Korra was kinda dumb in this episode. Why the hell was she sitting there trying to punch multiple ice daggers?!? So stupid. She should’ve had that earth wall up a lot quicker than she actually did…
ugh, this is a real complaint?
Finally watched the episode and my God, this episode just proves that Avatar/Korra is one of the few reasons to watch TV anymore haha.
For real… lol. She likes to basically “Hulk” her way through stuff. When she saw that wasn’t working she turtled up and then attacked. Speaking of Hulking up, I think that is what she will essentially be once she gets into the Avatar State. Blood bending is some broken stuff, especially if you can reach a state of where Yakone was able to subdue an entire courtroom of people including badasses like Aang (although he seemed to be fighting it better than the rest of them) and Toph.
That, Game of Thrones, and Mythbusters are pretty much the only reason I watch TV at all now.
I’m getting main bad guy vibes from Tarlokk. Maybe Korra and Amon will end up teaming up to take down Tarlokk eventually or something.
Uhh, yeah. I don’t see what the big deal is. If I’m an earthbender and I see someone sending multiple shards of ice coming my way, my first thought wouldn’t be, Let me try to punch a couple of em. You don’t think that’s a bit dumb? The show even proved it was seeing as how she got cut up in the process. I think being impulsive is a trait of hers so I’m not surprised she tried the punching method first, but I think she’s got to instinctively make smarter choices when she bends.
wow, you realize that this is a scripted show, right?
if there was no growth or room for improvement, you’d have an incredibly boring story
if a hero doesn’t falter during a fight scene, you don’t believe the enemy is a threat.
if you don’t have something that is stylistically interesting, such as punching ice bullets was, then you aren’t being visually appealing as director/writer/artist.
and really, like you know what it takes to summon up fictional powers while fighting someone… get the fuck out of here…
Why on Earth are you so hostile? I don’t know how me pointing out that Korra pulled off a dumb move in one fight suddenly means I don’t want growth for characterization, want the enemies to be unbeatable, or want a bland fight scene 24/7.
I think you’re the one that needs to chill. I thought this episode rocked. But when I saw Korra punching ice, I said, to myself, she should’ve thrown up a rock wall first. That’s it. I don’t know why you’re looking to be annoyed, angry or irritated by that. It was just one small, throwaway complaint I had. Something that stuck out as odd, so I just shared it on the board. Why is everyone so easily offended and serious on these boards? Goodness.
It’s official, when I get back home from vacation, I’m going to marathon all 3 seasons of Avatar on Netflix to sate my hype for Korra. Might as well change my avy too. 
Nobody wants a perfect character, but I don’t think anyone wants a stupid character either. Korra should have been able to return the ice to water, blow through it with fire, or simply block it with earth, but she decided to punch the ice shards like an idiot, or rather the director chose to have her do it. Main characters doing dumb stuff is the same gripe a lot of people have with Superboy in YJ.
is it stupid? earthbenders are very rigid in their movements and have alot of start up time. maybe she couldn’t do it. maybe she didn’t have time. she also could have bent the water back. or evaporated them with flame.
maybe its dumb to criticize fictional characters based on essential story telling elements that all characters have to go through. its retarded. its like people who talk to the screen in the movies. “DON’T GO IN THAT DOOR” “okay, you’re right… i’ll just go home”. end movie. roll credits.
thanks. it was much better that the character did the smart thing. it makes for great entertainment.
Never mind. This just isn’t that serious. I can’t believe we both spent so much time talking about something so inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.
Firebending requires breath control and Earthbending requires a rooted stance, Tarrlok caught her when she was unbalanced meaning she could do neither of those things immediately. As for why she didn’t waterbend, I’m guessing the attacks were too fast and too many.
I don’t think she was trying to punch them, I think she was trying to send some bending back but she got hit by the shard.
Still a stupid idea, but not as stupid as deliberately punching shards of ice
We are only 8 episodes in, lets chill a little bit on the notion that Korra is being stupid in fights. You can’t expect her to be more adaptable within 8 episodes when 1. She can’t even remotely Air-Bend 2. She lacks the control and patience that which was taught to her by Tenzin, and this would’ve greatly helped correspond to everything else during combat 3. She’s a physical character who utilizes power to achieve her means, not to mention she’s shown time and again to be stubborn, frustrated and quick to temper. Unlike Aang whom used intellect, patience and only physicality as a final means, even at the very start of the last airbender series.
Korra is a completely different cat from Aang, and to see her possibly forget waterbending, earthbending or firebending within the process of the fight makes a lot of sense. Watching her utilize only the physical aspects instead of adapting to the situation makes sense for her character at this very point within the storyline.
She’s only just got into Republic City, she’s only started to learn how to control her fears, and started to hopefully bring herself closer to the spiritual side which is greatly needed, and she completely lacks in this compartment. She’s only utilizing what she knows thus far (training is great, and although she learned from the best, doesn’t mean that she’s elite. Nothing beats putting it into a real fight and considering these are her first real fights, its glaringly showcasing her weaknesses which is normal.), which is brute force, so whom are we to complain that she’s not as great of a fighter?
However we are expecting her to be rolling around like an elite? Please man, lets get things into perspective here and stop accusing her of not being more intelligent during her confrontations, because she’s doing what she only knows at this point. Korra is not that great of a fighter/Avatar as Tarrlok said she’s just not that good yet. Some of you people are way too caught up on The Last Airbenders elite status of bending, and the fact that Aang and co. were living in a period in which War would’ve attributed greatly in fighting and the knowledge of bending to a higher degree then what we’ve seen thus far in Korra.
The new Avatar is still a puppy trying to run with the big dogs who’ve been there and done it. Once again, in case you’ve forgotten again, it is only 8 episodes in! The last episode opened up a lot of why Korra is not as good as she may believe herself to be.
Showing her glaring weaknesses as the Avatar at this point. I believe that this may be the turning episode point to finally bringing her to the spiritual side. This is may be made possible if she’s going to be put into seclusion. Which may finally allow Korra to tap into the spiritual side.
Let’s give her some time folks, you shouldn’t expect her to be a great fighter at this point of the story, I certainly didn’t.
I still don’t know why some people are taking this so seriously. It seems like some of you are taking little statements and then reaching for these far off conclusions that no one was even talking about. Korra to me made one bad decision in one fight. That doesn’t mean I think she’s dumb in all of them, or she needs to be some bending elite master. Everyone gets she’s still in training. She’s not always going to make the right decisions. Can people not point out that she didn’t make the best fighting decision and have that just be that? It’s just an observation. No more, no less.
Trying to act like people are implying something more than that doesn’t seem necessary. This is the only time in the history of the show where I thought she made a dumb battle decision. In the rest of the fight she actually used her brain and got rid of Tarrlok’s water source. But punching ice? To me, not her finest moment. But that’s all. Shit happens and she pulled it together later on, which is all that matters in the end.
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Ya punching ice was stupid, but she eventually did the correct thing and blocked it with an earth shield.
So apparently Tarlock is like the ozai of water benders. Blood bending shenanigans was weird. Also flashback where it looked like Tarlock was blood bending Toph in a courthouse was even weirder.
What if Amon met Aang in the spirit world, and it was actually Aang that tought him out to take away people’s bending?
What if Amon is actually a good guy, and actually is trying to get to Tarlok somehow?
Amon almost taking away Bolin’s bending doesn’t actually make him bad since Bolin was a bending gang. He has so far only taken away people who use their bending for bad so far. It’s not even confirmed Lin’s metal benders have had their bending taken away.
I think Amon is actually staying away from Korra because it’s not time yet to reveal that he’s on her side. Amon could be the key to Korra meeting Aang.
wasn’t tarrlok.
I think something like this could be pretty true at this point in time. Largely based on how Tarrlok freaked out at the mention of Amon’s name. I’m thinking Tarrlok knows more about Amon then everyone else by that reaction.