bro you gotta chill out with these italics my god

I just wanted to pop in here and say this: I started reading this fic in 2017. I dont know why I wound up leaving it, but now I can certainly see that was a mistake. This is a fanfiction that makes me wish you had been a showrunner. The thought and care that went into this story, the depth, the development, the worldbuilding; all of it is so beautiful. I really love this and I cannot wait to catch up and eventually finish :) thank you for writing this

Oh, Iroh is /not/ doing well with the future. The art of teamaking has been lost, to be replaced by corporate Starbucks.
Ooh ugh, Dai Li brainwashing two point oh. Leave it to Kuvira’s kid, i guess. But iroh is so cool dealing with them!
Wow, i’d also forgotten Asami and Amon were caught in the Spirit World too while Korra was having this vision. I wonder where they are and what’s been happening to them…? Guess that’s something to look forward to in the next chapter.

Once again, quite the rabbit hole Korra and the others have found themselves in. Let's hope they can escape Wonderland soon.

Iroh is MVP. Really he is. Also laughed out loud at him being forced to endure the "Hot Leaf Juice" after he did so on the Titanic.

(There is context to that, I swear).

I thought the line was that the Straight Path wasn't necessarily the most interesting? ...I need to expand my readings (And Immunology review...)
We got our first signs of Korra breaking through the Red Lotus' "teachings", WOOO!

Interesting to see more of the comics material making its way here. Very nice to see.

Annnnd Asami's wrapped in the "mysterious cloak" NOOOOOO! Or...something...I have no idea what's going on...

So...I presume the next two chapters or so will be taking place in the Spirit World? That...could be interesting...overall, I found exploring more of the Bad Future to be enlightening (And get the usual reminder that Empire City is our world. Yaaaaaay), and intriguing. Still no idea on what the Cataclysm is, besides it being a twisted version of what Korra turned into to fight UnaVaatu (And the idea of UnaVaatu becoming a thing makes me nauseous after Vaatu's FINALLY had time to learn from humans in the Dark Avatar cycle and be less obviously evil.)

I look forward to the next part.

What a tweest!?

I must admit, I'm perversely impressed at what a ginormous shitstain Saahasik is.

Looking forward to the next chapter.

Wow. You've captured Hiroshi's grief and anger so well.

wow... i love this fanfiction so much

There is a lot to like with this fic, but the Intermissions have to be my favorite part strangely enough. What you do with the characters and their imagined backgrounds is not only written very well but could fit as easily with canon as it does this fic. Especially this one, where we see Hiroshi's fears and guilt and him funneling it all into hate. Made all the more impactful but seeing love in his life he lost in the first place.

Dang... that hit hard even knowing it what was coming.

I really love what you did with Yasuko. You took a figure who was essentially a just a backstory placeholder and fully fleshed her out into a fully realized character. Which only made her inevitable loss sting all the more.

Nicely done.

Well...dayum...

Hiroshi Sato's backstory. Really, the fact that we didn't get more of it is a shame...but oh lord this is just...wow...

I find the usage of 'Future' to be very ironic, if not a further element to the cruel tragedy that was his life. Living in the past while claiming to want to progress towards the future.

So Cessarians were named after Yangchen? Interesting...is that something that was explained in supplementals that I haven't bought or original material?

Asami was adorable back then...and...well...living through Hiroshi's tragedy from his eyes, and you can't help but feel sorry for him...and wonder what was going through his head those final moments he went up against Kuvira in canon.

This was great! Aaah can't wait to see what's next!

...Wooowwwwww...

Yup, this future sucks! It's awful! We're fucked every-way to Sunday!
(Also, is this a coincidence or not that this was released JUST when the final episode of RWBY Vol. 7 came out? Because I'm all too reminded of it)

I mean, good god! The world in the hands of the Red Lotus and Equalist's successors? In the hands of Kuvira's crazy son? Commanded by an emotionless...THING that would make Gendo Ikari cringe in horror? Yup, this is the Baddest of Bad Futures!
(And while this could be the point to put in a political joke, screw that! At least you, I, and others are alive!)
At least it has the decency to end and not drag on like some stories...but considering that I want to see a world where poor Iraki is actually happy/has a chance for happiness, I don't care!

Because why do I get the feeling that Sagi is the new Dark Avatar? "I'm the Dark Avatar" easily counts as four words.
Or maybe: "I am a spirit?"
...Who am I kidding, he's the Dark Avatar!

This truly is a world of Endings, something we do not want, and never WILL want.

Also, gonna side-track on Yoru and Naya's backstories. Intriguing in many regards...and I should've known Naya was the Avatar-verse's Rei Ayanami. But at least her creator was more along the lines of Pietro and not Gendo (Yay, I mentioned him twice :p)
Yoru, oh lord, now that is a backstory plenty can get used to.

Nice to see some mention of the material in the latest comics, BTW

And the Cataclysm has Korra's face.
...UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

Yeah, too many questions.

And at the end...Iroh has appeared! HOORAY! THANK YOU! AT LONG LAST, THERE IS HOPE!

So yeah...now...we see where things are going to go. Excellent chapter!

Dang, that was some good sheet. This may actually be my fav chappie of Cog so far. I have theory what the "Four Words" were but I'll keep them to myself for now.

In the moment of our greatest doubts, speak to Uncle Iron.