Talk:And the Winner Is.../@comment-96.60.206.20-20120513193146/@comment-174.57.233.93-20120513222428

I feel the exact same way!! It's almost this loss of spiritual connection that came with the decadence of Republic City and the modern era. Everyone is more concerned with the shorthand, physical aspect of bending. Katara, Toph, Aang, and Zuko all tapped into the spiritual aspect of bending when learning about it. Toph with her "seeing", Zuko with his anger and, later, energy, Katara with her smooth, imitating strength, and Aang learning all of his bending in each separate way. Everyone in Legend of Korra, Avatar Korra epsecially, seems to be ignoring their emotions and going for the physical aspect.

It's just like sports today and, to some extent, careers. Instead of passion and strength that fuel the spirit, emotions and feelings are ignored and instead benders are "going through the motions". It's really a very different approach and I'm loving how the creators are presenting it!