AmanoSai
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- Posted: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:54:58 +0000
Being normal isn't an excuse for not thinking about what you've done. Nor is being a teenager, nor being a boy.
Considering that Mako is 18 and has been taking care of his emotionally immature younger brother for ten years or so, I wouldn't call him a teenage boy. He's a young man at least; supposedly mature, responsible and all that stands between Bolin and the streets. Or worse.
He can kill someone with a bolt of lightning; a style of bending which famously requires absolute calm and control of onesself. It's really telling about what kind of guy he should be, but his actions later in the series are erratic, immature, and confusing.
I don't hate Mako, mostly because he keeps changing his defining personality traits too fast for me to have any sort of opinion beyond: "What the hell are the writers trying to do with this guy? Is he his own character, a Zuko analogue, or what? This doesn't make sense and frustrates me. I'm gonna go like Tarlokk, Amon, Lin and Tenzin instead. At least they're consistent."
PS: To whoever said that the writing in this was good enough because it was a mini-series? No. No it isn't. No matter the medium, a writer should always strive for excellence in all that they do, whether movie, TV show, comic book or mini-series sequel. Legend of Korra is, without a doubt, a great show. The writing, however, needs more polish.
Considering that Mako is 18 and has been taking care of his emotionally immature younger brother for ten years or so, I wouldn't call him a teenage boy. He's a young man at least; supposedly mature, responsible and all that stands between Bolin and the streets. Or worse.
He can kill someone with a bolt of lightning; a style of bending which famously requires absolute calm and control of onesself. It's really telling about what kind of guy he should be, but his actions later in the series are erratic, immature, and confusing.
I don't hate Mako, mostly because he keeps changing his defining personality traits too fast for me to have any sort of opinion beyond: "What the hell are the writers trying to do with this guy? Is he his own character, a Zuko analogue, or what? This doesn't make sense and frustrates me. I'm gonna go like Tarlokk, Amon, Lin and Tenzin instead. At least they're consistent."
PS: To whoever said that the writing in this was good enough because it was a mini-series? No. No it isn't. No matter the medium, a writer should always strive for excellence in all that they do, whether movie, TV show, comic book or mini-series sequel. Legend of Korra is, without a doubt, a great show. The writing, however, needs more polish.