Korra and elemental identity in Book 1 (originally 11 Jan 2015)

This tangentially touches on my current bloodbender feelings, but it's really about, well, the title. It's probably the meta that I thought about the most and put the most effort into, even though it's not (all) that long, so I figured I'd crosspost while I'm in a LOK frame of mind!

Every now and then, someone points out that Korra doesn’t seem to use her native element much, or act like a “proper” waterbender, or whatever. As a criticism of Korra, I agree that it’s particularly inane, but it seems people are in such a hurry to defend her that we don’t stop to think about why.

So, I’ve been thinking about why ;)

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...and more backstory

title: the edge of darkness (3/6)
verse: the edge of darkness (bloodbending backstory+f!Tarrlok)
characters: Noatak, Tarrlok; Yakone
stuff that happens: Noatak and Taraka's training manages to get even worse, and Noatak comes of age.
previous sections: one, two

Noatak opened his mouth, then shut it again. He only recovered himself when Yakone led them towards their prey, and Taraka let out a small moan. Noatak grabbed her arm, digging his fingers into it as tightly as he could.

“Don’t,” he hissed. Don’t let him hear you. Don’t let him see any weakness. Don’t give him any reason—

“Noatak.” It was all she said, his name a hopeless prayer in her mouth. Noatak looked away, into the cave their father was leading them towards.

“It’s—it’s just rats,” he said helplessly.

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