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Relationships in shows are fine, absolutely. But that can't be the primary focus, the story won't float on that alone. The plots in the show had good ideas, but they all fell flat very very quickly. The bonds between the characters help construct the plot and make it flow, but in this case, the bonds weren't explored enough.
I do like Korra and Asami, it's probably one of the few things I would ship in LOK. But it is far from a well written relationship (some of their scenes were good, but were hardly touched on.) Asami herself wasn't even focused on enough to be developed more - to put her in a relationship with a character that snubbed her so many times before (without giving a formal apology for it) is an injustice to her. ..I do like them as a couple, I love the idea, but I see more of what 'could have been,' rather than what was shown to us in the show. It's important to have representation, and I'm glad this came out of it at least, but I wish that it was actually written better.
He didn't say that "it was either Korrasami or Makorra pandering." He said that it wasn't "pandering" at all, and that they'd be accused of "caving to the fans" regardless of what. And he also didn't call anyone homophobic; he called out fans who were openly so, and asked people who claimed that a pairing 'shipteased over two seasons "came out of nowhere" to think about whether or not heteronormativity played into that.
@Deist-Zealot: I don't buy that one bit. LoK was only meant to be a one season show, and Makorra, as badly written as that was, was the endgame ship. And then by Book 3, they wanted to focus on friendships. They started to go in the Korrasami route, but they didn't give it the finesse it needed. Makorra was forced, but the whole season focused on it, and they were given so many scenes...... Why wasn't Korrasami given that same amount of tenderness? I just hate when writers are like "oh it developed before our eyes during the writing process," when it lacked development in their bond. Bryan even said that they wanted Asami and Korra's friendship to strengthen during Book 3...... but then in Book 4, they're a couple after a total of 1 episode where they are reunited. At that point, it was endgame, yet there is no focus put on just them. They still had Makorra scenes, which were unnecessary at this point.
Caving to fans is the same as fandom pandering. There didn't have to be a definite choice...... that was my point at least. I'm anti to all LoK ships because I don't feel Bryke gives any of them the proper buildup they deserve. I just don't get why they didn't bother to make everyone happy...... picking sides, either way, especially as a writer, shits on the entire other side of the fandom.
"Sadly and unsurprisingly, there are also plenty of people who have lashed out with homophobic vitriol and nonsense." This is his exact line. This doesn't just call out fans who are openly so...... it's calling out anyone who speaks against Korrasami, and that's not cool. They knew a lot of people were going to be unhappy, and now their opinions mean nothing because they don't share the same joy for a couple? It just comes off shitty and shows how much they don't like criticism. And a lot of people against the ship are people who shipped Makorra, but there are also plenty others, like me, who are totally for a bisexual couple, but feel that it's buildup is not equivalent to what it should have been for the series end and it's ending is randomly forced. Personally, I'm pissed that the couple was just tacked on at the end, like an afterthought. They deserved a helluva lot more screen time to really portray this couple. It's annoying that they weren't given the time of day...... their coupling should have taken precedent over Zhurrick.
Ultimately I approve of the couple and what it stands for in the world
I don't approve of how the show approached this As far as the seris goes Korra should of been single as that what it was built up to.
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