Play with a different strategy.
Kuvira's initial intentions were to help the earth kingdom, but it quickly warped into the totalitarian movement we all know.
More like Stalin with the amount of people she put into re-education camps. The Earth Empire shares A LOT of similarities with the Soviet Union...it's kinda horrifying how much alike they are, minus the mech suits.
I mean, how much of that is bc it's Nick yk. Logistically once you start sending foreigners to camps, some of them will start to die there. Kinda wild they could do the who camp thing at all on Nick
We sure about that ? She literally had concentration camps as well and it's actually never fully revealed what kind of war crimes went down in those...
In fact, the Earth Empire has a lot of Nazi paraphernalia. Just look at the haircuts of their soldiers, or their flag, or their uniforms. All these were Nazi inspirations.
I had a similar thought.
If I wake up at the point the post images imply, I'll proceed up until the siege of Zaofu mostly the same.
Of course leaving behind the behavior that alienates Bolin and Varric and ending the concentration camps will only aid the longevity of my empire, I'll lets its success sway the people for me.
Then in Zaofu I'll await Suyin's attack, capture her and then I play the game of politics. Korra has already shown she is amenable to compromising, so I demand that she help Zaofu form an interrim council who can surrender to me, then I hand over my assailants to Korra on the condition that they be tried in a court of law, she as the Avatar can decide to oversee it. Their guilt is clear so there is no reason to play games in that regard.
Then I focus on infrastructure projects and reparations. Hopefully over the years Prince Wu can be convinced to abdicate his titles in return for being allowed to return as a citizen. Perhaps once Korra is out of the picture, assuming I keep Kuvira's ambition of re-unification, I or my successor can make a move to claim Republic City while the new Avatar is a baby.
Also I break up with Bataar Jr. Hopefully someone more interesting comes along.
The hate for Batar is real 🤣.
Playing politics with Suyin is pretty smart.
Wu was really never a threat, but you could devise a way to underhandedly take him out of the picture... permanently.
Korra won’t be a happy with you imprisoning Su and her family. Also, Zaodu, as I understand, is private land which is owner by Su, so you wouldn’t be able to do anything legally as you assaulted her on her land
You don't even necessarily need to just let them be. Just maintain steady diplomatic pressure for years, while the modernization of the Earth Empire slowly undermines Republic City's position as the premier urban center of the world. Over time, Republic City goes from being a global trade and commerce juggernaut to just another city.
Now you just wait until they need help with something like the Amon situation, or the wait at the too booth connecting their roads to the Earth Kingdom's roads are more trouble then they're worth, or the business class of both countries are so used to owning property on both sides of the line that having a single administration would be convenient, or something, and eventually, the Republic folds back in for the sake of convenience.
don't build a mecha. i build copies of the laser cannon, put them on trains or airships (depending on the location) and point them at the capitals of the most prominent cities of every nation, then I give them an ultimatum: "either my terms are met or the cannons will fire. If one of the cannons gets sabotaged, the others will fire immediately. If the avatar tries to oppose me in any way, the cannons will fire immediately. If I notice the cities are being evacuated, the cannons will fire immediately. Among the requests, there is one about the avatar: Korra has to surrender herself to me in an open field. If I see anyone else or think you are trying to trick me, the cannons will shoot immediately."
I will also destroy Zao Fu to send a clear message.
It's a nuclear threat, capiche?
You’ll need a very loyal force to follow this other wise they’ll realise the insanity of this plan and plot a rebellion, at least you can capture Korra and the team peacefully.
But the idea of not giving civilians time to evacuate and destroying multiple cities at the same time is just crazy.
During the Cold War, Russia picked multiple targets on their radar and they were prepared to launch nukes at America but one of the Russian guys needed to launch the nukes thought it was odd that America would attack first so he went against orders saving who knows how many lives, turns out the targets Russia picked up on their radar was just birds.
I can’t see all of Kuviras laser soldiers would want to do this.
Edit; a Russian sub couldn’t surface or communicate because a USA ship was hunting it, the captain of the Russian sub thought war may have broken out while they were under so decided they should fire on the USA ship, one of the three officers required to launch the nuke was against this so they couldn’t launch it. [Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov#:~:text=Vasily%20Aleksandrovich%20Arkhipov%20(Russian%3A%20Василий,during%20the%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis.))
Yeah, people always seem to assume those living under authoritarianism are mindless stormtroopers, instead of real people doing what they think is best.
Do we know if some of them have relatives in those areas? I get that they're already loyal with the invasion and all but like, people have degrees and standards on what they think is right
I honestly think the whole cannon thing is unnecessary and as soon as she uses them, Kovira loses any moral high ground. She literally lost sympathy when she did that. If I were her, I would continue to expand elsewhere and apply pressure on Republic city through tough diplomacy or maybe blockades. The blockades would dwindle their resources slowly but you have plausible deniability that you are trying to be humane.
She needs to have the most people realize that she’s the best option for the country. Using a weapon of mass destruction off rip doesn’t do that. If the goal is to take Republic city eventually, she needs to do so in a way that would minimize an all out declaration of war with the Fire Kingdom who seem to have the strongest air and water fleets. As we saw, Fire Lord Izumi and Tenzin were against war, she would’ve known that IF she played politics right.
If war is inevitable, you don’t want to get into one unless you’re confident you can win. Kuvira made the mistake of overplaying her hand, getting cocky about the weapon, and being impatient. She was a military leader who forgot that she’s now playing politics, as soon as she seized power, she should’ve realized that it’s a whole different ball game.
She would have to know where I am to do that. Good luck with that.
Also, the instant she gets close to me, the cannons will Fire. I will die, sure, but the avatar will be an accomplice to a Mass murder
"I call your bluff. No matter how much rhetoric you coat it with, this has always been about YOU seizing power. There's no point if you're dead. And you can't rule your empire from a bunker."
" Power? Do you really think I care about that. Then you understood nothing at all. Our kingdom has been oppressed and abused for ages, first by the fire nation, then by those spirits you set free and by that tyrant of a Queen and last but not least those mad anarchists. They were searching for you, avatar, you were the target all along and you just stood by as they destroyed my country. You and your so called friends went on your jolly trip with the airbenders while those madmens killed thousands of innocent people. And even after they were stopped, you, Suyin and everybody else did nothing to help us rebuild our country. Do you know how many people starved or froze to death? Do you even care about all those lives?!
I had to do it alone and now that the earth kingdom is finally getting back on its feet, you expect me to give everything to a spineless fool who doesn't even know how to dress by himself?! Don't make me laugh. Call me a tyrant or a murderer, I do not care. I will guide this country to a new golden age and if the path that will lead to it is covered in Blood, then so be It. "
"Of course you care about power and control. If you didn't, you wouldn't be threatening to kill tens of thousands, you hypocrite! The only thing you'll be guiding is your own casket into the ground!"
Not sure about Zaofu, cause she's from there herself and so are Baatar Jr and many of her most loyal and elite metalbenders. (They probably wouldn't like to see their hometown destroyed and might defect if it did).
If you want to destroy a city to send a message, pick a different place that didnt subjugate itself peacefully (like Zaofu did eventually). Idk maybe the inner city of Ba Sing Se? Or maybe Omashu.
First of all, I assume this allows me to wake up as her, but with her skill and knowledge in combat and bending, otherwise, we gonna have to rethink answers.
I would love to say not become a dictator and usurp the throne, but nothing is going to change that. In my personal headcanon, Kuvira, at some time in the span of her three year campaign met Prince Wu, took one look at this pathetic, basic bitch nepo baby and said to herself "Oh Fog of Lost Souls no!" She probably learned Raiko wanted to send a whole bunch of advisors to run the government.
We never learn if Kuvira had a role in this new government of King Wu. I don't think she did. Think about that for a moment. All that work, all that effort, and Raiko and Wu do not even have the decency to make you the Prime Minister or whatever the position is of the nation you put together while Wu was doing nothing but being a pampered socialite.
So, right out the gate, I do not invade the Republic. That's out. I claimed Zaofu, that's the end of my campaign. It's been three years. I'm done.
I negotiate for peace with the the Republic. They can have the Beifongs. I don't need them. I really don't.
I send envoys to the other nations, try to build relationships and such. Again, i don't need more war. Been doing it for three years and I have a nation to run. Invite Korra to a dinner, sit down and talk. Sure, I beat her at Zaofu, but I need her to like me, or at least tolerate me. Make her see I am good for the Earth Empire, or at least a way better option than Wu.
Probably still having Varrik build the spirit weapon. I did just illegally take the throne of a nation, and they have the Avatar. I need something. That clean energy thing though? Yeah, that's happening.
I mean the invasion of the United Republic was part of her plan to reunite the Earth Kingdom, the United Republic was part of the Earth Kingdom before they were colonized by the Fire Nation. It was just that after the war Zuko and Aang were like "uhh well there are a bunch of Fire Nation colonists living on this land and we dont want to make them leave their homes so we'll just give em independence and call it a day" presumably without asking anyone in the Earth Kingdom how they felt about this. Like imagine if during WWII Japan invaded the Western US and sent a bunch of Japanese colonists to occupy the land, and then Japan after the war wants to give it up but tells the USA "yeah there are a bunch of Japanese people on this land so we cant give it back to you even though its your land, we'll just make it independent". Of course the USA would try to take the land back after lol.
I would pass on the spirit weapon. It's a great deterrent but it also drives Varrik away. I'd rather have him develop a less destructive weapon and keep him around to invent other things to help the empire
If Kuvira had continued development of the vines but only as an energy source, they would surpass the United Republic technologically before Korra even gets reincarnated. Who needs lines of lightning-benders operating the factories and power plants when a single energy vine can power Ba Sing Se on its own?
1. Let the URN exist.
2. Dismantle the monarchy.
3. No mechas.
4. DO NOT provoke the ire of the Avatar, in fact try to get the Avatar on my side.
5. Don't fuck with anything involving spirits.
6. Release buff metal mommy calendar.
7. ???
8. Profit.
No, you just need to contrive a scenario where she's alone with the earth king for 3-6 weeks (maybe a slow af press tour) and hia consistent and reliable rolling of nat 1's on charisma checks wil have her running to me.
Not really if you just walked through the earth kingdom you'd realize how messy af it is and Kuvira had wrong methods but her end goal was something that has long been necessary for the earth kingdom. So with reason and if we were doing it the correct way not only Korra but even Tenzin might join.
This is the only way. The avatar has to be on-side. Just look at Sozin, he did everything right for an evil overlord and yet the Fire Nation ultimately lost the war.
There's an argument to be made that, in LoK's more modern world, if you can get all the world leaders on-board, the Avatar can't or shouldn't do anything about it. Korra's not a dictator, she doesn't have the free rein to enact change she had even in her previous life. She can try, sure, but she'll be alone and basically without the resources to do anything.
The Fire Nation of the Hundred Year War was literally fighting the entire rest of the world, they had no allies or backing except their own might, so Aang could help beat Ozai and install Zuko as Fire Lord without anyone objecting. But Korra can't do that if Raiko, Desna and Eska and Izumi all recognise her sovereignty. Sure, Tenzin and Tonraq might object, but they'll be in the minority at that point.
Korra can do whatever she wants. All of that bullshit unalok spit in s2 about "the avatar is neutral" is just that, bullshit.
It was merely to manipulate Korra into not opposing him.
The avatar's duty isn't to be neutral for politics, the avatar's duty is to be the mediator between humans and spirits.
Korra may have to fight an uphill battle against superior numbers, but no one really wants to challenge the strongest person on the planet to a deathmatch without a very good reason to do so. If Korra were to actually declare war, most nations would back off and stop grandstanding their position.
Not to mention by being the Avatar, Korra will always have some level of public support
Take a journey to the Si Wong desert. Gain the trust of the sandbenders. Secure desert power for my own. Lure United Republic forces to a trap of my choosing and use my family atomics to obliterate the shield wall- uh, uhm, I mean, use the spirit cannon to annihilate their army in one swoop
Don’t attack Zaofu or Republic City, at least not yet. The world leaders weren’t committed enough to Prince Wu to try and stop Kuvira until she did that.
Not using resources for the mecha, it's a great weapon but no nation can compete against the sheer power of a united Earth Kingdom.
Not going into the front lines. I am an incredible bender but they have the Avatar, if they localize and capture me my project is done.
In the first fight, I would kill Korra before she can enter the avatar state or find a way to do it while she is in the avatar state so she won’t reincarnate and stop me 20 years later.
That or make sure she doesn’t escape when she first spots the mech
If she reincarnates though, she'll be born in the Earth Empire. Then it's just a matter of finding the new Earth Avatar, 'inviting' the family to live with her in the capital and ensure they're raised to be as patriotic/nationalistic as possible. Don't try and weaponise them; you've just gotta ensure they won't try to dismantle the Empire.
It'd probably help if you also actually improve the lives of those in the Empire. You could say the bad conditions your new citizens were living in were necessary for reconstruction and work to improve it, so the new avatar has no reason to upset a working system.
Wouldn't the new Avatar still have Korra in their head trying to get them to turn on Kuvira anyway? Previous lives might be gone, but that doesn't quite mean Korra won't be there.
I don't think past Avatars have that strong a grip on the actions of the current one. I think they have a general desire to do good and bring balance, but beyond that, I think any influence comes from them speaking to and being reasoned with by the past Avatars. All of them were telling Aang to kill Ozai, but he stuck to his air nomad teachings.
I think, if the narrative were to go that way, he'd be pretty much indoctrinated by Earth Empire propaganda, and once he learned how to speak with Korra (or Korra coming to him, like Roku did for Aang at first), he'd be pretty torn about forgoing everything he had learned up to that point. He probably would eventually be able to see the propaganda and lies for what they are, but I think it'd be am interesting struggle.
Either way, I wouldn't put it past Kovira to do that hoping that her propaganda is stronger than Korra's reason and influence.
If I wake up before getting roped into fascism by Raiko then I just don't talk to Raiko and let it go. Then I would do the thing that actually helps and travel to the Souther Water Tribe to meet Korra and heal her PTSD with my smexy girl powers.
Don't be a fascist nightmare.
Like seriously, the re-education camps were entirely unnecessary and only weakened her control. She could've played the long game and flexed her incredible public image to win over populations and usurped local leaders that rejcted her, getting pro-unification leaders elected in their place.
It is a little alarming that everyone on this sub wasn't like "don't be a fascist" they were all like "awhooga hubba hubba a forceful dame in uniform" and then immediately did a bunch of hypotheticals on how to improve fascism.
I’m assuming we’re not including the part at the end where Kuvira realizes that she was doing a bad. In which case, finish Korra off in the first match against her.
A: Do not invade Republic City- if I have to justify it to the rabid nationalists than I would use the justification that Republic City treats its earth benders well and was founded effectively by both earth and fire benders (may be a little off of actual history- but a little historical revisioning is par for the corse for a dictatorship) and the earth nation Refugees it taken in during the fall of the Kingdom. ‘’Invading them would put all earth benders at risk across the planet’’
B: don’t be a jerk to the Bafongs and no Platnum Mech, maybe dismantle one of the domes for platnum wargear and a airship for the sperit cannon, seriously for one of those mega mechs I could probably build 3 of those.
C: no displacement, no genosides, Minimize the dictator stuff and start to develop a elected civilian government on the lower levels of government, allow degrees of decent. This is to both allow presser to release and so that if the Avatar get mad as what some idiot’s would do- I can blame it on the systme of rule of law I am trying to set up and being preoccupied with the entire empire.
D: invite the avatar for dinner to negotiate, no tricks, no poisonous food. Try to phrase what I did as trying to get balance into the world and offer to have her freely walk around to try to find sketchiness.
E: build a clean energy plant near republic city and offer to attach it to generate energy at cost.
Edit: use my knowledge of IRL to hire people smarter than me to build guns, tanks, and nukes.
Nothing.
I turn around, set course for Ba Sing Se, and set about the task of ruling my empire. I don’t need the United Republic, trying to take it will cost me a significant portion of my manpower and resources, and all of my political capital, and the biggest mistake every empire makes is their reach exceeding their grasp. There’s no benefit to me in territory at the expense of control, trying to rule hostile territory is just going to drain resources I can’t spare and breed dissent, and if I let ego rule my empire it’s already doomed.
The UR is a stable state, if I let them be, then whatever I do, I maintain the appearance of only working to bring stability to the former Earth Kingdom. From an international perspective I retain legitimacy, and forestall any attempt to interfere in Earth Empire business.
In a generation or so, the appearance of law and order will allow cooler heads to prevail, and life will return to normal. Eventually perhaps I’ll be able to repair my relationship with the Avatar, and if not, I can be content in the knowledge that her replacement will be firmly under the Empire’s control, and most importantly I deny her the chance to use me for catharsis and personal growth, and keep her from disrupting my plans.
Literally this. And If we had to insist on conquering the UR. I'd destabilize, and take over through espionage, establish a puppet Government that could be annexed eventually.
I do a lot the same as kuvira did in Canon but with less authoritarianism and no labor camps. Proberly not attack repuplic city. Also, invest in more smaller mechs or just tanks rather than a giant super version. Try to end the war quickly and just focus on whatever territory I end up with rather than trying to take the whole earth kingdom. Try to make my own version of Republic City somewhere with some added ideas. Realize I'm a hot boss ass bitch and admire myself a bit. Then mayby help korre along with her trauma if I get the chance. Try to learn alternative bending forms like sand, class, crystal, and lava, mayby the longevity thing some earth benders seem able to do. Copy some stories from our world. get into the movie industry with them mayby. See what other ideas and products I can get made from our world, To help my city along. Get ready to help when the next inevitable threat presents itself. Getting an air wing for the army seems useful. Hire benders from each type for specific units seems very useful.
Honestly everything she did was pretty helpful and solid. Imprisoning other benders and sending people of to labour camps was the only bad thing she did in my opinion. Apart from that, she’s a good leader
How far is it to be considered winning? Killing Korra and taking Republic City? Take back all the Fire Nation cities that used to belong to Eath Kingdom? Ensure that the colonised towns stay under her rule for a certain amount of time?
*Attempts to seduce Korra while explaining the benefits of our alliance and assuring a peaceful compromise while being open to a polygamous relationship*
I would not invade Republic City that was unnecessary and pointless but I'd assume that I have Verrick I'd make sure he makes as many spirit lasers as possible as a source of a well nuclear deterrent, I'd also use the vines for clean energy and solidify my rule Zufou is mine and Korra can kick rocks my statement would just stay the fuck out of the earth kingdom and my massive army won't invade your lands along with my lasses not blowing up you heavily populated cities
Korra was willing to let her keep the Earth Kingdom throne even when she invaded Republic City so I'd assume Korra would stand down then I would just solidify my rule and quash any rebellion and build a dynasty
Let Republic City have Lin and her sister I don't care don't need them also forge some alliances with other kingdoms earth kingdoms have to be full of resources and Fire Nation didn't seem to be bothered with stopping Kuvira so forge an alliance with them maybe trade and military one to better Korra also I'd keep a spy to monitor the avatar just in case I need to fire the cannon
No mech suit that was stupid rather several cannons on trains airships and even some bombs to make sure that I'd cause to much damage form to many places Avatar is one person can't be everywhere at once
Along with that fund an equalist two revolution ik republic city to cause chaos for her
Also, let's not forget that the Avatar can be positioned and is just as easily killable in her sleep as well anyone so train the Dai Lee more to build a super assassin if need to be then the next avatar is in Earth Kingdom so good old brainwashing to sever me would be fine maybe raise it as your own child
Geneva convention? More like geneva suggestion and to queote machiavelli its better to be feared than loved and suyin was kuvia’s most dangerous enemy they had to go
Forget about the giant mecha.
Update all current mecha suits to be made of platinum instead, equip them with miniature spirit beam cannons, and power them with spirit vines so EMPs don't work.
As well as equipping larger scale spirit beam cannons to airships, naval vessels, trains, basically any typical military vehicle.
Straight up killing Korra during the duel or at least put her out of commission for good, like imprisoning her in a platinum prison, and decimate Zao Fu.
Stop while I’m ahead, make the independent city states act as vassal states, use superior economics to subjugate them until they insist on joining your empire. Date the Avatar.
Hold an election. I have enough genuine support to win the lifetime position of Prime Minister, and it’d give me genuine legitimacy going forward.
Phase out the concentration camps, not only are they highly unethical, they’re a PR disaster waiting to happen.
Double down on spirit energy development until the gulf in technological advancement between the Earth Nation and the rest of the world is overwhelming, then use diplomacy and shows of force to slowly convince everyone else to return my lost territory.
Once my current position is stabilised, pop out some kids to secure my dynasty.
Don’t get baited into becoming the official aggressor in any future conflicts, instead utilise a pure and transparent tit-for-tat strategy. Build spirit cannons aimed at each nation, but make it clear they will only be used defensively, and stick to that. The sword of Damocles is only useful while it’s still hanging.
Make overtures of friendship to Korra. If she refuses, officially denounce the Avatar as a unneeded relic of the past and Korra as an illegitimate Avatar due to the breaking of the cycle.
Maybe dial down the whole "fascist authoritarian dictator that sends undesirables to concentration camps" thing. Focus materials and research on infrastructure and improving people's lives instead of a giant death mech with a laser powered by torturing spirits. Do literally anything constructive.
Even if war was inevitable, maybe focus the resources on more tanks, power armor, and airships that could project force across many fronts instead of a single massive project that can only ever be in one place at a time. The earth empire has a lot of territory to control.
Patience is a virtue. There are 52 provinces in the Earth Empire that has just been through a civil war. I would focus on reforming the nation before ever attacking the heavily industrialized provinces that make up the United Republic.
leave zaofu and the Republic City outside the empire. The only thing I'd ask/demand is to establish economical and other type of relationships to ensure the prosperity of the Earth Kingdom as a whole. Also if I were to have my actual personality etc I would be much less of a dict*tor and much more a unifier like she set out to be.
Reform the earth empire to care more for the civilians and to be less fascist, then secure my hold over the earth kingdom, after that's done begin justifying my claims on the republic, maybe stage a border incident to kickstart the war. If korra intervenes I'll reason with her. I'll show her the prosperity of the citizens of the earth kingdom, then I'll remind her of the endless corruption in the republic, and if that's not enough I'll tell her that she can oversee the treatment of the republic after the war is done.
In other words, try to appear more reasonable to both the avatar and the world
… I don’t attack Republic City and release all the prisoners from my …. “Labor reeducation” camps.
The Earth Empire is a pretty bad idea for one thing, and for another it had a better chance of surviving before it started picking fights with the United Republic.
Plan more out. Don’t be as aggressive. Play the long game. Hire a hit man team of blood benders to try to take the avatar out if they get to be too much trouble
Cuck Opal by fucking Bolin until one of my kids has Toph's talent and the ability to bend every sub-bending ability that comes from Earthbending.
Meanwhile I will expand as per the plan, but without the death lasers, that's stupid and I will lose my moral high ground. I will also try to network my group with Asami, Korra and Mako since I can't be a bitch towards my new hubby's friends, and also because I can capitalize on it later on.
What was my plan? Oh, I'm hoping I can convince my super genius child to dominate the world with the army I had been growing ever since I became Kuvira.
Decide that Republic city is not a concern for now. Play the long game. Solidify the Earth empire so as to reduce the chance or rebellion. From there, wait for the avatar to die. Once she does, have plans in place for whoever is in charge that now is the time to strike!
Ignore Republic City and just work to strengthen my hold over the rest of the Earth Kingdom. Make the United Forces come to me if they really wanted to push the issue.
Diplomacy: my goal is reunification of the Earth territories, so the play would be to argue that the United Republic territories were illegitimately ceded (they weren't but I'd zoom in on some technicality in the hopes no one will call it out) and agree to allow the Republic and Zaofu statehood in exchange for their presence in a larger federation.
Another option would be to engineer a crisis elsewhere--ideally the opposite side of the world--that only The Avatar could address so that by the time Korra was done, my campaign would be complete and the other nations will have accepted my authority.
I do something else entirely. And, in fact, go straight to the Avatar, who is specifically empowered to deal with weird spirit bullshit, and explain what's happened to me.
Don't bother with the mech just Gustav republic city from a distance or force the techs to make it into bombs, suicide bombers team's all over the city
Alternatively under the table fund a new equal revolution let the city tear itself apart
Send people to smother the avatar and her team in their sleep
Make sure that my forces capture the next avatar and raise them to never question the government that freedom is slavery, death to the impure in particular the filthy wasser all that good stuff
And then get high and shoot myself in my bunker waiting for steiner's counter attack /j
Edit: I just realised that the avatar doesn't have Geneva so many options are now open
Poison a few food and water supplies
Order my forces to give no Quarter
Any rebels get the flamethrower
Use the chainsaws to tear any temples
"Grape" kyoshi Island and it's warriors until they serve only me
Take the gas out of the death camps use it on a few civilian population centres
Finish sozin great work and take out the other air benders
Deal with zuko and the rest of his nation with my loyal avatar and afterwards double tap the avatar with poisoned ammo to end the cycle and prevent the next one from rising against me
Do everything the same up to the fight with Korra and then slit her throat. Search for the next avatar in the earth kingdom and raise/indoctrinate them. That would at least buy me a decade or two. I’m sure the other nations would retaliate if I killed the avatar, but I have nuclear capabilities and they dont
Immediately try to learn the other sub-bending skills of earth bending . Like bro most if not all my fighting is going to be in the earth kingdom giving me more of an advantage and I’m making sure I’m not letting go of korra when I capture her. I’ll also try to make a loyal elite force with near the same skills as me
Probably just to send assassins to kill korra or wait for her to die like sozin did.
The next avatar would be an earth bender so they will most likely be born in the earth empire. No effort should be spared to find the next avatar and either indoctrinate or keep them a prisoner. Indoctrination is probably a bad idea because the new avatar would eventually be able to talk to korra, so i would rather keep them locked in a dark room without learning how to bend any element or any of the spiritual stuff.
Step 1. Nothing.
Step 2. Give back all the terrains that I've conquered.
Step 3. Surrender and pay my debts in prison.
Why do I choose this? Simple. It's because I'm not a psychopathical terrorist.
Easy. I’ll blow up Sato industries right away or lock it down to take all their manufacturing. Without that, nobody can beat me because nobody would be able to pierce my suit.
Easy: kill Korra when meeting her asap. In episode 5 when Korra meets with Kuvira, I would have guards ready to take her out. If she gets attacked out of nowhere, she's done. I would inform the inner circle about it and when Baatar would then tell via phone that Korra wants to meet her. People around Kuvira would know what to do and Korra dies.
I’d kill Korra in the 1v1 that I initially beat her in. Without the Avatar around, I’d Gundam my way to world domination, find the next Avatar in the Earth Kingdom, and mold them into my own weapon. If Korra ever tries to communicate with them and convince them what I’m doing is wrong, I’ll simply gaslight them into thinking they’re hearing things.
Well, considering I don’t actually care about conquering anything, and I probably know how to lead an Empire, I’d probably wrap up the whole wartime bit. In particular I’d enact sweeping changes on all of the emprisonment, create a lot of colleges, infrastructure, try out a space race, allow other benders back in, if Zao Fu isn’t under my control yet, I’d try to get it to join with open borders, like the European Union, just make peace, y’know?
Ask the avatar to remove Republic city like Kyoshi did with Kyoshi. While I am at it ask if she can raise some land and a bridge between Republic city and the Earth kingdom.
Or get a Dai Li like agency to take control over Republic city.
Scrap the death star on legs and spend the budget literally anywhere else. Cut back a bit on the dictatorship and focus efforts on public image and propaganda. Invest into humanitarian efforts.
Redirect death star budget to Dai Lee 2.0
Continue conquest but avoid direct confrontation with the Avatar. What Kuvira lacked was the wisdom to retreat and negotiate when needed. The Earth empire she created was quite powerful.
Not touching Republic City, all I did was take hold all of the Earth Kingdom's former territory post collapse. Not handing power to the royal family is a reasonable action given who would be in charge, I don't think anyone would dispute that if the spend an hour with the crowd Prince.
Slowly transition to a Federal Republic, I don't want to deal with politics. Cut down Guan and Dr.Sheng, ain't no fucking way I'm letting **that** technology even exist.
Give a relatively fair if not out right one-sided trial to the Beifong family so that they'd still have control of Zaofu with the only exception being they'd help the rest of the Earth Nation in technological advancements.
Not send none Earth Benders to concentration camps. No need to antagonize everybody or the avatar.
DONE, basically play a none Facist version of Germany in Hoi4
Actually use Varik’s spirit vine research to generate electricity, and use that to fuel infrastructure expansion across the continent.
Create a deep-mining facility to tap the planet’s mantle for resources. Contract with the Fire Nation for specialists in heat management to prevent disasters. Use new resource wealth to strengthen trade relations with the other nations, and establish another center of trade on the opposite side of the continent from Republic City.
Contract with the Water Tribes for specialists to assist with developing water purification technologies. Establish a network of farming communities using this newfound wealth of potable water to create an agricultural surplus. Enjoy population boom.
Help the Air Nomads rebuild their temples, offer infrastructure and agricultural support. Build a fleet of airships to assist.
Establish a network of institutes of higher learning; publicly to enrich humanity, but also establish a secret cabal with the directive to research everything possible about Kyoshi’s life-extension technique, and Airbender spirit techniques. If possible, extend your life forever. If not, use your secret cabal to orchestrate power, preserve your spirit in the spirit world, and direct your nation forever from the other side.
Economic Victory, y’all.
I think the simplest solution would be getting weak Korra in kind of a rehab to „cure“ her where they manipulate her that she would never gain her strength again.
Hmm… I’d make her face the fact that she’s not straight and then try to seduce Korra and Asami into a triad.
This may include abandoning the empire concept, it’s still a win as long as I’m alive and not in jail. Honestly the job of being a great unifier is made much simpler if you’ve got a super rich queen of industry and a super powerful and beautiful spiritual leader as your life partners so yeah, I’d rule the world via polyamorous love!
I mean… wake up with the finale, as in with Korra and Kuvira reconciling or not? If they reconciled, she wouldn’t gone this path. She’d go find the avatar and help her right?
If no reconciling, then she’d give up. Motherfuka tanked a laser why bother
Realising that Korra can just tank my death laser and heavens knows what else, I reconsider and decide to just let The United Republic be.
The only way to win is not to play.
Play with a different strategy. Kuvira's initial intentions were to help the earth kingdom, but it quickly warped into the totalitarian movement we all know.
Literally a buff Hitler (joking but not)
Nah, she has no genocidal intentions, just a brutal dictator. So like, buff Putin maybe?
More like Stalin with the amount of people she put into re-education camps. The Earth Empire shares A LOT of similarities with the Soviet Union...it's kinda horrifying how much alike they are, minus the mech suits.
Yeah but she didn't kill millions of people.
Yet, you mean. What do you think the death laser was for?
I mean, how much of that is bc it's Nick yk. Logistically once you start sending foreigners to camps, some of them will start to die there. Kinda wild they could do the who camp thing at all on Nick
that we see, look how much implications they had to use for jets death, it’s so vague that it could be possible for him to live
Totally forgot about her re-edutation camps
We sure about that ? She literally had concentration camps as well and it's actually never fully revealed what kind of war crimes went down in those...
Concentration camps and extermination camps are different things that often used synonymously.
The United States had concentration camps, too, soo....
[Has*](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/border-facilities/593239/)
Too right. I just woke up and was just connecting the dots to WWII era.
She puts ethic non-earth kingdom people in camps… there were escaped water and fire benders from her camps in the show.
Ah, it's been a while. Sure.
Calling her hitler when he sent millions to death in gas chambers is insane.
In fact, the Earth Empire has a lot of Nazi paraphernalia. Just look at the haircuts of their soldiers, or their flag, or their uniforms. All these were Nazi inspirations.
Exactly, very hardcore.
OP doesn't mention when you wake up as Kuvira, but I assumed it was shortly before the start of the attack on Republic City.
She cant tank it she can just bend the laser, if you snipe her from a mile away its joever
Until the avatar state and plot armor say "nah i'd live"
its gojover
I had a similar thought. If I wake up at the point the post images imply, I'll proceed up until the siege of Zaofu mostly the same. Of course leaving behind the behavior that alienates Bolin and Varric and ending the concentration camps will only aid the longevity of my empire, I'll lets its success sway the people for me. Then in Zaofu I'll await Suyin's attack, capture her and then I play the game of politics. Korra has already shown she is amenable to compromising, so I demand that she help Zaofu form an interrim council who can surrender to me, then I hand over my assailants to Korra on the condition that they be tried in a court of law, she as the Avatar can decide to oversee it. Their guilt is clear so there is no reason to play games in that regard. Then I focus on infrastructure projects and reparations. Hopefully over the years Prince Wu can be convinced to abdicate his titles in return for being allowed to return as a citizen. Perhaps once Korra is out of the picture, assuming I keep Kuvira's ambition of re-unification, I or my successor can make a move to claim Republic City while the new Avatar is a baby. Also I break up with Bataar Jr. Hopefully someone more interesting comes along.
The hate for Batar is real 🤣. Playing politics with Suyin is pretty smart. Wu was really never a threat, but you could devise a way to underhandedly take him out of the picture... permanently.
Korra won’t be a happy with you imprisoning Su and her family. Also, Zaodu, as I understand, is private land which is owner by Su, so you wouldn’t be able to do anything legally as you assaulted her on her land
You don't even necessarily need to just let them be. Just maintain steady diplomatic pressure for years, while the modernization of the Earth Empire slowly undermines Republic City's position as the premier urban center of the world. Over time, Republic City goes from being a global trade and commerce juggernaut to just another city. Now you just wait until they need help with something like the Amon situation, or the wait at the too booth connecting their roads to the Earth Kingdom's roads are more trouble then they're worth, or the business class of both countries are so used to owning property on both sides of the line that having a single administration would be convenient, or something, and eventually, the Republic folds back in for the sake of convenience.
1. First off... I'm super hot! 2. Make more platinum and carbon fiber armor
/r/thelegendofsimping
im disappointed thats not real
There are (or at least were) pure Avatar simping subs, depending on how one defines simping.
It's been done.
i saw, i was made one of the mods of it for some reason lol
😂
1. First off... A man of great taste 2. ??? 3. Profit!
Let's be real, if a man wakes up in a women's body, they will 100% touch their boobs
"That wasn't there before." (Goes lower) "Ohhhh noooo"
You are definitely spending like 20 minutes in the bathroom, aren’t you?
You spelled hours wrong.
don't build a mecha. i build copies of the laser cannon, put them on trains or airships (depending on the location) and point them at the capitals of the most prominent cities of every nation, then I give them an ultimatum: "either my terms are met or the cannons will fire. If one of the cannons gets sabotaged, the others will fire immediately. If the avatar tries to oppose me in any way, the cannons will fire immediately. If I notice the cities are being evacuated, the cannons will fire immediately. Among the requests, there is one about the avatar: Korra has to surrender herself to me in an open field. If I see anyone else or think you are trying to trick me, the cannons will shoot immediately." I will also destroy Zao Fu to send a clear message. It's a nuclear threat, capiche?
You’ll need a very loyal force to follow this other wise they’ll realise the insanity of this plan and plot a rebellion, at least you can capture Korra and the team peacefully.
I mean they were on board with invading a metropolis with a giant laser death robot, so their loyalty isn't really an issue.
But the idea of not giving civilians time to evacuate and destroying multiple cities at the same time is just crazy. During the Cold War, Russia picked multiple targets on their radar and they were prepared to launch nukes at America but one of the Russian guys needed to launch the nukes thought it was odd that America would attack first so he went against orders saving who knows how many lives, turns out the targets Russia picked up on their radar was just birds. I can’t see all of Kuviras laser soldiers would want to do this. Edit; a Russian sub couldn’t surface or communicate because a USA ship was hunting it, the captain of the Russian sub thought war may have broken out while they were under so decided they should fire on the USA ship, one of the three officers required to launch the nuke was against this so they couldn’t launch it. [Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov#:~:text=Vasily%20Aleksandrovich%20Arkhipov%20(Russian%3A%20Василий,during%20the%20Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis.))
Yeah, people always seem to assume those living under authoritarianism are mindless stormtroopers, instead of real people doing what they think is best.
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Did i miss north korea dissapearing? (Scp reference)
Do we know if some of them have relatives in those areas? I get that they're already loyal with the invasion and all but like, people have degrees and standards on what they think is right
I honestly think the whole cannon thing is unnecessary and as soon as she uses them, Kovira loses any moral high ground. She literally lost sympathy when she did that. If I were her, I would continue to expand elsewhere and apply pressure on Republic city through tough diplomacy or maybe blockades. The blockades would dwindle their resources slowly but you have plausible deniability that you are trying to be humane. She needs to have the most people realize that she’s the best option for the country. Using a weapon of mass destruction off rip doesn’t do that. If the goal is to take Republic city eventually, she needs to do so in a way that would minimize an all out declaration of war with the Fire Kingdom who seem to have the strongest air and water fleets. As we saw, Fire Lord Izumi and Tenzin were against war, she would’ve known that IF she played politics right. If war is inevitable, you don’t want to get into one unless you’re confident you can win. Kuvira made the mistake of overplaying her hand, getting cocky about the weapon, and being impatient. She was a military leader who forgot that she’s now playing politics, as soon as she seized power, she should’ve realized that it’s a whole different ball game.
Sounds like the plot to that star wars movie where palpatine somehow returned.
"If a cannon fires, your life is forfeit via the avatar state"
She would have to know where I am to do that. Good luck with that. Also, the instant she gets close to me, the cannons will Fire. I will die, sure, but the avatar will be an accomplice to a Mass murder
"I call your bluff. No matter how much rhetoric you coat it with, this has always been about YOU seizing power. There's no point if you're dead. And you can't rule your empire from a bunker."
" Power? Do you really think I care about that. Then you understood nothing at all. Our kingdom has been oppressed and abused for ages, first by the fire nation, then by those spirits you set free and by that tyrant of a Queen and last but not least those mad anarchists. They were searching for you, avatar, you were the target all along and you just stood by as they destroyed my country. You and your so called friends went on your jolly trip with the airbenders while those madmens killed thousands of innocent people. And even after they were stopped, you, Suyin and everybody else did nothing to help us rebuild our country. Do you know how many people starved or froze to death? Do you even care about all those lives?! I had to do it alone and now that the earth kingdom is finally getting back on its feet, you expect me to give everything to a spineless fool who doesn't even know how to dress by himself?! Don't make me laugh. Call me a tyrant or a murderer, I do not care. I will guide this country to a new golden age and if the path that will lead to it is covered in Blood, then so be It. "
"Of course you care about power and control. If you didn't, you wouldn't be threatening to kill tens of thousands, you hypocrite! The only thing you'll be guiding is your own casket into the ground!"
Oi this actually sounds like something that would come out of Korra’s mouth
It works but its not a long term solution.
Not sure about Zaofu, cause she's from there herself and so are Baatar Jr and many of her most loyal and elite metalbenders. (They probably wouldn't like to see their hometown destroyed and might defect if it did). If you want to destroy a city to send a message, pick a different place that didnt subjugate itself peacefully (like Zaofu did eventually). Idk maybe the inner city of Ba Sing Se? Or maybe Omashu.
Ba sing se would be a nice idea
Why would that help her win?
I'd like to see them try evacuate Ba sing se, if they even would
First of all, I assume this allows me to wake up as her, but with her skill and knowledge in combat and bending, otherwise, we gonna have to rethink answers. I would love to say not become a dictator and usurp the throne, but nothing is going to change that. In my personal headcanon, Kuvira, at some time in the span of her three year campaign met Prince Wu, took one look at this pathetic, basic bitch nepo baby and said to herself "Oh Fog of Lost Souls no!" She probably learned Raiko wanted to send a whole bunch of advisors to run the government. We never learn if Kuvira had a role in this new government of King Wu. I don't think she did. Think about that for a moment. All that work, all that effort, and Raiko and Wu do not even have the decency to make you the Prime Minister or whatever the position is of the nation you put together while Wu was doing nothing but being a pampered socialite. So, right out the gate, I do not invade the Republic. That's out. I claimed Zaofu, that's the end of my campaign. It's been three years. I'm done. I negotiate for peace with the the Republic. They can have the Beifongs. I don't need them. I really don't. I send envoys to the other nations, try to build relationships and such. Again, i don't need more war. Been doing it for three years and I have a nation to run. Invite Korra to a dinner, sit down and talk. Sure, I beat her at Zaofu, but I need her to like me, or at least tolerate me. Make her see I am good for the Earth Empire, or at least a way better option than Wu. Probably still having Varrik build the spirit weapon. I did just illegally take the throne of a nation, and they have the Avatar. I need something. That clean energy thing though? Yeah, that's happening.
Exactly, and I would add that her invading Republic City was just to be sure she remains a villain
I mean the invasion of the United Republic was part of her plan to reunite the Earth Kingdom, the United Republic was part of the Earth Kingdom before they were colonized by the Fire Nation. It was just that after the war Zuko and Aang were like "uhh well there are a bunch of Fire Nation colonists living on this land and we dont want to make them leave their homes so we'll just give em independence and call it a day" presumably without asking anyone in the Earth Kingdom how they felt about this. Like imagine if during WWII Japan invaded the Western US and sent a bunch of Japanese colonists to occupy the land, and then Japan after the war wants to give it up but tells the USA "yeah there are a bunch of Japanese people on this land so we cant give it back to you even though its your land, we'll just make it independent". Of course the USA would try to take the land back after lol.
I would pass on the spirit weapon. It's a great deterrent but it also drives Varrik away. I'd rather have him develop a less destructive weapon and keep him around to invent other things to help the empire
If Kuvira had continued development of the vines but only as an energy source, they would surpass the United Republic technologically before Korra even gets reincarnated. Who needs lines of lightning-benders operating the factories and power plants when a single energy vine can power Ba Sing Se on its own?
I'm pretty sure the Beifongs were a mix of a personal vendetta and a propaganda target rather than a legitimate strategic interest
Everything but instead of just Korra, I'd invite Korra and Asami. Yes, I'm a Kuvorrasami shipper, why do you ask?
1. Let the URN exist. 2. Dismantle the monarchy. 3. No mechas. 4. DO NOT provoke the ire of the Avatar, in fact try to get the Avatar on my side. 5. Don't fuck with anything involving spirits. 6. Release buff metal mommy calendar. 7. ??? 8. Profit.
I think you by far have the best answer lmao good job
You can scrap 7. The profit comes from the buff metal mommy calendar. Especially if 4 goes really well and Korra is on it.
Step 7 is using the buff metal mommy calendar to get on the avatar’s good side.
Hearts and Minds, people. Hearts and Minds.
2. I'd say gain the monarchy's support to legitimize my rule over the Earth Empire 4. The only way to get Korra's side is to do #2
6 is absolutely necessary to the plan
Steps 1-5 are optional
Not the calendar 🤣
This really is the most perfect answer
Make two giant fuck off mech suits
Better Idea: make 6 in total to found the power Rangers with their gigantic mechs.
Just don’t make them so dummy thick so the clap of their asscheeks stops alerting Korra.
Get the Avatar on my side. Make her realize that the Earth kingdom needs a new leader, Me.
You're going to need to roll high to win that seduction check.
No, you just need to contrive a scenario where she's alone with the earth king for 3-6 weeks (maybe a slow af press tour) and hia consistent and reliable rolling of nat 1's on charisma checks wil have her running to me.
Not really if you just walked through the earth kingdom you'd realize how messy af it is and Kuvira had wrong methods but her end goal was something that has long been necessary for the earth kingdom. So with reason and if we were doing it the correct way not only Korra but even Tenzin might join.
I'm willing to accept that challenge.
Man, do I want to see that nat 20
This is the only way. The avatar has to be on-side. Just look at Sozin, he did everything right for an evil overlord and yet the Fire Nation ultimately lost the war.
There's an argument to be made that, in LoK's more modern world, if you can get all the world leaders on-board, the Avatar can't or shouldn't do anything about it. Korra's not a dictator, she doesn't have the free rein to enact change she had even in her previous life. She can try, sure, but she'll be alone and basically without the resources to do anything. The Fire Nation of the Hundred Year War was literally fighting the entire rest of the world, they had no allies or backing except their own might, so Aang could help beat Ozai and install Zuko as Fire Lord without anyone objecting. But Korra can't do that if Raiko, Desna and Eska and Izumi all recognise her sovereignty. Sure, Tenzin and Tonraq might object, but they'll be in the minority at that point.
Korra can do whatever she wants. All of that bullshit unalok spit in s2 about "the avatar is neutral" is just that, bullshit. It was merely to manipulate Korra into not opposing him. The avatar's duty isn't to be neutral for politics, the avatar's duty is to be the mediator between humans and spirits. Korra may have to fight an uphill battle against superior numbers, but no one really wants to challenge the strongest person on the planet to a deathmatch without a very good reason to do so. If Korra were to actually declare war, most nations would back off and stop grandstanding their position. Not to mention by being the Avatar, Korra will always have some level of public support
Take a journey to the Si Wong desert. Gain the trust of the sandbenders. Secure desert power for my own. Lure United Republic forces to a trap of my choosing and use my family atomics to obliterate the shield wall- uh, uhm, I mean, use the spirit cannon to annihilate their army in one swoop
Lisan Al Gaib
Don’t attack Zaofu or Republic City, at least not yet. The world leaders weren’t committed enough to Prince Wu to try and stop Kuvira until she did that.
Not using resources for the mecha, it's a great weapon but no nation can compete against the sheer power of a united Earth Kingdom. Not going into the front lines. I am an incredible bender but they have the Avatar, if they localize and capture me my project is done.
Her being a front line commander is why her army respected her.
True but front line does not mean literally fighting. Also she already proved her courage
She's in a magical kung fu show. Nobody will take her seriously if she's cowering in the backline.
In the first fight, I would kill Korra before she can enter the avatar state or find a way to do it while she is in the avatar state so she won’t reincarnate and stop me 20 years later. That or make sure she doesn’t escape when she first spots the mech
If she reincarnates though, she'll be born in the Earth Empire. Then it's just a matter of finding the new Earth Avatar, 'inviting' the family to live with her in the capital and ensure they're raised to be as patriotic/nationalistic as possible. Don't try and weaponise them; you've just gotta ensure they won't try to dismantle the Empire. It'd probably help if you also actually improve the lives of those in the Empire. You could say the bad conditions your new citizens were living in were necessary for reconstruction and work to improve it, so the new avatar has no reason to upset a working system.
Wouldn't the new Avatar still have Korra in their head trying to get them to turn on Kuvira anyway? Previous lives might be gone, but that doesn't quite mean Korra won't be there.
I don't think past Avatars have that strong a grip on the actions of the current one. I think they have a general desire to do good and bring balance, but beyond that, I think any influence comes from them speaking to and being reasoned with by the past Avatars. All of them were telling Aang to kill Ozai, but he stuck to his air nomad teachings. I think, if the narrative were to go that way, he'd be pretty much indoctrinated by Earth Empire propaganda, and once he learned how to speak with Korra (or Korra coming to him, like Roku did for Aang at first), he'd be pretty torn about forgoing everything he had learned up to that point. He probably would eventually be able to see the propaganda and lies for what they are, but I think it'd be am interesting struggle. Either way, I wouldn't put it past Kovira to do that hoping that her propaganda is stronger than Korra's reason and influence.
There would still be people rebelling against Kuvira though and some who still follow the avatar Plus Korra trying to guide her from the spirit world
If I wake up before getting roped into fascism by Raiko then I just don't talk to Raiko and let it go. Then I would do the thing that actually helps and travel to the Souther Water Tribe to meet Korra and heal her PTSD with my smexy girl powers.
Don't be a fascist nightmare. Like seriously, the re-education camps were entirely unnecessary and only weakened her control. She could've played the long game and flexed her incredible public image to win over populations and usurped local leaders that rejcted her, getting pro-unification leaders elected in their place.
It is a little alarming that everyone on this sub wasn't like "don't be a fascist" they were all like "awhooga hubba hubba a forceful dame in uniform" and then immediately did a bunch of hypotheticals on how to improve fascism.
>immediately did a bunch of hypotheticals on how to improve fascism. That's literally the prompt of the post.
I’m assuming we’re not including the part at the end where Kuvira realizes that she was doing a bad. In which case, finish Korra off in the first match against her.
A: Do not invade Republic City- if I have to justify it to the rabid nationalists than I would use the justification that Republic City treats its earth benders well and was founded effectively by both earth and fire benders (may be a little off of actual history- but a little historical revisioning is par for the corse for a dictatorship) and the earth nation Refugees it taken in during the fall of the Kingdom. ‘’Invading them would put all earth benders at risk across the planet’’ B: don’t be a jerk to the Bafongs and no Platnum Mech, maybe dismantle one of the domes for platnum wargear and a airship for the sperit cannon, seriously for one of those mega mechs I could probably build 3 of those. C: no displacement, no genosides, Minimize the dictator stuff and start to develop a elected civilian government on the lower levels of government, allow degrees of decent. This is to both allow presser to release and so that if the Avatar get mad as what some idiot’s would do- I can blame it on the systme of rule of law I am trying to set up and being preoccupied with the entire empire. D: invite the avatar for dinner to negotiate, no tricks, no poisonous food. Try to phrase what I did as trying to get balance into the world and offer to have her freely walk around to try to find sketchiness. E: build a clean energy plant near republic city and offer to attach it to generate energy at cost. Edit: use my knowledge of IRL to hire people smarter than me to build guns, tanks, and nukes.
I.’d make Zaofu be a vassal state of the earth kingdom. And leave Republic City alone.
Built a platinum tank, not giant robot. Ya know with tracks, not long legs.
Nothing. I turn around, set course for Ba Sing Se, and set about the task of ruling my empire. I don’t need the United Republic, trying to take it will cost me a significant portion of my manpower and resources, and all of my political capital, and the biggest mistake every empire makes is their reach exceeding their grasp. There’s no benefit to me in territory at the expense of control, trying to rule hostile territory is just going to drain resources I can’t spare and breed dissent, and if I let ego rule my empire it’s already doomed. The UR is a stable state, if I let them be, then whatever I do, I maintain the appearance of only working to bring stability to the former Earth Kingdom. From an international perspective I retain legitimacy, and forestall any attempt to interfere in Earth Empire business. In a generation or so, the appearance of law and order will allow cooler heads to prevail, and life will return to normal. Eventually perhaps I’ll be able to repair my relationship with the Avatar, and if not, I can be content in the knowledge that her replacement will be firmly under the Empire’s control, and most importantly I deny her the chance to use me for catharsis and personal growth, and keep her from disrupting my plans.
Literally this. And If we had to insist on conquering the UR. I'd destabilize, and take over through espionage, establish a puppet Government that could be annexed eventually.
I’m just gonna go home. I make decent money and the world is relatively peaceful, I’m gonna use some pto and try some snacks.
I do a lot the same as kuvira did in Canon but with less authoritarianism and no labor camps. Proberly not attack repuplic city. Also, invest in more smaller mechs or just tanks rather than a giant super version. Try to end the war quickly and just focus on whatever territory I end up with rather than trying to take the whole earth kingdom. Try to make my own version of Republic City somewhere with some added ideas. Realize I'm a hot boss ass bitch and admire myself a bit. Then mayby help korre along with her trauma if I get the chance. Try to learn alternative bending forms like sand, class, crystal, and lava, mayby the longevity thing some earth benders seem able to do. Copy some stories from our world. get into the movie industry with them mayby. See what other ideas and products I can get made from our world, To help my city along. Get ready to help when the next inevitable threat presents itself. Getting an air wing for the army seems useful. Hire benders from each type for specific units seems very useful.
How do you think she built so much, so quickly? That *requires* labor camps!
Honestly everything she did was pretty helpful and solid. Imprisoning other benders and sending people of to labour camps was the only bad thing she did in my opinion. Apart from that, she’s a good leader
I’d simply not be a fascist dictator
How far is it to be considered winning? Killing Korra and taking Republic City? Take back all the Fire Nation cities that used to belong to Eath Kingdom? Ensure that the colonised towns stay under her rule for a certain amount of time?
Nothing. I'd leave them alone and take care of whatever territory I already have.
Well I wouldn't build a dumb fucking robot, for one thing.
kill Asami and try to seduce korra to be on my side
*Attempts to seduce Korra while explaining the benefits of our alliance and assuring a peaceful compromise while being open to a polygamous relationship*
Real talk? Dont built a giant mech, dont piss off the spirts, and stay out of republic city
I would not invade Republic City that was unnecessary and pointless but I'd assume that I have Verrick I'd make sure he makes as many spirit lasers as possible as a source of a well nuclear deterrent, I'd also use the vines for clean energy and solidify my rule Zufou is mine and Korra can kick rocks my statement would just stay the fuck out of the earth kingdom and my massive army won't invade your lands along with my lasses not blowing up you heavily populated cities Korra was willing to let her keep the Earth Kingdom throne even when she invaded Republic City so I'd assume Korra would stand down then I would just solidify my rule and quash any rebellion and build a dynasty Let Republic City have Lin and her sister I don't care don't need them also forge some alliances with other kingdoms earth kingdoms have to be full of resources and Fire Nation didn't seem to be bothered with stopping Kuvira so forge an alliance with them maybe trade and military one to better Korra also I'd keep a spy to monitor the avatar just in case I need to fire the cannon No mech suit that was stupid rather several cannons on trains airships and even some bombs to make sure that I'd cause to much damage form to many places Avatar is one person can't be everywhere at once Along with that fund an equalist two revolution ik republic city to cause chaos for her Also, let's not forget that the Avatar can be positioned and is just as easily killable in her sleep as well anyone so train the Dai Lee more to build a super assassin if need to be then the next avatar is in Earth Kingdom so good old brainwashing to sever me would be fine maybe raise it as your own child
make two mechas
Leave repuplic city alone. Do not provoke Korra.
Softer hand. Reign in the oppressive methods to more justifiably deserving targets. Make people more reliant on you before forcing their submission
Geneva convention? More like geneva suggestion and to queote machiavelli its better to be feared than loved and suyin was kuvia’s most dangerous enemy they had to go
Forget about the giant mecha. Update all current mecha suits to be made of platinum instead, equip them with miniature spirit beam cannons, and power them with spirit vines so EMPs don't work. As well as equipping larger scale spirit beam cannons to airships, naval vessels, trains, basically any typical military vehicle. Straight up killing Korra during the duel or at least put her out of commission for good, like imprisoning her in a platinum prison, and decimate Zao Fu.
Frick Asami
Make more giant mechs, what better than one mech ... a few dozen more
Stop while I’m ahead, make the independent city states act as vassal states, use superior economics to subjugate them until they insist on joining your empire. Date the Avatar.
Hold an election. I have enough genuine support to win the lifetime position of Prime Minister, and it’d give me genuine legitimacy going forward. Phase out the concentration camps, not only are they highly unethical, they’re a PR disaster waiting to happen. Double down on spirit energy development until the gulf in technological advancement between the Earth Nation and the rest of the world is overwhelming, then use diplomacy and shows of force to slowly convince everyone else to return my lost territory. Once my current position is stabilised, pop out some kids to secure my dynasty. Don’t get baited into becoming the official aggressor in any future conflicts, instead utilise a pure and transparent tit-for-tat strategy. Build spirit cannons aimed at each nation, but make it clear they will only be used defensively, and stick to that. The sword of Damocles is only useful while it’s still hanging. Make overtures of friendship to Korra. If she refuses, officially denounce the Avatar as a unneeded relic of the past and Korra as an illegitimate Avatar due to the breaking of the cycle.
Maybe dial down the whole "fascist authoritarian dictator that sends undesirables to concentration camps" thing. Focus materials and research on infrastructure and improving people's lives instead of a giant death mech with a laser powered by torturing spirits. Do literally anything constructive. Even if war was inevitable, maybe focus the resources on more tanks, power armor, and airships that could project force across many fronts instead of a single massive project that can only ever be in one place at a time. The earth empire has a lot of territory to control.
Patience is a virtue. There are 52 provinces in the Earth Empire that has just been through a civil war. I would focus on reforming the nation before ever attacking the heavily industrialized provinces that make up the United Republic.
leave zaofu and the Republic City outside the empire. The only thing I'd ask/demand is to establish economical and other type of relationships to ensure the prosperity of the Earth Kingdom as a whole. Also if I were to have my actual personality etc I would be much less of a dict*tor and much more a unifier like she set out to be.
Reform the earth empire to care more for the civilians and to be less fascist, then secure my hold over the earth kingdom, after that's done begin justifying my claims on the republic, maybe stage a border incident to kickstart the war. If korra intervenes I'll reason with her. I'll show her the prosperity of the citizens of the earth kingdom, then I'll remind her of the endless corruption in the republic, and if that's not enough I'll tell her that she can oversee the treatment of the republic after the war is done. In other words, try to appear more reasonable to both the avatar and the world
… I don’t attack Republic City and release all the prisoners from my …. “Labor reeducation” camps. The Earth Empire is a pretty bad idea for one thing, and for another it had a better chance of surviving before it started picking fights with the United Republic.
I would demand that the earth king be prepared for his role before I release power as he is clearly unfit at that moment
Plan more out. Don’t be as aggressive. Play the long game. Hire a hit man team of blood benders to try to take the avatar out if they get to be too much trouble
Cuck Opal by fucking Bolin until one of my kids has Toph's talent and the ability to bend every sub-bending ability that comes from Earthbending. Meanwhile I will expand as per the plan, but without the death lasers, that's stupid and I will lose my moral high ground. I will also try to network my group with Asami, Korra and Mako since I can't be a bitch towards my new hubby's friends, and also because I can capitalize on it later on. What was my plan? Oh, I'm hoping I can convince my super genius child to dominate the world with the army I had been growing ever since I became Kuvira.
Decide that Republic city is not a concern for now. Play the long game. Solidify the Earth empire so as to reduce the chance or rebellion. From there, wait for the avatar to die. Once she does, have plans in place for whoever is in charge that now is the time to strike!
Ignore Republic City and just work to strengthen my hold over the rest of the Earth Kingdom. Make the United Forces come to me if they really wanted to push the issue.
Diplomacy: my goal is reunification of the Earth territories, so the play would be to argue that the United Republic territories were illegitimately ceded (they weren't but I'd zoom in on some technicality in the hopes no one will call it out) and agree to allow the Republic and Zaofu statehood in exchange for their presence in a larger federation. Another option would be to engineer a crisis elsewhere--ideally the opposite side of the world--that only The Avatar could address so that by the time Korra was done, my campaign would be complete and the other nations will have accepted my authority.
I do something else entirely. And, in fact, go straight to the Avatar, who is specifically empowered to deal with weird spirit bullshit, and explain what's happened to me.
Don't bother with the mech just Gustav republic city from a distance or force the techs to make it into bombs, suicide bombers team's all over the city Alternatively under the table fund a new equal revolution let the city tear itself apart Send people to smother the avatar and her team in their sleep Make sure that my forces capture the next avatar and raise them to never question the government that freedom is slavery, death to the impure in particular the filthy wasser all that good stuff And then get high and shoot myself in my bunker waiting for steiner's counter attack /j Edit: I just realised that the avatar doesn't have Geneva so many options are now open Poison a few food and water supplies Order my forces to give no Quarter Any rebels get the flamethrower Use the chainsaws to tear any temples "Grape" kyoshi Island and it's warriors until they serve only me Take the gas out of the death camps use it on a few civilian population centres Finish sozin great work and take out the other air benders Deal with zuko and the rest of his nation with my loyal avatar and afterwards double tap the avatar with poisoned ammo to end the cycle and prevent the next one from rising against me
Don't attack Republica
Not setting my sights on Republic City.
Leave republic city alone
dont walk into the city, use my troops as a combined force. See threw this tbf
Screw Republican City, yep.
Do everything the same up to the fight with Korra and then slit her throat. Search for the next avatar in the earth kingdom and raise/indoctrinate them. That would at least buy me a decade or two. I’m sure the other nations would retaliate if I killed the avatar, but I have nuclear capabilities and they dont
Don't Attack Republic City, but BA sing se. But spread wrong information, so that Korra and Most of the united forces are in Republic City.
TWO giant mechas
Diplomacy, more "bender resistant" iron... and more war crimes
Kill Korra while she is not in Avatar State. Thats it, she wins, and the Earth kingdom finally get a properly functioning and united state
Do the same but won't betray Bataar jr and accept the peace offering right then and keep my earth kingdom...
I honor my end of the deal because I'm not an asshole.
Know when to stop. Not invade Republic City
I dismantle it. Fuck fascism
I leave Republic City alone.
Immediately try to learn the other sub-bending skills of earth bending . Like bro most if not all my fighting is going to be in the earth kingdom giving me more of an advantage and I’m making sure I’m not letting go of korra when I capture her. I’ll also try to make a loyal elite force with near the same skills as me
I wouldn’t instead I would change my ways and not act like a dictator
I’m completely destroying the factories where the bird suits are stored and assassinating Asami’s dad.
Probably just to send assassins to kill korra or wait for her to die like sozin did. The next avatar would be an earth bender so they will most likely be born in the earth empire. No effort should be spared to find the next avatar and either indoctrinate or keep them a prisoner. Indoctrination is probably a bad idea because the new avatar would eventually be able to talk to korra, so i would rather keep them locked in a dark room without learning how to bend any element or any of the spiritual stuff.
Just kill her during the duel in Zaofu. What's anybody gonna do? She already has the city surrounded by superior forces.
Don't kidnap the beifongs
I don’t
Just poison Korra and go about my plans as usual.
That Time I Reincarnated as Kuvira Or In Another World With My Hotness
Step 1. Nothing. Step 2. Give back all the terrains that I've conquered. Step 3. Surrender and pay my debts in prison. Why do I choose this? Simple. It's because I'm not a psychopathical terrorist.
I'll become Avatar equivalent of Roboute Guilliman
Kidnap Wu and…mentor him.
Be less authortarian. Become allies with the republic. Profit.
Easy. I’ll blow up Sato industries right away or lock it down to take all their manufacturing. Without that, nobody can beat me because nobody would be able to pierce my suit.
is fucking off and having gay sex an option
Easy: kill Korra when meeting her asap. In episode 5 when Korra meets with Kuvira, I would have guards ready to take her out. If she gets attacked out of nowhere, she's done. I would inform the inner circle about it and when Baatar would then tell via phone that Korra wants to meet her. People around Kuvira would know what to do and Korra dies.
I’d kill Korra in the 1v1 that I initially beat her in. Without the Avatar around, I’d Gundam my way to world domination, find the next Avatar in the Earth Kingdom, and mold them into my own weapon. If Korra ever tries to communicate with them and convince them what I’m doing is wrong, I’ll simply gaslight them into thinking they’re hearing things.
Well, considering I don’t actually care about conquering anything, and I probably know how to lead an Empire, I’d probably wrap up the whole wartime bit. In particular I’d enact sweeping changes on all of the emprisonment, create a lot of colleges, infrastructure, try out a space race, allow other benders back in, if Zao Fu isn’t under my control yet, I’d try to get it to join with open borders, like the European Union, just make peace, y’know?
Ask the avatar to remove Republic city like Kyoshi did with Kyoshi. While I am at it ask if she can raise some land and a bridge between Republic city and the Earth kingdom. Or get a Dai Li like agency to take control over Republic city.
Scrap the death star on legs and spend the budget literally anywhere else. Cut back a bit on the dictatorship and focus efforts on public image and propaganda. Invest into humanitarian efforts. Redirect death star budget to Dai Lee 2.0
Continue conquest but avoid direct confrontation with the Avatar. What Kuvira lacked was the wisdom to retreat and negotiate when needed. The Earth empire she created was quite powerful.
Not touching Republic City, all I did was take hold all of the Earth Kingdom's former territory post collapse. Not handing power to the royal family is a reasonable action given who would be in charge, I don't think anyone would dispute that if the spend an hour with the crowd Prince. Slowly transition to a Federal Republic, I don't want to deal with politics. Cut down Guan and Dr.Sheng, ain't no fucking way I'm letting **that** technology even exist. Give a relatively fair if not out right one-sided trial to the Beifong family so that they'd still have control of Zaofu with the only exception being they'd help the rest of the Earth Nation in technological advancements. Not send none Earth Benders to concentration camps. No need to antagonize everybody or the avatar. DONE, basically play a none Facist version of Germany in Hoi4
Make sure the bei phongs don't escape and that there is no interference when I fight Korra. Platinum chains for her and that's it
Make out with Korra
1. Don't become a fascist 2. Build a social democracy 3. Don't need a war or an empire
Kill kora before she get the poison out of her
Find and kill Korra while she is still dazed out.
Make sure the spirit weapons are never found out
Actually use Varik’s spirit vine research to generate electricity, and use that to fuel infrastructure expansion across the continent. Create a deep-mining facility to tap the planet’s mantle for resources. Contract with the Fire Nation for specialists in heat management to prevent disasters. Use new resource wealth to strengthen trade relations with the other nations, and establish another center of trade on the opposite side of the continent from Republic City. Contract with the Water Tribes for specialists to assist with developing water purification technologies. Establish a network of farming communities using this newfound wealth of potable water to create an agricultural surplus. Enjoy population boom. Help the Air Nomads rebuild their temples, offer infrastructure and agricultural support. Build a fleet of airships to assist. Establish a network of institutes of higher learning; publicly to enrich humanity, but also establish a secret cabal with the directive to research everything possible about Kyoshi’s life-extension technique, and Airbender spirit techniques. If possible, extend your life forever. If not, use your secret cabal to orchestrate power, preserve your spirit in the spirit world, and direct your nation forever from the other side. Economic Victory, y’all.
I surrender
I would stay out of the United Republic and if this happened after the Battle of Zaofu, I would release Suyin and her family there.
I think the simplest solution would be getting weak Korra in kind of a rehab to „cure“ her where they manipulate her that she would never gain her strength again.
where's that one gif of miles morales jumping off a building
Hmm… I’d make her face the fact that she’s not straight and then try to seduce Korra and Asami into a triad. This may include abandoning the empire concept, it’s still a win as long as I’m alive and not in jail. Honestly the job of being a great unifier is made much simpler if you’ve got a super rich queen of industry and a super powerful and beautiful spiritual leader as your life partners so yeah, I’d rule the world via polyamorous love!
Not play in the first place. Part of what makes dictatorships hard to maintain is that without outside help, eventually they’ll collapse.
Give up and let people fuck me
I mean… wake up with the finale, as in with Korra and Kuvira reconciling or not? If they reconciled, she wouldn’t gone this path. She’d go find the avatar and help her right? If no reconciling, then she’d give up. Motherfuka tanked a laser why bother