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<p>Jinora is my Nr 1 Fave character in LoK. My only complaints are her not helping New Team Avatar via book smarts in Book 1, us not seeing Book 2 from Jinora's POV aside from the Wa Shi Tong part, an' the way she was instantly crushing on & later dating Kai; woulda preferred it if he'd been left out in early Book 3 & she'd instead played his role as it wouldn't require much tweaking to work (Kai could still be her friend, but I'd have liked it if their frindship started out a bit differently). Instead of Kai, a Jinora dressed in Earth Kingdom clothes coulda been caught & she'd have 1st tried to gather information about the secret airbender army before letting Korra know a few hours later via Astral Projection when in her cell. When I was watching that Episode, (despite my love of Kai's amusing personality & impressive skills) I couldn't help seeing this scenario play out instead.
</p><p>There's also the way Jinora STAYED ON AIR TEMPLE ISLAND INSTEAD OF TRAVELLING THE WORLD HELPING PEOPLE WITH KAI & OPAL, which pisses me off big time coz she's supposed to be the semi-leader of her new people but doesn't DO anything for 3 years. That coulda been easily prevented by e.g. carrying on from her mild confrontation & heart-to-heart with Tenzin in Book 3; she'd argue with him again, this time about needing to be as example to their people due to her position as the semi-leader while he's (completely correctly) worried about her safety after that fiasco with Zaheer, an' then either convince him to let her go or runs away Toph-style coz she's feeling very guilty for having been useless (aside from finding the kidnapped airbenders & that tornado thing; those were awesome) in Book 3. Voila, character development! An' it'd sorta parallel Korra's like how Zuko's more or less parallelled Aang's in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'.
</p><p>What cha think?
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<div class="quote"><i>Thinklogic wrote:
What would I have done differently? <p>Book 1: </p><p>-No Makorra </p><p>-Extended it. </p><p>How? Would of had Tarlokk not commit suicide and he and Amon escape. After Korra regains her bending abilities she contacts Raava into tracking down Amon and Tarlokk. When they are tracked down, Korra does another face off with Amon but due to the Avatar state, wins but spares him. Korra's allies question why she spared Amon but Katara walks up to Amon. </p><p>Katara tells Amon and Tarlokk about Zuko, of how he had an abusive/ruthless father (Ozai), much like Yakone, and that she greatly apologizes for the actions of one bender in particular. Tarlokk and Noahtok agree it was the fault of their Father, not benders and apologize for their behavior. Tarlokk has his bending restored, then Katara insists on teaching them to be healers to help fix the damage they've caused </p><p>0 Deaths in Book one </p><p>
</p><p>Book 2: </p><p>-I created an fan fiction a while ago of Kya being married to explain her bethroral necklace and having one son (Kyee), who was able to bend water vapour, however seperated from Tenzin's part of the family due to their cultures conflicting. </p><p>I'd have Kya leaving Kyee at Air Temple island during her vacation with Tenzin + Children + Bumi, then have him cause havoc among the acolytes, such as eating fish </p><p>-After Mako is falsely arrested, Opal randomly shows up at the police station. (She doesn't have airbending at this point) </p><p>She joyfully walks up to the front desk to Lin, hugs her, and explains how she wanted to meet her Aunt so much. Lin shows no emotion the entire time. Opal frowns and explains how Lin never visits her and her Mom deeply misses her. </p><p>An police officer asks if Opal is related to Lin in anyway, then Lin gets up and denies having any relationship to Opal, to which Opal replies she may have the wrong person. Lin demands Opal to leave, to which Bolin notices. He acts charming and offers to escort her out, to which Lin simply demands anything to get rid of Opal. </p><p>Bolin goes on some friendly walk with Opal and becomes pratically intoxicated on how nice she is until he gains sense and realizes she left. Bolin looks around in distress and it starts raining, then shows Opal trying to talk on an radio in an public building. </p><p>The scene switches to Zao Fu at night in the rain and an radio tuning sound plays. </p><p>It shows Suyin's back calling on the radio, talking to Opal. "Its been 30 years... how is Lin?". Opal tears up and says shes going home. Suyin hangs up and the camera pans back to Suyins back, showing she is face palming and says to herself "what have I done...". (Never actually shows Suyin's face) </p><p>This is to add some foreshadowing towards Book 3. For the rest of the book Bolin does not have any romances with Eska nor Ginger and talks to Mako frequently about this "Opal". Mako asks about her then Bolin realizes he never asked where shes from or anything else about her. Mako critizes him for this </p> </i></div>
<p>All of this is awesome too! :D
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What would I have done differently? <p>Book 1: </p><p>-No Makorra </p><p>-Extended it. </p><p>How? Would of had Tarlokk not commit suicide and he and Amon escape. After Korra regains her bending abilities she contacts Raava into tracking down Amon and Tarlokk. When they are tracked down, Korra does another face off with Amon but due to the Avatar state, wins but spares him. Korra's allies question why she spared Amon but Katara walks up to Amon. </p><p>Katara tells Amon and Tarlokk about Zuko, of how he had an abusive/ruthless father (Ozai), much like Yakone, and that she greatly apologizes for the actions of one bender in particular. Tarlokk and Noahtok agree it was the fault of their Father, not benders and apologize for their behavior. Tarlokk has his bending restored, then Katara insists on teaching them to be healers to help fix the damage they've caused </p><p>0 Deaths in Book one </p><p>
</p><p>Book 2: </p><p>-I created an fan fiction a while ago of Kya being married to explain her bethroral necklace and having one son (Kyee), who was able to bend water vapour, however seperated from Tenzin's part of the family due to their cultures conflicting. </p><p>I'd have Kya leaving Kyee at Air Temple island during her vacation with Tenzin + Children + Bumi, then have him cause havoc among the acolytes, such as eating fish </p><p>-After Mako is falsely arrested, Opal randomly shows up at the police station. (She doesn't have airbending at this point) </p><p>She joyfully walks up to the front desk to Lin, hugs her, and explains how she wanted to meet her Aunt so much. Lin shows no emotion the entire time. Opal frowns and explains how Lin never visits her and her Mom deeply misses her. </p><p>An police officer asks if Opal is related to Lin in anyway, then Lin gets up and denies having any relationship to Opal, to which Opal replies she may have the wrong person. Lin demands Opal to leave, to which Bolin notices. He acts charming and offers to escort her out, to which Lin simply demands anything to get rid of Opal. </p><p>Bolin goes on some friendly walk with Opal and becomes pratically intoxicated on how nice she is until he gains sense and realizes she left. Bolin looks around in distress and it starts raining, then shows Opal trying to talk on an radio in an public building. </p><p>The scene switches to Zao Fu at night in the rain and an radio tuning sound plays. </p><p>It shows Suyin's back calling on the radio, talking to Opal. "Its been 30 years... how is Lin?". Opal tears up and says shes going home. Suyin hangs up and the camera pans back to Suyins back, showing she is face palming and says to herself "what have I done...". (Never actually shows Suyin's face) </p><p>This is to add some foreshadowing towards Book 3. For the rest of the book Bolin does not have any romances with Eska nor Ginger and talks to Mako frequently about this "Opal". Mako asks about her then Bolin realizes he never asked where shes from or anything else about her. Mako critizes him for this </p> </i></div>
<p>All of this is awesome too! :D
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(Edited by Obscurité8)
<div class="quote"><i>The Air Nomad Critic wrote:
For the first book, I would have had Korra have to do some intellectual maneuvering in order to expose Amon rather than pretty much charging blindly into the fray. I'd also tweak Amon's character in the last half so that he doesn't simply call in the troops and invade, but rather rise to power through entirely legitimate means, then subsequently beefing up non-bender security in order to "contain the bending threat". This way Korra can't simply go in and beat him up to win, otherwise she would alienate a lot more people than she could afford to. Granted, Amon would still get kicked to the curb, but it would be after Korra and Co. had cleverly revealed his nature to the world instead of sheer luck exposing him. <p>The second book I would basically make into two. The first would focus on the brewing tensions between North and South, with neither side necessarily being in the right in Korra's eyes. Nations get involved, Korra's diplomatic skills are put to the test, and a villain (Varric) is revealed to have orchestrated a lot of (but not all) the tensions to sell his and Asami's war machines. End scene involves Unalaq conversing with Vaatu (now simply a spirit of chaos rather than chaos and evil), talking about how the Avatar world is about to change forever. </p><p>The second of the two arcs derived from book 2 would go more into the spiritual aspects, and is where the most edits are so bear with me. Unalaq would ask Korra to open the spirit portals in order to bring better balance to the world and hopefully prevent the previous international conflict. The southern portal is opened, but on the way to the north, Unalaq is discovered to be consorting with dark spirits, and Korra and Co. bail. Tenzin and Korra try to uncover why the spirits are acting the way they are and how Unalaq could be involved, but at some point Korra gets attacked by the spirit kraken like before. Cue Beginnings 1 & 2, except Vaatu isn't innately evil. He's more of an extreme devotee of "survival of the fittest", despising human civilization, believing it only to be a crutch for the weak and an encumbrance to the strong. He believes all the world, including humanity, should stay wild, always fighting with other creatures and spirits with their bare hands to achieve eventual perfection. Raava is also not necessarily good, as she is simply a spirit of order. At times she can exude something approximating righteousness, but other times she seems a bit authoritarian and iron fisted. Korra learns that Vaatu intends to return humanity to a very savage state, and races off to gather her forces to stop him. Since this is no longer necessarily a political issue, the other nations, namely the URN, rally to Korra's side and lay siege to Unalaq's spiritual stronghold in the North Pole. Battle ensues, and Unalaq ends up with most of the Krew at his mercy, and forces Korra to open the other portal. Korra opens the other portal, but then turns on Unalaq the second his attention is diverted. Unalaq gets KO'd, Korra rushes to close the portals, but finds that its too late. Vaatu is released, and nature/spirits begin to rapidly encroach into human settlements including Republic City. Vaatu and Unalaq become the Dark Avatar and Vaatu quickly overwhelms his host (who's last words were "this wasn't part of the deal!), and lays into Korra. Korra tries fighting him off in the Avatar State, but finds herself slowly being infected by UnaVaatu while grappling with him, destroying the past lives. Raava and Korra have a pep talk, achieve true unity against UnaVaatu's simple overwhelming of his host, and end up pacifying the chimaeric being. Cue Korra leaving the portals open and all that jazz for the next book. </p> </i></div>
<p>I like this. </p><p>Plus, I want Jinora to be an official part of Team Avatar; with all her book smarts, she could do law research with Mako (whom knows the practical side of those things) & possibly Lin since she's the top cop, while Korra, Bolin & Asami handle other stuff. That way Jinora becoming Korra's Spiritual Guide later on wouldn't feel slightly out of nowhere like it does in canon, especially if she used her connection to Spirits to help Team Avatar find out the truth about Amon which would allow them to plan a way to expose him.
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For the first book, I would have had Korra have to do some intellectual maneuvering in order to expose Amon rather than pretty much charging blindly into the fray. I'd also tweak Amon's character in the last half so that he doesn't simply call in the troops and invade, but rather rise to power through entirely legitimate means, then subsequently beefing up non-bender security in order to "contain the bending threat". This way Korra can't simply go in and beat him up to win, otherwise she would alienate a lot more people than she could afford to. Granted, Amon would still get kicked to the curb, but it would be after Korra and Co. had cleverly revealed his nature to the world instead of sheer luck exposing him. <p>The second book I would basically make into two. The first would focus on the brewing tensions between North and South, with neither side necessarily being in the right in Korra's eyes. Nations get involved, Korra's diplomatic skills are put to the test, and a villain (Varric) is revealed to have orchestrated a lot of (but not all) the tensions to sell his and Asami's war machines. End scene involves Unalaq conversing with Vaatu (now simply a spirit of chaos rather than chaos and evil), talking about how the Avatar world is about to change forever. </p><p>The second of the two arcs derived from book 2 would go more into the spiritual aspects, and is where the most edits are so bear with me. Unalaq would ask Korra to open the spirit portals in order to bring better balance to the world and hopefully prevent the previous international conflict. The southern portal is opened, but on the way to the north, Unalaq is discovered to be consorting with dark spirits, and Korra and Co. bail. Tenzin and Korra try to uncover why the spirits are acting the way they are and how Unalaq could be involved, but at some point Korra gets attacked by the spirit kraken like before. Cue Beginnings 1 & 2, except Vaatu isn't innately evil. He's more of an extreme devotee of "survival of the fittest", despising human civilization, believing it only to be a crutch for the weak and an encumbrance to the strong. He believes all the world, including humanity, should stay wild, always fighting with other creatures and spirits with their bare hands to achieve eventual perfection. Raava is also not necessarily good, as she is simply a spirit of order. At times she can exude something approximating righteousness, but other times she seems a bit authoritarian and iron fisted. Korra learns that Vaatu intends to return humanity to a very savage state, and races off to gather her forces to stop him. Since this is no longer necessarily a political issue, the other nations, namely the URN, rally to Korra's side and lay siege to Unalaq's spiritual stronghold in the North Pole. Battle ensues, and Unalaq ends up with most of the Krew at his mercy, and forces Korra to open the other portal. Korra opens the other portal, but then turns on Unalaq the second his attention is diverted. Unalaq gets KO'd, Korra rushes to close the portals, but finds that its too late. Vaatu is released, and nature/spirits begin to rapidly encroach into human settlements including Republic City. Vaatu and Unalaq become the Dark Avatar and Vaatu quickly overwhelms his host (who's last words were "this wasn't part of the deal!), and lays into Korra. Korra tries fighting him off in the Avatar State, but finds herself slowly being infected by UnaVaatu while grappling with him, destroying the past lives. Raava and Korra have a pep talk, achieve true unity against UnaVaatu's simple overwhelming of his host, and end up pacifying the chimaeric being. Cue Korra leaving the portals open and all that jazz for the next book. </p> </i></div>
<p>I like this. </p><p>Plus, I want Jinora to be an official part of Team Avatar; with all her book smarts, she could do law research with Mako (whom knows the practical side of those things) & possibly Lin since she's the top cop, while Korra, Bolin & Asami handle other stuff. That way Jinora becoming Korra's Spiritual Guide later on wouldn't feel slightly out of nowhere like it does in canon, especially if she used her connection to Spirits to help Team Avatar find out the truth about Amon which would allow them to plan a way to expose him.
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(Edited by Obscurité8)
<p>This is interesting, but I'm confused about why all the bad guys team up against Korra. Wouldn't some of them (such as her uncle, who needs her help with the Spirit Portals anyway) team up with her instead since she's much more vulnerable to manipulation after the disaster of A.U. Book 1?
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<div class="quote"><i>Quachett wrote:
<p>Simply put, Jinora was a scholar, an avid one at that, in all things spiritual, and more, with a deep connection to the spirit world, much like Iroh. This gave her an acute connection to the the spirit world and could thus sense the imbalance or disturbances in the spiritual realm like Iroh did when Zhao killed La, at the North Pole. What she displayed was simply knowledge of how the spirit world works than any unique powers of her own. Air Nomads were always a spiritual people so I am guessing they had mountains of text on spirituality and the spirit world which she would have read and mastered, given the afore mentioned studious personality. Even Aang entered the spirit world with ease showing that he had had great training. Jinora's advanced abilities maybe a reflection of both her willingness to study at such a young age and the need for her to study as she is a very important cog in rebuilding the air nomads. </p><p>
</p><p>I believe she might play a greater part in the next story seeing as spirits roam the physical world with ease now. This seeming Deus Ex Machina might just be an intro to the person who will eventually train the Avatar in all things spiritual and probably help her reform the bonds with the past Avatars and handle human-spirit related issues. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </i></div>
<p>EXACTLY! Jinora has spent most of her life studying Air Nomad & spiritual stuff, and there's a high chance that she saw Spirits BEFORE Book 2 started since the dragonfly bunnies were shown on-screen to be invisible to everyone except her until she told the others about them & asked the little cuties to reveal themelves. Therefore </p><p>Plus, Jinora would be far less of a Deus Ex Machina if some stuff in Book 2 (besides the Wa Shi Tong part) had been in HER Point Of View so we'd have seen for ourselves how she handles her situation.
</p><p>Jinora is my Nr 1 Fave character in 'Avatar: The Legend of Korra', but I wish we'd witnessed more of her awesomeness on-screen... And that Kai hadn't been included! I love that kid as a character, but despise him in relation to Jinora coz her crushing on him was really shallow. She coulda EASILY played his role at the start of Book 3, and she'd have gotten character development too. *grumbles under her breath* </p>
<p>Simply put, Jinora was a scholar, an avid one at that, in all things spiritual, and more, with a deep connection to the spirit world, much like Iroh. This gave her an acute connection to the the spirit world and could thus sense the imbalance or disturbances in the spiritual realm like Iroh did when Zhao killed La, at the North Pole. What she displayed was simply knowledge of how the spirit world works than any unique powers of her own. Air Nomads were always a spiritual people so I am guessing they had mountains of text on spirituality and the spirit world which she would have read and mastered, given the afore mentioned studious personality. Even Aang entered the spirit world with ease showing that he had had great training. Jinora's advanced abilities maybe a reflection of both her willingness to study at such a young age and the need for her to study as she is a very important cog in rebuilding the air nomads. </p><p>
</p><p>I believe she might play a greater part in the next story seeing as spirits roam the physical world with ease now. This seeming Deus Ex Machina might just be an intro to the person who will eventually train the Avatar in all things spiritual and probably help her reform the bonds with the past Avatars and handle human-spirit related issues. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> </i></div>
<p>EXACTLY! Jinora has spent most of her life studying Air Nomad & spiritual stuff, and there's a high chance that she saw Spirits BEFORE Book 2 started since the dragonfly bunnies were shown on-screen to be invisible to everyone except her until she told the others about them & asked the little cuties to reveal themelves. Therefore </p><p>Plus, Jinora would be far less of a Deus Ex Machina if some stuff in Book 2 (besides the Wa Shi Tong part) had been in HER Point Of View so we'd have seen for ourselves how she handles her situation.
</p><p>Jinora is my Nr 1 Fave character in 'Avatar: The Legend of Korra', but I wish we'd witnessed more of her awesomeness on-screen... And that Kai hadn't been included! I love that kid as a character, but despise him in relation to Jinora coz her crushing on him was really shallow. She coulda EASILY played his role at the start of Book 3, and she'd have gotten character development too. *grumbles under her breath* </p>
(Edited by Obscurité8)