Why is only one person always blamed in this love triangle?
I remember when I watched the first season, I hated the love triangle because it ruined the potential character development.
Sorry, I don't want to defend Korra in this terrible love triangle. But teenage romances and complications happen a lot, and it's funny when someone says that 17-year-olds are mature while there are 40-year-olds acting like teenagers, lol. It doesn't make sense to say that Korra went through a lot to mature, since it's clear in the series that she was isolated on a military base since she was a baby. And it also doesn't make sense to compare her to Aang, because Korra is not Aang and had a different life. For example, Aang, at age 12 in Avatar: The Last Airbender, was trying to prevent a war and making friends along the way—another fact is that Aang was taught to be peaceful and passive by the nomads, but had to act maturely in a WAR SCENARIO, and that was difficult for him as a CHILD. Korra, on the other hand, remained isolated until she was 17 and only trained in three bending elements, and that's all her knowledge. If she hadn't left the Southern Water Tribe to continue her training, she probably would never have learned airbending, since she was isolated in that military base and Tenzin didn't consider training her so early. Of course, she would act with the wrong attitudes in a relationship she never had, because that's what happens with socially unstable teenagers who don't know how to deal with people (I work with teenagers). For example, she considered Pema's horrible advice as something GOOD, which the series makes clear is REALLY HORRIBLE. It makes sense, therefore, that she doesn't know how to express her feelings in a more peaceful way and doesn't know how to take people's feelings for her into consideration. How could a 17-year-old girl who has never socialized or had friends KNOW that Bolin LIKES her?
I just want to explain the following: Korra acted wrongly and immaturely, but she didn't betray anyone because she wasn't dating Bolin and didn't know he was in love with her (only Mako knew). When she finds out, she apologizes for hurting him. Furthermore, Bolin likes to flirt with the first girl he sees, and his feelings were more of admiration. Another fact is that Korra went out with him because she thought it would be a friendly date. In this context of the love triangle, Mako also showed himself to be quite immature for a guy who claimed to have matured early because of his responsibilities to his brother. Mako was irresponsible for not taking Bolin's feelings seriously and for not being honest with Asami. He thought everything revolved around him. It's evident that Mako is so weak that, even to comfort Asami (after discovering that her father was on Amon's side), Korra says that Asami needs him. Like, dude, take action.
In the end, Asami was the one who suffered the most. She was already alone (her father spent most of his time in that basement) and had to deal with everything alone because her only relative almost killed her and also wanted to kill her friends.
The love triangle ruined the characters.
Note: In the other post, I wrote some things incorrectly, which could be interpreted out of context.
Posted May 5, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC