like to me, the one thing they've done so far with setting up Korra's "she's humanity's destroyer?" plotline that's borderline in bad taste is the fighting game. now I haven't played that game & I'm not going to, because I really don't give a fuck about it lol. that said, I've seen some screenshots. I can't comment to the details, obviously, but what I've seen is enough to consider it.
there was a weird thing going on with pairing korra and azula together, which obviously had some quite strong... subtext. first of all this is weird and creepy, given korra in the game is implied to be at her 18 year old self and azula is her 14 year old atla design. given that korra is canonically wlw and azula is very often interpreted as queer (including by her own OG VA), they knew exactly what they were doing, don't tell me otherwise. which I'm not leaving aside, that was very weird and also UNNECESSARY, but it's not even the point here.
the point is there was this "go to the dark and rule the world together" theme in that dialogue. again, haven't played, don't know all of it, just that this element was put in there between azula and korra. and I think that's really the reason they included that. they're trollin us. azula is obviously an antagonist and korra is a protagonist... who has been compared to her own antagonists, because of her intensity. azula and korra both share mental health struggles, too. wow, let's compare them and think about how evil they'd be together?! their instability would make them go dark and rule the world together with all their powers, right?!
so that's the point. it's very obvious to me what they're doing. it's a whole marketing ploy to support the framing in the seven havens trailer. they're comparing Korra to azula and implying korra having a turn to darkness (like azula!). like I'm not even getting into why this is disrespectful and annoying to do to azula's character too (again, idgaf about the game, so not gonna analyze it beyond the points here), it's just this is such a gimmicky way of building up the weight of allegations against korra. I think I even saw some imagery that Korra fused with vaatu in the game, too, to enter some dark mode, or whatever. I am not going to restate here how totally gross that implication is, but like. whatever. guess they need to convince us somehow. point is it's SO overdone it's actually very transparently a false lead.
so yeah, what I gather is there's a deliberate, highly detailed marketing strategy around this. this is supported by how vague and evasive bryke in general are about korra, and how there's so little material given to new canon korra stories right now. they want US to think THAT THEY THINK that korra would/could go evil, and are using every cheap card to play it up before the new show launches. like it still only supports my opinion that they're trolling, but some of it I'm starting to question if it's really necessary or not.
so this is why I say that seven havens 100% needs a full wan-scale flashback episode to korra telling her version of the story. you can't justify it with "oh it's just a new story, who cares". there's just no way to justify the amount of build-up in the storyline AND IN REAL WORLD MARKETING to defame korra through all objective measures. Not if she doesn't eventually get a full, actually humanized chance to explain her side of things in all details. something that FULLY turns the narrative around on itself 180. because taking korra's legacy down is not just a narrative tool woven into the new show for it's own purpose (like aang in lok). no, they are absolutely bringing korra into this on her own merits, and like # justice for my girl. they're bringing it up above the fucking moon, so gotta bring it back down to land safely.
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