Avatar: Seven Havens, the new animated sequel series to Legend of Korra, is finally starting to roll out on Paramount+, and the first three episodes have woken up fans like a sleeper cell activation phrase, with its centuries-later story reigniting a not-so-dormant debate between two sides of the community: the Korra haters and the Korra defenders.

Seven Havens takes place over 200 years after the end of Legend of Korra, and while the previous Avatar capable of manipulating all the elements isn’t a direct participant in the events of the new show, her legacy looms over new Avatars (and twin sisters) Pavi and Nisha. Despite Korra’s heroics in her show, her legacy in the centuries that follow is one of a destroyer, not a hero. In Seven Havens, a great cataclysm took place that desecrated the world and also divided it into the titular Seven Havens. This happened during Korra’s time as the Avatar, and while the specifics are nebulous at this point in the show as a lot of records and first-hand knowledge of what happened have been lost to time, history has been written to state that Korra’s actions were a major factor in what destroyed the world.

As such, there are scenes of the people of Seven Havens actively celebrating Korra’s death, whether that be in street shows mocking her, or in just privately revelling in her being gone. Odds are this is an Elphaba Thropp situation in which Korra is being framed and used as a scapegoat for propaganda purposes, but right now, the show is playing it pretty straight.

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