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The only thing I know about Asami so far is that she's the daughter of Hiroshi, the maker of the Satomobile. I don't know anything else about her at this time.

Actually, Asami is an undercover...

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I don't know if my distaste for Asami stems from my personal infatuation with Mako, or if there really is something off about her.

From a storywriter's perspective, everything happens for a reason. Asami and her father needed to be introduced to Mako FOR SOME REASON. My guess is writers probably thought, "Okay, we need to get Asami and her father to get to Korra and the gang. Let's have the Fire Ferrets not have enough money to enter the competition, giving Asami and her father an in with them."

For what purpose? Who knows. I get bad vibes. Perhaps she wants to be with Mako to spy on Korra. We still don't know how Asami's mother passed away, but if she was killed by a bender, this could be reason enough for her to be an Equalist. Or perhaps Future Industries is somehow being blackmailed by Amon.

Alternatively, if she's not a baddie, she might be the innocent girl that gets turned into one. Another reason for the introduction of these characters could be that Future Industries will later assist Korra somehow, either funding stuff for her, or by providing tech.

Also, I would like to point out that we've already seen that blip of commercial where Korra kisses Mako, so conflict of love interests between Korra and Asami is eminent.

Oh, and Asami reminds me of Jun. Not sure if there's a tie in with her, but I swear she could pass as her granddaughter or something.

I did read somewhere else that asami is like a cross between Jun and Ursa. I can see that resemblance. I still think that even if she ends up working for the Equalists, she'll still end up turning away from the Equalists and joining the Korra Krew (or w/e the new team Avatar name is)

I think there is a strong possiblity, but it is just so predictable. Ten of us have already thought this up. We have seen this a lot in other shows Pretty girl/guy who is seemingly perfect for a love interest a main character. They cause internal strife, love drama for said main character and their love interest. In the end it is revealed perfect girl/guy is really evil. It is not a bad story plot, but it is a bit overused.

That being said I love the poster hwo suggested that Asami could turn into a Equalist due to circumstances that happen during her courtship of Mako. If Korra or Mako accidently harmed or even killed her father using bending it could push her to Amon. It is more powerful too because she would be a lost soul as oppose to her being a villain in hiding who does not care about Mako.

Alternatively she could just be a nice person who will help Korra in her Avatar journey in some kind of way. She could be the person who helps Korra reach her spiritual side that will allow her to learn Air bending or even communicate with Aang or something else.

I just went back and watched "The Revelation" and "A Voice in the Night" and it turns out that I was wrong about Dragon Flats being the location of the Future Industries factory and Equalist rally. However in aVItN Hiroshi Sato mentioned it aloud as his birthplace and it was the location of the Equalist Chi-Blocking class.

Interesting that a minor note was mentioned twice in the same episode.

I'm pretty much completely certain that Asami is working with the Equalists. What I really want to know: is her father an Equalist too?

I almost don't want him to turn out to be one or let alone Amon. Uggh. It's too cliche for a wealthy industrialist and inventor to end up being a bad guy. He's also too likable at the moment.

But someone has to be funding them for the movement to afford their rent, matching uniforms, equipment and vehicles.