The Legend of Korra creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino have confirmed that Korra and Asami are, in fact, a couple.
The final shots of Korra's recent series finale depicted Korra and Asami holding hands and walking into the sunset spirit portal together. Many fans subsequently assumed that "Korrasami" really was canon, and on Wednesday, the creators took to Tumblr to confirm the characters' relationship.
"You can celebrate it, embrace it, accept it, get over it, or whatever you feel the need to do, but there is no denying it. That is the official story," Konietzko wrote. "We received some wonderful press in the wake of the series finale at the end of last week, and just about every piece I read got it right: Korra and Asami fell in love. Were they friends? Yes, and they still are, but they also grew to have romantic feelings for each other."
Konietzko also revealed that Korrasami wasn't the endgame from the beginning, and that he and DiMartino were initially hesitant to approach Nickelodeon, assuming the network would never be allowed to feature a lead character in a same-sex relationship. "It was just another assumption based on a paradigm that marginalizes non-heterosexual people. If we want to see that paradigm evolve, we need to take a stand against it. And I didn’t want to look back in 20 years and think, 'Man, we could have fought harder for that,'" Konietzko wrote. "Mike and I talked it over and decided it was important to be unambiguous about the intended relationship. ... I'm only sorry it took us so long to have this kind of representation in one of our stories.
However, while Nickelodeon was supportive of the pairing, "there was a limit to how far we could go with it," he explained.
DiMartino also weighed in, via his own Tumblr page:
"I’ve already read some heartwarming and incredible posts about how this moment means so much for the LGBT community," DiMartino wrote. "Once again, the incredible outpouring of support for the show humbles me. As Tenzin says, 'Life is one big bumpy ride.' And if, by Korra and Asami being a couple, we are able to help smooth out that ride even a tiny bit for some people, I’m proud to do my part, however small it might be."
You can read Konietzko's full post here, and DiMartino's full post here.
What did you think of Korra's ending? Are you happy to know that Korrasami are officially a pair?