Overall, the change of pace was beneficial to the quality of the show as it brought drama and human heart. The problem is that the main characters, though they faced great change, just weren’t interesting at their core. They had different agendas for their futures, and their personal thoughts and loyalties on the new Earth empire brought tension to the group.
Main characters like Mako, Bolin and Asami all were at different places in their lives and their loyalties and friendships were tested more than ever before. It’s a process that every group of friends goes through in real life, and I was glad that the show addressed it because it allowed me to identify with the characters more strongly. While Korra separated herself from society, we see how the characters have evolved and moved on with their lives. This brings me to the biggest positive in this season: Korra’s personal voyage allows us to see the changes in the characters after the three-year time skip while also bringing old fan-favorite characters together to interact. Korra experiences the most development in her character as she journeys to find herself and throughout her soul-searching the viewers are able to connect with her on a very personal level, fortifying Korra as a stronger character than before. It’s not just her body that’s been poisoned her usual confidence in her skills as the Avatar (the guardian of the physical and spiritual world who can bend all four elements) is shattered.
This is the season where we as viewers see Korra at her most vulnerable. The majority of the episodes focused on Korra’s struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and her doubts over her place in the new world order.
The fourth season of “The Legend of Korra” follows Avatar Korra three years after the end of the previous season, who is slowly (and unsuccessfully) trying to rehabilitate from the traumatic trials she faced. The end of the fourth season of “The Legend of Korra” most likely means the story has finally ended for these characters, and I feel it ended with a reasonably successful sendoff. Finally, after nearly a decade, this successful Nickelodeon franchise ended on Dec. These were the four elements that characters of the beloved “Avatar: The Last Airbender” could bend.Īfter the huge success of the original series, the sequel-spinoff “The Legend of Korra” debuted in 2012, furthering the “Avatar” universe.