No problem at all, you're most welcome :) It's always nice finding good things to actually comment on...and the current blogs that I found were pretty good, so yeah, you're welcome.
Well, I just wanted to say "Hi" and that I think we have some things in common. Also, that it is nice to see that not everyone on the wiki is illogical and rude. You seem like one of the more sensible people on the wiki(a). I just wanted to let you know that you are a well-respected person in my opinion. I agree with most (if not all) of what you state. And I support your input.
So, yeah! I think that's all I wanted to say for now. :)
LOL!!!!!! Ummm...sense uhhhh that new famous person in town invented it. Or I could have stollen it from a seemingly non-existant future without bending. Some weird world without bending. That's so sad! :(
Thank you, I appreciate the compliment(s)...you're a very good person for these forums too, basically all the same compliments you gave to me :P haha So yeah, thanks :)
@Both of you: Yes, that is indeed me...I don't really remember what event or whatever the pic was taken from though >_> I've worn it it a couple times to different things, I think it might have been taken when one of my aunts got married...either that or from before leacing for the awards ceremony/cast party for the drama club I used to be part of before graduating. But yah, das ees me in profile picture.
Aw why thank you very much :) Yeah, I like the dress too, it's one of my favorites I think...and I'm not usually the type of girl who's into dresses and all that...
Uerm...favorite characters? I always hate those sort of questions, I'm always so indecisive and it's hard for me to pick :/ I think I'd probably say though that out of the main cast, Korra is my absolute top favorite character, and then Mako and Asami are tied together and make a pretty close second. Lin is another one of the my top favorites....it's easier for me to say who I dislike, and really the only one of the character I particularly hold any dislike for that isn't an actual villain is Tahno, I just don't get the fascination with him, he's too sleazy and a creeper :/ And even though he's pretty bad, I kinda like Tarrlok a bit...I at least have a whole lot respect for him after his redemptive actions in the finale.
How about, who are some of your favorites or least favorites?
Yeah. I'm not really one to wear dresses either. But I do own a few dresses.
My top-favorite is Korra, then Mako (closely tied with Korra), then Tenzin, Lin, Bolin, Asami, Naga, Pabu, Jinora, and Ikki.
I agree with you about Tahno. He is the only character I really don't like. He just creeps me out. Plus, he looks like he wears mascara and I don't even wear mascara.
The only reason Asami is further down on the list is because she is rather girly for my taste. Don't get me wrong, she is an excelent fighter, but I don't like the fact that she wears make-up and does her hair up.
I also feel bad for Tarrlok and his tragic life. :(
Mhm, the ones I do own I don't really wear regularly, they're mostly for special occasions or when I actually have to be dressed up. Gimme pants or shorts any day.
Yeah, I really just like them all, haha :P All the characters are really great in their own ways, even the actual villains or antagonists...except Hiroshi, I don't like him at all, not ever. I wish/hope that Naga and Pabu will get to develop more and actually become like real characters in their own right like Appa and Momo did in AtLA.
I like him as an antagonist, he was a good rival and minor villain for the Pro-Bending arc...but other than that he's not really that interesting. What really annoys me is when people act like there's nothing wrong with Tahno and then make all these comments that are true about Tahno and try to make them fit onto Mako >_> I think it's actually eye-liner...but yeah, I get what you mean, he is rather effeminate.
Yeah, I can get that. I only really started liking Asami after Episode 7 and she started developing as a character rather than basically just being "Mako's girlfriend" and that being pretty much her only defining character trait. I was mostly ambivalent to her before that and didn't really care one way or the other.
Yeah, poor Tarrlok...and Amon/Noatak. What'd you think of Amon being revealed as actually being a bender?
I didn't really have any ships that I supported for AtLA :/ I dunno why, but nothing really shippy stood out in it, and I'm usually not too much of a shipper in general >_> I really liked Sukka though, that's probably my favorite AtLA ship...and I like both Kataang and Zutara about equally, though I support Kataang more because it's obviously canon...that's usually what I wind up going with and shipping, whatever becomes canon. For LoK I definitely and wholeheartedly shipp Makorra, I started shipping them the moment I finished Episode 2 :P haha...I knew from then on that it'd eventually be the endgame pairing like Kataang was for AtLA, even when Asami came along and Mako started dating her, I didn't know when Mako and Asami would break up, but I knew they would be doing it eventually and that Mako and Korra would be getting together after that.
Sorry I didn't respond for so long! I went to sleep and I just got home from school.
Yeah. I don't wear dresses often either. I wear shorts almost everyday (especaily since it has been extremely hot lately).
Oh. Right. I meant eyeliner, not mascara. Yeah, it's not right to blame other characters' faults on one character. Poor Mako! People keep hating on him. It's a good thing we have Mako Appreciation day tomorrow!!! :D
I was somewhat surpised when Amon was revealed as a bender. I mean I probably should have been able to predict that would happen. But I was shocked when he was revealed as Tarrlok's brother. I definitely did not see that! At least I think that's what you meant. I was a little unsure of what you were asking exactly...
For Avatar: The Last Airbender I pretty much just supported everything that was canon (like I do with most tv shows/movies. I only support what's canon or who the main character appears to like first.) I think the one that attracted my attention the most was Kataang. Probably because it includes the main character. For The Legend of Korra , I was/am the same as you. I ship Makorra and started shipping them after watching Episode 2. The creators made it obvious that Makorra would be the main, implied ship. I think Makorra is about the only pairing I give full support to. For the Linzen/Pemzen pairing I really don't care, it doesn't really matter to me. Though I would like to know their specific history. So, yeah. I think that's it.
Nah that's fine :P Stuff happens and distracts...I know how it goes, I always have something or other demanding my attention too >_>
Mostly been pretty nice where I live, but yeah, all throughout like spring and summer I typically wear shorts...or sometimes skirts, but mostly shorts or pants.
Well you had the right area of the face at least :/ What really bugs me though when people are talking about Mako is when they act as if Asami turned her back on Mr. Sato and all of that just for Mako -.- That's really annoying, she gave all of it up and left it behind because of her convictions about what was right and wrong, not because of Mako being her boyfriend >_> If that was her sole reason for doing everything she did in the show, then she would be a very shallow person and character, which just isn't true :/ Oh did, we decide to do that tomorrow? Cool :D
That's good enough as a start, what I meant was like, what'd you think of it in the scheme of the story as a whole and such? 'Cause some people seem to think that Amon turning out to be a bender ruined the whole story and was bad storytelling or some other such type of comment >_> I wasn't exactly surprised when he turned out to be a bender, or tied to Yakone in some way...I was not expecting him to be Tarrlok's brother though, I actually thought he'd be Yakone himself :P haha
Mhm, shipping for me is usually whatever is canon in any given work, though if certain characters go through multiple relationships throughout the course of the series I'll definitely have a favorite love-interest that I ship them with more than anyone else. Like with the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer I really ship Buffy and Spike, he was my favorite love interest for Buffy. But yeah, other than canon I don't actively ship much, most of my ships exist in secret harbors and I don't really get involved with it in most fandoms, Avatar has been like the only one. I really love the Makorra pairing ^_^ The two of them make a really great couple...I love how they like balance each other out in regards to their personalities and such, and Makorra makes a really great team too. I'm really looking forward to seeing who Bolin's love interest will be in Book 2.
Realy? I didn't know that people thought Asami turned her back on her father for Mako. That's ridiculous and doesn't make any sense. What does Mako have anything to do with Asami and her father? That's just stupid.Asami didn't want to join her father because she believed that the equalists were evil (for lack of better words at 11:52 pm). Not because she didn't want to lose her boyfriend. That would definitely make her seem shallow.
Oh. Yeah, I don't have anything against how the series plot was layed out. It all seemed really smooth flowing and interesting to me. Did you think the ending to the Season Finale was bad or poorly-written. Because I know some people thought that Korra getting her bending back at the end was a stupid (again, for lack of better words) ending and that she should have suffered more to get her bending back.
Yeah, I'm not really that tied up in shippings either. The Legend of Korra was I think the first show that I really cared about what the main pairings would be. Though that might be due slightly to my Avatar obsession. I mean, when I watched Avatar: The Last Airbender (which by the way I started watching it after the whole series ended) I didn't even know the pairing of Zutara existed because I did not really know anyone else who watched Avatar and I was not tuned in with the fandom. But I definitely ship Makorra. Basically for the same reasons as you. They balance each other out. And that other stuff you said that I am too lazy to really think about. I don't know if I care about Bolin's love interest yet. I'll know if I like it when I see it.
I was wondering, what's your time zone? If you don't mind me asking that is.
That's sure what it seems like when people make comments like "Asami gave up everything for Mako and he treats her like dirt" >_> But yeah, I mean, if Mako had been the only reason she had refused, then she would have joined Hiroshi in the finale when he offered her one last chast chance...and she still basically spat in his face again. But yeah, she was motived by what she thought was right and wrong, not because of Mako...I'm not so arrogant that I won't say I don't think he played any sort part in her original decision to refuse, but he wasn't her prime motivator or motivation. If that claim were even remotely true I probably wouldn't like her at all, or at best still be ambivalent towards her like I was before she showed she could fight and started getting her character development.
Same here, I mean, I have little complaints, but that's sort of true about every series I enjoy, and I don't let the little things detract from the overall show, like I think the pacing in Legend of Korra could maybe have used some work, but it doesn't by any stretch of the imagination make it a bad show or bad in any kind of way, and even then, it didn't ruin the pacing or anything at all, the show just felt like it was moving rather fast, which isn't bad either. I absolutely loved the finale...I think I'd even go so far as to say that I loved it even more than the Siege of the North in AtLA's Book One, and maybe about as much or perhaps more than The Guru/Crossroads of Destiny in Book Two. I thought it was a great way to end and tie off the first season...especially since Bryke thought it was all they were going to by the time it was written, it needed to be all tied up in a nice little bow. And even if they had known all along that they were getting three more seasons in addition to Book One I wouldn't have wanted Bryke to leave Korra without her bending, that just wouldn't be a good ending...and I don't see why a "depowered/power-restorationg" arc would be all that interesting either, I typically find those beyond incredibly boring and they really don't ever do anything except piss the audience off >_>
Same here, I came into the Avatar fandom quite a while after the series was finished...so I missed out on all of that crazy fandom shenanigans stuff from when it was still running. I really don't get why some people seem to think that Bryke suck at writing romance :/ I mean, they're not any better or worse than the writers on any other show I've seen with a romance subplot... I'm more excited to find out who it will be than anything else, I'm holding off any actual opinions on the pairing until I see who it will be. What really bugs me is when people act like Korra should have gone with Bolin, like it's some sort obligation, or she has to...or when they say things like Makorra is an unhealthy relationship -_-'
Nah, it's fine, doesn't bother me at all, I'm on the East Coast of the US, so Eastern Timezone. How about you?
...I must admit I found the first episode to be rather convoluted. Then again, I just watched it so it might take a re-watch to better understand it. However, from what I understand the older brother( full metal alchemist) is missing a limb that is replaced with a mechanical one while his younger brother's soul is in entrapped in a medieval knight type armor o_O To sum up my general feelings in one word.... Me gusta. If you could explain to me what's going on I'd appreciate that :-)
Yeah, it's only a bit convoluted at first, that's how the manga beings to, with not really explaining what's going on, and then like next issue you get enough of the flashback to understand it. But yes, Ed, the older brother, lost his right arm...and I think it was his left leg (been a while so I can't remember which leg is the mechanical one :/ ), and then Al, the younger brother had his soul bound to the suit of armor after he lost his body. Definitely keep watching, it only gets better from there :D
I watched the second episode :D It was vastly more entertaining than the first episode as I found myself getting flustered at times preventing me from thoroughly enjoying the first. It has a delightfully creepy aspect that like. At first I found the concept of alchemy to be all too akin to witch craft o_O It kinda freaked me out. lol I have one question, though. Was that female dark corpse looking creature(?) their mother?
Also, to stay relevant to avatar as the admins are reinforcing a policy that forbids any other subjects from being discussed... What is up with all the Bolin hate? If you've gone on his page recently you'll see several comments to the effect of "Shoot him and bring Sokka back" and "Bolin fans are lame ass."
I can't remember what exactly the second episode was...gosh, I really need to rewatch this thing, haha XD It was the whole thing with the church or whatever in Leore where that Father had a Philosophers Stone, right? And yeah, the creepy corpsey thing was what was supposed to the be their mother, Human Transmutation doesn't ever work though, to my understanding and what I remember from the manga/anime, human souls can't be brought back once they're actually dead, so it does create some form of life, doing Human Transmutation, but it sure ain't human in the least.
Bolin is getting hate now? O_o jeeze...seems like everyone is having a hate band-wagon formed for them :/ I'm gonna have to go check out Bolin's page now and see what's the what. I can understand completely why someone wouldn't like Mako, and kinda sorta see where one might have difficulties with Korra...but Bolin?! O_o
Yeah, the corpse was the most gory and sadistic thing I've seen on a cartoon. I have a feeling it's only going to get darker from here. And I thought the bloodbending in A:TLA was disturbing. The corpse was far worse than seeing limbs being contorted.
Yeah, I don't see what legitimate reason people have to passionately despise him . His humor may not be that entertaining to some, he's sorely lacking character development and he was neglected screen time. But, how does equate to hate? O_o I mean... and I thought Korra haters were irrational.
The story itself does tend to get rather dark at certain points, but it's more dark thematically than anything else I would say, we don't really see too much stuff like the freaky corpse thing Ed and Al wound up creating instead of bringing their mother back, the corpse-creature is shown a couple more times in some flashbacks...but that's the most disturbing visual dark stuff I remember seeing >_>
I know right, I found him very amusing...and yeah, out of the four members of Team Avatar he did get the least development, but that's sort of how AtLA was too, certain characters got more focus in different seasons than others. Like Katara seemed to get primary focus in the first season, Toph the primary in the second, and then Sokka really got his chance in the spotlight in the third, imo. Now Bolin gets his chance next season. Definitely getting pretty irrational, I wonder if it's the same people hating on other characters? >_> The people seeming to assume that Verick is going to be Bolin's love interest also strikes me as rather odd :/
It'd seem it's the same vocal minority that are bashing Korra as well as Mako and now Bolin. Oddly enough, I don't understand how Asami could've received so much unscrupulous hate and suddenly it'd seem the fanbase has her on a pedestal. It's as if you can't say anything remotely critical about Asami without getting beraded by Asami fans. Even if it's something ambiguos like saying "I like Korra more than Asami" and somehow that drives them into defense mode. I don't particulary care for Bolin .I found his character to not only be static but his humor irritating at times. Especially, when he cracked jokes in dire situations. I laughed once or twice but he needs more development and stronger characterization before I can add him to my favorite characters list. Yes, I don't understand the VerickXBolin shippers. Do these people not understand that that's pedophilia and this is a kids show O_o
Me neither >_> To be quite honest, practically none of the critical comments of any of the characters make much sense at all to me :/ Most of them, even from fairly rational people, seem to be either grasping at straws or twisting things to mean something bad when they don't mean anything at all...
Yeah, Bolin was kinda flat this season and did indeed have times where he was a little bit annoying, I'm looking forward to what will be developing for him next season, 'cause he sure does need it, most of the characters still do. Mhm, right now I just sorta like Bolin, and I find him a little adorable, but he's not exactly a favorite yet...if that is to be the case it will come in time. Heh, I know right >_> Some people just don't seem to get how disturbing some pairings can be...like I find people considering any of Team Avatar paired with Lin a serious pairing, just what? O_o I don't mind same-sex pairings as long as people aren't plastering them up everywhere or shoving them into the open to sort try and draw attention...but some, eugh, they should just stay burried for good, like Korra/Lin. Only people Lin should be shipped with are people actually in her age range or darn close to it.
Sorry it took a while for me to repsond to this. XD My eyes have been firmly glued to my computer screen since I've started watcing FMA: Brotherhood. And you and Monkeyfeathers(?) were definately right in that it has moments that urge tears to be shed while still managing to make you laugh. The main protagonist(Ed) as well as his brother are endearing characters right off the bat. Ed has shown to be a tactical genuis, brave,selfless, vulnerable, symathetic, choleric and funny all within the mere seven episodes I've watched. My favorite episode thus far is episode 4 about the alchemist who'd sacrificied his daughter,dog and wife in order to remain a state alchemist. It gave me chills. :-)
As to the criticism for characters, yes even the most rational of individuals have more or less started to make reasons up to dislike the character. As an example: "ZUMG MAKO WAZ GUNNA BURN DA EQWALIST!!" It's incredibly jarring and I can merely just shrug it off at this point. It particualry frustrates me when people ignore the validity in my arguments or blatantly strawman me. Like, @BlackJack who had the audacity to make such a woefully ignorant claim that my posts are "logical fallacies." Since when is (s)he superior to my intellect? It's not just them, as people have doing that to me as of lately and it's growing more on and more on my nerves -__- Sorry about my rant :P
And people definately have freaky shipping prefrences. But, even some of the most popular ships such as Korrasami and Tahnorra I have no idea why people are so adamant about them. They not only have a 0.01% chance of ever becoming canon but the 'chemistry' is about as substantial as BolinXnoodles.
Nah, took me a while to respond to it too XD haha. Yes, it was Monkeyfeathers. Oh yeah, I love Al, he's so adorable despite being a big hulking and imposing set of armor for a body...I love how everyone always mistakes him for the "Fullmetal Alchemist" at first XD and then Ed's subsequent reaction to the mistaken identity, it's quite comical. Oh, who could forget Shau Tucker >_< I really hated that guy....I wanted to kill him so bad, I felt really sorry for Nina though :'( poor little girl...but yeah, that was a pretty chilling episode, FMA tends to do that a lot, delving into some of the darker and more horrifying things we can do as humans...I'm assuming you've already seen/met Scar then, or at least had first introductions of the character? That guy is pretty beast and bad@ss...though really all of the characters in FMA are, it's kinda of like AtLA in that respect, every character is pretty much awesome and it's really hard to pick favorites.
Yeah...I've noticed that most of the inteligent debates has scampered off to places unknown and a whole lot of what's left seem to be the either outright trolls, or are at least half-troll...BlackJack especially has been starting to get under my skin recently too, calling your posts logical fallacies was just simply uncalled for :/ And why does he/she seem to think that making comparisons with other characters is not a valid argument? >_> Nah, it's fine, rants are a good cleansing exercise, whether you have an audience or not...it's a good way to get annoying out of the system :P
I know right...I can at least accept/tolerate Korrasami even though I personally don't see it at all, but that one only annoys me when people try to use Korrasami as some sort of excuse for hating Mako or go around claiming it's better than Makorra could ever be -___- Or like when they seem to think that it could ever actually happen on the show... >_> Tahnorra though...that one I just find kind of annoying regardless and can't really stand on principle, for me it's as bad as the likes of Korrlok or Amorra. Even though I'm kind of a shipper myself...shippers are just so weird.....
Yes, I like Al too he has this innocence about him yet he's often the driving force behind his brother in keeping him motivated. Al doesn't need to crack jokes because he's just naturally funny XD And yes the episode was very powerful. I was literally tugging at my blanket as I watched Scar murder Shau Tucker and Nina(creature). The characters are pretty awesome thus far. I can see the resemblance between Lust and Asami. Now I know why people wanted Asami to be evil... they wanted Lust 2.0 XD
There are some pretty proverbial trolls around here. One just recently attacked you and I on the Mako page if you haven't seen it as of yet. ~_~
Shipping per se doesn't necessarily annoy me but it's just when people feel the need to gush about all over threads that are suppose to reserved for logical discussion. Just take the juvenile comments to the shipping page already. -__-
I can see that; Ed is awesome.But like OrderedComa said, all of the characters are at some point. One of my favorite things about the show though was its music score; that was amazing!
Oh yeah, I love Al, he's just so huggable and totally awesome in a completely different way from Ed...in all of these little non-canon oneshot comics that were included with the manga he's always hiding kitties or other little cute animals in the empty armor XD Haha yeah, I didn't really notice the Asami/Lust physical resemblance until after it got pointed out to me but, yeah, holy crap do they look alike, haha XD Lust is like Asami's evil twin or something. Oh yeah, Roy Mustang, hmmmm ^_^ I love him, he's just so awesome...I think one of my favorites though is Riza Hawkeye (at least far as Eccentric is in the series)...she's one of the coolest fiction girls I've seen in a while :D But yeah, FMA is just plain full of characters made of win...pretty much everyone gets their chance to shine in the spotlight at some point. Did you ever read the manga as well, Mageddon?
Heh, yeah, I just noticed, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't the same one who did it originally >_> I take being called an "apologist" as a compliment though, haha, just like if anyone ever called me a "fangirl" XD
Yeah, I'm not that annoyed by the subject of shipping itself either, but the people who just really gush about it all over the page (even if I agree with them) I can't help but find a little annoying, gushing should be reserved for more private discussions like this :P
Riza Hawkeye is awesome sauce ^_^ I like how she's just of one of the guys but doesn't have the stereotypical ruff exterior of women in the military. Does the manga have stuff that's not included in the series or is it pretty much the same story?
It's most likley the same troll with a different IP address. I kinda pity them. Having to berate others from behind a computer screen. They're just another internet bully with a superiority complex.
I find the shippers much more tolerable than the anti-shippers. I'd much rather see "Makorra 4ever <3 <3" as opposed to " Makorra is a sh*tty romance. Mako is a cheater and Korra is a damsel in distress"
She really is, quite a good shot with that sniper of hers :D And I love her dog too, Black Hayate is so adoralbe ^_^ Urgh, I want to say who I think the best character of them all is, but you're not there yet and I don't want to spoil anything <_> ...and I don't think you'll be there for a while yet :/ Um, I don't think so, what I was talking about were little bonus non-canon comics intended for humor, like Al constantly hiding kitties in his armor or in one of those deciding to lose wait and then at the end of it he's this skinny/buff suit of armor XD And Ed is left all confused looking. Nah, nothing in the manga that wasn't put into the anime, but the anime does have a couple episodes that weren't in the manga at all, like that one with the Freezing Alchemist...which I think was the first episode of the anime IIRC, and then one more that I can't say anything about due to it being too spoilery and the fact that you're not there yet. But other than adding two episodes it's pretty much a shot-for-shot remake/adaptation of the manga.
Seem to be a lot of those all over the internet >_> It's funny how a computer and a little anonymity provided by the internet creates such a sense of safety and the feel they can do anything they want to with no repurcussions in some people :/
Same here, I'd much rather have all of the comment walls clogged up with things gushing and ooing and ahing over Makorra or other pairings than the alternative and what we have going on now... What do people have against Korra anyways? O_o I really don't get all these commments complaining about her in the finale, or heck, even just complaining about her at all. At least with people criticizing Mako it makes at least some sense even people usually exagerate anything that could seem legitimate to the point where it's no longer really so anymore...
Like I said earlier I'll have to keep watching ^_^ And although I love to write I've never found myself picking up a bookthat often. Oddly enough, I can't remember the last book I picked up in my free time. The closest thing I get to reading a novel is my math book XD
The Korra hate is vastly more irritating to me since I actually like the character. I can't find many legitimate criticisms about her at all. She's has flaws but flaws help add depth to a character. They accentuate the positive when there are blatant negatives. And thus when Korra is shown to do mature things within the series we root for her giving us a more sastisfying response. She's not a damsel in distress or selfish like some are claiming. She's a loyal, virtuous , brave, kind, strong, and vulnerable character. How people miss this... I don't know :/
Good, good, definitely keep doing that :P I haven't really read any books too recently, which is kind of sad since I love to read so much, but yeah, I write and read a lot, though mostly write. I can't really remember when I last read a real book rather than a school book or something >_>
Indeed.
I like both Mako and Korra a lot but for the most part the Mako hate doesn't get to me as much because there are least some legitimate things to criticize there...even if what usually happens is that the people criticizing blow stuff waaaaaaaaay out of proportion... Korra though...what is there to legitimately dislike about her so much that you have to point it out? O_o Yeah, she's all of what you described and more, and her flaws, how does that in any way make her a horrible Avatar or person? Most of what I see is just...don't even have words for it >_> What's really annoying to me though is when people start putting Aang up on this massive pedastal and act like he's better than every single Avatar ever or who ever will be...I mean, people can like him more, there's nothing wrong with that, but when people start glorifying him so much and seem to be looking at Aang through rose-tinted nostalgia goggles. He's not some glorious masterpiece of a person, the kid had just as many flaws as Korra does, though they're entirely different sorts of flaws :/
Yes, I think Aang is the 'better' avatar in terms of what he's accomplished already. He woke up a century later to find all his people were subject to genocide and that he was partially responsible for it. He had to master the elements within a summer's time frame as well as deal with people trying to capture/murder him everywhere he went . Despite all his emotional turmoil he was able to end a century long war. And restore balance to the world. Aang had an extraordinary experience as an avatar while Korra's experience is just what the average avatar deals with in their lifetime, I think. But, to compare them as avatars when Korra had 12 episodes and Aang ad 60+ is to do a disservice to the writers. She's intended to be the polar opposite of Aang so you're going to be dissapointed if you keep looking at her as Aang. People don't seem to understand the concept of character development. They keep blowing up the air scooter race like it's the anti-christ. It's supposedly 'evidence' as to why Korra sucks as an avatar.-__-
Eh, I think that any other Avatar probably could have done what Aang had to do just as well, or possibly better *shrug* But yeah, to even try and compare them from a series standpoint is ludicrous when you're doing the full 60+ episodes of AtLA and Korra has only had 12, it just doesn't work. Mhm, that's definitely another thing, it looks to me like so many people are looking for a carbon copy of Aang...as if he's the golden standard that every single Avatar should be or something :/ >_> Oh good lord, yes, I hate everyone blowing up over the air scooter thing, I just want to reach into my computer and start knocking heads together <_>
I'm a tad biased since Aang is my fav avatar ^_^ Yes, I don't understand why people say the mini-series format isn't an excuse for flaws within the series. Do they honestly think the series would be on par with A:TLA with a meer twelve episodes? Bryke were too ambitous in trying to package character development, action sequences, plot, and romance in the time frame and it resulted in sloppy execution. They could've tweaked some elements of the story to make it more palatable but ultimately it wouldn't have been perfect. The minute Bryke said they'd wanted a 'tighter story line' I knew it'd mean less fillers and thus less character development. But, even A:TLA had flaws within the series. Season 1 wasn't the best. The best season was Book 2: Earth, in my opinion.
I don't see the need to make essays about a meer 10-15 second clip. And how people complain about Korra gettting her avatar state handed to her. Yet, no one's shouting about the deus ex machina that was energybending in A:TLA's finale. Aang basically didn't have to kill Ozai once the lion turtle taught him that ability. Or how Aang's back hit a rock and he was able to master the avatar state. -__-
Heh, I'm the opposite XD Korra's my favorite, before that though it was Kyoshi :P I like Aang and all, he's a great character, he just never really clicked for me...I like him much more as an adult when we saw him in the flashbacks this season and when he showed up in the finale :D That was just awesomeness, I was literally quealing with giddy fangirlness ^_^
Yup :/ I definitely agree that Bryke kinda hindered themselves a bit with how much they wanted to do on their first work of a miniseries (well first as far as I know). Book One kind of had the same issues as AtLA's first season did, imo, the whole trying things out phase and sort of seeing what works and what doesn't and why they'd be able to really accomplish. But yeah, I definitley think that it could have been better, I love it as is though and regardless :) Unlike some people...who actually seem to hate the show, like that one nony I saw who linked a couple videos, which were just about the worst of all the hate comments and commenters shoved into one person and then put on steroids and multiplied several dozen times over >_> Why are people with opinions like that even still watching the show or hanging around here stirring up trouble? It may be ruined for you...but do ya have to ruin it for the rest of us who actually do like the show by hanging around here and filling everything up with your hate comments? But yeah, I definitley think that Book 2 of AtLA was the best of them all (that seems to be a common thing with three parts series or trilogies...the second is quite often the best one I've found >_>), though Book 3 comes awfully close for me.
Oh yeeeaah, definitely that >_< Where are people even getting the absurd notion that Korra did nothing? Do they all think that doing the whole Chakra thing that Aang did is the only way one can master the Avatar State? I was always under the impression that if they didn't try to do anythig with it before mastering/learning all of the Four Elements that they would be able to enter and exit the Avatar State at will and be in complete control of their actions after having learned the elements >_> But yeah, Aang had his fair share of deus ex machina type exploits as well. Like even Koizilla and the conclusion of the Siege of the North could even be considered that way if one really wanted to try and do it :/
Yup the Aang appearance left me grinning with glee ^_^ I'd have to say besides Aang that Yangchen is a fav of mine.
Yeah, It'd seem Bryke was testing the waters to see what would work. Hopefully, they've learned from the errors they made in season 1. I think now that more writers are aiding them it'll make for a more cohesive and overall better quality story. You'd think if one hated the show so much they'd merely hit the neat little button on the remote that changes the station. I guess those people are masochists... Korra Korra Korra Korra KORRA FEEL THE BURN!! >_>
Yes, People complain about Korra being weak physically yet they ignore all of that avatar state action Aang had. If weren't for Aang's past lives helping him in so many instances he'd would've easily joined his people.
Ah, so a big fan of the Airbending Avatars I see. Yeah, I liked Yangchen too, she seemed pretty cool. Aside from Korra and Kyoshi most of the other Avatars we know are tied for me. I hope we get to see more Spirit!Aang in Book 2...or in future books, that sure would be nice ^_^
Yeah, as I said on that one post on Mako's page, I think Bryke did just fine on their own, but yeah, having more writers to get the scripts for the show done and such will definitely help it be better as it let's Bryke concentrate on their strongest areas and have more freedom to manage everything rather than having to try and do it all by themselves. They must be, if they're still here...or they've lost their remotes and are too lazy to go get new ones >_> Here, let me help you, Koooooooooooorrrrrraaaaaaaaaa! :P
Mhm, Aang definitely went into the Avatar State a great deal, those were awesome moments though :D But yeah, Aang is hardly picture perfect, no matter how good a character he is, he still has his own flaws.
Seeing spirit Aang would be awesome ^_^ Kyoshi is a boss... as they say
Byrke are definately better animators. The premise behind their writing isn't bad but they need more writers to help with the final product. But....I digress
A!@#)*&)^ @_@ I'm up to episode 12 on FMA and Hughes died :'( I really liked his character even though he was corny XD. And the scene where his daughter was reaching out to him in his casket and not comprehending what happened almost brought me to tears.
Hah XD Indeed, indeed...but yeah, be nice to see more of Aangy, and to get a basic idea what happened to Suki, Mai and possibly other more minor characters who played a big part or were fan favorites, like maybe Ty Lee.
I think we are pretty much in agreement here :P haha...so, moving on.
Oh man, that episode actually made me cry :'( It was all just so sad, yeah, especially with his daughter not getting it and wondering why they were putting him in the ground and when he'd be coming home *sobs quietly* I think it's pretty much impossible for anyone to really hate Hughes, he was so awesome and funny...to be honest though I think Armstrong is cornier and more of a ham XD
It was pretty sad. Part of me is slightly hoping they'll be able to sucessfully perform human transmutation and bring him back. But, that'd probably diminish the impact his death had. And yeah XD Armstrong is so....eccentric. I can't stop laughing at him even when he's fighting in an intense battle of life or death. I'm up to episode 16 at this point and I'm waiting to see what's going to happen regarding the woman( forgot her name) that's been accused of murdering Hughes. I know it was actually envy who took on her form when they murdered Hughes. I can't wait :D Lust and Envy are probably the first antagonists that I dislike >:| They're just so unscrupulous and bask in the misfortune of others. I HATE them. But, nonetheless they're interesting.
Yup, he's such a clown "this bufoonery has been passed donw the Armstrong line for generations! *bishie sparkles*" XD He spawned quite a few memes for FMA. Urh, I can't remember her name either...oh, wait, got it now, Ross, it was? Maria Ross? Hehe, I know what part you're at and will be coming up to soon...can't wait to see your reaction to that XD Half the fun of introducing someone to a new a series for them is seeing/hearing their reactions as well as discussing things. Oh yeah, Lust and Envy (especially Envy) are just despicable, most of the other Homonuluses, Homonculai? What is the correct plural for "Homonculus" anways? >_> But yeah, anyway, most of the others are just sorta "meh" or kinda likeable, like I find Gluttony kind of cute and charming in a rather creepy sort of way, hehe ^^' Aside from Lust and Envy there's only one other really bad one who you can't help but hate and be kind of afraid of in the whole bunch...and yes, they all have the "7 Deadly Sins" naming convention. Such an awesome series ^_^
Yes! It was Maria Ross and >:O Roy Mustang killed her!!!! I don't think it was Roy but rather one of the Homonuluses impersonating him. His personality is off but I'll have to keep watching to find out. ^_^ And the homonuluses 'father' bares a resemblance to Ed and Al's father. Or are they the same person? And yeah I find Gluttony to be rather...peculiar.
Oh man, you're getting to some of the best mystery parts now ^_^ I remember being in the same boat while reading the manga, after Ross was fried I was like "Omfg?! :O wh-wha-what? You're kidding me", it was a big huge shock to me. I'm tellin' ya, each mini-story arc gets better than the last one. I'm not going to intentionally give one single thing away to you, so I think my responses will be kind of...brief, in regards to whatever part you currently tell me your're at so as to avoid spoilers. I know I sure hate having things I don't want given away spoiled for me :/ But yeah, Gluttony is very odd, he's like a great big, fat man-child...thing, hehe.
Yes, there has to be twist... there's always a twist. I'm anticipating so much. If I sat down and watched it all in one day my mind with implode from the sheer awesomeness. ^_^ Yup... I appreciate you being vague even though I'm just itching to know already. I'd watch the but website is having "technical difficulties" >:( Oh well, I think this the universe's way of getting me away from the computer so I don't wither away into oblivion. And it looks like Al can perform alchemy without a transmutation circle just like Ed XD Ed's reaction=priceless.
Haha yeah, when I was reading the manga I was pretty much doing nothing but that XD haha I stayed up late reading it, delayed eating...heh, I got pretty obsessed with finishing it ^^' Aw, that stinks :/ Where are you watching it, and are you watching the dubbed or subtitled version of it? I had a link to it all a while ago, but I lost that when my computer crashed and I have no idea where it originally was >_> What part were you at when you wrote the last message? I don't remember when it was that Al remembered/found out he could do the same method of transmutation as Ed...
haha "delayed eating" XD I'd throw a book out of my hand and replace with it a cheese burger in a heartbeat. I've been watching the english dub on funimnation.com. If you could reccomend another site that has it for free and won't virus up my computer I'd like that :-) I fogot which episode it was, sorry. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I read it online :P But eh, we never have anything good to eat in my house, it's usally like all health-food stuff or just isn't too appealling...so I don't eat too much anywas :/
Ah, I didn't know that Funimation had the whole English dub up, when I looked at it, it was just the first episode and everything else was the subtitled one. Well like I said, I used to have a link to it, but I lost that when my computer fried itself and I had to get a new harddrive...so if I had one I'd be happy to give it to you wholeheartedly, but I don't. That's why I was so curious about where you were watching it :/
From what I remember I think it was around when Greed first appearred. Have you met Greed yet? Heehee, that emoticon/smiley is cute XD
Oh.. I see. Health food as in like organic? I love to eat :D I'm a bigger person trapped a thin person's body XD It'll catch up with me one day...
I can't stand Japanese voices so I figured I just go ahead and watch the english dub. Awww ( ._.) I'll just go sulk in despair at the sheer emptiness that is my life now...
Is Greed the guy with the ponytail and eyes that are closed all the time? XD
Yeah, that sort of stuff, or like organic knock-offs of stuff, like we don't eat Cheerios here, we get some other organic brand. The meats and such that we get are all really good, but those aren't snack material >_> Heh, I love to eat depending on what's in front of me or available XD
I don't mind the voices so much, my main issue with subbed stuff is trying to keep up with the subtitles...it's not anywhere near as good as hearing it in a language you know, it makes everything so much easier.
I'm up to episode 27 and commence unintelligble fan girl squealing in 1..2...3.. ERMAGHERD SO FRIGGIN AWESOME!!!!!!!! Ok, I'm glad I got that out of my system. ^_^ It turns out Roy planted the corpse there so Maria Ross would be able escape. Winry confronted Scar( the man who killed her parents). And Roy managed to kill Lust! Wohoo!!! Ding Dong the witch is dead!
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I mean *cough* I sure do feel compassion for that poor Homonculuses.
Oh yeah I've met Greed and I'm also up to the part where Ling sacrificed his body and now another 'Greed' is consuming Ling's body.
Hehe, told ya it was going to be totally awesome XD There are so many more epic twists and turns along the way, I think you can probably see now why FMA is like the coolest story ever :P
That part with Lab Six (I think that's what it was called) and the whole aftermath of that was just awesome...even though he was an axe-crazy serial killer I kinda liked Barry the Chopper, he was kinda fun XD
Ah, so now it's Greed!Ling now, eh. Greed is my favorite out of all the Homonculus, especially since he's not really evil per-say. I think my favorite character of them all though is probably Lan Fan, she's just so awesome ^_^
I can't wait! :D Once again technology has screwed me over and refuses to load the videos >:O
Yeah, Barry was a fun character... a tad sadistic but cool nonetheless XD I didn't like him at first because he told Al everything happening to him was a figment of his imagination. :-( Speaking of Al, I just saw his body in the portal :O It was so meek and bony. It was quite an emotional scene as Ed profressed that he'd be coming back for him, another tear jerker T_T
I like Lan Fan thus far. I'm assuming she's going to have a more important role later then? I thought her sacrifice of her arm was touching,...another...tear..jerker T_T This show gets you right in the feels!
>:[ evil technology...it always seems to really hate me :/
He was definitely saddistic, but he was a serial killer, so what do you expect XD haha Yeah, didn't find anything to like at first either, it was only after he came back as an important minor character for that one arc. I was kinda dissapoined when Lust just ripped him apart like that :/ I wasn't really sad that he was gone but it was more of a "aw, no more comedy character". Yeah, Al's body was very weak, but heh, that's what you'd expect from being kept in a sort of spirit world with only enough nourishment for it to stay alive. I loved that part though where Ed forced his way back through the Gate against all those shadow arm things to say he'd be back :D That was just awesome and heartwarming all at the same time, especially with the music...the music makes it al the better.
Yeah, she does come back later, her return scene is spoilery though, so I won't say anything other than, yes, she does come back later. It really does, it knows how to get right in there and manipulate any and every feel a person has. Arikawa, the person who wrote the story/plot, is a genious writer :D And the people who made Brotherhood did an absolutely supurb job adapting the story.
Technology is on my side for now :D I'm up to ep 42
Regarding Al's body, im at the point where Al's body is attempting to pull his soul back. I've met General Armstrong of the north(B.A.M.F). She has managed to sucessfully infiltrate the conspiracy within the government.She's pretty calculating and ruthless. I got chills when she sliced Raven in to bits and had his body buried in cement. *shivers* They've explained the origins of Ed and Al's father. It's quite a sad story. He's resents his immortality because he desires to grow old with his family. He was tricked by homunculus into his fate and it resulted in countless lives being sacrificed. And worst of all his son(Ed) hates him but if only he know the circumstance... T_T
Fuhrer Bradley's son is a homunculus :O I can't believe it.. that kid was so sweet looking. And now he's stalking Riza Hawkeye XD And Ed's been impaled with pole, ouch. I love Ed btw :D Possibly my favorite protagonist of all time. Winry saved Scar's life. Another really great moment. Im gushing in no particular order right now btw lol
The writing is excellent indeed ^_^ On an unrelated note, I see you live VA. I'm from VA too :D What part do you live in (if you don't mind me asking.)?
Wow, you've got like, what I think 20 more episodes to go now? O_o Record timing I must say.
I loved General Armstrong, and all her Briggs soldiers, they're so cool :D But yeah, she is just way too good at the whole political game, she's like what Azula could have been as a good guy XD haha Yeah, Hohenheim's story is quite sad :( Have you figured out what Father/Homunculus' plan is for Amestris yet?
Oh god, I know right! :O I was shocked beyond belief when that plot twist occurred, Fuhrer Bradley being revealed as Wrath was pretty shocking too, though at first I thought he might have been a good guy since he was attacking Greed like that >_> Ed is indeed an awesome little guy... <_< hopefully he didn't hear that >_> ...he is indeed one of my favorite protragonists of all time. I just love the whole darn thing so much ^_^
I don't mind at all, I live in Northern Virginia, about...maybe, 45+ minutes from DC I think? Not too terribly sure on that... How about you, also if you don't mind the asking.
Really? I've heard of people watching A:TLA in three days... I must admit; I've been losing sleep XD
I haven't figured out what the plan is. From what I saw there's was map of cities that were in the shape of a transmutation circle. I think 'father' is trying to destroy all mankind... but IDK why
I wasn't expecting that at all... it's not like there was a evil look in his eyes >_> I thought Fuhrer Bradley would've been a good guy too. Since he pretty much slaughtered Greed over and over without mercy >_> haha I love Ed's reaction when someone calls him little, pipsqueak, shrimp etc. His face is like "THIS IS HOW U DIE" lol XD
I lived in Northen VA too :D More specifically in Fairfax if you've heard of it. I've since moved to ATL,GA
Wow, haha, though I have come close to that...when I had my wisdom teeth taken out I watched about all of Book 1 in a day, so it probably could be done, I just haven't :P Mostly because I still live at home and I don't really have anywhere I could stay up insanely late hours watching what I want to without getting noticed and told off for doing it >_> Seeing as I don't have my own room, and the Xbox (which we use for watching TV shows) is in my brother's room, and they go to bed at the more reasonable hours of 12-1, hehe...me on the other hand, I'm a real night-owl XD
You're sorta on the right track, they are indeed making a ginormous transmutation circle, but since that's all you got right I won't say anything else on the subject until it's revealed :P
Yeah, he seemed to jovial/querky...like dropping off a watermelon to the Elrics when they were in the hospital O_o His reaction to that is just great, I love it when they're infiltrating the lab where they fight the Slasher Brother and Barry how Ed sort of insulted his own small size, his face was quite fnny XD
Ah yeah, I know Fairfax...I think I used to live fairly closish to that area, we used to live in like Asheburn, if you know where that is...then we moved up closer to all the rest of my dad's family. Never been down that way myself, haven't really been out of state much at all, but that sounds cool, do you like it down there?
I've done it! I finished the series :D I'm both starving and sleep deprived... but I finished XD Anyway, I live at home as well but I'm fortunate enough to have my own bedroom equipped with bathroom/tv/laptop :D How many siblings do you have? I have 3 & 1/2 sisters and 2 step brothers.
The series was outstanding! Everything from the music score, action sequences and characterization was pratically flawless. Making it to the end is bittersweet. I'm kinda tempted to watch OG Fullmetal alchemist now.. I actually cheered when Roy Mustang was killing Envy. I'm so sadistic... >_> DON'T JUDGE ME!!! *sigh* Now I must ponder what to do with my life since it's over ( ._.)
I've heard of Asheburn. I had a friend who lived out there. ATL is cool but I must say I prefer the VA/DC/MD area. I'll probably end up attending a university there once I graduate. I only just moved to ATL two years ago and two of my older sisters attended UVA.
Congratulations, haha XD Job well done, wot-wot. Lucky you, my room has a full bathroom, and it's on the furthest end of the house from everything...so it would be perfect if I could have it all to myself XD I could practically be self-sustaining if I had like a mini-fridge up here or something, haha. I'm lucky my computer is a laptop...it's what allows me to stay up late, haha, if it weren't for that I'd have to be going to bed insanely early rather than being able to stay up insanely late...Anyways, I have eight siblings (yes, yes, I know, it's completely and totally crazy O_O It sometimes even weirds me out), of which I am the oldest. Most of my siblings are brothers, didn't have any sisters (3) until like nineish years ago, so most of my life has been spent around guys XD 3 & 1/2? I would say "what happened to the other half of one", but I don't know whether it's a joke worthy matter or not...and I hate being insensitive, so I'm not going to be flippant and silly about it >_>
Now you know why I love it so much ^_^ Probably one of the best shows, not just animation, shows, I've seen in like ever. Yeah, I was definitely in a whole "what now?" funk when I finished it :/ Muahahaha >XD Oh don't worry, I reacted the same way, with totally evil, maniacal giggling the whole time. I also loved it when Dr. Marco used his alchemy to pretty much destroy Envy's Philosophers Stone and reduce him to that little shriveled up tadpole thing...though I did kind of find the tadpole thing cute in a weird sort of way, even though it was also gross looking, still didn't care when he was threatening and torturing Tadpole!Envy though >:P ...even though was pretty much an evil p*** I felt kinda sorry for Father/Homonculus when he was being dragged back into the Gate, his pathetic pleas and cries were so sad :/ I'm not sure what to make of Truth, it seems nice enough, yet then at the same time it has though moments where it seems to be getting a huge kick out of tormenting those who come its way >_> I think overall I kinda like him/her/it though. So many good moments or parts that left you feeling "OH S***!!!! :O". I think probably one of my favorite characters was Izumi...I can see why Ed and Al are so terrified of her, but she's so awesome, especially when she and Sig teamed up with the Armstrong siblings in the end ^_^
It all really is a great area, not usually too hot or cold and lots of woods and stuff...only problem for me is that the area where I live has tons of mosquitoes all around, and they particularly love me...I'm like an "all you can eat buffet" for them >_> That's cool, I'm not sure where I'm going to go once I get my asosciates degree from the local community college...thinking of maybe going to George Mason.
=D *pats self on the back* lol I have a mini-fridge too XD Holy Cow O_O eight? And you're the oldest?! How do you keep from going clinically insane? xD hahaha lol Just the reaction I was hoping to get ^_^ I have 4 sisters, one of which is a half sister on my dad's side.
Yeah, It definately rivals A:TLA as my favorite animated show or show period. LOL good I was like wait a minute >_> Why am I grinning so hard? I reacted the same way when Lust died. >:) Yeah, I felt a smidge of sympathy for that pathetic tadpole when it started crying. I didn't feel bad for the Father/Homonciles at all really, heh. It was more like "payback time b**ch" >:P I like Izumi as well. I have to say Roy Mustang wins the gold in the badassery contest. The dude was still fighting after he was blinded and was still determined to be fuhrer. I almost cried when he was blinded because he's my 2nd favorite character :( Olivier armstrong is a close second as far as badass goes. Albeit platonic, I thought Roy and Riza's relationship was superb. And Al and Winry's relationship was compelling too. I thought there was going to be a cliche kiss scene at the end but instead.. "Equivalent Exchange! I'll give you half of my life, so you give me half of yours!” XD WTF? *dies of laughter*
Yup, the weather is decent as a far as I can remember. I remember snowboarding down hills in the winter time and falling on my arse XD I use to run through the woods on like a gravel trail. That's cool. George Mason sounds good :)
Haha, nice XD Sounds like a completely self-sufficient room...until you run out of contents in your fridge anyway, hehe. You mean I'm not insane already? Yay! XD My siblings themselve are ok for the most part, and they kinda tend to stay out of my room for the most part, so I'm usually up here all alone...mostly it just gets annoying because I seem to be the "go to girl" when my mom needs me to do things for her or them >_>
I didn't hate Lust as much as Envy, but yeah, I did enjoy it a whole lot when she died too, mainly because it was like pretty much the good guys first real win. I just thought his pathetic wails as he got dragged back inside were so sad :( I mean, I did enjoy that he was finally getting payback for all he did, but it was still pretty sad. I thought it was cool how Hohenheim got to know each and every single one of the souls that made up the Philosophers Stone he'd become, and how he made that counter Transmutation Circle using the shadow of the eclipse and his strategically placed Philosophers Stone fragments, that was just so clever and brilliant, Van Hohenheim was just an awesome guy :D And it was cool how Ed had kinda forgiven him and all by the end ^_^ Oh yeah, Roy was just such a badass, that seriously pissed me off when Pride and Wrath forced him through...though it was also badass how he refused to do it under any circumstances whatsoever. Lan Fan comes pretty daggone close to top of the badassery scale though, I mean, recovering from Automail surgery in roughly six months (IIRC) and then pretty much completely and totally singal-handedly slaughtering Gluttony all on her own! :O Now that was totally awesome. That whole finale was awesome. Heh, platonic? I pretty much saw their relationship as pretty definite, It really felt an awful lot like this trope to me. They're definitely trying to keep it platonic...but it always felt to me like could easily wind up together. Ed and Winry's relationship was definitely hilarious, especially at the end of the series XD They're so cute together, and awkward...is it wrong that I found it hilarious when Winry went all homicidal on Ed and Al with her wrench? XD Do you think Al and Mei (I think that was her name right...god dang it, I really need to go back and watch this again XD or at least re-read the manga, haha) ever hooked up? It sure does seem that way from those couple pictures and whatnot we saw amongst all of those others. And I just can't get enough of Shao Mei, her pigmy panda is just so freaking cute and adorable ^_^
I'm actually the youngest of my siblings but they use to tease me a lot! >_< Old or young siblings are always annoying to a certain degree.
I didn't despise Lust as much as Envy but she still irritated me. I hated all the homonculai except for Greed; He's my favorite. :D He was more amoral as opposed villainous. His story was also sad. When he died he said he'd found fulfillment in the friendship he's shared with them. T_T Yeah, Von pretty much atoned for his mistakes. I thought his story arc was superb. Despite all of the resentment he'd received from Ed he still cared very deeply about them. Oh yeah Lan fan is definately badass as well. Definately one of the most capable fighters in the entire series. I thought the moment when her granfather sacrificed his life was incredible. It was also quite heartbreaking to see Lan Fan and Ling act so poignant at witnessing his death. Yeah, I seriously thought they were going to end up together. Their relationship was bit too intimate for them to just be colleagues. But, I'm glad to finally see a compelling relationship that doesn't overtly show either party having romantic feelings for one another. Al and Winry are hilarious. I died laughing whenever she'd say "YOU IDIOT!" *smack with a wrench* XD Isn't Mai really young? I thought Al was a teenager and she just had a kiddie crush on him. The panda is so adorable and so was Selim Bradley before we discovered he was evil. And Nina was adorable ^_^
Oddly enough I used to get a lot of teasing...maybe because I'm more "low key" and not as assertive as my brothers thought the oldest should be or something, or possibly because I'm a girl and they're all guys >_> *shrug*
Yeah, all of them were pretty bad, except for Gluttony, I kinda felt sorry for him most of the time, he's not exactly evil per-say as opposed to manipulated by the other Homonculi or sort of too innocent to know better >_> Though his whole faux-Gate stomach thing was creepy as heck. Ah man, I loved Greed ^_^ I think he was one of my top favorites, I loved when he got all pissed after Fu's (Lan Fan's grandfather) death and go all "Ultimate Shield" on the Amestris troops trying to break through the lines of the Briggs soldiers. Or him kinda trashing Wrath. Yeah, Fu and Buccaneer's death was definitely a great sacrifice, I cried a little for them :'( I think Ling and Lan Fan were also pretty much "Everyone Can See It" too, hehe :P Funniest Winry scene though I think was when she went all into fangirl squeeing mode over the automail paradise in Rush Valley XD But yeah, her extrem violence with that wrench was both terrifying and utterly hilarious. Especially how both Ed and Al would look when she was done beating them to a bloody pulp...or rather scrap metal in Al's case >_> :P
One of the character arcs in the series that I really loved was Scars, he had such a great story arc, and the rest of the Ishvalens too, Major Miles was another truly awesome character, I loved all the Ishvalens we saw, they were pretty awesome. I even kinda loved Kimbley too, even though he was more than a bit insane and rather on the evil side of amoral than anything else. I loved it how he pretty much survived inside Pride after he got absorbed and then killed him from the inside almost. That was awesome.
I thought she was like 10-12...and Al's pretty young too, I doubt they form any kind of relationship right away or anything, but they both did look a good deal older in that family portrait in that photo series we got to see as a sort of epilogue, and she's showing up in the family photo of the new Elric family, so *shrug* it seemed to me like they'd wind up together at some point. I loved Shau Mei so much, it was hilarious how Ed and Al thought it was a weird black and white cat XD haha Mai was pretty dang adorable too...I thought the scene where they were trying to kill each other and then Roy's doctor friend (was his name Skinner?) scared them into submission XD ...I wonder how trying to raise Pride as a normal kid was going to turn out in the end >_> *sniff* poor, poor Nina, bwwwaaaaaaaaaaahhhaaaaaaaa *curls into ball in corner and sobs hysterically* :'( She was so cute and loveable...@$&%$^#&%&#% Tucker >_< *shakesfist*
Gluttony was creepy o_e Probably the creepiest because he reminded me of the prospect of a human being eaten... But, yeah he was sort of the lapdog of the homunculi. Greed and his ultimate shield was pure awesome ^_^ haha yeah seriously LingXLan Fan is probably canon. I'm not even the type person who looks for subtext concerning shipping but you'd have to blind to not see it. haha funniest Winry scene for me was when she went into her bedroom and in the midst of taking her shirt off she saw Ed sitting right there. XD Ed's face= priceless And then all those other people started arguing in her bedroom and then she yelled"GET OUTTA MY ROOM!!" as they flew into the hallway.
Scar had a great redemption story arc. He'd pushed passed all of that resentment and hatred for alchemists and combined forces with them for the greater sake of humanity. It reminds of one of my favorite quotes. "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." I never saw him as evil but rather someone with a skewed moral compass. I like Major Miles too. I hated Kimbley >_< But, I did feel bad for him when he was dying and Pride just mocked him.
haha XD I remember that scene with Lan Fan vs Mai. My bet was Lan fan even though she didn't have an arm. I don't trust that Pride...that child is demon spawn. KILL IT!! KILL IT WITH FIRE! Lol @#$%*^%$ Tucker indeed. That's one of my favorite episodes of the entire series.
He was indeed creepy, a big old creepy man-child. I think he'd probably be what TV Tropes calls a "morality pet" for the other Homunculi. He looked coolest when he went all out with it rather than just coating his arms and such. Lingfan (I don't know if that's the actual mash-up name or not, but it's the one I cam up with :P heh) is one of the most blindingly obvious ships I've ever seen XD haha, I would not be surprised at all if he married her someday. I really like Lan Fan's mask a lot, the whole gettup when she's wearing the mask and after she gets the automail arm just looks so darn cool and awesome. Wahaha, oh yeah XD I remember that one, that one was absolutely hilarious.
Mhm, he was definitely never really evil, just a little too focused on the whole avenging his people thing, which is all well and good imo, but he was going to far and just letting his thirst for vengeance eat him up. That's a pretty cool quote :D I think probably one of my favorite parts about Scar's story was when we learned that his brother had figured out what Father and his "children" were up to and then come up with that counter transmutation circle to break up whatever method it was for Father having control over Amestris Alchemy, that was really cool. Whatching pretty much everything come together like that in the end was just pure awesome. I sure didn't like Kimbley, that's for sure, but I didn't really think he was all that bad, he had a sort of twisted sense of honor, but he had one nonetheless.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Lan Fan would have one in the end if the doctor hadn't forced them to behave themselves :P Yeah, I don't blame Grumman for checking up on Mrs. Bradley and Selim a lot...he could turn out right though >_> *shrug* I don't know.
haha Lingfan. Shipping names are hilarious.XD It was blantly obvious when Von uttered "You care about him deeply, don't you?"Oh yeah Lan Fan's attire is definately boss and so is she :D
Oh yeah, I like how throughout the seires Scar's brother was his inner voice.Scar knew that his brother would've been dissapointed and ashamed of his prejudgice of alchemists since he was one himself. And that he was murdering them. Scar finally got his redemption in aiding the restoration of Ishval. General Armstrong of the north is pretty badass too. She's a little bit scary O_O but cool nonetheless. I cringed when she pulled out her sword and sliced through that guys arm and then threatened his subordinates by stabbing him in the foot...
I hate to break this up, guys, but in case you didn't get the memo, message walls are no longer supposed to be used for irrelevant socialization, and this stuff doesn't sound very relevant...
Hey, im the nony that you dubbed Nony Buddy :D. Anywho, so i was going to continue our convo from the Mako page:
I try to avoid the deep underdark, but i can imagine how freaky it is...i don't understand these ppl. I think they're just angry, bitter and/or have no lives since they have nothing better to do. Because i really don't see any other reason to hate a fictional character who really didn't do anything awful. Like i've said before, I can understand disliking him, particularly because his role did become the love interest, but hating him is completely illogical. And i tried to say "hey hating a fictional character who isn't a sociopath is illogical" and @Letarose completely jumped on me and thought that i was saying all ppl who dislike him are illogical. Which wasn't what i said at all. I hate it when ppl put words in ur mouth -_-.
I know, i've used my dad as evidence often XD. I was just so excited that his favorite character is Mako, especially since he's a heterosexual, older, intelligent male who is very respectful towards women. He's pretty much flesh and blood evidence that those "mako lover" theories are inaccurate.
In any case, what are you looking forward to in season 2, based on the info we know?
Hello there, NB :P haha...Nony Buddy is so much nicer than calling you 98.247.31.3 >_> much more personal that way XD ....since walls are much less mainstream than the actual pages, I feel like it can be safely said here, the number I listed above (which is yours) is the way you identify all of the different nonies, I have no idea why the IP address for the nonies is able to viewed by everyone, but that's how you tell everyone apart...by the IP address...
The Underdark of any fandom is always really bad, it's like where inteligence goes to die a horrible death and just lie there rotting for eterninity...not somewhere you want to venture often, or even at all, if you value your sanity XD Nor I, it's fine if you dislike something, but if you do, why do you feel the need to shout it from the rooftops and spread it around everywhere? Even the rational dislikers tend to do that I've noticed, they feel the need to bring up their displeasure almost every post. I certainly don't usually keep shouting about it when there's something I dislike (if it's something I hate I certainly do talk about it an awful lot, but I try to keep even that to a minimum), like I'm not that big a fan of Tenzin overall, he's more than a little too stuffy and a wet-blanket for me to like him too much :/ So yeah, I like him, but I'm not too big a fan of Tenzin...and I don't feel the need to shout it to the world every five seconds >_> If there's one thing I hate in any form at all, it's character bashing, of anyone, I mean, if it's a character the author designed with the sole express purpose of the audience hating (Umbridge again) and not designed to be liked in any way it's more or less acceptable, but bashing any of the normal characters (even bad guys) I don't approve of at all, it's one thing to criticize them which is all well and good...but bashing them... One of the worst communities I've seen with bashing is the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom, a great show if you've never seen it you should check it out sometime, especially in fanfics >_> It seems like there's always at least one in every bunch you look through that's bashing one or more of the characters >_<
Oh god yeah, I definitely hate when that happens. I was talking the other day with a nony about how I don't really support anyone losing their bending, and then he somehow twisted it completely around, I don't even remember what he'd said, but it wasn't anything like what I had meant or said in the first place... That's crazy, how does that even happen O_o they sound nothing alike.
Sure does sound like it :D Or most of my friends too, they're all teenagers/young adults, so it's not quite as big, but still, they're all perfectly normal people, and they all either love Mako, or they just don't really care.
Oh jeeze....I have no idea really XD haha I'm just looking forward to everything at this point, lol. Though I suppose I'm really looking forward to the "flashback that will end all flashbacks" as Bryke described it, I'm really curious to see what that is and what it will be. I'm also really curious to see what they're going to be doing with Bolin, it sounds like he's going to get a fairly interesting story next season. How about you?
It is much nicer XD. I did the ID thing, i was thinking about what a mouthful it was :/. That ID thing is also really helpful with figuring what other nonies are trolls and not worth arguing with.
So anywho, i know, i disliked Asami in the first few times we saw her, with her sing-song voice, but i didn't feel the need to go on her page and post "ASAMI SUX!" I like her now too, so even if I did do that i would be feeling quite silly now. Which I have a feeling some Mako haters will feel like in the later books. I didn't like Tenzin in the beginning, but after we had a couple moments where his proper visage broke (especially in the beginning of epi 6 XD) and when we saw him kick some @ss airbending...unlike Aang -_-....he really grew on me. And you're absolutely right. Any character bashing unless the character is a sociopath (like Umbridge and Joffrey) is not okay. Especially because its really rude to those who do like the characters. And i did watch Buffy :D I didn't dwell too much in that fandom, because I did hear rumors about it. And is it just me, or has this fandom kind of lost it? I mean not everyone, certainly, but a good chunk. Before it was kind of fun with the debates and speculating about new episodes, but now its just gotten so negative :/. I feel like a lot of those ppl are trying to prove something, like that they're more intelligent or that they can do better. I just don't think a lot of them understand how complicated and difficult it is to write a show, based on an already popular show, and try to please everyone, have it make sense and all the elements work together in 12 episodes.
Oh yea, i think i remember that convo. That nony was being a little ridiculous. Its especially frustrating to take the time to craft a logical argument, and then they seem to completely miss the point.
Yea, and most of my friends watch LoK as well. We actually have an Avatar Club at my campus, and all the ppl in that bunch love the show, even if they don't like the love-triangle. And honestly, so far, im liking this show more than AtLA. I think the dialogue is better, i like Korra much more as an avatar, i like the romance better because Mako and Korra aren't 12 and 14 (that kinda weirded me out) and i think the plot was a lot more intelligent and complex. I love AtLA, but I just think LoK is more mature.
Lol, im pretty much looking forward to everything as well. I think the flashbackiest of flashbacks is going to be really interesting. And they were so vague with Bolin's future, i.e. "finding his place in the world" and "bizarre" love interest. Im very curious to see what they do with his character and what the "bizarre" love story is going to be. I mean its Nick, it can't be too bizarre...right? O_O Im really looking forward to exploring the spirit world and the Avatar mythology because it hasn't been explored as much as i would like it to be. And, it must be said, im looking forward to seeing Makorra XD I like that couple, i understand why some ppl don't, but i do. Especially since the love triangle is over, and I really want to see them maintaining their responsibilities and a relationship...i just know so many ppl in real life in that situation, so im excited to see them handle this really realistic situation
Goodness me, I've written a lot...sorry for making you read this much :/
They really are a mouthful, haha. And that they are, I'm starting to recognize what posts are yours without having to look at the IP, but that helps for when I'm not sure, yup though, can easily identify what nonies I like or at least tolerate because they have good arguments...or the trolls to just ignore, like the Copy-Paste Nony, did you ever see him/her before they either got banned or gave up on posting (I'm thinking banned is probably more likely)?
I definitely disliked the Masami pairing...both because it was in the way of Makorra (:P haha), but more so because it was just oogi, they were a little too cute together >_> I never particularly disliked Asami though, I was fairly ambivalent toward her/didn't care at all about her until Episode 7. She's definitely one of my top favorites now though. Yeah, I like Tenzin more now than I did initially, but every now and again he has a wet-blanket moment that keeps my like of him from growing too much :/ Like overreacting to Korra using the Avatar State in the air scooter race we saw in the animated story-boards at Comic Con.
Indeed, character bashing just smacks of imaturity >_> We get it, you don't like the character, one doesn't need to turn them into a Joffrey or Umbridge though and take them grossly out of character. Like what I've seen with Buffy, it seems that 99% of the fanfics involving Xander feel the need to turn him into some sort of superman, god-mode, beastly awesome Gary Stu who everybody instantly loves...and all of the Scoobies are evil and mistreat Xander and hate him >_> Buffy herself seems to be the one who bears the brunt of it. Or it's flipped the other way around and Buffy is a total saint and the Scoobies are all looking for the next opportunity to backstab her and walk all over like a doormat >_< Fandom aside though, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is pretty much my favorite live-action show ever...though all of Joss Whedon's other shows come pretty close to it :D My one complaint with Joss though...is that he likes torturing his characters too much :'( He always seems to kill off half a couple, or brutally rip the relationship apart...and then have one of them die... *sigh* Anyways, they certainly do seem to be steadily losing it with each passing day if they haven't lost it already, it's pretty depressing to be honest, stuff like this one link I saw somone post on Mako's page especially (read at your own risk) < that link is so *headdesk* worthy, if I'd slammed my head on my desk as many times as I wanted to with that one, I'd have several dozen concussions. I wasn't around for all the Kataang v Zutara shipping war(s), but this current predicament seems a whole lot worse...
Yeah, people definitely don't seem to realize how complex writing a show is, especially a mini-series. I write stuff, mostly fanfiction right now but I do have my own original novels I'm working and dream about maybe publishing someday, for my own amusement, so I definitely can appreciate the work of professional writers even more now and all the struggle they have to go through to get it at an acceptable point where they're ready to release it. I appreciate the writing aspect of thing a whooooole lot more now.
Most of my friends watch it too, or their younger siblings, they're usually the ones asking me when Season 2 is coming out or what new info has been revealed and stuff XD I'm the most openly nerdy about it, so I guess that's made me the go-to person for information, haha...maybe I should start charging money for information like Skoochy does :P Same here, I've enjoyed Legend of Korra and its first season more than I did for AtLA's first one...and I think I'm easily going to like the whole show more than the original once it's all come out and we've seen all there is to see. Same here, the romance in LoK has been a lot more better for me than the main one of AtLA, Sukka and Maiko were pretty good, but idk, I just didn't enjoy Kataang too much, I think part of that probably is the whole age thing...and the rest is that I felt Katara's feelings for Aang weren't really nearly as developed or payed as much attention to as Aang's feelings for her....and plus in the comic books they've gone all oogi and started trying to do the whole sucking each others faces off thing and starting about every other address to the other, at least, with "sweety", algh *shivers* ....so oogi, tastes like diabetes. But yeah, overall I've enjoyed LoK much more so far.
Oh yeah...I'm not worried about what they have planned for Bolin, because even at their worst Bryke can never be as cruel to their characters/fans as Joss Whedon is, Bryke seem more focused on teasing us and making us laugh at ourselves than ripping our hearts out and throwing them into meat-grinders/food processors >_> The whole bizarre romance for Bolin is definitely really intriguing...one of the fan theories I've seen is that the love interest is a spirit :P ...that'd definitely fit under bizarre, that's for sure. I can't wait to see how they'll develop Makorra either ^_^ I love them as a pairing so much, Mako and Korra are so much fun together...and now I'm starting to sound like one of the crazy Makorra fangirls XD haha
Nah, don't sweat it, I enjoy good, long conversations, and I like reading other people's thoughts :D so don't sweat it, conversing is gud .....and I tend to get really long-winded too, as I'm sure you've noticed ^^' hehe
Oh yea, I remember the copy-and-paste nony. It wasn't just that he/she was spamming the boards, but it was kinda mean singleing out a persons post (that was usually totally benign) then making a critique that didn't make any sense and just flat out rude. Im assuming that he/she was banned because it didn't seem like they were going to stop anytime soon.
Yea, part of the reason I didn't like Masami was because it blocked Makorra XD. But most of the reason was because it just seemed, like you said, too cutesy and i just didn't see their personalities mesh together. Plus, ppl say "well they bonded over losing a parent/parents" But if they dated someone based off losing a parent (to a firbender), than they may as well date half of the Avatar universe O_O. I can see what you say about Tenzin, sometimes i wish he would loosen up as well. I just love those moments when his calm demeanor breaks :). Have you seen how many ppl are up in arms over the air scooter race? I mean i've seen like essay length posts over a 10-15 second scene with ppl saying that it shows how Korra learned nothing and is still highly immature and doesn't deserve that power. Over a 10-15 second scene! The truth is, none of us really know how any of the Krew is going to be in season 2, so I just don't like ppl being so critical already.
Joss Whedon is quite good ^_^ Have you seen the movie Serenity? Its awesome :D. Yea, but he completely breaks your heart. I haven't seen that many of his shows, but i noticed in Buffy and Angel, that its not just that he kills off a member of a couple always. But he does it when they're at their happiest. I mean, it usually makes sense how he does it, but its just so cruel :(. And what you described is why I tried to stay far away from the Buffy fandom...what i did see of them was kinda scary. And i followed your link...i have no idea why you would have an entire blog against Mako/Makorra. I understand coming on a forum and chatting about it with ppl, but this dude seems a little...excessive. I only saw a little bit of the Zutara/Kataang war, and i thought it was more humorous than anything...maybe because it was i didn't really care about who ended up with whom in that series :/
Thats awesome that you like to write! I like to write too, thats mostly why im an English lit. major. Which makes me a little frustrated when ppl act like i have no idea what im talking about when i say LoK writing was fairly well done, and that im being manipulated by the show -_-. Obviously ppl have different opinions, and im certainly not an expert on what constitutes as good writing. But I've analyzed so many texts, and strategies from so many different authors, i just don't like how some ppl act just because I really liked the show, it makes me one of those fangirling bimbos. If you want you can link me some of your fanfics...i normally don't read those (some can be quite scary) but i would like to read some of yours if you don't mind.
Its funny, my dad, my older sister and my twin sister and then a good chunk of my friends watch this show...and we're all over 19 XD. Most strangers who meet me don't think that im a fan...primarily because i like to wear pink and makeup so they think im girly and that i don't like nerdy things or martial arts...but im actually the biggest nerd i know, and i love sports and i recently took up judo...which is one of the reasons i think i relate to the show. All the girls really break down stereotypes of women. They're all beautiful but really athletic and strong. I love that. I also like that they have Korra in a romance. Some ppl say that it made her weak, but i think it made her human. Just because a girl falls in love doesn't make her weak, and its frustrating when ppl act like that is a bad message to little girls. I mean, of course I've gotten weak in the knees over a guy, but that certainly didn't make me weak. And Korra is still independent, and pretty bad@ss. so i don't see the problem.
Anywho, Im rambling again. No, im not worried about what they do with Bolin...except they did do something pretty bad to Sokka...O_O. But i trust Bryke, and they definitely won't do anything as bad as Joss Whedon. I've heard that theory, which im not quite liking...i've also heard that he'll date Korra's female cousin. I know its too early to tell, but they don't seem to fit to me :/.
Yay, im so glad you like Makorra too :D I really like that couple, but I can't say that on the forums are ppl will disregard everything i say as fangirl squealing. No, but I really love them, i think their personalities balance each other out so well :D And you can sound like a crazy fangirl in our convos, because im a little bit of one myself when it comes to Makorra XD.
Good, i was a little worried because I see ppl complain about long posts all the time. And I have noticed, but its all good with me ^_^
In a forum setting like this singling people out certainly is unecessary, especially if it's just with the purpose of trying to call someone out on something you don't agree with. Quoting segments of someone's post on a standard forum though is kind of expected, at least imo, 'cause for one it helps people figure out who you're talking to or what parts of the post you're addressing :P
Mhm, Masami never really struck me as being too deep :/ I definitely wouldn't say it's as shallow as it appeared in the first couple episodes...but it wasn't a very strong relationship, otherwise the endgame of the love-triangle wouldn't have been so dire for the Masami ship >_> One of the things I don't understand at all is why everyone is so focussed on trying to pin all the blame on Mako for the relationship turning south...things like a relationship go both ways, blame for it falling apart, imo, never falls squarely onto one person, they both almost always share least a part of the blame. Like with Masami, it would have been better if Mako had told Asami about the kiss, idk, it seemed to me like Asami let her anger over it, even if there is a bit of justifaction for being mad, get rather out of control. And yeah, I love those parts where Tenzin completely loses his prim and proper exterior XD He's definitely a fun character to have around...I kinda feel sorry for him too, I'm betting Korra is quite the challenging student XD I know, what's with all of the rage over the air-scooter race? It's just silly, I don't see people complaining about Aang using his Airbending at times to show off or just have fun >_> Actaully, what's with all the rage at Korra period? O_o Like I seriously saw someone complaining that she was playing Pro-Bending instead of sticking with Tarrlok's task-force. I just don't get why people are so critical at all, period. Not liking a character is fine and all, but a lot complaints, even from completely rational people don't even really make sense sometimes :/
Oh yeah! Serenity was the first thing by Joss Whedon that I saw, it's one of my favorite movies...it's really sad though that Firefly got canceled though :( It had such promise to be his best show, imo...stupid 20th Century Fox >_< Oh well, at least with Serenity we got closure to the show *sigh* Yup, he squashes the audience's hearts just when we're all "ooing" and "aaawing" over how cute the couple is and rejoicing in their happiness......only to squash all of our hopes and dreams :'( That's one reason why I like fanfiction for both Buffy and Angel so much, because the writers do romance much better than Whedon in the sense that we can actually have happy endings :P The worst Whedon did, imo, was killing off Fred :'( The episode where she dies is so bleeding sad, it's make me tear up a little bit even thinking about it honestly *sniff* And I'd had the fact that Fred dies spoiled for me, so her whole run was even sadder for me, especially the episode right before "A Hole in the World"...it's not even much of a consolation that we got Illyria out of it, who I found even more awesome than Spike and is easily my favorite female character :/ And what's even more depressing about Fred's death, is that if Angel hadn't been canceled by the network, Joss was going to have Willow or someone else come along and split Illyria and Fred, so we'd be getting two characters out of it...*sigh* oh what could have been, you have no idea how ecstatic I would have have been to have both Fred and Illyria XD When he killed Tara was pretty bad too...
I know right, I don't understand the compunction some of these people have to go write whole blogs about it, or form groups devoted solely to hating Mako and Makorra >_> Why do people feel the need to question whether Mako and Korra actually love each other or not...as you've said before, it's not like they have minds of their own, they can't defy the writers or have some sort of motive the writers don't give them. Bryke said Mako and Korra love each other, so they do, there's nothing to really question there :P And why do they feel the need to have it spelled out for them why they're in love? That's something that can't ever really be explained, it just happens, or it doesn't, I don't really remember it being spelled out why any of the AtLA characters were in love with each other....why does Makorra need it? Yeah, wars between ships seem more humerous and funny to me than anything else, especially since from what I've seen of shipping arguments, there isn't so much vitriol leveled at characters so much as the ship itself. Less funny if it's a ship you support though being attacked... >_>
I don't write as much as I used to unfortunately :( It used to be that I could probably churn out a chapter of whatever I was working on at the time in one-two weeks...now, I sort of seemed to have lost the nack for that :/ Oh yeah, I love English, it's fun, I've always loved the literature and writing sort of parts to education. Yeah, same here, I hate it when people act like I don't know anything about how a good story should be structured, or what marks a good one from a bad one -.- And you can't compare the characters of a completed series to one that's incomplete, especially if one is a miniseries, like LoK is. If you ask me, the Gaang and other major characters of AtLA were overall just about as under-developed by the time their first season ended as LoK's cast. It wasn't until Season 2 of AtLA that everybody really started getting a lot of developement. Sure, I'd be glad to share if you're willing to read them, only cath though is that once you start reading I might start coming to you for ideas on where I should take things XD haha You shouldn't have to worried about being scared off by my fanfics though, I tend to sort of follow the style of writers to some extent, but even then I keep more to the lighter things in their works. Like in any of my BtVS/Angel fanfics, you won't see any of Joss's relationship cruelty, and if I do include any, it would be because I'm showing a canon event that I didn't change, but even so, I'll still probably do it nicer than he did. Like in one Buffy fanfic series I have planned that starts in S3, I'll still be breaking Xander and Cordelia up, but I won't be doing it anywhere nearly as harshly as in canon, I'm picturing it turning out more like Mako and Asami's than anything else. Anyways I'm rambling :P haha I don't have any AtLA/LoK fics up, but I am currently working on a crossover between LoK and Buffy where Faith winds up falling into the Avatar world right around the start of LoK's first season XD And at some point I'll be making a prequel to it with Buffy winding up in the Avatar world at some point during the run of AtLA. This is where I mainly upload the stuff I write,and this is the other site I use most. I'm on Fanfiction.net as well, but I haven't really uploaded anything on there yet, or done anything with that profile.
Oh cool, you're a twin? I always find that cool, haha, it's one of those things I've always wondered what it'd be like...especially what it'd be like being an identical twin XD Yeah, I'm probably the bigget nerd in my real-life circle of friends, haha, I don't know how I'd stack up nerd-wise in nerdiness with my online friends though :P I'm probably more girly than I'd look or seem to be, I'm stilly very much a tomboy and whatnot, but I'm definitely more girly than I seem. Not very likely to find me in skirts or a dress, but I can't help but all squealy and gushy over romance in shows/movies and stuff XD haha or gushing over how adorable characters can be :P I did some karate when I was younger, but I didn't stick with it, I got up to a yellow belt, and that was it >_> I probably would enjoy martial arts though. Oh yeah, all of the girls and women in the Avatar series are anything but stereotypes, they're all so strong and independant and everything, but they're also human too. That's definitely true, going all mushy over a guy (or girl :P if that's someone's thing, haha) doesn't make someone weak, heck, I'd like to see any of these fans ranting and raving about it to do any better. Love, in and of itself, doesn't make anyone weak, it's one of the best things ever (not that I'd have any firsthand experience or anything as it's something which I have yet to experience XD I've had crushes, sure, but never had a relationship yet) and it's great when shows like Avatar show it in a realistic way. And honestly, I doubt little kids are really going to be paying much attention to that sort of thing >_> I certainly never did when I was younger/little, I only ever cared about the story and kick@ss fights/action scenes.
You mean with Yue? Yeah, that was pretty sad :( But it wasn't as bad as Joss, that's for sure. Ugh, it's all so interesting, I'm going crazy over here waiting for Book 2...gah, why can't it be next year already??? D: blargh
Haha yeah, I don't really say too much where I fall on Mako or Makorra for the reason you said. I mentioned I liked Mako on one post and got comments like "you have horrible taste" and stuff like that >_> Oh I know, they work so well together, Ioved the whole "battle couple" moment in the finale where they synchronized that running around the wall of the Arena, and then worked so well together freeing Tenzin and the Air Babies, ah, they make such a good team and they're so great together ^_^
Yeah, long posts don't bother me as long as I can understand 'em, and the only ones I can't are the type written like a legal document :P I've seriously seen a guy who writes like that on one of the forums i frequent XD He makes his arguments in a realy condescending, stuck-up, pompous sort of way, and writes his post as if he were writing some deep doctoral thesis with overly complicated words that are supposed to make him look more inteligent >_>
Aside from Avatar, what are some of the other series you're a big fan of?
Oh yea, that makes sense, i guess it was just mean how the copy-and-paste nony did it :/ Im sure he/she was banned, i haven't seen posts from the dude/dudette in awhile. Thank goodness.
I know, i mean Mako did not handle the love triangle well. And i don't think it was written very well, but its not like he and Korra were having this long, drawn out affair. So im just confused where the venom comes from. I feel like a lot of the hater ppl act like they have or would never make a mistake in a relationship. Good ppl hurt good ppl sometimes, its sad but it happens. Asami was getting a little petty neat the end, she should've probably just ended it sooner. It was understandable why she was frustrated, but it should've been ended right after "Out of the Past." I do not understand the Korra rage. I thought she was awesome, honestly :/. When i first heard her description, I was a little concerned that she would be the stereotypical, sassy, obnoxious girl. But she was still tough, strong, and passionate, but also vulnerable and kind. I think she's a great mix of qualities. I don't really see what other's ppl have a problem with. I just want to tell them to relax and just enjoy the show.
Oh my god, that was horrible with Fred! Especially since she died in this terrible way, and she was so nice. And Wesley was there holding her, and her mind was starting to go :(. That was ridiculously sad. And Illyria was pretty kick@ss, but Fred's death was just cruel. Oh my god, I love Spike! He's pretty much why I got into the series, no joke. Now, after I watched the rest of the series, i learned how good all the other aspects were, but Spike hooked me. Now I have question, did you like Spike more or less after he got his soul? Personally, i guess i would have to go with after. And Tara was pretty sad, especially since she and Willow just became happy again :/. I never got a chance to watch Firefly..but im quite a fan of Serenity, so im sure i would like it ^_^.
I know! It just seems like a waste of time. And i find it so frustrating when they "hur dee hur, they don't luv each other >:)" Im just like, what the crap? They don't have a will to rebel against Bryke and say that they don't love on another. I can understand debating how good of a pairing it is, how well-written it is, but not if they actually love one another. And I agree, i don't understand why ppl feel the need for them to spell it out why they love one another. The thing is, love is so much about whats intangible. A lot of the time, you can't really explain it...and we never learned exactly why certain characters loved one another. Some of them made a bit more sense, such as Suki and Sokka, but others not really. Personally, Maiko never made much sense to me. I know that they had a background and a childhood but i didn't see their personalities really mesh. I dunno, I guess i thought Zuko would be with someone a little more positive and happy about life to counteract his angst. But I wasn't saying, "why bryke why?!?" Its what they wanted to do, they created the characters, they understand them better then we ever will so its better just to go with it. But i guess its easier for me to say that since Makorra is canon now :P.
I definitely write less of what i want to write now :/. Now what i write are usually essays...but its fine, i usually like what im writing about. And i get so frustrated when ppl compare the development of the characters. The thing is, even just comparing both season 1 of the shows won't work. Season 1 of AtLA had a lot more episodes, and it was written knowing they had 2 more seasons to develop the plot and the romance. LoK didn't have that, but even so, I didn't see much difference in the character development, just like you. Especially with Zuko. I know we got the "The Storm" episode, but he didn't change much. My perspective of him didn't really begin to change until the "Zuko Alone" episode. And I would definitely like to take a look at some fanfics, and i don't mind giving advice if you want XD. I got turned off from fanfics for awhile after i went to the Makorra tag on tumblr, and there was a smut one...that was a bit unpleasant...and i didn't even know what smut was before that O_O. Oh, and I read the description of "The Abuse Cycle." Even the description pissed me off. First off, Mako showed no signs of being abusive! And they're citing "Out of the Past" episode as their evidence? He was scared that the woman he loved was having her bending taken away, and then that she was being tortured by a crazy bloodbender. How did they expect him to react? He wasn't running around screaming, he was actually being quite logical. And the scene with Oogi, i thought was sweet. He just wanted to hold her and protect her, and he was relieved, whats wrong with that? *sigh* crazy people -_-. And then comparing a cartoon character that isn't even abusive or possessive to an actual abuser is so ridiculously offensive to women who have actually had to face an abusive relationship...it pissess me off just thinking about it -_-.
Yea, we're identical twins :). Its fun, I mean its all i ever known so i don't really know how to compare it to a person's life who doesn't have a twin, but its nice to have someone who you can be 100% yourself around no matter what mood you're in. Yea, i used to be huge tomboy when i was little, i just got a little more girlier as i got older, but i still love sports, camping...all that good stuff ^_^ I honestly have been thinking about taking either Tai Chai or Hung Gar, just so i can pretend im a waterbender or an earthbender >.> I know, I don't see whats wrong having feelings for a guy/girl...its part of life. And I've been in a relationship but i haven't been in love, but i heard it is indeed the best thing ever ^_^ And it can be confusing, so i just feel Mako's confusion was honestly more realistic. And like you said, the little kids really aren't paying that close attention. I love that one link on Mako's page that guy put up where it argues against some of the Mako hate arguments, and they quote the kid who said "Bolin make me lol" <----Thats what the kids are thinking.
Yea i mean Yue, I was a bit surprised that Nick did a sad love story like that...but that was before the Sokka tent scene and the murder-suicide...
I think the guy who said you had "horrible taste" is some silly troll nony. I think he was the same one who insulted EccentricChild...i really don't like that guy. I loved the "battle couple" moment :D I mean, when they jumped on the wall and used firebending to get to Amon...it was so friggin sychronized, pretty awesome ^_^ I know, i love them together, i really do, i think their personalities balance each other so well...she's able to loosen him up and he's able to keep her concentrated, pretty sweet. And they've both had to deal with huge responsibilities at a young age, they're both passionate but express it differently, and i think they're different enough where they balance one another, but similar enough to get along. Okay, fangirl gushing over ^_^
Well thats good, because this post is turning out to be a hum dinger :/. I hate the ppl who do that, I mean we're seriously talking about a tv show, not a solution to the National deficit or Israel...some ppl take themselves far too seriously.
Well I watch the Game of Thrones regularly. Like i said, I read the book series, so its kind of nice, I pretty much know whats going to happen, and the show just captured the books really well. Its kind of funny, ppl who watch the show but haven't read the books ask me whats going to happen a lot...and then they're not happy because the answer is usually depressing :/. I don't really follow other shows as much as i do Korra...I love the show FRIENDS, i've seen every episode at least 10 times, and they still make me laugh. Like I said, I like Angel and Buffy. I also like The Office and I just recently got into How I Met Your Mother...what about you?
Mhm, the CPN was definitely rude, and I actually agreed with you that it wasn't apropriate behavior for a type of forum structured like this. Yes, definitely thank goodness, I didn't mind the fact that they had things to say, but the fact that they had to clog up the board to do it? >_> urgh
No, Mako did not handle things as well as he could have, neither did Korra, and to be quite honest I don't think Asami did either >_> As many us have all said over and over again though, in his favor he's never been in a relationship before, and he had no close mentor figure or parently substitute to learn this kinda stuff from. Meh, I don't think it was written that poorly :/ I definitely think it could have been better, especially if Bryke had had a lot of time to develop it >_> But yeah, people act like Mako and Asami were already married or somethng and then he and Korra went and had a sordid affair behind Asami's back...but yeah, all of that is definitely true, not sure how I'm going to handle the Masami break-up in my fanfic, but they'll probably be breaking up once Korra's saved and recovering...I'm pretty sure I'm going to have the kiss be a none-issue, since I'm going to have Bolin get stopped or something before he can walk out there and walk in on the kiss :P But yeah, I definitely think Asami was getting more than a little petty, like the whole "Why don't you sit in back...with Korra!" line was unneeded. It's so bizzarre how all the Mako haters insist on making Asami out to be some sort of innocent victim in all of this >_> Raging about Korra is just silly, there's no need to, she's just awesome. She kinda reminds me of Toph in a lot of ways, though she's more open emotionally and less...idk, I can't find the word I'm looking for to describe Toph XD I can see it there in my head, but I can't think of it, haha. But yeah, what is there to have a problem with? That Korra's not a carbon copy of Aang? That's what it feels like a lot of the people hating for Korra want, another Aang >_>
Fred's death was probably one of the saddest and most depressing things I've seen in a TV show or movie, it was just so sad :'( I bawled like the biggest baby ever, I know, the whole thing with Wesley is what made it even more sad. Worst kick in the gut ever and the absolute worst torment Whedon's put us through. Aside from Faith, Illyria is pretty much my top favorite female character though...I just wish she'd get more focus in the extended universe stuff :/ She got an eight issue comic that she shared with Gunn, and a four issue comic book she got all to herself...and that was pretty much it >_> Maybe that's a good thing though...because most of the comic books that have been published for Buffy and Angel are very "meh" and most of the fans don't really like them... Speaking of Tara, what did you think of Kenedy when she came along? Oh yeah, Spike is just plain awesome, he was one of my favorite characters even when he was a bad guy XD But yeah, I like him better after he got his soul, I especially like the contrast he made to Angel on viewing his soulless days...and what's really cool, is it doesn't matter if Spike has his soul or not, he's still a good guy without it :D In one of the actually good comic books all about him he gets his soul ripped out...and nothing changes, it was rather funny :P Firefly is definitely cool, you should certainly give it a watch sometime, the only real difference between the movie and the show, is that River doesn't have nearly as much focus :/ Which certainly made me a little sad, River is one of my top favorite characters in the movie...
Mhm *nods* discussing how good a pairing is executed and the technical aspects of it are understandable and something that kind of makes sense to do...but not questioning why characters love or don't each other. That is definitely true, I know if anyone ever asked me to explain or show why I liked anyone I've ever had a crush on, that I wouldn't really be able to do it. Yeah, idk, Maiko has definitely puzzled me sometimes...they seem almost too much alike >_>
Heh, most of my writing now is arguing with the dissenting and ludicrous aspects of fandoms of mine that have forums :P I liked Zuko all along, but yeah, I didn't start to really like him until Season 2 and we got stuff like "Zuko Alone". In any case comparing the characters really just doesn't work, some comparisons can be made of course, but overall it's not going to work because they're both really different. Ah yes, smutty stuff >_> I don't see the appeal to that...like at all, I especially hate reading slash-smut, eurgh...got nothing against gay people in real life, but I sure as heck don't want to read stories or anything about it, and it especially annoys me when I stumble across slash pairings in what otherwise would have been a really cool story, my main gripe with slash fics is the make characters who are heterosexual in canon gay just because you want them to be...kinda bothers me the same way if a character that was gay all along is turned straight. Like for instance, Buffy fics where someone makes Tara straight, doesn't bother me at all seeing Willow turned straight again since she was straight before Season 4, and I always saw her as bisexual after she started dating Tara rather than gay or straight. Yup -.-' the writer of the whole "Abuse Cycle" thing really pissed me off to no end, especially their other blogs...but what made me even madder were the people praising it and saying stuff like "Oh yeah, this is so true, everyone should read this and have their eyes opened" >_< Yeah, I loved the scene with Oogi, it was sweet...why does everyone react so badly to it? >_> I seriously wanted to reach through my computer screen and yank the writer of that trash fic through and start b***-slapping them -.-
That's cool, how alike are you and your twin personality wise? Obviously you look the same if you're identical twins, hehe :P I'll bet it is, it's probably not just fictional stereo-type that twins, even fraternal ones, have a deeper sort of connection and stuff than just siblings do. Once I get to the point where I have to deal with it, I could use you for twin advice in my writing, mostly some of the Buffy fics I have :P I think probably most tomboys tend to grow out of it to some extent as they get older, me though, I'd say that I'm still very much "one of the guys" :P Most of my friends are guys and I usually tend to get on better with them than I do with most girls >_> Yeah, I love the outdoors, more so when it's cool out (like late spring early fall type weather), and I'd go outside my house more if we didn't have so many mosquitoes around here, I used to go outside all the time where we used to live, but now, I can't even be out for 5 minutes without coming in covered in bug bites :/ But yeah, I love camping when we go...and watching bugs and stuff I find pretty interesting too. And of course I love "guy" movies :P ...and I absolutely love video games too, haha XD Mhm, all of that is so true, I think the whole love-triangle and romance situation in Legend of Korra is probably one of the most realistic romances I've seen in fiction. And Mako is one of the more realistic characters I've seen too. Haha yup, kids are more thinking stuff like "Bolin makes me laugh" and stuff like that than anything else.
Haha yeah, I'm surprised that Bryke have gotten away with some of the stunts they've pulled XD The website TV Tropes even wrote a eulogy for the radar after Korra's finale aired XD
Wouldn't surprise me...I don't think I've ever really been trolled, so that would be one of the firsts for me, haha :P Which is kinda surprising the amount of sites I visit where I wind up debating with the fandumb people. Oh yeah, Makorra is probably the on couple I've probably been the most enthusiastic for on a show XD haha. So much to gush about with those two and why they're so great together. I can't wait to see what Bryke are going to be doing with Makorra in the future books :D
I know right! Long essays or whatever about a show or fictional characters are all fine and dandy, but there's no need at all to get all fancy with it, as you said, it's not anything serious. The really annoying thing about that one guy though was that he/she acted like canon was some sort of abstract idea and the creators/owners/writers of the story have absolutely no control over it at all >_>
Yeah, I don't follow too many TV shows, it's mostly books or video games for me. Like any of the books written by Tolkien, you know like Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, all that good stuff, those have always been my favorite books of all time ^_^ I also really like Harry Potter too. And then for video games I absolutely love the Legend of Zelda series, Metroid series, and then of course my absolute favorite is Halo, that game series is awesome :D The only shows I really try to watch regularly are NCIS and NCIS: LA, and then I watched all of Joss Whedon's shows (Buffy, Angle, Firefly/Serenit, and Dollhouse, that was a really good one). I've seen some of The Office, wasn't really something I'd watch on my own though, I just watched it when my brother turned it on, same with Psych. Haha, now that's ironic, I just started watching How I Met Your Mother as well XD Talk about coincidences, hah! How far along in it are you?
Definitely, neither handled it very well, and I wasn't a fan of the love triangle just because i felt it hindered the development of Makorra, but I get so frustrated when ppl say things like, "it ruined the show!" And then they act like thats the majority opinion, when its not even close to being true -_-. That Masami break-up fanfic sounds good to me ^_^ I don't understand why the Mako haters aren't seeing that Asami was getting petty. I mean, it was totally understandable but so were most of Mako's actions that they're condemning him for...i don't understand if they're willing to be understanding to one character, why not another? And I don't like it when ppl compare Korra to Aang. Their paths as the avatar are completely different, especially since Aang's story was quite bizarre :/ And I really liked Aang, but he honestly frustrated me quite a few times. Sometimes i just wanted him to get things done and go kick some @ss...but that only happened when he was in the avatar state.
Oh yea, Illyria was pretty awesome, i especially liked her sparring with Spike :). I've heard that the comics aren't very good, but its difficult to capture the essence of a full-fledged show in a comic book, so maybe thats why :/ I thought Kennedy was just meh. I didn't dislike her, but i didn't particularly like her either, but i know she was fairly unpopular in the fandom...but ppl couldn't expect Willow to remain single forever. What did you think of her? Oh my god, I thought that was so interesting the contrast between soulless Spike and soulful (?) Spike. They really weren't that different, except soul Spike didn't kill ppl...but that was pretty much it XD. And thats probably why I liked Spike more so than Angel. When Angel was Angelus he was beyond bad, particularly what he did to Drusilla o_O. And Spike mentioned several times how Angelus sort of crafted into what he was as a soulless vampire. Omg, did u see the episode where we figured out what happened to Spike's mother? That was really sad :/.Oh, and who did you want Buffy to be with: Spike or Angel? Yeah, I'll definitely check Firefly out, but i did like River A LOT. Especially at the end when she killed all the Reavers (which were scary as hell)...thats probably one of my favorite scenes in any movie i've seen.
Yea, Maiko still mystifies me to this day...they both seemed to be too similar in their negative qualities...Oh no, i have no issue with homosexuality at all (my uncle and best friend are both gay) but i still don't want to read the smut, for either sexualities...i can understand thinking that stuff (because we all think M rated stuff from time to time when we hit a certain age) but i can't really imagine writing it down...one story i wrote featured a developing couple and i was uncomfortable even writing the flirtation part...which was a little extreme, but you get the point. Yea, those fanfics are a bit odd, especially when it was pretty clear they were gay the entire time throughout the show. What did you think about them having Buffy have a homosexual relationship? i thought it was kind of strange, because, as far as i can remember, they never hinted at her being attracted to women during the show...i felt it was kind of used to create some scandal, or something to that effect :/. Oh yea, I did see Willow as bisexual, primarily because she seemed really in love with Oz. I have no idea why ppl had such a problem with the Oogi scene...some ppl were arguing that it showed him being possessive? But that doesn't make any sense. He wanted to hold her and give her some rest, and she seemed perfectly happy. That and with the "Abuse Cycle (>:()" makes me think that ppl really just look for something to hate on or for controversy where it really isn't...which really frustrates me :/. And what especially pisses me off about the "Abuse Cycle" is that Bryke do a great job of writing independent and strong women. So to take their characters and twist it into something completely opposite of what they are is just wrong. I would be less mad about it if ppl acknowledged that it was entirely made up and had no basis (which is the truth). But to say they have "evidence" is just complete crap.
Um, we definitely have different personalities, she's definitely more outgoing and talkative and im more shy and reserved...but we have the same values and almost identical senses of humor...and she loves Makorra as well ^_^ Oh you can definitely use me for twin advice...i would say my biggest pet peeve for twin stereotype is that we can read each others minds and have like psychic powers...so i guess try to avoid that, because twins definitely do not have magical powers. I mean, we can sense each other's emotions better than most and we definitely sychronize sometimes...but nothing so far-fetched as actually being able to read minds. Yea, I definitely have way more guy friends than girls. I've just always gotten along with them better, and my close gal pals are nerdy and like sports like me ^_^ ppl think i look more like those girly girls, but i never liked them very much at all :/ Camping is really fun, and i totally get what you mean about the mosquito bites...they get to be intense little bastards. But thats really only in the summer where im at, its too rainy and cool in the fall for them to get intense...thats why sometimes when im camping i definitely prefer some rain. I like both guy and girl movies...for me, as long as they're well written, i really don't care what genre it is. Some of the best movies i think are well-written action ones...you get good dialogue and incredible fight scenes at the same time, doesn't get much better than that ^_^
I know, i love the little stuff that Bryke slips in that really only the older audience gets XD.
I know! Makorra is definitely my favorite couple, and im really looking forward to see what they do with it...especially in Book 2, i like the idea of them maintaining their relationship while balancing their responsibilities...sounds good to me ^_^
Wait what? He/she acted like the creators have no control over canon and that its some abstract idea? O_O that makes no sense...
Oh yea, i love high-fantasy novels, my absolute favorite book genre, especially Lord of the Rings, those books were great. I also loved the movies as well, they're probably my favorite movies ever. The Hobbit was great, and im so excited for the movie to come out ^_^ and there's Game of Thrones, Wheel of Time, and im reading the Malazan series right now which is great but really complicated...i need like a chart to keep track of everything. And I definitely liked Harry Potter, especially how it got darker as it went on...what was your favorite book? I love video games too :D I'm a big fan of Dragon Age, i did play World of Warcraft but not anymore, and im playing Diablo III right now XD.
Wow, that is a funny coincidence XD. I've been watching it when its on tv, but i've pretty much got the idea of the characters, their personalities, and their relationships...its pretty funny, i think i like Marshall the most...how about you?
I can definitely understand having problems with the whole love-triangle even I don't particularly have much if any issue with it at all :P Claiming it as ruining the show though is irritating beyond belief and the acting like everyone else thinks that way makes it even more annoying and grating, that's for sure...I run into that when talking with fans in the Halo fanbase a lot too :/ It seems to the common trait of irrational fandumb type people >_> Well I certainly hope it will be interesting :P haha...it's that one Buffy/LoK crossover I mentioned a couple posts ago where Faith winds up in the Avatar world, unfortunately I haven't gotten to far into it yet though...I haven't even gotten Faith into Avatar land yet...been too distracted recently :/ Yup, I don't how they can be so totally forgiving of or blind to one character's actions, yet absolutely hate another. What really drives me batty though is when people bring up the hate Asami had earlier in the series, as if that excuses them hating on Mako >_< Or when people absolutely love on Tahno and then act like he's sooo much better than Mako could ever be >_>
Yeah, Korra and Aang are just so different from each other, and the sort of struggles they're facing too, neither of them are poor Avatars at all, but I definitely like Korra more. I kinda feel the same as you, Aang just never clicked for me and I didn't really enjoy his whole extreme pacifism deal...especially in the finale when he was trying to so hard to avoid having to kill Ozai despite it being the best thing he could have done :/ I mean, it worked out in the end since he rediscovered/was gifted Energybending, but still, what if he hadn't? What would he have done then? You can't exactly let Ozai go free and carry on with his murderous intentions...
Illyria and Spike were just awesome together XD ...yeah, I kinda ship them, haha. Meh, I didn't really care one way or the other about Kennedy, she was just kinda there for me...sometimes I found her really annoying, like when leading the charge for the mutiny agains Buffy (I absolutely HATE that episode so much >_< I skipped it last time I watch S7 that's how much I can't stand it), but overall I just didn't really care about her one way or the other. I did find it kind of weird though how quickly she and Willow hooked up :/ Most of them aren't, the only ones I liked were Angel comic books >_> And even those there weren't too many, the ones we had all about Spike were really good, and the series Angel: After the Fall was good. I haven't read it, but the series that Angel and Faith are currently co-starring in sounds good...but yeah, the Season 8 comics for Buffy just stank, and from what I've read on the wiki and stuff, it sounds like Season 9 is the same way >_> Yeah, I saw that one, it was so sad :( I felt sorry for Spike, he tried to do what he thought was a nice/good thing by siring his mother...but then having to stake her after she turned out like that...poor William. Mhm, most of Spike's monstrousness seems to have come from Angelus, like even demon-filled, un-souled Spike stopped himself from raping Buffy after he realized what he was doing, agh, I love Spike, I really do. I think probably why it doesn't matter if Spike has his soul or not, is because he sought out his soul for himself and wanted a change...as opposed to Angelus just getting a soul shoved up his butt and not having any say in the matter, I'll bet it wouldn't matter if Angel had or didn't have a soul either if Angelus had ever sought out change or whatever like Spike. I especially love his method of seeking redemption and attitude about the whole as opposed to Angel's, it's more about "eh, I screwed up...that's over now though and doesn't really matter, what I do now does". Whereas Angel seems to be all about "I can't ever be forgiven, my sins and screw ups are too big, I shall forever rot in the bowels of Hell, woe is me" XD I like Buffy/Angel just fine...but I like Buffy/Spike just so much more, they seemed like such a better fit and a deeper overall connection, especially after Spike got his soul back ^_^ Yeah, River isn't quite as big a character in the series :/ Her crazy is a little different too, she's less hysterical crazy (especially later on in the show) and more just kinda loopy and loony, like making comments that don't make much sense at first glance, she's really rather funny XD and it made me like her more. Oh, if you really want your heart broken for poor River, you need to watch this promotional thingy for Serenity so very sad :'( Yeah, I love that scene to, how it closes her journey back to sanity and everything ^_^ It's kind of crazy how they made a scene of a teenager butchering Reavers look so beautiful O_o I mean, just looking at those moves...or the bar fight, or rather beatdown, River starts...so crazy. Did you know that Summer Glau (River's actress) was doing pretty much all the stunts involved in both those scene? Pretty crazy, going from like ballet dance stuff to kick@ass fighting O_O Agh, I just love Serenity so much, I was immensely pleased when I got it as a present of sorts right before I graduated XD
They were too similar...it didn't really surprise me too much that they broke up again in "The Promise" >_> I do wonder now how like things are going to be in the end pairing wise...and I wonder who Lin's father is too... Smut is no fun at all, it's just gross, I even have trouble watching some of the stuff on TV sometimes >_> I have trouble writing romantical stuff just period XD It's something I don't think I'm good at at all, though granted I've never really tried too much before, so who knows...I have absolutely no idea what I'd do if I ever had to write a sex scene though, all I know is that it would definitely not porn, haha, I'd probably be skipping through it very quickly due to grossing myself out XD Yeah, Buffy having a random gay fling was one of the things that weirded me out to the comics...it just felt too out of the blue, and yeah, as you said like they were looking for a sensation or something... Mhm, her whole relationship with Oz and before that being almost exclusively attracted to Xander :P It's really annoying when I see people comment on fics where Willow's in a heterosexual relationship again after Tara's death or something that Willow should be gay and she can't be in a het relationship because she's gay >_>
Possessive? Um yeah, sure...no. I have no idea where they're getting that from, or when they claim that he was trying to hoard both Korra and Asami for himself when he was trying to discourage Bolin from pursuing Korra. Mhm, he was glad she was safe...and Lin was badgering her too, there wasn't anything wrong with him pushing her out of the way, and I don't get why people seem to think that it should have been Tenzin carrying Korra to Oogi either >_> I sure do get that feeling quite often that people are just looking any reason to hate somebody, and they take stuff out of context to suppor their position or twist things. That's definitely something worth being pissed off at the "Abuse Cycle" for...I hadn't really thought of it on my own, but wow, yeah...that is definitely something >_< Another thing annoying about it I've seen in comments from people who have read it is they've said that absolutely no one is true to their character at all, it's like they're people with the LoK characters names that have dressed up as the LoK cast or something >_>
Hah, cool, I've never really known any twins, identical or otherwise, so it's always interesting to hear about like how similar/different and stuff it all is, I'm definitely the shy type of person too, I'm not that outgoing at all. Yeah, twins definitely don't have magical powers...unless it's a fiction world or something where twins are extra special and it's actually a power they do have XD But yeah, normal twins don't have magical powers in regards to each oher. Makes sense, even a twin's personalities radically differ from each other, it's the same genetic code and such with identical twins and they'd have unique insights into each other that other people don't. Haha yup, same here, my closest female friend and who I'd say is probably my best friend is just as much of a nerd as I am and she's into all the outdoorsy sort of stuff, very much still a tomboy...she went off to VMI to join the army I think it was, we haven't talked in a while :( Yeah, I don't get the whole thing for being really girly and stuff...I mean clothes and stuff like that can be nice, but I don't see the appeal to all of that, I can safely say that I've only ever owned like three pairs of shoes at once :P haha Mosquitoes love me unfortunately...we have a love/hate relationship, they can't get enough of me, and I absolutely loathe them...it's like those types of guys who just can't a hint and leave you alone >_> Late spring and during the summer is when the mosquitoes really start coming out around here, they're particularly bad in my yard/around my house. For it depends on the girl movie, heh :P Some I just wouldn't watch at all, but others I'll really like. Yeah, well written action ones are definitely some of my favorites, like all of the Marvel superhero movies tied into the Avengers that have been coming out recently, I've loved all those, the Avengers was especially good ^_^ ...especially 'cause Joss Whedon directed it, and he was on a tight leash so he couldn't really pull any of his tragedy romance options :D The Bourne movies are also some really good action movies that fit that qualification, great story and action and dialogue.
That sort of thing is always fun, my little siblings wonder sometimes why I'm laughing at something on a show or movie they're watching XD
It should be interesting, that's for sure...I can't help but laugh at all the people that think they're ever going to break up for good. I could maybe seeing something like what happened with Zuko and Mai in AtLA, but I don't see any lasting break-up for them.
sigh* Yeah, the person acted like a total nincompoop and arrogant @ss too, I looked back through some of the stuff they've posted after mentioning him...apparently he's against "what-ifs" the fans propose too >_> His idea seems to be that the only canon is the first three Halo games and a couple of the books, and that's it...but I can't be too sure as he's really hard for me to understand...He's too hard to describe, I hope you don't mind if I post a sample of his shenaniganry, 'cause actually reading it for yourself is the best way to describe it at all? His username is "paulmarv". You shouldn't really have to understand Halo to understand what he or anyone else is really talking about...I tried to find a thread where I didn't think you'd be left all confused if you didn't really know Halo at all.
High-fantasy stuff, whether movie, game, book, or TV series is definitely something I love and enjoy a whole lot, sci-fi is another genre that I like a lot for the most part. I can't wait for the Hobbit movie either, it's going to be so cool ^_^ The movies for Lord of the Rings were so good, I was really impressed at how faithful they were as an adaptation, and even though the movie for the Two Towers was rather different from the book at times, it was still a fantastic movie. Hmm, I think I'd have to say that my favorite Harry Potter book was probably either "Chamber of Secrets", "Prisoner of Azkaban", or "Deathly Hallows"...though "Goblet of Fire" was really good too :/ idk, it's so hard to pick, I can definitely say that "Order of the Pheonix" was my absolute least favorite though, for a greay many reasons. How 'bout you, any favorites? Dragon Age is one I've been meaning to play sometime, same with Mass Effect. I played World of Warcraft for a bit...until my computer crashed and I had to get a new harddrive and everything :/ Otherwise I'd still probably play it on occassion, it was pretty fun. Ah, Diablo...haven't played that series but it's one that sounds interesting, that's for sure. Halo will always be my favorite though, it's such a good/deep story, probably one of the greatest video games ever, if you ever play the games you should look into buying or borrowing some of the books at some point, they're all really good...though two of them I would recomend staying as far away from as possible :/ Especially to people new to Halo. But yeah, aside from the two books so far, all of the Halo series is really great and one that I'd highly recomend to anyone.
Heh, I really like Marshal as well, though I also really like Robin too. And even if he is a really evil fiend, and I don't particularly like all that much, Barney is at the very least always highly amusing XD It's a good show...I've enjoyed that we've had a couple cameos for Joss Whedon actors. Both Fred/Illyria's actress and Wesley's actor have appeared so far. It's kinda hard for me to not see Willow every time Lily's there, haha XD
Hehe, fandumb ^_^ Anways, I keep thinking that if they think it ruined the show, then why are they even watching it? It doesn't make any sense to me. There is going to be more romance, so if you hate the romance so much, stop watching it, its that simple. I know, a lot of the haters are just so inconsistent. They complain how much of a "jerkbender" (I am so sick of that friggin joke -_-) Mako was, but Tahno was such a douche. Its also the lack of consistency of which they judge the characters which really frustrates me. Also, they attack ppl for being "Mako lovers" but they absolutely drool over Asami...i don't see how thats any better.
Yes, i just wanted to tell Aang to suck it up, do what you need to do. I have no idea what he would've done, killing him was really the only option available until the energybending came in. It frustrates me when ppl say Aang had to work to get to mastering the Avatar state while Korra had it handed to her. I felt like Korra actually did struggle a lot, and if Aang's avatar state button wasn't pushed he would've been killed by Ozai and that would've been that. I guess its just like what other ppl say, "haters gonna hate" :/.
Yea, i hated that episode too -_-. I loved when Spike came (i think that part was in the next episode) and chewed them out...and i was like "hells yea Spike ^_^" I really love Spike too, he's quite awesome ^_^ I love his sense of humor, his overall bad@ssness, and, after he got his soul, his good heart. I know, that says so much more that Spike sought out and went through trials to get his soul back whereas it was forced on Angel. He never had any intention of becoming good. Yea, Angel/Buffy was fine, but i definitely like Spike/Buffy much better..particularly at the end of the last season, good grief they were good together. I know, that was a beautiful scene, and she did most of those stunts? o_O thats insane and very impressive...that makes me like the movie even more ^_^. Oh, and I loved the part where the reavers were about to attack and they said that they weren't going to survive, or something to that effect, and Cobb said "well i might." For some reason that makes me laugh, every time XD.
I'm really curious to see who Lin's father is, its probably the only reason why im excited to see the last Promise. That, and who ends up with whom and if Sokka had any kids...they kinda blew the whole suspension of the trilogy when they revealed that Zuko is still alive :/. I totally know what you mean, it makes me so uncomfortable to write that kind of stuff, especially if im planning on someone reading it. I know, if i had to write a sex scene, it would be the most awkward and quickest one ever XD. That does sound annoying with the Willow fanfics...it was pretty clear that she's bisexual, so her having a heterosexual romances isn't out of bounds at all.
I have no idea where they're getting that either! They're really just looking for things to get angry about, honestly. And then some are like "Well look how smart I am, i've seen something that you other ppl didn't" Maybe we didn't see it because you made it up >_< I know that whole "Abuse Cycle" pisses me off so bad, for a variety of reasons. And like I said, its one thing to admit that you made it up, but ppl are actually thinking it has legitimate evidence...i mean what the crap?!? And abusive men control everything a girl does and doesn't want her to have any other relationships...if Mako was an abusive guy, he wouldn't want Korra to be such good friends with Bolin, and he wouldn't want her to be part of a "Team Avatar..." god, crazy ppl >_<
Oh yea, makes sense for them to have magical powers in fiction world, but real life not so much :). I've been asked several times by ppl if I can read my twin's mind...i don't really know how to respond to those -_-. Oh, thats sad, I hate when one of your really close friends move away...never fun :(. I mean i like clothes and makeup, but i don't understand making that all you do and like...its just so shallow to me :/. Lol, i like your definition of the love/hate relationship ^_^. They don't get at me too bad, they mainly go after my twin. My other sisters and I joke that we don't need to put on bug spray, we just stick my twin next to us and we're good ^_^. Oh yea, I saw the Avengers :D. That was really good. I mean, i've seen action movies with better scripts, but it was friggin hilarious and I just had such a blast watching it, which is really the point...plus the acting was pretty good too ^_^. Yep, yep, Bourne very good, some of those action scenes are fantastic. I also love that Matt Damon did mostly his own driving stunts.
I wouldn't know about that, I have two older sisters, so my twin and i are the youngest, but it sounds fun XD. How many siblings do you have?
Oh no, I don't see any permanent break-up. The thing is, Bryke planned on this being it, so they kind of gave it away who they were planning on ending up as endgame. I hope they don't break-up at all, i just don't want anymore relationship drama with those two :/. But I'm thinking the season 2 relationship drama is going to be more with Bolin.
O_O What the crap did i just read? My god, that guy lays it on thick. I mean, when you're making an argument, you should try to sound intelligent but that was just way over-the-top...its like he thinks that if he drops all these words than it must mean his opinion is correct...just silly.
Yea, high-fantasy is amazing ^_^ Its frustrating to me when ppl think that its just wizards and dragons and all this other hooplah...the thing is, most high-fantasy books i've read really deals mostly with human nature and the characters...thats what i like the most about it. The movies were different from the books, but they had to be, the books were written in the old-fashioned, epic tradition...it would not have translated well to a movie if they kept it identical to the books. But they did such an amazing job, and i especially appreciate how they kept the overall feel and message of the books intact...god i love those movies ^_^. Im not as big as a fan of sci-fi as i am of high-fantasy, but i still think its great. "Order of the Phoenix" was definitely my least favorite...Harry was just so friggin angsty :/ I think my favorite had to be "The Half-Blood Prince" i really enjoyed that one and "The Goblet of Fire" quite a bit. What was your opinion of Harry and Ginny? Dragon Age is pretty fun, and WoW was pretty fun too. Only problem I had with it, is that it got to the point where u had to spend so much time just to be good at it. And also, sometimes i'd be bopping around and then someone would ask to group up and i just wanted to be anti-social :/. Yea, I heard the books are good, I think I'll get on those once i'm done with my Malazan series...have u seen Red vs. Blue on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BAM9fgV-ts...its pretty hilarious ^_^
Hah, Barney is really funny, Neil Patrick Harris, is hilarious :D. I know, I've noticed that actors from Joss Whedon series pop up all over the place XD.
As much as I would like to take credit for the term "fandum" I sadly cannot :P Credit for that name goes to this place. I simply co-opted it because of how fitting it was for the types of fans I run into a lot. Indeed, simple as that, if the romance is such an issue for you, then should really keep watching the show? O_o I mean really...I just don't get it at all. Unless you're a masochist, then why keep doing something that aggravates you? As am I, the whole "jerkbender" thing wasn't even funny in AtLA when Sokka first used it...and it's definitely not funny now >_> Or how they act like anyone who even remotely does anything resembling any kind of criticism for Asami we must be awful people who hate her >_< I just wish everyone could be much more mature about all of this...
nods* I've never liked the strict pacifist type characters, like the Jedi in Star Wars have always kind of bugged me for similar reasons. Sometimes just killing the guy is the best option, no matter how you might feel otherwise, if one is the world saving hero type, one must learn to do what is necessary. I know if I were in that sort of position I probably wouldn't be so hesitant to find another way if I knew killing a villain was the only way to end it, of course I'm sure I'd feel really bad and torn up about having to do it, but when push came to shove I'd like to think I'd be able to go through with it...of course there are certain lines I'd never cross. Like I'd never kill and innocent or anything like that in order to stop the bad shenanigans. Yeah, Korra had plenty of struggle, just not with the Avatar State because it wasn't something she was focused on, she struggled with other things and the Avatar State didn't really seem to be anything on her radar...I'm pretty sure though, like I've said to lots of people hating on Korra, that mastering the Avatar State is something that comes once all of the Four Elements have been learned/mastered. And yeah, Aang definitely had plenty of his own random chance stuff happening or basically deus ex machina stuff, like him learning Energybending too.
Yeah, it was the episode after "Empty Places" that Spike and Andrew came back...IIRC, they weren't there during the mutiny because of the daylight, which wouldn't agree with Spike :P I loved that scene too, I was like "yeah, you tell 'em bro!", haha. Yeah, Spike is just awesome, easily my top favorite male character on either Buffy or Angel. Heh, nope, Angelus definitely never planned on being anything close to good, he was as rotten a vampire as they come...if Angelus ever wanted to become a good guy, I'd say the very last apocalypse was probably nigh :O I do wonder though, if the whole soul thing was meant as a punishment for Angelus...why didn't they make it permanent in the first place? I mean, wouldn't you rather the evil vampire that killed your beloved daughter suffer for eternity rather than untl he boinks the next girl he has the hots for as a good guy? :/ And come to think of it, why didn't Willow ever try to modify the soul curse so it'd still be there but remove the "happy" clause? O_o I mean, wouldn't it be better to make Angel permanently a good guy with his soul unable to be removed unless you're some really powerful magic user capable of just ripping it out? But yeah, Spike after he got his soul and Buffy were wonderful together, that scene between them at the end when he closes the Sunnydale Hellmouth for good was epsecially touching. Yup, Summer Glau does her own stunts, dunno about other movies/shows, but definitely did them all in Serenity. Haha XD Oh yeah, Jayne is one of the best characters in either the movie or show, he gets a laugh out of me every time...the episode where they find out he has a town named in his honor and the people hero-worship in a Robin Hood-esque manner XD One of the funniest episodes in the whole series...especially some of the stuff River gets up to in that one. Summer Glau is probably one of my favorite actresses, she's just such a great actor, most of the characters I've seen her as though more toward the crazy end of the sanity spectrum, haha...well, except for Cameron in the Terminator TV series...there she's just a mostly emotionless robot :P
I sure hope The Promise will reveal who it is...or The Search, either one would be good, I want to know who Lin's daddy is :P It sure ain't gonna be Sokka, haha, 'cause that would just be squicky later with Lin and Tenzin if he were XD Haha yeah, they did, but I knew they wouldn't be killing Zuko in it anyway since the very first episode of Korra had Tenzin saying "together Avatar Aang and Firelord Zuko transformed the Fire Nation colonies into the United Republic", plus I didn't think Bryke would approve the move of killing off a major characters like that in a comic not necessarily everyone knows about or would read...like plenty of my friends had no idea about either The Promise or The Search before I mentioned them. Are you actually reading them or just reading the summary on here? I have yet to find them sadly, and I would be lacking in the money to buy them if I did, so I've just been reading the wiki summaries. I really feel like smacking the Earth King...what a dummy :/ I have no idea what I'm going to do once I reach "The Zeppo" in my reimagining of the Buffy series that I'm working on (the series called "White Knight; Black Queen" on my deviant art)...no idea at all what I'll be doing there.... Yup, I mostly just laugh and roll my eyes at people acting like she's strictly gay :P
Mako's no more possessive than any other "normal" person in real life :/ Yup, I'm pretty sure that's it exactly, they act like they have all the right answers and anyone who doesn't share their point of view is automatically wrong >_> Exactly! And none of the LoK cast are idiots or immensely obtuse, they would notice if that were going on, especially something as bad as what seems to be going on in the "Abuse Cycle"...despite claiming to have been abused (if they were then I certainly do feel sorry for them) the writer doesn't quite seem to get how it works and just executed it all poorly :/ And the people praising it left and right as the greatest thing since sliced bread sure don't get it...crazy people indeed -.-
Of course :P Wow, sounds like people asking that have a very unrealistice expectation of how twins function >_> If I was a twin and asked that I'd probably laugh and respond with something really biting and sarcastic, hehe. Nope it never is, she was the one who really got me started on writing, haha, and introduced me to the Legend of Zelda series...I got to see her at one point when she was back, but yeah, we haven't been able to talk much or anything. I like clothes more for the practical sense than anything else, haha, but yeah, I do enjoy clothes to some degree...never really been too much of a fan of make-up though, only times I ever really wear it is if I'm going anywhere important or if I'm performing on stage. I especially don't get the people who put a lot of it on or like where massive amounts of eyeliner or mascara or whatever >_> I've been that joke before, haha, my family usually makes some sort of joke to that effect whenever I mention getting eaten alive by the demon buggers XD Yeah, definitely seen better, but I sure did enjoy the Avengers a lot, one thing Joss Whedon is good at is writing hilarious and awesome dialogue... oh you know the female S.H.I.E.L.D. agent they introduced, Hill I think her last name was? Anyway, the one who was trying to catch Loki after he came through the Tesseract at the beginning of the movie, did you know that she plays Robin on How I Met Your Mother? Have you seen the new Bourne movie yet where Jeremy Renner is playing a new operative? I haven't seen that one yet, but it looks pretty cool. And yeah, that's definitely awesome how Matt Damon did a lot of the driving stunts...I always find it cool when the actors do the stunts themselves :D
I'm the oldest (turning 23 next year) of nine kids, so I have a total of eight siblings :/ The youngest isn't even a year old yet. It sure does get interesting with all of us around here. Are you the "younger" or "older" twin, not that minutes really matter too much in regarding age, haha XD
Indeed, they definitely tipped their hand as to Makorra being endgame pairing. I can't help but laugh at all the people who thought, or who still think, that Mako and Korra would ever be breaking up for good, or that the Makorra pairing is a red herring or something like that :P Yeah, I'm really hoping that Bryke keep the drama to a minimum, I mean there has to be just a little bit to keep it interesting and fresh, but they shouldn't overdo it. *nods* I definitely that Bolin will be getting most of the relationship focus and drama, at least this season anyway.
Yup *sigh* he gets so incredibly annoying. I'm sure he makes interesting stuff to debate...you just can't understand a daggone thing he's bloody saying >_> And what little I have gleaned and been able to decypher of his views on canon and the fanbase and such are absurd...and kinda piss me off too. I know I sure would get worked up if someone went around saying that anything I wrote or approved someone to write wasn't true canon for the series i created...
Aye, that they do, everything I've ever read in the high fantasy genre has been very much focused on the characters, world-building, and the story rather than just wizards and dragons and elves and orcs, and then trying to build some story around that. Lord of the Rings movies were definitely masterpieces...I always went to see each one for my birthday as they came out XD Which was fun. I absolutely cannot wait for the Hobbit to come out ^_^ ...from what I've seen in trailers though, some of the Dwarves look more like I would picture one of races of Men looking O_o Like Thorin for instance... Yeah, I'm more of a casual sci-fi fan, it's more something I pick up if it looks interesting rather than picking up and giving it a try anyway if it's fantasy XD Yeah...and we had to deal with Dolores Umbridge running around pretty much unchecked for the whole book, that was also what really drove me up the wall in addition to all of Harry's angst -.- I don't think I really have much of an opinion on the Harry/Ginny pairing, I was more like "huh, ok *shrug*" when it happened.
Yeah, I like playing solo in games like WoW and stuff, except for when you have to team up with people to beat the dungeon master or whatever...though that's its own kind of annoyance altogether, as I usually can't rustle up people to help me out with that in any of those type games I've played :/ And WoW can get pretty addictive sometimes too, haha. What did you play as? While pretty much all of the Halo books can be read in any order you want and completely understand them, there are a couple trilogies in there. Like there's "The Fall of Reach", "First Strike, and "Ghosts of Onyx", which should be read in that order, and then there's The Forerunner Saga, which goes "Cryptum", "Primordium"...and the yet to be released third one, which I believe is going to be called "Silentium", but I'm not too sure about that one >_> The one book you should stay completely away from until you've read all of the rest of the books and gotten to play the games and stuff is Glasslands...it is not a good place for new fans or people new to the Halo series to start at all. I could rant for quite a while about how bad it is, but I'll keep it brief and say that it really isn't exactly true to previous depictions of characters, the structure of the human government, one of the main alien species, and just lore within the series (I'm probably over exagerating a little bit, but it's all more or less true), so read everything else before touching that one or you might wind up getting your view of the Haloverse tainted/schewed from what it's supposed to be :/ But yes, I have watched some of Red vs Blue, I only got as far as the conclusion of I think the first story arc before I stopped though, I need to go back and finish it at some point, but yeah it is very funny and hilarious XD
They really do, I'm sort of surprised that he didn't give cameos to any of them really in the Avengers :/ I noticed one who was a main character on Dollhouse in the movie...I'm surprised he didn't get a bigger role as an extra or something since he's such a good actor. And one other person who was like a single episode character from the same show as well. Apparently Alexis Denisoff was the leader of the aliens invading Earth in the movie...I'm surprised I didn't recognize his voice >_>
I know! Yesterday i just said that i didn't like her voice i got friggin jumped on O_O And the funny thing is, a lot of those ppl turn around and jump on ppl who defend Mako as "Mako lovers." I don't see where its different. And I know that quite a few of these ppl are kids, but i think i was more mature than that at 13...
Oh yea, its one thing to kill innocents, but when you absolutely need to kill someone...just get it done :/ There are of course lines you just cannot cross, but killing Ozai wasn't even a grey, moral situation...it was pretty clear what you needed to do. I just feel like ppl are being so critical just to be critical.
Oh yea, now i remember, hehe i liked Andrew, he made me giggle, especially the episode where he was narrating the story, i think it was like "Buffy: Slayer of the Vampyre" or something to that effect. The only thing I could think of why they would make the curse the way they did is that he would be terrified of ever being happy again so he couldn't ever be happy again and would have to be miserable forever :/ But that doesn't really help the victims of those he killed when he lost his soul again...But yea, thats a really good question, why didn't Willow modify it...very interesting o_O. I loved that scene, i think i teared up a little bit...luckily no one was around me when that happened ^_^. Okay now i definitely need to watch Firefly, it sounds pretty awesome.
I know XD Lin and Tenzin having a relationship kind of killed Tokka...but i didn't think they had much of chance anyway :/. I've read the first one, but on the internet, and i didn't read the 2nd, but i just read the summary because i didn't think it was necessarily worth buying :/. And have you been noticing the trend where the earth king is kind of stupid? I know we haven't seen many of them, but im starting to sense a bit of pattern...i'm sure something will come to you, it usually does for writers ^_^. And don't worry about it taking awhile, Roald Dahl took a little bit over a month to just write one short story.
I heard that the author was abused as well, and of course i feel awful for him/her. But using a cartoon where the guy hasn't shown any signs of being an abuser and the writers do a lot to break stereotypes of women is not an appropiate venue to spread awareness...at all. I don't think i could even read the comments by other ppl, i'd probably end up getting really sarcastic...i tend to do that sometimes on these forums, but some ppl just get really rude :/.
Oh yea, i've heard the dumbest questions about twins. My twin got hit by a car a couple years ago (she's fine) and when I was at the hospital someone asked if i felt it when she got hit -_-. I get really tempted to make a sarcastic comment, but they usually don't mean any offense by it so i just let it go...but it gets frustrating sometimes. That sucks about your friend, but at least you get to see her...i know how u feel though. I do not understand girls who pile on makeup, it makes them look worse than they did without it :/. Yea i did know that, when I saw the movie i was like "she looks eerily familar..." and then i saw it was Robin :D I think its funny when that happens sometimes. I really like superhero movies, did u see the latest Batman one that came out? I haven't seen the newest Bourne...it got fairly decent reviews (i follow those fairly religiously on rottentomatoes.com) and I like Jeremy Renner (especially in the Avengers :D) so i would like to see it. I love it when actors do their own stunts, it makes the movie better to me for some reason XD.
O_O Holy moley thats a lot of siblings...and i thought i had a lot with three sisters. I can imagine it would get interesting...do u like having such a large family? Do you like being the eldest? Im the older twin, by 4 minutes XD i know it doesn't make much of a difference, but when i was little i gave my twin a lot of crap about it XD. I think its funny, we're both 20, and one of my older sisters is 23 and we all love AtLA and LoK :D (my oldest sis doesn't count, she never liked this stuff).
Yea, i had no idea what he was friggin saying half the time...i don't understand that dude's need to do that...he sounds incredibly arrogant to me, i don't think he'd be much of a treat in real life -_-.
Thats awesome, one of my favorite memories is going to see those movies XD. The Hobbit should be very good, I want to camp out and see the midnight showing. Oh yea, Umbridge was quite unpleasant, good villian, just not fun to read about. And when the Centaurs took her i wasn't feeling too bad at all :/ I really didn't like Harry/Ginny. That felt really out of the blue, and Ginny kind of annoyed me. I felt they were sort of put together because J.K. Rowling realized Harry needed a love interest :/
Yea, thats what annoyed me a little about WoW...i like in Diablo 3 that you can group up with ppl if you want to but u don't have to...so u can be anti-social whenever you please ^_^ WoW could totally get addicting, especially since there was pretty much no end point. My primary character was a Night Elf Hunter, which i really enjoyed...what did you play as? Yay, thx for the tips on the Halo series, that will help ^_^ I know, i need to finish the Red vs. Blue as well, it friggin cracks me XD. Have u seen the WoW Leeroy Jenkins video? And the South Park episode, "Make Love Not Warcraft?" I normally don't watch South Park, but that episode was ridiculously funny XD.
Oh yea, Alexis Densioff and Michelle Trachtenberg pop up places as well. I think Alexis Densioff is married to Alyson Hannigan and they have a couple kids...i dunno what they has to do with anything, but i thought it was kind of sweet ^_^
I think I saw that little spat >_> Yeah, I don't get why people seem to think that we can't just like all the characters, that's what usually winds up happening for me, that I wind up liking everyone in their own little way, even the likes of Ozai and Yakone >_> And yeah, I know right, had I been online for forums or anything regularly at that age I would have been a whole lot more respectful of almost everyone.
Like the Joker...guys like him Batman should just kill, regular criminals, leave 'em for the justice system like you should. Super criminals like the Joker who go around indiscriminately killing everyone and anyone just for "s**tz and giggles" and no amount of therapy would ever help in the least, it would be best if you off them. Others though I'm sure could probably be helped with therapy and stuff. Like you said, and is a common phrase everywhere, "haters gonna hate"...I sure wish it wasn't true though and we could all at least be civil and not exagerate our positions :/
Yeah, Andrew was a lot of fun XD Sometimes though he could be a little annoying, but so could other characters, but yeah, majority of the time I found him hilarious...before going really evil the whole Nerd Trio were pretty funny. I liked them as villains, but I didn't like them as the Big Bad of the sixth season :/ I was sad when Jonathon got killed off :( I actually did cheer though when Darth Rosenburg (god, I can never rememer, is Willow's last name spelled with an "e" or a "u"? O_o ack, confusion everywhere!) finally caught up with Warren...flaying him alive was a bit...erm, excessive, but he definitely needed to die. I don't remember what that episode was called, it might have been called that, though part of me also wants to say "storyteller" >_> Wasn't that also the one where Andrew was telling the Potentials that one of Faith's victims during her evil time was a Vulcan? That part was really funny and one of the best Andrew moments XD Well, they're putting the human soul back...why should he be forced to ber absolutely miserable and such a broody pants over what the demon did? :/ I didn't tear up because I'd had it spoiled that Spike came back on Angel, so while it was definitely very moving and still pretty heart-wrenching/warming, it wasn't enough to make me tear up, which I'm sure would have been my reaction if I didn't know that Spike was coming back. I know I definitely teared up and cried a little bit in the episode where everyone's dealing with the aftermath of Joyce's death...even though that had also been spoiled for me :/ And I cried for Tara's death too....nothing made me cry more than Fred though.....*sniff* I loved Fred, she was so great. But anyways, that whole finale for the Buffy series was awesome, I especially love the part where all the Potentials get activated as the Slayer and the stirring music, and agh...just amazing. It kinda reminds me of the scene at the finale of Serenity when River's slaughtering all the Reavers, heh ^^' But yeah, definitely watch Firefly, you'll have a bit of a ways to wait for "Jaynestown" though :/ IIRC that's more toward the middle of the season, but there's tons of other funny and awesome stuff before that though :D
Yeah, I didn't think that Tokka was ever going to happen anyway...but it's definitely dead now, sunk to the bottom of the ocean by the ship Canon :P ....Canon eventually sinks everything and anything that attempts to stand in its way, I'm not sure whether I'd say Canon are merciless pirates, or the Writer's Royal Navy going around sinking the pirates >_> The second part of The Promise doesn't sound as interesting...first part sounds fine, but yeah, not sure if the second is anything I'd ever invest in at all. Well, I'm not sure about the other Earth Kings, but Kuei is certainly being mucho idioto...I would say Zuko sort of is too, but he's just being stubborn more than anything else, and he actually has legitimate concerns since he cares about the people who have lives there and all, they shouldn't all be deported because of Fire Nation ancestry or being Firebenders. Aang seems to kinda be sharing the idiocy of the Earth King as well since he seems to be falling more to that side of the conflict. But no, I hadn't really noticed that pattern in the Earth Kings we know of, how do you mean? Heehee, well, at least I'm in good company then XD I didn't know that fact about Roald Dahl, that's interesting.
Mhm, that's just weird. I will admit that I actually can enjoy a story where the character isn't necessarily what we saw in canon, as long as they stay true to character. Like a villain turning into a good guy for instance. Joss Whedon did it perfectly with Spike, he changed sides, but his personality and such remained the same and on that level he didn't change at all.
Ouch, that really sucks, how badly was she hurt? :O That's probably for the best, but yeah, I can see how it would get very frustrating...it gets annoying enough having people ask me what I plan on doing with my life and stuff all the time >_> ...and that's a perfectly normal question :/ It really does, why does anyone ever need to wear that much make-up? I mean a little is fine, but when you're layering it on and I can actually see the powder and can tell you're wearing makeup from a pretty fair distance? (unless of course it's makeup one has put on for a play or something like that, one does tend to need to where a fair amount for onstage performances...but even then some people overdo it) Yeah, my brother and I were trying to place where we'd seen Robin's actress before when we first started watching "How I Met Your Mother" and then were finally able to figure it out :P I did see the new Batman, it was really great...though I liked the first movie of the trilogy the best out of all three :/ But it was still good. Yeah, Jeremy Renner is a pretty good actor, he was a good casting choice for that sort of role I think. That's good that it good reviews, I haven't looked at what it got, so I wouldn't know, but yeah, that's a good thing.
Heh, oh yeah >_> I get that reaction all the time when I tell people how many brothers and sisters I have, haha, I find it rather funny XD Eeeh, it's ok I guess, I would say it's good in the sense that it's given me a pretty good idea on what it will be like when I eventually have kids of my own someday, and given me really good insite on how things should work raising kids, better I think than my parents probably (I have a theory that the more siblings you grow up with, the better you usually are as a parent :P haha, doesn't have to be an excessive amount of siblings, but three is probably the best number, imo, more works, but it's not needed). Being oldest does have a whole ton of perks, but also it's disadvantages too, I get asked to do stuff for the younger kids the most it seems :/ Oh yeah, minutes and stuff counts so much more when you're younger XD I remember constantly trying to find out how much older or younger than me people the exact same age were so I could gloat if I was older :P The two oldest brothers sure don't seem to care about that sort of thing like AtLA or LoK at all (the second has said it's a cool show, but he just doens't really care about it), everyone younger than them does XD I plan to turn them all into nerds at least as big as I am, haha.
I don't think so either...he should put that to good use though and get a career as either a scientist, theologian, or lawyer where they like big language like that XD
I know I'm definitely going to the midnight showing of the Hobbit, might even throw together a small costume or something too XD hah She was definitely a good villain, but yeah, I couldn't stand her at all >_< *looks sheepish* I can't say I felt sorry for her either when the Centaurs dragged her off either, or when Ron was freaking her out by making clopping noises XD Harry/Ginny did feel rather out of the blue, though it wasn't as out there as it could have been since Ginny had a crush on Harry before *shrug* I didn't really care too much about shipping in Harry Potter, but I do know that it can get just as bad if not worse than Avatar's fanbase in regards to the subject.
Yeah, that type of playstyle is best, I like grouping up if it's people I know, or just grouping up sometimes for the heck of it, but it's definitely nice to have the option to not to. I was a female Draenei...I don't remember what the class was called, but it was basically just the default warrior class. I also played a female Blood Elf, I think I was the rangery class there, but I don't really remember :/ You're quite welcome, and once you start on it I'll be happy to give whatever other recomendations or advice you need. Oh, I just remembered one that I should have given about the Fall of Reach before. Since it was written ten years ago (give or take) and when Bungie/Microsoft weren't expecting to get this big, massive and expansive series/story out of it, some of it has changed and isn't entirely accurate anymore, like the length of the actual Battle of Reach for instance, which for the military hub and stronghold of humanity, was kind of pathetic to be honest :/ Or like when humans first encountered specific species within the Covenant. So yeah, just bear in mind that TFoR isn't entirely up to date with the rest of the Halo universe as it stands now. How far along in Red vs Blue are you? No, I haven't seen either of those, but I am quite familiar with who/what Leroy Jenkins is, I have to find that video sometime XD
I didn't know Michelle Trachtenberg popped up all that often, but I've seen Denisoff in quite a few things, especially Whedon shows. Yup, you heard right, he and Alyson Hannigan are currently married. It is kinda sweet, yeah.
On a more Avatary subject, how do you think the whole reincarnation works for the Avatar? Do you think it's the same exact person going through it all over and over again? Or do you think it's just the original spirit that became the Avatar going on, latching onto and merging with a new human every time? I think it's the latter, I kind of view it the same way as with the whole Slayer thing in Buffy.
And how about the Equalists? What do you think of them and all of thier claims?
I know, and like i've said, how can they jump on someone for defending Mako as a "Mako lover" and then they're pissed that someone doesn't like Asami's voice? And every character has something interesting to them, no reason to hate anyone.
Oh yea, criminals like the Joker should probably be killed off...and like Ozai too. I think it was in The Dark Knight when Alfred said "some men just want to watch the world burn..." it was quite literal in Ozai's case but those dudes just need to go away...true sociopaths don't care about whether what they do is right or wrong. They think they're above empathy and that makes them more than human and above everyone but really it makes them less human. Holey moley, im getting a bit off topic...so anyways...yea, its fine for ppl to dislike the show (which i don't really get) but what really gets me is when they act like their opinion is the right one, and the rest of us are just too stupid to get it.
Oh yea, definitely could be annoying, but i always that it was hilarious when he and Spike were paired together XD. I did like the nerd trio, but they definitely weren't Big Bad material...Dark Willow certainly was. Oh yea, Warren needed to die, but during that scene i was like O_O...that was a little harsh...although i could see why she was so pissed. Uh, I think so, that was friggin hilarious XD. He also did this little diagram of their current predicament with stick figures...that whole epi just cracked me up :D. I dunno, i don't really get the Gypsy's logic behind what they did :/. Did you think Buffy meant it when she said she loved Spike? I've heard varying opinions on it. God Fred's death, especially because it was so brutal and she was so nice...when she said "why i can't i stay" i was just thinking "Joss Whedon you sick bastard >_<"
Lol, i would say that the Canon ship is the Writer's Royal Navy sinking the pirates. The pirates are definitely those poor ships that never come to fruition...which is most of them. Do you get the whole fascination with Howrra and Tahnorra? And do you ever get the feeling that a lot of the Korrasami fans (not all of them certainly) are kind of horny guys that just like the picture...cause i've been kind of feeling that :/ Like i've said, im completely supportive of same-sex relationships, but we know Nick is not going to do that, especially right now...Anywho, yea, part 2 doesn't seem very interesting, but i am looking forward to part 3 just to see if we get any new info on who ends up with whom, who has kids with who, etc. I know that the Earth kind during Kyoshi's reign was kind of an idiot too...this isn't a good theory of mine, i've just been kind of noticing that :/ And yes, Roald Dahl was a notoriously slow writer :)
Oh yea, Joss Whedon did a perfect job, especially since he sort of eased into Spike changing, first with the chip, then falling for Buffy, and then the soul..but he kept is sense of humor and overall bad@ssness (i don't think thats a word...).
Oh, she's okay, she got a little frontal lobe damage and she was pretty beat up, but everything healed so she's all good ^_^ I hate that question...when i told my grandpa that im an English lit. major he went all this whole rant about how impractical and useless it is...ugh -_-.I know! when i have no idea what you really look like, its not good, unless of course you're onstage, that makes sense. Do you act in a lot of plays? I think i liked the first one the most too, but like you said, all excellent.
That makes sense, I can imagine you would have a ton of experience with taking care of kids, but it must get frustrating some times :/ Turning your younger siblings into nerds is definitely a huge perk to being the eldest, its what my older sister did to me and my twin XD.
Yea, that would be really fun, i love nerding out, especially to movies XD. I know when i reading that part that she was traumatized i was not sorry at all. Yea, I thought Harry's feeling for her were out of the blue. Oh yea, the Harry Potter fandom i heard is why more intense about this stuff than the avatar one. At my college, we and Avatar and a Harry Potter club. Im part of the Avatar club but not the Harry Potter one because i heard from ppl that its super intense and kind of scary...they argued for like an hour over the color of his cloak at some part >_>.
Oh yea, one of my character was a female draenei mage ^_^ Blood elves were cool too, i really liked the design of their starting point...a lot of the guys didn't though, they thought it was too feminine :/. Im only like episode 15 of season 1, but its pretty funny, i like Caboose and the Sergeant XD. Yea, definitely at least check out Leeroy Jenkins, you can just youtube it, its pretty hilarious because thats how WoW groups actually talked like XD.
I was thinking the Avatar thing probably worked like the Slayer...not so much that the same person is dumped in a different body, i think the Avatar soul is remade rather than reborn. But apparently in Book 2 we'll learn more about the whole mythology so im really excited for that :D
Well with the equalists, the root of their revolution wasn't bad. There is an inherent inequality between the benders and the nonbenders. The problem is, is that they got so radical. They were blaming many for the actions of a few, which is never okay. You can't just wipe that large of a group of ppl a.k.a. genocide O_O. So basically to summarize what I think, they had a point, but they went too far with their idea and the end didn't justify the means. Plus, Amon's speeches and his "cleansing them of their impurities" reminded me so much of Hitler and the speeches that went over the radio before the genocide in Rwanda O_O What do you think about it?
Hypocrisy abounds all over this fandom >_> *sigh* And yeah, all of the characters have something interesting about them, even the Protestor is mildly interesting :P haha...though all of his information comes from the "Welcome to Republic City" minigame thing on Nickolodeon's website.
Indeed so...sometimes it seems like some fans on here just want to watch the forums burn >_> But yeah, guys like the Joker or Ozai...just kill 'em, or make them disappearre down a deep dark hole where they can only bother each other XD haha. Oh yeah, all the "I'm right and I'm the only one who's right" nonesense gets really old really fast, especially when people take entirely subjective opinions and trumpet them everywhere as true facts that everyone should know or otherwise they're blind or some other crap :/
Yup, he and Spike made a hilarious duo, I think Spike's opinion of Andrew is rather like my own, I do like him, but I'd probably never say it to his face or anyone else....they were especially funny when Andrew was trying to film everyone during that one episode XD Warren was certainly a villain, but he was more like a mini-arc villain or on par with the "monster of the week" type villains...that was my main annoyance with the sixth season, that we only had the Trio as our villains until Warren shot Tara. I probably would have liked it more if Dark Willow had made an appearance earlier or something and actually been the main villain of the season rather than popping up as a very brief Big Bad :/ At least season six brought us the episodes "Tabula Rasa" which was great and just truly hilarious, and possibly the best Buffy episode of them all "Once more with Feeling"...I'm surprised Joss was able to pull of a musical episode so well and make it work for the series XD Yeah, I'm pretty sure that Buffy did, or was at the very least really starting to by that point. Mhm, I was literally boiling with rage just as much as I was sobbing my eyes out and varrying between bawling and venting my rage at Joss :| If it had just been killing Fred and not creating the Illyria character I don't think I ever would have forgiven him...now I'm more mad at the network for canceling Angel than I really am at Joss killing Fred :/ I think I already mentioned what he had planned and would have been doing with both characters had the show continued right?
Yeah, that's probably the better anology :P Not at all, some pairings I don't even come close to getting the appeal of...why bother shipping anybody if you're just doing it on the superficial level of who looks good together O_o I've never gotten that way of shipping/pairing people. Yeah, I get that feeling about most of the fan homosexual pairings I see, a lot of it seems to be motivated off of "this is so hawt"...which I have no idea why it's appealing at all >_> I have no preferance on what unrelated/fully legal, consenting adult, people do in the privacy of their own homes or like the same sort of non-gross, non-public-sex PDAs that heterosexual couples, but I don't get why straight people find guy-on-guy or girl-on-girl hot or at all attractive...I think it's just gross >_> same with like smut art or whatever straight pairings :/ Heh, yeah, Nick definitely isn't going to be doing any gay couples anytime soon...not in the present social/political climate...I mean, look what happened with Chic-fil-a and their CEO with him just stating his oppinion >_> I don't think Nick would do anything even come close to arrousing that kind of attention, best let sleeping dogs lie. Part 3 seems promising...heh oh wow, I didn't even intend that pun and I can see how lame it is >_> Yeah, I want to know about who had kids with who and all that. The fanon I made up, with the whole lack of anything concrete to contradict me (:P ), is Senna is related to Suki and Sokka...I think I had decided daughter, but hadn't really worked that out too much yet other than they're on the "closely" side of the relative spectrum :P Not sure whether I'm going to go with "dauther" or "granddaughter"... I suppose he was kind of dumb, but the current (well current for AtLA) is certainly being a big ole dumby for declaring war on the Fire Nation just for Zuko refusing to deport Fire Nation families or peoples living in the colonies. I mean, Zuko even agreed to a set of talks to try and work out a better solution fair to the Earth Kingdom and the people originally from the Fire Nation who had spent a couple generations there and built a home in that community and even intermarried with the Earth nationality. But nope, Earth King decides to have nothing to do with that and just declare war >_> ...like that will solve anything, heh -.-'
Oh yeah, that was one of the best character transformation arcs I've seen in a long time, it was all just so well done I see plenty of people who think Spike was better as a villain, but eh, idk, I find him just as awesome throughout and I like him even more as a good guy (eh, who cares, I make up words all the time XD ...and the Buffy characters sure do a lot, like Buffy likes to add "ee" sound to the end of a lot of words, like talky, haha). Faith's whole transformation and redemption arc was really good too I thought...I kinda wish they'd kept her around as a more major character than they did. It was awesome how she came back big time for the mid season finaleish stuff for Angel's S4 and then Buffy's series finale.
What does frontal lobe damage entail, like what does that do to a person...I'm not very familiar with affects and brain injury thingies :/ But it's good that she's all healed and stuff, definitely of the good. I hope this isn't one of those questions you consider "dumb/annoying twin questions" but have you ever tried to prank people with the whole identical twin thing? If I had an identical twin, I know I'd certainly try something like that at least once, hehe. I know the feeling >_> Whenever my mom brings up school or a job and stuff it just makes me want to scream...why can't they all just leave me alone, urgh -__- It's almost like none of them know when to shut up...my maternal grandma can get pretty annoying about it all too sometimes :/ Not as much as I used to, but I do like performing in plays and theatre and stuff, especially musicals, those are fun...though I really don't have any dancing skills worth speaking of at all XD I did see the plot twist with Ra's Alghoul's (urgh, how the heck do you even spell his name?!? -_-) daughter coming from a mile away though...I wasn't expecting her being born in Bane's prison or anything that actually happened, but I did know from the start that Miranda Tate would turn out to be Talia Alghoul XD ...mostly because I'm somewhat familiar with the character and a little bit with the comics though.
I do, I have a lot of experience with kids...and it sure does get pretty frustrating, like my youngest brother is always barging into my room and asking if he can use one or more of my Legos >_> Muahaha, corrupting the next generation XD I do know that if it weren't for me my younger siblings would probably not be so into Legos XD Or some series, like Halo or Avatar, either AtLA or LoK.
Apparently there were some pretty violent shipping wars between people who thought that Hermione and Harry should be together and the people who supported Hermione/Ron. Actually, I've kind of come to support Harry/Luna over time, haha. I really love Luna, she's one of the best characters in the series if you ask me. Jeez...that's just silly, I mean, arguing over anything in a fandom is on some level silly (especially to outsiders), but at least stuff like motivations and character interpretations are more meaningful/important >_> I kinda wish I had clubs like that at my college :/ But it's kind of to be expected that there wouldn't really be since I'm at the local community college right now.
The Draenei look pretty cool...though I think it's kind of funny how much smaller and kinda different the female Draenei are from the males :P Yeah, I think I remember hearing about that before, was it the Blood Elves in general that were thought too feminine, or something else? I think was at the end of S2 of RvB when I stopped, all I really remember is that they had all left Blood Gulch through a sabatoged teleporter and wound up all across the Halo maps :P Oh yeah, gotta love Caboose, he's one of the best, if not the best parts of the whole series. Sarge is pretty funny too, I love all of his insane plans for killing, maiming, or otherwise getting rid of Griff that he's always trying to do or is planning XD
Hmm, so like it's the same soul or whatever over and over again, but the soul sort of changes each time too like the body does? Or am I misreading that entirely? XD I'm going to elaborate a little more on what I think it is (until/unless Korra book two proves otherwise XD), though I don't exactly know what more to say since comparing it to the Slayer sums it up pretty well...but yeah, I think the only thing going on and being reincarnated/remade is the special something that makes someone the Avatar...especially since it sounds to me like the next Avatar comes into the world at the same time as the last one dies, now they could have been talking about the moment of conception, but I don't think it really sounds like that. So if it is the minute the baby is coming out of the womb, then it really would be a different person and human soul each time with just the Avatarness flitting about and being reincarnated. Also, I do wonder, if it was the same human soul each time then how Aang would be able to get in touch with Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, or any of the other Avatar's and the previous Avatar still acts as if they're fully conscious and sentient and stuff...and now I'm starting to ramble :/
Eh, I don't really feel like there was :/ It never felt to me like they really had anything too legitimate to their claims...I always say things can be improved. But I really didn't see much of anything to legitimize their movement except for the Triads which were a problem for everyone, bender and non-bender alike >_> I mean, Tarrlok's stuff in Episode 8 only came along because of the Equalists' and their actions (doesn't justify 'em but that was the only reason they were proposed and passed) and otherwise wouldn't have been passed or even suggested...But yeah, they definitely went too far with what they did in trying to accomplish their intended goals. Mhm, they definitely felt a whole lot like the Nazis, and the communists that became the Russian Revolution/Soviet Russia to some extent too. I definitely support non-benders trying to improve things, because I think things can always get better from where they currently are (as I already said), but from what we actually got to see on the show I can't really say that the Equalists had any legitimate issues :/ So while I can definitely be on board with what they want in terms of non-benders having things improved, I really can't support the Equalists at all because of their goal to try and eliminate any and all benders simply for existing.
Hey, i don't have enough time to reply fully right now, but i just wanted you to know that i made an account...i figured that i've commented too much to remain as elusive as i originally planned on :/ In any case, just wanted you to know that this is ur Nony Buddy, so you don't get freaked out by me posting on ur wall tomorrow.
Alright cool...you're still NB though :P even if you do have an official usernname now, in any case, welcome officially to the wiki then :D I shall patiently await whenever your real response comes then.
I know! Some ppl are mind-numbingly hypocritical...and everyone is as least mildly interesting...i feel like some ppl want Bryke to slap them in the face with someones story or their personality
I know, I don't understand how anyone can think that their opinion is the "correct" one...whats especially frustrating also to me is those who say that the majority of ppl hate Mako/Makorra/The Legend of Korra in general. For starters, they probably only go to blogs of ppl that hate them as well. And then they aren't even taking into account the millions of ppl who aren't even on the internet. And then they're ignoring the number of the average of viewers per episode, the great critical reviews and the fact that Nick ordered 2 more books...if the majority of ppl hated it, then none of that would've happened. And besides, Makorra is still the most popular ship...so yea...
Lol, true, I think Andrew is one of those characters that is funny on tv, but would be incredibly annoying in real life. Yea, i think the problem was mainly that Dark Willow's appearance was so brief :/. Oh my god, that was a great episode, and i normally don't like musical episodes, but that ones music wasn't so bad, and it had humor in it which i think made it work...it didn't take itself too seriously which was great :). I thought that Buffy meant it too, at least to some degree. Yea, you did tell me, and that friggin sucks -_-...networks are frustrating,
I know, I can understand thinking that maybe two ppl look cute together...but when ppl actively ship them and make art and stuff like that...its a little odd to me O_o...especially Howrra...that one is so odd, i didn't even remember that guy and when i went back, i was so confused...they don't even look cute together O_O. I don't understand it either! I might be a little more sensitive because i've heard a lot of girl twin crap in my day -_-...but i just really don't get it. I know, any smut or what-have-you is just gross to me...is one thing to think it but quite another to put into art or writing. I know, Nick is not going to get involved with that, especially when its such a controversial issue. They got in trouble for even implying that Spongebob is gay O_O I hope someday that they'll be able to, but i know that won't happen right now. Lol, some of the best puns are the unintentional ones XD. That sounds like a good fanon to me, and like you said its perfect because u don't have anything to contradict you XD. Yea, that dude is not so bright....
Yea, i think Spike was awesome either way, honestly. I think some ppl just don't like the romance aspect, but nothing wrong with a little romance ^_^ Yea, Faith was great too. Joss Whedon just honestly did a great job with the storylines that could've easily gone horribly wrong.
The frontal lobe, i think, mainly controls your personality. So for, i dunno, like 6 months, she was a lot more angry than usual, and her reactions to things were pretty extreme...but it wasn't permanent damage and she's all healed now ^_^ Don't worry thats not an annoying question :). Yea, we did when we were little, especially on April Fools Day...but we look more different now so we can't really do it. But there are ppl who say hi to me or her thinking that its the other twin...its kinda awkward because we have no idea who the person is that we're saying hi to. I know, especially since its really hard to know what you what to do with your life...and with the crappy job market, sometimes its just not that obvious or easy :/. Thats really cool though, i wish i was brave enough to go on stage and sing. Nice XD, i thought something was up with her but i didn't necessarily know what...
I can imagine, that would get pretty frustrating :/. Lol, i know, the head guy of the avatar club is training to become a teacher, and we kept joking that he's in the perfect position to corrupt the children to becoming nerds XD.
Yea, i heard that got pretty intense O_O. Oh yea, Luna was great, but i honestly didn't see anyone with Harry :/. I like the clubs, because everyone that goes there loves AtLA and LoK, Of course we have our critiques, but we all love it, unlike some ppl on the forums -_-. I mean seriously, if you hate the series A) why do you watch it and B) Why are you taking the time to come to the Avatar wikia and complain how much you dislike it?
Oh yea, the Draenei were pretty fun, i especially like that they had an elephant type mount. I think the guys though that the males look a little feminine...which they kind of did, i thought it was more funny than anything though XD.I know the Sarge and Griff is pretty hilarious XD.
Yea, i was thinking that the essence of the soul is the same, but it just reshapes itself to fit someone else... like, its not like its the same soul that just goes into a different body, but rather the essence of the soul is the same, but it reshapes into something else each time...i dunno if that makes any sense :/. Im really looking forward to learning more about the Avatar mythology though, because clearly we don't know enough right now XD.
Yea, i see what you're saying. The thing is, its totally understandable to want to make things better for nonbenders...but you can't just wipe out everyone who were born a certain way. And what is frustrating is when they blame all the problems on bending...not on the individuals who did the damage, but just on the bending. And then ignoring those who have done good things with their bending too. And its also incredibly unrealistic to think that if you just get rid of bending then every problem in the world will be solved.
You picked a pretty cool avatar...just kinda wondering, any significance or anything to the name? That's just one of the things I wonder sometimes, like why people pick certain names and stuff. My username comes from the Xbox Live gamertag my family uses :P I've since come to use it on all the forums I frequent.
They sure do want something other than what they're getting, that's for sure >_> Why do they all have such unrealistic expectations for everything? ...and they're all so blinded by nostalgia too, I mean, the characters in AtLA weren't that much more developed in their first season than everyone in LoK :/ I don't ever get the people who want every single little aspect of a story/series explained or want everything to be so obvious...yeah, some viewers need constant refreshers or to be reminded of things very frequently, but most don't, I mean, we're not goldfish, we can all remember things for a whole lot longer than three seconds...or humans are supposed to anyways...
Oh yeah, that is the most annoying of all. I used to run into that all the time when the most recent Halo game came out >_> All of the people on the Halo website are/were acting like it was the worst game ever and every single Halo fan hates it, I even saw one guy who had the nerve to try and tell me was my opinion was! He was going around saying that everyone, deep down, hated the game and people who said they liked it were only lying to themselves, or some other kind of malarky...But yeah, anyone claiming that the majority hate the show or something aren't taking reality into account :/
Yup, definitely one of those, I doubt he'd be anywhere near as funny or likeable in real life, Jonathon probably would be a likeable guy in real life, but then he was more than just a nerd/geek :P Yup, definitely could have used more Dark Willow, she was so scary...my favorite villain though I think would have to be either the Mayor or Glory, they were really fun enemies. I think "Once More with Feeling" was probably one of the best episodes in the whole series, I really liked the irregular ones, 'cause "Hush" was really good too, the Gentlemen were some of the creepiest s*** I've ever seen :O They really are evil, evil things...Fox is especially, I won't ever forgive them for canceling Firefly or for canceling Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles >_< That was a really bad cancelation, we got left on a season finale sort of cliffhanger, and now we'll never know what happens, raaagh #%#*&)^)&*@!!* >_<
Yeah, what guard even is H.O.W.L. anyways? 'Cause none of the White Lotus members looked that hot or attractive at all for cartoons... >_> You mean the whole "every guy wants to date twins" sort of crap? Why do people even want to draw that sort of stuff? O_o or even write it? It's beyond odd... Wait, what? When was it implied Spongbob was gay? Huh? Que pasa? I must have missed that! >_> Weird, I've never heard that before :/ Yeah, gay people deserve to have their pairings and whatnot on TV as much as straight people do, but yeah, it's gonna take some time for that, kids cartoons are probably some of the last places that will be. And even once it is just as much accepted as any romance being onscreen, I doubt it will be a part of things all that often...I mean, yeah, they deserve the same stuff as everybody else, but in comparison to the rest of the population there aren't too many gay people :/ So I don't think gay pairings will ever be all that mainstream >_> especially not on shows mainly targetted at kids and aired on kid networks and stuff... Dumb 'ol Earth King :P ...I wonder how much fighting will actually be done before Aang makes everyone sit down and shut up, haha XD Though I'm more thinking that it will actually be Katara, since Aang seems pretty convinced that Zuko is the bad-egg in all of this >_> It is indeed perfect, I wonder if it will ever be contradicted? I'm pretty sure the fanon I have made up for Mako and Bolin and their backstory will probably contradicted at some point during LoK...
He really did, Whedon is a master storyteller, only bad thing about his stories are his romances :P haha. I'm glad they didn't do what they initially had planned for Faith, she was originally going to hang herself after the episode where she killed the deputy mayor....and Spike was originally supposed to die too :O I can't imagine what the series would have been like without either of them.
Ah, so like control over the emotions and stuff, well it's good that it wasn't any permanent damage :) I wasn't too worried, just hoping that I wasn't asking one you got asked a lot, haha. I'll be that was interesting, haha, did you fool anyone really well with it? Heh, I know how that feels XD I've never been mistaken for one of my siblings...kinda hard to do that when the only other girls in the family are about 1-10, but I've had people call me by their names before :P There was this one telemarketer though who for some reason heard my name as "Adam" and thought I was a guy O_o ...how the heck does someone ever do that? Yeah...unfortunately I don't really know what I want to do, I'm thinking of maybe studying in a history program and then teaching history or something like that, but idk :/ It's really fun, I haven't ever really gotten any lead parts or anything though, so it'll all pretty much been ensemble stuff...had to be cast as a guy couple times though XD haha, that was kinda funny.
Heehee, nice, I know I'd definitely be turning any students I had into little nerdlings whenever I feasibly could XD haha. But yeah, he really is.
Any fandom gets pretty intense, like Halo's fanbase actively goes to war with each other and starts violent forums brawls that reach up to 14+ pages in length over the subject of the multiplayer... I suppose so, none of them really seem to fit with him, yeah, Luna is my favorite pairing option though, she and Harry had some cute moments together :P Though Luna was just adorable in general, the actress they got for her in the movies was just perfectly cast ^_^ Of course, anyone has critiques for shows and such, there's nothing at all wrong with that. Like I wish Bryke hadn't tried to do so much this season :/ I think they got a little too ambitious for a mini-series...probably due to not being used to it yet or something...but yeah, it's only when you start complaining and whining about everything that you have problems :P I mean like, I hate Twilight, but I don't go somewhere that devoted entirely to the series to complain about it >_>
They are fun, they're cool space goats or whatever XD haha...I don't care one way or the other about Alliance or Hoarde though...they're both good guy teams, more or less, who just so happen to not really get along, haha :P Ah, so that's what it was. They are pretty funny, did you ever see the "Griffball Public Service Anouncement"? That was really funny, and Griffball is probably one of the most fun gametypes in Halo's multiplayer too :P
You're making pretty good sense, I can figure out what you're saying anyway :) It's an interesting idea, but yeah, we definitely need more explorationg of the mythology for the Avatar itself...which I think Bryke said they were doing next season weren't they?
Totally, likewise I'd be against any non-bender or bender who went around trying to turn people into benders, haha :P The balance requires both benders and non-benders just as it does Four Nations and four elements. I find the real life fans of the Equalists though to be a tad obnoxious, especially when they act like civil rights were the main issue/conflict of the season as opposed to the violent revolution of some zealots espousing a great idea, but carrying everything way too far. Like the people who take everything Amon or the Equalists say at face value and only that >_> So they act like the United Republic is some oppressive regime in the same family as Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, and Fascist Spain and Italy :/ Benders aren't the issue at all, it's people, you're going to have organized crime and crap happening regardless of a group of people being able to control the elements or not.
I thought it was very cool, while I was expecting that Amon would probably be a bender all along, and I figured he would have some sort of connection to Yakone, I thought he would actually be Yakone as opposed to his son and Tarrlok's older brother, I thought it was a really awesome twist to end the series :D There's no reason at all for people to be up in arms about it or the finale in general >_>
And to answer your question about edits to your post, though you might have figured it out by now, scroll all the way down to the bottom of your post where it says "history" and there should be a little link next to that that says "edit"...I hope that was helpful...
Okay, so now I've settled on a username...its the name of a character from the Malazan series who I like a lot...yea, i was wondering where urs came from, interesting :)
I don't know what they were expecting, I thought Bryke did a great job. I feel like they thought that LoK should've been in its first season, as good as AtLa was in its finale. Which is just not realistic, it takes time to get attached to characters. And what I've noticed is that the same ppl complaining about the lack subtlety are the same ones who complain about stuff not being obvious enough, i.e. the break up of Masami. I just feel like some ppl are never happy :/
O_O thats so irritating. I can't believe someone, who doesn't know you, would tell you what your opinion is...thats just crap.
I would have to go with either Glory or Nathan Fillion's Caleb. That dude was such a misogynistic freak O_O. Oh yea, hush was great, so unusual but very well done, and like you mentioned before "Tabula Rasa" was definitely one of my favorites ^_^. I didn't watch the The Terminator, but thats like one of my nightmares when it comes to shows...now i can agree with you that Fox is evil...it doesn't get much more evil than that, seriously.
The guard they're talking about is in the first episode when she wanted to take Naga out for a run and she had to get by that guard and he let her go through...-_-. I know, when i saw him i was "even by cartoon land standards he isn't hot O_O." Yea, that crap really gets on our nerves...i mean its friggin incest they're talking about, why do they find that hot O_O. Oh yea, its very strange, i don't really understand. Well, thats the ridiculous thing of the controversy, it wasn't even really implied. They just thought it was because Spongebob can act "girly" at times and there was an episode where he and Patrick raised a baby clam together...but if Nick got in trouble for that, having a homosexual relationship is definitely out of the question. Oh yea, everyone deserves to be treated like everyone else, we're all human, but its a subject not going to be featured yet on kids shows. Yea, im quite curious how this is going to wrap-up...at least we only have to wait until the end of september, and not until probably April to figure it out >_>. They'll probably reveal something in the next book, i think we'll learn quite a bit about Korras family. Probably, but that doesn't matter for now XD.
Yea, we fooled our Kindergarten teacher and class all of April Fools Day...i remember i had so much fun that day XD. Wow O_o how the heck does someone do that? I've never heard that one before. That sounds cool :) I dunno what im going to do with an english lit. degree....i was thinking about going into the librarian program, and maybe i could write on the side...but i dunno :/ What my dream job would be is to write for a show like LoK, or for video games like Diablo...i think that would be a blast. Hehe, that does sound fun actually XD.
Halo's fandom sounds scary O_O even worse than this one, and this one already drives me nutty sometimes. In your opinion what would you say is the worst fandom that you've encountered? Luna was friggin adorable, and her actress was perfect :D And so was Alan Rickman as Snape...in the last movie when Harry went through the Pensieve (spelling?) of Snape's memories, i seriously teared up in my 3D glasses. Luckily it was dark and no one could see ^_^. Oh yea, they definitely tried to do too much in a short period of time. With having the equalist plot, Korra's training, probending and then the love triangle, it was too much to be able to do perfect in their limited time. I know, I hate Twilight but I don't go on the forums whining about how much it sucks -_- and thats also not very nice to do to those fans. Omg, probably my biggest pet peeve on this fandom is when ppl compare Makorra to Edward and Bella -_-...its not even close.
Yea i usually went for the Alliance...mainly because they had more attractive females to play...thats shallow, i know.... *looks away sheepishly* No I haven't seen that, but i'll look it up...i just finished the Red vs. Blue epi where Sarge messed up Lopez's voice box...and i loved all the nicknames for the pink armor XD.
Lol, okay good, i just reread it, and im like "what the crap did i say? O_O" Yea, they did, including two episodes devoted to exploring the Spirit World ^_^ Im really looking forward to that.
Exactly, and I think thats what some ppl are missing. They act like Republic City was like Nazi Germany, when in actuality it was really the individuals and the gangs that created the problems :/ And the way the Equalists were acting was entirely oppressive...and i feel like thats what a lot of ppl are missing.
I liked it too. I mean, first off, i didn't believe his whole story of being "blessed" by a spirit and all that nonsense. My theory had been that some evil spirit was using him as a puppet of sorts and corrupted him...but the actual story humanized him a lot more which i thought was important. The only really legitimate critique that I've seen is that it was rushed, which it was, but understandably (i don't think i spelled that right :/) so...most villians don't just magically become evil, i really liked the backstory, and it made sense as to how Amon became who he is.
That's cool, heh, yeah, I noticed it changed :P I like the current username, it sounds pretty cool. My other username, the one I use as my penname for writing stuffs (PrincessArien) I chose from one of the characters from my own original novels that has become one of my favorites.
I know I sure wasn't too attached to any of AtLA's characters yet by the end of the first season, except maybe Zuko and Iroh. I hadn't reallynoticed that, but yeah, yeah they are. Why are people even complaining about the Masami breakup anyway. The dialogue and emotions and stuff there felt very realistic to me...though I wouldn't actually know since I've never been in a relationship or actually observed too many real life breakups >_>
I more or less said that exact same thing to person trying to tell me what my opinion was XD haha I really can't stand people who act like that, like they know everything and anyone else is either deluded or some breed of idiot >_<
Caleb was also a really great villain, I really loved Season 7, except for the one episode which shall not be named, I thought it was such a great way to end the series. The First Evil was a beautifully scary villain :D I don't know what my absolute favorite episode was though, there are so many good ones....way too hard to pick >_> I know, really! And they didn't even have the decency to give us some made for TV movie or something to close it all off like they did for Firefly, that's what really irritates me, that we have absolutely no closure at all, not even any summary of what was going to happen from the writers/directors :/ If it weren't for the evil cliffhanger I would definitely suggest watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles some time.
Oh wait, that guy who opened the gate for Korra? People think he's hot? O_o Huh...weird, but yeah, none of them are any kind of hot by the standards of animation land...Maybe they would be if we saw them out of uniform or something, but yeah, they may be cool and pretty awesome, but none of those White Lotus people are hot :P Yeah, that's just disturbing, though any incest is...actually just the concept of more than two people weirds me out, what is the appeal to "Xsomes"? >_> Haha wow, some poeple need to not take everything so serious XD But yeah, if people are going to get all up in arms over that, then it's not happening any time soon. And I feel like it probably won't get onto a kids show where they very rarely even have romance, idk, the whole homosexuality thing seems like one of those mature things kids should be kinda kept in the dark about until they're old enough to understand >_> Yeah, at least we're getting Part 3 of the Promise soonish...I can't wait until September hits though because Doctor Who is starting the next season up then ^_^ I love that show...
Hehe, I'll bet it was fun, it sure sounds like it would be XD How'd they react when they found out you'd fooled them all? :P I have no idea how that happens, it was just weird, I was perfectly polite to the telemarketer though...aside from just abruptly hanging up on them like I always do XD That sounds cool, yeah, I have the same sort of dream job, I'd really love to get a job writing stories for things, or helping to craft story universes. Yeah, it was interesting...though squishing into a guyish shape wasn't as fun...gets pretty uncomfortable after a while >_>
It really depends on what section of Halo's fandom you wind up in, it's really only the people in the multiplayer subsection that get very nasty. The fans who talk about the story aren't really any better or worse than what you find in Avatar's. But yeah, it's really only the multiplayer people that get bad, they act like the whole series revolves around how it's played and anyone who disagrees with the way MLG palys or doesn't think it's the end all, be all of gaming is automatically branded a "casual" player who doesn't understand anything about the gameplay in Halo >_> Gameplay is our version of shipping wars :P Worst? Hmmm, hard to say, all the ones I've seen get pretty bad...I think I'm going to have to go with the Avatar fandom I think :/ Snape's death was definitely sad, both in the book and the movie, I'd come to like the guy by that point...Dobby's was sadder though :( I'm surprised I didn't cry too much for him in the movie though, I thought it'd be really sad...but it was the book that had me crying for him more :/ Yup, definitely bit off a bit more than they could really chew, they did a fairly good job though, even though I think it could have been better I don't think what we got is really bad or anything at all. Oh my gosh, yes! I really hate that to no end, one of the other sites I'm on was really bad, they were comparing Mako sitting by Korra's bed when she was sick and recovering in Episode 10 like Mr. Creepy Stalker Sparkle-pire sitting inside Bella's room and watching her sleep at night >_< My biggest peeve though I think is when people start mislabeling with tropes and try to make characters out to be what they're not. Do you remember back when calling Mako "creator's pet" was the popular thing to do around here for Mako-haters? Yeah...that's one of those mis-applied tropes that doesn't fit at all.
Eh, that's usually the sort of thing that I do too, heh, I like playing the attractive characters XD Or just the ones that look really bad@ss...which the Orcs and Trolls and stuff in WoW didn't really seem to me. Hee, I remember that one, it's hilarious how Sarge thinks he understand Lopez and assumes the exact opposite of what he's really saying :P I like Caboose's crush on the AI in the thank XD that's what's really funny. "Sheila come back! I maked you a muffin!"
Oh yeah, and of course the "flashbackiest of all flashbacks" too ^_^ That's what I'm really looking forward to, probably going to be something to do with the Spirit World and the Avatar I'm sure.
Indeed, and I think I mentioned this before, the gangs would be a problem with or without bending, that's just basic human condition, getting rid of bending would only be treating a symptom and not the illness itself...taking away everyone's bending would probably even make it all worse.
I definitely think it'd be very interesting if like a spirit helped him learn how to use Bloodbending as a sort of faux-Energybending, but yeah, I knew from the start his claims were totally bogus or at best half-truths. That's actually what I've been considering using in my crossover fanfics for LoK, having Amon sort of be a pawn to a spirit's or group of spirits' plans. The story we got for Amon though was really good, it sort of explained how he got that way and all. But yeah, it was kind of rushed, but even that's no reason for some of the levels of hate I've seen coming from people, like this video one Nony linked to on Korra's page, it was pretty much the reviewer just b****ing about the whole finale and making crap up...it was really pretty much the same stuff we see here, only taken up to 11, put on steroids, and then multiplied several dozen times over >_>
Ok good, I'm not that great at explaining things sometimes :/ Glad you found it helpful :D
Thank you ^_^ its always fun to reference something you like a lot...gives it more meaning i suppose
The break-up that i have been part of was a little more intense than that one, but not by a lot, and then it really depends on what terms ppl break up on :/ Like one of my older sisters broke up with her boyfriend after they both realized it was pretty much over and she fell in love with someone else (sounds eerily familar...)...and from what i heard it was almost identical to the one between Asami and Mako, so under the conditions Masami was under at that point, I think it was pretty realistic. What also really annoys me is when ppl say his apology was half-assed -_-...i actually think Mako has apologized the most out of all the ppl on the show,so i don't see where ppl are saying that he doesn't own up to his mistakes...
Thats so friggin frustrating...i hate it when ppl think they're just smarter than everyone else >_<
It really was very good, its always awesome when the last season of a show is one of the best seasons :). I know, usually if its cancelled with a cliffhanger, they'll at least do something to wrap up the story...anything other than is just cruel :/.
I know! I mean, i don't think any cartoon is "hot" but he wasn't even drawn very attractive...certainly not enough to inspire an entire ship after 5 seconds of interaction O_O. I know, i don't get the whole "Xsomes" at all...i guess its a guy thing, but to me its just really gross and i feel like it would just ruin any intimacy :/. I know, all of the kids just thought he was funny, not gay, it was the parents that made it up in their heads :/ I think it should probably be something parents have a mature discussion with their kids about before they see it on tv...sort of like sex. Yea, at least they're throwing us a bone with the "The Promise" coming out ^_^ I haven't seen that show...good grief there's a lot im missing out on apparently :/ I hate it there is a huge gap between seasons on shows...the only other show that i watch that has like a year gap is Game of Thrones, but i already know whats going to happen so thats not a big deal. Unfortunately i can't say the same for Korra :(.
Yea, especially when you're little, its really fun to prank ppl XD. They were all really shocked...i their reaction was actually the best part XD. Wow, that does sound uncomfortable, forcing your body into a shape it isn't meant to be in sounds unpleasant O_O did you have to do that often?
Wow, it sounds like there is a hierarchy system in the Halo fandom O_O. Oh great, the one fandom i really choose to be a part of is the worst,well done me, well done -_-. Dobby's death was sad...but at least he died free :(. I think the got me with Snape's is that he loved Lily so much, and especially when he asked Harry to look at me because he had Lily's eyes :(. Oh yea, they definitely did, but i thought they did a good job overall too...i especially appreciated that the plot was quite a bit more complex than the one AtLA. I know! Those two romances are seriously nothing alike. I can't believe ppl are comparing those two scenes! First, Korra probably knew Mako was there. Second, they already were pretty close friends and third, she had just gone through a terrible ordeal and he thought he might never see her again! Yea, thats the same thing as a guy sneaking into the room of girl who he has no relationship with and watching her sleep without him knowing -_- stupid ppl...Yea, i remember that fad -_-. The thing is, Bryke didn't write Mako as this amazing guy that we all must love...they even introduced him acting like a jerk, so i don't see where they're getting this crap from. What also really annoys me is when the haters act self-righteous...i don't think good ppl go around spewing hatred about a fictional character and then insults anyone who disagrees...doing that is way worse than anything Mako, a cartoon character, ever did. Sometimes i feel like the haters seriously have mental problems...like they aren't able to separate reality from fiction and think that Mako personally offended them O_O.
Yea, the Night Elves and the Draenei i think had the perfect combo of bad@ssness and attractiveness XD. And i hardly saw any female Orcs or Trolls running around, so i guess we weren't the only ones :/. I know i love Sarge, and Caboose and Sheila XD. I also loved when Church was killed and then he realized they hadn't buried his body yet XD.
I know :D Im mainly excited for that, what they're going to do with Bolin and of course Makorra ^_^ Im also really looking forward to see Avatar state Korra and "Darkie" fight...that should be pretty epic ^_^.
Those are my sentiments exactly, i feel like a lot of ppl miss that point :/
I saw that video! I didn't get very far, I wanted to friggin punch that chick -_-. Im so tired of ppl overanalyzing the crap out of everything and taking the most negative interpretation just to prove how "smart" they are, when really they are just more negative than the rest of us -_-. I mean, don't try to find controversy where it isn't! I can't imagine those ppl are happy, i would think that everything just pisses them off :/
It did help ^_^ I was happy that i could finally edit my comments, and then i realized i didn't know how...that was definitely a facepalm moment.
It is, even if it's probably something only you would get, or close friends you've shared it with, like probably only I would get "PrincessArien", or my buddy who went off to VMI...
I thought it would be, I don't think the romance aspects of story writing are exactly Bryke's strongpoint, but they're certainly not bad at it like some thing, they at least portray things realistically for the most part. I'm sure some people do pretty much say "we're done and I'm breaking up with you", but most people don't talk that way. So mostly what I was talking about with the Masami breakup was like the dialogue of it, that's what I was wondering about the realisticness of most. That really is annoying, there wasn't anything at all unrealistic about his apology at all, or insincere either :/ Eez how peoples talk in real life, like I'm pretty sure that most people who apologize to me don't say "I'm sorry I did 'x' to you" or some variation on that...I mostly remember any apologies I've recieved being along the lines of what Mako said to Asami "sorry about 'x' happening" and stuff like that, it's just how people talk to each other >_> But yeah, I have no idea where people get the ludicrous idea that Mako never, ever owns up to anything he did >_> Every single time he's had a mess up or whatever he's gone and apologized.
Always annoying that one. Oh, you know another that annoys me about the Mako haters? When they act like it's poor arguing using any other character at all in one's argument. Like referencing Zuko, or referring to Tahno, or Asami, or anyone else >_< That's how you make a well structured argument, with comparisons, contrasts, and examples...urgh *sigh*
It is, Angel's final season was a pretty darn good one too, though it got off to a little bit of a slow start, but the episodes leading directly up to the finale (basically from the arrival of Illyria on) and the finale itself were oh so epic, I actually went back and rewatched them all after I finished it the first time XD It is, I'm very sad that we will never get an official answer on what happened to John and his Terminator guardian :( Curse you FOX >_<
Haha yeah, cartoons aren't really attractive in the actual meaning of the word, but yeah. H.O.W.L. is not a Sokka or a Zuko >_> It's barely even that, he didn't even have any lines, he just raises an eyebrow and goes to open the gates and that's about it. Mhm, it's also why I don't get the appeal of just casual sex and boinking each other for the sake of boinking...to me sex is a fairly big thing, but yeah, any more than just two people being together would just be awkward and spoil any intimacy, which is what it's all supposed to be, two people getting about as intimate with each other as one can possibly be :/ The whole "Bolin makes me lol" thing again, haha...kids really don't notice things like "subtext" or hidden meanings :P And silly people imagine them where there are none, like all of those supposedly sexual things Disney hid in there movies -.- Mhm, basically what I was saying, it's one of those "talk" sort of things a parent should have with their kid before they're exposed to it. Oh man, Doctor Who is definitely something you should give a try sometime...though Season 6 was kinda "meh" for me :/ I'm really hoping that none of Season 7 will be "meh" like 6 was... I have no idea how the schedule works for most shows I watch as I join in late and they're either already off the air, or I'm in catch-up mode on them :P Like I was with Doctor Who.
Oh yes, even just jumping out and startling someone is fun to do XD My younger siblings hate me when I do that to them, haha. The reaction is definitely half the fun of any prank or surprise, haha. No, not really, both times I was cast as a guy was in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (musical based on the story of Joseph from the Bible, in case you don't know what the musical is), the first time I did the show I had to do it a lot more, like every full dress rehearsl and show, which there were three full weekends of, IIRC...so that one was worse. The second time I did the show though it was on a much smaller scale since it was camp of sorts that our church does every year where we practice for and put on a full Broadway production in a week. Wasn't as much squishing in that one due to the whole timing thing and the general lack of costumes since it was fairly small-scale.
Well some people certainly seem to think there is >_> MLG is just a group that takes games and makes them into a sport, so their opinion really doesn't count for anything outside of MLG itself and MLG gametypes...I don't even get the appeal of MLG anyway, since they strip out practically half the game to make their playlists and events >_> It's all actually much more competitive/balanced (which is what those players who practically worship the MLG people are obsessed with) if you play the game the way it was meant to be played... Meh, don't worry about it, the Avatar fandom itself isn't really that bad, it's just got the worst of all the worst fandom members I've seen (I hope that made sense, 'cause I'm confused), Halo is very close though as you've actually got people shouting about things not being canon/part of the official story if they don't like it. LoK was definitely a more advanced plot than AtLA was, AtLA was, imo, pretty much just your typical evil overlord type villain wants to totally take over the world and is totally crazy. Amon's goals were definitely something much more complex than simple "world domination". Yuppers, the scenes are nothing at all alike, plus in addition to what you said, it's the same sort of thing as a close freind or freinds coming and sitting beside someone's bedside when they're in the hospital. Yeah, Mako is hardly perfect or some sort of "golden boy" to the writer's >_< He's got some pretty big flaws, but that doesn't make him some sort of horrible reject of humanity.... and yeah, I pretty much agree with everything you said.
Some of the looks one could make for the Night Elves were a little weird, but then again so could the Draenei or probably any other race, they did have a really good mix out all of the fictitious races on the Alliance side. Heh, I guess not XD The whole show is too dang funny XD It gets even better I think when they start making up a story for it all too. How did Church die again? Been a while since I saw it, Caboose shot him with the tank didn't he?
Eeeeee *shipper squeals* Yes, Makorra, I can't wait to see what we're going to get there ^_^ That is definitely going to be a cool fight, I'm wondering what exactly the plot is going to be for season two and the other two seasons...do you think they'll tie together at all?
Which one did you see some of? 'Cause they're both pretty bad, especially the one where she's ranting about female characters like Korra and such >_< That one was really bad, if not worse than the one strictly about LoK's finale. All these uber negative comments and opinions are really starting to infuriate me no end...I'm start to consider a break from the whole wiki except answering wall messages like our conversation to just detox and read fluffy Makorra stuff or go watch the show again >_>
Nonies can't edit there comments? O_o I did not know that, poor nonies... But yeah, glad I helped you out :D
Of AtLa? Hmm, I don't really know, Books 2 and 3 are a pretty close tie for me, I'm not sure if I really like either of them more, they kind of change positions in order of favorites, sometimes I'll like Book 2 the most, and sometimes I'll Book 3 more >_> All kinda depends on the mood I'm in. Right now though I like LoK more than any of AtLA's three seasons :P heh >_> How about? And who are some of your top favorite AtLA and LoK characters?
Just a wondering, have you ever read Fullmetal Alchemist or seen either of the two animes based on it?
Yea, its cool, especially since your name comes from something you wrote yourself...a lot more meaning.
Oh yea, its definitely not their forte, it just frustrates me when ppl say it "ruined" the show...its just so negative. I know, I can pinpoint so many times when he apologized...its like they're never happy, if he apologize then its half-assed, if he doesn't then he doesn't learn from his mistakes -_-.
Yes! I hate that one. And ppl also use others to pinpoint the lack of consistency of which ppl use to judge others. I mean, they're willing to say Zuko's past explains his mistakes, but if you say the same for Mako then you're an apologist now? Makes no sense -_-.
Angel had a great last season, especially with the addition of Spike XD. Those were great episodes, but that was so sad when Wesley died and Illyria took on Fred's form one last time so he could be with her...Joss Whedon got me again >_<
I know! When i went back to look at who this OWL member was, i was pretty confused o_O. I know, I don't understand really the casual sex thing...i mean as long as both parties are safe and they're thinking clearly then more power to them, but not so much for me...and the whole more than person just seems to ruin the whole thing :/ Oh yea, kids seriously don't spend nearly as much time thinking about this stuff as we are...thats why i think Bryke has been able to slip some things in XD. I did see one thing in The Little Mermaid that was shocking...if you get the unedited version (i think they edited it out in their DVDs) or go on youtube, when Prince Eric and Ursula (disguised) walk up to the priest on their boat wedding, look between the priest's legs and you'll see something unpleasant...i definitely didn't imagine that one O_O Yea, i'll check that out...goodness me, I have a lot to look at before school starts...luckily its not until September 26th so i still have some time :/.
Still that sounds unpleasant...but cool, i've heard of that musical, but i certainly haven't seen anything...is the music good?
The MLG ppl sound unpleasant to me >_> No, that makes sense to me XD. Yea, I guess its what we were talking about how the haters are just a minority but they're so vocal about it...apparently this one chick on tumblr has been sending Makorra/Mako likers hate messages and death threats...seriously has mental problems...I agree, AtLA was pretty straightforward...LoK definitely had more political intrigue and mystery involved. I know, its just another example of ppl twisitng the scene into the most negative interpretation as possible. Mako certainly had flaws, but I agree, i thought it made him more human, and it actually endeared him to me even more :/.
Oh yea, you could make the Night Elves look weird...but i thought they looked pretty awesome, as did the Draenei...customizing the character a little was kind of a fun part to me. If I remember correctly, i think Church was killed by Caboose (who else? XD)... yea,i think Caboose shot the tank at him XD.
I know, i love making shipper squeals ^_^ Im really looking forward to see what they do :D. I think they'll tie in more so than Book 1 did...but im not sure how much exactly :/.
I saw the finale rant, but barely, i stopped like 15 seconds in...wasn't good for my blood pressure -_-. But I saw what the other one was about, and its ridiculous. The thing is, you could create any trope you want and fit a character into it if you really wanted to. I agree, they're really starting to frustrate me too. I just want to slap these ppl, i don't know what their problem is...why can't they just enjoy something, instead of making up reasons to hate it? I've been seriously considering taking a break from this place...its ruining the experience of the show for me a little :/. I loved watching it with the Avatar club because it was so much fun to watch it with ppl who love it just as much as I do...but these negative ppl are just such buzz kills :(.
I didn't think they could...i don't think it worked when i tried...i hope they can't or im going to have a serious facepalm moment O_O
Yea, I would have to lean towards to Book 2...i mean the episodes in Book 3 where the plot moved forward were absolutely excellent, and the finale was amazing...but there were so many filler episodes, i think im going to have to go with Book 2. And I loved in Book 2 the whole political intrigue in Ba Sing Se, and the Chakra concept. I love LoK, honestly...probably not as much as Book 2 of AtLA, but I think more than the other two.
Thats a tough one...i think for AtLA my top 5 characters are: Zuko, Iroh, Toph, Katara and Sokka and for LoK: Korra, Asami, Mako, Bolin and Tenzin. How about urs?
I have not read nor seen either anime :( im usually not a fan of anime, AtLA and LoK are probably the closest I've gotten...and Pokemon when i was little, does Pokemon count?
Oh yes indeed...the one story sure has come a long way from being one massive big hybrid fantasy crossover/fanfic XD haha
Mhm, they're not bad at it, and it certainly didn't do anything close to ruining the show, but yeah, it's not their strongest point at all. Mako is in a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" position with the hatedom >_>
Half of the things this fandom says or does doesn't make any sense...the hypocritical claims or things such as that are the most annoying though. It seems Mako's page is entering that "dead" state it hits every couple of weeks now :P There's like hardly any activity at all on it O_o
Oh yeah, I cried just as much for Wesley's death...at least he got to go be with Fred in the end :/ But then the comics had to go and blow it >_< God damn Wolfram and Hart...actually no, more like stupid writers, did they honestly think that Angel's crew would agree to work there, or Wesley most of all, under W&H's perpetuity clause or whatever ti was called >_>
Mhm, casual wouldn't make sense to me, but if that's what some people like and I could kind of see the appeal to it I guess even though it doesn't appeal to me at all, but yeah, "Xsomes" will never make any kind of sense at all, twosome is the only kind for me ever :P Hah, probably so, like Sokka and Suki in the Southern Raiders? ;) What else was there? Eh >_> I don't think it's necessarily that, but it does look bad, whatever it really was they were trying to do :P haha....One thing I know though is definitely BS in all those claims is people claiming to see one of those as a tower in Triton's castle >_> I think I'm going to not be going back to school this semester :/ I have a class I have to retake before I get my asociates degree, but my mom thinks I need to talk to my guidance councilor first, so I sent her an email, but she hasn't gotten back to me yet...so it looks like I'm not going to be taking that class yet >_> Doctor Who is definitely something to check out when you have the time, best seasons of it though I think are 2-4, the actor they had cast as the Doctor (David Tennant) for those three seasons was such a great actor, the best one out of them all I think ^_^
The music and show are very good, one of the best musicals I know...though that could be the nostalgia talking as I practically grew up listening to that show XD haha.
The leage itself, like the guys who run MLG and organize/host the tournaments and all that don't sound too bad, it's mainly the fans and people who call themselves MLG but really don't have anything to do with the organization itself that are the problem. To put it in terms of Avatar's fanbase, I see the MLG organization itself more like the people who just dislike Mako or are ambivalent toward him, and then fans of MLG are like the Mako haters. Wow....a little extreme...what the heck is wrong with that person? O_o It did indeed, Book One's plot was definitely very interesting, I'm wondering what we'll be getting for Book Two other than spirit shenanigans...I wonder if maybe the problem is something in the Spirit World itself >_>
Creating characters in something is half the fun of games sometimes I think :D Like I remember I'd sometimes just making a WoW character and then deleting it just for the sake of creating a character XD haha. Yeah, I knew Caboose did it XD He messes up everyone and everything XD There's a reason that command's shorcut for recording a Caboose misdeed is "ctrl+F+U" XD
Squealing with happiness is great...though you will get weird looks from the people around you, haha XD Like when I watched "The Ember Island Players" one time at school people had to shush me...though to be fair they had every right to as I was in the library at the time :P
Yeah, the first couple minutes of it I was just really infuriated...and my forehead was starting to look like Sokka's at the end of "The Cave of Two Lovers", but by the end I was just laughing at her :P Her voice was pretty annoying though, it sounded like she was constantly choking back tears or on the verge of crying XD Yeah, that's kind of what I meant by detox, I usually have to take breaks from the fandom whenever I get into huge arguments with them and just spend time watching, playing, or reading the source material again to get the pure view of it once more. Such a buzz-kill indeed :/
I would log out to see purely from a curiousity standpoint...but I'm too lazy to do that XD haha
Heh, I liked most of the filler episodes for Book 3 ^^' The plot-arc in Ba Sing Se was definitely awesomeness :D I found the whole Chakra thing, or at least Guru Pathik, kinda "meh" :/ I didn't like Pathik's view on the Avatar and what was needed for it too much, I'm much more in agreement with Iroh's advice on it all.
I think my favorite AtLA characters would have to be (and in no particular order either, I don't even have an order of favorites I don't think) Zuko, Sokka, Iroh, Toph, and Suki. For LoK I would have to say Korra (of course), Mako, Asami, Lin, and maybe Amon too, 'cause he was really awesome XD "I love 'em all" is definitely the best answer haha XD
Yeah, I'm not really an anime fan either. Fullmetal Alchemist is the only actual one I've seen or cared about at all. If you ever do watch the anime, watch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as that is the actual story, the one just called "Fullmetal Alchemist" is an adaptation that was done before the actual story was completed, so it had to go off in its own direction and make up a plot and ending. Yes, I would probably count Pokemon, as I believe it originated in Japan I think >_>
Oh yea, he definitely is, i think the haters just decide to hate him, they're obviously illogical already, so they're not going to listen :/
Oh yea, I noticed that! I kind of like it a bit more when its dead, then there's not so much fighting :/. But then i feel like all of a sudden trolls pop up out of the middle of nowhere and at the same time....it feels like they got organized or something, which is a scary thought O_O.
Well now im glad i didn't really read the comics :/ I looked on the buffy wikia to see what happened...but I only really looked on the continuation of the Buffy series (i.e. season 8 and 9) and im not too impressed :/.
Yea, that part was pretty hilarious XD and the next morning when he was fiddling with some flower necklace, evidently it was some pun that Bryke slipped in saying that Sokka got "le'ied" and that Suki got "deflowered..." Well played Bryke, well played ^_^ There was also a part in the "Fortuneteller" when Aang was coming back after hearing Katara's fortune and he was smiling really goofy... evidently Sokka thought that Aang had "pleasured himself" when he was in the bathroom...and there's some other hooplah, i think there was actually a blog on that...some of the innuendo that the blog stated was, i don't think, on purpose...but others were kind of obvious. Oh yea, i heard about the Triton tower...i didn't really see it at all :/. Oh, what are you getting your degree in? I hate dealing with the logistics of what kind of classes you need...its always a pain -_-.
Hehe, thats funny XD. Some ppl just don't understand fangirling/boying...it can be pretty fun XD.
Thats cool, musicals are great :D I really like Sweeney Todd for some reason...thats probably my favorite, but im not sure why :/
Ah, that makes more sense. I hate those parts of the fanbase...i start to lose my faith in humanity after reading some of those posts -_-. Yea, I have no idea what is wrong with that person. Especially what they're doing is so much worse than anything Mako did in a fictional universe O_O Yea, im really curious...im unsure whether they're going to make Darkie flat out evil or having a twisted sense of morality, i.e. thinking he's saving the world but he's actually destroying it. I actually really want to see Koh again...i thought he was pretty interesting and creepy.
I did the exact same thing! :D I thought it was so much fun just creating a character XD. Lol, thats hilarious, i love Caboose XD.
I don't know whats worse: that person, or the fact that other ppl agree with her -_-. Yea, thats actually a really good idea...seems the only way to say sane in this fandom :/. I know, i think ppl should just enjoy it...this insane overanalyzing is just frustrating and overall pretty silly.
Yea, I mean, i liked the filler episodes, but there were some times I just wanted to get along with the plot :/. And then i hated how inconsistent the air times were...i remember we went months without a new episode and then we had the last 7 every day for a week...stupid nickelodeon -_-. Oh yea, i didn't agree with Pathik's views on the Avatar, definitely more with Iroh (he was so awesome ^_^) i just like the whole Chakra concept, i thought it was kind of cool. I also really liked it, because i took a Cultual Anthropology class a couple years ago and we were taking a test on Eastern cultures, and there were a couple questions on Chakras that i got right because i remembered that episode XD.
Oh yea, LoK characters were great XD. And Amon was awesome, i especially liked his voice, it was ridiculously awesome XD which they needed because we didn't see his face almost the entire time.
Okay, so I need to check out the halo books,Fullmetal Alchemist, Doctor Who and finish a little more of Red vs. Blue...did i leave anything out? Yea, I think it was anime, but i didn't want to say for sure and then hear a bunch of hardcore anime fans loading their guns O_O
So what do you think of people's theory that Bolin's love interest is going to Korra's cousin? Do you agree with it, or do you think its going to be someone else?
Yup, any illogical fan will never listen, my main reason for any arguing I do is debunking their points and providing a more rational PoV in hopes of maybe convincing people on the fence about the whole thing, or maybe some rational person who really doesn't like Mako will see something they hadn't considered before and change their opinion. I'm never really arguing to try and change the view of the person I'm arguing with...as far as I've seen that neve works at all.
Same here, I'd like it if they all got more traffic... if the traffic wasn't all hate comments and stuff like that :/ If a lot pop out at once, it does feel kind of like they're some organized faction >_> Sometimes I feel like arguing online is like playing Whack-a-Mole XD haha, you smack one troll down, and then another one pops up again...
I found that the ones that were stand-alones or weren't necessarily meant as a continuation were much better >_> Especially in the Angel series...the comic arc "After the Fall" and some of the spin-offs that tied to it, like "Spike: After the Fall", were all pretty good...actually I'll just say I really liked almost all of the Angel comics XD The comic series that "After the Fall" was a part of though got really stupid and weird after the first story arc (After the Fall) concluded >_> It felt like they were turning Connor into some sort of Mary-Sue or something...he was better as just basically a human with the perks of being a vampire without the negatives of it...not some sort of demi-god or something... From what I read though the comic series that Angel currently has (Angel & Faith) which picks up right after S8 Buffy comics sounds pretty all right/good. But yeah, Season 8 and 9...not very good at all >_>
It was, especially Zuko's face when he walked into the tent and Sokka's reaction to it being Zuko and not Suki XD Heh, I hadn't thought of the "de-flowered" one, but I had thought of/seen the pun with "lei'ed"...huh, hadn't thought or heard of that one either...I did see that blog, most of it I think was probably just the author having a dirty sort of mind and taking stuff as an innuendo that wasn't at all, like they seemed to think that any long object or line sort of thing was a "Triton tower" (heh, I just made up a new euphemism XD haha), which is just silly, some of the innuendos and such they listed actually were though. Well right now I'm just taking the general classes that you need to take regardless of major, like basic college English, Math, History, Science, etc. I flunked my computer class, which I have no idea how it happened I did all of the homework and such and always got at least the minimum score required for the grade to actually be counted...so yeah, no idea how I got an F in the course, but now I need to retake ITE 115, going to do my absolute hardest though to avoid the same professor.
It's always fun, haha, especially when there are other fangirls/boys to share the experience with :D
They really are great stuff, I don't know what my favorite would :/ Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is definitely a great one though, another of my favorites would probably be Fiddler on the Roof, or maybe The Music Man.
Yeah, same here, a whole lot of the posts I see when I feel brave enough to venture into the forums dealing with Halo's multiplayer just make me want to be a different species entirely :P Especially when I see crap like people flaming over stats or what sort of rank the other person has -_- I'm wondering if "Darkie" is even the main villain...personally I'm not so sure, I'm going to wait for further information before exactly deciding that or not. But yeah, I definitely want to see Koh again, he was a scary guy and kinda awesome in his own creepy and ominous way.
I do that in any game with a "create a character" feature XD It's just so much fun, haha. Or in games like Halo, playing around with the armor and stuff on the guy, and I was quite ecstatic when the last Halo game to come out finally introduced the ability for the player to be a female Spartan, in the game before that you could use a female voice for like your death sounds and such, but the character model didn't change at all...now they do XD Halo: Reach even made it so that whatever you looked like in multiplayer and if you were male or female would show up that way in the campaign, which I thought was just awesome :D
I can never decide that either when I see really stupid people/postes online >_> I don't if the original fool is the more aggravating, or the fools following along... That's a big problem I have in any fandom, where people try to over-analyze everything and try to find meaning in some things that frankly don't have any. Or like in sci-fi when people insist on trying to calculate all of the specifics for the technologies and things like that...I've seen some especially dumb stuff using that from Halo fans I'm acquainted with...guy tried to calculate the force of a punch from a picture in a comic book >_>
Ah, yeah, there are some filler episodes that I don't like re-watching and kinda skip over, I have at least one in each season, the only episode I didn't really like that much in Season 3 was "The Firebending Masters"... I only discovered AtLA after it was already over, so I could sit down and watch it all in one sitting if I wanted to :/ But I do understand that feeling, I feel that way a lot with some of the fanfics and such that I follow online. Pretty much everything Iroh says or does is awesome XD haha. Yeah, I did find the whole Chakra thing interesting, and it did help me to remember them all when we were studying religions and such in India in my religions class. The only thing I don't really like about the Chakras is fandom reaction to it...it feels like an awful lot of people (especially fanfic writers) seem to assume that it's absolutely something that the Avatar has to do, or they seem to take Pathik's view at face value and assume that he's right as opposed to viewing it as just his opinion and not what the Avatar absolutely has to do. It's always seemed to me that there isn't any one right way to be the Avatar or to do things like learning to master the Avatar State, there is definitely wrong ways, but there isn't one right one that every single Avatar has to follow or else they suck >_>
Steve Blum has an amazingly sexy voice XD And that's one of the things that I love the most about Amon, the whole voice. Yup, he definitely needed a superb voice actor due to the whole mask thing....why is it almost always the badguys with the awesome masks and stuff? :/ I think it's kinda funny how much like their characters the VAs for Korra and Bolin sound...most of the others I've heard don't really sound too much like thier characters though...
I would recomend Halo and/or FMA first, Doctor Who is awesome and all, but I enjoyed those two more. Hehe, I know that feeling XD
I have no idea :/ It could be Korra's cousin, and the whole practically identical thing she has going on with her brother could lead to the bizzarrity of Bolin's romance...but I don't know, I like having more information before forming too many theories. As for the idea itself, eh, I'm not really opposed to it or supportive of it...it's just an idea to me right now. I'd have to see how Female Twin acts as a character or get a feel for her character before deciding if I like the idea of the pairing or not :/ Right now the person I ship most with Bolin is Asami, hehe ^^' I like the Bosami ship......
I agree. There are some dislikers who really do make sense that its actually really nice to debate with them. But from what i've noticed the most logical people on here either like Mako (not love) or are just "meh." I actually told my dad yesterday that there are ppl who don't like Mako, and he was so confused XD. He said "but he didn't really do anything wrong...it was a sad situation but it happens..." i love my dad ^_^.
I know, I like the traffic when ppl are having logical debates...and sometimes we go through like a day or two of that, and then a troll always comes by and disrupts the peace -_-. Lol, I know, they just won't die sometimes >_<. And some of those "Mako is so HAWT!" comments can be annoying, but i actually find them to be more pleasant :/. I think mindless love is better than mindless hate any day XD.
Yeah, I heard those were indeed better. I mean, I know its hard to capture the essence of a TV series in a comic, but the story for season 8 and season 9 just really didn't impress me, from what i read. Especially the whole "Twilight" arc...it was a bit strange, even for a universe such as Buffy :/.
I know, Zuko's reaction made the entire scene XD. Yea, that was actually a pretty clever way to slip in that innuendo...yea, some of the stuff on that blog definitely was imagined or just the author twisting things into something dirty....there were a couple though that i think were true. Lol, thats actually a pretty excellent euphemism, im going to look for times when I can use it on here now XD. Oh yea, i hate that part when you need to take classes as a general requirement...and professors make such a difference in how a class goes. In one of my friends math class, out of about 20 ppl only 4 passed...which pretty much means it was the professor not the students.
I know, it makes looking like a fool fangirling all worth it XD. Well those are both excellent...i know these aren't musicals, but my god i love the music in Disney movies...even now i still do, i think its amazing ^_^
Geez that is scary O_O. Yea, Im starting to think that "Darkie" might just be one of the many spirits that Korra has to deal with...Darkie might just be the only spirit we have, so thats why some ppl have clung onto him/her/it. But cool that it/she/he (im seriously thinking Darkie doesn't have a gender O_O) will be voiced by Grey Delisle :D. Yea, Im really hoping we do see Koh again, i was a little disappointed we didn't see him again in AtLA.
Thats so cool :D I love it when you can play a female in the games, makes me feel bad@ss XD.
Me too. The over-analyzing just gets so ridiculous, especially when they twist EVERY SCENE that a character is in, even when its just for comedic effect, into a major character flaw -_-...they don't sound smart, they sound stupid when they do that. O_O lordy, that guy has way too much time on his hands....
Yea, that one kinda made me giggle because of all the innuendo you could make up from Aang and Zuko's dialogue XD But u know the episode isn't that good when you start doing that...i think the only one i didn't like very much was probably The Painted Lady and The Beach...i just felt like The Beach was kind of melodramatic and out-of-character, particularly for Azula :/. Oh my god, I loved Iroh, i really did ^_^ everything that came out of his mouth (including the fire) was wonderful, and i loved how he was so epically good at firebending :D. Oh yea, the fandom definitely twisted the whole Chakra concept...which is odd, because i thought Pathik was using it as a short-cut to get to the avatar state because Aang was running out of time...he never said, nor did anyone, that the Chakra's were necessary so I don't see where ppl got that from :/
I know! When I first heard his voice, i was like "O_O goddamn thats sexy..." I guess they have the masks to keep this air of menace and mystery around them...i noticed that they didn't show Ozai's face until like Season 3 which i thought was odd...Oh yea, I had such a hard time watching the comic con panel, it was so strange to see Korra's voice on a real person O_O
Okay, so after im done with my current book series, i'll go to Halo, and then i need to watch FMA and Firefly...onwards to Hulu/youtube/wherever i can find them :D!
I dunno either, Im not really pulling for that :/ They don't seem to fit, but like you said, i really need to see more of her character before making judgements...and I still can't decide what they mean by a "bizarre..." i mean its nick, it can't be too bizarre....or can it?O_O I don't mind Bosami, actually the more i think about it, the more their personalities fit together...and i think the only reason ppl ship Irosami is because they think they look good together, because they had almost zero interaction :/.
It pretty much makes my day when I find people like that on here that I haven't seen before, or when they weigh in on the whole thing :) It's really nice and refreshing. Haha, nice XD That was pretty much my reaction to seeing all the hate comments and such when I finally got my computer fixed and was able to go online consistently again, I was like "Wha-? O_o what the heck is going on here, these people are nuts! O_o" haha. Well give him a high-five from me for being awesome, heehee XD
The love comments like that are definitely way more tolerable and much more welcome to me...I have no idea what I'll do if I ever get any hate comments once I get around to posting the Buffy/LoK fic I have, though I imagine I will give whoever does that a big chewing out and then find some way of locking them out from commenting if they persist in doing the same thing and keep on hating the character or my story for making him how he actually is... I'm going to move discussion of that one link over to here so we don't clog up the feed and so I can talk about it more freely without having to worry about trolls attacking us >_> But yeah, they're sort of looking at it like you never learn anything about Mako's personality at all and the author is claiming like his physical appearance is his defining aspect...which led me to the comment about them being asleep half the season as they're completely ignoring his obvious character traits -.- And that whole "Let's Roast Mako" blog the nony got it from is just unbelievably disgusting, eurgh, even just thinking about it makes my blood boil and steam shoot out of my ears, I've explored it a bit before, and not one of the points or articles or anything I've seen on there are at all true or even rational...and they seem to pretty much have a massive hate-on for every single gorram character in the freakin' series >_< Odd as it may sound, the blog I've seen entitled "F*** Mako" is actually way more rational and I can actually stomach it, it's kind of like the more extreme of the Mako disliker camp...
Nope, I mean, the idea was a fairly intersting one, like a group of big bads banding together in the name of trying to eliminate all magic, but once like the crap with the sentient dimension that Angel and Buffy were supposed boink into existance and Angel being Twilight started up....that was so incredibly lame -.- Even the whole "death of magic" idea was interesting, I just feel like they did a rather poor job with it all :/ But they are somewhat interesting concepts, which is why I've been considering using them in some of the fanfics I have planned.
It did :P I just love all of the faces and expressions people make in the Avatar series and the reactions they have, haha. Yeah, I'm probably going to use "Triton tower" now as well, at least in my head, as I don't think I'd like having to explain it all the time to someone who wouldn't have any idea what the heck I'm talking about XD They really do, I did fine in my Math classes that I had to take, but jeeze, that professor was boring as anything :/ He constantly droned on and on, I actually almost dozed off once or twice, that's how bad it could get...and he didn't do too great a job explain things either, I kind of had to teach myself it all >_> The two professors I had for History though were just awesome ^_^ I loved those classes... of course, I love history in general, but man, those were actually fun/interesting classes.
Oh, pssssh, the Disney movies totally count, I mean half of them have even been turned into Broadway musicals. They totally are great movies though, Beauty and the Beast was one of the movies I grew up on, I don't know what my favorite is though :/ They're all so goood ^_^
I don't know about scary so much as just plain sad :/ It's on occassions like that that I've declared myself a Sangheili/Elite (they're easily the coolest species in Halo, they're just so beast in pretty much every way), haha XD Yeah, I think the main reason why "Darkie" is so popular is because it's the only spirit/enemy we know about so far. Is that the character she's voicing? I thought the Dark Spirit would probably be someone else :/ That did kind of suck...I also kinda want to see Yue/Tui and La again, and Hei Bei, he was a cute panda-monster :P
It's always a pleasure, since more often than not it's usually a male protagonist in a video game :/ The ones I like best though are things like the Elder Scrolls series or Mass Effect where you choose to be a male or female character, because sometimes I just want to be able to play both XD
Yeah, totally, like burning up the parking tickets? Or even just seeming to ignore scenes that would contradict your interpretation, like all of the people ignoring Korra standing up to Tarrlok or those Triple Threat thugs all the way back in bloody "Welcome to Republic City", or with Mako again, all the times he's apologized when he realized he messed up or let things get messed up... Yup, overanalyzing anything is stupid, I don't care how the technology works or if it really stands up to real life physics and rules, just that the writers stay consistent with what they're doing and that the story itself is believable and enjoyable, I care more about crafting/reading an enjoyable narrative than I do about getting tech right >_> I'm inclined to believe he does, he's also kind of an annoyingperson in general...he gets very obstinate in his opinions and continues to argue even when most other people can tell he's been proven wrong and for the most part just seems to argue for the sake of arguing or to be proved right all the time :/ Not to mention that he often resorts to adhominim attacks a lot and misrepresenting what the other person is saying...
The Paited Lady is actually one of my favorite fillers out of them all, haha :P That's one reason why I liked Book 3 a lot, even if I don't always particularly like filler, I think it had the best filler episodes. But yeah, the Beach is one that I'd be considering serious skippage, just isn't one of my favorites for the reasons you listed, Headband is also one that was kinda "meh". My absolute favorite episode in Season 3 though was "The Boiling Rock" that episode was just so many differen kinds of awesome ^_^ Haha, good one, everything from Iroh's mouth is indeed something wonderful XD Iroh was just epic in general, I was especially impressed how he just totally and completely broke himself out of prison withou any Firebending whatsoever...definitely much better than his brother the Loser Lord XD That's how I always saw it too, it was just one of many shortcuts to mastery over the Avatar State, and I personally don't see it as a particularly good one as it requires pretty much renouncing the world and your ties to it >_> Why do the fans seem to that though? I was talking a bit about the Chakra thing when some nony brought something about it up in relation to Korra, and for some reason two nonies thought me calling it a shortcut was calling Aang a cheater >_> Since when has the sole meaning of "shortcut" been equal to cheating or being a cheater?
I thought it was really funny when on some panel or other they got Steve Blum to do some of the Comedy!Amon jokes XD That was hilarious. I guess so, I mean it certainly makes sense...though it does seem that more often than not the bad guys get the cooler outfits and looks than the good guys...like the Fire Nation in AtLA, though the Water Triber certainly didn't look too shabby with all of their wolf armor and stuff, even the Northern Water Tribe gear looked pretty awesome :D Earth Kingdom though was all rather meh :/ I've always found it weird how the baddies get the coolest looking gear...just once I want the good guys to look totally bad@ss without the bad guys looking so much cooler... It seriously weirded me out the whole time, that's for sure, Janet Varney totally sounds completely the same as Korra.
Alright, cool. I'm not sure where the best place to find them would be >_> If you don't mind it being subtitled I do know that the youtube channel of the company that produced FMA: Brotherhood (which is the one you should watch, I think I might have already mentioned that already but I can't remember...pretty sure I did >_> :/ heh) has the whole series up there. Both Firefly and FMA: B are on Netflix...though I don't know if the latter is in English or not, as I've never watched what they have on Neflix >_> Hulu probably has FMA, I remember watching the first episode on there...but I think it was just the first episode that that they had :/
I can't either...it sure does sound interesting though, I can't wait to see it/hear more about it :D Yeah, I didn't think too much about Bosami initially, but I've really come to like it the more I've thought about it, they'd just work together I think :) Yeah, I'm sure that's a big part of Irosami shipping, or just the fact that he was really awesome and she's really awesome too. Won't be any Irosami in my fic though...pretty sure I'm going to wind up shipping Iroh with Faith :P haha.
I know! I was so confused when I started coming here regularly and seeing these hate comments pop up...i was just like "what the crap are you guys talking about?" Haha, will do XD.
Don't worry, just tell me when you post the fanfic, and if there are any trolls about i'll make sure to defend u...im still ur nony buddy, i got ur back ^_^. Oh my god, that link was so frustrating >_<. I mean, are they seriously using a wikipedia summary as evidence? that makes no sense, those summaries are the most basic character info for ppl who haven't watched the show at all. Any hate crap is so illogical...i have no idea how any one can rationalize hating a fictional character who really didn't do anything bad. Its beyond pathetic, and im just glad that it sounds like Bryke blows them off. I think Mako haters (not dislikers) are a bunch of losers who have no lives and/or crazy feminists who think all men are scum and look for controversy in places where it doesn't even exist :/. Yea, I've heard that particular blog isn't too bad actually...again, i don't agree with Mako dislikers necessarily, but when they state their opinion in a logical and respectful manner, of course i'm going to respect them. I feel like this is what the haters are like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFYO43UCMYE
I know! Their whole canoodeling adventure just seemed ridiculous to me :/. Like you said, some of the concepts weren't bad at all, but then they would take them in this weird direction that just did not work :/.
I know, some of the facial expressions and reactions are just priceless, like Korra's when Ikki told Asami that Korra liked Mako...that one was awesome XD. Oh my god, I hated that im required to take some Math classes in order to graduate...some Math of course is necessary, but others, Im just never going to use for the rest of my life, im majoring in friggin english lit -_-. I did well in the math and science classes, but really only because i studied really hard and had great professors...if i didn't have the professors that i did, i think i would've been screwed. Thats awesome, there's nothing better than having a great professor in a subject you love ^_^.
Sweet, again I was worried i would hear a bunch of musical experts loading their guns...i joke sometimes that Disney half raised me, they're just awesome, and the music is beautiful ^_^. Oh my god, Beauty and the Beast is absolutely one of my favorites...that and The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan...and The Hunchback of Notre Dame had wonderful music as well.
Im pretty sure that thats the spirit she's voicing...but there's so little we actually know :/. Yea, Tui/La and Hei Bei would be good...i would also like to see Wan Shi Tong again, but I doubt we're gonna.
Yea, it kind a irritates me when they only have male characters to play...but i think game developers are realizing that a lot of females actually play their games so they're changing it accordingly...i just want to have the option :/.
I know! Its so frustrating. They blow everything they do out of proportion and then when the character does something that shows that their not selfish/horrible/scum of the earth, they either ignore it completely or minimize that. Its just so inconsistent, and then some of the haters have the nerve to act like they're logical and we're the idiots...stupid ppl -_-. I know, the thing is, you're going to find a lot of things in shows like this that don't really add up, especially scientifically. But as long as something totally over the top doesn't happen, then you should probably just ignore it...its just going to drive you crazy. And honestly, we're watching a show set in an alternate universe where ppl can bend elements...is our biggest concern really on what's real? That's annoying, I guess he doesn't want to admit he's wrong because of some pride issue...but that just makes him look even more idiotic :/. I hate those attacks, they're so illogical and unnecessary, especially against ppl you don't even know.
Yea, i dunno why i don't like it very much, i just didn't for some reason :/. Oh yea, it definitely had the best filler episodes, just too many for my taste :/. Oh I loved "The Boiling Rock" such good Sokka and Zuko moments, and I especially loved when Suki kicked some @ss ^_^. And it almost goes without saying, but good god that finale was absolutely incredible...i don't even care about the deus ex machina ending, it was just fantastically done all around. Hehe, "loser lord" hehe XD...i know Iroh was just all kinds of epic...i wish we could've seen him break out of the prison, but even though we didn't see it, it was still friggin awesome. I dunno, its another example of putting words in someones mouth :/.
I love the Comedy Amon XD. Thats probably the best LoK meme out there, all those jokes are so incredibly lame, but they're so bad that they're good XD. Oh yea, the Water Tribes in general are probably my favorite of the "nations." And im actually the most interested in figuring out more about their culture...i mean im interested in the culture of all the nations, but that one in particular. I hope they come out with some sort of encyclopedia or info book and go more in depth with the cultures in general. Good, im glad im not the only one, that was seriously weirding me out, i couldn't even really look at the voice actress when she was talking O_O.
Hulu has FMA and i finished watching the first epi...so far i like it, definitely more so than most anime that i've seen. Finding firefly is a bit more complicated...almost all the sources that have it, i have to pay for it :/ But im not giving up yet...im sure there's a way.
I know, im really excited to see what they have in store for us :D. Yea, at first i thought that it would just make Team Avatar beyond awkward, but the more i think about it, the more i think it would work. Now i don't necessarily think its going to happen, but its not a bad idea. The ship that im almost positive doesn't have a shot in hell is Tahnorra...i really don't think we're ever going to see him again, and if so not in any romantic capacity, at least for Korra. I think that Irosami, Bosami and Borra are pretty unlikely, but there is a very small chance that those could happen. Lol, i never pictured those two together, but now that I am, they could actually work XD.
Any hate, unless it's for a bad guy, is always weird to me, even hating most bad guys though doesn't quite make sense since a whole darn lot of them often have some sort of legitimate excuse or other to explain why they're the way they are or something that will help us understand them...
Haha, awesome XD Will do...though Fanfiction.net and Deviant Art don't seem to get much in way of Mako-trolls/haters that I've seen, so hopefully I can just avoid them entirely XD But yeah, I'll definitely link you to the fic when I upload it, whether I get any hates or not >_> :P I know right...so ignorant and obnoxious...especially those faux-feminists (feminazis as I prefer to call them >_>) types, they are some of the most annoying people I've seen online what with all of their complaining about Korra being some sort of pethetic weakling or whatever crap it is they're spewing >_< Blowing them off is definitely the right approach. What absolutely drives me nuts the most is though is when people start hating on Bryke...I can take or laugh off hate comments dirrected at the show, but when it comes to slandering real people and hating on them....eeeuuurrrrggghhh >____< Yeah, the people who just politely dislike Mako, I'll most likely just ignore them completely, especially if they're congregating in their own little hang-out and not trying to launch crusades against people who do like the characters and the show. I'd probably only have any kind of interactions with them on some place like here, the most I'd ever interact with one of their little hang-outs is thanking them for being polite or trying to not stir up trouble. Hah XD That's like exactly what the haters are like, they all have a little shoulder Emperor whispering the Sith way in their ear...and then a Dalek (Doctor Who enemy who stripped themselves of all emotions, all they have left is hatred, rage, fear, and a whole bunch of other negative ones) on the other... This is generally how the fandom, or at least Mako's page, feels to me. Plus the song is just awesome and it's a great LoK music-video ^_^ Eeee, I just fangirl so much when I watch it, it really captured all of the emotion in Book One's finale...I gotta say, the finale in Korra is probably one of the most beautifully done finales that I've ever seen ^_^
Yup very much so, even Angel being the Big Bad could have been done in an interesting way, or him being manipulated by the actual big bad into thinking he was doing a good thing (which is kind of what they went for)...but ugh. Probably weirdest most bizarre thing I can think of in S9 though was Buffy being put into a robot and then the real Buffy being hidden somewhere, that just left me feeling "wtf?!? O_o".
That's probably my favorite one out of them all, that face is just so priceless and psycho, it easily rivals Katara's "I'm completely calm!" face/reaction XD I never did get why some of the classes we have to take in college are at all necessary unless you're going into a field that requires that specific knowledge >_> Like I highly doubt that I'll ever be using Geometry proofs or need to know how to do that later in life/further down the road... I got an "A" in my math courses though, so it didn't matter to much that my professor was so dry and left me sleepy and exhausted :)
Disney movies definitely had a big hand in rasing me XD Might be why I came to love fantasy and stories so much maybe. I watched one like everyday when I was little...though that was mostly when I was still and only child and/or when my oldest brothers were still to young to play with. I seriously need to sit down sometime and watch all of the Disney classics with my youngest siblings and get them hooked on them too XD Beauty and Beast, the Jungle Book, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves were probably what I watched the most back then :P And Aladin, that was one of my absolute favorites, Hercules was too. Agh, they're all so great ^_^ I love them all... Speaking of Mulan... < That song is probably one of my absolute favorite Disney songs ever :D
Mhm...wish Bryke could give us a couple more hints for what next season is going to be :/ We should definitely see some old familiar spirts...oh gosh, I'm just picturing it in my head now Korra running into that monkeyish spirit that was trying to meditate in AtLA when Aang first got into the actual spirit world, I'm feeling sorry for that poor guy even thinking about it XD
It would certainly seem so, or that guys don't mind playing female characters at all as long as they're awesome ones...like the Metroid series, or Portal...
Yar *sigh* Those kind of people are definitely some of the worst to run into online, the ones who think anyone they're arguing with are illogical or use logical fallacies as arguments against them >_> That's exactly why I find doing that so ridiculous :P Plus, imo, it takes all the enjoyment out of it, like I don't really care how that particular universe utilizes FTL. Haha, indeed, indeed, or even it's a show set in the real world but is filled to the brim with supernatural creatures/races/species and magical humans :P Yup, I try not to get into arguments with him simply because they'll never get anywhere and I'd just be wasting my breath. I know, there's never any reason to justify attacking and slandering the person you're arguing against, they're never necessary.
I can definitely see that, there were some times where I'd just be sighing and wondering when we'd get back to something much more relevant to the main plot...at least we had Sparky-Sparky Boom Man to liven the later fillers up. Suki is just so awesome, I really loved her after that scene in that episode where she pretty much runs straight up the central tower of the prison and captures the Warden single-handedly ^_^ Oh my gosh yes, I didn't even really think about the DEM until after it was all over and even then it didn't matter, even Aang's wangst over not killing the Firelord didn't really hurt my love of the finale at all. That was the best way AtLA could have ended ^_^ That would have been kind of cool to see, Iroh was such a great character, the right balance of outright cookiness/crazy, wisdom, and bad@ssery :D I'm thinking of making Iroh the Spirit Guide for Faith in my fanfic or something XD Just so I can keep him around.
Comedy!Amon is definitely such a hoot XD I always enjoy stumbling across new ones in that meme series that I've never seen before, pure gold every time "Well, I thought it was funny," :P They really should just make an encyclopedia filled with this stuff, that would indeed be quite awesome, I've actually been wanting something like that ever since I finished AtLA. It'd be a great way to fill in some of the stuff fans should really know but they just didn't have time to put into the show or something. I would totally buy it :D I had that going on somewhat even with Asami's voice actress...whose name is currently escaping me >_>
Yeah, Hulu had the first episode when I first started looking for the series, but I never found anything else on there besides that one :/ Yeah, that's unfortunate thing with searching online...I had one site I used to use for all of this, but pretty much all of the video sites it linked to that I knew were safe are gone now :( If it were still up and running I'd have linked you there, but now I don't know how safe it is anymore...
Yeah, I very much doubt that Bosami is going to happen, but I sure wouldn't be upset if it did become canon. Oh heck no, Tahnorra or whatever they call it definitely will not happen at all, hell would freeze over before Tahno had a shot with Korra...it'd be a harbinger of the apocalypse or something. I don't really like Tahno either, I really think he's imensely overrated, I sure felt sorry for him when he lost his bending and all (speaking of Tahno, have you seen that "Equalize photoshop" gif of him?), but I really just can't find any reason to like the guy :/ There's definitely more potential for Irosami, Bosami, and Borra than there'd ever be for Tahno/Korra. Haha yeah, it'd be interesting that's for sure, especially if Iroh is the one who's next in line to be Firelord XD Imagining Faith as the wife of the Firelord is a real scream, especially since the prequel set during AtLA I plan to pair Buffy and Zuko together...as if Faith and B didn't have a complicated enough relationship as it is >XD Bwhahahaha, that's where my more "evil" side tends to come out, I tend to enjoy making characters have complicated relationship or milking whatever complicated relationships they had on the show or original source material for all it's worth, though I don't really do any angst... But yeah, Iroh II and Faith, it is an interesting combination for sure...initially I wasn't sure whether I should pair Faith with the Lieutenant or Iroh, but I decided to go with Iroh in the end, I am going to give Faith and Lieutenant (jeeze, this guy really needs a name >_> ...I hate coming up with names *sigh*) a close bond though.
It is weird, and even sometimes with villians because they usually have some sort of background that makes their actions at least somewhat understandable...the only one from AtLA that I can think we didn't get that is Ozai...
Sounds good ^_^ Hehe, feminazis, hehe. But seriously, they drive me up a wall. They act like if a girl falls in love with a guy, it makes her weak. Its like they think a girl has to be 100% strong and tough all the time, and if they're not, it makes them stupid -_-. Thats actually taking feminism back, and creating these ridiculous stereotypes of strong women that aren't true. And then, they try to say that because someone likes Makorra or Mako, that means that said person is anti-feminist >_< That pisses me off more than anything. I'm pretty educated, i've been in friggin sports my entire life, im entirely supportive of women's reproductive rights, and i certainly don't take crap from boys...and just because i like Makorra doesn't make me anti-feminist, its such absolute crap >_<. I hate it when ppl insult Bryke...they're acting like they could do such a better job. And seriously, Bryke gave us both of these series, show some respect ppl. I know, i also feel like they're like this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8rNb1BAXxU XD. Thats exactly how i feel its like :D And I loved the finale too! I did think it was rushed, but I understand why, so honestly im going to give Bryke some slack. But all I know, while I was watching it, I was enjoying it quite a bit ^_^. They really did a great job. And to be frank, im glad they ended on a positive note and wrapping this storyline up...because to be honest i wouldn't want to wait until probably spring to figure out some cliffhanger or for things to start looking up.
That was so bizarre O_O I felt like i was in a m.night shymalanananana movie, with those weird twists...
I know, i loved that part too XD. I know, i understand wanting us to have a well-rounded education, but then im just like this really isn't necessary in my life...well thats cool, well done :D.
Oh, those were the good ol' days ^_^ (see what I did there?). Yes, all of those yes, and Aladdin and Hercules were amazing as well. I also really loved Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty (maybe thats why we're not bitter and angry like some of the fandom?) I know, but they're all so good ^_^ Thats definitely one of my favorite songs, whenever i was about to play a soccer game, i always listened to it XD. Mulan I think is definitely in my top 3 disney movies...but sometimes its just too hard to choose!
I know :/ they've been particularly vague with Bolin, like "bizarre" love interest and "finding his way in the world.." -_-. We just know that the villians are going to be spirits...i just wish we could get a little bit more of the plot :/. Oh yea, i remember that monkey, good times, good times XD.
Exactly, its just so incredibly arrogant to think that their opinion is the "correct" one and everyone else is just too stupid to get it -_-...i doubt that strategy will take them far in life. I know, it just seems to suck all the joy out of things...you can find a flaw in anything if you look hard enough, but really, what's the point? it will just leave you feeling miserable i think :/.
Hah, Sparky Sparky Boom Man...you gotta love Sokka's nicknames XD. Yea, I thought he was pretty interesting actually, and i like the fight scenes they had with him. I also really like "Day of Black Sun" particularly with Zuko confronting Ozai and then he redirected the lightning...that was pretty kick@ss. That part with Suki was excellent, she was definitely one of my favorite female characters. I know, i really didn't care that they had a DEM ending, and normally Aang debating whether he should kill Ozai would've frustrated me, but I love hearing his past lifes speak about their experiences, and then good god that final fight was awesome! I think my favorite part though was Zuko and Azula's fight. The music, choreography, and the fact that they were finally evenly matched was brilliant...and then i loved the storyline with Azula losing her sanity...with her being such a perfectionistic sociopath, it was actually quite realistic...goodness me, im rambling ^_^. And yes to Iroh, I just loved that he was so wise and peaceful, but then he could kick@ss when he really needed to XD.
I know, Comedy! Amon makes me laugh everytime XD. Yea, I would really like just to understand the world more and the cultures where our characters come from. I particularly want to see in the following seasons how the rest of the world has changed and how it compares and contrasts from Republic City.
Yea, its getting increasingly more difficult to find shows for free online, particularly since megavideo got shut down for copyright infringement :( a lot of links came from there.
Oh yea, I would be perfectly happy with it becoming canon, im just not necessarily betting on it. XD I know, that would be a sign of the apocalypse if Tahnorra happened...i did feel bad for him and it was certainly fun to see the banter between him and Korra, and he had some funny moments with his hair, but i don't see what the big deal is...and i didn't think he was cute, i thought he looked creepy as hell O_O. Yea, i would definitely go with Iroh on that one, i think it could be more interesting and at least u have a little more to go on with Iroh...like you said the Lieutenant doesn't even have a name...but he was certainly durable XD.
Yeah, Ozai was pretty much the only villain who wasn't really at all sympathetic any kind of way, even Sozin was sympathetic understandable even though he left Roku to die and completely butchered all of the Air Nomads (Why are they even called nomads anyway if they actually live in the temples and aren't wandering the earth all of the time O_o ?).
Well it's a name that certainly fits in my opinion :/ Especially since modern feminism feels an awful lot like the Equalists to me >_> There are definitely still things that need work, but there's hardly anything that I've seen or know of to get so worked up about... Oh yeah, I definitely hate all of those kinds of opinions, heck, just because a girl happens to be a damsel in distress once, or many times, does not mean that it's not feminist or saying women are weak! Sometimes you just run into something you can't overcome along and you have to let someone else do it for you, or have to have help with it, it's something guys have to deal with too, I really hate the whole double standard thing people have going on -.- Of course a girl is weak is she breaks down or has something she just can't overcome by herself, but if it's a guy in the same situation, oh no, no problem here at all! >_< The writers deserve your respect even if you don't like what they're doing (heh, Halo seems to be my go to for examples since I'm using it yet again >_>), like the latest Halo book, Glasslands, I absolutely cannot feel anything but despisement for the direction Karen Traviss (the author) took the Halo universe in, but I don't direct any of my hate for the book onto her, she's not a bad writer or some sort of hack at all, the book was very well written I thought (except for being a bit biased and not really presenting opposing points of view to the authors :/). Yeah, it was a little bit rushed, but I mean, I don't know what people were expecting...I knew from the beginning that it would be a different sort of show from AtLA and that it had the potential for having flaws due to being the first season of a new series and with a shorter number of episodes than the parent series. Oh definitely, I would have probably been ranting and raving if they left us on such a negative note and we had to wait a whole year to find out what happens next...plus I don't think a powerless story arc for Korra would have been at all interesting >_> I mean really, what can you actually do with it? :/ I think my only conclusion about people in general and especially in fandoms is that TV viewers are a bunch of real morons >_> I mean come on, really? People can't tell that Mako and Asami broke up? Seriously? I get so sick of seeing crap like "he didn't even break up with Asami" or "when did they break up?"....it sure was pretty daggone clear to me that that was a breakup >_> Some of the people I see commenting about Mako...I really just want to slap them so hard, and then smack them with a frying pan...and finally, feed them to the Flood, grrrrr >___< Some of those claims about their argumen in the kitchen are really quite stupid as well, like I've seen people calling him a liar >_< About what? O_o Still being confused over his feelings and still denying to himself as well that he can't be in love with Korra? Hardly cause to hate the guy... I think one of the things that takes the cake though is one comment I saw about their argument in Episode 7 when Korra is accusing Hiroshi (it would not surprise me at all if it was OddlyEnding who wrote it >_>) This right here >:| (that whole series of reviews of LoK and pretty much all of the comments on there piss me off to no end though, they're cause of this whole long rant :/ ...) Scroll down to post by "Artic Hare", just so urrraaaagggghhh... (This though, is a fantastic article I think,And this one too.Might as well throw this one too :P< That last one is especially good, especially at explaining why Mako would react that way to Korra's accusation). People seriously need to put themselves in his shoes here, how he handled it sure isn't something to be proud of, but it's understandable, and no reason to hate him, I mean, like pretty much just the episode before Korra went out with Bolin, at least subconsciously/unconsciously definitely not intentional on her part, in order to make Mako jealous, and Hiroshi has done nothing but good by Mako and Bolin, and by extension of the Fire Ferrest, Korra as well! It's a totally reasonable reaction, and honestly why are people reading so dang much into the "consider our frienship over" comment? -.- They're having an argument, when tempers are up people say things they don't mean at all to either hurt the other person or get them to stop, it's normal human behavior! Case in point being in the S2 finale of Buffy, that whole argument that Buffy and Joyce had after Mrs. Summers found she was the Slayer...she didn't mean it at all when she said that if Buffy left she couldn't ever come back. I think always felt like it was the same thing here. And at the end of the episode how the bloody, sodding, gorram #(*^(*$%(#$U&% is that not at all an apology, or "proper" apology!?!?! >_> You can tell he means what he's saying, and Korra forgives him, that should be enough for us...and what's so wrong with asking if her earlier offer still stands? O_o I'd probably be asking the same thing if I'd just gone through a fight with a freind... sorry about the massive rant, that whole "Mark Watches Stuff" series of reviews of LoK just really got me pissed to no end, especially the crap about the finale... :/
Another of my favorite reactions was that guard that Sokka tricked into letting the prisoners out on Boiling Rock once he realizes he's been had and the Warden is absolutely pissed XD Yup, totally...when am I ever going to really need chemistry? >_>
I think so..."Damn Yankees" reference? Or referencing the Tarrlok/Amon scene in the finale? :/ All the Disney movies growing up? Haha maybe :P Cinderalla was ok, it wasn't one of my favorite ones, but I do like it :/ Sleeping Beauty is probably one of the ones I've seen the least out of them all...we never owned it so I barely ever saw it, I think I've only seen it once or twice >_> Robin Hood was another one I watched all the time too. Yeah, "I'll Make a Man Out of You" is my getting pumped/excited song XD haha
It is annoying, it gives us a general idea...without telling us anything at all :/ I loved it when Hei Bei did his laser-scream thing at him XD He was a very stuck up monkey, haha. What exactly do you think of Koh? Like what would you say his alignment/morality is?
Oh yeah, that strategy will not get you anywhere at all I'm sure >_> It's just so pointless, all arguing like you're right and everyone else is wrong for even daring to have anything resembling a different oppinion is going to get you is your audience seething at you. Definitely, over thinking anything really does tend to suck the joy out of it, as for the "finding a flaw in anything if you look hard enough" that is so unbelievably true, I used to point that out all of the time when arguing lore stuff with Halo fans, or the whole "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" :P Like in one of the games there's a ship that's sitting in a holding cradle in a ship yard that they all claim is too big/heavy to be able to fly in an atmosphere and despite the fact that it had boosters helping it lift off, and we've seen bigger (and smaller as well) ships belonging to the same faction just floating in midair (The scene in question.). And yet they claim that it'd be impossible for it to do that or that it breaks canon -.- Or I've seen some people complaining about the Mecha Tanks in LoK being made of platinum, or all of the platinum Hiroshi had in his secret factory. It may be harder to find in the real world, but we don't have people who can create whole caves and caverns and the like by themselves just by moving their arms and legs around :P ...makes looking for natural resources under the ground so much easier, haha.
Oh yeah, that's why I typically call him that in conversation rather than Combustion Man :P He was a cool guy, I thought it was neat how he had a set of working prosthetic limbs in a fantasy world. I love the whole steampunk sort of feel to Avatar, it's so cool. I thought the whole "Day of Black Sun" episode was excellent :D I think one of the reasons I like it so much is that it was pretty much the first AtLA episode I saw. That was definitely cool when Aang called up the last four of the previous Avatars for their advice. Oh man, that final Agni Kai was just beautiful and sort of disturbing all at the same time. Sozin's Comet was just such a great finale everywhere, though it was really sad when Sokka lost Boomerang and Space Sword :( He should have gotten them back...I'm going to have Bumi II use Space Sword in my fics :P I dunno whether it will be he got it through going on some epic adventure and search for it, or because I'll have had Sokka never have lost it though.
Yup, he definitely gets a snort and a chuckle from me whenever he turns up...Amon a boat :P The Water Tribes were always the two nations I wanted to learn the most about their culture, it feels like we really didn't get to see too much of it :/ Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation we got a pretty good idea since pretty much the whole show was spent wandering around those places. Oh yes, more information on Republic City would definitely be great, I think it'd be especially cool learning how the Council members are appointed and such.
It really is, The site I was going to link you to used to have tons of 'em and all kinds of TV shows, now most of its dead, I don't even know if some of the epsidoes for shows even have links on them anymore :/ I've had to find other methods...AtLA and LoK still seem to have plenty though >_> *knocks on wood*
Me neither, haha :P I don't want to go too AU in my crossover, if we hadn't learned that Bolin was getting a love interest next season I totally would have paired him and Asami, haha. Oh, Tahno is most definitely not "hot" or "cute" by any stretch of the word...he just creeps me out, and I didn't really like him or find him at all interesting as a character :/ I don't get why so many people seem to think he should be added to Team Avatar, it doesn't make sense, Team Avatar is fine with just Korra, Mako, Bolin, and Asami, and the occassional "guest star" like Iroh or Tenzin and Lin >_> Yup, Iroh was the much more sensible choice, haha. Both Lieutenant and Iroh are interesting, but yeah, Iroh at least a name and so much more backstory. Mustache Guy was most definitely a durable piece of work, he falls off multi-storied buildings and comes back for more the next episode...gets b***-slapped off a cliff by a couple ton polar-bear dog...yeah, guy is like made of iron or something :O Faith would probably fit right in amongst the Fire Nation, got the rightish sort of temperment, looks kinda Fire Nation...and I was planning on making her a Firebender too, dummo at one point in the story or how far into Book One it'd be when she becomes a victim of Amon's debeing...though it should make for a funny scene, expecting her to be all helpless without it only be thrown around like a bunch of pillows due to the whole Slayer strength package >:P Amon is not going to like having to deal with Faith and Oldish!Buffy when she comes along and joins the fight either XD Imagine a Slayer pulling off stuff like Ty Lee or moves from Suki and the Warriors of Kyoshi >:] If you can't tell, the Equalists won't be doing quite so well in my fic as they did in the series... :P
Yea, him and Zhao...we didn't get much on Zhao that was sympathetic. I think that some of the airbenders traveled around and then we had the monks...but its all really vague, i don't understand much of what was going on with those nomads :/.
Its ridiculously frustrating. Some of them act like any woman who doesn't think men are scum and wear makeup are anti-feminist. Like I said, thats actually taking women back. And everyone needs help, its part of being human. And I hate those double-standards! So when Katara acted super protective of Aang and threatened to kill Zuko she was being a BAMF. But when Mako threatened the Equalist when Korra was in immediate danger, that makes him controlling? Or when Aang cried or was hung up when Appa was taken, he was being sensitive, but when Korra cried she was being weak? I mean, are you friggin kidding me? And also, when ppl insult and offend others for, say, shipping Makorra, what they're doing is offending a real life person in the real world. Thats way worse than anything Mako ever did in his fictional world to a fictional character. These people are nuts -_-. That article is such crap >:[...i don't understand these ppl. Yea, I've read those articles, I really like the last one a lot (because what Hiroshi did was pretty bad for Mako...not nearly on the same lvl as it was for Asami, but still bad) and i think Korra Realist's blogs are quite well done ^_^. I know, exactly, everyone keeps saying "mako should've done this" and "should've done that" but when do ppl do everything that they're supposed to do? And then I don't understand why these ppl are acting like they themselves haven't made any mistakes, haven't accidentally hurt someones feeling in their lives...it just doesn't make sense. Honestly, there's a portion of this fandom that im really disgusted with. I know! I mean, what the heck is a "proper apology?" Usually when ppl apologize, they say they're sorry but try to explain why they reacted the was they did...and I feel like if he had gone into this really long apology, than others would say he was too melodramatic and therefore unrealistic -_-. Honestly, I feel like Mako and Korra are probably the most realistically written ppl on this show. They both have shown both solid flaws and virtues and they both have good hearts but don't necessarily say or do exactly what they should and what would be perfect. No worries, sometimes you have to rant, like you can see with the one i just went into.
Yea, that was a really good one too XD. Random thought: i kinda miss Hawky...whatever happened to him? O_O
It was the Tarrlok and Amon scene reference ^_^ Oh yea, I loved the Robin Hood one, sometimes when im in a good mood i listen to "oo-de-lally" ^_^ Have u seen "The Emperor's New Groove?" When I saw the previews, I thought it would be really dumb, but it was actually quite hilarious :D
Um, Im having a bit of a harder time figuring out Koh. One the one hand, I would say he was more amoral than anything. Like, I thought that he did things not to be necessarily evil, or for malicious intent, but more because he could. But then I was thinking of how he was purposely trying to startle Aang so he could steal his face...so Koh is still an enigma to me :/. If I had to choose a side, I'd probably say he's more amoral than anything else, but there is evidence to the contrary, so he's a bit difficult to suss out. How about you?
Yea, and you'll never learn anything from anyone that way, which is kind of sad, honestly, but frustrating for those who have to deal with ppl like that :/. Thats totally true, and saying "absence of evidence is evidence of absence" is an example of a logical fallacy...not what ppl on this forum have been saying. Lol, I know, being able to mine a resource is much more cost effective than what we've got going on in the real world. And plus, Hiroshi had a crap ton of money and im sure he got financial backing from the equalists, so im pretty sure he would be able to afford that much platinum :P.
Lol, its a much better name, and whats funny is that Combustion Man is actually a lot easier to type but not nearly as much fun XD. I know, I think its awesome, and when i first heard of the modernization of LoK i was a bit worried, but I actually liked it a lot. And considering the technological advancements made in AtLA, it seemed like a pretty natural progression to me. Oh yea, your first episode always stays with you ^_^ I think mine was "The Kyoshi Warriors" I remember seeing the previews for AtLA, and i thought it was going to be so stupid, primarily because they were advertising towards the very young kids. But then I started watching it and started thinking, "this is kind of kick@ss..." I know, that whole finale was beautiful, just beautiful. I was sad when he lost those two also, especially his boomerang, it had been with him the whole time :(. But then i was pretty glad when Suki came back ^_^. Sounds good to me, i would probably have Bumi go on some adventure to find it, but it really depends on how much more you want to write. But thats one good thing with writing your own fanfiction, if something happened in the show that you didn't like, just change it ^_^.
Lol, that one was excellent XD I've also seen "Amon and Amoff" which gave me a chuckle...Oh yea, thats one reason why im really looking forward to this next season, because I think we'll get a lot more clarity on both the Avatar mythology and the Water Tribes.
Yes, plz knock on wood, Nick rarely plays either so we need the internet O_O
I know, I don't see why ppl want him on Team Avatar...to me, he was funny but i don't want to watch him on a regular basis :/. Lol, i know, I kinda like how the Lieutenant's durability has become a running gag in the fandom XD...see sometimes i think this fandom is awesome and sometimes i think its awful :|. Oh yea, she would definitely be a firebender i think. Hehe, as it should be, the equalists certainly weren't the "good guys..." no matter how ppl want to spin it, they were taking their beliefs too far.
Nope, definitely didn't see anything in Zhau to make me view him in any really sympathetic way. Well Aang definitely traveled around a lot...but they don't really seem all that nomadic since they go back to the temples :/ Yeah, I don't really understand them either...Gyatso is cool though.
That especially is ridiculous when they act like men are animals and pretty much turn it all around where if they were in charge they'd be doing the exact same thing to men as they claim is done to them....oh wow, now I'm like really, really seeing parallels with the Equalists O_O It's kinda scary how many you can draw. Double standards are the worst -.- Plus the Equalists are all wanted terrorists, doesn't matter if they're just common mooks or not, they're all wanted. I wouldn't justify actively torturing them, but him threatening the Equalist like that is really no different when the lead cop, investigator, or one of those other types of people starts tyring to make the suspect or actual perpetrator uncomfortable and they try to sweat a confession out of them so to speak. Or even Sokka pointing his sword at Azula during the Day of Black Sun and demanding to know where Suki was, I really doubt he was going to run Azula through with that sword, but he sure was threatening her with it in an attempt to get information, just like Mako was with that fire. And speaking of Episode 9, what bloody h*** was so wrong with that episode that everyone's so sodding worked up over??? O_o Yeah, they act like she gets her bending back by crying, um, no, that's not it at all. She finally really connected like the whole focus of her character development and personal plot and story arc had been on all season long! This wasn't something that just randomly and unexpectedly came up out of the blue that no one saw coming. And really? What other way was there to restore her bending? Or how they act like it's not at all traumatic or anything that pretty much her whole IDENTITY had just been ripped away from her by some whacko with a mask >_> It's not going to matter if she still has her Airbending, that's like telling...I'm searching for an appropriate analogy, but I can't find one, so I'll just go with this...someone who's just lost their favorite pet that they at least have other pets. Yeah it's a good thing, but it's not what they need to hear right now, and it's not really going to help anything saying that. They act like everything should be hunky-dory in like ten seconds and Korra should be completely over it in no time at all >_> Totally, I don't think any less of people for ascribing to a certain idea, most definitely when it's something (in the grand scheme of things) completely pointless like a fictional story. That's just rude and immensely uninteligent and a whole bunch of other things I shouldn't say out loud (at least not on here).
Yeah, Hiroshi was pretty much an evil fiend (to put it lightly) to almost every character on the show, and most especially Asami. I've definitely liked everything I've seen from Korra Realist so far, I've been browsing around on there most of today. Anyways, in that situation in addition he knows that Korra's been jealous of Asami, and it's a perfectly reasonable response to think that maybe she just might be letting her jealously cloud her better judgement at least on some level. And if he even was serious about that threat, I'd consider breaking off a friendship with someone too if they were going to be petty toward my girlfriend and her family >_> Exactly! Everyone's acting if they've never done anythign wrong and any kind of perfectly human screw-up makes you some massively evil b****** and iredeemable jerk... Yup, that's exactly how people apologize in real life, or they just say "I'm sorry for X" or "I'm sorry X happened" or even just first two simple little words and nothing more >_> Which are perfectly fine if they truly mean it. But yeah, I've seen some of the stuff people have written as a "dis is wut Maihko should have seds, his apppalogeez are teh suxorz, durp" apologies just really suck and are overly dramatic and just ugh, in addition to trying to pin everything wrong on him they're trying to make him out to be some villain who should be on his knees begging the hero to kill him for being an iredeemable monster doomed to hell for all of eternity twice over. And another thing about that episode, how is him wanting to go down into the secret tunnel (bursts into the hippies' song from "Cave of Two Lovers" XD haha, agh, I love them and that song) and find out for Asami at all controlling or abusive or anything? As far I know he has no idea how capable she is at defending herself, and who know's what's down there waiting, and plus, if I were in her shoes, I'd much rather be told the truth about my dad being one of the villains second-hand by someone I really trust than having to actively confront it myself :/ But yeah, all of that is definitely why Mako and Korra are like my absolute favorite characters so far in all of LoK and have the potential to be my favorites maybe in the whole Avatar series by the end of LoK's whole run. ....Jeez, two whole paragraphs, that all turned out longer than I expected...all this ranting to an audience that is fun to talk to and more or less agrees with me is...cleansing, I might not need to take a detox break after all XD Though I should still probably rewatch the series again, haha :P
Aw, Hawky :( Yeah, I want to know what happened to him...he and Momo were fun together, haha XD They should have made him a full character like Momo and Appa were, or at least have him keep showing up as a background character, like maybe flying messages back and forth between Sokka and the Invasion Force or something :/ I hated how they just completely dropped him, he was a cool bird....I want my own Messenger Hawk, and a Fire Ferret, and Momo's breed of Flying Lemur....he's much better looking than his cousin breed that Aang found with the Sky Bison population and we see in LoK :/ But feel free to be as random as you want to, haha, random is good :P Random is the spice of life that makes it all the sweeter...and ok, that was lame, haha...I'll, I'll stop now, and go hide under my bed in shame :P haha
That's what I thought it'd probably be...but since we were on the subject of musicals and such I wasn't too sure XD Oh my gosh, the Emperor's New Groove is like the best non-musical Disney movie ever!!!!!! I absolutely love and adore that movie, the funny stuff makes me laugh every time no matter how many times I see it...I like the LoK crossover pics I've seen, I'd show you them (if you haven't seen them) but I don't have the links :/ They're funny, the best one I think though is the one with Hasook based off the scene at the beginning where Kuzko has the old guy thrown at the window for throwing off his groove XD
Yeah, being a spirit and all and not having our own sense of morals makes him kinda hard to figure out, I definitely agree that he is rather amorral, though I would say he's amorral very much leaning toward mediocre villainy. In the sense being that he's not your "muahaha, I will take over the world!!!" black mustache twirly Big Bad type villain, more like the guy who could be really evil if he wants to be, but for the most part just sits in the shadows and only really seems to act evil to those who come to him for the most part. Like taking the face of Kuruk's wife to me always just felt really petty and kind of like a "for the evulz" type move on his part >_> His motive for helping Aang seemed kind of like Spike's evil motive for helping Buffy in S2, he wants the world to continue more or less naturally and balanced otherwise he wouldn't have all of these delightful faces to steal from people when the mood strikes him.
Haha yeah, that's definitely a logical fallacy, a pretty big one, not any arguments people have been making for Mako or in defense of him. Yup, being pretty much the richest man in the whole wide Avatar world would definitely let him do that, and plus what would they be really using it for? Most of what we use platinum for in the real world probably wouldn't have been invented yet or a real use for it wouldn't have been found yet by them I don't think...and of course it could just be more plentiful there. But yeah, it's not anything to get yourself so worked up over :P haha
Yeah, unfortunately :/ I'd use Sparky-sparky Boom Man all the time if Combustion Man wasn't easier to type out. I was actually more worried about the Equalists being a credible threat and/or capable villains than the technology, seeing as they were all non-benders (except for Amon) and all. I think they might have made them a little too capable >_> The technology definitely seemed like a perfectly logical progression and something that made sense in the series, it'd have been cool I think if we got to see the Mechanist's submarines perfected, that'd have been cool, you'd think Iroh or Bumi would have had some of those with him or something. Yeah, when it first came out I had no interest at all in seeing and I remember making fun it heh...I am ashamed, especially since I had a phase where I even was making fun and disliking the Disney classics :'( "The Kyoshi Warriors" is one of my favorites in AtLA, the Warriors of Kyoshi are one of my favorite groups in the series. Yeah, and it even came back to him in Avatar Day after he lost it to the Rough Rhinos too :/ But yeah, Suki coming back and saving the both of them made it all so much better...I think one of my favorite parts in the finale was the ruse they use to get all of the crew of the airship into the bomb bay XD haha, that was hilarious "You guys, I can't believe the captain remembered my brithday!" heehee, so great, only Sokka could actually make that work :P I think I would probably make it a "Zuko's Mom" sort of thing, I cruelly hint at this big huge epic adventure Bumi went on either to find the sword or finding it along the way, only to never tell the whole thing :P Yup, the beauty of fanfics, though sometimes "fix fics" are annoying, mostly I like changes if they either to make the story better, or to make an AU or something.
I think I've seen that one too :P Well we're definitely going to be getting something on the Avatar, and we'll probably be getting something on the Southern Water Tribe at least since that's where that festival is. How early/late into the season do you think they'll all be heading down there?
Well if you ever need links to Avatar episodes and such I got 'em :D ...I have quite a few actually so I always have back ups for like if certain sites have poorer quality or if they'll only let you watch a certain amount of minutes without paying for a membership or something...I miss Megavideo :(
Yeah, neither Tahno or Iroh are really needed on the team full time, I definitely want Iroh to come back sometimes, but if Tahno were to ever come back, for me it'd always have to be an antagonistic sort of role, or at least laced with antagonistic undertones if not outright, and he'd have to be a minor character on like the level of AtLA's myriad minor cast members. It really has XD I once tried to count how many times he got his @ss kicked onscreen to try and figure out whether he had more lives than a cat or not...but he didn't even come close to 9 lives, so even after Amon's Bloodbending crush he should still be good and back for more :P ...he just needs to be more careful now as he's running out. He's the new "Jet": "Did, did the Lieutenant just, die?"..."You know, it was really unclear" XD haha Yeeeaaah, sometimes you just gotta love 'em, other times you just want to scream and rip your hair out, hah. It was a pure stroke of brilliance when I realized how well Faith fit Firebending, hehe...it'd be interesting too, to see something like bending worked into a Slayer's fighting style, I imagine Faith would probably use those fire-blade things Zuko used on occasion quite a bit since Slayer style is all about being up in your enemy's face and pummeling them into the ground. I imagine Faith kind of taking after Zuko, being able to kick your butt into next week with either bending or just brawling. I know I'm not going to make Buffy a bender, but I wonder what bending art would fit her best, or the rest of the Buffy cast >_> I've also wondered which houses they'd wind up in if they were sorted at Hogwarts, haha XD ...I think that Tara would probably be a Hufflepuff >_> But I have no idea about anyone else. Yes indeed, Equalists stink because of their extremes, they definitely weren't really portayed positively, but I think Bryke made them a little too capable >_>
Yes, Gyatso was indeed awesome ^_^ The airbending culture really needs to be examined a bit more as well... i feel like the nomads and the monks were two different factions so they lived quite differently, but they never really addressed that :/.
Exactly, I think feminism should be about choice, not "if you don't act this way then that means you are an enemy to women"...its just too extreme. I know! I have no idea what ppl were in such a tizzy over -_-. I mean, first off, other characters did actions very similar to that before, and secondly Korra was in immediate danger! Of course they shouldn't be tortured, but thats not what Mako did, he was just threatening him, and as soon as the guy told him Tarrlok was lying he left him alone...and then there are ppl saying "well he would've burned that guy" how do u know that? Can you now read the thoughts of a cartoon character? The fact is, we don't know how far he would've gone, he didn't go too far and thats all that friggin matters. Its just an explanation of ppl blowing his actions way out of proportion. Like I've said, I think there is a part of this fandom that has lost their damn minds -_-. I know! It seriously wasn't out of blue, she had been working on connecting with her spiritual self this entire season, especially epi 9. And seriously, being the Avatar was her entire life and her entire identity. Is that a good thing? No, but its realistic. What happened to her was awful, something key to her and that she loved was ripped out of her in a couple seconds...thats not something that you just buck up and get over. And if Aang had waited to restore her bending, then ppl would be going nutty over this huge plot hole and wondering why he didn't do that sooner.
Yea, and what Im wondering is, those ppl who love Asami so much, why aren't they more pissed at Hiroshi? He was her father, she trusted him more than anyone. And then some ppl say that Mako should've stayed loyal to her after this terrible thing, but it was Hiroshi who did said terrible thing. And all Mako really did was fall in love with Korra...Hiroshi tried to friggin kill Asami. I don't care what anyone says, thats quite a bit worse than anything Mako did. Exactly! First, I don't even think he meant that threat. Secondly, she really had very little evidence, so its reasonable that he wouldn't believe her. And third, Hiroshi gave Mako and Bolin so much. I think Mako looked up to Hiroshi and honestly didn't want to believe that someone he clearly trusted and admired was a monster. I bet you that if he had taken Korra's side, ppl would be saying how could he betray Hiroshi and Asami on so little evidence. Again, its just a no-win situation. Lol, that was a pretty good impression of some of the Mako haters XD. But seriously, I think his apology to Asami in the finale could've been better, but he clearly meant it, so im not going to get up in arms about it. Lol, always a good time for that song XD. I know! he was just trying to protect her, ppl are interepreting him being protective as being controlling. And this is where the double-standards come in, when Katara was really protective of Aang, no one said a gosh darn thing. Its like if a guy is protective of a girl, it makes him controlling -_-. Oh yea, they both are really quite realistic...ppl just act like everyone needs to act perfect and never get upset or angry and then they'll be fine -_-. Thats not realistic...whats realistic about Korra and Mako is that they do really good things and they're good ppl, but they have moments when they don't say or do exactly what they should, and thats what good ppl in real life do. Just because you say or do something you necessarily shouldn't doesn't automatically make you a bad person, and i feel like the hating part of the fandom are on just such a one-track mindset. Haha, no worries, I totally understand, as you can see I needed to get some crap out myself. Its just nice to be able to rant about this hooplah with someone who gets it and where I don't have to worry about a troll slipping in and cussing me out.
I know, I really liked Hawky, he was pretty kick@ss XD. I would love to have messenger Hawk, that would be awesome...but I think the cutest award would probably have to go to Pabu. For crying out loud,he made me melt every scene he was in...I didn't even know a cartoon animal could be so gosh darn cute ^_^ Lol, thank u, that makes me me feel better, sometimes im just thinking something and then the most random thought just pops in.
I know! That movie was so funny, I think my favorite character was Kronk XD. I loved the part when he was going to dispose his body and then made his own theme music, and then his shoulder angel and devil XD...hehe, that was a good part too, that movie was just friggin hilarious, I was laughing almost the entire time XD.
Hehe, black twirly mustache villian, thank you for the funny image XD. Yea, I agree though, thats why I think he's pretty interesting. You can't really tell what he wants or why he does what he does...i really do hope they bring him back. Yea, I agree, that fits Koh more...hehe, I liked Spike's speech to Buffy, one of his good ones XD.
Exactly, its just not something to worry about. Some of these ppl im just like "you have way too much time on ur hands O_O"
Yea, I think they made them a little too formidable, mainly in the area with their chi-blocking...because that seems like a really difficult technique in which you have to be incredibly talented to not only learn but to be able to do effectively in a fight,,,so I thought it was a bit unrealistic that so many ppl were able to be so good at the chi-blocking. But I liked how they incorporated the modern technology into giving the Equalists being more powerful...i thought that was well done. I know, i feel so silly now judging the show :(. Yea, the Kyoshi warriors is a great group...do you think we'll see them at all in LoK? That part was great, I especially liked the random convo between the random fire nation dudes XD. Lol, nice, way to be cruel, that sounds like an evil plan laugh moment >:).
I really don't know, Im thinking fairly early...but they did say that half of it will be set in Republic City...again, something of season 2 im unsure of :/.
Sweet, thank u ^_^. I know, megavideo was really helpful, when I went to it and then saw that its taken off i was not happy :(.
I agree, I do want to see more of Iroh, and I think we'll see a little bit, but certainly not a large amount. And i'd rather Tahno come back more of what he used to be, that was kind of funny, but I don't want him to be part of the team...again, I don't see what all the fuss is over him. Lol, I know, exactly XD. I actually asked that when Amon threw him into the wood pile XD. Oh, I miss the fire blades, those were pretty kick@ss. Huh, im thinking she'd be earth...or maybe water? Wow, that wasn't helpful at all, my bad O_O I know, I always wonder who would fit into what house. Im thinking that Buffy could be a gryffindor, xander would probably be a hufflepuff...but then im stuck :/. Have you taken quizzes of what house you fall into? I always get hufflepuff...
That seems to happen to some people a lot >_> Like it's happened to Chi13 before too, I knew it was you though, I recognized the Nony Numbers as I call them :P
The other Airbenders we saw at Aang's temple were all too stuffy and kind of jerks...at least the kids :/ I loved how fun Gyatso could be. Hmm, that could be, interesting idea, very interesting.
That's exactly what it's all about, having the choices, that's what freedom is in general, having the choice to do something or not. And choosing to have a boyfriend or whatever doesn't make a girl weak or anything of the sort...one of the reasons I'm really glad that Bryke chose not to do a "depower" story arc for Korra after Amon took her bending, is to me at least, it has a few too many unfortunate implications >_> It seems to be a trope that happens with female characters more of than not... Exactly, and Mako's a older teen/young adult, he's not going to have as a big a handle on his emotions like Tenzin and Lin (not to mention she is/was the Chief of Police, the whole "bad guys kidnapped someone" is something she deals with often enough) do, and he's been bottling up his feelings for Korra and trying to ignore them and she's never needed help before, so again, he's of course going to be freaking out more than the others are. Not to mention everyone knows how big of a threat and how dangerious the Equalists and Amon are, when Bolin got kidnapped, while still a bad situation, wasn't quite so dire because they didn't know enough about the Equalists to really fear them. I mean, Mako's kinda of just brushing the first fight with Chi-blockers they have as nothing too out of the ordinary. So yeah, I don't get why they think his reaction to Korra getting kidnapped is supposed to be so bad...they're totally different situations. And yeah, as soon as he learned what the guy knew he just put him back against the wall where he was before. And why would Tenzin care about Mako threatening the guy anyway? Considering that Tenzin used to be Lin's boyfriend, I imagine he's seen intimidation techniques a whole lot worse than that >_> Mhm, and not to mention, characters in other media have gone much further and actually have maimed or injured the people they're interrogating...yet no one hates on them for that >_> Yup, working toward fully realizing her connection to the previous Avatars was one of Korra's biggest goals the entire season...and I'm pretty sure the Airbending block and the block on that aspect were either one and the same, or closely tied together, so once she could Airbend they were both for the most part gone. And yeah, why on earth would Aang have waited or made her go through it all trying to figure it all out herself if it was something he could fix right away? There are some things the mentor just has to take care of rather than letting the hero(ine) try to deal with, and being left without their powers with no way of getting them back besides intervention from the mentor character is one of those things that has to be fixed.
Yup, Hiroshi did far, far, far more to hurt Asami than Mako ever did, and in the grand scheme of things, Mako really did jack-squat to her...breaking up with your boyfriend is really no big deal and easy to get over in comparison to your dad deciding you're better off dead and no longer his kid >_> Hiroshi is just scum. And in any case, I'm tired of people acting like Asami left everything else from her life behind because of Mako :/ She would have done all that anyway due to her convictions about the whole revolt and what was right, Mako had little to absolutely nothing to do with her choice. I mean, if Asami had just found out on her own I doubt she would have attacked and electrocuted her dad, but she would have still left him and the Sato Mansion. Yup, he had every reason to disbelieve Korra. I don't think he really meant it either, like I said, the two of them were arguing, and people say things all the time during an argument that they don't really mean. Yup, totally "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation, I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of people hating on him all throughout the series, regardless of what sort of stuff happens :/ Mako could probably run into a burning building and save a whole orphanage and litter of puppies...and they'd still find some reason to hate him for that >_> Haha, thank you, it was meant to be humorous. *shrug* Eh, I guess so, I thought it was perfectly fine, because it's not all his fault, they both contributed to the mess in their own ways :/ But yeah, he obviously meant what he said, and it was clearly enough for Asami. Nope, a girl being protective over a guy, it's all "oh yeah, wooh, this is so well done, go them!" ...switch around and you get a whole bunch of derogatory hate comments and claims. Hypocrisy and double-standards are really one of the things that I hate the most in people. Yeah, it feels to me like a lot of people act like or think characters should all be Ikki fantasy-land perfection (haha), when reality is much closer to Jinora's love advice than anything else :/ That's why I love Mako and Korra as characters so much, they're very realistic, and their relationship is as well, I think Bryke did a really good job with it all.It really does seem to be running around on a one track mindset...whenever I come on here for the first time each day I wonder something along the lines of "what sort of actions or out of story facts (like Mako's name and it's meaning) will they be twisting into something awful today?" >_> It is, and it's kind of good practice for coming up with new stuff to say about all of the different subjects of Mako-hate/bashing...and yeah, the best part is not having to worry about trolls attacking us, they just stay under their bridges :P
I wonder what ever happened to him :/ I've seen some "evil" fanfic writers who make someone shoot him down for dinner or something...which doesn't make sense, considering that you never know if you'd be shooting down a personal message from the Firelord for someone important, or something else... And seeing as they're hawks, and thus birds of prey, they're not exactly going to fall prey to other creatures themselves...at least not where they're typically used, out in the Si Long dessert and such where Buzzard Wasps are they might run into trouble, or if Sparky-Sparky Boom Man is arround :P Master Pabu was indeed adorable, and I definitely think he's probably the cutest, Momo win the "Awesome Award" though...I miss the way Appa and Momo were for the animal characters :/ Naga and Pabu haven't quite felt like characters in their own right like Appa and Momo were...oh well, hopefully they'll get there, and they're definitely quite awesome now. I want my own Avatar animal...even if it was just a Platypus Bear or Ostriche Horse or something...that would be cool.
Oh yes, I love Kronk, he was hilarious...one of those Avatar/Emperor's New Groove mashups I saw had Amon and Lieutenant as Eezma and Kronk, it was funny looking (mostly because it was those two in their lab gear) XD There we some funny crosses...I must say Korra looks really weird as a llama >_> I liked the llamaey looking Polar Bear-Dog one I saw better :P haha
Yes, a black twirly mustache villain like this guy! I suppose that's one reason, he's definitely not an obvious villain that's for sure, as malevolent as he is. I mean, what reason did he have for taking that poor girl's face? What'd Kuruk ever done to him? :/ The whole "Happy-Meals with legs" thing was funny :P
Well I didn't have a problem so much with their Chi-blocking as the Equalists seeming totally unstoppable...like how they took over Republic City so easily :/ Or like how they completely succeeded in everyting at the Arena attack...it looked like, to me anyway, that plenty of the cops would have noticed and been able to stop their attackers. The lightning from the glove was rather noticeable and they weren't all happening at once >_> I sure hope we do...I mean, I can't imagine why they wouldn't have appearrance, they were pretty key in the war, much like the White Lotus was, and now look at where the White Lotus is...though I like them more as a secret society that no one knew about :/ It'd have been cool I think if they'd just gone back into the shadows and anonymity after retaking Ba Sing Se. You mean the one between like the guard and the engineer or whatever? Before the one guy came up talking about his birthday? Yeah, that was pretty funny too, Bryke can be quite the comedic masters when they wish to be.
Yeah, I'm thinking it will probably be earlier in the season, like we'll probably get to see those scenes from the animatic sort of as a "where are they now" kinda introduction to what the characters have been up to, and then they'll probably meet up or something to head down to the South Pole. Yeah, they said there'd be more wandering around a leaving Republic City this season, which going to be cool, we finally get to see more of the Avatar world again and how it's changed :D ....O_O I wonder how much bigger Ba Sing Se is now? It pretty much took up half a continent in Aang's time...I can't imagine the city now...
Mhm, totally welcome :) Yeah, I can't watch the Final Fantasy VII movie anymore because the link to it I had was a Mega Video :/
Yeah, didn't Dante Basco mention doing some recording for Book 2 or something on Twitter or one of those other social networking sites? Mhm, if he comes back at all he still needs to be a cocky, jerky sorta fella, haha, he's more fun that way :P There's no reason to fuss over him, imo...he's a good rival sort of character, but he's not that interesting. Oh yeah, they were so cool looking when Zuko was using them to try and duel Azula in her first appearance, they were like fire tonfas or something...but they were pretty darn awesome, they kinda remind me of a blow-torch or something like that. Yeah, probably either of those two :P I know she definitely wouldn't be a Firebender or Airbender...I think Buffy probably fits earth more, as she's rather unyielding and sticks to her guns so to speak, takes an awful lot to make her even come close to backing down. Gryffindor is definitely how I see Buffy, that's for sure...I think Spike would probably fit into that House too >_> I suppose Hufflepuff fits Xander pretty well. I think Willow would probably be Ravenclaw, considering how much she likes learning and all that...she seems very Ravenclaw. For Giles...my thinking would either Slytherin (considering his past >_>), or possibly Ravenclaw as well... No, I don't think have, not that I remember, if I were sorting myself though, it'd be a really tough choice between Raveclaw, Gryffindor, or Slytherin, because I really like learning and using my head and all of that, I feel like I'm rather cunning and kind of plan things out and whatnot like a Slytherin >_> But no, I don't think I have taken any quizzes for what House I'd be.
Heh, nope, I'd never seen that particular Comedy!Amon before...that one was pretty darn good XD haha
Hey thx for defending me in the Mako post with my link...stupid disclaimer didn't work -___-. Oh and kudos for shortening my name to Apsalar :D I actually wanted to be just Apsalar, but then someone had that name so I had to tack Lady onto it (she's called the Lady of Thieves also...that was my reasoning...).
The other monks were pretty stuffy and jerky, now that I think about it...so much for the "freedom" philosophy :P. But I really am hoping we learn more, particularly since we got so many more episodes, woot :D.
Exactly. And another point, if Mako was such a chauvinist, he wouldn't have been in love with Korra, who is arguably the most powerful bender in the world. And, they got together after he witnessed her go into the Avatar state, so he certainly isn't intimidated by her strength. I know, his reaction made quite a bit of sense to me honestly. A lot of times, it takes the possibilty of losing someone to realize how much you love them. I know! Thats a point I make all the time. The situations with Korra and Bolin were completely different, but he was clearly concerned about Bolin and going to great lengths to rescue him. And someone said, why didn't he start freaking out when he saw what Amon could do? But Mako was clearly trying to think straight. He stopped Korra from rushing onstage and made a plan to get Bolin out of there. What bothers me a lot is when ppl act like he doesn't care for Bolin or that he treats him badly. First off, Mako clearly loves Bolin a lot, there are a ton of examples. And secondly, I feel like a lot of those ppl who make that argument don't have siblings. You're not super nice and patient with your siblings all the time. There are times when you snap at them, no matter how much you love them. And Mako never said anything mean or over the line to Bolin, he just got impatient once in awhile, and understandably so. Exactly, Tenzin clearly didn't see over the line with what Mako was doing and understood it. And like you said, there have been instances in tv, movies, and literature where someone does something awful to another in a high stress situation, and while its not good, it makes sense. And Mako didn't do anything to the guy, so I don't see where the issue is. Precisely, and if Aang hadn't restored Korra's bending then we would have to go through the whole "learning the elements" storyline again, and that would be awfully dull :/.
I know! (geez, I say that a lot in our convos XD) People are on Mako for what he did to Asami, but they seem to be forgetting what Hiroshi did to her. And Im thinking that having my father wanting to kill me would be more traumatic than having an amicable breakup with my boyfriend of a few months -_-. I am really tired of that also :/. And the funny thing is, the ppl who say that then go onto say that Asami is "best gurl evar!" But if she betrayed her father only for Mako, that would make her one of the dumbest and most shallow characters. She clearly turned on him because she didn't believe in what he was doing, not for the Krew. Obviously, it wouldn't have been in such a dramatic fashion (but where's the fun in that? XD), but those ppl are giving Asami way too little credit, and Mako way too much. I feel the same way too, I have an uneasy feeling that when Mako does do something awesome, the haters are just going to say that he's a creator's pet and they're just favoring him and trying to manipulate us -_-...its such a cop out. Hypocrisy and double-standards probably frustrate me the most, and unfortunately, it runs pretty rampant in the fandom :(. Another hypocritical thing I keep seeing, is this "apologist" crap. And then the same ppl say how Zuko's past explained his actions...we've always used the motivations,intentions,and backgrounds of characters to analyze them, i don't know when it became "apologizing." Precisely, love can be messy and complicated, more often than not. In real life, ppl get confused, but as long as they're genuinely good ppl and apologize (which Mako and Korra did) I don't see the issue. Oh I hate the Mako name hooplah, and saying the definition is "ironic" -_-...when they say that the voice-actor must be rolling in the grave, i get quite unhappy. It was a very sweet gesture, and others shouldn't be cheapening it because they dislike the character (especially when a lot don't). Yea, it actually is helping with fashioning arguments :). In my book (which I finished last night, woot :D) there was a part where one character is just completely overcome by hate and the desire for vengeance. And there was one part where another character was stating how the betrayal against the first character did not earn such a brutal reaction, and that the proportion was all wrong to begin with leading them to believe that the proclivity to madness was there even before the betrayal occured. I remember reading that and thinking how much that related to what was going on in the fandom, and how nuts some of these haters come off. Anywho, sorry for the rambling, I just thought that part was awesome. Lol, and yes, its always best with the trolls stay under their bridges XD.
O_O why would anyone do that to Hawky, even in fiction? I thought Pabu made a good character, but Naga less so than Appa, definitely...except she sure is useful, good grief. I love the part in "Nightmare and Daydreams" when Aang hallucinated Momo and Appa fighting XD.
Lol, those sound funny XD. I've seen some memes of Kuzco as a llama that are pretty funny...like when he started crying, or the "bring it on" part XD.
Hehe, that link gave me a giggle :). I know, and not just doing that to Kuruk, but what did his poor fiancee do to Koh? She especially didn't do anything, but still got her poor face stolen.
Yea, there were definitely some plot holes there, particularly with the arena. They never explained how the equalists snuck the gloves into the popcorn...i've alway kind of wondered about that...I agree, I did like them more as a secret society :/. Im also wondering why Aang decided to expand them and task them with protecting the avatar...do you have any thoughts on that? Yea, those two, I thought that was funny, particularly because ppl have awkward convos like that all the time during awkward silences.
Yea, I was thinking that would be the intro as well, and then they all sort of relocate to go to the festival. And I really think that the Krew is going with Korra. In the animatic at the comic con, Bolin was there, they all get winter attire, so I don't know why some ppl are acting like they're splitting up :/. O_O I didn't even think of Ba Sing Se, but thats a really good thought...i also really want to see how the Fire Nation has changed as well.
He did, but I think he only recorded one episode, so Im thinking that he'll just pop up one more time and then be gone. Those crazy Iroh fans are going to pissed if thats true O_O. Exactly, there's no reason for him to get this much attention. I know, Zuko only did them once now that I think about it...I hope Mako does them at some point, that would be pretty kick@ss. Yea, I would definitely go with earthbender for Buffy, now that I think about it. She's a bit tougher and more solid than I think a waterbender, who are more fluid (pun sort of intended). Spike is really hard to place...Willow does seem Ravenclaw to me, and I would probably put Giles there as well because he was so logical and intellectual. Yea, I always want Ravenclaw but I always get Hufflepuff. I just don't want my ghost to be the fat friar >_>.
Good, that one makes me laugh, particularly the last panel XD.
Yeah no problem, you're my buddy-chum-pal (and yes, that is now a word XD haha) and my NB, so of course I'd be doing that :) ...though I'd probably be sticking up for whoever posted it anyway, it's nice that BlackJackKnight is being more reasonable there *knocks on wood* the talk has been very pleasant, he/she isn't as bad as I thought they were. It's a cool name, and yeah, I know how that feels :/
Yeah...Gyatso seemed to be the only one who thought that way :/ And now the White Lotus are all a bunch of stuffies too in Korra's time, it seems that the people who are supposed to help the hero out are always too prim, proper, and stuffy to do it right and often do more harm than good or cause far more headaches than is necessary >_> But yeah, most of the Airbenders we've seen sure don't seem to exemplify their "Air is the element of freedom" philosophy so much...I was chuckling right along with Korra when she sniggered at Tenzin saying that :P I'm glad Tenzin's not too stuffy though...but he does need to lighten up, too bad Aang couldn't teach him how to be so carefree and lighthearted :/ hehe
Totally, he wouldn't have wanted Korra the way she was at all if he was a chauvinist...they typically don't like strong women >_> I don't know why chauvinism made me think of the "Abuse Cycle" blogna again...but good lord is it a load of crap, I found a tropes page for it on TV Tropes. Le Linky to page! I am so glad I never read that darn thing...reading the spoilers included for the tropes mention on here just makes me so mad...th-thi-this isn't Legend of Korra at all, it's some other show masquerading as Avatar and marring our whole beloved world and characters >_< I want to smash something...just so gorram infuriating, picture Korra getting frustrated and then firebombing the spinning gate contraption...then multiply it several billion times over, yeah, that's me right now *sharp whistle* Oooh, Gravemind...I have some tasty idiots to feed your glorious Floodyness >:) man, how I would love to feed OddlyEnding to the Flood, and all of their little parrots >_< ...Maybe Koh would like their faces when the Gravemind is done with 'em all... But yeah, that old saying about, "you never know how much you truly care(d) abour something until it's gone" is so totally true, and definitely how it was with Mako and Korra then. Definitely, you can tell by his tone how worried about Bolin he is, like after hearing about the brewing Turf War for instance when he and Korra are pounding toward Triple Threat headquarters, or how he sounds when they hear/see Pabu. And yeah, he knew that just blundering up there wouldn't help anything and would only get them all caught, he was all "focused" as Bolin described him before a Pro-Bending match, he knew where Bolin was and he knew he could get him out, letting whatever panic he was feeling overpower him at that moment was not the way to save Bolin. He even sounds rather intense/worried when he's explaining his plan to Korra about the steam vents too. That really bothers me as well, anyone can clearly see how much he and Bolin both care about each other, the only time I can really think of where he was really that harsh with Bolin was in the brother's first appearance in the second half of the premierre, and even then it's more frustration than anything else, as it's obvious Korra isn't anything new, both of them have gone through this multiple times before. And plus, Bolin kinda deserved to be told off in the finale, I mean he was trying to cheer Korra up, but it wasn't the right time, and even then, Mako isn't harsh with him or anything, he just kinda bluntly and stoically points it out that it's not the time for it. Hehe, you're probably right, it wouldn't surprise me if people claiming he's unpleasant to Bolin all the time don't have any siblings >_> Or like Katara and Sokka, they fight almost all the time and yet anyone can tell that they love each other and are really close siblings despite their hang-ups. Like "Taken" for instance, Liam Neeson's character does all kinds of...unpleasant, stuff to the people involved in the kidnapping/prostitution ring (I can't really say I feel sorry for any of them, but still), or Agent Gibs and Director Vance on NCIS, both of them have done some rather unpleasant/questionable things to get the suspect or perp to talk...I remember one instance where Director Vance brought in an ax (like for chopping wood) and stuck it into the metal tabel! Yup....frankly depower arcs to a story are always pretty boring, I can't really think of one that I've liked >_> :/
(And I seem to say "yeah" a lot XD haha, or some equivalent) Hiroshi definitely had a bigger role in any of this than Mako and should be the more focused on/criticized, but nope :/ Indeed, if it was all just for and because of Mako...then I have no words to even describe how shallow that is. I mean, I'm sure her friendship with the Krew and relationship with Mako played a small part in it, as people are pretty complex, but yeah, she did it because of her morals and ideals. Oh damn, you have no idea how annoying it is seeing people claim Mako to be the "creator's pet" trope, it is so beyond infuriating to me >_< Speaking of manipulating, I can't help but laugh at the people who seem to think (or hope) that Makorra is just some sort of trick that Bryke are trying to pull on the fandom so they can troll/subvert/criticize Zutara or Zutara shippers more :P It's just too funny, haha. They sure do seem to be a common ailment for Avatar fans at large...which is really sad, but yeah, why is ok for people to talk about or use that for Zuko, or Azula, or Amon/Noatak and Tarrlok...but not Mako for some reason? O_o The whole "apologist" argement whenever it's used anywhere always seems to be such a cop-out claim and lame insult... I get close to turning into a big green rage monster like the Hulk when I see it. It's just so silly and just rude. I think Mr. Mako Iwamatsu would be very pleased that Bryke would choose to honor him in that way by naming a very major character after him, and it's really just so heartwarming and sweet, a really beautiful gesture, ah, man...I'm such a mushy sap at heart :')...I think it's one of the reasons why I actually started liking Mako so much in the first place :P It sounds interesting...or you could use the parrallel with Hiroshi and how he just became consumed by the rage and grief of losing his wife and let that get the best of him.
I have no idea, it made me feel really mad and sad...I don't get how they could that to poor Hawky, he was such an awesome bird. Yeah, Pabu was definitely more of a character than Naga, and quite loveable (my crack ship is Nagbu :P hahaha) ...I hope Naga gets to become more like Appa. Oh my gosh, just yes ^_^ Nightmares and Daydreams is probably one of my favorite episodes because of that, it was just so hilarious, one of the funniest episodes. "Baby, you're my forever girl" hahahaha, that one cracks me up every time XD
I really want to find them all again *goes to google image search* I found my favorite one ^_^ heeehee Link. And this is the one I was talking about the llamaey looking Polar Bear Dog link ...Polar Korra just looks so sad and forlorn there :'( I want to give it hugs... I think one of my favorite parts was where Kuzko was all "Haha, yaeeaaah, I'm a llama again...wait" XD Have you seen the whole Mer!Mako thing? What the heck is up with that? O_o ...this one is just plain creepy >_> though also rather hilarious in a freakish sorta way.
Snidely Whiplash was always a funny looking guy...heck, all of the Rocky and Bulwhinkle show was funny XD Yeah, I know right, did she even have a name? O_o But yeah, why would he have to take it out on her, whatever his grudge with Kuruk was...I kinda hope Kuruk kicked his ugly old @ss after Aang met up with him when he was reconnecting with the most recent past Avatars while in his coma.
Well, I imagine that wouldn't have been too hard, I don't think Lin and the cops searched the concessions...obviously whoever was selling them was in on the whole thing, and then they just put the glove or whatever into the box of whoever identified as an Equalist, maybe through that scarf/mask with the red dot on it? Maybe Aang wasn't expecting them to become big and mainstream like that? (If they weren't already when he died) As for why he asked them to find the next Avatar and protect him/her, I imagine it was because he wanted to try and avoid a whole 'nother Hundred Year War type situation where the Avatar would go missing for such a long time or something like that, idk. Haha that is definitely true, I've been in many of those kind f awkward conversations before too XD
Yeah, I think they're probably all heading there together too, I think they'be probably all kind of gone their separate ways in the six months between the seasons, some more than others, as I'm sure Mako and Korra are probably seeing plenty of each other and whatnot. They're definitely not going to split up though...not for a while at least I'm thinking >_> Yeah, definitely wanna see the Fire Nation again...I wonder if Omashu is any different too.
Well, he'll appear in however many he appears in, I don't know how many that is, but I do remember that Twitter or whatever comment on doing some recordings for Book 2. But yeah, I don't imagine him being anything that major. Mhm, I def want to see it come back, with either Mako or Korra, also be cool seeing more fire being used to push the user around or pseudo fly with it like Azula and Zuko did a couple times. Yup, earth is definitely much more Buffy's personality...I always loved doing this sort of thing, trying to decide what characters from another series would best fit and stuff. Yeah, Ravenclaw definitely seems the best fit for Giles when we see him in the series at least...but idk, Slytherin just sorta seems to fit the whole "Ripper" phase of his, and not just because Slytherins are stereotyped as bad/evil :P Everybody seems to think that those Hufflepuffs are lame, haha XD I didn't like how they made the Bloody Baron look in the movie :/ >_>
Haha yeah, that last panel is one of the funniest parts XD Oh, you know what meme I really love? Sokka's drunk mushroom dance thing overlayed on top of the boat explosion death of Tarrlok and Noatak...it's so bad but it's also just so funny :P I can't help but laugh at it :/
Lol, thats a funny word XD and i've got ur back too ^_^ Yea, I really don't think BlackJack is as extreme as she (i think?) tries to come off...she's actually apologized to me several times, and we usually can find some common ground to agree on...sometimes I feel like some ppl just act super negative and extreme just to do it :/.
Yea, I've noticed that pattern, it seems like defying authority, even for Aang, is a common theme with the avatars. I've also noticed that parent problems is a huge pattern. In fact, I think Korra is the only teenager from AtLA and LoK who doesn't have some sort of parent issue O_O. Yea, I think its pretty funny how Tenzin acts so proper and stuffy and then we get a glimpse of Aang once in while ^_^ Geez, Im just glad Tenzin kicks @ss with his airbending though, we never really saw Aang do that, except when he was in the Avatar state :/. Do you think Korra's voice is going to be different when she goes into the Avatar state? Im kind of hoping so, Aangs sounded pretty cool....
Yea, chauvinists usually don't like incredibly powerful women, from what I've heard and seen of them >_>. What the f**k?!? That makes no sense, that isn't The Legend of Korra at all. What the crap are they even talking about?!? I mean, make a work of fiction, fine, but why the hell are some ppl acting like there is ANY evidence to support this fanfiction? I mean, it makes no sense. I actually think that this fanfiction sullies the good name of crap. These ppl are out of their damn minds >:[. I know, Bolin and Mako have a really good and sweet relationship, its not fair for ppl to try to twist it into something bad. And as for the finale, everyone paused and gave Bolin a look, it wasn't just Mako who thought that it wasn't the time. And Mako didn't even yell and wasn't mean at all. Yea, I didn't see that movie but I read the summary on wikipedia (hehe, i tend to do that with movies that im not going to see but what to know what happens ^.^') and it sounded pretty intense, to say the least. One book I read, a guy cut off another's dude arm because he was with a group that took his wife and wouldn't give him info...the thing is, I feel like a lot of ppl aren't understanding gray morality. To do something like that to an entirely innocent person is bad and completely wrong...but to do that to someone who you know is a part of something pretty awful and had something to do with possible the torture and murder of your loved one (and you have solid evidence) makes quite a bit more sense. And like we've said before, Mako didn't even friggin do anything!
I know, I don't know how Mako came to be the bad guy and Hiroshi isn't. Yea, im pretty certain they played a small part, but certainly not the main reason. If they were the main reason, than she would've betrayed them after she figured out Mako is in love with Korra. I know, he's not a friggin "creator's pet..." you could find a trope for any character and stick them in it...im just do tired of ppl saying that "well this character is a trope, which makes them automatically poorly written." I mean, there are hundreds of tropes, you can find one for any character if you want to >_<. Yea, that theory is crap, Bryke has specifically said that they're not trolling anyone...im honestly starting to think that they're not paying attention to this fandom anymore...and I hope they're not, because they don't need to read these stupid criticisms. Yea, I think ppl just call others an "apologist" when they don't have a logical rebuttal and they just want to find a cop out. It really was very sweet, i think Mako Iwamatsu would be happy ^_^. Yea, I was thinking of Hiroshi too...i think it was a good explanation of when someones reaction to something is just so disproportionate to what happened...and I think that those who hate Mako so much are either a) Crazy feminists who think all men are scum, but especially one who isn't prefect all the time b) Bitter losers who are jealous of a cartoon (O_O) or c) People who just look for controversy where they can find it, easily infuenced, and just like to troll and shake things up. Because honestly, Mako's actions are so disproportionate to the reaction that I can't imagine any rational person hating him :/.
I know, thats just cruel :(. Hehe, Nagbu, i love the crack ships and their names ^_^. Lol, I know, that episode was really hilarious, and that part was classic ^_^.
Lol, those were really funny, thank you for the laugh :D. Lol, I love that part too XD God now I really want to watch that movie again. Yes, I have seen the Mermako, I think it came from that there is a type of shark called Mako...but thats the only logical thread I could find :/. Wow, that was creepy, but I still laughed...what does that say about me O_O. I found this and thought it was pretty funny:http://maidsamafaangirl.tumblr.com/image/30228270243
I think her name was Ummi...yea, but she had nothing to do with what was going on with Kuruk and Koh...I dunno what happened after that, I kind of want to figure it out though, its a pretty interesting story... \come to think of it, how did Kuruk die? O_O We know how Aang, Roku and Kyoshi died, but what the heck happened to Kuruk?
Yea, I dunno how exactly they snuck those in, but im not losing sleep over it...I would have to say that was my favorite episode. That makes sense why he would do that, but it seems the ones in charge of the OWL are taking his intent a little too far.
I agree, I don't think we'll see them split up, at least I hope not. I want the Krew to grow together, and I definitely want to see Makorra develop ^_^. That would be quite interesting to see, im also wondering if the customs in the NWT have changed as the world has modernized.
Yea, I think Iroh II was more of a nod to the past characters more than anything. Because, honestly, he doesn't really fit into the Krew beyond what happened in Republic City. Yea, that would make sense, and also Slytherin's aren't necessarily evil just really ambitious, and they're pretty intelligent too, so Giles could fit :/. Lol, its true, it seems that most ppl want to be in either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. Me neither, I liked how they did Helena Ravenclaw, especially in the last movie.
I love that meme too XD. That whole cactus juice story line, is I think the best one Sokka had XD.
It's not funny, it's epic...and totally awesome 8) Well that's cool, I've never really had too much of a problem with him/her, except for not being able to really take them too seriously because of how he/she phrased all the comments :/ It sounds like BlackJack could be a pretty cool person if they were a little more civil/reasonable in their arguments most of the time...
Must be, or that authority figures get too big for their britches and start thinking themselves above the Avatar or something :P Like both the Earth King and Sozin tried to intimidate/order Kyoshi and Roku into doing what they wanted them to, haha. Yeah, an awful lot of characters seem to either be parentless, or their parents rather terrible for various reasons, like Toph's being stifling is probably the nicest one there's been...everything else has been doom and gloom, like Ozai with Zuko and Azula, and so on. Mhm, that's the reason I can never find Tenzin as bothersome or obnoxious as the other White Lotus people we saw and Korra's Firebending Master...why can't we get Old Master type characters like Bumi or Iroh more often...or Yoda, he seemed like a fun Jedi Master in the Original Trilogy of Star Wars. I imagine she would, that's part of the whole Avatar State after all....that would be a little weird sounding though, that thunderous multitude of voices that winds up sounding kinda male coming from Korra XD haha But that was one of my favorite parts of the Avatar State, whenever we got to hear Aang speak in it, the whole "Tell me where Appa is!" line sends chills down my spine every time I hear it...
No indeed, they like women who will do what they say or want them to do...not someone like Korra, I really don't even get why people would think Korra is even the type of characte to take anything even bordering on abuse. If anyone tried anything resembling it on her, she'd probably kick their @ss...I mean, look at how Tarrlok insulting her turned out, if it hadn't been for his Bloodbending, he'd be one cooked goose. I know right!!!!! Seeing/reading that tropes page enraged me beyond belief >_< How can he even justify such crap as Tenzin cheating on his wife?!?!?!?!?! O_o that is so grossly out of character that it's not even funny...and I thought Mako being an abusive b***** was bad enough! Heh, yeah, calling "The Abuse Cycle" is probably an insult to crap...I'll bet it'd be insulting to all the other derogatory words out there too, h-ho-how can anyone even write this bovine excrement? >:[ It's honestly one of the worst pieces of gargabe and refuse of humanity that I have ever seen >_< It really isn't, the whole relationship and dynamic between Mako and Bolin is one of my favorite parts of both their characters, they're such great brothers and I just love their interactions with each other...I think one of my favorites was just after Mako rescued Bolin in The Revelation, I loved that whole part with "Yes, Mako! I love you!" ^_^ And yeah, pretty much everyone is giving Bolin the look there...that seems to be kinda Bolin's flaw, as sweet and nice as he is, he doesn't really seem to know when it's better to be quiet or how to put something more delicately, like the finale for instance, or at the beginning of Episode 7 when he's talking about him and Mako going to stay with Asami. Taken was a pretty intense movie, the best part though is probably his message to the kidnappers, I can't remember the whole quote, but it's awesome :/ But yeah, I can't say I feel too bad if it's being done to people like the Equalists and other bad stuff >_>
I've seen some people claiming that they have different standards or something for bad guys >_> Which to me is just rather dumb, all the characters should be held to the same standards, I don't cut the villains any slack for being a villain... Mhm, I'm quite that she would have gone Equalist if that were the case behind her turning her back on her father. Yeah, that is pretty true indeed, you can twist almost any character into almost any trope you want... I sure hope Bryke is ignoring the fanbase for the most part, I know that I sure would if my fans were acting the way I see this one act up. That all about sounds right to me >_> I can't really think of anything else they'd be besides all of that... A lot of it sure does seem to be just people jumping onto the "hey, let's all hate Mako" bandwagon, I mean it's not anywhere near widespread throughout the whole fandom, but I think it's probably popular enough that people would think doing it too makes them look cool >_>
I intend to give Hawky a full, long life of usefulness and companionship for Sokka :) He deserves his awesome bird...and it could be used to help in fights too...go for the eyes, Hawky >:D Half the fun of shipping I think is coming up with names for the couple being shipped XD "You've been pushing yourself too hard, you've got to take better care of yourself." I love humanish Appa, he was awesome, and looked pretty darn beast in his armor, both in the hallucination and when Sokka had actually made it for him...I wonder how awesome Naga would look with armored stuff on >_>
Totally welcome XD Hmm, maybe...it's always interesting finding out how a meme got started. I don't know...I laughed too, so more importantly what does that say about us? O_o Some people are a little too good at drawing really creepy faces with their fanart... XD BAHAHAHA rofl...that's probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen...I will admit though to sorta shipping Old!Zuko and Old!Katara together as I sorta kinda ship Zutara in AtLA too...well not so much ship it as kind of enjoy the pairing and can see where the shippers are coming from. I actually really don't have any preferrence for Zutara or Kataang :/
That's right Ummi...I wonder how you pronounce her name would it be Oo-mee, Yeum-ee, Uh-mee, Uhm-ee, or what? >_> Sure doesn't seem to fit the whole Water Tribe pattern that's for sure... Idk, for some reason I'm thinking that most Avatars probably just wind up dying of old age, I think sans Roku that's how all of the named ones we know wound up kicking the bucket.
Me neither, and yeah, "And the Winner is..." is one of the best LoK episodes...it and the finale are probably amongst the top of my favorites list. Oh they definitely are, even if Aang wanted Korra kept safe, he most assuredly didn't mean to lock her in a compound in the middle of nowhere away from the whole world and completely isolated. I like it though how Korra managed to figure out she was the Avatar all by her own little lonesome self at just four...and the skill she had with her bending already was pretty darn impressive.
Oh mais, yes, definitely more Makorras, I can't get enough of those two together ^_^ I hope they get some cutesy sorta stuff without being all oogi and gooky like Masami or Kataang... I'm sure they have, but yeah, I'm wondering that too. Oh you know what I really want to know, is how exactly Korra found and tamed Naga...and I wonder how old they both were then too :/
I do want to see more of Iroh II, if only to learn about the Fire Nation currently and Zuko and all that... I hope they don't just like drop him completely, because I feel like he could be a cool minor character in his own right as opposed to just walking fanservice :P Slytherin is the House I would want to be, either that or Ravenclaw. Yeah, she looked cool. The way I pictured the Baron was kind of like a fleshy Grim Reaper or something...not a foppish looking French King Louis typ aristocrat :/
The cactus juice was definitely one of the best things Bryke did...though I think my absolute favorite was Ember Island Players, or the Chibi Shorts, it'd be really nice if LoK got either or both of those XD :D
Its totally epic XD. Yea, I think she's actually pretty cool, she likes Game of Thrones (yay...) but she just seems to be a bit a negative sometimes/a lot...
Yea, they might put it as an "obstacle" for the avatar to overcome!!! *epic music starts playing...im tired chose your own epic music" Exactly, like I said, I think Korra is the only one without parent issues...thats why I was so surprised when I heard both of her parents were alive O_O. Oh yea, we really do need a cool Jedi master, like Obi-Wan Kenobi, that would be awesome. Except I hope he doesn't die and then they try to make it up to us by him becoming "part of the air" or something to that effect -_-. Yea, I was thinking that we would hear a predominantely female voice (her voice) like Aangs was predominant in his many voices. Oh my god, I love that part ^_^ That was so awesome, I seriously got shivers as well XD.
Exactly, people just keep overlooking these very obvious facts that clearly show this fanfiction would NEVER happen, in any universe. Oh my god, that fight was amazing ^_^. But anyways, i know!!! (there goes my catchphrase) Actually, the Tenzin storyline, clearly shows how far off base this fanfiction actually is. And the funny thing is, the ppl who read it hate Mako and think he's a dirty cheater, but then they are perfectly okay with Tenzin cheating on his wife and kids...i mean are you friggin kidding me?!?! I know, they have a lot of really cute moments, they clearly are very close to each other. Yea, I think that scene was just him talking too much and trying to be super positive when it was just inappropiate.
Thats good, you should ^_^ Hawky deserves Sokka and Sokka deserves Hawky :). Well I can understand it a little, but they're acting like his actions are way worse than the villians, which is clearly not true -_-. I think my main point of the hate is that the people's reactions are so beyond disproportionate to what actually happened. Oh, did you hear that tumblr is doing a tomorrow "Mako Criticism Day" -_-. Apparently some ppl were pissed that there was a "Mako Appreciation Day..." so tomorrow (well my tomorrow, ur today) im just going to be happily browsing the Makorra tag. I don't think its necessarily the most popular opinion, just the opinion that makes them a "rebel" and "smart" because they weren't manipulated by the show...load of crap -_-.
I know, im a bit scared that i laughed O_O Im glad u liked it ^_^ I thought it was pretty hilarious as well. Yea, when some Zutarrians in the Avatar club heard that Zuko was still alive they joked "oh, so they're noth available ;)" I really didn't care either way, to be honest. I thought Kataang made the most sense and they went together the best, but the main reason I was supporting it was because my twin really liked them...i went for Kataang for her, and then I convinced her to go for Makorra >:), muahahahaha..O_O, don't know where that came from...anyways.....
I think it pronounced Oo-mee, but then again i pronounced Mako as May-ko for the first couple episodes o_o. And I noticed that Tonraq and Senna didn't fit...I wonder where those names came from...yea, Kyoshi was definitely old age, Aang sort of was (who knew that being stuck in suspended animation for 100 years would be so bad for your health?) so I guess Roku so far is the only one that we know of who didn't die of old age...poor bastard...
Yea, I would probably go with that one, the finale and I really like "Out of the Past" we had fight scenes (Korra breaking out was awesome), plot twists, revelations, flashbacks, and most importantly Makorra :D. I know, it was pretty awesome how she did that, especially since I think she's the only avatar whose done so, except maybe the first one. Makes me like her even more ^_^.
I know, I love them together :D im so excited to see them as an actual couple next season ^_^ Yea Im really hoping that we don't get over-the-top cheesy though, the "sweetie" in Kataang kind of killed it, but I don't think we will. You know, some ppl keep saying that their dialogue was cheesy, but I really didn't think it was :/. They didn't have any sweeping proclamations of love...when they shared their feelings for one another, it was pretty brief but honest...i thought it was friggin sweet. I really want to know that too, they have such a sweet relationship as well. Im thinking she found Naga, maybe tracked her when Korra was like a teenager...either that or Korra stumbled upon her when both were pretty young and she sort of raised Naga...which is a lot more likely than my first theory, so just forget my first one.
Yea, I want to see more of him as well, he could really be an interesting character I think...i guess im more tired of the comparisons between him and Mako (they're firebenders and attractive, the similarities end there) and then saying "Iroh is a real man!!!" -_-. Yeah, if you want to find out just google "sorting hat quizzes," there are A LOT and you can pretty much find which one you think is the most accurate. Lol, thats a pretty good description of him XD But I agree, I imagined him a little more bad@ss and creepy.
The Ember Island Players was pretty hilarious and the shorts. I really liked the one where all the guys were trying to ask out Katara XD. They might not do an Ember Island Players one just because they might not have time, but they could definitely do a chibi short.
I will choose something by the band "Two Steps from Hell" :P haha, all of their music is suitabley epic for everything. I love Tonraq and Senna, they seem like really cool parents...I'm glad that we'll be getting to see more of them in Season 2 ^_^ Senna seems really sweet :) I wanna get to know Korra's parents better. I'm sure they'd make some differences between the voices, like Korra's Avatar State looks pretty different from Aang's, imo, the glow is much more white/golden looking to me. The whole Avatar State for any Avatar is just awesome...I like it better when they're not just tapping it on then off and are actually in it when fighting or doing whatever, I like that much better and that's how I think it should be...kind of hard for it to actually have that drawback/danger if you can switch off a nano-second after going into it >_> Plus it just doesn't look as cool or awesome.
...Well, maybe it could happen in Warhammer 40,000 since that is such a crap-sack universe and grim-dark anyway >_> But most definitely in any normal story universe that the average fan enjoys. It was, but yeah, haha, anyone insulting Korra better watch out, or like when she and Mako weren't exactly friends yet, she threw that ball back at him hard enough to send him sprawling XD haha it's kinda scary how strong Korra is sometimes... Yup, just a horibble, horrible, horrible to the umpteenth power story, I don't see how anyone in their right mind could ever see it as being true in any sort of way at all either AtLA or LoK or anything at all in the Avatar series. I seriously want to know how OddlyEnding could even think it was any kind of good idea >_< Oh, you know how haters are always claiming that Mako and Korra liking each other came out of nowhere...they must have all missed the very ending of the second part of the premierre or something >_> The meanings in the scene where they're both gazing out across Yue Bay were oh so obvious :P Bryke was practically smashing you over the head with it, like "look, see, they're starting to crush on each other *smack* see, see, see, Makorra is going to be the endgame" XD haha I enjoyed knowing how it'd all turn out though, it's one of the reasons why I never had anything close to hatred for Asami, it was never a question for me if she was going to be breaking up with Mako, but when, haha :P
I loved the part where Hawky and Momo were fighting and then Appa roars at them to force them into submission XD Even if they are herbivores...Sky Bison roarings are very scary. They really are, there's no need to treat Mako like the Devil himself or act like he's worse than Ozai or Yakone >_> No, I did not hear about this at all....tha- that's just beyond stupid, petty, and utterly ridiculous in every way -.- (you're on the West Coast right? So like three hours behind Virginia time?) Honestly, I think it'd probably be for the best if most of this fandom was banned from the internet or something *sigh* No character should have a hate day...that's just worlds of immature. Well there are plenty of people who do dislike him, but yeah I think that's pretty true, most of the vocal opinions (whether they're true or not) usually attract a bunch of parrots to them who just repeat what they say...even if it's something that's been brought up and disproved a dozen times over, had that problem with Halo: Reach :/
Yeah, most of the shipping I didn't really care about all on AtLA, I just sort of shrugged and went "meh" to it all :P Most of the time in a series I just go along with the flow (IE, canon) and ship whoever the writers put together. I like both ships, but I don't really have a preference for either of them. I wouldn't be pitching a fit or jumping for joy if Katara and Zuko ever decided to get together XD Haha, I've tried doing that with my siblings before, if I get them hooked on a series I'm interested in, or if we're watching one together I try to get them to like things that I like :P I'm the only one who's really interested in AtLA/LoK in my family though... I have no one to share my fangirling with :/
That works, haha, I've never really had a pronunciation for her name, but that one sounds right. "Tonraq" fits the sounds pattern, but definitely not the spellings, as he lacks a "k"...he just has the sound, but "Senna" is definitely one of the less pattern fitting Water Tribe names...if my fanon were true then it could easily be explained by her being Sokka and Suki's daughter :P For some reason "Senna" sort of sounds more Earth Kingdom like to me :/ "Ummi" though is the weirdest Water Tribe name...she doesn't sound Water Tribe at all, not sure which nation it sounds like it'd be in >_> Yeah, who knew O_o I think it was probably the Avatar State though, not necessarily the freezing...or maybe both of those put together did it. Mhm, poor Roku...what a way to go too, being left to suffocate on volcanic ash and poisonous fumes by your ex-bestfriend :(
"Out of the Past" is definitely another of my favorite episodes, I loved the whole sneaking into the Equalist base thing, and Korra's escape was definitely the best part, you can just hear the "I'm surrounded by such incompetent fools" in Amon's "I thought I told you not to underestimate her" XD ...Why does he even keep the Lieutenant around since he fails so often? Yup, and her whole bending away the wall of her room and "I'm the Avatar, you gotta deal with it!" was so cute and precious too, I love young Korra, she's adorable.
Whatever people might say about Bryke's romance writing skills...they sure do know how to put together great couples that just work. Neither of them, well Korra anyway, doesn't seem to the gushy type, Mako can be, what with his whole Eskimo kisses and so on with Asami, but I don't think that's necessarily regular behavior for him >_> ...it'll probably help too that Mako and Korra would both be out of the whole "infatuation" sort of phase of the relationship too, I've noticed with most couples in real life, and to some degree too in fiction, that when they first get together they tend to behave more like Kataang or Masami did. I don't think any the dialogue between Mako and Korra was cheesey either saying "I love you" to eachother isn't something cheesey...and that's about the only thing that even comes close to it that I can think of. Yeah, I'm thinking she probably found Naga when she was pretty young, most little kids don't tend to be as affraid of animals and such, especially ones like Korra, she probably would have been more wary and might not have even tamed Naga if she were older. But my bet would be is that they did a lot of growing up together...all the fanart I've seen tends to have Korra pretty young and Naga as a puppy...and oh my gosh, puppy!Naga is just so adorable looking ^_^ She's all small and fluffy and cute.
Same here, I'm even getting kinda tired of comparisons to Zuko...or people saying Mako's actions vs Zuko's isn't a legitimate argument and act like Zuko did stuff that was so much better >_> Haha but yeah, the Iroh/Mako parallels end there, other than both being awesome Firebenders and both rather attractive...what similarities do they have?
School Days Shipping is definitely the best one of the shorts, I think one of my favorite parts in it is when Aang throws his love-note paper airplane to Katara and she thinks Bumi gave it to her XD ...of course the hilarity of the ending is pretty hard to top too. Chibi Blue Spirit was cute, lol. Well, if the finale for LoK requires a lot of recapping they might, but otherwise yeah, we probably won't get an Ember Island Players Mark 2...we stand a good chance for Chibi shorts though I'm sure.
Nice ^_^ Usually when i think of "epic" music I go for something from Lord of the Rings...except the Shire music...that was a bit too light to be "epic." Im really excited to see more of her parents, they both seem like really cool ppl. For some reason, I keep picturing Korra as a "daddy's girl" which I think would be awfully cute. And Im also curious to see how Tonraq will be around Mako, heh ^_^. Yea, I think her Avatar state looked a bit different as well, a bit more golden. Do you think that the longer the Avatar line we go, the more powerful the Avatar gets? I like that better too, its a bit more dramatic and...using the word of the day...epic!!
O_O Lordy, i don't think I want to visit that universe. Seriously, Korra is ridiculously strong, I think some of it is comic relief, but she is quite strong, especially since she can pick up and throw grown men fairly easily o_o. I don't know what OddlyEnding was thinking, its just...ridiculous...I know! I have no idea what ppl are talking about when they say it came out of nowhere...they must've missed episodes 2-12 -_-. And, a lot of these same ppl then complain that the romance subplot took up too much time -_-. Oh yea, I was never afraid that Masami was going to be endgame, it was pretty clear from the get-go that Makorra was going to happen and that Masami was used mainly as the romantic obstacle. And honestly, for Kataang it was Aang's shyness...neither Mako nor Korra have that problem so A) I think they felt they needed to add this obstacle and B) It would make sense why Mako and Korra would move quicker.
I know, Appa can get freaky as hell when he want too O_O. Yea, but the "F**k Mako Day" is kinda backfiring from what I can tell. People are pretty disgusted with it, even those who don't like Mako. But the funny thing is, the Mako fans are turning it around and taking "F**k Mako Day" very literally, so its actually taken quite a funny turn XD. Yea, I live in Seattle, Washington so its 3 hours behind ur time I think. Thats the annoying thing, ppl just keep repeating the same argument, no matter how much others have disproved it...that sux, sometimes these fandoms are no fun :/.
Same here, I really didn't care very much...I kind of cared about Sukka, but only really after everything was said and done. No, I wouldn't be pitching a fit either, but my twin certainly would XD. That sux :( I have my twin and my dad. One of older sisters loves the show, but she doesn't want to rehash anything, when I start talking about relationship hooplah she doesn't want to hear it :(. But, I corrupted O_O i mean convinced my twin to Makorra and my dad loves Makorra, he just won't flat out admit it XD. You can fangirl with me, yay Makorra!!!! :DDDD<----my that was a super smiley fail.
Yea, the spelling of Tonraq doesn't really fit...and I was wondering where the crap Senna came from...but then again, the names don't have to fit the tradition all the time :/. That would be really cool, god, I really hope we figure what happened with Sokka and Suki in "The Promise 3." And with Toph. Do you have any theories on who Lin's father is? For some reason, I think its The Dark One, but I have no idea why O_O. And I keep thinking that Toph wouldn't marry...but I dunno if Nick would even delve into implying someone had an illegitimate child. Yea, I think it was the Avatar state that did it, something to do with energy maybe. Yea, thats a horrible way to go :(.
Yea, that was a great epi, and I feel like if Amon wasn't so composed and if it wasn't on Nick, he would've been swearing like a sailor at that part XD. I know, no one really knows how the Lieutenant got to his post....im thinking that he was giving Amon some "favors" *wink**wink* (im weird tonight, thank you for putting up with :) ).
I agree, I think they do a really good job with pairing ppl together who not only are equals, but who balance one another out really well. Yea, Im actually really glad that we skip that "honeymoon" stage and go right into when they're a pretty established and stable couple. I think that will make it a lot more interesting and more enjoyable for the fans. Oh my god, I know, little Naga and little Korra fanart is friggin adorable ^_^ I hope we get to see that in the show.
I know, exactly. I can understand when ppl compare in terms of character development and fandom reaction, but other than that its just silly. Exactly, they have practically nothing in common. And I don't know how saying "well Iroh's more attractive and powerful!" automatically makes Mako unattractive and weak. What's really is funny that I've noticed is that ppl who don't like Makorra and are criticizing it for being "out of the blue" really ship Irosami...and they had barely any interaction.
Yea, the "School Days Shipping" is definitely my favorite.Im hoping we do...im just worried if we get an "Ember Island Players" later in the series, if its going to stir up any old (hopefully...) animosity within the fandom.
That's definitely got some good epic music, so does Star Wars, or Pirates of the Caribean...and then of course there's AtLA/Lok...Halo has a pretty darn good video game soundtrack, a lot of times it actually sounds like it could be a film score. A lot of fans seem to think of Korra and Tonraq having that relationship, and I definitely do too ^_^ I'm wondering that too, I could see him maybe trying to be all intimidating toward him (though that would probably have been during the earlier part(s) of the relationship...which we don't get to see :/ *sigh*). I think the Avatar State probably does, though more from having more knowledge and such than necessarily power levels. Outside the Avatar State though I think they're probably all about the same...the thundering, epic, cacophony of voices definitely gets more powerful and extreme with each new Avatar though XD It is indeed epic...it's what I'd always use in any fanfic involving the Avatar series, that way the Avatar State isn't too over-powered or anything, and someone actually has the slim chance of killing the Avatar while in the Avatar State...though I really don't think anyone would have much of a chance to, hehe, it's way too scary epic :P I'd probably be wetting my pants and running for my life like Ozai did after he fixed the Avatar State for Aang >XD
No, Warhammer 40K is not a nice place at all...there's like, no hope of any kind at all, and everyone is inevitabely doomed, it's all just a matter of time :/ Some of it is definitely for laughs, but then there are just as many parts that aren't where she's being absolutely bad@ss and super-strong. I think probably one of my favorites of those moments is where she catches both herself and Mako on the edge of the Arena and then manages to toss him back up there ^_^ Tahno's reaction is just priceless...though the best comeuppance against the Wolfbats though was when Korra beat Tahno in the tiebreaker XD That was just oh so awesome...I could watch that all day, hehe. We haven't talked about Korra hate as much as Mako's...so I'm going to switch over to ranting a bit about Korra-hate/bashing XD You know what really annoys the hell out of me? The people trying to compare Korra and Kuruk >_< I mean, first of all, Kuruk wasn't bad or anything like that at all, the only thing giving that idea is Koh stealing Ummi's face...and even then he had no reason to. Really the only similarties between Korra and Kuruk is that they're both Water Tribe Avatars...and even then, they're from complete opposite ends of the world and separate tribes... Or all these people b****ing about Korra not growing at all as a character or not learning anything, grrrr! And why are people even saying bollocks like "she stole Mako from Asami, BOYFRIEND STEALER!!!!"...it's not her fault that Mako fell for her and his feelings for her proved to be stronger/deeper than those he felt for Asami :/ What, after Masami ship broke up should she just refuse to date Mako and make him go back to Asami (who he clearly wasn't going to work with) or just leave them all single and essentially emotionally torture both of them? O_o Talked about the endinb before and all that mallarky hooplah so need to really bring that up again...but why do they act like it was crying or being sad or whatever that got her her bending back? -_- Or complaining about the Equalist dilema...what exactly is there to understand about that? It's simple...the Equalists are causing trouble and upsetting the balance of the world, being a bender or supporting benders has nothing to do with why Korra chooses to fight them, she'd be doing the exact same thing if Amon had been someone trying to force everyone into being a bender >_> Where the bloody hell are these useless wankers getting the gall to even talk about "earning" anything?!?! So because Aang taught her Energybending (which you basically just teach by touching those two Chakras) the exact same way the Lion Turle (random wondering...why do some people say it's incomprehensible? Did you have any trouble understanding what it said? :/ heh) taught him or restoring her bending...which wasn't something any bender earned in the first place >_> But yeah...I dunno how anyone couldn't have noticed all those little signs, the only reason that I even initially started shipping Makorra was because of the Episode 2's ending and it being so obvious that it was going to be endgame, I can understand missing some of the other stuff in later episodes...as I think the details were things more likely to be noticed by shippers (not necessarily just Makorra shippers either). I didn't know whether Masami would be broken up before Book 1 ended though...I'd kinda forgotten until I came on here and started debating that LoK was originally just going to be Book 1 and nothing else. And yeah, they needed a different kind of tension for their romance since neither one of them are particularly shy or have any real trouble "spitting it out" as it were.
He's really just such a big loveable and huggable fluff monster though XD ...I want my own Appa :/ Oh I'll bet, the Mako-haters, or those more agreeable sorts dumb enough to go over the top with their claims or arguments so that they look like the former...they're really making a bad name for themselves, most people it seems would rather they just go away by this point. Heeheehee >XD Oh yeah, I noticed the rather literal meaning one can take it to, hahaha, I couldn't stop laughing when I saw someone pointing that out for the first time XD This comic takes the literal, literal meaning, and it's quite funny link. All of those comics by the artist are quite hilarious XD That's cool, my dad's family was originally from around the Washington area, dunno what part of the state exactly though... Mhm, I meant by the parroting though like they repeat the "cool" opinion and act like it's their own even though they only did to try and act all tough and cool and stuff...but yeah, things are showing the tendancy to just keep going in circles :/ They really aren't, they can be wonderful things...and then be just absolutely horrible the moment.
Haha, sounds like it XD Shipping and people's reactions to it are often usually rather funny. Sounds like my brothers when I try to talk about stuff like that, I'm always into the relationships and the like between characters...but I'm the only one who seems to actually like it if my brothers and I are ever watching the same thing. I'm kinda like your dad though, I'm much more of a closet shipper than anything else, I only ever really talk and geek out about it with other shippers. Yes, it's so very nice having other people to squee and fangirl with XD haha I totally can't wait to see Makorra develop...and even though it probably won't happen on the show, I wanna see Makorra kiddies XD Or Mako and Korra tieing the knot together ^_^ I've always been kinda curious about like what the marriage traditions are and such in the Avatar world...I mean for Water Tribes (or the Northern one at least) we know about the whole betrothal necklace thing...I wonder what Korra's would look like if Mako made her one, for some reason I like the idea of sort of mixing the Fire symbol and Water symbols together in some way. Nah, it's a nice smiley :P
No, they don't have to fit the tradition, but when all of the other ones so far have...it's kinda weird :/ I wanna know what happens with them so bad...I dunno if it's just my shipping goggles malfunctioning, but it sure does seem like the writers were kinda hinting at Suki/Zuko in the last one >_> ...which will be very frustrating, I want Sukka dangit! I dunno, part of me always thought the Duke might be possible...he and Toph kind of seemed to hit it off in the brief scenes that they had together. If Toph had Lin outside of marriage...then they'll probably just never reveal who Lin's dear old dad is :/ that's my line of thinking...
Haha, he probably would be XD ...I like the whole loaded with sarcasm and condescension comment we got though, hehe. Bahahaha, the whole Lieutenant/Amon pairing always cracks me up...what's the mashup name for that couple? Lieumon? I'm kinda glad we don't see him fighting mook level benders though, that way he's not really looking inconsistant, just looking funny having everyone kick him around XD ...or maybe he was the real brains behind the outfit all along? Maybe Amon is just the figurehead/secret-weapon and serving as the charismatic moral boosting spiritual messiah type person and Lieutenant is the real leader? Haha...I come up with weird and unlikely theories sometimes. Speaking of our dear old Lieutenant...but am I the only one who finds him kinda creepy looking? His eyes kinda scare me, he really freaked me out when he showed up as an "exterminator"...heh, I just realized that that could have a double meaning, especially his line about a "spider-rat problem", clever Bryke, very clever...whether it's an intentional one or not :P That whole scene between Fire Nation Council Woman and her husband was rather funny XD
All of which is definitely Makorra, and they make such a great Battle Couple too, hee ^_^ I love watching them fight as a team, they're great together and compliment each other so well even in battle. Yup, that's definitely for the best...though at the same time we'll be missing out on stuff like her parent's reactions and so on too :/ I wonder how Tenzin reacted to it? >_> hahaha Flashbacks to little Korra and Naga would just be so sweet, I'd probably die from adorableness...it could just be like those flashbacks of meeting Appa and stuff like Aang and Appa had in AtLA while they were separated XD ...baby Naga is so cute, I really want a Polar Bear Dog puppy :( ...ah hell, I just want everything, haha.
Or saying Mako's past doesn't explain anything...and then using Zuko's to try and do the same thing for him >_> But yeah, there's not really anything at all to compare between Iroh and Mako, other than they're both Firebenders who happen to have worked with Korra against Amon... Heh, that is funny, yeah, now that you mention it, I notice that too, or Tahnorra where the only kind of relationship and interactions Tahno and Korra have had are all antagonistic toward each other on both ends of it.
How would they end it though? :/ That's my only difficulty in thinking of something, would they just have Mako and Korra wind up together in the chibi short, or would they just go for something else entirely? ...by stir things up do you mean like from old, old times (AtLA), or just stuff from LoK? I think it probably would stir up trouble from LoK...but then probably anything is >_> No matter what you do as a writer you're always going to piss some portion of your fanbase off :/
Oh yea, those scores were really fantastic as well...and I seem to like and Danny Elfman scores (especially Nightmare Before Christmas) quite a bit as well. What are your favorite bands? Thats what I was thinking, Im also thinking about what the dynamic will be with Korra's uncle and her cousins. Im thinking she doesn't a particularly good relationship with them. And Im also really wondering why Korra's uncle is the Chief of the NWT and her father is in the SWT...maybe family issues? Yea, I thought that it became more powerful as it goes...oh i know, I would be hauling @ss if I saw Korra or Aang go into the avatar state...wouldn't really go with a tough image though.....
O_O wow, thats bleak, why does anyone go there? Oh that part was great, especially Mako's wink at the end, I was watching it with one of my older sisters and she said "thats ridiculous, that could never happen" I just wanted to tell her "shut up, im fangirling over here >_<" That tiebreak was awesome, it was just so nice to see her actually kick his @ss, instead of Aang who would either try to talk to him or run away >_>. Sounds good, the Korra hate is pissing me off too. Yea, that really bothers me also, especially since we know hardly anything about Kuruk, so how in the world can we compare them? And Kuruk seemed to be irresponsible for awhile with his Avatar powers before that happened with Koh. First off, Korra's only been a fully realized Avatar for six months, and secondly, she actually takes her Avatar duties pretty seriously. Its obvious how important it is to her to be a strong avatar, I don't think she takes this role lightly at all. And people keep using the air scooter race as "evidence" but that was a 10-15 second scene! Its nothing to get worked up over. Yea, I mean, she shouldn't have pursued him so much in epi 5, but I understand why she did it, she's a good person so I don't understand the problem >_<. And then they say she didn't have any character development...she had quite a bit, probably the most of anyone. She learned to be more patient, methodical and overall more responsible, and she was definitely humbled... A LOT. That really frustrates me. I don't understand why they say "well she just cried and got her bending back." Thats not what happened! Her whole identity had been stripped away. And how can they say Aang "worked harder" to become a fully realized Avatar? The Lion Turtle was way more random than what happened with Korra. And, again, ppl keep citing the Chakras, but Avatars don't need to unlock their chakras...I still don't know where ppl are getting the idea that they do, it was never stated as necessary in the show, and none of the other Avatars were shown to have done the same thing. Yes, I did understand that ^_^ I noticed that ur vocab was quite British in the rant "wanker" "bollocks" "bloody hell." Yea, but I don't understand how ppl missed the obvious signs of Makorra developing in episodes 2,3,5,7 (kind of),9,10,11,12...the other episodes, you probably had to have ur shipping goggles on to notice the signs. Yea, I wasn't sure at all when Makorra would become canon...i was definitely surprised it happened in season 1, but then again they thought that would be the final season, so that made sense.
I want my own Appa too, especially then I could fly ^_^ But I wouldn't say no to Naga, she's ridiculously useful when you're in a jam. Lol, that was really funny XD I think its hilarious how they flipped the day on its head XD but like I said, most ppl were pretty disgusted with it...there was definitely a lot more backlash against this day than "Mako Appreciation Day." Oh thats cool :) This may sound like a stupid question, but what's Virginia like? I've always wanted to go, but I've never had the chance :/ (wow, that question sounded stupid even in my head o_o). Yea, thats quite obnoxious when the haters do that, it doesn't make them sound cool or intelligent, so I don't know why they do it :/.
Same here, I really only talk about it with ppl I know will be receptive to it...and when Im watching Makorra moments (like in the finale) the biggest reaction I have is saying a quiet "yay." But im really thinking "ERMAHGERD!!!! :DDDDDDDD" Im so excited to see it develop ^_^ I don't really want to see too far into the future, but I was really hoping that, maybe in the series finale, they get engaged ^_^. Yea, Im really curious what the traditions are as well. The only one we were know anything about are the Water Tribes, but I definitely want to know more. And also for the air nomads, because for some reason Im thinking that they don't really get married, normally :/. Yea, that would be sweet ^_^. Good, because I used the smily again -_-'.
Yea, I thought they were hinting at it as well...but I don't think they will end up together...at least I hope not, I really did like Sukka. Yea, that would definitely make a lot more sense than my theory...really I have no logic behind it, it just popped into my head randomly. Well they might reveal the father, they just probably wouldn't talk or hint about whether they got married or not :/.
Lol, yes, its Lieumon, I think its hilarious XD I loved that "Legend of Korra Discovers Shipping" and the Lieumon panel XD. Yay conspiracy theories ^_^ Well he was obviously a good fighter, just not good enough to defeat the Krew...or Naga...oh this is kind of funny http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/i-am-so-sorry-for-this-meme-that-never-seems-to-die-and-is-probably-the-most-hated-thing-on-the-internet No, he totally freaked me out! Especially that scene, I was thinking how it felt like I got transported to a horror movie O_O Yea, that whole scene was pretty good comic relief :).
They really do, especially when they were against Amon, they were so sychronized, one of the reasons I like them so much ^_^. Yea, but then we'll skip over the awkwardness that would ensue between them and Asami...because seriously, that would be uncomfortably awkward O_O. I want everything too, no shame in being greedy when it comes to LoK ^_^
Exactly...if you're going to judge one character so harshly, you should at least be consistent with the other characters :/. I know, again, I have no idea why anyone goes for the Tahnorra ship, it doesn't have a shot in hell and they don't even work together...and Tahno's not even cute!
I meant that if an epi like that would air before the series finale, all this war between haters and non-haters would probably be over (my god I hope it will be) so it might stir up all the things ppl argued over. Is it just me, or is the LoK fanbase a lot worse than AtLA? Im thinking Bryke made LoK more complex and put more "gray morality" in there thinking that they were working with a more mature audience that would understand that ppl have flaws and not get so worked up over that kind of stuff...but that didn't apparently pan out :/.
The movies I've seen with Danny Elfman soundtracks do have good musics. Hmm, hard to say...one of them is Nightwish, I also really like Hammerfall, Sabaton, Skillet, Demon Hunter, Family Force 5, and I of course love soundtracks...I have too many favorites to name :/ I'm interested in what her relationship with her extended family will be as well...maybe after the 100 Year War the Water Tribes started up that whole thing where they'd meet up with each other in that special ceremony or whatever where Kuruk met Ummi? And then Tonraq and Senna met each other through that? There could be issues between Tonraq and Unalock (or however his name's supposed to be spelled) but I don't know...I'm just going to wait and see on that one.
I have no idea, I know that I sure wouldn't want to ever live in the 40K universe, that's for sure...and pretty much all of the races in it are pretty screwed up, except for one, but even they get iffy. Lemme guess, the older sister that really isn't into fandoms or anything at all? >_> Mhm, I just love how different the two of them are from each other, it's all so interesting. And I definitely enjoy Korra a whole lot more, Aang's cool and all and I do like him a lot, but he never really clicked with me like Korra does :/ Eh, I'm not even really sure we can say that since we don't know too much about him...obviously he did something to piss Koh off, or didn't do something that Koh felt he should >_> But other than that what do we really know? And seeing as he came after Yangchen, who was probably scariest out of all the Avatar's ever (I think she might even be scarier than Kyoshi...if that's possible) so I don't imagine he'd really have anything to do at all Avatar wise...but yeah, where do people get off with all of these Korra/Kuruk comparisons and acting like Korra is some waste of a human being? Mhm, Korra definitely takes her whole role very seriously, I mean, she had quite a few moments where she was angsting over the whole thing and living up to Aang and all. It certainly isn't, I mean even Aang was "frivalous" with his Airbending...I mean, that's the whole reason that he came up with the air scooter move in the first place, it was all a game, or using bending at all in games. And she's going to have to use the Avatar State without having a real reason to some time if she's ever going to learn how to use it to its max potential. Mhm, and even then, Mako and Asami hadn't been dating all that long anyway, by Episode 5 it was maybe what, a couple weeks or something since meeting in the 4th one? Korra definitely had the most character development, I mean, how can people miss or dismiss all the different scenes where she shows it? Like when she essentially gives Mako up after the truth gets revealed about Hiroshi, or in the finale how she actually came up with a plan (both before and after finding Tarrlok) for taking down Amon rather than Leroy Jenkinsing it and charging in blindly and actually trying to use the truth about Amon's backstory and undermining his power. Oh yeah, definitely humbled, that's pretty much what all of Episode 4 was about for her. I know right, this isn't something completely minor like losing your keys or your wallet or something, it's like being a great runner your whole life and then having your legs cut off...or crippled so you can't run anymore. Aang didn't ever work any harder than Korra did, so I have no idea where they're getting this either >_> I know right! The Chakras are a cool concept and all...but they're not something the Avatar has to do, it's just one of the many ways for them to learn control over the Avatar State, like all Roku did was meditate, and try to use the spirit energy from the Winter Solstice. I always thought it had been implied, if not directly stated, that if they never did anything like what Aang or Roku did then they'd automatically have control over the Avatar State once they'd mastered the Four Elements >_> So the Avatar State was something she would have had anyway if her connection to the other three hadn't been destroyed, and how else could she have gotten them back besides Energybending? Even if they can be resoted as well as destroyed through Bloodbending...no one knows how to do that so it's not a viable option, and neither is using Waterbending healing, there was no other way to do it, and since Korra had been working toward connecting with Aang all season long and she had finally managed to really do it when she unlocked her Airbending, why shouldn't Aang have appeared and healed her? And what good would a whole "depowered arc" really do? >_> Heh, yeah, I do tend to get very British, it's my "clean" swearing sort of ^^' Me neither, there were plenty of fairly obvious ones that Mako and Korra were deeper than just simply friends, or were heading toward a deeper relationship anyways...like him lending her his scarf as part of her disguise? I was kind of surprised too, but I'm glad they did, that whole finale ending was just so darn beautiful...it almost makes me cry happy tears every time :') ...whether it's the scene with Lin getting her bending back, or the whole Avatar lineage and Aang appearing before her, or Korra reciprocating Mako's feelings and that kiss ^_^ ...it's all so pretty and wonderful.
Flying would definitely be kinda fun...I think I'm more like Toph though, I feel much better on the ground >_> I'm very much terrified of heights, especially when the only solid thing I'm standing on is big and open like riding on Appa would be...I'd probably be huddled in the very middle of the saddle in a fetal position and trembling :/ Naga would be very cool as well, "Who needs a Metalbender...we got NAAAAGGGAAAA!" XD haha I'll bet it was, serves all those ponces right :P Nah, it's not at all stupid. Virigina is just lovely, the weather is for the most part pretty temperate, it can get kinda hot in the summer here sometimes, but it's for the most part pretty pleasant, humidity is really the only thing you need to particularly worry about. The outside around my house though isn't pleasant (for me at least) because of all the mosquitoes >_>
I'm pretty tame in my reactions too...I get more reactive when I'm with other people :P Like when Makorra finally came together the most noise I made was a quiet and happy, sorta drawn out squeal XD And I tend to force happy giggle like sounds out while kinda bouncing up and down :P I'm much more reactive on the inside, hahaha. Yeah, I don't want to go too far into the future either, but yeah, getting engaged or actually married would thrill the living daylights out of me, I'd have a massive fangirl overload and probably be running around squealing madly and making a generaly geeky nuisance of myself XD hahaha ^____^ I feel the same way about them, what with their whole detachment to the world thing and how the men and women live in complete separate temples it feels like they'd probably only get together for a brief time to try and procreate, I'm sure that they do have some marriages, but it's probably not a regular thing for them. Even though my drawing skills are absolute crap I think sometime I'm going to try and design a betrothal necklace for Korra from Mako XD
I hope they don't either, I really love Sukka, it's like the only AtLA ship that I even really care about. I don't see why it couldn't be your theory either though...the whole thing with Toph could really just go any way at all (except Tokka...'cause that would make Tenzin/Lin very gross indeed). Yeah, they might reveal Mr. Lin's Daddy...I really wanna know what guy could help produce such awesomeness that is Lin Beifong :D
Oh my gosh, "Legend of Korra Discovers Shipping" was absolutely great, the whole comic line is hilarious too, not just the LoK one :P The Lieumon panel was definitely one of my favorites, I think Tarrlok's and Lin's though were equally funny XD haha...though of course Aang's whole "pssh, amateurs" was also really hilarious. Yeah, considering he beat Mako and Bolin pretty good when he fought them...well, I don't think anyone can stand up to the awesome ferocity that is Naga...not even 2 ton Mecha Tanks XD Ah, the ever present Boromir meme XD He really did feel like some sort of horror movie slasher at that part...or like we'd shifted over to like one of those crime shows like Criminal Minds, or Law and Order, or one of the CSI shows. I just loved her husband, he was so hilariously apathetic to everything, lol.
I know there were other moments that are escaping me, but that was definitely one of their best moments, I really hope we get to see much more fight scenes involving the two of them like that, when they actually have their act together they're such a great scene. Oh I'll bet it would be, I mean, Asami doesn't really seem like the type to hold a grudge at all, but yeah, would definitey be all kinds of awkward all over. Haha nope, I just want everything in both of the shows XD
Absobloodylutely, all characters, whether hero or villain or anything at all in between, should be viewed and judged by the same standards. I just wish everyone would all just shut up and retreat to their own little corners and speak only with each other :/ I know, I don't think Tahno's ugly or anything, but he's not an attractive looking cartoon at all, he's just creepy looking and...imo, kinda gay/effeminate >_> I like guys to actually look like guys...Tahnorra will definitely never be, though it probably stands a much better chance than Korrasami (even if I think Asami and Korra could actually make a couple and actually could have the right sort of chemistry...though I don't like the pairing at all) >_>
Ah, yeah, well then it probably would...though I think the hate is probably going to persist as I've seen quite a few of them making the claim that Mako is ruined for them already >_> That certainly seems to be true to me...I've never seen any of the Zutara/Taang vs Kataang/Maiko brawls so I can't say how bad those ever were or got, but the current fandom wars we have going on now are certainly bad...I'd honestly rather just have arguments and debates about shipping than the characters :/ It really didn't, all those involved in creating the show all seemed fairly surprised over the hatred Mako was getting...
Wow, I don't know any of those bands o_o. I would probably have to go with The Decemberists, The Killers and Florence + The Machine...but I like a lot, so its kind of hard to decide :/. Maybe, I mean it would make sense for them to do it then, sort of reconnecting the tribes after being separated for so long...plus the SWT would need the connection with the NWT in order to rebuild itself. That would make sense, then Tonraq left the NWT to be with Senna. Im pretty sure they'll probably have issues between Tonraq and Unalaq (seriously, I don't think anyone knows how to spell his name :/)...they seem to be almost polar opposites (heh, lame pun) so I wouldn't be surprised if there were some issues there.
Yes that sister. Whats interesting is that she really loves both AtLA and LoK, but she thinks the whole concept of the fandom is lame...and she's super logical (she's becoming a lawyer) so she feels the need to point out every thing in the series that doesn't make logical sense...and I just told her that we're watching a show about ppl who can bend elements and generate lightning, are we really going to be concerned with whats real? And now she's backed off. Yea, I just think Korra is more relatable and overall more interesting. Like you said, I think Aang is great, but his passitivity really got on my nerves after awhile. Yea, Im really curious to learn more about Yangchen, and what she exactly did to pretty much guarentee Kuruk's time peace...she probably did some questionable stuff, especially for an airbender. I really liked the advice she gave Aang though in the finale, it was pretty much what I wanted to say to him. Exactly, ppl are forgetting that Aang just played around A LOT in the series. While he was certainly responsible, he did a lot of irresponsible things, and didn't take certain issues seriously when he should have. And I didn't mind, I just don't understand why then ppl are forgetting that but nailing Korra for every little thing she does. I know, how long you date someone does come into play in those sort of situations. And I just thought of something. Some people keep complaining that the break-up of Masami wasn't obvious enough and therefore they didn't break-up...but if we use that logic, we didn't see Mako and Asami officially and "obviously" become an official couple, so that means Mako didn't cheat on her at all -_-. Now, I don't agree with that logic because it was kind of heavily implied too much that they were a couple and then that they broke up, but you get the picture. I know, it frustrates me so much. People develop such concrete and extreme opinions without looking at the entire picture at all...its just them being too negative and too illogical, and you can't really argue with them :/. Hehe, "Leroy Jenkinsing it" XD. But seriously, I saw a lot of development, and especially after "Out of the Past." I remember when I first saw it, after she escaped and ran away from Amon (instead of just trying to fight him when she was clearly to physically drained to do so" I actually said "she's getting smarter." I think in order to master the Avatar state, they have to experience a major spiritual awakening...but how they do so seems to be completely specific to the individual Avatar. So, again, I don't know where ppl are getting the idea that the path to the Avatar state has to be the same, and if an Avatar didn't do that exact path, then they "cheated" -_-. Exactly, they took the bloodbending route first, but Katara wasn't able to restore her bending that way, so how else do ppl expect Korra able to do it? And then, we would be wondering why the crap Aang wouldn't have restored it sooner. I mean do ppl seriously expect Aang to go "im just gonna let you suffer a little more" O_o. And then we have the whole depowered arc where it just be boring, and then ppl would be saying "anti-feminist." Hehe, works for me, I like british lingo ^_^. Exactly, lordy I wish we saw the scene where he gave her the scarf :/. But yea, I mean, I want there to be a happy ending, especially since we have to wait so long for the next season. We have enough grief in the real world, why shouldn't we have a happy ending to the season? There's nothing wrong with it, and I don't know why ppl think that in order for something to be complex it has to be depressing. Oh the kiss, and when they said that they loved each other...i was like "goddamn thats romantic ^_^"
Oh yea, I have a fear of heights too, but for some reason, ever since I was little, I always wanted to fly...and at least Appa seems pretty stable. Haha, oh Bolin quotes, always makes my day ^_^. Thats really nice, Virginia does sound lovely. The weather here is all over the place. Well, the summer, fall and winter all stay the same throughout (warm, drizzly, drizzly but colder, respectively). But the weather in the spring is so bipolar. We have a joke here that if you don't like the weather on a spring day, just wait 10 minutes and it will completely change -_-.
I actually get more reactive when Im alone, then i feel like I can completely fangirl with no judgement ^_^. I know, and its not too far off, I mean we're already 6 months into the future, so Im guessing Korra and Mako are pretty close to 19 and 18, and I really don't think thats too young to get married, especially in the world and time period they are in. Yea, I think the air nomads are a lot more...lenient, on social rules, i.e. getting married before having a baby. Im guessing to them, the probably don't care. Nice, nothing wrong with trying XD. And im right there with you, this pretty much summarizes my drawing skills,http://xkcd.com/1029/
Same, it really was the only one I cared about (im thinking because they were older than Kataang). I actually didn't start shipping Sukka until after the "Boiling Rock" because for awhile we really didn't know what happened to her. I didn't want to ship something when half of the ship could be dead O_O. I know, we know so little of her life beyond "The Promise" series, so it really could be anyone (like you said, except Tokka). Same! Especially since Lin's demeanor is a lot more serious than Toph's so im wondering if she got that from her father.
Oh my god, I love the Avatar one XD. Especially Mai's panel with "they're just mad because I hit it" XD. Yea, Aang's, Lin's and Tarrlok's were also hilarious, especially with the "bloodboners" XD. Yea, I guess if the mecha tanks didn't have a chance neither would the lieutenant XD. I love that meme, ppl do some really funny things with it. Lol, her husband was great, nice comedic relief from Bryke ^_^.
Yea, I also really like the whole epi 3 with them working together...I thought that was probably the pivotal episode for Makorra. Yea, I don't think Asami would be bitter or anything, just the situation itself would be awkward. Same, nothing wrong with that XD.
Ahahaha, I love that word ^_^, nice one! I just wish everyone be more friggin pleasant...why do ppl feel the need to say how much an @sshole a fictional character is...what are they trying to accomplish? It just stirs up drama, and frankly pisses everyone off. And the other thing that pisses me off, is that ppl are acting Mako personally did something to them, or someone they love. I mean seriously, its a fictional character in a fictional world, there's nothing here to get so mad over. I agree, especially that scene where he and Korra were staring each other down...i thought Tahno looked like a freaky vampire or something O_O and he does look effeminate, especially with his hair swoosh thing. Yea, Korrasami would be a great friendship pairing, but where are ppl getting this "romantic" chemistry thing from? It just leaves me confuzzled -_-.
Thats crap, if Mako ruined the show for them, then they were probably looking for something to hate on from the beginning. From what I heard, the shipping wars in AtLA got fairly bad, but I think what we've got going on now is worse. Well I would be surprised, he didn't even do anything...but like we've said, I really do think that the haters are a vocal minority...Mako Appreciation Day was A LOT more popular and successful than F**k Mako Day (which was hilariously turned on its head XD).
Heh, funny how that works...I haven't heard of any of the bands that you listed either :/ The Killers sounds a little familiar though >_> Yup, Paku and those other Waterbenders Northern tribespeople wouldn't be enough all on their own. Hah, "polar opposites" I see whatcha did thar :P Well Unaloq (we'll just go with this spelling :P heh) certainly does kinda remind me of Tarrlok in a way...and not just his looks, I definitely don't exactly trust his twin, they leave me feeling uncomfortable and they look kinda creepy like Tahno >_>
So...not the oldest sister? Or the middle one? I'm feeling so horribley confussled :/ Heh, lawyers and scientists, they seem to be the ones always questioning everything and can't just let it be and try to enjoy it without looking at it too analytically or too deeply >_> Yeah, she's got a lot of fire and spunk to her, and I just love how she won't back down if she's convinced that she's right, which I think is probably one of the best qualities for an Avatar to have. Mhm just as Korra has the problem of rushing in a little too quickly, Aang sort of dithered about things and tried to be diplomatic every single time when sometimes force is just the best and only answer available. Well, from what I remember she was described as dealing with conflicts rather violently and going to whatever means necessary to squash the likes of Ozai and Amon. Oh yeah, from her advice to Aang it really sounds like she had almost completely abandoned the whole Air Nomad philosophy. And yeah, all of their advice was good, though hers was the best, I especially like what she talked about/told Aang in the Escape from the Spirit World game...Yangchen is probably one of the wisest of the Avatars, I really like her from what little that we know, I want to know more about Yangchen, that's why something like an encyclopedia for Avatar could be so useful and helpful :D Mhm, even after finding out about Sozin's Comet he took time to just go and have fun...and there's nothing wrong with that at all, like Korra playing on the Fire Ferrets. Or Aang using his Airbending to speed up the carts on the Omashu mail chutes...or his little marble trick (I love that thing XD haha). Yeeeeaaaah >_> haha, I wonder if anyone has ever turned that particular argument of the trolls around on them before...not that Mako was cheating anyway >_> I mean, people can say what they want about his behavior, some of those complaints are at least moderately true, he can act more than a little like a jerk sometimes, but the cheating argument is one that's completely baseless. Well, "Leroy Jenkinsing it" is a rather apt description of Korra's behavior early in the season, no? :P (speaking of Leroy Jenkins...I watched that video just now, holy fish-fingers and custard that was a lot of dragons and eggs O_O) Oh yeah, Out of the Past onward was really where we saw the most coming from Korra development wise, the part where she outsmarted the Equalists was just pure win, it made me love Korra just so much more ^_^ I suppose that makes sense, I mean, Roku was going through a huge amount of meditating after all, and then Aang tried that whole Chakra deal. Me niether, all those claims are just all kinds of silly... Yes, exactly what she said, yes. If Aang appeared severl episodes later and then restored her bending, I would have been left feeling all kinds of "where the f***ing hell were you earlier?!? Why didn't you fix it then?!?" Exactly, why do we need so much grief in fictionland? I mean, we have to at least a little bit to add drama...but sometimes enough is just enough >_< Or it's totally and completely pointless, like one of the things we had revealed in premierre for the new season of Doctor Who tonite...it was just so pointless and unecessary, like all of those fics and crap where Korra either can't get pregnant or constantly miscarries or some other bollocks...actually it was exactly like that since the character can't get pregnant anymore >_> There was just no point to doing it... But yeah, why do people want all of this drama? Fiction is all about escaping reality, which is why I always want happy endings for the most part...or ones that aren't depressing/sad at least. It was, that Makorra kiss at the end puts all of the ones in AtLA to shame XD haha
I used to even get scared going near those bubble type windows in those jungle gyms and stuff in McDonalds :/ But yeah, at least with Appa he'd catch you if you even fell off, and he is pretty stable, except when he's doging around Fire Nation barrages and stuff, but that's not very regular. Heh wow...sounds kinda unpleasant :/ My favorite type of weather is when it's cool out with a nice breeze, but you don't need a jacket or anything...which is usually what we tend to get around here, though summer still gets rather muggy and a bit hot.
I haven't been alone enough watching something for the first time to really know how reactive I get...though during "Out of the Past" when I watched that I was reacting a whole ton, I suppose I'd get noisy and active XD haha. Oh yeah, with 19 and 18 they could definitely get married with no one pitching a fuss...or no one taking the people who do seriously. I really doubt the so-called "Moral Guardians" would care too much...as long as there like, wasn't anything explicit or anything. Or even getting married at all, I'm sure there are some marriages, but it doesn't seem like it'd be very regular at all for them and their culture. I'm more ok with simple symbols and such, though I can do all right with more complex ones...but creatures or people, uh-uh, no way, could maybe draw simple looking two dimensional weapons...
That could be part of why I never really felt interested in the shipping, since they were so young...but yeah, Sokka and Suki, and kinda Mai and Zuko, were the only ones really old enough. That's when the Sukka really started coming for me, though I shipped them together before "The Boiling Rock" I shipped 'em since "The Serpent's Pass" :P I'm wondering that too...both mother and daughter are kind of abrasive, though in different ways.
Mhm, they're all comedic gold XD Oh yeah "bloodboners"...I love Tarrlok's reaction that, especially with the veins bulging out...that's sort of how I look half the time reading/seeing stuff from the fandumb >_> Nope...Naga beats everything, hehe :P How much do you think those Mecha Tanks even weigh? Yup, I love how he doesn't even really seem to react to her getting electrocuted, he just goes "dear?" XD ...Tenzin's curbstomping of the guys who tried to take him out was totally epic though.
I think so to, that was when they really got to know each other and became actual friends rather than just teammates. Definitely very awkward...though I'd imagine any time you're around the ex could be so.
I kinda picked up the mashing an exclamatory word in between the syllables in a normal one from the Redwall series XD Mhm...I mean, if it's a thread or something asking someone's opinion that's one thing, but even then you should try to be pleasant about it and not trying inflame everyone. That doesn't make any sense either... Tahno does kinda look like some kind of vampire, though I think of the mutated fairy variety (I refuse to call those things in Twilight Vampires...the only similarities are they're undead, and they drink blood), that's one of the first things I noticed about Tahno, that he looks like one of those type of guys you could mistake for being gay... Other than wanting it to happen, I don't get the wanting of romance between those two either >_> I'd tolerate so much more than I ever would Tahnorra though...as Korrasami actually makes a kind of sense. Asami is someone that Korra gets along with and is actually a friend, unlike Mr. Creeper :P
I haven't so much seen that (not on here anyway) as people saying that Mako as a character is ruined for them, like no matter what changes they can never like the character and will always hate him >_> But yeah, if the character or show is ruined for them already, then they probably were looking for something to hate on. I know they're a vocal minority , most of the people I ever see hating on Mako, are usually names I see popping up elsewhere as well, like the same person on different sites I mean, or it's like a group I'll see (like the "F*** Mako" group (though they were more like rational dislikers like some people we see on here) or the whole "Let's Roast Mako" blog -.-) maybe five-ten members in it (if that) and that's all there is. And all of the Mako or Makorra groups have oh so many more members and all that...or even just the sheer amount of Mako fanart, or Makorra fanart or fanfics.
Hah, that is funny...you've probably heard them on the radio I think. Heh, yes, lame pun is lame ^_^ He reminds me of him to, Im quite curious to see his personality and where they're going to go with his character.
Eep, sorry, that was confusing o_o. Its my older sister who likes the shows but doesn't like the fandom, so, yes, the middle one. My oldest sister doesn't watch the shows at all, so I don't even bother. Yea, I really like how Korra just seems so passionate about life, its nice to watch. Exactly, Aang tended to be too diplomatic, particularly in the finale when he destroyed Ozai's airship and then said "we don't have to fight" >_> Not the best negotiation tactic there...Yeah, Yangchen is probably my favorite past Avatar, she seemed very wise but ruthless when it came to her duties. I know, an encylopedia would be so nice, we could learn everything we've wanted to know ^_^ Exactly, there's nothing wrong with having fun, but I don't understand why when Korra has fun its being "irresponsible" but when Aang does it, he's just being "light-hearted." Again, so much inconsistency when ppl are judging these characters -_-. I know, i mean, the critiques certainly do have logical critiques. I though he should've handled certain things better and that his character was pretty under-developed. But those things don't warrant hate. And what pisses me off is when ppl act like he purposely manipulated the situation he had this whole evil plan...thats when they just start making up crap -_-. And like i've said, everything Mako does gets blown so completely out of proportion...I can see why they would see the kiss as cheating, but they're acting like he and Korra started going at it. I know! Especially since the other show I watch regularly (Game of Thrones) is so ridiculously grim, I want a show where I know things will at least end up happy. I hate it when shows (and books) add really depressing events for no reason. It just pisses me off. I actually stopped reading a book series, because the author did that over and over again. I think they're trying to get an emotional response from the audience, but when there's no point, it just leaves us feeling mad and depressed (not a good combo). Thats something I like about AtLA and LoK. There's certainly drama, but it doesn't feel pointless and there's enough good things happening, that it balances out the bad. It totally did, that kiss was awesome XD.
Oh wow, yea, that is being pretty afraid of heights :/. Yea, when Appa has to dodge attacks, thats when I'd probably be freaking out. It can be unpleasant :/. Thats pretty good weather, just the right mix. I usually like the weather when its snowing, we don't much over here, so when it does I get pretty excited.
Yea, I usually react when im re-watching an episode alone...I did watch epi 5 for the first time by myself though, and I was pretty much jumping all over the face XD. Yea, marriage just doesn't fit the air nomad culture to me. Like you said, Im sure there are definitely some marriages, but I doubt its the norm. Im actually curious to know what other cultures stance on pre-marital sex is...im thinking the fire nation and the NWT are probably the strictest...but we'll probably never figure that out :/. Well that more drawing than I can do...im fine with really simple things (i.e. the moon) and stick figures, but thats pretty much the extent. And my oldest sister is amazing at drawing, I dunno how she does it.
I think thats why. I would probably have shipped Kataang as hard as I do Makorra, but they were just too young. I thought Sukka was old enough to ship and I like how they went together. Maiko was certainly old enough, I just didn't like them together. I was starting to ship them at "Serpents Pass" but then "Appa's Lost Days" aired and so I stopped myself XD. I really don't ship a ship unless im about 70% positive its going to work out. And I never really saw the appeal of Tokka, they had an adorable friendship, and her crush on him was cute, but I just didn't see any romantic chemistry. They really are, its interesting how they have really similar personality traits, but just in different ways...its cool how Bryke did that ^_^.
Naga does beat everything, I dunno how much those tanks way, but its got to be A LOT meaning Naga is freakishly strong. Lol, i know, so delightfully apathetic XD. Oh my gosh yes, I love how Tenzin kicks some @ss with his airbending ^_^.
Yea, thats probably one of my favorite episodes. Yea, I think the whole situation would be awkward in general :/.
Nice, well played XD. Exactly when ppl say "blah blah blah SUX!" they have to know its just going to piss ppl off, and thats when it goes beyong just stating an opinion and into being an @ss territory. Yes, vampires don't sparkle -_- Have u seen "Let Me In"? if not, you should, its a really great vampire movie. Oh same here, at least Korra and Asami get along, help each other and are friends...Tahno and Korra just didn't like each other at all. Heh, Mr. Creeper, that should be his nickname from now on XD.
Yea, most ppl that actually hate him just go around saying the exact same thing. Oh yea, ppl liking Mako and Makorra is certainly more common, which makes me happy ^_^.
Would have responded earlier, but Saturday night and yesterday I was feeling pretty sick, and I'm only feeling just a little better today :/
I just want to know everything...why can't Season 2 be coming out now? :( Or Halo 4, I'm really impatient for that one too, it's almost the exact same position as Season 2 for LoK...we really know next to nothing about what's planned for it :(
Hahaha, nah, don't sweat it since now I gotcha :P Korra is just a fun character in general, she's probably my favorite character so far in either AtLA or LoK. Mhm, should have just gone straight for the throat, so to speak, I mean, I appreciate that Aang is so willing to give second chances...but sometimes that's just not the right action, some people just need to be ended, for the sake of both the human race and the rest of the world. Yup, more stinkin' double-standards >_> Yup, I mean, even Bolin is underdeveloped, underdevelopment is never a reason to hate a characters, it's a reason to wish them to improve. What possibly pisses me off the most is people misunderstanding and trying to apply the "Creator's Pet" trope to Mako, have you read the definition of that one? I can't remember if I've linked you to the "Creator's Pet" page before >_> It doesn't even remotely apply to Mako at all!!!!!! Not even one little bit! blaaaaargh, wort >__< Just makes me so mad... But yeah, that aggravates me too, when people act like he was trying to get both Korra and Asami and was trying to string both of them along or something and manipulate everyone -_- I don't, that's one of the things that seems illogical to me or groundless :/ Calling the kiss cheating...I don't see how it could even come across as that, at least to us who know the full story and situation behind it...characters who only get half of the equation, like Bolin and Asami, it makes sense that either of them could see as cheating, but I don't see how the audience can or does >_> But yeah, the people using the "cheating" argument typically act like he started dating Korra behind Asami's back or making out with her every second or some other form of balogna (I've never understood how that word could be pronounced anything like ba-lone-ee >_> hehe). Throwing in drama or depressing, or dark stuff just because is never good...it always just makes a series frustrating and disrupts my imersion in the reading or viewing...it also kinda feels like Halo is doing that to some degree, I am not particularly liking some of the directions the new writers (343i are taking the direction of the books), Bungie were just ever so much better *sigh* ...well, I guess it's really only the trilogy being written by Karen Traviss where I'm having problems, and what 343i have approved for that...I'm not sure at all what they're going to be doing with Halo 4, so no opinions for me on that yet >_> AtLA and LoK definitely have the right sort of balance though, I don't really remember any sort of angst or drama that really bugged me and made me go "this is just so over the top and ridiculous", that's one of the things I like so much about it, how they have all the right balances...and why do some people seem to think it'd be a good idea if Korra comitted suicide or actually jumped off that cliff? >_>
Yeah...I'm scared stiff of them, heights me no likey, at all. There's a model Eiffel Tower in an amusement park around here (I dunno if you know King's Dominion or not, some people out of state that I know haven't heard of it >_> but that's where it is)...I huddled up in a ball on the elevator to the top because the big open windows and the speed it went up made me nauseous and feeling claustrophobic (don't get that one, but that's how I felt)...I doubt I'd like flying too much on Appa, or a dragon, but at least they'd come catch me if I fell off, haha :P Snow is great (don't get it too much here either, at least none that sticks on the ground)...as long as I don't have to shovel our longass driveway :/
Episode 5 is one of my favorite episodes I think ^_^ .....I don't get why everyone thinks it's so pointless or hates it, why do people hate the whole Pro-Bending shebang anyway? It was necessary for launching Amon's revolution, if we didn't have anything involving Pro-Bending, and he still attacked the Arena during the Championship Match, there would have been little to no meaning to it >_> I mean, why should we have cared about him attacking the Pro-Bending Arena if Korra and the other characters didn't have a vested interest in it? We needed something big to spark off the Equalist Revolution, and Pro-Bending was that, so I don't get why people seem to think it didn't serve any purpose >_> Like Aang married Katara for instance, and Tenzin and Pema...and I dunno, but it looked to me like Aang's parents might have been to me, but yeah, probably not of the norm...it seems as though their culture is going to be rather different now though, since Tenzin is having to basically rebuild it all from scratch. Eh, I think it's probably much the same as our world...considering that the Fire Nation seems to employ women in tasks such as security and so on as much as men it feels to me like they'd probably be pretty similar to our modern culture in most ways already, and that was 70 years before LoK...and some people seem to think that Zuko and Mai were *ahem* doing it, during that one episode, can't remember which it was >_>...NWT is probably where culture and such like what we have here in our world is the least, considering that 70 years ago they were still having arranged marriages it was a whole patriarchal society and whatnot, North is the least developed of the Four Nation socially and from a cultural perspective and South is the least developed from an economic sort of stand point >_> Haha yeah, stick figures, I can do those pretty well, or smiley type faces you would find on a stick figure XD It seems most of my siblings are too...I'd love being able to draw :/
I support Kataang and all, and I hated Guru Pathik's advice about forsaking all ties to the world...which it seems to me a whole lot of the fans who believe every Avatar has to do the Chakra thingy also seem to think, that the Avatar isn't supposed to be tied to the world at all. Which is way beyond false...they need to go watch that whole "Escape from the Spirit World" mini-comic thing again where Aang meets Yangchen, she talks about the Avatar needing to have all of these physical ties and connections to the world, that's the whole reson why it's incarnated over and over again in a human body rather than existing as a spirit like Koh or Hei Bei and so on. But yeah, I didn't really feel too much interest in Kataang because they seemed a little young...probably why J.K. Rowling waiting until like book 5 of Harry Potter before really introducing significant romance into it. I like Mai, she's really awesome, but yeah, I can totally get where you're coming from with Maiko. Heh, I ship people regardless of whether I think they'll wind up together or not...like I sorta shipped Sokka and Yue pretty strongly before she died, even though there was that @sshat she was betrothed to getting in the way :P I don't really see the romantic chemistry to Tokka either...Zutara though I can see all of the chemistry for, they actually could have wound up together if that's what Bryke wanted to do.
Except Scorpion Tanks in Halo :P ....those are what really beats everything, haha. My guess for the Mecha Tanks is probably at least as much as a car...so probably like a couple tons or something? His air wheel move against the first Mecha Tanks was totally awesome...and when he blasted one up into the air :D
I basically love any episode where Korra and Mako really interact with each other XD I can't think of any other pairings I love/support this much. I wonder if it'll be any awkward even six months later >_>
Yup, definitely making a butt of oneself doing that...it's not pleasant at all...especially when people hate on the writers and such, I can't stand that, even if you disagree with them and hate the guts out of their story and view of the series, should still respect the writer :/ Mutated fairy monsters are what sparkles >_> I heard of it and I know the plot, haven't seen it though (I think I know what movie you're talking about at least >_>), the likes of Dracula, Angelus, the Master, Spike, Darla, Drusilla...that is what is a real vampire. They sure don't...Tahnorra is probably one of the only pairings that makes me gag a little every time I see it :/ Tahno and Korra don't even have any kind of chemistry together either. Well it sure does fit him, and Tahno is very much a creeper... :P Why do people like him so much? Especially people who hate on Mako? O_o That's what's really confusing to me, Tahno is pretty much everything they say they hate with Mako...and yet Tahno is loved to pieces by them...and he's not even really that attractive either, I honestly found him to be a rather ugly looking cartoon character, the only thing I really even found remotely attractive was his voice >_> And even then I've heard so much better ones, like Steve Downes...now that man has a really awesome voice ^_^
Yup...happy Makorra feels everywhere and for everyone XD haha I've been reading Makorra fluff over the past couple of days, haha, been so lovely, I love reading Makorra fluffies...but absolutely no smut, so oogi, icky and just ugh, hate smut, blargh wort honk raaagh. Smut is gross...and then there's just depressing stuff that's no fun to read where one half of them commits suicide or dies or something.
I know, I wish we had at least a little bit something more...ideally a fully animated trailer ^_^ Argh, I hate waiting for more than one thing, too much anticipation, i felt like that when I was waiting for Diablo 3 and season 1 of LoK...do u know when Halo 4 is coming out at all, or are in the same situation that we are in with Korra?
Yea, she's just really entertaining to watch, especially when she fights, and I think she's quite funny ^_^ Exactly, in order to negotiate with someone, that person needs to be somewhat rational. Aang knew that Ozai was planning on burning the earth kingdom down, it was pretty clear he had lost it at that point. I hate the double-standards, there are so many. I can guarentee you that ppl wouldn't be so pissed at Mako if he were a girl and Korra and Asami were guys. Exactly, I mean I can see ppl being a little more critical with Mako on that point because he was featured more, but thats absolutely no reason to hate him. You just accept that the character were underdeveloped, and look forward to more. Not saying that said character is the scum of the earth -_- And there's such a big difference between making an honest mistake and purposely hurting someone...a distinction haters don't seem to get -_-. Yea, I've seen that link, and it is so frustrating and baseless. Especially, since half of that trope is dependent on how the writers continue to develop that character. We haven't even seen season 2 yet, we don't know how he's going to be developed, makes no sense >:(. Thats a good point, I can see where Asami and Bolin would think he was cheating, but in terms of the situation it really wasn't. He just kissed her back, it wasn't like he went out there intentionally trying to hook up. Again, ppl not seeing the difference between an honest mistake and intentionally trying to hurt others. Hehe, one of the joys of the english language, when the spelling does not fit with the pronounciation at all XD. Oh thats no good, I hate it when books start taking that direction, it really just saps the joy out of it. And the thing is, there does need to be bad events in books and shows. But it needs to fit the narrative. If it doesn't, than its just out of place. Exactly, there was never a point where I thought they were being melodramatic. And the character's reactions also made sense to me, particularly Korra's reaction to the loss of her bending (which was indeed a big deal). I guess the only person who probably should've had more of a reaction than they did was Asami to her father betraying her...thats some messed up crap right thar O_O. I hate that belief, it makes no sense. First off there goes season 2. And secondly, that would've made no sense and great message to send to the kids: "hey if you're depressed, just go jump off a cliff" o_o
I haven't heard of that theme park, sounds unpleasant though :/ I get kind of scared over heights too, I went to the top of the Space Needle when I was little, and it friggin scared the crap of me. I also don't like Ferris wheels very much...Lol, i know, at least they're fairly safety proof ^_^ Yea, snow chores are no fun, but it looks so gosh darn pretty *disney music-pick a song-starts playing* ^_^ Especially since ppl here in the Pacific Northwest tend to be wussies with snow, so if we got a couple inches or a foot, school was usually cancelled ^_^ Not the case with college, but its still pretty.
I like episode 5 too :D Maybe less than some of the other ones simply because there was less plot development (but I really like ALL the episodes, probably 7 the least though, for obvious reasons), but I thought the humor was great (good showcase for Bolin) and I love the Makorra development ^_^ I don't understand it either, i loved the pro-bending. It certainly had a lot to do with the plot, and especially Korra's character development, and it was absolutely crucial with the formation of the Krew. And I thought it was so entertaining. What I like about it was that it added action even in slower episodes...just made things more interesting. Yea, I was thinking that Aang and Katara may have married more because it was considered proper in SWT culture...and I dunno about Pema and Tenzin, Tenzin wasn't raised around air nomad culture, so Im thinking marriage is the norm for him, and probably will continue to be so, since he and Aang are basically the building blocks for that culture now. Yea, Im thinking the same. I know what epi you're talking about, the name is escaping me though, but it looked like they did. Yea, it seemed like the NWT was definitely the least progressive in terms of gender roles, and Im quite curious how modernized its gotten...because if I remember correctly, they were isolating themselves quite a bit during the war, didn't they? Lol, stick figures and smiley faces can actually be quite funny XD. Same, it would be nice, I just don't know how ppl do it :/.
Yea, I thought they made sense and I definitely supported them, I just had a problem with the age, at the end kiss in the finale i was thinking "aren't you a little young to be kissing someone like that?" o_o. I know, thats one of the biggest misconceptions I've seen in the fandom. Again, I have no idea where they got the idea that the Chakras are the way to the avatar state, and especially that the Avatar must be above the world, so to speak. I loved what Yangchen said in that game, it made a lot sense and it was quite wise ^_^. If the Avatar was completely detached from the world, they would become amoral and see no reason to go through so much effort to save the world. Thats probably why, which I appreciated...I like it when they're younger they have a crush on someone and then it develops into actual love, seems more realistic to me :/ Yea, the thing is, I thought Mai as an individual was pretty awesome (she was a beast with those knives<---hehe, more english words that make no sense XD) but not as a lover to Zuko...I just thought she was too dark for Zuko :/. Oh, Sokka and Yue were cute ^_^ and there was a chance for them to get together, she could've ran away with them...but then her death was a pretty permanent end to the ship....Yea, I can see the chemisty for Zutara, it could've worked honestly, but it was fairly clear from the get-go that Kataang was endgame, so I saw no sense in fighting the canon ship...it always wins...
Lol, true ^_^ Yea, maybe a little more than that...that means the Lieutenant is more durable than those tanks O_O That was great, I especially liked that scene when Mako redirected the lightning :D.
Me too, I always look for interaction, shipper goggles are definitely on XD. Same, I liked Danny/Sam from Danny Phantom a lot for awhile, but Makorra has got them beat. They just balance each other out so well ^_^ Im thinking its gotta be less awkward...hopefully o_o
I can't stand it either, especially since they then say how much they loved AtLA...Bryke friggin created that series, and were the head writers! And then they act like Bryke had nothing to do with AtLA -_-. Bingo, not blood thirsty vampires >_> Exactly, and the vampire in the movie goes with that same theme...she's a young girl but she's scary as hell...she's not evil but she needs blood to live...and that makes vampires inherently monsters, and I hate how Twilight takes away that aspect and makes it "look how romantic and pretty and brooding they are" -_-. I know! They say "I love Tahno and Mako is a douche" o_O I can understand (maybe, not really) enjoying him more, but how in the world can you possibly say that Tahno is a better guy? I mean, he friggin cheated at the tournament. And, then ppl say that the scene in epi 7 was some sort of "redemption." If they're taking that interaction as a redemption than why can't they take Mako's apologies? Crazy ppl -_-. I know, I remember when he and Korra were having that stare down in epi 5, I just though "man that guy is scary looking O_O" Yea, I certainly liked his voice, but there are better ones, Amon's was pretty awesome ^_^
Lol, Makorra feels makes me so happy XD I've been delving a little bit more into the fanfiction, and the Makorra ones are so pleasant ^_^ I have read ONE smut that I actually liked, mainly because it also incorporated fluff, and the sex was normal and not some freaky thing o_O But other than that, any other smut I've seen freaks the crap out of me (and I stop reading after the first paragraph). But still, I can't imagine writing that stuff, it would just be so awkward, and then put it out on the internet is a whole other level. I hate those, whats the point, I just don't know why you would ever write something like that. I especially hate the miscarriage ones -_-.
Well I felt much better yesterday when I wrote that, and I'm feeling very well today...threw up, but I think that was more me gagging on the peach I was eating than anything else as I feel completely fine >_>
A real trailer would be awesome...'cause then we'd get an actual feel for what they have planned and stuff :D It is, way too much anticipation sadly...and I'm waiting for the final book in one of the side-stories we have going on in preparartion for Halo 4. Yeah, we do know when the game is coming out, it's really close to Christmas, like mid-late November I think, but I don't know when the last book of the Forerunner Saga will be coming out though :/
I love Korra's rather lame comebacks, like with the Protestor "Y-you're oppressing yourselves!" XD I loved the part where she was trolling Bolin too, haha. Heh, yup, not much good negotiating with someone if they're not going to listen to you at all. Considering how people have like no problem with girls being in love triangles and confused over their feelings? Yeah...doubt anyone would be making such a stink over Mako if all the genders of the love triangle were reversed, we'd probably have an overflow of Korra hatred then though >_> Indeed, and even him being featured quite a bit and given a lot of focus isn't a reason tot hate him, he's hardly a "spotlight thief" as people like to claim, nor the romance arc, it makes sense that he is given focus, because he's the love interest for the main character, we had the same thing on AtLA, Katara was given the mot focus out of the Gaang besides Aang because she's his love interest. And even then...if you ask me it's a "Your Mileage May Vary" type trope anyway, most tropes usually are >_> And even if Mako got the same amount of focus in Season 2 it still wouldn't make him a "creator's pet" because he doesn't even fit half the criteria...like "The Scrappy", majority of the fan base actually likes Mako, or they just don't care, and I've never seen anything saying that the writers love Mako any more than any other characters or anything like that, and he most definitely hasn't even come close to being put in scenes (big or otherwise) for absolutely no reason at all...and I'm not even really sure what the heck "Character Shilling" is :/ Mhm, it definitely wasn't, I think that's why it got to Asami so much though, because she never heard the whole story, she just knew that Mako and Korra kissed, not that he had gone to Korra to try and make their friendship right again and then she impulsively kissed him. The whole words not being pronounced how they're spelled sure does lead to some interesting ones...or all those hominyms, like "waste" and "waist", which I for some odd reason can never keep straight XD It does...if you ever get around to reading the Halo series you'll probably be able to see what I'm talking about >_> No offfense meant, but it's kinda hard (for me at least) to someone not familiar with Halo and all the characters and stuff :/ ...but then I'm not really any good with explaining things in general. But yeah, drama or anything along those lines needs to fit the style of the narrative...like Halo, despite a whole lot of bad stuff happening and there being scaries everywhere (like an all consuming parasite that kills you and takes you over that wants to spread and infect the whole galaxy, or a genocidal set of religious zealot aliens who consider humans an affront to their religion), it's maintined, imo, a very optimistic outlook, and now it all seems to be turning around and becoming a tamer version of Warhammer 40K imo >_> *sigh* So yeah, I agree with everything you said, drama and the like needs to fit the style and tone of the narrative, or otherwise is has no business being there. Mm, Asami did seem more a little stoic throughout the whole thing with "dear old" dad...but then they were pretty near the end of the season by the time they introduced that, and they already had enough on their plate, so maybe we'll see the developments/aftermath of that on Asami's charact more in the future seasons *shrug* Exactly...it's an awful ending, I mean really, what's the good in it? How is that at all appealing to anyone...all it is is appalling really, and it wouldn't fit the tone of the Avatar series at all >_>
It was...I don't mind being up high like out on a railing and stuff where like the only way to fall would be someone picking you up and tossing you over, but if it's anywhere where I feel like I'll fall off... *shivers* ugh. Haha, that's pretty much how people act about snow around here too, it's like "oh no, a snowflake...quick! Cancel all the schools!" XD I think it'd be interesting having a vacation in like a snow city or something though like the Norther Water Tribe...or even igloo land like the Southern Water Tribe, haha. Snow is always really pretty to look at, even most of the time animated snow :P
My least favorite Korra episodes would probably be either Episode 7 or Episode 4...neither one particularly appealed to me, dunno why :/ Even though I won't ever ship Borra, I thought the little date beteen Bolin and Korra was just so adorable, they have a great connected as friends. Mhm, I mean, it what helped the Airbending teachings really click in, without it, she would have taken soooooooooo much longer to even learn any of the forms and stuff. That's one of the reasons why I liked it, because it kept the more filler based episodes interesting by providing a little fighting action...which we wouldn't get otherwise, it's not like AtLA where the Krew is just wandering the earth and picking up adventures. Well he was, but he wasn't, Aang obviusly taught him it all, but yeah, I pretty much agree with what you said, he hasn't exactly lived as an Air Nomad exactly. I think the future Air Nomad race will be much different than the one Aang grew up in. Was it Zuko's part of the plot in "Nightmares and Daydreams"? I don't know if they got up to anything explicity, but it definitely looks like they spent the nigth together, that's for sure. Both of the Water Tribes had themselves pretty isolated from the rest of the world, but the NWT was definitely really keeping itself isolated, I mean, the Fire Nation hadn't even touched them yet by the time Aang got there. I'm curious about how modern it's gotten too, both socially and economically. They can be pretty funny, yeah, I used to try and draw comics at one point...but my drawings really sucked XD It's funny looking at them.
Definitely, I wish we got to some Older!Kataang so I could actually be all squealy and shippy over them haha, they're too young as it is now...and too sickeningly sweet right now to feel anything by oogies, huh, I wonder if that's how Tenzin's Sky Bison got his name, from Sokka complaining about Kataang oogies, I'm sure he'd probably continue doing that even as a Council Member and all of that XD It seems people really have a lot of misconceptions about the whole Avatar deal in general, sadly. Like I see a lot of people who seem to think it goes Male, Female, Male, Female as well as Water, Earth, Fire, Air XD haha...obviously they weren't really paying too much attention since by their reasoning Aang should have been a girl and Korra a guy >_> Whether the Avatar is a guy or a gal is completely random, haha, just like where in each nation they'll wind up...huh, I just had a weird thought, what happens if the Avatar is born as the heir to the Fire Nation Royal Family, or the Earth Kingdom royalty? O_o Would they get passed over for the throne? And yeah, that's one of the reasons why I love Yangchen so much, she's so very wise...I think she and Iroh would probably get along well XD But yeah, if they're not connected to the world, then they'll just do whatever they want and/or won't see any need to help anyone...like that freaky naked blue guy in that one comic/movie, I think it was Watchmen? But anyways, he became detached from humanity and the world...and then committed a HUGE attrocity in order to try and unite the whole world >_> ...it would be unbelievable horrible having Avatars like that, who think murdering millions, or billions, of people is the right thing to do, they won't care about the consequences of their actions. Mhm, a developing relationship where it takes time to form is more enjoyable than something like say...Masami where the two literally crash into each other and just start dating right away :/ Mhm, it's good to have the people in a relationship be similar...but not too similar, which is kinda what both Mai and Zuko are, they're both a little too similar in their emo sort of outlook >_> I think Mai's probably better as like a really close friend or something... If they'd kept Yue around I'm sure they would have found some sort of way to get her and Sokka together, but her death was one of those ones that improves the story, it was drama for Sokka, but ultimately it was one of those things that made the whole story so much better ^_^ Drama done the right way. I like the scene(s) in the Ember Island Players with Actor!Sokka and Actress!Yue XD Sokka's reaction to it was so hilarious. Yup...just like Makorra was obviously the end pairing for LoK, how could anyone have been so blind to it, I'll never know, haha. Makorra haters are so gorram silly XD 'Specially when they're acting like other pairings, crack or otherwise, are so much better, like Borra, or Korrasami (blagh), or Tahnorra (*barfs*). Or acting like "Korra and X Character" is so much more compelling than Makorra -_-
I would guess so, considering her came back from it and the tanks didnt >XD You mean when they were all fighting the Mecha Tanks outside Police HQ? That whole part was totally awesome :D
My shipping/shipper goggles are awlways on, haha XD I'm always noticing the little things between characters where they could become a couple...or the signs that show they could never be. But yeah, I've never shipped any couple more than Makorra, haha :P ...actually I just realized that most of the time I don't actively ship too much at all O_o Most of the time I sit by and watch canon develop.
Mhm, that annoys me to no end when people act as if Bryke didn't have anything to do with AtLA -.- ...or they act like Bryke by themselves totally suck and should be out of a job or something. That's all just so ludicrous *sigh* I don't exactly find vampires needing blood to live that makes them so monstrous, it's how they get that most of the time in fiction, by killing anyone or anything they get the blood from. But yeah, I hate stuff like Twilight were it's all "look how noble vampires are, they're such perfect creatures, I wish I could be one *swoon*" >_> Really though I don't vampires in and of themselves are any better or worse than the human race...but they are a dangerous predatory sort, and should be treated as such, I mean, even Angel and Spike when they're good guys still aren't cute and cudley, they're still very dangerous guys. Oh yeah, I can definitely understand enjoying Tahno, I know I did, he was a great minor antagonist, even if he was pretty much every sports villain cliche at once, haha :P Yeah, he cheated just to win some money, and he was cheating in a way that could actually get the other team killed, like that team the Wolfbats beat to get into the Championship, they all looked like they were in very bad shape, or the rocks aimed at the Fire Ferrets' heads...and he was a huge jerk, I felt bad that he lost his bending, but that still doesn't make him any less of a jerk. And yeeeaaah...if Tahno's little scene in Episode 7 is acceptable to them for liking Tahno or forgiving him, then they should have any problem at all with forgiving Mako who is actually aplogizing when he realizes he has something to make right. Oh my gosh yes, Steve Blum has an awesome voice, he was a perfect choice for Amon ^_^ Some of my favorite four voices are these Halo voices. The Gravmind, the big tentacled Little Shop of Horrors reject, and overlord/central hive-mind of the Flood, haha XD voiced by our very own Tarrlok/Appa/Momo/Naga/Pabu of AtLA/LoK fame; Master Chief, should probably recognize him no problem since he's the face of Halo and all, I just love his voice so much; Arbiter, the alien Gravemind is holding and Chief tells to relax, he also has a beast voice; and Cortana, the only female voice and the one you don't see, haha, as she's an AI in Chief's suit :P They all have such awesome voices, great voice actors all of them. And that's one of my favorite scenes in the Halo games too, such an epic storyline, best video game series ever ^_^ 'Nother of my favorites.
They are for the most part, and yeah...I've actually seen some smutesque stories that didn't overdo it, or did it in an exceptable way, it's mostly the ones where the whole story is the smut that I can't stand, like they didn't write it for any other reason than to write some porn >_> Oh yeah, I loathe those ones too, I mean, why do people always feel the need to do that? It's just so pointless...and it leads to useless angst, I hate angst -.- soooo much. I mean why do people feel the need at all to have characters have a miscarriage, what purpose does it even serve? O_o
O_O Oh my, well gagging on a peach would certainly do it. But hey, its good that you're feeling better now ^_^
I know, thats pretty much what Im looking forward to now, since I think the next season is a little too far away -_-. Well at least you have an idea, and its not that far off...i hate just not knowing, and I was thinking that season 2 may come earlier than April...but its looking like we'll have wait until April...-_-
Lol, i know XD Not the quickest wit in that moment, but somehow classic. I know, especially since when Katara was confused it was totally understandable, but when Mako's confused, he's being a dick? Exactly, there are characters who are going to get more focus, that doesn't make them a "Creator's Pet" and the love interest is going to get more focus...its just a given. Oh my god, I hate the "Scrappy" trope...like you said, most ppl are either "meh" or like him, the majority certainly doesn't hate him. Exactly! They keep saying how he's Bryke's "golden boy" but did Bryke ever say "we love Mako above all the other characters.." I seriously don't get it. And like i've said, there are so many tropes, you can fit any character into any trope if you really want to. Yea, it makes sense why she was upset...i can see how ppl would technically see it as cheating, but given the circumstance, it wasn't a friggin big deal...the main problem was that he had feelings for Korra, not the action of the kiss itself. None taken, I've been reading the story overview on Wikipedia (i love wikipedia ^_^) and it sounds pretty interesting, but quite scary. Yesh, from the sound of it you wouldn't want anything to resemble Warhammer 40K O_O. Have u played Bioshock? I didn't like the actual game as much as some others I've played, but the story was really interesting. Yea, I think again it was just time constraints, they hardly had enough time to add the layer of Asami's internal struggle with everything else that was going on. I'm pretty sure we'll see that develop though, and all the other characters, and thats why im so excited for Book 2 :D. I know, that would probably one of the most pointless endings, and its likely there would be a remote size hole in my tv right now if thats how it ended.
Exactly, its usually when if I slip or trip then I could fall, which is what freaks me out :( And the problem with the top of the Space Needle (at least when I was little) is that there was sort of a railing but the spaces between the bars were set so far apart, I could've easily slipped through them...Lol, thats exactly what its like here XD. That would be cool (heh, another lame pun, someone stop me O_O)...I think the SWT festival is going to look so friggin beautiful :D.
Those are definitely my least two favorites as well...i definitely like them, but, like you said, they don't appeal to me as the others...and im thinking it has something to do with the hindering of Makorra...It really was adorable, I love Bolin and Korra as friends, I think they have a very cute relationship. My main problem with Borra is that they just seem too similar, I don't think they balance each other out very well. I know, didn't Tenzin say something along the lines that pro-bending is the perfect teacher for her? In any case, it really did help to teach her a lot, and it was just friggin entertaining. I think so, im sure they have a lot of knowledge of the culture from Aang, but it can't ever be the same that it was. Yea, I think that was it, and it certainly wasn't as explicit as the Sokka tent scene, but for the older crowd it was pretty clear. I hope we learn more too, but Im certain Korra's uncle will give us some idea.
Oh yea, the "sweetie" is just too much o_o. Yea, i was thinking that Bryke might've name him Oogie as a nod to the "oogies" at least Im hoping it was, that would be a pretty funny explanation. Hah, grossed out adult Sokka, great mental image XD. I know, I don't know why ppl think that it switches off with male and female, when Roku and Aang came right after another...pretty clear that the sex doesn't follow a pattern. O_o i dunno what would happen...I've also always wondered why the Avatar never seems to have any siblings...Hah, Im going to start shipping Yangchen and Iroh now XD wonder what it should be called...Exactly, stuff like that would happen. Have you read any X-men comics? It reminds me when Jean became the Dark Phoenix and she just started destroying worlds without any thought to it...and it wasn't like she was particularly evil, she just didn't need the world, so there was no reason to care about what happened to it. Yea, I don't know why ppl say that Masami was deeper and more developed than Makorra...because it was seriously like he crossed the street and then BAM! relationship :/. Exactly, its just so much angst in one couple >_>. Oh yea, as sad as it is to say, her death was really well done...it made sense in the context of the story, and provided great character growth for Sokka. Yea, the Emerald Island Players was pretty funny...I think my favorite parts were the Jet death ("you know, it was really unclear") and The Great Divide XD. They really are! Why can't they just be happy for the characters ^_^ I know! (god i say that a lot) and its also especially funny when they say those crack ships would be somehow more developed -_- They can say what they want, but Makorra was definitely the most developed pairing, and definitely not out of the blue, it was smack dab in the middle of the blue >_<.
Yea that part, that was so friggin awesome. What would you say was your favorite fight scene?
Lol, same, and then I have an internal celebration when I notice those little moments XD. I really don't ship much either, I've pretty much have only shipped Makorra and Danny/Sam...as far as the other characters go, I really don't care as long as the couple makes sense.
I know! Especially since they were the ones who created AtLA and LoK, and when it came to AtLA they were still the head writers...clearly they had quite a bit to do with the show. Well, I guess I would see vampires more or less like every other species in the world. Like other animals need meat to survive, they just happen to need human blood. Which doesn't make them inherently bad, but it does make them our natural predators, meaning thats some scary stuff for ppl. Exactly, while vampires still can be cool, they're still incredibly dangerous...and Twilight would've been better if they treated the vampires like that, and had Bella understand the risk. Instead, she just came off like an idiot >_<. Yea, I felt bad that his bending was taken away, that was kind of sad. But how does that make him a better person than Mako? Also, it annoys me when ppl act like Korra and Mako didn't suffer or endure anything at all, because they certainly did. Whoa O_O Gravemind totally reminded my of Little Shop Horrors! Pretty cool voice too, freaky as hell. All those voices were pretty cool, and the scenes were really interesting as well, pretty sweet ^_^ I think my favorite video game voice is probably Tyrael from Diablo 3...actuall all the archangels in general are pretty awesome, this was probably my favorite cutscene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXYv_e29ZrM
Exactly, I've fine with a little dash of smut as long as its tastefully done, but when its full on porn, I get freaked out O_O. Hehe, every time I hear "angst" I think of the "Harry Potter Puppet Pals" when he was banging his head saying "angst,angst,angst" XD. I know, that the crap is up with the miscarriage storyline...ppl have too much time on their hands...and is your new avatar pic of you?
Mhm, being sick is definitely no fun at all...not even a little bit >_>
Did we get more confirmation or something it wouldn't be coming along until April? :/ 'Cause that really sucks...I want more LoK now *sigh* Bryke, y u no hurry up? :( Well, at least we'll have the final part of The Promise and all of The Search to look forward to between now and then...do you find it funny that Aang seems to be finding it a little easier to consider killing Zuko than he ever did with Ozai? >_> ...and I'm finding it kind of odd that Roku is being so gung-ho about advising Aang to kill Zuko, I dunno, Roku struck me as being a little more rational than that, it would be more in Kyoshi's style I think to advise killing so heavily...
Well it sure was funny for the audience...and actually in a way they kind of are if you think about it O_o Like all the stuff Tarrlok did only came in response to the actions of the Equalists themselves, if they'd never become terrorists or comitted terrorist acts, then those opressive laws never would have been insituted, so yeah, in an odd sort of way they kind of are oppressing themselves :P "Hurrdeedurr...but Katara waznt in relationship already tho, durp" *rollseyes* I find it funny how they think that matters, if you're confused, you're confused, doesn't make a difference to your confusion if you're already in a relationship with one person and have feelings for another or not. Mhm, the love interest to the main character is especially going to get a great deal of focus in most shows or stories, Harry Potter is one of the few exceptions to that general rule I've found, Ginny never got too much attention at all...but yeah, a character getting focus does not, a Creator's Pet make them. And where is anyone even getting the idea that Mako has gotten any inordinate amount of focus either? O_o Almost all of the tropes people try to assign to Mako are annoying, they're like trying to make their hate-on seem official or something >_> Nope, neither of them have ever said anything even close to that, I wouldn't even consider naming him after Mako Iwamatsu evidence of favoritism either...I mean, they named Zuko's grandson Iroh...and he's basically just a little more than a one-shot character. Indeed, neither Mako or Korra made any kind of moves on the other after that and agreed to just stick as freinds. So there's really no big deal at all. I think that's probably accurate, the bigger deal for Asami was whether Mako had feelings for Korra or not, I don't think the kiss was too big a deal to her. Oh yeah, Wikipedia is like man's best friend next to Google :P haha Though I usually wind up using the different wiki's for whatever I'm looking up, like the Avatar Wiki and so on, usually they're more informative than Wikipedia, sometimes they aren't though, haha. Halo is indeed really interesting, it's probably one of deepest sci-fi stories out there, and it's definitely one of the deepest stories for a video game series that I know of. No, I don't want anything to turn into 40K at all, too depressing...but it does feel like the new story managers might be taking Halo in that sort of direction :/ Humans are suddenly all being xenophobic bastards, the Elites, who are supposed to be more or less our friends after Halo 3, all hate humans and want to exterminate them all...*sigh* I haven't actually played Bioshock, but I know the story, it does sound like it's a pretty interesting one. Well know that Bolin is definitely getting develpment in Book 2, and it looks like Asami will have at least a minor story-arc again too. I really want to know who Bolin's love interest is supposed to be, I wish they could just us some sort of hint already other than "it's one of the most bizzarre things we'eve ever written" which isn't a very helpful hint :/ Same here...if I'd watched it on TV, sadly I had to go to a wedding that day so I had to wait until Nick uploaded the finale on the website >_> So if they'd done that...then it probably would have been my computer being demolished into a pile of scraps and strewn about the room >_>
Oh jeeze, that sounds really scary...I can't even really go on average sized ladders, that's how scared I am of falling down :/ It looks really cool and pretty from just the concept art, the Southern Air Temple looks really pretty now too :D
I seem to have that with every show I watch, there's always one, or maybe two, episodes that I just don't care for at all, they're not bad, but they just don't appeal to me. Bolin and Korra are like the best of friends...they'd be a bromance if both of them were guys :P haha Mhm, I don't think they'd really work as a relationship, especially since Bolin really isn't assertive enough or really critical enough of Korra when she needs it, it seems to me like Bolin would be mostly praise for her >_> Yeah, it was something like that, after they were talking and apologizing to each other after Korra's first match. Kinda like the Jedi in Star Wars in the Original Trilogy, they're never going to be the same as before the Empire killed most of them off. It would be interesting though to get like some big flashforward and seeing what the Air Nomad culture is like once they've all completely rebuilt. He and his children probably will, we might even get to visit the North Pole again at some point too if he's supposed to be like Korra's spiritual guide/teacher or something.
Mhm, it would, that's going to be my fanon explantion for Oogie's name XD It is, I can just see him complaining about Aang and Katara being all oogi or something, or doing some other Sokkaish thing that makes us all laugh at him. And in the scene where Aang came and restored Korra's bending it looked like there had been quite a lot of male Avatars in a row before Yangchen. I'm sure some of them have, like we probably wouldn't know if Aang had any brothers or sisters since we he was raised apart from his parents and all, but yeah, it is kinda odd how we've never heard of any Avatar with siblings. Hahaha XD I've never actually created a crack ship before, the mental images are funny...I dunno, Yangchiroh, Irohchen? I've read some of like the original, original X-Men comics, like back from whever it is they were first introduced, and I know of the whole Dark Phoenix saga and some of it's plot and such, never read it though, but yeah, it would be just like that. Like if Aang had even chosen to intervene in the Hundred Year War at all he wouldn't have cared about any of the other nations and how much they would suffer trying to end the war, or how many Fire Nation people he'd kill...it would just be so very bad. I do think it'd be interesting though, having like a story or something where the Avatar is actually the villain or something. They had a bit of development, but it really wasn't much or anything like Makorra's. Yar, like both of their break-ups, those were really angsty and got pretty bad. I think it's safe to say that all of that episode was awesome XD Toph being cast as a guy though was pretty funny, "I sound like a guy...a really buff, guy!", or the actress for Aang, haha...I wonder how badly they'd mess it all up if the Ember Island Players did the real story, or if they did a play about Korra's adventures XD What sort of errors do you think they'd have there? Nope, definitely not some random occurrance...I mean, there were lots of cues and such before Episode 5, and even then, the Announcer Guy isn't saying "Mako likes Korra", he says "the feeling seemed mutual"...my own emphasis added, "seemed" does not mean "this is truth", I don't know why people are assuming that it does.
Oh I really don't know, there are so many good ones, I think I'd have to say that probably some of my favorites were the battle in and on top of the Arena between Korra, Lin, and the Equalists in Episode 6, or the fight between Korra and Tarrlok. I really don't know though, they're all so awesome.
Yup, so long as they make sense that's what's the most important. Buffy/Spike is probably what I've really shipped most besides Makorra, or Simon/Kaylee on Firefly/Serenity. Other than that I haven't really shipped anything, I mean, I come up with pairings or characters who could make a good couple, but I don't really actively ship any of them too much.
Exactly, nothing went into AtLA that they didn't approve of or cleared. Like I said to that one Nony who brought up the guy who suggested "what if Toph were a girl", what that guy thought didn't matter, he couldn't have just made Toph a girl on his own and change things like that just because he wanted to, he brought it up with Bryke, and obviously they liked the idea of Toph being a girl, or thought it made for a better story and they approved it, if they hadn't agreed or liked it, then nothing would have changed. Well they don't need human blood necessarily, but we are the preferred diet on the menu. But yeah, definitely all of that, vampires aren't necessarily bad or evil, but they do drink human blood as their main diet and as such they should be treated cautiously and in a threatening way, no matter alignment they have. I know right, how was that scene in any way a redemption for Tahno, if anything it just gets him the "not as much of a jerk as you could have been" award XD haha Oh yeah, that one definitely gets me good, or they act like characters absolutely have to suffer terribly or the story isn't any good at all, which is all kinds of dumb, just as dumb as people acting like Korra should have been left without her bending or the people who think it would have been better if he she had died -__- That's why I have that as his nickname, haha XD He's probably one of the creepiest/coolest villains, he feels and seems an awful lot like Koh...though Gravemind actually is evil, regardless of how he might make himself out to be. I love his whole rhyming pattern of speach...I was quite suprised finding out that the guy who voiced Tarrlok also voiced the Gravemind. Halso has tons of really great cutscenes, they're always half the fun of the games like this one. <- My favorite part of that cutscene is probably how it really shows and highlights the abilities of the Spartans...there's a reason why they're the biggest bad@sses in the whole galaxy if not the universe. And even though that Elite the normal human is fighting in that cutscene looks like the guy from the ones I linked earlier, he's a different Arbiter, same position, but a very different guy...I think he was the Arbiter right before Thel Vadam, the Arbiter in Halo 2 and 3, not sure if any came along between them or not. That guy sure seems cool, I like his voice too, I always like those type of deity or divine characters or whatever who basically defy their obstructive leaders in favor of helping humans and other mortals :D
Definitely the same here...especially if it's a PWP (porn without plot), which is basically just sex scenes and porno stuff for the sake of doing it...those are really gross, usually though one can tell from the summary if a story is going to be like that or not. Hahaha XD "Potter Puppet Pals" is quite funny. I like happy Makorra fanfics ever so much more, though some drama can be fun if it's done well enough, like Korra's kidnapping Episode 8/9, I've seen some people pull off added drama with that well enough. It is indeed me, good guess :) I'm going to likewise guess that the picture you had up as your avatar when I first saw this last night was you as well?
No, nothing confirmed yet, but based on some twitter hooplah (from that one voice actress) its kind of looking that way...but I won't give up hope until we actually get it confirmed ^_^.Exactly, I really want new episodes, when the fandom goes too long without something new, it gets ugly O_O. Yea, we'll probably get some new info from past characters in the Promise (at least we better...) so thats good...i thought that was weird too! It seemed a bit out of character...I always saw Roku as a wise old Gandalf type character, not one who would go "yea Aang, go kill your friend, its all good in the hood baby B)" That definitely seemed more Kyoshi's thing...
Hah, true, who knew Korra was so wise O_O? Hehe, nice imitation XD But seriously, like you said, confused is confused, it was a bad situation but it happens all the time :/. My parents (before they got together) were in a really similar one (and they're great pp), both of my older sisters were...so I guess thats why I think its so realistic because I know so many ppl who have been in that situation. I know, its not like all the other characters fell to the wayside, so I don't understand why they think that Mako has taken up all the screen time, when that clearly isn't true. I wouldn't consider it favoritism either, the thing is, Mako is an important character (and there's nothing wrong with that) so I thought it was very sweet to name him after the voice actor. I know, and what really frustrates me also is when they say Mako "went after" Korra >_>. I mean seriously, when did that happen? She was the one who pursued him, he wasn't going up to her and flirting with her, o im absolutely mystified by that interpretation. Yea, the storyline seems pretty intricate, but the best ones are...im thinking I should be paying a little visit to the Halo wiki, probably better explanations there. O_O Oh my, thats not a pleasant direction to go...and it seems rather unnecessary...Yea, Bioshock wasn't my favorite game to play, but I really liked the story, especially the Surgeon villian...really interesting commentary on our society's obssession with perfection (heh, spontaneous rhyme ^_^). Im thinking that Bolin and Korra are probably going to get the most character development, based on what we know at this point (which isn't a lot :/) Thats what Im really curious to find out, because I have no idea what "bizarre" meant...Bryke is being insanely ambiguous when it comes to Bolin -_-. :O that sux, I would've gone nutty...was the wedding nice at least?
Ugh, not fun :/. Im also a little afraid of needles, but I've had to get over that since I recently joined an Anthrax vaccine study...but at least Im getting paid $_$. All the concept art looked amazing, Im thinking that the animation in season 2 is going to be even more gorgeous than last season :D.
Yea, there are always a of couple episodes in a show that I usually just skip over if im going on a marathon or something :/ (except FRIENDS, i've seen every episode at least 10 times). Exactly, they are great as friends, but the major reason she even went out with him was because he made her feel better about herself...and while thats important to have in a relationship, you also should be with someone that challenges you as well :/. It really will be interesting to see what will be in going on with the air nomads in say 100 years...and I was just thinking that its a little sad that Tenzin's children have to have babies. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having children, but it should be optional, and it really isn't for his kids...kind of have to keep a civilization going....Yea, I hope we get to see the North Pole again, it was a really pretty setting...and now im wondering...if Unalaq/Unaloq/Unalock (one of these should be right...) is now Korra's spiritual mentor, what role is Tenzin going to have? O_O
Nice, makes sense to me XD. You know, I though it would bother me to see the Gaang older, for nostalgia reasons, but I actually liked them as adults a lot, they were definitely more mature, but still kept the core of their personalities, pretty awesome :). I did notice that, there were quite a few more male avatars, so it definitely doesn't follow a set pattern...that scene was so awesome XD. Me neither, but its kind of fun to create crack ships XD I say we go with Irohchen, less of a mouthful. Exactly, if Aang had completely disconnected from the world, he would see no point to try to intervene because he just wouldn't care :/. That would be really interesting, maybe there was one and Korra has to find out what exactly happened...im disinclined to say that the choice of Avatar is completely random, but I find it hard to believe that a human being with that much power at their disposal, and with all the avatars that have existed, not one would get corrupted. Yes, its indeed safe to say that XD. Yea, I loved that actors for Aang and Toph, and especially that Zuko's actor got ridiculously long hair, and his scar was on the wrong side XD. Exactly! And what also frustrates me is that one second they're saying was out of the blue, and then they say that it was smacked in their face. So, basically, they're saying that it wasn't obvious enough, and then they say it was too obvious?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqyixwqiCag I mean, it did feel rushed at the end, but im willing to cut Bryke a little slack,and I still enjoyed it immensely ^_^.
Yea, I would have to say my favorite was the fight on top of the arena and then Korra vs Tarrlok (wish it had lasted longer though). And I really liked when Korra escaped from the equalists in epi 9...but yes, they are all indeed awesome ^_^
Yea, I think the only couples I've shipped have been definitely Buffy/Spike, Danny/Sam, but Makorra is the one i like the most ^_^. Oh yea, same here, there's definitely characters who go best together, but other than those 3, I don't care that much.
Exactly, everything that happened had to be approved, they had such a huge influence, I don't know why people are overlooking that. Hah, very true XD, the award should most certainly go to him. I know! Korra and Mako did suffer, especially Korra, but why should the suffer forever? And then the whole suicide idea? It makes no sense whatsoever, and whats so bad with a happy ending? Some ppl get way too emo, imo -_-. Thats so cool you've also seen that movie, I hardly know anyone (outside my family) who have XD. Well he cerainly looked and sounded evil...i kind of like the characters who like to fashion themselves as "saviors" when they're actually destroying...one really interesting character in my book (he's actually the Big Bad, if you will) who had been imprisoned and driven insane, so he essentially wants to spread his misery to everyone...but he thinks he's freeing ppl from the "endless and useless pursuit of perfection by crippling them" >_> but he's pretty bad...sorry for the rambling o_o. Anyways, I love cutscenes in video games, they're definitely one of my favorite parts, if not my favorite part :D That was awesome O_O great graphics and fight scenes. Yea, Tyrael (the one who tore off his wings....didn't know angels could do that) is essentially the bad@ss of Diablo world. This is probably my second favorite cutscene, pretty cool fight scene between archangel and Diablo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i_BmqUpK8Q
I know, whats the point of those? It certainly doesn't give me any pleasant feelings -_-. Oh yea, when drama is dealt with correctly (with little to no angst) it can be really interesting to read. Oh cool, you look so pretty ^_^ Yea, it was, but I dunno how I feel about having my picture up...it makes me a little uncomfortable, but at the same time I like ppl knowing what the person they're talking to looks like, so Im a little unsure what to do...
It looked to me like it could either way...it'd make more sense for the actress to be able to say something about the show after the season aired, rather than when it starts :/ ...unless they're a recurring character, then they'd be able to say less *shrug* I think it could go either way, most people I've heard talking about it seem to think it'll be early January or something. They get ugly with out without new things :P hehe But yeah, things do tend to go very quickly downhill if there's nothing new to talk about at all. I mean, out of all people, one of his friends should be who Aang would be finding it hardest to kill or even seriously consider doing so...much more than someone he didn't know at all except by reputation like Ozai. Kyoshi's bloodlust is pretty Flanderized by the fandom, but yeah, death, murder, and mayhem are much more in line with her views than Roku's. I mean, Roku did tell Aang "that you must be decisive" when talking about beating Firelord Ozai, but Roku's a very rational and pragmatic guy...it would seem to me like he'd probably be more on Zuko's side of things, or be more neutral like Katara is, 'cause while they're both being rather obstinate and pig-headed, Zuko is more in the right than the Earth King...at least Zuko actually agreed to have negotiations to try and reach a more satisfactory arragement for everyone than just deporting people with Fire Nation ancestry or Firebenders so long as the Earth King was willing to do so too >_> ...I wonder, would Omashy be considered part of the Fire Nation colonies or not? I mean Bumi singlehandedly retook the city and liberated it, so I'm not really sure.
I know right, haha XD Took me a while to actually think about that, but it's pretty true, most of the stuff we saw wouldn't have happened if both sides just tried to peaceably work out their differences from the beginning. Yeah...sounds like you've got a pretty good perspective on the whole thing because of seeing/hearing about all of that :/ Asami got nearly as much screen time as he did, and Lin and Tenzin too...Bolin was really the only one of the main cast kinda left hanging in the background, which might be one of the reasons why it looks like he's going to be getting a lot more screen time in Season 2 and focus. I don't get that either, when did he ever "go after" her? Episode 8 doesn't even count, that's just being polite, helping her into the car and all...it can be seen as flirting/flirty, but that was just platonic, same with when he put his arm around her at the end of Episode 10 when they're going into hiding. But yeah, she was the one actively pursuing him, not the other way around. That's usually true, some though aren't that great, or are actually kinda poor because they're too complicated...I sure thought that there were, like for one you can actually get bios about all the characters and stuff, I used it for references and such for my fanfics involving Halo before I ever started reading the books Halopedia linky. I dunno why exactly the people who created the original Halo Wiki moved off into their own site...but I do know the current halo.wikia.com is rather poor in comparion to Halopedia from what I've seen, has a lot more speculation or just stuff that is assumed true by fans with little basis, so I use the link I gave you...more trustworthy, and IIRC, it's bigger and has more information available. Yeah..I'm trying not to say too much though, since I don't really want to color your own perceptions of the Halo universe :/ I know for me at least I like to have a mostly clean slate when coming into a new a series so I can come to my own conclusions and so on. I think the Mecha Tanks kinda look like the Big Daddies in a certain sort of way >_> hehe, maybe it's just the helmet/face of the mech. Well Korra's definitely going to be getting a great deal of the development throughout this whole series...I dunno about Bolin though, I don't really know who'd be getting a whole lot of development besides Korra, though part of me wants to say Mako as he's the love interest, and Katara seemed to get most of the focus in AtLA besides Aang >_> I do think that Korra, Mako, and Bolin will probably be some of the most prominant though, as IIRC Bryke had said that they weren't really planning on making Asami a fulltime character originally? Oh did go kinda nutty, I was growling and pulling my hair out in anticipation...on the plus side though it gave me time to pretty much watch the whole series again before it came out. What really made me go ballistic about it all though was that I had seen most of "Skeletons in the Closet", up to the point where Tarrlok first says "Amon is my brother"...and then my mom got home and made me turn it off, even though we had plenty of gorram time before the wedding for me to get ready and watch it :/ So I was a really nutty mess from the suspense of having to wait for Monday afternoon, or whenever it was that they brought the episodes out...but yeah, the wedding was pretty nice, I got to hang out with my best guy friend (the one who got me hooked on Halo in the first place, haha) who I never see anymore, so yeah, it was pretty all right.
I've never really gotten an injection, so I dunno how afraid of needles I'd be or if I am or not. Eee...Anthrax, I'm not very sure at all that I'd be comfortable with people poking me with potentially really bad stuff >_> But yeah, at least you're getting paid, all hail the almighty $$$ (haha), the amount of money any good? I think so too, the South Pole should probably have some interesting vistas and the like, even if it is all almost all ice and snow and pretty flat. But I definitely agree with that, especially since we won't be only in Republic City this go-around.
Like I usually skip over "Tales of Ba Sing Se" in Book 2 of AtLA, the only one of the short stories in that that I really liked was "The Tale of Iroh"...that one is so heartwarming and sad :'( *sniffle* makes me cry every single time, especially Iroh's song that he sings in it... "Appa's Lost Days" is another episode that I usually skip over >_> Indeed, it's just as important that a couple have similarites as having differences that will challenge each other and help each other grow...I don't think Bolin and Korra really have enough differences that'd help to promote each other's growth :/ Yeah...Tenzin had that foisted onto him too, though I don't think that bothers him too much...I wonder if it'd be possible for any of Bumi's descendants to be Airbenders? O_o I mean, I don't see why not...I doubt any kids Kya would have though would be able to be Airbenders, the benders only have one they can really pass on, which is their own element. Some people are odd though and seem to think that the Avatar can have kids of any element, rather than just thier own native one O_o Like I saw a Makorra fanart one time where one of the Makorra kiddies was and Earthbender... I don't know, maybe continuing to train her with Airbending? While she may have unlocked it, I don't think she's really mastered it yet or anything. And idk, Unalaq seems more to me like he's going to be helping/mentoring Korra with Spirit World type stuff spirituality rather than like meditating or getting in touch with her spiritual side and so on.
Mhm, I was deliriously happy with getting to see them in the Yakone Flashback scene ^_^ It was so great, they were so much more mature, and yet still completely the characters we'd gotten to know throughout the course of AtLA. Like there was that one Fire Nation one who I see fans calling "Jafar" :P haha, and that one Earth Kingdom one who looked like he'd fit right in amongst a bunch of Dwarves to me. It was a really awesome scene, and it was cool seeing the Avatars in full color rather than somewhat faded or trans-blue spirits like in AtLA. Oh yeah, crack ships are definitely very fun, especially when put into a crack fic too XD Ooo, that could be interesting *looks around in suspicion* I wonder if Bryke would do that? It's probably not that random for the Avatar Spirit itself, it probably picks from a variety of what it thinks would be suitable mortals to hold it, but I more meant from like our perspective or the people in the Avatar...other than Water, Earth, Fire, Air, there's no real way for them to predict it, so it comes out as seeming random. Yup, one of the best episodes of the whole lot, great way to do a recap in preparation for Sozin's Comet, and I loved how they were like constantly making pokes at or nods to the fandom's reaction to certain things or episodes...like the audience falling asleep during the Great Divide part and Actor!Sokka remarking "Eh, let's just keep flying" :P Blatant contradictions! Those are really annoying...one of the things I tend to see a lot in most fandoms I'm part of though, people complaining about something happening suddenly with no foreshadowing, and then complaining about the same thing being so obvious? Makes no sense and is so contradictory. Same here, and a 12 episode format is always going to be much tighter and less expansive on everything as a full length season is.
Yeah, I wish we got more fights like what we had in AtLA where people just sorta cut loose with their bending...since Team Avatar is going to be doing some traveling next season hopefully we can see some of that, I mean we sorta did with Mako's little clip in the animatic. Oh, you know what I want to know, is why some people seem to think or be convinced that there should be guns or firearms in the Avatar world in either AtLA or LoK...I mean, why would they ever have been invented? Benders are the primary fighters, and the early forms of firearms in our world were so laughably ineffective that if anyone ever even did invent them in Avatar, they would have been discarded as near useless and people would have just stuck with bending or a bow and arrows which are so much more effective and accurate than any musket and so on could ever be.
Yup, sole creative control has always rested with Bryke in everything Avatar...I think they're also working to some degree on the plot for both The Promise and The Search too aren't they? It seems like too many fans in any series believe that true art can only be angsty >_> Or some other such nonesense like that...they don't seem to realize that masses really don't like utterly depressing stories for the most part...I mean, some angsty stories and what not sell pretty well and people enjoy them, but for me stories will always be much better if we get a happy ending, or at least bittersweet. I don't see Korra committing suicide ever making the story any better in any sort of way, or even if she died but didn't comit suiced...it's all just so stupid. I haven't actually seen the movie (which is a case in point of the masses not liking depressing endings as in the original cut Audrey II was supposed to destroy the human race and be the master of Earth) :/ but I'm familiar with it and I went and saw the original musical at one point, it's a funny/good story. Gravemind is most definitely evil, he's worse than the Covenant ever could be...he and the Flood mean the end of all freewill and individualtiy and everyone and everything perishing into one sameness with no existance beyond the Gravemind himself (see what I mean by how Halo can seem depressing at a glance, but it's not though, since Master Chief always saves everyone...and he succeeds in stopping the Flood where the Forerunners failed, which I found cool ^_^) and he's always so very creepy "Do I give life, or do I take it? Who is victim, and who is foe?" and what's scary is he thinks he's actually doing a good thing, he doesn't see himself as evil at all. Those type of guys are always very interesting indeed, it makes for some nice/good questions to ask and be pondering, what story/series would this guy you're referencing be from? Video game cutscenes are definitely one of the best parts of any game, especially when the game actually has good graphics to support them...like especially now, Halo's graphics have come so very far since the first game, the cutscene and in game quality for Halo 4 are just so shockingly amazing and beautiful looking, they're starting to look in game how that Halo Wars cutscene I just linked is. Tyrael sure does seem like he would be, and yeah, that is cool...even though the Primarch or whatever his name was died :/ Even if he didn't think they should be helping the lower realms he still seemed pretty cool and Diablo sure is one scary lookin' dude...so did he win in Diablo III, or was that just the cutscene like right before the player character goes to fight him? And was that girl who'd be Tyrael at that pyre that he was possessing/in the form of?
Or the need certain authors feel to practically kill off almost all of their characters in some way or another *cough*J.K. Rowling*cough*, it seriously feels like a great portion of the extras in the Harry Potter are killed off for no better reason than "just because" like Hedwig, I mean seriously, what was the purpose in killing her? It didn't make me sad or anything, it was just kinda senseless and made me mad at Rowling for doing that...and some of them being especially bad since we only heard about them being dead or saw them lying dead, like Remus and Tonks...that one in particular pissed me off to no end, if you're going to kill fan favorite characters, at least give us the gorram dignity of seeing their death and having the chance to feel sad or have it play on our emotions rather than just going "oh yeah, before I forget, they died" >_< Well...that kinda got outta hand, but yeah, some angst and such is good for the story, keeps things interesting and can give the hero(eos) reason to grow. Aw, thank you :) ...it's kinda odd how even though I almost never wear dresses or get all prettied up like that, that's what most of the pictures that I happen to have on my coputer are O_o You looked very nice and pretty in your picture too while you had it up...you actually kinda look a little like one of the people I know O_o heh...though hard to remember which of my freinds/aquaintances it was since it's not up anymore. Yeah, I know that feeling, I like letting people put a face with my name...but at the same time I'm not always comfortable sharing :/ I don't know how to advise you, sorry *shrug* except I guess do whichever you want to do.
Well I was hoping that it meant maybe the finale or something would be in April, which meant that it would probably premiere mid or early february, which would be awesome ^_^ That would make more sense to me, particularly because didn't they extend the season 1 premiere by quite a bit (from november to april) because they ordered a second season and they were working on it? I dunno, i just hope its sooner than April :/. Yea, its not like Kyoshi was "mwhahaha, kill them all >:)" but she certainly seemed to be more willing to go that route to resolve an issue. And while Roku certainly learned to be decisive, the situation with Zuko is entirely different than the one Roku had with Sozin. Especially because Zuko has shown some reason, its not like he's completely going overboard...so im a bit mystified as to why Roku is seeming almost eager O_O Im pretty sure Omashu is part of the earth kingdom now, after what Bumi did...what im wondering is how did Bumi not only live that long but remain so fit? O_O
Yeah, thats why it sometimes frustrates me when they act like the love triangle was so unrealistic and that Korra and Mako are terrible people...i've seen (and kinda experienced) both sides of an issue like this...stuff like this sucks but it really does happen, people don't always do what they should but as long as their intent isn't malicious and are sorry about it (because Mako was, he apologized -_-) than you have to forgive and move on. And now that I think about it, there was nothing wrong with Mako's apology at the end. People keep saying how he didn't take responsibility but he said "im sorry things got so messed up between us" he didn't blame her or anyone else for that matter :/. Exactly, the only instance where I think he pursued her was in the finale with the scene by Naga...but its not like he strode over and said "hey baby, want some lovin? B)" (please excuse my very lame attempt to mimic a pick-up line -_-') so I don't know what people are so pissed off about. Thank you for the link ^_^ I went to the normal wikia, but it didn't seem that impressive, the one you gave was much better actually. But I did read up a bit on the covenant and holy crap the Flood are so creepy O_O. Yea, I think the Fire Ferrets are definitely going to be featured moreso than anyone else. I think with these new plotlines coming with Bolin, we'll get more on him, but Im almost positive we'll get more development on Mako...he is the love interest, but im just worried, if he gets any more development, people are going to say how he's a "spotlight stealer" -_-. Yea, for some reason im thinking Asami is getting less time this season, didn't her voice actress finish recording fairly earlier than anyone else? I thought I read it somewhere. And do you ever get the feeling that the Asami page is kind of scary? I feel like if you say anything even slightly critical about her, you're going to get bitch slapped o_o. Oh my god :O That would be the worst time to shut off the finale! My middle sister wanted to go camping with me that weekend, and I told her yes, but then she said we'd have to leave before the finale O_O I was able to convince her to let us leave after it, but I was seriously in a moral dilemma o_O. In any case, at least the wedding was nice, is that where your picture is from?
Oh no, they're not injecting me with Anthrax, god if they did, I would have to be getting paid a lot more O_O They're just injecting me with the vaccine thats already been approved, but they're testing to see if they decrease the dosage, whether it would be effective or not (and they test that by seeing if I've built up a resistance in my blood), but its totally safe. Its pretty good, I get $1200 for completing it, so I figured I can get over my phobia for that $_$. Yea, I did like Republic City, the design was really cool, but I did miss the variety in locations that we had in AtLA, so Im looking forward to the traveling, and especially the Spirit World :D.
Yea, those two were probably the biggest filler episodes, but god good "The Tale of Iroh" was ridiculously sad...damn you Bryke >_<. Exactly, I think they would have a good time together but I don't think they could improve one another or grow together :/. I don't know O_o Some ppl talk about how there might be a recessive gene, so a child could inherit a bending ability from their grandparents. We know that bending is part genetic and part spiritual, but thats pretty much it...I don't really know how the genes come into play, but that would be kind of cool honestly. Im also curious how those come into play with the avatar...because they can bend all the elements, could they pass any one of them onto their children? Or is their native element the dominant gene, and therefore thats the one that gets passed on? Oi, this is getting too deep in biology and science for me -_-'. Well thats true, she certainly doesn't seem to have mastered it, so he probably will still be her Airbending teacher. That sounds about right, but Im curious as to what makes him the ideal spiritual mentor whereas Tenzin isn't...
Lol, i didn't notice the "Jafar" avatar as first, but when I checked back he definitely looked like him XD. When i first saw what one, I thought he looked like a viking, but now that you mention it, he kinda does look like a dwarf, particularly from Lord of the Rings. Speaking of which, did you think of the kingdom Rohan from Lord of the Rings when they first said the baby's name? Because I certainly did o_O. Yea, Im sure for the spirits its really not random (but I hope we learn more about the selection process) but it would certainly seem that way to the people in the world, which leads me to wonder, how much do even the people know about the avatar mythology? I know, those parts were excellent XD. I also liked how they hinted at a romance with Aang's actress and the Blue Spirit...oh crack ships XD. I know! I see people doing that all the time. The thing that really annoys me about shipping, is when people slam other ships, particularly Makorra -_-. I don't go around bashing other ships (and I don't see many others doing it) so why do some ppl feel the need to bash Makorra?
Same, but Im soooo (thats right, 4 o's) excited to see Avatar state Korra and a mega-powerful spirit fighting...I think we're going to get our huge bending battles with that ^_^. I have no idea why either! What I like what Bryke did, is they did add technology, but it really fit with the expansion of this world. Any weapons they did create, were mainly created to maximize bending power and efficiency. And exactly, they don't need guns, it just wouldn't fit. And what I really don't understand is why ppl would want guns to be created...to me, that wouldn't fit, would make the entire bending concept useless, and really strip the fantasy element.
Yea, I know that they don't write it, but Im 99% positive that all the plot elements need to be approved because its considered canon. That is definitely a stereotype I've seen a lot. They don't understand that, and they also don't understand that life isn't completely depressing. There are good things in it, and it also frustrates me when they act like positive emotions have less value than negative ones. At the end of the day, while fiction is supposed to open our minds and expand our intellect, its an escape. And I don't want to escape into a world thats ultimately worse than the one Im living in :/. Its cool you've seen the musical though, I don't know very many people who have even heard of it...great music, but so beyond quirky ^_^. Yea, Im getting that the Covenant is more of a grey morality type of government than anything else and that Gravemind and the Flood (which, as I said before, are freaky O_O) are the clearer villians. That type of thinking is what probably makes the best villians. Its scary to picture something (or someone) whose sense of morality is so warped that they honestly believe that by destroying, they're saving...and we know a lot of real-life tyrants who think/thought in that manner...and thats some scary stuff right thar. He's from the book series that Im still reading, Malazan: Book of the Fallen. Its a great series, probably the most complicated plot that I've ever read, but it asks so many interesting questions of human nature and why people feel the need to conquer, love, sacrifice, inflict suffering, etc. And has quite a few kick @ss action scenes ^_^. The graphics in video games have grown so impressive, its just so funny to think back to how video games started, in the days of Pong XD. Yea, he is pretty awesome, he was the only archangel in the game who felt the need to help humans. The hero (the person you play) does win in the end, that was the cinematic right before the final act, it gets happy ^_^ Yea, sorry about that kind of spoiler -_-'. Its a really long story, but to make it short she was unknowingly bred to be a host for Diablo (one of the 3 prime evils) by her mother...she kinda got screwed in the deal...
I know! Hedwig didn't do anything, why did she feel the need to kill him off? Thats like killing off Hawky O_O. XD It was exactly like that, "by the way so-and-so died, but we're moving on" -_-. I didn't think that J.K. Rowling was particularly good at writing death scenes...I never really felt like crying when any of the characters died (now I feel like a robot -_-), it just left me feeling "well that sux" but not much else :/. Thank you too ^_^ Yea, I'll probably put it back up when I've been on here a little more and feel more comfortable :/.
Yeah...I think, from what we know right now off that one comment that it sounds more likely that it will earlier in 2013 and the finale will have come/be approaching in April. I dunno...I was without my computer for most of the time leading up to and during Legend of Korra's run, so I was kinda out of that whole loop >_> Like I never saw or even knew about Mako, Bolin, or Asami until I actually started watching the show...and part of why the whole reaction(s) and stuff from certain aspects of the fandom shocked me so much. Definitely, she's probably the most actively bloodthirsty of the lot we know, I mean Yangchen dealt stuff by force, but it didn't seem like she did it through any sort of bloodlust like attitude or anything, but yeah, Kyoshi isn't too crazy, not as much as the fandom makes her out to be at least. It really is, Zuko isn't looking to expand the Fire Nation or conquor anyone else or anything, he's just trying to do what's right by the people who've made their homes there in Yu Dao and the rest of the former Fire Nation Colonies. Roku's urging to go through with it and kill Zuko though is indeed rather mystifying...especially considering that he's Zuko's maternal great-grandfather. I really have no idea...other than Bumi is a mad genious and just made out of pure and epic win >:D Maybe it's because of all the genomite he eats, or he eats all of his leafy green vegetables? :P
Yeah >_> It really stinks...I don't particularly care what they say about the love-triangle, but making claims like that about Mako and Korra are just wrong :/ Or if they start doing it to other characters too, like Bolin or Asami...or if they try to involve Pema in it, I mean seriously! Why is that some portions of the Mako hatedumb poor out hate for Pema too...what did she ever do to deserve, except be pregnant and a good mom? o_O Mm, I noticed you mentioning that you've been in Asami's sort of situation before on Asami's page, and you mentioned that your sisters have sort of had situations similar to the romance in LoK...so yeah, it does sound like unfortunately you've had to experience that sort of thing :/ And it really does suck, I don't know from personal experience, but it's one of those things you feel for someone on whether you have firsthand experiences or not. And that really is true too...good people sometimes wind up hurting other good people with their actions, and if it does, you just have to try and move on and forgive the other person(s). I never thought there ever was anything wrong with his apology when they broke up, for me the words of an apology really aren't that important so long as the motivations for doing so are actually being genuine in your apology and being willing to try and make it right. Besides, he shouldn't be taking full and only responsibility for it anyway...relationships are always a two way street, as I usually put it, whenever any couple fights both halves always bear some portion of responsibility for it. I don't see it that way, but I can see how some would, it didn't look like anything more than platonic to me >_> But yeah, it's not like your example (and don't worry, I'd suck even more at pickup lines >_>), and even then...if you ask me, he and Asami were pretty much over by that point anyway, whether the two of them had officially confirmed it or not. You're quite welcome, the real Halopedia as I like to call it when referrencing the two of them is indeed quite helpful and handy. I'll save the Halo talk for further down though. Oh yeah, I'm definitely sure that we'll be getting plenty on Mako as well, and of course Korra...I hadn't heard that about Asami's VA, no >_> I wonder if that is true...I imagine the unpleaseable fanbase will strike again with that though if it is. Eh, I don't care, I think people are probably going to rage and complain about Mako no matter what he does and regardless of what he does or doesn't. It really does feel like that, everyone seems to be putting Asami up on such a high pedastal that she really doesn't deserve...none of the characters do :/ Not even anyone from AtLA. It was >___< I was beyond pissed at my mom over that, I was almost Avatar State levels of rage...especially since I had to wait for it. Nah, it's not from that wedding...I think it's from one of the annual award ceremony/cast party for the drama club I was part of before graduating, but not sure :/
Hahaha, I would imagine so, Anthrax is pretty bad stuff >_> Good that it's safe though, and wow, that's pretty good money, though not too much in the grand scheme of things or in comparison to a full time job, but yeah, that's a pretty fair amount. Oh yeah, getting to see the Spirit World is going to be simply amaaaazzziiing :D ...some people are such nincompoops though, haha, you know that one concpet art we got where we saw the silhouettes (or however you spell that stupid word) of two people standing a field of weird Spirit World plants...well some irrational haters seem to think that's going to be Mako -.- And their main complaint basically amounts to "hur, no one else got into the Spirit World, and Katara didn't for being Aang's love interest" ....the main flaw with that is, Katara never actually tried to get into the Spirit World or anything >_> It's a pretty big claim to say "this person couldn't do it" when the issue never even came up!
It's like one of those Pro-Bending memes where one of the players pwning or creaming the other team is labeled Bryke and the abused player Fandom, and the bending feels :P ...or something like that. "The Tale of Iroh" is most definitely my favorite one though. Well that's more or less true, seeing as none of Katara's imediate family in recent history were Waterbenders, yet she was one...so it can be what would be considered recessive sometimes I suppose. I think the Avatar can only have benders of their native element personally...but yeah, better left unexplained and it's definitely way too biologyey and sciencey, makes my brain hurt thinking about that sort of thing too much :P Mhm, she still has quite a ways to go with Airbending, even if she can finally actually Airbend now. Idk...maybe he's been to the Spirit World, and thus he'd be able to guide and instruct Korra in that aspect of it all very well? That's my idea anyway, that he can travel into the Spirit World and will be guiding Korra along stuff having to do with that.
I ntoiced him, but I didn't really notice any similarities really to Jafar until it was pointed out :P I think he's also one of the Avatars we saw back during AtLA wasn't it? Like when we saw Kyoshi, Kuruk, and Yangchen all using the Avatar State in that one episode? I'm pretty sure he was the Fire Nation Avatar we saw in that sequence. Yeah, he does look like a Viking as well, and yeah, definitely a LotR type Dwarf in the looks department. Haha, no, you're not alone in that respect, my mind immediately leapt to the Riders of Rohan when I heard his name...it still does, though at first I wasn't sure if Tenzin and Pema had named the baby "Rowan" or "Rohan". If there really is much of one it'd definitely cool to learn more about it. That was definitely funny XD And Aang and Zuko's reactions to it made it even better :P Bashing characters or ships is never ok, I really don't like the Tahnorra ships, like at all, but I don't ever really say anything about except if someone directly asks me what ship(s) I don't like, and even then I make it very clear that whatever I'm saying is only my opinion and nothing more and not in any way objective or anything.
Oh definitely that's one of the things I'm really looking forward to, epic bending battles and brawls with spirits. Going to be so epic and awesome, especially if we get plenty of Avatar State action ^__^ Mhm, all of the new technologies that we saw really fit into both the style and tone of the whole world. Yup, bending pretty much makes guns or any kind of firearm pretty irrelevant, they would almost certainly be scrapped because of how useless the earliest forms of guns would be, anyone using one would be killed before they could even reload...and it wouldn't even be certain that they'd even hit their target except at extremely close range where you'd have a better chance with a sword or dagger anyway. But yeah, guns just don't fit the over all theme of Avatar...that'd be like putting guns into LotR or something.
Oh yeah, it all definitely has to go through Bryke first before anything really gets done or goes into the story. So true, life is never as negative as people seem to think stories should be... in fact more often than not it's usually positive, imo. Definitely, fiction is a tool and all of that, but first and foremost, imo, it's a means of entertainment and escape from boring old real-life :P ...and it's definitely not really an escape if it's worse than what life is actually like, or if it's some over the top tragedy story. Definitely great music, and it looks like a really fun show to do too. Yup, that's definitely what the Covenant are, they aren't really bad or goood, the only reason they're really the villains at all is because of their desire to exterminate the human race because of their religion. And even then though the only really bad Covenant are the Prophets...like Truth for instance, he's a total raving lunatic and very evil, since he masterminded the plan to massacre the Elites and replace them with the Brutes. But yeah, the Flood are definitely beyond creepy...especially the direction they seem to be taking now as some sort of evil and twisted test or something created by the alien race that it's believed made both Humanity and the Forerunners. And they're really hard enemies to fight too...they take a whole lot punishment and they come in absolutely huge hordes every encounter with them...and then they have the ability to infect the corpses of any normal non-flood enemy or ally, or even take over live hosts from amongst enemies and allies O_O which is very scary to watch... Methinks I shall have to check the Malazan series out at some point, man I have such a long list of things to watch and read and play XD haha They really are quite an impressive site nowadays, and yeah, hard to believe that about 50 years ago Pong was pretty much the height of video game technology! ...or even like 10 with the early Nintendo consoles. Ah ok, so the Diablo games aren't too depressing then, just dark really dark it sounds like...which is befitting since it deals with crushing demons :P Nah it's fine...I think I'd actually already heard that somewhere else, I was just checking because I thought it looked like her, but I wasn't sure...that really does suck for her though :/ Did she at least die in Diablo taking her over...'cause it'd suck even more if she was like a prisoner in her own body when it got destroyed...
It just felt kinda senseless, likewise a whole lot of the other characters, if only because of the amount of them that got killed. Dobby was the only death that really got me :'( I cried for Dobby...but yeah, none of the others were particularly moving or anything, like Fred dying, it was at least better than with Tonks and Remus, but it just sorta felt outta the blue really :/ I like it better when we get death scenes/deathes like Yue's and Jet's. You're welcome :) And that sounds like as good a plan as any to me.
Yea, Im hoping thats what that meant...or the voice actress was just messing with us -_-...some ppl were thinking that we won't hear anything until April, which sounds beyond inconceivable O_o. Thats really good that you were able to go into the series pretty unbiased..and I've found most ppl who do don't understand what the fandom is talking about. Yea, Kyoshi certainly to seems to have been the most brutal of the Avatars, but the fandom definitely takes it to the extreme (i know, shocking)...while I think she was the most (that we know of) willing to turn to fighting, it wasn't like she was this blood hungry murderer O_O. Exactly, and honestly his dilemma is a pretty realistic one. I remember thinking at the end of the finale how they could keep the series going because it would be incredibly difficult to erase 100 years of brainwashing of the fire nation citizens...they would definitely put up some resistance. And its not like he wants to expand the fire nation, he just wants to do right by the ppl who have already made their homes someplace else :/ Its actually quite a conundrum, definitely less cut and dry than Aang having to defeat Ozai. O_O i didn't even think about that, they are related...thats just cold, Roku. Lol, I guess thats all that really matter, but it i quite a mystery
I know! Especially than they say they judge ppl who support Makorra? I mean what the crap is that?!? I have no idea how Pema got thrown under the bus. They say she gave Korra some really bad love advice, but its not like Pema knew the entire situation. And the advice wasn't bad, Korra just sort ran with it. So im a bit confuzzled...Yea, my situation wasn't that big of deal, similar, but im totally over it, so its all good ^_^ but my older sisters definitely had some drama with theirs...and honestly, the love triangle in the show ended up a lot better than most of those type of situations do. Exactly, and if the cartoon characters are mature enough to move on, than why can't the friggin fandom do it? >_<. Yea, there really was nothing wrong with it, I feel like they're expecting him to go point by point of what happened and what he's specifically sorry for, but ppl don't talk like that >_>. Precisely (trying to find a different word of "yea" and "exactly") Asami was being a little petty at the end, and also, Mako shouldn't have to apologize for falling in love with someone else, you can't control that really :/. I thought they were pretty much over by then as well, it just wasn't "official." I've heard some Avatar based pick-up lines, here's the link:http://www.tv.com/shows/avatar-the-last-airbender/forums/avatar-pick-up-lines-13281-804871/ and they're pretty hilarious XD. Yea, I thought I read somewhere that she was done with her voice recording, and no one else tweeted anything about them being done except Dante Basco...but i just might be inferring something that isn't there.Thats true, the haters will probably just find something else to hate on, its in their nature. I know, its particularly frustrating when they critique anyone who defends Mako as "Mako lovers" and then they go and gush about Asami and act like anyone who has anyone bad to say about her is an awful person :/. God, I would be going crazy...sometimes I wish we could go into avatar state mode when we're angry XD.
Oh definitely, but I figured I need to get over this phobia at some point so I may as well get paid for it :/. I know! :DDD Its going to be so cool ^_^ Oh my god yea, i've seen ppl complain about that! First off, we don't know who that blacked out figure it supposed to be. Secondly, it looked like concept art, not a screenshot and third, ppl have been there before. We don't know if Katara could or couldn't have gone in, she needed to stay to back to protect his body >_< And Sokka was taken in there, Ummi was pulled in and Iroh went into the spirit world...and seriously, what was up with Iroh's journey? We never found out how and why or what went down there O_O.
Oh yea, the one with Bryke and the fandom are getting pelted by feels? Thats a funny one XD. I think thats true as well...maybe their native element is genetic and the other 3 elements are spirit given...if that makes any sense at all o_o. Maybe, I mean he is the chief of the NWT, which seems pretty spiritual in itself. Particularly since they're located by the Spirit Oasis thingy. It looks like her uncle and her father are pretty different, so their dynamic wil be interesting to see.
Yea, I think he is that avatar :D Looks a lot like Jafar...I would actually like to learn a lot more about other past avatars, particularly another female. But they said we'll have this really "flashbacky" flashblack, and in the IGN article, it sounded spiritual related, so Im thinking we might even learn about the first avatar :D. Haha, good, i remember after my mind leapt to that thinking "god good my nerdiness is at a whole other level O_O" I don't like that ship either, I really don't see the appeal at all. Exactly, its one thing to just disagree but its quite another to personally insult someone else, just because they don't like a fictional couple -___-.
Its going to be really awesome :D Especially since we didn't get to see Aang in his fully controllable Avatar state, so its really nice that they'll be doing something new. Thats a horrible mental image O_O. But yea, it would just be pointless.
Precisely, there was one line in A Song of Ice and Fire series where it said "a person who read can live a thousand lifetimes in one" And its really quite true, but there are just some lives I don't want to go into...another series I read (didn't finish and you're about to know why) had this villian, and one chapter it went into his point-of-view. And normally, that would be very interesting, but the villian was a crazy sexual sadist >_< I don't want to go into that mind! So after that chapter, I just stopped reading, it was beyond ridiculous. Yea, I really like how its not so cut and dry of what is evil and what isn't. And from I've heard of Truth he does indeed seem insane. Particularly because he doesn't seem to really care much about the overarching goal of the Covenant, but rather his own personal gain...which is quite bad...Geez O_O just when you thought those guys couldn't get any scarier...the whole parasitic villian idea is really just disgusting, which is why its a great for a villian...sounds like you would want to avoid them in the game, not fun to fight...you really should its very well-written ^_^ Oh my god same, I've got to finish this series, than the Halo, then read the final book of another series thats coming out in January (the series started in 1989 -_-) and then watch FMA...but at least we'll have stuff to tide us over until Korra comes back :D. Yea, they're really dark for most of the time, but at least this game ended happy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8nj_VLy_o a lot happier than the other ones did actually ^_^. Thats good, i tend to accidentally spoil things for ppl, my family sometimes call me "spoiler alert taylor" -_-'. Well she died after he completely took over her body, but not when he was in the process of possessing her, and it seemed pretty painful so that really sucked :(.
Dobby's was sad, and I was sad about Dumbledore's death, but I felt like it should've been sadder. I don't cry very often over books, i only have twice, once when a character died in the Malazan series, and once when an event called the "Red Wedding" occured in A Song of Ice and Fire...those ones were written so well that it broke my friggin heart :(. And Fred's was better than Tonks and Remus, I just felt, like what you said, she kind of just threw them in for the sake of it :/. Yea, they really did a good job with Yue's and Jet's even though it was a little ambiguous...but that was only because Nick wouldn't let them show a death caused directly from violence onscreen...which makes me wonder, what do you think would be different if they Bryke didn't have the Nick restrictions?
Could be :/ Actors and voice actors have been known to do that unfortunately...like Grey (is her name spelled with "e" or "a"?) Delisle and that picture she put up on her twitter or whatever of her standing in front of an AtLA poster or something :P ...definitely trolling us. Hah, yeah, I highly doubt that we're not going to be getting any new information until April...that's a bit silly. It was rather nice...I plan to do much the same thing once Season 2 starts up, I'm going to do my very best to stay off the main area of the site, both to avoid spoilers and in order to develop my own opinions without anyone else inadvertently tainting them or influencing them. I like how gray the whole thing is with the Fire Nation Colonies, it's most definitely a very different sort of conflict than what we had in AtLA...too bad Aang doesn't really see it as being gray :/ He seems to be thinking that Zuko is a clear villain in all of this. Frankly, if anyone would have to be called the villain of this I'd have to go with the Earth King, but even he's not evil or anything, he wants a good thing too, but he's less in the right because he wants to drive out and uproot all those people. If it'd been me in Aang's position there with the Earth King there I would have been all like "no, sit down and shut the $^%*^$* up, you're meeting with Zuko and we're talking this out! You're being completely unreasonable by refusing to meet for negotiations, so sit down and get ready for that meeting, punk." :P I'd probably be an Avatar an awful lot like Kyoshi and Yangchen, very....forceful, and quite likely bloody. It is...your great grandkid deserves a little bit more of a chance than that Roku, especially since you were willing to spare your best friend who wasn't even related to you. Maybe people in Avatar just live insanely long? Like Kyoshi was like 250 when she finally kicked the bucket, and Roku was like in his 80s yet still incredibly fit and healthy for his age...and though not quite as old same with Paku, Piandoa, Jeong Jeong, and Iroh.
I know! There was nothing at all wrong with Pema's advice at all O_o I don't get why she's suddenly some demon woman or something like one particular blog I've seen was painting her as at one point...the advice itself was actually good I think and definitely nothing wrong with it, the fault comes from the way Korra tried applying it rather than the actual advice itself being the problem. That is definitely good, always good when you're able to move on from the past :) It really did, I don't imagine that most love triangle situations in real life would resolve themselves quite so well or amicably. It doesn't usually end well in most fiction either...like that temporary one between Ron, Lavender, and Hermione in Harry Potter, that one just got pretty nasty >_> Indeed, in most apologies I've heard I haven't seen much more than just simply "I'm sorry", maybe a little more, and that's pretty much it. And people don't even really say "we should break-up" or "I want to break-up" in real life that often either, I don't think it usually needs to be said as usually both halves of the couple understand when they've broken up, Ted even says that on "How I Met Your Mother", he says about break-ups and used one of the lines I gave as an example, "No one talks likes that.". No indeed, falling in love with someone is really something you can't help and it'll happen whether you want it to or not, now not everything you think is love is necessarily that, but still, you can't really help how you feel about someone. I don't see why people make such a big deal about that scene by Naga in the finale the night before the United Forces arrive, as we both said, Mako and Asami were pretty much over by that point, and neither of them was trying to do anything either >_> Hehe, yeah, some of those are pretty hilarious, one of the only pick-up lines I know though is that infamous Harry Potter one that got spawned by the second book, heh. Heuh, interesting, I think I had heard Bryke say that Asami's character arc is pretty much complete, so I'm wondering if she'd be relegated to minor character ally more like Tenzin and Lin or something >_> Which would kinda be unfortunate if true for reasons you can probably see...*cough*fandumb*cough*... as the saying goes "haters gonna hate" :/ That really is frustrating, I wish we could just have reasonable discussions about characters without having everyone flame each other for having different opinions.
Indeed, pay and money is good :D All of that is true, for all we know and can tell about it might be Tenzin, Unaloq, Aang, Sokka, or even the Cabbage Merchant for all we know >_> And yeah, lots of people have gotten into the Spirit world, I mean sure a couple of those were being dragged there by a spirit, but still, they got in...it's not exactly something that's that hard to do. I'm going to call a "Noodle Incident" on Iroh going to the Spirit World, sadly, I'm sure that'd be a really interesting story and all too, I wish they'd expanded on it...one of the reasons why I decided he could be a candidate for being like a spirit guide of sorts for Faith in my fanfic, kinda like Roku was for Aang in AtLA.
There're a whole lot of funny memes out there, have you seen the Tahno "equalize" one? Where like a picture of Tahno is being edited in photoshop or whatever? I really like that one, it got a giggle from the first time I saw it. That could be...and I forgot to include a response to this part in the last message, but yeah, I don't think the world at large really knows too much about the whole Avatar mythology, like the if they die in the Avatar State the whole Avatar Cycle comes to a crashing end...I imagine that if they did there would be a lot more dead Avatars and/or attempts made on the Avatar's life. It does, and yeah, especially since the capitol city of the NWT is located pretty much right on top of the Spirit Oasis. They definitely do seem that way, Unaloq seems more like the scholarly type or like a mystic or something while Tonraq feels like the more physical type of person...to put in different terms, Unaloq seems more like he'd be the nerd stereotype and Tonraq more like the jock stereotype :P And I gotta say, Tonraq does look pretty sexy without his shirt on, hehe ^^'
Yup, Jafar's nicer, non-evil parrallel reality twin XD haha. I definitely would too, I don't want to learn too much about the first ever Avatar though, they have to keep some secrets and mysteries. One of the things I like a great deal about Halo, we're really not learning too much about the Forerunners (it seems most sci-fi series have an ancient, died off, alien race that left behind a whole ton of relics and artifacts), and we're learning even less about the Precursors. I like it when a series keeps some mysteries behind things, adds a lot of depth to it all. But anyways, the big flashback should definitely be pretty interesting, I can't wait to see what it is. My mind tends to do that a whole lot, something in one series is usally reminding me of another :P I leave the Tahnorra shippers alone though until they start attacking me, but yeah, how is Tahno at all appealing when Korra pretty much hates him and it seems the feeling is mutual on Tahno's end...relationships where the couple absolutely hates the other's guts just don't work :P Yup, which is why I wind up feeling disgusted with most fandoms half the time...
I know, I can't wait at all, the Avatar State is one of the coolest things to watch on the show, I love it every time it happens ^_^ So wonderfully destructive and awesome... What's a horrible mental image, guns in LoTR? If so, then yeah, definitely. Guns pretty much destroy almost any series with a strong fantasy element...at least if guns never existed there in the first place or something, mostly when the fantasy element users are a very small minority, like the Jedi in Star Wars, or the Alchemists in FMA.
Like Warhammer 40K is not one that I'd like to escape into :P Ugh, yeah, that sounds really nasty, some characters whether they're a villain or a hero just shouldn't be given points of view that we explore...ugh *shivers* Someone crazy, and maybe a sadist might be a tad bit interesting (like we kinda got that on one of Joss Whedons show, Dollhouse, the guy who played Wash in Serentiy plays a real psychopath character and he's one of the most interesting members of the cast) even if they are repulsive, but not the sexual serial killer variety, they're just hideous and not something I want to explore at all. Yup, he was a brilliant manipulater, but sanity is something Truth was rather lacking in, very egotistical and obsessed with power...there's good reason for the Arbiter wanting brutal vengeance on him...and the rest of the Elites too, god, I love the Elites...I'm such a massive fangirl for them, they're probably the coolest aliens I know of ^_^ They're especially cool since they never actually hated the humans (though 343i would like you to believe otherwise -_-) and viewed the UNSC as worthy opponants and greatly respected them...even had quite a few Elites wondering why Humans hadn't been extended an invite into the Covenant when "lesser" races like the Grunts and Jackals had been. The Flood are not fun to fight at all, even in Halo 3 where they got kinda nerfed and you could actually kill the Combat Forms by meleeing them, which I thought a good thing, before they really wouldn't die from melee hits and they'd kill you in like one swipe...what you really need against them are the power weapons like the shotgun or the Elite energy sword....or grenades, grenades always work :P Know how you feel, I have a whole big, long list of things I need to read and stuff...one wonders how I'll ever possibly get to them all :/ What series? Yeah, that's a cool ending, I really like Tyreael, he seems like such a bad@ss >:D I likes me muh happy endings. Is the whole Diablo series over, or are there more planned at some point? Heh, funny nickname...I don't really have one :/ Except for one that one of my aunts called me when I was little, don't really remember it, just that it was really embarressing >_> I have had plenty of people mispronounce of misspell my name as "Even" though...
Most books don't make me cry either, it's usually movies/shows or video games that do it to me, but yeah, I teared up and cried a bit for Dobby...Dumbledore though I just felt kinda sad :/ "Red Wedding"....that doesn't really sound like a pleasant thing >_> Fred definitely had a better death than Remus and Tonks since IIRC we actually saw it happen. Hmm, if Bryke didn't have Nick censors...I think maybe we might have seen some actual more obvious deaths, though probably most would still be of the exploding vehicle type of variety, maybe we'd see a small amoung of blood from wounds?
Its an "e" and that was just flat out cruel of her -_- I think I might do that as well, I didn't start going onto the forums until around epi 9, and I definitely enjoyed the season more when I wasn't coming on here...its just so beyond bizarre some of these reactions. Yea, and Im a bit surprised that Aang isn't seeing it as more gray because to me he seemed a lot more "lets look at every point-of-view..." so im unsure as to why he's seeing this as so cut and dry. Yea, what I do like about this comic series is that no one is a villian. But, like you said, the problem with the Earth King is that he's just being so uncomprising and frankly an idiot. Lol, not the most diplomatic approach, but I'll take it XD. Nice XD I'd probably honestly be more like Aang I think, just m
