As a consumer of a lot of geeky media, I love it when a book or TV show has excellent worldbuilding that involves different cultures with different magics of their own. However, a lot of times I find that those magics and cultures are pretty rigid. One does this. The other does that. It makes for an easy understanding of how magical battles in that world might work, but it’s an unrealistic and rather simplistic view of how cultures and cultural immigration works.
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Legend of Korra: “Long Live the Queen” Review
This week’s episode picks up right where we left off last time: everyone’s been captured, Korra’s trussed up like Hannibal, and we’re on our way back to Ba Sing Se.
Spoilers below the jump.
Legend of Korra: “Old Wounds” and “Original Airbenders” Review
When we left off last week, the Metal Clan household was frankly overflowing with family drama. This week we got a peek at the backstory that inspired said drama, as well as a POV-switch over to Tenzin and his crew. Spoilers for both new episodes below the jump!
The Legend of Korra: Book 3 Premiere Review
Seemingly out of nowhere—the trailer for Book 3 only premiered a few weeks ago—Avatar: The Legend of Korra came back to Nickelodeon on Friday night. And although in the past I’ve been more of a fan of the idea of LoK than I was a fan of the actual series, I couldn’t be happier with the season so far.
Spoilers for the first three episodes below the jump.
