Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29657114-20170222003316/@comment-995426-20170430073650

Well, it's also Nickelodeon we're talking about. With a lot of works where people involved in production give additional side-notes, the target audience is older. But with a merchandise-driven cartoon, where selling toys for a profit is the main fiscal priority, kids may have the power to decide they like it and want to watch it, but it's parents who have the power to object and forbid their kids from watching it. That puts the burden not in trying to please your own fans, but in trying to please guardians who may have no personal interest whatsoever in the product. So anything said in public while a show is still in production has to survive that test. That's why none of the more sensitive details behind the plot of The Legend of Korra could even be discussed until after at least several days after the show's finale aired. I suppose we can see what is revealed after season 5 and the 2K12 series comes to a close, but if they're really planning to reboot a new series as soon as possible, they'd be dealing with much of the same target audience and the same parents, so they might still refrain from doing that so as not to risk some parents' wrath against the new series and its merchandise. All that is, again, assuming there is something potentially sensitive to reveal. But it also means we may never know, at least in the foreseeable future.