Baavira

Baavira is the het ship between Baatar Jr. and Kuvira from The Legend of Korra fandom.

Canon
Baatar Jr. and Kuvira were both raised in Zaofu. Baatar was the son of the matriarch Suyin Beifong, while Kuvira was abandoned as a child and raised by Su as one of her own. Baatar Jr. worked with his father as an architect, while Kuvira was the captain of the guard. However, when the Earth Kingdom fell into anarchy and Su decided not to get involved, Kuvira decided to leave Zaofu to help the Earth Kingdom and Baatar Jr. left with her.

For the next three years, Baatar Jr. and Kuvira worked together to form the Earth Empire by recruiting various Earth Kingdom states to join them. Eventually, the two fell in love and became engaged. When the two arrived in Yi, they announced their engagement to Opal. Baatar's joining Kuvira caused conflict between him and the rest of his family, but he cared more for Kuvira. When Baatar's father and brother refused to bow to Kuvira, he became angry and had them imprisoned.

Eventually, Kuvira decided to try to conquer the United Republic of Nations, and Baatar Jr. supported her as always. The two hugged each other while having a heart-to-heart talk, and Baatar told Kuvira that he loved her. They decided to get married after taking over the United Republic of Nations. Korra eventually captured Baatar and threatened to never allow him to see Kuvira again if he did not cooperate. Kuvira, however, willingly shot Baatar in an attempt to take down everyone else, but not before lamenting that she loved him. Baatar Jr. felt very hurt and betrayed by this, and eventually told Team Avatar how to take down the colossus. After Kuvira's surrender, Baatar was sentenced to house arrest in Zaofu, while Kuvira was held in a maximum-security facility in the United Republic, awaiting trial.

Three months later, Kuvira returned to Zaofu after trying to help Team Avatar stop the remnants of the Earth Empire. Kuvira tried to apologize, assuring him that they were under a lot of pressure when she made the decision to shoot him. Baatar was still offended that she had tried to kill him, and left. However, Baatar agreed to work with Kuvira professionally to undo Asami's brainwashing. When Korra told Kuvira to return to Republic City, she said goodbye to Baatar and told him that she truly loved him. Baatar responded positively this time, thanking Kuvira for working with her. In light of Kuvira's remorse, she was later sentenced to house arrest in Zaofu, the same place as Baatar.

Fanon
Baavira is a popular ship in the Legend of Korra fandom. It became popular when Book Four: Balance aired and the two were revealed to be engaged. Many fans did not trust Kuvira and were afraid that she would turn against Baatar Jr. or vice versa because of his family. This turned out to be true, as Kuvira would willingly fire her weapon at Baatar Jr. to take out her enemies. Some speculated that she still loved him, and this turned out to be true.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION
 * Bataar Jr./Kuvira tag on FanFiction.net
 * Bataar Jr./Kuvira tag on FanFiction.net


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Trivia

 * According to the commentary for Book Four: Balance, Kuvira loved Bataar Jr. even though she was willing to kill him to get to everyone else.