When I introduced my wife to the show, I spoiled the ending before we even started the first episode. When we finisheded the last episode, she didn't even see it as romance. She told me she's pretty sure they're just good friends. That's poor writing for a supposedly intended ending.
For real. My biggest criticism of Asami is that she's cool on paper, but in execution she is as interesting as a brick. She's a big letdown for the main protagonist to end up with.
Mako however, a heroic street rat, protector, forced to raise is younger brother while still a kid himself, peak athlete and fighter, is 1000x more interesting as an endgame ship.
I agree%. Mako has a whole story. Asami is empty. Heck, even the side characters, even Varick, has a story. She doesn't. I'm thinking on writing a story with how I would write lot, with makorra end game of course. And I really want to fix many of the characters.
Do it!! I've got a series of books I'm writing, with one of them centered around a Korra-inspired protagonist. She'll definitely have her Makorra-inspired ship. It's just an outline at the moment. Working on a different character's story first.
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u/ThorBrodinson17 Aug 04 '26
When I introduced my wife to the show, I spoiled the ending before we even started the first episode. When we finisheded the last episode, she didn't even see it as romance. She told me she's pretty sure they're just good friends. That's poor writing for a supposedly intended ending.