Just finished reading my copy and I've got to say, this is shaping up to be my favorite of the comic trilogies so far. Wondering what everyone else's thoughts were.
Just finished reading my copy and I've got to say, this is shaping up to be my favorite of the comic trilogies so far. Wondering what everyone else's thoughts were.
SaeryenKatten wrote:
Since no one has addressed it...
Ozai clearly is gonna' die, a villain as evil and as relevant as he is isn't going to just rott in prison until his last days, that isn't a decent punishment karma would give someone like him.
QueenCeline wrote:
LFRO wrote: Everything is gonna' be alright in the end, just things won't be so easy between characters. I don't know you but, after reading this: http://madamebomb.tumblr.com/post/135561159651/we-need-to-talk-about-maiko , and think it for a moment, at least personally, Zuko and Mai relationship really does not work and they shouldn't get back together.
I agree with this; while I acknowledge Maiko has it's problems (what couple doesn't?), I'd rather they not make such a radical change to canon in what's supposed to be a continuation of the original series; it just feels wrong.
The thing is, Mai didn't give signs of life in Korra, neither did Suki or Sokka(their relationship, i meant), Izumi's Mother and Suyin's Father are (for now, at least) unresolved mysteries, and the question is, why reveal Lin's Father's identity but not neither Suyin's Father's or Izumi's Mother's? What is that they didn't tell us and don't want to let us know about yet? Plus, In this Second Part, at least for me, Maiko doesn't seem to being restored but the opposite, things seem to drift them apart with Mai's decision of stay apart of Zuko for well, plus, Zuko and Mai are not fixing their problems either, in fact, Zuko is doing with Suki what he didn't with Mai and Mai is doing the very same thing why she left Zuko for, but to an even more terrible way, as the post says, she's not only lying to him, she's betraying him and putting him and his family under stress and danger.
QueenCeline wrote:
LFRO wrote: Everything is gonna' be alright in the end, just things won't be so easy between characters. I don't know you but, after reading this: http://madamebomb.tumblr.com/post/135561159651/we-need-to-talk-about-maiko , and think it for a moment, at least personally, Zuko and Mai relationship really does not work and they shouldn't get back together.
The thing is, Mai didn't give signs of life in Korra, neither did Suki or Sokka(their relationship, i meant), Izumi's Mother and Suyin's Father are (for now, at least) unresolved mysteries, and the question is, why reveal Lin's Father's identity but not neither Suyin's Father's or Izumi's Mother's? What is that they didn't tell us and don't want to let us know about yet? Plus, In this Second Part, at least for me, Maiko doesn't seem to being restored but the opposite, things seem to drift them apart with Mai's decision of stay apart of Zuko for well, plus, Zuko and Mai are not fixing their problems either, in fact, Zuko is doing with Suki what he didn't with Mai and Mai is doing the very same thing why she left Zuko for, but to an even more terrible way, as the post says, she's not only lying to him, she's betraying him and putting him and his family under stress and danger.
I agree wiith LFRO.
Keizula? As in Kei Lo x Azula? That wouldn't make any sense; they haven't even met.
More like "KeiMai".
You see, I was kinda expecting something more epic from the 1st Fire Lord you know? like uniting all warring states, building a massive wall, and a tomb with thousands of earthen soldiers to follow him on the afterlife... but in the end, that little story could be the headstart of an entire spin-off comic series...
Emperor Qin, welcome back! :) I could use your insight on the armor designs used by different territories of the Fire Islands. Armors for Toz's men (upper left) look very Japanese, samurai-like.
The armors for the First Fire Lord's men look familiar, but I can't put my finger on it.
Oh, of course !
Continuing Luen Yang's usage of japanese cultural elements, we can see some interesting elements here.
The armors on your first picture, on the left side have an early stage japanese armor influence, from periods such as Yamato/Kofun. They had greater chinese influence to them (from Sui-Tang dynasties), specially on their helmets, usage of boots and weaponry. This happened before the samurai as a class became relevant in Japan. so that's basically pre-feudal Japan.
The Fire Nation armor (in Bryke's work) instead, is a direct version of chinese Han/Song dynasty armors, with bonus firebender skull mask for cool/psych effect.
While on the right side, the warriors are influencied by
Fleeing civilians have Shang dynasty geometrical patterns to them, but have a Jomon influence to them, which actually reminded me of Kyoshi Island.
Now onto the second picture.
They're wearing Han dynasty armor, with the kind of pattern also used in Korea. Variations of this armor also made great influence on japanese armor.
Interestingly, the troops behind him are wearing Mizura-type hairstyle, commonly worn in Japan before Nara-Heian era, where chinese style topknots and similar topknot-held headwear became prevalent.
This kinda creates a continuity loop between this and Bryke's canon, where the Fire Nation people came from a largely Sinitic type of culture, with heavy Zhou/Qin dynasty influences (see: The Begginings. damn, their leader looked like an marquis/duke straight outta the Warring States) in material culture and society.
Then again, we don't know if that sinitic-like people dominated the Fire Nation later, introducing firebending (no one knew firebending back then? and where the Sun Warriors, supposed spiritual ancestors of the Fire Nation fit in? man...), which would be something Luen Yang would do, to make a parallel on how China introduced culture to previously-tribal Japan, or if the people evolved locally and mingled with local tribes, which would be more of Bryke's work.