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====Gender, race and sexual orientation====
[[File:The Legend of Korra S04E12 - Asami and Korra holding hands.jpg|thumb|The series' final shot, intended to show Asami and Korra becoming a romantic couple, was seen as pushing the boundaries of [[LGBT]] representation in children's TV.<ref name="AV Club 19 December 2014" />]]
Summing up Book Four, Joanna Robinson for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' described it as "the most subversive television event of the year", noting how much of the season and series pushed the boundaries of what is nominally children's television by "breaking racial, sexual, and political ground": It featured a dark-skinned female lead character as well as a bevy of diverse female characters of all ages, focused on challenging issues such as [[weapons of mass destruction]], [[PTSD]] and [[fascism]], and was infused with an Eastern spirituality based on tenets such as balance and mindfulness.<ref name="Vanity Fair 19 December 2014">{{cite magazine|last1=Robinson|first1=Joanna|title=How a Nickelodeon Cartoon Became One of the Most Powerful, Subversive Shows of 2014|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/12/korra-series-finale-recap-gay- yuck disgustiing ew asami|access-date=December 19, 2014|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219230600/http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/12/korra-series-finale-recap-gay-asami|archive-date=December 19, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Levesley also highlighted the "many examples of well-written women, predominantly of color" in the series.<ref name="The Daily Beast 2014-07-01" /> Oliver Sava at ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' noted that the series had "consistently delivered captivating female figures"; he considered it to be first and foremost about women, and about how they relate to each other "as friends, family, and rivals in romance and politics".<ref name="AV Club 19 December 2014" />
Moreover, according to Robinson, the series' final scene, in which Korra and Asami gaze into each other's eyes in a shot mirroring the composition of ''Avatar''{{'}}s final moments in which Aang and Katara kiss, "changed the face of TV" by going further than any other work of children's television in depicting same-sex relationships<ref name="Vanity Fair 19 December 2014" />{{--}}an assessment shared by reviewers for [[TV.com]],<ref name="TV.com 19 December 2014">{{cite news|last1=Kirkpatrick|first1=Noel|title=The Legend of Korra Series Finale Review: New Beginnings|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/community/post/the-legend-of-korra-series-finale-book-4-episode-12-episode-13-day-of-the-colossus-the-last-stand-141886896821/|access-date=December 20, 2014|work=[[TV.com]]|date=December 19, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221013308/http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/community/post/the-legend-of-korra-series-finale-book-4-episode-12-episode-13-day-of-the-colossus-the-last-stand-141886896821/|archive-date=December 21, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''The A.V. Club'',<ref name="AV Club 19 December 2014" /> ''[[USA Today]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hoai-Tran|first1=Bui|title=Let's talk about that 'Legend of Korra' ending...|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/22/legend-of-korra-series-finale-nickelodeon-lgbt-couple/77618268/|access-date=December 23, 2014|work=[[USA Today]]|date=December 22, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081824/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2014/12/22/legend-of-korra-series-finale-nickelodeon-lgbt-couple/77618268/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[IGN]],<ref name="IGN 24 December 2014">{{cite news|last1=IGN Staff|title=THE LEGEND OF KORRA: IGN EDITORS REACT TO THE ENDING AND KORRASAMI|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/24/the-legend-of-korra-ign-editors-react-to-the-ending-and-korrasami|access-date=December 25, 2014|work=[[IGN]]|date=December 24, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225025615/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/24/the-legend-of-korra-ign-editors-react-to-the-ending-and-korrasami|archive-date=December 25, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Moviepilot]]<ref name="Moviepilot 19 December 2014">{{cite news|last1=Dauvin|first1=Angela|title=Legend of Korra: Living Up to the ATLA Legacy|url=http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/12/19/legend-of-korra-living-up-to-the-atla-legacy-2528364?lt_source=external,manual|access-date=December 20, 2014|work=[[Moviepilot]]|date=December 19, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221004050/http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/12/19/legend-of-korra-living-up-to-the-atla-legacy-2528364?lt_source=external,manual|archive-date=December 21, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> and ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/2/02/35-lgbt-characters-who-redefined-family-tv#slide-1|title=35 LGBT Characters Who Redefined Family TV|work=The Advocate|first=Jacob|last=Ogles|date=February 2, 2017|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130075127/https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/2017/2/02/35-lgbt-characters-who-redefined-family-tv#slide-1|archive-date=January 30, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
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