ok, that might be the reason for naming her. I'm cool with that.

my problem with the red lotus is their plan. when they first wanted to abduct Korra (pre-story time), they wanted to raise her themselves, with them as her masters. that's a decent plan, I can see why some people would go for that. but then that got fucked up, and everybody went to prison. and now he's out for about a month (more, less?) and he managed to find people who are willing to kill the avater and one of them is a metal bender (who are quite rare!). all while running?
impressive!

(of course, maybe they are all spiritually gifted folks, and he recruited them over the spirit world.