Talk:Asami Sato/@comment-74.229.237.213-20120612014614/@comment-4888161-20120612040407

Let's see. I'm not even a shipper and I can already tell you that there are blatant inaccuracies in you dismissing everything as shallow/underdeveloped/etc. I'll start with Korra's and Mako's feelings for each other. You may notice that Korra and Mako spent time together first, like when they rescued Bolin together. They had time to grow closer and gain an appreciation for each other. So that wasn't underdeveloped.

And now for Asami's feelings. Asami is a pro bending fan. She had never actually met Mako before, but she was eventually able to recognize who he was because she followed him/his team. She even said she never missed a match. It's extremely likely that Asami had a fan crush, and when she all of a sudden had the opportunity to ask him out she went for it. It's not uncommon for people to have fan crushes on people they are a fan of, especially if they are around the same age. Most of these people just don't get to actually ask them out on a date like Asami did. But the few times I've heard about those who do get the chance to, they jump all over it. So Asami's feelings were completely understandable, and it quickly grew to genuine love for Mako as a person with the relationship. So that wasn't underdeveloped either.

It's funny, 99% of the fan girls who criticized Asami would likely have done the same exact thing had they been in her situation. Not that everyone who criticizes here for stuff like this is a fan girl, but I get a kick out of people who think Asami was being shallow.

Now Mako on the other hand, did initially take Asami up on her offer simply because of her looks. They weren't initially genuine feelings like he had for Korra but probably didn't realize it at the time. But again, they quickly grew into true feelings for Asami with their relationship. Now they may grow apart, but they both currently have legitimate feelings for each other. So even that developed into legit love fairly quickly.

To be clear, I don't even ship. I don't care who does or doesn't end up with who, or why it happens. But even I can see the legitimacy to everyone's feelings in the mess of a situation I call a love triangle + Bolin on the side somewhere. To say that the romances were underdeveloped is misguided. Maybe it is because they don't spend as much time on them as you might be used to. They only focus on the stuff that matters most, and the majority of the rest of it (save a few moments here or there) is left off screen. But with what we got on screen, it's all pretty developed if you think about it. They just don't hold your hand and literally spell it out for you. I personally prefer they do it this way, rather than ruin everything by spending half the time repeatedly hammering the romance into the show.