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fandomsecrets2012-07-15 03:17 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-07-15 03:17 pm
[ SECRET POST #2021 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2021 ⌋
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1. We actually don't know if Mako had a gf before or not.
2. I have yet to see anyone insist that Mako should have stayed with Asami, no matter what. You didn't actually adress any of my problems with how Mako treated Asami, except call him " inconsiderate". He never shows guilt or shame when she confronts him about the kiss. What does that imply about him? That he sees nothing wrong about his behavior. And then he's like " Ooooh, it's not the time to have this talk!" . Even though they are at Tenzin's home and nothing bad is going down right now. But Mako totally has time to sweettalk Korra and lean in to kiss her ( confirmed by the creators, btw) while they hide at hobo camp. With Asami sleeping only a few meters away. And she is still his gf at the time.
You know, that comes of as Mako being a shameless cheater.
And the other problem is, beyond episode 3 we see "Mako the boyfriend" with rare cameo appearances from "Mako the brother". Basically, most of Mako's characterzation is him being a terrible boyfriend. A terrible boyfriend who almost never gets called on his shit, except in episode 10 but at this point he does not give a fuck about Asami's opinion.
We are supposed to cheer for Mako/Korra even though Mako is hypocritical douche who gets rewarded for being an ass and whose cheating is glorified as romantic.
So because the series is not all romance, we should just let it go? As I said, 80 percent of Mako's characterization, such as it is, hinges on the badly written romance. A charcter does not need to be a horrible villain to be disliked. What gets the audience's goat is the crazy dissonance between how we're supposed to perceive him ( somewhat confused but totally dreamy love interest) and how he comes of (shamless, hypocritical , cheating douche with a badly written crush on Korra).