It's nice to see that him acknowledge Korra's accomplishment despite going against his wishes. Despite all the grief that Tonraq has been causing Korra throughout these two episodes he's still clearly proud of her when the Southern Lights are brought back. He's not helping and is just making it harder for Korra to focus on the task at hand. With all this in mind, I completely understand Korra telling her dad to leave.
And despite the fact that Tonraq has proven to be quite ignorant with regards to the spirits, he still keeps trying to talk Korra out of listening to his much more informed brother. Korra doesn't feel like she even knows her dad anymore. Once again Tonraq reveals a large secret that he kept hidden from her with the justification that it was for her protection (I don't really get how that make sense, but I feel like that was more an excuse he came up with instead of a fully reasoned out response). I said last episode that I fully sympathize with Korra's anger and resentment towards Tonraq after finding out the truth on who kept her locked away all her life, and I think it's further justified here. A dilemma that gets even further strained by the fact that Aang gave Tenzin preferential treatment.
It's got to be really hard for Kya and Bumi to feel so disconnected from their father's culture while they see Tenzin practically being worshipped in it. It's really messed up that the Air Temple residents (are these also Air Acolytes or a different group) didn't know that Aang had other non-Airbender children. The animation studio for this episode was Studio Pierrot. This episode was directed by Ian Graham and written by Joshua Hamilton (story by Mike & Bryan). Tensions between Korra and her father grow as she discovers the truth about his relocation to the Southern Water Tribe. Mako, Bolin, Tonraq, Desna, and Eska come along as well. The first step of this training is to travel to the South Pole and open up the spirit portal residing deep within the area. Korra begins her spiritual training under Unalaq. The lurking spirits that followed Korra and her group throughout the South Pole were loosely based on African wild dogs, while the serpent-like spirits that attacked her in the sacred forest were based on pelican eels. The trees within the sacred forest of the NWT were based on bristlecone pine trees, some of the oldest organisms on Earth Reference images of Antarctica were used in designing the South Pole. The barabarians wear similair clothes to the fire nation military, partciluarly the trebuchet operatiors. Abbot Shung is voiced by James Sie, who plays Cabbage Merchant and son.
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