[OOC] A Symphony of Elements

[Genkai]

Oddly enough, I may not be but we'll see. ^^;

Aw don't compare yourself to me. We're both awesome. So in terms of the time I assumed they got off, I figured 5-6 range and I then assumed Asami got back around 7, maybe 730, it's up to you how long he's been waiting. I also assumed the sun set around 6-7, as I assume Lin stayed behind a little later than Bolin and Mako. I assume the stars are out when she comes back, maybe the sky is mostly dark but if it's summer, it may still be a little twilighty. But either way, her house should have lights outside for them. And go for the cute montage of them shopping and eating and walking around her teasingly calling him Master Mako~ Because right now, things are too good for them to be thinking of the past when the present is so awesome. <3 She'd def wanna share a sundae or something after dinner and get some new clothes to fire bend in. If you wanna stop with them coming back to the house and them saying how nice it's been to just go out like old times, would be fine. They could look at the stars and talk about how things are slowly getting better between them...not that fire bending solves everything lol

I recall rereading our posts that Korra did confront Bolin about her eavesdropping and he told her to take things more seriously and that sort of began to help her take responsibility and thus apologize to Tenzin and Lin for being out of place. He'll wanna know how things went though. Or are you thinking she may have heard/seen something else during the day when he was working? Cause I don't think she heard much when she went into the station that morning but if you think she did and she's still concerned, Bolin will listen. I do see Bolin and Korra sort of helping the kids get ready for bed, maybe they could take turns telling cute stories based on real life or maybe even giving Pabu and Naga a bath or something? ^^;

If you're saying Tenzin might invite Lin over to the island, she would likely decline because she's got Ned's honor pride but she knows the closeness is also painful, even if she's realizing she needs it. She doesn't want to seem weak, she's said more than she should have, she knows. She doesn't like admitting she has FEELINGS or that she has regrets. It might be easier for Tenzin to walk her home, she'd huff about it but would squeal on the inside like a little girl. Haaaa. Of course I could have her come over to the island after some kind of awful dream. I mean she did give up her powers for Tenzin's family (that's serious love right there) when Amon captured her and it could have shaken her up after the "emotional" day she had, in that case, it might be possible for her seek Tenzin out for comfort or to indulge in meditation or something?

Hmm...doesn't seem like a LoK name though...what about Opal? Cause I'm on episode 11 and fuck, I hate her. Bolin made a mistake and she won't stop shitting on him. And then she's like, "well nice to know you love me...come with me on a dangerous mission!" which I understand him wanting to right wrongs but that's still a bitch move. :/

[SoleAccord]

Okay, I think all of that is good. He may just need to turn in because he might have an early day tomorrow, same as Bolin, and they might not get in until at least 10:00? I might be overcalculating but time flies when you're having fun X.X and Master Mako? Awwwwww, that's cute dude!

Well Korra knows that something big is going on and it's a little odd that the Avatar isn't being utilized. It's just another way for Korra to feel somewhat insecure given she's got the weight of the world on her shoulders 24/7. Bolin can either convince her to take it one day at a time and not worry about the future so much, or indulge her by helping her think about what could really be going on based on what Korra heard. Since when does Tenzin do anything with Lin that late? It's gotta be super important, so she thinks. If he doesn't indulge I can see them trying to put those three to bed for Tenzin.

I thought Lin wanted to check up on the family, and maybe offer Lin the chance to spend the night whenever she'd like. She just admitted she was lonely, the last thing he'd want for her to feel is that. Both options offered do work, although that's a long way to walk for a nightmare xD maybe it should only occur after Pema passes? I think eventually ...EVENTUALLY ...Korra is going to start thinking that Lin really wants to get close to Tenzin for more than a shoulder. Lin doesn't seem like the type to lie well when embarrassed, and maybe Bolin might join in and say that that isn't the face of a hardened police chief. Then Lin can threaten to arrest them or something xD I'll figure out which by the next post, walking home does sound good!

Genkai, she's a crazy attention-needing bitch, when do they ever make sense? And HA, I TOLD YOU OPAL WAS A BITCH! I TOLD YOOOOOUUUUUU!

[Genkai]

We haven't really kept track of days of the week...though them getting back around 10 or a little later would be doable. Asami would need to work on her bending during the day as well as the company itself.

Something may be going on but she still needs to put focus on her bending and when she is needed, she would be called in. She still can barely do air and she's just now grasping earth, fire and water I believe haven't been really honed yet, after what happened. Bolin will either admit something is going on or tell her not to worry but I could see him doing a bit of both. I think it's still too soon for Bolin to worry about things, not when they still need to adjust back to normal. They don't know others are sick yet, after all.

If anyone is gonna have trouble sleeping after Pema passes, it's gonna be Tenzin. Though we need to figure out when she will pass because we'll need at least a month of skipping and I'd rather us be able to skip everyone at once, so that I could assume after the skip, Asami could be getting her second element and Tenzin is slowly adjusting to life without Pema while more people are sick and some non-benders being able to suddenly bend, which is what Lin would be busy investigating (still). I think you could have Tenzin offer to walk her back or for her to come back with him. As I said, she admitted she is lonely but she also knows Tenzin is in a tough spot and she should be the strong one, not him.

Fucking Opal...it's not even Bolin's fault, Kuvia captured the family without his help. If anything, it's Korra's fault...but no, it's mostly Kuvia's. And yeah Zaheer and Korra need to fuck already, I totally get that haha. Now I'm doing a Zaheer/Korra/Tenzin head canon and it's totally funny.

[SoleAccord]

Oooh so it would be BOLIN WHO KNOWS and who might tell Korra? Nice change of pace, given he already accidentally blew the whistle on Korra kissing Mako, at least this time it would be an intentional whistle blowing xD

Okay, I'll figure out if Lin goes or stays then, we can be flexible. A month of time passing would mean we'd need to go through the rounds of everything we want to take care of first. Asami and Mako being 'on' again before the skip would be nice, so we'd need a little more time for them to accept each other again. Korra strengthening her bond with Bolin and dedicating herself to grasping her Earthbending again would also be doable. We may also want Korra to know Asami can firebend now before the skip, and by the time the skip ends we can have Korra and Asami working together with fire, with Mako?

Kuvira is a boss ass bitch though and I swear I was totally down for her and Korra to get down. I was just fucking Shia about it when the finale came. "WHAT ARE YOU TWO WAITING FOR? DO IT! KISS HER!" but alas my dreams remain dreams. I also knew you'd probably ship Zaheer with Korra and make it a rivalry thing, something just told me X.X

[Genkai]

Bolins knows about what? About what Lin and Tenzin are up to with their digging around? I doubt he'd wanna tell Korra in case they told him NOT to tell Korra because this isn't really her fight (yet). Though it would also put a test to how much Bolin trusts Lin and Tenzin and how much he trusts Korra. Unless of course you mean something else heh.

If anything, Lin could stay for tea and then head back. I just don't see her staying the night since she feels she's already said too much and is acting quite unlike herself enough as it is. She is slowly trying not to push people away but it's a habit that is going to be tough to break because she probably accepts shes like her mother in the sense that getting close to people doesn't work out for her. </3

With the skip, I'd say it would happen after the funeral for Pema. We could then have Korra finally earth bending the way she was or close to it. (no metal bending yet or lava, whichever) And then we'd have Bolin and Mako still cops (maybe full fledged now?) and close again. Bolin and Korra have also gotten close again but not TOO much. Mako and Asami are back together again, her company is unveiling some new thing for the city and repairs on Republic City itself are mostly done. Asami is about to get earth bending and Xano and Xana could begin sending out trouble to test Asami's skills in both bending styles. Lin is making progress with her investigation, Tenzin is getting back to work?

Before the skip Asami will notify Korra she can fire bend now and leading up to it, we can have Korra, Mako and Asami fire bending together (Korra and Asami starting out slow probably). Though I also wanted to ask when we're offing Pema. I kind of want to do it soon. I know we planned to have Tenzin bring Katara back and have it not work but I do feel as though it should happen maybe the morning he's about to leave? I assume he's leaving in a day, maybe two? Which would put the funeral itself in 5-6 days? I think we could get Korra, Mako and Asami together during that span of time if you wanted...not that I'm trying to rush Pema out the door haha, but Lin and Pema did have a talk already and we want them to talk once more with Tenzin in the room so there's some kind of hint toward him being allowed to move on and be happy and for Lin to learn from the past instead of stay stuck in it?

Otherwise I assume (word of the night? lol) she dies when Tenzin returns in a couple days but I'm just trying to see what they really gives us in terms of the others roles.

Korra and Zaheer could date in the spirit world and it would be awesome. And then she tells Tenzin and he freaks out and gets jealous. And Korra decides Zaheer was just trying to make her a better Avatar in the end, even if his dream had to die, people can change. But alas...I also gotta give it to LoK for perfectly capturing Toph, every time she's on screen, it's very well done.

[SoleAccord]

Bolin will be closer to the police than Korra, so yeah that's what I was meaning~

Hm, in that case, maybe just walk her home will be the solution.

For a Borra fan you REALLY want them to take some time, might I ask why them out of everyone else? Also, I thought Asami was getting water bending next? Fire > Water >Earth/Air. I'm flexible but water bending was really the thing that was going to put everyone on red alert, especially Korra and Mako, and then yeah probably some fake assassins to test her. As far as Tenzin's job goes, should we have Republic City continue to be managed by benders and ignore the mayor decision the city made in season 2?

I had Katara already arrive due to the minor skip of Pema falling ill and Tenzin sending word to the south, but this was months prior to us starting up again, so if you want me to retcon that and have Tenzin go get her himself we can do that, and she can have passed on his way back, or just before, I can do either. If you want we can let Lin and Pema have that talk with Tenzin that night, unless you want to give it another day due to Lin's insane emotional turmoil?

This is fucking hard man. We need to keep track of three pairings and make sure everyone's gotten enough development X.X Pema can die within the next few days, I know that much.

I like Toph but I wasn't really comfortable with the fact she accepted she was a harsh mother and Lin always felt so bad when it came to being her daughter. I'd need to see the resolution again, but I don't remember really enjoying it. As far as my crazy couples go, KuviraxKorra is my limit xP

[Genkai]

Makes sense, how does it feel to be out of the loop Korra??? XP

I still think Bolin and Korra won't be easy to mend like Asami and Mako, Bolin and Korra haven't really had "alone time" together to really hash out their feelings all the way, they had a bit of a chance at Asami's place but it was mostly him trying to help Korra step back and see the bigger picture with herself, as opposed to dealing with them. Bolin doesn't want to bring up his feelings so soon, not when he's not sure if Korra's feelings have changed or if it's even the right time. I think if we give them some actual time together without anyone else, it may be easier to find the spark they had back in season one. Was it water? I dunno, I'm fine with whichever. It may make more sense for Korra to get used to water first since that is her original element.

By decision (season two is eons ago) you mean what? I know in season one we had benders from each nation/element represent on the council and I recall that being put in place still, come season four. But it did mention some kind of change made to sort of give non-benders some say in everything too...was that what you were talking about?

*facepalm* Oh shit you're right, Katara is already here. I totally forgot but yeah, no I remember reading that. But then Tenzin is leaving for what then? I had assumed he was leaving to get her but since she's here already, was he leaving for another reason because now I don't remember and I feel old. :/ Stupid brain...

We COULD have Pema, Lin and Tenzin have their talk "tonight" we might as well. It could then give Tenzin and Pema a day or two with their family to enjoy one another without some cloud hanging over them...well ya know...slightly smaller cloud. I just know her death needs to happen so, as horrible as that sounds. >___> I actually do feel fyi. So if we wanted Lin to go back with Tenzin, that could be an excuse for her to stay the night (and by that, I mean weep for her mistakes because everything hurts).

Toph and Lin didn't really resolve anything. I need to watch ep 12+13 but they kind of patched things up in 10-11 I think. Lin tried to tell Toph how hard it was never knowing about her dad and Toph didn't say much and said if Lin wanted to cut her off it was fine. Ouch. And then near the end when she came back to help against Kuvia, Toph then said it would be nice if Lin found a way to not hate her so much. Toph didn't really accept responsibility for being a questionable mother but she did admit she had some good kids. I didn't expect Toph to really apologize since I know back in ALTA with Katara and Toph at each other's throats about Toph never helping around camp and being nice to everyone, it was the same indifference. I didn't see them find closure which was a shame. I feel like Lin really got the short end of the stick, despite trying to make Toph proud/love her. Lin needed to let go of her anger and Toph didn't seem to really really understand it, which is a shame because the whole mess could be dealt with I think. Where is Tenzin when ya need him?

[SoleAccord]

Water did make sense but I wanted her to continue to appreciate what it's like not having complete access yet. If anything she probably already has that connection. She only wants to reclaim the things she did not have easy access to before. It's not too important at the moment, working on earth bending was the primary while Tenzin was away.

There was a Mayor in place for the people rather than just the council, the mayor began to make decisions for Republic City, I don't think the council of benders were respected anymore after the betrayal of the water bender. I believe the mayor had more power than the council did after that.

He wasn't leaving period. I only said that in case you wanted to retcon Katara's presence. :3

Okay, talk can come tonight then :3

That's what I'm saying. Lin held on to that pain for years and all Toph wants her to do is get over it as if Toph hasn't been the biggest influence on her life, ever. Toph didn't need to show any weakness from Lin's words, but it's a fact that Suyin did nothing but be a disappointment to her mother's memory during her youth while Lin did her best to make Toph proud, yet Suyin can get away with it and Lin gets disregarded? I just wasn't comfortable with how Toph was handled, period. I get she's the hardcore mom but she had feelings and could understand emotional pain, so for her to discover that Lin had never really felt like Toph loved her more than anything kind of ruins her as a parent to me. She just did not care enough, but she also understood if Lin hated her, so I can at least applaud her for realizing that, hey, she wasn't the worlds greatest mother. I do wonder about Kanto and where he went, he must have REALLY disliked Toph to not see Lin because of her. Lack of closure for me, definitely. I think it's depressing enough that Katara is a lonely grandmother in the south while her children and grandchildren are so far away. I'd understand if she was there to watch over the new Avatar but after Korra left there was no reason to remain. Team Avatar was just old and lonely. Not even a single HINT as to Sokka's fate and Suki didn't even get a flashback cameo. They could have done better.

[Genkai]

Well if Tenzin isn't leaving, that makes things easier. That means Korra can work on her air bending as well as earth, which I think may be the tougher ones, compared to fire and water.

I do think keeping the council but perhaps adding more non-benders maybe based on the city's districts would be good to have. The major was kind of an ass anyway and we don't really need to deal with the fallout from season two and three since we're not dealing with those issues anyway so I think that works in our favor.

Suyin should have been a disappointment but all they said is they patched things up and expected Lin to roll over the same way which isn't fair at all. I never saw Toph as a parent to begin with...if anything I would have considered her the adoptive type or just the rebel aunt figure type. I never thought she'd be touchy feely and it's even worse that she had two daughters, maybe a son would have been easier for her to care for...I dunno. Toph is stubborn, so is Lin, I never expected real progress there which was saddening. Toph did mention why Katara didn't join the fight though, she's old, everyone's fucking old at this point and can't be the old Team Avatar. It would have been nice for Katara to be more present in the lives of the air benders, we only briefly saw Zuko's daughter as the fire lord (who did she marry? I'd like to see the balls on the guy who had to had zuko as a father in law).

I will say I was unhappy with the "flash back recap episode" because Mako's story owned up to his mistakes with Korra and Asami which I liked BUT he didn't mention how he hurt Bolin by coming onto Korra. He mentioned he turned her away but then the kiss happened and that was that. I will say it was nice to have them call Mako out on his BS but they didn't call him out enough...and then Korra's recap didn't have as much as I was hoping for either. And then with Bolin, stupid Varrik just adding a whole bunch of crap instead of letting Bolin voice how painful things have been with mistakes he made with Kuvia, being away from Mako and the others, never being accepted, having his BROTHER kiss the girl he thought he might be dating/into. It was a waste of an episode...I wish it just had the old cast summing things up like a parody or something...

[SoleAccord]

THE MAYOR WAS A USELESS ASSHOLE, HOLY SHIT LOL. WHAT DID HE EVEN DO!? I'd say a nonbender for each bender on the council, they'll need to find a replacement for Tarlokk soon.

I think Toph had it in her to be a mother, she just needed a strong opposite to fill the roles she couldn't do on her own. Toph had to be a mother and a father for the majority of her children's lives. She couldn't be both at the same time, and despite her failures she did care for her children enough to completely absolve one of responsibility for her activities and send her away. Although Suyin never got punished due to the rebellious attitude onscreen, I think she found the ability to let go of something whereas Lin couldn't do it for years. A big difference, especially when Lin didn't even want to see her and probably would have died never seeing her again if fate didn't suggest otherwise. Sad.

Dude Zuko didn't let age stop him from trying to kick some serious ass, I'm amazed Toph just refused to get involved period, not even a threat to Kuvira for fucking with her family. She was just DONE. And no idea about Zuko's son-in-law, I thought Mai would be the worst one for any man to impress when it came to Zuko's daughter. He could be reasoned with. Mai seemed like she'd just do a background check and wish a motherfucker would mess with her daughters emotions xD

I felt like Mako and Bolin's relationship didn't really grow from the betrayal and I think you and I both feel sad about that, but hey, we're changing it ourselves. On the subject of the roleplay, I felt like Korra really adopted a Mama role in her own way, and that was cute as shit for me. You've got your fluff in all areas, bask in it.

[Genkai]

The major was a dick. I keep thinking it's a different guy from season one and then he exiled her later on. I understand why but he's a royal dick either way.

I'm not surprised the Beifong family is so stubborn, look at how Toph was even raised and then hunted down to be dragged back home. I can see why Toph struggled to be a good mother, much less try to be the kind of father figure the girls needed. And Aang probably couldn't step in to help, nor Sokka since I assume Toph would refuse help, which may be why Lin refuses help while Suyin has been able to bury the hatchet after so many years. But then again, we're not seeing the entire picture.

I dunno, Toph was never really eager to help stop evil back with Aang and Katara. I think she wanted freedom, she got it and then decided she didn't need people around either. I hope something bad didn't happen when it came to her past romances, for all we know some guy could have burned her and made Toph give up on people and just focus on herself. To me though, she's always been selfish (not in a totally bad way but...) and isolating herself seems to please her enough, but then again, she's stubborn.

Awww nice post. Hopefully I can get to the posts I need to do today/tonight and then you can have all week to get them when you feel like it. ^^ Oh and Mako's color is a little hard to read, is there anything lighter you could use~?

[SoleAccord]

Uh yeah I can probably find a lighter version of red pretty easily, is it a big deal enough that I need to edit or can you handle it this time?

[Genkai]

I can handle it by highlighting it for this round, sure.

[SoleAccord]

Okay, I'll keep that in mind for next time. I'll see if I can't do a Kakashi within the next couple hours, should be vastly easier than this was.

[Genkai]

I'd say hold back on Naruto. It's a bit late (for me) to be getting anymore posts today, I think if you had given LoK even another hour, I probably wouldn't try getting to it today but I will. I just don't want either of us to feel unnecessarily rushed.

[SoleAccord]

Eh, not necessarily a rush, I've just had to push myself with this one because there are three different points of view and emotions to cycle through. With training Sakura it's a cinch, but okay, good to know you won't get it tho. You excited?

[Genkai]

It's a rush for me. And I also don't want to give you pressure either.

I thought I told you I won't be logging on tomorrow and from then on I'm vacation, so I'm trying to give everyone their posts by tonight so I can go, enjoy myself, let people write and then come back and crank out the posts so people have things to do when I'm gone. If you wanna post for Naruto though, go for it but it'll just be waiting a lot longer.

It's not that I'm not excited, it's that I'm packing and trying to get everything set up for my partners so they're not bored but if you're more comfortable posting now, go for it. I'll still look at it but I don't want you trying to quickly post or rush anything on my behalf, is all I'm saying. ^^;

[SoleAccord]

I was actually talking about excitement for your trip, not towards my post.

[Genkai]

Oh really? Man we seem to keep misunderstanding each other these days huh? :/

But yeah I am excited, I hope it goes alright, family drama keeping to a minimum...*crosses fingers*

[SoleAccord]

We are not on the same wavelength Gen, not at all =/

Don't puke your guts out drinking every night, and develop an Irish accent while you're there. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. DO IT!