[ And look, the thing is that Bolin isn't about to make excuses for his brother. They both have the same character flaw: they actively seek to avoid conflict. While Mako can put his foot down when it really wants to (he is a cop, after all), in his personal life, when he really wants something to work, he just tries to avoid confrontation and it tends to blow up in his face.

But he's never thought that Mako was ever malicious in his intent, he loved both Korra and Asami, and never wanted to hurt them. ]

Not exactly. [ Bolin rubs the back of his head. ] When he was younger, my brother had a hard time picking between two girls, he didn't want to hurt either of them, and ended up hurting them both. I mean, they're both totally great girls, so I guess I can sort of see his struggle...