Talk:Asami Sato/@comment-5103329-20120603231316/@comment-98.200.164.35-20120604023815

You need to tone yourself down, pal.

Asami's decision not to join her father definitely stemmed from her beliefs, but it wasn't exactly a decision she came to by long and prudential judgment or thought. If it was prudence, it was prudence acting in a somewhat "gut" fashion. Again, she's a teenager--she's still figuring out who she is. And we don't really know much about her at this point: she's not particularly well-developed. In fact, up until the last two episodes, she was basically one dimensional as Korra's rival. That was all.

Don't also forget that Hiroshi was basically forcing her to choose between him and Mako. Sorry to say, a lot of teenagers who think they're "in love" would choose their boyfriend/girlfriend in a heartbeat over their own parents. That's partially what Romeo and Juliet is all about, in fact. Of course, she had to make the decision suddenly, and no one in their right mind is going to support Amon's attempt at "equalizing" the world by taking away something important to a lot of people, something that helps to make them special. But, well, romantic love makes people do crazy things--again, that's part of what Romeo and Juliet is about.

I wasn't condemning Asami, or saying, "Yeah, she's definitely going to be an Equalist." I just said it was a possibility (and to pretend it isn't is delusional, to use your word). Nothing more. Jealousy could be a contributing factor to that. Not the only one, but a contributing one. That's all I said: it was a possibility, and jealousy could be a contributing factor to it.

So lighten up.