u/Agreeable_Leader_885

I’ve been kind of obsessed with this show lately, and I started to pjck apart in my head the idea that Legend of Korra is about the Avatar’s struggles in a world that renders them obsolete. The idea that Korra’s role is no longer needed in the world she lives in… I don’t think I could disagree more with that notion.

I think the show is about why the changing world does need the Avatar, as a guide, mediator, and source of balance.

I swear I’ve seen people say that the villains in Korra are the ones who see the Avatar as unnecessary, when in actuality their grievance is that they had to step in to fill the void that Avatar Korra should’ve been filling instead. The villains are meant to have half-decent motivations that are ruined by the radical extremes they go to—Amon sought equality, Unalaq cared about spirituality (except when he didn’t), Zaheer sought to free people from oppression, and it’s specifically said that Kuvira had to assume control of the Earth Kingdom because the Avatar wasn’t there to do it.

I hope people see why none of these show that the Avatar is redundant. They all cater to an aspect that the Avatar is expected to fill but didn’t. The average people of the world seem to like the Avatar perfectly fine. The only ”good” character she doesn’t get along with is Raiko, and he’s portrayed as kind of obstructive and just refuses to negotiate or share authority with her.

This points to why it was a mistake for Korra to be raised in isolation at the South Pole. It’s a problem that the writers didn’t seem to realize the ramifications of: the reason Korra struggles as the Avatar is because she didn’t get to travel the world like her predecessors did. What makes it worse is that they didn’t have a good reason to keep her in isolation starting out. They retcon it in season 3 to blame Zaheer, but that introduces its own problems.

… But uhh, anyway! That’s about all I have to say. I really like Korra as a character for her nerve and resilience, and I just got to thinking about how other people seem to view the show.

It’s a little difficult to ask these questions while avoiding spoiling anything in the title…

Anyway! If I have this right, the reason Anna got caught by the victim trying to break into the cabinet was because she met him on the road earlier and asked him where the professor’s house was, and he was suspicious enough to mention her to the professor.

What I’m wondering is, why did she need to ask someone where the professor lived? She said she had a key made by sending someone in to pose as a secretary. Couldn’t he have told her where the house was?

I can totally understand why they’d want to use Gumshoe for that trial, especially with it using so many assets from the original Phoenix Wright game. But in 4-3, Klavier said that Daryan Crescend was the first detective he ever worked with. Assuming that means Daryan was the “lead” detective, and since we’re told the Gramarye trial was Klavier’s first case, wouldn’t that mean Daryan should have been the one testifying?

Or is this like another Miles Edgeworth-style retcon where Klavier had a secret prior first case that never made it to court?