Leaf
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Post by Leaf on May 21, 2012 22:54:30 GMT -5
I was reading the Encyclopedia Dramatica article for The Legend of Korra and it appears as if they made it out like there is an even bigger shipping craze than the first series.
I've never witnessed any wars going on between Mako/Korra or Mako/Asami anywhere on the Internet. Not even YouTube which is odd. Just 4chan's /co/ (minority) and perhaps DeviantART. Not even TheLastAirbender sub-reddit seemed to have it.
Where is this shipping war being fought?
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Post by Musogato on May 25, 2012 22:44:49 GMT -5
I don't know much about the wars, but I do know that there was quite a lot of shipping when only the character names were known, and not even what roles those names were for. So the shipping did start verrry early.
I've seen some shipping hate on Tumblr, particularly when Asami entered and put a complication in the Mako/Korra ship. But otherwise from what I've seen, it seems to be far less hostile than the ATLA wars were. But I only see very little, and there's always a broad spectrum when it comes to fandom. *shrugs*
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Post by nymphadora on May 29, 2012 0:37:51 GMT -5
I kind of hate how they're forcing shipping on us. Like they knew how big a deal the shipping wars were in the first series and now they're trying to make it bigger by having more evidence in the episodes. I was a hardcore Zutarian, but that was probably because I was given a chance to get to know the characters apart and imagine them together. And now there's all these triangles and it's too much and too shallow. I don't like it. It makes me not root for or against any of them.
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Leaf
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Post by Leaf on May 29, 2012 1:10:02 GMT -5
Are they really forcing shipping? It feels like they're just adding romance for the sake of storytelling and character development.
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Post by Nashk Tategami on May 29, 2012 23:57:49 GMT -5
@equalist
I feel that the shipping is indeed forced, but I think that is more a byproduct of time limitations than sloppy writing. When the first season of your series is only about 13 episodes long (which is what the series was originally going to be until a second season was picked up) dedicating an entire episode for just shipping can make it feel forced. Especially with how fast the pacing is. There is little time for subtle characterization over the course of a journey, and instead they have to throw it in our faces as it were in order to have room for more story and plot development.
Personally I would have been happy, overjoyed even, if Korra had no love interest but what can you do?
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Esile
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Post by Esile on Jun 2, 2012 8:47:11 GMT -5
I feel like the shipping is more hardcore this series by nature of the characters being old enough to comfortably ship and the romance being more upfront in the show.
But the shipping wars? Pretty much non-existent. I've seen more people shipping Korra x Happiness than freaking out and defending Makorra/Borra/Tahnorra/Bei Korra/Masami/Terra/Insertshipnamehere.
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Post by KrystalFruit22 on Jun 4, 2012 8:42:27 GMT -5
This may be completely silly of me, but sometimes I almost think Korra will be just friends with both Mako and Bolin in the end and Bryke is just playing the fandom by setting up the opposing ships. Probably not how it'll end up, but it's just a thought and like some others, I'd almost prefer it that way at this point. I find romance is almost always better when it's not a/the main part of the plot for some reason.
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Post by Esile on Jun 4, 2012 9:53:49 GMT -5
This may be completely silly of me, but sometimes I almost think Korra will be just friends with both Mako and Bolin in the end and Bryke is just playing the fandom by setting up the opposing ships. Probably not how it'll end up, but it's just a thought and like some others, I'd almost prefer it that way at this point. I find romance is almost always better when it's not a/the main part of the plot for some reason. I'd be completely cool with this.
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Post by Paraiba Ocean on Jun 8, 2012 22:07:24 GMT -5
I'm 20 years old and I watch TV in order to appreciate that my lack of love life isn't to the degree of complexity and ridiculousness as what it is in all 123918031 TV series that I watch.
Avatar is no exception.
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Post by Airblazer on Jun 8, 2012 22:40:02 GMT -5
For The Legend of Korra, I haven't developed any interest in any of the possible or ongoing relationships among the characters... @equalist I feel that the shipping is indeed forced, but I think that is more a byproduct of time limitations than sloppy writing. When the first season of your series is only about 13 episodes long (which is what the series was originally going to be until a second season was picked up) dedicating an entire episode for just shipping can make it feel forced. Especially with how fast the pacing is. There is little time for subtle characterization over the course of a journey, and instead they have to throw it in our faces as it were in order to have room for more story and plot development. Personally I would have been happy, overjoyed even, if Korra had no love interest but what can you do? I too feel that the shipping is forced and it seems to me that it has less importance in this show then it did with ATLA. Of course, as you said, there are time limitations in this series. With these limitations, I have to wonder to what extent that the writers would place emphasis upon shipping? Somehow, I don't think they'll make it a major theme as they did in ATLA. ATLA began and ended with the idea of love (Aang wakes up, it's love at first sight, and in the end he ends up locked in a kiss with Katara). Going a bit off tangent...now that I think about it, it was shipping that had initially drawn me to ATLA...in the case of ATLoK, it isn't shipping but instead, it's the flashbacks of the gaang that had first drawn me to it...that and the fact that it follows right after ATLA Anyhoo, maybe as the show progresses, I might be interested in shipping in this show...maybe. If that happens and a shipping war emerges, shall I place weaponry and cannons on my ship and fire away at other ships in opposition to mine? XD
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Post by Nashk Tategami on Jun 9, 2012 3:17:35 GMT -5
Or ATLA was for kids, who have grown up into hormonal t(w)eenagers, so they watch shows about hormonal teenagers. It's not that Bryke is all HMMMM HOW CAN WE MESS WITH THE INTERNET FAN BASE. It's probably more like "What do kids watch these days?" Yeah, the very first episode disproves your notion. Bryke is very aware of the internet fanbase, is makes dang sure to poke fun at us at our expense. Or have you already forgotten the Zuko's mom "take that" in the very beginning of the series?
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