slack but when I look at Aang and Asami and even Mako (whom I truly hate) I just can't. Even Mako can get some slack from me; at least they guy worked for his shelter. If I was kept in the same place and put in Republic City, I'd be excited, I'm finally free. I would also realize that this is what I was trained for and actually be prepared to fulfill my responsibilities. If you want to question my honesty, I would say take a look at my school life, but that's kind of personal.
Lastly she complains about how much being a nonbender sucks in front of a nonbender! For this I'll take a comment from one of the tumblr confessions poll again (the confession stating 'Why do people judge Korra so harshly for being upset about losing her bending? Losing her bending in her mind was failing in her role as the Avatar. How would you feel if the whole world depended on you and you suddenly weren’t able to do what was expected of you?')
I judge her harshly not because she is upset but because of how she handles her feelings. I judge her harshly because she acted like she lost all of her bending, it could be worse, at least she had her airbending. I also judge her harshly because she was complaining about how bad it was to be a nonbender right in front of a nonbender, and that's just rude. I know they aren't the same person but Lin didn't complain and she had no bending. In Lin's mind she failed her job as a former police chief, but she didn't complain once. I wouldn't be happy at all, but I couldn've taken the time to appreciate that I could finally (and at least) airbend and because I could still airbend realize I could still do my job as the avatar because air has the most connection to spirit. From there I would realize that I could find away to fix things in the spirit world. So yes I'd be upset at first, but I wouldn't complain, I'd actually think things through and realize that at least I still had something unlike poor Lin and Tahno. Those 2 had the right to complain.
Part 1: Makorrak
First of all I don't like Makorra because it reminds me of Zutara. I always hated Zutara (but that's another story). The fact that Makorra resembled Zutara was enough for me to distaste it before it even happened. But at that point I was willing to give it a shot.
Secondly, and this is a big one for me: Makorra is product of a cheating jerkbender and a man stealing jerkbender. I wouldn't hate Makorra quite so much had Mako actually talked to Asami instead of lying to her. She's a sweet girl, she would have understood, I seriously doubt she'd force Mako to stay with her against his will. But no, he took the cowardly way out and went behind her back after how nice she was to him. She sponsored him in the pro-bending tournaments and went against her own dad for him, and to do the right thing. He reapays her with disloyalty and dishonesty and that's not alright. And Korra she was totally aware of her friend's relationship with Mako and she went right in and kissed him. What kind of friend is that?
Which leads to Korra before she stole Mako. She was being really rude; whenever Asami entered Korra would make some immature face or shudder and then she'd pretend that everything was okay. So behind Asami's back she'd be rude and to her face she'd act all nice. Why? Because she was jealous. And whenever she saw Asami and Mako kiss or hug she would stick her tongue out or make some childish face. How old is she? Old enough to not make those grossed out faces when her friend is dating the man she wants. Again she should have talked to Asami about it instead of behaving like a child.
I also hate how it took up precious scree time. The whole finale was practically about Makorra; characters like Asami, Bo, Iroh, and Lin where pushed aside to make room for Makorra scenes. Bo and Asami's fight with her father was made super short to make time for Makorra. And time that could have been used to build up for the fight against Amon was pushed out to add Makorra. And if that wasn't enough; the fighting Amon scenes were sprinkled with cheesy and unneeded Makorra moments.
I also didn't like how fanservice-y it seemed. I swear Makorra was only there to appease unhappy Zutarians; I mean come on, fire/water good girl/bad boy, it's the same idea but with different people. And there was so much of it at that...
To top it all, it was rushed. They didn't even try to develop it. If Asami wasn't there Mako and Korra would have went from "I hate you" to "I love you" in under an episode.
Lastly, I swear Mako only liked Korra because she was the avatar, before he knew that he treated her like crap. And Korra only likes Mako because he's 'hot'.
Part 2: Mako
I don't like Mako for many reasons here are a few:
He's a cheater, as mentioned above he could have done the right thing and talked it out but instead he cheated.
Secondly, he was a real jerk. To Korra, to Asami, and to Bo his own brother. Before she mentioned she was the Avatar Mako was very unkind to Korra and didn't want her to stay with him and Bo. He was willing to send her back to the streets. He was rude enough to cast Asami aside after all she has done for him. And the way he always yells at Bo is not cool.
Thirdly, Mako discarded his own brother's feelings for Korra. Not only did he hurt Asami by cheating, but he hurt his own little brother. The one he said he did everything he did for.
He's a lair and a coward this was explained above. I can't stand a cowardly character.
Part 3: Korra
Now I don't hate her as much as Mako. In fact, up until analyzing the confessions on tumblr I didn't even realize that I didn't like her.
For one as discussed above the stealing of Mako got me really mad at her. She thinks she can have everything because of her Avatar status (more on that to come). She took advantage of her friend. But even worse, she lead Bo on. She took him on a date and made him think a relationship was possible, and then on the same night kissed his own brother. How cool is that? Note the sarcasm. It;s not, not at all.
So about the abuse of power. This was seen from the very start when she tried to worm her way out of getting in trouble for property damage. She outright told Lin that "you can't do this I'm the Avatar". Lin basically told her "Avatar or not, the law is the law". And I'm glad Lin wasn't having any of that. I mean gosh; Aang was never cut any slack, in fact most accused him of being an imposer. She used her status as the Avatar to steal Mako. Power abuse is not okay. And if I remember right she used her power as the Avatar to intimate that guy protesting bending in episode one.
Secondly, she's not a very good avatar; she's immature and irresponsible, and neglects her
responsibilities to improve her love life. I'm just going to pull my comment from the tumblr confession poll for this. (The confession states;I hate when people say Korra is a bad Avatar just because all she does is care about her relationship, give attitude, and didn’t have to work for anything. She was kept in a compound for 17 years of her life. There wasn’t a major war going on when she was young, unlike Aang, and she was forced to stay with the White Lotus. Circumstances are different in this season. Cut Korra some slack. Imagine if you were kept in the same place your whole life, and was then thrown into a situation like Republic City.) I also disagree with this one. Aang was i a relationship(ish) with Katara and he only once let that get in between his duty as the Avatar but that's because Katara was dying and he'd rather save her and wait for another time to master the Avatar state Mako was never really in any life or death situations but almost all of her energy was focused on him, it was ridiculous. She was going to Pema for relationship advice more than she went to Tenzin for airbending advice! And she does give attitude, yes this isn't as big a problem but it's still pretty annoying. And no she didn't really have to work for anything, and that's not cool. Aang had to work for literally everything; food, shelter, and people to teach him bending, and he accomplished so much. Korra was way to sheltered. I don't care if she was in a compound, she still could have worked for things. Believe me I try to cut her some slack but when I look at Aang and Asami and even Mako (whom I truly hate) I just can't. Even Mako can get some slack from me; at least they guy worked for his shelter. If I was kept in the same place and put in Republic City, I'd be excited, I'm finally free. I would also realize that this is what I was trained for and actually be prepared to fulfill my responsibilities. If you want to question my honesty, I would say take a look at my school life, but that's kind of personal.
Lastly she complains about how much being a nonbender sucks in front of a nonbender! For this I'll take a comment from one of the tumblr confessions poll again (the confession stating 'Why do people judge Korra so harshly for being upset about losing her bending? Losing her bending in her mind was failing in her role as the Avatar. How would you feel if the whole world depended on you and you suddenly weren’t able to do what was expected of you?')
I judge her harshly not because she is upset but because of how she handles her feelings. I judge her harshly because she acted like she lost all of her bending, it could be worse, at least she had her airbending. I also judge her harshly because she was complaining about how bad it was to be a nonbender right in front of a nonbender, and that's just rude. I know they aren't the same person but Lin didn't complain and she had no bending. In Lin's mind she failed her job as a former police chief, but she didn't complain once. I wouldn't be happy at all, but I couldn've taken the time to appreciate that I could finally (and at least) airbend and because I could still airbend realize I could still do my job as the avatar because air has the most connection to spirit. From there I would realize that I could find away to fix things in the spirit world. So yes I'd be upset at first, but I wouldn't complain, I'd actually think things through and realize that at least I still had something unlike poor Lin and Tahno. Those 2 had the right to complain.