[OOC] A Symphony of Elements

[SoleAccord]

2v2 mini contest with Mako and Asami competing together, and Korra and Bolin can do earthbending together until THE FINAL SHOWDOWNNNNN

It's okay with Bolin, I didn't give you a TON of material. Bolin just has to be honest.

[Genkai]

Post is up. I feel accomplished. I'm all caught up and gave some good posts to everyone. ^^

I hope the post is alright, Bolin is such a tough character, believe it or not. I need to toughen him up but it can't happen all at once. >__<' My poor babes~

[SoleAccord]

Reading Genkai's posts like = Analyzing the FUCK outta them.

Well it's definitely going to be a challenge as before. I'm premeditating my response right now and before I get into it I'd just like to say: Good fucking job Gen <3 worth the wait.

I'm thinking Tenzin is going to make Lin cry, not by rejection, but by empathy and an understanding of what she had meant. I'll need to be careful to not make Pema an enemy in Lin's head, and may just spin something in the favor of Pema in Lin's mind for their final talk. I think I may be able to make Lin shed some tears.

Asami's was heartwarming, but it will take me time to consider what they can do that would be just as meaningful as what's happening now. I felt like they were a couple of hurt lovers and I enjoyed Asami's perspective of the matter.

Bolin is tough, I agree. I think you hit the hammer on the nail with this response though and added just the right amount of comic relief to go after a quick discussion of past errors.

Beautiful fucking post.

[Genkai]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. ^_^

Oh dear, I wonder if you can make Lin cry...I don't think she would have any say in the matter but let's see if it happens. Lin has done plenty of emotional crap tonight and crying would just be as worse as it gets in her mind/heart. </3 She does need to reconcile with Pema and it needs to be on her own terms so hopefully Tenzin doesn't screw it up or anything.

I was almost tempted to have Asami fire burn them a fire in the fireplace but then I thought it was too sleezy/porn-ish so I didn't. They don't need to do anything too meaningful though, they've both said what needed to be said. Maybe Mako could propose a date during the week, sort of a trial run sort of thing for them?

Bolin is so challenging but I love him so I'll figure it. Bolin needs to learn that Korra isn't like the other girls he used to chat up, mostly because she's not used to it at all. What may have been obvious to him, was clearly not obvious to Korra, not to mention Korra then liking Mako...she handled that poorly too when she didn't consider that other people were involved, when Korra had been living alone for so long. Not to give Korra some kind of 'pass' or anything. ^^;

[SoleAccord]

I'll certainly try my best to invoke a strong emotional reaction out of Lin. I think she just needs a good cry to get it all out and ease up a bit. I don't know how Tenzin can ruin the reconciling - the only way I see him saying anything about it is if Lin insults Pema or Pema insults Lin. He won't tolerate either of those things very much.

A LITTLE suggestive but I think we can use that move for a later time~ And yeah Mako can make a date for them, maybe HE can cook and they can just have a warm, whole meal at home. No need to go to fancy restaurants for every date :3

Bolin and Korra are going to be the fun ones so when they get past the angst of their previous misunderstanding, they'll be the ones you look forward to the most.

[Genkai]

I'm hoping at this point with everything kind of on the line, both Lin and Pema would try to behave and know that personal feelings aside, there is a bigger picture. Pema gave Tenzin a family and made him happy, while Lin looks after them, kind of works?

Asami would be happy with whatever they do, she's not a picky gal.

Bolin and Korra should have been a couple in season one. It's not our fault the writers blew the chance they had. It'll take some time but I'm hoping they'll be super good.

[SoleAccord]

So Tenzin is the meat of the post, I don't think I'll need to explain.

Mako and Korra are just full of feelings right now and while Mako is accepting them, Korra feels she might be overthinking things but at the same time can't deny that Bolin's got some positive vibes to him. Consider it the prelude to her finally realizing she likes him like he liked her, and how uncomfortable it is to feel that way for a while X.X Mako and Asami are just the cuties right now.

I don't think I have to say much more except I finished this at 6:45 a.m. without rest. Hope it was worth the considerable wait.

EDIT - I actually feel like I forgot something super important. Could just be my anxiety, but if there's a piece missing somehow, or somewhere, you know why X.X

[Genkai]

Good post, much better than mine haha. I'm excited to keep this thing movin'~

Oh Korra, the shoe shall soon be on the other foot eh? XD That I gotta see!

And yay, Mako and Asami will finally have a cute date with some cheesy candle light in a secluded dining room at home hah. I hope Mako channels his inner Master Chef.

And damn, so many feels. I hope my long ass post + skip is gonna do everyone justice. You don't mind if I control Pema for part of my post do you? And I assume in the skip it'll be a week, with the funeral having finished, Mako and Asami going on their date (Asami's bending still a secret?) and Mako and Korra going to go to the remodeled arena to train? And Tenzin and Lin would be with the kids?

[SoleAccord]

Nah, I still like yours better.

Hope I can do the experience justice.

He's gotta choose the ingredients carefully, Asami can only have the very best he can offer. Perhaps he'll undergo harsh training under that universes equivalent of Gordon Ramsey.

I don't mind it at all. Skip can be in a week and everyone's places can be set, however I'm still deciding on Tenzin's state. I know he won't be completely defeated because as said in the post, if Lin is there he can manage to not lock himself away, but he'll still be wounded. Katara would still be there to help out too. Asami's power can remain a secret for a little longer

[Genkai]

You can like mine, I can like yours. It works out.

I can only imagine a cute/awkward Korra trying to flirt and Bolin asking if she's okay.

It would be funny to see Mako getting screamed at by some guy with an accent. I still think Mako, Asami, Korra and Bolin should go hit up a cooking class at some point and make some horrible mess. No matter what Mako does, Asami will be happy because he's trying something rather personal and sincere.

Did you want Katara to hang around a little longer? I thought we were going to have her leaving at the dock.

[SoleAccord]

We really are an old married couple lmao

God can I even write a teenage girl bad at flirting? I mean I CAN, but Korra? I'll have to make her lines so cringeworthy!

Good to hear Asami will love him either way, but as far as the cooking class goes I think we should consider the Gordon Ramsey thing. Bolin can become his ultimate protege and randomly get his accent when out at restaurants, then DEMAND to see the Chef if he believes his meal is unsatisfactory xD

Well with Pema having passed I think she'd have stayed a little longer. However, I am willing to say she heads back home anyway, or maybe even takes the kids for a short trip to try and get them away from that place since Lin will most likely mention to her that she's staying by Tenzin's side and helping him get through this. Without the children Tenzin isn't immediately pressured to put on a brave face he doesn't have, he is weak as he admitted to Lin, so I'll ask what you want. Does Katara leave and take the kids for a short time, or do the kids stay?

[Genkai]

If the teacher was some Gordon Ramsay type, it would be pretty funny to have Asami and Korra mocking him behind his back while Bolin gets a knack for baking or something and then Bolin gets into his prissy mood and channels Ramsay when he is out with Korra. Bolin will deny it of course lol

I never considered the kids leaving but if they left with Katara (for like a week?) it could give Tenzin and Lin some time to clean up the house, maybe while doing so, Lin makes sure there's some kind of place to remember Pema (I still think I wanna have her bend some kind of statue to honor the woman) in the house or on the island. I was gonna suggest them going into the spirit world to come across Pema, but it feels too soon for that.

[SoleAccord]

And then Bolin gets them banned from a bakery because "ITS ROTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!" or some other ridiculous qualm he has. Hope he won't be that way if Korra ever made him something!

A week away might be good for them. It gives Tenzin a chance to try and move on without the pressure of the kids around. Lin making a statue on the island to honor Pema would be the best thing she could do for him to help lift his spirits up. Too soon for spirit world, I agree. Then Tenzin might be able to inch himself into the casework Lin has had to handle without him for the past week, since this is still a threat to people.

[Genkai]

"Jeez, this cake is so tasteless, I could use it for cement but at least that serves a purpose!"

So for our next skip (after the one I am making) it will be two or three weeks (three weeks from Pema dying or a month, from the night we're on right now)? I think by now, there will be a lot more cases popping up but we also mentioned in the next skip (however long it was) there would be cases of people now getting bending.

[SoleAccord]

"I am SO sorry about him." - Korra xD

That sounds about right for a skip. What's important is that the plot thickens in the case somehow since Tenzin's been out of commission, but it's been a BAD time for Lin to bring anything up so she didn't. She can bring up people gaining bending in this current skip.

[Genkai]

"Your incompetence is staggering, I am NOT paying!" - Bolin then storms out.

So you want cases to pop up in my skip about new benders? I think there would be one or two (Asami's isn't known...yet) but I don't think it would be too notable yet unless maybe one of them was an air bender (since they got the bending DNA from Pema yes?).

[SoleAccord]

Korra follows after him, turning around and smoothly whispering "Team Avataaaar~" before the door closes behind her.

I think MAYBE, MAYBE, we save the air case. Due to the staggering lack of air benders I don't think Xana and Xano would want to find someone to carry said power YET, it's too precious. The cases of Water, Fire, and Earth are surprising enough for Tenzin. The fact benders are suffering yet normal civilians are gaining those powers IS notable imo, because it's something that has never in the history of the world occurred. It furthers the hypothesis that someone truly is behind this, that it's not some random epidemic.

[Genkai]

Alright, I think that works.

I figure though, their air bending gene is replicated but they would agree that since numbers are so few, they want to pick those carefully. I do think by our second skip though, there should be at least one air bender popping up. I also think they could start (Xano and Xana) with wanting to give good people bending powers by taking it away from jerks or those unworthy. I think the turning point we could use would be Xano (the guy right?) taking money for bending talents. While Asami gets water bending (probably soon after the second skip) I think Xana would be unsure about giving her more than two since we could say Xano was the one who wanted to create his own Avatar while Xana was more into the science and tests, rather than using them for selfish reasons. By the time Asami is given earth, I assume Xana would then give Asami the elixir to give to Tenzin and Lin since Xana thinks they could help combat her brother and soon Asami?

[SoleAccord]

I believed our original idea was that Xana and Xano were not greedy, they only had a vision of the world that was far different from Amon's. After Amon's conquest he left many without bending, and I don't believe Korra's put it together yet that she can try to restore most of the city who lost it. I was going to bring this situation up with Bolin in the next skip because it provides Korra with her own small arc of what to do, since not everyone deserves their gifts since they used it for evil, but what if they worked for redemption? Just something for her to think about.

Anyway funding for their projects is probably costly so I can see Xano taking bribes for bending again for certain criminals, and possibly doublecrossing them later with a temporary mixture rather than a permanent one. No matter what though, Xano has ambitions that aren't entirely good and Xana is the one who will work to stop him later on. If Lin and Tenzin get the mixture from Asami, I can't see a reason for Tenzin to take it. Any reason Lin might?

[Genkai]

I think Xano and Xana (unlike Amon, for instance) don't view bending as a divider but as a unifying function and that in the hands of good people, non-benders shouldn't feel isolated or afraid. Which ends up spiraling into who is worthy and who isn't, sort of a mess. It would spark something if Bolin and Korra saw a new face at the arena, someone who just got fire bending (to sort of relate to Asami getting it, when they find out). Or are you thinking of the next skip after this?

And who tries to aim for redemption? Xano and Xana?

If Xano did distribute mixtures that could wear off, that would provide some interesting conflicts later on when things sort of explode in the city. I do assume though, Xana wouldn't tell Asami what the mixture does but that Tenzin and Lin need to drink it, which I figure Asami could do easily if she made them some tea or a cocktail and laced the drink that way. I think by then, she has to trust Xana since she already doesn't feel good about taking on three elements and Xana agrees.