#13 Korra x Mako (The Legend of Korra)

Whenever I rewatch The Legend of Korra, the sequel series to Nickelodeon’s popular Avatar: The Last Airbender, I often opt to skip straight to the third season. I do this so as to spare myself the painful love triangle between Korra, Mako, and Asami. But more pressingly I just don’t care to subject myself to how frustrating Korra and Mako were as a couple. What basically starts off as a schoolyard “I’m mean to you because I like you” between the pair is expounded upon by the mere existence of Asami, who like the audience is a bystander to their hot-and-cold relationship.

Things take an even more frustrating turn for the worse when TLoK season two implements an amnesia storyline in which Korra forgets she and Mako have already broken up and Mako…just lets it slide for a painfully long time while Asami, Mako’s then-girlfriend, watches on in befuddlement. Ultimately, Korra and Asami wind up together but Christ, was it a painful process getting there.

Read More: The Legend Of Korra: The Kotaku Review