[Insert Fail] wrote:
Sozin's Comet wasn't revealed until halfway through the first season. There could easily be a "time limit" established in Korra in the next few episodes - I can imagine a large event/uprising orchestrated by Amon might come up that Korra and the others have to stop, among other things.
Hadn't thought of that. Fair enough.
[Insert Fail] wrote:
She also still has to "learn the elements ASAP" because she will need to master them to defeat Amon, especially if he can disable or take away someone's ability to bend. There could potentially be a larger enemy - I'm certain Korra will encounter problems with the city's government at some point, but they've done a sufficient job in establishing Amon as the primary antagonist.
She's already pretty rad with the elements. She just needs practice and discipline. I think her main problems are social. This is a different era and different setting than The Last Airbender, so I can see her success hinging less on her fighting ability than her ability to re-unite the city and motivate them to stick together against the Equalists. She'll have a very very difficult time in a civil war-like area where her success bodaciously hinges on whether or not people like her and respect her or not. Aang didn't really have to deal with many anti-Avatar movements because not only wasn't there an Avatar for a century or two but they had much bigger problems. Aang very much had to deal with his problems through physical means, which conflicted with his character. Korra has no problem beating people up, but she has a tough time getting along with people, so I really do see that as her main conflict instead of "Gotta learn elements fast or I'll be beat up!"