I have to say, at first I wasn't quite a fan of Legend of Korra, or at least the first season anyways. I had felt it started off great but it lost my interest halfway through. But I continued to watch it because I was such a fan of the original Avatar show. This season, particularly this episode, has hooked me to the point of no return.
In this episode, we continue to delve into the past of the Avatar, all the way down to the first avatar, a boy named Wan, as he journeys through the world, making spirit and human friends. Along the way, he meets two spirits known as "The All Powerful Spirits" as they are fighting each other, (resembling the Yin Yang symbol as they do) and the darker side, Vatu, sees Wan and begs him to help release him from the lighter side, Rava, whom he claims has imprisoned him for ten thousand years. Wan unwittingly releases Vatu, and Rava tells him that because of this, Vatu is going to destroy the world and engulf it in darkness and chaos. Wan and Rava join together and journey to the other Lion Turtle cities, asking each Lion turtle for a different element to use until they can use them all together. They then journey to the spirit world and fight Vatu, and bond themselves together forever so that they may seal him away in a tree in the spirit world.
This episode hooked me from the very beginning. It told the story so interestingly, and not once did I think they were being cheap or cliché with anything. I have been curious as to who the first avatar was from the very beginning of the series, and not only did it give insight as to the first avatar, but the first benders and the start of each nation.
The world in this episode was so well put together, it resembled the Avatar world, but it didn't at the same time, finding a perfect blend between eerie and exciting. There were parts that freaked me out and parts that I thought were amazing.
The balance between characters was also perfectly done, as Rava was fierce but gentle, Wan was a thief,= yet he was kind. The forest spirits were kind, yet vengeful, and Vatu was all around cruel, but yet he wasn't cliché, bringing me back to the same feelings I had when they spoke about the Firelord in the first season.
Overall, this episode has made me not ever want to miss another episode of Korra ever again.
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