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why korrasami was not rushed; a thread (ps i’m using gay as an umbrella term in this thread)
i’ve seen so many people on the tl argue that korrasami was incredibly rushed, made no sense, and had zero chemistry. now i have a question for you: if this were a hetero relationship, would you be making the same claims? most likely not. that’s called internalized homophobia 
now i’d like to explain the korrasami relationship using the ‘friends to lovers’ concept. korra & asami were, undeniably, great friends throughout the show. i’d like to acknowledge how it’s quite common to fall in love with a very close friend. it’s kind of the-
-feeling where you have this mindset that’s like ‘well, i wouldn’t mind making out with them but we’re just friends’. eventually, you just wake up and realize ‘oh shit, i’m madly in love with my best friend.’
a lot of the time when this happens with gay characters, one of the charcaters keeps denying the fact that they’re gay or that they like someone of the same sex - they don’t want to accept it. they’re scared, fearful sometimes.
they’re questioning if they should truly be feeling that way and it takes time to accept and acknowledge it. in the korrasami relationship, korra and asami have such a strong friendship - how can we rightfully deny the possibly of a relationship between them?
friends fall in love. it happens because over time, you gain such a powerful emotional connection. but in the beginning korra/asami neither are openly gay characters. so it might’ve reasonably taken a longer time for romantic advances to occur because it took them-
-a longer time to realize that they were even interested in one another. a lot of people tend to close themeselves off from that entire concept because they have some minor internalized form of homophobia against themselves - like denying their own right to be gay.
korrasami may not have had the romantic buildup, where they started a friendship/relationship off from flirting, but they still had chemistry. korrasami had a powerful friendship and bond - that’s what creates love. it’s not always just being physically attracted to someone
*cough* mako x korra *cough* mako x asami,, just a few relationships almost purely based on the appeal and not the emotional depth.
please don’t close your mind off to the idea of korrasami. they were in love from the beginning - you probably just didn’t realize it because korra/asami didn’t realize it at first. sometimes you just wake up and realize you’re in love with your best friend. that’s life.
it actually happens. quit denying relationships just because you’re not used to the concept of homosexuality,, this isn’t a foreign concept. it’s something that really happens. anyways, stan korrasami
