Losing the connection to the past lives could have led to the cataclysm?
Obviously this is just a fun theory so take it with a grain of salt (and it’s not a Korra hate post so hold your fire lol) but from what I’m seeing in leaks/rumours, the cataclysm is something that has been building up for a centuries and Seven Havens will potentially explore more past avatars’ lives beyond just Korra. If this is true, it could be possible that not having access to the past lives is what led to the cataclysm happening in the first place. It could be the type of scenario where most avatars have to “calm the beast” every 100-200 years or so, preforming some type of ancient spiritual ritual or bending act that keeps the cataclysm at bay, buying enough time until the next avatar can do the same thing, then sending visions of the apocalypse to their successor so that they too can go prevent whatever it is that the cataclysm is. But as we all know, Korra doesn’t have access to the past lives anymore and wouldn’t be able to be warned of this event, meaning that she would never be aware of this responsibility. The cataclysm could have been too late to stop, finally boiling over before she can prevent it and instead having to do damage control by making the Seven Havens.
I’m not someone who necessarily wants the connection to the past lives to be fixed after they’ve already been severed, but I do think the true severity of the lost knowledge from the past lives isn’t fully expanded upon in LOK, so something like this might help add more weight to it.
Thoughts?