The Korra/Asami thing

Here they go again. Avatar creators sure love their shipping war bait.

So I guess the biggest debate in recent Korra fandom was the season 4 finale, namely the Korra/Asami thing. Half the fandom is calling it bad writing, renouncing its credibility and canonicity on those grounds, while the other half is calling them homophobes and rejoice at DiMartino's and Konietzko's oh so daring choice to incorporate the relationship, praising it as a step forward towards acceptance of gay (or in this case, bisexual) characters in western media.
And I'm honestly sitting here laughing my head off because the folks from the States think they have the monopoly on the West's progressiveness when it comes to portraying homosexuality in a children's show, when the rest of the world aired the final season of Sailor Moon, felt no need to make Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus cousins and dubbers like Latin America even had Quatre from Gundam Wing openly declare his love for Trowa.
(Card Captor Sakura got censored to varying degrees everywhere outside Japan though, so there are limits.)

But yeah. So Korra and Asami are in love. Big deal. The folks saying it was badly written are right, but the thing is, all the relationships are crap in that franchise. People were jubilant when Korra and Mako ended things. And the reason why Zuko/Katara had and continues to have such a huge following is because any romance springing from them would have felt a million times more organic than the Aang/Katara thing the writers did instead. I still don't get why Katara was hung up in "The Ember Island Players" about having a relationship with Aang (maybe because he's a freaking child? Honestly writers, way to gross me out. Also, not cool, mocking your fans), but then in the finale she was just "Yeah, scratch that. I love you now." Compared to that, Korra and Asami are the Jack and Rose of Avatar.

Mind you, I don't care either way, as I generally don't care much about Avatar past entertainment purposes. I watch it mainly for the marvelously animated fights and the cool characters (meaning Toph), without thinking too much about the rest. Because if I do, I'll start griping, as the writing often is weak and the finales always fall flat, yet people praise it to high heaven.
Alas, the ATLA fandom has an extremely bad image as far as discussing criticism goes, so if I'm better off talking to a loaf of bread instead of debating with a fan whose response will be a cussing mess, you can bet I'll choose the bread.

Still, I'm always up for a discussion. And if it comes to the worst, I'll just make myself a sandwich.