( This was requested to be made into its own post after I responded to a post asking Can someone tell me how to ship Makorra. It basically the same ting except with a few changes so It can stand on its own. )
*Disclaimer: I am NOT bashing or hating on other ships. I love all shps and respect everyone’s opinion. This is just mine.So I read a post about why someone does not ship Makorra and they brought up some very true points that I agree with. I agree 100% percent about what they said about Korra. That she genuinely values Mako and his qualities. I also agree with the fact that Mako doesn’t really value Korra the way he should and that he really had not grown.
But that’s exactly why I ship this. In a good relationship, the other person is supposed to make you want to be a better person. They are supposed to help you grow and to mature and I don’t think any one will be able to do that for Mako other than Korra. Asami while a wonderful character, doesn’t challenge Mako as dynamically as Korra does.Mako grew up raising his brother. He was exposed to the real world at a young age and had to grow up fast. It’s safe to assume that he really never had a chance to grieve because he had to be there for Bolin. Something that I personally really take from his character is his lighting bending. I feel that he is prime example of what needs to happen internally for lighting bending to occur. Going through what he went through could have resulted in multiple outcomes, but the one that occurred was him somehow finding inner balance to compose himself for Bolin. For lightning to occur it requires peace of mind and absence of emotion. (Yes people will pull the argument with Azula being crazy, but she was skilled at the craft, and her mind was set on one thing, killing Zuko, which also had to require absence of emotion to be able to kill her own family and near the end she resorted to firebending because she eventually did crack. So yeah you still do need those two things.)
Mako had to toughen up and build a shell for his own sake. He needed that shell so nothing could penetrate it, to mess with his absence of emotion and balance. Of course when he first met Korra he was rude and cold, but he had lived his whole life being that way at first to people for him and Bolin’s own sake. Lightning bending is after all called “the cold blooded fire”. He did in his own way apologize for his coldness with “..and I’m an idiot”. After that they were growing into a friendship once he got to know her better.Yes. Once Asami got into the picture he turned into a jerkface towards Korra. Most people assume its for shallow reasons, but I actually think its something deeper. I think he was acting like a jerk towards her because although he might not realize this directly, bit she was messing with his flow of inner balance.
Korra is not like Mako. She was sheltered and taken care of her whole life and grew up looking at the world with a completely different out look. She tackles life in a completely different way than he does, brashly, but he likes her. I think he likes the way she way she views things, but its not what he is used to. And that bugs him. He wants everything to continue with the flow that hes used to, but Korra rocks the boat. And that’s what “drives him crazy” and makes him lash out at her. That shell that hes built to keep that balance, would have to be opened if he were to let Korra in.
But if he keeps going with the same circular flow that he always has, he will never grow. He wont stop going in he same continuous circle ( like the yin and yang energies that are required for inner balance) and it will just be an endless cycle with no expansion.
I think Korra is the person that will help him grow and mature like we want him to.
They would help each other develop the things that they need most. While we haven’t really seen Mako as a spiritual character, don’t you think inner balance and and the flow of the yin and yang energies would help Korra? Its definitely something that she is lacking and needs to learn to continue developing as not only the Avatar but as a well rounded person.
In the very first episode it s said that Korra ‘lacks control’, and Mako is known for his “cool-under-fire” approach to things.
This is something that Tenzin has been trying to teach her, but I think Mako would be able to help her with it better because Korra has accepted Mako and what he has to offer. Tenzin does not understand the kind of passion Korra has. The inner fire. Mako has the same fire.
But Mako is the one who needs to accept Korra, but when he does they could take so much from each other to become better people in general.GAH. I know it sounds cliche, but for lack of a better term …. they do kind of complete each other.
That’s why I ship it.
Aaaand the words were taken right out of my mouth.
i think we pretty regularly forget how fucking massive Australia is
yeah but half of that is probably populated entirely by spiders
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Fandom Challenge- The Legend of Korra!
I love errybody in the Legend of Korra! But I just felt like doing a quick sketch of Asami with her driving-goggle things on. Ugh I have so many feels for her
and so does Korra.
Well gee, my ovaries just exploded
AU Makorra - Post-match dinner date.
The noise that came out of my mouth = inhuman
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You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as Horror looks you right between the eyes
You’re Paralyzed
Tahno and the girl who has the same hairdo in the crowd in episode 8.
Oh this fandom
When you post something for someone and they ignore it
isn’t it strange how attractive people are really just a nice-looking arrangement of atoms
like
damn you have a great deoxyribonucleic acid arrangement
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Omg why are you so cute though.
She is so adorable.
