nik-kyoshi sent: *waves*
*waves back*

See I don’t think everyone realizes this, but Korra’s bending here equates to her overpowering the, what, dozen or so Metalbending police officers manipulating these platforms?
She overpowers them and rips this Earth out of their control and lowers it back to the ground.
As of this morning’s episode, I think I’ve been able to piece together what happened 42 years prior to the events of The Legend of Korra.