Talk:Endgame/@comment-5532379-20121108024907/@comment-3005995-20121108205925

Yes, it completed the book, but it used one of the most terrible, overused mechanics; the Deus Ex Machina. You know how old that is? The term originated from the ancient Greek plays, so yeah. it's a bit overused. The term refers to a plot of something being resolved with a sudden appearance that seems sometimes out of place, random, or simply illogical; they originally used it (it actually was a machine that held people [playing gods] on ropes so they seem to be floating) just to wrap up the ending and be done with it because they couldn't figure out a better way to do it, or couldn't with the time.

The entire series proclaims Korra's inspirituality, and for some reason, her boyfriend being threatened by Amon unlocked her airbending (a smaller but still illogical Deus Ex) and feeling depressed for a while completely unlocked her spirituality (somehow) and everything turned out happy in the end.

I myself felt lost in the finale. It was pretty suspenseful and actiony, but the random appearances of her airbending and Aang detached me from the entire thing; in fact, Amon's backstory put me on a sour note from the beginning. It certainly was due at least partially to time constraints, but I think that it could easily be rewritten, still have the core issues and through the series, drop the unimportant parts and solve the series finale in a way that doesn't have things appearing from nowhere.