Ahaha Avatar

[alias_sqbr]

Man. Avatar: The last Airbender is awesome.

After two seasons of the teenage characters being involved in world changing quests and epic battles, being all serious and determined, it reminds us that they are in fact teenagers by having one of them go undercover at a school..and then sending the villains on a BEACH EPISODE. Where they dress in bikinis! And play beach volleyball! (The net ends up on fire) And talk about their feelings! (It's so hard to get boys to like you when you're a megolamaniac psychopath inclined to set them on fire) And go to parties! (Where..well..)

Plus the plot is fantastic but talking about that is spoilery, so I won't. But..ee! I am VERY invested in the charcaters and their world and the war and EVERYTHING.

I also see why people mocked the shippers who insisted they had deliberate subtextual support (this apparently got so heated the writers noticed and made fun of it). This is not a show that does het subtext. If characters are going to get together there are huge blinking signs saying LOVE INTEREST. And often smooches. Which is not to say you can't ship non-canon ships if you want, but I personally found the canon romance pretty convincing (though heteronormative) and there's more interesting things to speculate about.

Comments

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

have you watched The Boiling Rock yet?????????????? :3

[violetsquirrel.livejournal.com]

Aah the beach. I love that episode so much. It seems a bit polarising though, I've seen people complain it was out of character for the fire nation girls to act like that. But I really love it. And also sparky-sparky-boom-man :D

Also how incredibly awesome is Toph?

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

BECAUSE YOU'RE SO SHARP CHAN

[fe2h2o.livejournal.com]

Angriest is posting about Avatar... you're posting about Avatar... it's very confusing—I _don't_ think you're talking about the same thing!

[furikku.livejournal.com]

I do not understand why people are so invested in their ship being canon. It's like, "Does anybody care whether a fanmade fight between Batman and Superman would be canon? No! Because they are doing it because it's FUN!"

Not that it wouldn't be nice for some kinds of ships (particularly the NOT HETERO ones) to be made canon, but still! Shipping is shipping! (Though it is also fun to speculate on which couples the creator[s] intend[s] in a work, but that is entirely separate!)

[pedanther]

They're not - angriest is talking about James Cameron's new film, and alias_sqbr is talking about a TV series.

And if you think it's confusing now, wait until the film of the TV series comes out next year...

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Love, love, love the way they develop over time as people - and the sheer range of characters!

[nico-wolfwood.livejournal.com]

There's a beach episode? Not that it's a bad thing but why is there always a beach episode?

[alias_sqbr]

I HAVE SEEN IT ALL OMG

*flails*

(I hadn't seen it when I wrote this post though)

[alias_sqbr]

Every time I see this comment (in my inbox, on this post etc) I burst out giggling :)

[alias_sqbr]

Toph is made of solid earthy awesome.

It was a bit out of character imo, but it felt like the core story was true to the characters and they just amped up certain aspects for humour and juxtaposition.

sparky-sparky-boom-man! Though I felt his powers were a bit random given that everyone else on the planet neatly fits into the four element scheme.

[alias_sqbr]

Definitely not! No relationship at all, though afaict all the themes which are explored clumsily in James Cameron's movie are dealt with much better in the tv show :)

[alias_sqbr]

Well, I sometimes get invested in things becoming canon in that if they don't I get pissed off at the writers (or I get annoyed at stuff that comes totally out of left field and makes no sense, etc). But I don't feel the need to convince other fans, they can believe what they want.

Speculation is fun! As long as it allows space for many different speculations :)

[alias_sqbr]

Having just finished it: YES *hugs show*

[alias_sqbr]

This one kind of felt like a cracky postmodern commentary on beach episodes :)

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

I really like Sokka and Suki's relationship because they are teenagers acting like teenagers but with this really adultish undercurrent too (like with most of the characters, really). I was pretty much :D :D :D whenever they were on screen together, though mostly that was because I had spent a year wanting to know what had happened to Suki and THEN SHE BECAME SPIDERCHICK.

Look up "avatar book 4" or something like this? on youtube -- it was at a con in America. The creators trolling their fans again. :3

[alias_sqbr]

Oh god the moment Azula appeared in Ba Sing Se I was all "OMG WHAT HAPPENED TO SUKI? Is this going to be like Jet where they never SAY they died but we never see them again? :( :("

I thought Sokka and Suki were great for that reason, but I have a soft spot for the perfectly matched wrongness of Zuko and Mai, even if she was ok with her baby brother being kidnapped by enemy soldiers.

*googles*

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

heehee

Oh man I am showing that Cam when he finishes the show (he's a few episodes behind. Pesky job!)

(EDIT: See, I was laughing so hard I forgot to proofread)

[nico-wolfwood.livejournal.com]

LOL.

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

The year before they presented the actor character designs from The Ember Island Players (before the episode had aired) as designs for an upcoming movie, and then showed the first 5 or so minutes of the play, and from what I could tell via youtube and con reports, it seemed like they were gently mocking inappropriate cosplayers.

Which is why I cling to the belief that the Shyamalan film is just them griefing everyone. .__.

[alias_sqbr]

Ah man now part of me is like "Maybe it was all a joke and they secretly did proper casting!" :/

[re-weird.livejournal.com]

I love Avatar so, so much.

[alias_sqbr]

I was about to reply with "me too" and then I saw your icon.

&hearts Mai