That's a very good question, and was even posed in a subtle manner in the first volume of The Promise, but it was definitely lost by the finale. Kori went from outright identifying as Fire Nation, and refusing to both leave her home and swear allegiance to a government she didn't identify with, to wanting complete sovereignty from any nation. I touched on this odd shift when I mentioned Sokka's talking about there being three sides in the fighting.
Sadly, I think this story was in too much of a rush to connect to the United Republic of "Legend of Korra" that it glossed over its own subject matter.
The answer, though, is that the people of Yu Dao are not thinking about this rationally. It's a good argument that Zuko isn't the only one overly concerned with Honor. (Or, at least, the Zuko in the cartoon. promise!Zuko has no honor and doesn't care.)
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Date: 2013-04-28 06:35 pm (UTC)Sadly, I think this story was in too much of a rush to connect to the United Republic of "Legend of Korra" that it glossed over its own subject matter.
The answer, though, is that the people of Yu Dao are not thinking about this rationally. It's a good argument that Zuko isn't the only one overly concerned with Honor. (Or, at least, the Zuko in the cartoon. promise!Zuko has no honor and doesn't care.)