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Which serves as an interquel going over events that we haven't really seen*, not a sequel after events we've already seen decades later. Secret History, and Thracia 776 all follow that pattern. Heck, Fire Emblem outright avoids this whenever possible. In Genealogy In Awakening, the children come back to meet their parents when they're all around the same age; and in Fates, wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey things are involved. Mystery of the Emblem is a weird sequel, and I don't have much experience on that front, but fair point. What you should have used against me was PS4's God of War And I'd consider that on the opposite end of the spectrum - a good sequel that breaks down the characters in order to build them back up in a better way. The Legend of Korra is a moderate example, but it's more like Rebels or Boruto, using characters from the previous shows to ideally supplement the new ones. YMMV on how successful any of these were/are though....maybe Bruce Wayne's role in Batman Beyond is a better example? My problem is that sequels following the original cast of characters, but now they're older is hard to get right, and more often than not they end up devaluing what came before. One of my favorite manga of all time is having that problem right now. Rurouni Kenshin ended in the early 2000s with the titular character not being able to use his infamous sword style due to the injuries he had accumulated over the years. But it was fine, and he was happy with his new life and had passed on his mantle of protector. But five years later in the sequel series "The Hokkaido Arc," Kenshin is able to use the sword style again with little to no consequence and took back the mantle. The Sequel Trilogy has similar problems, where the sacrifices, lessons learned, and arcs of the characters were stripped away.** (The characterization for the most part was fine IMO though.) The old EU has the luxury of nostalgia filters. I love it, but there were some really wonky things that happened in it. Chewie being killed by a moon, the Yuuzhon Vong being immune to the Force, Jacen killing Mara Jade, how confusing Ania Solo's heritage actually was/would have been, and Cade Skywalker's constant flips between sides. And those are just the things I remember off the top of my head! And let's not forget how confusing the canon was! I'm not saying I hate the old EU, because there are a LOT of amazing stories; but time has also filtered out the bad ones, and we can assume that it'll do the same for the new EU. BTW have you read some of the new canon stuff? Claudia Gray's works have perfect characterization, as does Christie Golden's Dark Disciple. I'm sorry for misrepresenting what you're saying. But frankly, I disagree with you on this point. One of the final pages in HOA is the crew seeing green grass. Green grass and a world without ash. Things they've been fighting for - things their friends have died for! The crew that lived absolutely saw the fruits of their labor, and Brandon shows it. Beldre comments that the flowers are beautiful. Just because we don't see them rebuild their society doesn't mean that they didn't enjoy the fruits of their labor or that they didn't have time off to do what they wanted to do. I honestly don't see how you keep trying to make it sadder than bittersweet, and I think that's where the confusion lies. About Sazed, I don't think he's "happy" because happiness is a fleeting state. I think at the end of the trilogy, Saze's at peace with his journey for truth, and that was the crux of the issue. The same is true for Marsh. To quote Sazed himself, *Even this isn't fully true, as we had Star Wars: Clone Wars back in the day. **I say this as a person who ADORES TFA, loves TLJ but also has some major gripes with it, and hates TROS.

I LIKE this headcanon! It's not in his nature. He's talked about this before. He just doesn't have it in him to go that dark. And that's fine for what he does. No one is saying that they didn't have struggles, but why on earth would it be worse that where they came from? Most of the crew went from being underground thieves who put their lives on the line every time they went on a heist to leaders of a new world! No one really stood against them, and they literally knew the deities of the two major religions. What struggles would they have against them? "You can't rule because you're a Skaa!" Technically, they're half-noble, and there aren't really any nobles to rule in their place. "You shouldn't rule because you don't have the divine right!" They overthrew the first emperor, were friends and mentors to the second one, were/are friends with The Survivor, and LITERALLY know Harmony. You can't get more divine than that. "We'll fight you with our Mistings and Mistborn!" Good luck finding any that aren't on our side. "You don't have any leadership experience!" Categorically untrue. The crew doesn't have to deal with nobles, Inquisitors, other thieving crews (at this moment), or even most of the bureaucracy that they had to before. (They will have to deal with new bureaucracy however.) How is this not good for them? Again, they get to live their lives unopposed by the troubles of the old world with the people they love, in positions of luxury that would have been impossible in their former lives, knowing that those that didn't make it are taking a well-earned rest. This is literally the best-case scenario - and you're trying to make it somehow sad and gritty? Why can't they live happily ever after while helping to build a new world? Why can't their struggles be simply rebuilding a world and the boring minutiae that involves? Neither is the ending to Avatar: The Last Airbender, but it still works for the world. It's fantasy, not having the most realistic ending is perfectly fine, so long as it's in-line with the world and the characters. And this one most definitely was. The main story for these characters has been told, and we've seen the most interesting bits. Let them live their lives in peace. Honestly it doesn't feel like you're looking for realism; it feels like you're looking for either unnecessary grit and darkness (which it is by the way), or you're looking for more stories with the characters. One of these I can sympathize with. The other...that's something we can't help with. Also, do you know what happens when we have these characters who earned their "happily ever after" go on another adventure? We get something like the Sequel Trilogy in Star Wars, where ever single sacrifice and character development is systematically undone. That's something we don't want.

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I think compared to their previous lives, they'd be happy with the stresses of the new world. When you're working in a position that you never thought you'd have, doing what you love, and are surrounded by the people you love, the stresses of the job are an easy and fair price. Spook now has the powers he's always wanted, the girl he really liked, and the recognition he always wanted. What's more to love? Breeze gets to be influential without being too much in the spotlight; and Sazed found that he holds the truth he was looking for. In terms of simple lives, when has that ever been hinted that the surviving members ever really wanted simple lives? Maybe Ham, but I can't imagine that he didn't have time for his family in the new world. In terms of Marsh, he knows he's doing good work on the side of good. He could still hang out with his old friends if he desired (post-Era 1), and gets to scare people. Is he euphoric? No, but I honestly doubt he would ever be that. Frankly, how could he be? His younger brother got the Mistborn powers, got the pleasure of being the "hero" and completing Marsh's dream with the Resistance, and ultimately got the girl. Marsh's happiness was doomed before we met him. But now, he at least has a chance to be content with where he is, something he never really was in Era 1.

No problem! There were at lot of plans, but The Apocalypse Guard failing and the MTG novella really threw the schedule off. In the 2016 SotS, Brandon talks about how he wanted to alternate Stormlight and Elantris after finishing W&W 4...yeah, that clearly didn't happen. Nowadays Sanderson doesn't really try to predict more than three years out lol. As for the wait, I'm not excited for it either, but we're closer to 2024 than we are to 2015! So it'll be here before we know it.

I don't think Living in a new world...that wasn't either of their dreams. I think they'd just be happy that In terms to your original question, I don't think that's a thing that Sanderson will ever answer. We actually have an answer to this!

Brandon has two publishers: Tor for most, if not all of his fantasy stuff; and Delacarte for his YA stuff. YA is a pretty mast moving market. Trends change at the drop of a hat and fans can outgrow the market and the series if authors aren't fast enough. (This happened to me and most of my friends with the Inheritance Cycle by Paolini.) In fantasy, it's completely fine if an author takes a year or two off between books. In YA, that can mean the death of your series. What changed? Well, Brandon got held up by other projects both good and bad, and other opportunities to put it bluntly. In 2017 Sanderson was supposed to write The Apocalypse Guard and The Lost Metal, both for a 2018 release. (The last book he wrote for Delacarte was Calamity, released in 2016 whereas Tor got The Bands of Mourning and Arcanum Unbounded in 2016 and Oathbringer in 2017.) Even after a couple of revisions and some assistance from friends, The Apocalypse Guard ended up failing, so Brandon pulled it from the schedule and wrote Skyward as a replacement. Then Brandon was approached to write a story for Magic: The Gathering, which was the opportunity of a lifetime for him; so he took it. That novella, Skyward revisions, and Starsight took up most of 2018. And then it was back to Stormlight in 2019...which also was delayed because our favorite author had to revisit the original outline and work out the kinks there. Well, that and major Starsight revisions. So Rhythm of War took up most of 2019 (along with some touring) and most of 2020 so far. But now his YA publishers need a book and have been waiting pretty patiently - and Sanderson's probably a little tired of fantasy after writing the largest book in his career* in near record time and then following that up by writing a novella that's the size of a small book - so it's back to the Cytoverse! So I guess the timeline: 2017: The Apocalypse Guard, Skyward 2018: Skyward, MTG novella, Starsight 2019: Starsight, Rhythm of War 2020: Rhythm of War, Dawnshard, Skyward 3 2021: Skyward 3, Mistborn 7, Skyward 4 Sanderson has openly expressed a desire to start Draft 1 on January 1, 2021. I think that requires him finishing at least the first draft of Skyward 3 though. It should be pretty easy, since Skyward 3 is simpler in style and is supposed to be shorter than both of the previous books (100k words compared to Skyward's 135-140k and Starsight's 125-130k); also no book tour means more time for writing! But Brandon has recently gone overboard with the length of his books recently, so who knows what will happen! Sando's also talked about what his plan is between Stormlight Arc 1 & 2. As it stands now, he's leaning towards the idea of alternating Mistborn Era 3 books with the Elantris sequels. So it'll be something like: 2024: Mistborn 8 2025: Elantris 2 2026: Mistborn 9 2027: Elantris 3 2028: Mistborn 10 *IIRC, Rhythm of War is roughly 460k while Oathbringer is about 450k.

I haven't watched the video yet, but props on making it! To answer the question...not really? The ending to the OT is most definitely bittersweet, but I never got a feeling of sadness from it. and most of the crew lived to see the new era. Heck, most of the crew seemingly get to enjoy lives of luxury and legend after everything. I'd call that the opposite of sadness. Sazed notes that so I don't think he's too broken up about how things ended for his friends either. At least not for the friends who made it. For those who didn't, I bet there was a time where Sazed felt such sorrow. All of this said, I very much understand the emotions you feel about this and how you could see the sacrifices of Kel's crew this way. But at the end of the day, most of the crew made it and lived well enough to be legendary in status 300 years later. Just because they didn't have all of the conveniences of the Era 2 modern life doesn't mean they didn't have fulfilling or happy lives.

Szeth, Dalinar, and one second-gen Kholins are the highest on my "to die" counters. Szeth will die because death is the best thing for him. He wants to be released from life throughout most of WoK and WoR; and by OB the man refuses to let himself enjoy much of anything. To him, I think death will be the happy ending. Dalinar if only because One of the Kholins...I can't say. I don't think all three second-gen Kholins will live to the end. One will become the head of House Kholin (whatever that looks like in the future), one will probably become a world-hopper, and one will die. The odds on which will be which is pretty evenly split. If Jasnah dies, I can see Adolin giving up his position as heir of House Kholin and becoming a full-fledged world-hopper with Shallan. If Adolin or Renarin die, then Jasnah becomes the world-hopper and the other, living brother takes over House Kholin. Granted, I don't want any of them to die, but I also can't see all of them surviving right now...

Currently in the December palace in Persona 5 (the vanilla version)!! I chose Hifumi, have maxed out all of the social links except Hanged Man, Sun, and Empress. Overall, this is going a LOT smoother than my first playthrough! Royal had a smoother playthrough than both, but I also had more time to max out social links due to extra time after Palaces and after events in that game. Due to me using (read: abusing) the Reaper Glitch, my team is looking really strong! Joker's in the low seventies while the rest of the team is in the high sixties. This makes the palace a little bit boring though, since Joker simply autokills and/or recruits every enemy we fight in an ambush. This is also a problem because battles are the main way to make money, and I'm going to need money in order to summon the more powerful group fusion Persona and itemization. Selling treasure and old equipment can only get me so far after all. I don't think this will be a problem so long as I can get to level 75 or 76 by the end of the dungeon. It's not a guarantee, but it's worth a shot. After beating this palace, I'll have about 6 in-game days to send the Calling Card. I'll probably send it the next day, however. Next time around, if I play the regular Persona 5, I think I'll go to the palace on the 8th, use the Reaper Glitch on the 9th, and send the Calling Card on the 10th. That way the palace will still be a bit challenging but it'll also have the flu symptoms, and I can still use the Reaper Glitch before the boss fight. As it stands, I'm heavily considering NG+, but I don't know much about it. Do I keep my Persona catalogue or my levels? Can I keep the social stats I've gained? (This one is the most important, as I'd LOVE to be able to access all of the Social Links from the start, allowing me to spend later days training or doing other stuff.)

Completely unnecessary post on my end, but I wanted to celebrate the fish and fatherly duo of Flayn and Seteth making it into Heroes! Catherine (thunder)strikes in as well, and Shamir is here! ...and now I need to get at least 135 orbs so I can Spark either Seteth or Shamir...

That's more or less how I feel about all of Sanderson's non-Stormlight books. I love Stormlight, but it just takes up so much of Sanderson's schedule, and honestly I'd rather have the man spend more time on other projects. THAT BEING SAID, I also really want to read a Stormlight book that's over 500k words someday.

I have a theory that Shallan a multi-bonded Radiant! I think there's a chance she may bond an Sja-Anat; and depending on the Unmade, that may give her powers akin to a Bondsmith. Adolin is a close second, assuming he can revive Maya in some sort of way. He could bond her and then another spren to become either a Stoneward (completing his rivalry with Kaladin lol), Windrunner, Willshaper. Rock is also a possibility, with either a Bondsmith/Stoneward combo or a Stoneward/Windrunner combo. Rlain may also be a Windrunner/Willshaper or Windrunner/Bondsmith combo Hopefully we'll see at least one in the first five books!

Meh, it's usually a process, not me knowing the actors off the top of my head. I already have a picture of the characters in my mind as animated, so the next step is finding a character in a different medium that (roughly) fits the voice of the Stormlight characters in my head. I look up the voice actor after that, and put down some of their more notable roles so people can put the name with the face...or voice, in this case. My life action fan casting is very different and doesn't really mesh well with Brandon's works anyways.

I'm 99% sure Sarai (and Amaya by association) was human.

Is live action the only choice here? Because if we're doing animated, I have some ideas! My choices have been pretty constant for the past two years or so, but I've made some minor changes. Dalinar - Christopher Sabat (Vegeta, Piccolo, All Might from My Hero Academia) or Kevin Conroy (Batman) Young Dalinar - Matt Latner (Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Navani - Jennifer Hale (Fem. Commander Shepard in Mass Effect, Bastila Shan in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Sheena in Tales of Symphonia, Avatar Kyoshi and June in Avatar: The Last Airbender), Jasnah - Tara Platt (Edelgard in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Detective Yuri in Insomniac's Spider-Man) Shallan - Cherami Leigh (Makoto from Pesona 5, Lucy from Fairy Tail, Asuna from SAO) or Willa Holland (Aqua from Kingdom Hearts, Thea Queen from Arrow) or Christina Vee (see below) Evi - Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Lift - Christina Vee (Marionette from Miraculous Ladybug, Elsa in Re:Zero) or Sasha Rojen (Ezran from The Dragon Prince) Mr. T - Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker, Joker, Dictatious in Trollhunters, Darth Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Szeth - Keith Silverstein (Shido in Persona 5, Saber in Fire Emblem Echoes, Hawk Moth in Miraculous Ladybug, Lex Luthor in Batman: Arkham Knight) Kaladin - Michael B Jordan (Adonis Creed, Killmonger, Cyborg in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox), Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen in Arrow), or Matt Mercer (GM of Critical Role, Chrom, Ryoma/Shigure in Fire Emblem Awakening and Fates respectively, and Yusuke Kitagawa Persona 5 respectively) Tien - Justin Brinner (Deku in My Hero Academia) or Tom Holland (Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the MCU)? Teft - Steve Blum (from pretty much everything but: Spike from Cowboy Bebop, Amon from The Legend of Korra, Zeb from Star Wars Rebels, Grunt in Mass Effect 2 & 3, Ares in God of War) Rock - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson The Lopen - Michael Pena Amaram - Henry Cavill (Superman in the DCEU, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) or Mark Meer (Male Commander Shepard) Sadeas - James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan from Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Wit - Brandon Sanderson himself?? Matt Mercer?? Adolin - Jack De Sena (Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Callum from The Dragon Prince), Joe Brogie (Sylvain from Fire Emblem: Three Houses) Renarin - Justin Brinner (Deku in My Hero Academia) if he's not Tien. Nohadon - ??? Shalash - ??? Jezrien - Mark Whitten (Dimitri from Fire Emblem: There Houses) Taln - Idris Elba (?) Elhokar - ??? Gavilar - Christopher Sabat (if he's not Dalinar) or Sean Bean (Boromir, Ned Stark)

Draft 3 is now complete! It's roughly 57k words now! ...so the size of a small book...

I think it popped out of the Rule of Three for storytelling, which makes me think it's a Greco-Roman thing. But that's the Eurocentric learning and education at play. It's more of "directly inspired by" rather than "the same style as," if you catch my drift. I wouldn't consider the Malazan series in the "Tolkien family tree," if you will, despite being in the same genre. Going off of that, I can't think of too many sci-fi/fantasy things where doing something in the same style isn't a case of being directly inspired. Or at least not off the top of my head. And Fairy Tail, while originally reminding me of One Piece, shares so few similarities with it now I wouldn't say it's in the same family tree either, despite sharing an originally similar style. But the lines do get blurry and your question is a very valid one. Eragon and the Inheritance Cycle were inspired by Star Wars, but do we consider that a spiritual successor? I could totally see ALTA being a spiritual successor to Star Wars, but that's because they possess the same core story. And going off of that, so does Mistborn, but I don't see it connecting to ALTA or Star Wars at all. The MCU has more or less taken up the Pop Culture Sci-Fi space that Star Wars took up 40 years ago, and Star Trek before that; yet neither really connect outside of some references and Easter Eggs. So, while it is a cultural successor, does that make it a spiritual one? To me, it comes down to intent and connection. If something is "inspired by" and/or "a reaction to," another medium, then I consider it in that family tree. TDP is the spiritual successor to ALTA because it's clearly trying to hit all of those same marks that ALTA hit, and by doing so recreate those feelings that ALTA gave us. Korra doesn't really try to do that outside of a few cameos and one part of the love triangle (I am utterly convinced Mako and Korra's romance was created just to satisfy the Zutara shippers, and nothing you say or do will change my mind lol!). So Korra is a sequel and TDP is a successor. Someday, something else may come along and remind people of ALTA, or a new show may come out that gives people the same positive feelings that Korra gave, and that family tree gets a little bigger. (One could make an argument that Voltron was actually the next in that line, given that they shared the same animation studio, fans, and a few other similarities; I would not disagree with that person, although that to me feels more like "in the style of" rather than "directly inspired by.") Although to you if this all means "in the same style," then yes! Ah gotcha!!

I'm pretty sure she just used Stormlight to heal around the knife would and Elsecalled to Shadesmar when no her assassins left. Here's the deleted scene though. https://www.tor.com/2014/08/06/stormlight-archive-scene-after-words-of-radiance/

Yes and no. I think you're right about this archetype, but I don't believe this was the archetype I was going for. I was more thinking the "And a Child Shall Lead Them" trope. Aang and Ezran fit into this more-so that the others. Rey and Korra are closer to that, but neither are fully isn't there. Aanya totally is though. I think Aang and Ezran are separate because they're all about optimism, hope, and bringing peace and order to a world that's chaotic because they're doing it for peace. Luke almost fits that, but he can't fully because he wants to be a Jedi to be like his father, not because it's the right thing to do. Rey is even weirder I won't get into it fully; suffice it to say, Rey was a good person, but by the end of the trilogy, things just happened and she was just in the paragon role. The same is sort of true for Harry. You're not wrong about this. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman; Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura; Deku, Bakugo, Shoto; Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, etc. Three Man Bands, Four Man Bands, and Five Man Bands are the most constant group dynamics in media. Sometimes the number gets up to about six (a standard Power Ranger group number and the final count of the Gaang) or seven, but rarely more than that. (The Phantom Thieves are the only major exception I can think of off the top of my head.) It's more than just the Three Man Band that makes a group interesting though. though. It's the characterization of the trio and their own roles within the trio that make things feel different. In the normal Three Man Band, The Paragon is usually the leader. Not so with TDP. Ezran may be the closest comparison to Aang, but he's also the weakest member of the group. Callum's the leader, Rayla's the Lancer, and Ezran is the third angle. The ST (unfortunately) kept trying to make Finn the goofy one. Absolutely. That's why I don't use the term sequel when bringing up TDP. I use "spiritual successor." (Other examples I originally forgot is The Outer Worlds being one to Fallout: New Vegas, and Paper Mario being one to Mario RPG...and now Bug Fables to the first two Paper Mario games.) It's a thing. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpiritualSuccessor I'm still going in with a cautiously optimistic mindset. Netflix's game plan should be to make a good story first and a solid adaptation second. I don't mind it being different so long as it is good and keeps the heart of the series. It may not be the series for me, but that's fine too. Actually, we see this pretty often! That's exactly what the PT and ST did for Star Wars. Yes, they were appealing to older fans, but their target demographic was always the younger audience. Hook them in, and you have fans for LIFE. The same is true for Pokemon games for the most part. (Well, that and Gamefreak's hand-holding throughout entire games nowadays...and the terrible plots...). Star Trek Lower Decks is all about reaching that Rick and Morty crowd. This habit is part of the reason why you get the whole "XYZ was better when I was growing up/I was watching it/back in the good ol' days. Why can't XYZ get back to that?" Heck, I've seen this sort of reaction here on this forum! It's also why we have so many superhero reboots and why we're fine with them as a whole. We understand that there will be a new audience, and a in a new era we need a new vision of that character. Granted, the MCU has changed this idea massively over the past ten years, but I don't think even they can escape an eventual reboot.

A silly idea popped in my head, and I just had to write the support down. So without further ado, I present to you Dedue and Constance! The song for this one is "The Bender" by Matoma and Brando, but "Latch" or "No Judgment" work as well. "No Judgment" will most likely be used later on, however. C Support C+ Support B Support B+ Support A Support A+ Support Pairing Ending Author's Notes: Yeah, I ship them now. This one just spawned from me noting that Dedue doesn't have many romantic supports with nobles, especially that aren't from his house. And I LOVE Constance's S-Support art and overall confession, so I wanted to sort of mix the two. Constance has art with flowers and Dedue is all about flowers. What's not to love? Constance speaks in a pretty formal and archaic fashion (although not as archaic as Say'ri) while Dedue is often blunt and to the point, so that was really fun to play with. I also like the idea that Dedue is insanely rich because Dimitri pays him for being a vassal. It's sort of like Wayne from Mistborn Era 2 - both are incredibly rich and have NO idea what to do with their riches. I wanted to drop some hints about Constance's confession in an earlier support, so that's why the workplace line is there. It should also be obvious from her actions and the request for flowers in the A support that Constance cares for Dedue by this point. The final few lines in the A+ support happen too fast for me, but I'm fine with that overall. I'd like to do a support between Balthus and Catherine next, because I can't believe there wasn't one in the game. I'll warn you right now, if I do get to it, it'll be a little more raunchy in terms of content. (The two will be discussing their FWB relationship and stuff like that.)

Go ahead! I'm not sure I'll be able to contribute as much to the actual Cosmere convos compared to other members, but if my stuff interests you or brings you joy, it's worth it.

Thank you! The difference and separation of sequel series vs spiritual successors is something that I've been curious about for a while now, so it's been fun to explore it even in passing here. Have a rep back; your positivity is what we need to get this thread back on track!

It gives a lot of people the same feelings that ALTA did. That's really it. But to expound a little farther: Both ALTA and TDP are shows about a group of young individuals amidst a generational conflict who seemingly have the key to peace (their titular characters), and must venture around the world for that peace to fully realize its destiny. Both stories explore themes of generational sin, the cost of war, vengeance, xenophobia (to a degree), and nationalism. Both have characters who must open their eyes to the people around them and learn from the cost of their previous actions, no matter what form that takes. ALTA and TDP are also in the same genre. They both have characters with similar dynamics too. Ezran is very much like a young, powerless (or rather uniquely powered) Aang. Callum's early journey of finding a place to belong is a lot like Sokka's crisis in "Sokka's Master." Soren and Claudia share nearly the exact same family dynamic as Zuko and Azula - the only difference is that Viren is emotionally absent and overbearing at first, not straight up abusive (emotionally, mentally, and physically) like Ozai was. Combine all of that with some shared staff, and I can see the banner being taken up pretty easily. Well, it's only reached the halfway point of the run. Of that, you said you only watched the first season. It improves, goes deeper into themes, and has better action later on. Besides, comparing a partially finished show to a completely finished one is a recipe for disaster. I don't think most people are going to say that TDP will ever rise to ALTA's height; but many believe it does have the potential to be great on its own and a "worthy successor." Inferior to Korra...YMMV on that one. Again, comparing one unfinished show to another's finished product is a recipe for disaster. I will say that Korra to myself (and even moreso to many other fans) had DRASTIC dips in quality at times. TDP has done nothing but improve. It's a different style, and that's a preference thing. And comparing 2D to CGI isn't always a fair comparison either. Now, if you were comparing it to Trollhunters, I'd agree for the most part. Oh Korra is most definitely a sequel, I don't think anyone is debating that. In terms of themes, characters, and genre (Korra is YA no matter what the official rating says), I think Korra absolutely nailed what an ideal sequel series should do. I also think it faltered in those very same areas as time went on. What I believe is that when people say they want a "proper sequel" in terms of a new series, they actually want a "successor," or something that gives them the same or similar feeling as the original product did.* People like TFA and The Mandalorian because it gives them some of the same feelings that the Star Wars OT did. (The same can be said for Solo...for those who watched it...) People like My Hero Academia over Boruto because MHA gives them the same feelings that Naruto did, while improving where Naruto failed. Likewise, as I detailed above, TDP does that for a non-small amount of people (or at least a vocal minority). That's why I've been careful to say "successor" and not "sequel," as those are two separate things with two separate criteria. Linked are some videos that talk about both ALTA and TDP. I tried finding some for Korra, but nothing really popped up. This is probably all I should say on TDP on this thread, since I feel like I'm starting to derail the conversation. *Inversely, that's why many fans of Teen Titans hate Teen Titans, Go! Even shows like Star Wars Rebels had to deal with stuff like that (to a lesser degree than others, but it was still there). And the backlash Star Wars Resistance faced? Just LOOK at the amount of dislikes on that first look trailer!