The book 3 plot is my favorite, but I like all the plots. However, I think some of the characters ruin the good plots.

The equalists had a lot of potential that was never taken advantage of. You could say the same for any of the story arcs though. It just seems like they move through them too fast.

Dunno, would have preferred an overarching storyline over the four seasons, but at the same time I like a lot of elements of each seasons' plots. I think if each season felt less standalone I might like it better, but that's another example of Nick screwing over the writers on this series.

I think the equalist plot had a lot of potential, and they didn't even try to explore that in detail. I think the spirits plot line was absolutely ridiculous, and a huge waste of time. And now Book 3 is a tad bit better, but the whole anarchy theme is just so cliche. My problem is that if they want to change plots, that's fine and dandy, but the writers are/were aware of their episode constraints, yet the LOK writers have not constructed a decent plot from start to finish. They rushed to put so much into one book, when they should have just left some of the issues unresolved and extended them into later books. And there are no excuses for horrible writing; we've seen what these writers are capable of and them throwing LOK at us is a huge slap in the face. The writers had too many ideas that they did a horseshit job trying to mush together to make a series. Damn shame.

Actually, they didn't know whether or not they'd be renewed for new seasons until near the end of the first season. From what I understand, it was more than possible that they'd only have the first series, so they tried to make it a complete story in and of itself that wouldn't rely on further series. Then they got renewed (and from what I heard were rushed on the second series) and that threw them a bit over series two.
And I have to strongly disagree, the writing has never been 'horseshit', at worst it's still above average. Also - anarchy plot is cliche. And Avatar's whole Fire Lord trying to rule then destroy the world isn't? Nothing new under the sun, my friend. Nothing new.

Actually, writers for tv shows are privy to that information. Yes, they have a story idea down pat and they know what they want for the season. HOWEVER, when they are given the constraints, they need to effectively construct what needs to be included or cut from that particular season. And I am not talking about future seasons; I am talking about the first season.......they knew there were 12-13 episodes, yet they decided to keep a huge (and super potential) plot, with several overarching plots that undermined the point of the actual plot (i.e. love triangle bullshit, extra pro bending crap that wasn't necessary to aid the story along, extra scenes that focused on Tenzin's family etc. undermined the main purpose of the equalist plot and the oppression of nonbenders). They had the choice to ease up on the amount of plot/storyline crammed into the first book. They didn't have to include all of it, and they could have left the ending open, even IF they were not going to be renewed. That would have still completed the story to an extent and also give the fandom a chance to give the series its own ending, if god forbid they had been cancelled.
And also, writers for tv are almost always pressed for time. A late renewal will rush you, but the fact that they started a completely new plot (spirits) and left their first plot just sitting there with a crappy write off (equalist plot now magically resolved by random president inserted, and now non benders no longer feel oppressed) is what caused them to rush even more in putting a choppy story together and calling it a fine piece of entertainment. -___-

And again, this is MY OPINION. That's fine and dandy if you like it.I don't. I consider horseshit to be average, but I have super high standards that usually are never met. And I was stating that they, the writers, did a "horseshit" job putting the series together, but the writing is shitty to me, if that's what you were insinuating. And yes, the anarchy plot is cliche. And I never said that ATLA's "Fire Lord destroying the world plot" wasn't cliche. Believe me, it is. It's been done a thousand times, and again......recycled themes and plots. But I at least had respect for ATLA because it was written well and executed efficiently. LOK, I can't say the same for, and the cliche plots become too much for me to handle.

It's not so much that I'd prefer any one plot to have been the plot for the entire series. (Although, to be quite honest, Amon, Vaatu, or any given ONE of the Red Lotus ops could have been Big Bad enough for the whole series if handled properly.)

However, the "one story arc per antagonist/antagonist group" kind or short-changed the show a bit. And the short books seemed to result in some hastily-resolved storylines. So...it's not so much that there should have been only one Big Bad for the series as that the antagonists' arcs should have been less neatly self-contained and the books should have had 16-20 episodes each.

The equalist stuff was also neat. But I think that season 3 was by far the best one.

I Don't Really Mind The Plot Switches.In My Opinion They Should Just Added More Episodes For Each One !!!!

Or the season 4 plot because I simply love Kuvira after finishing the show.

with Amon being the main boss and All other villains being his allies. Amon deserved better ending than what he got.