#I am a leaf on the wind watch me soar full

Seriously, Hoban Washburn is the perfect character to obtain the geek vote for the show- fuzzy and adorable equipped with hilarious cowardly quips and biting one-liner sarcasm scored a smokin' hot warrior babe despite his lack of traditionally heroic abilities, he gets to use his gamer-esque ultra-honed piloting skills to perform dramatic, showy heroic rescues of the action-hero portion of the crew. From the first moment we met you, playing with your dinosaurs, we loved you. Wash: Can I make a suggestion that doesn't involve violence, or is this the wrong crowd?Īah Wash. Wash: Can we start with the part where Jayne gets beat up by a 90 pound girl? Because that's *never* getting old. Wash: Oh god, oh god, we're all going to die? Still really looking forward to how that conflict will develop.Wash: This is gonna get pretty interesting.

No real mention of the bender/non-bender conflict this episode or the mask guy, but including that would have probably been trying to do too much in one episode. In the brave new world of republic city, there's definitely a tension between respect for tradition and innovation that I'd love to see explored through Tenzin and the rest of the cast. Interesting how Tenzin thinks the bending sport is a 'mockery'. He seems much more serious and rigid than his father, but you can tell he is a sweet guy who cares a lot about people. He has a temper but is also a master of controlling it. I thought the bending sport was pretty cool and made for some good action sequences. It seems like he's going to be a recurring character and I think it'd be cool if there were some parallels between him and Iroh as he gets more fleshed out. That's cool they named a character 'Mako' in honor of Iroh's VA (I assume), although he seems very different from Iroh as a character so far. I think the difference in how they react is really interesting since it highlights why they're failing in the first place - Aang needed to be more self-assured and confident, Korra needed to be more tranquil and focused. When Korra fails at airbending, she reacts by getting angry, lashing out, then finding a distraction. She lacks Aang's tranquility, introspection, and patience which makes airbending a challenge for her.Ĭontinuing the idea of personalities and bending - when Aang failed at earthbending, he reacted with self-reproach, isolating himself, and meditating. Korra is impulsive, confident, and headstrong.

I think the connection between personalities/philosophies and bending styles is one of the most interesting things about this universe, so I liked this part a lot. The start of this episode is reminiscent of 'Bitter Work' from ATLA when Aang and Zuko are trying to learn a bending style opposed to their personalities. Here's my comment from last episode if you're interested. Original air date: Ma(online), April 14th (tv)įirst time watcher. Here, she befriends the sibling pro-bending team of Mako and Bolin and is immediately drawn to pro-bending's dynamic fighting style.

Frustrated with her inability to master airbending, she turns her attention to Republic City's Pro-bending Arena. The idea for pro-bending had been developed even before the creators came up with the character of KorraĪvatar Korra is now living with her airbending teacher, Tenzin, on Air Temple Island. Newspapers in this episode feature Lin, Amon, Tarrlok, and Tahno The Pro-bending Arena was influenced in design by the holiest Sikh shrine, Harmandir Sahib, located in India and commonly called the Golden Temple. Mako is named after Makoto 'Mako' Iwamatsu, the first voice actor for Iroh in ATLA, who passed away in 2007. This episode introduces us to Mako (David Faustino), Bolin (P.J Byrne), as well as the minor character Toza (voiced by the late George Coe) who also appear in the prequel webseries Republic City Hustle

#I am a leaf on the wind watch me soar full

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