Posting this from the anime channel in discord, with some edits.

Korra would have been better if the writers weren’t libs, and the producers let them do whatever. A major issue with the show is that seasons 1 and two were ordered independently, so both had to tell complete stories. Korra would obviously be a much better show if the writers were able to plot out a coherent story, rather than three separate ones. But here’s how I’d fix LoK.

In Book 1, get rid of the bending allegory, have Amon being a full ML revolutionary, Korra fights against him, and he flees Republic city at the end. B1 could also do with cutting most of the romantic subplots, and just start building Korrasami from episode one. Have Asami run into Korra soon after she arrives in the city or something, if you must have Asami crash into someone.

Unalaq plot is kinda bad, but could be redeemed if they took out the dark avatar part. Have S2 be about the Northern Water tribe trying to impose it’s culture on the south. I really like the Wan story, so I think it could be redeemed somehow. Have Raava/Vaaty represent sort of human’s and spirits, respectively. Wan fucked up and separated them. Definitely make Eska(or Desna?) less abusive, or at least don’t play it for laughs. Amon’s story could be connected in here somewhere, since he’s from the Northern Water Tribe.

In S3 bring back Amon, and have him join up with Zaheer, who would be an actual anarchist (none of this “cHAos iS tHE naTURAL oRdEr!” bullshit. They spend the season plotting revolution, rather than half-assed adventurist regicide. As the season goes on, Korra joins up with them after seeing how terrible things are for the working class in the Earth Kingdom and Republic City. This might seem out of the blue, so more building up to it would be needed, obviously, but it doesn’t go against Korra’s character. She’s a lib, but one of those libs with good intentions. Remember how in Book 1 she tried fighting the cops when they wanted to arrest protesters? Before leaving, she yells at Tenzin who wants to remain neutral, and as a result the air nomads schism. Due to the revolutionary threat, the world leaders appoint Kuvira head of an anti-communist army. The final battle of S3 is Kuvira vs. Korra, and ends with Korra weakened by mercury poisoning, like in the show. Zaheer and Amon have either fled, been imprisoned, or killed.

S4 Would take place 3 years later, Kuvira has fully taken over the Earth Kingdom after crushing the revolution. The plot should be basically the same as S4, but less lib, and have it end with the beginnings of an actual revolution.

Character wise, Asami and her dad should be regular engineers, in order to combat the ‘iron-man archetype.’ Varrick should be less abusive, and dirt poor, eccentric and brilliant. In fact, I don’t think Varrick should appear in Book 2. Just replace him with some other rich fuck, and have him appear for the first time in Book 3.