Spoilers?

So Lin gets her bending taken away. She sacrifices herself to save Tenzin's family. That's amazing and awesome.



But then they get captured anyway:


Then Lin gets her bending back:


So what was the point of the whole thing? I can only see possibly.. character development? I love it for that purpose, I do, but overall plotwise? This was honestly the only real thing that hit me the wrong way about the finale. Can anyone shed a different light on this?

I nearly fell out my chair and cried when Lin got her bending taken away. Perhaps the purpose of her losing bending was to give hope to viewers? As in Tenzin and his family were going to be safe. Then Bryke trolls the fans like they usually do. XD Also I think it was to show that Korra can return bending.

I totally thought that the whole Lin thing and then Tenzin's family getting captured was a total Emperor's New Groove moment when Kronk and Yezma somehow passed Kusco and Pacha. XD it felt like that just happened out of left field for me or something.

Was it worth it? Hmm... Well, she had the right idea and right mindset. She wanted to protect Tenzin and his family because she loves them all (clearly deeply). Definite character development there.

I suppose it would have been worth it because honestly, she provided a distraction for Tenzin and his family. She preoccupied Amon so they could get away, even though it cost her her bending. And then when she said she'd never reveal where Tenzin and them went, she demonstrated her love and devotion to them. Which, more character development.

But yeah, other than that, maybe it wasn't really worth it. I think it was added in to demonstrate Korra's abilities and give some character development/depth to Lin.

Perhaps the purpose of it was to deepened Lin's character. To show she's not bitter about her break up with Tenzin and that she truly loves him and his family. I