Avatar: The Legends Of Korra

The idea of telling a story is as old as humanly itself, from the cave paintings in Lascaux, the Iliad and to the modern day. The idea of the story to give a moral to us, or else it wouldn’t matter to us and that idea of “making a point” has not changed. What has change is how we (the viewer of the story) see or hear the story has changed with technology, but the morals stay the same. One such moral is the idea is representing identity and according to the book Television and American Culture pg.305-353 we gain many of our stereotypes of verging cultures, races and sexual orientation from television, which in a way make since stories before the “age of TV” used archetype charters like the “hero” or “trickster”. So the idea of all gay men are effeminate and want to wear women’s clothing does not seem all that farfetched when we are told that over and over again and even those we still see this in film and television, we also see this idea being smashed in among all places kids shows. One show that did this was Nickelodeons’ Avatar: The Legends of Korra. In which the protagonist Korra and her friend Asami clasping hands in a two-minute sequence. This lead to fans of the show to debate whether the two where a couple or not and was something long suspected by fans. …show more content…
Bryan Konietzko and Mike DiMartino, the creators of show would later confirmed that yes not only are the two a couple but was quoted as saying “You can celebrate it, embrace it, accept it, get over it, or whatever you feel the need to do, but there is no denying

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