thread on why n*ckelodeon didn't want to create the legend of korra!! please read & spread!! +

it's genuinely upsetting to think about the new “fans” who are going to judge legend of korra, without knowing about all of the horrible things that n*ckelodeon did to bryke. +

things to remind new fans about:

1. bryke had to FIGHT the network to make the next avatar a girl in this series +

2. they could not overtly develop korrasami romance. they had to get permission just for that last scene with them holding hands & going into the spirit world. it really makes me upset when people credit n*ckelodeon for “giving us korrasami”. n*ckelodeon didn’t want it. AT. ALL +

another thing to remember is that the last two!! seasons didn’t even air on television, ONLY online. +

3. n*ckelodeon originally only bought one season and lead everyone to believe it would be a one and done type deal. partway through production of the first season (the latter half if I’m remembering correctly) n*ckelodeon suddenly changed their minds +

& ordered three additional seasons so the writers had to scramble and change things last minute when a good chunk of season 1 was finished and/or had started airing. +

this is why season 1 seems like its own thing, has a different tone, and speeds through the plot. it’s also why season 2′s beginning is particularly rough and it takes a while for the show to get back on its feet. +

partway thru production of season 4, n*ck slashed their budget out of the blue. the reason the recap episode exists and reuses previous footage while atla got the Ember Island Players ep was because that was the only way they could deal with the sudden lack of money without +

sacrificing their vision for the finale.

the finale was pulled from it’s air block/location with less than a week’s notice and put on n*ck's website’s streaming option which sucked at the best of times and could not handle that many people trying to watch at the same time. IF they were able to watch at all. +

one of the creators also had to take to his block shortly after the finale aired to clarify that korra and asami were dating and were bi because they could only get away with the handholding scene and there were a ton of fans at the time saying that it was unclear +

and they were just very good friends. yup, in 2014 people were still saying that anything short of tongues down throats or sex scenes meant that they were just gals being good pals. +

also it wasn’t just that korra was a woman n*ck had an issue with, it was that she was a woman of COLOR. a white female avatar they would have grumbled about but eventually came around to, but they fought the creators to make korra anything other than a woman of colour +

and they hated that one of their most popular shows with the older demographic starred someone who was neither MALE nor WHITE. +

and for that they did everything in their power to fuck over production so that they could cancel the show and point to the numbers as a reason why they did it, not because they’re racist, sexist, biphobic, homophobic, and misogynistic.

end of thread! this is taken from tumblr and credits for this thread go to @/marauders4evr, @/thundergrace, and @/awkward-teabag, thank you very much for informing us. here is the link if you want to share and reblog it! https://bending.tumblr.com/post/627109661995368448/awkward-teabag-thundergrace-marauders4evr

those asking for sources, you can watch this video where animation director explains how n*ck didn't want to have a female protagonist.