I finally watched all of Korra after all these years trying to avoid it after seeing the trainwreck of the first season. And out of all the weird decisions, the romantic subplots, the retconning, the poor writing, out of all of that, the one thing I can't fathom any way logically no matter how much mental gymnastics I try is the new Air Nation.
>Beginnings retconned all bending to be sourced from those who obtained power of the elements from the lionturtles and their genetic descendants
>Harmonic Convergence happens and suddenly a lot of people are given the power of a particular Lionturtle for absolutely no reason
How is this never explained? Harmonic convergence is about the aligning of the planets and the spiritual dual between light and dark. How does that have anything to do with the Earthbound animals distribution of airbending?
Why didn't previous harmonic convergences grant the power of the elements to people?
Why only airbenders? How and why was the distribution of these made the way they were?
The Lionturtles and their powers had nothing to do with the spirit world, harmonic convergence, or any sort of "balance"
They were just giant "ancient ones" who protected humanity and granted powers when they needed it. Why then would harmonic convergence suddenly summon more of their defunct powers of a dead lionturtle that he didn't want to give more of anyway into already born and aged humans with no trace at all of his original magic that was the source!?