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That would be technically reading way too much into things past what has already been seen. Korra saw the Dark Korra spirit in everyone she fought against way before Toph - including when she was in the Earth Kingdom cage matches and was being beaten up by another Earth Bender due to seeing the Dark Korra Spirit on the fighter.I am pretty sure a portion of Vaatu and Raava will come back, as it already has with Korra's mirror spirit, and Kurvira. It would be interesting if Kurvira actually is a good guy, and she got a "spark" of Raava, like Korra's mirror spirit having dark avatar glow from Vaatu. MAYBE that is why Korra still saw Kurvira with Raava activation eve after she was purged of the metal toxin.
I think they filled the episode because it is the series finale in a few episodes, and we may see Toph, Kurvira, Firelord Zuko, Tenzin, Katara, Sokka, Lin, Su, Bolin, Mako, etc. do some major sacrifice/beatdown/crazy stuff.
And the Dark Spirit Korra was also in the Swamp - while Kurvira was across the other side of the globe running the Earth Kingdom..
It was never just on Kurvira...although I can definitely say that the way the Dark Spirit Korra and Kurvira walk are very similar:
But on the concept of a Dark Avatar spirit, as another said best (for excerpt):
...it’s clear that Dark Avatar Korra isn’t just a hallucination. Normal people might not be able to see it but it seems like spirits can, which heavily suggests that it’s at least partially spiritual in origin. (Of course, there appear to be hallucinatory aspects to it as well — it’s unlikely that Dark Avatar Korra possessed the woman in the Earth Rumble fight, and Korra’s pool of “mercury” turned out to be mud)
There are other hints to its spiritual origin, too. Its rapid, almost teleportation-like style of dodging and moving during its fight with Korra in the swamp called to mind the Owl-Faced Spirit from 2x01. Even the name the crew gave it — “Dark Avatar Korra” — evokes the idea of a dark spirit equivalent to Korra. So, let’s consider that option — "Dark Avatar Korra" is the dark form of the Avatar Spirit. That shouldn’t be possible, of course. The Avatar Spirit is Raava, and she’s comprised of near-pure light by her very nature. Or… well… that was the case during Wan’s era, when Raava’s dark counterpart was kept trapped in a tree. By spiritbending Vaatu, Korra effectively recombined Raava and Vaatu into the connected spiritual dyad they were always intended to be, with Raava dominant. If Raava and Vaatu were recombined into a connected spiritual dyad, though, it seems plausible that, as a set, they’d be vulnerable to external shifts in energy in a way that they weren’t when they were separate. Jinora was able to restore Raava by introducing a large amount of spiritual light into the immediate surroundings. What would happen to Raava’s dominance if darkness were to be introduced into the Avatar Spirit?
There are other hints to its spiritual origin, too. Its rapid, almost teleportation-like style of dodging and moving during its fight with Korra in the swamp called to mind the Owl-Faced Spirit from 2x01. Even the name the crew gave it — “Dark Avatar Korra” — evokes the idea of a dark spirit equivalent to Korra. So, let’s consider that option — "Dark Avatar Korra" is the dark form of the Avatar Spirit. That shouldn’t be possible, of course. The Avatar Spirit is Raava, and she’s comprised of near-pure light by her very nature. Or… well… that was the case during Wan’s era, when Raava’s dark counterpart was kept trapped in a tree. By spiritbending Vaatu, Korra effectively recombined Raava and Vaatu into the connected spiritual dyad they were always intended to be, with Raava dominant. If Raava and Vaatu were recombined into a connected spiritual dyad, though, it seems plausible that, as a set, they’d be vulnerable to external shifts in energy in a way that they weren’t when they were separate. Jinora was able to restore Raava by introducing a large amount of spiritual light into the immediate surroundings. What would happen to Raava’s dominance if darkness were to be introduced into the Avatar Spirit?
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