KorraFanatic wrote:
I do, but I also think it's more complex than that. Forgiving herself for not always winning and not being strong helps to alleviate the shame and guilt of not living up to her own standards of being the Avatar. But I also think that Korra also suffers PTSD because of all the traumatic experiences she's been through. Her depression and flashbacks are proof enough of that.
At the beginning of the series she was proud and haughty at being the Avatar, which gradually faded after she repeatedly found herself the target of a madman's revolution scheme. Constantly risking your life (and the lives of others) is no fun. And I imagine that she began to fear her responsibilities because she didn't want to be pushed to the brink of death again.
Like I said though, she was so used to winning, but she doesn't learn anything from winning. When she loses, she does not want to talk about it, but does not forgive herself for her big fails. She could either let her big loss define her for the rest of her life, or she can learn from it.
If you watch Ben 10: Omniverse, Ben essentially went through the same thing after he lost Feedback and became traumatized by the loss. After this, he never wanted to talk about it again, and when he went home. Once Malware came back to his life, Ben wanted to finish him once and for all because of what Malware put him through. Then later on, Ben talked with his 11 year old self and realized that he needed to learn to forgive himself and stop beating himself up. I believe these two scenes from Ben 10: Omniverse parallel what Korra went through from three years ago, from being traumatized by Zaheer, up to learning to this episode:
http://youtu.be/bRi25I3C4wY?t=2m5s
http://youtu.be/guOdN0sjTzY
That's essentially what Korra did--all she did was beat herself up. And by learning to forgive herself, she could remove the poison and regain the Avatar State. I'd like to hear thoughts on whether these two scenes parallel what Korra went through over the past few years. Korra getting the Avatar State back is like Feedback returning, because they both symbolize that the main character has forgiven themselves.