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bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-06-21 09:54 pm
bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2009-06-21 09:54 pm
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Okay, so recently my siblings got me forcibly into Avatar: The Last Airbender, and I watched the whole thing.
Holy shit, now I understand what y’all were talking about. This was an amazing fantasy world, beautifully animated, great story, great characters,* and it was intelligent. It’s also not set in Standard Fantasyland, for which I am eternally grateful. It’s definitely up there as a favorite series.**
Also, I kind of generally want to be Toph. She’s a badass muthafucka and I think she wears a snood. How many blind snood-wearing rock-hurlers have you met?
However, I have one rather unnerving question open for discussion about this show, and it pretty much sums everything up for me:
Which is creepier: that I have a powerful crush on Uncle General Iroh, or that when I confess that to other people their only response is, “Well, of course!”?
But come on, dude can crush prison walls with his face (SHUT UP YOU WEREN’T THERE AND NEITHER WAS THE CAMERA) but if you try to kill him he’ll serve you a cup of tea and tell you some nonsense before resorting to BREATHING FIRE. That is the correct approach to any situation. So I suppose I can see where they’re coming from.
*Somehow, the adolescent rage and confusion and flailing that drove me absolutely crazy with Harry Potter does nothing but endear Zuko to me, even though he’s such a little snot. Maybe I figure he deserves a little more angst. At least Harry’s scar didn’t boil his eyeball.
** I’m also even more confused as to why they even want to make a movie from it.*** My plan is to deny it exists—partly because it’s already a perfectly good TV series, and partly, of course, because of the unforgiveably boneheaded whitewashing.
***Answer: money.
Holy shit, now I understand what y’all were talking about. This was an amazing fantasy world, beautifully animated, great story, great characters,* and it was intelligent. It’s also not set in Standard Fantasyland, for which I am eternally grateful. It’s definitely up there as a favorite series.**
Also, I kind of generally want to be Toph. She’s a badass muthafucka and I think she wears a snood. How many blind snood-wearing rock-hurlers have you met?
However, I have one rather unnerving question open for discussion about this show, and it pretty much sums everything up for me:
Which is creepier: that I have a powerful crush on Uncle General Iroh, or that when I confess that to other people their only response is, “Well, of course!”?
But come on, dude can crush prison walls with his face (SHUT UP YOU WEREN’T THERE AND NEITHER WAS THE CAMERA) but if you try to kill him he’ll serve you a cup of tea and tell you some nonsense before resorting to BREATHING FIRE. That is the correct approach to any situation. So I suppose I can see where they’re coming from.
*Somehow, the adolescent rage and confusion and flailing that drove me absolutely crazy with Harry Potter does nothing but endear Zuko to me, even though he’s such a little snot. Maybe I figure he deserves a little more angst. At least Harry’s scar didn’t boil his eyeball.
** I’m also even more confused as to why they even want to make a movie from it.*** My plan is to deny it exists—partly because it’s already a perfectly good TV series, and partly, of course, because of the unforgiveably boneheaded whitewashing.
***Answer: money.
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Dammit, now I'm gonna have to watch this series.
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"Sounds to me like you're scared, Boulder."
"THE BOULDER IS OVER HIS CONFLICTED FEELINGS AND IS NOW READY TO BURY YOU IN A ROCKALANCHE."
You haven't seen this series? I join with the many other fans obnoxiously demanding to know why not!
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Also, GWIP.
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You'd probably have an extra appreciation for it because it actually bases each "bending" style on real martial arts--with attention paid to style. It's also as carefully animated as the hula from Lilo & Stitch to be accurate.
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One particular thing I like: the whole series takes the philosophy of martial arts as a defensive, deflective technique very seriously--the protagonists and their "side" focus not on utterly destroying their opponents (individual or nation), but on deflecting attacks and then making peace.
Also, there's Iroh the tea-loving firebreathing pai sho player. His lifestyle is the kind I want.