“I’m the Avatar, You Gotta Deal With It”: Identity and Resistance in The Legend of Korra
摘要
The Legend of Korra, Nickelodeon’s 2012 follow-up to hit show Avatar: The Last Airbender, introduces audiences to Korra, the teenaged protagonist with incomprehensible powers and a brash personality. A protagonist who sits at the intersection of many marginalized identities (an Indigenous queer woman who struggles with mental illness and physical disabilities), Korra provides an insight into the ways marginalization impacts a person’s identity—and, most importantly, how these identities can be a source of power and resistance. Following along Korra’s journey in the show’s four seasons, audiences—marginalized and not—can recognize and resonate with Korra’s loud and proud successes.