Talk:And the Winner Is.../@comment-96.60.206.20-20120513193146

this is just like an idea and i'm not even sure if its right, but i think a main theme of this series (korra not the entire avatar series) is finding spirituality. Bending was extremely spiritual in the last airbender, examples being the ending episodes of the first season, interactions with previous avatar by aang, and partially toph being able to earthbend exceptionally well despite the fact that she couldn't even see. I think the spiritual side of bending got lost somewhere in between and while i'm sure people outside the city still follow a more spiritual way of life, inside it seems like only Tenzin truly cares about any of the spiritual aspects of bending.

People have said that Korra, Mako, Bolin, and a lot of the other benders bending has been weaker in comparison to bending shown in the last airbender. I think that's true because of the focus they put on the physical and the loss of the spiritual. I think this season will end with Korra finally realizing the spiritual side of bending by accessing the Avatar State (and interacting with Aang or another past Avatar) and something similar will happen with both Mako and Bolin so that they don't become useless characters (which they aren't now, but they are certainly two of the weakest).