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I was disappointed with this episode. Every minor character won me over, and the villains. I even like Henchmen #18 & #19 when they were in their feels when Su was speaking to her son.
Seriously, Korra this is not a game. Kurvira is destroying mountains with spirit energy, destroying humans, and you go into the Avatar State to threaten someone you want to glean from - not the person nuking your cities? And, she didn't even do anything.
Look, I am all for peace and thinking things through, but it doesn't take hundreds of past Avatar lives to let me know if that is happening I need to go Avatar State and own.
Someone even explained how top heavy the mech was, and how ridiculous it was that the kickback from spirit weapon didn't budge it. And, how it would only take a good Airbender and earthbender to trip the thing, and possibly kill everyone in there via 80m drop. Also, why didn't Bolin lava bend the thing?
Even Christ had a time for meekness, and a time to literally whoop butt. Gxg you mentioned the "Reichness" of Kurvira's assaults. That is fine; what isn't is when you have a god-like being whose job is specifically to maintain peace, balance and harmony. How many nukes and blitzkriegs/spirit bombs would be prevented if Hitler/Kurvira was dealt with swiftly?
This is what I can't stand - the fantastic romanticism of the human spirit. Humans aren't fantastic, and the Avatar isn't exactly human in the impotent sense. I almost don't want to watch the rest: all this time and people lost and wasted because of romanticized diplomacy.
Trust me when I say I feel where you're coming from. Other past Avatars would not have hesitated to go full on and wipe out Kurvira - and I think Korra has the power to do it, especially if taking the battle into the Spirit World.
But I was wondering the same: Metal can be melted so Bolin could have Lava bended, even though he'd need help with the army that he would be fighting through to even get to the Mech. Also, if the Spirit vine blasts are based on what Vaatu could do, Vaatu shot at Wan and Wan could withstand it...so Korra could probably do something spiritually to handle the vines. Also, seeing the metal bending family was present (Beifongs), they can bend Metal as well as Kurvira - so taking it a part would be an option.
And with the air nomads causing a tornado and doing some mess, you can have a serious war going on. It all depends on what people get creative enough to do - but on the issue, I do think it will go down soon in the Season Finale. The Vines are probably going to rise up and help Korra - and Korra is going to do something to decisively end Kurvira's power....something to either expose her for what she is about or something to remove her power itself - be it bending or casting her soul into the Lost Fog of Souls or simply using her power to beat the mess out of her.
It should be interesting...
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