In the finale of The Legend of Korra, Korra and Asami step into the spirit portal holding hands and looking deeply into each others eyes. It almost felt like they are going to kiss right before it cut away. Are they supposed to be a couple now? Nowhere in the show before this point were we hinted that Korra and Asami had any kind of romantic interest toward each other.
According to the show's writer Mike DiMartino;
Our intention with the last scene was to make it as clear as possible that yes, Korra and Asami have romantic feelings for each other.
And backed up by the show's co-creator Bryan Konietzko
Korrasami is canon.
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. 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.
Yes. From the co-creator/writer himself.
You say there were no hints, but I say go back and look at some of the Book 4 episodes again. You may notice it now that you're looking for it.
Yes:
The comic The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars (2017) #1 (where I got these images) is pretty telling. On their Spirit World vacation they kiss. Asami says that she realized how much Korra meant to her during the three years Korra was gone. Korra says that she realized her feelings after she was poisoned when Asami was there for her.
Plus, this is what they tell Korra's parents when they got back:
Yes, they are definitely a couple. The question of whether or not the relationship was properly foreshadowed is what gets most people exercised. I would say that this criticism must take into account more than narrative issues; it must also consider the practical reality that the writers believed Nickelodeon would only let them go so far in depicting a same-sex romance. In the end, the writers tested their assumption and found it was only partly true. Thus, Nickelodeon allowed them to hint that Korra and Asami had developed romantic feelings for each other while not allowing them to show the two women kissing. Presumably, this concern with what the network would accept affected the more traditional romantic arc that would have been done in the show if there were not issues around showing a same-sex romance. As it is, the series ends with Korra and Asami getting ready to explore feelings that each has developed for the other on their own. In other words, they are not a couple when they enter the Spirit World; they are when they leave because, in the course of their time there, they have discussed and admitted that they do have romantic feelings for each other.
I would have to say no, they are not a couple. They were not a couple at any point in the show, and every incident that hints towards them being more than friends at any point in the show needs far more justification to say they're romantically tied rather then being just friends.
I don't say this because I don't like the idea of them being a couple. I actually really like the idea of them being together. I say this because the "hints" and "evidence" is inadequate to prove they were more than just friends. Every other couple or crush on the show is talked about and stated in very clear terms. Think about how every other character talks and reacts around people they like. Clear, obvious, no subtlety. With Korra and Assami, you need to pick apart scenes and do some mental gymnastics to "prove" it.
I feel like the creators saying they were (or became a couple after the show ended) is a cop-out. They claimed to have an LGBT couple, yet did nothing within the show to... show, it.
So I say again, they are not a couple, and anything someone could say to show otherwise could just as easily be due to the close bond they shared after being kidnapped together.
