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Yea, same here. Haven't felt this way about an animated show in a while. I disliked the queen, but I wasn't cheering or hoping for something like that. Not even remotely.
You really can't blame Mako and Bolin for sucking. They are athletic and talented to some extent. However, they've never received any formal training and are going against people who belong to a super secret society who wanted train the Avatar. Basically, they are masters of their respective elements. But that's why I'm hoping Book 4 has a bit of a time skip for the Bending Bros to get a power up in skill. That way, they can be serviceable against named opponents and not random henchmen.
Yeah, I guess they just look really bad next to all the other talented benders this season. I do hope they get some good moments soon; Mako's been putting his police skills to good use and Bolin's had some pretty funny scenes lately.
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's point with him never being formally trained so I guess that could play a big role as to why he may not have that mentality.
It's not even that. We have to remember that Bolin lost his parents when he was very young and has been shielded by Mako his entire life. Bolin competed as a Pro-Bender, but did not hold a secondary job, like Mako did at the factory. His main flaws have always been his own confidence and overcommitting to a part. We saw him become a total douchebag in Book 2 when he became a Mover star, and anytime he would try to hit on a girl, he would have this weird annoying personality. Hell, he even thought he was Nuktuk for a while. Anytime he would have someone control him (Eska) or be asked to do a tall task, he would instantly lose all confidence.I was going to make a point about how Earthbenders are "supposed" to be tough and approach things head on but I never thought of @
Agree on all points, though they might deus ex Bolin learning Lava bending instead. The popular theory about Mako not using lightning is because his "inner peace" has been ruined, since he broke up with Korra.
Having Bolin use some Lava-Bending would be a lot more interesting. Could set him apart from Lin and some of the other EarthBenders. I think it could go either way though. Now that I think of it, Bolin and Mako have both Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation blood in them, and Lava is seen as a Fire+Earth power.
I guess it just doesn't really need to be brought up. Usually they find some convenient water to use, or carry some with them. I'd like to see it show up more too, but it might just be one of those advanced techniques few characters can learn. Maybe Kya or Korra can use it in a later fight scene.
Ghazan doesn't look like a combination of Fire and Earth Nation. He strictly looks Earth. And like I said, given Bolin's zero understanding of how to even start learning lava bending, it would be a total deus ex, and I hope it doesn't happen. If anything, I'd prefer him discover some awesome Earth bending technique (on accident).
Didn't bother watching the whole thing. It honestly doesn't deserve attention.
I watched it to see if his arguments had any weight, because a discussion on portrayal of Asians in series might be legitimate, and then did a point by point refutation of his canabalistic attitude.
Out of all of them? I can agree with that simply because they aren't as powerful as they seem, all have a major weakness but great power as a group or against their own element.
Korra could easily take all 4 in the Avatar State. I think you are underrating how insane the AS can be when plot is applied. Remember, minus an airbending Zaheer, they were taken out by Sokka, Tonraq, Tenzin, and Zuko. Zaheer is good, but he's not great. Korra + Krew could easily do the job.