<p>Its kinda funny how Mako's relationships with Korra and Asami </p><p>ended with Korra and Asami becoming a couple </p><p>...pretty much the Love Triangle went full circle </p>

<p>Yeah, Mako was a douche when he was with a girl while he still liked another one, but Bolin going after every girl he sees? Totally normal behavior for non douche characters. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Gdamon wrote:
Its kinda funny how Mako's relationships with Korra and Asami <p>ended with Korra and Asami becoming a couple </p><p>...pretty much the Love Triangle went full circle </p> </i></div>
<p>Now Asami can look back at this beautiful moment and laugh. Muahhahahahah </p>

So is their any characters in this series that any of you ''don't'' hate?

<p>Well, Lin is amazing (even if she was written sonewhat poorly in Season 2), and so is Bumi. Actually, most of the Second Generation characters are amazing. Could really do with a prequel series to the sequel series that talks about them more. The relationships just got far too strange in LoK. At least when Tenzin and Lin split, they split. I hated it when I learned that they did, but sure as anything they did, and now there's really not that much drama about it. And I like to think that they were actually able to become friends again after the Equalists (forget Kyalin, folks, there are so many best friend stories to write!). </p><p>Second season was just...really messed up. In so many ways. If you just took the first and the third seasons, and had a little defeat about the portals opening on their own sans loss of Avatars, that would be a wonderful thing. It leaves out most of the bits where the characters were just not in character at all. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>SaitamaBro wrote:
Yeah, Mako was a douche when he was with a girl while he still liked another one, but Bolin going after every girl he sees? Totally normal behavior for non douche characters.</i></div>
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I'll have to admit, I first thought that Bolin was two-timing Ginger when he briefly got back with Ginger during Harmonic Convergence. I guess that she only pretended to be his girlfriend for the show. Their relationship was weird anyway. Also, Bolin didn't decide to go after Opal until Mako talked to him about it. </p><p>I was never a Mako hater but he did piss me off in Book 2. I wish that Korra would have been the one to dump him instead because of the way he betrayed her and her family. But by the end of Book 4 he finally learned to put Korra before himself and his job. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>Hanabi-chan wrote: </p> <div class="quote">SaitamaBro wrote:
Yeah, Mako was a douche when he was with a girl while he still liked another one, but Bolin going after every girl he sees? Totally normal behavior for non douche characters.</i></div>
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I'll have to admit, I first thought that Bolin was two-timing Ginger when he briefly got back with Ginger during Harmonic Convergence. I guess that she only pretended to be his girlfriend for the show. Their relationship was weird anyway. Also, Bolin didn't decide to go after Opal until Mako talked to him about it. </p><p>I was never a Mako hater but he did piss me off in Book 2. I wish that Korra would have been the one to dump him instead because of the way he betrayed her and her family. But by the end of Book 4 he finally learned to put Korra before himself and his job. </p> </div> <p>Mako may have betrayed Korra and her family, but facts are facts </p><p>Varrick was responsible for all the destruction he caused, and he manipulated Bolin and Asami </p><p>if it wasn't for Mako. </p><p>The United Forces would become involved in a war, that didn't effect them (until Harmonic Convergence) </p><p>and who knows what would have happened to Raiko? </p><p>lastly, Mako didn't learn to put Korra before anything. she inspires him to protect everyone, same way she protected the Airbenders. that's his job as a Police Officer </p>

<p>Tl;dr, plus *old*… </p><p>The person in the relationship has the obligation to curb any cheating. The onus was on Mako. Had he backed off from/after Korra's kiss, and laid down the "I'm with Asami" law, fine. But as it was, they were more concerned for Bolin's feelings having seen them than for Asami's. </p><p>What made Mako cheating during Masami 2.0 was his not-immediately telling/reminding Korra they were broken up. By his own admission he wished it had not happened, so he let their relationship "resume" despite being with Asami. That <i>made</i> it cheating on his part. </p><p>Granted, all of the Krew were stunted in some form or another. Korra, sequestered away; Asami, "daddy's little girl" who while society-socially adept was probably too interested in the company and learning the necessary skills to have a true social life; Mako, keeping Bolin and himself alive on the streets; Bolin, protected by Mako. But that does not excuse the fact Makorra was toxic. To Korra more than Mako, but that's the usual MF dynamic. </p>

<p>I never really had a problem with Mako as a character or at least the template we were introduced to: orphaned at a young age and forced onto the streets along with his younger brother, talented bender, will do anything to survive and protect his younger brother, level headed, sort of an aloof anti social jerk but with a kind heart underneath. This was the Mako that we were introduced to anyway.... </p><p>However, I did have a problem with the way Bryke insisted on writing his character after Book One Chapter 5 Spirit of Competition. He went from being a character to becoming a drama tool for a crap love triangle that felt out of place even for a show centered around teens. There was already enough drama and subplots to resolve with precious little time (Equalists movement and Amon, Korra's airbending training, pro bending, etc) so for them to tack on a love triangle or shape or whatever in addition to the above was a pretty questionable writing decision IMO. </p><p>Before the audience can even get used to the characters as individuals and as a team, they're already tangled in a love triangle that did no one involved any real justice and just felt forced into the narrative just because "reasons". The fact that Asami didn't turn out to be evil gave no real reason for Makorra even gaining steam (if we're going by the formula they set up but didn't follow through on and didn't bother to properly accommodate the change) let alone becoming the official pairing. It just made Mako look like an idiot and douche bag on screen for leaving the girl that he had more chemistry with that was shown to us just so that the main heroine (who he did nothing on screen with at this point but argue) could have the dude she had a crush on. </p><p>Masami as presented before the love triangle drama took over gave absolutely no on screen indication that they wouldn't have worked out. They went on dates, confided in each other about some of their emotional problems, had genuine chemistry, they were fine as a pairing as far as I could see. </p><p>With Makorra on the other hand, they never had any on screen moments where they sat down and got to know each other. Korra even confirms it herself <i>"We should spend more time together.......I mean when we're not rescuing kidnapped family members or fighting chi blockers". </i>When did we ever just see the two of them have a genuine heartfelt moment out of context of a rescue mission or fight that didn't seem forced or didn't come at the expense of other characters around them, or didn't result in a shouting match of arguing? Oh I know, their <i>second</i> BREAK UP in the Book 2 finale! That's not a good sign....just saying... </p><p>As far as whether or not the cheek kiss was too vague, I actually did pick up on the fact that it was supposedly a break up (or rather an indication that they broke up off screen), but the problem for me wasn't that it was "too vague" so much as why bother being vague about it at all after all this Makorrasmi love triangle drama was forced down our throats all this time? Why waste the audience's time with the supposed "suspense" of Makorra/Masami drama if they're not going to properly bury one of the major ships involved? It just makes Mako and Korra look bad for hooking up in a way and just completely screws over Asami who's supposed to be a part of the team as well especially since she's lost and given up so much already and has done NOTHING wrong to deserve this sort of treatment. Especially when Mako was granted the opportunity to end it properly on screen and admit his feelings for Korra when Asami directly confronted him about it on Air Temple Island in chapter 10 Turning the Tides but instead he just dithers once again for no reason. There's a fine line between being subtle for the sake of drama or whatever and being unnecessarily vague for no reason.... </p><p>Needless to say, I was happy with the direction (and the romantic focus shift) in books 3 and 4 from Makorra to Korrasami. It gave Mako (and to be honest, everybody else) some very much needed distance from the drama and he turned into an actual character again rather than just a drama device for a love triangle that wasn't even compelling or well written and had long over stayed its welcome. </p>

<p>Wow, it's been like, three years. I cannot believe that this post managed to conjure up this many heated responses lol. But I've come to realize a majority of people who were defending Mako in the beginning are Mako stans. Obviously if you have a favorite character, it's gonna be difficult for you to <i>not</i> see them as an angel. Some people have a hard time seeing their faves objectively. It's a natural bias. </p><p>But in conclusion: I still think Mako cheated, he's still my least favorite character, BUT I'm not disappointed in the way he turned out. He could've been a whole lot worse. Also, I'm comfrotable with Korra and Asami's pairing. The love triangle really ruined things for me during the first couple seasons. I'll always love Bryke though. </p>