Except the fact that Korra isn’t exactly outmatched. From a bending standpoint she stood pretty well up against Tarrlok, her only glaring weakness was her lack of knowledge and control which is what outdid her. The only one who really outclasses her is Amon at this point, due to a psychological edge that he clearly has, and also the fact that he understands bending to the point in which he can rise above it if needs be.
This doesn’t equate to antagonist in this series rolling over her. Again, her lack of knowledge, experience is what is separating her, that’s it. So you shouldn’t take it to the extreme level that the antagonist is simply that superior. Last I remember, Ozai at the beginning of the Last Airbender was leagues and bounds beyond Aang at that point so if you apply the concepts then wouldn’t it also be contradictory? I mean, when Azula first appeared she was so powerful she taking on the entire Aang and Co. and still coming out clean. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen antagonist introduced to the Avatar series whom looked superior to them.
It’s not even like Tarrlok just came in and made Korra look like a weakling. She was able to get into Tarrlok’s mind and frustrate him, in fact this is the very first time we see Tarrlok lose it completely if you will. There fight wasn’t even a one-sided victory either, in fact it was pretty close, with the last result of Tarrlok blood bending, which was something that Korra herself believed wasn’t capable of being done unless within a full moon.
Point being? She didn’t know Tarrlok was capable of such abilities, so was it wrong for her to get beat? Wasn’t she fighting fairly evenly against him prior to that? So was this fight really that bad Korra? No. I would also stop making the comparisons of Goku or Superman to Korra.
Firstly, DBZ shouldn’t be put in the same sentence (although I <3 DBZ growing up and watching it in the late 80’s onward) because of the outrageous context that happens in there. Goku by the time of Buu could’ve farted and vaporized the solar system by that if he didn’t control his power, and lets be honest, when you see Piccolo blowing up the moon out of nowhere would you really believe the writing would’ve improved by then? Superman changes depending upon the writer, whether they’ll make him defeat beings so powerful you couldn’t even imagine and yet getting rolled over by a simple human being. The same concepts don’t even apply to Korra here, she clearly doesn’t lose to simpletons and she only struggles against those who have far greater experience then she does, that’s really it.
Korra failing at this point isn’t a bad thing, and once more other then Amon whose getting to her mentally, nobody is steamrolling her. We’ve seen her stand pretty well against the majority of the opponents that she’s faced. In fact its good to see Korra struggle, because it goes to show that even though she’s the Avatar she’s not prone to getting outclassed thus making her look more human and far more appealing.
She is only losing is due to her lack of knowledge, patience and experience as I stated earlier, that’s it. Because she certainly isn’t lacking in talent. So lets not start comparing Korra to the likes of Goku (He always, defeats opponents superior to him, because he is supposed to be the hero who wins in all odds no matter the circumstances, that’s how his character is portrayed) or Superman or whatever have you. Not to mention you guys are once again taking this defeat to Tarrlok way to far out of context.
try bending your own blood
for now…
