>>103935979>paranoia and prejudice were traits of Kuvira's empire Not really though, she recruits bandits for Christ's sake. Strong arm tactics and totalitarianism were the traits, paranoia came into play when loyalty was questioned. But she gave the "choice" of absolute loyalty to everyone she came across.
Kuvira wanted to reclaim Republic City, which makes an ancestry purge even more fucking retarded because Republic City has been a mixing pot for over 100 years if we consider the colonies as an origin point.
The power plants are charged with fire benders.
The inventor of the automobile, airships, and plane was fire nation ancestry.
The inventor of much of her military hardware which allowed her to do this shit in the first place is southern water tribe ancestry.
There's no way Republic City native "progressive world-traveler" Suyin stopped mixed nation citizens from living in Zaofu, and Kuvira is thankful to her for accepting her as an orphan. Where did she develop this intolerance?
The dumbest thing about it is that Kuvira is supposed to be "evil Korra" creating peace and order in the wrong way. Taking advantage of loyal Water and Fire ancestry citizens to bolster her army (again, she already basically does this with Bolin and Varrick) would draw nice parallels to the powers of the Avatar and the previous tyranny of the Earth Queen who was attempting to do something similar with her Air Bender citizens.
