Any Christian fans of Legend of Korra?

[MJDorry]

My children and I were fans of The Last Airbender so I bought the DVDs of the first three books of Korra when they came out. The fourth season is set to be released in March and I just learned about the strongly implied homosexual ending of the series. I don’t understand why animators of a popular cartoon series feel obligated to take a stand on gay acceptance and put something out about it that many children will want to watch. The creators of the series are being praised by many non-Christians but I find it offensive and particularly inappropriate for a young audience.

Sadly the series is ruined for me, and I have lost all respect for the series creators. I will pray for them but will not buy or allow my children to see the DVD.

Matthew 18:6

This, too, upset me. I think it was more of a bi-curious ending than a homosexual ending, but it should have no place in the show. And not necessarily because of the bi-curious nature of this character or that. The target audience of Legend of Korra is a few years older than what The Last Airbender was, and they’re at an age when I think the can start to process that character representation.

What pissed me off was how hammer-fisted and arbitrary it was. If you have a story that’s supposed to feature a character who has these tendencies and that works because that’s who the character is, all is fine and well. But neither does this have any internal logical consistency, nor does this even stand to portray homosexuality or bi-sexuality accurately. This was a case of forcing something into the story to make a point, and the worst part is that it had to do not with consideration for gays, but simply encouraging openness to sexual liberality. But gays are celebrating it because they’re being told that it was in the name of bringing awareness. No, it was in the name of the creators’ own sexual gratification.

 

[cena]

I am a big fan of the Legend of Korra, as are many of my friends. It’s a great show for kids, teenagers, and adults alike.

Admittedly, though, the show had a rather large number of shortcomings (too many characters, mishandled arcs, pointless romance subplots, rushed development for villains, and so on). I even abandoned the series after being terribly disappointed with how much Book 1 resembled bad fan fiction… but I came back to the show when the creators promised to deemphasize all the dumb teen romance stuff in Book 3.

Though the show had its flaws, it also consisted of some truly impressive things, and the series only got better and more daring as it continued. Despite Korra’s convenient amnesia and Bolin’s sloppy characterization, Book 2 was still pretty decent. Book 3 was absolutely amazing. And Book 4 was an enormously entertaining adventure to wrap everything up.

In regards to the ending… I mean, it was pretty obvious that there was something romantic going on between Korra and Asami throughout that final season. Most of the attentive fans could tell they had feelings for each other. That being said, I never thought the show’s creators would go as far as they when it came to openly displaying that bond, nor did I think the show would choose to end on a shot of them romantically gazing into each other’s eyes while holding hands. I found that to be quite shocking, even though the relationship itself was not unexpected.

In my opinion, though, it seemed like a weird thing to focus on the ending. It was just a bit out of place. The creators have claimed that their ending was thematically appropriate, but I have serious doubts about that being true. However, I’m willing forgive all that because the reaction videos to the finale have provided me an endless source of entertainment (plus there is the whole “making history” thing, which is all well and good I guess). At least Korra and Mako didn’t end up together. That would have been just plain awful compared to the show’s relatively harmless conclusion.

None of my friends seemed bothered with the ending at all. In fact, a lot of them thought it was pretty neat, since those types of relationships are not often depicted in children entertainment. Nowadays, though, that seems to be changing.

Regardless of how one’s view the ending, it’s hard to deny the ending to Legend of Korra is actually just the beginning of a new chapter for children’s entertainment. It’s not the first children’s show to feature LGBTQ representation, and it certainly won’t be the last.

To those who feel upset or disappointed with the ending, I implore you to look up reaction videos of people watching the finale. Then you will understand why the creators did what they did. They certainly know their show’s fan base (or at least the most passionate and vocal segments of it). With this ending, not only did the creators cement Legend of Korra as one of the most progressive children’s show on television (or rather the internet), but they also brought so much joy to so many fans. Some people were driven to tears by how satisfying the ending was. And while I personally didn’t really care whether Korra ended up with anyone in the finale, the fan base’s outpour of elation has become somewhat infectious, in the sense that I’m happy that they’re so happy.

Same sex romantic relationships are immoral. Being joyful in it is wrong and putting it in kids shows is even worse.
There was a lesbian who had a girlfriend and was involved in at least 1 lgbt club watched the entire show and thought the ending was platonic. So it was not obvious to everyone

 

[anon97089806]

Forgot if I posted in here or not, only remembered this thread since it just came up in a google search… Figure a month late isn’t too much of a necro post.

I am a Christian fan of the show myself, though I stopped watching after the show moved over to digital, but found out about the ending through some friends on the internet(and the fact that I am a somewhat active member of the wikia page).

I personally loved the ending, since I have been shipping Korrasami since the first hint of it. However, I can see the “controversy” over the ending, seeing as how I feel it was probably hard for some people to pick up on the hints at it from the earlier seasons, but I do not think it was put in there to make a point, or get back at Nick for cancelling the show.

I also found a lot of the LGBT people on the forums I use and the Wikia page were in love with the ending, and are hoping the relationship is developed further in comics or something.

Anyways, I added nothing to this discussion, just my opinion on it.

Which speaking of my opinion, it seems my brother disagrees with it, not surprising since he has made it very clear he is homophobic.