Top 5 Dead or Alive: Zaheer (Legend of Korra)

Ahead of every good hero, there is a memorable villain. We’ve seen the best of the worst folks to ever do it spanning across Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: Legend of Korra. Now that the second installment of the Avatar series has come to a close, I just want to say that there’s one dude that deserves to have his jersey raised in the rafters for retirement. Enter Zaheer: The mutha fucking internationally known man of mystery…

1) “I Think Y’all Thought Maybe I Was A Myth That Waited In The Abyss” The introduction of Zaheer was perfection from the get-go. We were hearing about this guy that already had a reputation that had Lin Beifong, Tonraq, and Tenzin shook without Zaheer even being a bender prior to Harmonic Convergence. Dude was so dangerous he had his own Riker’s Island as a prison. Zaheer was like an emcee coming out of hiatus and reclaiming his set, he basically went God’s Son era Nas on everybody. Will said it best, once you start hearing a dude dropping gems at opportune moments, its safe to say you should probably get the fuck outta dodge immediately. Especially if Henry Rollins is voicing the guy. Guard: Wait, is Henry Rollin dropping gems & talkin that sh- ahkk!

2) You Was Poppin Back When Aang Wore An Air Chaaaain, God Damn You Changed

I don’t know that we’ve ever seen someone take air bending to the level of offense that Zaheer has since Aang. Air bending was considered strictly defensive in most cases but Zaheer must have been an ECW wrestling fa…