#shineyavatar

Relationships that explicitly deals with the theme of LOVE, but not romantic love are really so important.

Also consider: Spirit becoming gamekeeper just to be closer to Maka, (she’s not happy).

There is no shame in pizza.

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I accidentally ate an entire bottle of whipped cream... (my sister helped tho).

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I do this on the regular.

I agree that ATLA was a really effective blend of a goofy child-like humor and tone (which is what it’s initially judged by), turning into a very beautiful story with great character development, depth, and subtle maturity and philosophy. I wasn’t at all expecting to take it as seriously or like it as much as I ended up doing - which only made it more effective, because it was unexpected. I’ll admit though, even if the writing/story isn’t quite at the same level, I do kind of enjoy the more serious tone. It’s a nice contrast.

To be honest, I think the show already has improved since Book 1, in that it’s strongest element - Korra - has become so much better in Book 2, and that’s despite the fact that I think Book 1 was overall more consistent. After the first season, I was mildly interested in Korra (I personally always liked her, even when she was ~unlikable), but was invested in the story mainly because I liked the franchise. After Book 2? 90% here for Korra - just Korra. She’s definitely one of my favorite characters of this franchise - probably of all time.

I also like Tenzin a lot. IMO, the strongest parts of the show so far are Korra, Tenzin and their relationship - which makes sense, as they’re pretty much the characters who’ve been developed most. So long as these two are even remotely the characters they’ve been so far, I’m invested.

It’s kind of ironic, though, because I genuinely think Korra is a really great character, easily rivaling ATLA’s characters - yet I (still) often see people complain about her.

The bolded part is just so true! I initially saw ATLA as just a light-hearted childish cartoon that will just kill my boredom and gawd it was beyond my expectations and it was a wonderful and emotional experience for me. You summed up my feelings on the show. I hope Lok's Book 3 combines the good in Book 1 and the strength of Korra's character in Book 2.

Agree with Tenzin-Korra, I think even if it's not as tearjerking yet, it's on par with Zuko-Iroh.

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I mean IMO eps like CoTL has exclusive mutual romantic implications but you can read them as sibling-like and keep the core aspects of the relationship. Katara just NEVER treated Aang as a child. Also Zuko and Katara fighting over Aang is canon lmao.

tbh you can interpret any and all of relationships katara has with anyone because i just in her nature to be kind affectionate loving and just generally motherly but because she just really likes aang (if you interpret kataangs relationship as romantic or no you gotta admit katara loves that little guy) so she tends to take the way she show affection to another level and because katara obviously wants zukos D aang and kataras relationship has to be down played to platonic mother/son love

also i really hate the whole "aangs too immature for katara! hes too young!" because that's. the fucking. point. you cant just have the main protagonist just jumo into a story perfect and fully developed as a character

during the first book aang was a 12 y/o kid that loved fun and goofing around and throughout the first book he had the bad habit of goofing off instead of doing what he was supposed to do (example that come to mind are when he was playing with a butterfly instead of concentrating on getting katara captured to save haru) but after the siege of the north he matured and really got down to the business of learning the elements as fast as he could and trying his dman hardest to save the world and coincidentally (but not at all coincidentally) that's when aang and kataras relationship really started to get into the romantic side of things

Yes IMO it's kinda similar to how the ATLA fandom treats Mai. Non-major female character who makes a beta-couple with a male fandom bicycle seems to automatically make you a fandom victim. Also they both have a+ snark and very low bullshit tolerance.

Exactly. This is why I don’t like extreme points. Even when you are fighting for women’s rights, if you reached an extreme point, you’re starting to decide what should women do to prove their value. What is the difference between you and misogynists now?