Legends of Korra 3x3 Reaction Early Access!

I think before this season of Korra most people just assumed only the Avatar could bend magma and lava because it had earth and fire in it. That might be what is tripping them up.

Jjop017

Yanks are awful with foreign names.

Jorn Dagar

The Earth bender Lava Bends it's a part of earth bending

Seth Tolar

Why didn't he become Wolf-Batman?

Matthew Vandiver

You guys are so awful with names. Heh. naturally the Earth Queen is designed to be unlikeable. And the grandmother's been indoctrinated to believe the queen can do no wrong. I sure hope Ba Sing Se will not be corrupt and secretive some day!

Matthew Vandiver

mako and bolins parents were muged by a firebender - he cut them down right in front of mako !!!

Karston James

that first combustion bender over relied on his raw power as a combustion bender using his most power attacks

larsa valeth

i dont think he has, he's always been stupidly good with predictions. some people are just like that

DSP

combustion benders can do fire bending they just do combustion more cause it's over powered

Seth Tolar

007

Not to mention it sets up the next Book perfectly

Mitchel Duggar

lol Eric reading our early access minds at the end there XD

Mike C

My first thought when they introduced P'Li was that is was combustion man's descendant.

Lucas Milloy

Aww man I'm sad they skipped over the twins talking about trying to kill Korra, But Eric's reaction to "Didn't work" was priceless

Dylan S.

You're right about the Chinese influence, but there's no need to go as far forward in time as Mao. The Earth Queen is based very heavily on Dowager Empress Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, both in her appearance and in her policies, and the Qing dynasty were also revered by their subjects as basically gods

Wolf6120

in the first season mako tells korra hat firebenders killed his family, it was the episode that bolin was taken by amon and the revelation was announced

Alex Morelli

more like roku

Alex Morelli

i mean if you have combustion bending i think you'd be pretty focuosed on that, it's a pretty OP power

Alex Morelli

I never spoke of the viscosity, i said water can be bent in whatever state its in even solid, not that only fluid things are water bendable

Burooj Ahanger

I love how the villains in this season are pretty much Aang’s gang but evil. You have the airbender. (Aang, Zaheer) the waterbender (Ming Jua, Katara) the earth bender with a rare skill (Ghazan, Toph) and the firebender (Zuko, P’li). Not to mention they’re all prodigies just like the original gang. Also interesting to note that Mako & Bolin are not prodigy benders (as seen so far) and are just normal benders. Which is why they usually don’t fight a lot in the show.

Alec Campo

That makes sense. China is largely based off of China. The clothes, the architecture, the names and culture. Ba Sing Se is meant to be more of the communist and controlling side of China. China is famous for keeping things from their people and being overpopulated, just like Mako and Bolin’s big family living in one apartment.

Alec Campo

Lava bending like toph

Phonic Reassignment

That talk about the tram makes me wonder if they've got an earthbending dynamo somewhere. Magnetite is a rock; how efficient would spinning that around a wire with magic hung gar be?

Eric Smith

Maybe it is not about the viscosity of the material, but the material actually containing water. Otherwise water benders would be able to bend molten metal as well. At least when Toph and Katara has the mud fight, each of them were actually bending the earth and water of the mud separately.

Jackie

It was definitely Mao Zedong, especially since Earth Kingdom is highly inspired by the Chinese culture.

Jackie

A lot of the citizens reverence for the Earth Queen was giving me some major North Korea vibes, or some other similar world leader. One thing I love about Korra is that unlike the original series Korra delves into a lot of world building and the fact that the avatar isn't as mutually loved as Aang made it seem.

Voreni

always waiting on dat full length..

Duane

Ba sing se is always corrupt!

Gezno

Grandma’s picture of the Earth Queen, whose name is Hou Ting, reminds me of Mao Ze Dong (he founded the communist party in China).

Jackie

They will never get Mai's name right, will they?

Austin Bryant

Where's the Full Length? Will that be up later?

James Fiarito

Read the Youtube comments lol

TbcAlex

I'm shocked no one's pointed out Mako and Bolin's family live in Zuko and Iroh's old apartment.

Td644

Combustion benders can still do conventional fire bending

mcnugz

Mako and Bolin’s parents were mugged by a firebenders and were killed right in front of Mako. He was 8. It was said in Season 1 Episode 3.

Alec Campo

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Griff

Interesting detail, Grey Griffin, Azula's voice actress also voices Ming Wa in this season.

slvr572

It does piss me off when you say that at the end Eric lol I want more :(

Jesse Stromberg

Tarlok not Tarlok Calvin :p

Herberderber

I did like how the Earth Queen viewed Aang and Zuko turning former Fire Nation colonies in the Earth Kingdom into the United Republic as stealing Earth Kingdom land. It was a nice way to show not everyone agrees with everything Aang did for the new peace, which makes it feel more real to me.

Jjop017

Man screw the Earth Queen, that's all I'll say

Pheonix

Lava bending is earth bending, molten earth/really hot earth basically. If waterbenders can do all states of water i don't see why it can't be a similar case for Earth.

Burooj Ahanger

This is my favourite season of Korra

Nicholas Copsy

Love when you guys post early! :)

Kallai Datha