Korra

[Celestia]

Finished Book Three. Feeling sorry for Mako. It appears to me he got demoted to a glorified extra. He has good ideas, but he mostly reacts and gets a line to remind everyone he's there. However, I do give him credit for being supportive of his brother. Still on Team Bolin.

If there's anyone on this show that I pity, it's Mako. He showed potential when he was first introduced, but it was strangled in the first two seasons by terrible romance. In seasons three and four, he broke from that, but he was then immediately relegated to the background and wasn't allowed to bloom as the writers decided that Tenzin was a better straight man character. Thus, Mako lives on as the worst character of the show, and it's not really his fault.

[Pex]

The Rememberance episode was unnecessary and dumb. Was there a writers' strike at the time? There was no point to it. I have mixed feelings about Varrick's story on Bolin. I believe Varrick is sincere when he praises Bolin while grossly exaggerating his accomplishments, but Bolin's story could have been fine as is. He was terrific the previous episode saving the refugees and being the Hero. He didn't have to save them, but he knew yes he did and he did. Varrick may have a point, though. Perhaps Bolin doesn't get enough credit/respect he deserves from those who matter.

[LaZodiac]

The Rememberance episode was unnecessary and dumb. Was there a writers' strike at the time? There was no point to it. I have mixed feelings about Varrick's story on Bolin. I believe Varrick is sincere when he praises Bolin while grossly exaggerating his accomplishments, but Bolin's story could have been fine as is. He was terrific the previous episode saving the refugees and being the Hero. He didn't have to save them, but he knew yes he did and he did. Varrick may have a point, though. Perhaps Bolin doesn't get enough credit/respect he deserves from those who matter.

I think there was to a degree, but also I think it was definitely the creators expressing that they understood a lot of people disliked early Korra, so here is some good natured dunking on Mako and season 2.

Varrick is correct by the way, Bolin deserves way more than he gets in a lot of ways.

[Morty]

The Rememberance episode was unnecessary and dumb. Was there a writers' strike at the time? There was no point to it. I have mixed feelings about Varrick's story on Bolin. I believe Varrick is sincere when he praises Bolin while grossly exaggerating his accomplishments, but Bolin's story could have been fine as is. He was terrific the previous episode saving the refugees and being the Hero. He didn't have to save them, but he knew yes he did and he did. Varrick may have a point, though. Perhaps Bolin doesn't get enough credit/respect he deserves from those who matter.

The show's budget got cut, so they had to make do with a clip show episode. You seem to have really missed the point of Varric's segment, though. It wasn't meant to praise Bolin or tell any kind of accurate story. He was just showboating like he always is.

[Ionathus]

If there's anyone on this show that I pity, it's Mako. He showed potential when he was first introduced, but it was strangled in the first two seasons by terrible romance. In seasons three and four, he broke from that, but he was then immediately relegated to the background and wasn't allowed to bloom as the writers decided that Tenzin was a better straight man character. Thus, Mako lives on as the worst character of the show, and it's not really his fault.

Agreed, Mako was a smart, sharp badass but they just really didn't know what to do with him after Season 1. It doesn't help that he was already the "adult" on the team in a lot of ways, so he didn't really have any personal growth or things to grapple with. None of his subplots (the Investigation vs. the two useless detectives, protecting Korra, guarding the Earth King) changed him at all: it was always just "Mako is competent but he has to put up with X now."

[Pex]

Finished. It wouldn't be Anime without giant robots, nuclear blasts, and city destruction. Not thrilled with that. Even accepting the technological advance it didn't fit the story. This isn't Robotech. For the record I wasn't happy when the blasting and destruction happened in Akira either, but that's the genre of Anime.

I agree Mako has been given a disservice. I was just thinking how useless he was in the last few episodes then he does his heroic sacrifice. I'm glad it wasn't a true sacrifice. Bolin gets his own heroic moments at the end.

Overall I did like the show. I prefer Avatar, but this was fine. I'm glad I finally saw it.

[Cen]

I agree Mako has been given a disservice. I was just thinking how useless he was in the last few episodes then he does his heroic sacrifice. I'm glad it wasn't a true sacrifice. B.

Think of his as of a guy who was such a horrible boyfriend he turned two of his girlfriends gay :D