Avatar: The Last Airbender

I loved both of the episodes. I liked that Korra (and hopefully Bolin soon) is learning to metal-bend, but I doubt that (with Toph as Aangs earth-bending teacher) Aang never learned to metal-bend at some point. What kinda makes me sad though is that Aang and Toph were not-so-great parents, since we learned in season 2 that Aang kinda shut out Kaya and Bumi to be with Tenzin and now we learned that Toph gave Lin and Suyin a bit too much freedom.... I guess that showing that they weren't such great parents make them a bit more human with flaws just like everyone else. The fight was awesome! And I found out that Jessie Flower (the voice of Toph in ATLA) was the voice of young Suyin in the flashbacks!!! How cool is that!!!

The air episode was good too, but marginally less as good as the Lin/Suyin episode. I can't wait for Jinora to get air-bending tattoos. However there is one thing that bothers me... except for all of her spirit powers, we've never really seen Jinora do all the air-bending stuff that she has supposedly mastered. Anyways, just for the sake of feeling like the air nomads are officially back, I hope the men air-benders do shave their heads, even Bumi and Kai.I have nothing against hair (I actually liked Aangs hair in season 3 of ATLA), but I feel like they all should so the air nomad culture can come back even more. Btw, I never knew that head-shaving was optional... especially since the air nomads are based off monks who (if I'm not mistaken) were required to shave their heads.

On a side note, I hope Korra will have Mako teach her lightning-bending, Jinora teach her the spiritual stuff, someone to teach her combustion (I read that it isn't genetic but a spiritual thing where you just have to concentrate, and that the third eye is just a tattoo), and that she'll master energy bending to the extent of being able to give non-benders bending. That way, she could give all the air-acolytes air-bending so that there will be more air-benders who already know all of the air nomad culture so that the air nomad civilization can expand. Also, she can take away the bending from the Baddie Bender Bunch (Team Zaheer) so they are powerless Plus, learning all of the sub-techniques will help her become the most powerful/knowledgable Avatar ever!

Overall, I'm still way happier with this season than the last one and I'm sad that there are only 13 episodes this season...

I loved seeing some background on Lin and Suyin! I think it's very interesting that Toph gave them lots of freedom, but it makes sense when you think about Toph's upbringing. I agree that it's awesome that Jessie Flower was able to come back for some voice work!

I agree about Jinora. They keep saying she's a powerful airbender, but we don't get to see her air bend much. I do really want her to get her tattoos, though! I agree about the air benders shaving their heads. Though I got the feeling Tenzin was just telling them it was optional so that they could have a while to get used to the idea, and maybe eventually they all will.

I think it's so cool that Korra is learning to metal bend, and I agree that it would be cool if she learned some more powers!

I'm really enjoying all of the new characters. It was interesting to meet Suyin and her family, and the new air benders seem cool too. I also was glad to see the return of Varrick! He was one of my favorites last season XD

Okay, where do I begin? Well, I guess I'll start with what I liked at the beginning of the finale and I'll work my way through.
Okay, I like how, even at the beginning of the finale, Korra had changed so much since Book 1 and Book 2 that she was willing to give up herself to save the Air Nation. I figured it was a trap (and it was), but I didn't expect that the "air-bender hostages" were Ming-Hua's water-arms. That was creepy when they showed that the "air-bender hostages" were Ming-Hua's water-arms. Also, I liked the Korra/Mako hug. It seemed to come from a genuine place and it wasn't romantic, which is refreshing and "aww" worthy.
I'm pretty sure that people expected Bolin to discover lava-bending abilities (as opposed to metal bending abilities), but honestly, I didn't see it coming, at least not until he turned back to face the lava coming right at them (which, honestly, would have been stupid and foolish of him had he not discovered his lava-bending). Btw, it was a bit heartbreaking when the whole Air Temple was destroyed by the lava. And also, that baby bison is gonna have back problems later from carrying five people on its back. Plus, why did Kai name it "Lefty"? Unless there's a reason, that sounds kinda stupid. But, I'm getting off track here.
Like I said before, the action in this was epic. All of it. There was never a dull moment. Though gruesome when you think about it, the way Lin and Suyin took out P'Li ("Sparky-sparky-boom-girl/Combustion Woman") was clever and... slightly awesome. I kinda liked how her death related to ATLA, since when P'Li died, Zaheer had no more attachments to this earth and was able to fly while Aang struggled with his attachment to Katara and when he "let go", he was able to control the Avatar State. Although I assume that he never really did "let go" since they married and had 3 kids together and he was never able to fly.
The parallels to ATLA are definitely noticeable, but they're kind of clever. For instance, in the last episode, I was reminded of both the crystal cave battle from Book 2 of ATLA AND the final battle with Ozai and Aang in Book 3.
The suspense was killing me during the last episode... I think the Baddie Bender Bunch's plan (yes, I know they're called the "Red Lotus", but I like my name for them better) was clever and smart (not brilliant since they obviously failed).
I loved how Jinora helped save the day (again) with the wind tornado. While it included the whole Air Nation, this did actually show her ability to be a master/leader of air-bending... but only a little bit. Also, even though I liked how the fight ended, I do wish that for the next big villain, Korra could fight and win on her own without assistance.
I'm glad Jinora got her air-bending tattoos. And, like everyone else, I noticed that she looks almost exactly like Aang with her head shaved completely and with the tattoos. I'm pretty sure they did that on purpose. Plus, the whole scene was beautiful.
Okay, now for the sad stuff. The effects of the poison on Korra obviously damaged her physically (even after Suyin got it out of her system so it wouldn't kill her). But, it also damaged her emotionally, which was heartbreaking. Seeing Korra in the wheelchair with darkness under her eyes and a heart-broken and almost dead look in her eyes was tough to watch. And when she cried at Jinora's Master Ceremony thing... it was (again) heartbreaking. I'm just guessing that they're going to go darker and deeper into Korra's character next season, which is something that I'm looking forward to, if it's not too depressing.

Like Alli said, I really hope that they go into Korra's recovery. She's such the "hero" type, and to see her feeling so useless is aweful, but at the same time realistic after all she's been through. I'm also hoping to see more of Korra and Asami's frienship

I predict this because having a long time between books could show that even after such a long period of time, Korra has still not fully recovered yet, which would frustrate and devastate her since she still can't help bring balance to the world like she's supposed to as the Avatar. The reason I say no more than 6 months is because I feel like anything over 6 months (especially an entire year) would feel too long. I guess it would be even more frustrating for Korra, but something inside just says that anything above 6 months is way too long.

I just want the show to be as good/better than Book 3. I don't know if I even care who or what they focus on (except for Korra's character and the relationships within the group, those need attention). I'd like to see more Master Jinora showing off Master air-bending skills (since we didn't see much of that beforehand); I'd like to see cute Kainora moments, but not so many that it takes the focus away from the good stuff; I'd like to see Korra become strong again (perhaps stronger than ever before) and to regain her connection to the past Avatars; I'd like to see more lava-bending from Bolin; I'd like to see some major action and stellar animation (even though I've come to expect the animation part); I hope the new villain will be a great villain and not just a throwaway villain, a stupid villain, or a contrived villain; As I said in my review of Book 3, "I do wish that for the next big villain, Korra could fight and win on her own without assistance".