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>Firstly the panels were to teach Korra how to dodge an opponent using airbending, so they were there to teach Korra something.
Maybe not defeat an opponent, but to show the basic footwork and movements of Airbending, yes.
>Secondly by failing to figure out how to get past these panels, other by destroying them, Korra showed that she's isn't able to learn even after being shown what she was meant to be doing.
Yeah, because she wasn't in the right mindset. Tenzin didn't know how to deal with Korra and he himself lost his patience as well. Seriously, that was the reason they apologized to each other later. He might as well have written a letter to Princess Celestia, it was that obvious.
>Thirdly Korra's impatience had had already been shown when she left the South Pole because she wanted to learn airbending and was unable to concentrate while meditating. So even if this scene was cut the viewer would still know that Korra is impatient.
But then we don't get to see Tenzin losing his cool.
>Fourthly what was the result of Korra's failure? Since Tenzin didn't punish Korra and Korra didn't resolve to try harder then end result is that it had no influence on the plot or any of the characters.
She masters the panel training later, though, after approaching it from a different mindset and Tenzin learning how to accommodate that. That was the whole point, you can't say she didn't learn anything from what she was being shown when it's actually in the damn show.
>In conclusion this scene had no influence on anything later in the plot and didn't show the viewer anything new about Korra. So it can be cut without causing any problems.
"In conclusion?" Really?
Whatever. Point is, this was the first time Korra got the chance to have some humble pie, realize her mistakes, and apologize to Tenzin, as well as Tenzin being shown to have his own flaws, it's not as simple as "Korra broke things therefore Korra dumb, cut scene."
>Also Korra's realisation was something that was thrown in at the last minute for plot convenience. Basically Korra can't do the task correctly, does no training, then is just suddenly able to use this technique to win a match.
>If the episode had been about Korra not wanting to learn this technique because she didn't consider it useful, then finding a use for it the overall plot would have been much better.
One, why wouldn't she consider the basics of Airbending, as taught by its' last living master, son of Avatar Aang, useful? Two, didn't she already do that, by yelling at Tenzin that she needed to learn modern styles of fighting? Right before finding a way to apply it in Pro-Bending, for that matter.
>Korra did feel like she was ready for it because she challenged Amon to a fight. Also she challenged Amon because she was impatient, not because she was worried about being seen as weak (seriously who was claiming that Korra would be weak if she didn't fight Amon immediately).
Dude, Tarrlok goaded her into it and then the reporter made it worse, it was obvious as hell.
>If the fight had actually resulted in Korra losing her bending then it would have had an impact on the story. Instead we got Amon beating Korra and leaving, then Korra not doing anything to help her win the next time they fought. So it was one more thing that happened, then was immediately forgotten about.
She never tired to take on the Equalists alone, did she? The whole encounter scared the shit out of her, and just the idea that he could take her bending was with her until the end of the season.
>Korra quit the taskforce because they arrested her friends and started punishing non-benders.
That was four whole episodes later, after the Pro-Bending Finals, dumbshit.
>If Korra wasn't worrying about Amon, someone who beat her in combat, then this makes her entire encounter with Amon meaningless. If Korra has resolved to train harder then this would have had an effect on the story, however once again we have an even that's forgotten by the next episode.
She quit the taskforce over what happened to her on the island, It's literally her reason. We're told as such. All the training in the world wouldn't have helped her against being alone on an island surrounded by enemies laying in wait for an ambush that she walked in to willingly. That why she stopped doing that, she learned her lesson.
>I'm saying that by episode 3 the pro-bending tournament should be over (including Amon's attack during a match). This would leave 9 episodes to explore the central concept of benders vs non-benders.
This one's more an opinion, no real room for debate or arguing, would have been a different show that way, but I guess that's the point.
>Also cut the love triangle drama.
Nnnngh...semi-agree with this one, but that's a little more because I shipped Bolin and Korra, but they are teenagers in an unfamiliar situation, so it's not like it's totally inconceivable that something like the love triangle happened in the first place.
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