Njani iLegend yeKorra Drove Avatar yasekhaya: Ibali lokugqibela le-Airbender yeColonialism

IKorra ejonge kwisiXeko seRiphabhlikhi.

Ehlotyeni ndibone ukukhululwa kwe Igosa likaKorra KwiNetflix, oko kwakuthetha ukuba, ewe, ukuba amagagasi ezimvo ezintsha kunye nokucinga malunga nomboniso kuya kuvela. Isicatshulwa sikaJeannette Ng malunga nokwabiwa kwamalungelo enkcubeko nobumhlophe be I-Avatar enye inkqubela yenye yezi, kwaye yazisa inqaku malunga nobungqingili benkcubeko yeRiphabhlikhi yeSixeko kunye nokungabikho kwesazisi.

Ngelixa ndingavumiyo ukuba iRiphabhlikhi yeSixeko imhlophe ngokwendalo, iyandikhumbuza impembelelo enkulu yempucuko yaseNtshona kuluntu oluye lwathanga kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo. Ukuba ujonga nawaphi na amaziko aphambili asezidolophini kwiBritish Commonwealth, umzekelo, unokufumana into efanayo yezakhiwo eziphakamileyo kunye neeklasik phantse ezifanayo. Tshintshela Trinidad and Tobago dollar ukuya eBarbados. ukuya eMumbai kunye nokufudukela kwabantu ezidolophini kwi-Afrika esemaZantsi eSahara, uyilo, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, luya kuba ngaphezulu kokuqhelekileyo.

Ngelishwa, le homogenization yeenkoloni zaseNtshona kanye yile nto isiXeko seRiphabhlikhi siqhelekile kubabukeli. Ihlabathi le Igosa likaKorra ayisabonakali ibonakala njengeenkcubeko zayo zengcambu, kuba akunjalo.

Into ekufuneka uyiqonde xa ujonga kwiRiphabliki yesiXeko kukuba kukuhlangana kwezinto ezininzi: isiko ngokuchaseneyo nokuphuculwa, ukwenziwa kwenkcubeko ngokuchasene nokwenza kwezolimo, kunye nefuthe lobukoloniyaliyali kuluntu lwasemva kobukoloniyali olungazinzanga kuyo nayiphi na inkcubeko . Kuqhelekile kwiikholoni zangaphambili, ngakumbi ezo iinkcubeko zicinezelweyo.

Siyazi ukuba oku kuyenzeka kwi I-Avatar iphela, kunjalo. Kusekwe ukusuka kwixesha lokuqala I-Airbender yokugqibela ukuba iSizwe soMlilo sisebenzise iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokucinezela inkcubeko kunye nezenzo zabo baboyisileyo. Kwimeko yesizwe samanzi, siyakubona oku noKatara engowokugcina amanzi emazantsi enkosi kwizenzo zabahlaseli baseMazantsi, kwaye ngexesha elibuyayo i-Aang, inkcubeko ye-airbender sele yonke inyamalale emhlabeni. Nangona kunjalo, kuyabonakala nangezinye iindlela, njengokucinezelwa kweSizwe soMlilo soBukumkani boMhlaba ukugoba isiko kwiikholoni, kunye nokufuduswa ngenkani kwabemi.

Ukugoba kubalulekile apha, kuba uninzi lwayo lusekwe kwimikhwa nakwizithethe zesizwe ngasinye. Amanzi, umzekelo, angasetyenziselwa ukuphilisa, njengoko kwakunjalo kwisizwe sikaKatara, kodwa kunye nokulwa, njengasenyakatho. Ngokususa i-waterbenders emazantsi, abahlaseli baseMazantsi ngebabangele ukuba isizwe siphulukane neendlela ezininzi zokunyanga ngokwesiko ezaziza kudluliselwa ukusuka kwi-bender ukuya kwi-bender kwaye, ngokunokwenzeka, abalwi abanokuthi bancede ukungavumi ukugoba.

Ngokubhekisele kwiikholoni zoBukumkani boMhlaba, ukunyanzeliswa kokuguqulwa komhlaba kunye nokufuduswa kwabemi kwakuthetha ukuba ukutshiswa komlilo kwaba yeyona ndlela iphambili, nanjengoko uhlobo lwenkcubeko luya kuqala. Oku kuyakubona ukwakheka kokuqala kwe-hegemony yomlilo phezu kobukumkani boMhlaba, nangona ndingatsho ukuba oku ngekhe kwenzeke ukuba u-Ba Sing Se, intliziyo yoBukumkani boMhlaba, ihlale ihleli kwaye ingaphandle kolawulo lweSizwe soMlilo.

Yiyo le nto ukumisa u-Ozai kunye no-Azula kwakubaluleke kakhulu. Logama u-Ba Sing Se ehlala ekhululekile, inkcubeko yoBukumkani boMhlaba ayizukufakwa okanye itshatyalaliswe ngamasiko eSizwe soMlilo.

UBa Sing Se kwi-Avatar: I-Airbender yokugqibela.

Ke, oku kunxulumene nantoni Igosa likaKorra ?

Okuninzi.

Kungcono okanye kubi, Igosa likaKorra uzinze kwiRiphabliki yesiXeko. Ngelixa isanda kwezinye iindawo njengoko uthotho luqhubeka, ihlala ibuyela kule ndawo inye.

Njengokuba kunjalo, oku kulungile kwaye kubi, ukuya kuthi ga kwiimpembelelo zenkcubeko. Kwisincoko sikaNg, uyaphawula ukuba isixeko ngokwaso sinentshona kakhulu. Kuncinci kakhulu inkcubeko yalo naliphi na ilizwe kwezine ngaphakathi kwemida yalo, kwaye into encinci ekhoyo iyabukeka. Ufumana oku ngezinto ezinjengokuchuma okuncinci kwizakhiwo nakwizithuthi, okanye indlela eyakhiwe ngayo impahla yemihla ngemihla. Ngenxa yokuba isixeko ngokwaso sisekwe kwi-Hong Kong nakwiidolophu ezininzi zasentshona, kulula ukubona apho ubumhlophe bayo yonke into buvela khona.

Umbuzo, nangona kunjalo, unganjani kwaye ngoba?

Njengoko benditshilo nje, uxinzelelo lweLizwe loMlilo belijolise kumasiko agobileyo kunye nokufuduswa kwabemi, kunye nokuhluthwa kwenkcubeko ngenxa yeempembelelo zikaBa Sing Se kunye nobukhulu obuncinci beSizwe saManzi esiseMazantsi, ayisiyiyo into yokuba isizwe soMlilo ngokwaso ifuthe kubuhle besixeko. Ngapha koko, ngokuchaseneyo, inikezwe ukuba uyilo lweCaldera lusekwe ngakumbi eMpuma.

Ibuyela kwiikoloni. Ngokuthanjiswa kweSizwe soMlilo soBukumkani boMhlaba obuhlala buhleli ixesha elide njengoko besenzile, ukudityaniswa kwesizwe soMlilo kunye nabemi boBukumkani boMhlaba kukhokelele kwimpumelelo enkulu emva kwexesha lokuqala lokuphazamiseka kobukoloniyali. Oku kuthetha ukuba xa kwafika ixesha lokuba iSizwe soMlilo senze izilungiso, babengafuni ukubuyela umva. Kananjalo, kuya kuba yimfuneko ku-Aang noZuko ukuseka iRiphabliki yesiXeko.

Into malunga neRiphabhlikhi yeSixeko kukuba ayizange ihlale isiXeko soMlilo / uBukumkani boMhlaba ixesha elide. Ekugqibeleni, amalungu e-Tribe Water ayeza kuthuthela esixekweni, kwaye i-Aang yayiza kuseka ikhaya elitsha le-Air Nation kwimida yalo. Oku, kunye nokunyuka okukhawulezayo kokuphuculwa kwamashishini, kuya kuwugqiba umsebenzi wokuhluba inkcubeko kunye ne-homogenization eyaqala ngemizamo yobukoloniyali yesizwe somlilo.

Uhlaselo lwesizwe somlilo e-Avatar: I-Airbender yokugqibela.

Oku, kunjalo, kubonakala kwi-protagonist yethu. Njenge-Avatar entsha, uKorra ugcinwe yedwa ngu-White Lotus ukuba amqeqeshe kwaye alungiselele indlela yakhe njengombutho wozakuzo kwihlabathi. Ngelixa wayengahlukananga ncam nenkcubeko yakhe, kunye nendawo emhlophe yeLotus ebekwe kwindawo ye-Southern Water Tribe, kuyacaca ukuba akazazi ngokupheleleyo iinkcubeko zehlabathi elibanzi, njengoko sibona uthotho 'Isiqendu sokuqala.

Kananjalo, kukho isiphumo esibhengeziweyo kumandla akhe okubhabha kunye nokungena kurhulumente we-Avatar-okt. yena akakwazi. Inxalenye yoku kungenxa yokuba ukugoba kwakhe kugxile kwiziphumo zokuthanda izinto eziphathekayo. Ngokuphantse ifane nendlela yokulwa yeSizwe soMlilo, ayilungelelaniswanga ncam nengqondo yezinye izizwe eziguqulweyo, njengoko bezenziwe ezinye iiAvatars.

Unxibelelwano phakathi kokugoba kunye nenkcubeko lubonwa apha kwakhona, nangona ngendlela eyahlukileyo. Ngokuphazamisa izithethe zohambo lwangaphambili lwe-Avatar, i-White Lotus inyanzelisa isitayile sikaKorra sibe sesomnye wezinto ezibonakalayo, njengoko isixeko ngokwaso sizinze kwimizi-mveliso. Kuphela kuxa iKorra iphuma kwaye inamava ezinye iinkcubeko (Isizwe somoya, abantu abangaguqulanga) oku kutshintsha.

Ukanti, ingxaki ayisiyiyo kuphela yokuba uKorra wahlulwe kwinkcubeko yezinye izizwe. Kungenxa yokuba ubanjelwe ngaphandle kwabo bangekho mandleni.

Ngelixa ingumbandela omkhulu kwi Igosa likaKorra , lo ibingumbandela naku I-Airbender yokugqibela , ukuya kwinqanaba elincinci. Ngelixa u-Aang ebenxibelelana nabahlali abaqhelekileyo kunye nabemi belizwe lonke, abantu abaziyo abaziwayo bonke babephethe amandla ohlobo oluthile. Ukusuka eSokka naseKatara njengabantwana beNtloko yaManzi aManzi eSouthern to Toph, umntwana womrhwebi osisityebi, kunye noZuko, inkosana yokoqobo, abahlobo abasenyongweni baka-Aang abakhange nje babe kufutshane namandla kodwa baye bazisebenzisa ngokwabo. Igosa likaKorra Ukuphambuka koku kuphela ekubeni uKorra engadibani kakhulu nabantu abangaphandle kwalonto kude kube luhambo lwakhe oluya kumkhokelela eToph kwisizini yesine.

I-Avatar: I-Airbender yokugqibela ihleli ijikeleze umlilo.

Okumangalisayo kukuba, yile nxalenye yentlalo kunye nenkcubeko ebangela abakhohlakeleyo. Ukuqhawulwa kwe-benders kunye ne-non-benders njengodidi lwentlalo kukhokelele ekunyukeni kuka-Amon; Ukungabikho kolwazi lokomoya kunye nonxibelelwano olusandula ukwenziwa luvumela u-Unalaq ukuba amxhaphaze, ekugqibeleni akhokelele ekuphakameni kukaZaheer; kunye nentiyo eseleyo yohlanga lwesizwe somlilo i-colonialism iya kukhokelela ekufuneni kuka Kuvira amandla egameni lomanyano.

Oku kugqibela kuya kuqhubeka nokuhlekisa, apho iifayile ze- Amabhodlo oBukhosi I-trilogy iphonononga ilifa lomkhosi wobukhosi bomhlaba njengoko izimvo zawo zesiko zicel'umngeni kumgaqo wentando yesininzi.

Nangona kunjalo, xa uKorra eshiya isiXeko saseRiphabhlikhi, uyakwazi ukubamba amandla akhe okugoba kunye nokomoya ngendlela efanayo naleyo sibona ukubuyela kwiifadade eziqhelekileyo. I-Tribe yaManzi, umzekelo, kulapho ifumana ukufikelela kwi-Avatar State yayo kwaye apho iya kuthi iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde iphinde isombululwe. Ngendlela efanayo, uKorra wenza i-metalbending kwaye asuse ityhefu kaZaheer emzimbeni wakhe njengoko ehamba ngasebukhosini boMhlaba obuqhelekileyo.

Igosa likaKorra sikwisimo esikhethekileyo, ukuphonononga indlela ikoloniyathi ebanzi ngayo umhlaba kunye nesantya esikhawulezayo sokuphuculwa kwemizi-mveliso kukhokelele kwindawo eyohlobo olunye, entshona. Nokuba kulungile okanye kubi kuyathandeka, kodwa kuyacaca ukuba ibizama kwinto ethile ekwazileyo ukuyiphumeza ngandlela ithile encinci.

(imifanekiso: Nickelodeon)