Avatar through 2.14

[rachelmanija]

SQUEE! I love the beautifully detailed and coherent worldbuilding! I love the creatures! I love the realism-- supply lines, friendly fire, idealistic freedom fighters who don't care about civilian casualties, different currencies, and economies. I love that likable characters can still have scary temper tantrums and fits of depression. I love that there is strategy! I love the martial arts! I love the eunuchs behind the throne! I love the genuinely snappy dialogue! I love the exquisitely gorgeous animation! I love that there is BRAINWASHING!!! AWESOME!!!

I really disliked several unfunny fluff episodes early on, so I was relieved that once the ongoing narrative kicked in, it became compelling once again, and dispensed with the stupid hippies and swamp rednecks.

Though, I hate the romantic scenes. They clunk horribly. Also, everyone is twelve and it's creepy. Though Yoon and I fell into a fit of hysterics at imagining Zuko trying to court a girl, so that could be amusing if it ever happens.

yhlee has more coherent notes. Spoil us in any way, and die via pinpoint chi-strikes.



Oh, and I love Zuko and his emo. (He has emo with an emu!) I loved him standing on the mountaintop while the lightning basically mocked his pain.

I love uncle Iroh.

I love the all-girl hit squad.

I love Toph.

And I still love Aang (especially now that we've seen his unpleasant side) and Katara and Sokka. Probably especially Sokka.

I love the training scenes.

And since I despise and detest Mr. Slick-Talking, Cooler-Than-You, Straw-Chewing, Band-of-Merry-Rebels Jet, I was alarmed to see him fall in with Zuko, but relieved to see them end up on opposite sides, delighted to see Zuko cut off his twig, and delighted to see him GET BRANWASHED a la Clockwork Orange.

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

They make it clear that three years have passed, not one, by the second season. And Toph has breasts by the end of season two, so she's definitely not 8 or 9.

By season three Aang is like fourteen or so, definitely the youngest--Zoku and Sokka are accepted as young men, and Katara as a young woman.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Toph is the same age as Aang: 12.

How are you getting that three years have passed by the second season? That makes no sense. Very little time has passed. It's only been a few months. Roku tells Aang that Sozin's Comet is coming at the end of the summer. He tells him on the winter solstice. The entire series only covers about six months.

Aang is still twelve in season three. Maybe thirteen, if he had a birthday.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Because at some point--maybe twice, Zoku and then one of our guys says something about "it's been three years". It happens twice--I'd have to watch them all again to peg it, but that did catch my attention. (I saw the eps out of order, and thought there was a whole year in there that didn't exist, when I heard it.)

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Zuko is talking about his years of exile. He's been searching for the Avatar for two or three years when the series begins.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Yep--saw that in one of the other comments, so i can see how I was misled. I guess I was looking for a reason Toph and Kitara have figures like late teenagers in some eps, where in others they are still kidz.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Same reason Zuko looks like he's 17 in some episodes and closer to 14 in others, I'd presume...occasional continuity lapses by the animators. ;)

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Yeah...I guess I love the developing storyline so much I'm trying to impose inner consistency over the occasional oopsie.