The Hero gets the Girl

I've just about got over my shock at the ending of 'Avatar: Legend of Korra'. Sure, I saw all those hints throughout the show, but I thought that was just Bryke teasing us, then THIS happened:

and I was giggle-squee'ing like crazy, I had to draw something, and the whole time I was thinking Bryke would leave us in the dark with the (in some opinions) ambiguity for ever (a little sadism is no bad thing in an artist), but then THIS:

and just, wow.

Now, don't shoot me, LGBT community, but I liked it that the romance was so subtle. I know that was because the creators weren't allowed to be more explicit, but I like it that it turned out that way - rarely have I seen such a degree of emotional intimacy portrayed between two cartoon characters - I honestly couldn't care less what kind of love it was, it was just so beautiful. T__T I'm sorry, I totally fail at being an SJW.

Anyway, it's a good thing Korra and Asami aren't real people - if they were, then what the fans have been doing - speculating and gossipping about their private life - would be INCREDIBLY rude.

I could go on and on about this show and all my pretentious interpretations of everything in it, but I'll rein myself in for now and just say, here

are some of my fave Korrasami fanarts.

And hats off to Bryke for the double-whammy - first the ending itself, and then actually going on tumblr to declare Korrasami canon. I actually would've been happy with it being left ambiguous, but I'm really glad they did speak up - for all the reasons Bryan gave in his tumblr post above, that was a bold and truly noble thing to do.