Korra Video, Hanging Out, and Sea of Thieves (1/4)
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00:14:30Good morning, everyone
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00:15:22Tell her
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00:15:32Made you run like hell away
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00:15:38So the Earth Kingdom was thrown
00:15:40Into complete anarchy when the Red Lotus murdered the Earth Queen
00:15:42And has been split up into individual states
00:15:44That are constantly beset by bandits and warlords
00:15:46Uh, Cosmo, Mandy, you're gonna have to wait
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00:15:52So the Earth Kingdom was thrown into complete anarchy
00:15:54When the Red Lotus murdered the Earth Queen
00:15:56So the Earth Kingdom was thrown into complete anarchy
00:15:58When the Red Lotus murdered the Earth Queen
00:16:00And has been split up into individual states
00:16:02That are constantly beset by bandits and warlords
00:16:08Plans to get it reunited and quell the anarchy
00:16:10Have been underway almost immediately
00:16:12With everyone originally wanting Suyin Beifong
00:16:14To lead the reunification movement
00:16:16However, Suyin reneged on the idea
00:16:18On the basis that she doesn't want to force her idea on
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00:24:36been a psych it's actually opposite day I will admit I was half expecting there I was
00:24:41half expecting there to be a twist here but now now she did all that shit now now she
00:24:46did all that shit
00:25:12on your side completely 100% loyal no you're loyal I thought that's where we send people
00:25:23to learn new trade skills maybe you need to spend some time in a re-education camp I thought
00:25:30that's where we send people to learn new trade skills
00:25:41and all that shit and all that shit maybe you need to spend some time in a re-education
00:25:49camp I thought that's where we send people to learn new trade skills hard truths bull
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00:26:02Kuvira is actually the most missed potential this is a story about the earth kingdom in
00:26:05a period of upheaval with someone deputized to bring ties to bring them in a period of
00:26:10upheaval with someone deputized to bring the people back into a place of security and relative
00:26:14safety from an army of roving bandits all with the aim of putting a spoiled little
00:26:24princeling back on his throne throne the same throne that had been oppressing the earth
00:26:32kingdom for years the same thrown multiple characters in the previous season including
00:26:37the avatar herself throw scorn onto
00:27:01I mean the idea of even having a queen is so outdated I haven't really thought the world
00:27:05is evolving and the earth queen can evolve with it step aside
00:27:12tar herself throw scorn onto and now the same thrown multiple characters in the previous
00:27:20season including the avatar herself throw scorn onto and now you have someone who isn't
00:27:25a world leader or important figure leading the charge to protect her own people and being
00:27:30expected and being and being and being expected to hand the reins and be and being expected
00:27:35to hand the reins of that over to the same people who caused this problem in the first
00:27:39did to hand the reins of that of that over to the same people who caused this problem
00:27:48in the first place and doing this during a time where the avatar herself is nowhere to
00:27:56be seen prince didn't gain from power at the end
00:28:01Kuvira could have been a walking representation of the Kuvira could have been a walking representation
00:28:08of the frustrations of so many people frustration at the monarchy at the red lotus at the avatar
00:28:13hell Kuvira was there to see Cora get brutalized and left in a wheelchair maybe she's not angry
00:28:17with Cora be part of the reason she took the reins on this project was to give Cora time
00:28:20and space to rest and recover maybe part of the reason she took the reins on you of the
00:28:25contrast of a normal person trying to do something the avatar was previously doing
00:28:29would certainly explain why Bolin is there furthermore several states don't want to
00:28:40be a part of the new earth kingdom we get to see one of we get to see one of those states
00:28:44in the early episode but that state is falling apart that leads to interesting conversations
00:28:49about freedom versus security does the leader of a state have the right to turn away aid
00:28:53if that aid is the only thing keeping his people alive does freedom extended does freedom
00:29:05extend to people willingly choosing to destroy themselves should you just let them do it
00:29:10maybe each state ought to have a ref maybe maybe each state ought to have a referendum
00:29:18and if you're doing that you're already making a case for democracy as a concept the answer
00:29:24to all of these questions are my people for what it's worth I think you may here tell
00:29:40to save my people it's time to forgive and forget rich in all you have a lot of pride you have a
00:29:52lot of pride but it cannot protect your people your pride will not stop the hordes as your
00:29:57city crumbles to the ground and your pride certainly will not feed your hungry when all
00:30:02that is left is rubble
00:30:15concept you have a lot of pride but it cannot protect your people your pride will not stop
00:30:20the hordes as your city crumbles to the ground and your pride certainly will not feed your hungry
00:30:25when all that is left is rubble the answer to all of these questions are probably yes but taking the
00:30:30time to consider them would be interesting but taking the time to consider them would be
00:30:35interesting but taking the time to consider them would be interesting who's ever to consider them
00:30:42would be interesting anyone who's ever had to deal with a friend who's high 24-7 will tell
00:30:46you that you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped in fact there's an even better angle
00:30:53to take because it's the United Republic itself spearheading the reunification of the Earth
00:30:57Kingdom with the intention of putting Wu on the throne and Raikou straight-up admits he's sending
00:31:02advisors to do all the real ruling
00:31:18I hope the occasion not yet but I have to move to the burdens of leadership you know Royals they
00:31:26love a ceremony have you received any work you want running the Earth Kingdom you sure that's
00:31:32the guy you want running the Earth Kingdom trust me we'll be sending a delegation of experienced
00:31:37advisors to handle day-to-day government I see the pretty visors to handle day-to-day government
00:31:46you sure that's the guy you want running the Earth Kingdom trust me we'll be sending a delegation
00:31:57of experienced advisors to handle day-to-day government visors to handle day-to-day government
00:32:16they government and it's the United Republic who get and it's the United Republic who gave
00:32:31Kuvira the right hands on this project at all after she retook Ba Sing Se so already the states
00:32:40have a very sound reason to not want to get involved with Kuvira she's directly operating
00:32:45at the behest of the United Republic in the aim of reestablishing an oppressive monarchy that will
00:32:50become a puppet state for the Republic you will remain in charge just under my supervision I will
00:33:05save your life and the lives of your citizens I think that's pretty generous I know how you
00:33:13manipulate states and force them in the aim of reestablishing an oppressive monarchy that will
00:33:22become a say so already the states have a very sound reason to not want to get involved with
00:33:26Kuvira she's directly operating at the behest of the United Republic in the aim of reestablishing
00:33:31an oppressive monarchy that will become a puppet state for the Republic CIA shit going on like
00:33:42that's some CIA shit going on so I can certainly see why an individual state would be like yeah
00:33:47we're not doing that you fucking rube I'm not the only one noticing this right like the United
00:33:51Republic only one noticing this right noticing it noticing this right like the United Republic
00:34:00is up to some shady shit in this season and we just leave that there Kuvira and we just leave
00:34:07that there Kuvira Kuvira's reasoning for reneging on the deal is on the basis that the monarchy was
00:34:13terrible and they want to put it back we won't accept their hand that's the kind of thing that
00:34:19sounds like a conspiracy theory but day-to-day governing no the United Republic literally admits
00:34:25to doing it into the Dark Ages a metal that we're mining oh we have to stand strong again I'll stand
00:34:37by you late isn't it when the Queen fell there's to stay out of Earth Empire business we won't
00:34:44accept their hand-picked dictator
00:34:56tell your world leaders to stay out of Earth Empire business we won't accept their hand-picked
00:35:02dictator that's the kind of thing that sounds like a conspiracy theory but
00:35:06sending a delegate trust me we'll be we'll be sending a del
00:35:15but trust me we'll be sending a delegation of experienced advisors to handle day-to-day
00:35:28governing day-to-day governing no the United Republic literally it no the United Republic
00:35:34literally admits to doing it
00:35:44but how this show tends to establish something really interesting and then proceeds to go set
00:35:48up another Frieza but now we're getting into shameless underhanded power grabs by a rogue
00:35:53state and the season isn't about that did nobody notice that because it didn't have a dramatic
00:36:02camera pan or ominous musical sting all of these things would certainly make for a great
00:36:16happy one year someone break out the cake and drink hey God I've had subs active for a year
00:36:25fucking hell all of these things would certainly make for a great story especially with Cora
00:36:35coming back in the middle and having to get caught up on the last three years she missed
00:36:38but it would necessitate once again the plot not jamming forks into its eyes to avoid thing about
00:36:44again the plot not jamming forks into its eyes to avoid thinking about these things it would
00:36:49necessitate not ham-fistedly shoving a villain into the story it would necessitate everyone's
00:36:53stance on the situation all being kind of bad because none of them have had to deal with
00:36:57instability on this scale but that doesn't big boom make pretty though this is a season that
00:37:07ends with a giant death robot going Godzilla on Chinatown and if that doesn't tell you the
00:37:12wavelength the creators on nothing else will they build a giant length the creators on nothing else
00:37:21they build a giant death robot with a frickin laser beam attached to its arm they build a
00:37:27giant death robot laser beam robot with a frickin laser beam attached to its arm this is what
00:37:35Evangelion would have been if the creator hadn't gotten depression partway through would have been
00:37:41if the creator hadn't gotten depression partway through oh and it's offhandedly mentioned in
00:37:49reunion that Kuvira's been putting water and firebenders and it's offhandedly mentioned in
00:37:53reunion oh and it's offhandedly mentioned in reunion that Kuvira's been putting waterbenders
00:37:59and firebenders into concentration camps because yeah just throw in some concentration camps as an
00:38:04aside oh yeah speaking of throwing things in you remember how in season two Esco was weirdly
00:38:09dragging her brother around everywhere even on double dates and the the only and the only time
00:38:16she actually went against her father was when Desna got injured well they actually make it how that
00:38:47hmm
00:39:10use us while we retrieve more sustenance
00:39:12so fun time together just the five of us so oh yeah speaking of throwing things in you remember how
00:39:25and see oh yeah speaking of throwing things in you're throwing things in you remember how in
00:39:32season two Esco was weirdly dragging her brother around everywhere even on double dates and the
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00:40:07and the only time she actually went against her father was when Desna got injured
00:40:37her father was when Desna got injured well they actually make a joke about how that looked to some
00:40:44of the fandom I thought they were twin sisters or am I completely out of the loop oh no Desna's a guy
00:41:07I see you have replaced me with a
00:41:16joke about how that looked to some of the fandom
00:41:23for three for 12
00:41:27kind of my boss boss girlfriend same thing I'm afraid there's been a mistake your eminence we
00:41:33have you and your brother booked in the same room with only one bed it's no mistake Desna
00:41:39sleeps in the tub we have you and your brother booked in the same room with only one bed it's
00:41:57no mistake Desna sleeps in the tub
00:42:11for three for twelve funny joke ha ha right funny joke right ha ha joke right
00:42:18ha ha funny joke right
00:42:33ha ha funny joke right
00:44:19right Kuvira is actually engaged to her brother
00:44:35Kuvira is actually engaged to her brother ha ha funny joke right Kuvira is actually
00:44:43engaged to her brother do we keep this do we use the one with a microphone doesn't peak or do we
00:44:50use the one with a microphone does peak never thought I'd miss the healthy sibling dynamic
00:44:57of Eska and Desna but through the power of Korra season 4 anything is possible peak yeah I guess
00:45:06it makes sense microphone peaks when talking about peak fiction at the same time
00:45:24Kuvira is actually engaged to her brother
00:45:27Kuvira's backstory involves her being adopted by the Beifong family with tie-in comics later
00:45:33Kuvira is actually engaged to her brother
00:45:37Kuvira's backstory involves her being adopted by the Beifong family with tie-in comics later
00:45:41cementing this with her being referred to as Opal's sister with tie-in comics later
00:45:50cementing this with her being referred to as Opal's sister so this means her and
00:45:54Vitar jr. are siblings and this is just sitting there what's with the repetition it's called
00:46:03and this is just sitting there nobody brings it up we don't unpack it at no point it's just
00:46:12sitting there nobody brings it up we don't on no nobody brings it up we don't unpack it at
00:46:18no point does anyone say to Vitar at no point does anyone say to Vitar dude what's your problem
00:46:24at no point does anyone say to Vitar dude what's your problem oh no no I'm sorry Vitar does say
00:46:36something about it
00:46:55since we left Zaofu you must be sorry that you didn't come and help us I don't know if
00:47:00I'd call marching all over the earth kingdom forcing people to bow to going to have to get
00:47:04over your grudge with her I'm sure you've heard that we're engaged she's going to be
00:47:09an official member of our family I'm just glad that she'll be stepping down after tomorrow
00:47:24you're going to have to get over your grudge with her I'm sure you've heard that we're engaged
00:47:48she's going to be an official member of our family
00:47:54Vitar that sucks
00:47:58she'll finally be in a really nice to know what Bragg thinks about adopt really nice
00:48:05really know what Bragg thinks about adoptees
00:48:24noob lord is not noob lord is not bloody Mary
00:50:24really nice to know what Bragg thinks about adoptees
00:50:30hit with a doubleheader of Mary your adopted sibling and adopted siblings are not official
00:50:57members of the family yeah it's like it's it's sicker it's sick on two accounts
00:51:57really nice to know what Bragg thinks about adoptees and all the tar really amounts to
00:52:06after this is showing how far gone Kuvira is by trying to laser him in the face later in
00:52:11the season it's like everything else Kuvira does it's just offhandedly mentioned and then
00:52:15we go back to watching Cora be bounced over the horizon
00:53:15you know how people often say Cora walked so Steven Universe could run well I'm not
00:53:44certain I'd agree with that but it certainly did run so She-Ra could sprint but it certainly
00:53:49did run so She-Ra could sprint with that but it certainly did run so she with that but
00:53:56it certainly did run so She-Ra could sprint
00:54:25could sprint and all of that's a shame because out of every villain in the series Kuvira is
00:54:34the only one who was just a regular person who stepped up when someone needed to she had the
00:54:38potential for such an interesting perspective that no other antagonist could ever have she
00:54:42grew up in a place where everyone was free to live how they wanted while also living in relative
00:54:46safety wouldn't she want to bring that to the rest of her home the rest of her home it doesn't
00:55:09even have to be without issue I'm not saying Kuvira is the good guy actually my favorite
00:55:12moment in this series is when Kuvira and the governor are arguing because it's the dis because
00:55:17it's the distillation of what usually happens when leaders get into power struggles like this two
00:55:22people jockeying to be the one with the controlling stake in a region while the actual citizens are
00:55:27caught in the middle I could certainly I could certainly see Kuvira growing less patient and
00:55:31more controlling the longer the entire project goes on this is certainly not the first fiefdom
00:55:36that's been stubborn about accepting of her help but just going the route of the power went to her
00:55:45head she's putting her dissenters into camps she's exploiting states for their resources route is so
00:55:50it's tastes for their resources route is so boring again boring again
00:56:20every other season if you want to be about big ideas actually be about this isn't any ideas
00:56:29actually be about big ideas this isn't anything new in storytelling it's been a cliche for over
00:56:34a decade now but Cora was one of the earliest shows to go hey Magneto was peak fiction actually
00:56:39and it arguably started a trend Cora is and it arguably started a trend Cora Cora is at least
00:56:48partially responsible for inflicting Ruby on the world and bright should have to spend a few years
00:56:52counting pennies at a bank for that some people get the impression from me that I don't like
00:56:56complicated villains but that's only partially true I think more complicated I think the more
00:57:00complicated a situation I think the more calm I think
00:57:48you
00:58:18situation is the less something as simplistic as a villain fits the narrative less something
00:58:35as simplistic as a villain fits the narrative Kuvira is such a weird case because every character
00:58:39in the season is some level of a jackass Ryko is pulling some Netanyahu shit with Prince Wu
00:58:46before Kuvira and before Kuvira before Kuvira announces the year before Kuvira announces the
00:58:54Earth Empire to the world we get an extended montage of Wu being the most unfit sack of shit imaginable
01:00:16real-life felony is some of the most simple and black-and-white shit you are ever going to see
01:00:30you you are ever going to see in your see in your stupid fucking in your stupid life you were ever
01:00:36going to see in your life like you know like some people think like think the think the like greedy
01:00:57businessman who only wants money businessman who only wants money more and more money money is like
01:01:05is a cartoon character but no it no that but no that's literally how capitalism works capitalism
01:04:05but
01:05:35look into the history of a serial killer and not just a serial killer
01:06:059 times out of 10 their motivation for their crimes is misogyny and the 10th one is racism
01:06:10is misogyny and the 10th one is racism often leave by fascist manifestos behind detailing
01:06:16how much they hate women and or non-white people
01:07:05are actually so rare they qualify as propaganda
01:08:05it's like
01:08:34as teenagers were taught were taught that instability in the Middle East in the middle
01:08:44were taught that instability in the Middle East is the result of its result of many different
01:08:48people many different people being unable to get unable to get along to get along as an adult you
01:08:55learn as an adult you learn you learn that instability in the Middle East Middle East
01:09:02is the result is the result of the of the u.s. of the u.s. funneling weapons weapons into a rogue
01:09:11into a rogue violent into a rogue warmongering state as the result of the u.s. funneling
01:09:20weapons into a rogue warmongering state
01:10:50before or an abuse victim turning around and becoming an abuser are actually so rare they
01:11:11qualify as propaganda these are just the two people the media spends most of its time slandering
01:11:17I feel about certain stalkers using your avatars and emoji and servers yeah they're sociopaths
01:11:30who cares
01:11:46oh no a bunch of oh no a bunch of alt-right ghouls are making fun of trans women that never happens
01:12:52presidential candidates talking about how much they want to bang their own daughters and we're
01:13:04still going to pretend that villainy is complicated of an equality activist going too far or an abuse
01:13:10sick turning around and becoming an abuser are actually so rare they qualify as propaganda
01:13:14these are just the two people the media spends most of its time slandering
01:14:14so the more complicated your story is the more trying to force it to bear the weight of a villain
01:14:33villain is going to be a bad call be a bad call because is this because is this story even suited
01:14:40to having one suited to a villain because is this story even suited to a villain in the first place
01:15:10are so rare that I would consider that I would consider making making the making one of them one
01:15:31of them into the villain into the villain in your story in your story is downright slanderous is
01:15:38straight-up slander villain in your story is straight-up slander
01:17:08more complicated into the villain is straight-up slander people take these things into real life
01:17:25you know people people take these things take these things into real life it's a real life
01:17:30people take these things into real life often getting
01:18:00people take these things into real life it's a real life it's a real life
01:18:19people take these things into real life it's a real life
01:18:28a villain is going to be a bad call either you either you seriously misjudged misjudge the situation situation or you need to get over this
01:18:46get over this attachment to villains as a concept
01:19:09okay while I was editing okay while I was editing I realized I need to clarify that statement
01:19:16there's a belief among a lot of people that real life villainy isn't simple and is inherently
01:19:21complicated but it's straight up not true real life villainy is some of the most simple and
01:19:26black and white shit you're ever going to see in your life some people think the greedy businessman
01:19:30who only wants more and more money is a cartoon character but no that's literally how capitalism
01:19:35works look into the history of a serial killer and nine times out of ten their motivation for
01:19:44their crimes is misogyny and the tenth one is racism school shooters often leave fascist
01:19:50manifestos behind detailing how much they hate women and or non-white people as teenagers were
01:19:56taught that instability in the middle east is the result of many different people being unable to
01:20:00get along as an adult you learn that instability in the middle east is a result of the u.s
01:20:05funneling weapons into a rogue war mongering state the korean and vietnam war were the direct
01:20:11result of the u.s and the soviet union using other countries as pawns in their political
01:20:15dick measuring contests we're in a period where we have presidential candidates talking about
01:20:20how much they want to bang their own daughters and we're still going to pretend that villainy
01:20:25is complicated the idea of an equality activist going too far or an abuse victim turning around
01:20:37and becoming an abuser are actually so rare that i would consider making one of them into
01:20:41the villain in your story the idea of an equality activist going too far or an abuse victim turning
01:20:48out to or an abuse victim turning around and becoming an abuser are actually so rare that
01:20:53i would consider making one of them into the villain in your story to be straight up slander
01:20:57people take these things into real life these are things some people actually believe because of
01:21:02stories like this so the more complicated your story is the more trying to force it to bear
01:21:08the weight of a villain is going to be a bad call either you've seriously misjudged the situation
01:21:13or you need to get over this attachment to villains as a concept
01:21:28hmm
01:21:43so
01:22:13so
01:22:15raiko is pulling some netanyahu shit with prince wu before kubera announces the earth empire
01:22:19agnito was peak fiction actually and it arguably started a bank for that some people get the
01:22:24impression from me that i don't like complicated villains but that's only partially true i think
01:22:28the more complicated a situation is the less something as simplistic as a villain fits the
01:22:33narrative
01:22:40okay while i was editing okay while i was editing i realized i need
01:22:47and fits the narrative okay while i was editing i realized i need to clarify that statement
01:22:51there's a there's a belief among a lot of people that real life villainy isn't simple and is
01:22:56inherently complicated but it's straight up not true real life villainy is some of real life
01:23:02villainy is some of the most simple and black and white shit you're ever going to see in your life
01:23:06some people some people think the greedy businessman who only wants more and more
01:23:10money is a cartoon character but no that's literally how capitalism works
01:23:18works look into the history of a serial killer and nine
01:23:26look into the history of a serial killer and nine times out of ten their motivation for their crimes
01:23:30is misogyny and the tenth one is racism school shooters often leave fascist manifestos behind
01:23:36detailing how much they hate women and or non-white people as teenagers were taught that instability
01:23:47as teenagers were taught that instability in the middle east is the result of many different people
01:23:51being unable to get along as an adult you learn that instability in the middle east is a result
01:23:56of the u.s funneling weapons into a rogue warmongering state the korean and vietnam war
01:24:02were the direct result of the u.s and the soviet union using other countries as pawns in their
01:24:06political dick measuring contests we're in a period where we have presidential candidates
01:24:10talking about how much they want to bang their own daughters and we're still going to pretend
01:24:14that villainy is complicated the idea of an equality activist going too far or an abuse
01:24:19victim turning around and becoming an abuser are actually so rare that i would consider making one
01:24:24of them into the villain in your story the idea of an equality activist the idea of an
01:24:30or an abuse victim do you have an equality activist going too far
01:24:35or an abuse victim turning out to or too far or or an abuse
01:24:45too far or an abuse victim turning around and becoming an abuser are actually so
01:24:49rare that i would consider making one of them into the villain in your story to be
01:24:53straight up slander people take these things into real life these are things some people
01:24:57actually believe because of stories like this so the more complicated your story is the more
01:25:02trying to force it to bear the way and is going to be a bad call either you've seriously misjudged
01:25:07the situation or you need to get over this attachment to villains as a concept
01:25:12Kuvira is such a weird case because every character in the season is some level of a
01:25:16get over this attachment to villains as a concept Kuvira is such a weird case because
01:25:21every character in the season is some level of a jackass Raikou is pulling some Netanyahu
01:25:25shit with Prince Wu before Kuvira announces the earth empire to the world we get an extended
01:25:29montage of Wu being the most unfit sack of shit imaginable who nobody should trust with power
01:25:33Suyin straight up goes to the end of the story and we see that she's not the only villain in the
01:25:38imaginable who nobody should trust with power Suyin straight up refused to do anything when
01:25:42the earth kingdom fell into anarchy and Korra's been backpacking across the earth kingdom tripping
01:25:46on mercury you can't show me every main character being the worst versions of themselves and then
01:25:51have this happen
01:25:57it caused the earth kingdom to descend into such incredible disarray it's taken me three years to
01:26:04get it back on track and there's no way i will allow it to slip back into the dark ages i'd like
01:26:11to make an announcement to the world the earth kingdom is no more and from here on out this man
01:26:18has no authority wait what to make an announcement to the world the earth kingdom is no more and from
01:26:26here on out this man has no authority
01:26:41i'd like to make an announcement to the world the earth kingdom
01:26:45is no more and from here on out this man has no authority
01:26:50and from here on out this man has no authority
01:27:02this man has no authority
01:27:07earth empire and expect me to go oh my god she's gone too far because do we have to between
01:27:15to go oh my god to go oh and expect me to go oh my god she's gone too far because do we have to
01:27:24choose between an idiot do we have to choose between an idiot king and an evil dictator
01:27:29having to choose between evil and stupid is what we elect new presidents for
01:27:35for i guess the intention is we're not supposed to see ryko's advisors as a power grab
01:27:45grab i guess the intention is we're not supposed to see ryko's advisors i guess the intention is
01:27:51we're not supposed to see ryko's advisors i guess the intention is those advisors as a power grab
01:27:57because the united republic is portrayed as the most advanced and enlightened nation on the planet
01:28:01so them installing a puppet leader in the earth kingdom didn't cock any ears back in 2014
01:28:08i mean i covered this show seven years ago and i've only just noticed that i've been
01:28:12i mean i covered this show seven years ago and i'm only just noticing that part now
01:28:16a big part of what's wrong with korra is just how politically juvenile it is
01:28:20and a lot of its positions were poor positions back in the early 2010s but they're even worse
01:28:25now the united republic probably sounded the united republic probably sounded like a good
01:28:30idea in 2012 but it sure as fuck doesn't now in a time where most of the audience for korra
01:28:34is very much aware of how settler colonialism tends to play out in real life so this final
01:28:40season being between metal bending mao and the world's dumbest pack of yokels isn't exactly that
01:28:45thrilling of a conflict the only really fun part is the fact that well if i could be a
01:28:49little juvenile myself kuvera's cool
01:28:58she's the she's the most imposing antagonist the series has had keeping control of every
01:29:02situation making mincemeat out of most people trying to take her head on and even fighting
01:29:06the avatar and winning
01:29:10in a less weird series she would have been an antagonist i would be actively excited about
01:29:14seeing get bounced off a curb i hate what a rube i was when i first watched this show
01:29:20oh mckay don't say that you aren't a rube
01:29:37um
01:29:46ah there you are hello oh echoey sorry on your last 15 i am
01:29:57why is she good
01:30:02what's a rube uh a gullible person
01:30:05anyway you're not a rube don't insult my wife
01:30:18that's me
01:30:34so
01:31:05michaela's giggles make me smile so much yeah me too
01:31:13lily's voice calms my nerves like a bunch i was i was getting the jitters earlier today
01:31:19when i came in on stream heard her voice is like oh that's better
01:31:24huh
01:31:33you're so sweet i love you so much
01:31:38i love you too sunshine
01:31:45your presence is the best anti-anxiety medication
01:31:54you're so sweet
01:31:58stop being fucking adorable never
01:32:08oh sweetie you okay yeah i'm okay everyone's being sweet today
01:32:16oh i need to share it
01:32:18oh you deserve it
01:32:26cameron texted me this morning
01:32:31oh yeah said uh i saw what you uh i saw what you were posting on
01:32:37tumblr it's like i saw what you were posting on tumblr i mean it's like i'm okay i'm not going
01:32:42anywhere oh that's sweet also i did not realize he was on tumblr
01:32:52okay it's like he has a he had a burner account for trolling courtney
01:32:59okay that's fair
01:33:07he now just riles her up for fun
01:33:08all right
01:33:15a reasonable last time
01:33:29hmm
01:33:38um
01:33:51i'm not going anywhere
01:33:55thanks
01:34:08um
01:34:28anything michaela is rapidly approaching your location oh yeah
01:34:31i'm approaching your location i am inside your waffles
01:34:44hmm
01:35:01hmm
01:35:19hmm
01:35:32so
01:35:52what's your name the speed horse to kiss you oh i wish
01:35:55i wish i could teleport
01:36:08no matter where i get i decided hmm i decided that the wife needs smooches
01:36:13smoocher back to what i was doing
01:36:16hmm
01:36:23uh teleportation technology would be really great about right about now
01:36:33at least i was hating christian said in jumper which is a pretty good looking canadian immigration
01:36:40to get off its ass and let you move in already i actually found out the delays are uh are not
01:36:45delays they're actually pretty standard it usually takes about two years for most people so
01:36:53okay the quote i was given was in fact false
01:37:01how long is left i don't know we're still in the background verification so like that's
01:37:05that's the longest and least communicative part of it so it's it's just we just wait yeah we we
01:37:12just wait
01:37:24hmm
01:37:43hmm it works done again it's just the waiting period
01:37:58uh moose don't ask stupid questions
01:38:13hmm
01:38:21i hope the paperwork goes smoothly and paperwork's done
01:38:35i've wanted a portal gun since i was 12 and nothing has changed yeah
01:38:42paperwork's done biometrics are done medical exam is done
01:38:47both of them necessitating going to buffalo twice on two different dates which was uncalled for
01:38:54both of them necessitating what both of them necessitating going
01:38:59a buffalo on two separate dates which was uncalled for oh yeah
01:39:12you can pneumatic your ass to canada so you can smooch your wife during your lunch break
01:39:16now the g-force would kill her they should make a tube that sends you right to work that would save
01:39:25a lot i guess but i guess there'd be a lot of tubes well that wasn't very good
01:39:31so
01:39:37this uh comic here about like
01:39:41dealing with trauma and then finding all the other smaller mental uh mental health issues
01:39:46really fucking speaks to me oh yeah that that was eye-opening god why does it take me four hours
01:39:55to get ready to run errands you can leave the house like voluntarily yeah but we still turn
01:40:00down 90 of invitations also we have a wife we have a what
01:40:30i think that comic a while ago it is timeless
01:40:48it gave me the idea gave me the idea of doing a comic of like talking to my younger self
01:40:52oh
01:41:14wow
01:41:22That's the best question of all, are we able to fucking dish the shit out of this shit?
01:41:49Look in your DMs.
01:42:09That's terrible. I love it, but it's terrible.
01:42:26Yeah, it's terrible.
01:42:29That's okay.
01:42:33Sadly, I must return to the mines.
01:42:36Alright.
01:42:38Have a good day in the caves, don't get wedged.
01:42:43Oh god, well now I'm gonna think of that, but I'll be okay.
01:42:49Do you wanna get home, Sunshine? I love you.
01:42:51Love you too.
01:43:02That's a terrible joke. Why do I gotta make jokes at the expense of myself as a kid?
01:43:27Mikaela's working in the mine, mining her fucking ores.
01:43:32In a less weird series, she would have been an antagonist I would be actively excited about seeing get bounced off a curb.
01:43:40This is why Ozai worked so well as a character. He's imposing and threatening and so deliciously hateable you're just looking forward to Aang kicking his ass.
01:43:48He's imposing.
01:43:53Some people think it's bad to think a villain is cool or badass, but the fun of a villain is when you have them properly.
01:44:08But the fun of a villain when you have them properly is hyping up that final confrontation.
01:44:18My favorite point of comparison is Xehanort, a villain who spends an entire decade giving you more and more reasons to want to pound his face into the dirt.
01:44:25And then you finally get to and you hear that boss music and Rage Awakens starts playing and you go, this is my boss theme, bitch.
01:44:32And it's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:44:35That's a villain. See, that's a fucking villain.
01:45:35And then you finally get to and you hear that boss music and Rage Awakens starts playing and you go, this is my boss theme, bitch.
01:45:42And it's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:45:46That's a villain. See, that's a fucking villain.
01:45:49And then you finally get to and you hear that boss music and Rage Awakens starts playing and you go, this is my boss theme, bitch.
01:45:54And it's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:46:00And then you finally get to and you hear that boss music and Rage Awakens starts playing and you go, this is my boss theme, bitch.
01:46:07And it's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:46:10That's a villain. See, that's a fucking villain.
01:46:18And then you finally get to and you hear that boss music and Rage Awakens starts playing and you go, this is my boss theme, bitch.
01:46:26And it's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:46:30And it's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:46:57I can do this.
01:47:13Starts playing and you go, this is my boss.
01:47:15And then you finally get to and you hear that boss music and Rage Awakens starts playing and you go, this is my boss theme, bitch.
01:47:23And it's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:47:26That's a villain.
01:47:27It's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:47:30That's a villain.
01:47:33For that's for that's a villain.
01:47:41And then you finally get to and you hear that boss music and Rage Awakens starts playing and you go, this is my boss theme, bitch.
01:47:48And it's the greatest moment you've been teased for 13 years for.
01:47:51That's a villain.
01:47:52See, that's a fucking villain.
01:48:21Oh.
01:48:31For that's a villain.
01:48:32See, that.
01:48:33That's a fucking villain.
01:48:55That's a villain.
01:48:56See, that's a fucking villain.
01:49:00You've been teased for 13 years for.
01:49:02That's a villain.
01:49:03See, that's a fucking villain.
01:49:09Vera, outside of the mess that is the story, has all the hallmarks of one of the best villains Avatar has ever had.
01:49:15She's not just imposing and threatening.
01:49:17She's also just a smug.
01:49:19She's also just a smug.
01:49:21She's also just a smug bastard.
01:49:24She takes.
01:49:25She's also just a smug.
01:49:28Bastard.
01:49:29She takes huge gambits with the other characters and outplays them constantly.
01:49:33Looks like the.
01:49:36The fucking dance, you asshole.
01:49:55Peace to the Earth Empire, not you.
01:49:57You're not.
01:49:59All the elements.
01:50:00The Avatar state.
01:50:05Use whatever you want.
01:50:06All the elements.
01:50:07The Avatar state.
01:50:09Anything you need.
01:50:10I know you're a little rusty.
01:50:13Enough talk.
01:50:18Looks like the Avatar is a little off her game.
01:50:29Fuck it.
01:50:30The fucking dance, you asshole.
01:50:32This is.
01:50:36A little fucking dance, you asshole.
01:50:44Well, this is where I end up conflicted because everything about the story would work so much better if Kuvira wasn't.
01:50:49I mean, I don't know.
01:50:50I don't know.
01:50:51I don't know.
01:50:52I don't know.
01:50:53I don't know.
01:50:54I don't know.
01:50:55I don't know.
01:50:56I don't know.
01:50:57I don't know.
01:50:58Would work so much better if Kuvira wasn't a villain.
01:51:00But Kuvira as a villain is fucking fun.
01:51:08She's the first fun villain the series has had.
01:51:10It's like her presence was written first and then stuck in the worst possible place for her to be.
01:51:15She's like if you took Irenakis and stuck him right in the middle of Disco Elysium.
01:51:18In fact, I can think of another character who would have been a much better suited for Kuvira's role as a villain,
01:51:23even with this story.
01:51:25has been portrayed up to this point as controlling authoritarian to a degree that can come off
01:51:30as extremely worrying, but for whom most characters would be hesitant to accept because of their
01:51:34pre-existing relationship with them.
01:52:05Maybe you can fool everyone else, but you can't fool me. I see right through you.
01:52:19And to accept because of their pre-existing relationship with them.
01:52:22You think just because you live in a big-
01:52:24Characters would be hesitant to accept because of their pre-existing relationship with them.
01:52:27You think just because you live in a big fancy house and have a chef who cooks you fancy food that you're a different person?
01:52:33Maybe you can fool everyone else, but you can't fool me.
01:52:36Footage of Lin. If Lin had been the-
01:52:39Else, but you can't fool me. If Lin- Else, but you can't fool me. If Lin had been the one reuniting the Earth Kingdom,
01:52:45she would have gone totalitarian in minutes and not hesitated about it.
01:52:50Lin has such a need for control and stability that it often goes to her- that it often ends up going to her head.
01:52:55To the- To the point she even tries to play controlling mom to the avatar of all people.
01:53:00Stability that it often ends up going to her head.
01:53:03To the- To the point she even tries to play controlling mom to the avatar of all people.
01:53:10People.
01:53:13People. Lin already had the personality profile to become a dictator. All she would need is a little push.
01:53:18Hell, everything I said before about- about- Hell, everything I said before about-
01:53:23The avatar space to recuperate goes double for Lin. To the point Korra would come home,
01:53:29see what's happened to one of her mentors, and be genuinely conflicted. How would you feel?
01:53:35About you not only went against everything you'd ever believed, but did it in your name.
01:53:40Damn it, I gotta stop writing fanfiction in my serious critique videos.
01:53:45See, that's the problem. See, that's the problem with Korra as a property.
01:53:53See, that's the problem with Korra as a property.
01:54:08See, that's the problem with Korra as a property.
01:54:11It's trying to be two things that don't go well together.
01:54:14My example above with Lin is the only way you make a traditional villain work and you do it by
01:54:18deprioritizing the politics and focusing on character-based storytelling.
01:54:22But instead, the show wants to be political at its core, and every season starts out doing that very well.
01:54:30But sooner or later, the compulsive need for a villain undermines all of it.
01:54:36It's hard to get invested in a story that starts out with the frictions between cultures,
01:54:40trying to assert their own unique identity, and ends with defeating Satan with trying to assert their own unique identity,
01:54:48and ends with defeating Satan with the power of believing in yourself.
01:54:51At times, it feels condescending, like they don't think you're smart enough to realize how much they've chickened out of the very ideas they set up in the first place.
01:55:01Of the very ideas they set up in the first place.
01:55:03Hell, the series tries its best to act like it didn't do that.
01:55:074, 4, 15, 30, 4.
01:55:17Hm.
01:55:34It didn't do that.
01:55:45...existing relationship with them.
01:55:47...because you live in a big, fancy house, and have a chef who cooks you...
01:55:50...constantly.
01:55:58This happened.
01:55:59I'd like to make an announcement.
01:56:07And expect me to go,
01:56:08Oh my god, she's gone too far.
01:56:10Because...
01:56:13I'll sort that out on the video pass.
01:56:16...act like it didn't do that.
01:56:29I guess.
01:56:40Can't a villain be fun and relatable at the same time?
01:56:42I mean, they could, but you need to be a really good writer to make that work.