AVATAR KORRA'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
What makes watching Legend of Korra so rewarding was seeing how Avatar Korra dealt with so many problems ranging from terrorism and propaganda to full-out war. With there being four seasons, each season presented its own problem that Avatar Korra had to solve alongside her loved ones.
It was in the first season that Avatar Korra had to learn to unlock her airbending and connect to the spiritual realm of the Avatar as well as fight the villain of the season named Amon. Amon and his followers, known as the Equalists were spreading anti-bending propaganda by creating violence throughout Republic City. It was then later revealed that Amon had the ability to take bending away which he had done to the citizens of the city as well as Korra. At the end of the season through hard work, Avatar Korra was able to unlock her airbending which was not taken away by Amon, and expose the fact that he was a water-bender named Noatak. This revelation led to him being deserted by his supporters and later led to his demise. In the end, Korra only had her air-bending and though she thought all was lost with getting the rest of her bending back she was able to connect to the past avatars that helped her restore her bending as well as others.
In the second season, Avatar Korra’s biggest accomplishment was her ability to open the spirit realms that connected the human world to the spirit world. She had to battle with her uncle, Uanalaq, as well as an evil spirit named Vaatu who wanted to take over the world and spread darkness. Korra had to learn to connect to her avatar spirit, which proved to be a difficult task and took a lot of patience, but through her perseverance she was able to do it. Those in the human world were not happy with Korra’s decision of keeping the spirit world open but she was confident in her decision and decided it was what was best for the world.
In the third season, Avatar Korra had to deal with Zaheer and his group called the Red Lotus who were anarchists and believed that the Avatar, as well as governments and monarchies, should not exist. Zaheer was responsible for the death of the Earth Kingdom’s queen as well as almost killing Avatar Korra by poisoning her. Korra unable to walk for about six months and was incapable entering the Avatar State. After Korra was able to walk again, she mustered up the courage to sneak out and look for a way to get the rest of the poison out of her body. After meeting up with one of her mentors, Toph, she was able to confront her fears and release the remaining poison. At the end of the season, Korra was able capture Zaheer and put him back in prison where he had escaped at the beginning of the season.
The fourth season was where the audience had seen Korra deal with depression as well as post-traumatic stress disorder from her past battles. Subsequently, there was a new villain named Kuvira who was a master metal bender as well as a military and political leader to the Earth Kingdom. In the span of three years, she had earned the title of the Great Uniter and had the end goal of creating an Earth empire separate from the rest of the world. While battling with her mental health, Korra was still able persist and use her strengths as the Avatar to defeat Kuvira in a war between Kuvira’s supporters and the other nations.
