The Legend of Korra/WMG/Jossed: Difference between revisions

What I mean is that she has all the powers of the Avatar (being able to bend all four elements), but for some mysterious reason (that we'll probably learn as the series progresses) she's still not the true/pure Avatar in the sense of being the spiritual bridge between the Spirit World and the Physical World as well as other spiritual traits the Avatar has. This can also mean that Korra has never connected with any spirits, or possibly has never experienced being in the Avatar State. As minor evidence, in the first episode it shows Korra as a little girl with incredible power for her age, and the White Lotus stated that Korra is too focused on the physical side and not the spiritual side. The entire situation, if true, could prove to be a huge part of the story of the series and expand on it. Thus, Korra's true goal in the series is to actually become the Avatar.

* What the-? [[Jossed]] by virtue of the Avatar being the only living human being able to bend all four elements. She is the Avatar; however, like Aang in the first series, she is not a fully-realized Avatar. There's a difference between the two. For Aang, it was the fact that he didn't have mastery over the elements. For Korra, it's her lack of spirituality that also prevents her from Airbending.

** Don't Joss this just yet. This is something more than just becoming a realized Avatar or following the Avatar world logic. What I'm trying to say is that some sort of event occurred around or before the time the series started that completely prevents Korra from ever connecting to the spiritual side. She's not just an unrealized Avatar, she's not the Avatar at all (but still has the physical powers of the Avatar), and there's a reason why. This WMG could slightly be pointed towards the WMG above that stated something is wrong about Korra's status as the Avatar.

** There's also the fact that the last Avatar we have to compare her to is Aang, who was one of the most spiritual Avatars for a long time, as he was an Air Nomad and lived a highly spiritual life. Of course he connects to that side easily, even compared to his Airbending predecessor Yangchen, he put his spirituality as his first priority when it came to making harder decisions. Korra takes a different route, the more ''physical'' route. Whereas Aang would rather avoid conflict altogether or find a reasonably peaceful settlement, Korra would punch and kick the conflict to the curb. The Last Airbender (and Legend of Korra, it seems) show that while these are both options for a solution to the problem at hand, they're not perfect and failproof, and both Aang and Korra have to deal with antagonists who won't [[Incredibly Lame Pun|bend]] to their normal methods for settling conflict. Not sure what is meant by Korra not being the "true Avatar" and that the path to becoming the true Avatar means learning to connect to her spirituality, because in the end that sounds a lot like Korra becoming a ''fully-realized'' Avatar. One does not just become the Avatar; the kid is born with it and learns to take on that role once again in this next life.