Now THAT'S what I'm talking about.

The fight currently going on between Tenzin, Kya, and Bumi is in some ways a lot like how I would have wanted the Tarrlok/Noatok revelation to have gone in season 1. Each sibling has their own biases; each sibling remembers the past differently. At first I wasn't thrilled with the idea of Aang not being a good parent to all of his kids, but it does make sense that he would throw all of his efforts and attention into his airbender child. Aang, more than anyone else in the whole world, knows what was lost by the destruction of the Air Nomads, and feels that loss more than anyone else. It's understandable that he would be more focused on preserving his culture than making sure his kids felt equally loved, especially when you consider that he didn't grow up in the kind of family unit that he had with Katara and the children.

Also, Kya is totally my favorite of the Kataang children. Rocking lady, she is.


I loved everything about Korra -- her struggle to understand the tensions between her two peoples, her attempts to play peacekeeper when she is not one by nature, her anger with her father and then her forgiveness/apology at the end. One of my favorite things about Korra from the beginning is how hard she tries. The girl is relentless and I love her for it.


I'm really not enjoying Bolin and Eska. If he hadn't had such a rough time in book 1, maybe it'd be funny, but considering his heart got crushed in book 1, seeing him suffering more in book 2 is painful, not funny. (Seeing Mako give him advice on how to break up with girls was, though. Dear Mako: You never actually broke up with Asami.)


I had other thoughts, but I'm home with family for the weekend, so they've kind of flown out of my mind. But all in all, I enjoyed this episode a LOT more than the premiere, and I'm legitimately excited for next week.