Role Models

I saw a tweet today that really made me think. And that wasn't the sole reason in writing this post. I get this a lot. And I feel the need to address it, right here right now.

I don't think a lot of people understand why others get so obsessed over seemingly trivial and unnecessary entertainment. The average joe usually just watches it or reads it and doesn't give it a second thought. And those are the people I feel sorry for. They just take it on and what? They say it was okay. Which is fine, but can you tell me why? No. What did you like about it? What didn't you like about it? What did you learn from it? Those who do not ask themselves those questions are doomed to repeat mistakes and are doomed to not ever ask why, and that's not what the world needs right now.

I personally feel that the more you get into a good the story, the more you learn. You can watch and observe the character's choices and adventures that could help you make a good decision in the future. The people who can connect to the characters, feel what their feeling, and act on it are not only are learning, but its letting them know subconsciously that they are not alone. It also gives them something to hold on to, something to look forward to, and something to brighten their day.

The Legend of Korra is my greatest escape. So is Avatar, for the record. I connect to Korra and Toph more than any other character. Toph taught me a lot. She taught me that no matter what disability you have, you can power through and become something you always wanted to be. She also taught me to not let my parents define or rule over me, no more than usual anyway. She's tough, headstrong, and confident. With an intelligence to boot. She's everything I wish I was, and she's someone to strive for. 

With Korra, I connect to her through her feelings of failure in her inability to airbend and connecting with her spiritual side. And I relate to her feelings of stubbeness and her belief she had to do the impossible alone. She reminds me that I'm never truly alone. I have people who want to help me. And I shouldn't fret if I don't get it at first. If I work hard, I can achieve all I have ever wanted.

It sounds sappy but it's the complete truth. Most people's role models are real people, and although I have real life role models such as P!nk, Ellen Degeneres, and Shane Dawson, I also have role models that have never existed. And why shouldn't I? Why should I be looked down on because I don't have much in my life that gives me an unprecedented freedom, hope, and Love? The Legend of Korra and Avatar the Last Airbender has changed my life for the better. And one day, I'm going to help change someone else's  life for the better in the same medium. The people who can connect to something, the people who can analyze senerios, the people who ask why, are the future leaders of tomorrow. And if you think I'm crazy, then you just gotta deal with it.

-Filmeditor16- 

When will a release date and trailer be released?

As you may know, it's been a whopping 9-10 months since the last new episode of the Legend of Korra premiered in late June of 2012. It's almost hard to believe. It feels like that time where the Korra fandom could let their freak flag fly, was ages ago, or never even happened.
I can't remember the Joy of waking up on a Saturday morning to watch the next chapter of Korra.

It's really sad.

But now, the infamous month of April has appeared on our doorstep. And hopefully it won't ding dong ditch us.

I have to admit, I was pretty excited when I read the tweet from Janet Varney, that said Korra would primer in mid April! But then my more logical side told me it could not be true.
We had heard a week ago from Mike that Book 2 of Korra was not finished. That was the first red flag.
The second was that if it was premiering in mid April, then advertising would have had to start ASAP at the latest. For a show like Korra, that's been gone for several months, the offline community is probably not even aware there is a second book, so they would have to advertise at least a month in advance. We have not even had a trailer! There was no way it could premier late April, or Nicks PR was extremely disorganized.
So although it broke my fragile fangirl heart, it wasn't that big of a shock when Janet retracted her previous statement.
I don't blame Janet at all. The Nickelodeon executives probably got mad at her for telling us false information or any information at all. And I don't want to get her fired, so I'm not going to press her for info about book 2. One less fan clouding her twitter feed I suppose.
Now back to the speculation, I speculate that there is a possibility that at some point and time this month, we are going to get a Korra trailer. Maybe a release date if we are lucky ducklings.
The only thing I fret about that statement, is the timeline.
I am under the belief that Book 2 is not finished yet. Based on the evidence I can gather.
I think that when several voice actors tweeted last year, it was predicted and planned that Book 2 would be done and premiered in April. But taking that things never go exactly according to plan, Book 2 may very well be off schedule.
It takes a long time to take an animated cartoon of such high quality like Korra. It's not an overnight process, months and months of effort go into these episodes. And they could have been held up at one point or another so they got off track. Book 2 could not premier until September or October. As scary as that thought is.
At this point, I'm just hoping it gets on the air before I'm old enough to vote.

In summary: Earlier evidence points to a Trailer or release date in the coming month. But don't be so sure. I'm not 100% confident at this point that we will get anything until May or June.
Or I could be horribly wrong and we all wake up tomorrow to a trailer posted on Nick.com.

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Until next time,
Peace, Love, and Tea,
Filmeditor16


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Introduction

Hey my fellow Legend of Korra fans! You may know me on Tumblr by Filmeditor16. I doubt it though, I only have 26 followers.

Anyway, I decided to start a blog, called Korranewstoday. To well, you know, get fellow Fans, Korra news today.

A lot of awesome and fantastic Avatar and Korra bloggers out there can't always react right away, because I assume they have social lives and activities.
I however, have no such thing.
So, in an random and dark part of my mind I thought, "Hey, I'm usually pretty quick to find out Korra news, and I do want to practice my writing, and maybe I could even get credit for it in school!" So here I am, writing my first blog post, and the only ones who will read it is probably myself and my mother.
You can follow me, or don't, I don't know, on Tumblr as Filmeditor16. And, you can even follow me on here, if you dare.

A lot more to come, such as a release date and trailer speculation post!

Until then,
Peace, Love, and HONNNOOORRRRR
Filmeditor16

*Picture via Stop M. Night on Facebook