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</p><p>For Kuruk while he did neglect much of his responsibilities to the mortal world that's because he was dealing with the spiritual one. His actual life was really sad and depressing, I kinda feel bad for him. He protected the mortal world from the spiritual one which left him unable to deal with much of the affairs of the mortal one.
</p><p>And for Korra, in the beginning, Korra is very much confident in her bending ability and being the Avatar, but that's more a fault of the white lotus, Tenzin, her dad and Aang for having her confined for much of her life in the South to train in hiding in order to be the Avatar. If much of Korra's childhood and teen years are filled with just bending and being the Avatar, it makes sense that those would be the two things she defines much of herself and life by, as while as care the most about. These initial flaws are broken away from Book 1-4 in LoK. Her learning not to define herself by these things are a huge part of her character development and arc.
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