Sorry about ranting, this remains my favorite fandom and I’m kinda fangirling about more coming.
No I’m the same, I can’t stop thinking about the Avatar world, especially since the Seven Haven leaks. Going a bit meta, the Avatar and their cyclical nature/struggle is such a beautiful storytelling device.
misogyny, homophobia, and racism
Oh my gosh… I try not to go off on this anymore. But I do sometimes replace “Korra” with “Zuko” in whatever was said, or quote Bryke’s response.
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I thought he did a great job, especially with the Kyoshi novels! And yes, the Avatar picking up their past lives’ mistakes is so poignant and cool. I’d dispute your assertion and argue that Aang “failed” later in life too, allowing things like corruption and anti-bender sentiment in Republic City to fester, tolerating the awful Earth Kingdom monarchy, letting long dissent within the White Lotus and their role fester into the Red Lotus and so on. He left a political mess, too, and his dogmatic pacifism was ultimately to blame. But this was largely implied background/subtext in LoK, never explicitly spelled out.
In short only one piece of media in this setting treats complete success as something even possible for most avatars.
…Still, I do agree in the context of ATLA. Being in the unusual position of watching LoK first, still reeling from her recovery, I found it a bit odd that Aang never had to deal with that trauma, and didn’t really have to compromise his pacifism in the end.
is that that’s what we liked about the gaang.
This is a weird thing… Last time I was on Reddit, they did idealize the Gaang. Flaws and mistakes were not really that. This is one of the reasons I left /r/thelastairbender behind.
And as for why I trust them, it’s two things: firstly that they fought the network to make korra a girl, then they asked and got permission to make her end up in a queer relationship and they never looked back on either. The comics kept them together and had Kya mention being a lesbian and talking about how the four nations each treat queer relationships, as well as mentioning that Kyoshi was bi. And it managed to not feel preachy, but more like the cool aunt just sitting her down and explaining how the world works for people who aren’t an army unto themselves.
True…
But I’ve also watched a few Viacom investor slides, and what makes me weary is that they are A: treating Avatar like a kids franchise, bucketing it with TMT, Spongebob and so on in presentations, and B: explicitly pushing sprawling, heavily monetized franchises.It makes me think they are going to push the writers towards a younger audience (with the twin post-Korra Avatars reportedly being 9 already raising my eyebrow. And with this, comes “family friendly” scrutiny, especially in the current political environment.
Oops. Here I am, rambling too.
But yeah, I’m excited too. Honestly I’m going to get a lot out of my system just writing fanon fantasies down before the premiere :/
No I’m the same, I can’t stop thinking about the Avatar world, especially since the Seven Haven leaks. Going a bit meta, the Avatar and their cyclical nature/struggle is such a beautiful storytelling device.
Oh my gosh… I try not to go off on this anymore. But I do sometimes replace “Korra” with “Zuko” in whatever was said, or quote Bryke’s response.
I thought he did a great job, especially with the Kyoshi novels! And yes, the Avatar picking up their past lives’ mistakes is so poignant and cool. I’d dispute your assertion and argue that Aang “failed” later in life too, allowing things like corruption and anti-bender sentiment in Republic City to fester, tolerating the awful Earth Kingdom monarchy, letting long dissent within the White Lotus and their role fester into the Red Lotus and so on. He left a political mess, too, and his dogmatic pacifism was ultimately to blame. But this was largely implied background/subtext in LoK, never explicitly spelled out.
…Still, I do agree in the context of ATLA. Being in the unusual position of watching LoK first, still reeling from her recovery, I found it a bit odd that Aang never had to deal with that trauma, and didn’t really have to compromise his pacifism in the end.
This is a weird thing… Last time I was on Reddit, they did idealize the Gaang. Flaws and mistakes were not really that. This is one of the reasons I left /r/thelastairbender behind.
True…
But I’ve also watched a few Viacom investor slides, and what makes me weary is that they are A: treating Avatar like a kids franchise, bucketing it with TMT, Spongebob and so on in presentations, and B: explicitly pushing sprawling, heavily monetized franchises.It makes me think they are going to push the writers towards a younger audience (with the twin post-Korra Avatars reportedly being 9 already raising my eyebrow. And with this, comes “family friendly” scrutiny, especially in the current political environment.
Oops. Here I am, rambling too.
But yeah, I’m excited too. Honestly I’m going to get a lot out of my system just writing fanon fantasies down before the premiere :/