Talk:Asami Sato/@comment-5075417-20120521024137/@comment-50.53.109.37-20120521031337

There are a number of problems, story wise, with Asami being evil.

1) It would be cliche. This sort of "spy in our midst" plot device has been done to death.  Lets hope Bryke is more original than that (I believe in them, but maintain a healthy scepticism).

2) It would look really bad for non-bender characters in general. Non-benders are already pretty much shown to be equalists in general, and the equalists are not being depicted sympathetically in any way.  Oh sure, their general ideaology has the potentially to have a legitimate point, but so far their means of realising their so called equality is to commit hate crimes and terrorism on characters who have pretty much not deserved it.  We didn't see enough of benders abusing their power for us to have any real sympathy for the equalists, and pretty much all of the likeable characters in the show are benders, so it makes the equalists pretty much look like the undeniable bad guys.

Asami joining the equalists would pretty much be the final nail in the coffin for non-benders to have any credit in this universe. Seriously, I could probably get behind Tarrlok if Asami joined with the equalists, since it pretty much means every non-bender (aside from Pema, who has very little screen time) are all crazy terrorist jerks who hate on people simply because they are benders, yet use tactics and commit attrocities that far exceed what we have seen any bender on the show do.

Asami being an equalist would just not make sense, story wise, since it would pretty much make the whole moral situation Black and White. Benders are good, non-benders are evil. And this show is better than that.