Legend Of Korra: 5 Things We Can Look Forward To In Book 3

3. No More Angst-Ridden Teen Romance

*Angst*

A large part of what annoyed me a bit in Book 2 was the heavy focus on the melodrama that was Korra's love life, and I wasn't alone. A fair amount of fans found the constant angst added to the show due to the romance factor a bit frustrating, and the creators felt it. Konietzko, in an interview admitted, "It seems to me that people are uninterested in that. They get completely angry when we have fun with the teen romance stuff. I don't know. I'm going to leave that alone."

"This is my new theory. Fans are more interested in imagining relationships between a myriad of pairings. But they're profoundly disinterested in seeing any of those things manifest themselves on the show. So who knows, whatever. Mike and I as writers, we wrote it the way we found it to be entertaining, and that struck a chord with some, but maybe not with some others."

I know I'm not the only one glad to be done with the romance angles in regards to Korra and her friends, in Book 1 it was entertaining but by Book 2 it was tired and downright irritating. I'm still looking forward to some epic bromances.

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Mata graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Arts double majoring in English and Political Studies. She has an unhealthy obsession with books, television shows and pop-culture in general.