<div class="quote"><i>Neo Bahamut wrote:
Mako sacrificed himself by staying behind to destroy the Colossus, a dangerous & potentially fatal endeavor, & was seriously wounded in the attempt.</i></div>
<p>Isn't it more accurate to say Mako <u><i>risked</i></u> himself by staying behind to destroy the Colossus? </p><p>Honestly, you guys are too worked up over this theory. Mako's death would have served two story purposes: 1) eliminate future possibilities of Makorra and Masami; and 2) shutting up Mako haters (an objective confirmed in the artbook). But it would also mean Nick is done with <i>The Legend of Korra</i>. Saving Mako means Nick can continue the series with Team Avatar intact, like the recent announcement from Dark Horse Comics. </p><p>Whatever. It's not as if convincing anyone of this would help realize M.Night's vision of <i>The Last Airbender 2</i>. http://i1094.photobucket.com/albums/i454/Hasdi/8.gif </p> <div class="quote"><i>RaidenRadio wrote:
A Last Airbender sequel wont happen. Not in this economy. Only a handful of filmmakers on the planet can will a movie into existence. ... M. Night Shyamalan sure isn't going to be able to with his track record of failure.</i></div>
<p>But of course. Even with the overwhelming success of <i>The Visit</i> for Universal Pictures, I doubt M.Night can get Universal to co-finance TLA2 with Paramount. However, the <i>other</i> producer of TLA is one of the "handful of filmmakers on the planet" who can will this baby into existence. After all, he already made $1.655 billion for Universal and counting. You do remember that <i>The Last Airbender</i> is also a Kennedy/Marshall production not just a Blinding Edge production, right? <span title=":shifty:"></span> </p><p>Also, my crystal ball indicates that most of the cast will return. particularly Dev Patel and Nicola Peltz. Toph is likely to be recast, which it's too bad because Isaac Solstein would give Eddie Redmayne a run for his money (and Oscar). :( Jessica Andres said years back that she would return to play Suki if asked. It may interest you that Jessica will be in a indie play IN LOVE AND WARCRAFT, the West Coast edition with a diverse cast, opening this Saturday Sept 19 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. </p> <center></center>

<p>Mako doesn't need to die to get goodwill. Him being willing to risk himself like that is enough. And even if Izumi's daughter didn't exist, just because he's still there doesn't mean either of his ships would come back. It's delusional to think so. You have got to be one of the most biased person I've ever met in this wiki, up there with that one vandal who had to be blocked because he was spamming that Haru was Amon's lieutenant everywhere. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Isn't it more accurate to say Mako risked himself by staying behind to destroy the Colossus?</i></div>
<p>In the same vein that it would be more accurate to say the same thing of Korra & Beifong. Doesn't matter, they didn't. </p> <div class="quote"><i>Honestly, you guys are too worked up over this theory.</i></div>
<p>First of all, you presented it as a fact, & this thing where you act like your sources say something they clearly don't is something I keep harping on, yet you keep doing it. Even though it's technically against the discussion policy, but I'm beyond the point of surprise that you don't get penalized for things. </p><p>Secondly, if someone shoots your theory full of holes & you go, "you're too worked up!" that's not a legitimate point, that's you making an ad hominem to distract from the fact that you're not standing up to scrutiny. </p> <div class="quote"><i>Mako's death would have served two story purposes:</i></div>
<p>Irrelevant. People have all sorts of proposed ideas for things that "would have served story purposes," doesn't mean they were ever on the menu. </p> <div class="quote"><i>But it would also mean Nick is done with The Legend of Korra.</i></div>
<p>No, it wouldn't mean that at all. It's not called "Legend of Mako." </p> <div class="quote"><i>Whatever. It's not as if convincing anyone of this would help realize M.Night's vision of The Last Airbender 2.</i></div>
<p>I wouldn't put it past you to link them somehow. </p> <div class="quote"><i>You have got to be one of the most biased person I've ever met in this wiki, up there with that one vandal who had to be blocked because he was spamming that Haru was Amon's lieutenant everywhere.</i></div>
<p>Come to think of it, Hasdi's "theories" have pretty much the same credibility. Does anyone else remember "Toph & Aiwei are transsexual & they switch bodies via meditation?" I wish I didn't. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Omnibender wrote:
You have got to be one of the most biased person I've ever met in this wiki.</i></div>
<p>I certainly am not, but I will grant you that my biases tend to be the least popular on this wiki, which saddens me. <span title=":cry:"></span> </p> <div class="quote"><i>Neo Bahamut wrote:
First of all, you presented it as a fact, & this thing where you act like your sources say something they clearly don't is something I keep harping on, yet you keep doing it. </i></div>
<p>Your concern was duly noted, which is why when I present a fact, it would be in a form like "according to X, Y confirmed Z". For example: according to metro UK, M.Night confirmed he will be behind TLA2 (and edited accordingly on a wiki page). See how that works? http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd378/ketekbau/Emoticon/kedip.gif </p><p>Otherwise, my statements are usually theories (and scenarios) that best fit the known facts. Sometimes I present multiple conflicting theories for the same set of facts, and revise my theories when the facts change. Until confirmed, they are still theories so I fully expect you (and anyone else) to shoot any holes and inconsistencies in them. </p> <div class="quote"><i>Neo Bahamut wrote:
Does anyone else remember "Toph & Aiwei are transsexual & they switch bodies via meditation?"</i></div>
<p>That's my secondary theory on Toph/Aiwei. My primary theory is that Aiwei IS Toph. Both theories were invalidated after Old Lady Toph was introduced in Book 4. No need to get worked up over it. It's better to get it right than to be right. </p>

Mako sacrificed his arm for a while at least. It was broken/badly burned and in a cast.

<p>^ Interesting. Perhaps the damage to Mako's arm will be semi-permanent in the upcoming comic? <span title=":eusa_think:"></span> Still, if I was writing that episode and I knew Nick is done with the series, then there is no point to keep anyone around so I would kill him off. </p><p>In other news, Eric Coleman (who is arguably the uncredited co-creator of ATLA) has been to promoted by Disney to SVP of Original Programming and General Manager for Disney Television Animation. If Nick passes on Threadworlds animated series then there is a better chance for Disney to pick it up (via Eric). </p><p>BTW, anyone else noticed that the narrative at the end of <i>The Visit</i> movie was meant for Bryan? </p>

<p>A lot of fans would have been ticked off if he died though. And with Korrasami happening in the end, a lot of fans would have accused Bryke of killing off Mako so that Korrasami could work. As a Korrasami fans, I am glad to see that the pairing worked and wouldn't have wanted it to happen in Mako's expense. </p>

<p>I agree, personally. Killing off Mako would've been interesting I guess especially in terms of how it affected poor Bolin, but it really wouldn't have added anything to the scene itself, and Bolin's heroic rescue of his big bro was awesome, so I like how it ended. Plus, there's the fact that it would have inflamed the Makorra fandom even more, as you pointed out. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>Hanabi-chan wrote: Mako sacrificed his arm for a while at least. It was broken/badly burned and in a cast. </p> </i></div>
<p>i wonder how long it will take for Mako's arm to be full healed? </p>

<p>That's actually a pretty good question. I mean, it was pretty severely burned all the way up to the elbow, so I imagine it's gonna take a while to heal. Of course, his ex-girlfriend <i>is </i>a healer trained by the greatest healer in the world, so it might not be as long as you'd expect. </p>