#Harmonic Convergence

[rightwheretheyleftme]

I just finished watching book 3 of The Legend of Korra. Here’s my top 5 things I hated the most about it:

caveat: I actually didn’t hate this season at all, I just wanted to continue this series

5. Poof! The genocide’s gone!

Let me preface this by saying that I thought that the storyline of Korra finding the airbenders was a nice change of pace and scenery and I enjoyed watching it. However, the bare-bones of this plotline are rotten for me.

ATLA treating the air nomad genocide with so much realism and severity is one of the greatest aspects of the show. Sure, this is a tv show for kids, but it’s still a fairly realistic portrayal of a victim of ethnic cleansing dealing with their trauma. We saw Aang searching for other air nomads, seeing his temples being destroyed, having to burn the last intact artifact made by his people (the staff), and the entire 4 part finale of the series revolves around Aang deciding that he is not willing to sacrifice his cultural and religious beliefs under any circumstances. On account of this, it truly shocked me that TLOK treats the air nomad genocide in the same way that Oprah approached her car giveaway:

The insistence that the air nomad genocide is something that the avatar could fix unintentionally conveys that Aang failed to fix it. Maybe if Aang had connected with Raava and meditated in the tree of time, he would’ve brought his people back- the narrative is saying. And I find that incredibly mean-spirited, regardless of whether it was intentional or not.

Aang died at 66 years of age, he never met any other airbenders after the genocide other than his own son; And TLOK killed Aang once again in season 2, so now he will never get to see the air nation’s rebirth. I know that this is a show about Korra, but I find this storyline to be not only an extremely immature way to treat a genocide (genocides can’t be “fixed”, bryke) but also a cruel insult to the protagonist of this universe.

4. Why the fuck is Varrick still here

Let me get this straight: Varrick took advantage of Unalaq’s colonialism to make himself rich. He bombed the Southern Water Tribe Cultural Center in order to incite a war between the tribes. He stole all of the weaponry made by Asami’s company and delivered it to the Northern Water Tribe so that they could use it to wipe out the SWT. He incriminated Mako, a 19 year old, so that he would take the blame for Varrick’s transgressions and spend his life in prison as a result. He manipulated and took advantage of Asami, another 19 year old. And many more crimes that I’m too tired to list.

So why is he in this season as a lovable sidekick? He escaped justice, Suyin yielded him, and when Lin understandably gets angry about that, Suyin tells her that Varrick shouldn’t be punished for his entire life just for a mistake. This isn’t Suyin talking to Lin, it’s the writers talking to the audience- they want us to forgive Varrick and accept him as our new sweet funny guy.

That makes me nauseous.

This is the sequel of a show about the dangers of colonization and imperialism. Why, why, why, WHY is the guy who aided colonization efforts the character that you want the audience to love? In moments like this, you can tell that this show was made by 2 white American men.

3. Mary Sueyin (Thanks for the pun!)

This already has been discussed ad nauseam. Suyin yielded a war criminal from facing justice, she also sent out the one person the Red Lotus wanted to capture and kill after them for her own vengeful reasons. The narrative never addresses this and continues to paint her as a flawless hero. It’s disconcerting.

2. Zaheer the Master

Sorry, I refuse to believe that a man who got his airbending powers just a couple of weeks ago is suddenly the greatest airbender in a millennium because he read some books.

Bumi: How can he fly like that?

Tenzin: He's unlocked powers of airbending that haven't existed for thousands of years.

Fuck off, writers. Fuck all the way off.

1. The torture porn

We didn’t need to see Korra getting tortured for so long in such graphic detail. I don’t want to accuse anyone of sexism, but I’m certain that these writers would’ve never treated Aang this way.

Overall pretty good season, 8/10.

[btheleaf]

[avatar-legends-confessionblog]

So, I respect LoK for a lot and I respect it as it's own thing. I'm not a big fan bc it just didn't appeal to me, but I also know that that doesn't mean it's a bad show.

However, there is one thing I will never forgive them for and it's how they brought back airbenders and bison.

It's a spit in the face to the real problems of endagered species and genocides. You can't just "find more". Once a species is gone, its gone. That's why it's so important to protect them before that happens and why it's such a fucking tragedy.

And hey, genocides, you don't really have to worry about them. You can just bring them back :). Like no, that's so fucking wrong. Genocides are devestating because it's genuine loss. In atla, an entire race was wiped out and an entire culture erased, but LoK acts like this is a reversable act. Like given enough time and effort you can revive it but you can't. You can bring back aspects, but culture is fluid and it will never be the same.

I just, I cannot forgive that. I understand why they did it, bc they didn't want to deal with the long term ramifications of what they did to their worldbuilding, but it's disgusting and wrong. No, we can't just bring things back. We can't just find more. Once a species is gone, once a race is gone, once a culture is gone, that's it. That's why we have to fight to protect them.

And the culture is not all gone, Aang is still there and he's the only reason there's a gateway to revival, and that's one of the reason's he's a representation of hope, but that would still take generations and he can only do so much. But no, they didn't want to deal with that, so they just magically make a whole bunch of airbenders. Because fuck us right?

It just makes me so fucking mad man. I love Bryke's creations, but genuinely, fuck them for spitting in the face of genocide and extinction.

X

[impossiblycolorfulpanda]

Dark Avatar Azula headcannon

Ozai projects his spirit/consciousness and starts to possess Azula.

Ozai's spirit/consciousness is actually Vaatu himself and it is he who orchestrates the 100-year war through the use of Sozin and the solstices. He obtains all elements and bending arts by consuming and controlling their respective sources.

Because harmonic convergence hasn't arrived yet. Ozaatu's possession of Azula will eventually kill her.

The fight between Azula and Aang is framed similarly to the final agni kai but with an even more somber tone.

Due to Vaatu being Ozai's true identity, Aang and Azula become spiritually connected, linked, and bonded with each other. Their spirit bond unites them as fate, allowing them to understand each other, empathize with each other, derive character development from each other, grow closer to each other than anyone else, and share each others experiences despite being on opposite sides of the war. Aang would even be able to know when Azula lies and vice versa.

Because of this bond, Aang was able to save Azula by inspiring her to evict Ozaatu from her body on her own.

[thejourneyofwan-fanproject]

New eras brought about by Avatars of Fire & Water

I just like this idea that since Korra started a new avatar cycle, she doesn’t want to be one to take all the credit for the avatar’s history with Raava and Harmonic Convergence and she doesn’t want Wan to be forgotten and completely lost to history so her statue is shared with a revamped version of Wan’s and both are embraced by Raava.

[freak-geeker]

I have a question that persists in wandering through my head after watching The Legend of Korra, why after Harmonic Convergence do we see new airbenders present only in the Earth Kingdom? Why weren't new airbenders born in the Water Tribe and Fire Nation? Is there a solid explanation for this, or is it just a plot hole?

[minotaurmerkaba]

[earthravenclaw]

wearing old bones from those who came first (5348 words) by earthravenclaw Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Korra/Asami Sato Characters: Korra (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Asami Sato Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, During Canon, Missing Scene, Harmonic Convergence (Avatar), Introspection, Growing Up, Childhood, Past Lives Summary: Korra thinks about Katara’s insistence during her childhood that every Avatar has a different path. She remembers sometimes wishing her Avatarhood would be extraordinary, and at other times hoping to be just like all of her predecessors. She supposes she’s gotten both of her wishes. Or Every Avatar has a unique relationship with their Avatarhood. This is Korra's, at different points in her journey.

[katchwreck]

First time hearing this classical romantic piece...

…and yeah, I just went along with the wholesome rheological harmonization – at mœst I tried to! 🎭

[bestepisode]

Harmonic Convergence

Senna tells Korra and her friends that the Southern resistance has been defeated and Tonraq captured. Meanwhile, Jinora nears death. With Harmonic Convergence hours away, Korra and her friends stage a frontal attack on the fortified South Pole, wherein everybody except Bumi is captured. Bumi infiltrates the camp and through a series of absurdities which mirror the supposed "tall tales" which he often tells, annihilates all opposition, freeing Korra and her friends. Korra and numerous of her allies follow Unalaq into the portal, while Asami takes an injured Tonraq to Katara for healing. While Tenzin, Kya, and Bumi seek Jinora, Korra goes to close the portals while Mako and Bolin hold off Unalaq, who reveals that he plans to unite with Vaatu to become a Dark Avatar and rule the world. Korra is too late to close the portal and Harmonic Convergence begins; Vaatu is freed for the first time in 10,000 years.

The Last Stand

In the mech's control room, Korra and Kuvira fight one another. Meanwhile, Team Avatar begin to take the giant apart from the inside. Suyin and Lin disable its arm and weapon, and Bolin and Mako detonate its power source, with Mako risking and nearly losing his life to blow the colossus into several pieces. Korra and Kuvira crash-land in the city's spirit wilds, and Kuvira activates the discarded cannon, triggering a staggering and self-sustaining release of energy powered by the vines surrounding them. Leaping to block the beam of the weapon from annihilating Kuvira, Korra enters the Avatar State and channels the massive outpouring of spirit energy, redirecting it and miraculously creating a third portal into the Spirit World. Emerging into the spirit world, Kuvira and Korra commiserate over their hardships and the mistakes they have made, and Kuvira concedes defeat and is arrested upon returning to the physical world. Weeks later, at Zhu Li and Varrick's wedding, Wu announces his intent to abdicate in favor of democratic Earth states. Korra and Asami plan a trip together to the spirit world; in the last scene of the series, the two walk hand-in-hand into the new spirit portal.

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[epicstoriestime]

Field Note: The Submerged Chamber and the Seventh Witness

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[btheleaf]

As a Pema fan and expert, I'm curious your opinion on how Pema takes so many people becoming airbenders but not her. I imagine her relationship to bending and particularly airbending is rather complicated. Thoughts?

First of all, thank you 😂 my obsession has granted me a new title it seems. Pema Expert :)

Answer under the cut

When Pema was a child, of course she wished we was born with an element. What kid doesn't? She was born in the Earth Kingdom and throwing rocks around is COOL.

As she got older, she saw the pressure that all the benders were under to try and master their elements or use them in their daily lives for work. She was born into a family of non benders and primarily surrounded herself with non benders. She harbored no resentment for benders but was glad she wasn't one. She just wanted to be herself and was content to be how she was.

Pema becomes an acolyte because she falls in love with the teachings of the air nation and their way of life. In the acolytes, she finds herself as a person, she finds freedom, she finds joy and happiness, and she finds Tenzin. Never once did she wish for an element when she was getting everything she ever wanted without one.

The only time she ever truly wished she was born with an element (as an adult) was once after Book 2. A spirit pulled Oogi into the ocean mid-flight, and she had to pull Tenzin from the water after he exhausted himself from rescuing the kids and trying to save Oogi. He wasn't responding to CPR, and in that moment she never wanted anything more in her entire life to be a waterbender. He coughed up the water eventually and didn't die, don't worry.

When Bumi first shows his element in Book 3, Pema is shocked at first and then very disturbed by the development. Bumi and her were the only nonbenders in the entire group, and now it's just her and the acolytes again. To her, he basically left her alone with all these damn benders.

She jokingly tells Bumi how uncool it is that they can't bond over being nonbenders anymore and Bumi just,, fully starts crying. Pema is shocked and confused as he breaks down and tells her that she deserves it more than him, that she should have been an airbender because she spent her life studying the culture. He's afraid that she'll resent him now because of it.

Pema smiles and hugs him and tells him that she doesn't want an element, even if it's air. She hardly has time to raise four young children and support Tenzin when he's nearly dying all the damn time running around on Avatar business. She doesn't have the desire or time to learn an element.

She tells him that she doesn't want that responsibility, and she's actually sorry the element fell to him because she knows that he's proud of his illustrious career in the UF as a nonbender. He cries even more when she says that, and that solidifies the fact that she doesn't want an element.

She's glad the harmonic convergence skipped over her.

[captainwaffles]

I don’t know it sounds like the harmonic convergence to me

But this is gonna be cool

[yahoo201027]

Day in Fandom History: November 15…

With Jinora’s lifeless body being taken care of with Katara, it’s a race against time for Team Avatar, alongside Tenzin, Bumi, and Kya. as they prepare to break Unalaq’s forces, retrieve Jinora’s spirit, and close the spirit portal. “Harmonic Convergence” premiered on this day, 11 Years Ago.

[acolyte-acolyfe]

Chief Beifong isn’t really the ideal role model and Kya II effectively ended the southern waterbenders with not getting married. I just hope your girls see the importance of carrying on the airbenders legacy.

"Luckily for my children, the harmonic convergence has taken that burden off their shoulders. They can choose to have as many children as they want, if they want any at all. Jinora is already a master of her element, and she's helping Tenzin lead the new air nation. I'd say that's a pretty good start to carrying on the legacy of the airbenders."

"It seems like you're equating a woman's worth to how many children they have. Don't you think that's a strange thing to do?"

[thejourneyofwan-fanproject]

I went back to the original cover I had made years ago and used my iPad for a new and improved version, and I honestly am much more proud of this one. Also an updated version of the title.

And I started a separate ig for this fan fiction project: @thejourneyofwanofficial for more future updates! It is a written story, but will feature some illustrations.

So if you’ve been interested in the idea of a project/show/movie/comic/book/etc about Wan’s life after Harmonic Convergence, feel free to like, follow, reblog, and share!