It's been nearly 6 years since the final episode of The Legend of Korra. The show is set 70 years after the events of its prequel, Avatar: The Last Airbender and continues a brand new adventure with a new Avatar. The show is unforgettable for its strong character development and callbacks to the original show which is getting a live-action remake on Netflix.
In the shows four-season run, we've gotten to follow Korra and her friends on a journey of bringing balance to the world and becoming Korra becoming a fully realized Avatar. Here are 5 characters that got better as The Legend of Korra went on, and 5 that got worse.
10 Better: Asami Sato
Asami Sato started off as a second love interest for the firebending hot-head, Mako. This created a complicated love triangle between her, Korra, and Mako. Her character got way better during Book 4 when she began getting closer to Korra and ended up in a relationship with her at the end of the series.
She's the child of a once-wealthy industrialist named Hiroshi Sato and lost her mother at a young age. Asami develops into a fun and strong independent character that works to carry on her father's legacy while fixing the wrong-doings of the crimes he commits in Book 1.
9 Worse: Eska & Desna
Esna and Desna are introduced in Book 2 as members of the Northern Water Tribe and twin son and daughter of soon to be the nemesis of Korra's, Chief Unalaq. Eska grows an obsession with Mako's brother Bolin and engages herself to him forcefully.
Both Desna and Eska are used as almost representing obsessive fans in a strange way, but their humor didn't land too well in the scenes they appeared in. They're not terrible characters but as they developed in Book's 3 and 4, they definitely didn't shine as bright as others.
8 Better: Bolin
In the first episodes of Korra, most fans fell in love with the edgy heart-throb character, Mako. He represents some of the earlier Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender in being extremely sassy but having a heart that he hides in fear of being further damaged. Bolin is the complete opposite of him in being extremely outgoing, caring, and welcoming at first when meeting Korra.
While Korra's feelings towards Bolin never flourish as much as her feelings towards Mako, he's still a character that gets more and more interesting. He develops the ability to lava bend which is one of the coolest things since blood bending and metal bending.
7 Worse: Mako
The edgelord of the series starts as a spitting image of Zuko from the original series. He grows close to the main protagonist, Korra and has a strong relationship with her that eventually falls apart as their journeys meet a crossroads. Even after, he's quite supportive of her but doesn't get much as much to do as Bolin and Asami in aiding the Avatar in the final season.
His scenes with Prince Wu in Book 4 are some of the most annoying in the entirety of the show. He's such a strong character that could have been given so much more in the last episodes of the series.
6 Better: Lin Beifong
The daughter of Toph from the original story starts as a somewhat dislikable character as she seems to have a quarrel with Korra. As she notices the new Avatar's potential she becomes more supportive of her.
Books 2-4 develop her character very well as we get to see what happened in the Beifong family that caused her to be so uptight and reserved in her personality. Her backstory is interesting as it reveals events that unfolded within the gap between Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra's story.
5 Worse: Ikki
Ikki, unfortunately, doesn't share the spotlight as much as her sister Jinora. She doesn't develop as much as her and doesn't get as much screentime as both Jinora and her brother Meelo. She does form a strong connection with spirits in the later seasons but spends most of her time out of the fights.
It would have been interesting to see her character develop into another powerful spiritual Airbender that perhaps represents the personality of Tenzin's wife. She even has some personality traits similar to Bolin's such as her love for animals that could have been shown more.
4 Better: Varrick
Varrick started off as another comedy relief character that ended up becoming a fan favorite. As a non-bending character that doesn't do much fighting, he does a lot for the story. Most notably creating a super-weapon using spirit vines that harnessed a ton of power.
This was ultimately used for a terrible purpose by the villain, Kuvira, but eventually was used to create a brand new spirit portal at the end of Book 4. His growth as an officer for Kuvira made him a lot better and it really showed how much he's grown since being introduced as a cocky billionaire.
3 Worse: Meelo
While Meelo may appeal to the younger audience and is definitely funny and cute in the early episodes. He becomes mostly a comedy relief and doesn't really have much development in a serious aspect. Meelo is still a fun character but it would have been nice to see him mature a bit more in the final season.
Meelo's jokes fall a bit flat in Book 4 and he doesn't do much plot well compared to his sister, Jinora. He wasn't a terrible character but definitely got a lot worse as the show went on. It'd be great to see how he is when he grows older, perhaps being a spitting image of his grandfather, Aang.
2 Better: Korra
Korra starts off as a complete opposite of the past Avatar, Aang. She's extremely hot-headed, impulsive, and completely disconnected from the spiritual side that she needs to become a true Avatar in Book 1. She grows stronger and more independent in Books 2-3, struggling to be a worthy successor to Aang and dealing with extremely powerful enemies.
She goes through a lot and her arc in Book 4 is one of the most emotional and heartbreaking. In this arc, she learns how to deal with failure and fear and she defeats the rising threat, Kuvira and changes the world for the better, uniting it with the spiritual side that she denied for so long in her journey.
1 Worse: Opal
Opal was introduced in Book 3 as the granddaughter of Toph Beifong and an Airbender in training. She's the main love interest of Bolin and has a very complicated and interesting character arc in Book 3 with Lin Beifong. Their relationship is very distant and it shows the effect Toph may have had on her children from being quite distant as well.
Unfortunately in Book 4, her character arc doesn't develop much till the final episodes. She ends up just being very upset at Bolin and doesn't see through his intentions of trying to do well for the Earth Kingdom. She's hateful and seems a bit unforgiving which is a huge turn from how she was with Lin.
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