I Saw A Lot Of Legend Of Korra Influence In Arcane. First Because Grayson Is Basically Lin Beifong In

I saw a lot of Legend of Korra influence in Arcane. First because Grayson is basically Lin Beifong in a Runeterra AU:

Then there’s Vi with her back muscles and her tall rich girlfriend. Yes, I do tend to see Korrasami everywhere, but at least in this instance I am canonically not crazy!

From an interview with one of the writers:

You have Tweeted about some of your favorite cartoons and cartoon relationships, like Korra and She-Ra. Did these series, or any others, help inspire or influence your work on Arcane?

Everything I like inspires my work! Characters and stories I love both inspire me to build on the success they had, but also to find a new way into, or out of, the story that gives us something we haven’t seen yet. I love how the women in She-Ra and Korra got to be both strong and vulnerable, driven and flawed.

To me, a character has to have the potential to change for me to care about them, and they need to be their own worst enemy at times so it’s satisfying when they finally make a different choice.

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Full interview:

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Interview with 'Arcane' Writer Amanda Overton

Amanda Overton is a television writer with credits on series like Marco Polo, Severance, and Edge of Normal. She worked on Riot Games' and F

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Vi: punch first ask questions later attitude, brusque demeanour hiding that she’s actually soft and traumatised on the inside, inherent distrust of authority figures

Caitlyn: extremely intelligent, fiercely loyal, committed to doing the right thing, tells you what you need to hear even if it’s not polite, blue colour palette

Like. I get it now. They’re both Beau.

When we fell in love.

My hero.

They switch

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