The Legend of Korra (the sequel series to the Avatar: The Last Airbender)

The youngest boy is very ‘Scrappy Doo’ to me.

i lol’d so hard at how he said he’d train the new airbenders though

He’s actually more bearable and funnier in the last two seasons.

just finished season three, it ruled

some pretty gnarly deaths in this show even though they're more implied than shown (suffocation, head explosion)

The suffocation death shocked me. Was it the first on-screen death in the series?

oh god i loved this whole show so much, season 4 was especially bangin

yeah this is on a very short list of shows that continually improve season over season

i still love season 2 A LOT, even more than the show itself does (i lol'd when varrick called unalaq boring in the recap episode still)

also this is very "fandom" of me but korra/asami!!!!! can't believe this show got to me on that level

I felt like that pairing came out of nowhere, but my friend pointed out they had been slowly building up to it over the series. I would have loved to see them explore it in more depth in another season but of course, it's Nickelodeon, so that moment at the end was the most they were allowed to do anyway

Their relationship is explored more in the sequel comics, which obviously are less prone to censorship than a Nickelodeon show.

I've watched LoK twice, and IMO the Korra/Asami ending still comes mostly as a surprise. There are some hints towards it, especially at the end of season 3 and beginning of season 4 (I don't think the writers had even decided Korra and Asami might be bi until season 3), but since LoK had such short seasons, they don't really have much time to develop the relationship, or even Asami as a character. I think the most important thing about the ending is its after-effect on other kid-oriented animated series in the US. It was a big moment that was lauded widely, and partially because of that we've seen more explixit depictions of same-gender romance in shows like Steven Universe, She-Ra, and The Dragon Prince.

Wow I don't think I knew there were comics. Time to go find those! Asami was definitely underdeveloped past the first season. underused, really

If the Korra comics are anything like the ATLA comics, then they're not very good.

the korra/asami ending did not come as a surprise to me bc it's telegraphed in episode one of season four. the idea that korra can tell asami things that she can't share with mako or bolin was, though abrupt, very credible to me

sorry that actually might be episode two of season four

Yeah, it's established that they've become very close, but there's no obvious hints that their feelings are romantic until the series finale. And even then, since they didn't end the episode with a kiss that was a clearly about to happen (because the showrunners knew Nickelodeon wouldn't allow that), I remember some parts of the fandom weren't quite sure what the ending was supposed to imply, and some of the more heteronormative fans claimed Korra and Asami were just friends, because there had been no kiss or other overtly romantic gestures. The day after the finale came out, Bryan Konietzko actually had to confirm to the fandom on Twitter that, yes, Korra and Asami are a couple now.

This is the reason why I said the importance of the finale is more how it affected other kids' cartoons. Korra showed the way, but still suffered from (assumed) censorship, whereas today shows likee She-Ra and The Dragon Prince have gay and lesbian couples openly kissing each other.