The world desperately needs unification because when we when we are united then who can really
stand against us right? And this is something that today's character felt very strongly about.
They sought to unite their nation and to create order in a lawless land but somewhere along the
way they lost sight of the true goal and on the season finale for this season I'll be looking at
the woman who sought to create an empire out of chaos and that of course is the great uniter Kuvira.
Hey what's going on guys my name is Nate and you're listening to the Otaku Liberation
a show where we help you break free from the chains that are holding you back in your life
by connecting some biblical principles with themes from your favorite anime.
And without further ado let's get right on into it. So Kuvira Kuvira Kuvira. Kuvira is
honestly probably one of my favorite villains just in general because she was cool calm collected
the entire time and she she didn't let anything or anyone get in her way and had the skills to
back up and back it up right? But what she fought for is something that I think truly has been
lost in the world and that's unity and I mean even amongst us believers there seems to be all this
kind of discourse and you know how we should worship the Lord how we should you know read the
bible and all these different things. Everyone has an opinion and that creates such deep division that
is honestly just kind of sad it really is. And this is what Kuvira saw in the in the Earth Kingdom
right? Because if you guys remember last episode with with Amon. Amon actually killed the Earth
Queen you know he killed the Earth Queen and the Earth Kingdom just fell into chaos right after that
because the I guess the social divide between the the rich and the poor was torn down with the
Earth Queen and that just just let the flood gates open and you know and all hell broke loose
and that kind of sets up Kuvira's motivations because her motive was actually the unification
of the Earth Kingdom and she felt like that the Earth Kingdom needs a ruler right? Every nation
needs somebody in charge you know whether you agree or disagree. I think if we're left to our
own devices and everyone again has their own opinion then we're looking at chaos because no
one knows who to follow because everybody wants to to be a leader and Kuvira actually wanted Suyin.
Suyin Beifong wanted to toss daughters to step up as ruler of the nation but Suyin she just refused
she preferred to lead Zhaofu the the metal city instead of the entire nation which on one hand I
can I can get you know somebody asking you for a position or recommending you for a position that
you didn't ask for right? You didn't want this you don't want the responsibility and the headache
and everything else that comes with it and I get it 100% and I know there are things I just really
dislike because people have forced it on me like I didn't like I didn't ask for this right? I didn't
ask for this nor do I want it so so the answer is no but unfortunately sometimes when that happens
then it creates a a worse outcome than no one was was ready for. In this case actually created a
rift between both Kuvira and Suyin and pushed Kuvira towards becoming the great uniter as she
will later be known as and for me it kind of reminds me of a saying I think I actually once
heard from one of my old co-workers and he told me that if those who can lead if they can lead
like they have the ability to and they have the actual skill set to do it if they choose not to
then those who can't lead will and basically what it's saying is that is hey sometimes the roles you
are called to aren't the ones that you want it's just maybe you're the right person for the job
even though you don't want the job in the first place because if you leave it vacant there's
somebody who's not as qualified who you know may not just be you know as as radical as Kuvira was
right in whatever situation or whatever example you want to use maybe they're just not as good
right and not necessarily bad they're just not as good but the case still remains the same that
you were probably the best choice for and you didn't want to step up which again no one can
really fault you for it can't fault anybody for it because same type of way if I don't want to do it
I'm not going to do it but in that case in this case it led to the the creation of a dictator
right now to be fair had Suyin become the ruler of the earth kingdom then maybe Kuvira would not
have ever gotten the power right but honestly knowing Kuvira and how ambitious how ambitious
she was there's really no telling there's no way we could possibly know how things would have turned
out it had Suyin taking power you know it could have been another like another Unala type thing
which was try to start a coup or even a man to start an entire revolution so just to say that
Suyin being in charge would have fixed everything I don't think it's that black and white but what
is that black and white is actually Kuvira's method through how she united everything because
it was very no nonsense I mean because she used a military force and to kind of give a little
background on Kuvira herself right so before becoming the great uniter Kuvira was actually
the head of Zhaofu security and kind of mentioned earlier that Zhaofu is the metal city of the metal
clan so if you remember Avatar the last airbender Toph Beifong she actually created metal bending
because before her there was no such thing no one even thought it was possible and after the series
Toph actually starts a metal bending academy where she trains other earth benders who have the
I guess the talent for it in the ways of metal bending and in course throughout the year that
she got older or whatnot she taught her kids obviously and raised them and eventually founded
Zhaofu the metal city and pretty much every citizen there is a metal bender right and they're
super advanced and all the technology and things like that they're even more advanced in some ways
than even Republic City so it's a little bit of a history lesson but back to Kuvira so Kuvira was
actually the again the head of security there so she was you know not the top top dog because
technically that's Suyin as their I guess more or less matriarch right but Kuvira was really
high up there and not only she have a prestigious title again she has the skills to back it up she
was an accomplished metal bender and had a very strategic mind about her you know she was she
wasn't a dummy right she she didn't get this type of promotion that you see sometimes people get
even though they're not qualified for it this wasn't the case with her she was very much deserve
the the recognition that she received and even shows even more so during her her tenure as the
de facto leader of the Earth Kingdom now known as the Earth Pannbier under her rule and is actually
during this campaign that Kuvira kind of flexes her military muscles because she would actually
petition the different areas within the Earth Kingdom that were kind of their own more or less
like city states type things she would petition them and basically the offer was either you join
her cause and you and you unite with everybody else or or you suffer the consequences which would
include but weren't limited to you know refusal of aid so like supplies you know food water
clothing all these type of things or protection against bandits because you know there there were
there were bandits at this time just running around pillaging people and Kuvira would offer
her protection only if you joined you you joined the cause right and if you didn't then no well
you're on your own so that was one kind of punishment the next one was imprisonment in
work or re-education camps for people who didn't play ball right they she would throw them in these
camps where they would more or less have time to think about her offer instead and decide if they
want to join up or not and of course the the pretty much the penultimate right is this death
right you just straight up threaten to kill you if you didn't if you didn't join join in and and I
don't know about you but those are pretty convincing tactics I may say I don't I don't think I wanted to
die or something like this right but again everyone has their own morals and their own thing that the
hill that they'll die on right and she would make it literal and honestly it just wouldn't stop there
she would even go on to develop weapons of mass destruction so she could have even more power and
again if you've been listening throughout the season it's the same MO right it's something that
starts off as a noble cause just turns into yet another power grab of some sort right started
off with Amon with his idea of equality started off great but then it just turned into him more
or less when the overthrow of the government right then went to Unalaq who starts off with trying to
unify the the living and spirit world to get get the world its spirituality back more or less
and then it just turned to him wanting again wanting to be the the chief of both water tribes
and eventually I guess the whole world at some point it turned into that and then my mom was a
little different because he didn't seek power for herself at all and honestly I think he was the one
who stuck truest to his ideals throughout the whole thing I mean he was after chaos and he
did it so and then we have Kuvira now with the guise of unification and unity for the earth
kingdom but in reality she just wants to be a dictator so it's again again that's the whole
reason why I wanted to do this season because it's the ideas are great it's just the execution is
terrible and I just know for me for myself that I can take a lot a lot from it because as I've said
multiple times in previous episodes and previous seasons is that I'm a tendency to be obsessive
and and over whatever it is that I'm working on in that moment of time and I can easily easily
forget about everything else around me so I have to intentionally take a step back to then you know
taking some air and realize okay then you really just realize and realign myself to make sure that
I'm still working towards the goal that I should be or have I veered off way off to the right you
know I'm saying and that's just something for me yeah maybe different for you or maybe you don't
have this problem right maybe you know exactly what you're doing at every moment in time and then
that's the case hit me up because I know because I know I need some help but for Kuvira is yeah she
she doesn't think what she's doing is wrong and she's just gonna do it anyway and again people
like Kuvira yeah who amassed all this power and started just you know started committing all these
horrendous things is honestly just the result of the right people refusing to take action and now
everyone is left with the consequences of that and I know you might think is that it's unfair that
you know you let's just say you or for an example you are the right person for this scenario but
now you have to basically take on a mantle take on a role that you didn't want because someone else
who's worse off may come and take it right I understand it's not it's not fair because it's
not and honestly I really wish it was but unfortunately sometimes it's just how it is
sometimes it's really how it is you sometimes you got to step up and be the leader that people need
because you don't want you don't want what's going to happen if you don't right for your own sanity
if nothing else so I just kind of want to encourage you you know to think back throughout your own
life and think about think back to a time where you could have done something but didn't and
then ended up being a worse off situation you know it doesn't have to be you know dictator trying to
rule the world type of bad but just kind of think about it but despite all of these things
crazy enough Kuvira's basically reign of terror actually ended up with the exact result of her
ambition which was in fact the the unification of the earth kingdom which is you know just like all
the rest of the characters in this season her ambition actually came true in a way the earth
kingdom was in fact united and actually had some order established to it versus just being this
lawless land this lawless wasteland that was just everyone for themselves and people were worse off
than they were before but even though Kuvira was a dictator she was this powerful overlord for a
time she actually accomplished what she set out to do then the result of it is it was actually good
you know as I say it didn't blow up really in her face or anyone else's face when after the dust
settled now I know there were casualties and a lot of pain and stuff involved throughout the whole
process but the end result is better than what it was before and that's something I just really
admire about all of these characters from from Korra herself all the way now to Kuvira is that
you know though their methods may not have been the the best I think they were just
in the end of the day it all came came out okay it came out good it came out even better than what
it was before and I know for us as Christians man it's the way it is right it's the way God does
because oftentimes he'll create the most amazing blessings out of our biggest screw-ups the biggest
messes we can possibly think we may be like man I don't know how I'm gonna get out of this and God
says bet and he'll he'll work a miracle and honestly it's it's something I've learned to
one thank God right thank God for it and except accepted for what it is but just to not beat myself
up as much you know just from just from me personally speaking to not come down so hard on
myself when I screw up something because it came from a good heart right again execution might have
been bad and now I gotta clean up the mess but I know at the end of the day God's gonna make it
all right case in point just the last last week or so I don't know how many conversations I've had
with somebody whether it's my boss my girlfriend or whoever where I'm saying one thing but they're
hearing another because whether it's the way they took it the way I said it both who knows now is
a mess now we're like now we're fighting and I'm like what are we doing here I'm just confused
I was trying to share a joke or my thoughts and it just kind of went left and I mean that happens
right our intentions are good our intentions of what we're trying to do are good but somehow
some way along the way because we're all human and none of us can read minds I think you know
I'm mob all right I'm not mob as much as I I wish I was sometimes but we can easily just muck up
some stuff and just thank God that he he has our back and he'll fix it no matter what and he'll
make it great it's just something I look forward to so that's just a little bit of encouragement
I want to leave you guys with it's just that hey no matter how bad you messed it up trust me
God will make it work and you'll look back on it and laugh and cry but it's going to be it's just
going to be great so so tell me if you like this episode by leaving a comment or review share it
with your friends or family who whoever you think really needs to hear this message and honestly
this is the end and a new beginning so I kind of alluded to this I know on last episode that had
an announcement and it's really more of a kind of a shift shift and focus and so for me for those
who don't know who haven't been you know yes listening I guess I don't know if maybe you're
new here right if you're new welcome but I started a YouTube channel where I think I can get more
I don't know what the word is maybe more convey more information more of these things more of
these ideas in my mind out on that platform than I can't hear for the way I structured and things
like that but don't worry don't worry doesn't mean I'm going anywhere it's just now I'm going to go
from a weekly podcast to a to a monthly one so a monthly one that's about an hour long
and don't worry it's still gonna be the same same content same type of stuff it's just gonna be in
a little different of a format though the way it's gonna work is I'm gonna do a live stream
which again I'll let you if you guys follow follow me on Instagram of course YouTube and if you use
threads I guess on me there as well but I'll be posting when I do the live streams and then for
those who can't make it of course I'll post it up here on the podcast as well but it's been more
the same thing just talking about anime and faith and how these characters have shaped my life
and the things I've learned from it and and how we can honestly help some of you out you know who
knows and and I'll also be looking to invite some guests on the show too so you can get a different
perspective from time to time besides my own because sometimes I feel like I'm just kind of
rambling on the mic but I really do think that other people can give some really good perspective
so I just want to thank you all for supporting me on this journey and the different shapes it's
taken on I mean hey I'm looking now it's almost been a year since the start of this whole idea
and it's evolved so much even in that little bit of time so hey thank you for rocking with me this
whole time and and just look forward to all the new content new things that are going to coming out
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so much and always remember you aren't a main character of your story and that story doesn't
end until he says so all right be blessed