[Premium Access] The Legend of Korra - 3x9 The Stakeout - Reaction! (Patreon)
Content
This episode though...woah... Not only did it somehow make Book 2 better in retrospect, but Zaheer is one of the most calm and collected agents of chaos I've ever seen. And what if he is right? Why DID Harmonic Convergence give him air bending? Was it purely random or did fate really deliver this gift to the Red Lotus to assist in throwing the world into chaos in order to be reborn again? His quips about the world leaders have never rang more true in our current time on Earth, but the solution should never be to throw it into chaos.... right??
I truly do wonder what Avatar Aang, Roku and Kyoshi would have to say about this. Perhaps even Yangchen. Korra has officially had her plate more full than ANY other Avatar that has come before her I can honestly say. At least when Wan fought Vaatu it was CLEAR who was good/evil and black/white. Here the villain is red. Red vs White because red is not entirely black. This show is operating in extreme shades of grey and I couldn't love it more. I'm not sure if this is better than ATLA just yet but the maturity and complexity in the philosophies that this story is dealing with is something I never expected to see. "Different cultures play the game differently." as Asami said. Wow..just wow. Without trying too sound any more verbose I'll end this here and hope you enjoy our reaction! Not one of my best edits but I tried to squeeze all the little comedic moments in there too. Leave a non spoiler comment please, I'd love to respond.
- Avatar Suraj