You mention season one being a little more consistent - I wonder how many of the issues arose in one way or another from going from a limited mini-series to a full four season show. I tend to blame the not-so-good elements of season 2 on that. (Which, btw, I just finished re-watching the series and season 2 wasn't as bad as I remembered. Still not great by any means, but knowing where it all led made some of the frustrating bits more bearable.)



And as long as we're talking about nit-picks from season 4 (I know I'm getting off track, but I have literally no one else to talk to about this stuff!), I was a bit disappointed with how they handled Kuvira. For about the first half of the season, I kinda felt like she was mostly right and Suyin came across as a mix of Ayn Rand and George W. Bush. Like, Su had no problem complaining about the Earth Queen in season 3 from the comfort of her home in the protected city with all the innovators and technology that they didn't feel like sharing, but when it came time to actually change things and help people, suddenly she didn't want to "interfere" and anyone who thought differently from her was a terrorist that she wanted to "preemptively strike". Meanwhile, Kuvira may have been kinda harsh, but she was getting shit done. But then all of a sudden about half way through the season it was like Bryke remembered that they were going to need someone for Korra to punch in the finale, so they turned her into Hitler for no real reason. I really feel like it was a missed opportunity to have the two in more of a Cold War style scenario, with each constantly one-upping the other in terms of aggressive actions, and then have Korra come in and talk them BOTH down. But I guess that's not as exciting as Kuvira going bat shit insane and building a giant robot. *shrug*